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Omissions and mistakes in the bonding bill DE A-16-1269 amendment:

Article 1 Capital Improvement Appropriations


Page 12, lines 12.5, West Leaf Lake Dam is listed with other state dams for funding while
spreadsheet designates $50,000 for the project.
Page 14 line 14.2, PCA total appropriation does not reflect late addition of $9.25 million for the
Polk County solid waste project. Total should be $30.405 million instead of $21.155 million.
Page 21 line 21.15, Transportation total appropriation does not match spreadsheet.
Page 21, line 21.18, Local Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation funding does not match
spreadsheet. (Spreadsheet is $90 million, amendment is $149.466 million)
Page 21, line 21.25, Local Road Improvement Fund grants do not match spreadsheet.
(Spreadsheet is $146.196 million, amendment is $137.2 million) Line 22.7 includes a grant for a
project in Baxter with no dollar amount.
Page 29, line 29.8, Human Services total appropriation does not reflect late addition of St. Paul Dorothy Day Opportunity Center (additional $12 million).
Page 32, line 32.17, Minneapolis The Family Partnership appropriation is $600,000 lower than
spreadsheet.
Page 34 line 34.24, DEED total appropriation is $26 million lower than spreadsheet.
The following projects while listed on the spreadsheet were completely left out of the
DEED section:

$15 million for City of Duluth Superior Street steam to hot water conversion project
$8 million for City of Hermantown Arrowhead Regional Health and Wellness Center
$3 million for Polk County North Country Food Bank

Page 35, line 35.24, Hennepin Center for the Arts appropriation is not listed as from the general
fund as spreadsheet indicates.
Page 39, line 39.1, PFA total appropriation does not match spreadsheet. City of Lilydale Hi 13
Storm Water Conveyance project is not included in total.
Page 43, line 43.28, Bond sale authorization amount is incorrect and only allows MMB to
sell and issue bonds up to $1.242 million. The correct figure is $1.242 billion.
Other: cancels $300,000 Eagles Healing Nest 2015 appropriation but does not reauthorize with
general fund dollars.
Article 2 Transportation Finance and Policy
Page 47, lines 47.12 49.5, Corridors of Commerce funding does not include dollar amounts as
listed on spreadsheet. Highway 14 language is unclear and maybe unworkable. (Nicollet to
New Ulm) should be for right-of-way acquisition, engineering, and construction of marked
Highway 14 as a four-lane divided highway from the interchange with County Road 21 and
Highway 15 east of New Ulm to the intersection with 471st Avenue west of Nicollet. (Owatonna
to Dodge Center) should be for right-of-way acquisition, engineering, and construction of

Highway 14 as a four-lane divided highway from the interchange with County Road 43 in Steele
County to the west junction with Highway 56 in Dodge County.
Page 49, lines 49.6-50.16, State and Local Roads funding does not include dollar amounts as
listed on the spreadsheet instead amounts are determined by MnDOT commissioner.
Page 50, lines 50.17-50.33, State Road Construction funding does not include dollar amount
listed for Red Wing Hi 61 ($833,000 on spreadsheet). Includes a grant for Highway 95 project
in Cambridge with no listed dollar amount in either spreadsheet or amendment.
Page 50, lines 50.34-52.7, Authorizes $62 million in Trunk Highway bonding. Spreadsheet did
not list any projects while language includes: Hennepin County Highway 12; Anoka County
I-35 Interchange in Columbus; and I-94/Brockton Lane Interchange in amounts as determined
by MnDOT Commissioner. Earlier version of HF 622 (that failed to get supermajority vote) listed
THB projects by dollar amount.

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