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    Default Senate Bill 2297 - Bonding bill - Dunbar Hall

    The ND Senate recently passed SB2297 which provides for bonding to construct a replacement for Dunbar Hall for $51,200,00. Also included is $54,000,000 for an agricultural products development center and $10,000,000 for the Northern Crops Institute.

    NDSU must raise an additional 6 million in external funds for the development center and 8 million for the NCI project.

    The only other projects were one for VCSU and one for DSU.

    The bill passed the senate 46-0.

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    Default Re: Senate Bill 2297 - Bonding bill - Dunbar Hall

    Quote Originally Posted by roadwarrior View Post
    The ND Senate recently passed SB2297 which provides for bonding to construct a replacement for Dunbar Hall for $51,200,00. Also included is $54,000,000 for an agricultural products development center and $10,000,000 for the Northern Crops Institute.

    NDSU must raise an additional 6 million in external funds for the development center and 8 million for the NCI project.

    The only other projects were one for VCSU and one for DSU.

    The bill passed the senate 46-0.
    Are the IPF and Softball projects on different bills???

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    Quote Originally Posted by imabison View Post
    Are the IPF and Softball projects on different bills???
    Good question. Pretty sure softball already approved. Bonding wouldn't apply to the IPF.

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    Default Re: Senate Bill 2297 - Bonding bill - Dunbar Hall

    Quote Originally Posted by roadwarrior View Post
    Bonding wouldn't apply to the IPF.
    Is that because the IPF is planned to have all funding available up front?

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    Quote Originally Posted by EC8CH View Post
    Is that because the IPF is planned to have all funding available up front?
    Well they have to have state approval before they can start officially fundraising. It passed committee and would suspect
    it should come up before long before the governing bodies.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WhoRepsTheLurker View Post
    Well of course.
    We don’t need agricultural research. That should be for agricultural states
    Build a smaller building so we can add on to it as soon as it’s finished.
    These people have no respect for education and it’s impact on our state
    I like to surround myself with people who share in my inappropriate comments, sarcasm, and random shenanigans

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    Default Re: Senate Bill 2297 - Bonding bill - Dunbar Hall

    The house passed their version of the bill which removed the agricultural research project.

    Since the house and senate bills didn't contain the same language, a conference committee was formed to work out a compromise.

    Replacing the Northern Crops Institute was removed completely from the original bill. Language was added to instruct NDSU to come with a detailed plan and I guess return in 2021 and ask for the money.

    Both the house and senate approved the sale of 51,200,000 of bonds to replace Dunbar Hall. The compromise bill appropriates 8,000,000 from the current biennium general fund, bonds for 40,000,000 and allows NDSU to utilize other funds in the amount of 3,200,000. Looks like this project will happen.

    The senate approved 60,000,000 for the ag project. The house approved zero. The compromise appropriates 20,000,000 from the current biennium general fund, bonds for 20,000,000 but requires NDSU to find another 20,000,000 in additional funds or scale back the project.

    The senate passed the compromise bill today. The house hasn't voted on it yet.

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    The House approved the compromise last night.

    NDSU got $48 million to replace Dunbar Hall. $51.2 million was requested

    NDSU got $40 million for the Ag Products Development Center (to replace Harris Hall). $60 million was requested

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    Default Re: Senate Bill 2297 - Bonding bill - Dunbar Hall

    I would be a little bit sad if they decide to tear down Geoscience Hall to make the Dunbar replacement cheaper. It's not a great building, but it's one of the few old NDSU buildings that has at least some character in its design. Granted, it's a distant 9th out of 9 good old buildings.*


    *Tier 1 buildings: Minard, Morril, S Engineering, Ceres, Putnam, Old Main
    Tier 2: Churchill, Bentsen Bunker
    Tier 3: Geosciences

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