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RESOLUTION
CITY OF SAINT PAUL, NIINNES(�TA
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Presented By
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2 WHEREAS, during the recently completed legislative session, the Legislature of the State of
3 Minnesota enacted a bill making certain technical corrections to the special state laws regarding
4 the RiverCentre Authority, which bill was presented to, and approved by the Governor on May
5 20, 2003; and
7 WHEREAS, Chapter 63, Laws of Minnesota 2003, entitled "City of St. - Paul Civic Center
8 Authority Powers - Technical Correcfions" amended Laws 1967, chapter 459, section 8,
9 subdivisions 1, 3, 4, as amended; NOW THEREFORE BE IT
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RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Saint Paul, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 63,
Section 4, that Chapter 63, Laws of Minnesota 2003, entitled "City of St. - Paul Civic Center
Authority Powers - Technical Conections", is in all things adopted herein by reference and
approved;
AND BE IT FURTHBR RESOLVED, that the City Clerk, as the chief clerical officer of the City
of Saint Paul, shall forthwith file with the Secretary of State, in a form prescribed by the Attorney
General, a certificate stating the essential facts necessary to the adoption and approval of said law
in compliance with Minn. Stat. §645.021, Subd. 3.
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Contact Person & Phone:
Bili Huepenbecker
265-48YL
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Date initiated:
31-JUL-03 Green Sheet NO: 3003641
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Action Requested:
City adoptioin of Chapter 63, Laws of Minnesota 2003
�dations: Approve (A) or R
Planning Commission
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Civ�l Service Commission
the Following Questions:
1. Has this person/firm ever worked under a contract for this department?
Yes No
2. Has this person/flirm ever been a ciry employee?
Yes No
3. Does ihis person/Firm possess a skill not normelly possessed by any
current ciry employee?
Yes No
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Initiating Problem, Issues, Opportunity (Who, What, When, Where, Why):
City approval is tequired before the law can take effect.
Advantages If Approved:
Will make the changes provided for in the law that include: (i) legally changing name "Civic Center Authority" to "RiverCentre
Authority' ;(ii) Changing terms of office of Authority members who are members of the Saint Paul City Council from 2 yrs to 4 yrs; (iii)
amending Original enabling law to enable the Authority to accept and expend gifts from non-profit wrps. for such purposes as
developing a Roy Wilkin Tribute Exhibir, (iv) changing the Authority annual budget submission deadline.
Disadvantages If Approved:
None
DisadvanWges If Not Approved;
These changes cannot be made.
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Legislative history and Authors
CHAPTER 63-S.F.No. 374
An act relating to the city of St. Pau1; making
technical changes to the civic center authority powers
and duties; amending Laws 1967, chapter 459, section
8, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, as amended.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. Laws 1967, chapter 459, section 8, subdivision
1, as added by Laws 1969, chapter 1138, section 3, is amended to
read:
Subdivision 1. There is created an agency of the city of
Saint Paul known as the �-^�� RiverCentre authority.
The authority shall have nine members. Seven public
members shall be appointed by the mayor, with the consent of the
council, and shall hold no other public office save notary
public. Two members shall be designated by the mayor from among
the members o£ the city council.
Until termination of the guarantees provided hereunder five
of the seven public members shall be appointed from among
nominees presented to the mayor by the guarantors. Three o£ the
five public members nominated by the guarantors, and the two not
so nominated, shall reside in Saint Paul.
Three of the public members £irst appointed sha11 serve
two-year terms. Al1 other appointments of public members shall
be £or four-year terms, to expire on July 1 of the year of
expiration. ��-'�,^;� Councilmembers shall serve ��
four-year terms � "�^ `' ` ^',^^�'^�, � '..^� �a��
� _.,-�'^�°�^' • � beginning on the first business day of
January of the year after their election
A11 appointments to fill vacancies sha11 be Por the
remainder of the unexpired term.
Members of the Authority shall serve without compensation
but may be reimbursed for their necessary expenses.
Any public member may be removed by the mayor, with the
consent of the council, for good cause shown.
The authority shall elect, for one-year terms, a chairman
and such other of£icers as it may deem appropriate.
Sec. 2. Laws 1967, chapter 459, section 8, subdivision 3,
as added by Laws 1969, chapter 1138, sec[ion 3, is amended to
read:
Subd. 3. To discharge its responsibilities the autriority
shall have power to:
(1) appoint and at its pleasure remove a managing director
and a deputy director and fix their compensation.
(2) use the services of the Civil Service Department o£ the
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city of St. Paul to secure such other employees as may be
necessary to operate the authority and the �-.__ _______
RiverCentre Complex, who sha11 be in the classified service o£
the city of St. Paul.
(3J manage the �--_- =____= RiverCentre Complex, and raake
regulations reqarding its use, and in particular prescribe the
charges to be made for its use, determine when free use shall be
granted for worthy civic activities, and control the actions of
any person licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquor upon the
premises of the center. This enumeration of powers shall not be
construed as a limitation upon the general powers of the
authority.
(4) make contracts and purchases which shall, except as
provided in Subdivision 5, be made as in the case of other city
agencies and bureaus.
(5) accept and expend according to their terms any gi£ts
from qovernments or ��^''�- persons for ��
RiverCentre Complex purposes.
Sec. 3. Laws 1967, chapter 459, section 8, subdivision 4,
as added by Laws 1969, chapter 1138, section 3, is amended to
read:
Subd. 4. Receipts of the authority shall be deposited to
its credit in a revolving fund in the city treasury and expended
in accordance with an annual budget. The budget shall be
submitted to the comptroller before A�� October 31 of each
year and shall be transmitted by him, without modification, to
the council as part of his budget estimates. The council may
modi£y the budget of the authority only with respect to those
amounts proposed to be financed by qeneral revenues of the city
or bond proceeds.
The budget shall follow the method of subdivision into
items prescribed £or other city agencies and bureaus but may, in
the discretion of the authority, be on an accrual basis, and all
sums remaining to the credit of the authority at the close of
the city's budqet year shall be automatically appropriated to
its credit for the following year.
The city may levy in 1970, in addition to other levies
permitted by law or charter, an ad valorem tax sufficient to pay
all deferred free use charges currently payable to the present
auditorium fund, which shall be creditad to the authority's
revolving £und.
Sec. 4. [EFFECTIVE DATE; LOCAL APPROVAL.]
Section 1 is effective the day after the governing body of
St. Pau1 and its chief clerical officer timelv comolete their
Presented to the governor May 16, 2003
Signed by the governor May 20, 2003, 4:58 p.m.