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SF 3148
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 05/02/2025 01:50 p.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to Metropolitan Council; modifying procedures and review period for
certain metropolitan programs; modifying certain reporting requirements for
expenditures; eliminating a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections
473.173, subdivision 6; 473.254, subdivisions 2, 6; 473.351, subdivision 3;
473H.08, subdivision 3.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.173, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
Subd. 6.
deleted text begin Biennialdeleted text end new text begin Decennialnew text end reviewdeleted text begin ; legislative reportdeleted text end .
The council and the advisory
metropolitan land use committee shall review and assess the rules deleted text begin following their effective
date and at least every two years thereafter.deleted text end new text begin by January 15 of each year ending in the numeral
"5."new text end No major alteration or amendments to standards for determining metropolitan
significance shall be put into effect by the council until 90 days deleted text begin have elapsed following a
report to the legislature in whichdeleted text end new text begin afternew text end the alteration or amendment was proposed and
recommended by the council in the form of a proposed rule published under section 14.14,
subdivision 1a, or 14.22. deleted text begin The report to the legislature must be made during the month of
January.
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Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.254, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
Affordable, life-cycle goals.
The council shall negotiate with each municipality
to establish affordable and life-cycle housing goals for that municipality that are consistent
with and promote the policies of the Metropolitan Council as provided in the adopted
Metropolitan Development Guide. The council shall adopt, by deleted text begin resolution after a public
hearingdeleted text end new text begin action of its governing bodynew text end , the negotiated affordable and life-cycle housing goals
for each municipality deleted text begin by January 15, 1996, anddeleted text end by January 15 deleted text begin indeleted text end new text begin ofnew text end each deleted text begin succeedingdeleted text end year
for each municipality newly electing to participate in the program or for each municipality
with which new housing goals have been negotiated. By deleted text begin June 30, 1996, and bydeleted text end June 30 deleted text begin indeleted text end new text begin
ofnew text end each deleted text begin succeedingdeleted text end year for each municipality newly electing to participate in the program
or for each municipality with which new housing goals have been negotiated, each
municipality shall identify to the council the actions it plans to take to meet the established
housing goals.
Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.254, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
Subd. 6.
Distribution of funds.
The funds in the account must be distributed annually
by the council to municipalities that:
(1) have not met their affordable and life-cycle housing goals as determined by the
council; and
(2) are actively funding projects designed to help meet the goals.
Funds may also be distributed to a development authority for a project in an eligible
municipality. deleted text begin The funds distributed by the council must be matched on a dollar-for-dollar
basis by the municipality or development authority receiving the funds.deleted text end When distributing
funds in the account, the council must give priority to projects that (1) are in municipalities
that have contribution net tax capacities that exceed their distribution net tax capacities by
more than $200 per household, new text begin and new text end (2) demonstrate the proposed project will link
employment opportunities with affordable and life-cycle housingdeleted text begin , and (3) provide matching
funds from a source other than the required affordable and life-cycle housing opportunities
amount under subdivision 3 or 3a, as applicabledeleted text end . For the purposes of this subdivision,
"municipality" means a statutory or home rule charter city or town in the metropolitan area
and "development authority" means a housing and redevelopment authority, economic
development authority, or port authority.
Sec. 4.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.351, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.
Allocation formula.
By deleted text begin July 1deleted text end new text begin May 15new text end of every year each implementing agency
must submit to the Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission a statement of the next
annual anticipated operation and maintenance expenditures of the regional recreation open
space parks systems within their respective jurisdictions and the deleted text begin previous year'sdeleted text end actual
expendituresnew text begin from the most recent annual audited financial statementnew text end . After reviewing the
actual expenditures new text begin from the most recent annual audited financial statements new text end submitted and
by July 15 of each year, the parks and open space commission shall forward to the
Metropolitan Council the funding requests from the implementing agencies based on the
actual expenditures deleted text begin madedeleted text end new text begin from the most recent annual audited financial statementsnew text end . The
Metropolitan Council shall distribute the operation and maintenance money as follows:
(1) 40 percent based on the use that each implementing agency's regional recreation
open space system has in proportion to the total use of the metropolitan regional recreation
open space system;
(2) 40 percent based on the operation and maintenance expenditures made in the previous
year by each implementing agency in proportion to the total operation and maintenance
expenditures of all of the implementing agencies; and
(3) 20 percent based on the acreage that each implementing agency's regional recreation
open space system has in proportion to the total acreage of the metropolitan regional
recreation open space system. The 80 percent natural resource management land acreage
of the park reserves must be divided by four in calculating the distribution under this clause.
Each implementing agency must receive no less than 40 percent of its actual operation
and maintenance expenses new text begin from the most recent annual audited financial statements new text end to be
incurred in the current calendar year budget as submitted to the parks and open space
commission. If the available operation and maintenance money is less than the total amount
determined by the formula including the preceding, the implementing agencies will share
the available money in proportion to the amounts they would otherwise be entitled to under
the formula.
Sec. 5.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473H.08, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.
Expiration by authority.
The authority may initiate expiration by notifying
the landowner by registered letter on a form provided by the commissioner of agriculture,
provided that before notification deleted text begin (i) the comprehensive plan and the zoning for the land
have been officially amended so that the land is no longer planned for long-term agriculture
and is no longer zoned for long-term agriculture, evidenced by a maximum residential
density permitting more than one unit per quarter/quarter, and (ii)deleted text end the authority has certified
deleted text begin suchdeleted text end new text begin thenew text end changes pursuant to section 473H.04, subdivision 2. The notice shall describe the
property for which expiration is desired and shall state the date of expiration which shall
be at least eight years from the date of notice.new text begin Within six months of issuing notice, the
authority shall amend the comprehensive plan and the zoning for the land, pursuant to
sections 473.854 and 473.865, so that the land is no longer planned for long-term agriculture
and is no longer zoned for long-term agriculture, evidenced by a maximum residential
density permitting more than one unit per quarter/quarter.
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Sec. 6. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.
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This act is effective the day following final enactment and applies in the counties of
Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.
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