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Transportation Policy and Finance

SECOND MEETING

2015-2016 Regular Session - Wednesday, January 14, 2015

STATE OF MINNESOTA SECOND MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-NINTH SESSION

TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
MINUTES

Representative Tim Kelly, Chair of the Transportation Policy and Finance Committee, called the second meeting to order at 12:46 p.m. on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 in the Basement Hearing Room of the State Office Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:


KELLY, Tim, Chair
PETERSBURG, John, VC
ANDERSON, Mark
BERNARDY, Connie
DRAZKOWSKI, Steve
ERHARDT, Ron
HAUSMAN, Alice
HORNSTEIN, Frank
HOWE, Jeff
JOHNSON, Clark
KOZNICK, Jon
LUCERO, Eric
MASIN, Sandra
MCNAMARA, Denny
NASH, Jim
NORTON, Kim
RUNBECK, Linda
SANDERS, Tim
SUNDIN, Mike
UGLEM, Mark
WHELAN, Abigail


Members excused:

ATKINS, Joe

Representative Kelly called the meeting to order at 12:46. A quorum was present.

Representative Petersburg moved that the minutes of January 12, 2015 be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED

Andrew Lee, Fiscal Analyst for the Minnesota House of Representatives and Matt Burress, Research Analyst for the Minnesota House of Representatives, testified and gave an overview of transit finance, other transportation finance, budgets, and recent history.

Randy Olson, Executive Director of the Red Wing Port Authority, testified and gave an overview of the port in Red Wing, MN.

Deborah DeLuca, Government and Environmental Affairs Director of the Duluth Port Authority, testified and gave an overview of the Duluth Port Authority.

Lorrie Louder, Senior Vice President of Business and Governmental Affairs of the St Paul Port Authority, testified and gave an overview of the port in St Paul, MN.

The meeting was adjourned at 2:23 p.m.





Representative Tim Kelly, Chair




Natalie Cecchini, Committee Legislative Assistant
More Info On This Meeting..

Matt Burress, House Research and Andrew Lee, House Fiscal Committee Staff will present
a two part overview the first 2 days of committee hearings
Mon. Jan 12th and Wed. Jan. 14th.
Part 2: Transit & Other Finance: Transit Finance; Other Transportation Finance; Budgets; Recent History

Presentation overview on Minnesota’s Ports and Waterways
Testifying:
Randy Olson, Exec. Director, Port Authority of Red Wing
Lorrie Louder, Senior VP of Business and Inter-Governmental Affairs, St Paul Port Authority
Deb Deluca, Government and Environmental Affairs Director, Duluth Seaway Port Authority