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City of Elk River <br />ver City Council <br />Resolution 19-19 <br />A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Elk River Approving <br />Minnesota Laws, 2019, First Special Session, Chapter 6, Article 6, Section 17 <br />WHEREAS, The 2019 First Special Session of the Minnesota Legislature passed and the Governor <br />signed Minnesota Laws, 2019, 1" Special Session Chapter 6, Article 6, Section 17 which authorizes the <br />City of Elk River, Minnesota (the "City") to impose by ordinance a sales and use tax of up to one-half of <br />one percent to (1) pay the cost of collecting and administering the tax and (2) to pay the capital and <br />administrative costs of various recreational facility and park improvements including any or all of the <br />following: a multipurpose recreational facility such as an ice arena, a community meeting and activity <br />space, and a synthetic turf field house; senior center facility improvements; Lion John Weicht Park <br />improvements, Lions Park Center space improvements, and a community picnic pavilion addition; youth <br />athletic complex improvements; Orono Park improvements; dredging Lake Orono; and citywide trail <br />connection improvements; and secure and pay debt service on bonds issued to finance all or part of the <br />projects listed in clause (2); and <br />WHEREAS, the total that may be raised from the tax to pay for these projects is limited to <br />$35,000,000, plus the costs related to the issuance and paying debt service on the bonds for these <br />projects; and <br />WHEREAS, such legislation requires local approval in accordance with Minnesota Statute 645.021; and <br />WHEREAS, the City desires the law to become effective. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Elk River, Minnesota, <br />as follows: That Minnesota Laws, 2019, First Special Session, Chapter 6, Article 6, Section 17 is hereby <br />approved. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Administrator is hereby instructed to submit the <br />appropriate certificate and a copy of this Resolution to the Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota. <br />Passed and adopted this 3`a day of June 2019 <br />ATTEST: <br />Tina Allard, City Clerk <br />J J. Dietz, MWflor <br />NATUREI <br />