sentences:  The building was expanded in the 1960s and 1970s, but by the 1980s the building was suffering from leaks, cracks, mold and water damage, which threatened the collections and the dioramas.After a decades-long planning and legislative process, led by State Representative Alice Hausman, the Minnesota Legislature struck an agreement where the university would borrow $51.5 million for the project and the state would pay the debt service on the bonds over a span of 25 years.James Ford Bell's grandson, Ford Bell, is president of the American Alliance of Museums and a trustee of the James Ford Bell Foundation, which donated $3 million for the new museum.