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MN Stat § 473.341 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.341 — Tax Equivalents.

473.341 TAX EQUIVALENTS. In the year in which the Metropolitan Council or an implementing agency as defined in section 473.351 acquires fee title to any real property included in the regional recreation open space system, the Metropolitan Council shall grant sufficient funds to the appropriate implementing agency to make the tax equivalent payment required in this section. The council shall determine the total amount of property taxes levied on the real property for municipal or township purposes for collection in the year in which title passed. The municipality or township in which the real property is situated shall be paid 180 percent of the total tax amount determined by the council. If the implementing agency has granted a life estate to the seller of the real property and the seller is obligated to pay property taxes on the property, this tax equivalent shall not be paid until the life estate ends. All amounts paid pursuant to this section are costs of acquisition of the real property acquired. History:  1975 c 13 s 51; 1994 c 587 art 5 s 23
MN Stat § 473.371 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.371 — Policy; Goals.

473.371 POLICY; GOALS. Subdivision 1. Policy. The legislature finds that, for the provision of essential mobility and transportation options in the metropolitan area, for the encouragement of alternatives to the single-occupant vehicle and for the development of transportation service designed to meet public needs efficiently and effectively, there is a need for the creation of transit programs in the metropolitan area. Subd. 2. Goals. The goals of sections 473.371 to 473.449 are as follows: (a) to provide, to the greatest feasible extent, a basic level of mobility for all people in the metropolitan area; (b) to arrange to the greatest feasible extent for the provision of a comprehensive set of transit and paratransit services to meet the needs of all people in the metropolitan area; (c) to cooperate with private and public transit providers to assure the most efficient and coordinated use of existing and planned transit resources; and (d) to maintain public mobility in the event of emergencies or energy shortages. History:  1984 c 654 art 3 s 115; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 59
MN Stat § 473.385 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.385 — Transit Service Areas.

473.385 TRANSIT SERVICE AREAS. Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) "Fully developed service area" means the fully developed area, as defined in the Metropolitan Council's development guide, plus the cities of Mendota Heights, Maplewood, North St. Paul, and Little Canada. (b) "Regular route transit" has the meaning given it in section 174.22, subdivision 8, except that, for purposes of this section, the term does not include services on fixed routes and schedules that are primarily intended to provide circulator service within a community or adjacent communities rather than feeder service to the system of metropolitan regular route transit operated by the council. Subd. 2. Service areas. The council may provide financial assistance (whether directly or through another entity) to private, for-profit operators of public transit only for the following services: (1) services that are not regular route services; (2) regular route services provided on June 2, 1989, by a private, for-profit operator under contract with the former regional transit board or under a certificate of convenience and necessity issued by the commissioner of transportation; (3) regular route services outside of the fully developed service area that are not operated on June 2, 1989, by the former Metropolitan Transit Commission; (4) regular route services provided under section 473.388; (5) regular route services to recipients who, as part of a negotiated cost-sharing arrangement with the council, pay at least 50 percent of the cost of the service that directly benefits the recipient as an institution or organization; or (6) regular route services that will not be operated for a reasonable subsidy by the council. History:  1989 c 339 s 11; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 76; 1995 c 236 s 9; 2001 c 213 s 30
MN Stat § 473.387 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.387 — Special Transportation Markets.

473.387 SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION MARKETS. Subdivision 1. Purposes. The legislature finds and declares that the limited public resources available to subsidize transit require increased efforts to concentrate service and funding on special sectors of the marketplace, so as to ensure a basic level of mobility for all persons in the metropolitan area. The purposes of the programs established by this section are to better target transit services and expenditures on transit dependent sectors of the market and to increase the efficiency and effectiveness and control the cost of transit services for persons who lack private means of transportation. Subd. 2. Administration. The council shall design and administer the programs under this section. The council may request proposals for projects to demonstrate methods of achieving the purposes of programs administered under this section. The council shall design or ensure the design of programs that will provide better access for the targeted service groups to places of employment and activity throughout the metropolitan area, using regular route transit, paratransit, taxis, car or van pools, or other means of conveyance. The council may organize the services by providing to individuals, directly or indirectly, reduced fares or passes on public transit or vouchers to be used to purchase transportation; by contracting with public and private providers; by arrangements with government agencies, civic and community organizations or nonprofit groups providing assistance to the targeted service groups; by arrangements with prospective employers, with employment, education, retail, medical, or other activity centers, or with local governments; or by any other methods designed to improve service and reduce costs to the targeted service groups. Subd. 3. Job seekers. The council shall establish a program and policies to increase the availability and utility of public transit services and reduce transportation costs for persons who are seeking employment and who lack private means of transportation. Subd. 4. Transit disadvantaged. The council shall establish a program and policies to reduce transportation costs for persons who are, because of limited incomes, age, disability, or other reasons, especially dependent on public transit for common mobility. History:  1Sp1985 c 10 s 101; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 84-86
MN Stat § 473.3875 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.3875 — Transit For Livable Communities.

473.3875 TRANSIT FOR LIVABLE COMMUNITIES. The council shall establish a transit for livable communities demonstration program fund. The council shall adopt guidelines for selecting and evaluating demonstration projects for funding. The selection guidelines must include provisions evaluating projects: (1) interrelating development or redevelopment and transit; (2) interrelating affordable housing and employment growth areas; (3) helping intensify land use that leads to more compact development or redevelopment; (4) coordinating school transportation and public transit service; (5) implementing recommendations of the transit redesign plan; or (6) otherwise promoting the goals of the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act. History:   1996 c 464 art 2 s 3
MN Stat § 473.391 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.391 — Route Planning And Scheduling.

473.391 ROUTE PLANNING AND SCHEDULING. Subdivision 1. Contracts. The council may contract with other operators or local governments for route planning and scheduling services in any configuration of new or reconfiguration of existing transit services and routes. Subd. 2. Route elimination; service reduction. The council shall, before making a determination to eliminate or reduce service on existing transit routes, consider: (1) the level of subsidy per passenger on each route; (2) the availability and proximity of alternative transit routes; and (3) the percentage of transit dependent riders, including youth, elderly, low-income, and disabled riders currently using each route. History:  1987 c 278 s 22; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 95; 1995 c 265 art 1 s 2; 1996 c 464 art 2 s 5; 2014 c 271 art 3 s 13
MN Stat § 473.3925 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.3925 — Bus Purchases.

473.3925 BUS PURCHASES. The Metropolitan Council, in preparing bid specifications for bus purchases, shall ensure that the specifications conform, to the greatest extent practicable, with products that are manufactured in this state. History:   2009 c 36 art 3 s 24
MN Stat § 473.3927 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.3927 — Zero-emission And Electric Transit Vehicles.

473.3927 ZERO-EMISSION AND ELECTRIC TRANSIT VEHICLES. Subdivision 1. Transition plan required. (a) The council must develop and maintain a zero-emission and electric transit vehicle transition plan. (b) The council must complete the initial plan by February 15, 2022, and revise the plan at least once every five years. Subd. 2. Plan development. At a minimum, the plan must: (1) establish implementation policies and guidance; (2) set transition milestones or performance measures, or both, which may include vehicle procurement goals over the transition period; (3) identify barriers, constraints, and risks, and determine objectives and strategies to address the issues identified; (4) consider findings and best practices from other transit agencies; (5) analyze zero-emission and electric transit vehicle technology impacts, including cold weather operation and emerging technologies; (6) consider opportunities to prioritize the deployment of zero-emissions vehicles in areas with poor air quality; (7) provide detailed estimates of implementation costs; and (8) summarize updates to the plan from the most recent version. Subd. 3. Copy to legislature. Upon completion or revision of the plan, the council must provide a copy to the chairs, ranking minority members, and staff of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance. History:   1Sp2021 c 5 art 4 s 117
MN Stat § 473.399 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.399 — Transit Ways; Light Rail Transit And Commuter Rail In The Metropolitan Area.

473.399 TRANSIT WAYS; LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT AND COMMUTER RAIL IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA. Subdivision 1. General requirements. (a) The council must identify in its transportation policy plan those heavily traveled corridors where development of a transitway may be feasible and cost-effective. Modes of providing service in a transitway may include bus rapid transit, light rail transit, commuter rail, or other available systems or technologies that improve transit service. (b) After the completion of environmental studies and receipt of input from the governing body of each statutory and home rule charter city, county, and town in which a transitway is proposed to be constructed, the council must designate the locally preferred alternative transit mode with respect to the corridor. (c) The council shall ensure that any light rail transit facilities that are designated as the locally preferred alternative and that are to be constructed in the metropolitan area will be acquired, developed, owned, and capable of operation in an efficient, cost-effective, and coordinated manner in coordination with buses and other transportation modes and facilities. (d) Construction of light rail transit facilities in a particular transit corridor may not commence unless and until that mode is designated as the locally preferred alternative for that corridor by the council. Subd. 1a. Integrated transportation system. The commissioner of transportation and the Metropolitan Council shall ensure that light rail transit and commuter rail facilities are planned, designed, and implemented: (1) to move commuters and transit users into and out of, as well as within, the metropolitan area, and (2) to ensure that rail transit lines will interface with each other and other transportation facilities and services so as to provide a unified, integrated, and efficient multimodal transportation system. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1993 c 353 s 20] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1993 c 353 s 20] Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 2009 c 93 art 1 s 47] Subd. 5. Availability of light rail transit information. The Metropolitan Council shall maintain in a centralized location on an Internet website, for each light rail transit line operated by the council and for each year of operation of the line: (1) financial data, including revenue by source and operating and capital expenses; and (2) ridership information, including ridership and passenger miles. History:  1989 c 339 s 12; 1993 c 353 s 5; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 98; 1998 c 404 s 55,56; 1999 c 230 s 38; 1Sp2001 c 8 art 2 s 71; 2008 c 287 art 1 s 100; 2008 c 350 art 1 s 85
MN Stat § 473.3995 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.3995 — Light Rail Transit; Design-build Method.

473.3995 LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT; DESIGN-BUILD METHOD. (a) A responsible authority may use a design-build method of project development and construction for light rail transit. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a responsible authority may award a design-build contract on the basis of requests for proposals or requests for qualifications without bids. "Design-build method of project development and construction" means a project delivery system in which a single contractor is responsible for both the design and construction of the project and bids the design and construction together. (b) If a responsible authority utilizes a design-build method of project development and construction for light rail transit, the requirements and procedures in sections 161.3410 to 161.3426 apply to the procurement, subject to the following conditions and exceptions: (1) if the Metropolitan Council is the responsible authority for a particular light rail transit project, when used in sections 161.3410 to 161.3426, (i) the terms "commissioner," "Minnesota Department of Transportation," "department," "state agencies," and "road authority" refer to the Metropolitan Council, and (ii) the term "state" refers to the Metropolitan Council except in references to state law or in references to the state as a geographical location; (2) the provisions of section 161.3412, subdivisions 3 and 4, are not applicable to the procurement; and (3) if any federal funds are used in developing or constructing the light rail transit project, any provisions in sections 161.3410 to 161.3426 that are inconsistent with, or prohibited by, any federal law, regulation, or other requirement are not applicable to the procurement. History:   2008 c 287 art 1 s 105
MN Stat § 473.3997 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.3997 — Federal Funding; Light Rail Transit.

473.3997 FEDERAL FUNDING; LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT. (a) Upon completion of the alternatives analysis and draft environmental impact statement, and selection of the locally preferred alternative, for each light rail transit facility, the responsible authority may prepare an application for federal assistance for the light rail transit facility. If the commissioner is the responsible authority, the application must be reviewed and approved by the Metropolitan Council before it is submitted by the commissioner. In reviewing the application the council must consider the operating cost estimate developed under section 473.3994, subdivision 9. (b) Except for the designated responsible authority for a particular light rail transit facility, no political subdivision in the metropolitan area may on its own apply for federal assistance for light rail transit planning or construction. History:  1991 c 298 art 7 s 7; 1993 c 353 s 17; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 100; 2008 c 287 art 1 s 106
MN Stat § 473.3999 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.3999 — Light Rail Transit Construction; Council Authority.

473.3999 LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT CONSTRUCTION; COUNCIL AUTHORITY. The Metropolitan Council may exercise the powers granted in this chapter and in other applicable law, as necessary, to plan, design, acquire, construct, and equip light rail transit facilities in the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2. History:   2008 c 287 art 1 s 107
MN Stat § 473.4051 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.4051 — Light Rail Transit Construction And Operation.

473.4051 LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION. Subdivision 1. Operator. The council shall operate all light rail transit facilities and services located in the metropolitan area upon completion of construction of the facilities and the commencement of revenue service using the facilities. The council may not allow the commencement of revenue service until after an appropriate period of acceptance testing to ensure safe and satisfactory performance. In assuming the operation of the system, the council must comply with section 473.415. The council shall coordinate operation of the light rail transit system with bus service to avoid duplication of service on a route served by light rail transit and to ensure the widest possible access to light rail transit lines in both suburban and urban areas by means of a feeder bus system. Subd. 2. Operating costs. (a) After operating revenue and federal money have been used to pay for light rail transit operations, 50 percent of the remaining operating costs must be paid by the state. (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), all operating and ongoing capital maintenance costs must be paid from nonstate sources for a segment of a light rail transit line or line extension project that formally entered the engineering phase of the Federal Transit Administration's "New Starts" capital investment grant program between August 1, 2016, and December 31, 2016. Subd. 3. Capital costs. State money may not be used to pay more than ten percent of the total capital cost of a light rail transit project. History:  1988 c 684 art 2 s 6; 1989 c 339 s 19; 1993 c 353 s 19; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 109; 2008 c 287 art 1 s 108; 2008 c 365 s 12; 1Sp2017 c 3 art 3 s 120
MN Stat § 473.4055 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.4055 — Regulation Of Light Rail Transit Warning Signals.

473.4055 REGULATION OF LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT WARNING SIGNALS. A statutory or home rule charter city or town may by ordinance regulate within its jurisdiction the sounding of horns, whistles, or other audible warnings by light rail transit vehicles. All regulations and ordinances adopted under this section must conform to federal law. History:   2004 c 245 s 2
MN Stat § 473.4056 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.4056 — Light Rail Transit Vehicle Design.

473.4056 LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT VEHICLE DESIGN. Subdivision 1. Adoption of standards. (a) By January 1, 2015, the Metropolitan Council shall adopt and may thereafter amend standards for the design of light rail vehicles that are reasonably necessary to provide access for, and to protect the health and safety of, persons who use the service. All light rail transit vehicles procured on and after January 1, 2015, must conform to the standards then in effect. (b) The Transportation Accessibility Advisory Committee must review the standards and all subsequent amendments before the Metropolitan Council adopts them. (c) The Metropolitan Council shall post adopted standards, including amendments, on its website. Subd. 2. Minimum standards. Standards adopted under this section must include, but are not limited to: (1) two dedicated spaces for wheelchair users in each car; (2) seating for a companion adjacent to at least two wheelchair-dedicated spaces; and (3) further specifications that meet or exceed the standards established in the Americans with Disabilities Act. History:   2014 c 312 art 11 s 31
MN Stat § 473.409 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.409 — Agreements With Council; Encouragement Of Transit Use.

473.409 AGREEMENTS WITH COUNCIL; ENCOURAGEMENT OF TRANSIT USE. A state department or agency, including the legislative branch, any local governmental unit, or a metropolitan agency may enter into an agreement with the council and other operators for the purpose of encouraging the use of transit by its employees residing in the metropolitan area. The agreement may provide for, among other things: (a) the advance purchase of tokens, tickets or other devices from the council or other operator for use in lieu of fares on vehicles operated by the council or other operator; and (b) special transit service for employees to and from their place of employment, at fares to be agreed upon by the contracting parties. The tokens, tickets, or other devices or services may be made available to employees at reduced rates. Any such agreement and arrangement by a state department or agency shall be submitted to the commissioner of administration for approval before execution. Any operating deficits or subsidy resulting from such agreements shall be assumed by the contracting department, agency, governmental unit, or other commission, unless otherwise provided in an agreement approved by the council. History:  1977 c 454 s 37; 1984 c 654 art 3 s 128; 1986 c 460 s 41; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 122