SF 2538

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to capital improvements; limiting the appropriation for the Lake Links
Trail in Ramsey and Washington Counties to the segment known as the Silver
Lake Trail; amending Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 19, subdivision 6.

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

Section 1.

Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 19, subdivision 6, is amended to
read:

Subd. 6. Metropolitan Regional Parks Capital Improvements

14,664,000

This appropriation must be used to pay the
cost of improvements and betterments of a
capital nature and acquisition by the council
and local government units of regional
recreational open-space lands in accordance
with the council's policy plan as provided in
Minnesota Statutes, section 473.147. Priority
should be given to park rehabilitation and
land acquisition projects.

For purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section
473.351, Columbia Parkway, Ridgeway
Parkway, and Stinson Boulevard are
considered to be part of the metropolitan
regional recreation open space system.

$100,000 is for a grant to Ramsey and
Washington Counties, or either of them
as jointly agreed, to prepare engineering
design documents for the development of
a trail adjacent to marked Trunk Highway
120 from its intersection with Joy Road
to its intersection with 20th Street in the
city of North St. Paul, deleted text begin adjacent to marked
Trunk Highway 96 from its intersection with
marked Trunk Highway 61 to its intersection
with marked Trunk Highway 244, and
adjacent to marked Trunk Highway 244 from
its intersection with marked Trunk Highway
96 to and including its intersection with
Washington County Road 12 deleted text end new text begin to be known
as the Silver Lake Trail new text end . The design must
be consistent with the recommendations
of the Lake Links Trail Network Master
Plan prepared for Ramsey and Washington
Counties.

$388,000 is for a grant to the city of St.
Paul for park and trail improvements in the
Desnoyer Park area, above the Meeker Island
lock historic site.

$4,676,000 is for a grant to the city of St.
Paul to design and construct river's edge
improvements at Raspberry Island and
Upper Landing and develop a public park on
Raspberry Island. Of this amount, $676,000
is the local match for an Upper Landing
federal TEA-21 grant.

$2,500,000 is for a grant to the city of
South St. Paul for the closure, capping, and
remediation of approximately 80 acres of
the Port Crosby construction and demolition
debris landfill in South St. Paul, as the fourth
phase of converting the land into parkland,
and to restore approximately 80 acres of
riverfront land along the Mississippi River.

Sec. 2. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
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new text begin This act is effective the day following final enactment.
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