Item 3.10 Municipal State Aid Route Revisions
Request for
City Council Action
DEPARTMENT INFORMATION
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT REQUESTOR: MEETING DATE:
Public Works City Engineer Wagner March 9, 2026
PRESENTER(s) REVIEWED BY: ITEM #:
Consent City Administrator/Finance Director Flaherty 3.10 – MSA Streets
STRATEGIC VISION
MEETS: THE CITY OF OTSEGO:
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X Has proactively expanded infrastructure to responsibly provide core services.
Is committed to delivery of quality emergency service responsive to community needs and expectations in a
cost-effective manner.
Is a social community with diverse housing, service options, and employment opportunities.
Is a distinctive, connected community known for its beauty and natural surroundings.
AGENDA ITEM DETAILS
RECOMMENDATION:
City Staff recommend the City Council adopt resolutions for revisions to the Municipal State Aid Routes.
ARE YOU SEEKING APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT? IS A PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED?
No No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
Over the last couple years, the City has added new streets to the system via new private developments and
municipal improvement projects. The City is allowed to establish up to 20% of their total street mileage as
Municipal State Aid (MSA) routes. Once a route is established as an MSA route it generates Construction Needs
money for the City. State Aid money is distributed among all MSA cities based on 50% of the prorated share of
each City’s population and 50% of each City’s prorated Construction Needs.
An Annual Certificate of Mileage is submitted in January, for the previous year. This certificatio n requires the City
Engineer to certify the total mileage of streets within the City. This certification designates the next year ’s MSA
Needs mileage. For 2026, Otsego is allowed to designate 29.15 miles of street as MSA. Currently only 28.77 miles
are being used resulting in 0.38 miles waiting for designation. Typically, the goal of designating a route as MSA is to
generate the maximum amount of Needs for the City. Streets with higher traffic volumes will generate more Needs
but a non-existing future street route will also generate Needs, just to a lesser extent. Both ends of an MSA route
must connect to another MSA route, or County State Aid Highway (CSAH) to be a valid route.
The following are the proposed revisions the current MSA system to designate the unused portion of 0.38 miles of
Needs:
A portion of Nashua Avenue and a portion of Parkview Avenue are being removed from the MSAS system to provide
sufficient mileage for the additions to the MSAS system.
The cities of Otsego and St. Michael have planned to connect Nashua and Naber Avenues in advance of the Naber
Avenue interchange at I-94. Both Cities will have to coordinate the addition of this section to their system’s needs. The
City Engineer Ronald Wagner (Otsego) and Steve Bot (St. Michael) have been in communication and are in agreement
regarding this change.
Attached are resolutions and a Municipal State Aid Map showing the proposed locations of the new Municipal State Aid
street.
Route # Resolution # Street Segment Length
(Miles)
Roads Revoked from MSAS
125 2026-18 Parkview Avenue 87th Street NE to 85th Street NE 0.19
102 2026-18 Nashua Avenue 85th Street to CSAH 38 1.47
1.66 miles
Roads Added to MSAS
102 2026-19 Nashua Avenue CSAH 38 to County Road 137 1.07
110 2026-19 Randolph Avenue 65th Street NE to CSAH 36 0.94
2.01 miles
(+) 2026 Certified Available Mileage 0.38
(+) Totals Miles Revoked/Shortened + 1.66
(-)Total Miles Added - 2.01
(=) Remaining Available Mileage 0.03
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
• Proposed 2026 MSA Street Plan
• Resolution 2026-18
• Resolution 2026-19
POSSIBLE MOTION
PLEASE WORD MOTION AS YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO APPEAR IN THE MINUTES:
Motion to adopt Resolution 2026-18 Revoking Municipal State Aid Streets; and to adopt Resolution 2026-19 Establishing
Municipal State Aid Streets.
BUDGET INFORMATION
FUNDING: BUDGETED:
N/A
N/A
HakansonAndersonMUNICIPAL STATE AID STREET PLAN - 2026
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CITY OF OTSEGO
COUNTY OF WRIGHT
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO: 2026-18
REVOKING MUNICIPAL STATE AID STREETS
WHEREAS, it appears to the City Council of the City of Otsego that the streets hereinafter described should be revoked as
Municipal State Aid Streets under the provisions of Minnesota Law.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OTSEGO, MINNESOTA:
That the roads described as follows, to-wit:
Parkview Avenue (from 87th Street NE to 85th Street NE)
Nashua Avenue (from 85th Street to CSAH 38)
be, and hereby revoked as Municipal State Aid Streets of said City subject to the approval of the Commissioner of
Transportation of the State of Minnesota.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to forward two certified copies of this
resolution to the Commissioner of Transportation for consideration.
ADOPTED by the Otsego City Council this 9th day of March, 2026.
MOTION BY:
SECONDED BY:
IN FAVOR:
OPPOSED:
CITY OF OTSEGO
__________________________________
Jessica L. Stockamp, Mayor
ATTEST:
__________________________________
Audra Etzel, City Clerk
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CITY OF OTSEGO
COUNTY OF WRIGHT
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO: 2026-19
ESTABLISHING MUNICIPAL STATE AID STREETS
WHEREAS, it appears to the City Council of the City of Otsego that the streets hereinafter described should be established as
Municipal State Aid Streets under the provisions of Minnesota Law.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OTSEGO, MINNESOTA:
That the roads described as follows, to-wit:
Nashua Avenue (from CSAH 38 to County Road 137)
Randolph Avenue NE (from 65th Street NE to CSAH 36)
be, and hereby established as Municipal State Aid Streets of said City subject to the approval of the Commissioner of
Transportation of the State of Minnesota.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to forward two certified copies of this
resolution to the Commissioner of Transportation for consideration.
ADOPTED by the Otsego City Council this 9th day of March, 2026.
MOTION BY:
SECONDED BY:
IN FAVOR:
OPPOSED:
CITY OF OTSEGO
__________________________________
Jessica L. Stockamp, Mayor
ATTEST:
__________________________________
Audra Etzel, City Clerk