Before any proceedings are taken under this act by boards of county road commissioners or the state highway commission involving the taking of property or property rights in a city or village for the changing, altering, opening or widening of a street or highway, the street or highway shall be taken over as a county road or designated as a state trunk line or federal aid highway, and the consent of the village or city council by resolution so to take over or designate the street or highway as a county road or state trunk line or federal aid highway shall be first obtained.
MCL 213.362