| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to Metropolitan Council; modifying procedures and review period for |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 certain metropolitan programs; modifying certain reporting requirements for |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 expenditures; eliminating a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 473.173, subdivision 6; 473.254, subdivisions 2, 6; 473.351, subdivision 3; |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 473H.08, subdivision 3. |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.173, subdivision 6, is amended to read: |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9 Subd. 6.Biennial Decennial review; legislative report.The council and the advisory |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10metropolitan land use committee shall review and assess the rules following their effective |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11date and at least every two years thereafter. by January 15 of each year ending in the numeral |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12"5." No major alteration or amendments to standards for determining metropolitan |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13significance shall be put into effect by the council until 90 days have elapsed following a |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14report to the legislature in which after the alteration or amendment was proposed and |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15recommended by the council in the form of a proposed rule published under section 14.14, |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16subdivision 1a, or 14.22. The report to the legislature must be made during the month of |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17January. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.254, subdivision 2, is amended to read: |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 Subd. 2.Affordable, life-cycle goals.The council shall negotiate with each municipality |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20to establish affordable and life-cycle housing goals for that municipality that are consistent |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21with and promote the policies of the Metropolitan Council as provided in the adopted |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22Metropolitan Development Guide. The council shall adopt, by resolution after a public |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1.23hearing action of its governing body, the negotiated affordable and life-cycle housing goals |
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| 24 | 24 | | 1Sec. 2. |
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| 25 | 25 | | 25-00272 as introduced02/13/25 REVISOR EB/BM |
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| 26 | 26 | | SENATE |
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| 27 | 27 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 28 | 28 | | S.F. No. 3148NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 29 | 29 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: XIONG) |
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| 30 | 30 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 31 | 31 | | Introduction and first reading04/01/2025 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Referred to Transportation 2.1for each municipality by January 15, 1996, and by January 15 in of each succeeding year |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.2for each municipality newly electing to participate in the program or for each municipality |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.3with which new housing goals have been negotiated. By June 30, 1996, and by June 30 in |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.4of each succeeding year for each municipality newly electing to participate in the program |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.5or for each municipality with which new housing goals have been negotiated, each |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.6municipality shall identify to the council the actions it plans to take to meet the established |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.7housing goals. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.8 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.254, subdivision 6, is amended to read: |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.9 Subd. 6.Distribution of funds.The funds in the account must be distributed annually |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.10by the council to municipalities that: |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.11 (1) have not met their affordable and life-cycle housing goals as determined by the |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.12council; and |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.13 (2) are actively funding projects designed to help meet the goals. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.14 Funds may also be distributed to a development authority for a project in an eligible |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.15municipality. The funds distributed by the council must be matched on a dollar-for-dollar |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.16basis by the municipality or development authority receiving the funds. When distributing |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2.17funds in the account, the council must give priority to projects that (1) are in municipalities |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2.18that have contribution net tax capacities that exceed their distribution net tax capacities by |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2.19more than $200 per household, and (2) demonstrate the proposed project will link |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2.20employment opportunities with affordable and life-cycle housing, and (3) provide matching |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2.21funds from a source other than the required affordable and life-cycle housing opportunities |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2.22amount under subdivision 3 or 3a, as applicable. For the purposes of this subdivision, |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2.23"municipality" means a statutory or home rule charter city or town in the metropolitan area |
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| 55 | 55 | | 2.24and "development authority" means a housing and redevelopment authority, economic |
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| 56 | 56 | | 2.25development authority, or port authority. |
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| 57 | 57 | | 2.26 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.351, subdivision 3, is amended to read: |
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| 58 | 58 | | 2.27 Subd. 3.Allocation formula.By July 1 May 15 of every year each implementing agency |
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| 59 | 59 | | 2.28must submit to the Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission a statement of the next |
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| 60 | 60 | | 2.29annual anticipated operation and maintenance expenditures of the regional recreation open |
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| 61 | 61 | | 2.30space parks systems within their respective jurisdictions and the previous year's actual |
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| 62 | 62 | | 2.31expenditures from the most recent annual audited financial statement. After reviewing the |
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| 63 | 63 | | 2.32actual expenditures from the most recent annual audited financial statements submitted and |
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| 64 | 64 | | 2.33by July 15 of each year, the parks and open space commission shall forward to the |
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| 65 | 65 | | 2Sec. 4. |
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| 66 | 66 | | 25-00272 as introduced02/13/25 REVISOR EB/BM 3.1Metropolitan Council the funding requests from the implementing agencies based on the |
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| 67 | 67 | | 3.2actual expenditures made from the most recent annual audited financial statements. The |
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| 68 | 68 | | 3.3Metropolitan Council shall distribute the operation and maintenance money as follows: |
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| 69 | 69 | | 3.4 (1) 40 percent based on the use that each implementing agency's regional recreation |
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| 70 | 70 | | 3.5open space system has in proportion to the total use of the metropolitan regional recreation |
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| 71 | 71 | | 3.6open space system; |
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| 72 | 72 | | 3.7 (2) 40 percent based on the operation and maintenance expenditures made in the previous |
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| 73 | 73 | | 3.8year by each implementing agency in proportion to the total operation and maintenance |
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| 74 | 74 | | 3.9expenditures of all of the implementing agencies; and |
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| 75 | 75 | | 3.10 (3) 20 percent based on the acreage that each implementing agency's regional recreation |
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| 76 | 76 | | 3.11open space system has in proportion to the total acreage of the metropolitan regional |
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| 77 | 77 | | 3.12recreation open space system. The 80 percent natural resource management land acreage |
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| 78 | 78 | | 3.13of the park reserves must be divided by four in calculating the distribution under this clause. |
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| 79 | 79 | | 3.14 Each implementing agency must receive no less than 40 percent of its actual operation |
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| 80 | 80 | | 3.15and maintenance expenses from the most recent annual audited financial statements to be |
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| 81 | 81 | | 3.16incurred in the current calendar year budget as submitted to the parks and open space |
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| 82 | 82 | | 3.17commission. If the available operation and maintenance money is less than the total amount |
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| 83 | 83 | | 3.18determined by the formula including the preceding, the implementing agencies will share |
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| 84 | 84 | | 3.19the available money in proportion to the amounts they would otherwise be entitled to under |
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| 85 | 85 | | 3.20the formula. |
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| 86 | 86 | | 3.21 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473H.08, subdivision 3, is amended to read: |
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| 87 | 87 | | 3.22 Subd. 3.Expiration by authority.The authority may initiate expiration by notifying |
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| 88 | 88 | | 3.23the landowner by registered letter on a form provided by the commissioner of agriculture, |
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| 89 | 89 | | 3.24provided that before notification (i) the comprehensive plan and the zoning for the land |
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| 90 | 90 | | 3.25have been officially amended so that the land is no longer planned for long-term agriculture |
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| 91 | 91 | | 3.26and is no longer zoned for long-term agriculture, evidenced by a maximum residential |
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| 92 | 92 | | 3.27density permitting more than one unit per quarter/quarter, and (ii) the authority has certified |
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| 93 | 93 | | 3.28such the changes pursuant to section 473H.04, subdivision 2. The notice shall describe the |
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| 94 | 94 | | 3.29property for which expiration is desired and shall state the date of expiration which shall |
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| 95 | 95 | | 3.30be at least eight years from the date of notice. Within six months of issuing notice, the |
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| 96 | 96 | | 3.31authority shall amend the comprehensive plan and the zoning for the land, pursuant to |
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| 97 | 97 | | 3.32sections 473.854 and 473.865, so that the land is no longer planned for long-term agriculture |
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| 98 | 98 | | 3.33and is no longer zoned for long-term agriculture, evidenced by a maximum residential |
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| 99 | 99 | | 3.34density permitting more than one unit per quarter/quarter. |
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| 100 | 100 | | 3Sec. 5. |
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| 101 | 101 | | 25-00272 as introduced02/13/25 REVISOR EB/BM 4.1 Sec. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. |
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| 102 | 102 | | 4.2 This act is effective the day following final enactment and applies in the counties of |
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| 103 | 103 | | 4.3Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington. |
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| 104 | 104 | | 4Sec. 6. |
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| 105 | 105 | | 25-00272 as introduced02/13/25 REVISOR EB/BM |
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