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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
<br />(State Fiscal
<br />Year)
<br />0 & M Appropriation
<br />Park Agency's 0 & M
<br />Expenses (1985-2013)
<br />Percent of 0 & M
<br />Expenses Covered by
<br />State Appropriation
<br />1985/(1986)
<br />$ 2,000,000
<br />$ 19,091,548
<br />10.5%
<br />1986/(1987)
<br />$ 2,000,000
<br />$ 22,656,187
<br />8.8%
<br />1987/(1988)
<br />$ 2,000,000
<br />$ 24,595,929
<br />8.1%
<br />1988/(1989)
<br />$ 2,000,000
<br />$ 26,461,148
<br />7.6%
<br />1989/(1990)
<br />$ 2,000,000
<br />$ 29,294,759
<br />6.8%
<br />1990/(1991)
<br />$ 2,817,000
<br />$ 31,107,785
<br />9.1%
<br />1991/(1992)
<br />$ 2,759,000
<br />$ 32,076,220
<br />8.6%
<br />1992/(1993)
<br />$ 2,356,000
<br />$ 33,453,546
<br />7.0%
<br />1993/(1994)
<br />$ 2,238,000
<br />$ 35,646,465
<br />6.3%
<br />1994/(1995)
<br />$ 2,238,000
<br />$ 37,928,496
<br />5.9%
<br />1995/(1996)
<br />$ 2,238,000
<br />$ 40,158,254
<br />5.6%
<br />1996/(1997)
<br />$ 2,238,000
<br />$ 41,322,602
<br />5.4%
<br />1997/(1998)
<br />$ 3,000,000
<br />$ 44,338,618
<br />6.8%
<br />1998/(1999)
<br />$ 3,000,000
<br />$ 49,242,255
<br />6.1%
<br />1999/(2000)
<br />$ 4,500,000
<br />$ 50,748,152
<br />8.9%
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