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RESOLUTION ~~2004-10A <br />JOINT RESOLUTION <br />• RAMSEY COUNTY AND THE CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS <br />PROVIDING FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND RECLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN <br />COUNTY STATE AID HIGHWAYS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF FALCON <br />HEIGHTS <br />This Agreement is made pursuant to the authority of Minnesota Statutes § 471.59, by and <br />between the City of Falcon Heights and the County of Ramsey, municipal corporations under the <br />laws of Minnesota (hereinafter referred to as "City" and "County" respectively. <br />WITNESSETH: <br />WHEREAS, The 1991 Minnesota Legislature established a Ramsey County Local <br />Government Services Study Commission to "report on the advantages and disadvantages of <br />sharing, cooperating, restructuring, or consolidating..." activities in areas of public service <br />including public works; and <br />WHEREAS, The consolidation plan provides for reclassification of roadways and <br />corresponding changes in jurisdiction including the transfer of local and State Aid roadways <br />between the County and municipalities; and <br />• WHEREAS, Hamline Avenue (County Road 132) from Hoyt Avenue to Larpenteur <br />Avenue and Roselawn Avenue (County Road 114) from Cleveland Avenue to Hamline Avenue, <br />located in the City of Falcon Heights, are presently under the jurisdiction of Ramsey County as <br />County Roads; and <br />WHEREAS, These roadways have been determined to serve a local function only; and <br />WHEREAS, Revocation of "County Road" status maybe accomplished by resolution of <br />the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners pursuant to Minnesota Statutes § 163.11; and <br />WHEREAS, It appears to the City Council of the City of Falcon Heights that the streets <br />hereinafter described upon turnback from Ramsey County should be designated as Municipal <br />State Aid Streets under the provisions of Minnesota Law; and <br />WHEREAS, The consolidation plan stipulates that Ramsey County shall improve the <br />roadway to acceptable levels prior to transferring jurisdiction over roadway segments from <br />Ramsey County to municipalities, and the Ramsey County Capital Improvement Program <br />provides funding for these improvements; and <br />WHEREAS, The City of Falcon Heights desires to reconstruct Hamline Avenue (County <br />Road 132) from Hoyt Avenue to Larpenteur Avenue for an estimated cost of $275,000 and fund <br />• <br />111738 <br />