SF 2011

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 06/20/2023 02:15pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Oheyawahe (Pilot Knob)
in Mendota Heights; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin MENDOTA HEIGHTS; OHEYAWAHE (PILOT KNOB).
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $1,891,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund
to the Metropolitan Council for a grant to the city of Mendota Heights for Oheyawahe (Pilot
Knob), a culturally, historically, and environmentally important site and Dakota sacred site
located at 2100 Pilot Knob Road in Mendota Heights, overlooking the confluence of the
Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers, which is included on the National Register of Historic
Places. This appropriation includes money to predesign, design, and construct: multipurpose
gathering spaces, interpretation structures, trail connections and walkways, parking, and
other visitor amenities and infrastructure; grading, landscaping, and other site and natural
resource improvements including the planting and restoration of native vegetation; and
other betterments necessary to provide safe and improved visitor access and preserve the
land as a public natural area.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Bond sale. new text end

new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond
proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of
the state in an amount up to $1,891,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect
prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota
Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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