Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - The Rochester City Council is scheduled to vote Monday on whether to override another veto issued by Mayor Kim Norton.

The City Council agenda indicates the mayor exercised her veto power in response to the council’s unanimous vote on June 2 to approve an appropriation of about $245,000 in funding from the Downtown Property Preservation Program. The request had previously been approved by the Destination Medical Center Corporation Board.

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The funding would cover about half the cost of a project to renovate the second floor of the Fagan Studios building at 324 South Broadway for use as an apartment. City staff recommended its approval based on one of the “foundational goals” of the Historic District initiative—activating and revitalizing the upper floors of the 19th-century buildings in that area of downtown Rochester.

This is the second time Mayor Norton has vetoed this type of project. In January, she issued a veto after the City Council unanimously approved a $125,000 grant to help finance the renovation of the second floor of the historic building at 330 South Broadway for use as an apartment.

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In a memo explaining her veto, Mayor Norton argued that the program’s Revolving Loan Fund is a more appropriate financial incentive for the project, stating that it is an “adaptive reuse” of the building’s second floor and will generate revenue for the property owner.

That previous veto was overridden by the City Council.