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(4 4.- I,+ 9: % ; ;; ZGi'E%JSCLtia 515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117 -1600 (651) 766 -4029 / FAX: (651) 766-4048 www.ci.little-eanada.mn.us MEMORANDUM TO: lVlayor and Members of the Council FROM: Gregory Schroeder, Public Works Director DATE: April 9, 2004 RE: Revoking MSA Designation on Centerville Road MAYOR Michael I. Fahey COUNCIL Jim LaValle Matt Anderson Rich Moni:0ur 611t Blesener ADMINISTRATOR Joel R. Hanson Ramsey County and the City of Little Canada are evaluating our existing roads and streets to ensure that they can handle the expect increase in traffic that will result due to the construction of MNDOT's Unweave the Weave project. Part of that evaluation is to determine existing state aid designations to ensure that there are sufficient maintenance funds available to perform any needed improvements /repairs. It should be noted that a County State Aid Highway (CS/di) designation can only start and /or end at an existing County or higher designated road. Likewise, MSA designated road can only start and/or end at existing municipal or higher designated roads. The section of Centerville Road from Little Canada Road, north to Eli Road is designated a Municipal State Aid Street (MSA). The remaining section of Centerville Road, from Eli Road to County Road D, does not have a State Aid designation. Little Canada Road and County Road D are both CSAH designated roads. Ramsey County has indicated that they would like to designate the entire section of Centerville road within Little Canada as CSAH and take over all of the maintenance of this road from Little Canada Road to County Road D. That would allow Ramsey County to use CSAH maintenance funds to put a thin overlay on this road in anticipation to upcoming increase in traffic. In addition, it would allow them to use CSAH funds for the reconstruction of this road after the Unweave the Weave project is completed. Without these State Aid funds none of this work would be possible since the County would have no other funding source to accomplish this work. The CSAH designation on the entire length of Centerville Road cannot occur unless the City of Little Canada revokes its MSA designation on the short section of Centerville Road between Little Canada Road and Eh Road. The City can only re- designate 80% of the MSA mileage that we revoke. However, the small reduction in MSA designation is offset by the work that Ramsey County will do on Centerville Road. Based on the above, staff recommends council approval of the attached resolution to revoke MSA designation to Centerville Road. Staff will provide a resolution at the April 28, 2004 Council meeting to reapply this mileage to another street in our community. H:AGregS \CorrespondenceAGreg S 2004 \Revolting MSA Designation on Centerville Road doc