Bill Text: MN SF1184 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Hugo regional sewer and water system feasibility study grant appropriation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-07 - Referred to Finance [SF1184 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF1184-Introduced.html
1.2relating to local government; appropriating money for a grant to the city of Hugo
1.3to study the feasibility of a regional sewer and water system.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. HUGO; REGIONAL SEWER AND WATER SYSTEM FEASIBILITY
1.6STUDY.
1.7(a) $75,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Public Facilities Authority
1.8in fiscal year 2014, and available until June 30, 2015, for a grant to the city of Hugo to
1.9study the feasibility of establishing a regional sewer, water, or sewer and water system.
1.10The appropriation is not available until the authority determines that a joint powers
1.11agreement between Hugo and at least four of the following five cities has been executed:
1.12Centerville, Circle Pines, Columbus, Lino Lakes, and Lexington. The joint powers
1.13agreement must include, at a minimum:
1.14(1) that each participating city has committed to contributing $7,500 toward the
1.15cost of the feasibility study; and
1.16(2) how the study will be conducted and who will be responsible for oversight of
1.17the study.
1.18(b) The feasibility study must evaluate:
1.19(1) the costs, benefits, sustainability, and potential for growth in the existing separate
1.20water, sewer, or water and sewer systems, including environmental costs and benefits;
1.21(2) the costs, benefits, advantages, and disadvantages of operating a regional water
1.22supply system, a regional sanitary sewer system, or both;
1.23(3) the infrastructure needed to be improved, added, or replaced to establish a
1.24regional system, the estimated capital costs, and potential financing sources;
2.1(4) the estimated operating costs of a regional system and the fee structure needed to
2.2pay for the regional system's operations, maintenance, and periodic capital improvements;
2.3(5) the benefits to aquifer management and the sustainability of water supply for
2.4the cities; and
2.5(6) any other information determined by the joint powers entity to be necessary
2.6or useful.
2.7The joint powers entity must consult with state and regional agencies with expertise in
2.8water and wastewater infrastructure funding and construction for advice on what should
2.9be included in the feasibility study.
2.10(c) Hugo or the joint powers entity shall report to the chairs and ranking minority
2.11members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over water and wastewater
2.12treatment infrastructure and funding on the results of the feasibility study and any
2.13recommendations for evaluating and implementing a regional water and wastewater
2.14system in other areas of the state. The report must be submitted by January 15 of the year
2.15following completion of the feasibility study.
1.3to study the feasibility of a regional sewer and water system.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. HUGO; REGIONAL SEWER AND WATER SYSTEM FEASIBILITY
1.6STUDY.
1.7(a) $75,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Public Facilities Authority
1.8in fiscal year 2014, and available until June 30, 2015, for a grant to the city of Hugo to
1.9study the feasibility of establishing a regional sewer, water, or sewer and water system.
1.10The appropriation is not available until the authority determines that a joint powers
1.11agreement between Hugo and at least four of the following five cities has been executed:
1.12Centerville, Circle Pines, Columbus, Lino Lakes, and Lexington. The joint powers
1.13agreement must include, at a minimum:
1.14(1) that each participating city has committed to contributing $7,500 toward the
1.15cost of the feasibility study; and
1.16(2) how the study will be conducted and who will be responsible for oversight of
1.17the study.
1.18(b) The feasibility study must evaluate:
1.19(1) the costs, benefits, sustainability, and potential for growth in the existing separate
1.20water, sewer, or water and sewer systems, including environmental costs and benefits;
1.21(2) the costs, benefits, advantages, and disadvantages of operating a regional water
1.22supply system, a regional sanitary sewer system, or both;
1.23(3) the infrastructure needed to be improved, added, or replaced to establish a
1.24regional system, the estimated capital costs, and potential financing sources;
2.1(4) the estimated operating costs of a regional system and the fee structure needed to
2.2pay for the regional system's operations, maintenance, and periodic capital improvements;
2.3(5) the benefits to aquifer management and the sustainability of water supply for
2.4the cities; and
2.5(6) any other information determined by the joint powers entity to be necessary
2.6or useful.
2.7The joint powers entity must consult with state and regional agencies with expertise in
2.8water and wastewater infrastructure funding and construction for advice on what should
2.9be included in the feasibility study.
2.10(c) Hugo or the joint powers entity shall report to the chairs and ranking minority
2.11members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over water and wastewater
2.12treatment infrastructure and funding on the results of the feasibility study and any
2.13recommendations for evaluating and implementing a regional water and wastewater
2.14system in other areas of the state. The report must be submitted by January 15 of the year
2.15following completion of the feasibility study.
