HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 128-16 - SupportStateFundingforCityStreetsRESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING DEDICATED STATE FUNDING FOR
CITY STREETS
WHEREAS, Minnesota contains over 141,000 miles of roadway, and over 19,000
miles —or 13 percent --are owned and maintained by Minnesota's 853 cities; and
WHEREAS, over 80 percent of municipal streets are ineligible for dedicated Highway
User Tax Distribution Fund dollars; and
WHEREAS, the more than 700 Minnesota cities with populations below 5,000 are
ineligible for dedicated Highway User Tax Distribution Fund dollars; and
WHEREAS, city streets are a separate but integral piece of the network of roads
supporting movement of people and goods; and
WHEREAS, existing funding mechanisms, such as Municipal State Aid (MSA), property
taxes and special assessments, have limited applications, leaving cities under -equipped to
address growing needs; and,
WHEREAS, city cost participation in state and county highway projects diverts
resources from city -owned streets; and,
WHEREAS, maintenance costs increase as road systems age, and no city --large or
small —is spending enough on roadway capital improvements to maintain a 50-year lifecycle;
and,
WHEREAS, for every one dollar spent on maintenance, a road authority --and therefore
taxpayers --save seven dollars in repairs; and,
WHEREAS, cities need greater resources, including an additional dedicated state
funding source for transportation, and flexible policies in order to meet growing demands for
street improvements and maintenance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of
Rochester that the City supports an omnibus transportation funding bill that provides additional
dedicated state funding for city streets including funding that can be used for non-MSA city
street maintenance, construction and reconstruction.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS DAY OF , 2016.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
APPROVED THIS DAY OF , 2016.
MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)
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