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Transportation Policy and Finance

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Transportation Policy and Finance

3/21/2016
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Review of Minnesota Dept of Transportation (MNDOT) and Dept of Public Safety (DPS) Report on Dedicated Fund Expenditures and Transfers from the Trunk Highway Fund (THF) and the Highway User Tax Distribution Fund (HUTD) for the years 2010 through 2015. Testimony will be provided by MNDOT and DPS

Testimony:
DPS Deputy Commissioner Mark Dunaski
MNDOT Deputy Commissioner, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer

The Committee will also reconsider with a procedural motion to lay over the bills heard in informational hearing on April 22, 2015 and April 23, 2015. These bills (see attached list on agenda) will be laid over for possible inclusion in the capital investment bill or a omnibus transportation policy and finance bill. There will be no testimony taken.
Attachments:
2015 Tranportation th-hutd-dedicated-fund-expenditures.pdf (3/16/2016)
03 21 2016 agenda addendum bonding recs for layoverdocx.docx (3/18/2016)

Transportation Policy and Finance

3/16/2016
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Presentation by members of the Minnesota Business Aviation Association. Testimony from Gordon Hoff, Executive Director, and also MSP Aero, Bemidji Aviation, Wipaire, and Polaris. Testifying for aviation industry:
Tracie Walter - Bemidji Aviaiton
Lynn Boyd - MSP Aero
Tim Howard - Polaris
Amy Gesch - Wipaire Inc.

Overview/status update on Aviation Tax Report which was passed in 2013 and due by June 30, 2016. Testimony by Cassandra Isackson, Director of MNDOT Office of Aeronautics. Tax report: 2013 Laws of Minnesota, Chap. 143, Art. 5, Sec 24

Testimony will be provided on HF459 (Kelly) by Lorrie Louder, St Paul Port Authority.

Testimony on autocycle bill HF3014 (Fabian) by J R Burke, Polaris Industries, State & Provincial Government Relations Manager
Bills Added:
HF459 (Kelly) - Port development assistance program funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF3014 (Fabian) - Autocycle regulations established.
The Conference Committee for HF4 Transportation Finance Bill will meet to do an overview side by side presentation of House and Senate provisions remaining in the bill from last session. There were many provisions in the bill which were a part of SF1647 which passed at the end of last session.
Rep. Kelly of the House has the gavel for this meeting.
House Conferees: Kelly, Petersburg, Sanders, Howe, and Erhardt
Senate Conferees: Dibble, Kent, Jensen, Franzen, and Schmit
Bills Added:
HF4 (Kelly) - Omnibus transportation policy and finance bill.
Attachments:
2016 conf comm HF4 policy provision side by side H0004-art3.pdf (3/16/2016)
2016 conf comm HF4 side by side bonding h0004-art2.pdf (3/16/2016)

Transportation Policy and Finance

3/14/2016
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NOTE: THIS IS NOW A JOINT HEARING WITH SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

Minnesota Legislative Auditor James Nobles and his staff will present the findings in a newly released legislative program evaluation on the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT) project selection process.

This Program Evaluation audit will not be released to the public until after 9 am on the date of the hearing. We will post the copy of the program evaluation report as it becomes available. Hard copies of the report will also be available to the public at the hearing.

testifying for the Office of the Minnesota Legislative Auditor (OLA):
James Nobles, Legislative Auditor
David Kirchner, Evaluation Manager

Also MNDOT agency response/ testimony to the program evaluation will be taken during the hearing.
Response testifying for MNDOT:
Mark Gieseke, Director of MNDOT Office of Transportation Management

Link to OLA program evaluation of MNDOT project selection process:
http://www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us/ped/pedrep/mndotprojects.pdf

link to summary of the OLA report:
http://www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us/ped/2016/mndotprojectssum.htm
Attachments:
2015 MnDOTProjectSelection.pdf (3/3/2016)
2016 OLA mndotprojects.pdf (3/15/2016)
The Committee will meet at 5:00pm or 15 minutes after the end of session

HF1732will be the vehicle bill for legislative changes to the prohibition on Real ID planning by the Department of Public Safety. The delete-all amendment will be posted.
Bills Added:
HF1732 (Smith) - Federal REAL ID Act planning and implementation activities governed; planning, analysis, and enforcement extension activities directed; report required; and requirements on state fund use established.
Attachments:
H1732DE1.pdf (3/10/2016)

Transportation Policy and Finance

2/15/2016
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Joint House Senate Transportation Committee Meeting

1. Review status, update and discussion on conference committee HF4 omnibus transportation finance bill
overview presented by House and Senate fiscal staff and House Research and Senate Counsel
2. MNDOT presentation on status of recently passed federal transportation FAST Act legislation and its impacts on Minnesota
Mark Gieseke, MnDOT Office of Transportation System Management
3. MNDOT presentation on federal Fast Act provisions related to rail safety
Tim Spencer, MnDOT Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations
Phillip Qualy, United Transportation Union
4. Update on railroad safety improvements
Testifying: Brian Sweeney, BNSF
John Apitz , MN Regional Railroads Assc
5. Additional items may be added


The Committee will be touring in the afternoon the Innovation Center on the 3M Campus focusing on traffic safety information, road signs, road striping, etc.
Attachments:
Feb 15 2016 2015 Finance Proposals Comparison_1.pdf (2/12/2016)
Feb 15 2016 HF 4 Confrence one page_1.pdf (2/12/2016)
Feb 15 2016 DPS Rail Safety Handout.pdf (2/12/2016)
Feb 15 2016 Assc of Amer Railroads Report.pdf (2/12/2016)
feb 15 2016 railroad_safety presentation.PPTX (2/12/2016)
Feb 15 2016 FAST ACT Overview MNDOT Joint Transp Cmte.pdf (2/12/2016)

Transportation Policy and Finance

4/23/2015
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Note: The Committee will be hearing these bills today on an informational basis with a 5 minute time limit on testimony per bill being imposed due to the large agenda of member transportation projects to be heard.

Another bill has been added to agenda:
HF640 (Lien) Moorhead provided funding for grade separated rail crossings
HF1681 (Dehn) Penn Avenue infrastructure improvement funding provided
See attached agenda for the proposed bill order.
Bills Added:
HF48 (Wills) - Dakota County; County Road 42 and Trunk Highway 52 interchange reconstruction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF80 (Gruenhagen) - Carver County; Trunk Highway 212 right-of-way acquisition and construction funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF109 (Isaacson) - Ramsey County; I-694 and Rice Street interchange funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF157 (Uglem) - Coon Rapids; U.S. Highway 10 additional lane funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF158 (Yarusso) - Ramsey County; county highway construction through former Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (TCAAP) funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF185 (Yarusso) - Mounds View; U.S. Highway 10 and I-35W noise barrier required.
HF315 (Hackbarth) - Anoka County; I-35W and Lake Drive interchange improvement and realignment of West Freeway Drive funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF489 (Zerwas) - Elk River; Trunk Highway 101, U.S. Highway 10, and U.S. Highway 169 intersection construction funding provided; bonds issued; and money appropriated.
HF490 (Zerwas) - Elk River; Trunk Highway 101, U.S. Highway 10, and U.S. Highway 169 intersection construction funding provided; bonds issued; and money appropriated.
HF529 (Hornstein) - Minneapolis; I-35W storm tunnel funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF588 (Erhardt) - Edina; Trunk Highway 100; transportation commissioner directed to construct noise barrier, and money appropriated.
HF736 (Anderson) - Melrose; Stearns County State-Aid Highway 13 bridge replacement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF927 (Hansen) - West St. Paul; Robert Street reconstruction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1002 (Rosenthal) - Hennepin County; I-494 and East Bush Lake Road interchange access funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1040 (Winkler) - Golden Valley; street and highway intersection improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1310 (Johnson) - St. Paul; Kellogg-Third Street bridge reconstruction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1360 (Kahn) - Minneapolis; 10th Avenue bridge repair and rehabilitation funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1469 (Johnson) - Cambridge; Trunk Highway 95 improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1512 (Peppin) - Dayton; I-94 interchange funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1562 (Miller) - Appleton; roadway upgrade to facilitate commerce and improve safety funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1569 (Hoppe) - Chaska; Trunk Highway 212 and Carver County Road 140 interchange construction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1799 (Whelan) - Anoka County; U.S. Highway 10 improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2155 (Peterson) - Dakota and Hennepin Counties; I-35W bridge over the Minnesota River replacement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF474 (Anderson) - Glenwood; Highway 55 and Highway 29 interchange railroad grade separation project funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF640 (Lien) - Moorhead; grade separated rail crossings funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF680 (Hortman) - Coon Rapids; Anoka County State-Aid Highway 78 highway-rail grade crossing separation funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF912 (Carlson) - Crystal; County State-Aid Highway 102 and the Canadian Pacific railroad crossing intersection highway-rail grade separation project funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF914 (Carlson) - Plymouth; Vicksburg Lane Canadian Pacific railroad crossing highway-rail grade separation project funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1256 (Drazkowski) - Goodview and Minnesota City; railroad crossing quiet zone construction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1888 (Whelan) - Anoka; Trunk Highway 47 and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad crossing high-rail grade separation project funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2127 (Whelan) - Ramsey; Anoka County Roads 56 and 57 intersection with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe mainline highway-rail grade separation project funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1137 (Hornstein) - Minneapolis; Lake Street Transit Station funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1617 (Fenton) - Washington County; Gateway Corridor Busway funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2059 (Torkelson) - Minnesota Valley Regional Rail Authority funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF760 (Johnson) - Ramsey County; East Metro Rail Corridor funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2248 (Kelly) - Red Wing; U.S. Highway 61 reconstruction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2254 (Barrett) - Chisago County; U.S. Highway 8 reconstruction and expansion funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Attachments:
2015 transportation 042315 hearing agenda.docx (4/17/2015)
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