1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to public administration; authorizing 
  1.3             spending for public purposes; authorizing spending to 
  1.4             acquire and to better public land and buildings and 
  1.5             other public improvements of a capital nature with 
  1.6             certain conditions; authorizing state bonds; 
  1.7             appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, 
  1.8             sections 16A.105; 16A.11, subdivision 3a, and by 
  1.9             adding a subdivision; 16A.501; 16B.30; 16B.35, 
  1.10            subdivision 1; and 446A.072, by adding a subdivision; 
  1.11            Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, sections 16A.641, 
  1.12            subdivision 4; 124C.498, subdivision 2; 268.917; and 
  1.13            462A.202, subdivision 3a; Laws 1986, chapter 396, 
  1.14            section 2, subdivision 1, as amended; Laws 1994, 
  1.15            chapter 643, section 2, subdivision 13; Laws 1996, 
  1.16            chapter 463, sections 13, subdivision 4, as amended; 
  1.17            and 22, subdivision 7; and Laws 1997, chapter 202, 
  1.18            article 1, section 35, as amended; proposing coding 
  1.19            for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116J; 
  1.20            repealing Laws 1986, chapter 396, section 2, 
  1.21            subdivision 2.  
  1.22  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.23  Section 1.  [WORDS OF APPROPRIATION; SUMMARY.] 
  1.24     The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  1.25  appropriated from the bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, 
  1.26  to the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent to 
  1.27  acquire and to better public land and buildings and other public 
  1.28  improvements of a capital nature, as specified in this act. 
  1.29                              SUMMARY 
  1.30  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA                          $  114,740,000 
  1.31  MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES           123,740,000 
  1.32  CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION                             1,788,000 
  1.33  CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING                     49,290,000 
  2.1   FARIBAULT RESIDENTIAL ACADEMIES                       8,500,000 
  2.2   PUBLIC SERVICE                                        2,000,000 
  2.3   NATURAL RESOURCES                                   110,491,000 
  2.4   OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE                      500,000 
  2.5   PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY                          35,280,000 
  2.6   BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES                    12,800,000 
  2.7   ADMINISTRATION                                       60,643,000 
  2.8   CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL AND
  2.9   PLANNING BOARD                                        8,940,000 
  2.10  AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION                             9,220,000 
  2.11  MILITARY AFFAIRS                                        980,000 
  2.12  TRANSPORTATION                                      115,500,000 
  2.13  INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL                                1,700,000 
  2.14  HUMAN SERVICES                                       20,126,000 
  2.15  VETERANS HOMES BOARD                                 11,000,000 
  2.16  CORRECTIONS                                          14,320,000 
  2.17  PUBLIC SAFETY                                         1,628,000 
  2.18  GRANTS TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS                    220,730,000 
  2.19  HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY                                7,500,000 
  2.20  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY                         13,015,000 
  2.21  FINANCE BOND SALE EXPENSES                              680,000 
  2.22  TOTAL                                           $   945,261,000 
  2.23  Bond Proceeds Fund  
  2.24  (General Fund Debt Service)                         679,070,000
  2.25  Bond Proceeds Fund  
  2.26  (User Financed Debt Service)                          3,700,000
  2.27  Trunk Highway Fund                                   25,976,000 
  2.28  General Fund                                        236,515,000 
  2.29                                                   APPROPRIATIONS
  2.30                                                   $             
  2.31  Sec. 2.  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 
  2.32  Subdivision 1.  To the board of regents
  2.33  of the University of Minnesota for the 
  2.34  purposes specified in this section                 114,740,000 
  2.35  Subd. 2.  Higher Education Asset
  2.36  Preservation and Replacement                         6,610,000 
  2.37  To be spent at each campus in 
  2.38  accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
  2.39  section 135A.046.  $2,000,000 of this 
  2.40  appropriation is for improvements to 
  2.41  sprinkler, fire alarm, and corridor 
  3.1   protection systems in the social 
  3.2   sciences buildings.  This appropriation 
  3.3   is from the general fund. 
  3.4   Subd. 3.  Historic Renewal and Preservation         43,850,000 
  3.5   (a) Walter Digital
  3.6   Technology Center/Science
  3.7   and Engineering Library                             35,000,000 
  3.8   To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  3.9   the Walter Digital Technology 
  3.10  Center/Science and Engineering Library 
  3.11  on the Minneapolis campus.  This 
  3.12  appropriation is contingent upon 
  3.13  commitment of $5,000,000 from nonstate 
  3.14  sources for a total project cost not to 
  3.15  exceed $50,600,000. 
  3.16  (b) Minneapolis Campus Mall District 
  3.17  Digital and Utility Infrastructure                   1,800,000 
  3.18  This appropriation is from the general 
  3.19  fund and is to predesign, design, and 
  3.20  complete the replacement and upgrading 
  3.21  of the information technology 
  3.22  infrastructure serving Mall District 
  3.23  buildings.  
  3.24  (c) Amundson Hall Addition                           1,000,000 
  3.25  To construct, furnish, and equip an 
  3.26  addition to Amundson Hall on the 
  3.27  Minneapolis campus for the Chemical 
  3.28  Engineering and Materials Science 
  3.29  program and to remodel existing space.  
  3.30  This appropriation is contingent upon 
  3.31  commitment of $2,488,000 in nonstate 
  3.32  matching funds. 
  3.33  (d) Murphy Hall Renovation                           1,000,000   
  3.34  To design a renovation of Murphy Hall 
  3.35  on the Minneapolis campus to support 
  3.36  the new media initiative. 
  3.37  (e) Ford Hall Renovation                               500,000   
  3.38  To design the renovation of Ford Hall 
  3.39  on the Minneapolis campus to support 
  3.40  the new media initiative. 
  3.41  (f) Peters Hall Renovation                           6,350,000
  3.42  To renovate, furnish, and equip Peters 
  3.43  Hall on the St. Paul campus. 
  3.44  Subd. 4.  Previously Planned Construction           55,000,000  
  3.45  (a) Morris Campus Science and Mathematics
  3.46  Addition and Heating Plant Improvements             22,300,000
  3.47  To construct, furnish, and equip the 
  3.48  first phase of a two-phase project to 
  3.49  enlarge and upgrade facilities to 
  3.50  support the science and mathematics 
  3.51  programs and demolish the physical 
  3.52  education annex at the Morris campus. 
  3.53  The initial phase consists of three 
  3.54  components: 
  4.1   (1) an addition to the existing science 
  4.2   building; 
  4.3   (2) renovation of the science 
  4.4   auditorium/lecture hall; and 
  4.5   (3) expansion of the heating plant. 
  4.6   (b) Duluth Campus Library                            21,200,000 
  4.7   To construct, furnish, and equip a new 
  4.8   library to support the undergraduate 
  4.9   and graduate education, research, and 
  4.10  outreach missions of the Duluth campus. 
  4.11  (c) Architecture Building Addition                   11,500,000
  4.12  To design, construct, furnish, and 
  4.13  equip an addition to the Architecture 
  4.14  Building on the Minneapolis campus and 
  4.15  renovate the basement level of the 
  4.16  existing building.  This appropriation 
  4.17  is in addition to amounts appropriated 
  4.18  under Laws 1996, chapter 463, section 
  4.19  3, subdivision 7. 
  4.20  Subd. 5.  New Planning and Design                       900,000
  4.21  (a) Folwell Hall Renovation/Art 
  4.22  Building Design                                         700,000 
  4.23  To design the renovation of Folwell 
  4.24  Hall on the Minneapolis campus 
  4.25  including upgrading of its classrooms, 
  4.26  or to design and prepare construction 
  4.27  drawings for the construction of a new 
  4.28  facility for the Department of Art on 
  4.29  the Minneapolis campus.  
  4.30  (b) Academic Space Renovation                           200,000 
  4.31  To design the renovation of vacated 
  4.32  academic or laboratory space on the 
  4.33  Duluth campus in Heller Hall, MW 
  4.34  Alworth Hall, Business and Economics, 
  4.35  and the existing library building. 
  4.36  Subd. 6.  Agriculture Projects                        4,580,000
  4.37  (a) Agricultural Experiment
  4.38  Stations:  Facility Improvements                      4,400,000
  4.39  To design, construct, furnish, and 
  4.40  equip the following experiment station 
  4.41  projects.  In addition, the university 
  4.42  shall contribute $833,000 of agency 
  4.43  operating funds towards construction of 
  4.44  this project. 
  4.45  (1) $2,600,000 for swine research 
  4.46  facilities at Morris and Waseca.  
  4.47  $200,000 of this appropriation is for a 
  4.48  low input systems research facility at 
  4.49  Morris and $200,000 is for an extensive 
  4.50  confinement (including Swedish deep 
  4.51  bedded system) research facility at 
  4.52  Morris.  Spending decisions with 
  4.53  respect to this portion of the 
  4.54  appropriation shall be made by the 
  4.55  alternative swine production task force 
  4.56  with approval of the board of directors 
  5.1   of the Minnesota Institute for 
  5.2   Sustainable Agriculture.  None of these 
  5.3   appropriations may be spent until the 
  5.4   University fills the livestock waste 
  5.5   management specialist position at 
  5.6   Waseca, the livestock odor management 
  5.7   specialist position at Waseca, and the 
  5.8   sustainable swine production systems 
  5.9   specialist position at Morris; position 
  5.10  to be defined by the Alternative Swine 
  5.11  Production Task Force, in consultation 
  5.12  with the Morris Experiment Station, and 
  5.13  a task force coordinator to be included 
  5.14  in the Alternative Swine Production 
  5.15  Task Force within MISA. 
  5.16  (2) $700,000 for the 
  5.17  Arboretum/Horticultural Research Center 
  5.18  laboratory in Victoria. 
  5.19  (3) $800,000 for Cloquet Forestry 
  5.20  Center dormitory remodeling. 
  5.21  (4) $300,000 for Grand Rapids 
  5.22  Administration Building addition. 
  5.23  (b) Kiehle Building Renovation
  5.24  and Addition                                            180,000
  5.25  To predesign and design the Kiehle 
  5.26  building renovation and addition on the 
  5.27  Crookston campus. 
  5.28  Subd. 7.  Women's Athletics Fields
  5.29  and Facilities                                        2,000,000
  5.30  To design and rebuild the soccer 
  5.31  complex on the St. Paul campus, design 
  5.32  and rebuild the softball complex on the 
  5.33  Minneapolis campus, and design and 
  5.34  construct women's athletics office 
  5.35  space in the Bierman complex on the 
  5.36  Minneapolis campus.  Total project 
  5.37  costs may be increased to the extent 
  5.38  supplemented by private funds. 
  5.39  Subd. 8.  Separate account                  
  5.40  The appropriations in this section are 
  5.41  conditioned on the board of regents 
  5.42  adopting a resolution establishing an 
  5.43  account for regular repair and 
  5.44  maintenance at the university, and into 
  5.45  which appropriations from fiscal years 
  5.46  1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 could be 
  5.47  deposited. 
  5.48  Sec. 3.  MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES 
  5.49  AND UNIVERSITIES
  5.50  Subdivision 1.  To the board of trustees 
  5.51  of the Minnesota state colleges and 
  5.52  universities for the purposes specified in 
  5.53  this section                                        123,740,000
  5.54  Subd. 2.  Higher Education Asset
  5.55  Preservation and Replacement                         43,000,000
  5.56  This appropriation is for the purposes 
  5.57  specified in Minnesota Statutes, 
  5.58  section 135A.046.  This appropriation 
  6.1   is from the general fund. 
  6.2   $31,615,000 of this appropriation is 
  6.3   for code compliance, including health 
  6.4   and safety, ADA requirements, hazardous 
  6.5   material abatement, air quality 
  6.6   improvement, building or infrastructure 
  6.7   repairs to preserve existing buildings 
  6.8   systemwide.  The chancellor shall 
  6.9   determine project priorities as 
  6.10  appropriate based on need.  Priorities 
  6.11  may include but are not limited to:  
  6.12  Anoka-Ramsey Community College 
  6.13  ($1,080,000); Riverland Community 
  6.14  College ($1,339,000); St. Cloud 
  6.15  Technical College ($1,378,000); 
  6.16  Northland Community and Technical 
  6.17  College ($1,546,000); Minneapolis 
  6.18  Community and Technical College 
  6.19  ($2,735,000); St. Cloud State 
  6.20  University ($1,900,000); Southwest 
  6.21  State University ($1,390,000); Metro 
  6.22  State University ($1,148,000); Bemidji 
  6.23  State University ($1,088,000); Mankato 
  6.24  State University ($5,322,000); and 
  6.25  Moorhead State University ($3,556,000). 
  6.26  $11,385,000 of this appropriation is 
  6.27  for facilities replacement, as follows: 
  6.28  (1) $1,720,000 to construct a 
  6.29  replacement classroom for the Staples 
  6.30  West Campus of Central Lakes Technical 
  6.31  College; 
  6.32  (2) $500,000 to design and construct an 
  6.33  electrical distribution tunnel for St. 
  6.34  Cloud State University; 
  6.35  (3) $305,000 to design and construct a 
  6.36  Chiller Plant for Bemidji State 
  6.37  University; 
  6.38  (4) $5,030,000 to design, construct, 
  6.39  furnish, and equip a renovation of 
  6.40  Nemzek Field House at Moorhead State 
  6.41  University; 
  6.42  (5) $3,145,000 to design, construct, 
  6.43  furnish, and equip a renovation of 
  6.44  Dille Center for the Arts at Moorhead 
  6.45  State University; and 
  6.46  (6) $685,000 to design, construct, 
  6.47  furnish, and equip a renovation of 
  6.48  Livingston Lord Library at Moorhead 
  6.49  State University. 
  6.50  Subd. 3.  Major Projects                             58,040,000 
  6.51  (a) North Hennepin Community College                 13,600,000 
  6.52  To predesign, design, construct, and 
  6.53  equip an addition and remodel existing 
  6.54  facilities for a science center and 
  6.55  general education building. 
  6.56  (b) Normandale Community College                        240,000 
  6.57  To predesign and design the renovation 
  6.58  or new construction of science 
  7.1   facilities.  This appropriation is from 
  7.2   the general fund. 
  7.3   (c) St. Paul Technical College                        9,000,000 
  7.4   To design, construct, furnish, and 
  7.5   equip an addition to the library and 
  7.6   learning resource center and renovate 
  7.7   existing space for student services, 
  7.8   chemical technology laboratory, and to 
  7.9   renovate the building control system. 
  7.10  (d) Inver Hills Community College                       250,000 
  7.11  To design a new instructional building 
  7.12  and the renovation of the existing 
  7.13  science building.  The new building 
  7.14  will include space for the emergency 
  7.15  health services program, chemistry and 
  7.16  biology laboratories, an interactive 
  7.17  television classroom, general 
  7.18  instruction classrooms, 
  7.19  activities/fitness rooms, faculty 
  7.20  offices, small group meeting rooms, and 
  7.21  conference rooms. 
  7.22  (e) Hibbing Community and Technical 
  7.23  College                                              14,000,000
  7.24  To construct a new facility, adjacent 
  7.25  to the community college, for technical 
  7.26  programs, administrative services, and 
  7.27  customized training.  
  7.28  (f) Ridgewater Community     
  7.29  and Technical College                                 7,000,000
  7.30  To design and construct a new addition 
  7.31  and remodel existing facilities at the 
  7.32  Hutchinson campus for nondestructive 
  7.33  testing facilities, a library and media 
  7.34  resource center, student support 
  7.35  services, and child care center.  
  7.36  (g) Minneapolis Community         
  7.37  and Technical College                                   500,000
  7.38  To design a new addition and the 
  7.39  remodeling of the existing library and 
  7.40  other space.  The addition will include 
  7.41  a library and media center and an 
  7.42  instructional technology center.  The 
  7.43  remodeled space will include 
  7.44  classrooms, laboratories, faculty 
  7.45  offices, student services, and 
  7.46  interactive television classrooms. 
  7.47  (h) Red Wing/Winona Technical College                1,400,000
  7.48  To design and construct a new classroom 
  7.49  and garage facility for the truck 
  7.50  driving program at the Winona campus.  
  7.51  The facility may be separate from the 
  7.52  main campus building, as appropriate to 
  7.53  accommodate safety, traffic, and 
  7.54  programmatic concerns. 
  7.55  (i) Bemidji State University and          
  7.56  Northwest Technical College, Bemidji                  1,000,000
  7.57  To predesign and design facilities 
  8.1   required to colocate all programs of 
  8.2   the technical college and the state 
  8.3   university's industrial technology and 
  8.4   nursing programs.  The board of 
  8.5   trustees may acquire the current 
  8.6   Bemidji high school and transfer the 
  8.7   current technical college campus to the 
  8.8   Bemidji school district. 
  8.9   (j) Metropolitan State University                     1,000,000 
  8.10  To design a new library and information 
  8.11  access center on the university's St. 
  8.12  Paul campus, including space for 
  8.13  collections of the St. Paul public 
  8.14  library and community library services. 
  8.15  (k) Mankato State University                          4,000,000 
  8.16  To design the first phase of a 
  8.17  two-phase project to renovate the 
  8.18  university's indoor and outdoor student 
  8.19  athletic facilities.  This design is to 
  8.20  remodel Otto arena; construct an 
  8.21  underground mechanical vault; remodel 
  8.22  and construct an addition to Meyers 
  8.23  field house; and for capital 
  8.24  improvements to Blakeslee field, the 
  8.25  outdoor running track, and tennis 
  8.26  courts. 
  8.27  (l) Land Acquisition                                   4,000,000
  8.28  To acquire real property land adjacent 
  8.29  to or near the state university 
  8.30  campuses.  Of this amount at least 
  8.31  $2,500,000 is for Winona State 
  8.32  University and $1,000,000 is for St. 
  8.33  Cloud State University.  The board of 
  8.34  trustees shall report annually to the 
  8.35  legislature on purchases made from this 
  8.36  appropriation. 
  8.37  (m) Winona State University                             200,000 
  8.38  To design the remodeling of Maxwell 
  8.39  Library into offices and classrooms. 
  8.40  (n) Riverland Community       
  8.41  and Technical College                                 1,000,000
  8.42  To design, construct, and remodel the 
  8.43  Austin campus, including remodeling for 
  8.44  student services and health science 
  8.45  programs, and reconfiguration of 
  8.46  building entryways, sidewalks, and 
  8.47  roadways to better connect the two 
  8.48  separate facilities.  
  8.49  (o) Southwest State University                           40,000 
  8.50  To predesign the renovation of the 
  8.51  library.  The renovation will include 
  8.52  replacement of HVAC systems and 
  8.53  installation of wiring for computer 
  8.54  technology.  
  8.55  (p) St. Cloud Technical College                         560,000
  8.56  To predesign and design an addition and 
  8.57  remodeling of existing space, including 
  9.1   classrooms. 
  9.2   (q) Mesabi Range Community     
  9.3   Technical College                                       250,000
  9.4   To predesign and design a new learning 
  9.5   resource center and remodeling of 
  9.6   existing space at the Virginia campus. 
  9.7   Subd. 4.  Additional Projects                        21,700,000
  9.8   (a) Itasca Community College                          2,000,000 
  9.9   To design and construct a 
  9.10  school-to-work technology center in 
  9.11  conjunction with the school district, 
  9.12  the city of Nashwauk, Itasca county, 
  9.13  and private industry.  Each dollar of 
  9.14  state money must be matched by $1 of 
  9.15  nonstate money. 
  9.16  (b) Mankato Technology Center                         7,000,000
  9.17  To acquire real property, design, and 
  9.18  construct a multiuse facility that 
  9.19  includes a technology incubator, a 
  9.20  community technology park, an education 
  9.21  center, headquarters space for the 
  9.22  Institute for Wireless Education, 
  9.23  laboratories, and office and 
  9.24  administrative space.  This 
  9.25  appropriation is not available until 
  9.26  the board of trustees has determined 
  9.27  that at least $7,000,000 has been 
  9.28  committed by the city of Mankato and 
  9.29  other nonstate sources.  
  9.30  (c) Rochester Center                                  6,000,000 
  9.31  To predesign, design, and renovate 
  9.32  existing facilities and install 
  9.33  telecommunications infrastructure 
  9.34  improvements to create an instructional 
  9.35  development and digital media center to 
  9.36  improve education in southeastern 
  9.37  Minnesota.  This appropriation is from 
  9.38  the general fund and will be 
  9.39  supplemented by an additional 
  9.40  $3,237,000 from other sources. 
  9.41  (d) Rochester Regional        
  9.42  Recreation and Sports Center                          5,000,000
  9.43  To predesign, design, and construct 
  9.44  phase 1 of a regional community 
  9.45  recreation and sports activity complex 
  9.46  adjacent to the Rochester Center, 
  9.47  including a field house, sport and 
  9.48  fitness center, aquatics facility, 
  9.49  outdoor football and soccer stadium, 
  9.50  soccer and baseball fields, and surface 
  9.51  parking lots.  This appropriation is 
  9.52  not available until the board of 
  9.53  trustees has determined that at least 
  9.54  $5,000,000 has been committed by the 
  9.55  city of Rochester.  Operating and 
  9.56  management costs shall be shared by the 
  9.57  city of Rochester and the Minnesota 
  9.58  state colleges and universities in 
  9.59  proportion to their relative use of the 
  9.60  facility. 
 10.1   (e) Pine Technical College                            1,700,000 
 10.2   To predesign, design, and renovate for 
 10.3   a telecommunications/media/technology 
 10.4   center, student services, 
 10.5   administrative services, classrooms, 
 10.6   and a regional economic development 
 10.7   center. 
 10.8   Subd. 5.  Anoka Hennepin 
 10.9   Technical College                                     1,000,000 
 10.10  To prepare a northwest metro region 
 10.11  academic and facilities master plan and 
 10.12  predesign the facility needs at the 
 10.13  college.  This appropriation is from 
 10.14  the general fund. 
 10.15  Subd. 6.  Fond du Lac Community 
 10.16  and Tribal College 
 10.17  The board of trustees may design, 
 10.18  through construction documents, a 
 10.19  classroom addition using money from 
 10.20  nonstate sources.  The college is 
 10.21  encouraged to seek additional nonstate 
 10.22  matching money to offset a portion of 
 10.23  the cost of construction.  The total 
 10.24  cost to construct, furnish, and equip 
 10.25  the classroom addition must not exceed 
 10.26  $7,500,000. 
 10.27  Subd. 7.  Riverland Community and 
 10.28  Technical College
 10.29  The board may enter into an agreement 
 10.30  with the city of Austin whereby the 
 10.31  city agrees to construct, improve, and 
 10.32  maintain a road at city expense that 
 10.33  provides access to and improves the 
 10.34  safety of the north side of the Austin 
 10.35  campus.  In return, the board may 
 10.36  authorize the city to develop a parcel 
 10.37  of land not to exceed five acres north 
 10.38  of the road that is not needed by the 
 10.39  college for education purposes.  The 
 10.40  land shall be used to promote a 
 10.41  technology center that is compatible 
 10.42  with the college's education mission.  
 10.43  City plans and actions for the land 
 10.44  shall be developed in consultation with 
 10.45  the college and the board. 
 10.46  Subd. 8.  St. Cloud State
 10.47  University 
 10.48  The board of trustees of the Minnesota 
 10.49  state colleges and universities may 
 10.50  build a building to include a retail 
 10.51  book vendor on the campus of St. Cloud 
 10.52  State University. 
 10.53   Subd. 9.  Separate account  
 10.54  The appropriations in this section are 
 10.55  conditioned on the board of trustees 
 10.56  adopting a resolution establishing an 
 10.57  account for regular repair and 
 10.58  maintenance at the university, and into 
 10.59  which appropriations from fiscal years 
 10.60  1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 could be 
 11.1   deposited. 
 11.2   Sec. 4.  CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION 
 11.3   Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
 11.4   of administration for the purposes
 11.5   specified in this section                             1,788,000
 11.6   Subd. 2.  Administration and Classroom
 11.7   Building Renovation                                     782,000
 11.8   To design, furnish, equip, and renovate 
 11.9   the administration and classroom 
 11.10  building.  This project is to include 
 11.11  upgrades to building hallways, 
 11.12  conversion of a temporary student 
 11.13  computer lab to a student commons area, 
 11.14  reconfiguration of support and 
 11.15  classroom spaces, and partial 
 11.16  renovation of the cafeteria food 
 11.17  service and seating areas. 
 11.18  Subd. 3.  GAIA Building 
 11.19  Renovation                                            1,006,000
 11.20  For renovation of the GAIA Building, 
 11.21  including major foundation repairs, 
 11.22  reconstruction of campus roads and 
 11.23  parking areas, replacement of 
 11.24  deteriorated sidewalks, and 
 11.25  installation of an air conditioning 
 11.26  system. 
 11.27  Sec. 5.  CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND 
 11.28  LEARNING DEPARTMENT 
 11.29  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner 
 11.30  of children, families, and learning for the 
 11.31  purposes specified in this section                   49,290,000
 11.32  Subd. 2.  Head Start and Early
 11.33  Childhood Facilities                                  5,500,000
 11.34  For grants to state agencies and 
 11.35  political subdivisions to construct and 
 11.36  renovate facilities for Head Start or 
 11.37  other early childhood learning programs 
 11.38  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 11.39  268.917. 
 11.40  Subd. 3.  Youth Enrichment                           10,000,000 
 11.41  (a) For grants to local government 
 11.42  units to design, furnish, equip, 
 11.43  renovate, replace, or construct parks 
 11.44  and recreation facilities and school 
 11.45  facilities to provide youth, with 
 11.46  preference for youth in grades 4 to 8, 
 11.47  with regular enrichment activities 
 11.48  during nonschool hours, including after 
 11.49  school, evenings, weekends, and school 
 11.50  vacation periods, and that will provide 
 11.51  equal access and programming for all 
 11.52  children.  The buildings or facilities 
 11.53  may be leased to nonprofit community 
 11.54  organizations, subject to Minnesota 
 11.55  Statutes, section 16A.695, for the same 
 11.56  purposes.  Enrichment programs include 
 11.57  academic enrichment, homework 
 11.58  assistance, computer and technology 
 11.59  use, arts and cultural activities, 
 12.1   clubs, school-to-work and workforce 
 12.2   development, athletic, and recreational 
 12.3   activities.  Grants must be used to 
 12.4   expand the number of children 
 12.5   participating in enrichment programs or 
 12.6   improve the quality or range of program 
 12.7   offerings.  The facilities must be 
 12.8   fully available for programming 
 12.9   sponsored by nonprofit and community 
 12.10  groups serving youth, or school, 
 12.11  county, or city programs, for maximum 
 12.12  hours after school, evenings, weekends, 
 12.13  summers, and other school vacation 
 12.14  periods.  Priority must be given to 
 12.15  proposals that demonstrate 
 12.16  collaborations among private, 
 12.17  nonprofit, and public agencies, 
 12.18  including regional entities dealing 
 12.19  with at-risk youth, and community and 
 12.20  parent organizations in arranging for 
 12.21  programming, staffing, transportation, 
 12.22  and equipment.  All proposals must 
 12.23  include an inventory of existing 
 12.24  facilities and an assessment of 
 12.25  programming needs in the community. 
 12.26  (b) $2,000,000 is for enrichment grants 
 12.27  within the city of Minneapolis.  
 12.28  (c) $2,000,000 is for enrichment grants 
 12.29  within the city of St. Paul.  
 12.30  (d) $5,000,000 is for enrichment grants 
 12.31  in metropolitan statistical areas 
 12.32  outside of the cities of Minneapolis 
 12.33  and St. Paul.  Priority must be given 
 12.34  to school attendance areas with high 
 12.35  concentrations of children eligible for 
 12.36  free or reduced school lunch and to 
 12.37  government units demonstrating a 
 12.38  commitment to collaborative youth 
 12.39  efforts. 
 12.40  (e) $1,000,000 is for enrichment grants 
 12.41  for areas outside of metropolitan 
 12.42  statistical areas and outside of the 
 12.43  cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.  
 12.44  Priority must be given to school 
 12.45  attendance areas with high 
 12.46  concentrations of children eligible for 
 12.47  free or reduced school lunch and to 
 12.48  government units demonstrating a 
 12.49  commitment to collaborative youth 
 12.50  efforts. 
 12.51  (f) Each grant must be matched by one 
 12.52  dollar from nonstate sources for each 
 12.53  two dollars of state money.  In-kind 
 12.54  contributions of facilities may be used 
 12.55  for the local match.  The value of 
 12.56  in-kind contributions must be 
 12.57  determined by the commissioner of 
 12.58  finance. 
 12.59  Subd. 4.  Recreation and Community
 12.60  Center Grants                                        10,000,000
 12.61  (a) For grants of up to $1,000,000 to 
 12.62  local units of government in areas 
 12.63  including Hastings, but otherwise 
 12.64  outside of metropolitan statistical 
 13.1   areas and in areas of St. Louis county 
 13.2   outside of Duluth to design, construct 
 13.3   or renovate, furnish, and equip 
 13.4   community recreation centers.  Priority 
 13.5   must be given to proposals for 
 13.6   facilities which will serve youth in 
 13.7   grades 4 to 8 during the hours from 
 13.8   2:00 to 6:00 p.m., to proposals that 
 13.9   demonstrate collaborations among 
 13.10  private, nonprofit, and public 
 13.11  agencies, and to proposals that provide 
 13.12  for integrated use of facilities by 
 13.13  seniors and youth.  Facilities funded 
 13.14  by this appropriation must offer equal 
 13.15  access and programming for girls. 
 13.16  (b) No grants may be made with this 
 13.17  appropriation until the commissioner 
 13.18  has determined that an amount at least 
 13.19  equal to the grant amount has been 
 13.20  committed from nonstate sources. 
 13.21  (c) The commissioner will consider the 
 13.22  following projects first for grants 
 13.23  under this appropriation:  Redwood 
 13.24  Valley Education Center, Dawson Boyd 
 13.25  Community Center, Isle School/Community 
 13.26  Facility, Detroit Lakes Community 
 13.27  Center, Lake Crystal Area Recreation 
 13.28  Center, Proctor Community Activity 
 13.29  Center, Hallett Community Center, 
 13.30  Windom Multipurpose Center, Granite 
 13.31  Falls Activity Center, Hermantown 
 13.32  Education and Community Recreation 
 13.33  Center, and Hastings Water Park.  
 13.34  Subd. 5.  Metropolitan Integration
 13.35  Magnet Schools Grants                                10,800,000
 13.36  (a) $7,000,000 is for a grant to 
 13.37  design, construct, furnish, and equip 
 13.38  the West Metro Magnet School in 
 13.39  Robbinsdale. 
 13.40  (b) $3,800,00 is for a grant to acquire 
 13.41  real property for and design a new East 
 13.42  Metro Magnet School. 
 13.43  Subd. 6.  Statewide Residential
 13.44  Academy                                               3,500,000
 13.45  For a grant to a state agency or 
 13.46  political subdivision to provide 
 13.47  predesign, design, land acquisition, 
 13.48  demolition, construction, remodeling, 
 13.49  and furnishing costs for a residential 
 13.50  academy for youth between the ages of 
 13.51  12 and 18 years.  The grant shall be 
 13.52  awarded through a competitive request 
 13.53  process.  Enrollment will be voluntary, 
 13.54  with placement agreed to by the youth's 
 13.55  parent or guardian, county of 
 13.56  residence, school district, and 
 13.57  residential academy, as appropriate.  
 13.58  Priority shall be given to programs 
 13.59  where a collaborative effort is 
 13.60  demonstrated to the commissioner among 
 13.61  the various partners and an emphasis is 
 13.62  placed on after-school enrichment 
 13.63  activities with parental involvement.  
 13.64  The commissioner shall report on 
 14.1   progress in establishing this program 
 14.2   by January 1, 1999, to the chairs on 
 14.3   the house ways and means committee and 
 14.4   the senate finance committee.  This 
 14.5   appropriation is from the general fund. 
 14.6   Subd. 7.  Community Schools
 14.7   Partnership, St. Paul                                 3,000,000
 14.8   For renovation grants to independent 
 14.9   school district No. 625, St. Paul, to 
 14.10  improve or renovate two 
 14.11  achievement-plus facilities.  Of this 
 14.12  amount, $1,500,000 is to remodel and 
 14.13  renovate the Monroe community school 
 14.14  and $1,500,000 is to remodel and 
 14.15  renovate the Dayton's Bluff elementary 
 14.16  school.  This appropriation is not 
 14.17  available until the commissioner has 
 14.18  determined that $5,170,000 has been 
 14.19  committed from nonstate sources. 
 14.20  Subd. 8.  Fridley Middle School 
 14.21  Boiler and Windows                                       90,000
 14.22  For a grant to independent school 
 14.23  district No. 14, Fridley, for a new 
 14.24  boiler and new exterior windows at 
 14.25  Central Middle School.  This 
 14.26  appropriation is from the general fund. 
 14.27  Subd. 9.  School Building Accessibility 
 14.28  Grants                                                1,000,000
 14.29  For school building accessibility 
 14.30  grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
 14.31  sections 124C.71 to 124C.74. 
 14.32  Subd. 10.  Mississippi Education Center                1,500,000 
 14.33  For a grant to independent school 
 14.34  district No. 318, Grand Rapids, to 
 14.35  design and construct a new library in 
 14.36  Grand Rapids.  This appropriation is 
 14.37  not available until the commissioner 
 14.38  determines that $4,820,000 has been 
 14.39  committed from nonstate sources. 
 14.40  Subd. 11.  Minneapolis School District
 14.41  Flood Damage                                            400,000
 14.42  For a grant to special school district 
 14.43  No. 1, Minneapolis, for unreimbursed 
 14.44  expenses associated with flood damage 
 14.45  that were not covered by insurance or 
 14.46  the Federal Emergency Management 
 14.47  Assistance program.  This appropriation 
 14.48  is from the general fund. 
 14.49  Subd. 12.  Library Accessibility
 14.50  Grants                                                2,000,000
 14.51  For library accessibility grants under 
 14.52  Minnesota Statutes, section 134.45. 
 14.53  Subd. 13.  McLeod West Interdistrict 
 14.54  Cooperative                                           1,000,000
 14.55  For a grant to the McLeod West 
 14.56  Interdistrict Cooperative, made up of 
 14.57  independent school district Nos. 421, 
 15.1   Brownton, and 426, Stewart, to design 
 15.2   and acquire land for a new 
 15.3   prekindergarten through grade 12 
 15.4   educational facility.  
 15.5   Subd. 14.  Little Falls Carnegie
 15.6   Library ADA Grant                                       500,000
 15.7   For a grant to the city of Little Falls 
 15.8   for design and construction of capital 
 15.9   improvements for handicapped 
 15.10  accessibility to the Little Falls 
 15.11  Carnegie library.  This appropriation 
 15.12  is not available until the commissioner 
 15.13  determines that $500,000 has been 
 15.14  committed from nonstate sources. 
 15.15  Sec. 6.  RESIDENTIAL ACADEMIES AT FARIBAULT 
 15.16  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
 15.17  of administration for the purposes
 15.18  specified in this section                             8,500,000
 15.19  Subd. 2.  Tate Hall Renovation                        4,000,000 
 15.20  To design, remodel, furnish, and equip 
 15.21  Tate Hall on the campus of the 
 15.22  Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf.  
 15.23  This project is to include asset 
 15.24  preservation improvements, installation 
 15.25  of a ventilation and humidity control 
 15.26  system, remodeling to expand bathroom 
 15.27  facilities, and renovation of new space 
 15.28  for a home living skills center. 
 15.29  Subd. 3.  Lysen Expansion
 15.30  and Renovation                                        4,500,000
 15.31  To design, construct, furnish, and 
 15.32  equip an expansion and renovation of 
 15.33  the Lysen learning building on the 
 15.34  campus of the Minnesota State Academy 
 15.35  for the Blind.  This project is to 
 15.36  include expansion or remodeling of 
 15.37  classrooms, offices, recreation areas, 
 15.38  and related spaces in this building. 
 15.39  Sec. 7.  PUBLIC SERVICE                               2,000,000
 15.40  To the commissioner of finance for the 
 15.41  energy conservation investment loan 
 15.42  program in the department of public 
 15.43  service under Minnesota Statutes, 
 15.44  section 216C.37. 
 15.45  Sec. 8.  NATURAL RESOURCES 
 15.46  Subdivision 1.  To the 
 15.47  commissioner of natural resources 
 15.48  for the purposes specified
 15.49  in this section                                     110,491,000
 15.50  Subd. 2.  State Park and Recreation
 15.51  Area Building Rehabilitation and 
 15.52  Statewide Asset Preservation                          7,000,000
 15.53  To design, renovate, construct, or add 
 15.54  to state park buildings and office 
 15.55  facilities throughout the state, 
 15.56  according to the management plan 
 15.57  required in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 16.1   86A.  The commissioner shall determine 
 16.2   project priorities as appropriate based 
 16.3   upon need. 
 16.4   Subd. 3.  State Park and Recreation
 16.5   Area Building Development                             5,535,000
 16.6   To design, construct, furnish, and 
 16.7   equip new buildings and associated 
 16.8   utilities in the state park system, 
 16.9   according to the management plan 
 16.10  required in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 16.11  86A.  $4,250,000 of this amount is for 
 16.12  the development of a visitor center at 
 16.13  Itasca State Park; $700,000 is for the 
 16.14  construction of a visitor center at 
 16.15  Mystery Cave in Forestville State Park. 
 16.16  Subd. 4.  State Park and Recreation
 16.17  Area Betterment and Rehabilitation                    3,000,000
 16.18  To upgrade, repair, or rehabilitate 
 16.19  improvements of a capital nature at 
 16.20  state park and recreation area 
 16.21  facilities throughout the state, 
 16.22  including, but not limited to, resource 
 16.23  management projects, trail 
 16.24  rehabilitation, campground 
 16.25  rehabilitation, and road and bridge 
 16.26  repair.  The commissioner shall 
 16.27  determine project priorities as 
 16.28  appropriate based upon need. 
 16.29  Subd. 5.  Flood Hazard
 16.30  Mitigation Grants                                    15,000,000
 16.31  For the flood hazard mitigation grant 
 16.32  program to local government units for 
 16.33  publicly owned capital improvements to 
 16.34  prevent or alleviate flood damages 
 16.35  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 16.36  103F.161.  The city of Marshall must 
 16.37  hold a referendum prior to accessing 
 16.38  grants under this appropriation. 
 16.39  Grants under this subdivision are 
 16.40  exempt from the requirements of 
 16.41  Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.335. 
 16.42  Subd. 6.  RIM Critical
 16.43  Habitat Match                                         4,500,000
 16.44  $4,000,000 is for the critical habitat 
 16.45  private sector matching account under 
 16.46  Minnesota Statutes, section 84.943; and 
 16.47  $500,000 is for acquisition and wetland 
 16.48  restoration under the North American 
 16.49  Waterfowl Management Plan.  The 
 16.50  commissioner shall determine project 
 16.51  priorities as appropriate based upon 
 16.52  need. 
 16.53  Subd. 7.  White Pine Management                         300,000 
 16.54  For planting of stands of white pine 
 16.55  and management of white pine resources. 
 16.56  Subd. 8.  Forest Road and
 16.57  Bridge Projects                                       2,000,000
 16.58  For reconstruction, resurfacing, 
 17.1   replacement, or construction of other 
 17.2   improvements of a capital nature to 
 17.3   state forest roads and bridges 
 17.4   throughout the state.  The commissioner 
 17.5   shall determine project priorities as 
 17.6   appropriate based upon need.  Of this 
 17.7   amount, $500,000 may be used for forest 
 17.8   roads in northern Minnesota peat areas. 
 17.9   Subd. 9.  Forestry Recreation
 17.10  Facilities                                            1,000,000
 17.11  For improvements of a capital nature to 
 17.12  rehabilitate, improve, or develop 
 17.13  forestry recreation facilities 
 17.14  throughout the state.  The commissioner 
 17.15  shall determine project priorities as 
 17.16  appropriate based upon need.  
 17.17  Subd. 10.  RIM Wildlife,
 17.18  Habitat Improvements                                  2,000,000
 17.19  For improvements of a capital nature to 
 17.20  develop, protect, or improve wildlife 
 17.21  management areas and other state lands 
 17.22  throughout the state.  The commissioner 
 17.23  shall determine project priorities as 
 17.24  appropriate based upon need.  
 17.25  Subd. 11.  Scientific and Natural Area and
 17.26  Prairie Bank Acquisition and Improvement              4,000,000
 17.27  To acquire land related to scientific 
 17.28  and natural areas and prairie bank 
 17.29  easements and for development, 
 17.30  protection, or improvements of a 
 17.31  capital nature to scientific and 
 17.32  natural areas throughout the state.  
 17.33  $2,500,000 is for scientific and 
 17.34  natural area acquisition, $750,000 is 
 17.35  for scientific and natural area 
 17.36  restoration and development, and 
 17.37  $750,000 is for Prairie Bank 
 17.38  easements.  The commissioner shall 
 17.39  determine project priorities as 
 17.40  appropriate based upon need.  
 17.41  Subd. 12.  Metro Greenways
 17.42  and Natural Areas                                     8,000,000
 17.43  To acquire natural areas and greenways 
 17.44  in the metro region through purchase of 
 17.45  conservation easements or fee 
 17.46  acquisition.  The commissioner shall 
 17.47  determine project priorities as 
 17.48  appropriate based upon need and shall 
 17.49  consult with representatives of local 
 17.50  units of government, nonprofit 
 17.51  organizations, and other interested 
 17.52  parties. 
 17.53  Subd. 13.  Water Access
 17.54  Acquisition and Development                           3,500,000
 17.55  For public water access acquisition 
 17.56  development and rehabilitation on lakes 
 17.57  and rivers and for fishing piers and 
 17.58  shoreline access, to be divided equally 
 17.59  between projects within and projects 
 17.60  outside the seven-county metropolitan 
 17.61  area. 
 18.1   Subd. 14.  Trail Acquisition
 18.2   and Development                                      12,200,000
 18.3   For acquisition and development of a 
 18.4   capital nature on state trails as 
 18.5   specified in Minnesota Statutes, 
 18.6   section 85.015.  Projects include 
 18.7   $500,000 for the Willard Munger Trail, 
 18.8   $860,000 for the Root River Trail, 
 18.9   $140,000 for the Lanesboro Trailhead of 
 18.10  the Root River Trail, $1,600,000 for 
 18.11  the Luce Line, $500,000 for the 
 18.12  Heartland Trail, $2,650,000 for the 
 18.13  Paul Bunyon Trail, $1,200,000 for the 
 18.14  Goodhue Pioneer Trail, $900,000 for the 
 18.15  Blazing Star Trail, $1,500,000 for the 
 18.16  Blufflands Trail development, and 
 18.17  $350,000 for the Gateway Trail.  The 
 18.18  commissioner shall determine additional 
 18.19  project priorities as appropriate based 
 18.20  upon need.  $2,000,000 of this 
 18.21  appropriation is for the state 
 18.22  targeting accessible recreation trails 
 18.23  (START) project to complete the trail 
 18.24  survey, prioritizing, and 
 18.25  preengineering work for all 100 major 
 18.26  recreation areas and to improve 
 18.27  accessibility in up to 35 of these 
 18.28  areas.  
 18.29  Subd. 15.  State Park and 
 18.30  Recreation Area Acquisition                           2,000,000
 18.31  For acquisition from willing sellers of 
 18.32  private lands within state park and 
 18.33  recreation area boundaries established 
 18.34  by law.  The commissioner shall 
 18.35  determine project priorities as 
 18.36  appropriate based upon need. 
 18.37  Subd. 16.  Forestry Land Acquisition                    800,000 
 18.38  To acquire private lands from willing 
 18.39  sellers within established boundaries 
 18.40  of state forests throughout the state.  
 18.41  The commissioner shall determine 
 18.42  project priorities as appropriate based 
 18.43  upon need. 
 18.44  Subd. 17.  Lake Superior
 18.45  Safe Harbors                                          1,800,000
 18.46  For acquisition, design, and 
 18.47  development of safe harbors and public 
 18.48  accesses on Lake Superior.  $150,000 is 
 18.49  for Taconite Harbor, $1,500,000 is for 
 18.50  Two Harbors, and $150,000 is for Knife 
 18.51  River.  This appropriation is not 
 18.52  available until an equal amount in 
 18.53  federal matching funds has been 
 18.54  committed.  This appropriation is 
 18.55  exempt from the requirements of 
 18.56  Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.335. 
 18.57  Subd. 18.  Local Initiative Grants                    8,100,000 
 18.58  For matching grants to be provided to 
 18.59  local units of government for 
 18.60  acquisition, development, or renovation 
 18.61  of a capital nature of local parks, 
 18.62  trails, and natural and scenic areas.  
 19.1   Recipients must provide a match of at 
 19.2   least one-half of total eligible 
 19.3   project costs.  The commissioner shall 
 19.4   make payment to local units of 
 19.5   government upon receiving documentation 
 19.6   of reimbursable expenditures.  The 
 19.7   commissioner shall determine project 
 19.8   priorities as appropriate based upon 
 19.9   need. 
 19.10  $4,100,000 of this appropriation is for 
 19.11  grants to units of government to 
 19.12  acquire and develop outdoor recreation 
 19.13  areas. 
 19.14  $1,000,000 of this appropriation is for 
 19.15  cooperative trail grants of up to 
 19.16  $50,000 per project to acquire or 
 19.17  construct trail linkages between 
 19.18  communities, trails, and parks. 
 19.19  $4,000,000 of this appropriation is for 
 19.20  trail grants for the following locally 
 19.21  funded publicly owned trails serving 
 19.22  multiple communities:  $1,600,000 for 
 19.23  Beaver Island Trail in Stearns County, 
 19.24  $1,600,000 for Skunk Hollow Trail in 
 19.25  Yellow Medicine and Chippewa Counties, 
 19.26  and $800,000 for Unity Trail in 
 19.27  Faribault County. 
 19.28  Subd. 19.  Metro Regional Park
 19.29  Acquisition and Betterment                           15,500,000
 19.30  (a) $9,000,000 is for payment to the 
 19.31  metropolitan council established under 
 19.32  Minnesota Statutes, section 473.123.  
 19.33  The commissioner shall pay the amount 
 19.34  on a reimbursement basis to the 
 19.35  metropolitan council upon receipt of a 
 19.36  certified copy of a council resolution 
 19.37  requesting payment.  The appropriation 
 19.38  must be used to pay the cost of 
 19.39  acquisition and betterment by the 
 19.40  metropolitan council and local 
 19.41  government units of regional recreation 
 19.42  open space lands in accordance with the 
 19.43  council's policy plan as provided in 
 19.44  Minnesota Statutes, section 473.315.  
 19.45  $840,000 of this appropriation may be 
 19.46  used by the metropolitan council to 
 19.47  reimburse Washington county for 
 19.48  acquiring St. Croix Bluffs Regional 
 19.49  Park in 1997.  This appropriation must 
 19.50  not be used for research, planning, 
 19.51  administration, or tax equivalency 
 19.52  payments. 
 19.53  (b) $3,500,000 is for a grant to the 
 19.54  metropolitan council to predesign and 
 19.55  design, and for site preparation and 
 19.56  construction of utility infrastructure 
 19.57  for the Como Park Education Resource 
 19.58  Center.  This appropriation is 
 19.59  contingent on the city of St. Paul 
 19.60  maintaining Como Park, including the 
 19.61  zoo and conservatory, as a free 
 19.62  attraction for the life of the bonds.  
 19.63  The city may, however, charge a fee for 
 19.64  use of the Como Park golf course and 
 19.65  special event facility rentals at the 
 20.1   park, including the zoo and 
 20.2   conservatory. 
 20.3   (c) $3,000,000 is for a grant to the 
 20.4   metropolitan council for capital 
 20.5   expenditures necessary to carry out the 
 20.6   Harriet Island Redevelopment in 
 20.7   accordance with the Lilydale/Harriet 
 20.8   Island master plan.  This appropriation 
 20.9   is not available until the commissioner 
 20.10  determines that an equal amount has 
 20.11  been committed from nonstate sources.  
 20.12  Subd. 20.  Lake Superior Zoo                          1,300,000 
 20.13  For a grant to the city of Duluth for 
 20.14  capital improvements to the animal care 
 20.15  center, including veterinary hospital, 
 20.16  laboratory, clinic, and quarantine 
 20.17  area, and the childrens' zoo at the 
 20.18  Lake Superior Zoological Garden. 
 20.19  Subd. 21.  Sand Dunes State 
 20.20  Forest Center                                           150,000 
 20.21  For predesign and design of an office 
 20.22  facility/visitor center in Sand Dunes 
 20.23  State Forest. 
 20.24  Subd. 22.  Regional Trails                            7,700,000 
 20.25  For grants to the metropolitan council 
 20.26  for acquisition and development of a 
 20.27  capital nature of trail connections in 
 20.28  the metropolitan area as specified in 
 20.29  this subdivision.  The purpose of the 
 20.30  grants is to improve trails in the 
 20.31  metropolitan park and open space system 
 20.32  and connect them with existing state 
 20.33  and regional trails. 
 20.34  The funds shall be allocated by the 
 20.35  commissioner as follows: 
 20.36  (1) $1,892,000 is allocated to Ramsey 
 20.37  county as follows: 
 20.38  (i) $1,342,000 to complete two miles of 
 20.39  trails between Rice Creek Chain of 
 20.40  Lakes Park Reserve and Long Lake 
 20.41  Regional Park; 
 20.42  (ii) $400,000 to complete six miles of 
 20.43  trails between the Burlington Northern 
 20.44  Regional Trail and Bald Eagle-Otter 
 20.45  Lake Regional Park; 
 20.46  (iii) $150,000 to complete a one-mile 
 20.47  connection between Birch Lake and the 
 20.48  Lake Tamarack segment of Bald 
 20.49  Eagle-Otter Lake Regional Park; and 
 20.50  (iv) $500,000 to acquire real property 
 20.51  and design and construct or renovate 
 20.52  recreation facilities along the 
 20.53  Mississippi River in cooperation with 
 20.54  the city of St. Paul; 
 20.55  (2) $1,325,000 is allocated to Dakota 
 20.56  county to connect the Lake Byllesby 
 20.57  Regional Park to the Cannon Valley 
 21.1   Trail; 
 21.2   (3) $1,400,000 is allocated to Anoka 
 21.3   county as follows: 
 21.4   (i) $1,100,000 to construct a 
 21.5   pedestrian tunnel under Highway 65 on 
 21.6   the Rice Creek West Regional Trail in 
 21.7   the city of Fridley; 
 21.8   (ii) $300,000 to construct a pedestrian 
 21.9   bridge on the Mississippi River 
 21.10  Regional Trail crossing over 
 21.11  Mississippi Street in the city of 
 21.12  Fridley; and 
 21.13  (4) $1,880,000 is allocated to the 
 21.14  suburban Hennepin regional park 
 21.15  district as follows: 
 21.16  (i) $1,380,000 to connect North 
 21.17  Hennepin Regional Trail to Luce Line 
 21.18  State Trail and Wirth-Memorial Parkway 
 21.19  Regional Trail; and 
 21.20  (ii) $500,000 to acquire land and 
 21.21  easements for the Hutchinson Spur. 
 21.22  Subd. 23.  Ramsey Mill Pond                              56,000 
 21.23  This appropriation is for use as a 
 21.24  critical habitat match to acquire 90 
 21.25  acres of land adjacent to the Ramsey 
 21.26  mill pond wildlife management area in 
 21.27  Mower county. 
 21.28  Subd. 24.  RIM Fish Hatchery Rehabilitation             500,000 
 21.29  For improvements of a capital nature to 
 21.30  rehabilitate, improve, or develop fish 
 21.31  culture facilities. 
 21.32  Subd. 25.  Environmental Learning
 21.33  Centers                                               2,150,000
 21.34  $800,000 of this appropriation is for a 
 21.35  grant to independent school district 
 21.36  No. 621, Mounds View, to renovate the 
 21.37  Laurentian environmental learning 
 21.38  center located in the Superior National 
 21.39  Forest.  This portion of the 
 21.40  appropriation must not be used to 
 21.41  expand the bed capacity of the center.  
 21.42  It may be used to renovate and replace 
 21.43  existing facilities.  
 21.44  $1,350,000 of this appropriation is for 
 21.45  a grant to Kandiyohi county to 
 21.46  construct a trailhead at the Prairie 
 21.47  Woods environmental learning center.  
 21.48  This portion of the appropriation may 
 21.49  not be used for overnight facilities.  
 21.50  Subd. 26.  Willernie Erosion Control                    100,000
 21.51  For a grant to the city of Willernie 
 21.52  for publicly owned capital improvements 
 21.53  to forestall erosion from a natural 
 21.54  waterway.  This appropriation must be 
 21.55  equally matched by nonstate funds. 
 22.1   Subd. 27.  Hartley Nature Center                      1,000,000
 22.2   For a grant to the city of Duluth for 
 22.3   the purpose of constructing capital 
 22.4   improvements to the Hartley Nature 
 22.5   Center.  This appropriation is not 
 22.6   available until an equal amount has 
 22.7   been committed from nonstate sources. 
 22.8   Subd. 28.  Dam Improvements                           1,300,000 
 22.9   For the emergency repair, 
 22.10  reconstruction, or removal of publicly 
 22.11  owned dams.  $300,000 of this 
 22.12  appropriation is for the Sauk River Dam 
 22.13  and $100,000 of this appropriation is 
 22.14  for the Rapidan Dam. 
 22.15  Sec. 9.  OFFICE OF 
 22.16  ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE                                500,000
 22.17  To the office of environmental 
 22.18  assistance for the solid waste capital 
 22.19  assistance grants program under 
 22.20  Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.54.  
 22.21  Grants under this section are exempt 
 22.22  from the requirements of Minnesota 
 22.23  Statutes, section 16B.335. 
 22.24  Sec. 10.  PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY 
 22.25  Subdivision 1.  To the public
 22.26  facilities authority for the purposes
 22.27  specified in this section                            35,280,000
 22.28  Subd. 2.  Matching Money
 22.29  for Federal Grants                                   15,000,000
 22.30  For state matching money for federal 
 22.31  grants to capitalize the water 
 22.32  pollution control fund and the drinking 
 22.33  water revolving fund under Minnesota 
 22.34  Statutes, sections 446A.07 and 446A.081.
 22.35  The expenditure and allocation of state 
 22.36  matching funds between funds shall be 
 22.37  based on the amount of federal funds 
 22.38  appropriated to the funds.  This 
 22.39  appropriation must be used for 
 22.40  qualified capital projects. 
 22.41  Subd. 3.  Wastewater 
 22.42  Infrastructure Program                               15,180,000
 22.43  For supplemental assistance to 
 22.44  municipalities under Minnesota 
 22.45  Statutes, section 446A.072.  
 22.46  Of this amount, $180,000 is from the 
 22.47  general fund for transfer to the 
 22.48  pollution control agency for the cost 
 22.49  of administering the program.  
 22.50  The authority shall also set aside up 
 22.51  to $500,000 to provide 50 percent grant 
 22.52  funding for the cost of equipment and 
 22.53  installation into an existing municipal 
 22.54  wastewater treatment.  The project must 
 22.55  demonstrate the application of existing 
 22.56  technology that currently is not being 
 22.57  used in the treatment of wastewater, 
 23.1   but has the potential to improve the 
 23.2   treatment of wastewater or make the 
 23.3   treatment process more cost-effective.  
 23.4   The authority should work with the 
 23.5   pollution control agency to solicit 
 23.6   proposals from municipalities willing 
 23.7   to share the risks and cost of removing 
 23.8   the equipment if it does not perform.  
 23.9   The remaining funds shall be used to 
 23.10  match grant funds on a 50 percent basis 
 23.11  with USDA rural development projects.  
 23.12  Subd. 4.  Storm Sewer     
 23.13  Matching Funds, Stewart                               1,000,000
 23.14  For a loan to the city of Stewart for 
 23.15  storm sewer projects as matching money 
 23.16  for the federal small cities 
 23.17  development program. 
 23.18  Subd. 5.  City of St. Peter                           3,000,000 
 23.19  To the commissioner of trade and 
 23.20  economic development for a grant to the 
 23.21  city of St. Peter for the remediation 
 23.22  of wastewater lagoons on a floodplain. 
 23.23  Subd. 6.  Planning Grants                               100,000 
 23.24  For grants pursuant to Minnesota 
 23.25  Statutes, section 446A.071.  This 
 23.26  appropriation is from the general fund. 
 23.27  Subd. 7.  Prison Storm Sewer
 23.28  Project, Stillwater                                   1,000,000
 23.29  For a grant to the city of Bayport for 
 23.30  a storm sewer reconstruction project 
 23.31  adjacent to the department of 
 23.32  corrections Stillwater facility.  This 
 23.33  appropriation is not available until 
 23.34  the commissioner determines that an 
 23.35  equal amount has been committed from 
 23.36  nonstate sources. 
 23.37  Sec. 11.  BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES 
 23.38  Subdivision 1.  To the board
 23.39  of water and soil resources for the
 23.40  purposes specified in this section                   12,800,000
 23.41  Subd. 2.  RIM and PWP
 23.42  Conservation Easements                               10,000,000
 23.43  This appropriation is for the following 
 23.44  purposes: 
 23.45  (1) to acquire conservation easements 
 23.46  from landowners on marginal lands to 
 23.47  protect soil and water quality and to 
 23.48  support fish and wildlife habitat as 
 23.49  provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
 23.50  103F.515; and 
 23.51  (2) to acquire perpetual conservation 
 23.52  easements on existing type 1, 2, 3, and 
 23.53  6 wetlands, adjacent lands, and for the 
 23.54  establishment of permanent cover on 
 23.55  adjacent lands, in accordance with 
 23.56  Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.516. 
 24.1   Subd. 3.  Local Government
 24.2   Road Replacement                                      2,000,000
 24.3   To acquire land for wetlands or restore 
 24.4   wetlands to be used to replace wetlands 
 24.5   drained or filled as a result of the 
 24.6   repair, maintenance, or rehabilitation 
 24.7   of existing roads, as provided in 
 24.8   Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.222, 
 24.9   subdivision 1, paragraph (m). 
 24.10  Subd. 4.  Quad-Lakes Restoration                        300,000 
 24.11  For a grant to the Faribault county 
 24.12  soil and water conservation district 
 24.13  for the quad-lakes restoration project 
 24.14  in Faribault and Blue Earth counties. 
 24.15  Subd. 5.  Lakeshore Easements                           500,000
 24.16  To acquire conservation easements for 
 24.17  sensitive shoreland and riparian areas 
 24.18  on lakes. 
 24.19  Sec. 12.  ADMINISTRATION 
 24.20  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
 24.21  of administration for the purposes
 24.22  specified in this section                            60,643,000
 24.23  Subd. 2.  Capital Asset
 24.24  Preservation and Replacement (CAPRA)                 19,000,000
 24.25  To be spent in accordance with 
 24.26  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.632.  
 24.27  This appropriation is from the general 
 24.28  fund. 
 24.29  $1,000,000 is for roof repair and other 
 24.30  capital repairs for the revenue 
 24.31  department building in Ely, if the 
 24.32  state buys the building. 
 24.33  $500,000 is for reroofing and other 
 24.34  capital repairs to the department of 
 24.35  natural resources minerals building in 
 24.36  Hibbing. 
 24.37  Subd. 3.  Capitol Square
 24.38  Building Demolition                                   1,600,000
 24.39  To relocate the department of children, 
 24.40  families, and learning (CFL), and the 
 24.41  higher education services office (HESO) 
 24.42  and pay for up to four months rent in a 
 24.43  new facility, convert the existing site 
 24.44  to temporary parking until a new 
 24.45  state-owned facility can be 
 24.46  constructed, and conduct a predesign 
 24.47  study of future facilities for CFL and 
 24.48  HESO.  This appropriation is from the 
 24.49  general fund. 
 24.50  Subd. 4.  Labor Interpretive Center
 24.51  Building                                              7,500,000
 24.52  To design and construct the renovation 
 24.53  of the east building of the Science 
 24.54  Museum of Minnesota (SMM) in St. Paul 
 24.55  for a labor interpretive center 
 24.56  facility. 
 25.1   Subd. 5.  Bald Eagle Center                             500,000
 25.2   For a grant to the city of Wabasha for 
 25.3   design and construction of the American 
 25.4   bald eagle center.  The city of Wabasha 
 25.5   may enter into a lease or management 
 25.6   agreement with a nonprofit corporation 
 25.7   under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 25.8   16A.695.  This appropriation is not 
 25.9   available until an equal amount has 
 25.10  been committed from nonstate sources. 
 25.11  Subd. 6.  Agency Relocation                           8,000,000 
 25.12  To relocate the department of revenue 
 25.13  from a leased facility to a new 
 25.14  state-owned facility in the Capitol 
 25.15  complex and for relocation of the 
 25.16  emergency management and capitol 
 25.17  security divisions of the department of 
 25.18  public safety and the department of 
 25.19  labor and industry in St. Cloud.  This 
 25.20  appropriation is from the general fund 
 25.21  and includes staging equipment and 
 25.22  furnishings necessary to complete the 
 25.23  relocations and to continue critical 
 25.24  operations at the new facilities.  Any 
 25.25  computers replaced as a result of these 
 25.26  relocations will be offered to the 
 25.27  Center for the Arts in Golden Valley. 
 25.28  Subd. 7.  Electrical Utility
 25.29  Infrastructure                                        4,000,000
 25.30  To upgrade the primary electrical 
 25.31  distribution system in the Capitol 
 25.32  complex and to upgrade the mechanical 
 25.33  infrastructure in the east Capitol 
 25.34  area.  This appropriation is from the 
 25.35  general fund. 
 25.36  Subd. 8.  Agency Relocation, 
 25.37  Transportation                                          648,000
 25.38  $648,000 is from the trunk highway fund 
 25.39  for relocation of a portion of the 
 25.40  department of transportation offices 
 25.41  during the final phase of renovation to 
 25.42  the department of transportation 
 25.43  building in the Capitol complex. 
 25.44  Subd. 9.  Capitol Security and
 25.45  Plant Management Facility Predesign                      45,000
 25.46  To predesign a new facility for the 
 25.47  department of public safety's capitol 
 25.48  security division and the department of 
 25.49  administration's plant management 
 25.50  division. 
 25.51  Subd. 10.  Transportation
 25.52  Building Renovation                                  15,000,000
 25.53  To complete renovation and life safety 
 25.54  improvements to the transportation 
 25.55  building in the Capitol complex.  This 
 25.56  appropriation is from the trunk highway 
 25.57  fund and is the final state 
 25.58  appropriation for this project. 
 25.59  Subd. 11.  Real Property Acquisition                  3,300,000 
 26.1   This appropriation is from the general 
 26.2   fund for acquisition of land and 
 26.3   purchase options in order to hold 
 26.4   properties that meet state development 
 26.5   needs. 
 26.6   Subd. 12.  Bureau of Criminal
 26.7   Apprehension Facility Design                            950,000
 26.8   For design of a new bureau of criminal 
 26.9   apprehension (BCA) building in St. Paul 
 26.10  and a satellite laboratory facility in 
 26.11  northern Minnesota. 
 26.12  Subd. 13.  Dahl House Relocation                        100,000
 26.13  This appropriation is from the general 
 26.14  fund to relocate the Dahl house and 
 26.15  stabilize the structure. 
 26.16  Sec. 13.  CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL AND
 26.17  PLANNING BOARD 
 26.18  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
 26.19  of administration for the purposes
 26.20  specified in this section                             8,940,000
 26.21  Subd. 2.  Capitol Building
 26.22  Structural Stabilization                              6,600,000
 26.23  To stabilize the Capitol building's 
 26.24  structure and provide related facility 
 26.25  improvements of a capital nature. 
 26.26  Subd. 3.  Capitol Building Accessibility              1,500,000 
 26.27  To design and construct exterior doors 
 26.28  on the Capitol's ground, first, and 
 26.29  second floors at the Capitol. 
 26.30  The commissioner of administration and 
 26.31  the capitol area architectural and 
 26.32  planning board shall study and report 
 26.33  to the legislature by January 15, 1999, 
 26.34  on possible improvements of the stairs 
 26.35  from the tunnel to the Capitol, so as 
 26.36  to encourage greater use of stairs and 
 26.37  less use of elevators. 
 26.38  $150,000 of this appropriation is to 
 26.39  predesign improvements to the heating, 
 26.40  ventilation, and air conditioning 
 26.41  system in the State Office Building 
 26.42  hearing rooms.  This appropriation is 
 26.43  also to design and construct 
 26.44  bookshelves behind members' chairs in 
 26.45  hearing rooms of the State Office 
 26.46  Building and to design and construct 
 26.47  members' entrance doors in room 5 of 
 26.48  the State Office Building. 
 26.49  Subd. 4.  Aurora Street
 26.50  Rehabilitation                                          400,000
 26.51  To redesign and improve Aurora street 
 26.52  in front of the Capitol with related 
 26.53  parking and security improvements. 
 26.54  Subd. 5.  Capitol Grounds                               440,000
 26.55  For repair of the pool and sculpture at 
 27.1   the veterans service building, the 
 27.2   plaza and wall of the Floyd B. Olson 
 27.3   Memorial, and the plaza at the 
 27.4   Lindbergh Memorial. 
 27.5   Sec. 14.  AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION
 27.6   Subdivision 1.  To the amateur
 27.7   sports commission for the purposes
 27.8   specified in this section                             9,220,000
 27.9   Subd. 2.  National Sports Center                      4,800,000 
 27.10  $2,000,000 from the general fund is for 
 27.11  purchase and development of land for 
 27.12  the National Children's Golf Course in 
 27.13  Blaine.  On weekends and during school 
 27.14  vacations, a person age 18 or over may 
 27.15  not use the golf course constructed 
 27.16  with these funds unless the person is 
 27.17  playing with a youth under age 18.  A 
 27.18  youth may not play with more than one 
 27.19  person over age 18, except for family 
 27.20  members.  The restrictions in this 
 27.21  paragraph do not apply if there is 
 27.22  space available when a person arrives 
 27.23  at the course without a reservation.  
 27.24  Market rates must be charged for adult 
 27.25  golf. 
 27.26  $1,000,000 from the general fund is for 
 27.27  grants for development or improvement 
 27.28  of facilities or programs to improve 
 27.29  access to golf for economically 
 27.30  disadvantaged youth. 
 27.31  $1,800,000 from the general fund is for 
 27.32  the purchase and development of land to 
 27.33  expand the National Sports Center in 
 27.34  Blaine and development of athletic 
 27.35  fields. 
 27.36  Subd. 3.  Giants Ridge Facility                         690,000
 27.37  For a grant to the Iron Range resources 
 27.38  and rehabilitation board to enhance the 
 27.39  Giants Ridge cross-country ski event 
 27.40  facility.  This appropriation is from 
 27.41  the general fund. 
 27.42  Subd. 4.  Minneapolis Urban
 27.43  Sports Center                                           600,000
 27.44  For a grant to special school district 
 27.45  No. 1, Minneapolis, to complete funding 
 27.46  for an urban sports facility, to be 
 27.47  owned by the district.  This 
 27.48  appropriation is in addition to the 
 27.49  project appropriation of $3,400,000 in 
 27.50  Laws 1996, chapter 463, section 14, 
 27.51  subdivision 5, paragraph (a), and 
 27.52  subject to the conditions contained 
 27.53  therein. 
 27.54  Subd. 5.  Tennis Facility                             3,000,000
 27.55  For a grant to the city of St. Paul to 
 27.56  design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
 27.57  tennis center to offer indoor tennis 
 27.58  facilities, subject to the requirements 
 27.59  of Minnesota Statutes, section 
 28.1   16A.695.  The center may be constructed 
 28.2   only after endorsement by a national 
 28.3   governing body member of the United 
 28.4   States Olympic Committee.  
 28.5   Subd. 6.  Mt. Itasca Ski Area                           130,000
 28.6   For a grant to the Iron Range resources 
 28.7   and rehabilitation board to expand the 
 28.8   facilities at Mt. Itasca ski area.  
 28.9   This appropriation is from the general 
 28.10  fund. 
 28.11  Sec. 15.  MILITARY AFFAIRS 
 28.12  Subdivision 1.  To the adjutant 
 28.13  general or other named agency or 
 28.14  official for the purposes specified 
 28.15  in this section                                         980,000
 28.16  Subd. 2.  To renovate 
 28.17  kitchen facilities at National Guard 
 28.18  training and community centers in Thief River 
 28.19  Falls, Bemidji, Detroit Lakes, Marshall, 
 28.20  Litchfield, Anoka, Fergus Falls, and Pine 
 28.21  City.  This appropriation is from the 
 28.22  general fund                                            880,000 
 28.23  Subd. 3.  To the commissioner of 
 28.24  administration for predesign of a joint 
 28.25  military affairs/emergency management 
 28.26  facility                                                100,000
 28.27  Sec. 16.  TRANSPORTATION 
 28.28  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of 
 28.29  transportation for the purposes specified 
 28.30  in this section.  Projects funded by 
 28.31  appropriations under this section must be 
 28.32  completed by June 30, 2003, and are 
 28.33  available until that date                           115,500,000
 28.34  Subd. 2.  Local Bridge
 28.35  Replacement and Rehabilitation                       34,000,000
 28.36  This appropriation is from the general 
 28.37  fund to match federal funds and to 
 28.38  replace or rehabilitate local deficient 
 28.39  bridges. 
 28.40  Political subdivisions may use grants 
 28.41  made under this section to construct or 
 28.42  reconstruct bridges, including: 
 28.43  (1) matching federal-aid grants to 
 28.44  construct or reconstruct key bridges; 
 28.45  (2) paying the costs of preliminary 
 28.46  engineering and environmental studies 
 28.47  authorized under Minnesota Statutes, 
 28.48  section 174.50, subdivision 6a; 
 28.49  (3) paying the costs to abandon an 
 28.50  existing bridge that is deficient and 
 28.51  in need of replacement, but where no 
 28.52  replacement will be made; and 
 28.53  (4) paying the costs to construct a 
 28.54  road or street to facilitate the 
 28.55  abandonment of an existing bridge 
 28.56  determined by the commissioner to be 
 29.1   deficient, if the commissioner 
 29.2   determines that construction of the 
 29.3   road or street is more cost efficient 
 29.4   than the replacement of the existing 
 29.5   bridge. 
 29.6   Subd. 3.  Transit Ways                               56,000,000 
 29.7   (a) This appropriation is from the 
 29.8   general fund and is to match federal 
 29.9   and local funding for the planning, 
 29.10  design, engineering, and construction 
 29.11  of transit ways in the metropolitan 
 29.12  area.  
 29.13  (b) Of this amount, $49,000,000 is for 
 29.14  the preliminary engineering, final 
 29.15  design, and construction of light rail 
 29.16  transit in the Hiawatha Avenue corridor 
 29.17  from downtown Minneapolis to the 
 29.18  Minneapolis-St. Paul International 
 29.19  Airport and the Mall of America.  Of 
 29.20  the amount for the Hiawatha Avenue 
 29.21  corridor, $24,000,000 is available in 
 29.22  fiscal year 1999, $25,000,000 in fiscal 
 29.23  year 2000, $25,000,000 in fiscal year 
 29.24  2001, and $25,000,000 in fiscal year 
 29.25  2002. 
 29.26  (c) The remaining funds must be 
 29.27  distributed as grants to appropriate 
 29.28  county regional rail authorities as 
 29.29  follows: 
 29.30  (1) $3,000,000 to match federal funding 
 29.31  for a major investment study, 
 29.32  engineering, and implementation in the 
 29.33  Riverview corridor between the east 
 29.34  side of St. Paul and the 
 29.35  Minneapolis-St. Paul International 
 29.36  Airport and the Mall of America; 
 29.37  (2) $1,500,000 to match federal funding 
 29.38  for a major investment study, 
 29.39  engineering, and implementation in the 
 29.40  Northstar corridor linking downtown 
 29.41  Minneapolis to the West end of the 
 29.42  metropolitan St. Cloud area and to 
 29.43  study the feasibility of commuter rail 
 29.44  and other transportation needs within 
 29.45  the St. Cloud metropolitan area; 
 29.46  (3) $500,000 to develop engineering 
 29.47  documents for the Young America 
 29.48  corridor commuter rail line from Carver 
 29.49  county to Minneapolis; 
 29.50  (4) $500,000 to develop engineering 
 29.51  documents for the Bethel corridor 
 29.52  commuter rail line linking Cambridge 
 29.53  with the Northstar corridor in Anoka 
 29.54  county; 
 29.55  (5) $500,000 to study potential transit 
 29.56  improvements and engineering studies in 
 29.57  the Cedar Avenue corridor to link the 
 29.58  Hiawatha, Riverview, and Northstar 
 29.59  transit corridors with Dakota county; 
 29.60  (6) $500,000 to develop engineering 
 29.61  documents for the Northwest corridor 
 30.1   commuter rail line from downtown 
 30.2   Minneapolis to the northwest suburbs of 
 30.3   Hennepin county; and 
 30.4   (7) $500,000 to develop engineering 
 30.5   documents for a commuter rail line from 
 30.6   downtown St. Paul through southern 
 30.7   Washington county to Hastings. 
 30.8   Subd. 4.  Port Development Assistance                 6,000,000 
 30.9   For port development assistance grants, 
 30.10  the grants must be made to political 
 30.11  subdivisions for capital improvements 
 30.12  under the provisions of Minnesota 
 30.13  Statutes, sections 457A.01 to 457A.06.  
 30.14  Any improvements made with the proceeds 
 30.15  of these grants must be publicly 
 30.16  owned.  This appropriation is from the 
 30.17  general fund.  
 30.18  Subd. 5.  St. Cloud Headquarters                      9,000,000 
 30.19  This appropriation is from the trunk 
 30.20  highway fund for design, construction, 
 30.21  and furnishing of an addition and 
 30.22  remodeling of existing space at the 
 30.23  headquarters facility in St. Cloud. 
 30.24  Subd. 6.  Rural Transit Assistance                    6,000,000
 30.25  $3,000,000 of this appropriation is for 
 30.26  grants to local units of government to 
 30.27  acquire rolling stock for transit 
 30.28  systems under Minnesota Statutes, 
 30.29  section 174.24.  $2,000,000 is for 
 30.30  public transit subsidy program grants 
 30.31  to local units of government under 
 30.32  Minnesota Statutes, section 174.24.  
 30.33  Grants from this appropriation must be 
 30.34  matched either in-kind, in cash, or by 
 30.35  capital assistance.  Priority must be 
 30.36  given to projects involving 
 30.37  collaboration between transit authority 
 30.38  and local government. 
 30.39  The following appropriations are not 
 30.40  available until equal amounts have been 
 30.41  committed from nonstate sources: 
 30.42  $675,000 is for renovation of the 
 30.43  Duluth transit operating facility.  
 30.44  $100,000 is for renovation and roof 
 30.45  replacement at the Duluth Transit 
 30.46  Center.  $100,000 is to design and 
 30.47  construct a transit hub on or near the 
 30.48  campus of St. Cloud State University.  
 30.49  $125,000 is to renovate the heating, 
 30.50  ventilation, and air conditioning 
 30.51  system at the Mankato transit building. 
 30.52  This appropriation is from the general 
 30.53  fund. 
 30.54  Subd. 7.  Snelling Bus Garage
 30.55  Any profits from the sale of all or a 
 30.56  portion of the Snelling bus garage land 
 30.57  shall be used for design and 
 30.58  construction of a transit hub at 
 30.59  Snelling Avenue and Interstate 94. 
 31.1   Subd. 8.  Metropolitan Transit Radio System           4,500,000
 31.2   $4,500,000 is to design and construct a 
 31.3   metropolitan transit radio system.  
 31.4   This appropriation is from the general 
 31.5   fund. 
 31.6   Subd. 9.  Exception
 31.7   Notwithstanding any provision of 
 31.8   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 398A, the 
 31.9   Hennepin county regional railroad 
 31.10  authority may expend up to $400,000 
 31.11  from its funds to fund a circulator 
 31.12  vehicle pilot project in South 
 31.13  Minneapolis.  The funds may be used for 
 31.14  capital or operating costs. 
 31.15  Sec. 17.  INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL                      1,700,000
 31.16  To the Indian affairs council for 
 31.17  construction of the Battle Point 
 31.18  Cultural and Education Center.  The 
 31.19  center must be publicly owned. The 
 31.20  Indian affairs council may enter into a 
 31.21  lease or management agreement for the 
 31.22  center subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
 31.23  chapter 16A.695. 
 31.24  Sec. 18.  REDEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT                       1,000,000
 31.25  For purposes of new Minnesota Statutes, 
 31.26  sections 116J.561 to 116J.567. 
 31.27  Sec. 19.  HUMAN SERVICES 
 31.28  Subdivision 1.  To the
 31.29  commissioner of administration
 31.30  for the purposes specified 
 31.31  in this section                                      20,126,000
 31.32  Subd. 2.  Capital Roof Repairs
 31.33  and Replacement                                       1,500,000
 31.34  For critical repairs of a capital 
 31.35  nature and replacement to roofs of 
 31.36  department of human services service 
 31.37  facilities statewide. 
 31.38  Subd. 3.  Asset Preservation                          1,500,000 
 31.39  To be spent for fire alarm systems and 
 31.40  sprinklers at state regional treatment 
 31.41  centers. 
 31.42  Subd. 4.  People, Inc. North Side Community 
 31.43  Support Program                                         375,000
 31.44  For a grant to Hennepin county to 
 31.45  purchase, remodel, and complete 
 31.46  accessibility upgrades to an existing 
 31.47  building to be used by the People, Inc. 
 31.48  North Side Community Support Program to 
 31.49  provide office space for employees of 
 31.50  state regional treatment facilities.  
 31.51  This appropriation is from the general 
 31.52  fund. 
 31.53  Subd. 5.  Demolition of Cottages, 
 31.54  Cambridge                                             1,400,000
 32.1   For the demolition of cottages 1 
 32.2   through 6, 12, and 14 on the Cambridge 
 32.3   regional human services center campus.  
 32.4   To the extent available the 
 32.5   commissioner will seek federal 
 32.6   reimbursement and deposit funds 
 32.7   received in the debt redemption fund. 
 32.8   Subd. 6.  METO Construction,
 32.9   Cambridge                                             1,000,000
 32.10  To design and undertake site 
 32.11  improvements including demolition, 
 32.12  construct, remodel, furnish, and equip 
 32.13  12 additional beds for the Minnesota 
 32.14  extended treatment option (METO) 
 32.15  program on the Cambridge regional human 
 32.16  services center campus.  
 32.17  Subd. 7.  Building Renovations, Moose Lake 
 32.18  Sexual Psychopathic Personality Center                8,000,000
 32.19  To design, construct, furnish, and 
 32.20  equip additional residential and 
 32.21  ancillary service facilities for the 
 32.22  Minnesota sexual psychopathic 
 32.23  personality treatment center at Moose 
 32.24  Lake. 
 32.25  Subd. 8.  Remodeling and Fire
 32.26  Safety Improvements, Ah-Gwah-Ching                    2,000,000
 32.27  To renovate residential and program 
 32.28  areas, including installing fire 
 32.29  protection sprinkler systems, in the B 
 32.30  and C buildings at the Ah-Gwah-Ching 
 32.31  center. 
 32.32  Subd. 9.  Building Renovations, Willmar               3,000,000
 32.33  To renovate building 3 (MTC) and 
 32.34  building 14 at the Willmar regional 
 32.35  treatment center. 
 32.36  Subd. 10.  Demolition Projects,  
 32.37  St. Peter and Fergus Falls                              351,000
 32.38  To demolish buildings 31 and 32 on the 
 32.39  St. Peter regional treatment center 
 32.40  campus, and to demolish building 19 on 
 32.41  the Fergus Falls regional treatment 
 32.42  center campus. 
 32.43  Subd. 11.  Marshall Regional Emergency
 32.44  Response Training Center                              1,000,000
 32.45  To the board of trustees of the 
 32.46  Minnesota state colleges and 
 32.47  universities to construct a regional 
 32.48  emergency response and fire training 
 32.49  center. 
 32.50  Sec. 20.  VETERANS HOMES BOARD 
 32.51  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
 32.52  of administration for the purposes
 32.53  specified in this section.  
 32.54  Appropriations in this section are 
 32.55  exempt from the requirements of 
 32.56  Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.335                  11,000,000
 33.1   Subd. 2.  Minneapolis
 33.2   Veterans Home                                         6,000,000
 33.3   For design and construction of capital 
 33.4   infrastructure improvements to tunnels, 
 33.5   piping systems, and utility systems at 
 33.6   the campus of the Minneapolis veterans 
 33.7   home. 
 33.8   Subd. 3.  Hastings Veterans Home                      5,000,000 
 33.9   For design and renovation of the power 
 33.10  plant, boiler, and related utility 
 33.11  infrastructure systems at the campus of 
 33.12  the Hastings veterans home. 
 33.13  Sec. 21.  DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
 33.14  Subdivision 1.  Commissioner of 
 33.15  Administration                                       14,320,000
 33.16  To the commissioner of administration 
 33.17  for the purposes specified in this 
 33.18  section. 
 33.19  Subd. 2.  Asset Preservation                          4,100,000 
 33.20  For asset preservation needs at state 
 33.21  correctional facilities.  $1,250,000 of 
 33.22  this appropriation is for fire/life 
 33.23  safety needs at the Stillwater 
 33.24  correctional facility.  $1,225,000 of 
 33.25  this appropriation is for new plumbing 
 33.26  for the education building at the St. 
 33.27  Cloud correctional facility.  The 
 33.28  remainder of the appropriation is for 
 33.29  installing fire sprinklers and 
 33.30  replacing roofs, where needed. 
 33.31  Subd. 3.  Inmate Bed
 33.32  Expansion, MCF-Shakopee                               4,650,000
 33.33  To design, construct, furnish, and 
 33.34  equip a two-story living unit for 62 
 33.35  adult female inmates at MCF-Shakopee 
 33.36  and expansion and modification of 
 33.37  related support service areas. 
 33.38  Subd. 4.  Administrative
 33.39  Segregation Unit, Lino Lakes                            340,000
 33.40  To construct, furnish, and equip an 
 33.41  80-cell administrative segregation unit 
 33.42  to provide more restrictive and 
 33.43  staff-efficient housing for inmates who 
 33.44  are unable to live in the general 
 33.45  population.  This appropriation is 
 33.46  contingent upon $7,592,000 in federal 
 33.47  matching funds. 
 33.48  Notwithstanding Laws 1997, chapter 239, 
 33.49  article 1, section 12, subdivision 2, 
 33.50  federal funds authorized for use to 
 33.51  renovate the Brainerd regional center 
 33.52  may be redirected and used for matching 
 33.53  this appropriation. 
 33.54  Subd. 5.  Health Care 
 33.55  Improvements, Oak Park Heights                        3,330,000
 33.56  To convert Complex 4 from a 52-bed 
 34.1   living unit to a 45-bed departmentwide 
 34.2   mental health unit, convert an existing 
 34.3   42-bed unit to a 39-bed departmentwide 
 34.4   infirmary, and provide predesign and 
 34.5   partial design funds for a new 60-bed 
 34.6   high security unit to replace beds lost 
 34.7   in the previous improvements. 
 34.8   Subd. 6.  Intake Center, St. Cloud                    1,900,000 
 34.9   To design and renovate dayrooms into 
 34.10  offices and inmate processing areas and 
 34.11  to construct, furnish, and equip a 
 34.12  transportation building to house the 
 34.13  department's transport operations and 
 34.14  vehicles. 
 34.15  Sec. 22.  PUBLIC SAFETY  
 34.16  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of 
 34.17  public safety for the purposes 
 34.18  specified in this section                             1,628,000
 34.19  Subd. 2.  $1,328,000 is to design, 
 34.20  construct, furnish, and equip a state 
 34.21  patrol training facility at Camp Ripley 
 34.22  in Little Falls.  This appropriation is 
 34.23  from the trunk highway fund. 
 34.24  Subd. 3.  $300,000 is from the general 
 34.25  fund to develop a statewide master plan 
 34.26  for siting, ownership, and operation of 
 34.27  fire and public safety training 
 34.28  facilities.  The commissioner will 
 34.29  consult with the Minnesota state 
 34.30  colleges and universities, the 
 34.31  department of military affairs, and the 
 34.32  peace officer standards and training 
 34.33  board in preparation of the master plan.
 34.34  Sec. 23.  GRANTS TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS 
 34.35  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of 
 34.36  administration, or other named agency 
 34.37  or official, for the purposes specified 
 34.38  in this section                                     220,730,000
 34.39  Subd. 2.  St. Paul RiverCentre
 34.40  Arena                                                65,000,000
 34.41  For a grant to the city of St. Paul to 
 34.42  design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
 34.43  new St. Paul RiverCentre Arena.  This 
 34.44  appropriation is contingent upon 
 34.45  demonstration of $65,000,000 in 
 34.46  nonstate matching funds to the 
 34.47  commissioner of finance. The city may 
 34.48  enter into a lease or management 
 34.49  agreement for the Arena subject to 
 34.50  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 34.51  The city or its designee may let 
 34.52  contracts to construct the new arena 
 34.53  for the RiverCentre complex through the 
 34.54  process of public bidding, provided it 
 34.55  shall be permissible for the list of 
 34.56  eligible bidders to be limited to those 
 34.57  which the city or its designee 
 34.58  determine to possess sufficient 
 34.59  expertise to perform the intended 
 34.60  functions and the city or its designee 
 35.1   may negotiate with the three lowest 
 35.2   responsible bidders to achieve the 
 35.3   lowest possible bid. 
 35.4   Subd. 3.  Minneapolis
 35.5   Convention Center                                    87,145,000
 35.6   To the commissioner of finance for a 
 35.7   grant to the city of Minneapolis to pay 
 35.8   principal costs on city of Minneapolis' 
 35.9   $178,985,000 general obligation sales 
 35.10  tax refunding bonds, series 1992.  It 
 35.11  is the expectation of the legislature 
 35.12  that the city will issue bonds and pay 
 35.13  all capital and operating costs 
 35.14  associated with an expansion of the 
 35.15  existing Minneapolis Convention 
 35.16  Center.  This is the final state 
 35.17  appropriation for this facility. 
 35.18  Of this appropriation, $220,000 is to 
 35.19  the commissioner of trade and economic 
 35.20  development from the general fund for 
 35.21  fiscal year 1999 for planning and 
 35.22  start-up costs of a pilot 
 35.23  transportation project connecting the 
 35.24  Minneapolis convention center and other 
 35.25  locations in downtown Minneapolis with 
 35.26  multicultural tourist, heritage, and 
 35.27  cultural resources in neighborhoods 
 35.28  south of downtown. 
 35.29  Subd. 4.  Humboldt Avenue Greenway
 35.30  Project                                              14,000,000
 35.31  To the commissioner of trade and 
 35.32  economic development for a grant to 
 35.33  Hennepin county as the state 
 35.34  contribution for the Humboldt Avenue 
 35.35  greenway project in accordance with the 
 35.36  multijurisdictional reinvestment 
 35.37  program plan established in Minnesota 
 35.38  Statutes, section 383B.79.  The purpose 
 35.39  of the grant is to acquire land for 
 35.40  green space and infrastructure 
 35.41  improvements in the vicinity of 
 35.42  Humboldt Avenue North; reclamation of 
 35.43  wetland amenities for public use; and 
 35.44  construction of a parkway.  This 
 35.45  appropriation is not available until 
 35.46  the governmental jurisdictions 
 35.47  participating in the 
 35.48  multijurisdictional reinvestment 
 35.49  program have committed in the aggregate 
 35.50  $12,000,000 for the project.  The 
 35.51  governmental jurisdictions, however 
 35.52  constituted, may use any nonstate money 
 35.53  under their control to meet the match 
 35.54  requirement. 
 35.55  Subd. 5.  Prairieland Expo                            3,000,000 
 35.56  For a grant to the southwest regional 
 35.57  development commission to construct and 
 35.58  equip Prairieland Expo.  The southwest 
 35.59  regional development commission may 
 35.60  enter into a lease or management 
 35.61  agreement for Prairieland Expo subject 
 35.62  to the requirements of Minnesota 
 35.63  Statutes, section 16A.695.  This 
 35.64  appropriation is not available until an 
 36.1   equal amount has been committed from 
 36.2   nonstate sources. 
 36.3   Subd. 6.  Duluth Entertainment and
 36.4   Convention Center                                    10,000,000
 36.5   To the commissioner of trade and 
 36.6   economic development for a grant to the 
 36.7   Duluth entertainment and convention 
 36.8   authority for the purpose of planning, 
 36.9   designing, constructing, and equipping 
 36.10  of capital improvements to the Duluth 
 36.11  entertainment and convention center.  
 36.12  This appropriation is not available 
 36.13  until an equal amount has been 
 36.14  committed from nonstate sources. 
 36.15  Subd. 7.  Convention and Civic Center,
 36.16  Fergus Falls                                            250,000
 36.17  For a grant to the city of Fergus Falls 
 36.18  to predesign and design a convention 
 36.19  and civic center.  
 36.20  Subd. 8.  Montevideo Downtown
 36.21  Revitalization                                        1,500,000
 36.22  To the commissioner of trade and 
 36.23  economic development for a grant to the 
 36.24  city of Montevideo for engineering, 
 36.25  architecture, and development of a 
 36.26  public capital improvement downtown 
 36.27  revitalization project following the 
 36.28  1997 flood.  This appropriation is not 
 36.29  available until the commissioner has 
 36.30  determined that $1,500,000 has been 
 36.31  committed to the project from nonstate 
 36.32  sources.  
 36.33  Subd. 9.  Paramount Arts District Regional
 36.34  Arts Center, St. Cloud                                  750,000
 36.35  For a grant to the city of St. Cloud to 
 36.36  construct, furnish, and equip the 
 36.37  paramount arts district regional arts 
 36.38  center, subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
 36.39  section 16A.695. This appropriation is 
 36.40  not available until the commissioner 
 36.41  has determined that the necessary 
 36.42  additional financing to complete a 
 36.43  $5,400,000 project has been committed 
 36.44  by nonstate sources.  
 36.45  Subd. 10.  Veterans Memorial Performing
 36.46  Arts Amphitheater                                       315,000 
 36.47  To the commissioner of economic 
 36.48  development for a grant to the city of 
 36.49  St. Louis Park to construct a veterans 
 36.50  memorial performing arts amphitheater.  
 36.51  This appropriation is for a portion of 
 36.52  a larger project to which at least an 
 36.53  equal amount of funds from nonstate 
 36.54  sources must be committed. 
 36.55  Subd. 11.  Brooklyn Center Earle Brown
 36.56  Heritage Center                                       5,000,000
 36.57  To the commissioner of finance for the 
 36.58  payment of principal on the 1991 Series 
 36.59  A bonds issued for restoration of the 
 37.1   Earle Brown Heritage Center.  
 37.2   Subd. 12.  Valley Technology Park
 37.3   in Crookston                                            600,000
 37.4   For a grant to the city of Crookston 
 37.5   for capital development of its Valley 
 37.6   Technology Park located on the campus 
 37.7   of the University of Minnesota at 
 37.8   Crookston.  This appropriation is not 
 37.9   available until an equal amount has 
 37.10  been committed from nonstate sources. 
 37.11  Subd. 13.  Direct Reduction Iron
 37.12  Processing Facilities                                20,000,000
 37.13  To the commissioner of trade and 
 37.14  economic development for construction 
 37.15  of up to three direct reduction iron 
 37.16  processing facilities.  This 
 37.17  appropriation is from the general fund. 
 37.18  Subd. 14.  Seaway Port Authority
 37.19  of Duluth                                               150,000
 37.20  For a grant to the Seaway Port 
 37.21  Authority of Duluth for construction of 
 37.22  a new warehouse.  This appropriation is 
 37.23  not available until an equal amount has 
 37.24  been committed from nonstate sources.  
 37.25  Subd. 15.  Eastern Carver Community 
 37.26  Collaborative Project                                   750,000
 37.27  For a grant to independent school 
 37.28  district No. 112, Chaska, as fiscal 
 37.29  agent for the eastern Carver community 
 37.30  collaborative project with the 
 37.31  University of Minnesota Landscape 
 37.32  Arboretum for land acquisition. 
 37.33  Subd. 16.  Minnesota Agricultural 
 37.34  Interpretive Center (Farmamerica)                     1,600,000
 37.35  For a grant to the Minnesota 
 37.36  Agricultural Interpretive Center 
 37.37  (Farmamerica) to construct its 
 37.38  visitors' center.  This appropriation 
 37.39  is from the general fund. 
 37.40  Subd. 17.  Heritage Halls Museum                        500,000 
 37.41  For a grant to the city of Owatonna to 
 37.42  defray costs of city infrastructure for 
 37.43  the Heritage Halls Museum/Cabela's 
 37.44  project. 
 37.45  Subd. 18.  United States Hockey 
 37.46  Hall of Fame                                            250,000
 37.47  To the commissioner of trade and 
 37.48  economic development for a grant to the 
 37.49  city of Eveleth for construction, 
 37.50  remodeling, and renovation of displays 
 37.51  celebrating boys and girls amateur and 
 37.52  high school hockey in the United States 
 37.53  at the United States Hockey Hall of 
 37.54  Fame.  This appropriation is not 
 37.55  available until the commissioner has 
 37.56  determined that an equal amount has 
 37.57  been committed from nonstate sources. 
 38.1   Subd. 19.  African American Performing 
 38.2   Arts and Education Center                               670,000
 38.3   To the board of the arts to make a 
 38.4   grant to the city of St. Paul to 
 38.5   predesign and design the Minnesota 
 38.6   African American Performing Arts and 
 38.7   Education Center. 
 38.8   Subd. 20.  Stroh Brewery 
 38.9   Redevelopment                                         1,000,000
 38.10  For a grant to the commissioner of 
 38.11  trade and economic development for 
 38.12  transfer as a grant to the St. Paul 
 38.13  Port Authority for assistance in 
 38.14  redevelopment of the Stroh Brewery site 
 38.15  and adjacent properties to create light 
 38.16  manufacturing jobs.  This money must be 
 38.17  used for necessary site preparation and 
 38.18  other capital improvements.  This 
 38.19  appropriation is not available until 
 38.20  the commissioner determines that an 
 38.21  equal amount has been committed from 
 38.22  nonstate sources. 
 38.23  Subd. 21.  Phillips Neighborhood Job 
 38.24  Creation, Green Institute                             1,500,000
 38.25  To the commissioner of trade and 
 38.26  economic development for a grant to the 
 38.27  city of Minneapolis to design, 
 38.28  construct, furnish, and equip a 
 38.29  building to house the Green Institute 
 38.30  Ecoenterprise Center in the Phillips 
 38.31  neighborhood in south Minneapolis to 
 38.32  create up to 200 jobs in businesses, 
 38.33  many of which specialize in energy 
 38.34  conservation, renewable energy, 
 38.35  environmental technology, recycling, 
 38.36  reuse, and related fields. 
 38.37  One-half of the jobs created must be 
 38.38  targeted for persons on public 
 38.39  assistance or below 150 percent of the 
 38.40  federal poverty level.  This grant must 
 38.41  be matched on a one-to-one basis from 
 38.42  nonstate sources.  The city may enter 
 38.43  into a lease or management agreement 
 38.44  with the Green Institute subject to 
 38.45  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 38.46  Subd. 22.  Phalen Corridor
 38.47  Right-of-Way                                          3,000,000
 38.48  To the commissioner of trade and 
 38.49  economic development for a grant to the 
 38.50  city of St. Paul.  The grant is to 
 38.51  acquire a roadway right-of-way in the 
 38.52  Phalen corridor.  This appropriation is 
 38.53  not available until the commissioner 
 38.54  determines that an equal amount has 
 38.55  been committed from nonstate sources.  
 38.56  Subd. 23.  St. Cloud Community
 38.57  Events Center                                           600,000
 38.58  From the general fund for a grant to 
 38.59  the city of St. Cloud for design of a 
 38.60  community events center. 
 39.1   Subd. 24.  Pine County Workforce Center                 700,000 
 39.2   For the construction of a workforce 
 39.3   center at the Pine County Technical 
 39.4   College.  
 39.5   Subd. 25.  Hutchinson Community
 39.6   Civic Center                                          1,800,000
 39.7   For a grant to the city of Hutchinson 
 39.8   to design, construct, furnish, and 
 39.9   equip a community civic center, subject 
 39.10  to the requirements of Minnesota 
 39.11  Statutes, section 16A.695.  This 
 39.12  appropriation is not available until 
 39.13  the commissioner has determined that an 
 39.14  equal amount has been committed from 
 39.15  nonstate sources. 
 39.16  Subd. 26.  Sewer and Water
 39.17  to Community College                                    500,000
 39.18  For a grant to the city of Cambridge 
 39.19  for extension of pipe for sewer and 
 39.20  water service including extension under 
 39.21  the Rum River to the community college 
 39.22  campus at Cambridge. 
 39.23  Subd. 27.  Quarry Park
 39.24  and Nature Preserve                                     150,000
 39.25  For a grant to Stearns county to 
 39.26  acquire land and for related capital 
 39.27  improvements for Quarry Park and Nature 
 39.28  Preserve.  The grant is subject to 
 39.29  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695.  
 39.30  The appropriation is conditioned on 
 39.31  receipt by the county of $150,000 in 
 39.32  nonstate matching funds for the project.
 39.33  Sec. 24.  HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY                      7,500,000 
 39.34  (a) $4,500,000 is for transfer to the 
 39.35  housing development fund for the 
 39.36  purpose of making transitional housing 
 39.37  loans to local government units 
 39.38  authorized under Minnesota Statutes, 
 39.39  section 462A.202, subdivision 2, 
 39.40  including loans for housing homeless 
 39.41  youths, homeless families, battered 
 39.42  women, and prostituted individuals.  At 
 39.43  least 25 percent of the appropriation 
 39.44  under this section must utilize 
 39.45  youthbuild, Minnesota Statutes, 
 39.46  sections 268.361 to 268.366, or other 
 39.47  youth employment and training programs 
 39.48  for the labor portion of the 
 39.49  construction.  Eligible programs must 
 39.50  consult with appropriate labor 
 39.51  organizations to deliver education and 
 39.52  training.  In making grants under this 
 39.53  section, the commissioner shall use a 
 39.54  request for proposal process. 
 39.55  (b) $3,000,000 is for transfer to the 
 39.56  housing development fund for the 
 39.57  purpose of making loans, not to exceed 
 39.58  $20,000 per unit for publicly owned 
 39.59  permanent rental housing to local units 
 39.60  of government under Minnesota Statutes, 
 39.61  section 462A.202, subdivision 3a. 
 40.1   Sec. 25.  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY 
 40.2   Subdivision 1.  To the Minnesota 
 40.3   Historical Society for the purposes 
 40.4   specified in this section                            13,015,000
 40.5   Subd. 2.  Historic Site
 40.6   Preservation and Repair                               1,300,000
 40.7   (a) $800,000 for replacement of the 
 40.8   permanent exhibit at the Lindbergh Site 
 40.9   Visitor Center. 
 40.10  (b) $500,000 for capital repair, 
 40.11  reconstruction, or replacement of 
 40.12  deferred maintenance needs at state 
 40.13  historic sites, buildings, exhibits, 
 40.14  markers, and monuments.  The society 
 40.15  shall determine project priorities as 
 40.16  appropriate based on need. 
 40.17  Subd. 3.  County and Local
 40.18  Preservation Projects                                 1,000,000
 40.19  To be allocated to county and local 
 40.20  jurisdictions as matching money for 
 40.21  historic preservation projects of a 
 40.22  capital nature.  Grant recipients must 
 40.23  be public entities and must match state 
 40.24  funds on at least an equal basis.  The 
 40.25  facilities must be publicly owned. 
 40.26  Subd. 4.  Split Rock Lighthouse
 40.27  Visitor Center Improvements                             100,000
 40.28  For site work, design, and demolition 
 40.29  at the Split Rock Lighthouse Visitor 
 40.30  Center. 
 40.31  Subd. 5.  Northwest Company Fur 
 40.32  Post Interpretive Center                              1,000,000
 40.33  To design, construct, furnish, and 
 40.34  equip the North West Company Fur Post 
 40.35  Interpretive Center. 
 40.36  Subd. 6.  Historic Fort Snelling                      1,200,000 
 40.37  For the abatement of hazardous 
 40.38  materials at Historic Fort Snelling and 
 40.39  design for the renovation of building 
 40.40  no. 17 at Fort Snelling for its 
 40.41  possible future use as the Fort 
 40.42  Snelling International Hostel. 
 40.43  Subd. 7.  Minnesota Historical Society 
 40.44  Glensheen Mansion                                       750,000
 40.45  For a grant to the University of 
 40.46  Minnesota at Duluth for capital repair, 
 40.47  reconstruction or replacement of the 
 40.48  foundation and heating, ventilating, 
 40.49  and air conditioning system of the 
 40.50  Glensheen Mansion, subject to the 
 40.51  requirements of Minnesota Statutes, 
 40.52  section 16A.695.  This appropriation is 
 40.53  not available until the society 
 40.54  demonstrates sufficient nonstate funds 
 40.55  to complete the project.  
 40.56  Subd. 8.  St. Anthony Falls 
 41.1   Heritage Education Center                             4,000,000
 41.2   For structural stabilization and 
 41.3   landscape improvements of a capital 
 41.4   nature in the St. Anthony Falls 
 41.5   Historic District. 
 41.6   Subd. 9.  Herman Monument in
 41.7   New Ulm                                                 500,000
 41.8   To the Minnesota Historical Society for 
 41.9   a grant to the city of New Ulm for the 
 41.10  restoration, enhancement, and 
 41.11  protection of Herman Monument.  The 
 41.12  appropriation must be matched with 
 41.13  nonstate contributions sufficient to 
 41.14  provide and install the four decorative 
 41.15  copper lions depicted in Julius 
 41.16  Berndt's 1885 architectural drawings of 
 41.17  the monument.  The nonstate 
 41.18  contribution may be any combination of 
 41.19  materials, in-kind, or cash 
 41.20  contributions.  The city of New Ulm, in 
 41.21  consultation with the director of the 
 41.22  state historical society, must develop 
 41.23  interpretive displays depicting the 
 41.24  significance of Herman in the history 
 41.25  of German people and their immigration 
 41.26  to America and with the director of the 
 41.27  office of tourism to develop and 
 41.28  implement a program to inform and 
 41.29  attract national and international 
 41.30  visitors to New Ulm and Herman Monument.
 41.31  The appropriation is available 
 41.32  proportionally as the match is raised 
 41.33  by the city of New Ulm.  
 41.34  Subd. 10.  Treaty Site History
 41.35  Center                                                  425,000
 41.36  To the Minnesota Historical Society for 
 41.37  a grant to Nicollet county to design 
 41.38  and construct a new central exhibit at 
 41.39  the treaty site history center, subject 
 41.40  to the requirements of Minnesota 
 41.41  Statutes, section 16A.695.  This 
 41.42  appropriation is not available until an 
 41.43  equal amount has been committed from 
 41.44  nonstate sources. 
 41.45  Subd. 11.  Humphrey Museum and
 41.46  Learning Center, Waverly                              1,300,000
 41.47  To the Minnesota Historical Society for 
 41.48  a grant to the city of Waverly to 
 41.49  renovate the existing village hall as 
 41.50  the Hubert H. Humphrey Museum and 
 41.51  Learning Center.  The city may enter 
 41.52  into a lease or management agreement 
 41.53  for the center subject to Minnesota 
 41.54  Statutes, section 16A.695.  It is 
 41.55  expected that the city of Waverly will 
 41.56  construct an addition to the building 
 41.57  with funds from nonstate sources.  
 41.58  Subd. 12.  Bemidji Historical
 41.59  Museum                                                  690,000
 41.60  To the Minnesota Historical Society for 
 41.61  a grant to the city of Bemidji for 
 41.62  renovation of the Bemidji Historical 
 42.1   Museum.  This appropriation is not 
 42.2   available until an equal amount has 
 42.3   been committed from nonstate sources. 
 42.4   Sec. 26.  BOND SALE EXPENSES                             680,000 
 42.5   To the commissioner of finance for bond 
 42.6   sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes, 
 42.7   section 16A.641, subdivision 8. 
 42.8      Sec. 27.  [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATIONS.] 
 42.9      To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond 
 42.10  proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance, on request of the 
 42.11  governor, shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount 
 42.12  up to $682,770,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the 
 42.13  effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 
 42.14  16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 
 42.15  4 to 7.  
 42.16     Sec. 28.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 16A.105, is 
 42.17  amended to read: 
 42.18     16A.105 [DEBT CAPACITY FORECAST.] 
 42.19     By December 1 of each even-numbered In February and 
 42.20  November of each year the governor commissioner shall submit to 
 42.21  the legislature prepare a debt capacity forecast to be delivered 
 42.22  to the governor and legislature according to section 16A.103, 
 42.23  subdivision 1.  The debt capacity forecast must include 
 42.24  statements of the indebtedness of the state for bonds, notes, 
 42.25  and other forms of long-term general obligation 
 42.26  indebtedness that are not accounted for in proprietary or 
 42.27  fiduciary funds, including general obligation bonds, moral 
 42.28  obligation bonds, revenue bonds, loans, grants payable, and 
 42.29  capital leases.  The forecast must show the actual amount of the 
 42.30  debt service for at least the past two completed fiscal years, 
 42.31  and the estimated amount for the current fiscal year and the 
 42.32  next six fiscal years, the debt authorized and unissued, the 
 42.33  condition of the sinking funds, and the borrowing capacity for 
 42.34  the next six fiscal years. 
 42.35     Sec. 29.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 16A.11, 
 42.36  subdivision 3a, is amended to read: 
 42.37     Subd. 3a.  [PART THREE:  DETAILED CAPITAL BUDGET.] The 
 42.38  detailed capital budget must include recommendations for capital 
 43.1   projects to be funded during the next six fiscal years.  It must 
 43.2   be submitted with projects rank ordered in two ways:  in order 
 43.3   of importance among all budget projects as 
 43.4   determined recommended by the governor, and in order of 
 43.5   importance among that agency's requests as determined by the 
 43.6   agency originating the request. 
 43.7      Sec. 30.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 16A.11, is 
 43.8   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 43.9      Subd. 6.  [BUILDING MAINTENANCE.] The detailed operating 
 43.10  budget must include amounts necessary to maintain state 
 43.11  buildings.  The commissioner of finance, in consultation with 
 43.12  the commissioner of administration, the board of trustees of the 
 43.13  Minnesota state colleges and universities, and the regents of 
 43.14  the University of Minnesota, shall establish budget guidelines 
 43.15  for building maintenance appropriations.  Unless otherwise 
 43.16  provided by the commissioner of finance, the amount to be 
 43.17  budgeted each year for building maintenance is two percent of 
 43.18  the cost of the building, adjusted up or down depending on the 
 43.19  age and condition of the building. 
 43.20     Sec. 31.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 16A.501, is 
 43.21  amended to read: 
 43.22     16A.501 [REPORT ON MATCHING MONEY EXPENDITURE OF BOND 
 43.23  PROCEEDS.] 
 43.24     The commissioner of finance must report annually to the 
 43.25  legislature on the degree to which entities receiving 
 43.26  appropriations of bond proceeds contingent upon obtaining 
 43.27  matching money have been successful in raising have encumbered 
 43.28  or expended that money.  The report must be submitted to the 
 43.29  chairs of the house of representatives ways and means committee 
 43.30  and the senate finance committee by February 1 of each year. 
 43.31     Sec. 32.  Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 
 43.32  16A.641, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 43.33     Subd. 4.  [SALE AND ISSUANCE.] State bonds must be sold and 
 43.34  issued upon sealed competitive bids in the manner and on the 
 43.35  terms and conditions determined by the commissioner in 
 43.36  accordance with the laws authorizing them and subject to the 
 44.1   approval of the attorney general, but not subject to chapter 14, 
 44.2   including section 14.386.  For each series, in addition to 
 44.3   provisions required by subdivision 3, the commissioner may 
 44.4   determine:  
 44.5      (1) the time, place, and notice of sale and method of 
 44.6   comparing bids; 
 44.7      (2) the price, not less than par for highway bonds; 
 44.8      (3) the principal amount and date of issue; 
 44.9      (4) the interest rates and payment dates; 
 44.10     (5) the maturity amounts and dates, not more than 20 years 
 44.11  from the date of issue, subject to subdivision 5; 
 44.12     (6) the terms, if any, on which the bonds may or must be 
 44.13  redeemed before maturity, including notice, times, and 
 44.14  redemption prices; and 
 44.15     (7) the form of the bonds and the method of execution, 
 44.16  delivery, payment, registration, conversion, and exchange, in 
 44.17  accordance with section 16A.672.  
 44.18     Sec. 33.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 16B.30, is 
 44.19  amended to read: 
 44.20     16B.30 [GENERAL AUTHORITY.] 
 44.21     (a) Subject to other provisions in this chapter, the 
 44.22  commissioner shall supervise and control the making of all 
 44.23  contracts for the construction of buildings and for other 
 44.24  capital improvements to state buildings and structures, other 
 44.25  than buildings and structures under the control of the board of 
 44.26  trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and 
 44.27  universities.  Except as provided in paragraph (b), a state 
 44.28  agency may not undertake improvements of a capital nature 
 44.29  without specific legislative authority. 
 44.30     (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), specific legislative 
 44.31  authority is not required for repairs or minor capital projects 
 44.32  financed with operating appropriations or agency receipts that: 
 44.33     (1) are undertaken for asset preservation or code 
 44.34  compliance purposes; 
 44.35     (2) do not materially increase the net square footage of a 
 44.36  facility; and 
 45.1      (3) do not materially increase the cost of agency programs. 
 45.2      Unless the commissioner determines that an urgency exists, 
 45.3   the commissioner of an agency undertaking a project with a cost 
 45.4   in excess of $50,000 pursuant to this paragraph shall notify the 
 45.5   chairs of the senate finance committee, the house capital 
 45.6   investment committee, the house ways and means committee, the 
 45.7   appropriate house and senate finance divisions, and the director 
 45.8   of the legislative coordinating commission prior to incurring 
 45.9   any contractual obligation with regard to the project.  Any 
 45.10  agency undertaking any project pursuant to this paragraph during 
 45.11  fiscal year 1999 must report all such projects to the 
 45.12  legislature by January 1, 2000. 
 45.13     Sec. 34.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 16B.35, 
 45.14  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 45.15     Subdivision 1.  [PERCENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR ART.] An 
 45.16  appropriation for the construction or alteration of any state 
 45.17  building, except for buildings under the authority of the 
 45.18  Minnesota state colleges and universities or the University of 
 45.19  Minnesota, may contain an amount not to exceed one percent of 
 45.20  the total appropriation for the building for the acquisition of 
 45.21  works of art, excluding landscaping, which may be an integral 
 45.22  part of the building or its grounds, attached to the building or 
 45.23  grounds or capable of being displayed in other state buildings. 
 45.24  Money used for this purpose is available only for the 
 45.25  acquisition of works of art to be exhibited in areas of a 
 45.26  building or its grounds accessible, on a regular basis, to 
 45.27  members of the public.  For the purposes of this section "state 
 45.28  building" means a building the construction or alteration of 
 45.29  which is paid for wholly or in part by the state. 
 45.30     Sec. 35.  [116J.561] [CREATION OF ACCOUNT.] 
 45.31     A redevelopment account is created in the general fund.  
 45.32  Money in the account may be used to make grants as provided in 
 45.33  section 116J.564 and to pay for the commissioner's costs in 
 45.34  reviewing applications and making grants. 
 45.35     Sec. 36.  [116J.562] [DEFINITIONS.] 
 45.36     Subdivision 1.  [SCOPE OF APPLICATION.] For purposes of 
 46.1   sections 116J.561 to 116J.565, the terms in subdivisions 2 to 5 
 46.2   have the meanings given. 
 46.3      Subd. 2.  [REDEVELOPMENT COSTS OR COSTS.] "Redevelopment 
 46.4   costs" or "costs" means the costs of land acquisition, 
 46.5   demolition, infrastructure improvement, and ponding, or other 
 46.6   environmental infrastructure. 
 46.7      Subd. 3.  [DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.] "Development authority" 
 46.8   includes a statutory or home rule charter city, county, housing 
 46.9   and redevelopment authority, economic development authority, and 
 46.10  port authority. 
 46.11     Subd. 4.  [METROPOLITAN AREA.] "Metropolitan area" means 
 46.12  the seven-county metropolitan area, as defined in section 
 46.13  473.121, subdivision 2. 
 46.14     Subd. 5.  [MUNICIPALITY.] "Municipality" means the 
 46.15  statutory or home rule charter city, town, or, in the case of 
 46.16  unorganized territory, county in which the redevelopment is 
 46.17  located. 
 46.18     Subd. 6.  [PUBLIC BENEFITS.] "Public benefits" include job 
 46.19  creation, environmental benefits to the state and region, 
 46.20  efficient use of public transportation, efficient use of 
 46.21  existing infrastructure, provision of affordable housing, 
 46.22  multiuse development that constitutes community rebuilding 
 46.23  rather than single-use development, crime reduction, blight 
 46.24  reduction, community stabilization, and property tax base 
 46.25  maintenance or improvement. 
 46.26     Sec. 37.  [116J.563] [GRANT APPLICATIONS.] 
 46.27     Subdivision 1.  [APPLICATION REQUIRED.] To obtain a 
 46.28  redevelopment grant, the development authority shall apply to 
 46.29  the commissioner.  The governing body of the municipality must 
 46.30  approve, by resolution, the application. 
 46.31     Subd. 2.  [REQUIRED CONTENT.] The commissioner shall 
 46.32  prescribe and provide the application form.  The application 
 46.33  must include at least the following information: 
 46.34     (1) identification of the site; 
 46.35     (2) a redevelopment plan for the site; 
 46.36     (3) a detailed estimate, along with necessary supporting 
 47.1   evidence, of the total redevelopment costs for the site; 
 47.2      (4) an assessment of the development potential or likely 
 47.3   use of the site after completion of the redevelopment plan, 
 47.4   including any specific commitments from third parties to 
 47.5   construct improvements on the site; 
 47.6      (5) the manner in which the municipality will meet the 
 47.7   local match requirement; and 
 47.8      (6) any additional information or material that the 
 47.9   commissioner prescribes. 
 47.10     Sec. 38.  [116J.564] [GRANTS.] 
 47.11     The commissioner may make a grant to an applicant 
 47.12  development authority to pay for up to 50 percent of the 
 47.13  redevelopment costs for a qualifying site.  The determination of 
 47.14  whether to make a grant for a site is within the sole discretion 
 47.15  of the commissioner, subject to (1) sections 116J.561 to 
 47.16  116J.567, and (2) availability of unencumbered money in the 
 47.17  redevelopment account.  The commissioner's decisions and 
 47.18  application of the priorities under section 116J.565 are not 
 47.19  subject to judicial review, except for abuse of discretion. 
 47.20     Sec. 39.  [116J.565] [PRIORITIES.] 
 47.21     Subdivision 1.  [CHARACTERISTICS.] (a) If applications for 
 47.22  grants exceed the available appropriations, grants shall be made 
 47.23  for sites that, in the commissioner's judgment, provide the 
 47.24  highest return in public benefits for the public costs 
 47.25  incurred.  In making this judgment, the commissioner shall give 
 47.26  priority to redevelopment projects with one or more of the 
 47.27  following characteristics: 
 47.28     (1) the need for redevelopment in conjunction with 
 47.29  contamination remediation needs; 
 47.30     (2) the redevelopment project meets current tax increment 
 47.31  financing requirements for a redevelopment district and tax 
 47.32  increments will contribute to the project; 
 47.33     (3) the redevelopment potential within the municipality; 
 47.34     (4) proximity to public transit if located in the 
 47.35  metropolitan area; and 
 47.36     (5) multijurisdictional projects that take into account the 
 48.1   need for affordable housing, transportation, and environmental 
 48.2   impact. 
 48.3      (b) The factors in paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (5), are 
 48.4   not listed in a rank order of priority; rather the commissioner 
 48.5   may weigh each factor, depending upon the facts and 
 48.6   circumstances, as the commissioner considers appropriate.  The 
 48.7   commissioner may consider other factors that affect the net 
 48.8   return of public benefits for completion of the redevelopment 
 48.9   plan.  The commissioner, notwithstanding the listing of 
 48.10  priorities and the goal of maximizing the return of public 
 48.11  benefits, shall make grants that distribute available money to 
 48.12  sites both within and outside of the metropolitan area.  The 
 48.13  commissioner shall provide a written statement of the supporting 
 48.14  reasons for each grant.  Unless sufficient applications are not 
 48.15  received for qualifying sites outside of the metropolitan area, 
 48.16  at least 25 percent of the money provided as grants must be made 
 48.17  for sites located outside of the metropolitan area.  The 
 48.18  commissioner shall consult with the metropolitan council about 
 48.19  metropolitan area grants. 
 48.20     Subd. 2.  [APPLICATION CYCLES.] In making grants, the 
 48.21  commissioner shall establish semiannual application deadlines in 
 48.22  which grants will be authorized from all or part of the 
 48.23  available money in the account. 
 48.24     Sec. 40.  [116J.566] [LOCAL MATCH REQUIREMENT.] 
 48.25     In order to qualify for a grant under sections 116J.561 to 
 48.26  116J.567, the municipality must pay for at least one-half of the 
 48.27  redevelopment costs as a local match from any money available to 
 48.28  the municipality. 
 48.29     Sec. 41.  [116J.567] [SALE OF LAND.] 
 48.30     Bond proceeds funds in the account may only be used for 
 48.31  redevelopment costs for publicly owned property.  Nonbond 
 48.32  proceeds funds in the account may be used for redevelopment 
 48.33  costs as defined in section 36, subdivision 2, provided that the 
 48.34  land upon which the improvements are made will ultimately be 
 48.35  sold to a private developer at the fair market value of the 
 48.36  land.  Net sale proceeds, up to the amount of the grant, must be 
 49.1   paid to the account by the development authority within two 
 49.2   years of the sale. 
 49.3      Sec. 42.  Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 
 49.4   124C.498, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 49.5      Subd. 2.  [APPROVAL AUTHORITY; APPLICATION FORMS.] To the 
 49.6   extent money is available, the commissioner of children, 
 49.7   families, and learning may approve projects from applications 
 49.8   submitted under this section.  The grant money must be used only 
 49.9   to design, acquire, construct, expand, remodel, improve, 
 49.10  furnish, or equip the building or site of a magnet school 
 49.11  facility according to contracts entered into within 24 months 
 49.12  after the date on which a grant is awarded. 
 49.13     Sec. 43.  Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 
 49.14  268.917, is amended to read: 
 49.15     268.917 [EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING AND CHILD PROTECTION 
 49.16  FACILITIES.] 
 49.17     The commissioner may make grants to state agencies and 
 49.18  political subdivisions to construct or rehabilitate facilities 
 49.19  for Head Start, early childhood and family education programs, 
 49.20  other early childhood intervention programs, child care 
 49.21  collaboratives providing child care services in conjunction with 
 49.22  adult literacy and education programs, or demonstration family 
 49.23  service centers housing multiagency collaboratives, with 
 49.24  priority to centers in counties or municipalities with the 
 49.25  highest number of children living in poverty.  The commissioner 
 49.26  may also make grants to state agencies and political 
 49.27  subdivisions to construct or rehabilitate facilities for crisis 
 49.28  nurseries or child visitation centers.  The facilities must be 
 49.29  owned by the state or a political subdivision, but may be leased 
 49.30  under section 16A.695 to organizations that operate the 
 49.31  programs.  The commissioner shall prescribe the terms and 
 49.32  conditions of the leases.  A grant for an individual facility 
 49.33  must not exceed $200,000 for each program that is housed in the 
 49.34  facility, up to a maximum of $500,000 for a facility that houses 
 49.35  three programs or more.  The commissioner shall give priority to 
 49.36  grants that involve collaboration among sponsors of programs 
 50.1   under this section and all-day or school-age child care 
 50.2   programs.  At least 25 percent of the amounts appropriated for 
 50.3   these grants must be used in conjunction with the youth 
 50.4   employment and training programs operated by the 
 50.5   commissioner utilize youthbuild under sections 268.361 to 
 50.6   268.366 or other youth employment and training programs for the 
 50.7   labor portion of the construction.  Eligible programs must 
 50.8   consult with appropriate labor organizations to deliver 
 50.9   education and training.  State appropriations must be matched on 
 50.10  a dollar-for-dollar basis with nonstate funds.  The matching 
 50.11  requirement must apply program wide to the appropriation and not 
 50.12  to individual grants. 
 50.13     Sec. 44.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 446A.072, is 
 50.14  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 50.15     Subd. 13.  [PLANNING GRANTS.] In order to determine the 
 50.16  feasibility of providing wastewater treatment in unsewered areas 
 50.17  and encourage multijurisdictional coordination, the authority 
 50.18  may provide grants to local governments to prepare preliminary 
 50.19  engineering plans and develop, as appropriate, intermunicipal 
 50.20  agreements, joint powers boards, or sanitary sewer districts.  
 50.21  Planning grants shall be equal to one-half of the eligible 
 50.22  engineering, legal, and administrative costs as determined by 
 50.23  the authority, up to a maximum of $50,000.  The authority shall 
 50.24  award planning grants based on the severity of the environmental 
 50.25  need and the potential for cooperation among local governments. 
 50.26     Sec. 45.  Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 
 50.27  462A.202, subdivision 3a, is amended to read: 
 50.28     Subd. 3a.  [PERMANENT RENTAL HOUSING.] The agency may make 
 50.29  loans, with or without interest, to cities and counties to 
 50.30  finance the construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation of 
 50.31  affordable, permanent, publicly owned rental housing located in 
 50.32  the area designated under Presidential Declaration of Major 
 50.33  Disaster, DR-1175.  Loans made under this subdivision are 
 50.34  subject to the restrictions of subdivision 7.  In making loans 
 50.35  under this subdivision, the agency shall give priority to 
 50.36  projects that increase the supply of affordable family housing. 
 51.1      Sec. 46.  Laws 1986, chapter 396, section 2, subdivision 1, 
 51.2   as amended by Laws 1987, chapter 55, section 4, and Laws 1989, 
 51.3   chapter 54, section 2, is amended to read: 
 51.4      Subdivision 1.  [ACTIVITIES; CONTRACTS.] The city may 
 51.5   acquire, design, construct, equip, improve, expand, control, 
 51.6   operate, and maintain the convention center and related 
 51.7   facilities.  The city shall have all powers necessary or 
 51.8   convenient for those purposes and may enter into any contract 
 51.9   for those purposes, including the financing of the convention 
 51.10  center and any related facilities. 
 51.11     The city may contract for construction materials, supplies, 
 51.12  and equipment in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
 51.13  471.345, except that it may enter into contracts with persons, 
 51.14  firms, or corporations to perform one or more or all of the 
 51.15  functions of architect, engineer, and construction manager with 
 51.16  respect to all or part of a project to build or remodel the 
 51.17  convention center and related facilities.  Contractors shall be 
 51.18  selected through the process of public bidding, provided that it 
 51.19  shall be permissible for the city to narrow the listing of 
 51.20  eligible bidders to those which the city determines to possess 
 51.21  sufficient expertise to perform the intended functions and the 
 51.22  city may negotiate with the three lowest responsible bidders to 
 51.23  achieve the lowest possible bid.  Notwithstanding any other law 
 51.24  or charter provision to the contrary, the city may, at the 
 51.25  discretion of the city council, enter into agreements relating 
 51.26  to the convention center, related facilities or any other city 
 51.27  construction project with appropriate labor organizations and 
 51.28  contractors which provide that no strike or lockout may be 
 51.29  ordered during the term of the agreements.  These provisions and 
 51.30  necessary procedures may be utilized for the purpose of 
 51.31  maintaining employment stability and avoiding delay or 
 51.32  interference with the performance of the fast-track construction 
 51.33  schedule in connection with the project.  The city may require 
 51.34  any construction manager to certify a construction price and 
 51.35  completion date to the city.  The city may require the posting 
 51.36  of a bond in an amount determined by the city to cover any costs 
 52.1   which may be incurred over and above the certified price, 
 52.2   including but not limited to costs incurred by the city or loss 
 52.3   of revenues resulting from incomplete construction on the 
 52.4   completion date and any other obligations the city may require 
 52.5   the construction manager to bear.  The city shall secure surety 
 52.6   bonds as required in Minnesota Statutes, section 574.26, 
 52.7   securing payment of just claims in connection with all public 
 52.8   work undertaken by it.  Persons entitled to the protection of 
 52.9   the bonds may enforce them as provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
 52.10  sections 574.28 to 574.32, and shall not be entitled to a lien 
 52.11  on any property of the city under the provisions of Minnesota 
 52.12  Statutes, sections 514.01 to 514.16. 
 52.13     Sec. 47.  Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 2, subdivision 
 52.14  13, is amended to read: 
 52.15  Subd. 13.  St. Louis County
 52.16  Heritage and Arts Center                                750,000
 52.17  This appropriation is for a grant to 
 52.18  St. Louis county to construct an 
 52.19  addition and improvements to the St. 
 52.20  Louis county heritage and arts center 
 52.21  in Duluth, subject to new Minnesota 
 52.22  Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 52.23  This appropriation is available only as 
 52.24  matched by $2 of nonstate money for 
 52.25  every $1 of state money. 
 52.26     Sec. 48.  Laws 1996, chapter 463, section 13, subdivision 
 52.27  4, as amended by Laws 1997, chapter 246, section 29, is amended 
 52.28  to read:  
 52.29  Subd. 4.  Renovate Capitol
 52.30  Building                                                     
 52.31                                                        8,435,000
 52.32  $4,800,000 is to predesign, design, and 
 52.33  reconstruct the northeast terrace and 
 52.34  predesign and design the northwest 
 52.35  terrace terraces of the capitol 
 52.36  building.  
 52.37  $1,400,000 is to renovate the lantern 
 52.38  and related structures on the capitol 
 52.39  dome. 
 52.40  $2,235,000 is to predesign, design, 
 52.41  construct, furnish, and equip the 
 52.42  renovation of the capitol cafeteria 
 52.43  including full-service kitchen and 
 52.44  related spaces.  The appropriation is 
 52.45  available after review and comment by 
 52.46  the council on disability. 
 52.47  The balance of the appropriation in 
 53.1   this subdivision that is not needed for 
 53.2   the projects specified may be used for 
 53.3   other structural stabilization projects 
 53.4   at the capitol or to improve the 
 53.5   capitol mall. 
 53.6      Sec. 49.  Laws 1996, chapter 463, section 22, subdivision 
 53.7   7, is amended to read: 
 53.8   Subd. 7.  Battle Point                                   500,000 
 53.9   For a grant to independent school 
 53.10  district No. 115, Cass 
 53.11  Lake-Bena, Notwithstanding subdivision 
 53.12  1, this appropriation is to the Indian 
 53.13  Affairs Council for capital 
 53.14  improvements at the Battle Point 
 53.15  historic site.  This appropriation may 
 53.16  be supplemented with money from other 
 53.17  sources. 
 53.18     Sec. 50.  Laws 1997, chapter 202, article 1, section 35, as 
 53.19  amended by Laws 1997, chapter 246, section 34, and Laws 1997, 
 53.20  Second Special Session chapter 2, section 24, is amended to read:
 53.21  Sec. 35.  BOND SALE SCHEDULE 
 53.22  The commissioner of finance shall 
 53.23  schedule the sale of state general 
 53.24  obligation bonds so that, during the 
 53.25  biennium ending June 30, 1999, no more 
 53.26  than $565,457,000 $569,185,000 will 
 53.27  need to be transferred from the general 
 53.28  fund to the state bond fund to pay 
 53.29  principal and interest due and to 
 53.30  become due on outstanding state general 
 53.31  obligation bonds.  During the biennium, 
 53.32  before each sale of state general 
 53.33  obligation bonds, the commissioner of 
 53.34  finance shall calculate the amount of 
 53.35  debt service payments needed on bonds 
 53.36  previously issued and shall estimate 
 53.37  the amount of debt service payments 
 53.38  that will be needed on the bonds 
 53.39  scheduled to be sold, the commissioner 
 53.40  shall adjust the amount of bonds 
 53.41  scheduled to be sold so as to remain 
 53.42  within the limit set by this section.  
 53.43  The commissioner may use the amount 
 53.44  needed of this appropriation to redeem 
 53.45  and prepay the state general obligation 
 53.46  taxable state various purpose bonds 
 53.47  dated July 1, 1988, and to also pay 
 53.48  expenses related to redeeming and 
 53.49  repaying these bonds.  The amount 
 53.50  needed to make the debt service 
 53.51  payments is appropriated from the 
 53.52  general fund as provided in Minnesota 
 53.53  Statutes, section 16A.641. 
 53.54     Sec. 51.  [INTEGRATED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.] 
 53.55     The commissioner of transportation, the metropolitan 
 53.56  council, and the regional rail authorities shall ensure that the 
 53.57  light rail transit and commuter rail facilities funded under 
 54.1   section 16, subdivision 3, are planned, designed, and 
 54.2   implemented:  (1) to move commuters and transit users into and 
 54.3   out of, as well as within, the metropolitan area, and (2) to 
 54.4   ensure that rail transit lines will interface with each other 
 54.5   and other transportation facilities and services so as to 
 54.6   provide a unified, integrated, and efficient multimodal 
 54.7   transportation system. 
 54.8      Sec. 52.  [COMMISSION ON PUBLIC CONVENTION AND CIVIC 
 54.9   CENTERS.] 
 54.10     Subdivision 1.  [PURPOSE.] The state has a strong interest 
 54.11  in the proper development, marketing, and coordinated planning 
 54.12  for the use and funding of public convention and civic centers 
 54.13  throughout Minnesota.  The state further recognizes the need for 
 54.14  a joint effort among convention and civic centers in planning 
 54.15  and marketing the wide array of choices of state public centers 
 54.16  to the convention and tourist business. 
 54.17     Subd. 2.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] The state planning and 
 54.18  coordinating commission on public convention and civic centers 
 54.19  is hereby established.  The commission will be made up of the 
 54.20  following members: 
 54.21     (1) a chair appointed by the governor; 
 54.22     (2) one member from any political subdivision receiving a 
 54.23  state subsidy for a convention or civic center, to be appointed 
 54.24  by the city council or board of county commissioners; 
 54.25     (3) four members of the public, appointed by the governor, 
 54.26  two of whom are representatives, members, or employees of 
 54.27  convention bureaus or trade associations, and two of whom are 
 54.28  representatives of other businesses or employee organizations 
 54.29  that benefit from the operation of public convention and civic 
 54.30  centers; and 
 54.31     (4) the commissioner of trade and economic development, who 
 54.32  shall serve as an ex-officio member. 
 54.33     Subd. 3.  [DUTIES.] The duties of the commission include: 
 54.34     (1) development of methods and principles for coordinating 
 54.35  the marketing and use of public convention and civic centers 
 54.36  throughout the state; 
 55.1      (2) development of a plan to implement coordinated 
 55.2   marketing of all the facilities in the state to national, 
 55.3   regional, and state conventions and hospitality shows; 
 55.4      (3) development, in conjunction with the department of 
 55.5   trade and economic development, of an electronic database that 
 55.6   will promote the variety of state convention and civic centers 
 55.7   to interested parties outside the state including national and 
 55.8   international shows; 
 55.9      (4) solicitation of advice from the general public, 
 55.10  convention and tourist organizations, state companies with an 
 55.11  interest in displaying at conventions, and other individuals 
 55.12  with regard to the improvement of the use of convention and 
 55.13  civic centers; and 
 55.14     (5) review of proposals for state funding of new convention 
 55.15  and civic centers or major remodeling or additions to existing 
 55.16  facilities and preparation of funding recommendations to the 
 55.17  governor and legislature. 
 55.18     Subd. 4.  [OBLIGATIONS OF COMMISSION MEMBERS.] Any 
 55.19  political subdivision that has accepted state funding for a 
 55.20  convention or civic center shall: 
 55.21     (1) submit an annual proposed plan of activity to the 
 55.22  extent available, by January 1 of each year, and report any 
 55.23  changes from the submitted plan to the commissioner; 
 55.24     (2) submit financial books, including annual operating and 
 55.25  loss statements to the commission; and 
 55.26     (3) work cooperatively in setting rates and incentives to 
 55.27  avoid undercutting other state-funded facilities when 
 55.28  negotiating with tourist or hospitality organizations. 
 55.29  No center that has received state funding shall negotiate with a 
 55.30  tourist or hospitality organization that has previously held a 
 55.31  show at another local center or host such a show without 
 55.32  permission of the commission.  No center that has received state 
 55.33  funding may use rates as a competitive factor in attracting 
 55.34  shows, meetings, or other activities. 
 55.35     Sec. 53.  [CANCELLATION.] 
 55.36     The appropriation from the bond proceeds fund under Laws 
 56.1   1994, chapter 643, section 19, subdivision 11, to the Minnesota 
 56.2   historical society for a grant to the city of Taylors Falls to 
 56.3   prepare a preliminary design for the St. Croix Valley heritage 
 56.4   center is canceled. 
 56.5      Sec. 54.  [REPEALER.] 
 56.6      Laws 1986, chapter 396, section 2, subdivision 2, is 
 56.7   repealed. 
 56.8      Sec. 55.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 56.9      Sections 1 to 29 and 31 to 54 are effective the day after 
 56.10  final enactment.  Section 30 is effective for all operating 
 56.11  budgets and budget projections for the fiscal year beginning 
 56.12  July 1, 1999, and thereafter.