Minnesota Session Laws - 1989, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1989 

                         CHAPTER 241-S.F.No. 54 
           An act relating to the city of Edina; authorizing the 
          city to operate a public transit system and to acquire 
          necessary equipment, land, and interests in land; 
          permitting the establishment of special service 
          districts in the city; providing that the city and the 
          housing and redevelopment authority need not require 
          competitive bidding and bonds in connection with 
          certain redevelopment projects. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM.] 
    The city of Edina may acquire, construct, maintain, and 
operate a public transit system not operating on fixed rails in 
the area of the city bounded by county state aid road number 62 
on the north, trunk highway 100 on the west, and the city limits 
on the south and east.  The city may acquire, by purchase, 
lease, or other means, all equipment or other personal property 
necessary or convenient to operate the system.  The city may 
acquire by purchase, lease, gift, devise, condemnation, or 
otherwise all land and right-of-way or other interests in land 
necessary or convenient to construct or operate the system.  The 
city may enter into contracts necessary or proper to acquire, 
construct, maintain, or operate the system.  The city shall have 
all powers necessary or convenient to acquire, construct, 
maintain, or operate the system.  The city may, in lieu of 
directly operating the system or any part of it, contract with a 
person to manage or operate it on behalf of the city.  The 
operation of the public transit system by the city shall not be 
subject to regulation by the transportation regulation board 
under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 221. 
    Sec. 2.  [SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT.] 
    For the purposes of this section "special services" means 
all services rendered or contracted for by the city, including, 
but not limited to: 
    (1) acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation 
of the public transit system authorized by section 1; and 
    (2) any other service provided to the public by the city 
authorized by any law. 
    The governing body of the city of Edina may establish one 
special service district in the city by ordinance; a second 
special service district may be established by ordinance only if 
the second district is established and operated jointly with 
another city.  The provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
428A, shall govern the establishment and operation of special 
service districts in the city, except that if any special 
service district includes the property of Fairview Southdale 
Hospital in the city, then service charges, including service 
charges based on net tax capacity, may be imposed under chapter 
428A against the property and improvements of Fairview Southdale 
Hospital as well as other property in the district. 
    Sec. 3.  [EXCEPTION FROM COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND 
PERFORMANCE BONDS.] 
    The city of Edina and its housing and redevelopment 
authority need not require either competitive bidding or 
performance bonds with respect to any facilities or other 
improvements to be owned by or subject to easements in favor of 
the city or authority which are constructed in connection with 
residential developments constructed in conjunction with 
redevelopment projects, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, 
section 469.002, subdivision 14, to be undertaken in the 
southeast Edina redevelopment plan area of the authority. 
    Sec. 4.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
     Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day after compliance 
with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3, by the 
governing body of the city of Edina. 
    Section 3 is effective the day after compliance with 
Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3, by the 
governing bodies of the city of Edina and the housing and 
redevelopment authority of Edina. 
    Presented to the governor May 22, 1989 
    Signed by the governor May 25, 1989, 5:24 p.m.