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<br />.. <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. Q4-111 <br /> <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION URGING THE LEGISLATURE CORRECT THE IMBALANCE OF <br />PROPERTY TAX BASE AND PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA <br /> <br />WHEREAS, an astonishing disparity in poverty concentration, housing, education, and <br />the allocation of infrastructure dollars has evolved in the Twin Cities Metropolitan area, <br />similar to historical trends in other metro regions in the nation; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the North Metro suburbs are gaining poor children, as a percentage of total <br />school enrollment, faster than any other part of the Metro area; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the North Metro suburbs have the lowest property tax base per household <br />in the region- -significantly less than affluent south/west suburbs; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the inner-ring suburbs captured only 19% of the new jobs during 1980- <br />1990 while the south/west suburbs gained 61 %; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, 85 % of regional highway construction dollars were spent in the south/west <br />suburban area during the last decade; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the entire region unfairly subsidizes the south/west suburban sewer growth. <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLveD the undersigned does hereby support the <br />following principles to be incorporated into a legislative package beginning in 1995 to · <br />correct the above described situation: <br /> <br />1 . Expanded regional tax base sharing, <br />2. Mandate balanced infrastructure investment in the metropolitan area, and <br />3. Mandate balanced distribution of regional resources. <br /> <br />Adopted by the City Council this <br /> <br />11 th day of October, 1994 <br /> <br />. "~A T-TES-i:~', <br />, - <br /> <br /> <br />I , <br /> <br />