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~ ....- &.. .~ . ..._-'1 .. ~i'" THE CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 90-55 RESOLUTION GIVING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL TO A PROJECT UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, CHAPTER 469, REFERRING THE PROPOSAL TO THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR APPROVAL, AND AUTHORIZING PREPARATION OF NECESSARY DOCUMENTS WHEREAS, the welfare of the State of Minnesota (the "State") requires active promotion, attraction, encouragement and development of economically sound industry and commerce through governmental acts to prevent, so far as possible, emergence of blighted lands and areas of chronic unemployment, and it is the policy of the State to facilitate and encourage action by local government units to prevent the economic deterioration of such areas to the point where the process can be reversed only by total redevelopment through the use of local, state and federal funds derived from taxation, with the attendant necessity of relocating displaced persons and of duplicating public services in other areas; and WHEREAS, technological change has caused a shift to a significant degree in the area of opportunity for educated youth to processing, transporting, marketing, service and other industries, and unless existing and related industries are retained and new industries are developed to use the available resources of the City of New Brighton, Minnesota (the "City"), a large part of the existing investment of the community and of the State as a whole in educational and public service facilities will be lost, and the movement of talented, educated personnel of mature age to areas where their services may be effectively used and compensated and the lessening attraction of persons and businesses from other areas for purposes of industry, commerce and tourism will deprive the City and the State of the economic and human resources needed as a base for providing governmental services and facilities for the remaining population; and WHEREAS, other factors necessitating such action are the increasing concentration of population in urban and metropolitan areas; the consequent increase in the amount and cost of governmental services required in these areas; the energy crisis and energy cost escalation, and their contribution to unemployment, rising interest rates, balance of payments deficits and increased welfare payments to cover rising fuel costs and the increased costs. of fuel intensive necessities; and the need for more intensive development and use of land to provide an adequate tax base to finance these costs; and WHEREAS, the effect of these factors is intensified by the necessity of withdrawing land for public use for highways, parks and open space reserves, schools and playgrounds, and other public enterprises needed to sustain proper living conditions, communications, and mobility in an increasingly urban society; and WHEREAS, Remmele Engineering Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the "Developer") has advised this City Council (the "Council") that it desires to 1