SF4564

Purpose

• To provide funding for expanding the Essentia Wellness Center in the City of Hermantown. The expansion aims to broaden community health-related services by adding space and infrastructure to support licensed child care facilities, senior programming, and other community wellness activities.

Main Provisions

• Subdivision 1 – Appropriation:
  • An appropriation of 10,000,000 from the bond proceeds fund to the Commissioner of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).
  • Purpose: to grant funds to the City of Hermantown to design, construct, furnish, and equip an expansion of the Essentia Wellness Center.
  • The expansion includes:
  • Licensed child care facilities serving Hermantown and the surrounding region.
  • Additional space for senior programming.
  • Space for community wellness activities.
  • Associated infrastructure improvements such as site work, utilities, parking, and building systems to support the expansion.
• Subdivision 2 – Bond Sale:
  • The Commissioner of Management and Budget must sell and issue state bonds up to 10,000,000 to fund the appropriation.
  • Bond issuance must follow the terms and effects prescribed by Minnesota Statutes sections 16A.631 to 16A.675 and by the Minnesota Constitution, Article XI, sections 4 to 7.

Financial Implications

• Total funding amount: 10,000,000.
• Source: Bond proceeds fund.
• Beneficiary: City of Hermantown via a DEED grant to support the expansion project.

Changes to Existing Law / Policy Impact

• Creates a new debt-financed appropriation and bond-issuing authority to fund a specific community expansion project.
• Delegates administration to DEED (for the grant) and to the Department of Management and Budget (for the bond sale), within existing legal frameworks for state bonds.

Implementation & Oversight (implied)

• DEED administers the grant to the City of Hermantown for the expansion project.
• Bond issuance governed by established Minnesota statutes and constitutional provisions governing debt financing.

Relevant Terms - Essentia Wellness Center - Hermantown - expansion - grant - City of Hermantown - design - construct - furnish - equip - licensed child care facilities - senior programming - community wellness activities - infrastructure improvements - site work - utilities - parking - building systems - bond proceeds fund - bond sale - state bonds - Commissioner of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) - Commissioner of Management and Budget (MMB) - Minnesota Statutes 16A.631 to 16A.675 - Minnesota Constitution Article XI, sections 4 to 7