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RESOLUTION NO. 5487
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING CONTINUATION OF SPORTS FACILITIES
FOR PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL AT THE METROPOLTTAN
SPORTS CENTER -
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Richfield is the official governing
body of the City of Richfield; and -
WHEREAS, the City of Richfield is one of the owners of the Metropolitan
Sports Area now operated by the Metropolitan Sports Area Commission; and
- - WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the various proposals- and ideas.
to upgrade and provide improved facilities for professional baseball and football;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council is aware of the efforts by the House Committee
on Local and Suburban Affairs and the Senate Subcommittee on Metropolitan and
Suburban Affairs as well as the Select joint Sports Facilities Subcommittee of
the Legislature to research and consider proposals for improved facilities for
professional baseball and football,
- N'OW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by-the City Council of the City of Richfield
that the City Council recognizes the need for improved facilities for both
professional. football and professional baseball. and believes that the most
beneficial manner of providing these facilities is to upgrade existing facilities
- - - .-and provide any new facilities on the Metropolitan Sports Area. land for the
.following reasons: '
1.` Of all the various proposals presented, improvement at f the Metropolitan
Sports -Area land would be least costly to the- citizens o
~~ - ~ Area and the State. of Minnesota.. -
2. The Metropolitan Sports Area includes sufficient land to provide any
- desirable new facilities making it unnecessary to remove more property
from municipal tax roles. '
3. Utilities and parking space are currently available to support. any-
upgraded or new facilities at the Metropolitan Sports Area. .
4. -A major road system already exists to service the Metropolitan Sports
Area and any traffic and parking problems could be solved in an easier
-and less costly manner at this location than at any other site proposed-
for amajor stadium facility.
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5. The existing sports area location is well known and convenient to
both out-state and out-of-state users and may be easily reached by
these users.
. 6. Many actions involving employment, employee residence and supporting
businesses have been to ken in support of the present Metropolitan Sports
Area location. Change in location could jeopardize both personal and
business investments and create hardships which would not have to
occur if the present. facilities were expanded and improved.
7. Any decision to~commit additional tax resources beyond what would be
required o provide new and expanded facilities at the Metropolitan
Sports Area should be considered in light of other important site priorities
- such as the critical need for more and better housing opportunities for
citizens of the Metropolitan Area and of the State .
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to Louis
DeMars, President of the Minneapolis City Council; Robert Benedict, Mayor of
Bloomington; Max Winter, Minnesota Vikings; Cal Griffith, Minneapolis Twins;
Senator William Kirshner; Representative fames Swanson; Representative- Shirley
" Hokanson; Representative Martin Sabo; Senator Nicolas Coleman and Sen. Robert
:North, Chairman of the Select joint Senate House Sports Facilities Subcommittee.
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