2003 Minnesota Statutes

  116J.565 Repealed, 2002 c 393 s 91 

*   NOTE:  Subdivision 1 was also amended by Laws 2002, chapter 
*380, article 4, section 1, to read as follows: 

*   "Subdivision 1.    Characteristics.  (a) If applications 
*for grants exceed the available appropriations, grants shall be 
*made for sites that, in the commissioner's judgment, provide the 
*highest return in public benefits for the public costs 
*incurred.  In making this judgment, the commissioner shall give 
*priority to redevelopment projects with one or more of the 
*following characteristics: 

*   (1) the need for redevelopment in conjunction with 
*contamination remediation needs; 

*   (2) the redevelopment project meets current tax increment 
*financing requirements for a redevelopment district and tax 
*increments will contribute to the project; 

*   (3) the redevelopment potential within the municipality; 

*   (4) proximity to public transit if located in the 
*metropolitan area; and 

*   (5) multijurisdictional projects that take into account the 
*need for affordable housing, transportation, and environmental 
*impact. 

*   (b) The factors in paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (5), are 
*not listed in a rank order of priority; rather the commissioner 
*may weigh each factor, depending upon the facts and 
*circumstances, as the commissioner considers appropriate.  The 
*commissioner may consider other factors that affect the net 
*return of public benefits for completion of the redevelopment 
*plan.  The commissioner, notwithstanding the listing of 
*priorities and the goal of maximizing the return of public 
*benefits, shall make grants that distribute available money to 
*sites both within and outside of the metropolitan area.  The 
*commissioner shall provide a written statement of the supporting 
*reasons for each grant.  Unless sufficient applications are not 
*received within the first nine months of a fiscal year for 
*qualifying sites outside of the metropolitan area, at least 50 
*percent of the money provided as grants in a fiscal year must be 
*made for sites located outside of the metropolitan area.  The 
*commissioner shall consult with the Metropolitan Council about 
*metropolitan area grants."