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Laws of Minnesota 1985 CHAPTER 15-H.F.No. 1 An act relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending to acquire and to better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions; reducing and canceling certain appropriations; authorizing issuance of state bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1984, sections 15.50, subdivision 2; 115A.49; 115A.52; and 115A.54, by adding a subdivision. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: Section 1. [CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS; APPROPRIATIONS.] The sums shown in the column marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are appropriated from the state building fund, or any other fund named, to the state agencies indicated, to be spent to acquire and to better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, as specified in this act. SUMMARY SUPREME COURT $ 2,450,000 ADMINISTRATION 9,816,900 NATURAL RESOURCES 11,507,900 ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 28,975,000 WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD 11,400,000 MILITARY AFFAIRS 1,392,300 VETERANS AFFAIRS 313,300 TRANSPORTATION 10,367,000 AGRICULTURE 2,000,000 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY 5,725,000 EDUCATION 545,200 VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION 7,164,400 COMMUNITY COLLEGES 5,306,700 STATE UNIVERSITIES 14,557,700 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 72,443,000 CORRECTIONS 3,442,000 HUMAN SERVICES 4,805,000 EXCHANGE OF BONDS 6,300,000 BOND SALE EXPENSES 175,500 TOTAL $198,686,900 General Fund 13,499,900 Special Revenue Fund 2,255,000 Trunk Highway Fund 8,332,000 Transportation Fund 2,035,000 Bond Fund 6,300,000 Building Fund 154,865,000 Waste Management Fund 11,400,000 APPROPRIATION REDUCTIONS ($1,363,500) APPROPRIATIONS Sec. 2. SUPREME COURT Judicial Building $ 2,450,000 This appropriation is to the commissioner of administration, in consultation with the supreme court and the capitol area architectural and planning board, to prepare working drawings and prepare the site for a judicial building that will utilize the existing historical society building and the site currently occupied by the mechanic arts high school gymnasium. The commissioner of administration shall not begin to prepare the site for construction until the final plans and specifications have been presented to the chairmen of the senate finance committee and house appropriations committee and the chairmen have made their recommendations on the plans. The recommendations are advisory only. Failure or refusal to make a recommendation promptly is deemed a negative recommendation. Sec. 3. ADMINISTRATION Subdivision 1. To the commissioner of administration for the purposes specified in the following subdivisions 9,816,900 Subd. 2. Supplemental or prior commitments 1,702,700 (a) Remove or contain asbestos in state buildings, phase II 1,145,900 This appropriation must be used to remove or encapsulate asbestos-containing materials that have been identified as constituting risk factor 5 in the evaluation study dated January 18, 1984, and its supplement dated March 21, 1984, and risk factor 4 to the extent the appropriation permits. (b) Remove asbestos insulated piping in the basement of the Capitol 340,200 (c) Remove and replace PCB equipment statewide, phase II 216,600 This appropriation is from the general fund. This appropriation, combined with the balance remaining from the appropriations in Laws 1983, chapter 344, section 2, item (a), and Laws 1984, chapter 597, section 3, subdivision 2, item (b), must be used to replace or retrofit PCB contaminated equipment in the priority order established in the remedial action plan. Subd. 3. Facility integrity and life safety 1,641,500 (a) Repair Capitol dome and lantern 582,000 (b) Clean and tuckpoint Capitol building 250,000 This appropriation is from the general fund. (c) Re-roof the surplus property warehouse in Arden Hills 177,500 (d) Repair the Administration building ramp 357,000 This appropriation is from the general fund. (e) Renovate House Chamber voting board and sound system 275,000 This appropriation is from the general fund. Subd. 4. Program improvement and expansion 6,472,700 (a) Remodel Centennial building 3,114,000 $300,000 of this appropriation is from the general fund for moving expenses. This appropriation is added to the appropriation in Laws 1984, chapter 597, section 3, subdivision 5, item (c), which may be spent to remodel any part of the Centennial building for use by any state agency. (b) Land Acquisition 700,000 (c) Administration Facilities Study 100,000 This appropriation is from the general fund. It is to plan a process for evaluating all state-owned buildings for both program use and overall condition. (d) Relocate the pollution control agency and waste management board 540,000 This appropriation is from the general fund. (e) Renovate Capitol building 1,790,700 The commissioner of administration shall not prepare final plans and specifications for projects included in $1,000,000 of this appropriation until the commissioner has presented the program and schematic plans and cost estimates for all elements necessary to complete the projects to the committee on rules and administration of the senate and the committee has made its recommendations on the plans. The recommendations are advisory only. Failure or refusal to make a recommendation promptly is deemed a negative recommendation. (f) Plan and design Labor History Center 228,000 Sec. 4. NATURAL RESOURCES Subdivision 1. To the commissioner of administration or the commissioner of natural resources for the purposes specified in the following subdivisions 11,507,900 Subd. 2. To the commissioner of administration for the purposes specified in this subdivision 742,800 (a) Construct air tanker base at Brainerd Crow Wing county airport 100,000 This appropriation is available only after a determination by the commissioner of administration that the city of Brainerd has committed at least $35,000 of local money for the project. If the commissioner of administration determines that the city of Brainerd is either unwilling or unable to commit the required local money, the commissioner shall offer to construct the air tanker base at the Bemidji airport. If the city of Bemidji then commits at least $35,000 of local money to the project, the commissioner of administration shall proceed with construction. (b) Construct a storage facility at the St. Paul southern service center 168,000 (c) Replace storage buildings at Thief Lake wildlife management area 99,800 The amounts needed to make debt service transfers under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641, subdivision 10, for the bonds sold to finance this project are appropriated from the game and fish fund. (d) Repairs and betterments 375,000 This appropriation is from the general fund. Subd. 3. To the commissioner of natural resources to acquire and better public outdoor recreational lands and capital improvements 5,772,300 (a) To better state parks and recreational areas, as listed in Minnesota Statutes, sections 85.012 and 85.013 1,272,300 (b) To better state trails and trails within state parks and other units of the outdoor recreational system as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05 800,000 (c) To better state forests listed and described in Minnesota Statutes, section 89.021 200,000 (d) To better fishing management facilities and hatcheries 200,000 (e) To acquire wetlands under the water bank program under Minnesota Statutes, section 105.392 900,000 (f) To acquire lands in units of the outdoor recreation system 2,400,000 (g) The commissioner of natural resources shall provide the necessary professional services for the performance of the duties under this subdivision from the amount appropriated for the various purposes and an approved complement of 26 unclassified positions is authorized. (h) Lands must be acquired by the commissioner of natural resources in accordance with policies established in Minnesota Statutes, sections 86A.01 to 86A.09. Those acquired for each unit of the outdoor recreational system must be suited for the purpose of the unit and suited for management in accordance with the principles applicable to it. The commissioner of natural resources shall submit semiannual work progress reports to the legislative commission on Minnesota resources, in the form requested by the commission, and shall submit a work program to the commission and request its recommendation on it before spending any money appropriated by this subdivision for any purpose. The commission's recommendation is advisory only. Failure to respond to a request within 60 days after receipt is a negative recommendation. Work programs involving land acquisition must include a land acquisition plan. A parcel may not be acquired unless it is covered by an acquisition plan. (i) The commissioner of natural resources with the approval of the commissioner of finance may transfer unencumbered balances among the programs authorized in Laws 1983, chapter 344, section 3, subdivision 4, and among the programs authorized in this subdivision, but not between the two subdivisions. A transfer of balances among the programs may not be authorized until the legislative commission on Minnesota resources has approved amended work programs. Transfers must be reported immediately to the committee on finance of the senate and the committee on appropriations of the house of representatives. Subd. 4. To the commissioner of natural resources for dam safety projects under Minnesota Statutes, section 105.482 2,888,900 (a) State owned dams 982,500 (1) Heron Lake dam 315,000 (2) Lake Bronson dam 577,500 (3) Spruce Center dam 90,000 This appropriation is added to the appropriation for the same project in Laws 1981, chapter 361, section 3, subdivision 5. (b) Grants to reconstruct locally owned dams 1,688,200 (1) Fish Hook River dam, city of Park Rapids 74,500 This appropriation is added to the appropriation for the same project in Laws 1979, chapter 300, section 4, subdivision 3. (2) Hanover dam, city of Hanover 85,000 This appropriation is for the state's contribution toward the cost of removal of the Hanover dam on the Crow River, in Wright and Hennepin counties, the cost of repair of erosion damage to river banks, and the cost of restoring wetlands drained as a result of failure of the dam. The state's contribution is available only if the counties, cities, and other local governmental units in which the dam is located contribute an equal amount of money for these same purposes. The dam removal, bank repair, and wetland restoration work must be done under a joint powers or similar agreement entered into by the local units of government and approved by the commissioner of natural resources. The state and local units of government may seek recovery of their costs, including costs related to initial breaking of the dam, from any private person who has an ownership interest in the dam, damsite, or abutments. (3) Hartley dam, city of Duluth 50,000 (4) Eagle Point Lake dam 47,000 (5) Nett Lake dam, Koochiching county 1,200,000 (6) Pelican Rapids dam, city of Pelican Rapids 131,300 (7) Red Lake River dam, city of Thief River Falls 42,000 (8) Redwood River dam, city of Redwood Falls 58,400 (c) Local dam loan to Pelican Rapids 118,200 This appropriation is from the general fund. (d) Analyze, design, and repair publicly owned dams 100,000 This appropriation is from the general fund. Subd. 5. To the commissioner of natural resources to relocate agricultural dikes along the Red River of the North 250,000 This appropriation must be added to the appropriation for the same project in Laws 1981, chapter 361, section 3, subdivision 3. The requirement in that law for a local match is stricken. The commissioner of natural resources shall cooperate and work with the watershed district, the commissioner of transportation, and the affected landowners. Subd. 6. To the commissioner of natural resources to construct an educational center at the Environmental Learning Center at Isabella 1,853,900 This appropriation is for payment of a grant to Lake county. This appropriation is available only as matched, dollar for dollar, by contributions from nonstate sources. Sec. 5. ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Subdivision 1. To the commissioner of energy and economic development for the purposes specified in the following subdivisions 28,975,000 Subd. 2. Metropolitan parks 12,750,000 To the commissioner of energy and economic development for payment of a grant to the metropolitan council established under Minnesota Statutes, section 473.123. The commissioner shall transfer the amount to the metropolitan council upon receipt of a certified copy of a council resolution requesting payment. The appropriation must be used to pay the cost of the acquisition and betterment by the metropolitan council and local governmental units of the regional recreational open space lands specified in this subdivision, including relocation costs and tax equivalents required to be paid by Minnesota Statutes, sections 473.315 and 473.341. Of the amount appropriated by this section, the metropolitan council may spend no more than $400,000 for staff and independent professional services necessary to acquire and better open space and for the performance of duties of the metropolitan council under this subdivision. The following are the specified projects: (a) For the Metropolitan Council to research and plan systemwide 100,000 (b) Mississippi Regional Park 500,000 The metropolitan council shall, unless not feasible, promptly designate the area on the east and west banks of the Mississippi river, consisting of the lands northward from the Camden area of the city of Minneapolis to the Interstate 694 corridor, as a regional park. The Hennepin county park reserve district and the Minneapolis park and recreation board are the operating agencies, with cooperation from the affected units of government. In addition to this appropriation, the metropolitan council shall spend for this project all interest earned on the appropriations in this subdivision and on any other money, up to $1,500,000. This appropriation and the interest must be credited to a separate account and continue to accrue interest for purposes of this item until expended. (c) Complete public access developments at Long Lake-Rush Lake regional park 1,200,000 (d) Continue to develop public access at Lake Elmo park reserve 1,100,000 (e) Continue to develop public recreation facilities at central Mississippi riverfront regional park 2,070,000 (f) Continue to redevelop Como regional park 2,200,000 (g) Continue to develop user amenities at Mississippi river boulevard regional trail 500,000 (h) Complete family camping development at Lebanon Hills regional park 500,000 (i) Begin road, parking, and lake access at Lake George regional park 350,000 (j) Renovate and improve picnic space at Hyland-Bush-Anderson Lakes regional park 200,000 (k) Develop trails at Bunker Hills regional park 400,000 (l) Acquire and develop Central Mississippi Great River Road west regional trail 730,000 (m) Complete campground facilities at Spring Lake regional park 350,000 (n) Develop creative play area at French/Medicine Lake regional park 1,750,000 (o) Begin reimbursement for acquisition of land on the North Hennepin regional trail 800,000 Subd. 3. Duluth State Convention Center 16,000,000 To the commissioner of energy and economic development for a grant to the Duluth state convention center administrative board. This appropriation is available on the date section 36 becomes effective. The grant must not be paid until the commissioner of energy and economic development has determined that the additional financing necessary to complete the project has been committed by other sources. Subd. 4. Park and Trail Development 225,000 This appropriation is to the commissioner of energy and economic development for payment of a grant to the city of White Bear Lake. Sec. 6. WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD 11,400,000 This appropriation is from the waste management fund. This appropriation is for the program of state capital assistance grants to local projects to develop feasible and prudent alternatives to disposal of solid waste authorized by this act. The balance of the appropriation from the state waste management fund made by Laws 1980, chapter 564, article 12, section 3(c), that is not encumbered, or obligated by resolution of the waste management board, by June 30, 1985, and any amount obligated by June 30 that later becomes unobligated, but not more than $3,600,000, is appropriated to the board for this purpose. Up to $750,000 may be spent for administration and technical and professional services. The approved complement of the waste management board is increased by two positions. Sec. 7. MILITARY AFFAIRS To the adjutant general for the purposes specified in this section 1,392,300 The construction paid for from this appropriation shall meet or exceed the interim and final energy conservation performance standards and guidelines for new commercial buildings promulgated by the United States secretary of energy under the energy conservation standards for new buildings act of 1976, as amended, United States Code, title 33, section 6833. (a) Replace roofs statewide 500,600 (b) Replace windows or close up openings in facilities 40 years of age or older 629,200 (c) Repair and better armories statewide 262,500 This appropriation is from the general fund. Sec. 8. VETERANS AFFAIRS Subdivision 1. To the commissioner of administration for the purposes specified in the following subdivisions 313,300 The appropriations in this section are from the general fund. Subd. 2. Hastings Veterans Home 52,500 (a) Replace masonry on building number 23 31,500 (b) Demolish sewage plant 21,000 Subd. 3. Minneapolis Veterans Home 235,800 (a) Demolish buildings 81,400 (b) Renovate utility line 52,500 (c) Extend or replace floor tile 44,100 (d) Repair elevator in building number 16 26,300 (e) Landscape areas previously occupied by buildings and construct parking lot 31,500 Subd. 4. Study conversion of existing state and local facilities to use as veterans facilities 25,000 Sec. 9. TRANSPORTATION Subdivision 1. To the commissioner of transportation for the purposes specified in the following subdivisions 10,367,000 The appropriations in subdivisions 2 to 6 are from the trunk highway fund. Subd. 2. Construct new area headquarters building at Crookston 992,000 Subd. 3. Construct addition to Oakdale district headquarters 345,000 This appropriation is added to the appropriation for the same project in Laws 1984, chapter 597, section 11, subdivision 2, item (b). Subd. 4. Construct equipment storage buildings at the truck stations listed in this subdivision 1,275,000 (a) Benson 364,000 (b) Chaska Notwithstanding Laws 1984, chapter 597, section 11, subdivision 2, item (o), the commissioner of transportation may construct the new equipment storage building at the Chaska truck station before contracting for sale of the existing equipment storage building. (c) Glenwood 160,000 (d) Grand Marais 110,000 (e) Granite Falls 326,000 (f) Little Falls 315,000 Subd. 5. Construct rest areas near the cities listed in this subdivision 4,099,000 (a) Baptism River, on trunk highway 61 156,000 This appropriation is added to the appropriation in Laws 1983, chapter 344, section 6, subdivision 8, as amended by Laws 1984, chapter 597, section 54. (b) Bigelow, on trunk highway 60, including a travel information center 1,191,000 One-half the cost of staffing and operating the travel information center must be paid from sources other than the trunk highway fund. The commissioner may proceed with construction only after agreements to provide this funding are obtained. (c) Orr, on trunk highway 53, including a travel information center 573,000 $341,000 is for construction of parking spaces. $232,000 is for a grant to the city of Orr for site acquisition and development and construction of a travel information center. The costs of maintaining, staffing, and operating the rest area and travel information center must not be paid from the trunk highway fund. (d) St. Cloud, on trunk highway 10, including a travel information center 1,145,000 One-half the cost of staffing and operating the travel information center must be paid from sources other than the trunk highway fund. The commissioner may proceed with construction only after agreements to provide this funding are obtained. (e) St. Peter, on trunk highway 169 1,034,000 Subd. 6. Statewide 1,621,000 (a) Construct chemical storage sheds 210,000 (b) Electronic communication repair shops 276,000 This appropriation is to construct electronic communication installation and repair shops at Bemidji, Brainerd, Golden Valley, Mankato, and St. Cloud. (c) Land acquisition 545,000 This appropriation is to acquire land for replacement truck stations at Adrian, Austin, Park Rapids, and Wadena, and for a weigh station on interstate highway 94 at Moorhead. (d) Buy materials to construct metal cold storage sheds 95,000 (e) Plan for remodeling 55,000 These plans are for remodeling the headquarters buildings at Bemidji, Brainerd, Crookston, Detroit Lakes, and Duluth. (f) Construct wood fueled heating plants for district headquarters buildings at Duluth and Virginia 440,000 Subd. 7. Interstate Substitution 2,035,000 This appropriation is from the state transportation fund to provide not more than one-half of the nonfederal share of right-of-way, preliminary and construction engineering, and construction costs of local projects that are paid for with interstate substitution money. Sec. 10. AGRICULTURE Subdivision 1. To the commissioner of agriculture for the purposes specified in this section 2,000,000 (a) Construct agricultural interpretive center at Waseca 500,000 This appropriation is from the general fund. This appropriation is for payment to Farmamerica, Inc., and is available only upon a determination by the commissioner of agriculture that the additional financing necessary to complete phase one of the project has been committed by nonstate sources. (b) Duluth Port Authority 1,500,000 This appropriation is to the commissioner of agriculture for a grant to the Duluth Port Authority to purchase a building for a foreign trade zone warehouse. Sec. 11. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY To the Minnesota historical society for the purposes specified in this section 5,725,000 (a) Construct State History Center 5,000,000 This appropriation is to the commissioner of administration in consultation with the Minnesota historical society and the capitol area architectural and planning board, to acquire land and prepare working drawings for a state history center with a total cost of not more than $50,982,200. $4,000,000 of the cost must be contributed by nonstate sources. No more than $2,000,000 of state money may be used to acquire land. The design competition may begin on the effective date of this act. (b) Repair and maintain the Sibley House 25,000 This appropriation is from the general fund. (c) Develop Red River Valley Center 700,000 This appropriation is added to the appropriation in Laws 1984, chapter 597, section 12, item (c). Sec. 12. EDUCATION To the commissioner of administration for the purposes specified in this section 545,200 (a) Braille and Sight Saving School Upgrade plumbing in the activities building 30,000 This appropriation is from the general fund. (b) School for the Deaf Replace high pressure boiler system with low pressure system 515,200 Sec. 13. VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION To the state board of vocational technical education for post-secondary vocational technical construction in the school districts listed in this section 7,164,400 (a) Independent School District No. 241, Albert Lea 419,100 This appropriation is to construct an addition to provide additional space for instructional programs. The total cost of the project must not be more than $493,100, whether paid from state, local, or federal money. (b) Independent School District No. 206, Alexandria 773,500 This appropriation is to construct additional classroom and laboratory areas. The total cost of the project must not be more than $910,000, whether paid from state, local, or federal money. (c) Special Intermediate School District No. 917, Dakota County 187,400 This appropriation is to construct a mezzanine to provide for a bookstore and classrooms. The total cost of the project must not be more than $220,500, whether paid from state, local, or federal money. (d) Independent School District No. 595, East Grand Forks 300,800 This appropriation is to repair and insulate the roof. The total cost of the project must not be more than $353,900, whether paid from state, local, or federal money. (e) Independent School District No. 701, Hibbing 436,600 This appropriation is to enlarge the commons and add a general office complex and electronics laboratory. The total cost of the project must not be more than $513,600, whether paid from state, local, or federal money. The district may transfer up to $77,000 from the post-secondary vocational technical debt redemption fund to the building construction fund as needed to provide the local share of this project. (f) Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis 135,900 This appropriation is to replace the roof on the automotive shops in the transportation center. The total cost of the project must not be more than $159,900, whether paid from state, local, or federal money. Notwithstanding Laws 1984, chapter 597, section 13, subdivision 1, the appropriation to Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, maybe used to acquire and to better an existing facility or to construct a new facility for the aviation mechanics program. Renovation or expansion of an existing facility must not proceed until the purchase is complete and the title has been transferred. The state share of the cost of the project remains $1,700,000. The total cost of the project is estimated to be $2,000,000 and must not exceed $2,500,000 whether paid from state, local, or federal money. (g) Special Intermediate School District No. 916 85,300 (1) $70,300 is to complete the encapsulation of asbestos. The total cost of the project must not be more than $82,700, whether paid from state, local, or federal money. (2) $15,000 is to complete addition of an air lock to the east entrance. This appropriation is added to the appropriation for the same project in Laws 1984, chapter 597, section 13, subdivision 1, the appropriation for Special Intermediate School District No. 916, item (4). The total cost of the project is increased by $17,600. (h) Independent School District No. 578, Pine City 288,200 This appropriation is to construct an addition to house a gunsmithing shop and laboratory, a bookstore, and a classroom and media area. The total cost of the project must not be more than $339,100, whether paid from state, local, or federal money. (i) Independent School District No. 535, Rochester 4,379,500 This appropriation is to construct an addition and remodel the existing facility. The total cost of the project must not be more than $5,152,400, whether paid from state, local, or federal money. (j) Independent School District No. 742, St. Cloud Independent school district No. 742, St. Cloud, is authorized to construct an addition to the area vocational technical institute to provide space for student services, telecommunications activities, and general instruction. The total cost of the project must not be more than $450,000, to be paid entirely from local money. In addition, the state board of vocational technical education may authorize additional capital improvements to the St. Cloud area vocational technical institute. The total cost of the additional improvements must not be more than $1,150,000 to be paid entirely from local money. The district may transfer money from the post-secondary vocational technical capital expenditure fund to the building construction fund as needed to provide the local money for these projects. (k) Independent School District No. 625, St. Paul 81,600 This appropriation is to encapsulate asbestos. The total cost of the project must not be more than $96,000, whether paid from state, local, or federal money. (l) Independent School District No. 564, Thief River Falls 76,500 This appropriation is to buy an airplane hangar. The total cost of the project must not be more than $90,000, whether paid from state, local, or federal money. This appropriation is from the general fund. (m) Independent School District No. 347, Willmar The legislature approves construction of an electronics laboratory and classroom addition. The total cost of the project must not be more than $225,000, to be paid entirely from local money. Sec. 14. COMMUNITY COLLEGES Subdivision 1. To the commissioner of administration for the purposes specified in the following subdivisions 5,306,700 Subd. 2. Itasca Community College Prepare working drawings for a library, college center, classroom buildings, and physical education building addition 108,000 Subd. 3. Minneapolis Community College Construct fine arts building, demolish Memorial and Moyer Halls, and complete site development 4,462,400 Subd. 4. Systemwide repairs and betterments 736,300 The appropriations in this subdivision are to the community college board. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.24, subdivision 2, the community college board shall supervise and control the making of necessary repairs to all community college buildings and structures during the biennium ending June 30, 1987. (a) Replace roofs and repair membranes 236,300 (b) Add ventilation and fume hoods in art and chemistry laboratories 100,000 This appropriation is from the general fund. (c) Automate building energy systems, replace windows, add vestibules, construct connecting links, and convert to district heating 400,000 This appropriation is from the general fund. Sec. 15. STATE UNIVERSITIES Subdivision 1. To the State University Board for the purposes specified in the following subdivisions 14,557,700 Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 16B.30 and 16B.31, the state university board shall supervise and control the preparation of plans and specifications for the construction, alteration, or enlargement of the state university buildings, structures, and improvements provided for in this section. The state university board shall advertise for bids and award contracts in connection with the improvements, supervise and inspect the work, approve necessary changes in the plans and specifications, approve estimates for payment, and accept the improvements when completed according to the plans and specifications. Plans must be paid for out of this appropriation. The remainder of the appropriation may not be expended until the board has secured suitable plans and specifications, prepared by a competent architect or engineer, and accompanied by a detailed statement of the cost, quality, and description of all material and labor required for the completion of the work. No plan may be adopted, and no improvement made or building constructed, that contemplates the expenditure for its completion of more money than the appropriation for it, unless otherwise provided in this act. The board may not direct or permit an expenditure beyond the appropriation, and an agent of the board violating this provision is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. The board shall review and report to the governor and the legislature by January 15 of each year on the status of the capital improvement projects in this section and Laws 1984, chapter 597, section 15. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 16B.24, subdivision 2, the state university board shall supervise and control the making of necessary repairs to all state university buildings and structures during the biennium ending June 30, 1987. Subd. 2. Bemidji Campus 4,287,300 (a) Remodel or replace education and art building 3,816,800 (b) Replace refrigeration units in fieldhouse 220,500 (c) Plan recreation facility 250,000 Subd. 3. Mankato Campus 836,000 (a) Programming, plans, and construction to remodel six laboratories for electrical engineering at Trafton Hall 756,000 (b) Programming and plans to remodel Wiecking Center 80,000 Subd. 4. Moorhead Construct and equip an addition to Livingston Hall Library 3,396,800 Subd. 5. St. Cloud Campus 593,000 (a) Replace all water lines in Math Science Building 273,000 (b) Programming and plans to remodel Stewart Hall 320,000 Subd. 6. Winona Campus 2,693,500 (a) Plan, renovate, equip, and furnish Somsen Hall 2,383,500 This appropriation is added to the appropriation for the same project in Laws 1984, chapter 597, section 15, subdivision 7, item (a). (b) Phase I Chiller loop system 310,000 Subd. 7. Systemwide 2,751,100 (a) Replace roofs at Mankato and St. Cloud 782,300 (b) Remove asbestos at Bemidji and Mankato 1,438,500 This appropriation is from the general fund. (c) Replace transformers and capacitors containing PCB fluids 530,300 This appropriation is from the general fund. Sec. 16. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Subdivision 1. To the regents of the University of Minnesota for the purposes specified in the following subdivisions 72,443,000 Subd. 2. Minneapolis Campus 50,800,000 (a) Construct Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building 42,800,000 (b) Remodel Amundson Hall and the Mines and Metallurgy Building 3,000,000 (c) Remodel part of Mayo Building for department of microbiology and school of public health 5,000,000 Subd. 3. St. Paul Campus Construct addition to Green Hall 5,285,000 Subd. 4. Duluth Campus 13,354,000 (a) Construct engineering and technology building 4,154,000 (b) Recreational sports and physical education facilities 9,200,000 This amount is to be matched by at least $740,000 from nonstate sources. Subd. 5. Crookston Campus Improve roads, parking lots, storm sewers, lighting, and signs 553,000 Subd. 6. Northwest Experiment Station Dairy barn and research center 675,000 Subd. 7. Fire and life safety, PCB electrical replacement, asbestos treatment and removal, physical handicapped modifications, and energy projects 1,200,000 This appropriation includes $30,000 for repair of the air handling system, purchase of a vented incubator, a toxicant gas confinement system and related safety equipment for the environmental pathology laboratory. This appropriation is from the general fund. Subd. 8. Morris Campus Greenhouse supplement 100,000 This appropriation is added to the appropriation in Laws 1984, chapter 597, section 16, subdivision 4. Subd. 9. Waseca Campus Ring Road 476,000 Sec. 17. CORRECTIONS Subdivision 1. To the commissioner of administration for the purposes specified in the following subdivisions 3,442,000 The appropriations in subdivisions 3 to 6 are from the general fund. Subd. 2. Minnesota Correctional Facility - Oak Park Heights 2,255,000 The appropriations in this subdivision are from the special revenue account for receipts for housing Wisconsin, federal, and county inmates. (a) Replace cell door hinges 150,000 (b) Install electric service underground feeder line 150,000 (c) Construct new warehouse and expanded loading dock 1,900,000 (d) Improve staff parking lot 55,000 Subd. 3. Minnesota Correctional Facility - Red Wing 215,000 Repair or replace roofs and gutters on the industrial building, Princeton and Yale cottages, and the vocational welding shop, and tuckpoint the industrial building. Subd. 4. Minnesota Correctional Facility - St. Cloud 390,000 (a) Replace plumbing in cell house C 110,000 (b) Replace windows in cell houses A and C 130,000 (c) Design and install fire and life safety alarm and sprinkler systems 150,000 Subd. 5. Minnesota Correctional Facility - Stillwater 540,000 (a) OSHA, fire and life safety projects 350,000 (b) Replace wooden floors in industry building numbers 18 and 21 with concrete 190,000 Subd. 6. Thistledew Camp Incoporate a wood fired boiler into the present heating system for the dormitory 42,000 Sec. 18. HUMAN SERVICES Subdivision 1. To the commissioner of administration for the purposes specified in the following subdivisions 4,805,000 The appropriations in this section are from the general fund. Subd. 2. Vinland National Center 1,500,000 This appropriation is for a grant to complete the third phase of construction of the center. Subd. 3. Floor Covering 400,000 This appropriation is limited to projects for carpeting or alternative floor coverings at state hospitals in Brainerd, Cambridge, Faribault, Fergus Falls, Moose Lake, St. Peter, and Willmar. Subd. 4. Facility Repair and Life Safety Projects 1,485,000 (a) Roof repair and replacement at state hospitals in Brainerd, Cambridge, and St. Peter, and Ah-Gwah-Ching state nursing home 355,000 (b) Road and parking lot repair at Ah-Gwah-Ching and Oak Terrace state nursing homes and state hospitals in Fergus Falls, Moose Lake, St. Peter, and Willmar 480,000 (c) Replace electrical equipment at Faribault state hospital 165,000 (d) Replace water treatment equipment at Ah-Gwah-Ching state nursing home and state hospitals in Faribault and Fergus Falls 130,000 (e) Replace water and condensate pipes in building number 1 at Brainerd state hospital 290,000 (f) Repair, insulate, and provide a finish coat to the exterior walls of the water treatment building at the Ah-Gwah-Ching state nursing home 65,000 Subd. 5. Energy Conservation 300,000 (a) Furnish and install a high/low steam boiler in the Faribault state hospital 180,000 (b) Replace all the windows in cottages numbers 15 and 16 at Willmar state hospital 120,000 Subd. 6. Program Improvement and Expansion 1,120,000 (a) St. Peter state hospital Air condition Shantz Hall 300,000 (b) Resident furniture - systemwide 500,000 (c) Remodel bathrooms at the Ah-Gwah-Ching and Oak Terrace state nursing homes and Fergus Falls state hospital 320,000 Sec. 19. EXCHANGE OF CERTAIN OUTSTANDING BONDS 6,300,000 The commissioner of finance may purchase from their holders $6,300,000 principal amount of general obligation bonds of the state dated August 1, 1981, maturing on August 1, 2000, and August 1, 2001. The purchase may be made with money on hand in the state bond fund, or by the delivery to the holders of outstanding state general obligation bonds of like principal amount, maturity and interest rate, and cash in an amount not exceeding two percent of the principal amount of the bonds. The commissioner may issue state general obligation bonds for this purpose, and $126,000 of the money appropriated for transfer from the state general fund to the state bond fund by Laws 1983, chapter 301, section 47, is appropriated for this purpose. Except as specified in this subdivision, bonds issued under this subdivision must contain the terms provided by the commissioner's order authorizing their issuance. Outstanding bonds purchased under this section must be canceled, and money previously appropriated and required to be transferred to the state bond fund for payment of the outstanding bonds must, after the date of purchase, be used to pay the principal of and interest on bonds issued under this subdivision and are appropriated to the state bond fund for this purpose. Sec. 20. BOND SALE EXPENSES To the commissioner of finance for bond sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641, subdivision 8 175,500 Sec. 21. [BOND SALE; DEBT SERVICE.] Subdivision 1. [BUILDING FUND.] To provide the money appropriated in this act from the state building fund the commissioner of finance upon request of the governor shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $154,865,000 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. Subd. 2. [WASTE MANAGEMENT FUND.] To provide the money appropriated in this act from the waste management fund, the commissioner of finance upon request of the governor shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $11,400,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statues, sections 16A.641 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. Subd. 3. [TRANSPORTATION FUND.] To provide the money appropriated in this act from the state transportation fund the commissioner of finance upon request of the governor shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $2,035,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 174.50 and 174.51, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. Sec. 22. [CONSULTATION REQUIRED.] No land shall be purchased and no buildings shall be purchased, constructed, or erected on lands of the University of Minnesota until the regents have first consulted with the chairman of the senate finance committee and the chairman of the house appropriations committee and obtained their recommendations, which are advisory only. Sec. 23. [REVIEW OF PLANS.] Subdivision 1. The commissioner of administration, the commissioner of transportation, the state university board, and the board of regents of the University of Minnesota shall not prepare final plans and specifications for any construction or major remodeling authorized by this act until the using agency or department has presented the program and schematic plans and cost estimates for all elements necessary to complete the project to the chairman of the house appropriations committee and the chairman of the senate finance committee and the chairmen have made their recommendations thereon. The recommendations are advisory only. Failure or refusal to make a recommendation promptly is deemed a negative recommendation. Subd. 2. A school district, intermediate district, or joint vocational technical district may not authorize capital improvements authorized by this act until the state director has reviewed the final plans, specifications, and cost estimates and made recommendations on them. Sec. 24. [APPROPRIATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION; TRANSFER.] Upon the awarding of final contracts for the completion of a project for construction or other permanent improvement authorized by this act, or upon the abandonment of the project, the commissioners of administration and transportation, the state board of vocational technical education, the state university board, and the board of regents of the University of Minnesota as to appropriations made to them may transfer any unencumbered balance in the project account to another project enumerated in the same section of the appropriation act as the project about to be completed or abandoned. The transfer must only be made to cover bids for the other project that were higher than was estimated when the appropriation for the other project was made and not to cover an expansion of the project. The money transferred under this section is appropriated for the purposes for which transferred. For transfers by the state board of vocational technical education, the total cost of both projects and the required local share for both projects are adjusted accordingly. The commissioners and boards shall report to the chairman of the house appropriations committee and the chairman of the senate finance committee before a transfer is made under this section. Sec. 25. [APPROPRIATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION; FEDERAL MONEY; EXCEEDING AUTHORIZED COST.] The commissioner of administration, the commissioner of transportation, the state university board, and the board of regents of the University of Minnesota shall apply for the maximum federal share for each capital improvement project for which money is appropriated by this act. Encumbrance or expenditure of money in excess of the project authorization may be made only after the commissioner of administration, the commissioner of transportation, the state university board, and the board of regents, as appropriate, have consulted with the chairman of the house appropriations committee and the chairman of the senate finance committee and the chairmen have made their recommendations thereon. The recommendations are advisory only. Failure or refusal to make a recommendation promptly is deemed a negative recommendation. Sec. 26. [METHODS OF ACQUISITION.] Where money has been appropriated by this act to the commissioner of administration to acquire lands or sites for public buildings or real estate, acquisition may be by gift, purchase, or condemnation proceedings. Condemnation proceedings must be under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 117. Sec. 27. [APPROPRIATION REDUCTIONS AND CANCELLATIONS.] The appropriation in Laws 1979, chapter 300, section 4, subdivision 4, for loans to local governments for dam safety projects is reduced by $511,000. The appropriation in Laws 1981, chapter 361, section 5, item (a), to remodel the main historical building for microfilming operations, in the amount of $45,000, is canceled. The appropriation in Laws 1983, chapter 344, section 13, item (b), to install humidity controls in the historical society building, in the amount of $40,000, is canceled. The appropriation in Laws 1984, chapter 597, section 14, subdivision 4, to construct a classroom, library, college center, and plan for a fine arts building at Minneapolis community college, is reduced by $767,500. Sec. 28. [BUILDING FUND APPROPRIATION; TRANSFER.] Subdivision 1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner of administration may transfer unencumbered balances existing on May 30, 1985, in a project account for the building fund appropriations listed in subdivision 2 to any other project enumerated in Laws 1983, chapter 344, section 2. The money transferred under this section is appropriated for the purposes for which it is transferred. The commissioner must report to the chairmen of the house appropriations committee and the senate finance committee on any transfer made under this section. Subd. 2. Subdivision 1 applies to appropriations made by the following laws: Laws 1978, chapter 792, section 2, subdivision 3, and section 7, item (a); Laws 1979, chapter 338, section 3, item (c); Laws 1981, chapter 4, section 2, subdivisions 2 and 8, and section 5, subdivision 2; chapter 334, section 11, subdivision 2; chapter 361, section 2, items (c), (d), (e), (g), and (h); and chapter 362, section 3, subdivision 3; Laws 1983, chapter 344, section 2, item (e), section 8, subdivision 2, item (c), subdivisions 3 and 6, section 11, subdivision 4, item (b), and section 12, subdivision 2, item (b); and Laws 1984, chapter 597, section 3, subdivision 3, item (f), and subdivision 5, item (e), and section 17, subdivision 2, item (a). Sec. 29. [GOVERNMENT SERVICES CENTER APPROPRIATION; TRANSFER.] By July 15, 1985, the commissioner of administration shall certify the balance of the appropriation for the Duluth government services center made in Laws 1978, chapter 792, section 5, item (b), that is no longer required for the completion of the project. The amount certified by the commissioner is transferred and added to the appropriation made in Laws 1984, chapter 597, section 3, subdivision 5, item (d), for the completion of the Brainerd consolidated government services center. Sec. 30. [BOND SALE DEFERRED.] The commissioner of finance shall defer beyond the 1985-1987 biennium the sale of $5,000,000 of district heating bonds previously planned to be sold during the 1985-1987 biennium. Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 15.50, subdivision 2, is amended to read: Subd. 2. (a) The board shall prepare, prescribe, and from time to time amend a comprehensive use plan for the capitol area, herein called the area which shall initially consist of that portion of the city of Saint Paul comprehended within the following boundaries: Beginning at the point of intersection of the centerline of the Arch-Pennsylvania freeway and the centerline of Marion Street, thence southerly along the centerline of Marion Street to thenorthsouth line of the right-of-way of Interstate Highway 94, thence easterly along thesaid northsouth line to the centerline of John Ireland Boulevard, thence southwesterly along the centerline of John Ireland Boulevard to the centerline of the junction of Dayton Avenue, Kellogg Boulevard, and Summit Avenue, thence easterly along the centerline of Summit Avenue to the centerline of Sixth Street, thence southeasterly along the centerline of Sixth Street to the centerline of College Avenue, thence northeasterly along the centerline of College Avenue extended to the centerline of Rice Street, thence northwesterly along the centerline of Rice Street to the centerline of Summit Avenue, thence northerly along a line extended to the north line of the right-of-way of Interstate Highway 94, thence easterly along the north line to the centerline of CedarAvenueStreet, thence southeasterly along the centerline of CedarAvenueStreet to the centerline of Tenth Street, thence northeasterly along the centerline of Tenth Street to the centerline of Minnesota Street, thence northwesterly along the centerline of Minnesota Street to the centerline of Eleventh Street, thence northeasterly along the centerline of Eleventh Street to the centerline of Jackson Street, thence northwesterly along the centerline of Jackson Street to the centerline of the Arch-Pennsylvania freeway extended, thence westerly along the centerline of the Arch-Pennsylvania freeway extended and Marion Street to the point of origin. Pursuant to the comprehensive plan, or any portion thereof, the board may regulate, by means of zoning regulations adopted pursuant to the administrative procedure act, the kind, character, height, and location, of buildings and other structures constructed or used, the size of yards and open spaces, the percentage of lots that may be occupied, and the uses of land, buildings and other structures, within the area. To protect and enhance the dignity, beauty and architectural integrity of the capitol area, the board is further empowered to include in its zoning rules design review procedures and standards with respect to any proposed construction activities in the capitol area significantly affecting the dignity, beauty and architectural integrity of the area. No person shall undertake these construction activities as defined in the board's rules in the capitol area unless he has first submitted construction plans to the board, obtained a zoning permit from the board and received a written certification from the board specifying that he has complied with all design review procedures and standards. Violation of the zoning regulations is a misdemeanor. The board may, at its option, proceed to abate any violation by injunction. The board and the city of St. Paul shall cooperate in assuring that the area adjacent to the capitol area is developed in a manner that is in keeping with the purpose of the board and the provisions of the comprehensive plan. (b) The commissioner of administration shall act as a consultant to the board with regard to the physical structural needs of the state. He shall make studies and report the results to the board when they request him to do so for their planning purpose. (c) No public building, street, parking lot, or monument, or other construction shall be built or altered on any public lands within the area unless the plans for the same conforms to the comprehensive use plan as specified in clause (d) and to the requirement for competitive plans as specified in clause (e). No alteration substantially changing the external appearance of any existing public building approved in the comprehensive plan or the exterior or interior design of any proposed new public building the plans for which were secured by competition under clause (e), may be made without the prior consent of the board. The commissioner of administration shall consult with the board regarding internal changes having the effect of substantially altering the architecture of the interior of any proposed building. (d) The comprehensive plan shall show the existing land uses and recommend future uses including: areas for public taking and use; zoning for private land and criteria for development of public land, including building areas and open spaces; vehicular and pedestrian circulation; utilities systems; vehicular storage; elements of landscape architecture. No substantial alteration or improvement shall be made to public lands or buildings in the area save with the written approval of the board. (e) The board shall secure by competitions, plans for any new public building. Plans for any comprehensive plan, landscaping scheme, street plan, or property acquisition, which may be proposed, or for any proposed alteration of any existing public building, landscaping scheme or street plan may be secured by a similar competition. Such competition shall be conducted under rules prescribed by the board and may be of any type which meets the competition standards of the American Institute of Architects. Designs selected shall become the property of the state of Minnesota and the board may award one or more premiums in each such competition and may pay such costs and fees as may be required for the conduct thereof. At the option of the board, plans for projects estimated to cost less than $1,000,000 may be approved without competition provided such plans have been considered by the advisory committee described in clause (f). Plans for projects estimated to cost less than $400,000 and for construction of streets need not be considered by the advisory committee if in conformity with the comprehensive plan. (f) The board shall not adopt any plan under clause (e) unless it first receives the comments and criticism of an advisory committee of three persons, each of whom is either an architect or a planner, who have been selected and appointed as follows: one by the board of the arts, one by the board, and one by the Minnesota Society of the American Institute of Architects. Members of the committee shall not be contestants under clause (e). The comments and criticism shall be a matter of public information. The committee shall advise the board on all architectural and planning matters. For that purpose: (1) The committee shall be kept currently informed concerning, and have access to, all data, including all plans, studies, reports and proposals, relating to the area as the same are developed or in the process of preparation whether by the commissioner of administration, the commissioner of energy and economic development, the metropolitan council, the city of Saint Paul, or by any architect, planner, agency or organization, public or private, retained by the board or not retained and engaged in any work or planning relating to the area. A copy of any such data prepared by any public employee or agency shall be filed with the board promptly upon completion; (2) The board may employ such stenographic or technical help as may be reasonable to assist the committee to perform its duties; (3) When so directed by the board, the committee may serve as, and any member or members thereof may serve on, the jury or as professional advisor for any architectural competition. The board shall select the architectural advisor and jurors for any competition with the advice of the committee and (4) The city of St. Paul shall advise the board. (g) The comprehensive plan for the area shall be developed and maintained in close cooperation with the commissioner of energy and economic development and the planning department and the council for the city of Saint Paul and the board of the arts, and no such plan or amendment thereof shall be effective without 90 days' notice to the planning department of the city of Saint Paul and the board of the arts. (h) The board and the commissioner of administration jointly, shall prepare, prescribe, and from time to time revise standards and policies governing the repair, alteration, furnishing, appearance and cleanliness of the public and ceremonial areas of the state capitol building. Pursuant to this power, the board shall consult with the director of the Minnesota state historical society and receive his advice regarding the historic fidelity of plans for the capitol building. The standards and policies developed as herein provided shall be binding upon the commissioner of administration. The provisions of sections 14.02, 14.04 to 14.36, 14.38, and 14.44 to 14.45 shall not apply to this clause. (i) The board in consultation with the commissioner of administration shall prepare and submit to the legislature and the governor no later than October 1 of each even-numbered year a report on the status of implementation of the comprehensive plan together with a program for capital improvements and site development, and the commissioner of administration shall provide the necessary cost estimates for the program. (j) The state shall, by the attorney general upon the recommendation of the board and within appropriations available for that purpose, acquire by gift, purchase or eminent domain proceedings any real property situated in the area described in this section and it shall also have the power to acquire an interest less than a fee simple interest in the property, if it finds that it is needed for future expansion or beautification of the area. (k) The board is the successor of the state veterans' service building commission, and as such may adopt regulations and may reenact the regulations adopted by its predecessor under Laws 1945, Chapter 315, and acts amendatory thereof. (l) The board shall meet at the call of the chairman and at such other times as it may prescribe. (m) The commissioner of administration shall assign quarters in the state veterans service building to (1) the department of veterans affairs of which such part as the commissioner of administration and commissioner of veterans affairs may mutually determine shall be on the first floor above the ground and (2) the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, Military Order of the Purple Heart, United Spanish War Veterans, and Veterans of World War I, and their auxiliaries, incorporated, or when incorporated, under the laws of the state, and (3) as space becomes available to such other state departments and agencies as he may deem desirable. Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 115A.49, is amended to read: 115A.49 [ESTABLISHMENT; PURPOSES AND PRIORITIES.] There is established asolid waste management demonstrationprogram to encourage and assist cities, counties, and solid waste management districts in the development and implementation of solid waste management projectsof potential state wideapplication or significanceand to transfer the knowledge and experience gained from such projects to other communities in the state. The programshallmust be administeredso astodemonstrate the application ofencourage local communities to develop feasible and prudent alternatives to disposal, including waste reduction; waste separation by generators, collectors, and other persons; and waste processing. The programshallmust be administered by the agency and the board in accordance with the requirements of sections 115A.49 to 115A.54 and rules promulgated by the agency and the board pursuant to chapter 14. In administering the program, the agency and the board shall give priority to areas where natural geologic and soil conditions are unsuitable for land disposal of solid wasteand; areas where the capacity of existing solid waste disposal facilities is determined by the agency or the board to be less than five years. In areas outside the metropolitan area, theagency and the board shall also give priority to; and projects serving more than one local government unit. Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 115A.52, is amended to read: 115A.52 [TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FORDEMONSTRATIONPROJECTS.] The agency and the board shall ensure the delivery of the technical assistance necessary for proper implementation of eachdemonstrationproject funded under the program. The agency and the board may contract for the delivery of technical assistance by any state or federal agency, a regional development commission, the metropolitan council, or private consultants and may use program funds to reimburse the agency, commission, council, or consultants. The agency and the board shall prepare and publish an inventory of sources of technical assistance, including studies, publications, agencies, and persons available. The agency and the board shall ensure statewide benefit from projects assisted under thedemonstrationprogram by developing exchange and training programs for local officials and employees and by using the experience gained indemonstrationprojects to provide technical assistance and education for other solid waste management projects in the state. Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 115A.54, is amended by adding a subdivision to read: Subd. 2a. [SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PROJECTS.] The board shall provide technical and financial assistance for the acquisition and betterment of solid waste management projects as provided in this subdivision and section 115A.52. The purpose of this program is to demonstrate whether an ongoing state capital assistance program to assist local development of feasible and prudent alternatives to disposal is an appropriate and desirable method to further state waste management policies. Money appropriated for the purposes of this subdivision must be distributed as grants. A project may receive grant assistance up to 25 percent of the capital cost of the project or $2,000,000, whichever is less. Projects that are awarded assistance by the board pursuant to applications submitted under sections 115A.49 to 115A.54 before July 1, 1985, are eligible for additional assistance under this subdivision, but a project may not receive a total amount of grant assistance in excess of the limits specified in this subdivision. Projects without resource recovery are not eligible for assistance. In addition to the application requirements of section 115A.51, an application for a project serving eligible jurisdictions in only a single county must demonstrate that cooperation with jurisdictions in other counties to develop the project is not needed or not feasible. Each application must also demonstrate that: (1) if the project is a resource recovery facility that is burning waste, or converting waste to energy or to materials for combustion, and is owned or operated by a public agency or supported by public money or by obligations issued by a public agency, it will not accept recyclable materials except for transfer to a recycler; and (2) the project is not financially feasible without the state assistance, because of the applicant's financial capacity and the problems inherent in the waste management situation in the area, particularly transportation distances and limited waste supply and markets for resources recovered. For the purposes of this subdivision, a "project" means a processing facility, together with any transfer stations, transmission facilities, and other related and appurtenant facilities primarily serving the processing facility. The board shall adopt rules for the program by July 1, 1985. Sec. 35. [REPORT.] By January 1, 1987, the waste management board shall report to the legislative commission on waste management on the results of the solid waste management projects for which grants have been made under this act and any findings or recommendations of the board about the type and level of financing needed, local planning costs, methods of assisting the private sector in developing and operating facilities, and other similar matters of program design and administration. Sec. 36. [DULUTH STATE CONVENTION CENTER.] Subdivision 1. [BOARD.] The Duluth arena-auditorium administrative board created by Laws 1963, chapter 305, is renamed the Duluth state convention center administrative board. In addition to the members otherwise appointed to the board under Laws 1963, chapter 305, the governor shall appoint four members of the board to serve at his pleasure. Subd. 2. [CONVENTION CENTER.] The board shall select a specific site within the city of Duluth for location of a national class state convention center, and may spend money appropriated, or otherwise available to it for that purpose, to acquire property for the center and to plan, design, construct, equip, and furnish the center. The board shall administer, promote, and operate the center as a state facility, but for which the state assumes no financial responsibility or liability beyond the amounts appropriated for the facility, and for those purposes has the same general powers that it possesses under Laws 1963, chapter 305, with respect to the administration, promotion, and operation of the municipal facility. Subd. 3. [REPORT.] The board shall annually submit to the governor and the legislature a report detailing its activities and finances for the previous year. The report shall also include a proposed budget for the succeeding two years, showing in reasonable detail estimated operating and nonoperating revenues from all sources, and estimated expenditures for operation, administration, ordinary repair, and debt service. Subd. 4. [AUDIT.] The legislative auditor shall make an annual audit of the board's books and accounts once each year or as often as the legislative auditor's funds and personnel permit. Subd. 5. [LOCAL APPROVAL.] This section is effective the day after the Duluth city council complies with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3. Sec. 37. [LAKE OF THE WOODS JETTIES.] Subdivision 1. [AUTHORIZATION.] The county board of commissioners of Lake of the Woods county may, by resolution, issue and sell general obligation bonds of the county in an amount not to exceed $300,000 to acquire and construct jetties and related public improvements in Zippel Bay. The county shall pledge its full faith and credit to the payment of the bonds. The bonds shall be issued in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, chapter 475, except that an election shall not be required and the bonds shall not otherwise be subject to the requirements of sections 475.57 to 475.59 or the net debt limitations of section 475.53. Subd. 2. [SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS.] The county board of commissioners shall levy special assessments against all property in the county determined by the board to be benefited by the improvements in amounts sufficient to pay all costs and expenses of the improvements and shall pledge the special assessments to the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds issued to finance the costs of the improvements. Subd. 3. [PROCEDURE.] To assist in the determination of the amount to be specially assessed against the property benefitted by the improvements, the county board of commissioners shall appoint three disinterested resident freeholders of the county to act as viewers. The viewers shall determine the benefits to the property affected by the improvements in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 106.151. Upon the filing of the viewers' report with the county auditor, the county board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed assessments in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 429.061. Any further action necessary to make the assessments a valid and binding lien on the property shall be held and conducted in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, sections 429.061 and 429.071. Any person aggrieved by the adoption of the assessments may appeal to the district court in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 429.081. Sec. 38. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] Sections 1 to 36 are effective the day following final enactment. Section 37 takes effect the day after the filing of a certificate of local approval by the Lake of the Woods county board of commissioners in compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3. Approved June 28, 1985
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