The House belatedly passed a bonding bill yesterday that contained a number of Minneapolis-related items including:
2,000,000 for the Colin Powell Center 1,000,000 for a Planetarium 5,000,000 for the Midtown Exchange Project 1,000,000 for the Shubert Center (which apparently ranks higher than a disco ball) 5,000,000 for Bioscience development in Minneapolis 50,000 to MPRB to connect Stinson Parkway to the Grand Rounds in NE 1,200,000 for Lowry Avenue Corridor from Girard to I-94 Lots of Transit stuff that connects Minneapolis to other places: 10,000,000 for the Northstar Commuter Rail 1,000,000 for Central Corridor Transit (to St. Paul) 500,000 for Red Rock Transit (to St. Paul and Hastings) This is the House version which is smaller than the Senate. I expect most of these items will make it into the final bill, but there is still another level of negotiation left, and some may be excised from the final version. Some (like Northstar) will probably be increased (to 37.5 million). I found a great name for a band in there too: "Luverne Dementia Wander Area" aaron klemz cooper http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0003.2&session=ls84 ===== +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Aaron Klemz, Minneapolis, Minnesota [EMAIL PROTECTED] +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
