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0 tit ETROPOLI TAN T R A N S I T C O M M I S S I O N 560.6th Avenue North, Minneapolis. Minnesota 55411-/398 612/349•7400 September 28, 1984 MEMORANDUM TO: Regional Transit Board FROM: Metropolitan Transit Commission SUBJECT: Property Tay Relief By Community The RTB is considering property tax relief for communities within the transit taxing 4--strict based on the level of transit provided to the community. The criteria u_ed in determining the property tax levy was established in recent legislation and is as follows: I. Full peak and off-peak service (2.0 mills) II. Full peak service and limited off-peak service (1.50 mills) - Limited off-peak service is defined as weekday mid -day service with a service frequency (headway) of more tha.. 60 minutes on the route with the greatest frequency. III. Limited peak service (1.25 mills) - Limited peak is defined as peak service only. A community is considered to receive service if one or more bus routes penetrate the municipality's boundary or one or more bus routes serve a street or highway that defines the boundary of a municipality, if a portion of the municipality's population resides near that street. You have asked for an inventory of transit services provided to the communi- ties within the transit taxing district and based on aforei,ntioned criteria, a determination of property ta-r levy by community. Attached as Exhibit 01 is that listing. In the preparation of this list, we included service provided by the Metropolitan Transit Commission, Medicine Lake Lines, North Suburban Lines and Valley Transit on September 1, 19F,4. JJC:jao Enc.