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M E M O R A N D U M <br />TO: Mayor and City Council Members <br />FROM: City Attorney <br />RE: Extension of willow Road <br />DATE: March 11, 1987 <br />Issue: At the last Council meeting the City Council <br />requested that I provide you with some <br />information regarding the process by which county <br />state -aid highways (CSAH) are designated and the <br />City's ability to affect that process. <br />Analysis: Minnesota Statutes §162.02 Subd. 7 states that <br />the County Board of any county may establish and <br />locate a CSAH upon or over any established road <br />or street or a specified portion thereof within <br />the County's limits. The statute does provide, <br />however, that no CSAH can be established or <br />located within the corporate limits of any city <br />without the approval of the governing board of <br />the city. <br />Minnesota Statutes §162.02 Subd. 8 amplifies the <br />approval requirement by repeating the necessity <br />of council approval set forth in Subd. 7. <br />Subdivision P reads as follows: <br />Approval by City. No portion of the county <br />state -aid highway system lying within the <br />corporate limits of any city shall be <br />constructed, reconstructed, or improved nor <br />the grade thereof changed without the prior <br />approval of the plans by the governing body <br />of such city and the approval shall be in <br />the manner and form required by the <br />commissioner." <br />Minnesota Rule 8820.0800, Subpart 1 prescribes <br />the procedure for route designations. Subsequent <br />to County Board and City approval, the highway or <br />street selection must be reviewed by the district <br />state -aid engineer of that area who in turn will <br />forward a recommendation to the Commissioner of <br />Transportation. Upon preliminary approval by the <br />