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Committee considers extending deadline for Minneapolis Lake Street grant after contract delays
Summary
The committee heard testimony on House File 3,079, a bill to extend the spending deadline for a 2023 appropriation to the City of Minneapolis tied to post-2020 Lake Street business recovery. City and state witnesses told lawmakers contract and implementation delays prompted the request; the committee laid the bill over for future consideration.
House File 3,079 would change the deadline for spending a 2023 appropriation to the City of Minneapolis related to business support on Central Lake Street.
The bill, presented to the Workforce, Labor and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee by Representative Gomez, would move the grant spending deadline from June 30, 2025, to June 30, 2027. Gomez said the delay reflects that the city did not finalize its implementing contract with the state agency until June 2024, which compressed the…
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