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RESOLUTION
CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
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1 WHEREAS, The 20041egislative session will focus on capital bonding requests; and
2 WHEREAS, The City of Saint Paul has submitted six request for capital funding to the State of Minnesota for
3 consideration in the Governor's 2004 Capital Budget; and
4 WHEREAS, because non-profit and community organizations cannot directly submit bonding applications to the
5 State, but must instead submit them through a local unit of government, the City has submitted requests on behalf
6 of other organizations; and
7 WHEREAS, for clarification purposes of past Council action taken;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Saint Paul supports the following:
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Bioscience Corridor - Infrastructure and Related Land Acquisition;
Health Care Learning Center;
Minnesota Institute for Regenerative Medicine;
Phalen Corridor;
Ordway Center for Performing Arts; and
Meeker Island Historic Lock and Dam/Desnoyer Pazk River Access.
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Resolution supporting 20041egislarive session capital bonding requests.
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CITY OF SAINT PAUL
Randy C. KelZy, Mayor
March 11, 2004
Council President Daniel Bostrom
and Saint Paul City Councilmembers
City Hall, Suite 310
15 West Kellogg Boulevard
Saint Paul, MN 55102
Dear Council President Bostrom and Councilmembers:
390 Ciry HaU
IS West Kellogg Bou[evard
Saint Paul, MN SS102
Telephone: 651-266-8510
Facsimile: 651-266-8513
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Pursuant to Charter Sections 6.08 and 6.09, I am vetoing Council Files 04-266, 04-272 and 04-
273. As you lrnow, the City has already committed $1 million in local taa� dollars for building
flood protection for Holman Field. The vetoed resolutions unwisely purport to withdraw
previously-given Council support for requests to the State and Federal Government to be our
financial partners in this important project.
Flooding of the Mississippi River results in frequent closures of Holman Field. In recent years
flooding has closed the Airport every four yeazs. In 2001, flooding cause the Airport to be closed
from April to June, with the estimated costs including $5 million in damages and lost revenue for
Airport tenants, $350,000 in cleanup costs and lost revenue to the Metropolitan Airports
Commission, and $75,000 for a temporary tower.
Holman Field is clearly a local, regional and state asset, and the proposed diking project will
have local, regional and statewide benefits. Holman Field is classified as the region's oniy
intermediate airport and serves and the primary reliever to the Minneapolis-Saint Paul
International Airport (MSP). Flooding of Holman Field reduces regional capacity thereby
placing additional strain on MSP and raising safety issues at MSP. Flooding also imposes a
significant fmancial burden on Airport users and tenants, including key Saint Paul citizens such
as 3M, US Bank, Coca-Cola and Hubbard Broadcasting.
Holman Field contributes $90 million dollars in economic impact to our community, which
supports 600 aircraft and onsite jobs, and over 1,000 related jobs, including housing the
Minnesota National Guard, a critical component of our state's national security protection. The
proposed $25 million dollar project could leverage an additional$55 million dollazs in
constnxction and trade jobs to build the National Guard's proposed expansion. This means a total
of $80 million dollars in additionai economic stimulus to our community, all of which are
directly attributable to the reliever airport and flood protection.
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Cleazly, at a time of limited resources our city cannot afford to forego these contributions to our
economy. Moreover, the ciTy, the Metropolitan Aizport Commission, and our airport tenants
cannot continue to spend resources on flood clean-up, for which little return on investment is
realized. To do so wouid cause unnecessary financial hardship.
Further, directly opposing a$16 million federal appropriation, which has already passed the
United States House of Representatives and is strongly supported by our Minnesota Senatoxs,
would send the wrong message to our federal delegation. In essence we would be communicating
that our city does not need federai economic assistance to meet our critical infrastructure needs.
It is especially troubling that the Council passed the resolutions proposing to withdraw City
support for outside funding without giving any notice to the public ar to those directly impacted
by your proposed action. Union members, airport tenants, airport users, the Metropolitan Airports
Commission, and the public in general should have had the opportunity to comment before the
Council went on record as no longer wanting state or federal help for this important project.
Sincerely,
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Randy C. Kelly
Mayor of Saint Paul
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