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RESOLUTION
CITY C�F SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
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1 A Resolution Removing the Holman Field Floodwall Project from the
2 Council Legislative Priorities and Support Items for the 2004 Legislative Session
3 WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to clarify its position on the Holman Field Floodwall
4 Project; be it
5 RESOLVED, that the City Council does hereby remove the Holman Field Floodwall Project
6 from its list of legislative priorities and support items for the 2004 Legislative session.
Requested by Department of:
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Bostrom
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Action Requested:
Resolurion removing the Holman Field Floodwall Project from the legislative priorities and support items for the 2004 Legislarive
Session
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CTTY OF SAINT PAUL
Randy C. Ke[ly, Mayor
March 11, 2004
390 City Ha11 Telephone: 65L266-85I0
IS West KelLogg Bou(evard Facsimile: 651-266-8573
Saint Paul, MN 55102
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Council President Daniel Bostrom
and Saint Paul City Councilmembers
City Hall, Suite 310
15 West Kellogg Boulevard
Saint Paui, MN 55102
Dear Council President Bostrom and Councilmembers:
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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 know, the City has aiready committed $1 million in local tax dollazs 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 ciosed
from April to 7une, with the estimated costs including $5 miliion 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
haue local, regional and statewide benefits. Holman Field is classified as the region's only
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 financial burden on Airport users and tenants, including key Saint Paul citizens such
as 3M, US Bank, Coca-Cola and Hubbazd Broadcasting.
Holman Field contributes $90 miliion dollazs 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 dollaz project could leverage an addifional $55 million dollazs in
construction and trade jobs to build the National Guard's proposed expansion. This means a total
of $80 miliion dollars in additional economic stimulus to our community, all of which are
directly attributable to the reliever airport and flood protecfion.
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Cleazly, at a time of 1'united resources our city cannot afford to forego these contributions to our
economy_ Moreover, the city, the Metropolitan Airport Commission, and our airport tenants
cannot continue to spend resources on flood clean-up, for which little retum on inveshnent is
realized. To do so would cause unnecessary financial hazdship.
Further, directiy opposing a$16 million federai appropriation, which has already passed the
United States House of Representatives and is strongly supported by our Minnesota Senators,
would send the wrong message to our federal delegation. In essence we wouid be communicating
that our city does not need federal economic assistance to meet our crifical 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 or to those directly impacted
by your proposed acrion. Union members, airport tenants, airport users, the Metropolitan Airports
Comxnission, and the public in general should have had the opportunity to comment befare the
Council went on record as no longer wanting state or federal help for this important project.
Sinc ely,
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Randy C. Kelly
Mayor of Saint Paul