urbanMSP

Thank you for the information on fiscal constraints. The guidance explicitly states that new taxes are reasonable to assume for planning purposes "if there is clear evidence of sufficient support (both governmental and public)". Can you explain what clear evidence of support the Met Counc...

The final round of Robert St meetings will be next month, wrapping up the Alternatives Analysis. 5-7 pm, March 10th, at Neighborhood House 4-6 pm, March 12th, at Dakota County Northern Service Center Final Steering Committee meeting will be on April 16th, 330pm, at Northern Service Center to provid...

past practice does not allow for assuming the passage of a law supporting an additional 1 cent sales tax. What is the sales tax in the metro? 7 or 8 cents or so? Isn't there a bill in the Senate currently proposing to raise the sales tax for transit in the metro from 1/4 to 1 cent? Can you point to...

Also the assumed tax sources have to be reasonable, but I see no reason why an MPO couldn't assume, say, a raise of a 1/4 cent transit capital funding sales tax to 1 cent (edit: not necessarily saying the Met Council should do this, just saying that the fiscal constraints restriction does not seem ...