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SF 3696

as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

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A bill for an act
relating to metropolitan government; requiring carbon emission planning in
local comprehensive plans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.25;
Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 473.859, subdivision 3.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.25, is amended to read:


473.25 LIVABLE new text begin AND SUSTAINABLE new text end COMMUNITIES CRITERIA AND
GUIDELINES.

(a) The council shall establish criteria for uses of the fund provided in section
473.251 that are consistent with and promote the purposes of this article and the policies of
the Metropolitan Development Guide adopted by the council including, but not limited to:

(1) helping to change long-term market incentives that adversely impact creation
and preservation of living-wage jobs in the fully developed area;

(2) creating incentives for developing communities to include a full range of housing
opportunities;

(3) creating incentives to preserve and rehabilitate affordable housing in the fully
developed area; and

(4) creating incentives for all communities to implement compact and efficient
development.

(b) The council shall establish guidelines for the livable new text begin and sustainable new text end community
demonstration account for projects that the council would consider funding with either
grants or loans. The guidelines must provide that the projects will:

(1) interrelate development or redevelopment and transit;

(2) interrelate affordable housing and employment growth areas;

(3) intensify land use that leads to more compact development or redevelopment;

(4) involve development or redevelopment that mixes incomes of residents in
housing, including introducing or reintroducing higher value housing in lower income
areas to achieve a mix of housing opportunities; deleted text begin or
deleted text end

(5) encourage public infrastructure investments which connect urban neighborhoods
and suburban communities, attract private sector redevelopment investment in commercial
and residential properties adjacent to the public improvement, and provide project area
residents with expanded opportunities for private sector employmentnew text begin ; or
new text end

new text begin (6) meet or exceed the goals for reduction in greenhouse gas emissions provided in
section 216H.02, subdivision 1
new text end .

(c) The council shall establish guidelines governing who may apply for a grant or
loan from the fund, providing priority for proposals using innovative partnerships between
government, private for-profit, and nonprofit sectors.

(d) The council shall prepare an annual plan for distribution of the fund based on the
criteria for project and applicant selection.

(e) The council shall prepare and submit to the legislature, as provided in section
3.195, an annual report on the metropolitan livable new text begin and sustainable new text end communities fund.
The report must include information on the amount of money in the fund, the amount
distributed, to whom the funds were distributed and for what purposes, and an evaluation
of the effectiveness of the projects funded in meeting the policies and goals of the
council. The report may make recommendations to the legislature on changes to Laws
1995, chapter 255.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 473.859, subdivision 3, is
amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Public facilities plan.

A public facilities plan shall describe the character,
location, timing, sequence, function, use and capacity of existing and future public
facilities of the local governmental unit. A public facilities plan must be in at least such
detail as may be necessary to establish existing or potential effects on or departures from
metropolitan system plans and to protect metropolitan system plans. A public facilities
plan shall contain at least the following parts:

(1) a transportation plan describing, designating and scheduling the location, extent,
function and capacity of existing and proposed local public and private transportation
services and facilities;

(2) a sewer policy plan describing, designating and scheduling the areas to be
sewered by the public system, the existing and planned capacities of the public system, the
standards and conditions under which the installation of private sewer systems will be
permitted, and to the extent practicable, the areas not suitable for public or private systems
because of public health, safety and welfare considerations;

(3) a parks and open space plan describing, designating and scheduling the existing
and proposed parks and recreation open spaces within the jurisdiction; deleted text begin and
deleted text end

(4) a water supply plan as described in section 103G.291, subdivision 3new text begin ; and
new text end

new text begin (5) a plan to reduce carbon emissions on the schedule provided and by the
percentages provided in the greenhouse gas emission goals established in Minnesota
Statutes, section 216H.02, subdivision 1
new text end .

Sec. 3. new text begin EXTENSION OF TIME TO AMEND PLAN.
new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 473.864, each local
government unit must amend its comprehensive plan to comply with the requirements of
section 2 by December 31, 2010.
new text end

Sec. 4. new text begin REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
new text end

new text begin In Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules, the revisor of statutes shall change the
term "livable communities" to "livable and sustainable communities" wherever the term
"livable communities" appears regarding a metropolitan area grants program.
new text end