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I . , 1 Response: A formal system of mediation should be implemented to help resolve technical I 2 and aesthetic decisions about county and county state-aid roads within cities, A negotiated -I 3 system of review will offer both governments the opportunity to produce better road proj ects, 4 Local city and county officials should use available opportunities for alternate dispute I 5 resolution of the issues. Universal arbitration by unaffected parties should not supersede local I 6 authority. I 7 LE-17. Management of Rights-of-Way I 8 Issue: Demand for all types of uses of rights-of'way, both surface and subsurface, is increasing I 9 exponentially, forcing consideration by cities of how best to allocate this very limited resource. 10 Because public rights-of-way have been acquired at public expense through local property tax I II sources or other local action, cities have traditionally had the fundamental responsibility and .. 12 attendant liability for facilitating the safety and convenience of all right-of-way users. Rights-of- 13 way management responsibilities are complex, numerous, and site specific, as are the particular I 14 interests of cities in establishing a value for private use of public space in the local rights-of-way. I 15 These factors underscore the fact that rational and expeditious decisions can only be made at the I 16 local level. 17 Cities support existing federal nondiscrimination requirements that local administration not I 18 impose unreasonable delays or burdens on access, entry, or other reasonable use ofrights-of-way. I 19 Cities should be authorized, as provided in federal law, to require telecommunications providers to 20 meet local requirements for public, educational, and government access to their networks as well I 21 as financial and technical support for such actions. I 22 The federal government has been auctioning the limited number of public radio frequencies, .. 26 League of Minnesota Cities I "