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Transportation <br />The street improvement district is designed to allow cities, through a fair and objective fee <br />structure, to create a district or districts within the city in which fees are raised on properties in <br />the district and spent within the boundaries of the district. Street improvement districts would <br />also aid cities under 5,000 with an alternative to the property tax system and special assessments. <br />Metro Cities supports the authority of local units of government to establish street <br />improvement districts. Metro Cities also supports changes to special assessment laws to <br />make assessing state-owned property a more predictable process with uniformity in the <br />payment of assessments across the state. <br />5-E Highway Turnbacks & Funding <br />Cities do not have the financial capacity, other than through significant property tax increases, to <br />absorb additional roadway responsibilities without new funding sources. The existing municipal <br />turnback fund is not adequate based on contemplated turnbacks. <br />Metro Cities supports jurisdictional reassignment or turnback of roads (M.S. 161.16, Subd. <br />4), on a phased basis using functional classifications and other appropriate criteria subject <br />to a corresponding mechanism for adequate funding of roadway improvements and <br />continued maintenance. <br />Metro Cities does not support the wholesale turnback of county or state roads without the <br />consent of municipality and the total cost, agreed to by the municipality, being reimbursed <br />to the city in a timely manner. <br />5-F "3C" Transportation Planning Process: Elected Officials' Role <br />The Transportation Advisory Board (TAB) was developed to meet federal requirements, <br />designating the Metropolitan Council as the organization that is responsible for a continuous, <br />comprehensive and cooperative (3C) transportation planning process to allocate federal funds <br />among metropolitan area projects. Input by local officials into the planning and prioritization of <br />transportation investments in the region is a vital component of these processes. <br />Metro Cities supports continuation of the TAB with a majority of locally elected municipal <br />officials as members and participating in the process. <br />5-G Photo Enforcement of Traffic Laws <br />Enforcement of traffic laws with cameras has been demonstrated to improve driver compliance <br />and safety. <br />Metro Cities supports the use of photo enforcement technology. <br />2018 Legislative Policies <br />52 <br />