DEPARTMENT: Transportation
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Approval Of 2027 Transportation Sales and Use Tax Funds Eligible Project List
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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Minn. Stat. § 297A.993 (the Act) authorizes the Dakota County Board to levy up to 0.5% sales and use tax and an excise tax of $20 per motor vehicle to fund statutorily defined transportation and transit projects; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 17-364 (June 20, 2017), the Dakota County Board enacted a quarter-cent sales tax and $20 excise tax on vehicle sales starting October 1, 2017, to fund identified transitway, transit expansion, regional County highway, trail, and trunk highway transportation projects; and
WHEREAS, staff has proposed an updated list of transportation projects eligible for Transportation Sales and Use Tax funds based on the needs identified in the Dakota County 2040 Transportation Plan (July 2021) and through the development of the Draft 2027-2031 Transportation Capital Improvement Program; and
WHEREAS, Board approval of the 2027 Transportation Sales and Use Tax funds eligible project list will allow for a public hearing to be scheduled for December 1, 2026; and
WHEREAS, the Act allows the County Board to dedicate the proceeds of the Transportation Sales and Use Tax to a new enumerated project by resolution after a public hearing; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends approval of the 2027 Transportation Sales and Use Tax funds eligible project list.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby approves the presented 2027 Transportation Sales and Use Tax funds eligible project list and authorizes staff to proceed with scheduling the public hearing.
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