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8820.0200 LOCAL STATE-AID ROUTE STANDARDS,FINANCING 4 Subp. 4.Advance. "Advance"means the authorized expenditure of future funds from any funds available for use on an approved state-aid project. Advanced funds will be repaid to the appropriate account from subsequent apportionments. Subp. 5. Agency agreement. "Agency agreement" means an agreement between a city,county,or other governmental unit and the commissioner by which the city,county,or other governmental unit may appoint the commissioner as the agent,with respect to feder- ally funded projects,to accept and receive federal funds made available for projects and to let contracts or provide oversight to city, county, or other governmental unit contracts, in accordance with law for the construction or improvement of local streets or roads or other construction projects. Subp. 6. Bicycle lane. 'Bicycle lane" has the meaning given it in Minnesota Statutes, section 169.011, subdivision 5. Subp. 7. Bridge. 'Bridge" has the meaning given it in part 8810.8000, subpart 2. Subp. 8. Bridge rehabilitation. "Bridge rehabilitation" means (1)the partial recon- struction of an existing bridge to meet current design criteria and construction standards or (2) a project that fixes the deterioration in the structure or improves the geometries or load-carrying capacity,but may not necessarily provide improvement to meet new design standards. Subp. 9. City. "City" means a statutory or home rule charter city. Subp. 10. City engineer. "City engineer"means a licensed professional engineer em- ployed as the city engineer or the director of public works, city engineer of each urban municipality. Subp. 11. City of the first class. "City of the first class" has the meaning given it in Minnesota Statutes, section 410.01. Subp. 12. City streets. "City streets" are those streets under the jurisdiction of an urban municipality,and do not include county highways or trunk highways within the urban municipality. Subp. 13. Clear zone. "Clear zone" is the distance measured from the edge of the outside through-traffic lane, which must be free of fixed objects and meet or exceed the minimum in-slope dimensions indicated in the design charts of this chapter. Subp. 14. Commissioner. "Commissioner"means the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation,or a designated representative. Subp. 15. County highway engineer. "County highway engineer" means a licensed professional engineer employed as the county highway engineer, county engineer, or the director of public works,county engineer of each county. Subp. 16. County-municipal account. "County-municipal account"means a separate record of that portion of the county state-aid highway funds allocated for expenditure on county state-aid highways within cities having less than 5,000 population. Subp. 17. Disaster account. "Disaster account"means an account provided by law for use in aiding a county or urban municipality that has suffered a serious damage to its county state-aid highway system or municipal state-aid street system from fire,flood,tornado, or other uncontrollable forces of such proportion that the cost of repairs to that county state-aid highway system or municipal state-aid street system is beyond the normal resources of the county or urban municipality. Subp. 18. Disaster board. "Disaster board" means a board, appointed in accordance with law,to investigate and report its findings and recommendations to the commissioner as to a county's or urban municipality's claim of a disaster or unforeseen event affecting its county state-aid highway or municipal state-aid street system and resulting in a financial hardship.