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<br /> I <br /> . , <br /> 1 LE-13 . State Aid for Urban Road Systems .1 <br /> 2 Issue: Current rul:::s governing municipal state aid cxpcndituTcS are restricting the efficient I <br /> 3 use of these funds and do not adequately acknowledge the constraints of road systems in urban city <br /> I <br /> 4 environments. <br /> 5 Response: Rules affecting the municipal state aid system need to be changed to I <br /> 6 acknowledge the technical and practical restrictions on construction and reconstruction of I <br /> 7 <br /> urban road systems. New municipal state aid design standards should not apply to <br /> 8 reconstruction of existing state aid streets that were originally constructed under different I <br /> 9 standards. Future changes to state aid rules should ensure the involvement of elected officials I <br /> 10 and engineering professionals in the decision-making process. <br /> I <br /> 11 LE-14. State Aid Roads in Contiguous Cities Under 5,000 .. <br /> 12 Issue: Cities under 5,000 population do not receive any nonproperty tax funds for their I <br /> 13 collector and arterial streets, <br /> 14 Response: State statute should be modified to encourage cooperation and improved I <br /> 15 transportation systems by allowing contiguous cities that jointly represent a combined I <br /> 16 population of 5,000 or more to be eligible for Municipal State Aid CM.S.A.). Participating <br /> I <br /> 17 cities would enter into a formal joint powers agreement and establish a joint budget that <br /> 18 would be governed by a board of elected officials. Cities that participated in this joint entity I <br /> 19 would not be required to undertake any formal consolidation activities. I <br /> 20 <br /> Cities under 5,000 population that were not eligible for M.S.A. through this cooperative <br /> 21 agreement practice should be able to use county municipal accounts and the five percent I <br /> .. <br /> 24 League of Minnesota Cities <br /> I <br /> ) <br /> i <br />