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5 LOCAL STATE-AID ROUTE STANDARDS,FINANCING 8820.0200 Subp. 19. District state-aid engineer. "District state-aid engineer"means a registered engineer employed as the district state-aid engineer of the Minnesota Department of Trans- portation, or a designated representative. Subp. 20. Force account agreement. "Force account agreement"means an agreement between the Minnesota Department of Transportation and an urban municipality or county for the urban municipality or county to do state-aid funded construction projects with local forces, and for the urban municipality or county to be reimbursed, based on agreed unit prices. Subp. 21. Functional classification plan. "Functional classification plan" means a plan by which highways and streets are grouped into classes according to the character of service they are intended to provide. Subp. 22. Level of service. "Level of service" has the meaning given in the High- way Capacity Manual, Special Report 209, as revised and published by the Transportation Research Board of the National Research Council, Washington,D.C. The definition is in- corporated by reference,is not subject to frequent change, and is located at the Minnesota State Law Library,25 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., St. Paul,Minnesota 55155. Subp. 23. Local forces. "Local forces"means railroad forces when working on a rail- road crossing, utility forces when conducting utility work eligible under a force account agreement, the employees of a local unit of government, or contract forces for contracts not advertised for bids in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 471.345,needed to perform a specific project for reasons of expertise or necessary expediency. Subp. 24. Local highway or street department. "Local highway or street depart- ment" means the highway or appropriate department of each county and each urban mu- nicipality. Subp. 25. Local road research board. "Local road research board" means a board appointed in accordance with part 8820.3200 to recommend specific research projects to the commissioner. Subp. 26. Natural preservation route. "Natural preservation route" means an ex- isting or proposed roadway that has been designated as a natural preservation route by the commissioner upon petition by a county board and that possesses sensitive or unique scenic, environmental, pastoral, or historical characteristics. Examples may include, but are not limited to,roads along lakes,rivers,wetlands, or floodplains or through forests or hilly, rocky, or bluff terrain. Subp. 27. Needs report. "Needs report" means a report of the estimated construction cost required to improve a state-aid system to standards adequate for future traffic on a uniform basis. Subp. 28. Paved shoulder. "Paved shoulder" means a part of a highway which is contiguous to the regularly traveled portion of the highway and is on the same level as the highway. Subp. 29. Project development costs. "Project development costs" are any costs(1) incurred before a contract is awarded and(2)attributable to the development of aproject on a designated state-aid route. These costs include,but are not limited to, costs for prepara- tion of environmental documentation,special studies or reports,historical or archaeological reviews, project design, costs of obtaining permits, and public involvement, but does not include costs for acquiring right-of-way. Subp. 30. Reconditioning. "Reconditioning" includes resurfacing, replacement, or rehabilitation of the pavement structure to extend the life of the roadway and effectively address critical safety and operations needs through minor improvements to the existing facility. Reconditioning projects generally utilize the existing horizontal and vertical align- ment,may entail minor widening or geometric improvement,and normally require little or no additional right-of-way. Reconditioning may include changes in vertical or horizontal alignment involving no more than 20 percent of the length of the project. Reconditioning