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. Ms. Doroth Person September 1, 1993 Page Two MSAS construction dollars increase by $60,320 and its annual MSAS maintenance dollars increase by $3,480. This whole scenario is, of course, predicated on a legislative change. During the past 10 years, there have been annual attempts to meddle with the State Aid allocation system. Proposals have included changing the State, County, and Municipal funding ratios, reducing a community's eligible population from 5,000 down to 2,500, and changing the metro, out-state funding mix. The State Aid system is a form of trust fund. There have been no attempts to reduce the funding level, but political rivalries between competing interests have precluded any shift of funding priorities such as is being envisioned by Ramsey County. As this proposal is based on a single County/State Memorandum of Understanding which has originated in the metropolitan area, it is in our opinion unlikely to get a fuvorable response from our state legislators in the next session, and be defeated just as was a similar discussion in the 1993 session. To be fair to Ramsey County, the State Aid system is more generous to the MSAS than to the CSAH pot, and if the County could shift roadways to a city designation, the community at large would benefit. One also has to question the place in a County-wide transportation system of a . roadway segment such as Folwell Avenue in Falcon Heights. Perhaps these should be city streets rather than County roads. To make the roadway transfer package more attractive to the individual cities, the County proposes a two pronged incentive. First, the County will pay the city an amount of money equivalent to the County estimate for bringing the roadway up to a level 90 maintenance standard. These monies are paid only if the city accepts the roadway section from the County as part of a transfer agreement. These dollars then could be used anywhere on the city's MSAS system. The County has sold $800,000 in revenue bonds this year to finance this process, and has discussed another four such sales. It is important to understand that a level 90 standard means that a roadway is brought to a rating of 90 on a 0-100 scale, with 100 being a new roadway. The County has a similar rating system for all of its roads as the City uses in determining pavement maintenance projects. Work to bring a roadway to level 90 may include crack sealing, seal coating, milling, or recycling of the existing pavement or bituminous overlays. It is virtually certain that reconstruction would not be considered by Ramsey County to improve any of the roads proposed for turnback to the City. The roadways proposed to be transferred from Ramsey County to the City of Arden Hills and the estimated cost to bring them to a level 90 is as follows: . 020-11 OS .Aug