1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Oheyawahe (Pilot Knob) 
1.3 	in Mendota Heights; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. MENDOTA HEIGHTS; OHEYAWAHE (PILOT KNOB).
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $1,891,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund 
1.7 	to the Metropolitan Council for a grant to the city of Mendota Heights for Oheyawahe (Pilot 
1.8 	Knob), a culturally, historically, and environmentally important site and Dakota sacred site 
1.9 	located at 2100 Pilot Knob Road in Mendota Heights, overlooking the confluence of the 
1.10 	Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers, which is included on the National Register of Historic 
1.11 	Places. This appropriation includes money to predesign, design, and construct: multipurpose 
1.12 	gathering spaces, interpretation structures, trail connections and walkways, parking, and 
1.13 	other visitor amenities and infrastructure; grading, landscaping, and other site and natural 
1.14 	resource improvements including the planting and restoration of native vegetation; and 
1.15 	other betterments necessary to provide safe and improved visitor access and preserve the 
1.16 	land as a public natural area.
1.17 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond 
1.18 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of 
1.19 	the state in an amount up to $1,891,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
1.20 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
1.21 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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