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LEAGUE or <br />MINN ESO A <br />CITIES <br />April 9, 2014 <br />METRO MUNICIPAL <br />COMMISSION , <br />C 1T Y E S LEGISLATIVE Afl <br />°Maw�a. <br />The Honorable Mark Dayton <br />Governor of Minnesota <br />Room 130, State Capitol <br />75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. <br />St. Paul, MN 55155 <br />The Honorable Paul Thissen <br />Speaker of the House <br />Room 463, State Office Building <br />100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. <br />St. Paul, MN 55155 <br />The Honorable Tom Bakk <br />Senate Majority Leader <br />Room 226, State Capitol <br />75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. <br />St. Paul, MN 55155 <br />The Honorable Erin Murphy <br />House Majority Leader <br />Room 459, State Office Building <br />100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. <br />St. Paul, MN 55155 <br />The Honorable Kurt Daudt <br />House Minority Leader <br />Room 267, State Office Building <br />100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. <br />St. Paul, MN 55155 <br />The Honorable David Hann <br />Senate Minority Leader <br />Room 147, State Office Building <br />100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. <br />St. Paul, MN 55155 <br />RE: Municipal Street Improvement District Legislation: HF 745 (Erhardt)/SF 607 (Carlson) <br />Dear Governor Dayton, Speaker Thissen, Majority Leader Bakk, Majority Leader Murphy, <br />Minority Leader Daudt and Minority Leader Hann, <br />On behalf of Minnesota's 853 cities, we thank you for recognizing the pressing need for road <br />repairs across multiple jurisdictions statewide. We sincerely appreciate you supporting efforts to <br />advance funding to fill potholes and restore roads to a drivable condition. <br />Unfortunately, the deterioration we are seeing on state and local roads is not the result of one bad <br />Minnesota winter. Roads that are properly maintained are significantly less vulnerable to damage <br />than roads that have been neglected. The current poor condition of road pavement throughout the <br />state is the result of deferred maintenance due to fiscal constraints. While one-time revenue will <br />