HF4930

Purpose

This bill provides funding to improve the City of Comfrey’s stormwater system to reduce flooding. It authorizes a grant to the city for planning, design, engineering, and construction of comprehensive stormwater improvements.

What the bill does

• Allocates money from the bond proceeds fund to the Public Facilities Authority to support the city of Comfrey.
• Requires the funds to be used for predesign, design, engineering, and construction of improvements to the entire municipal stormwater system, addressing ongoing flooding issues.
• Allows the state to issue and sell bonds up to the specified amount to finance the project.

Funding details

• Amount appropriated: 9,344,000 (nine million three hundred forty-four thousand dollars).
• Source: bond proceeds fund.
• Bond issuance: The state must sell and issue bonds up to 9,344,000 to pay for the appropriation, following existing state bonding laws and constitutional provisions.

Use of funds

• The grant will be provided to the City of Comfrey.
• Eligible activities include predesign, design, engineer, and construction work to improve the entire municipal stormwater system.
• The goal is to address communitywide flooding and replace or add necessary pipes and related stormwater infrastructure.

Legal and financing framework

• Bonding and spending are to be carried out under Minnesota’s bond financing statutes (16A.631 to 16A.675) and Article XI of the Minnesota Constitution.
• The bill specifies the Public Facilities Authority as the recipient of the grant funds, to be distributed for the project.

Impact and scope

• Targeted project is a citywide stormwater system upgrade in Comfrey.
• The bill does not fund other cities or programs; it focuses on one municipality’s flooding issues and infrastructure improvements.

Significance

• This is a capital investment aimed at reducing flooding risk in Comfrey by upgrading stormwater infrastructure.
• It uses standard state bonding processes to finance the project.

Relevant Terms - stormwater system - flooding - grant - predesign - design - engineer - construct - municipal stormwater system - Public Facilities Authority - bond proceeds fund - bond sale / bonds - Minnesota Statutes 16A.631 to 16A.675 - Minnesota Constitution Article XI - capital investment