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• 40% based on each agency's proportion of total regional system visits;
<br /> • 40% based on each agency's proportion of total regional system operation and maintenance
<br /> expenditures in the previous calendar year; and,
<br /> • 20% based on each agency's proportion of total regional system acreage, with park reserve
<br /> resource management lands divided by four.
<br /> In 2000, legislation was enacted that directed a portion of state lottery proceeds into a "natural
<br /> resources fund," with the stipulation that a portion of the receipts deposited "may be spent only on
<br /> metropolitan park and trail grants." This funding source is commonly called "lottery in lieu of sales tax"
<br /> revenue (Minn. Stat. 297A.94(e)(3)). The Council disburses the appropriations from these two sources
<br /> to the regional park implementing agencies based on the results of the formula contained in Minn. Stat.
<br /> 473.351.
<br /> Table 5-2 illustrates the amount of appropriations disbursed to the regional park implementing agencies
<br /> in relation to the total costs to operate and maintain the Regional Parks System from 1985 to 2013.
<br /> Pass-through Grants Financed with State Bonds
<br /> Some state bonding legislation appropriates funds for specific capital improvements to
<br /> the regional park system that are passed-through the Council to the specified regional
<br /> park implementing agency. These appropriations are typically for projects that have
<br /> state-wide significance, for example appropriations to improve the Como Zoo and
<br /> Marjorie McNeely Conservatory.
<br /> Table 5-2. Percent of Regional Park System Operations and Maintenance (O &
<br /> M) Expenses Covered by State Appropriations, 1985-2013
<br /> Calendar Year Percent of O & M
<br /> (State Fiscal Park Agency's O & M Expenses Covered by
<br /> Year) O &-M Appropriation Expenses (1985-2013) State Appropriation
<br /> 1985/(1986) $ 2,000,000 $ 19,091,548 10.5%
<br /> 1986/(1987) $ 2,000,000 $ 22,656,187 8.8%
<br /> 1987/(1988) $ 2,000,000 $ 24,595,929 8.1%
<br /> 1988/(1989) $ 2,000,000 $ 26,461,148 7.6%
<br /> 1989/(1990) $ 2,000,000 $ 29,294,759 6.8%
<br /> 1990/(1991) $ 2,817,000 $ 31,107,785 9.1%
<br /> 1991/(1992) $ 2,759,000 $ 32,076,220 8.6%
<br /> 1992/(1993) $ 2,356,000 $ 33,453,546 7.0%
<br /> 1993/(1994) $ 2,238,000 $ 35,646,465 6.3%
<br /> 1994/(1995) $ 2,238,000 $ 37,928,496 5.9%
<br /> 1995/(1996) $ 2,238,000 $ 40,158,254 5.6%
<br /> 1996/(1997) $ 2,238,000 $41,322,602 5.4%
<br /> 1997/(1998) $ 3,000,000 $ 44,338,618 6.8%
<br /> 1998/(1999) $ 3,000,000 $49,242,255 6.1%
<br /> 1999/(2000) $4,500,000 $ 50,748,152 8.9%
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