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' r' City of Ramsey ,,-~., ,~':;~ 7~,-,'.:~ ~!','. ~:.;:.r~,t.' ,r,, ~ let''- ~''. ?;.' ~,:", ~/ 15153 NO'THEN BOULEVARD N.W., RAMSEY, MINNESOTA 55303" (612)427-1410 July 23, 1980 RESOLUTION ON ]~IINNESOTA COMMUNITIES: PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Ramsey, Anoka County, State of ?~innesota endorses the Governor's Forum for~innesota Communities: Planning for the Future. The Ramsey City Council wants to see positive steps taken in this planning forum in the following areas: -- Legislation enacted to eliminate the vast inequities in the distribution of State Local Aids to communities. -- Legislation enacted to eliminate tax laws that encourage industry to locate in o~r State and industry that is located here to grow. Currently, our State tax laws create the opposite. -- Legislation enacted to eliminate higher government man- dated programs such as planning studies which create enormous tax burdens on the citizens of those respective communities. -- Legislation enacted to allow the grass root government .system that is elected by its local citizens to make the decisions for the respective communities. Presently, these are being usurped by big government (Metro Council, State government and Federal government) WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Ramsey, Anoka County, State of Minnesota recognize the need for energy conservation they have difficulty in m~derstanding certain legislation in this area: Legislation that state out state communities do not need to have a building inspector to inspect their new homes to insure that they are meeting energy codes on all new construction on residential/commercial. -- Energy is going to be a major problem for farmers, in- dustry, commercia2 and residential use.