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HF 3618 Senate Long Description

Relating to public administration, authorizing expenditures to acquire and improve public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions; providing a summary of appropriations to certain departments and agencies; appropriating money to the board of regents of the university of Minnesota for higher education asset preservation and replacement, for renovation of Jones and Nicholson halls, for construction of a translational research facility and for design of a teaching and technology center on the Minneapolis campus, for certain greenhouse construction, renovation and demolition and for renovation of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory on the St. Paul campus, for replacement of Bede hall on the Crookston campus, for construction of a laboratory science building on the Duluth campus, for renovation of the social science building and for installation of fire protection systems in student housing facilities on the Morris campus, for classroom improvements systemwide and for construction of certain research and outreach centers at the Crookston northwest ROC, at the Grand Rapids north central ROC and at the Waseca southern ROC and an environmentally friendly swine farrowing demonstration facility at the west central ROC facility, to the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities for HEAPR and for certain improvements at the Alexandria, Dakota, Hennepin, Northwest, South Central, Southeast, St. Cloud and St. Paul technical colleges, the Century, Lake Superior, Minneapolis, Minnesota West and Ridgewater community and technical colleges, the Fergus Falls, Inver Hills and Normandale community colleges, the Bemidji, Metropolitan, Mankato, Moorhead, Southwest, St. Cloud and Winona state universities and the northeast higher education district in Virginia, to the commissioner of administration for asset preservation and a performance hall catwalk at the Perpich center for arts education, to the commissioner of children, families and learning for a capital loan to independent school district 38, Red Lake, for grants to the west metro education program joint powers board to design a new building for the Southwest integration magnet school in St. Louis Park, to the city of Minneapolis to complete the construct of a new planetarium, to the city of St. Paul to construct an Asian community center and to expand the neighborhood house El Rio Vista, to Hennepin county to construct the Colin Powell youth leadership center in Minneapolis and to the city of Moorhead to construct the Trollwood arts village, for library access grants and for grants to construct or rehabilitate early childhood learning and child protection facilities, to the commissioner of administration for capital improvements at state academies for the deaf and blind, to the commissioner of natural resources for statewide asset preservation improvements, for field office renovations, for office and service facility consolidation at Thief River Falls, for Americans with disabilities act compliance, for state and regional parks acquisition and improvements, for forest road and bridge projects, for reforestation, for state forest land acquisition, for state trail acquisition and development, for metro greenways and natural areas acquisition and betterment, for well sealing, for the Lewis and Clark and Red Rock rural water systems, for dam improvements, for flood hazard mitigation grants, for stream protection and restoration, for public water access acquisition and development, for construction of the McQuade road access to the Lake Superior safe harbor, for fish habitat, for scientific and natural areas acquisition and improvement, for the reinvest in Minnesota consolidated wildlife and critical habitat match and for acquisition of native prairie bank easements, to the pollution control agency for the closed landfill program, to the office of environmental assistance for the solid waste capital assistance grants program and for a grant to the city of Fergus Falls to construct a solid waste combustor, to the board of water and soil resources (BOWSR) for RIM conservation easements acquisition, for the shoreland protection program, for wetland replacement and for grants to area II Minnesota River basin projects for the LQP-25 Lazarus creek floodwater retention project and to the city of Stillwater for improvements to Brown's creek, to the rural finance authority (RFA) for participation in loans to farmers, to the Minnesota zoological gardens for asset preservation and for phase 1 of the master plan, to the commissioner of administration for expansion of the Metropolitan state university greenhouse facility owned by the department of agriculture, for capital asset preservation and replacement (CAPRA), for electrical utility infrastructure in the capitol complex, for agency relocation, for renovation of the residence of the governor, for construction of a joint laboratory facility for the departments of health, agriculture and human services, for predesign of a government services center in Olmsted county and for the capitol area architectural and planning board (CAAPB) for capitol building repairs, to the amateur sports commission for construction of a sports conference center in Blaine, for phase 2 of the national volleyball center in Rochester and for completion of the Mount Itasca biathlon training project, to the commissioner of administration for grants to the city of Bloomington to furnish and equip a new multipurpose public arts facility, to Hennepin county for expansion of the children's theatre facility, to the Minneapolis community development agency to construct a new Guthrie theater and to the city of Rochester to design a new art center, to the adjutant general for asset preservation improvements, for ADA compliance, for facility life safety improvements and for predesign of a joint military law enforcement antiterrroism training facility at Camp Ripley, to the commissioner of transportation for local bridge replacement and rehabilitation, for local road improvements, for town road sign replacement and port development assistance grants, for a grant to the city of Duluth for capital restoration of the aerial lift bridge, for freight access improvement grants to the cities of Savage and Winona, for greater Minnesota transit facilities, for statewide public safety radio communications system infrastructure and for the DM E working group, to the metropolitan council for construction of the northwest metro busway, for the livable communities grant program, for park and ride facilities and for the central corridor transitway, to the commissioner of finance for the energy conservation investment loan program, to the commissioner of health for construction of a community dental clinic at Lake Superior community college in Duluth and for renovation of the Northwest technical college dental hygiene clinic in Moorhead,to the commissioner of administration for improvements at human services facilities and regional treatment centers, for a grant to the MCDA for the People, Inc. north side community support program facility, for asset preservation and improvements at veterans homes and certain correctional facilities and for a grant to the city of Bayport for completion of the sewer system, to the commissioner of trade and economic development for the redevelopment account, for the public facilities authority state match for federal water pollution control and drinking water grants and wastewater infrastructure funding program, for the greater Minnesota business development infrastructure grant program and for grants to the city of Fairmont to renovate and expand the Winnebago avenue sports complex, to Itasca county for construction of the children's discovery museum in Grand Rapids, to the city of Minneapolis for empowerment zone projects, to the city of Olivia for construction of the Minnesota center for agricultural innovation, to the city of St. Cloud for expansion of the civic center and to the city of St. Paul for Roy Wilkins auditorium asset preservation, for completion of contamination remediation on Phalen boulevard and for improvements to a public park on Raspberry island, to the iron range resources and rehabilitation board (IRRRB) for a guest services facility for the Mesabi trail, to the housing finance agency (HFA) for homeless veterans and transitional housing loans and grants, to the Minnesota historical society for historic site asset preservation, for county and local preservation grants, for Sibley house and Fort Snelling historic site renovations, for a grant to Jackson county to construct the historic Fort Belmont and for grants to the New Brighton area historical society to renovate the Long Lake regional park caboose and history center and to the city of Pipestone for capital improvements to the Pipestone county museum and to the commissioner of finance for bond sale expenses; specifying certain match requirements and providing for the continued availability of certain prior appropriations; requiring the board of regents of the university of Minnesota to biennially report to the legislature project savings and reallocations for HEAPR, to give preference to construction contractors employing state residents and to purchase products manufactured in the state for use in design build construction projects; authorizing the commissioner of administration to enter into long term lease purchase agreements for the development of office facilities in St. Paul for the departments of health, agriculture and human services; requiring the PCA to rank wastewater projects based on certain criteria and report to the legislature by a certain date; cancelling certain prior appropriations to the commissioners of children, families and learning, economic security, natural resources, trade and economic development and administration and to the Minnesota historical society for certain projects and reducing certain bond sale authorizations accordingly; expanding certain building maintenance budget requirements, clarifying the bond proceeds expenditure annual reporting requirement of the commissioner of finance, authorizing use of money from the capital asset preservation and replacement account for project design costs in anticipation of future funding from the account and expanding the criteria for commissioner evaluation of local government unit requests for state projects grants; requiring a commissioner of administration inventory of state owned land; authorizing the commissioner, the board of regents of the university of Minnesota and the MnSCU board of trustees to temporarily solicit and award design build contracts for certain projects, sunset, requiring creation of a panel to evaluate the use of design build procedures; providing for designer selection board or commissioner selection of design builders for state projects and for recommendations for design builders to the board of regents and the MnSCU board, requiring notice to the designer selection board of unsatisfactory design builder performance; requiring predesign, design and construction projects to include consideration of the state correctional industries (MINNCOR) program in predesign planning and product specifications; exempting capital projects for park buildings owned by local government units in the metropolitan area from state predesign requirements; specifying the design build contracting authority and duties of the commissioner, the board of regents and the MnSCU board and certain design builder licensing requirements and providing for the development of design criteria, for the solicitation of proposals, for the evaluation of design builder qualifications and for the awarding of the contracts; requiring documentation of reimbursable expenditures for payment under the local recreation grant program for natural and scenic areas and trail connections and a nonstate cash match for trail connection grants, authorizing local government unit trail lease or management agreements; requiring and providing for the board of water and soil resources to establish a temporary shoreland protection program to acquire conservation easements in environmentally sensitive lake and river shoreland areas from private landowners, authorizing grants to local soil and water conservation districts or local government units; establishing the greater Minnesota business development public infrastructure grant program of DTED grants to cities outside the metropolitan area for certain eligible economic development projects, specifying application requirements and a maximum grant amount; creating greater Minnesota redevelopment accounts in the general and bond proceeds funds, specifying criteria for use and project eligibility, development authority grant application and DTED grant distribution requirements; authorizing the use of library accessibility grants for building additions under certain conditions; authorizing the use of a certain percentage of an appropriation for HEAPR for project design costs in anticipation of future funding; clarifying the authority of the MnSCU board to purchase property for the development of state colleges; establishing a local road improvement fund consisting of a trunk highway corridor projects account and a local road account for commissioner of transportation grants or loans to cities, counties and towns to assist in paying the local share of certain trunk highway projects and the costs of constructing city streets, county highways or town roads with statewide or regional significance, specifying certain advisory committee and grant procedures and criteria establishment requirements; increasing the membership of the amateur sports commission; authorizing and providing for the Hennepin county board to solicit and award design build contracts for facility or road construction projects based on a best value selection process, sunset; modifying certain provisions relating to certain programs under the jurisdiction of the public facilities authority; transferring the requirement for annual preparation and submission to the federal environmental protection agency (EPA) of an intended use plan for the water pollution control revolving fund from the pollution control agency to the authority, requiring the PCA to provide the authority with a prioritized list of wastewater and storm water projects for funding consideration; specifying certain eligibility requirements for placement on the intended use plan and requiring the authority to offer local government units seeking placement on the plan an opportunity to review and comment on the plan before adoption, authorizing amendment of the plan for additional projects upon determination of the availability of funds; modifying certain provisions under the wastewater infrastructure funding program; stating the purpose of the program; requiring the authority to establish a wastewater infrastructure fund for grants and loans purposes; modifying project funding eligibility and program administration requirements; specifying types and amounts of assistance, requiring supplemental assistance for certain significantly increased construction and installation costs to reduce the amount of the loan from the water pollution control revolving fund exceeding a certain percentage of the market value of the properties; authorizing the deferral of special assessments levied to repay the loans; modifying loan repayment requirements; removing an exception to the limit on supplemental assistance; changing the date for the biennial report by the authority to the legislature on funding needs; modifying certain local system replacement fund requirements; requiring applications for projects in unsewered areas to include a certification from the county of project location of consistency with adopted comprehensive land use and local water plans; increasing the bonding authority of the public facilities authority; authorizing the Minneapolis park and recreation board to enter into an agreement to operate the Fuji Ya restaurant property as a restaurant or entertainment facility to benefit the great river road project; authorizing the addition of a certain amount in nonstate money to the American Indian history center project at Bemidji state university; authorizing the commissioner of veterans affairs to accept donations from nonstate sources for the world war II veterans memorial, eliminating the match requirement; expanding the authorized uses of a certain prior appropriation to the adjutant general for the military museum at Camp Ripley; reducing a certain prior appropriation to the public facilities authority from the general fund for the wastewater infrastructure funding program and clarifying the source of a certain prior appropriation to the authority for the clean water partnership loan program; making technical corrections to previous capital improvement appropriations and bond authorizations; modifying a certain prior bond sale schedule; prohibiting metropolitan council, DOT and regional rail authority actions or expenditures for study, planning, preliminary engineering, final design or construction of the Dan Patch commuter rail line; requiring the commissioner of transportation to convene a multiagency working group on DM E rail project mitigation, specifying duties and requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date; providing an exemption from the professional or technical contracts moratorium for authorized projects; authorizing and providing for the sale of certain state owned real property known as the government services center and parking ramp in Duluth to St. Louis county at the request of the county board; requiring the Hennepin county board to report to the legislature by a certain date on the effectiveness of using the design build process for the northwest busway; correcting a certain previously enacted provision converting general fund expenditures for certain capital improvement projects to bond funds, reducing certain prior appropriations to the commissioners of children, families and learning and trade and economic development and increasing certain prior appropriations to the commissioner of administration; repealing the DTED redevelopment grant program and certain supplemental assistance and planning grant provisions under the wastewater infrastructure funding program (Ch. 393, 2002)