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Transportation <br />5-NMnDOTMaintenanceBudget <br />The state has failed in its responsibility for maintaining major roads throughout the state by <br />requiring,throughomission,thatcitiesbeartheburdenofmaintainingmajorstateroads. <br />MnDOT should be required to meet standards adopted by cities through local ordinances, or <br />reimburse cities for labor, equipment and materialused on the stateÓs behalf to improve public <br />safety or meet local standards. Furthermore, if a city performs maintenance, the city should be <br />fullyreimbursed. <br />Metro Cities supports MnDOT taking full responsibility for maintaining state-owned <br />infrastructureandproperty,including,butnotlimitedto,soundwallsandrightofway, <br />within city limits. Metro Cities supports cooperative agreements between cities and <br />MnDOT, which have proven to be effective in other parts of the state. Metro Cities <br />supportsadequatestate fundingforthemaintenanceofstaterights-of-way. <br />5-OTransitTaxingDistrict <br />Thetransit taxingdistrict,whichfundsthecapitalcost oftransitserviceintheMetropolitanArea <br />through the property tax system, is inequitable. Because the boundaries of the transit taxing <br />district do not correspond with any rational service line nor is being within the boundaries a <br />guarantee to receive service, cities within and outside of the taxing district are contributing <br />unequallytothetransitserviceinthe MetropolitanArea.This inequityshouldbe corrected. <br />MetroCitiessupportsastablerevenuesourcetofundboththecapitalandoperatingcosts <br />for transit at the Metropolitan Council. However, Metro Cities does not support the <br />expansion of the transit taxing district without a corresponding increase in service and an <br />overall increase in operational funds. To do so would create additional property taxes <br />withoutacorrespondingbenefit. <br />5-PCompleteStreets <br />A complete street may include sidewalks, bike lanes (or wide paved shoulders), special bus <br />lanes, comfortable and accessible public transportation stops, frequent and safe crossing <br />opportunities,medianislands, accessiblepedestriansignals, curbextensions,narrowertravel <br />lanesandmore. <br />Acompletestreet inaruralareawilldifferfromacompletestreet inahighly urbanarea,but <br />bothare designedtobalance safetyandconvenience foreveryoneusingtheroad. <br />Metro Cities supports options in state design guidelines for complete streets that would give <br />citiesgreaterflexibilityto: <br />Safely accommodateallmodesoftravel; <br />2022 Legislative Policies <br />62 <br /> <br />