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Legislative update...An update on bills of interest to AMM <br />members; action through April 6 <br />. Urban planning <br />An onerous urban plaiming bill (SF449, Marty) appears <br />dead for this session. <br />The bill would have directed the Metropolitan Council to ^ , .. ., , <br />adopt long-range policy to protect agricultural land as part facilities in agricultural preserves arei <br />of tte Couitcil Metropolitan Development Guide and outeide of the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA), <br />_—1.,^ .11—. j-.------------... . ^ considered part of the Orfield package. <br />The more onerous provision tfuit ivould have lequiied <br />all agricultural land to be eligible for ag preserves status at <br />... Ag preserves <br />HF622 (Oifield) and SF695 (Marty) contain provisions <br />dealing %vith public facilities in agricultural p <br />• • -- <br />mandated that all guide chapters supersede local compre­ <br />hensive plans. <br />Ihe AMM vigorously opposed the bill as presented <br />initially. It was amended to include only a provision that <br />%vould revise state law to clarify the relationship between <br />local comprehensive plarts arui zoning. The bill as <br />amended meets AMM policy. <br />... Trunked emergency dispatch <br />A bill that was the result of a task force on the feasibility <br />of an 80(Vmegahertz trurtked radio ^stem for the metro- <br />pcditan area has been introduced. <br />HF9M (Kelley), SF1062 (Mondale) would set up coordi­ <br />nation and consolidation of public mobile radio communi­ <br />cations system in the metro area aivi oeate a metropolitan <br />telecommurdcations board arui advisory committee. <br />The AMM Board of Directors recently adopted a resolu­ <br />tion supporting the concept of further study to determine <br />the advisibility of a trunked radio ^stem for the area. The <br />Serute version was amended arui passed from the Metro­ <br />politan aiul Local Government CorruiUttee to Governmen­ <br />tal Operations. <br />The bill is consistent with AMM policy. <br />... TIP proposals <br />A number of Tax Increment Finarwing (TIF) proposals <br />have been introduced. AMM policy supports some arui <br />opposes others. <br />One proposal, SF820 (Pappas), would provide TTF <br />manufacturing districts and exempt them from the LCA/ <br />HACA penalties. AiH>ther proposal moving through the <br />Senate, SF12i9 (Berglin), would exempt housing districts <br />from the LGA/HACA penalty. The B^lin bill has been <br />passed out of the Senate Metropolitan and Local Govern­ <br />ment Committee aitd re-referred to Taxes, where the <br />Pappas bill is also. <br />The likeliest vehicle for TIF in the House is HF1189 <br />(Rest), which the AMM opposes because of Its restrictions. <br />It would irrodify TIF provisions to cover contandnation in <br />soil conditions districts aiul allow use of TIF in hazardous <br />waste subdistricts to cover environmental insurance or <br />guaranty fund payments. It also would authorize and set <br />terms for manufacturing districts and authorize assess ­ <br />ment agreement modifications or temriiation on mutual <br />consent There are provisions for three specific cities in this <br />bill that the AMM does not oppose. <br />the landotvner's initiation has been removed from HF622. <br />Also rentoved from the House version was a section that <br />would have prohibited construction of storm tewen or <br />roads in or near ag preserves land. <br />The bill still contains language that would disallow <br />assessment for storm water or road projects in ag pre­ <br />serves land. <br />It does, however, remove diese restrictions for ag <br />preserves estabUshed after Dec. 1,1993, which becomes <br />surrounded <m at least 75 percent of its perimeter by tfie <br />urban service area. <br />HF622 is on the floor in the House. SF695 has been <br />scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Metropolitan and <br />Local Government Committee at 2 psn. April 14. <br />... Housing choice <br />The comprehensive housing dtoice bill (HF471, OrL_ <br />and SF529, Novak) originally would have directed the <br />Metropolitan Council to allocate comprehensive housii^ <br />choice allotment numbers throughout die metropoUtan <br />area and would have set penalties for nor»<ompliance. The <br />bill has been amended so that penalties rdateonly to <br />removal of barriers and not to numbers. <br />Under provisiems of the airteitdcd version, the Metro­ <br />politan Council would analyze each city's local practice s to <br />determiiw whether barriers exist to providing coo^rclKn- <br />sive choice housing. Penalties relating only to the removal <br />of barriers arui not numbers remain in the bilL <br />The House version was on the floor and die Serute <br />version was in Serute Taxes Conunittee. <br />... Water supply <br />A water supply bill (HF704, Trimble; SF697, Price) has <br />been anund^ so that it is coiuistent with AMM policy. <br />The bill as origirully presented would have nu^ water <br />supply a nwtro^itan system. It also would prohibit the <br />use of grourvi water for surface water level rruinterunce <br />arui would require criteria for water supply emeigenUcs. <br />Both the House and Serute versions of the bill are on <br />Secoiul Reading in their respective chandieis.