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Transportation Finance and Policy Division

TENTH MEETING

2019-2020 Regular Session - Thursday, February 14, 2019

STATE OF MINNESOTA TENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY FIRST SESSION

TRANSPORTATION FINANCE & POLICY DIVISION
MINUTES

Representative Hornstein, Chair of the Transportation Finance & Policy Division, called the Tenth meeting to order at 12:45 P.M. on February 14th, 2019 in Room 10 of the State Office Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:

HORNSTEIN, Frank, Chair
TABKE, Brad, VC
TORKELSON, Paul, Lead
BERNARDY, Connie
ELKINS, Steve
HAUSMAN, Alice
KOEGEL, Erin
KOZNICK, Jon
MASIN, Sandra
NELSON, Michael
O’DRISCOLL, Tim
PETERSBURG, John
RICHARDSON, Ruth
RUNBECK, Lisa
WEST, Nolan
WOLGAMOTT, Dan
YOUAKIM, Cheryl


Members excused: HEINRICH, John


Representative Hornstein called the meeting to order at 12:45pm. A quorum was not yet present.

Presentation by Frank Kohlasch, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

The committee reached a quorum.

Representative Petersburg moved to amend the minutes of February 12th to read “Representative Hornstein laid over HF635 for possible inclusion in an omnibus bill” rather than “Representative Hornstein moved that HF635 be laid over for possible inclusion in an omnibus bill.” THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Representative Hornstein moved to approve the minutes of February 12th as amended. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Tim Sexton, Minnesota Department of Transportation, testified before the committee

Presentation by Brian Funk, Deputy Chief Operating Officer - Bus, Metro Transit

Presentation by Jukka Kukkonen, PlugIn Connect

Marion Greene, Chair, Hennepin County Board, testified before the committee

Brendan Jordan, Drive Electric Minnesota, testified before the committee

Diana McKeown, Great Plains Institute, testified before the committee

Robin Hutcheson, Director, Minneapolis Public Works, testified before the committee

Amber Backhaus, Minnesota Auto Dealers Association, testified before the committee

Finn McGarrity, MoveMN, testified before the committee

Danielle Trajano, MN350, testified before the committee

Ashley Lotzer, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Student, testified before the committee

Joshua Houdek, Sierra Club North Star Chapter, testified before the committee

Dorian Grilley, Bicycle Alliance of MN, testified before the committee

Mike Menzel, Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate, testified before the committee

Bob Carney, Registered Lobbyist, We the People, testified before the committee

Sandy Neren, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, testified before the committee


The meeting was adjourned at 2:20pm.


Representative Frank Hornstein, Chair


Claire Steven, Committee Legislative Assistant


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