HF 3746

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the environment; authorizing spending to 
  1.3             acquire and to better public land and buildings and 
  1.4             other public improvements of a capital nature with 
  1.5             certain conditions; authorizing state bonds; 
  1.6             appropriating money. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8   Section 1.  [ENVIRONMENT; APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.9      The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  1.10  appropriated from the bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, 
  1.11  to the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent to 
  1.12  acquire and to better public land and buildings and other public 
  1.13  improvements of a capital nature, as specified in this act.  
  1.14                          SUMMARY BY FUND 
  1.15  Bond Proceeds Fund                               $  268,076,000
  1.16  Trunk Highway Fund                                    1,450,000
  1.17  TOTAL                                            $  269,526,000
  1.18                                                   APPROPRIATIONS
  1.19  Sec. 2.  NATURAL RESOURCES 
  1.20  Subdivision 1.  To the 
  1.21  commissioner of natural resources 
  1.22  for the purposes specified
  1.23  in this section                                     207,226,000
  1.24  Subd. 2.  Statewide Asset
  1.25  Preservation                                          2,800,000
  1.26  For repair and renovation of the 
  1.27  department of natural resources land, 
  1.28  buildings, or other improvements of a 
  1.29  capital nature throughout the state.  
  1.30  The commissioner shall determine 
  2.1   project priorities as appropriate based 
  2.2   upon need. 
  2.3   Subd. 3.  State Park and Recreation
  2.4   Area Building Rehabilitation                          4,620,000
  2.5   To design, repair, rehabilitate, 
  2.6   construct, or add to state park 
  2.7   buildings throughout the state, 
  2.8   according to the management plan 
  2.9   required in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
  2.10  86A.  The commissioner shall determine 
  2.11  project priorities as appropriate based 
  2.12  upon need. 
  2.13  Subd. 4.  State Park and Recreation
  2.14  Area Building Development                             5,535,000
  2.15  To design, construct, furnish, and 
  2.16  equip new buildings and associated 
  2.17  utilities in the state park system, 
  2.18  according to the management plan 
  2.19  required in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
  2.20  86A.  $4,250,000 of this amount is for 
  2.21  the development of a visitor center at 
  2.22  Itasca State Park; $700,000 is for the 
  2.23  construction of a visitor center at 
  2.24  Mystery Cave in Forestville State Park. 
  2.25  Subd. 5.  State Park and Recreation
  2.26  Area Betterment and Rehabilitation                    2,935,000
  2.27  To upgrade, repair, or rehabilitate 
  2.28  improvements of a capital nature at 
  2.29  state park and recreation area 
  2.30  facilities throughout the state, 
  2.31  including, but not limited to, resource 
  2.32  management projects, trail 
  2.33  rehabilitation, campground 
  2.34  rehabilitation, and road and bridge 
  2.35  repair.  The commissioner shall 
  2.36  determine project priorities as 
  2.37  appropriate based upon need. 
  2.38  Subd. 6.  Flood Hazard
  2.39  Mitigation Grants                                    28,888,000
  2.40  For the flood hazard mitigation grant 
  2.41  program to local government units for 
  2.42  capital improvements to prevent or 
  2.43  alleviate flood damages under Minnesota 
  2.44  Statutes, section 103F.161.  The 
  2.45  following projects are included: 
  2.46  City of Crookston, $1,800,000 
  2.47  City of Warren, $1,500,000 
  2.48  City of Stillwater, $750,000 
  2.49  City of East Grand Forks, $17,000,000 
  2.50  City of Minneapolis, $2,541,000 
  2.51  City of St. Paul, $2,541,000
  2.52  Cities of Virginia and Mountain Iron, $171,000 
  2.53  Heron Lake watershed district, $100,000 
  2.54  Brown's Creek watershed district, $250,000
  2.55  City of Odessa and Odessa Township, $175,000
  2.56  City of Breckenridge, $2,060,000
  2.57  Grants under this subdivision are 
  2.58  exempt from the requirements of 
  2.59  Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.335. 
  2.60  Subd. 7.  RIM Critical
  3.1   Habitat Match                                         8,000,000
  3.2   $2,000,000 is to acquire land for 
  3.3   wildlife management areas under 
  3.4   Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.135; 
  3.5   $5,500,000 is for the critical habitat 
  3.6   private sector matching account under 
  3.7   Minnesota Statutes, section 84.943; and 
  3.8   $500,000 is for acquisition and wetland 
  3.9   restoration under the North American 
  3.10  Waterfowl Management Plan.  The 
  3.11  commissioner shall determine project 
  3.12  priorities as appropriate based upon 
  3.13  need. 
  3.14  Subd. 8.  White Pine Management                         225,000 
  3.15  For planting of stands of white pine 
  3.16  and management of white pine resources. 
  3.17  Subd. 9.  Forest Road and
  3.18  Bridge Projects                                       3,500,000
  3.19  For reconstruction, resurfacing, 
  3.20  replacement, or construction of 
  3.21  improvements of a capital nature to 
  3.22  state forest roads and bridges 
  3.23  throughout the state.  The commissioner 
  3.24  shall determine project priorities as 
  3.25  appropriate based upon need.  Of this 
  3.26  amount, $500,000 may be used for forest 
  3.27  roads in northern Minnesota peat areas. 
  3.28  Subd. 10.  Forestry Recreation
  3.29  Facilities                                            2,000,000
  3.30  For improvements of a capital nature to 
  3.31  rehabilitate, improve, or develop 
  3.32  forestry recreation facilities 
  3.33  throughout the state.  The commissioner 
  3.34  shall determine project priorities as 
  3.35  appropriate based upon need.  
  3.36  Subd. 11.  RIM Wildlife,
  3.37  Habitat Improvements                                  4,000,000
  3.38  For improvements of a capital nature to 
  3.39  develop, protect, or improve wildlife 
  3.40  management areas and other state lands 
  3.41  throughout the state.  The commissioner 
  3.42  shall determine project priorities as 
  3.43  appropriate based upon need.  
  3.44  Subd. 12.  Scientific and Natural Area and
  3.45  Prairie Bank Acquisition and Improvement             11,000,000
  3.46  To acquire land related to scientific 
  3.47  and natural areas and prairie bank 
  3.48  easements; and for development, 
  3.49  protection, or improvements of a 
  3.50  capital nature to scientific and 
  3.51  natural areas throughout the state.  
  3.52  $7,000,000 is for scientific and 
  3.53  natural area acquisition, $2,000,000 is 
  3.54  for scientific and natural area 
  3.55  restoration and development, and 
  3.56  $2,000,000 is for Prairie Bank 
  3.57  easements.  The commissioner shall 
  3.58  determine project priorities as 
  3.59  appropriate based upon need.  
  4.1   Subd. 13.  Metro Greenways
  4.2   and Natural Areas                                    20,000,000
  4.3   To acquire natural areas and greenways 
  4.4   in the metro region through purchase of 
  4.5   conservation easements, land trusting, 
  4.6   or fee-acquisition.  The commissioner 
  4.7   shall determine project priorities as 
  4.8   appropriate based upon need, and shall 
  4.9   consult with representatives of local 
  4.10  units of government, nonprofit 
  4.11  organizations, and other interested 
  4.12  parties. 
  4.13  Subd. 14.  Water Access
  4.14  Acquisition and Development                           9,400,000
  4.15  For public water access acquisition 
  4.16  development and rehabilitation on lakes 
  4.17  and rivers and for fishing piers and 
  4.18  shoreline access.  Of this amount, 
  4.19  $8,000,000 is for water access projects 
  4.20  in the seven-county metropolitan area, 
  4.21  and $400,000 is for fishing piers on 
  4.22  Lake Minnetonka. 
  4.23  Subd. 15.  Trail Acquisition
  4.24  and Development                                      14,674,000
  4.25  For acquisition and development of a 
  4.26  capital nature on state trails as 
  4.27  specified in Minnesota Statutes, 
  4.28  section 85.015.  Projects include, but 
  4.29  are not limited to, $140,000 for the 
  4.30  Lanesboro Trailhead of the Root River 
  4.31  Trail, $684,000 for the Eyota-Chester 
  4.32  Woods acquisition and development of 
  4.33  the Blufflands Trail, $3,000,000 for 
  4.34  the Blufflands Trail development of 
  4.35  which $1,450,000 is from the trunk 
  4.36  highway fund as an ISTEA enhancement 
  4.37  project, and $350,000 for the Gateway 
  4.38  Trail.  The commissioner shall 
  4.39  determine additional project priorities 
  4.40  as appropriate based upon need.  
  4.41  $2,000,000 of this appropriation is for 
  4.42  the state targeting accessible 
  4.43  recreation trails (START) project to 
  4.44  complete the trail survey, 
  4.45  prioritizing, and preengineering work 
  4.46  for all 100 major recreation areas and 
  4.47  to improve accessibility in up to 35 of 
  4.48  these areas.  
  4.49  Subd. 16.  Stream Protection
  4.50  and Restoration                                       2,000,000
  4.51  For the acquisition of easements and 
  4.52  aquatic management areas on streams for 
  4.53  fisheries management purposes; and 
  4.54  stream restoration on portions of the 
  4.55  Whitewater river and Sandy river.  Of 
  4.56  this appropriation, $500,000 is for 
  4.57  stream protection and fisheries 
  4.58  management on Brown's Creek. 
  4.59  Subd. 17.  State Park and 
  4.60  Recreation Area Acquisition                           3,500,000
  4.61  For acquisition from willing sellers of 
  4.62  private lands within state park and 
  5.1   recreation area boundaries established 
  5.2   by law.  The commissioner shall 
  5.3   determine project priorities as 
  5.4   appropriate based upon need. 
  5.5   Subd. 18.  Forestry Land Acquisition                    800,000 
  5.6   To acquire private lands from willing 
  5.7   sellers within established boundaries 
  5.8   of state forests throughout the state.  
  5.9   The commissioner shall determine 
  5.10  project priorities as appropriate based 
  5.11  upon need. 
  5.12  Subd. 19.  Lake Superior
  5.13  Safe Harbors                                          8,300,000
  5.14  For acquisition, design, and 
  5.15  development of safe harbors and public 
  5.16  accesses on Lake Superior at Taconite 
  5.17  Harbor, Two Harbors, McQuade Road, and 
  5.18  Knife River.  This appropriation is 
  5.19  intended to maximize federal matching 
  5.20  funds from the United States Army Corps 
  5.21  of Engineers.  $3,000,000 of this 
  5.22  amount is for the McQuade access.  This 
  5.23  appropriation is exempt from the 
  5.24  requirements of Minnesota Statutes, 
  5.25  section 16B.335. 
  5.26  Subd. 20.  Accelerated Wildlife
  5.27  Habitat Management                                    1,450,000
  5.28  For wildlife habitat improvement and 
  5.29  for wildlife habitat and forest 
  5.30  stewardship.  Of this amount, 
  5.31  $1,200,000 is for winter wildlife 
  5.32  habitat improvement for pheasants and 
  5.33  other grassland wildlife in key 
  5.34  farmland areas; $250,000 is for brush 
  5.35  land and forest habitat renewal for 
  5.36  sharp-tailed grouse and other species 
  5.37  of birds dependent on open brush lands 
  5.38  in forest areas as well as brush land 
  5.39  renewal on public lands. 
  5.40  Subd. 21.  Local Initiative Grants                    9,100,000 
  5.41  For matching grants to be provided to 
  5.42  local units of government for 
  5.43  acquisition, development, or renovation 
  5.44  of a capital nature of local parks, 
  5.45  trails, and natural and scenic areas.  
  5.46  Recipients must provide a match of at 
  5.47  least one-half of total eligible 
  5.48  project costs.  The commissioner shall 
  5.49  make payment to local units of 
  5.50  government upon receiving documentation 
  5.51  of reimbursable expenditures.  The 
  5.52  commissioner shall determine project 
  5.53  priorities as appropriate based upon 
  5.54  need. 
  5.55  $2,000,000 of this appropriation is for 
  5.56  grants to units of government to 
  5.57  acquire and develop outdoor recreation 
  5.58  areas. 
  5.59  $2,000,000 of this appropriation is for 
  5.60  cooperative trail grants of up to 
  5.61  $50,000 per project for trail linkages 
  6.1   between communities, trails, and parks. 
  6.2   $4,000,000 of this appropriation is for 
  6.3   regional trail grants of up to $240,000 
  6.4   for locally funded trails of regional 
  6.5   significance. 
  6.6   $1,100,000 of this appropriation is for 
  6.7   grants to units of government to 
  6.8   acquire and better natural and scenic 
  6.9   areas under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  6.10  85.019, subdivision 4a. 
  6.11  Subd. 22.  Metro Regional Park
  6.12  Acquisition and Betterment                            9,825,000
  6.13  For payment to the metropolitan council 
  6.14  established under Minnesota Statutes, 
  6.15  section 473.123.  The commissioner 
  6.16  shall pay the amount on a reimbursement 
  6.17  basis to the metropolitan council upon 
  6.18  receipt of a certified copy of a 
  6.19  council resolution requesting payment.  
  6.20  The appropriation must be used to pay 
  6.21  the cost of acquisition and betterment 
  6.22  by the metropolitan council and local 
  6.23  government units of regional recreation 
  6.24  open space lands in accordance with the 
  6.25  council's policy plan as provided in 
  6.26  Minnesota Statutes, section 473.315.  
  6.27  $840,000 of this appropriation may be 
  6.28  used by the metropolitan council to 
  6.29  reimburse Washington county for 
  6.30  acquiring St. Croix Bluffs Regional 
  6.31  Park in 1997.  This appropriation must 
  6.32  not be used for research, planning, 
  6.33  administration, or tax equivalency 
  6.34  payments. 
  6.35  Subd. 23.  Como Park Education
  6.36  Resource Center                                      14,000,000 
  6.37  For a grant to the city of St. Paul for 
  6.38  the Como Park Education Resource 
  6.39  Center.  This appropriation is 
  6.40  contingent on the city of St. Paul 
  6.41  maintaining Como Park, including the 
  6.42  zoo and conservatory, as a free 
  6.43  attraction for the life of the bonds.  
  6.44  The city may, however, charge a fee for 
  6.45  use of the Como Park golf course and 
  6.46  special event facility rentals at the 
  6.47  park, including the zoo and 
  6.48  conservatory. 
  6.49  Subd. 24.  Harriet Island
  6.50  Redevelopment                                         3,000,000 
  6.51  For a grant to the city of St. Paul for 
  6.52  expenditures necessary to carry out the 
  6.53  Harriet Island Redevelopment in 
  6.54  accordance with the Lilydale/Harriet 
  6.55  Island master plan.  The appropriation 
  6.56  is available upon the provision by, or 
  6.57  for the benefit of, the city of St. 
  6.58  Paul of $1,300,000 as a local match 
  6.59  earmarked for expenditures necessary to 
  6.60  carry out the Harriet Island 
  6.61  Redevelopment. 
  6.62  Subd. 25.  Lake Superior Zoo                          1,300,000 
  7.1   For a grant to the city of Duluth for 
  7.2   capital improvements to the Lake 
  7.3   Superior Zoological Garden. 
  7.4   Subd. 26.  Montevideo Trail                             250,000 
  7.5   For a grant to the city of Montevideo 
  7.6   to complete the recreational trail 
  7.7   within the city.  The appropriation 
  7.8   must be used for construction expenses 
  7.9   only. 
  7.10  Subd. 27.  Sand Dunes State 
  7.11  Forest Center                                           150,000 
  7.12  For predesign and development design of 
  7.13  an office facility/interpretive center 
  7.14  in Sand Dunes State Forest. 
  7.15  Subd. 28.   Mississippi River
  7.16  Sediment                                              1,000,000 
  7.17  To serve as the state match to federal 
  7.18  money to remove surplus sediment along 
  7.19  the east bank of the Mississippi river 
  7.20  at Little Falls.  The commissioner must 
  7.21  coordinate and work with the United 
  7.22  States Army Corps of Engineers on this 
  7.23  project. 
  7.24  Subd. 29.  Regional Trails                           24,662,000 
  7.25  For grants to the counties of Ramsey, 
  7.26  Dakota, Anoka, and Carver, the city of 
  7.27  Saint Paul, the Minneapolis park and 
  7.28  recreation board, and the suburban 
  7.29  Hennepin regional park district to 
  7.30  develop trail connections in the 
  7.31  metropolitan area as specified in this 
  7.32  subdivision.  The purpose of the grants 
  7.33  is to improve trails in the 
  7.34  metropolitan park and open space system 
  7.35  and connect them with existing state 
  7.36  and regional trails. 
  7.37  The funds shall be allocated by the 
  7.38  commissioner as follows: 
  7.39  (1) $1,892,000 is allocated to Ramsey 
  7.40  county as follows: 
  7.41  (i) $1,342,000 to complete two miles of 
  7.42  trails between Rice Creek Chain of 
  7.43  Lakes Park Reserve and Long Lake 
  7.44  Regional Park; 
  7.45  (ii) $400,000 to complete six miles of 
  7.46  trails between the Burlington Northern 
  7.47  Regional Trail and Bald Eagle-Otter 
  7.48  Lake Regional Park; and 
  7.49  (iii) $150,000 to complete a one-mile 
  7.50  connection between Birch Lake and the 
  7.51  Lake Tamarack segment of Bald 
  7.52  Eagle-Otter Lake Regional Park; 
  7.53  (2) $2,150,000 is allocated to Dakota 
  7.54  county as follows:  
  7.55  (i) $825,000 to improve the Big Rivers 
  7.56  Regional Trail and trailhead between 
  8.1   Harriet Island, Fort Snelling, and 
  8.2   Minneapolis; and 
  8.3   (ii) $1,325,000 to connect the Lake 
  8.4   Byllesby Regional Park to the Cannon 
  8.5   Valley Trail; 
  8.6   (3) $2,600,000 is allocated to Anoka 
  8.7   county as follows: 
  8.8   (i) $1,100,000 to construct a 
  8.9   pedestrian tunnel under Highway 65 on 
  8.10  the Rice Creek West Regional Trail in 
  8.11  the city of Fridley; 
  8.12  (ii) $300,000 to construct a pedestrian 
  8.13  bridge on the Mississippi River 
  8.14  Regional Trail crossing over 
  8.15  Mississippi Street in the city of 
  8.16  Fridley; and 
  8.17  (iii) $1,200,000 to complete 4-1/2 
  8.18  miles of regional trails to connect 
  8.19  Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Park Reserve 
  8.20  in Lino Lakes with Long Lake Regional 
  8.21  Park and the Ramsey county regional 
  8.22  trail system; 
  8.23  (4) $550,000 is allocated to Carver 
  8.24  county to connect Chanhassen City Trail 
  8.25  to Southwest Hennepin Regional LRT 
  8.26  Trail in Hennepin county and the Eden 
  8.27  Prairie trunk highway No. 5 trail; 
  8.28  (5) $5,470,000 is allocated to the city 
  8.29  of Saint Paul as follows: 
  8.30  (i) $600,000 to connect Burlington 
  8.31  Northern Regional Trail to Phalen 
  8.32  Keller Regional Park and to the 
  8.33  Mississippi River Regional Trail; 
  8.34  (ii) $2,500,000 to acquire and develop 
  8.35  East Bank Mississippi River Regional 
  8.36  Trail in the Old Shepard Road corridor 
  8.37  between Randolph Avenue and Sibley 
  8.38  Street; 
  8.39  (iii) $300,000 to connect East Bank 
  8.40  Mississippi River Regional Trail to the 
  8.41  existing trail at Warner Road to Battle 
  8.42  Creek Regional Park; 
  8.43  (iv) $250,000 to construct a bridge 
  8.44  over Lexington Parkway in Como Regional 
  8.45  Park; 
  8.46  (v) $820,000 to enhance amenities for 
  8.47  the trailhead at the Lilydale-Harriet 
  8.48  Island Regional Park pavilion; and 
  8.49  (vi) $1,000,000 to construct a new 
  8.50  bridge on Harriet Island to Raspberry 
  8.51  Island; 
  8.52  (6) $6,900,000 is allocated to the 
  8.53  Minneapolis park and recreation board 
  8.54  as follows: 
  8.55  (i) $2,400,000 to rehabilitate 20 
  8.56  pedestrian and bicycle bridges along a 
  9.1   five-mile route of Minnehaha Avenue and 
  9.2   connect the trail with Minnehaha 
  9.3   Regional Park; 
  9.4   (ii) $1,500,000 to connect trails 
  9.5   between the upper and lower locks at 
  9.6   St. Anthony Falls in the Central 
  9.7   Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park; 
  9.8   (iii) $1,400,000 to connect Theodore 
  9.9   Wirth Parkway to Cedar Lake and Victory 
  9.10  Memorial Drive by improving existing 
  9.11  trails; 
  9.12  (iv) $500,000 to extend the trail along 
  9.13  West River Parkway to the upper 
  9.14  Mississippi River area; and 
  9.15  (v) $1,100,000 to rehabilitate trails 
  9.16  around Cedar Lake and connect the trail 
  9.17  to Kenilworth Trail and Southwest 
  9.18  Hennepin Regional LRT Trail; and 
  9.19  (7) $5,100,000 is allocated to the 
  9.20  suburban Hennepin regional park 
  9.21  district as follows:  
  9.22  (i) $3,100,000 to connect North 
  9.23  Hennepin Regional Trail to Luce Line 
  9.24  State Trail and Wirth-Memorial Parkway 
  9.25  Regional Trail; 
  9.26  (ii) $1,040,000 to construct 4-1/2 
  9.27  miles of trails on Southwest Hennepin 
  9.28  Regional LRT Trail between Hopkins and 
  9.29  Kenilworth and midway Greenway trails, 
  9.30  and to acquire the "Hutchinson Spur"; 
  9.31  (iii) $220,000 to complete North 
  9.32  Hennepin Regional Trail from Palmer 
  9.33  Lake to Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park 
  9.34  and Elm Creek Park Reserve to Coon 
  9.35  Rapids Dam and to Victory Memorial 
  9.36  Drive and Wirth Parkway; 
  9.37  (iv) $360,000 to provide an underpass 
  9.38  on Southwest Hennepin Regional LRT 
  9.39  Trail on trunk highway No. 101 in 
  9.40  Minnetonka; and 
  9.41  (v) $380,000 to construct a trailhead 
  9.42  on Southwest Hennepin Regional LRT 
  9.43  Trail in Hopkins at county state aid 
  9.44  highway No. 3 and U.S. Route 169. 
  9.45  Subd. 30.  Ramsey Mill Pond                              56,000 
  9.46  This appropriation is for use as a 
  9.47  critical habitat match to acquire 90 
  9.48  acres of land adjacent to the Ramsey 
  9.49  mill pond wildlife management area in 
  9.50  Mower county. 
  9.51  Subd. 31.  RIM Fish Hatchery Rehabilitation             720,000 
  9.52  For improvements of a capital nature to 
  9.53  rehabilitate, improve, or develop fish 
  9.54  culture facilities. 
  9.55  Subd. 32.  Linwood Township                             100,000 
 10.1   For a grant to the township of Linwood 
 10.2   in Anoka county to construct a surface 
 10.3   water drainage system to control water 
 10.4   pollution. 
 10.5   Subd. 33.  Environmental Learning
 10.6   Centers                                               1,400,000
 10.7   Of this appropriation: 
 10.8   (1) $500,000 is for a grant to 
 10.9   Kandiyohi county for development of the 
 10.10  interpretive center at the Prairie 
 10.11  Woods environmental learning center.  
 10.12  These funds may not be used for 
 10.13  overnight facilities and must be 
 10.14  matched one-to-one with nonstate funds; 
 10.15  and 
 10.16  (2) $900,000 is for a grant to 
 10.17  independent school district No. 621, 
 10.18  Mounds View, to renovate the Laurentian 
 10.19  environmental learning center located 
 10.20  in the Superior National Forest.  These 
 10.21  funds may not be used for overnight 
 10.22  facilities. 
 10.23  Subd. 34.  Willernie Erosion Control                    100,000
 10.24  For a grant to the city of Willernie to 
 10.25  forestall erosion from a natural 
 10.26  waterway.  This appropriation must be 
 10.27  equally matched by nonstate funds. 
 10.28  Subd. 35.  South St. Paul River
 10.29  Recreation                                              500,000
 10.30  For a grant to the city of South St. 
 10.31  Paul to be used for acquisition and 
 10.32  development of recreation facilities 
 10.33  along the Mississippi river, in 
 10.34  cooperation with the city of St. Paul. 
 10.35  Subd. 36.  International Wolf
 10.36  Center                                                  336,000
 10.37  For capital improvements to the 
 10.38  International Wolf Center including 
 10.39  repair of grounds and buildings, 
 10.40  improvements to the heating and 
 10.41  ventilation system, the wolf enclosure, 
 10.42  and the children's exhibit room, and 
 10.43  added facilities for vehicle garaging 
 10.44  and a workshop. 
 10.45  Subd. 37.  Hartley Nature Center                      2,100,000
 10.46  For a grant to the city of Duluth for 
 10.47  the purpose of constructing 
 10.48  improvements to the Hartley Nature 
 10.49  Center. 
 10.50  Subd. 38.  Lake Shoreline Habitat
 10.51  Preservation/Acquisition                              4,000,000
 10.52  For the acquisition and development of 
 10.53  lakeshore aquatic management areas for 
 10.54  fisheries management purposes as 
 10.55  specified in Minnesota Statutes, 
 10.56  section 86A.05.  The commissioner shall 
 10.57  determine project priorities as 
 11.1   appropriate based upon need. 
 11.2   Subd. 39.  Shoreline Stabilization                    1,000,000
 11.3   For shoreline stabilization projects on 
 11.4   Lake Winnibigoshish, in Cass and Itasca 
 11.5   counties, and Lac qui Parle Lake, in 
 11.6   Lac qui Parle, Chippewa, and Swift 
 11.7   counties. 
 11.8   Sec. 3.  OFFICE OF 
 11.9   ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE                              5,000,000
 11.10  To the office of environmental 
 11.11  assistance for the solid waste capital 
 11.12  assistance grants program under 
 11.13  Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.54.  
 11.14  Grants under this section are exempt 
 11.15  from the requirements of Minnesota 
 11.16  Statutes, section 16B.335. 
 11.17  Sec. 4.  PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY 
 11.18  Subdivision 1.  To the public
 11.19  facilities authority for the purposes
 11.20  specified in this section                            27,000,000
 11.21  Subd. 2.  Matching Money
 11.22  for Federal Grants                                   18,000,000
 11.23  For state matching money for federal 
 11.24  grants to capitalize the water 
 11.25  pollution control fund and the drinking 
 11.26  water revolving fund under Minnesota 
 11.27  Statutes, sections 446A.07 and 446A.081.
 11.28  The expenditure and allocation of state 
 11.29  matching funds between funds shall be 
 11.30  based on the amount of federal funds 
 11.31  appropriated to the funds.  This 
 11.32  appropriation must be used for 
 11.33  qualified capital projects. 
 11.34  Subd. 3.  Wastewater
 11.35  Infrastructure Program                                9,000,000
 11.36  For supplemental assistance to 
 11.37  municipalities under Minnesota 
 11.38  Statutes, section 446A.072.  
 11.39  The authority shall also set aside up 
 11.40  to $500,000 to provide 50 percent grant 
 11.41  funding for the cost of equipment and 
 11.42  installation into an existing municipal 
 11.43  wastewater treatment.  The project must 
 11.44  demonstrate the application of existing 
 11.45  technology that currently is not being 
 11.46  used in the treatment of municipal 
 11.47  wastewater, but has the potential to 
 11.48  improve the treatment of wastewater or 
 11.49  make the treatment process more 
 11.50  cost-effective.  The authority should 
 11.51  work with the pollution control agency 
 11.52  to solicit proposals from 
 11.53  municipalities willing to share the 
 11.54  risks and cost of removing the 
 11.55  equipment if it does not perform.  The 
 11.56  remaining funds shall be used to match 
 11.57  grant funds on a 50 percent basis with 
 11.58  USDA rural development projects.  At 
 11.59  least $4,000,000 is reserved for fiscal 
 12.1   year 2000. 
 12.2   Sec. 5.  BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES 
 12.3   Subdivision 1.  To the board
 12.4   of water and soil resources for the
 12.5   purposes specified in this section                   27,100,000
 12.6   Subd. 2.  RIM and PWP
 12.7   Conservation Easements                               16,800,000
 12.8   This appropriation is for the following 
 12.9   purposes: 
 12.10  (1) to acquire conservation easements 
 12.11  from landowners on marginal lands to 
 12.12  protect soil and water quality and to 
 12.13  support fish and wildlife habitat as 
 12.14  provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
 12.15  103F.515; and 
 12.16  (2) to acquire perpetual conservation 
 12.17  easements on existing type 1, 2, 3, and 
 12.18  6 wetlands, adjacent lands, and for the 
 12.19  establishment of permanent cover on 
 12.20  adjacent lands, in accordance with 
 12.21  Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.516. 
 12.22  Subd. 3.  Local Government
 12.23  Road Replacement                                      5,000,000
 12.24  To acquire land for wetlands or restore 
 12.25  wetlands to be used to replace wetlands 
 12.26  drained or filled as a result of the 
 12.27  repair, maintenance, or rehabilitation 
 12.28  of existing roads, as provided in 
 12.29  Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.222, 
 12.30  subdivision 1, paragraph (m). 
 12.31  Subd. 4.  Area II Minnesota
 12.32  River Basin Grant-in-Aid Program                      1,000,000
 12.33  For grants to assist local governments 
 12.34  in acquiring and constructing 
 12.35  floodwater retention systems in area II 
 12.36  of the Minnesota river basin.  Projects 
 12.37  may include flood control reservoirs, 
 12.38  road retention structures, and other 
 12.39  floodwater mitigation improvements.  
 12.40  This appropriation must be matched by 
 12.41  at least $333,000 from nonstate 
 12.42  sources.  Grants under this subdivision 
 12.43  are exempt from the requirements of 
 12.44  Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.335. 
 12.45  Subd. 5.  Quad-Lakes Restoration                        300,000 
 12.46  For a grant to the Faribault county 
 12.47  soil and water conservation district 
 12.48  for the quad-lakes restoration project 
 12.49  in Faribault and Blue Earth counties. 
 12.50  Subd. 6.  Lakeshore Easements                         4,000,000
 12.51  To acquire conservation easements for 
 12.52  sensitive shoreland and riparian areas 
 12.53  on lakes. 
 12.54  Sec. 6.  MINNESOTA ZOOLOGICAL
 12.55  GARDENS                                               3,200,000
 13.1   To the Minnesota zoological gardens for 
 13.2   design, repair, and reconstruction of 
 13.3   roadways, pathways, parking lots, 
 13.4   outdoor lighting, and public plaza 
 13.5   areas.  This appropriation is exempt 
 13.6   from the requirements of Minnesota 
 13.7   Statutes, section 16B.335. 
 13.8      Sec. 7.  [BOND SALE.] 
 13.9      To provide the money appropriated by this act from the bond 
 13.10  proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance, on request of the 
 13.11  governor, shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount 
 13.12  up to $268,076,000 in the manner, on the terms, and with the 
 13.13  effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 
 13.14  16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 
 13.15  4 to 7. 
 13.16     Sec. 8.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 13.17     This act is effective the day after final enactment.