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Request for Action <br />To I Item Number I <br />Mavor and City- Council 8.3 <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date <br />General Business March 2, 2020 <br />Item Description <br />Resolution Supporting Infrastructure Accountability <br />Action Requested <br />Adopt, by motion, a resolution supporting legislation <br />Prepared by <br />Zack Carlton, Planning; Mana,�,er <br />Reviewed by <br />Cal Portner, City Administrator <br />Reviewed by <br />Justin Femrite, Public Works Director <br />Background/Discussion <br />In the fall of 2018, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled on Harstad v. City of W/oodbu y finding there was no <br />existing statutory authority to collect fees for future infrastructure improvements when approving residential <br />developments. <br />The League of Minnesota Cities is urging cities to pass a resolution supporting legislation that would <br />authorize cities to collect infrastructure development fees to fiend municipal street improvements as a <br />necessary component of growth. <br />The goal of the legislation is to ensure that new development pays for new development and to limit the <br />possibility that existing taxpayers would be forced to pay for infrastructure needs resulting from anew <br />residential subdivision. <br />Financial Impact <br />None <br />Attachments <br />a Infrastructure Fee Fact Sheet <br />Resolution. <br />The Elk River Vision <br />A welcoming community with irvolutionay and sphyted resourcefulness, exceptional 1,41AW-0 <br />0 W E Rservice, and communityengagement that encouizages and inspiresprosperity <br />