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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 (0 &
<br />M) Expenses Covered by State Appropriations, 1985-2013
<br />Calendar Year Percent of 0 & M
<br />(State Fiscal Park Agency's 0 & M Expenses Covered by
<br />Year) 0 & 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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