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RESOLUTION NO. 8728
RESOLUTION SEEKING SUPPORT AND COOPERATION IN
IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 35 OF OMNIBUS TAX ACT
WHEREAS, the City of Richfield, the Metropolitan Airports Commission
("MAC") and the Metropolitan Council have previously entered into an agreement
entitled "Richfield-MAC Noise Mitigation Agreement ("Agreement") on December 18,
1999; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement, among other things, requires the Metropolitan
Council, MAC and Richfield to propose legislation to the Minnesota Legislature that
would assist the City of Richfield to re-develop the area immediately adjacent to the
new North/South Runway; and
WHEREAS, the new runway will be just blocks away from thousands of homes
in Bloomington, Minneapolis and Richfield and carry 300 to 400 aircraft flights a day;
and
WHEREAS, Metropolitan Council, MAC, Richfield and others jointly lobbied for
the passage of S.F. 1221 (Senator Dave Johnson, DFL) and H.F. 1290 (Representative
Peg Larsen, R); and
WHEREAS, the 1999 Minnesota Legislature did not enact S.F. 1221/H.F. 1290
but enacted H.F.2420, the omnibus tax bill; and
WHEREAS, Section 35 of the omnibus tax bill, which is attached hereto as
Exhibit A, directs the MAC to issue and sell $30,000,000.00 of general obligation bonds
and transfer $30,000,000.00 to the City of Richfield by January 30,2000, to assist the
City of Richfield's planned re-development of the area immediately adjacent to the new
North/South Runway which area is designated in Section 35 as an "airport impact
zone", and is defined in Section 35 as an area which will "experience significant and
unique adverse environmental and socioeconomic impacts directly associated with the
operation of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport."; and
WHEREAS, Section 35 of the omnibus tax bill states that the proceeds of the
general obligation bonds may be used by the City of Richfield to finance the costs of
land and structure acquisition, demolition, relocation and site clearance, and public
improvements within the airport impact zone, including, without limitation, the following
housing replacement activities anywhere within the City: rehabilitation, acquisition,
demolition, relocation assistance, and relocation of existing single-family or multifamily
housing, and financing of new or existing single-family or multifamily housing that
replaces housing units eliminated by redevelopment within the airport impact zone; and
WHEREAS, the provisions Section 35 of the omnibus tax bill will assist the
City of Richfield redevelop the lands lying within the airport impact zone; and
WHEREAS, the redevelopment of the lands lying within the airport impact zone
is in the vital best interest of the community and its residents.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Richfield, Minnesota as follows:
1) The City urges the Metropolitan Council and the MAC to support the City of
Richfield's planned redevelopment of the area immediately adjacent to the
North/South Runway and adhere to the requirements of Section 35 of the omnibus
tax bill.
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2) The City further urges the MAC to immediately seek FAA approval, so that the MA
may transfer the required $30,000,000.00 of bond proceeds to the City of Richfield
by January 30, 2000 as required by Section 35 of the omnibus tax bill. The City
pledges to cooperate, support and assist in that effort.
3) The City has begun the planning process for redeveloping the area immediately
adjacent to the new North/South Runway and intends to seek all necessary
approvals to begin redevelopment once the planning process is completed.
4) The City Manager and staff are hereby authorized and directed to take all necessa
actions on behalf of the City of Richfield to implement this resolution. C
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 24}h day
May, 1999.
ATTEST:
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Thomas P. Ferber, City Clerk