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MEMO TO: Clerk -Administrator and City Council FROM: Public Works/Community Development Director DATE: March 27, 1984 SUBJECT: M.S.A. STREETS I. Background The Minnesota Department of Transportation has $730,941 available for contruction of Municipal State Aid (M.S.A.) streets within the City limits of Mounds View. If this amounL is noL reduced below $2510882 by .Tuna 3n, 1984, the state will reduce this fund by an estimated $50,000 in 1984. Therefore, this memo is evaluating the possibility of constructing a $500,000 street project. II. M.S.A. Requirements The project must be on a street designated M.S.A. by the Minnesota Depatment of Transportation. Drawing No. 1 (attached) indicates the M.S.A. streets in the City of Mounds View. The M.S.A. streets designation may be changed to other streets in the City if approved by the District State Aid Engineer and the Commissioner of Transportation. An M.S.A. street in Mounds View must have a minimum 9 ton structural design. This normally consists of 6 inches of class 5 base followed by 4 inches of bituminous. Soil borings are required to determine the design thickness. An M.S.A. street in Mounds View with a 30 mile per hour design speed in a high traffic density area, can have the following widths from face to face of outer curbs: a. Undivided with no parking lanes 32 feet b. Undivided with parallel parking lanes 36 feet on one side c. Undivided with parallel parking lanes 44 feet on both sides Vehicle counts will be required to varify the density. The curb and gutter must be concrete and the style must be 6-18. Storm sewer is required. III. Potential Projects The project to rebuild County Road I from Silver Lake Road to the City limits is dependent upon Spring Lake Park classi- fying their road as M.S.A. At this time, we do not believe that Spring Lake Park will classify their road in time for us