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<br />! <br /> <br />; <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 92-115 <br /> <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON <br /> <br />~" <br /> <br />RESOLUTION REQUESTING COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION TO <br />INCREASE ALLOWABLE MSA DESIGNATION TO ACCOMMODATE <br />JURISDICTIONAL RECLASSIFICATION OF ROADWAYS IN RAMSEY COUNTY. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the 1991 Minnesota LegislatUre established a Ramsey County Local <br />Government Services Study Commission (RCLGSSC) to "report on the advantages and <br />disadvantages of sharing, cooperating, restructuring, or consolidating... " activities in five <br />areas of public service including: public health, public works, and police communications, <br />crime lab and investigative functions; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the composition of the 25 member commission was diverse, including <br />a balance of public and private, and St. Paul and suburban interests; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Commission's recommendations concerning public works includes <br />adoption of a plan for functional consolidation of roadways within Ramsey County; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the consolidation plan provides for reclassification of roadways and <br />corresponding changes in jurisdiction including trunk highway tumbacks from the State to <br />Ramsey County and transfer of local and State Aid roadways between the County and <br />municipalities; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the plan also provides $3.13 million for the improvement of roadways <br />to acceptable levels prior to transferring jurisdiction over roadway segments from Ramsey <br />County to municipalities; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the plan also provides for establishment of appropriate. County State <br />Aid Highway and Municipal State Aid designations; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the plan causes operations, maintenance, service, and financial impacts <br />to municipalities within Ramsey County. <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of New <br />Brighton: the City of New Brighton requests that the Commissioner of Transportation <br />increase the portion of its municipal roadway system that is eligible for Municipal State <br />Aid (MSA) designation to 23.4 % to accommodate the additional mileage placed under its <br />jurisdictions as a result of the consolidation plan; and <br /> <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />