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. - . . CITY OF ARDEN HILLS RAMSEY COUNTY RESOLUTION NO. 95-24 RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING JURISDICTION OVER STOWE AVENUE TO THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, The 1991 Minnesota Legislature established a Ramsey County Local Government Services Study Conunission to "report on the advantages and disadvantages of sharing, cooperating, reconstructuring, or consolidating..." activities in areas of public service including public works; and The consolidation plan provides for reclassification of roadways and corresponding changes in jurisdiction including the transfer of local and State Aid roadways between the County and municipalities; and Stowe Avenue (County Road 163) from New Brighton Road to Lake Johanna Boulevard located in the City of Arden Hills, is presently under the jurisdiction of Ramsey County as a County Road; and This roadway segment has been determined to serve a local function only; and Revocation of "County Road" status may be accomplished by resolution of the Ramsey County Board of Conunissioners pursuant to Minnesota Laws 163.11; and The City of Arden Hills has concurred that jurisdiction should be changed from Ramsey County to the City of Arden Hills; and The consolidation plan stipulates that Ramsey County shall improve the roadways to acceptable levels prior to transferring jurisdiction over roadway segments from Ramsey County to municipalities, and the Ramsey County Capital rmprovement Program provides funding for these improvements; and The City of Arden Hills desires to reconstruct this segment of Stowe A venue for an estimated cost of $240,000 and fund the reconstruction project with Municipal State Aid Street sources, and an estimated $100,000 from the Ramsey County Roadway Consolidation Fund;