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<br />5.
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<br />A RESOLUTION
<br />SUPPORTING LEGISLATION RELATED TO THE
<br />COST OF CITY INFRASTRUCTURE
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<br />WHEREAS, state universities are valuable assets in host communities throughout the State of Texas, and
<br />they serve their core purpose of providing higher education, while also providing employment
<br />opportunities and contributing indirectly to local revenue through sales taxes on purchases by students,
<br />faculty, and staff members; and
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<br />WHEREAS, state university facilities also contribute significantly to demands for city infrastructure
<br />funded with general fund revenues, such as streets, sidewalks, and fire and police stations; and
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<br />WHEREAS, in several cases, enrollment at a state university's facilities is more than 50 percent of the
<br />resident population of its host city; and
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<br />WHEREAS, because state universlty property is exempt from property taxes, however, universities have
<br />traditionally made no direct payments to their host cities to contribute to the cost of infrastructure needs
<br />funded with general fund revenues, and the resuh is that the cost for this infrastructure is borne by the
<br />taxpayers in the host cities; and
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<br />WHEREAS, state law should expressly provide for state universities to charge fees to cover the cost of
<br />city infrastructure related, to university facilities, and to enter into agreements with cities to contribute to
<br />the cost of this infrastructure, because these payments would resuh in' significant good will for the
<br />universities, and a much more equitable situation than the current system that imposes the fmancial
<br />burden for this inftastructure on the cities' taxpayers;
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<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the delegates assembled at this 2004 Annual Conference of
<br />the Texas Municipal League that the League support the enactment of legislation that would expressly
<br />authorize state universities to charge fees to cover the cost of city infrastructure related to university
<br />facilities, and to enter into agreements with cities to contribute to the cost of this infrastructure.
<br />
<br />PASSED AND APPROVED by the membership of the Texas Municipal League this 29* day of October,
<br />2004, at Corpus Christi, Texas.
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<br />APPROVED:
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<br />Teny Henley
<br />President
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<br />A1JEST:
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<br />Frank SturzI
<br />Executive Director
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