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Authorize county staff to pursue 2026 state general obligation bonding appropriations
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Resolution:
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BE IT RESOLVED, that the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners does hereby authorize county staff to request 2026 state general obligation bonding appropriations for:
* Recycling Recovery Facility ($26.0 million - seeking to reallocate the $26 million in State bonds from 2023 that were identified for the Anaerobic Digestion Facility project)
* West Broadway Safety and Mobility Improvements ($10.1 million)
* Washington Avenue Multimodal Reconstruction ($6.5 million)
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners supports the efforts of others in their request for 2026 state general obligation appropriations:
* Avivo ($26.7 million; received $1.7 million bonds in 2020 for design)
* St. David's ($10 million)
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Hennepin County 2025 legislative platform be updated to include the projects and requested state bonding amounts noted above.
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Background:
Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 16A.86, the Minnesota Department of Management & Budget has solicited requests from local governments for possible inclusion within the State's 2026 capital bonding appropriation. The requests are preliminarily submitted to the state in June 2025, with final signoff scheduled for October 2025.
County staff has reviewed the Board approved 2025-2029 Capital Improvement Program and other projects consistent with prior Board Briefings and determined that the county projects noted above are strong candidates for state bonding due to their significant regional impact.
* The Recycling Recovery Facility (CP 1010846) is a high priority for Hennepin County due to zero-waste goals set in the Solid Waste Management Plan, Climate Action Plan and the plan to Reinvent Hennepin County's Solid Waste System. Recycling recovery facilities have the highest diversion potential of all the actions identified i...
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