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of City of Elk River ver City Council Resolution 20-_L6— A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Elk River Supporting Infrastructure Accountability WHEREAS, the development and construction associated with that growth are driving the need for road improvements, street oversizing, street redesign, and street reconstruction; and WHEREAS, municipal statutory authority appropriately exists for fees to support added need for parks, sewer, and water; and WHEREAS, this municipal authority does not exist for infrastructure development fees; and WHEREAS, city streets are one of the four major types of infrastructure local government is responsible to provide to protect public safety and health, and city streets represent a separate but integral piece of the network of roads supporting movement of people and goods; and WHEREAS, existing funding mechanisms, such as Municipal State Aid (MSA), property taxes, and special assessments have limited applications, leaving cities under -equipped to address growing needs; and WHEREAS, neighborhood streets are constructed according to city standards by developers; and WHEREAS, funding sources for larger streets and intersections to support new developments have historically come from infrastructure development fees; and WHEREAS, the Minnesota Supreme Court found in Harstad v. City of Wloodbury that no statutory authority existed for these infrastructure development fees; and WHEREAS, cities should not be forced to make current residents and businesses pay for costs of growth through local taxes but rather by those that are responsible for the growth; and WHEREAS, cities are finding it difficult to develop adequate funding systems to support needed infrastructure development related to growth while complying with existing state statutes; and P 0 2 1 R 1 0 B Y N" ATUR�