SF 3379

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) 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 improvements of a capital nature 
  1.5             with certain conditions; authorizing issuance of 
  1.6             bonds; appropriating money; amending Laws 1990, 
  1.7             chapter 610, article 1, section 16, subdivision 4; 
  1.8             proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.9             chapter 116J. 
  1.10  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.11  Section 1.  [TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS; SUMMARY.] 
  1.12     The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  1.13  appropriated from the bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, 
  1.14  to the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent to 
  1.15  acquire and to better public land and buildings and other public 
  1.16  improvements of a capital nature, as specified in this act. 
  1.17                              SUMMARY 
  1.18  DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION                          5,500,000 
  1.19  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY                          6,921,000 
  1.20  DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT         12,000,000 
  1.21  INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL                                2,300,000 
  1.22  GRANTS TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS                    155,808,000 
  1.23  TOTAL                                           $   182,529,000 
  1.24  Bond Proceeds Fund  
  1.25  (General Fund Debt Service)                         176,529,000 
  1.26  General Fund                                          6,000,000 
  1.27                                                   APPROPRIATIONS
  1.28                                                   $ 
  2.1   Sec. 2.  DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION                 5,500,000 
  2.2   To the commissioner of administration 
  2.3   for renovation and upgrades to the East 
  2.4   Building of the Science Museum for use 
  2.5   for the Minnesota Labor Interpretive 
  2.6   Center. 
  2.7   Sec. 3.  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY 
  2.8   Subdivision 1.  To the Minnesota 
  2.9   Historical Society for the purposes 
  2.10  specified in this section                             6,921,000
  2.11  Subd. 2.  Historic Site
  2.12  Preservation and Repair                               2,000,000
  2.13  For capital repair, reconstruction, or 
  2.14  replacement of deferred maintenance 
  2.15  needs at state historic sites, 
  2.16  buildings, exhibits, markers, and 
  2.17  monuments.  The society shall determine 
  2.18  project priorities as appropriate based 
  2.19  on need. 
  2.20  Subd. 3.  County and Local
  2.21  Preservation Projects                                 1,000,000
  2.22  To be allocated to county and local 
  2.23  jurisdictions as matching money for 
  2.24  historic preservation projects of a 
  2.25  capital nature.  Grant recipients must 
  2.26  be public entities and must match state 
  2.27  funds on at least an equal basis.  The 
  2.28  facilities must be publicly owned. 
  2.29  Subd. 4.  Split Rock Lighthouse
  2.30  Visitor Center Improvements                             783,000
  2.31  To design, renovate, and expand public 
  2.32  restrooms and related facilities at the 
  2.33  Split Rock Lighthouse visitor center. 
  2.34  Subd. 5.  Red River Valley Center                     1,000,000 
  2.35  For capital remodeling and new 
  2.36  construction to expand the Red River 
  2.37  Valley Center under Minnesota Statutes, 
  2.38  section 138.93.  The state's share of 
  2.39  the remodeling and expansion must not 
  2.40  exceed 50 percent of the cost of the 
  2.41  project. 
  2.42  Subd. 6.  St. Anthony Falls 
  2.43  Heritage Education Center                             1,938,000
  2.44  For the design of, and site and 
  2.45  building preparation for, the St. 
  2.46  Anthony Falls Heritage Education 
  2.47  Center.  This appropriation is 
  2.48  available until spent. 
  2.49  Subd. 7.  Historic Fort Snelling                        200,000 
  2.50  For a grant to Hosteling International 
  2.51  for planning for the renovation of 
  2.52  building no. 17 at Fort Snelling for 
  2.53  its future use as the Fort Snelling 
  2.54  International Hostel.  Hosteling 
  2.55  International of Minnesota must enter 
  2.56  into a lease with the Minnesota 
  3.1   historical society to operate the 
  3.2   hostel.  State operating funds must not 
  3.3   be used for the operation and 
  3.4   maintenance of the hostel. 
  3.5   Sec. 4.  TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
  3.6   Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
  3.7   of trade and economic development for the
  3.8   purposes specified in this section                   12,000,000
  3.9   Subd. 2.  Redevelopment Grant Program                 5,000,000
  3.10  For transfer to the redevelopment 
  3.11  account in the general fund for the 
  3.12  purposes of that account. 
  3.13  Subd. 3.  Redevelopment Grant Program                 1,000,000
  3.14  This appropriation is from the general 
  3.15  fund for transfer to the redevelopment 
  3.16  account in the general fund for the 
  3.17  purposes of that account. 
  3.18  Subd. 4.  Direct Reduction Iron
  3.19  Processing Facilities                                 4,000,000
  3.20  For a grant for construction of a 
  3.21  direct reduction iron processing 
  3.22  facility.  The commissioners of trade 
  3.23  and economic development and natural 
  3.24  resources must jointly agree on and 
  3.25  issue the grant.  The appropriation in 
  3.26  this section does not cancel but is 
  3.27  available until June 30, 2003, and is 
  3.28  contingent upon commitment of 
  3.29  $15,000,000 in matching funds from the 
  3.30  Northeast Minnesota economic protection 
  3.31  trust fund. 
  3.32  Subd. 5.  Green Institute                             1,500,000 
  3.33  This appropriation is from the general 
  3.34  fund for a grant to the Green 
  3.35  Institute, Inc. for construction and 
  3.36  related costs of the Phillips 
  3.37  Eco-Enterprise Center in the Phillips 
  3.38  neighborhood in south Minneapolis to 
  3.39  create up to 200 jobs in businesses, 
  3.40  many of which specialize in energy 
  3.41  conservation, renewable energy, 
  3.42  environmental technology, recycling, 
  3.43  reuse, and related fields. One-half of 
  3.44  the jobs created must be targeted for 
  3.45  persons on public assistance or below 
  3.46  the federal poverty level.  This 
  3.47  appropriation is contingent upon 
  3.48  demonstration of $3,000,000 in nonstate 
  3.49  matching funds to the commissioner of 
  3.50  finance.  Debt and equity funding 
  3.51  qualify as nonstate sources. 
  3.52  Subd. 6.  Taconite Mining Grants                        500,000
  3.53  This appropriation is from the general 
  3.54  fund for the taconite mining grant 
  3.55  program under Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.56  section 116J.992. 
  3.57  Sec. 5.  INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL                       2,300,000
  4.1   To the Indian affairs council for 
  4.2   construction of the Battle Point 
  4.3   Cultural and Education Center. 
  4.4   Sec. 6.  GRANTS TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS 
  4.5   Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of 
  4.6   administration, or other named agency 
  4.7   or official, for the purposes specified 
  4.8   in this section                                      155,808,000
  4.9   Subd. 2.  Minneapolis
  4.10  Convention Center                                     87,145,000
  4.11  To the commissioner of finance for a 
  4.12  grant to the city of Minneapolis to pay 
  4.13  principal costs on city of Minneapolis' 
  4.14  $178,985,000 general obligation sales 
  4.15  tax refunding bonds, series 1992.  It 
  4.16  is the expectation of the legislature 
  4.17  that the city will issue bonds and pay 
  4.18  all capital and operating costs 
  4.19  associated with an expansion of the 
  4.20  existing Minneapolis Convention 
  4.21  Center.  This is the final state 
  4.22  appropriation for this facility. 
  4.23  Subd. 3.  Mayo Civic Center
  4.24  in Rochester                                          6,500,000
  4.25  For a grant to the city of Rochester to 
  4.26  acquire land, design, construct, 
  4.27  furnish, and equip an expansion and 
  4.28  remodeling of the Mayo Civic Center.  
  4.29  This appropriation is contingent upon 
  4.30  demonstration of $6,500,000 in nonstate 
  4.31  matching funds to the commissioner of 
  4.32  finance. 
  4.33  Subd. 4.  Humboldt Avenue Greenway
  4.34  Project                                              10,000,000
  4.35  To the commissioner of trade and 
  4.36  economic development for a grant to 
  4.37  Hennepin county as the state 
  4.38  contribution for the Humboldt Avenue 
  4.39  greenway project in accordance with the 
  4.40  multijurisdictional reinvestment 
  4.41  program plan established in Minnesota 
  4.42  Statutes, section 383B.79.  The purpose 
  4.43  of the grant is to acquire land for 
  4.44  green space and infrastructure 
  4.45  improvements in the vicinity of 
  4.46  Humboldt Avenue North; reclamation of 
  4.47  wetland amenities for public use; and 
  4.48  construction of a parkway.  This 
  4.49  appropriation is not available until 
  4.50  the governmental jurisdictions 
  4.51  participating in the 
  4.52  multijurisdictional reinvestment 
  4.53  program have committed in the aggregate 
  4.54  $12,000,000 for the project.  The 
  4.55  governmental jurisdictions, however 
  4.56  constituted, may use any nonstate money 
  4.57  under their control to meet the match 
  4.58  requirement. 
  4.59  Subd. 5.  Lake Crystal Area
  4.60  Recreation Center                                     1,500,000
  4.61  For a grant to the city of Lake Crystal 
  5.1   to design, construct, furnish, and 
  5.2   equip the Lake Crystal Area Recreation 
  5.3   Center. 
  5.4   Subd. 6.  Red Lake  
  5.5   Educational and Training Facility                     2,600,000
  5.6   This appropriation is from the general 
  5.7   fund to the commissioner of trade and 
  5.8   economic development for a grant to the 
  5.9   Red Lake tribal council to construct an 
  5.10  educational and training facility on 
  5.11  land assigned by the council on the Red 
  5.12  Lake reservation.  The building will 
  5.13  provide a site for Northwest technical 
  5.14  college to offer basic skills and 
  5.15  vocational training to adults to help 
  5.16  them overcome the effects of 
  5.17  underemployment and unemployment and to 
  5.18  prepare them for meaningful employment. 
  5.19  Training will utilize personalized, 
  5.20  computerized programs designed to 
  5.21  prepare participants for college and 
  5.22  other further training as well as 
  5.23  direct access to the work force. 
  5.24  Subd. 7.  Herman Monument in
  5.25  New Ulm                                                  500,000
  5.26  For a grant to the city of New Ulm for 
  5.27  the restoration, enhancement, and 
  5.28  protection of Herman Monument.  The 
  5.29  appropriation must be matched with 
  5.30  nonstate contributions sufficient to 
  5.31  provide and install the four decorative 
  5.32  copper lions depicted in Julius 
  5.33  Berndt's 1885 architectural drawings of 
  5.34  the monument.  The nonstate 
  5.35  contribution may be any combination of 
  5.36  materials, in-kind, or cash 
  5.37  contributions. The city of New Ulm, in 
  5.38  consultation with the director of the 
  5.39  state historical society, must develop 
  5.40  interpretive displays depicting the 
  5.41  significance of Herman in the history 
  5.42  of German people and their immigration 
  5.43  to America and with the director of the 
  5.44  office of tourism to develop and 
  5.45  implement a program to inform and 
  5.46  attract national and international 
  5.47  visitors to New Ulm and Herman Monument.
  5.48  The appropriation is available 
  5.49  proportionally as the match is raised 
  5.50  by the city of New Ulm.  
  5.51  Subd. 8.  People Incorporated
  5.52  Northside Community Support Program                     350,000
  5.53  This appropriation is from the general 
  5.54  fund for a grant to Hennepin county for 
  5.55  purchase, remodeling, and accessibility 
  5.56  upgrades to an existing building for 
  5.57  use for the People Incorporated North 
  5.58  Side Community Support Program. 
  5.59  Subd. 9.  Central Exhibit at Treaty
  5.60  Site History Center                                     425,000
  5.61  To the Minnesota Historical Society for 
  5.62  a grant to Nicollet county to design 
  5.63  and construct a new central exhibit at 
  6.1   the treaty site history center, subject 
  6.2   to the requirements of Minnesota 
  6.3   Statutes, section 16A.695. 
  6.4   Subd. 10.  Duluth Convention Center
  6.5   Expansion                                             6,783,000
  6.6   For a grant to the city of Duluth to 
  6.7   design an expansion and remodeling of 
  6.8   the Convention Center in Duluth.  
  6.9   Subd. 11.  Glensheen Mansion                            750,000 
  6.10  To the Minnesota Historical Society for 
  6.11  a grant to the University of Minnesota 
  6.12  at Duluth for capital repair, 
  6.13  reconstruction or replacement of the 
  6.14  foundation and heating, ventilating, 
  6.15  and air conditioning system of the 
  6.16  Glensheen Mansion, subject to the 
  6.17  requirements of Minnesota Statutes, 
  6.18  section 16A.695. 
  6.19  Subd. 12.  Headwaters Science Center                    300,000
  6.20  For a grant to the city of Bemidji for 
  6.21  design of the Headwaters Science Center.
  6.22  Subd. 13.  Fergus Falls Convention
  6.23  Center                                                1,500,000
  6.24  For a grant to the city of Fergus Falls 
  6.25  to acquire land, predesign, design, 
  6.26  construct, furnish, and equip a 
  6.27  convention center in Fergus Falls.  
  6.28  This appropriation is contingent upon 
  6.29  demonstration of $1,500,000 in nonstate 
  6.30  matching funds to the commissioner of 
  6.31  finance. 
  6.32  Subd. 14.  Humphrey Museum and
  6.33  Learning Center, Waverly                              2,930,000
  6.34  For a grant to the city of Waverly to 
  6.35  acquire land, design, construct, 
  6.36  furnish, and equip the Hubert H. 
  6.37  Humphrey Museum and Learning Center.  
  6.38  The project includes the renovation and 
  6.39  restoration of the existing village 
  6.40  hall and construction of an addition. 
  6.41  Subd. 15.  Bemidji Historic Railroad
  6.42  Depot                                                   690,000
  6.43  For a grant to the city of Bemidji to 
  6.44  pay up to one-half of the total costs, 
  6.45  including acquisition, design, other 
  6.46  preliminary work, construction costs, 
  6.47  furniture, fixtures, and equipment, to 
  6.48  convert an abandoned historic railroad 
  6.49  depot within the city to a historical 
  6.50  museum and facility for the Beltrami 
  6.51  county historical society.  This 
  6.52  appropriation is in addition to the 
  6.53  appropriation of $50,000 for the same 
  6.54  project in Laws 1997, chapter 200, 
  6.55  article 1, section 18, subdivision 5, 
  6.56  paragraph (g). 
  6.57  Subd. 16.  Valley Technology Park
  6.58  in Crookston                                            750,000
  7.1   For a grant to the city of Crookston 
  7.2   for capital development of its Valley 
  7.3   Technology Park. 
  7.4   Subd. 17.  Phalen Corridor       
  7.5   Right-of-way                                         10,000,000
  7.6   To the commissioner of trade and 
  7.7   economic development for the purpose of 
  7.8   making a grant to the city of St. 
  7.9   Paul.  The grant is to acquire roadway 
  7.10  right-of-way in the Phalen corridor. 
  7.11  Subd. 18.  Eastern Carver Community 
  7.12  Collaborative Project                                    50,000
  7.13  This appropriation is from the general 
  7.14  fund for a grant to independent school 
  7.15  district No. 112, Chaska, as fiscal 
  7.16  agent for capital project planning of 
  7.17  the eastern Carver community 
  7.18  collaborative project. 
  7.19  Subd. 19.  Windom Area Multipurpose 
  7.20  Center                                                1,000,000
  7.21  For a grant to the city of Windom for 
  7.22  the design, construction, furnishing, 
  7.23  and equipping of the multipurpose 
  7.24  center. 
  7.25  Subd. 20.  Heritage Halls Museum                      2,100,000 
  7.26  For a grant to the city of Owatonna to 
  7.27  defray costs of city infrastructure for 
  7.28  the Heritage Halls Museum/Cabela's 
  7.29  project. 
  7.30  Subd. 21.  Southwest Minnesota Regional 
  7.31  Center, Marshall                                        500,000
  7.32  For a grant to the southwest regional 
  7.33  development commission to plan with 
  7.34  community collaboration and predesign 
  7.35  the Southwest Minnesota Regional Center 
  7.36  in Marshall. 
  7.37  Subd. 22.  Detroit Lakes Community
  7.38  Center                                                2,500,000
  7.39  For a grant to the city of Detroit 
  7.40  Lakes to design, construct, furnish, 
  7.41  and equip the Detroit Lakes Community 
  7.42  Center.  
  7.43  Subd. 23.  City of Proctor; Community
  7.44  Activity Center                                       1,500,000
  7.45  For a grant to the city of Proctor to 
  7.46  discharge a portion of the cost to 
  7.47  acquire and better a city community 
  7.48  activity center designed to provide 
  7.49  facilities for city government, 
  7.50  library, arts, museum, and other public 
  7.51  functions.  The commissioner may 
  7.52  disburse the appropriation after the 
  7.53  commissioner determines that financing 
  7.54  of an amount equal to the appropriation 
  7.55  is available for the project from other 
  7.56  nonstate sources. 
  8.1   Subd. 24.  Montevideo Railroad
  8.2   Depot                                                  185,000
  8.3   For a grant to the city of Montevideo 
  8.4   for exterior improvements to the city's 
  8.5   historic railroad depot and for design 
  8.6   and development of a related parking 
  8.7   area, trailhead, and public facilities 
  8.8   at the site, subject to the 
  8.9   requirements of Minnesota Statutes, 
  8.10  section 16A.695. 
  8.11  Subd. 25.  Hastings Municipal Water
  8.12  Park                                                    750,000
  8.13  For a grant to the city of Hastings for 
  8.14  the construction of a municipal water 
  8.15  park.  This appropriation must be 
  8.16  matched by at least $750,000 of 
  8.17  nonstate money. 
  8.18  Subd. 26.  Little Falls Conference
  8.19  and Retreat Center                                      300,000
  8.20  For a grant to the city of Little Falls 
  8.21  to develop programming and marketing 
  8.22  plans, and to equip a conference center 
  8.23  and retreat site on the Mississippi 
  8.24  River in Little Falls. 
  8.25  Subd. 27.  Stroh Brewery 
  8.26  Redevelopment                                         2,800,000
  8.27  For a grant to the commissioner of 
  8.28  trade and economic development for 
  8.29  transfer as a grant to the St. Paul 
  8.30  Port Authority for assistance in 
  8.31  redevelopment of the Stroh Brewery site 
  8.32  and adjacent properties to create light 
  8.33  manufacturing jobs.  This money must be 
  8.34  used for necessary site preparation and 
  8.35  other predevelopment activities.  This 
  8.36  appropriation is available until spent. 
  8.37  Subd. 28.  Granite Falls Area 
  8.38  Multipurpose Community Recreation and 
  8.39  Education Center                                      1,400,000
  8.40  For a grant to the city of Granite 
  8.41  Falls to construct, furnish and equip a 
  8.42  multipurpose community recreation and 
  8.43  education building.  This appropriation 
  8.44  must be matched by a local 
  8.45  referendum-authorized bond sale or 
  8.46  other nonstate money of $1,400,000. 
  8.47  Subd. 29.  St. Paul RiverCentre 
  8.48  Arena                                                10,000,000
  8.49  For a grant to the city of St. Paul to 
  8.50  design a new St. Paul RiverCentre 
  8.51  Arena.  This appropriation is 
  8.52  contingent upon demonstration of 
  8.53  $10,000,000 in nonstate matching funds 
  8.54  to the commissioner of finance. 
  8.55     Sec. 7.  [BOND SALE.] 
  8.56     To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond 
  8.57  proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance, on request of the 
  9.1   governor, shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount 
  9.2   up to $176,529,000 in the manner, on the terms, and with the 
  9.3   effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 
  9.4   16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 
  9.5   4 to 7. 
  9.6      Sec. 8.  [116J.561] [CREATION OF ACCOUNT.] 
  9.7      A redevelopment account is created in the general fund.  
  9.8   Money in the account may be used to make grants as provided in 
  9.9   section 116J.564 and to pay for the commissioner's costs in 
  9.10  reviewing applications and making grants. 
  9.11     Sec. 9.  [116J.562] [DEFINITIONS.] 
  9.12     Subdivision 1.  [SCOPE OF APPLICATION.] For purposes of 
  9.13  sections 116J.561 to 116J.567, the terms in subdivisions 2 to 5 
  9.14  have the meanings given. 
  9.15     Subd. 2.  [REDEVELOPMENT COSTS OR COSTS.] "Redevelopment 
  9.16  costs" or "costs" means the costs of land acquisition, 
  9.17  demolition, infrastructure improvement, and ponding, or other 
  9.18  environmental infrastructure. 
  9.19     Subd. 3.  [DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.] "Development authority" 
  9.20  includes a statutory or home rule charter city, county, housing 
  9.21  and redevelopment authority, economic development authority, and 
  9.22  port authority. 
  9.23     Subd. 4.  [METROPOLITAN AREA.] "Metropolitan area" means 
  9.24  the seven-county metropolitan area, as defined in section 
  9.25  473.121, subdivision 2. 
  9.26     Subd. 5.  [MUNICIPALITY.] "Municipality" means the 
  9.27  statutory or home rule charter city, town, or, in the case of 
  9.28  unorganized territory, county in which the redevelopment is 
  9.29  located. 
  9.30     Subd. 6.  [PUBLIC BENEFITS.] "Public benefits" include job 
  9.31  creation, environmental benefits to the state and region, 
  9.32  efficient use of public transportation, efficient use of 
  9.33  existing infrastructure, provision of affordable housing, 
  9.34  multiuse development that constitutes community rebuilding 
  9.35  rather than single-use development, crime reduction, blight 
  9.36  reduction, community stabilization, and property tax base 
 10.1   maintenance or improvement. 
 10.2      Sec. 10.  [116J.563] [GRANT APPLICATIONS.] 
 10.3      Subdivision 1.  [APPLICATION REQUIRED.] To obtain a 
 10.4   redevelopment grant, the development authority shall apply to 
 10.5   the commissioner.  The governing body of the municipality must 
 10.6   approve, by resolution, the application. 
 10.7      Subd. 2.  [REQUIRED CONTENT.] The commissioner shall 
 10.8   prescribe and provide the application form.  The application 
 10.9   must include at least the following information: 
 10.10     (1) identification of the site; 
 10.11     (2) a redevelopment plan for the site; 
 10.12     (3) a detailed estimate, along with necessary supporting 
 10.13  evidence, of the total redevelopment costs for the site; 
 10.14     (4) an assessment of the development potential or likely 
 10.15  use of the site after completion of the redevelopment plan, 
 10.16  including any specific commitments from third parties to 
 10.17  construct improvements on the site; 
 10.18     (5) the manner in which the municipality will meet the 
 10.19  local match requirement; and 
 10.20     (6) any additional information or material that the 
 10.21  commissioner prescribes. 
 10.22     Sec. 11.  [116J.564] [GRANTS.] 
 10.23     The commissioner may make a grant to an applicant 
 10.24  development authority to pay for up to 50 percent of the 
 10.25  redevelopment costs for a qualifying site.  The determination of 
 10.26  whether to make a grant for a site is within the sole discretion 
 10.27  of the commissioner, subject to sections 116J.561 to 116J.567 
 10.28  and available unencumbered money in the redevelopment account.  
 10.29  The commissioner's decisions and application of the priorities 
 10.30  under section 116J.565 are not subject to judicial review, 
 10.31  except for abuse of discretion. 
 10.32     Sec. 12.  [116J.565] [PRIORITIES.] 
 10.33     Subdivision 1.  [CHARACTERISTICS.] (a) If applications for 
 10.34  grants exceed the available appropriations, grants shall be made 
 10.35  for sites that, in the commissioner's judgment, provide the 
 10.36  highest return in public benefits for the public costs 
 11.1   incurred.  In making this judgment, the commissioner shall give 
 11.2   priority to redevelopment projects with one or more of the 
 11.3   following characteristics: 
 11.4      (1) the need for redevelopment in conjunction with 
 11.5   contamination remediation needs; 
 11.6      (2) the redevelopment project meets current tax increment 
 11.7   financing requirements for a redevelopment district and tax 
 11.8   increments will contribute to the project; 
 11.9      (3) the redevelopment potential within the municipality; 
 11.10     (4) proximity to public transit if located in the 
 11.11  metropolitan area; and 
 11.12     (5) multijurisdictional projects that take into account the 
 11.13  need for affordable housing, transportation, and environmental 
 11.14  impact. 
 11.15     (b) The factors in paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (5), are 
 11.16  not listed in a rank order of priority; rather the commissioner 
 11.17  may weigh each factor, depending upon the facts and 
 11.18  circumstances, as the commissioner considers appropriate.  The 
 11.19  commissioner may consider other factors that affect the net 
 11.20  return of public benefits for completion of the redevelopment 
 11.21  plan.  The commissioner, notwithstanding the listing of 
 11.22  priorities and the goal of maximizing the return of public 
 11.23  benefits, shall make grants that distribute available money to 
 11.24  sites both within and outside of the metropolitan area.  The 
 11.25  commissioner shall provide a written statement of the supporting 
 11.26  reasons for each grant. 
 11.27     (c) Unless sufficient applications are not received for 
 11.28  qualifying sites outside of the metropolitan area, the 
 11.29  commissioner shall make grants according to the following 
 11.30  schedule:  
 11.31     (1) 35 percent of the money provided as grants must be made 
 11.32  for sites located in the metropolitan area in cities other than 
 11.33  cities of the first class; 
 11.34     (2) 25 percent of the money provided as grants must be made 
 11.35  for sites located outside of the metropolitan area, not 
 11.36  including the city of Duluth; and 
 12.1      (3) 40 percent of the money provided as grants is to be 
 12.2   made for sites located in cities of the first class. 
 12.3      (d) The commissioner shall consult with the metropolitan 
 12.4   council about metropolitan area grants. 
 12.5      Subd. 2.  [APPLICATION CYCLES.] In making grants, the 
 12.6   commissioner shall establish semiannual application deadlines in 
 12.7   which grants will be authorized from all or part of the 
 12.8   available money in the account. 
 12.9      Sec. 13.  [116J.566] [LOCAL MATCH REQUIREMENT.] 
 12.10     In order to qualify for a grant under sections 116J.561 to 
 12.11  116J.567, the municipality must pay for at least one-half of the 
 12.12  redevelopment costs as a local match from any money available to 
 12.13  the municipality. 
 12.14     Sec. 14.  [116J.567] [SALE OF LAND.] 
 12.15     Bond proceeds funds in the account may only be used for 
 12.16  redevelopment costs for publicly owned property.  Non-bond 
 12.17  proceeds funds in the account may be used for redevelopment 
 12.18  costs if the land upon which the improvements are made is 
 12.19  ultimately sold to a private developer at the fair market value 
 12.20  of the land.  Net sale proceeds up to the amount of the grant, 
 12.21  must be paid to the account by the development authority within 
 12.22  two years of the sale. 
 12.23     Sec. 15.  Laws 1990, chapter 610, article 1, section 16, 
 12.24  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 12.25  Subd. 4.  For the labor 
 12.26  history center                                          550,000
 12.27  This appropriation is to plan and 
 12.28  design the Labor History Center.  The 
 12.29  society shall develop a facility 
 12.30  program document that defines the space 
 12.31  and programming needs of the center 
 12.32  including operating expenses.  The 
 12.33  society shall determine, through a site 
 12.34  location assessment study, the location 
 12.35  of the center on a site adjacent to the 
 12.36  history center and prepare working 
 12.37  drawings for the project.  Cost 
 12.38  estimates for all elements necessary to 
 12.39  complete the project must be submitted 
 12.40  to the chairs of the agriculture, 
 12.41  transportation, and semi-states 
 12.42  divisions of the senate finance and 
 12.43  house appropriations committees for 
 12.44  their recommendations.  The 
 12.45  recommendations are advisory only.  
 12.46  Failure or refusal to make a 
 13.1   recommendation promptly is deemed a 
 13.2   negative recommendation.  The total 
 13.3   cost of the project must not exceed 
 13.4   $12,500,000 $14,000,000.  The project 
 13.5   cost may include exhibits and 
 13.6   audio-visual devices and systems. 
 13.7      Sec. 16.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
 13.8      The metropolitan airports commission shall grant $4,000,000 
 13.9   by July 1, 1999, to the city of Richfield for planning, 
 13.10  designing, constructing, and equipping recreational facilities 
 13.11  needed to replace facilities used to complete improvements to 
 13.12  Wold Chamberlain field.  The grant must be spent in a manner 
 13.13  consistent with the recreation asset replacement study of the 
 13.14  Richfield community services department. 
 13.15     Sec. 17.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 13.16     This act is effective the day after its final enactment.