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TO: League of Minnesota Cities Members <br />FROM: Jim Miller, Executive Director <br />SUBJECT: Transportation Resolution <br />You may have received a copy of a resolution from House Minority Leader Marty Seifert <br />(R-Marshall) seeking support for the Governor's bonding proposal, which includes $225 <br />million for local bridges and $30 million for local roads. <br />Although the Governor's bonding proposal, which is supported by the Seifert resolution, <br />addresses a piece of the overall transportation funding need in the state, it is not a long- <br />term and comprehensive solution for our state and local transportation infrastructure <br />needs. We are concerned that adopting that resolution as presented may be <br />misinterpreted; that bonding alone represents an adequate response to transportation <br />funding needs. <br />Therefore, based upon the League's longstanding comprehensive transportation <br />funding policy statement, the League is offering the attached draft resolution as an <br />alternative to the Seifert resolution. The League's resolution acknowledges and <br />supports a more comprehensive approach to transportation funding, which includes, but <br />is not limited to bonding. Given the importance of transportation funding and the <br />likelihood that this will be a prominent issue in the upcoming legislative session, the <br />League urges your city to pass this or substantially similar resolution and to convey that <br />support to your legislators. <br />To maximize the impact of this resolution, please send copies of your adopted council <br />resolution to: <br />o Governor Tim Pawlenty: Office of the Governor, 130 State Capitol, 75 <br />Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55155. <br />o Your legislators (find at: www.leg.state.mn.us). <br />o Lynn Peterson: Intergovernmental Relations Assistant, League of <br />Minnesota Cities, 145 University Ave. W., St. Paul, MN 55103; E-mail: <br />Ipeterson(a~lmc.org. <br />If you have any questions, or would like further information, please contact Anne Finn, <br />Assistant Intergovernmental Relations Director, at 651-281-1263 or a-mail <br />afinn _Imc.orq. <br />S:\Council\Lori\2008\League Resolution Requesting Comprehensive Road and Transit Funding.doc <br />