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CONCgRN!NG ~%~0 USE P~.~'ER I~ COL~4BL% HEIC~ITS
A/~I) O~tlER HOI-~ RULE ~RR~/CiPALtTi~3
~flIERI,~IS, ~h~ citi :ens'~of Colunf~ia Heights are more informed i'~ their
tmowled~eOof their City~ than anyone else~ mzd tl~reior~ are the be~
~udgms of the proper an~ ~s~ profitable use of it~ land and resources
in ~e general welfare, ~d
WtlER~, ~t~ righ~ to pro~gr~y ~uaranteed our citt .ems under the
U.S. Constitution extends ~__include the risht to reasonably exercise
conCrol over that property ~d to protect it~ value, and
%.HIER~, ho~ rule City and V~llage ~venm~nt~ being closest to and
~4ighin closest reach of the individual citi
that citi..en In the exercise or,his property rishto, and
%qtERE~, certain ~tropo!itan of~cials t~ve announced their intention to
seek fr%m the liinnasota Legislature, for the Hetropoligan Council, TOT~
L~D USE CONSOL iu the Seven-county 1.~tropolitan Area, and
N~', THE~FORE, BE tT ]ESOLV~ that ~he City C~u:mil of ~he City of
Columbia Heights will ~toutly and_~e~ular!y oppose the exte~sion of
its land use po~er to the Metropolit~ CouncJ. 1, or any other larse
govern;~mn~ unit, both before the Leaig~ature and the Courts, and that
~vern~r Anderson,, State Senator ~yqui~, Eepresen~a~i~e Sokolowski~
Me,re Council~n Kozl~,~ and all o~her ~embers of the ,~tro Council are hereby
~u~riali.~ed ~ha~ ~uch is our in~en~
Passed this 31st~day of January, 1972.
Seconded by: tj,~//t / /'
,:,ecretary to the Council