1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for a grant to the city of 
1.3 	Saint Paul for streetscaping along University Avenue; authorizing the sale and 
1.4 	issuance of bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. SAINT PAUL STREETSCAPING.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $10,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.8 	fund to the Metropolitan Council for a grant to the city of Saint Paul for streetscape 
1.9 	improvements on University Avenue to be made in conjunction with construction of the 
1.10 	central corridor light rail line, including planting trees, pedestrian-scale lighting, storm 
1.11 	water management, sidewalk and crosswalk improvements, and LRT station amenities. 
1.12 	This appropriation is not available until the commissioner determines that at least 
1.13 	$12,000,000 has been committed to the project from nonstate sources.
1.14 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in subdivision 1 from 
1.15 	the bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and 
1.16 	issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $10,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, 
1.17 	and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and 
1.18 	by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

1.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.