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. STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY CITY OF ARDEN HILLS RESOLUTION NO. 98-37 A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING STOWE AVENUE AS A MUNICIPAL STATE AID STREET UPON TURN BACK FROM RAMSEY COUNTY WHEREAS, the 1991 Minnesota Legislature established a Ramsey County Local Government Services Study Commission to "report on the advantages and disadvantages of sharing, cooperating, restructuring or consolidating...." activities in the areas of public service including public works; and WHEREAS, 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 WHEREAS, Stowe A venue (County Road 163) from Cleveland A venue to New Brighton Road, located in the City of Arden Hills, is presently under the jurisdiction of Ramsey County as a County Road; and . WHEREAS, this roadway segment has been determined to serve a local function only; and WHEREAS, revocation of "County Road" status may be accomplished by resolution of the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners pursuant to Minnesota Statutes S 163.11; and WHEREAS, it appears to the City Council of the City of Arden Hills that the street hereinafter described upon turn back from Ramsey County should be designated a Municipal State Aid Street under the provisions of Minnesota Law; and WHEREAS, 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 Improvement Program provides funding for these improvements; and WHEREAS, the City of Arden Hills desires to reconstruct this segment of Stowe Avenue for an estimated cost of$120,000 and fund the reconstruction project with local sources, and an estimated $50,000 from Capital Improvement Funds for Ramsey County Roadway Consolidation; .