Skip to main content Skip to office menu Skip to footer
Capital IconMinnesota Legislature

SF 979

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 06/12/2023 02:04pm

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

Current Version - as introduced

Line numbers 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5
1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5
2.6

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for downtown riverfront park
improvements in the city of Stillwater; authorizing the sale and issuance of state
bonds.

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

Section 1. new text begin RIVERFRONT PARK; STILLWATER.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $6,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund
to the commissioner of employment and economic development for a grant to the city of
Stillwater to predesign, design, construct, furnish, and equip improvements to downtown,
St. Croix riverfront parks, and public spaces in the city of Stillwater. This appropriation is
for an Americans with Disabilities Act-accessible, nonmotorized public boat launch and
fishing pier; restoration of hardwood and prairie grass exploration areas, community gathering
and picnic spaces, and connections to Browns Creek State Trail at Lumberjack Landing;
rehabilitation of the Lowell Park gazebo to reconstruct failing foundation and restore historic
features; development of the Chestnut Street Plaza for pedestrian and event area uses
connecting to the regional trail system; archaeological enhancements, historic features
interpretation, fishing pier, picnic area, surface parking, and boat launch facility at Bridgeview
Park; rehabilitation of the Moritz Bergstein Shoddy Mill and Warehouse, listed on the
National Register of Historic Places, for visitors and hospitality use; and public river access,
public docking, and trail connections to the Stillwater Commercial Historic District, listed
on the National Register of Historic Places, and regional trails from a transient dock. This
appropriation is available when the commissioner of management and budget has determined
that an amount sufficient to complete the project has been committed to the project.
new text end

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 $6,000,000 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.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

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