Meetings are listed by date with the most recent meeting at the top. If there is a television recording of the meeting links to that format will be available below.
Economic Development and Job Creation
Natural Resources Research Institute - Michael Lalich, director
Green energy development and other innovative natural resources strategies
Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment - Dick Hemmingsen, director
Higher Education and Workforce Development Finance and Policy Division
DEED - Greater Minnesota Business Development Public Infrastructure Grant Program, Biobusiness Development Public Infrastructure Grant Program, Redevelopment Grant Program
Local government, economic development bonding bills as follows:
HFxxxx (Koenen) Granite Falls addition to library & senior center
HFxxxx (Urdahl) Dassel-Cokato regional ice & sports center
HFxxxx (Knuth) New Brighton; removal of contaminated soil
Bills Added:
HF2528
(Kelliher) - Minneapolis; Orchestra Hall and Peavey Plaza renovation funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1243
(Obermueller) - Redevelopment funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2601
(Ward) - Greater Minnesota business development infrastructure grant program funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1109
(Eken) - White Earth; biofuel production facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2264
(Persell) - Deer River; regional community facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2419
(Persell) - Leech Lake Tribal College funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2083
(Persell) - Bemidji; Headwaters Science Center funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2517
(Olin) - Lancaster Community Center funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2541
(Nornes) - Fergus Falls; ice arena funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2542
(Nornes) - Fergus Falls; Tower Road Bridge funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2588
(Gunther) - Winnebago; museum funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1139
(Dill) - Bois Forte Reservation; renewable energy biofuels demonstration facility authorized, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2435
(Hilty) - Carlton County community services building funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2606
(Hilty) - Carlton County; business park and housing development funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2441
(Anzelc) - Koochiching County; plasma torch gasification facility grant purpose clarified.
HF2456
(Reinert) - Lake Superior Center renovation predesign funding provided for transfer to University of Minnesota, Duluth, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2571
(Sertich) - St. Louis County Arrowhead region multipurpose sports facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2382
(Huntley) - Duluth; Clyde Park improvements and Duluth Children's Museum funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF450
(Liebling) - Rochester; Mayo Civic Center Complex design and construction improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1496
(Kelly) - Red Wing; biosolids processing facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2357
(Welti) - Independent School District No. 227, Chatfield, Potter Center for the Arts funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1594
(Davids) - Independent School District No. 227, Chatfield, Potter Center for the Arts funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1292
(Davids) - Rushford; 2005 appropriation transferred from a nanotechnology facility to a community center project.
HF1651
(Davids) - Spring Valley; new community theater facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2223
(Davids) - Caledonia; sewer line design and construction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2282
(Davids) - Caledonia; city hall energy efficiency improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF717
(Haws) - St. Cloud Civic Center expansion funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1869
(Faust) - Entrepreneurship and technology business incubator funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2424
(Brynaert) - Mankato Civic Center and All Seasons arenas expansion funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2428
(Morrow) - Gaylord Area Regional Aquatic Center design and construction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2543
(Shimanski) - Plato; community center accessibility improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF712
(Thao) - Saint Paul; Asian Pacific Cultural Center funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1042
(Slocum) - Richfield; new arterial street funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1337
(Mahoney) - St. Paul; 3M site redevelopment funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2399
(Mahoney) - St. Paul; regional baseball facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1634
(Clark) - Minneapolis; Minnesota African American History Museum funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1714
(Paymar) - Ordway Center for the Performing Arts funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2420
(Champion) - Target Center funding provided for safety and security, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2447
(Scalze) - Ramsey County; Trunk Highway 36 and Rice Street appropriation modified.
HF2451
(Scalze) - Ramsey County; public infrastructure grant provided to accommodate bioscience business development, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2501
(Bunn) - Lake Elmo; water and sewer improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2507
(Johnson) - St. Paul Port Authority funding provided for dockwall reconstruction, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2529
(Kahn) - Minneapolis; Granary Road development funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Higher Education and Workforce Development Finance and Policy Division
Higher education bonding bills and projects from MnSCU and the University of Minnesota.
An operating budget discussion will follow bonding requests (about 4 p.m.)
The following bills will be included in the MnSCU presentation:
Bills Added:
HF1130
(Persell) - Bemidji State University improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2536
(Falk) - Minnesota West Community and Technical College, Canby funding provided for a wind turbine facility, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2425
(Rukavina) - Mesabi Range Community and Technical College funding provided for the Iron Range engineering program, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2472
(Welti) - Minnesota Workforce Center at Rochester Community and Technical College funding provided to renovate infrastructure and colocate, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2506
(Haws) - Allied Health Center at St. Cloud Technical College renovation funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2443
(Haws) - Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees lease revenue payment provided.
HF2493
(Haws) - St. Cloud State University funding provided for an Integrated Science and Engineering Laboratory Facility, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2524
(Nelson) - North Hennepin Community College Center for Business and Technology funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Higher Education and Workforce Development Finance and Policy Division
Unemployment Trends and Services
- Workers' experiences
- Department of Employment and Economic Development
Commissioner Dan McElroy and others
Work Force Centers and other programs
Use of federal stimulus money
Status of federal unemployment insurance extensions