HF 3190

1st Engrossment - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to public administration; authorizing 
  1.3             spending to acquire and to better public land and 
  1.4             buildings and other public improvements of a capital 
  1.5             nature with certain conditions; authorizing issuance 
  1.6             of bonds; appropriating money, with certain 
  1.7             conditions; amending Minnesota Statutes 1995 
  1.8             Supplement, section 473.901, subdivision 1; Laws 1994, 
  1.9             chapter 643, section 19, subdivision 8, as amended; 
  1.10            proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.11            chapter 116J. 
  1.12  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.13  Section 1.  [CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.14     The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  1.15  appropriated from the bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, 
  1.16  to the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent to 
  1.17  acquire and to better public land and buildings and other public 
  1.18  improvements of a capital nature, as specified in this act. 
  1.19                                                   APPROPRIATIONS 
  1.20                                                   $
  1.21  Sec. 2.  ADMINISTRATION
  1.22  Subdivision 1.  To the 
  1.23  commissioner of administration
  1.24  for purposes specified in this section                7,990,000
  1.25  Subd. 2.  Lyn/Lake/Jungle Theatre
  1.26  Community Performing Arts Center                        370,000
  1.27  For a grant to Hennepin county for the 
  1.28  Lyn/Lake/Jungle Theatre community 
  1.29  performing arts center. 
  1.30  Subd. 3.  Brandon Center                              5,500,000
  1.31  For a grant to the city of Brandon and 
  2.1   town of Brandon joint powers board for 
  2.2   site acquisition and first-phase 
  2.3   development and construction of the 
  2.4   west central region, educational, 
  2.5   heritage, and cultural preservation 
  2.6   center to be located in Brandon 
  2.7   township on property described as "SW 
  2.8   1/4 of Section 28 and NW 1/4 of Section 
  2.9   33, T-129N R-39W, Douglas county."  The 
  2.10  appropriation will not be available 
  2.11  until an equal match from nonstate 
  2.12  sources for second-phase development is 
  2.13  secured. 
  2.14  Subd. 4.  Prairieland Expo                            1,820,000
  2.15  (a) For a grant to the southwest 
  2.16  regional development commission to 
  2.17  construct, equip, and furnish a 
  2.18  facility to display, preserve, and 
  2.19  interpret the history of southwest 
  2.20  Minnesota, as authorized in Minnesota 
  2.21  Statutes, section 462.3911.  The 
  2.22  facility is to be known as "Prairieland 
  2.23  Expo." 
  2.24  (b) The facility must be owned by the 
  2.25  southwest regional development 
  2.26  commission.  The southwest regional 
  2.27  development commission may enter into a 
  2.28  lease or management contract with an 
  2.29  entity under Minnesota Statutes, 
  2.30  section 16A.695, for operation, 
  2.31  management, and oversight of the 
  2.32  facility. 
  2.33  Subd. 5.  Farmamerica                                   300,000
  2.34  For a grant to Farmamerica in Waseca 
  2.35  county for hard surfacing of walkways, 
  2.36  trails, and roads related to the 
  2.37  Farmamerica facility. 
  2.38  Sec. 3.  TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
  2.39  Subdivision 1.  To the 
  2.40  commissioner of trade and
  2.41  economic development for the
  2.42  purposes specified in this
  2.43  section                                             58,350,000
  2.44  Subd. 2.  Minneapolis
  2.45  Convention Center                                    35,000,000
  2.46  For site acquisition, street and 
  2.47  utilities relocation, preliminary 
  2.48  design, administration, and other 
  2.49  necessary and related purposes 
  2.50  preliminary to the construction of the 
  2.51  expansion of the Minneapolis convention 
  2.52  center. 
  2.53  Subd. 3.  Multijurisdictional
  2.54  Reinvestment Programs                                18,100,000
  2.55  (a) For payment by the commissioner of 
  2.56  trade and economic development to the 
  2.57  metropolitan council.  The commissioner 
  2.58  shall transfer the amount to the 
  2.59  metropolitan council upon receipt of a 
  2.60  certified copy of a council resolution 
  3.1   requesting payment.  The appropriation 
  3.2   must be used to pay the cost of 
  3.3   acquisition and betterment by the 
  3.4   metropolitan council and Hennepin 
  3.5   county and local governmental units in 
  3.6   accordance with the multijurisdictional 
  3.7   reinvestment program plan established 
  3.8   as provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.9   section 383B.79. 
  3.10  (b) The appropriation in this 
  3.11  subdivision is for the following 
  3.12  purposes: 
  3.13  (1) land acquisition and development of 
  3.14  the Humboldt Avenue project, 
  3.15  $10,000,000; 
  3.16  (2) development of the 29th Street 
  3.17  Greenway, $5,000,000; and 
  3.18  (3) development of a water pond to 
  3.19  facilitate the redevelopment of 
  3.20  Brookdale, $3,100,000. 
  3.21  (c) Government jurisdictions 
  3.22  participating in the reinvestment 
  3.23  program planning and projects must 
  3.24  match any state contribution on at 
  3.25  least a dollar-for-dollar basis in the 
  3.26  aggregate.  Government jurisdictions, 
  3.27  however constituted, may use any funds 
  3.28  under their control for the match 
  3.29  requirement. 
  3.30  Subd. 4.  Voyageur Center                               250,000 
  3.31  For the predesign and design of an 
  3.32  interpretive and conference center.  
  3.33  The center shall provide educational 
  3.34  opportunities and enhance tourism by 
  3.35  presenting information and displays 
  3.36  which preserve and interpret the 
  3.37  history of the voyageur and related 
  3.38  animals, emphasizing the importance of 
  3.39  the fur trade to the history and 
  3.40  development of the region and the 
  3.41  state.  The center shall include 
  3.42  conference facilities.  The center 
  3.43  shall be located in the city of 
  3.44  International Falls. 
  3.45  In developing plans for the facility 
  3.46  the commissioner must consult with the 
  3.47  small business development center 
  3.48  located at Rainy River Community 
  3.49  College. 
  3.50  Subd. 5.  St. Louis 
  3.51  County Center                                         3,000,000
  3.52  For a grant to the county of St. Louis 
  3.53  to build an addition to the St. Louis 
  3.54  County Heritage and Arts Center in 
  3.55  Duluth.  
  3.56  Subd. 6.  Green Business
  3.57  Development                                           2,000,000
  3.58  For a grant to the city of Minneapolis 
  3.59  for capital improvements for a business 
  4.1   incubator and ecological-industrial 
  4.2   park in the city of Minneapolis.  The 
  4.3   facility will be a demonstration 
  4.4   project, with the objective of 
  4.5   assisting businesses that develop new 
  4.6   industrial activities in emerging 
  4.7   environmental technology, alternative 
  4.8   energy, and recycling.  The facility 
  4.9   must be owned by the city.  The city 
  4.10  may enter into a lease or management 
  4.11  contract with a nonprofit entity under 
  4.12  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695, 
  4.13  for operation of the facilities. 
  4.14  Sec. 4.  TRANSPORTATION
  4.15  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
  4.16  of transportation for the purposes
  4.17  specified in this section                            20,334,000
  4.18  Subd. 2.  Port Development
  4.19  Grants                                                5,334,000
  4.20  For port development assistance 
  4.21  grants.  The grants must be made to 
  4.22  political subdivisions or port 
  4.23  authorities for capital improvements 
  4.24  under the provisions of Minnesota 
  4.25  Statutes, sections 457A.01 to 457A.06.  
  4.26  Any improvements made with the proceeds 
  4.27  of these grants must be publicly owned. 
  4.28  Subd. 3.  Metro Public
  4.29  Safety Radio                                         15,000,000
  4.30  To construct the initial backbone of 
  4.31  the metropolitan regionwide public 
  4.32  safety radio communications system 
  4.33  described in Laws 1995, chapter 195. 
  4.34  Sec. 5.  HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY 
  4.35  Subdivision 1.  (a) To the commissioner 
  4.36  of the housing finance agency for building 
  4.37  construction and rehabilitation or financing 
  4.38  of building construction and rehabilitation 
  4.39  for the purposes specified in this section            21,750,000
  4.40  (b) At least 25 percent of each grant 
  4.41  under this section must utilize 
  4.42  youthbuild, Minnesota Statutes, 
  4.43  sections 268.361 to 268.367, or other 
  4.44  youth employment and training programs 
  4.45  to do the construction.  Eligible 
  4.46  programs must consult with appropriate 
  4.47  labor organizations to deliver 
  4.48  education and training.  In making 
  4.49  grants under this section, the 
  4.50  commissioner shall use a request for 
  4.51  proposal process.  
  4.52  Subd. 2.  Grants for Transitional 
  4.53  Housing Loans                                         2,000,000
  4.54  To the commissioner of the housing 
  4.55  finance agency for the purpose of 
  4.56  making transitional housing loans, 
  4.57  including loans for housing for 
  4.58  homeless youths, to local government 
  4.59  units authorized under Minnesota 
  4.60  Statutes, section 462A.202, subdivision 
  5.1   2.  
  5.2   Subd. 3.  Grants for Battered Women's 
  5.3   and Crime Victims' Residences                           250,000
  5.4   Grants under this program may be 
  5.5   committed so that recipients may 
  5.6   leverage the grants to obtain other 
  5.7   funds for the program. 
  5.8   Subd. 4.  Grants for Homeless Youth 
  5.9   Facilities                                            2,000,000
  5.10  This appropriation is for grants to 
  5.11  construct or rehabilitate homeless 
  5.12  youth facilities.  
  5.13  Subd. 5.  Publicly Owned Housing                    15,000,000 
  5.14  For grants to local public agencies and 
  5.15  units of government to build multiple 
  5.16  unit publicly owned housing.  A grant 
  5.17  shall not exceed $15,000 per unit.  
  5.18  Subd. 6.  Neighborhood Land
  5.19  Trust Program                                         2,500,000
  5.20  To the Minnesota housing finance 
  5.21  agency's local government unit housing 
  5.22  account established in Minnesota 
  5.23  Statutes, section 462A.202, for loans 
  5.24  with or without interest to a city to 
  5.25  purchase or acquire land and buildings 
  5.26  for purposes of the neighborhood land 
  5.27  trust program under Minnesota Statutes, 
  5.28  sections 462A.30 and 462A.31, upon 
  5.29  terms and conditions the agency 
  5.30  determines. 
  5.31  Sec. 6.  ECONOMIC SECURITY                    
  5.32  Subdivision 1.  (a) To the commissioner 
  5.33  of economic security for construction and 
  5.34  rehabilitation for the purposes specified
  5.35  in this section                                      11,250,000
  5.36  (b) At least 25 percent of each grant 
  5.37  under this section must utilize 
  5.38  youthbuild, Minnesota Statutes, 
  5.39  sections 268.361 to 268.367, or other 
  5.40  youth employment and training programs 
  5.41  to do the construction.  Eligible 
  5.42  programs must consult with appropriate 
  5.43  labor organizations to deliver 
  5.44  education and training.  In making 
  5.45  grants under this section, the 
  5.46  commissioner shall use a request for 
  5.47  proposal process.  
  5.48  Subd. 2.  Grants for Early Childhood 
  5.49  Learning Facilities                                  10,000,000
  5.50  This appropriation is for grants to 
  5.51  state agencies and political 
  5.52  subdivisions to construct or 
  5.53  rehabilitate facilities for Head Start 
  5.54  or other early childhood learning 
  5.55  programs under Minnesota Statutes, 
  5.56  section 268.917. 
  5.57  Subd. 3.  Grants for Truancy 
  6.1   and Curfew Centers                                      500,000
  6.2   This appropriation is for grants to 
  6.3   construct or rehabilitate truancy and 
  6.4   curfew centers. 
  6.5   Subd. 4.  Grants for Crises Nurseries                   500,000
  6.6   This appropriation is for grants to 
  6.7   construct or rehabilitate crises 
  6.8   nurseries. 
  6.9   Subd. 5.  Grants for Child Safety Centers               250,000
  6.10  This appropriation is for grants to 
  6.11  construct or rehabilitate child safety 
  6.12  centers. 
  6.13  Sec. 7.  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
  6.14  Subdivision 1.  To the Minnesota
  6.15  historical society for the purposes
  6.16  specified in this section                            19,385,000
  6.17  Subd. 2.  Battle Point                                4,500,000 
  6.18  To construct, furnish, and equip the 
  6.19  Battle Point historic site. 
  6.20  Subd. 3.  Le Duc House                                  650,000 
  6.21  To refurbish the William G. Le Duc 
  6.22  house in Hastings. 
  6.23  Subd. 4.  1879 Sibley County
  6.24  Courthouse Restoration                                  390,000
  6.25  For a grant to the city of Henderson 
  6.26  for the restoration, and life safety 
  6.27  and handicapped accessibility 
  6.28  upgrading, of the 1879 Sibley County 
  6.29  Courthouse in preparation for its use 
  6.30  as the Joseph R. Brown Interpretative 
  6.31  Center under Minnesota Statutes, 
  6.32  section 138.93. 
  6.33  Subd. 5.  Milwaukee Road
  6.34  Depot in Montevideo                                     713,000
  6.35  To restore the Milwaukee Road Depot in 
  6.36  Montevideo. 
  6.37  Subd. 6.  North West Company
  6.38  Fur Post Interpretive Center                          3,117,000
  6.39  For construction of the North West 
  6.40  Company Fur Post Interpretive Center. 
  6.41  Subd. 7.  Historic Site
  6.42  Preservation and Repair                               4,665,000
  6.43  For capital repair, reconstruction, or 
  6.44  replacement of deferred maintenance 
  6.45  needs at state historic sites, 
  6.46  buildings, exhibits, markers, and 
  6.47  monuments.  The society shall determine 
  6.48  project priorities as appropriate based 
  6.49  on need.  This appropriation is exempt 
  6.50  from the requirements of Minnesota 
  6.51  Statutes, section 16B.335. 
  7.1   Subd. 8.  County and Local
  7.2   Preservation Projects                                 1,000,000
  7.3   To be allocated to county and local 
  7.4   jurisdictions as matching money for 
  7.5   historic preservation projects of a 
  7.6   capital nature.  Grant recipients must 
  7.7   be public entities and must match state 
  7.8   funds on at least an equal basis.  
  7.9   Grants in this subdivision are exempt 
  7.10  from the requirements of Minnesota 
  7.11  Statutes, section 16B.335.  
  7.12  Subd. 9.  Historic Site
  7.13  Network Master Planning                                 350,000
  7.14  For updating of master plans for the 
  7.15  state historic sites network. 
  7.16  Subd. 10.  St. Anthony Falls
  7.17  Heritage Zone Implementation                          4,000,000
  7.18  For implementation of the comprehensive 
  7.19  interpretive development plan for the 
  7.20  historic resources of the St. Anthony 
  7.21  Falls historic district. 
  7.22  Sec. 8.  PUBLIC SERVICE                               4,000,000
  7.23  To the commissioner of finance for the 
  7.24  energy conservation investment loan 
  7.25  program in the department of public 
  7.26  service under Minnesota Statutes, 
  7.27  section 216C.37.  Loans in this 
  7.28  appropriation are exempt from the 
  7.29  requirements of Minnesota Statutes, 
  7.30  section 16B.335.  
  7.31  Sec. 9.  SOUTHWEST REGIONAL
  7.32  DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION                                  750,000
  7.33  (a) For design, acquisition, and 
  7.34  betterment of a wind power generating 
  7.35  facility.  The facility must be located 
  7.36  on publicly owned land on Buffalo Ridge 
  7.37  in southwestern Minnesota.  The 
  7.38  facility must include equipment for 
  7.39  transmittal and storage of data to the 
  7.40  Southwest Technical College for 
  7.41  analysis and educational purposes.  
  7.42  This appropriation may be supplemented 
  7.43  with money from other sources. 
  7.44  (b) The southwest regional development 
  7.45  commission may enter into a lease or 
  7.46  management contract under Minnesota 
  7.47  Statutes, section 16A.695, with Pioneer 
  7.48  Public Television for the operation and 
  7.49  maintenance of the facility.  This 
  7.50  contract shall include a provision 
  7.51  enabling the Southwest Technical 
  7.52  College to make appropriate use of the 
  7.53  facility for the education of students 
  7.54  in the college's customized training 
  7.55  program or other vocational program.  
  7.56  This contract shall also require the 
  7.57  regional development commission and the 
  7.58  Pioneer Public Television to provide 
  7.59  information from the wind power 
  7.60  generating facility to the Southwest 
  7.61  Technical College and the department of 
  8.1   public service. 
  8.2      Sec. 10.  [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.] 
  8.3      To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond 
  8.4   proceeds fund the commissioner of finance, on request of the 
  8.5   governor, shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount 
  8.6   up to $143,809,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the 
  8.7   effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 
  8.8   16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 
  8.9   4 to 7.  
  8.10     Sec. 11.  [ISSUANCE OF TRUNK HIGHWAY BONDS.] 
  8.11     On request of the commissioner of transportation, the 
  8.12  commissioner of finance shall issue and sell Minnesota state 
  8.13  trunk highway bonds for the purposes provided in Minnesota 
  8.14  Statutes, section 167.51, subdivision 1, in the aggregate 
  8.15  principal amount of $30,000,000 in the manner and on the 
  8.16  conditions prescribed in Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 and 
  8.17  167.51, and in the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, section 
  8.18  11.  The proceeds of the bonds must be deposited in the trunk 
  8.19  highway fund for expenditure in accordance with section 13, 
  8.20  subdivision 1. 
  8.21     Sec. 12.  [ISSUANCE OF STATE TRANSPORTATION BONDS.] 
  8.22     On request of the commissioner of transportation, the 
  8.23  commissioner of finance shall issue and sell Minnesota state 
  8.24  transportation bonds for the purposes provided in Minnesota 
  8.25  Statutes, section 174.51, subdivision 1, in the aggregate 
  8.26  principal amount of $35,000,000 in the manner and on the 
  8.27  conditions prescribed in Minnesota Statutes, section 174.51, and 
  8.28  in the Minnesota Constitution, article XI.  The proceeds of the 
  8.29  bonds must be deposited in the Minnesota state transportation 
  8.30  fund for expenditure in accordance with section 13, subdivision 
  8.31  2, and with Minnesota Statutes, section 174.50. 
  8.32     Sec. 13.  [APPROPRIATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PROCEEDS.] 
  8.33     Subdivision 1.  [TRUNK HIGHWAY BOND PROCEEDS.] $30,000,000, 
  8.34  or so much there as the commissioner of transportation 
  8.35  determines is needed, is appropriated from the trunk highway 
  8.36  fund to the commissioner of transportation for the replacement, 
  9.1   rehabilitation, and repair of key bridges on the state trunk 
  9.2   highway system. 
  9.3      Subd. 2.  [STATE TRANSPORTATION BOND PROCEEDS.] (a) 
  9.4   $35,000,000, or so much thereof as the commissioner of 
  9.5   transportation determines is needed, is appropriated from the 
  9.6   state transportation fund to the commissioner of 
  9.7   transportation.  The commissioner shall spend this appropriation 
  9.8   as grants to political subdivisions for the replacement, 
  9.9   rehabilitation, and repair of key bridges on the state 
  9.10  transportation system.  The commissioner shall make these grants 
  9.11  in accordance with and for the purposes of Minnesota Statutes, 
  9.12  section 174.50. 
  9.13     (b) In making grants under paragraph (a), the commissioner 
  9.14  may not exceed the following limits: 
  9.15     (1) to counties, $.......; 
  9.16     (2) to cities, $.......; and 
  9.17     (3) to towns, $........ 
  9.18     Sec. 14.  [POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS; USE OF GRANTS.] 
  9.19     Political subdivisions may use grants under section 13, 
  9.20  subdivision 2, for the replacement, rehabilitation, or repair of 
  9.21  bridges, including but not limited to: 
  9.22     (1) matching federal grants for bridge replacement, 
  9.23  rehabilitation, or repair; 
  9.24     (2) paying the costs of abandoning an existing bridge that 
  9.25  is deficient and in need of replacement, but where no 
  9.26  replacement will be made; 
  9.27     (3) paying the costs of constructing a road or street that 
  9.28  would facilitate the abandonment of an existing bridge 
  9.29  determined by the commissioner of transportation to be 
  9.30  deficient, if the commissioner determines that construction of 
  9.31  the road or street is more cost efficient than replacing the 
  9.32  existing bridge; and 
  9.33     (4) paying costs authorized by Minnesota Statutes, section 
  9.34  174.50, subdivision 6a. 
  9.35     Sec. 15.  [116J.995] [GREEN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.] 
  9.36     The commissioner must establish and maintain a program to 
 10.1   encourage development of businesses that operate in ways that 
 10.2   prevent or minimize pollution and maximize energy efficiency, or 
 10.3   that are engaged in the development of products that prevent or 
 10.4   minimize pollution or maximize energy efficiency.  The 
 10.5   commissioner may determine the most effective ways in which to 
 10.6   encourage development of these businesses.  To the extent that 
 10.7   the legislature makes appropriations for this purpose, the 
 10.8   commissioner shall make grants to encourage development of these 
 10.9   businesses. 
 10.10     Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 
 10.11  473.901, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 10.12     Subdivision 1.  [COSTS COVERED BY FEE.] Beginning July 1, 
 10.13  1995, the amount necessary to pay the following costs shall be 
 10.14  paid from money is appropriated to the commissioner of 
 10.15  administration for those costs from the 911 emergency telephone 
 10.16  service account established under section 403.11: 
 10.17     (1) debt service costs and reserves for bonds issued 
 10.18  pursuant to section 473.898; 
 10.19     (2) repayment of the right-of-way acquisition loans; 
 10.20     (3) costs of design, construction, maintenance of, and 
 10.21  improvements to those elements of the first phase that support 
 10.22  mutual aid communications and emergency medical services; or 
 10.23     (4) recurring charges for leased sites and equipment for 
 10.24  those elements of the first phase that support actual aid and 
 10.25  emergency medical communication services. 
 10.26     Money appropriated from the 911 emergency telephone service 
 10.27  fee account This appropriation shall be used to pay annual debt 
 10.28  service costs and reserves for bonds issued pursuant to section 
 10.29  473.898 prior to use of fee money to pay other costs eligible 
 10.30  under this subdivision.  In no event shall the money 
 10.31  appropriated from the 911 emergency telephone service fee 
 10.32  account for the first phase radio system this appropriation 
 10.33  exceed an amount equal to four cents a month for each customer 
 10.34  access line or other basic access service, including trunk 
 10.35  equivalents as designated by the public utilities commission for 
 10.36  access charge purposes and including cellular and other nonwire 
 11.1   access services. 
 11.2      Sec. 17.  Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 19, subdivision 
 11.3   8, as amended by Laws 1995, First Special Session chapter 2, 
 11.4   article 1, section 45, is amended to read: 
 11.5      Sec. 45.  Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 19, subdivision 
 11.6   8, is amended to read: 
 11.7   Subd. 8.  Battle Point 
 11.8   Historic Site                                           350,000
 11.9   For design of the Battle Point historic 
 11.10  site, preliminary plans for which were 
 11.11  authorized in Laws 1990, chapter 610, 
 11.12  article 1, section 17, and Laws 1992, 
 11.13  chapter 558, section 24, subdivision 5. 
 11.14  Notwithstanding Laws 1990, chapter 610, 
 11.15  article 1, section 17, the planned 
 11.16  educational center will be owned by 
 11.17  independent school district No. 115, 
 11.18  Cass Lake-Bena, and is subject to 
 11.19  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695.  
 11.20  The center must be constructed on land 
 11.21  leased to the school district by the 
 11.22  Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians 
 11.23  under a ground lease having an initial 
 11.24  term of at least 20 years and a total 
 11.25  term of at least 40 years, including 
 11.26  renewal options.  The school district 
 11.27  must contract with the Leech Lake Band 
 11.28  to operate the center on behalf of the 
 11.29  council school district.  The center 
 11.30  and all classes and programs run by or 
 11.31  through the center must be open to the 
 11.32  public.