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<br /> Solution: Turnbacks should not occur without direct .funding or transfer of a funding <br /> source, A process of negotiation and mediation should govern the timing, funding, and <br /> . condition of turned-back roads, City taxpayers should receive the same treatment as <br /> township taxpayers, The requirement for a public hearing, standards about the <br /> conditions of turn backs, and temporary maintenance funding should also apply to <br /> county turnbacks to cities. At a minimum, proposed roads to be turned back to a lower <br /> government level should be brought up to the standards of the receiving government or <br /> should be compensated with a direct payment, Direct funding should be provided for <br /> smaller cities that are not provided with turnback financing through the municipal state <br /> aid system, <br /> LE-16. Cooperation Between Counties and Cities Over County Roads <br /> Within Cities <br /> Problem: Some counties want increased control over county roads that lie within city <br /> boundaries. <br /> Solution: A formal system of mediation should be implemented to help resolve <br /> technical and aesthetic decisions about county and county state-aid roads within cities, <br /> A negotiated system of review will offer both governments the opportunity to produce <br /> better road projects. Local city and county officials should use available opportunities <br /> for alternate dispute resolution of the issues. Universal arbitration by unaffected parties <br /> . should not supersede local authority, <br /> LE-17. State Aid for Roads in Cities Under 5,000 <br /> Problem: Cities under 5,000 population do not receive any nonproperty tax funds for their <br /> collector and arterial streets. <br /> Solution: State statute should be modified to encourage cooperation and improved <br /> transportation systems by allowing contiguous cities that jointly represent a combined <br /> population of 5,000 or more to be eligible for Municipal State Aid (M,S,A,), <br /> Participating cities would enter into a formal joint powers agreement and establish a <br /> joint budget that would be governed by a board of elected officials. Cities that <br /> participated in this joint entity would not be required to undertake any formal <br /> consolidation activities. <br /> Cities under 5,000 population that were not eligible for M.S.A. through this cooperative <br /> agreement practice should be able to use county municipal accounts and the. five percent <br /> account of the highway user distribution fund. <br /> Uses of county municipal accounts should be statutorily modified so that counties can <br /> dedicate these funds for local arterials and collector streets within cities under 5,000 <br /> . population, In addition, the five percent set-aside account in the highway user <br /> 1995 City Policies 13 <br /> -------- <br /> _____ __u____ _ <br />