HF 2685

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/08/2016 04:42pm

A bill for an act
relating to natural resources; appropriating money for floodway modeling.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin FLOODWAY MODELING APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $187,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2017 from the general fund to the
commissioner of natural resources for a grant to the Middle-Snake-Tamarac Rivers
Watershed District to match equal funds from the North Dakota State Water Commission
and North Dakota water boards to conduct hydraulic modeling of alternative floodway
options for the reach including and upstream and downstream of the Minnesota and North
Dakota agricultural levies in the vicinity of Oslo, Minnesota. The modeling must include
evaluating removal of floodway flow obstructions, channel obstructions, transportation
access, and equalization of agricultural levy protection. The project must be conducted
in partnership with the border township association group representing four Minnesota
townships and the city of Oslo and the three adjacent townships in North Dakota. This is a
onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2018.
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