STATE OF MINNESOTA TWELTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND METRO AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Debra Hilstrom, Chair of the Local Government and Metro Affairs Committee, started the twelfth meeting at 12:30pm on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 in the Basement Hearing Room of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
HILSTROM, Debra, Chair
TSCHUMPER, Ken, Vice-Chair
BEARD, Mike
BUESGENS, Mark
DOMINGUEZ, Augustine
HAUSMAN, Alice
HOLBERG, Mary Liz
KOENEN, Lyle
LANNING, Morrie
LENCZEWSKI, Ann
MARQUART, Paul
OLSON, Mark
SCALZE, Bev
SOLBERG, Loren
Members excused:
HOWES, Larry
A quorum was present at 12:42pm and the meeting was called to order.
Peter Bell, Chair of the Metropolitan Council, and Judd Schetnan, Director of Governmental Affairs provided an overview of the day's oversight presentation on the Metropolitan Council.
Mark Vander Schaaff, Director of Planning and Growth Management for the Metropolitan Council presented on comprehensive planning in the Twin Cities, and took questions from the committee.
Peter Bell, Chair of the Metropolitan Council presented on livable communities and the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act, and took questions from the committee.
Bill Moore, Director of Environmental Services for the Metropolitan Council gave a presentation on the Metropolitan Council's Infiltration/ Inflow Reduction Program, and took questions from the committee.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:58pm.
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Representative Debra Hilstrom
Chair
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Erin Huppert
Committee Legislative Assistant