HF 100

as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending 
  1.3             to acquire and better public land and buildings and 
  1.4             other public improvements of a capital nature with 
  1.5             certain conditions; requiring certain studies and 
  1.6             reports; authorizing sale of state bonds; 
  1.7             appropriating money. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9   Section 1.  [CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.10     The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  1.11  appropriated from the bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, 
  1.12  to the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent for 
  1.13  public purposes.  Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent 
  1.14  as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 
  1.15  5, paragraph (a), to acquire and better public land and 
  1.16  buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, or 
  1.17  as authorized by article XI, section 5, paragraphs (b) to (j), 
  1.18  or article XIV.  Unless otherwise specified, the appropriations 
  1.19  in this act are available until the project is completed or 
  1.20  abandoned.  
  1.21                              SUMMARY 
  1.22  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA                          $   48,308,000 
  1.23  MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES            50,716,000 
  1.24  CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING                     22,500,000 
  1.25  NATURAL RESOURCES                                    32,262,000 
  1.26  OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE                    3,600,000 
  2.1   BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES                     8,250,000 
  2.2   AGRICULTURE                                             292,000 
  2.3   ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS                                    8,184,000 
  2.4   ADMINISTRATION                                        4,991,000 
  2.5   AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION                             8,250,000 
  2.6   ARTS                                                 31,000,000 
  2.7   MILITARY AFFAIRS                                        500,000 
  2.8   TRANSPORTATION                                       47,500,000 
  2.9   METROPOLITAN COUNCIL                                 10,500,000 
  2.10  HEALTH                                                  775,000 
  2.11  HUMAN SERVICES                                        6,680,000 
  2.12  CORRECTIONS                                           1,640,000 
  2.13  TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                       68,650,000 
  2.14  IRON RANGE RESOURCES AND REHABILITATION BOARD         1,500,000 
  2.15  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY                            725,000 
  2.16  BOND SALE EXPENSES                                      357,000 
  2.17  TOTAL                                            $  357,180,000
  2.18  Bond Proceeds Fund 
  2.19  (General Fund Debt Service)                         328,131,000 
  2.20  Bond Proceeds Fund  
  2.21  (User Financed Debt Service)                         25,249,000  
  2.22  General Fund                                          3,800,000 
  2.23                                                   APPROPRIATIONS
  2.24                                                   $ 
  2.25  Sec. 2.  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 
  2.26  Subdivision 1.  To the board of regents
  2.27  of the University of Minnesota for the 
  2.28  purposes specified in this section                   48,308,000 
  2.29  Subd. 2.  Twin Cities - Minneapolis
  2.30  (a) Jones Hall                                        8,000,000
  2.31  To renovate Jones Hall on the 
  2.32  Minneapolis campus. 
  2.33  The board of regents may use the 
  2.34  single-phase design-build method 
  2.35  described in Minnesota Statutes, 
  2.36  section 16C.31, subdivision 6, 
  2.37  paragraph (c), to implement this 
  2.38  project. 
  2.39  (b) Translational Research Facility                  24,700,000
  2.40  To design, construct, furnish, and 
  2.41  equip the Translational Research 
  2.42  Facility, an addition to the Lyons 
  2.43  Research Lab building on the 
  3.1   Minneapolis campus. 
  3.2   This appropriation is not available 
  3.3   until the commissioner of finance has 
  3.4   determined that at least $12,300,000 
  3.5   has been committed from nonstate 
  3.6   sources.  
  3.7   The board of regents may use the 
  3.8   two-phase design-build method described 
  3.9   in Minnesota Statutes, section 16C.31, 
  3.10  to implement this project. 
  3.11  (c) Teaching and Technology Center                    3,000,000
  3.12  To predesign and design a teaching and 
  3.13  technology center for the Institute of 
  3.14  Technology. 
  3.15  Subd. 3.  Twin Cities - St. Paul                               
  3.16  Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory                      1,500,000
  3.17  To renovate and upgrade the veterinary 
  3.18  diagnostic laboratory to provide 
  3.19  additional laboratory space for a 
  3.20  veterinary molecular diagnostic 
  3.21  laboratory.  The renovation and upgrade 
  3.22  must include space for molecular 
  3.23  diagnostic testing for paratuberculosis 
  3.24  (Johne's disease), porcine reproductive 
  3.25  and respiratory syndrome virus in 
  3.26  swine, avian pneumovirus in turkeys, 
  3.27  bovine mastitis, and emerging and 
  3.28  foreign animal diseases. 
  3.29  Subd. 4.  Morris                                      8,600,000
  3.30  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  3.31  the social science building to correct 
  3.32  building code deficiencies, remodel the 
  3.33  interior, install new windows, upgrade 
  3.34  the building's mechanical and 
  3.35  electrical systems, replace the roof, 
  3.36  and construct an addition over the 
  3.37  existing auditorium wing to create 
  3.38  space for faculty offices, and to 
  3.39  install fire protection systems in 
  3.40  three student housing facilities. 
  3.41  This appropriation is not available 
  3.42  until the commissioner of finance has 
  3.43  determined that at least $400,000 has 
  3.44  been committed from nonstate sources. 
  3.45  Subd. 5.  Research and Outreach        
  3.46  Centers                                               2,508,000
  3.47  To acquire land and design, construct, 
  3.48  furnish, and equip facilities at 
  3.49  research and outreach centers.  
  3.50  Projects funded by this appropriation 
  3.51  include: 
  3.52  (1) research laboratory and office 
  3.53  space at the Northwest ROC at 
  3.54  Crookston; 
  3.55  (2) an addition to the aspen/larch 
  3.56  genetics laboratory at the North 
  3.57  Central ROC at Grand Rapids and 
  4.1   acquisition of land for the development 
  4.2   of two test planting sites to conduct 
  4.3   research on fast growing trees; 
  4.4   (3) an addition to the administration 
  4.5   building at the Southern ROC at Waseca; 
  4.6   and 
  4.7   (4) of this amount, $70,000 is to 
  4.8   construct an environmentally friendly 
  4.9   swine farrowing demonstration facility 
  4.10  at the West Central ROC, subject to 
  4.11  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
  4.12  Subd. 6.  Debt Service
  4.13  (a) The board of regents shall pay the 
  4.14  debt service on one-third of the 
  4.15  principal amount of state bonds sold to 
  4.16  finance projects authorized by this 
  4.17  section, except that, where a nonstate 
  4.18  match is required, the debt service is 
  4.19  due on a principal amount equal to 
  4.20  one-third of the total project cost, 
  4.21  less the match committed before the 
  4.22  bonds are sold.  After each sale of 
  4.23  general obligation bonds, the 
  4.24  commissioner of finance shall notify 
  4.25  the board of regents of the amounts 
  4.26  assessed for each year for the life of 
  4.27  the bonds. 
  4.28  (b) The commissioner shall reduce the 
  4.29  board's assessment each year by 
  4.30  one-third of the net income from 
  4.31  investment of general obligation bond 
  4.32  proceeds in proportion to the amount of 
  4.33  principal and interest otherwise 
  4.34  required to be paid by the board.  The 
  4.35  board shall pay its resulting net 
  4.36  assessment to the commissioner of 
  4.37  finance by December 1 each year.  If 
  4.38  the board fails to make a payment when 
  4.39  due, the commissioner of finance shall 
  4.40  reduce allotments for appropriations 
  4.41  from the general fund otherwise 
  4.42  available to the board and apply the 
  4.43  amount of the reduction to cover the 
  4.44  missed debt service payment.  The 
  4.45  commissioner of finance shall credit 
  4.46  the payments received from the board to 
  4.47  the bond debt service account in the 
  4.48  state bond fund each December 1 before 
  4.49  money is transferred from the general 
  4.50  fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  4.51  16A.641, subdivision 10. 
  4.52  Subd. 7.  Contingencies                              
  4.53  The commissioner of finance must 
  4.54  combine into one account, under the 
  4.55  control of the board of regents, the 
  4.56  portion of each appropriation in this 
  4.57  section that is attributable to the 
  4.58  amount budgeted for contingencies for 
  4.59  projects in this section.  The board 
  4.60  must manage the account to pay for 
  4.61  exceptional but necessary costs of 
  4.62  projects authorized in this section.  
  4.63  Upon substantial completion or 
  4.64  abandonment of all projects authorized 
  5.1   in this section, the board must use any 
  5.2   funds remaining in the contingency 
  5.3   account for HEAPR under Minnesota 
  5.4   Statutes, section 135A.046.  The board 
  5.5   of regents must report by February 1 of 
  5.6   each even-numbered year to the chairs 
  5.7   of the house and senate committees with 
  5.8   jurisdiction over capital investments 
  5.9   and higher education finance, and to 
  5.10  the chairs of the house ways and means 
  5.11  committee and the senate finance 
  5.12  committee on how the money in the 
  5.13  contingency account has been allocated 
  5.14  or spent. 
  5.15  Sec. 3.  MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND 
  5.16  UNIVERSITIES 
  5.17  Subdivision 1.  To the board of trustees
  5.18  of the Minnesota state colleges and 
  5.19  universities for the purposes specified in
  5.20  this section                                         50,716,000
  5.21  Subd. 2.  Bemidji State University                    1,000,000 
  5.22  To design the colocation of the 
  5.23  emerging technologies and health care 
  5.24  programs of Bemidji state university 
  5.25  and Northwest technical college. 
  5.26  Subd. 3.  Dakota Technical College                      500,000
  5.27  To design the renovation of the west 
  5.28  side of the main campus facility to 
  5.29  create an information technology and 
  5.30  telecommunications center of excellence 
  5.31  and an integrated library and library 
  5.32  information technology center. 
  5.33  Subd. 4.  Fergus Falls                 
  5.34  Community College                                       760,000
  5.35  To design, construct, furnish, and 
  5.36  equip an expansion of the existing 
  5.37  maintenance shop. 
  5.38  To design an addition to link 
  5.39  Administration and Fine Arts to provide 
  5.40  a one-stop student service shop, smart 
  5.41  classrooms, open computer laboratories; 
  5.42  design renovation to provide space for 
  5.43  technology support next to the library; 
  5.44  and design asset preservation work. 
  5.45  Subd. 5.  Hennepin Technical College                  2,000,000
  5.46  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  5.47  existing space at the Brooklyn Park and 
  5.48  Eden Prairie campuses.  
  5.49  Subd. 6.  Inver Hills Community
  5.50  College                                                 500,000
  5.51  To design renovation of existing space 
  5.52  and construction of an addition to 
  5.53  create a one-stop student services 
  5.54  shop; enlarge and colocate central 
  5.55  services, the bookstore, and a new 
  5.56  loading dock; upgrade mechanical 
  5.57  systems; and provide a welcoming front 
  5.58  door and help desk for the campus. 
  6.1   Subd. 7.  Lake Superior Community      
  6.2   and Technical College                                   700,000
  6.3   To design a student center addition to 
  6.4   house a consolidated system of student 
  6.5   services, smart classrooms, and open 
  6.6   laboratories. 
  6.7   Subd. 8.  Minnesota State University - 
  6.8   Mankato - Phase 3                                     8,400,000
  6.9   To renovate, furnish, and equip Otto 
  6.10  Arena and adjacent areas to provide a 
  6.11  student fitness facility. 
  6.12  Subd. 9.  Minnesota West Community and
  6.13  Technical College at Worthington                      6,300,000
  6.14  To design, construct, furnish, and 
  6.15  equip a one-stop student services shop 
  6.16  and welcome counter addition. 
  6.17  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  6.18  two science laboratories and associated 
  6.19  preparation, storage, and office spaces.
  6.20  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  6.21  consolidated nursing and allied health 
  6.22  department and other classroom spaces. 
  6.23  Subd. 10.  Northeast Higher Education  
  6.24  District - Virginia                                   5,496,000
  6.25  To design, renovate, and equip science 
  6.26  laboratories, a learning resource 
  6.27  center, a student commons, and 
  6.28  classrooms, including technology 
  6.29  equipped classrooms, and construct new 
  6.30  loading dock and driveway. 
  6.31  Subd. 11.  Northwest Technical College -     
  6.32  Moorhead Campus                                         400,000
  6.33  To design the renovation of existing 
  6.34  facilities and design new facilities 
  6.35  for an allied health and applied 
  6.36  technology laboratory and support 
  6.37  facilities. 
  6.38  Subd. 12.  Ridgewater Community and
  6.39  Technical College                                     2,880,000
  6.40  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  6.41  existing chemistry, physics, and 
  6.42  biology laboratories and convert a 
  6.43  classroom into a geology laboratory on 
  6.44  the Willmar campus.  
  6.45  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  6.46  interior space to convert obsolete 
  6.47  applied laboratory space on the 
  6.48  Hutchinson campus into chemistry, 
  6.49  physics, and biology laboratories. 
  6.50  Subd. 13.  South Central Technical                              
  6.51  College                                                 300,000
  6.52  To design renovation of teaching 
  6.53  laboratories at the North Mankato 
  6.54  campus and design asset preservation at 
  6.55  the Faribault campus. 
  7.1   Subd. 14.  Southeast Technical
  7.2   College                                                 580,000
  7.3   To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  7.4   a one-stop student services area and 
  7.5   workforce center entrance at Winona. 
  7.6   To design the renovation of a one-stop 
  7.7   student services area and student 
  7.8   center entrance at Red Wing. 
  7.9   Subd. 15.  Southwest State University                 9,200,000 
  7.10  To renovate and reconfigure, furnish, 
  7.11  and equip the library and construct a 
  7.12  new entrance. 
  7.13  Subd. 16.  St. Cloud State University                10,000,000 
  7.14  To design the renovation of Centennial 
  7.15  Hall and to renovate, furnish, and 
  7.16  equip the renovation of Centennial Hall 
  7.17  and its conversion from library to 
  7.18  classroom use and to design the code 
  7.19  correction and renovation of Riverview 
  7.20  Hall.  This appropriation may also be 
  7.21  used for design of the renovation of 
  7.22  Brown Hall and Eastman Hall. 
  7.23  Subd. 17.  St. Cloud Technical College                  700,000
  7.24  To design the construction of a 
  7.25  multistory building connected to the 
  7.26  existing facility and the renovation of 
  7.27  part of "G" wing. 
  7.28  Subd. 18.  Land Acquisition                           1,000,000
  7.29  To acquire real property near the state 
  7.30  college and university campuses from 
  7.31  willing sellers. 
  7.32  Subd. 19.  Debt Service
  7.33  (a) The board shall pay the debt 
  7.34  service on one-third of the principal 
  7.35  amount of state bonds sold to finance 
  7.36  projects authorized by this section, 
  7.37  except that, where a nonstate match is 
  7.38  required, the debt service is due on a 
  7.39  principal amount equal to one-third of 
  7.40  the total project cost, less the match 
  7.41  committed before the bonds are sold.  
  7.42  After each sale of general obligation 
  7.43  bonds, the commissioner of finance 
  7.44  shall notify the board of the amounts 
  7.45  assessed for each year for the life of 
  7.46  the bonds. 
  7.47  (b) The commissioner shall reduce the 
  7.48  board's assessment each year by 
  7.49  one-third of the net income from 
  7.50  investment of general obligation bond 
  7.51  proceeds in proportion to the amount of 
  7.52  principal and interest otherwise 
  7.53  required to be paid by the board.  The 
  7.54  board shall pay its resulting net 
  7.55  assessment to the commissioner of 
  7.56  finance by December 1 each year.  If 
  7.57  the board fails to make a payment when 
  7.58  due, the commissioner of finance shall 
  8.1   reduce allotments for appropriations 
  8.2   from the general fund otherwise 
  8.3   available to the board and apply the 
  8.4   amount of the reduction to cover the 
  8.5   missed debt service payment.  The 
  8.6   commissioner of finance shall credit 
  8.7   the payments received from the board to 
  8.8   the bond debt service account in the 
  8.9   state bond fund each December 1 before 
  8.10  money is transferred from the general 
  8.11  fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  8.12  16A.641, subdivision 10. 
  8.13  Subd. 20.  Contingencies                                        
  8.14  The commissioner of finance must 
  8.15  combine into one account, under the 
  8.16  control of the board of trustees, the 
  8.17  portion of each appropriation in this 
  8.18  section that is attributable to the 
  8.19  amount budgeted for contingencies for 
  8.20  projects in this section.  The board 
  8.21  must manage the account to pay for 
  8.22  exceptional but necessary costs of 
  8.23  projects authorized in this section.  
  8.24  Upon substantial completion or 
  8.25  abandonment of all projects authorized 
  8.26  in this section, the board must use any 
  8.27  funds remaining in the contingency 
  8.28  account for HEAPR under Minnesota 
  8.29  Statutes, section 135A.046.  The board 
  8.30  of trustees must report by February 1 
  8.31  of each even-numbered year to the 
  8.32  chairs of the house and senate 
  8.33  committees with jurisdiction over 
  8.34  capital investments and higher 
  8.35  education finance, and to the chairs of 
  8.36  the house ways and means committee and 
  8.37  the senate finance committee on how the 
  8.38  money in the contingency account has 
  8.39  been allocated or spent. 
  8.40  Sec. 4.  CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING 
  8.41  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
  8.42  children, families, and learning for the
  8.43  purposes specified in this section                   22,500,000
  8.44  Subd. 2.  Southwest Integration 
  8.45  Magnet Schools                                        1,000,000
  8.46  For a grant in accordance with the 
  8.47  metropolitan magnet school grant 
  8.48  program under Minnesota Statutes, 
  8.49  section 124D.88, to the West Metro 
  8.50  Education Program joint powers board to 
  8.51  acquire land, prepare a site, 
  8.52  predesign, and design a new building 
  8.53  for the Southwest Integration Magnet 
  8.54  School in St. Louis Park, to serve a 
  8.55  population of approximately 500 
  8.56  kindergarten through grade 8 students. 
  8.57  Subd. 3.  Library Access Grants                      1,000,000 
  8.58  For library access grants under 
  8.59  Minnesota Statutes, section 134.45, to 
  8.60  remove architectural barriers from a 
  8.61  library building or site. 
  8.62  Subd. 4.  Minnesota         
  9.1   Planetarium                                           9,500,000
  9.2   For a grant to the city of Minneapolis 
  9.3   to design, construct, furnish, and 
  9.4   equip a new Minnesota planetarium, 
  9.5   subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
  9.6   16A.695. 
  9.7   This appropriation is not available 
  9.8   until the commissioner has determined 
  9.9   that at least an equal amount has been 
  9.10  committed from nonstate sources.  The 
  9.11  proportional share of the in-kind 
  9.12  contributions for the planetarium of 
  9.13  land, parking facilities, skyways, and 
  9.14  municipal infrastructure for the 
  9.15  planetarium may be counted as part of 
  9.16  the match.  The proportional share of 
  9.17  the costs to the city of constructing 
  9.18  mechanical and electrical systems, 
  9.19  common areas, service areas, freight 
  9.20  elevators, and walls and roofs for the 
  9.21  planetarium shared with the Minneapolis 
  9.22  library and included in the costs of 
  9.23  constructing the library may also be 
  9.24  counted as part of the match. 
  9.25  The legislature intends not to 
  9.26  appropriate additional money to 
  9.27  construct the planetarium until at 
  9.28  least $4,000,000 in cash contributions 
  9.29  have been committed to the project from 
  9.30  other than state or local government 
  9.31  funds. 
  9.32  Subd. 5.  Asian Community Center                      1,000,000
  9.33  For a grant to the city of St. Paul to 
  9.34  design, construct, furnish, and equip 
  9.35  an Asian community center, subject to 
  9.36  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
  9.37  This appropriation is not available 
  9.38  until the commissioner has determined 
  9.39  that at least an equal amount has been 
  9.40  committed from nonstate sources. 
  9.41  Subd. 6.  Colin Powell Youth
  9.42  Leadership Center                                       700,000
  9.43  For a grant to Hennepin county to 
  9.44  acquire land for and to design, 
  9.45  construct, furnish, and equip the Colin 
  9.46  Powell Youth Leadership center in 
  9.47  Minneapolis, subject to Minnesota 
  9.48  Statutes, section 16A.695.  The center 
  9.49  will include a national guard drill 
  9.50  area; an education wing, including a 
  9.51  computer lab; a multipurpose arts 
  9.52  facility; a community education space; 
  9.53  a nutrition education and cooking 
  9.54  skills work-preparation area; and four 
  9.55  new basketball courts. 
  9.56  This appropriation is not available 
  9.57  until the commissioner has determined 
  9.58  that at least an equal amount has been 
  9.59  committed from nonstate sources. 
  9.60  Subd. 7.  Neighborhood 
  9.61  House/El Rio Vista                                    1,800,000
 10.1   For a grant to the city of St. Paul to 
 10.2   acquire land for and to design, 
 10.3   construct, furnish, and equip an 
 10.4   expansion of Neighborhood House/El Rio 
 10.5   Vista, subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
 10.6   section 16A.695. 
 10.7   This appropriation is not available 
 10.8   until the commissioner has determined 
 10.9   that at least an equal amount has been 
 10.10  committed from nonstate sources.  
 10.11  Subd. 8.  Trollwood                    
 10.12  Performing Arts School                                5,500,000
 10.13  For a grant to the city of Moorhead to 
 10.14  acquire land for and to design, 
 10.15  construct, furnish, and equip Trollwood 
 10.16  Arts Village in the city of Moorhead, 
 10.17  subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
 10.18  16A.695.  Trollwood must be available 
 10.19  to regional arts groups. 
 10.20  This appropriation is not available 
 10.21  until the commissioner has determined 
 10.22  that at least an equal amount has been 
 10.23  committed from nonstate sources. 
 10.24  Subd. 9.  Early Childhood Learning                              
 10.25  and Child Protection Facilities                       2,000,000 
 10.26  For grants to construct or rehabilitate 
 10.27  facilities for programs under Minnesota 
 10.28  Statutes, section 119A.45. 
 10.29  Sec. 5.  NATURAL RESOURCES 
 10.30  Subdivision 1.  To the 
 10.31  commissioner of natural resources 
 10.32  for the purposes specified
 10.33  in this section                                      32,262,000
 10.34  Subd. 2.  State Park Initiative                       4,500,000
 10.35  $1,600,000 is for improvements and 
 10.36  betterments of a capital nature to 
 10.37  develop the Big Bog state recreation 
 10.38  area, including constructing, 
 10.39  furnishing, and equipping a visitors 
 10.40  center. 
 10.41  $2,900,000 is for improvements and 
 10.42  betterments of a capital nature to 
 10.43  develop the Red River state recreation 
 10.44  area, including construction of a 
 10.45  visitors center. 
 10.46  Subd. 3.  State Park and Recreation Area
 10.47  Acquisition                                            3,000,000 
 10.48  For acquisition of land under Minnesota 
 10.49  Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 
 10.50  2, from willing sellers of private 
 10.51  lands within state park and recreation 
 10.52  area boundaries established by law. 
 10.53  Subd. 4.  Metro Regional Park Acquisition    
 10.54  and Betterment                                        2,700,000
 10.55  For a grant to the metropolitan council 
 11.1   to complete renovation of the Como Park 
 11.2   conservatory under phase 2.  The 
 11.3   project must include renovation of the 
 11.4   fern room and construction of a bonsai 
 11.5   collection space, an orchid growing and 
 11.6   display house, and a children's 
 11.7   activity zone, as well as corridors and 
 11.8   connections to the education resource 
 11.9   building. 
 11.10  Subd. 5.  Regional Parks:   
 11.11  Greater Minnesota                                     4,000,000
 11.12  For grants to public regional parks 
 11.13  organizations located outside the 
 11.14  metropolitan area as defined in 
 11.15  Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, 
 11.16  subdivision 2, to acquire land, design, 
 11.17  and construct and redevelop regional 
 11.18  parks and trails, open space, and 
 11.19  recreational facilities.  The 
 11.20  improvements must be of a capital 
 11.21  nature.  A greater Minnesota regional 
 11.22  parks organization with a project 
 11.23  previously funded through the regional 
 11.24  parks program, whether with bond funds 
 11.25  or other funds, at less than the total 
 11.26  eligible amount may reapply for the 
 11.27  total eligible amount from this 
 11.28  appropriation.  If it is awarded, the 
 11.29  organization must return the original 
 11.30  grant award.  Each $3 of state grants 
 11.31  must be matched by $2 of nonstate funds.
 11.32  Subd. 6.  Reforestation                               1,500,000
 11.33  For improvements authorized under the 
 11.34  Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
 11.35  section 5, clause (f).  To increase 
 11.36  reforestation activities to meet the 
 11.37  reforestation requirements of Minnesota 
 11.38  Statutes, section 89.002, subdivision 
 11.39  2, including planting, seeding, site 
 11.40  preparation, purchasing tree seeds and 
 11.41  seedlings, improving forest stands, and 
 11.42  protecting plantations. 
 11.43  Subd. 7.  State Forest Land Acquisition                 500,000
 11.44  To acquire private lands from willing 
 11.45  sellers within established boundaries 
 11.46  of state forests throughout the state 
 11.47  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 11.48  86A.05, subdivision 7. 
 11.49  Subd. 8.  State Trail Acquisition     
 11.50  and Development                                       2,750,000
 11.51  To acquire, develop, and renovate state 
 11.52  trails as specified in Minnesota 
 11.53  Statutes, section 85.015. 
 11.54  $725,000 is for the Gitchi-Gami trail. 
 11.55  $450,000 is for the Shooting Star trail.
 11.56  $600,000 is for a grant to the city of 
 11.57  Austin to acquire land for the Blazing 
 11.58  Star trail. 
 11.59  $475,000 is for the Goodhue Pioneer 
 12.1   trail. 
 12.2   $500,000 is to connect the portions of 
 12.3   the Paul Bunyan trail in the city of 
 12.4   Bemidji, including constructing an 
 12.5   underpass.  This appropriation is not 
 12.6   available until the commissioner has 
 12.7   determined that an equal amount has 
 12.8   been committed by the city of Bemidji.  
 12.9   Subd. 9.  Trail Connections                            1,857,000
 12.10  For matching grants under Minnesota 
 12.11  Statutes, section 85.019, subdivision 
 12.12  4c, including a grant to the city of 
 12.13  St. Louis Park to design and construct 
 12.14  a grade separated pedestrian and 
 12.15  regional trail crossing over CSAH No. 
 12.16  25/Trunk Highway 7 at Trunk Highway 100 
 12.17  to connect the Cedar Lake Regional 
 12.18  Trail and the Southwest LRT Regional 
 12.19  Trail, a grant to the city of New Ulm 
 12.20  to connect the city trail to Flandrau 
 12.21  state park, and a grant to Stearns 
 12.22  county for the Lake Koronis trail.  
 12.23  The commissioner shall determine other 
 12.24  project priorities as appropriate based 
 12.25  on need. 
 12.26  Subd. 10.  Metro Greenways and Natural                          
 12.27  Areas                                                 1,000,000 
 12.28  To provide grants to local units of 
 12.29  government for acquisition or 
 12.30  betterment of greenways and natural 
 12.31  areas in the metro region and to 
 12.32  acquire greenways and natural areas in 
 12.33  the metro region through the purchase 
 12.34  of conservation easements or fee 
 12.35  titles.  The commissioner shall 
 12.36  determine the project priorities and 
 12.37  shall consult with representatives of 
 12.38  local units of government, nonprofit 
 12.39  organizations, and other interested 
 12.40  parties.  
 12.41  Subd. 11.  Lewis and Clark             
 12.42  Rural Water System                                      180,000
 12.43  This appropriation is from the general 
 12.44  fund. 
 12.45  For a grant to the Lewis and Clark 
 12.46  joint powers board to acquire land for, 
 12.47  and to predesign, design, construct, 
 12.48  furnish, and equip, a rural water 
 12.49  system to serve southwestern 
 12.50  Minnesota.  This appropriation is 
 12.51  available when matched by $8 of federal 
 12.52  money and $1 of local money for each $1 
 12.53  of state money. 
 12.54  Subd. 12.  Red Rock Rural 
 12.55  Water System                                            125,000 
 12.56  For a grant to the Red Rock rural water 
 12.57  system to acquire land, predesign, 
 12.58  design, construct, and equip the 
 12.59  southwest Minnesota regional water 
 12.60  supply project.  This appropriation is 
 13.1   not available until at least an equal 
 13.2   amount of nonstate money has been 
 13.3   committed to the project. 
 13.4   Subd. 13.  Dam Improvements                           1,250,000
 13.5   Of this amount, up to $100,000 is for a 
 13.6   grant to Blue Earth county for 
 13.7   renovation of the Rapidan dam.  This 
 13.8   grant is not available until at least 
 13.9   an equal amount is committed to the 
 13.10  project from nonstate sources. 
 13.11  Up to $1,050,000 is for a grant to the 
 13.12  city of Crookston for phases 2 and 3 of 
 13.13  the Red Lake River restoration and 
 13.14  habitat improvement project. 
 13.15  Subd. 14.  Stream Protection
 13.16  and Restoration                                       1,000,000
 13.17  For the design and implementation of 
 13.18  stream restoration projects that employ 
 13.19  natural channel design principles. 
 13.20  Subd. 15.  Water Access
 13.21  Acquisition and Development                           1,500,000
 13.22  For public water access acquisition, 
 13.23  construction, and renovation to capital 
 13.24  projects on lakes and rivers, including 
 13.25  construction of a fishing pier at Blue 
 13.26  Mound state park and other water access 
 13.27  through the provision of fishing piers 
 13.28  and shoreline access under Minnesota 
 13.29  Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 9.
 13.30  Subd. 16.  Lake Superior
 13.31  Safe Harbor                                           1,100,000
 13.32  To complete construction of the public 
 13.33  access at McQuade Road on Lake Superior 
 13.34  in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps 
 13.35  of Engineers and the joint powers board 
 13.36  made up of the city of Duluth, St. 
 13.37  Louis county, the town of Duluth, and 
 13.38  the town of Lakewood. 
 13.39  Subd. 17.  Fish Hatchery
 13.40  Improvements                                            300,000
 13.41  For improvements of a capital nature to 
 13.42  design, construct, renovate, furnish, 
 13.43  and equip fish culture facilities under 
 13.44  Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.045, 
 13.45  subdivision 1. 
 13.46  Subd. 18.  Fisheries Acquisition 
 13.47  and Improvement                                         500,000
 13.48  To acquire aquatic management areas and 
 13.49  to make public improvements and 
 13.50  betterments of a capital nature to fish 
 13.51  habitat under Minnesota Statutes, 
 13.52  section 86A.05, subdivision 14.  
 13.53  Subd. 19.  Scientific and Natural Area                 
 13.54  Acquisition and Improvement                           2,500,000
 13.55  To acquire land for scientific and 
 13.56  natural areas and for development, 
 14.1   protection, or improvements of a 
 14.2   capital nature to scientific and 
 14.3   natural areas throughout the state 
 14.4   under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 14.5   84.033 and 86A.05, subdivision 5.  
 14.6   Up to $1,500,000 is to acquire and make 
 14.7   improvements of a capital nature to 
 14.8   restore and develop the Seminary fen in 
 14.9   the Assumption creek watershed in 
 14.10  Carver county.  The commissioner shall 
 14.11  manage the Seminary fen in accordance 
 14.12  with Minnesota Statutes, chapter 86A, 
 14.13  in part as an aquatic management area, 
 14.14  in part as a scientific and natural 
 14.15  area, and in part as a wildlife 
 14.16  management area. 
 14.17  Subd. 20.  Natural and Scenic Area      
 14.18  Land Acquisition Grants                               1,000,000
 14.19  For matching grants to local units of 
 14.20  government to acquire and better local 
 14.21  natural and scenic areas under 
 14.22  Minnesota Statutes, section 85.019, 
 14.23  subdivision 4a.  The commissioner shall 
 14.24  determine project priorities as 
 14.25  appropriate based on project 
 14.26  significance and need. 
 14.27  Subd. 21.  Native Prairie    
 14.28  Bank Easements                                        1,000,000
 14.29  For acquisition of native prairie bank 
 14.30  easements under Minnesota Statutes, 
 14.31  section 84.96. 
 14.32  Sec. 6.  OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE
 14.33  Subdivision 1.  To the office of environmental
 14.34  assistance for the purposes specified
 14.35  in this section                                       3,600,000
 14.36  Subd. 2.  Solid Waste Capital          
 14.37  Assistance Grants                                     3,600,000
 14.38  To the office of environmental 
 14.39  assistance for the solid waste capital 
 14.40  assistance grants program under 
 14.41  Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.54.  
 14.42  Grants from this appropriation must be 
 14.43  awarded to applicants whose 
 14.44  applications were on file with the 
 14.45  office before January 1, 2002.  The 
 14.46  office must give priority for grants to 
 14.47  projects that expand processing 
 14.48  capacity. 
 14.49  Sec. 7.  BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES 
 14.50  Subdivision 1.  To the board 
 14.51  of water and soil resources for the 
 14.52  purposes specified in this section                    8,250,000 
 14.53  Subd. 2.  RIM Conservation
 14.54  Easements                                             2,000,000 
 14.55  This appropriation is to acquire 
 14.56  conservation easements from landowners 
 14.57  on marginal lands to protect soil and 
 14.58  water quality and to support fish and 
 15.1   wildlife habitat as provided in 
 15.2   Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515. 
 15.3   Subd. 3.  Shoreland Protection           
 15.4   Program                                                 750,000
 15.5   To acquire conservation easements in 
 15.6   environmentally sensitive lake and 
 15.7   river shoreland areas from private 
 15.8   landowners.  The board may award grants 
 15.9   to local soil and water conservation 
 15.10  districts and participating local units 
 15.11  of government to accomplish the 
 15.12  purposes of this program in accordance 
 15.13  with Minnesota Statutes, section 
 15.14  103F.225.  
 15.15  $100,000 of this amount may be used to 
 15.16  administer the program. 
 15.17  Subd. 4.  Wetland Replacement          
 15.18  Due to Public Road Projects                           2,700,000
 15.19  To acquire land for wetlands or restore 
 15.20  wetlands to be used to replace wetlands 
 15.21  drained or filled as a result of the 
 15.22  repair, maintenance, or rehabilitation 
 15.23  of existing public roads as required by 
 15.24  Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.222, 
 15.25  subdivision 1, paragraph (l). 
 15.26  The purchase price paid for acquisition 
 15.27  of land, fee, or perpetual easement 
 15.28  must be the fair market value as 
 15.29  determined by the board.  The board may 
 15.30  enter into agreements with the federal 
 15.31  government, other state agencies, 
 15.32  political subdivisions, and nonprofit 
 15.33  organizations or fee owners to acquire 
 15.34  land and restore and create wetlands 
 15.35  and to acquire existing wetland banking 
 15.36  credits with money provided by this 
 15.37  appropriation.  Acquisition of or the 
 15.38  conveyance of land may be in the name 
 15.39  of the political subdivision. 
 15.40  Subd. 5.  Lazarus Creek                               1,500,000
 15.41  For a grant to Area II Minnesota River 
 15.42  Basin Projects, Inc. for construction 
 15.43  of the LQP-25/Lazarus Creek floodwater 
 15.44  retention project.  The grant may not 
 15.45  exceed 75 percent of the project's 
 15.46  cost.  The remaining share must be 
 15.47  provided by Area II Minnesota River 
 15.48  Basin Projects, Inc. 
 15.49  Subd. 6.  Stillwater - 
 15.50  Brown's Creek                                         1,300,000
 15.51  For a grant to the city of Stillwater 
 15.52  to provide environmental protection 
 15.53  capital improvements for Brown's Creek. 
 15.54  Sec. 8.  AGRICULTURE                                          
 15.55  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 15.56  administration for the purposes 
 15.57  specified in this section                               292,000
 15.58  Subd. 2.  Expansion of Metro           
 16.1   Greenhouse and Storage Bay                              292,000
 16.2   To design, construct, furnish, and 
 16.3   equip an expansion of the greenhouse 
 16.4   facility owned by the department of 
 16.5   agriculture on the campus of 
 16.6   Metropolitan State University in St. 
 16.7   Paul. 
 16.8   Sec. 9.  MINNESOTA ZOOLOGICAL
 16.9   GARDENS                                              
 16.10  Subdivision 1.  To the Minnesota 
 16.11  Zoological Gardens for the purposes 
 16.12  specified in this section                             8,184,000
 16.13  Subd. 2.  Phase 1 of Master Plan                      8,184,000
 16.14  To design, construct, furnish, and 
 16.15  equip zoo facilities consistent with 
 16.16  phase 1 of the facilities and business 
 16.17  master plan for the Asia Trail.  Up to 
 16.18  $1,000,000 of this appropriation may be 
 16.19  used to design other components of 
 16.20  Phase 1.  
 16.21  This appropriation is not available 
 16.22  until the commissioner of finance has 
 16.23  determined that additional money at 
 16.24  least equal to 25 percent of the 
 16.25  appropriated amount has been committed 
 16.26  to the project from nonstate sources. 
 16.27  Sec. 10.  ADMINISTRATION 
 16.28  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
 16.29  of administration for the purposes
 16.30  specified in this section                             4,991,000
 16.31  Subd. 2.  Renovate Governor's
 16.32  Residence                                             4,291,000
 16.33  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
 16.34  the Governor's residence in St. Paul.  
 16.35  $45,000 is from the general fund for 
 16.36  relocation expenses. 
 16.37  Subd. 3.  Government Services          
 16.38  Center                                                  700,000
 16.39  To predesign in Olmsted county a 
 16.40  government services facility to 
 16.41  colocate federal, state, and local 
 16.42  government offices, to the extent that 
 16.43  the predesign determines their 
 16.44  colocation to be feasible and 
 16.45  practical.  Participating agencies to 
 16.46  be evaluated in the predesign must 
 16.47  include, but need not be limited to, 
 16.48  the city of Rochester; Olmsted county; 
 16.49  the state departments of natural 
 16.50  resources, commerce, economic security, 
 16.51  health, pollution control, revenue, and 
 16.52  the board of water and soil resources; 
 16.53  and appropriate federal agencies. 
 16.54  Sec. 11.  AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION
 16.55  Subdivision 1.  To the amateur sports
 16.56  commission for the purposes specified
 16.57  in this section                                       8,250,000
 17.1   Subd. 2.  Sports Conference Center                    5,000,000
 17.2   To construct, furnish, and equip a 
 17.3   sports conference center on the campus 
 17.4   of the National Sports Center and for 
 17.5   related capital development costs, 
 17.6   subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
 17.7   16A.695. 
 17.8   Subd. 3.  National Volleyball
 17.9   Center - Phase 2                                      3,000,000
 17.10  To design, construct, furnish, and 
 17.11  equip Phase 2 of the National 
 17.12  Volleyball Center in Rochester. 
 17.13  Subd. 4.  Mount Itasca Biathlon
 17.14  Training Facility                                       250,000
 17.15  To complete construction of the Mount 
 17.16  Itasca biathlon training project.  This 
 17.17  appropriation is not available until at 
 17.18  least an equal amount has been 
 17.19  committed to the project from nonstate 
 17.20  sources. 
 17.21  Sec. 12.  ARTS                                                 
 17.22  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 17.23  administration for the purposes specified
 17.24  in this section                                      31,000,000
 17.25  Subd. 2.  Bloomington -               
 17.26  Bloomington Center for the Arts                       1,000,000
 17.27  This appropriation is from the general 
 17.28  fund. 
 17.29  For a grant to the city of Bloomington 
 17.30  to furnish and equip a new multipurpose 
 17.31  public arts facility to facilitate the 
 17.32  economic development, education, and 
 17.33  cultural activities in the city of 
 17.34  Bloomington that will serve the 
 17.35  southern and southwest metropolitan 
 17.36  areas. 
 17.37  This appropriation is not available 
 17.38  until the commissioner has determined 
 17.39  that at least an equal amount has been 
 17.40  committed from nonstate sources. 
 17.41  Subd. 3.  Minneapolis -
 17.42  Children's Theatre Company                            5,000,000
 17.43  For a grant to Hennepin county to 
 17.44  design, construct, furnish, and equip 
 17.45  an expansion of the Children's Theatre 
 17.46  Company's current facility.  Hennepin 
 17.47  county may enter into a lease or 
 17.48  management agreement for operation of 
 17.49  the theater, subject to Minnesota 
 17.50  Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 17.51  This appropriation is not available 
 17.52  until the commissioner has determined 
 17.53  that at least an equal amount has been 
 17.54  committed from nonstate sources. 
 17.55  Subd. 4.  Minneapolis -              
 18.1   Guthrie Theater                                      24,000,000
 18.2   For a grant to the Minneapolis 
 18.3   community development agency to acquire 
 18.4   and prepare a site for and to design, 
 18.5   construct, furnish, and equip a new 
 18.6   Guthrie Theater in the city of 
 18.7   Minneapolis.  The Minneapolis community 
 18.8   development agency may enter into a 
 18.9   lease or management agreement for the 
 18.10  theater, subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
 18.11  section 16A.695.  
 18.12  This appropriation is not available 
 18.13  until the commissioner has determined 
 18.14  that at least an equal amount has been 
 18.15  committed from nonstate sources. 
 18.16  Subd. 5.  Rochester -                  
 18.17  Rochester Art Center                                  1,000,000
 18.18  This appropriation is from the general 
 18.19  fund. 
 18.20  For a grant to the city of Rochester to 
 18.21  design the new Rochester Art Center. 
 18.22  This appropriation is not available 
 18.23  until the commissioner has determined 
 18.24  that an equal amount has been committed 
 18.25  from nonstate sources. 
 18.26  Sec. 13.  MILITARY AFFAIRS 
 18.27  Subdivision 1.  To the adjutant
 18.28  general for the purposes specified
 18.29  in this section                                         500,000
 18.30  Subd. 2.  Camp Ripley Antiterrorism
 18.31  Facility                                                500,000
 18.32  For predesign of a joint military/law 
 18.33  enforcement antiterrorism training 
 18.34  facility at Camp Ripley. 
 18.35  Sec. 14.  TRANSPORTATION 
 18.36  Subdivision 1.  To the 
 18.37  commissioner of transportation for 
 18.38  the purposes specified in this section               47,500,000
 18.39  Subd. 2.  Local Road Improvement Program             20,000,000 
 18.40  Of this appropriation: 
 18.41  (1) $10,000,000 is for deposit in the 
 18.42  trunk highway corridor projects account 
 18.43  in the local road improvement fund 
 18.44  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 18.45  174.52, subdivision 2. 
 18.46  (2) $10,000,000 is for deposit in the 
 18.47  local road account for routes of 
 18.48  regional significance in the local road 
 18.49  improvement fund under Minnesota 
 18.50  Statutes, section 174.52, subdivision 4.
 18.51  Subd. 3.  Town Road Sign Replacement                  1,000,000 
 18.52  For grants to political subdivisions to 
 18.53  pay the local share of costs of town 
 19.1   road sign replacement under the Federal 
 19.2   Highway Administration's Hazard 
 19.3   Elimination Program.  Grants under this 
 19.4   subdivision may only be used for the 
 19.5   purchase of signs that conform to the 
 19.6   commissioner of transportation's 
 19.7   uniform manual of traffic control 
 19.8   devices, including applicable 
 19.9   reflective sheeting requirements, and 
 19.10  that have a useful life of at least 20 
 19.11  years. 
 19.12  Subd. 4.  Duluth Aerial               
 19.13  Lift Bridge                                           1,000,000
 19.14  For a grant to the city of Duluth for 
 19.15  capital restoration of the aerial lift 
 19.16  bridge.  This appropriation is 
 19.17  available when matched by $1 of money 
 19.18  secured or provided by the city of 
 19.19  Duluth for each $1 of state money. 
 19.20  Subd. 5.  Port Development Assistance                 3,000,000 
 19.21  For grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
 19.22  sections 457A.01 to 457A.06.  Any 
 19.23  improvements made with the proceeds of 
 19.24  these grants must be publicly owned. 
 19.25  Subd. 6.  Freight Access Improvements                 7,000,000
 19.26  Each grant is not available until the 
 19.27  commissioner has determined that at 
 19.28  least an equal amount has been 
 19.29  committed from any combination of 
 19.30  municipal state-aid money and nonstate 
 19.31  sources.  The state share may be 
 19.32  allocated to any one or more of the 
 19.33  project elements, with the nonstate 
 19.34  money used to complete any elements not 
 19.35  completed with state money. 
 19.36  $3,500,000 is for a grant to the city 
 19.37  of Savage to improve highway access to 
 19.38  the ports of Savage.  The improvements 
 19.39  may include local frontage roads, 
 19.40  access consolidations, road closures, 
 19.41  new signals, and acceleration and 
 19.42  deceleration lanes.  
 19.43  $3,500,000 is for a grant to the port 
 19.44  authority of Winona to construct 
 19.45  intermodal improvements at the Winona 
 19.46  harbor.  The improvements may include 
 19.47  commercial harbor dredging, overpass 
 19.48  construction, street widening, signal 
 19.49  installation, and intersection 
 19.50  reconstruction. 
 19.51  Subd. 7.  Greater Minnesota 
 19.52  Transit Facilities                                    2,000,000
 19.53  For capital assistance for greater 
 19.54  Minnesota transit systems to be used 
 19.55  for transit capital facilities.  Money 
 19.56  from this appropriation may be used to 
 19.57  pay up to 80 percent of the nonfederal 
 19.58  share of these facilities. 
 19.59  Subd. 8.  Radio Communications
 19.60  Statewide System                                     13,000,000
 20.1   To design and construct the statewide 
 20.2   public safety radio communications 
 20.3   system infrastructure, coordinating it 
 20.4   with other state and local units of 
 20.5   government, and extending it to all of 
 20.6   the southeast district of the state 
 20.7   patrol, and into the central district 
 20.8   of the state patrol, with first 
 20.9   priority given to development in 
 20.10  Stearns, Sherburne, Benton, and Wright 
 20.11  counties, subject to the requirements 
 20.12  of Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 20.13  Subd. 9.  DM&E Working Group                            500,000
 20.14  This appropriation is from the general 
 20.15  fund and is for the purposes of Laws 
 20.16  2002, chapter 393, section 86. 
 20.17  Sec. 15.  METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 20.18  Subdivision 1.  To the metropolitan 
 20.19  council for the purposes specified 
 20.20  in this section                                      10,500,000
 20.21  Subd. 2.  Livable Communities Grant
 20.22  Program                                               9,000,000
 20.23  For public infrastructure grants for 
 20.24  development and redevelopment projects 
 20.25  of the livable communities grant 
 20.26  program under Minnesota Statutes, 
 20.27  sections 473.25 to 473.255, as 
 20.28  applicable. 
 20.29  In development of the project, the 
 20.30  council shall:  
 20.31  (1) take into consideration livable 
 20.32  communities principles, including 
 20.33  support of housing production and 
 20.34  ensuring integration of land use and 
 20.35  transportation needs of communities 
 20.36  along the route of the busway; 
 20.37  (2) take advantage of any local funding 
 20.38  for the project that may be available; 
 20.39  and 
 20.40  (3) encourage citizen and stakeholder 
 20.41  participation in development of the 
 20.42  project. 
 20.43  Before soliciting any applications for 
 20.44  grants, the council must present its 
 20.45  proposed criteria for ranking projects 
 20.46  and the proposed application process to 
 20.47  the legislative commission on 
 20.48  metropolitan government for review and 
 20.49  recommendations.  Before making any 
 20.50  grant awards after receiving 
 20.51  applications for funding, the council 
 20.52  must present to the legislative 
 20.53  commission on metropolitan government, 
 20.54  for review and comment, a complete list 
 20.55  of applications received by the council 
 20.56  by the application deadline, the 
 20.57  council's ranking under the adopted 
 20.58  criteria, and the proposed funding 
 20.59  awards. 
 21.1   Subd. 3.  Park-and-Ride Facilities                      500,000 
 21.2   For land acquisition and construction 
 21.3   of park-and-ride facilities in the 
 21.4   seven-county metropolitan area outside 
 21.5   the transit taxing district defined in 
 21.6   Minnesota Statutes, section 473.446, 
 21.7   subdivision 2. 
 21.8   Subd. 4.  Central Corridor  
 21.9   Transitway                                            1,000,000
 21.10  For predesign, design, final 
 21.11  environmental impact statement, and 
 21.12  preliminary engineering of the Central 
 21.13  Corridor Bus Transitway between the 
 21.14  cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis.  
 21.15  This appropriation must not be used for 
 21.16  any work on rail transportation. 
 21.17  Sec. 16.  HEALTH                                        775,000
 21.18  To design and construct a community 
 21.19  dental clinic at Lake Superior 
 21.20  community college in Duluth and design 
 21.21  and renovate the Northwest technical 
 21.22  college dental hygiene clinic in 
 21.23  Moorhead, subject to Minnesota 
 21.24  Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 21.25  Sec. 17.  HUMAN SERVICES
 21.26  Subdivision 1.  To the 
 21.27  commissioner of administration 
 21.28  for the purposes specified 
 21.29  in this section                                       6,680,000
 21.30  Subd. 2.  Brainerd                   
 21.31  Regional Treatment Center                             6,305,000
 21.32  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
 21.33  the residential and program areas in 
 21.34  building No. 20. 
 21.35  Subd. 3.  People, Inc. 
 21.36  North Side Community Support Program                    375,000
 21.37  This appropriation is from the general 
 21.38  fund. 
 21.39  For a grant to the Minneapolis 
 21.40  Community Development Agency to 
 21.41  purchase, remodel, and complete 
 21.42  accessibility upgrades to an existing 
 21.43  building or to acquire land or 
 21.44  construct a building to be used by the 
 21.45  People, Inc. North Side Community 
 21.46  Support Program, which may provide 
 21.47  office space for state employees.  
 21.48  This grant is available when matched by 
 21.49  at least $175,000 from nonstate sources.
 21.50  Sec. 18.  CORRECTIONS 
 21.51  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 21.52  administration for the purposes specified
 21.53  in this section                                       1,640,000
 21.54  Subd. 2.  Minnesota Correctional       
 21.55  Facility - Stillwater                                    90,000
 22.1   To predesign a new 150-bed segregation 
 22.2   unit on the facility grounds. 
 22.3   Subd. 3.  Bayport Storm Sewer                         1,550,000
 22.4   For a grant to the city of Bayport for 
 22.5   the Middle St. Croix River Watershed 
 22.6   Management organization to complete 
 22.7   construction of the sewer system 
 22.8   extending from Minnesota department of 
 22.9   natural resources pond 82-310P (the 
 22.10  prison pond) in Bayport through the 
 22.11  Stillwater prison grounds to the St. 
 22.12  Croix river. 
 22.13  Sec. 19.  TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 22.14  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 22.15  trade and economic development or other
 22.16  named agency for the purposes
 22.17  specified in this section                            68,650,000
 22.18  Subd. 2.  Redevelopment Account                       4,000,000 
 22.19  For transfer to the redevelopment 
 22.20  account created in Minnesota Statutes, 
 22.21  section 116J.571.  This appropriation 
 22.22  is only available for grants to 
 22.23  projects located outside of the 
 22.24  seven-county metropolitan area. 
 22.25  $1,000,000 is for a grant to the city 
 22.26  of Little Falls for environmental 
 22.27  cleanup of the Hennepin Paper Company 
 22.28  property in the city of Little Falls.  
 22.29  No match is required for this grant. 
 22.30  Subd. 3.  Wastewater Infrastructure                            
 22.31  Funding Program                                      30,600,000 
 22.32  $600,000 of this appropriation is from 
 22.33  the general fund to administer the 
 22.34  wastewater infrastructure program. 
 22.35  To the public facilities authority for 
 22.36  grants to eligible municipalities under 
 22.37  the wastewater infrastructure program 
 22.38  established in Minnesota Statutes, 
 22.39  section 446A.072. 
 22.40  To the greatest practical extent, the 
 22.41  authority should use the grants for 
 22.42  projects on the 2002 project priority 
 22.43  list in priority order to qualified 
 22.44  applicants that submit plans and 
 22.45  specifications to the pollution control 
 22.46  agency or receive a funding commitment 
 22.47  from USDA rural development before 
 22.48  December 1, 2003. 
 22.49  The pollution control agency shall 
 22.50  prepare amendments to Minnesota Rules, 
 22.51  part 7077.0115, for ranking wastewater 
 22.52  projects on the project priority list 
 22.53  that take into account issues such as, 
 22.54  but not limited to, the age and 
 22.55  condition of existing wastewater 
 22.56  treatment systems, issues associated 
 22.57  with growth, and the effects on 
 22.58  municipalities when a moratorium on new 
 23.1   sewer connections is imposed.  The 
 23.2   agency shall report on its recommended 
 23.3   rule amendments to the chairs of the 
 23.4   house environment and natural resources 
 23.5   finance committee; the house jobs and 
 23.6   economic development finance committee; 
 23.7   the house capital investment committee; 
 23.8   the senate environment and agricultural 
 23.9   finance division; the senate jobs, 
 23.10  housing and community development 
 23.11  committee; and the senate capital 
 23.12  investment committee by February 1, 
 23.13  2003. 
 23.14  $1,500,000 is for grants to the 
 23.15  Larsmont portion of the Knife 
 23.16  River-Larsmont sanitary district.  This 
 23.17  appropriation must be used to reduce 
 23.18  the amount of the municipality's loan 
 23.19  from the water pollution revolving fund 
 23.20  that exceeds five percent of the market 
 23.21  value of the properties in the project 
 23.22  service area.  This appropriation is in 
 23.23  addition to grants from other 
 23.24  appropriations. 
 23.25  Subd. 4.  Fairmont -                   
 23.26  Winnebago Avenue Sports Complex                         500,000
 23.27  For a grant to the city of Fairmont to 
 23.28  acquire land for, renovate, and expand 
 23.29  the Winnebago Avenue sports complex, 
 23.30  including reconfiguring two ball 
 23.31  fields, adding two ball fields, paving 
 23.32  a parking lot, and building other 
 23.33  amenities.  
 23.34  This appropriation is not available 
 23.35  until the commissioner has determined 
 23.36  that at least an equal amount has been 
 23.37  committed from nonstate sources. 
 23.38  Subd. 5.  Greater Minnesota Business
 23.39  Development Infrastructure Grant Program             12,000,000
 23.40  For grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
 23.41  section 116J.431. 
 23.42  Subd. 6.  Itasca County - Children's 
 23.43  Discovery Museum                                        300,000
 23.44  For a grant to Itasca county to design, 
 23.45  construct, furnish, and equip the 
 23.46  Children's Discovery Museum in Grand 
 23.47  Rapids.  The county may enter into a 
 23.48  lease or management agreement for the 
 23.49  center, subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
 23.50  section 16A.695.  This appropriation is 
 23.51  not available until the commissioner 
 23.52  has determined that at least an equal 
 23.53  amount has been committed from nonstate 
 23.54  sources. 
 23.55  Subd. 7.  Minneapolis -
 23.56  Empowerment Zone Projects                             3,000,000
 23.57  For a grant to the city of Minneapolis 
 23.58  to acquire land and to design, 
 23.59  construct, furnish, and equip public 
 23.60  infrastructure improvements in the 
 23.61  following empowerment zone projects:  
 24.1   the Near Northside redevelopment 
 24.2   project; the Chicago/Lake project; and 
 24.3   the South East Minneapolis industrial 
 24.4   redevelopment project. 
 24.5   This appropriation is not available 
 24.6   until the commissioner has determined 
 24.7   that at least an equal amount has been 
 24.8   committed from nonstate sources.  
 24.9   Subd. 8.  Olivia -                     
 24.10  Minnesota Center for Agricultural Innovation          1,000,000
 24.11  For a grant to the city of Olivia to 
 24.12  acquire land and to design, construct, 
 24.13  furnish, and equip the Minnesota Center 
 24.14  for Agricultural Innovation, subject to 
 24.15  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 24.16  This appropriation is not available 
 24.17  until the commissioner has determined 
 24.18  that at least an equal amount has been 
 24.19  committed from nonstate sources. 
 24.20  Subd. 9.  St. Cloud -                 
 24.21  Civic Center Expansion                                3,250,000
 24.22  For a grant to the city of St. Cloud 
 24.23  for asset preservation, land 
 24.24  acquisition, and to predesign, design, 
 24.25  construct, furnish, and equip the 
 24.26  expansion of the St. Cloud Civic Center.
 24.27  This appropriation is not available 
 24.28  until the commissioner has determined 
 24.29  that at least an equal amount has been 
 24.30  committed from nonstate sources. 
 24.31  Subd. 10.  St. Paul -                   
 24.32  Roy Wilkins Auditorium                                4,000,000
 24.33  For a grant to the city of St. Paul for 
 24.34  asset preservation of the Roy Wilkins 
 24.35  Center. 
 24.36  Subd. 11.  St. Paul-Phalen Boulevard                  8,000,000 
 24.37  For a grant to the city of St. Paul to 
 24.38  acquire land and to complete 
 24.39  contamination remediation on Phalen 
 24.40  Boulevard between I-35E and Johnson 
 24.41  Parkway.  This appropriation is not 
 24.42  available until the commissioner has 
 24.43  determined that at least an equal 
 24.44  amount has been committed from nonstate 
 24.45  sources.  
 24.46  Subd. 12.  St. Paul -                   
 24.47  2004 Renaissance Project                              2,000,000
 24.48  For a grant to the city of St. Paul to 
 24.49  design and construct river edge 
 24.50  improvements and make capital 
 24.51  improvements and betterments for a 
 24.52  public park on Raspberry Island. 
 24.53  This appropriation is not available 
 24.54  until the commissioner has determined 
 24.55  that at least an equal amount has been 
 24.56  committed from nonstate sources. 
 25.1   Sec. 20.  IRON RANGE RESOURCES AND     
 25.2   REHABILITATION BOARD                                  1,500,000
 25.3   To design, construct, furnish, and 
 25.4   equip Mesabi station as the central 
 25.5   guest services facility for the Mesabi 
 25.6   trail. 
 25.7   Sec. 21.  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY 
 25.8   Subdivision 1.  To the Minnesota 
 25.9   Historical Society for the purposes 
 25.10  specified in this section                               725,000
 25.11  Subd. 2.  County and Local 
 25.12  Preservation Grants                                     300,000
 25.13  To be allocated to county and local 
 25.14  jurisdictions as matching money for 
 25.15  historic preservation projects of a 
 25.16  capital nature.  Grant recipients must 
 25.17  be public entities and must match state 
 25.18  funds on at least an equal basis.  The 
 25.19  facilities must be publicly owned.  
 25.20  Subd. 3.  Fort Belmont                                  200,000
 25.21  For a grant to Jackson county to 
 25.22  design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
 25.23  new site for historic Fort Belmont, 
 25.24  subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
 25.25  16A.695. 
 25.26  Subd. 4.  New Brighton                 
 25.27  Caboose and History Center                              100,000
 25.28  This appropriation is from the general 
 25.29  fund. 
 25.30  For a grant to the New Brighton area 
 25.31  historical society to renovate its 
 25.32  caboose and history center in Long Lake 
 25.33  Regional Park. 
 25.34  This appropriation is not available 
 25.35  until the commissioner of finance has 
 25.36  determined that at least an equal 
 25.37  amount has been committed from nonstate 
 25.38  sources. 
 25.39  Subd. 5.  Pipestone County Museum                      125,000
 25.40  For a grant to the city of Pipestone to 
 25.41  design and construct an external shaft 
 25.42  and hoistway and install an elevator 
 25.43  adjacent to the Pipestone County Museum 
 25.44  and renovate a third-floor area to be 
 25.45  used as a community room and a museum 
 25.46  programs room, subject to Minnesota 
 25.47  Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 25.48  This appropriation is not available 
 25.49  until the commissioner of finance has 
 25.50  determined that at least an equal 
 25.51  amount has been committed from nonstate 
 25.52  sources.  
 25.53  Sec. 22.  BOND SALE EXPENSES                            357,000 
 25.54  To the commissioner of finance for bond 
 25.55  sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes, 
 26.1   section 16A.641, subdivision 8.  This 
 26.2   appropriation is from the bond proceeds 
 26.3   fund. 
 26.4      Sec. 23.  [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.] 
 26.5      To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond 
 26.6   proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue 
 26.7   bonds of the state in an amount up to $356,480,000 in the 
 26.8   manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
 26.9   Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
 26.10  Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.  
 26.11     Sec. 24.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 26.12     This act is effective the day following final enactment.