STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY-FIRST MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-FIRST SESSION
COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL INVESTMENT DIVISION
MINUTES
Representative Mary Murphy, Chair of Committee on Capital Investment Division, called the meeting to order at 6:30 P.M. on, March 20, 2019, in Room 5 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members Present:
MURPHY, Mary, (Chair)
LEE, Fue, (Vice Chair)
URDAHL, Dean, (Lead)
CANTRELL, Hunter
CONSIDINE, Jack
DEHN, Raymond
HANSEN, Rick
JURGENS, Tony
NORNES, Bud
PIERSON, Nels
SANDSTEDE, Julie
WOLGAMOTT, Dan
Members Excused:
BENNETT, Peggy
GROSSELL, Matt
LAYMAN, Sandy
LILLIE, Leon
SAUKE, Duane
TORKELSON, Paul
VANG, Samantha
A quorum was present.
Presentation: Department of Natural Resources Overview on Flood Mitigation Program.
Kent Lokkesmoe, Director of Capital Investments, DNR
HF 2158 (Quam) Oronoco; wastewater infrastructure funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Testifier:
Ryland Eichorst, Mayor, Oronoco
HF 2326 (Persell) Bemidji; drinking water well construction grant funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Testifier:
Brian LeMon, Vice President, Barr Engineering
HF 408 (Poppe) Austin; Cedar River Watershed District funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Testifier:
Justin Hanson, District Manager, Mower County Soil and Water Conservation District
HF 383 (Marquart) Flood hazard mitigation grant funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Testifier:
Kent Lokkesmoe, Director of Capital Investments, DNR
HF 1600 (Marquart) Buffalo-Red River Watershed District flood hazard mitigation funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Testifier:
Bruce Albright, Administrator, Buffalo-Red River Watershed District
HF 948 (Backer) Barnesville; Buffalo-Red River Watershed District flood hazard mitigation funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Testifier:
Bruce Albright, Administrator, Buffalo-Red River Watershed District
HF 1158 (Backer) Redpath impoundment flood hazard mitigation project funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Testifier:
Lisa Frenette, Red River Water Management Board
HF 1593 (Considine) Mankato; Minnesota River-Mankato watershed water quality mitigation funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Testifier:
Pat Hentges, City Manager, Mankato
HF 1828 (Lien) Moorhead; flood hazard mitigation funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Testifier:
Scott Hutchinson, Legislative Consultant, Moorhead
HF 2431 (Lien) Multi-county flood hazard mitigation grant funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Testifiers:
Kevin Ruud, Administrator, Wild Rice Watershed District
Kent Lokkesmoe, Director of Capital Investments, DNR
HF 2030 (Nornes) Otter Tail County; flood hazard mitigation project reimbursement grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
Testifier:
Jim Nigg, Chair, Little McDonald, Kerbs, and Paul Lake Improvement Project
HF 960 (Edelson) Washburn Center for Children new facility funding provided, and money appropriated.
Testifier:
Tom Steinmetz, CEO, Washburn Center for Children
HF 409 (Hassan) St. Paul; Family Tree Clinic funding provided, and money appropriated.
Testifier:
Alissa Light, Executive Director, Family Tree Clinic
HF 1854 (Hansen) Dakota County; pedestrian and bicycle trails funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Testifier:
Steve Sullivan, Parks Director, Dakota County
HF 2528 (Murphy) Rice Lake; water, sewer, and utilities extension funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Testifier:
John Werner, Mayor, Rice Lake
HF 1079 (Morrison) Reinvest in Minnesota reserve program funding provided, working grassland easements acquired, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Testifier:
Rich Biske, Freshwater Program Director, The Nature Conservancy
All bills were unofficially laid over for possible inclusion in an omnibus bill.
Chair Murphy moved to approve the March 19 meeting minutes. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:32 P.M.
Representative Mary Murphy, Chair
Madeleine Garces,
Committee Legislative Assistant