Memo- Municipal State Aid (MSA) Streets-Designating Washington Ave
Public Works Department
Memorandum
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
Copy:
Rick Getschow, City Manager
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From:
Steven J. Stadler, Public Works Director
Date:
April 6, 2006
Subject:
Municipal State Aid (MSA) Streets - Designating Washington Avenue
This work session item is a discussion regarding staff's desire to designate Washington
Avenue from 5th Avenue to 2nd Street N.E. as a Municipal State Aid street. Additionally, staff
would like to remove the State Aid designation from the vacated 6th Avenue S and the section
of 5th Avenue south of Excelsior Blvd.
.ackground
The city is allowed to designate up to 20% of its improved streets as MSA streets.
Accordingly, we're allowed to designate a maximum of 9.55 miles. We currently have 9.31
miles designated. These proposed changes would increase our mileage to 9.50 miles.
(There is a .05 increase adjustment being made to 5th Street South) Staff wants to keep
our MSA street network set up such that we meet all the rules and also maximize the
amount of our annual allotment from the State. When the city vacated 6th Avenue South
as a part of the SuperValu Perishable Warehouse expansion project we lost .29 miles from
the system. We then started the informal review process with the State Aid Office of trying
to designate Washington Avenue and were stopped by MnDOT as a portion of the street
was within their Hwy 169 right-of-way. After about a year of working the issue, we finally
got MnDOT to release this city street back to Hopkins. We have now received informal
approval from the State Aid Office to designate this segment of Washington Avenue as an
MSA street. A formal City Council resolution is required. In order for the street segment to
be considered as a part of our 2005 allotment, the State Aid Office must receive a City
Council resolution by May 1. If the resolution is done later the change would be effective
for the 2006 allotment.
Current
Staff sent the attached letter to the 10 homeowners whose properties abut Washington
Avenue. Staff feels this new designation is not a controversial change for the abutting
homeowners as the road is already a designated truck route, is 35' wide with curb & gutter
and there is little chance that future land use changes will occur that affect traffic or trucks
on this road. Future road reconstruction may require a thicker asphalt pavement but the
road will not have to be widened and residents, per the assessment policy, don't pay for
any improvements beyond what's done for a local residential street (non-MSA street)
reconstruction. In fact, the policy provides for a 50% assessment for all single family
properties abutting State Aid roads vs. the 70% rate set for all other roads.
Attachments
- April 3 letter
- Parcel map showing properties receiving letter
- Map showing state aid system and proposed changes
Cityoj%pkins
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April 3, 2006
Dear Washington Avenue resident:
City staff is proposing to designate Washinaton Avenue from Mainstreet to 2nd Street
N.E. as a municipal state aid (MSA) street - see map on backside of letter. A MSA
street is one in which the city is eligible to spend state gas tax funds to repair or
reconstruct the road. A city is authorized to designate 20% of its total street mileage as
MSA streets. This change is being proposed in order to replace a segment of 6th
Avenue South lost due to the SuperValu campus redevelopment, meet State Aid rules
for street designation and to maximize the city's annual apportionment of state gas tax
revenue. There is no proposed changed use of Washington Avenue. Designating this
- street as a MSA street does not mean higher traffic volumes. The city is not anticipating
a street improvement project, other than possibly a mill and overlay project, on
Washington Avenue within the next five years. City staff intends to request approval of
this MSA street designation at the City Council Meeting on Tuesday, April 18.
There are certain stipulations that go along with designating a street as an MSA street.
They are:
. Street must remain open to trucks
. Certain design criteria apply to street reconstruction, I.e., urban streets must
have concrete curb and gutter, be a minimum 32' wide (with parking on one side)
or 38' wide (with parking on both sides). This road is currently 35' wide. There is
a variance procedure where it is possible to deviate from the MSA standards.
. City street assessments reduced from 70% to 50% of construction cost for single
family residential properties
If you have questions or comments on this proposed MSA street designation, please
call me at 952-548-6350 or email atsstadler@hopkinsmn.com.
Sincerely,
Steven J. Sta ler
Director/City Engineer
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