1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; limiting the appropriation for the Lake Links 
1.3 	Trail in Ramsey and Washington Counties to the segment known as the Silver 
1.4 	Lake Trail; amending Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 19, subdivision 6.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 19, subdivision 6, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 	

1.91.10
	Subd. 6. Metropolitan Regional  Parks 
Capital Improvements 
 				14,664,000
	
1.11 	
1.12 	This appropriation must be used to pay  the 
1.13 	cost of improvements and  betterments of a 
1.14 	capital nature and  acquisition by the council 
1.15 	and local  government units of regional  
1.16 	recreational open-space lands in  accordance 
1.17 	with the council's policy  plan as provided in 
1.18 	Minnesota Statutes,  section 473.147.  Priority 
1.19 	should be  given to park rehabilitation and 
1.20 	land  acquisition projects.  
1.21 	
1.22 	For purposes of Minnesota Statutes,  section 
1.23 	473.351, Columbia Parkway,  Ridgeway 
1.24 	Parkway, and Stinson Boulevard  are 
2.1 	considered to be part of the  metropolitan 
2.2 	regional recreation open  space system.  
2.3 	
2.4 	$100,000 is for a grant to Ramsey and  
2.5 	Washington Counties, or either of them  
2.6 	as jointly agreed, to prepare  engineering 
2.7 	design documents for the  development of 
2.8 	a trail adjacent to  marked Trunk Highway 
2.9 	120 from its  intersection with Joy Road 
2.10 	to its  intersection with 20th Street in the  
2.11 	city of North St. Paul, adjacent to  marked 
2.12 	Trunk Highway 96 from its  intersection with 
2.13 	marked Trunk Highway  61 to its intersection 
2.14 	with marked  Trunk Highway 244, and 
2.15 	adjacent to  marked Trunk Highway 244 from 
2.16 	its  intersection with marked Trunk Highway 
2.17 	96 to and including its intersection  with 
2.18 	Washington County Road 12 to be known 
2.19 	as the Silver Lake Trail.  The  design must 
2.20 	be consistent with the  recommendations 
2.21 	of the Lake Links Trail  Network Master 
2.22 	Plan prepared for Ramsey  and Washington 
2.23 	Counties.  
2.24 	
2.25 	$388,000 is for a grant to the city of  St. 
2.26 	Paul for park and trail  improvements in the 
2.27 	Desnoyer Park area,  above the Meeker Island 
2.28 	lock historic  site.  
2.29 	
2.30 	$4,676,000 is for a grant to the city  of St. 
2.31 	Paul to design and construct  river's edge 
2.32 	improvements at Raspberry  Island and 
2.33 	Upper Landing and develop a  public park on 
2.34 	Raspberry Island.  Of  this amount, $676,000 
2.35 	is the local  match for an Upper Landing 
2.36 	federal  TEA-21 grant.  
3.1 	
3.2 	$2,500,000 is for a grant to the city  of 
3.3 	South St. Paul for the closure,  capping, and 
3.4 	remediation of  approximately 80 acres of 
3.5 	the Port  Crosby construction and demolition  
3.6 	debris landfill in South St. Paul, as  the fourth 
3.7 	phase of converting the land  into parkland, 
3.8 	and to restore  approximately 80 acres of 
3.9 	riverfront  land along the Mississippi River.  
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3.11 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 3.12 	This act is effective the day following final enactment.