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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.164 — Sports, Airport Commissions To Pay Council Costs.

473.164 SPORTS, AIRPORT COMMISSIONS TO PAY COUNCIL COSTS.
Subdivision 1.
Annually reimburse.
The Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission and the Metropolitan Airports Commission shall annually reimburse the council for costs incurred by the council in the discharge of its responsibilities relating to the commission. The costs may be charged against any revenue sources of the commission as determined by the commission.
Subd. 2.
Estimates, budget, transfer.
On or before May 1 of each year, the council shall transmit to each commission an estimate of the costs which the council will incur in the discharge of its responsibilities related to the commission in the next budget year including, without limitation, costs in connection with the preparation, review, implementation and defense of plans, programs and budgets of the commission. Each commission shall include the estimates in its budget for the next budget year and may transmit its comments concerning the estimated amount to the council during the budget review process. Prior to December 15 of each year, the amount budgeted by each commission for the next budget year may be changed following approval by the council. During each budget year, the commission shall transfer budgeted funds to the council in advance when requested by the council.
Subd. 3.
Final statement.
At the conclusion of each budget year, the council, in cooperation with each commission, shall adopt a final statement of costs incurred by the council for each commission. Where costs incurred in the budget year have exceeded the amount budgeted, each commission shall transfer to the council the additional moneys needed to pay the amount of the costs in excess of the amount budgeted, and shall include a sum in its next budget. Any excess of budgeted costs over actual costs may be retained by the council and applied to the payment of budgeted costs in the next year.
History:
1976 c 321 s 3; 1981 c 363 s 50; 1984 c 654 art 3 s 110; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 47; 1995 c 236 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.165 — Council Review; Independent Commission, Board, Agency.

473.165 COUNCIL REVIEW; INDEPENDENT COMMISSION, BOARD, AGENCY.
(1) The Metropolitan Council shall review all long-term comprehensive plans of each independent commission, board, or agency prepared for its operation and development within the metropolitan area but only if such plan is determined by the council to have an areawide effect, a multicommunity effect, or to have a substantial effect on metropolitan development. Each plan shall be submitted to the council before any action is taken to place the plan or any part thereof, into effect.
(2) No action shall be taken to place any plan or any part thereof, into effect until 60 days have lapsed after the date of its submission to the council, or until the council finds and notifies the submitting commission, board, or agency that the plan is consistent with its comprehensive guide for the metropolitan area and the orderly and economic development of the metropolitan area, whichever first occurs. If, within 60 days after the date of submission, the council finds that a plan, or any part thereof, is inconsistent with its comprehensive guide for the metropolitan area or detrimental to the orderly and economic development of the metropolitan area, or any part thereof, it may direct that the operation of the plan, or such part thereof, be indefinitely suspended; provided that the council shall not direct the suspension of any plan or part thereof of any sanitary sewer district operating within the metropolitan area which pertains to the location and construction of a regional sewer plant or plants or the expansion or improvement of the present Minneapolis-St. Paul sanitary district treatment plant. An affected commission, board, or agency may appeal the decision of the Metropolitan Council suspending a plan, or part thereof, to the entire membership of the Metropolitan Council for public hearing. If the Metropolitan Council and the affected commission, board, or agency are unable to agree as to an adjustment of the plan, so that it may receive the council's approval, then a record of the disagreeing positions of the Metropolitan Council and the affected commission, board, or agency shall be made and the Metropolitan Council shall prepare a recommendation in connection therewith for consideration and disposition by the next regular session of the legislature.
History:
1975 c 13 s 14
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.166 — Controlled Access; Approval.

473.166 CONTROLLED ACCESS; APPROVAL.
Before acquiring land for or constructing a controlled access highway in the area, the state Transportation Department or local government unit proposing the acquisition or construction shall submit to the council a statement describing the proposed project. The statement must be in the form and detail required by the council. The council shall review the statement to ascertain its consistency with its policy plan and the development guide. No project may be undertaken unless the council determines that it is consistent with the policy plan. This approval is in addition to the requirements of any other statute, ordinance or rule.
History:
1975 c 13 s 15; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1982 c 520 s 4; 1984 c 654 art 3 s 111; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 353 s 3; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 48; 2008 c 287 art 1 s 95
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.168 — Freeway Exclusive Lanes.

473.168 FREEWAY EXCLUSIVE LANES.
Subdivision 1.
Freeway defined.
For the purpose of this section, "freeway" means a completely controlled access highway where ingress and egress is allowed only at certain designated points as determined by the road authority having jurisdiction over the highway.
Subd. 2.
Exclusive lanes; multipassenger transit.
The Metropolitan Council may require that any freeway constructed in the metropolitan area on which actual construction has not been commenced by April 12, 1974 include provisions for exclusive lanes for buses and, as the council may determine, other forms of multipassenger transit. The council, in making its determination, must demonstrate that the exclusive lanes are necessary to implement the transportation policy plan of the development guide.
History:
1975 c 13 s 16; 1984 c 654 art 3 s 112; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 49
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.171 — Council Review; Applications For Federal And State Aid.

473.171 COUNCIL REVIEW; APPLICATIONS FOR FEDERAL AND STATE AID.
Subdivision 1.
Federal.
The council shall review all applications of a metropolitan agency, independent commission, board or agency, and local governmental units for funds, grants, loans or loan guarantees from the United States of America or agencies thereof submitted in connection with proposed matters of metropolitan significance, all other applications by metropolitan agencies, independent commissions, boards and agencies, and local governmental units for grants, loans, or loan guarantees from the United States of America or any agency thereof if review by a regional agency is required by federal law or the federal agency, and all applications for grants, loans, or allocations from funds made available by the United States of America to the metropolitan area for regional facilities pursuant to a federal revenue sharing or similar program requiring that the funds be received and granted or allocated or that the grants and allocations be approved by a regional agency.
Subd. 2.
State.
The council shall review all applications or requests of a metropolitan agency, independent commission, board or agency, and local governmental units for state funds allocated or granted for proposed matters of metropolitan significance, and all other applications by metropolitan agencies, independent commissions, boards, agencies, and local governmental units for state funds if review by a regional agency is required by state law or the granting state agency.
History:
1975 c 13 s 17; 1986 c 460 s 22,23
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.175 — Review Of Comprehensive Plans.

473.175 REVIEW OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANS.
Subdivision 1.
For compatibility, conformity.
The council shall review the comprehensive plans of local governmental units, prepared and submitted pursuant to sections 473.851 to 473.871, to determine their compatibility with each other and conformity with metropolitan system plans. The council shall review and comment on the apparent consistency of the comprehensive plans with adopted plans of the council. The council may require a local governmental unit to modify any comprehensive plan or part thereof if, upon the adoption of findings and a resolution, the council concludes that the plan is more likely than not to have a substantial impact on or contain a substantial departure from metropolitan system plans. A local unit of government may challenge a council action under this subdivision by following the procedures set forth in section 473.866.
Subd. 2.
120-day limit.
Within 120 days following receipt of a comprehensive plan of a local governmental unit, unless a time extension is mutually agreed to, the council shall return to the local governmental unit a statement containing its comments and, by resolution, its decision, if any, to require modifications to assure conformance with the metropolitan system plans.
No action shall be taken by any local governmental unit to place any such comprehensive plan or part thereof into effect until the council has returned the statement to the unit and until the local governmental unit has incorporated any modifications in the plan required by a final decision, order, or judgment made pursuant to section 473.866. If within 120 days, unless a time extension is mutually agreed to, the council fails to complete its written statement the plans shall be deemed approved and may be placed into effect. Any amendment to a plan subsequent to the council's review shall be submitted to and acted upon by the council in the same manner as the original plan. The written statement of the council shall be filed with the plan of the local government unit at all places where the plan is required by law to be kept on file.
Subd. 3.
Enforcement to get conforming plan.
If a local governmental unit fails to adopt a comprehensive plan in accordance with sections 473.851 to 473.871 or if the council after a public hearing by resolution finds that a plan substantially departs from metropolitan system plans and that the local governmental unit has not adopted a plan with modifications required pursuant to section 473.866 within nine months following a final decision, order, or judgment made pursuant to section 473.866, the council may commence civil proceedings to enforce the provisions of sections 473.851 to 473.871 by appropriate legal action in the district court where the local governmental unit is located.
History:
1975 c 13 s 19; 1976 c 127 s 14; 1977 c 347 s 68; 1993 c 186 s 10; 1Sp2003 c 16 s 6; 2006 c 194 s 1; 2007 c 113 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.181 — Additional Council Review.

473.181 ADDITIONAL COUNCIL REVIEW.
Subdivision 1.
[Repealed, 2001 c 191 s 9]
Subd. 2.
Parks.
The council shall review local government park master plans pursuant to section 473.313.
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 1994 c 628 art 3 s 209]
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 1995 c 247 art 2 s 55]
Subd. 5.
Airports.
The council shall review Metropolitan Airports Commission capital projects pursuant to section 473.621, subdivision 6. The plans of the Metropolitan Airports Commission and the development of the metropolitan airports system by the commission shall, as provided in sections 473.611, subdivision 5, and 473.655, be consistent with the development guide of the council.
History:
1975 c 13 s 20; 1984 c 644 s 60; 1984 c 654 art 3 s 113; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 102; 2014 c 271 art 3 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.191 — Local Planning Assistance.

473.191 LOCAL PLANNING ASSISTANCE.
Subdivision 1.
Comprehensive community planning.
The Metropolitan Council may, at the request of local governmental units, enter into contracts or make other arrangements with local governmental units and others for the provision of services for and assistance with comprehensive community planning. This may include:
(a) Assistance in the preparation, as a guide for long-range development, of general physical plans with respect to the pattern and intensity of land use and the provision of public facilities together with long-range fiscal plans for such development;
(b) Programming of capital improvements based on a determination of relative urgency, together with definitive financing plans for the improvements to be constructed in the earlier years of the program;
(c) Coordination of all related plans of the departments or subdivision of the government concerned;
(d) Intergovernmental coordination of all related planned activities among the state and local governmental agencies concerned; and
(e) Preparation of regulatory and administrative measures in support of the foregoing.
Subd. 2.
Water resources.
The Metropolitan Council may provide technical assistance to cities, counties, and towns to expedite adoption and enforcement of local ordinances under sections 103F.121, 103F.201 to 103F.221, and 473.206 to 473.208.
History:
1975 c 13 s 21; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 1990 c 391 art 8 s 54; 1998 c 254 art 1 s 91
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.192 — Aircraft Noise Attenuation.

473.192 AIRCRAFT NOISE ATTENUATION.
Subdivision 1.
Citation.
This section may be cited as the "Metropolitan Area Aircraft Noise Attenuation Act."
Subd. 2.
Definitions.
For purposes of this section, "metropolitan area" has the meaning given it in section 473.121, subdivision 2. "Transportation policy plan" means the plan adopted by the Metropolitan Council pursuant to section 473.145. "Municipality" has the meaning provided by section 462.352, subdivision 2.
Subd. 3.
Ordinance.
A municipality in the metropolitan area that, in part or in whole, is within the aircraft noise zones designated in the transportation policy plan may adopt and enforce ordinances and controls to regulate building construction methods and materials for the purpose of attenuating aircraft noise in habitable buildings in and around the noise zone. The ordinance or control shall not apply to remodeling or rehabilitating an existing residential building nor to the construction of an appurtenance to an existing residential building. An ordinance adopted by a municipality must be adequate to implement the Metropolitan Council's guidelines for land use compatibility with aircraft noise. Section 326B.121 does not apply to ordinances adopted under this section.
Subd. 4.
MAC noise abatement.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to diminish the responsibility of the Metropolitan Airports Commission to conduct noise abatement programs under other state or federal law.
History:
1987 c 155 s 1; 1995 c 186 s 84; 2005 c 123 s 4,5; 2007 c 140 art 4 s 61; art 13 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.194 — Definitions.

473.194 DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of sections 473.194 to 473.201, the terms defined in the Municipal Housing and Redevelopment Act shall have the meanings given them in that act.
History:
1975 c 13 s 23; 1986 c 460 s 26
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.197 — Housing Bond Credit Enhancement Program.

473.197 HOUSING BOND CREDIT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM.
Subdivision 1.
[Repealed, 2005 c 152 art 1 s 43; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 162]
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 2005 c 152 art 1 s 43; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 162]
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 2005 c 152 art 1 s 43; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 162]
Subd. 4.
Debt reserve; levy.
To provide money to pay debt service on bonds issued under the credit enhancement program in repealed subdivision 1 of Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 473.197, the council must maintain a debt reserve fund until the reserve is no longer pledged or otherwise needed to pay debt service on such bonds. If sums in the debt reserve fund are insufficient to cure any deficiency in the debt service fund established for the bonds, the council must levy a tax on all taxable property in the metropolitan area in the amount needed to liquidate the deficiency. The tax authorized by this section does not affect the amount or rate of taxes that may be levied by the council for other purposes and is not subject to limit as to rate or amount.
Subd. 5.
[Repealed, 2005 c 152 art 1 s 43; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 162]
History:
1994 c 587 art 12 s 22; 1996 c 399 art 2 s 8; 1998 c 254 art 1 s 92; 2004 c 206 s 52; 2005 c 152 art 1 s 18; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 148; 2009 c 86 art 1 s 90
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.199 — Effect On A Municipal Or County Hra.

473.199 EFFECT ON A MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY HRA.
Nothing in sections 473.194 to 473.201 shall be construed to impair the powers and obligations of municipal, county or multicounty housing and redevelopment authorities within the metropolitan area.
History:
1975 c 13 s 25; 1986 c 460 s 28
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.201 — Allocate Local Project Costs; Seek, Get U.s. Grants.

473.201 ALLOCATE LOCAL PROJECT COSTS; SEEK, GET U.S. GRANTS.
Subdivision 1.
Local may tax to pay for.
The council shall allocate the net unreimbursed costs of any project which it undertakes to the municipality or group of municipalities or county for which the project is undertaken. The governing body of each such municipality or county shall impose taxes or other revenue measures to provide funds necessary to pay the allocated costs, and the governing body of each such municipality or county shall have all the powers, authority and obligation granted to authorities by section 469.033 and all other provisions of law regarding the financing of such projects, provided that the council shall have the powers of an authority for purposes of applying for and receiving federal grants in connection with all projects which it undertakes.
Subd. 2.
Use of council general levy.
The council may expend for the purposes of sections 473.194 to 473.201 any revenues derived pursuant to section 473.249.
History:
1975 c 13 s 26; 1986 c 460 s 29; 1987 c 291 s 228
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.206 — Local Ordinances.

473.206 LOCAL ORDINANCES.
Each county, city or town in the metropolitan area shall be provided with standards, criteria and suggested model ordinances and may, after review and comment by the Metropolitan Council, adopt ordinances which provide for the protection of the resources that are the subject of the standards, criteria, and model ordinances.
History:
1975 c 13 s 29; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 150
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.208 — Cooperation.

473.208 COOPERATION.
In adopting and enforcing the ordinances for which standards and criteria are provided by section 473.206, counties, cities and towns shall consult and cooperate with affected soil and water conservation districts, watershed districts, and lake conservation districts on matters of common concern.
History:
1975 c 13 s 30; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 151
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.223 — Federal Aid.

473.223 FEDERAL AID.
For the purposes of this section the term "governmental subdivision" includes municipalities, counties and other political subdivisions generally. If federal aid for transportation programs and projects is otherwise unavailable to an existing agency or governmental subdivision, the Metropolitan Council may cooperate with the government of the United States and any agency or department thereof and the affected agency or other governmental subdivision in establishing metropolitan area eligibility to receive federal aid, and may comply with the provisions of the laws of the United States and any rules and regulations made thereunder for the expenditure of federal moneys upon such projects as are proposed for federal assistance. The Metropolitan Council may accept federal aid and other aid, either public or private, for and in behalf of the metropolitan area or any governmental subdivision of the state, for transportation programs and projects within the metropolitan area upon such terms and conditions as are or may be prescribed by the laws of the United States and any rules or regulations made thereunder, and is authorized to act as agent of any governmental subdivision of the state with jurisdiction in the metropolitan area upon request of such subdivision in accepting the aid in its behalf for such programs or projects financed either in whole or in part by federal aid. The governing body of any such subdivision is authorized to designate the Metropolitan Council as its agent for such purposes and to enter into an agreement with the council prescribing the terms and conditions of the agency relationship in accordance with state and federal laws, rules and regulations. The Metropolitan Council is authorized to designate an appropriate state agency as its agent for such purposes and to enter into an agreement with such agency prescribing the terms and conditions of the agency relationship in accordance with state and federal laws, rules and regulations.
Nothing contained herein shall limit any separate authority of agencies or governmental subdivisions of the state to contract for and receive federal aid.
History:
1975 c 13 s 36; 1980 c 509 s 172; 1984 c 654 art 3 s 114; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 52
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.24 — Population Estimates.

473.24 POPULATION ESTIMATES.
(a) The Metropolitan Council shall annually prepare an estimate of population for each county, city, and town in the metropolitan area and an estimate of the number of households and average household size for each city in the metropolitan area with a population of 2,500 or more, and an estimate of population over age 65 for each county in the metropolitan area, and convey the estimates to the governing body of each county, city, or town by June 1 each year. In the case of a city or town that is located partly within and partly without the metropolitan area, the Metropolitan Council shall estimate the proportion of the total population and the average size of households that reside within the area. The Metropolitan Council may prepare an estimate of the population and of the average household size for any other political subdivision located in the metropolitan area.
(b) A governing body may challenge an estimate made under this section by filing its specific objections in writing with the Metropolitan Council by June 24. If the challenge does not result in an acceptable estimate, the governing body may have a special census conducted by the United States Bureau of the Census. The political subdivision must notify the Metropolitan Council on or before July 1 of its intent to have the special census conducted. The political subdivision must bear all costs of the special census. Results of the special census must be received by the Metropolitan Council by the next April 15 to be used in that year's June 1 estimate under this section. The Metropolitan Council shall certify the estimates of population and the average household size to the state demographer and to the commissioner of revenue by July 15 each year, including any estimates still under objection.
History:
2005 c 151 art 4 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.242 — Urban Research.

473.242 URBAN RESEARCH.
Where studies have not been otherwise authorized by law the Metropolitan Council may study the feasibility of programs relating but not limited to water supply, refuse disposal, surface water drainage, communication, transportation, and other subjects of concern to the peoples of the metropolitan area, may institute demonstration projects in connection therewith, and may accept gifts for such purposes as otherwise authorized in this section.
History:
1975 c 13 s 38
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.245 — Reports.

473.245 REPORTS.
On or before January 15 of each year, the Metropolitan Council shall report to the legislature. The report shall include:
(1) a statement of the Metropolitan Council's receipts and expenditures by category since the preceding report;
(2) a detailed budget for the year in which the report is filed and the following year including an outline of its program for such period;
(3) an explanation of any policy plan and other comprehensive plan adopted in whole or in part for the metropolitan area and the review comments of the affected metropolitan agency;
(4) summaries of any studies and the recommendations resulting therefrom made by the Metropolitan Council, and a listing of all applications for federal money made by governmental units within the metropolitan area submitted to the Metropolitan Council;
(5) a listing of plans of local governmental units and proposed matters of metropolitan significance submitted to the Metropolitan Council;
(6) a detailed report on the progress of any project undertaken by the council pursuant to sections 473.194 to 473.201; and
(7) recommendations of the Metropolitan Council for metropolitan area legislation, including the organization and functions of the Metropolitan Council and the metropolitan agencies.
History:
1975 c 13 s 41; 1986 c 460 s 30; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.246 — Council's Submissions To Legislative Commission.

473.246 COUNCIL'S SUBMISSIONS TO LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION.
The Metropolitan Council shall submit to the Legislative Commission on Metropolitan Government information on the council's tax rates and dollar amounts levied for the current year, proposed property tax rates and levies, operating and capital budgets, work program, capital improvement program, and any other information requested by the commission, for review by the legislative commission, as provided in section 3.8841.
History:
1Sp2001 c 10 art 2 s 80
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.249 — Tax Levy.

473.249 TAX LEVY.
Subdivision 1.
Indexed limit.
(a) The Metropolitan Council may levy a tax on all taxable property in the metropolitan area defined in section 473.121 to provide funds for the purposes of sections 473.121 to 473.249 and for the purpose of carrying out other responsibilities of the council as provided by law. This tax for general purposes shall be levied and collected in the manner provided by section 473.13.
(b) The property tax levied by the Metropolitan Council for general purposes shall not exceed $10,522,329 for taxes payable in 2004 and $10,522,329 for taxes payable in 2005.
(c) The property tax levy limitation for general purposes for taxes payable in 2006 and subsequent years shall not exceed the product of: (1) the Metropolitan Council's property tax levy limitation for general purposes for the previous year determined under this subdivision multiplied by (2) one plus a percentage equal to the growth in the implicit price deflator as defined in section 275.70, subdivision 2.
Subd. 2.
Deadlines; estimates.
The commissioner of revenue shall certify the council's levy limitation under this section to the council by August 1 of the levy year. The council must certify its proposed property tax levy to the commissioner of revenue by September 1 of the levy year. The commissioner of revenue shall annually determine whether the ad valorem property tax certified by the Metropolitan Council for levy following the adoption of its proposed budget is within the levy limitation imposed by this section. The determination shall be completed prior to September 10 of each year. If current information regarding gross tax capacity in any county is not transmitted to the commissioner in a timely manner, the commissioner may estimate the current gross tax capacity within that county for purposes of making the calculation.
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 1989 c 306 s 12]
History:
1975 c 13 s 42; 1976 c 179 s 19; 1978 c 543 s 4; 1978 c 766 s 17,18; 1986 c 460 s 31; 1988 c 675 s 12,13; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 306 s 10; 1989 c 329 art 15 s 20; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 9 s 67; 1993 c 375 art 7 s 18; 1994 c 416 art 1 s 53; 1997 c 231 art 2 s 69; 1998 c 254 art 1 s 93; 1Sp2003 c 21 art 4 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.25 — Livable Communities Criteria And Guidelines.

473.25 LIVABLE COMMUNITIES CRITERIA AND GUIDELINES.
(a) The council shall establish criteria for uses of the fund provided in section 473.251 that are consistent with and promote the purposes of this article and the policies of the Metropolitan Development Guide adopted by the council including, but not limited to:
(1) helping to change long-term market incentives that adversely impact creation and preservation of living-wage jobs in the fully developed area;
(2) creating incentives for developing communities to include a full range of housing opportunities;
(3) creating incentives to preserve and rehabilitate affordable housing in the fully developed area; and
(4) creating incentives for all communities to implement compact and efficient development.
(b) The council shall establish guidelines for the livable community demonstration account for projects that the council would consider funding with either grants or loans. The guidelines must provide that the projects will:
(1) interrelate development or redevelopment and transit;
(2) interrelate affordable housing and employment growth areas;
(3) intensify land use that leads to more compact development or redevelopment;
(4) involve development or redevelopment that mixes incomes of residents in housing, including introducing or reintroducing higher value housing in lower income areas to achieve a mix of housing opportunities; or
(5) encourage public infrastructure investments which connect urban neighborhoods and suburban communities, attract private sector redevelopment investment in commercial and residential properties adjacent to the public improvement, and provide project area residents with expanded opportunities for private sector employment.
(c) The council shall establish guidelines governing who may apply for a grant or loan from the fund, providing priority for proposals using innovative partnerships between government, private for-profit, and nonprofit sectors.
(d) The council shall prepare an annual plan for distribution of the fund based on the criteria for project and applicant selection.
(e) The council shall prepare and submit to the legislature, as provided in section 3.195, an annual report on the metropolitan livable communities fund. The report must include information on the amount of money in the fund, the amount distributed, to whom the funds were distributed and for what purposes, and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the projects funded in meeting the policies and goals of the council. The report may make recommendations to the legislature on changes to Laws 1995, chapter 255.
History:
1995 c 255 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.251 — Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund.

473.251 METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES FUND.
The metropolitan livable communities fund is created and consists of the following accounts:
(1) the tax base revitalization account;
(2) the livable communities demonstration account;
(3) the local housing incentives account; and
(4) the inclusionary housing account.
History:
1995 c 255 art 1 s 2; 1999 c 223 art 2 s 57
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.252 — Tax Base Revitalization Account.

473.252 TAX BASE REVITALIZATION ACCOUNT.
Subdivision 1.
Definition.
For the purpose of this section, "municipality" means a statutory or home rule charter city or town participating in the local housing incentives program under section 473.254, or a county in the metropolitan area.
Subd. 1a.
Development authority.
For the purpose of this section, "development authority" means a statutory or home rule charter city, housing and redevelopment authority, economic development authority, and a port authority.
Subd. 2.
Sources of funds.
The council shall credit to the tax base revitalization account within the fund the amount, if any, distributed to the council under section 473F.08, subdivision 3b.
Subd. 3.
Distribution of funds.
(a) The council must use the funds in the account to make grants to municipalities or development authorities for the cleanup of polluted land in the metropolitan area. A grant to a metropolitan county or a development authority must be used for a project in a participating municipality. The council shall prescribe and provide the grant application form to municipalities. The council must consider the probability of funding from other sources when making grants under this section.
(b)(1) The legislature expects that applications for grants will exceed the available funds and the council will be able to provide grants to only some of the applicant municipalities. If applications for grants for qualified sites exceed the available funds, the council shall make grants that provide the highest return in public benefits for the public costs incurred, that encourage development that will lead to the preservation or growth of living-wage jobs or the production of affordable housing, and that enhance the tax base of the recipient municipality.
(2) In making grants, the council shall establish regular application deadlines in which grants will be awarded from the available money in the account. If the council provides for application cycles of less than six-month intervals, the council must reserve at least 40 percent of the receipts of the account for a year for application deadlines that occur in the second half of the year. If the applications for grants exceed the available funds for an application cycle, no more than one-half of the funds may be granted to projects in a statutory or home rule charter city and no more than three-quarters of the funds may be granted to projects located in cities of the first class.
(c) A municipality may use the grant to provide a portion of the local match requirement for project costs that qualify for a grant under sections 116J.551 to 116J.557.
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 1999 c 243 art 6 s 17]
Subd. 5.
[Repealed, 1999 c 243 art 6 s 17]
History:
1995 c 255 art 1 s 3; 1996 c 452 s 37; 1996 c 464 art 1 s 5; 1999 c 243 art 6 s 8; 2002 c 390 s 15
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.253 — Livable Communities Demonstration Account.

473.253 LIVABLE COMMUNITIES DEMONSTRATION ACCOUNT.
Subdivision 1.
Sources of funds.
The council shall credit to the livable communities demonstration account the revenues provided in this subdivision. This tax shall be levied and collected in the manner provided by section 473.13. The levy shall not exceed the following amount for the years specified:
(1) for taxes payable in 2004 and 2005, $8,259,070; and
(2) for taxes payable in 2006 and subsequent years, the product of (i) the property tax levy limit under this subdivision for the previous year multiplied by (ii) one plus a percentage equal to the growth in the implicit price deflator as defined in section 275.70, subdivision 2.
Subd. 2.
Distribution of funds.
The council shall use the funds in the livable communities demonstration account to make grants or loans to municipalities participating in the local housing incentives program under section 473.254 or to metropolitan area counties or development authorities to fund the initiatives specified in section 473.25, paragraph (b), in participating municipalities. A grant to a metropolitan county or a development authority must be used for a project in a participating municipality. For the purpose of this section, "development authority" means a statutory or home rule charter city, housing and redevelopment authority, economic development authority, or port authority.
History:
1995 c 255 art 1 s 4; 2002 c 246 s 1; 1Sp2003 c 21 art 4 s 10; 2004 c 228 art 3 s 13
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.301 — Definitions.

473.301 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Terms.
As used in sections 473.302 to 473.341, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.
Subd. 2.
Policy plan.
"Policy plan" means a plan adopted by the council pursuant to section 473.147, generally describing the extent, type and location of regional recreation open space needed for the metropolitan area and the timing of its acquisition and development.
Subd. 3.
Master plan.
"Master plan" means a plan describing the boundaries of specific parks or other regional recreation open space and the nature of their development and use.
Subd. 4.
Commission.
"Commission" means the Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission created by section 473.303.
Subd. 5.
Municipality.
"Municipality" means any city or town exercising municipal powers located in the metropolitan area, except where there exists in a city of the first class an elected park and recreation board having control of parks, parkways, playgrounds, and trees, for purposes of sections 473.302 to 473.341, that board shall be considered a municipality.
History:
1975 c 13 s 43
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.302 — Regional Recreation Open Space System; Purpose.

473.302 REGIONAL RECREATION OPEN SPACE SYSTEM; PURPOSE.
The legislature finds that the pressure of urbanization and development threatens valuable recreational open space areas in the metropolitan area at the same time as the need for such areas is increased. Immediate action is therefore necessary to provide funds to acquire, preserve, protect and develop regional recreational open space for public use.
History:
1975 c 13 s 44; 1977 c 421 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.313 — Master Plans.

473.313 MASTER PLANS.
Subdivision 1.
Adoption.
Each park district located wholly or partially within the metropolitan area, and each county in the metropolitan area not wholly within a park district, shall prepare, after consultation with all affected municipalities, and submit to the Metropolitan Council, and from time to time revise and resubmit to the council, a master plan and annual budget for the acquisition and development of regional recreation open space located within the district or county, consistent with the council's policy plan.
Subd. 2.
Council review.
The Metropolitan Council shall review with the advice of the commission, each master plan to determine whether it is consistent with the council's policy plan. If it is not consistent, the council shall return the plan with its comments to the municipalities, park district or county for revision and resubmittal.
History:
1975 c 13 s 46
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.315 — Grants For Recreation Open Space.

473.315 GRANTS FOR RECREATION OPEN SPACE.
Subdivision 1.
To certain metro governments or agencies.
The Metropolitan Council with the advice of the commission may make grants, from any funds available to it for recreation open space purposes, to any implementing agency, as defined in section 473.351, to cover the cost, or any portion of the cost, of acquiring or developing regional recreation open space in accordance with the policy plan; and all such agencies may enter into contracts for this purpose or rights or interests therein. The cost of acquisition shall include any payments required for relocation pursuant to sections 117.50 to 117.56.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 2014 c 271 art 3 s 22]
History:
1975 c 13 s 47; 1977 c 421 s 9; 2014 c 271 art 3 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.331 — Local Acquisition.

473.331 LOCAL ACQUISITION.
Any park district or municipality wholly or partially within the metropolitan area, and any county in the metropolitan area not wholly within a park district, may acquire, develop and manage any land or water area, or any interests, easements or other rights therein, comprising regional recreation open space in the same manner as it is authorized to do for other park and recreation purposes, and such area or other rights shall constitute a part of the park and recreation system of the acquiring agency.
History:
1975 c 13 s 49
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government › Section 473.334 — Special Assessment; Agreement.

473.334 SPECIAL ASSESSMENT; AGREEMENT.
Subdivision 1.
Generally.
In determining the special benefit received by regional recreation open space system property as defined in sections 473.301 to 473.351 from an improvement for which a special assessment is determined, the governing body shall not consider any use of the property other than as regional recreation open space property at the time the special assessment is determined. The Metropolitan Council shall not be bound by the determination of the governing body of the city but may pay a lesser amount, as agreed upon by the Metropolitan Council and the governing body of the city, as they determine is the measure of benefit to the land from the improvement.
Subd. 2.
Exception.
This section does not apply to Otter-Bald Eagle Lake Regional Park property in the town of White Bear, Ramsey County, which shall continue to be governed by section 435.19.
History:
1993 c 375 art 17 s 19
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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