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of the MSA system. THE ASSOCIATION C METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITIES REQUESTS THE LEGISLATURE TO MODIFY THE LAW f0 EITHER 1) ALLOW CITIES THE RIGHT 7C REFUSE HIGHWAY TURNBACKS FROM THE STATE OR COUNTY, OR 2) ALLOW THE LOCAL UNITS MSA MILE LIMIT TO BE INCREASED BY THE MILES OF TURNBACK WITHOUT AFFECTING FUTURE ALLOCATIONS AND ESTABLISH A SPECIAL MAINTENANCE ALLOCATION FOR TURNED BACK HIGHWAY MILES BASED 0`: VOLUME OF USAGE. FURTHER, STANDARDS AND CRITERIA FOR TURNBACK ROADS SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED BY MNDOT IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOCAL UNITS OF GOVERNMENT, AND NOT MEETING THESE: STANDARDS BE MADE PART OF THE CRITERIA FOR wEI CH A CITY MAY REJECT THE TURNBACK. V-F '3CTRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS - ROLE OF ELECTED OFFICIAL, ne transportation planning process in the 'Twin City Metropolitan Area has been developed in response to a variety of federal and state ?aws and regulations. The Metropolitan Council (MC) was formally designated by the Legislature in 1974 (1974 MRA) as the agency responsible for the administration and coordination of said planning process. Included within this designation is the responsibility for 'Long range comprehensive transportation r'anning required by Secti�.n 134 of the Federal Highway Act of ',y62, Section 4 of Urban Mass Transportation "ct of 1964 and Se^lion 112 of Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973, and such other federal transportation laws as may be enacted subsequently. The planning required under the federal laws is commonly referred to as the 13C' process (continuous, comprehensive, and cooperative), and the MC is the metropolitan planning organization (MPO) under federal terminology. Federal law and regulations require that the MP) function as "the forum for cooperative decision making by principal elected officials of general purpose local government" a1� receipt of federal financial aid for the planning, = nstruction and operation of transportation improvements in ;:rbanized areas is contingent upon the existence of a planning process which is satisfactory to federal authorities. When the .egislature designated the MC as the transportation planning agency for the metropolitan area, it also mandated the establishment of an "advisory body" to assist the MC and Xe',ropolitan Transit Commission (MTC), now Regional Transit Board, carrying out their responsibilities. While specific duties .ere not assigned, the Legislature did specify that the advisory :,_:y would cunsist of citizen representatives, municipal, county, an: appropriate state agency representatives. This advisory body :s now called the Transportation Advisory hoard (TAB) and contains local elected officials among its membership of about 30 sfficials. The M'_ has consistently viewed the role of TAB an an advisory bodJ based on the 1974 MHA. Hence, local elected officia'Ls in this area do not play as vital a role in thy: fe:erdl:y mandated ' JC' trdnnpurtatior, planning proc_e5s as war