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Attachment A <br />Roseville 2021 Legislative Priorities <br />Advocate for an increase in Transportation Funding <br />Minnesota has been experiencing a funding gap due to aging transportation infrastructure, rising <br />costs for labor and road materials, and inflation. Costs have increased 55 percent over the last 20 <br />years, but the federal gas tax (18.4 cents per gallon) has remained stagnant since 1993. The 28.5 <br />cents per gallon Minnesota gas tax, last increased in 2012 as the final phase-in of legislation <br />enacted in 2008, has not been indexed for inflation and is not keeping up with needs. Aging <br />infrastructure is also a major factor. Maintenance costs increase as road systems age, and no city- <br />-large or small—is spending enough on roadway capital improvements to maintain a 40-year <br />lifecycle. <br />The Minnesota Transportation Finance Advisory Committee (TFAC) convened by Governor <br />Mark Dayton in 2012 concluded that the state has a $21 billion shortfall in transportation funding <br />over the next 20 years—and that is just to keep the transportation system at its current level of <br />service. The report estimates the annual funding gap (AFG) for Municipal State Aid (MSA) <br />system is conservatively estimated at $100 million, while the non-MSA city street system AFG <br />is between $250 million to $400 million. There is not adequate funding available and, even with <br />MnDOT efforts to increase efficiencies, savings do not cover the funding deficit. Long-term, <br />dedicated, and sustainable investments are needed. <br />Roseville Transportation Needs <br />The City of Roseville receives an allocation of Municipal State Aid funds annually to fund our <br />larger volume streets that are within our jurisdiction. These MSA funds are a percentage of the <br />overall gas tax, license fees and motor vehicle sales tax collected annually by the state. <br />Over the past 10 years the City of Roseville has received the following allocations of funds from <br />the MSA Account: <br />% Increase <br />Total <br />Yearfrom Previous <br />Allocation <br />Year <br /> <br />2007 $961,507 <br />2008 $912,398 <br />-5.1% <br />2009 $971,046 6.4% <br />2010 $1,028,306 5.9% <br />2011 $1,112,860 8.2% <br />2012 $1,134,369 1.9% <br />2013 $1,156,722 2.0% <br />2014 $1,211,822 4.8% <br />2015 $1,323,592 9.2% <br />2016 $1,342,878 1.5% <br />2017 $1,362,945 1.5% <br />2018 $1,544,53913.3% <br />2019 $1,568,0931.5% <br />2020 $1,700,9578.5% <br /> <br />2021 $1,553,112 <br />-8.7% <br /> <br /> February 8, 2021 Draft <br /> <br /> <br />