STATE OF MINNESOTA FIRST MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SEVENTH SESSION
ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Denny McNamara, Chair of the Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Policy and Finance Committee, called the first meeting to order at 8:18 a.m. on January 5, 2011, in the Room 5 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
MCNAMARA, Denny, Chair
TORKELSON, Paul, Vice Chair
WAGENIUS, Jean
HILTY, Bill
ANDERSON, Paul
BEARD, Michael
DILL, David
DRAZKOWSKI, Steve
FABIAN, Dan
FALK, Andrew
HACKBARTH, Tom
HANCOCK, David
HANSEN, Rick
KNUTH, Kate
PERSELL, John
QUAM, Duane
SCOTT, Peggy
A quorum was present.
Introductions for Members of the Committee and Committee staff were conducted.
Chair McNamara invited Professor Deb Swackhamer from the University of Minnesota's Water Resource Center to give a presentation on the executive summary of a Water Sustainability Framework.
Chair McNamara invited Princesa VanBuren Hansen from the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board to give a presentation on the 2010 Minnesota Water Plan.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:59 a.m.
REP. DENNY MCNAMARA, CHAIR
Mike Harris
Committee Legislative Assistant