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• SB 58 extends the property tax abatement time length. for redevelopment in a metropolitan redevelopment
• I'm Terry Bruner, the director of metropolitan redevelopment for the city of Albuquerque.
• Senate Bill 58 extends the property tax exemption period for metropolitan redevelopment areas.
• So all of that is a designated metropolitan redevelopment area.
• But they all have to be in the designated 19 metropolitan redevelopment areas in our town, which tend

Bills: SB101, SB58, SB55

Keywords: SB 101, Health Care Delivery and Access Act, repeal of repeal, sunset repeal, delayed repeal, health care, healthcare, access to care, medical services, provider regulation, state health law, New Mexico, SB58, metropolitan redevelopment, redevelopment property, property tax exemption, payments in lieu of taxes, PILOT, municipal redevelopment, local government

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• Sorry, in metropolitan redevelopment areas. ...tax abatement time length in redevelopment areas.
• Sorry, in metropolitan redevelopment areas.
• They have to show that they justify their project within the Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan and
• redevelopment areas.
• They have to show that they justify their project within the Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan and

Bills: SB36, SB88, SB92, SB97, SB48, SB55, SB58, SB76, SB93, SB89, SB60

Keywords: quantum technology, tax credit, infrastructure, economic development, New Mexico, corporate tax, research and development, innovation, foster care, income tax, guardianship, youth services, financial relief, affordable housing, gross receipts tax, tax deduction, construction materials, multifamily housing, low income, tax credits

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• And that mine runs tons and tons of aggregate up and down one of our main streets that we're redeveloping
• Then under the Metropolitan Council, the governor recommends eliminating one of the two general fund
• > Council,<01:24:39.000> the Then under the Metropolitan Council, the Then under the Metropolitan
• <01:25:05.160> Council<01:25:05.640> also and then the Metropolitan Council also and
• then the Metropolitan Council also receives<01:25:07.040> money<01:25:07.440> from<01:

Bills: HF3373, HF4449, HF3486, HF4180, HF4227, HF2505

Keywords: transportation, interchange, funding, bonds, St. Paul Park, transit, Metropolitan Council, Twin Cities, metro area, high-frequency transit, bus rapid transit, busway, guideway, transportation policy plan, transit performance measures, regional transit benchmarks, transit-oriented development, TOD, zoning, land use

Summary: The committee approved the April 8, 2026 minutes and then heard House File 3373, which was laid over. The bill sought trunk highway bond funding for preliminary and final design work at the 70th Street interchange in St. Paul Park. Representative Hansen, Mayor Keith Frankie, and Washington County Commissioner Karla Bigham described the interchange as undersized and increasingly unsafe because of refinery truck traffic, aggregate hauling, nearby growth, and changing traffic patterns. Members asked about prior study, cost, and greenhouse gas requirements, and the bill author said the request was about $500,000. Chair Cosgrove noted the bill would be laid over and suggested the issue could involve future statutory exemptions. The committee then took up House File 4449, also laid over, after adopting the A4 author’s amendment. Representative Jones presented the bill as a transit planning and accountability measure for the Twin Cities metro. It would set numeric transit goals, require better coordination between road projects and future transit projects, and give the Met Council more tools to support transit-oriented development, including property acquisition and development around transit corridors. Jones argued the bill would help avoid rebuilding roads twice and improve transit ridership, frequency, speed, and reliability. Representative Olson offered an amendment to exempt highway projects primarily addressing documented safety issues, arguing that safety projects should not be burdened by added transit requirements or costs. Jones said she supported the safety concern but opposed the amendment as written because the bill was aimed at major construction projects. After a roll call, the amendment failed on an 8-8 tie. The bill itself remained laid over for further work, with the chair noting there was still time to refine the proposal.

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• <00:24:11.679> project extremely complex Redevelopment project extremely complex Redevelopment
• Paul to establish three Redevelopment Paul to establish three Redevelopment districts<00:46:10.880
• <00:47:21.880> to um in order to allow Redevelopment to um in order to allow Redevelopment
• expectation is once they're redeveloped expectation is once they're redeveloped um<01:03:47.960>
• <01:17:36.120> tax I saw the eyebrows um Redevelopment tax I saw the eyebrows um Redevelopment

Bills: HF1746, HF2585, HF1159, HF2574, HF2839, HF157, HF158, HF160, HF338, HF512

Keywords: Oakdale, tax increment financing, local government, funding, urban development, tax increment, St. Paul, redevelopment, housing authority, housing trust fund, low-income housing, property taxation, Minnesota statutes, vacant property, housing, commercial to residential conversion, Minneapolis, urban redevelopment, public parks, tax capacity

Bills: SB298, SB300, SB371

Keywords: employee relocation, headquarters, Small Business Administration, Washington metropolitan area, telework, cost reduction, rural markets, geographic diversity, disaster loans, accountability, reporting, loan forgiveness, federal funding, SBA reforms, small business, disaster assistance, transparency, report publication, government accountability

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• Um, but given the tourist focus of this redevelopment and the area surrounding the National Sports Center
• established the 105th redevelopment established the 105th redevelopment area.<01:07:58.400> It's
• <01:08:26.880> this given the tourist focus of this given the tourist focus of this redevelopment
• c> and<01:08:28.000> the<01:08:28.239> area<01:08:28.560> surrounding redevelopment
• and the area surrounding redevelopment and the area surrounding the<01:08:29.279> National<01

Bills: HR1, HF387

Keywords: January 6 insurrection, pardon, law enforcement, violent crimes, public safety, justice system, political accountability, Blaine, local sales tax, special tax, restaurant tax, lodging tax, admissions tax, amusement tax, hotel tax, redevelopment, capital improvements, municipal finance, bonding authority, tourism tax

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• development at the Metropolitan Council. development at the Metropolitan Council.
• Business Programs at the Metropolitan Business Programs at the Metropolitan Council.<00:09:50.320
• Currently in statute, the Metropolitan Currently in statute, the Metropolitan Council<00:09:58.240
• 47.839> and metropolitan significance review and metropolitan significance review and reporting
• affairs manager at the Metropolitan affairs manager at the Metropolitan Council.<00:25:32.960>

Bills: HF3884, HF3881, HF3882, HF3883, HF3363, HF3362

Keywords: tribal governments, Metropolitan Council, grant programs, funding, local government, small business, contracting, veteran-owned businesses, compliance, government contracts, housing finance, reporting requirements, regional development, city programs, elected officials, campaign access, multiple unit dwellings, residential access, voter registration, 1183

Summary: The committee met on March 4, 2026, and first approved the minutes from March 2 by voice vote. It then took up several Metropolitan Council agency bills, with members repeatedly moving to lay them over for possible inclusion or, in one case, to re-refer a bill to another committee. The first three bills discussed were House File 3884, House File 3881, and House File 3882, all presented as administrative or programmatic changes intended to streamline Met Council processes. House File 3884 would allow tribal governments and tribal development entities to apply directly for Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Act grants and community tree planting grants, rather than applying through a city or other local government. Testimony from Met Council staff said the bill would simplify access and align the Met Council’s tree-planting program with existing DNR authority. House File 3881 would expand the Met Council’s contracting authority to include small businesses more broadly, require an annual report to the legislature on small-business contracting, and repeal a duplicative statute on certificates of compliance. House File 3882 would make a range of administrative cleanups, including removing an obsolete housing-bond review role, clarifying outdated statutory language, extending the review cycle for metropolitan significance rules from every two years to every 10 years, clarifying reporting and Livable Communities Act provisions, changing regional parks operations-and-maintenance reimbursements to rely on audited financial statements, and clarifying agricultural preserves procedures. The committee also considered House File 3883, which was amended with an A1 amendment before adoption. That bill updates appointments to the Metropolitan Area Water Supply Advisory Committee, known as MOSAC, including direct appointments for certain county representatives and adding a tribal representative appointed by the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, while also cleaning up outdated language and eligibility provisions. A former MOSAC member spoke in support of the committee’s work, and the chair said the bill was common-sense and renewed the motion to lay it over as amended. Finally, the committee began House File 3363, a bill described by the author as a response to safety concerns after the June events, aimed at removing public access to legislators’ home addresses from Campaign Finance Board materials; discussion had just begun when the transcript ended.

Bills: HF1277, HF1006

Keywords: data centers, tax exemption, Minnesota statutes, economic development, employment growth, property tax, abatement, land bank, redevelopment, political subdivision, 1183, house

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• that adding Housing and Redevelopment that adding Housing and Redevelopment Authority<00:03:17.920
• Housing and redevelopment authorities Housing and redevelopment authorities are<00:03:29.760> tasked
• 53.600> and Metropolitan Council Housing and Metropolitan Council Housing and Redevelopment<00
• We are the Redevelopment Authority.
• Association of Housing and Redevelopment Association of Housing and Redevelopment Authorities.<00

Bills: HF4141, HF3951

Keywords: housing authority, criminal penalty, assault, public safety, redevelopment, submetered utility service, tenant rights, digital payment, eviction protection, housing policy, 1183, house

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• Acquisition for Strategic Transformation Task Force to study the feasibility of expropriating and redeveloping

Bills: HR307, SB228

Keywords: expropriation, redevelopment, New Orleans East, blighted properties, task force, urban development, environmental remediation, property rights, community engagement, economic development, 965, house, all

Bills: HF2438

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school

Bills: HF2438

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school

Bills: HF2438

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school

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• us to provide more airport development grants for Minnesota's 1,333 public airports, excluding Metropolitan
• I'm the government affairs director at the Metropolitan Council, and uh, first of all, I'd like to thank
• across Minnesota, including frontline workers at MnDOT, DPS, Driver and Vehicle Services, and the Metropolitan

Bills: HF2438

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school

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• 24.160> additional metropolitan counties some additional metropolitan counties some additional
• area counties and by metropolitan area counties and by metropolitan<00:53:11.920> area<00:53:
• > clarifying<00:53:39.280> or Metropolitan Council or clarifying or Metropolitan Council
• <00:53:41.760> Council reminding that uh Metropolitan Council reminding that uh Metropolitan
• She also asked about the source of the reporting changes. metropolitan uh so metropolitan metropolitan

Bills: HF2438

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school

Bills: HF3426, HF3428

Keywords: natural resources, environment, sustainability, conservation, outdoor recreation, land acquisition, real property, trust fund, commissioner approval, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, conservation easement, land purchase, state land, public lands, property acquisition, value assessment, tax assessed value, Metropolitan Council, Board of Water and Soil Resources

Bills: HF1167, HF1242

Keywords: Northern Lights Express, NLX, Minneapolis-Duluth rail, passenger rail, intercity passenger rail, high-speed rail, Duluth, Minneapolis, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Council, transportation funding, rail appropriation, general fund, trunk highway fund, rail project cancellation, infrastructure spending, commercial driver training, CDL, financial assistance

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• We worked with intermediaries that represent our very well-known CDFIs here in the metropolitan area
• > in<00:26:18.080> the well-known CDFIs here in the well-known CDFIs here in the metropolitan
• area and also across the metropolitan area and also across the state.
• Tax base is right here in the metropolitan area.
• Tax base is right here in the metropolitan area.

Bills: HF4477

Keywords: Minnesota business recovery loan program, small business loan, zero-interest loan, forgivable loan, business recovery, economic development, small business emergency loan account, Minnesota Initiative Foundations, nonprofit lenders, greater Minnesota, Twin Cities metro, seven-county metropolitan area, immigration enforcement, business interruption, revenue loss, job preservation, business stabilization, state appropriation, forward fund, loan forgiveness

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• On line 77, there's a $2 million cut from the redevelopment grant program.
• <00:12:52.959> grant from the redevelopment grant from the redevelopment grant program.<00
• The contamination site cleanup and investigation grants, as well as the redevelopment grant program.
• My name is Trisha Reinwald, and I'm from the Minnesota Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities
• My name is Trisha Reinwald, and I'm from the Minnesota Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities

Bills: HF3228, HF2441

Keywords: workers' compensation, insurance programs, employee protection, Minnesota statutes, safety regulations, prevailing wage, certified payroll, payroll reporting, construction contracts, public works, project registration, labor standards, contractor compliance, subcontractor reporting, state government, Department of Administration, Commissioner of Labor and Industry, Metropolitan Council, highway construction, public construction

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• The first section is a change to the definition of metropolitan governmental unit, where we divide out
• If a city with a population of over 50,000 is both a metropolitan governmental unit and a political subdivision

Bills: HF3698, HF4243, HF4239, HF4241, HF4242, HF4240

Keywords: libraries, electronic books, digital audiobooks, licensing agreements, public access, campaign finance, elections, political contributions, disclosure, reporting thresholds, economic interest statements, financial disclosure, ethics, public officials, local officials, metropolitan governmental unit, metropolitan area, candidate filings, principal campaign committee, political committee