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ver Ordinance 19 - 14 St-r-Aethr-oughs to be removed Underlines to be added An Ordinance Repealing and Replacing Chapter 2, Article IV. Finance, Division I, Relating to Enactment of Local Sales and Use Tax, of the City of Elk River, Minnesota, City Code The City Council of the City of Elk River does hereby ordain as follows: SECTION I. Chapter 2, Article IV, Finance, Division 1. Sales and Use Tax Sections 2-161 through 2-171 are hereby repealed and replaced with the following. 2-161. Authority Pursuant to Minnesota Laws 2019, First Special Session, Chapter 6, Article 6, Section 17, the Minnesota Legislature has authorized the City of Elk River to impose a local sales and use tax to provide revenues to pay the costs of collecting and administering the tax to the commissioner of revenue of the state of Minnesota and to finance the capital and administrative costs related to the funding of designated projects as defined in Minnesota Laws 2019, First Special Session, Chapter 6, Article 6, Section 17 and approved by the voters at the November 6, 2018, referendum. 2-162. Definitions For purposes of this chapter, the following words, terms, and phrases have the meanings given them in this section unless the language or context clearly indicates a different meaning is intended. (a) City. "City" means the City of Elk River, Minnesota. (b) Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of revenue of the state of Minnesota or a person to whom the commissioner has delegated functions. (c) Designated projects. "Designated projects" means the planning, design, and construction and any other capital and administrative costs of any or all of the following projects in a total amount not to exceed $35 million, plus the costs related to the issuance and paying debt service on bonds for these projects: 1. A multipurpose recreational facility such as the ice arena, community meeting and activity space, and a synthetic turf field house; and 2. Senior center facility improvements; and 3. Lion John Weicht park improvements; and 4. Lions Park Center space improvements and community picnic pavilion addition; and 5. Youth Athletic Complex improvements; and 6. Orono Park improvements; and 7. Lake Orono dredging; and 8. Citywide trail connection improvements as authorized by the Minnesota Legislature in Minnesota Laws 2019, First Special Session, Chapter 6, Article 6, Section 17 and approved by the voters at the November 6, 201 8,referendum. Last Updated January 2019 P 0 1 E R f I I r NATURE]