TENTH MEETING

STATE OF MINNESOTA TENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SIXTH SESSION

BIOSCIENCE AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
POLICY AND OVERSIGHT DIVISION

MINUTES

Representative Mahoney, Chair of the Bioscience and Workforce Development Policy and Oversight Division called the tenth meeting to order at 10:35 A.M. on February 10, 2009 in Room 200 of the State Office Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:
Mahoney, Chair
Obermueller, Vice Chair
Anderson, B
Beard
Brynaert
Gottwalt
Haws
Hilty
Mack
Norton
Peppin
Poppe
Slocum
Winkler

A quorum was present.

Representative Poppe moved approval of the Minutes from the February 4, 2009 meeting.
MOTION PREVAILED AND MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

Chair Mahoney welcomed the High School Pages to the Committee and also twelfth graders from The Academy of Holy Angels.

Presentations were given from youth and training programs:

Minneapolis Summer Youth Program
Deb Bahr-Helgen, Minneapolis Community Planning & Economic Development
Linda Tkaczik, Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Anne Fischer, Minneapolis Employment & Training Program

St. Paul Summer Youth Program
Matt Reinertz, St. Paul Youth Job Corps Program Director
Tamara Downs Schwei, Community Design Center of Minnesota
Sgt. Ray Jefferson, St. Paul Youth Job Corp

Opportunities Industrialization Centers
Bill Means, Executive Director





Twin Cities Rise
Henry VanDellen, Twin Cities Rise
Arthur Berman, CEO and Chairman, Twin Cities Rise

Lifetrack Resources
Trixie Ann Goldberg, President

The Committee was adjourned at 12:05 P.M.


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Representative Tim Mahoney, Chair


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Dianne Ruppert, Committee Legislative Assistant