The statute establishing NRP is copied below. The legislature may amend this
law in any it wants, which is the answer to Wizard's question.
469.1831 NEIGHBORHOODREVITALIZATION PROGRAM; FIRST CLASS CITY.
Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following
terms have the meanings given them.
(b) "Neighborhood action plan" means the plan developed with the participation
ofneighborhood residents under subdivision 6.
(c) "Neighborhood revitalizationprogram" or "program" means the program
developed under subdivision 5.
(d) "Neighborhood revitalization program money" or "program money" means the
money derived from tax increments required to be expended on the program under
section469.1781, paragraph (b).
Subd. 2.Establishment. A city of the first class may establish a
neighborhoodrevitalization program authorizing the expenditure of neighborhood
revitalization program money. The activities of a program must preserve and
enhance within the neighborhoodprivate and public physical infrastructure,
public health and safety, economic vitality, the sense of community, and social
benefits.
Subd. 3.Purposes; qualifying costs. A neighborhood revitalization program may
provide for expenditure of program money for the following purposes:
(1) to eliminate blighting influences by acquiring and clearing or
rehabilitating properties that the city finds have caused or will cause a
decline in the value of properties in the area or will increase the probability
that properties in the area will be allowed to physically deteriorate;
(2) to assist in the development of industrial properties that provide
employment opportunities paying a livable income to the residents of the
neighborhood and that will not adversely affect the overall character of the
neighborhood;
(3) to acquire, develop, construct, physically maintain, rehabilitate,
renovate, or replaceneighborhood commercial and retail facilities necessary to
maintain neighborhood vitality;
(4) to eliminate health hazards through the removal of hazardous waste and
pollution and return of land to productive use, if the responsible party is
unavailable or unable to pay for the cost;
(5) to rehabilitate existing housing and encourage homeownership;
(6) to construct new housing, where appropriate;
(7) to rehabilitate and construct new low-income, affordable rental housing;
(8) to remove vacant and boarded up houses; and
(9) to rehabilitate or construct community-based nonprofit and public
facilities necessary to carry out the purpose of the program.
Subd. 4.Program money; distribution and restrictions. (a)
Neighborhoodrevitalization program money may only be expended in accordance
with the program for a purpose listed in subdivision 3 or this subdivision.
Program money may not be used in those project areas of the city where the city
determines that private investment will be sufficient to provide for
development and redevelopment of the project area without public sector
assistance, except in cases where program money is being used to remove or
rehabilitate structurally substandard or obsolete buildings. Revenues derived
from tax increments may only be expended for the purposes otherwise permitted
by law, except that notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the city must pay
at least the following amount of program money, including revenues derived from
tax increments: (1) 15 percent to the school district, (2) 7.5 percent to the
county, and (3) 7.5 percent for social services. Payment must be made to the
county and school district within 15 days after the city receives the
distribution of increment revenues, provided that the payment for calendar year
1990 may be made at any time during the year. Payment to the county for social
services delivery shall be paid only after approval of program and spending
plans under paragraph (b). Payment to the school district for education
programs and services shall be paid only after approval of program and spending
plans under paragraph (b).
(b) The money distributed to the county in a calendar year must be deducted
from the county's levy limit for the following calendar year. In calculating
the county's levy limit base for later years, the amount deducted must be
treated as a local government aid payment.
The city must notify the commissioner of education of the amount of the payment
made to the school district for the year. The commissioner shall deduct from
the school district's state education aid payments one-half of the amount
received by the school district.
The program money paid to the school district by the city less any amount of
state aid deducted by the commissioner must be expended for additional
education programs and services in accordance with the program. The amounts
expended by the school district may not replace existing services.
The money for social services must be paid to the county for the cost of the
provision of social services under the plan, as approved by the policy board
and the county board.
(c) The city must expend on housing programs and related purposes as provided
by the program at least 75 percent of the program money, after deducting the
payments to the school district and county.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, for a city of
the first class qualifying under section 469.1781, paragraph (a), program money
and money described in Laws 1990, chapter 604, article 7, section 29, as
amended, may be expended anywhere within the city by the authority for a
purpose permitted by this section for any political subdivision without
compliance with section 469.175, subdivision 4, and such money shall be deemed
to be expended for a purpose that is a permitted project under section 469.176
and for a purpose that is permitted under section 469.176 for the district from
which the increment was received.
Subd. 5.Neighborhood revitalization program; contents. (a) The
neighborhoodrevitalization program must be developed based on the following
general principles:
(1) the social needs of neighborhood residents, particularly lower income
residents, must be addressed to provide a safe and healthy environment for
neighborhood residents, provide for the self-sufficiency of families, and
increase the economic and social stability of neighborhoods;
(2) the children residing in the neighborhoods must be given the opportunity
for a quality education and the needs of each neighborhood must be addressed
individually wherever possible; and
(3) the physical structure of the neighborhoods must be enhanced by providing
safe and suitable housing and infrastructure to increase the desirability of
neighborhoods as places to live.
(b) The neighborhood revitalization program must include the following:
(1) the identification of the neighborhoods that require assistance through the
program;
(2) a strategy of the citizen participation required under subdivision 6;
(3) the neighborhood action plans required under subdivision 6;
(4) the activities of participating organizations undertaken to address the
general principles; and
(5) an evaluation of the success of the neighborhood action plans.
Subd. 6.Citizen participation required. (a) The neighborhood revitalization
program must be developed with the process outlined in this subdivision.
(b) The program must include the preparation and implementation of
neighborhoodaction plans. The city must organize neighborhoods to prepare and
implement theneighborhood action plans. The neighborhoods must include the
participation of, whenever possible, all populations and interests in each
neighborhood including renters, homeowners, people of color, business owners,
representatives of neighborhood institutions, youth, and the elderly. The
neighborhood action plan must be submitted to the policy board established
under paragraph (c). The city must provide available resources, information,
and technical assistance to prepare the neighborhood action plans.
(c) Each city that develops a program must establish a policy board whose
membership includes members of the city council, county board, school board,
and citywide library and park board where they exist appointed by the
respective governing bodies; the mayor or designee of the mayor; and a
representative from the city's house of representatives delegation and a
representative from the city's state senate delegation appointed by the
respective delegation. The policy board may also include representatives of
citywide community organizations, neighborhood organizations, business owners,
labor, andneighborhood residents. The elected officials and appointed members
of the library board who are members of the policy board may appoint the other
members of the board.
(d) The policy board shall review, modify where appropriate, and approve, in
whole or in part, the neighborhood action plans and forward its recommendations
for final action to the governing bodies represented on the policy board. The
governing bodies shall review, modify where appropriate, and give final
approval, in whole or in part, to those actions over which they have
programmatic jurisdiction.
(e) Except for the legislative appointees, each of the governmental units and
groups named in paragraph (c) may, by resolution or agreement of its governing
body, become a member of the policy board. The nongovernmental organizations
and persons named in paragraph (c) shall provide members of the policy board
upon invitation by the governmental members of the policy board. The member to
represent a nongovernmental organization shall be a member of the policy board
only upon resolution or agreement of the governing body of the member's
organization. Upon the resolution or agreement of two or more governmental
bodies or governmental boards, the policy board shall be a joint powers board
under section 471.59, except that no power may be exercised under section
471.59, subdivision 11. The policy board may:
(1) sue and be sued. All defenses and limitations available to municipalities
under chapter 466 and other laws, shall apply to the policy board, its members,
director, and other staff members;
(2) hire, retain, discipline, and terminate a director to direct its activities
and accomplish its program. The director may hire necessary staff subject to
authorization by the board;
(3) enter into contracts, leases, purchases, or other documents evidencing its
undertakings. No contract, lease, or purchase or other document may be entered
into unless funds have been appropriated or otherwise made available to the
policy board;
(4) adopt bylaws for its own governance;
(5) enter into agreements with governmental units and governing boards, and
nongovernmental organizations represented on the policy board for services
required to fulfill the policy boards' purposes;
(6) accept gifts, donations, and appropriations from governmental or
nongovernmental sources and apply for grants from them;
(7) review activities to determine whether the expenditure of program money and
other money is in compliance with the neighborhood plans adopted by the policy
board and approved by the governing bodies having jurisdiction over the
program, and report its findings prior to October 1 of each year to all of the
governmental units, agencies, and nongovernmental organizations represented on
the policy board; and
(8) prepare annually an administrative budget for the ensuing year, estimating
its expenditures and estimated revenues, and forward its proposed budget to the
governmental units and agencies and nongovernmental organizations for
appropriate action.
Subd. 7.Review of program compliance. The policy board must periodically review
the activities funded with program money to determine if the expenditure of the
program money is in compliance with the neighborhood revitalization program.
Subd. 8.Distribution of neighborhood participation. The city of Minneapolis
shall ensure that all planning districts in the city are allowed to participate
in its neighborhoodrevitalization program.
History: 1990 c 604 art 7 s 27; 1991 c 59 s 1; 1991 c 291 art 10 s 17; 1992 c
590 s 1;1993 c 375 art 14 s 19; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 1 s 54; art 16 s 13; 1996 c 355
s 1,2; 2003 c 130 s 12
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John Ferman
Minneapolis, MN
On Dec 9, 2010, at 9:00 PM, "Wizard Marks" <<email obscured>> wrote:
> One of the things we can all do is to inform out city council rep. that Peter
Wagenius has been telling it like it isn't. The legislature cannot snach back
the NRP money. It's already in the NRP bank account. He was jumping in and out
of the committee meeting(s) repeating that the leggie will just take the money
away in January. I'm fairly sure that even the leggie cannot take money out of
the NRP bank account.