STATE OF MINNESOTA SIXTEENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION
COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL INVESTMENT
Chair, Representative Alice Hausman
MINUTES
Representative Hausman, Chair of Committee on Capital Investment, called the meeting to order at 8:15 A.M. on Thursday, March 21, 2013 in Room 200 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
Hausman, Chair
Ward, J., Vice Chair
Dean, Lead
Albright
Atkins
Carlson
Davids
Dehn
Dettmer
Erhardt
FitzSimmons
Green
Gunther
Lillie
Mahoney
McNamar
Melin
Norton
Swedzinski
Urdahl
Members excused:
Clark
A quorum was present.
HF 110 (Ward, J.E.) Brainerd; city civic center accessibility improvements grant funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Rep. John Ward moved that HF 110 be laid over for possible inclusion in the bonding bill.
HF 110 was laid over.
Informational only-HF 273 (Persell) Department of Natural Resources school trust land acquisition funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Testifiers:
Don Arnosti, Policy Director, Audubon Minnesota
Steve Chaplin, Director of Prairie Conservation, The Nature Conservancy
Aaron Vande Linde, Department of Natural Resources
Informational only-HF 556 (Davids) Chatfield Center for the Arts funding provided, bonds issued and money appropriated.
Testifiers:
Joel Young, City of Chatfield
Mike Martin, City of Chatfield
Informational only-HF 1596 (Davids) National Trout Center funding provided, bonds issued and money appropriated.
Testifiers:
Dr. George Spangler, National Trout Center
John Goutcher, resident of Preston, MN
Informational only-HF 320 (McNamar) School energy conservation revolving loan program
established, school districts permitted to repay energy conservation loans from levies made without voter approval, bonds issued and money appropriated.
Testifiers:
Mark Eisenbacher, Buildings and Grounds Director, Cambridge Isanti IDS 911
Michael Piper, Managing Partner, General Energy, Shakopee
Lynn Hinkle, Policy Director, MN Solar Energy Industries Association
Rep. Lillie moved approval of the March 19, 2013 minutes. MOTION PREVAILED. The minutes were approved.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:50 a.m.
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Representative Alice Hausman, Chair
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Debra Fastner, Committee Legislative Assistant