SF 2380

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 11:36pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital improvements; appropriating money to renovate the
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin MINNEAPOLIS SCULPTURE GARDEN.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $8,500,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the Metropolitan Council for a grant to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
to predesign, design, and construct the renovation of the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden,
which displays art owned by the Walker Art Center, subject to Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.695. The renovation will include improving irrigation, drainage, the parking lot,
security, granite substructures, concrete, and fixtures, in order to update them with more
ecologically sustainable options that are less expensive to maintain; increasing physical
accessibility in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act; transplanting and
replacing trees and plant materials; and improving the mechanical plant, piping, and
flooring of the Cowles Conservatory to permit its flexible reuse in a way that is more
ecologically sustainable and less expensive to maintain.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Bond sale. new text end

new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this section from the
bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
bonds of the state in an amount up to $8,500,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with
the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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