Minnesota Session Laws - 1988, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1988 

                        CHAPTER 601-S.F.No. 2217 
           An act relating to Ramsey county; authorizing transfer 
          of certain state lands in Ramsey county to the city of 
          Mounds View; requiring Ramsey county and the city of 
          Saint Paul to enter into a joint powers agreement 
          before the county issues certain bonds; authorizing 
          the county to assume certain debt. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [CONVEYANCE OF STATE LAND TO CITY OF MOUNDS 
VIEW.] 
    Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.01 to 
92.16, 92.45, or any other law, the commissioner of 
transportation shall convey the land described in this section 
to the city of Mounds View. 
    The conveyance shall be by quitclaim deed without 
consideration in a form approved by the attorney general.  The 
deed must contain a provision that requires the property to 
revert to the state if the property is not used by the city of 
Mounds View for a public purpose. 
    The land to be conveyed is located in Ramsey county 
consisting of approximately 54.91 acres described as: 
 South half of the Northeast quarter of Section 5, Township 
30, Range 23, excepting the portion used for a road 
right-of-way. 
    This property was acquired by the department of 
transportation for construction of a new portion of trunk 
highway No. 10 west of Interstate Highway 35W.  The property is 
mostly wetland and floodplain and is not needed for highway 
purposes and is located within a conservancy, recreation, and 
protection district to implement the city's stormwater and 
conservancy management plans. 
    Sec. 2.  [JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR THE RAMSEY COUNTY 
COURTHOUSE AND SAINT PAUL CITY HALL.] 
    Before Ramsey county issues any general obligation bonds 
pursuant to state statute for the repair, restoration, expansion 
and modernization of the Saint Paul City Hall and Ramsey County 
Courthouse, the city and county shall enter into joint powers 
agreements delineating the powers and responsibilities of each 
party respecting (i) the repair, restoration, expansion, and 
modernization of the city hall and county courthouse building; 
(ii) the normal repair and maintenance of the building, and the 
determination of proportionate square foot exclusive usage of 
the building by the county and the city; and (iii) the transfer 
of ownership or reversionary interests in Lake Owasso residence, 
the Ramsey county workhouse, Boys Totem Town, Woodview Detention 
Center, and St. Paul Ramsey Medical Center and any other 
property the city and county agree upon.  
    Sec. 3.  [ASSUMPTION OF DEBT.] 
    Ramsey county is authorized to assume all remaining debt 
service on bonds issued by the city of St. Paul for construction 
of St. Paul-Ramsey Medical Center under Laws 1957, chapter 938, 
section 6.  The obligation authorized to be assumed under this 
section is not subject to election requirements nor to the debt 
or tax levy limitations applicable to the county and shall not 
be considered in calculating amounts subject to any other debt 
or tax levy limitations.  Any levies by the county for debt 
servicing payment for the retirement of these bonds shall be 
exempt from all tax levy limitations applicable to the county. 
    Sec. 4.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Sections 2 and 3 of this act are effective the day after 
filing of certificates of local approval by the governing body 
of the city of Saint Paul and by the Ramsey county board in 
compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 
3. 
    Approved April 21, 1988