1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money to preserve and improve  
1.3 	parkways in a climate-resilient manner in the city of Minneapolis; authorizing the 
1.4 	sale and  issuance of state bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. MINNEAPOLIS PARK AND RECREATION BOARD; GREEN 
1.7 	PARKWAY IMPROVEMENT AS A PATH TO CLIMATE RESILIENCE.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $13,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.9 	fund to the Metropolitan Council for a grant to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board 
1.10 	to design and equip capital improvements to Minneapolis parkways that provide 
1.11 	climate-resilient and environmentally sound benefits. This appropriation includes money 
1.12 	for removal of redundant parkway pavement sections and replacement with restored shoreline 
1.13 	buffers, wetlands, and natural plantings; creation of tree trenches and rain gardens adjacent 
1.14 	to parkway roads that divert runoff from underground pipes and nourish plant species; 
1.15 	installation of under-road stormwater treatment cells that trap pavement water and filter it 
1.16 	slowly into the ground or body of water; restoring shorelines and naturalization of lawn 
1.17 	areas near parkways to make hard infrastructure less impacted by rising water levels, 
1.18 	flooding, and heavy storms; and reconstruction of storm sewers to install engineered 
1.19 	stormwater treatment options.
1.20 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond 
1.21 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of 
1.22 	the state in an amount up to $13,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
2.1 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
2.2 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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