1975-5342r365
~ RESOLUTION NO. 5342
RESOLUTION REJECTING MINNEAPOLIS TAX STUDY AND
PROVIDING FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF FACTS AND CONTINGENCIES
WHEREAS, the Minneapolis Downtown. Council and the Minneapolis Industrial
Commission recently caused a study to be made which contended that State tax
laws should be modified to provide additional state aid to the City of Minnea-
polis,- and
WHEREAS, the study implied that the City of Minneapolis has been subsid-
izing suburban Hennepin County communities; and
WHEREAS, the release of the study on January 16, 1975 was done to influence
members of the State Legislature to support modifications based upon said study
and
WHEREAS, several of the suburban chambers of commerce and suburban
communities have-taken the initiative to respond to the study with preliminary
facts that demonstrate the inaccurateness of the Minneapolis study, and
WHEREAS, the City Council-has determined that considerable additional
research and investigation is required before such a study can be realistically
utilized by the Legislature, therefore
BB IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of.Richfield that the State
Legislature is hereby requested to withhold any. action based upon the Down-
town--Minneapolis -Study until .such time as the entire facts and implications
can be appropriately investigated and reported, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City. Cou'ricil.of Richfield:.endors.es: a
comprehensive study of the tax and fiscal matters and the relationship of
suburbs and the City of Minneapolis, to include the impact of changes in tax
aid formulas on the entire .state as well. as the metropolitan area, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor or his designate and the City
Manager or his designate will cooperate with other suburban municipal officials
and with chambers of commerce of other communities in the gathering and pre-
sentation of information relating to taxes and public services in the metropol-
itan area .
Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfie ~ this 24th day of March,
1975.
L ren L. Law Mayor
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Thomas Mo - n City Clerk