1g Local Transit Levy Option
CITY OF
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690 COULTER DRIVE. P.O. BOX 147. CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA 55317
(612) 937-1900. FAX (612) 937-5739
TO:
Don Ashworth, City Manager
Action by City Admlnlstra!'~r
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MEMORANDUM
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Todd Gerhardt, Assistant City Manager
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June 4, 1997
SUBJ:
Local Transit Levy Option
Southwest Metro Transit took action at their May 22, 1997 meeting to continue their "Local Levy
Transit Option." This action allows Southwest Metro Transit to replace a similar transit tax levy
made by the Metropolitan Council and giving that authority to the cities of Chanhassen, Eden
Prairie, and Chaska.
The attached resolution must be submitted each year to the State Commissioner of Revenue
declaring each city's intent to exercise their local transit levy option for taxes payable in 1998.
The amount for 1998 will not exceed $614,504. The city council will be reviewing Southwest
Metro Transit's 1998 budget as a part of the planning staff budget presentations this summer. By
approving this resolution, the council is not approving Southwest Metro's budget, but agreeing to
exercise the intent to use the "local transit levy option."
RECOMMENDATION
Staff would recommend that the city council approve the attached "Resolution Declaring the City
ofChanhassen's Intent to Exercise Their Local Transit Levy Option for Taxes Payable in 1998."
ATTACHMENTS
1. Letter and Resolution from Kate Garwood, Southwest Metro Transit, dated June 2, 1997.
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
Todd Gerhardt, Assistant City Manager
City of Chanhassen
Kate Garwood, Policy & Administration Coordinator
June 2, 1997
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT: LOCAL TRANSIT LEVY OPTION
At its meeting on May 22, 1997, the Southwest Metro Transit Commission (SMTC) took action to
request that Chanhassen, Chaska, and Eden Prairie, participate in the Local Levy Transit Option
for 1998. You may recall from last year when this process was initiated that each city and its
transit agency must notify the Metropolitan Council and the Commissioner of Revenue each year of
its desire to participate via a resolution. That notice must be received by June 30 of the previous
year.
The adoption of the resolution allows for the City of Chanhassen to directly levy the transit tax for
its property owners. If this were not the case, the same amount of transit tax would be levied by
the Metropolitan Council, resulting in less transit dollars and service being directly returned to the
residents and businesses of this area and eliminating the ability for local control over the agency's
budget and funding.
Attached is a resolution, similar to last year's, which provides for participation in the Local Levy
Transit Option by Chanhassen in 1998. The maximum levy amount is included in Exhibit A of the
resolution. Upon passage by Chanhassen and the other two communities, SMTC will take the
steps necessary to notify the Metropolitan Council and the Commissioner of Revenue of the intent
of the cities and the transit agency to participate in the local option.
Also attached is a timetable of actions by various agencies indicating how the Local Levy Transit
Option fits into the budget process for 1998. As we discussed, SMTC will be coordinating its
budget with Chanhassen' s process.
Len Simich, our Executive Director, or I, will be available to attend the Council meeting when this
item is scheduled. Meanwhile, if you have any questions, please call me at 949-8546.
Attachments
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
COUNTIES OF CARVER AND HENNEPIN
RESOLUTION NO.
DECLARING INTENT TO EXERCISE
LOCAL TRANSIT LEVY OPTION FOR TAXES IN 1998
WHEREAS, Laws of Minnesota for 1996, Chapter 455, Section 4 (the "Local Levy Option
Act"), allows the Cities of Chanhassen, Chaska, and Eden Prairie, to make a local transit tax levy
in lieu of receiving assistance from the Metropolitan Council under Minnesota Statutes, Section
473.388, subdivision 4; and,
WHEREAS, said local transit levy will replace a similar transit tax levy which would otherwise
be made by the Metropolitan Council; and,
WHEREAS, in order to effectively exercise the local transit tax levy option, it is necessary that
each of the Cities of Chanhassen, Chaska, and Eden Prairie, notify the State Commissioner of
Revenue and the Metropolitan Council of its intent to levy the taxes before July 1 of each levy year
and to include in the notification the amount of the City's proposed transit tax for the levy year,
and,
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City of Chanhassen that it declare its intent to exercise
the local transit levy option for taxes payable in 1998.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chanhassen as
follows:
1. The City hereby declares its intent to exercise the local transit tax levy option for taxes
payable in 1998 in the maximum amount permitted by Local Levy Option Act and as certified by
the State Commissioner of Revenue in accordance therewith.
2. The City Manager is authorized and directed to give the State Commissioner of Revenue
and the Metropolitan Council of the City's intent to exercise the local transit tax option for taxes
payable in 1998 in accordance with the notice attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein
by reference.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chanhassen this
day of June, 1997.
ATTEST:
Nancy Mancino, Mayor
Donald Ashworth, City Manager
EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF INTENT TO EXERCISE
LOCAL TRANSIT TAX LEVY OPTION FOR
T AXES PAY ABLE IN 1998
The State Commissioner of Revenue and the Metropolitan Council are hereby notified that the City
of Chanhassen, Minnesota, intends to exercise the local transit tax levy option for taxes levied in
1997 and payable in 1998 pursuant to Laws of Minnesota for 1996, Chapter 455, Section 4. The
proposed amount of the City's transit tax for the 1997 levy year is $614,504, i.e. the maximum
amount certified by the State Commissioner of Revenue in accordance with Laws of Minnesota for
1996, Chapter 455, Section 4, for taxes levied by the City in 1997 and payable in 1998.
By order of the City Council of the City of Chanhassen.
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