Relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions; providing a summary of appropriations; appropriating money to the university of Minnesota for higher education asset preservation and replacement (HEAPR) and to renovate the 717 Delaware building for use as a biomedical science research facility, to the Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU) for higher education asset preservation and replacement (HEAPR), Bemidji state university, Fond du Lac tribal and community college and for debt service, providing for unspent appropriations, to the commissioner of education for independent school district #11, Anoka Hennepin for wetland and native prairie habitat restoration, for independent school district #38, Red Lake for new facilities, to the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) for Stillwater flood control phase III, Canisteo mine pit project, Lake Zumbro restoration, Red River basin digital elevation model, Greenleaf Lake state recreation area, Fort Snelling upper bluff, Cuyuna Lakes trail, Cuyuna country state recreation area, Gateway trail tunnel, Luce Line trail and Browns Creek nature preserve, to the pollution control agency (PCA) for a grant to the city of Albert Lea to construct remedial systems at the landfill, to the board of water and soil resources (BOWSR) for RIM conservation reserve and for a grant to the city of Gaylord for Lake Titlow watershed improvements, to the Minnesota zoological garden for inflow and infiltration emergency abatement, to the commissioner of administration for exterior repair of the transportation building, 639 Jackson street property acquisition, veterans memorial in Purgatory Creek recreation area in Eden Prairie, to the commissioner of public safety for the Anoka county forensic crime laboratory, for a grant to the city of Gonvick for a public safety training center, for a grant to Scott county for a public safety training center, for the southeastern Minnesota regional public safety training center in Rochester, for a grant to the city of Browns Valley to mitigate damage to public and private property caused by flooding, to the commissioner of transportation (DOT) for local bridge replacement and rehabilitation, port development assistance, Mankato district headquarters, high speed rail line from St. Paul to Chicago, to Northstar corridor commuter rail extension and for a grant to the St. Louis and Lake county regional rail authority for passenger service from Duluth to Minneapolis and St. Paul (North Shore express intercity rail initiative), to the metropolitan council for the central corridor transit way, the South St. Paul span arch bridge, the union depot, the Rush Line corridor transit way , the Red Rock corridor transit way, the southwest transit way corridor, I-494 transit options study, I-94 transit way, the southwest corridor transit way, the transit master plan. and metropolitan regional parks capital improvements including a grant to the city of St. Paul for the national great river park and the city of Fridley for the Springbrook nature center, to the commissioner of human services for the west central secured treatment facility, to the commissioner of corrections for the Minnesota correctional facility in Oak Park Heights, to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for the Bayport storm sewer system extension, for the Duluth entertainment and convention center (DECC), Itasca county steel plant infrastructure, Rochester Mayo Civic center complex, Roseville wildlife rehabilitation center, Rice street bridge over trunk highway #36 and St. Cloud state university national hockey center, to the housing finance agency (HFA) for rehabilitation or replacement of housing in Browns Valley and for bond sale expenses; providing a bond sale schedule; authorizing the sale of state bonds; reducing certain prior bond sale authorizations; modifying the designation of Greenleaf Lake state park to Greenleaf Lake state recreation area; modifying provisions relating to the northwest airlines (NWA) Duluth maintenance facility; modifying certain prior appropriations for flood hazard mitigation grants to include Browns Valley; modifying the grantee for a certain prior appropriation for a fire and police station in the city of Blue Earth to the economic development authority; extending a prior appropriation for the reuse of the Ah Gwah Ching facility; modifying a certain prior appropriation to the veterans home board to allow the use of federal funds for repairs; converting the appropriation for grants to the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc. from the bond proceeds fund to the general fund; modifying a prior appropriation for the Minneapolis planetarium from the city to Hennepin county; extending the prohibition against demolishing the Ford building; modifying provisions relating to prior appropriations for the MacPhail music center in the city of Minneapolis; modifying a certain prior appropriation relating to Lake Superior safe harbors; modifying a certain prior appropriation to the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) for water control structures permitting the use for public water reserves; modifying a certain prior appropriation for the Agassiz recreational ATV trail; modifying provisions relating to a prior appropriation for the Northstar commuter rail; modifying provisions relating to a prior appropriation to the city of Worthington for the redevelopment of the Campbell soup factory; modifying a certain prior appropriation for the Fort Snelling museum and visitor center; requiring the metropolitan council to report to the legislature by a certain date on the terms of the grant agreement and progress on design and construction of the East Phillips cultural and community center in Minneapolis; providing for the carrying over of certain projects on the public facilities authority 2007 intended use plans to the 2008 plan; establishing the Greenlead Lake state recreation area; specifying instructions to the revisor of statutes; repealing the designation of Greenleaf Lake state park, certain provisions relating to the NWA facility in Duluth and the appropriation for Starbase Minnesota
(Ch. 38, 2007 - VETO)