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3) Street Paving Program City Engineer Jankowski reported that there is $20,000 in the 1997 budget designated for the paving of dirt streets. The Road and Bridge Committee tabled any recommendation for action to allow for staff to review and present additional options. No action is required. 4) Update on T.H. #47 Local Initiative Project City Engineer Jankowski reported that the City had received notice that the T.H. #47 local initiative project, up to County Road #5, was successful contingent upon resolving access issues. He met with MnDOT and one of the major access points was the signalization of 142nd Avenue. MnDOT preferred not to signalize that intersection and to have a divided median preventing all but right turning movements. He explained, to the MnDOT staff, the impacts to the residents and the business owners in that area of their proposal and he suggested to them that the City of Ramsey would not support that. MnDOT will be revisiting this issue and he (Jankowski) would report back. Councilmember Haas Steffen expressed concern that this project does not deal with a long-term fix for T.H. #47. She added that we need a north/south route, and it cannot be the current T.H. #47. She felt that the City needs to meet with the State, the County and the City of Anoka and talk about this. She wondered ifT.H. #47 should be turned over to the County and the City. 5) Modification of MSA System and System Needs City Engineer Jankowski explained that the Minnesota State Aid (MSA) system is a mechanism which has been in place since 1958, and returns a portion of the State's gas tax revenue to municipalities in order to support their collector and arterial street systems. Cities are allowed to designate up to 20% of their total mileage as a part of the system. The City of Elk River has contacted us to ask if we would consider designating a 0.8 mile segment of Jars Street concurrent with them. Motion by Councilmember Zimmerman and seconded by Councilmember Haas Steffen to add Jarvis Street to our MSA system. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Zimmerman, Haas Steffen and Beahen. Voting No: None. Absent: CouncilmemberBeyer. Mr. Jankowski stated that he received a proposal from Bolton and Menk, Inc., to review the City's total needs on our MSA system. A comprehensive view of the entire system has not been performed over the past seven years. A review of our needs of MSA designated roadway is $393,645 per mile, which ranks 104 out of 119 cities in the State. In 1990, Ramsey ranked 88th of 110 communities. The State's average cost per mile is $555,853, with a range of $255,324 to City Council/March 11, 1997 Page 9 of 13