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Legislative Update - May 3rd, 2017

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Dear Neighbors and friends,

 

On January 4th, Governor Dayton released his 2017 Jobs Bill. Thanks to sound fiscal management over the last six years, the State of Minnesota has a AAA bond rating and over $3 billion in available bonding capacity for 2017-2018. The Governor’s proposed Jobs Bill would remain well within these limits – protecting the state’s financial standing, while making critical investments in our state’s future. Unfortunately, with a GOP majority in the House and Senate, I have serious concerns that necessary infrastructure projects will not be addressed for yet another year.

 

READ MORE about the Governor’s Jobs Bill proposal. [Link]

GET THE FACTS about the Governor’s Jobs Bill proposal. [Link]

TAKE A LOOK at this interactive map, showing where projects are located. [Link]

 

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

 

$3 Billion

 

 

Thanks to sound fiscal management over the last six years, the State of Minnesota has a AAA bond rating and over $3 billion in available bonding capacity for 2017-2018.

 

 
 

$1.5 Billion

 

 

Governor Dayton’s Jobs Bill would invest $1.5 billion in infrastructure projects statewide. The bill is well-within the state’s bonding capacity, protecting Minnesota’s financial standing and making critical investments in our state’s future.

 

 
 

$600 Million

 

 

Governor Dayton’s Jobs Bill is designed to make state resources go farther, by leveraging an estimated $600 million in private, local, and federal investment in Minnesota’s infrastructure.

 

 
 

240 Projects

 

 

Governor Dayton’s Jobs Bill includes 240 infrastructure projects across the state. It balances the needs of the entire state, with 35 percent of projects in Greater Minnesota, 30 percent in the Twin Cities Area, and 35 percent having impacts statewide.

 

 
 

22,950 Jobs

 

 

The infrastructure investments included in the Governor’s proposal would help create an estimated 22,950 Minnesota jobs. This estimate is based on a revised 2015 Bureau of Economic Analysis model. The Regional Input-Output Modeling System (RIMS) estimates that approximately 15.3 jobs are created for every $1 million in construction project spending in Minnesota.

 

 
 

$3.7 Billion

 

 

Governor Dayton’s Jobs Bill invests $1.5 billion in critical infrastructure projects statewide. But that is only a fraction of the need. In 2016, communities across Minnesota requested $3.7 billion in projects to improve their classrooms, provide better access to clean, affordable water, fix local roads and bridges, and more.

 

 
 

 

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COMPARING BONDING PROPOSALS, OVERALL

 

 

Total

 

Gov. Dayton’s Proposal

 

Senate Proposal

 

House Proposal

 
 

Total GO Bonding Bill

 

$1.5 Billion

 

$973 million

 

$600 million

 
 

Total Cash in Bill

 

$16.8 million

 

$202 million

 

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COMPARING BONDING PROPOSALS, BY COUNTY

Anoka County

 

 

Project

 

Gov. Dayton’s Proposal

 

Senate  Proposal

 

House Proposal

 
 

National Sport Center Field Expansion

 

$5.08 million

 

$0

 

$0

 
 

National Sport Center Asset Preservation

 

$500,000

 

$0

 

$0

 
 

Lino Lakes Corrections Asset Preservation

 

$700,000

 

$700,000

 

$700,000

 
 

Lino Lakes Building E Renovation

 

$5 million

 

$0

 

$0

 
 

Anoka Metro Regional Treatment Center: Safety and Security Renovations

 

$2.25 million

 

$2.25 million

 

$2.25 million

 
 

Anoka Human Services Asset Preservation

 

$650,000

 

$0

 

$0

 
 

Met Council Regional Parks – Anoka County

 

$1 million

 

$501,000

 

$0

 
 

Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Coon Rapids (MnSCU HEAPR)

 

$2.56 million

 

$0

 

$1.7

 
 

Closed Landfill Construction: Waste Disposal Engineering (WDE)

 

$11.35 million

 

$650,000

 

$0

 
 

Rail Grade Separation, Coon Rapids

 

$12.6 million

 

$11.99 million

 

$0

 
 

Transportation Project Earmarks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

35W and Lake Drive Improvements

 

Transportation Project

 

$9 million

 

Transportation Project

 
 

Reconstruction of 105th Ave, Blaine

 

Transportation Project

 

$3.25 million

 

Transportation Project

 
 

Hwy 10 Hanson Blvd to Round Lake Blvd, Coon Rapids

 

Transportation Project

 

$30 million

 

Transportation Project

 
 

Hwy 10, Anoka County

 

Transportation Project

 

$2 million

 

Transportation Project

 
 

I35, Anoka County

 

Transportation Project

 

$13 million

 

Transportation Project

 
 

 

Hennepin County

 

 

Project

 

Gov. Dayton’s Proposal

 

Senate Proposal

 

House Proposal

 
 

Fort Snelling Asset Preservation

 

$4 million

 

$4 million

 

$4 million

 
 

Hennepin County I35W Access

 

$25 million

 

$25 million

 

$25 million

 
 

Mill City Museum Asset Preservation

 

$750,000

 

$750,000

 

$750,000

 
 

Hennepin County Regional Medical Examiner Facility

 

$25.93 million

 

$2.68 million

 

$0

 
 

Family Partnership, Minneapolis

 

$1.6 million

 

$1.6 million

 

$0

 
 

Mall of America Transit Station

 

$0

 

$8.75 million

 

$0

 
 

Champlin Mill Pond

 

$0

 

$3.3 million

 

$3.3 million

 
 

Perspectives Family Center

 

$2 million

 

$600,000

 

$0

 
 

Art Space Hennepin Center for Arts

 

$0

 

$5 million

 

$0

 
 

Norway House, Minneapolis

 

$0

 

$5 million

 

$0

 
 

Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery Fence, Minneapolis

 

$0

 

$1.03 million

 

$1.03 million

 
 

South Minneapolis Workforce Center, Asset Preserv

 

$1.34 million

 

$0

 

$0

 
 

Historic Fort Snelling Visitor Center

 

$34 million

 

$0

 

$0

 
 

Met Council Parks, City of Bloomington

 

$251,000

 

$125,000

 

$0

 
 

Met Council Parks, City of Minneapolis

 

$2.03 million

 

$1.02 million

 

$0

 
 

Hennepin Technical College (MnSCU, HEAPR)

 

$3.44 million

 

$0

 

$1.3 million

 
 

Minneapolis Community & Technical College (MnSCU, HEAPR)

 

$4.41 million

 

$2.83 million

 

$0

 
 

Normandale Community College (MnSCU, HEAPR)

 

$2 million

 

$1.05 million

 

$0

 
 

North Hennepin Community College (MnSCU, HEAPR)

 

$3.06 million

 

$1.29 million

 

$0

 
 

Perpich Center for the Arts, Asset Preservation

 

$2.3 million

 

$0

 

$0

 
 

Stone Arch Bridge Repairs

 

$2.5 million

 

$0

 

$0

 
 

Second Harvest Heartland

 

$18 million

 

$0

 

$0

 
 

Eden Prairie Truck Station Renovation

 

$13.5 million

 

$0

 

$0

 
 

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (HEAPR)

 

$46.01 million

 

$41.93 million

 

$25.16 million

 
 

University of Minnesota Health Sciences Education

 

$66.67 million

 

$0

 

$0

 
 

Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Asset Preservation

 

$2.15 million

 

$2.15 million

 

$2.15 million

 
 

Minneapolis Veterans Home Truss Bridge Project

 

$7.85 million

 

$0

 

$0

 
 

Minneapolis Emergency Operations Training Facility

 

$2.5 million

 

$0

 

$0

 
 

Minneapolis American Indian Center

 

$155,000

 

$0

 

$0

 
 

Minneapolis People’s Center

 

$2.75 million

 

$0

 

$0

 
 

Transportation Project Earmarks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Hwy 12 Hennepin County

 

Transportation Project

 

$15 million

 

Transportation Project

 
 

Metro Orange Line Bus Rapid Transit

 

Transportation Project

 

$12.1 million

 

Transportation Project

 
 

I94 at Brockton Lane

 

Transportation Project

 

$34 million

 

Transportation Project

 
 

 

 

 

Ramsey County

 

 

Project

 

Gov. Dayton’s Proposal

 

Senate Proposal

 

House Proposal

 
 

Capitol Monuments Renovations and Repairs

 

$350,000

 

$350,000

 

$0

 
 

Capitol Complex Security Upgrades

 

$18.5 million

 

$10.5 million

 

$10.5 million

 
 

Centennial Parking Ramp Structural Repairs

 

$10.89 million

 

$10.89 million

 

$0

 
 

Department of Agriculture, Lab Capital Equipment

 

$2.22 million

 

$2.22 million

 

$0

 
 

Public Health Lab Capital Equipment

 

$2.34 million

 

$2.34 million

 

$0

 
 

Plant Growth Research Facility

 

$4.4 million

 

$4.4 million

 

$0

 
 

Dorothy Day Revision Phase 2

 

$12 million

 

$12 million

 

$0

 
 

Como Zoo Habitat Preservation Exhibit Renovation

 

$15.46 million

 

$12 million

 

$0

 
 

Science Museum Building Preservation

 

$13 million

 

$13 million

 

$13 million

 
 

I694 Interchange at Rice Street

 

$20.5 million

 

$20.5 million

 

$0

 
 

Minnesota Museum of American Art

 

$0

 

$6 million

 

$0

 
 

Saint Paul Port Authority Infrastructure

 

$3.32 million

 

$1.6 million

 

$1.6 million

 
 

Capitol Complex Visitor and Staff Parking Facilities

 

$3.5 million

 

$0

 

$0

 
 

Met Council Regional Parks, Ramsey County

 

$850,000

 

$425,000

 

$0

 
 

Met Council Regional Parks, City of Saint Paul

 

$1.37 million

 

$685,000

 

$0

 
 

Metropolitan State University

 

$700,000

 

$700,000

 

$0

 
 

Inver Hills Community College (MnSCU, HEAPR)

 

$2.45 million

 

$1.35 million

 

$1.35 million

 
 

Saint Paul College (MnSCU, HEAPR)

 

$2.15 million

 

$280,000

 

$0

 
 

New State Emergency Operations Center

 

$33.3 million

 

$0

 

$0

 
 

Saint Paul Shade Tree Reforestation

 

$1.5 million

 

$0

 

$0

 
 

Saint Paul Wakan Tipi Center at Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary

 

$3 million

 

$0

 

$0

 
 

Saint Paul Great River Passage Environmental Learning Center

 

$3 million

 

$0

 

$0

 
 

Ramsey County Regional Rail Authority Union Pacific/BNSF Grade Separation

 

$1 million

 

$0

 

$0

 
 

Saint Paul River Centre Parking Ramp

 

$1 million

 

$0

 

$0

 
 

 

It’s important that we all understand the local impacts of the public works legislation being considered by the GOP-led Minnesota legislature.

 

Regards,

Mary