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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 74-13CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA 55421 RESOLUTION #74 ,~ '13 SUPPORTING S.F. 604~ H.F. 640~ FOR AN AD VALOREM-INCOME TAX ON RAILROADS BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, that WHEREAS a large part of the industrial property in the City of Columbia Heights has been taken oyer for the development of a railroad switchyard and WHEREAS said railroad expansion and development has effectively used up the little remaining industrial property in our community, thereby eliminating tax base expansion in those areas and removing the property from the tax rolls, placing the tax burden on the re- maining primarily residences in Columbia Heights NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council, on behalf of the citizens of our community, does hereby strongly support S.F.604 H.F.640, which bill would allow the taxation of railroad properties on the same basis as similar properties in the City of Columbia Heights. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be forwarded to the Legislators representing our community and members of the Committee on Taxes and Tax Laws. Passed this llt~hday of March 1974 Offered by: Norber9 Seconded by: Logacz Roll call: All Ayes Secretary pro-tern to the Council Bruce G. Nawrocki, ~ayor