SF 215

2nd Engrossment - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to state government; modifying previous 
  1.3             appropriations for certain capital improvements; 
  1.4             amending Laws 1994, chapter 643, sections 3, 
  1.5             subdivision 2, 10, subdivision 10, as amended, and 15, 
  1.6             subdivisions 2 and 4; Laws 1996, chapter 463, sections 
  1.7             3, subdivision 7, 13, subdivisions 2 and 4, and 24, 
  1.8             subdivision 8. 
  1.9   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.10     Section 1.  Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 3, subdivision 
  1.11  2, is amended to read:  
  1.12  Subd. 2.  Restore and Renovate
  1.13  Capitol Building Exterior                             5,000,000
  1.14  To the commissioner of administration 
  1.15  to renovate and improve the capitol 
  1.16  including reroofing, repair of the roof 
  1.17  balustrade, and Quadriga restoration, 
  1.18  and for an exterior stone testing 
  1.19  program.  No more than $35,000 of this 
  1.20  appropriation is to the capitol area 
  1.21  architectural and planning board for 
  1.22  design review fees. 
  1.23     Sec. 2.  Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 10, subdivision 
  1.24  10, as amended by Laws 1995, First Special Session chapter 2, 
  1.25  article 1, section 42, is amended to read: 
  1.26  Subd. 10.  Rochester Technical College University
  1.27  Center Rochester                                       1,200,000
  1.28  This appropriation is to for predesign 
  1.29  and design of an integrated campus in 
  1.30  accordance with this subdivision.  
  1.31  $600,000 of this appropriation is 
  1.32  available immediately.  The remainder 
  1.33  is available after a master academic 
  1.34  plan has been approved under clause (3) 
  1.35  and the technical college has been 
  1.36  sold., remodeling of student support 
  2.1   facilities, remodeling of facilities 
  2.2   for joint academic programming, and 
  2.3   construction of roads and other 
  2.4   infrastructure to integrate the campus 
  2.5   for the delivery of consolidated 
  2.6   college, state university, and 
  2.7   University of Minnesota programs at the 
  2.8   University Center Rochester.  Planning 
  2.9   may include consideration of 
  2.10  codevelopment of facilities with local 
  2.11  units of government. 
  2.12  (1) The board of trustees of the 
  2.13  Minnesota state colleges and 
  2.14  universities may enter into an 
  2.15  agreement for the sale of the Rochester 
  2.16  Technical College.  The sale is 
  2.17  contingent on the approval of the board 
  2.18  of trustees and a determination by the 
  2.19  board of trustees that the sale is 
  2.20  consistent with its priorities.  The 
  2.21  sale price shall equal the appraised 
  2.22  value if sold to independent school 
  2.23  district No. 535, Rochester, or, if 
  2.24  sold to any other party, the sale price 
  2.25  shall not be less than the appraised 
  2.26  value. 
  2.27  It is the intent of the legislature 
  2.28  that no technical college program 
  2.29  reduction, apart from normal program 
  2.30  review, shall occur as a result of this 
  2.31  sale. 
  2.32  (2) The sale shall not cause the 
  2.33  technical college to lease space or to 
  2.34  move to any temporary site. 
  2.35  (3) Prior to the preparation of design 
  2.36  documents, the post-secondary boards 
  2.37  and the relevant campus staff shall 
  2.38  jointly prepare a master academic plan 
  2.39  for an integrated campus for the 
  2.40  Rochester center facility.  The boards 
  2.41  shall consider the creation of a 
  2.42  polytechnic university.  The plan shall 
  2.43  be submitted for review to the higher 
  2.44  education finance divisions by January 
  2.45  16, 1996, and must be approved by the 
  2.46  legislature before the remaining 
  2.47  $600,000 of the appropriation is 
  2.48  available.  
  2.49  (4) The proceeds from the sale of the 
  2.50  technical college are appropriated for 
  2.51  the design and construction necessary 
  2.52  to integrate technical college programs 
  2.53  into the Rochester center and to add or 
  2.54  modify space where necessary.  The new 
  2.55  technical college program space must be 
  2.56  attached to and must maximize the 
  2.57  current services, space, and programs 
  2.58  of the technical college, community 
  2.59  college, state university, and 
  2.60  University of Minnesota cooperative 
  2.61  campus.  The state board of trustees 
  2.62  may not begin construction of this 
  2.63  project until the legislature has 
  2.64  approved the construction plans. 
  2.65  (5) The state board of trustees shall 
  3.1   develop a plan to relocate to the 
  3.2   Austin, Faribault, and other 
  3.3   Southeastern Minnesota campuses all 
  3.4   Rochester campus programs that are not 
  3.5   essential to the integrated mission 
  3.6   planned for the Rochester center 
  3.7   facility.  This plan must be completed 
  3.8   prior to preparing design documents for 
  3.9   the technical college addition to the 
  3.10  Rochester center. 
  3.11  (6) The state board of trustees shall 
  3.12  consider relocating the horticulture 
  3.13  technology program from the Rochester 
  3.14  campus to the Austin campus of 
  3.15  Riverland technical college before the 
  3.16  start of the 1995-1996 academic year. 
  3.17     Sec. 3.  Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 15, subdivision 2, 
  3.18  is amended to read: 
  3.19  Subd. 2.  Bloomington Ferry Bridge          7,631,000 5,131,000
  3.20  This appropriation is from the state 
  3.21  transportation fund as provided in 
  3.22  Minnesota Statutes, section 174.50, to 
  3.23  match federal funds to complete 
  3.24  construction of the Bloomington ferry 
  3.25  bridge and approaches.  
  3.26  This appropriation is added to the 
  3.27  appropriation in Laws 1993, chapter 
  3.28  373, section 14, subdivision 2. 
  3.29     Sec. 4.  Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 15, subdivision 4, 
  3.30  is amended to read: 
  3.31  Subd. 4.  Local Bridge 
  3.32  Replacement and Rehabilitation            12,445,000 14,945,000
  3.33  This appropriation is from the state 
  3.34  transportation fund as provided in 
  3.35  Minnesota Statutes, section 174.50, to 
  3.36  match federal funds and to replace or 
  3.37  rehabilitate local deficient bridges. 
  3.38  Political subdivisions may use grants 
  3.39  made under this section to construct or 
  3.40  reconstruct bridges, including: 
  3.41  (1) matching federal-aid grants to 
  3.42  construct or reconstruct key bridges; 
  3.43  (2) paying the costs to abandon an 
  3.44  existing bridge that is deficient and 
  3.45  in need of replacement, but where no 
  3.46  replacement will be made; 
  3.47  (3) paying the costs to construct a 
  3.48  road or street to facilitate the 
  3.49  abandonment of an existing bridge 
  3.50  determined by the commissioner to be 
  3.51  deficient, if the commissioner 
  3.52  determines that construction of the 
  3.53  road or street is more cost-efficient 
  3.54  than the replacement of the existing 
  3.55  bridge; and 
  3.56  (4) paying the costs of preliminary 
  4.1   engineering and environmental studies 
  4.2   authorized under Minnesota Statutes, 
  4.3   section 174.50, subdivision 6a. 
  4.4      Sec. 5.  Laws 1996, chapter 463, section 3, subdivision 7, 
  4.5   is amended to read: 
  4.6   Subd. 7.  Twin Cities      
  4.7   (a) Architecture Renovation                           9,000,000
  4.8   Design, renovate construct, furnish, 
  4.9   and equip an addition to the 
  4.10  architecture building and partially 
  4.11  renovate the existing building. 
  4.12  (b) Haecker Hall Renovation                          12,000,000
  4.13  Design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  4.14  Haecker Hall and related space. 
  4.15  (c) Magnetic Resonance Research
  4.16  Building                                              3,500,000
  4.17  Design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
  4.18  new magnetic resonance research 
  4.19  building. 
  4.20  (d) Minnesota Library Access
  4.21  Center                                               38,500,000
  4.22  Construct, furnish, and equip the 
  4.23  Minnesota library access center to 
  4.24  house the university's archives and 
  4.25  special collections, immigration 
  4.26  history research center documents and 
  4.27  collections, to store less frequently 
  4.28  used library materials for state 
  4.29  university, private college, city, 
  4.30  county, and regional libraries in the 
  4.31  state, and to house Minitex services. 
  4.32  (e) Molecular and Cellular
  4.33  Therapeutics Facility Remodeling                      3,000,000
  4.34  Remodel and equip the molecular and 
  4.35  cellular therapeutics facility, 
  4.36  including the modification of 
  4.37  utilities, air filtration, and 
  4.38  distribution systems, to accommodate 
  4.39  new research programs. 
  4.40     Sec. 6.  Laws 1996, chapter 463, section 13, subdivision 2, 
  4.41  is amended to read:  
  4.42  Subd. 2.  Capital Asset
  4.43  Preservation and Replacement (CAPRA)                 12,000,000
  4.44  To be spent in accordance with 
  4.45  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.632. 
  4.46  Up to $900,000 of the money 
  4.47  appropriated in this subdivision may be 
  4.48  used as necessary to renovate the 
  4.49  Governor's Residence in St. Paul for 
  4.50  life safety, code, security, and 
  4.51  ancillary storage facility improvements.
  4.52  Up to $600,000 of the money 
  5.1   appropriated in this subdivision may be 
  5.2   used to continue the electrical utility 
  5.3   infrastructure conversion of the 
  5.4   primary feeder loop system to a primary 
  5.5   selective system by rerouting the 
  5.6   system around the capitol. 
  5.7   In accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
  5.8   section 16B.31, subdivision 6, the 
  5.9   commissioner of administration shall 
  5.10  identify the condition and suitability 
  5.11  of all major state buildings and office 
  5.12  space and report the commissioner's 
  5.13  findings by June 30, 1997, to the 
  5.14  chairs of the senate committee on 
  5.15  finance and the house of 
  5.16  representatives committees on ways and 
  5.17  means and on capital investment.  The 
  5.18  report must identify the useful life, 
  5.19  the current condition, the estimated 
  5.20  cost of currently needed repairs, and 
  5.21  the suitability for the current state 
  5.22  purposes of all major state-owned 
  5.23  buildings and office space owned or 
  5.24  leased by the state.  The legislature 
  5.25  intends to use the report in 
  5.26  considering future appropriations to 
  5.27  the commissioner of administration and 
  5.28  to state agencies for asset 
  5.29  preservation. 
  5.30     Sec. 7.  Laws 1996, chapter 463, section 13, subdivision 4, 
  5.31  is amended to read:  
  5.32  Subd. 4.  Renovate Capitol
  5.33  Building                                              7,400,000
  5.34  $4,800,000 $3,765,000 is to predesign, 
  5.35  design, and reconstruct the 
  5.36  northeast terrace and predesign and 
  5.37  design the northwest terraces terrace 
  5.38  of the capitol building.  
  5.39  $1,400,000 is to renovate the lantern 
  5.40  and related structures on the capitol 
  5.41  dome. 
  5.42  $1,200,000 $2,235,000 is to predesign, 
  5.43  design, construct, furnish, and equip 
  5.44  the renovation of the capitol cafeteria 
  5.45  and related spaces.  
  5.46  The balance of the appropriation in 
  5.47  this subdivision that is not needed for 
  5.48  the projects specified may be used for 
  5.49  other structural stabilization projects 
  5.50  at the capitol or to improve the 
  5.51  capitol mall. 
  5.52     Sec. 8.  Laws 1996, chapter 463, section 24, subdivision 8, 
  5.53  is amended to read: 
  5.54  Subd. 8.  Lyn/Lake/Jungle 
  5.55  Theatre Performing Arts Center                          335,000
  5.56  For a grant to Hennepin county to 
  5.57  design, construct, furnish, and equip 
  5.58  the Lyn/Lake/Jungle Theatre community 
  5.59  performing arts center to provide a 
  6.1   community theater and rehearsal space, 
  6.2   offices, classrooms and meeting rooms 
  6.3   for performing arts organizations, arts 
  6.4   education and arts development and 
  6.5   outreach in a formerly tax-forfeited 
  6.6   structure in Hennepin county.  Hennepin 
  6.7   county may contract with a non-profit 
  6.8   organization for operation of the 
  6.9   center, subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
  6.10  section 16A.695.  This appropriation is 
  6.11  not available until the commissioner 
  6.12  has determined that at least $1,630,000 
  6.13  has been committed by nonstate sources 
  6.14  to complete the Lyn/Lake/Jungle Theatre 
  6.15  main stage in a nearby building owned 
  6.16  and operated by the Jungle Theater and 
  6.17  that $100,000 has been committed by 
  6.18  non-state sources to complete the 
  6.19  community performing arts center.  This 
  6.20  is the final state appropriation for 
  6.21  this project. 
  6.22     Sec. 9.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  6.23     This act is effective the day following final enactment.