1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; requiring the Metropolitan Council to award grants to 
1.3 	St. Paul district councils for outreach and education concerning public transit 
1.4 	development and use; appropriating money.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$....... in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the general fund to the Metropolitan 
1.8 	Council for grants to St. Paul district councils on the east side, including District 1 
1.9 	Community Council, District 2 Community Council, District 4 Dayton's Bluff Community 
1.10 	Council, and Payne-Phalen District 5 Planning Council. The grants must be used for 
1.11 	outreach, education, and engagement to minority communities concerning the status and 
1.12 	future development of Rush Line corridor, Red Rock corridor, and Gateway Corridor Gold 
1.13 	Line. The program must focus on minorities and new American communities, especially 
1.14 	Karen, Somali, Hispanic, and Hmong whose members live, work, or own businesses in 
1.15 	the named districts. Grantees shall use 30 percent of the grant money for ethnic radio 
1.16 	programs and dissemination of information by credible liaisons in the oral-culture 
1.17 	communities. This appropriation is available until expended.