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Minnesota Public Facilities Authority <br />Example Letter to MMB Requesting Approval of a Waiver <br />(Put on City Letterhead) <br />20_ <br />Commissioner of Minnesota Management and Budget <br />c/o Roger Behrens via email roger.behrens@state.mn.us <br />Minnesota Management and Budget <br />400 Centennial Office Building <br />658 Cedar Street <br />St. Paul, MN 55155 <br />RE: Real Property Declaration Waiver Request - Project <br />MPFA-SPAP-G- [insert project number assigned by MPFA] <br />Dear Commissioner: <br />Through the Minnesota Public Facilities Authority ("PFA"), the City of has been <br />awarded a Special Appropriation from the 2023 Minnesota Legislature for a project within its jurisdiction. <br />The project is described as follows: <br />(insert description) <br />Projects funded in whole or in part with State bond proceeds, so the City must comply with the <br />requirements applicable to Real Property Declarations set forth in Section 7.02 of Minnesota Management <br />and Budget's (MMB's) Fourth OrderAmending Order of Commissioner of Finance dated July 30, 2012 (the <br />"Commissioner's Order"). <br />[use one of the following two paragraphs.] <br />[if the entire project is eligible for a waiver] This letter constitutes the City's written request for a waiver of <br />the Declaration requirement because the entire project lies within roads, highways or utility or transit <br />corridors, easements or rights of way, and the recording of the Declaration against such property would be <br />unduly onerous or impracticable. I understand that the City will have to sign a Waiver Certification that the <br />property improved by the funding described above is State bond financed property and cannot be sold, <br />encumbered or otherwise disposed of without the approval of the Commissioner of MMB. <br />[if only a portion of the project is eligible for a waiver] This letter constitutes the City's written request for a <br />waiver of the Declaration requirement for the portion of the project within roads, highways or utility or <br />transit corridors, easements or rights of way, where the recording of the Declaration against such property <br />would be unduly onerous or impracticable. I understand that the City will have to sign a Waiver Certification <br />that the property subject to the waiver is State bond financed property and cannot be sold, encumbered or <br />otherwise disposed of without the approval of the Commissioner of MMB. I also understand that the City <br />will be required to record a real property Declaration for the remaining parcel(s) of land in the project that <br />is/are not eligible for the waiver, stating that such parcel(s) is/are State bond financed property and cannot <br />be sold, encumbered or otherwise disposed of without the approval of the Commissioner of MMB. <br />GO Bond Special Appropriation Forms 29 of 32 August 2023 <br />