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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM 6C STAFF ORIGINATOR : Jason C. Wedel, City Engineer MEETING DATE : April 22, 20 13 TOPIC : Consider Resolution No. 13 -44 Municipal State Aid Street Revocations and Designations VOTE REQUIRED : 3/5 INTRODUCTION The Munici pal State Aid Street (MSAS) system allows cities with a population over 5,000 to be eligible to receive additional funding for road improvements and maintenance from the State Highway Users Fund. Each year, the City receives an allocation based 50% upon its population and 50% upon the construction “Needs” of its roadways. To receive funding, the City can designate up to 20% of its local streets to receive MSAS funding. BACKGROUND Over the past two years, State Aid has worked on creating a new methodol ogy as to how it calculates the construction Needs. Instead of calculating the Needs based upon a comparison of existing to proposed roadway characteristics as was done previously, the new system will be based namely upon existing traffic volume of the ro adway. This means that the higher the ADT, the more money that segment will generate. In preparation to get the most funding for our system based upon this new calculation system, we have reviewed the City’s entire street system to identify streets with higher traffic volumes to maximize the amount of mileage designated as well as the allocation that could be received. Per State Aid Rules, a City is allowed to add mileage annually if a letter request is submitted by March 1 st . If the proposed route is accepted by the State Aid office, a formal council resolution adding it the system is required by June 1 st . Prior to making any revisions, the City has 0.0 8 miles available to designate based on the December 31, 2012 Certification of Mileage. With the proposed revisions, the City will have 0.00 miles available for designation. State Aid approved the requested revisions on March 26 th . The City Council must now pass a formal resolution to finalize the proposed routes.