Transportation Finance and Policy

TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING

2021-2022 Regular Session - Friday, March 26, 2021

STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SECOND SESSION

TRANSPORTATION FINANCE AND POLICY COMMITTEE

MINUTES

Representative Frank Hornstein, Chair of the Transportation Finance and Policy Committee, called the virtual meeting to order at 1:00pm on March 26, 2021, pursuant to House rule 10.01. The meeting was broadcast via Zoom and House Public Information Services.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:

HORNSTEIN, Frank, Chair
PETERSBURG, John, Lead
BAHR, Cal
BERNARDY, Connie
EKLINS, Steve
FREDERICK, Luke
HAUSMAN, Alice
HEINRICH, John
KOZNICK, Jon
MASIN, Sandra
MURPHY, Mary
NELSON, Michael
OLSON, Bjorn
RICHARDSON, Ruth
TORKELSON, Paul
WEST, Nolan

Members excused:

KOEGEL, Erin

A quorum was present.

Rep. Petersburg moved to adopt the minutes from the March 25 meeting. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Forecasting for the Metro Mobility program

Rep. Richardson gave an overview of the forecasting for the Metro Mobility program.

Public Testimony on the forecasting for the Metro Mobility program

Mary Liz Holberg, Chair, Governor’s Blue Ribbon Committee on the Metropolitan Council’s Structure and Services
Sara Messelt, Proof Alliance
Jillian Nelson, Autism Society of Minnesota

HF 2337 (Hornstein) Honorary consul special license plate established.

Chair Hornstein gave an overview of HF 2337.

Public Testimony on HF 2337

Bruce Karstadt, Honorary Consul General of Sweden and President, Minnesota Consular Corps

HF 1692 (Petersburg) Driver's license knowledge testing online proctoring requirements amended.

Rep. Petersburg gave an overview of HF 1692.

HF 273 (Elkins) Commissioners of transportation and employment and economic development required to develop a statewide freight network optimization tool, and money appropriated.

Rep. Elkins gave an overview of HF 273.

Rep. Elkins gave an overview of the H0273DE1 amendment.

Public Testimony on HF 273

Bentley Graves, Director, Health Care & Transportation Policy, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
Mark Berndt, Quetica
Lee Munnich, University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Bill Gardner, Director, MnDOT Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations

HF 1566 (Bernardy) Nonmotorized transportation finance and policy provisions governed, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Rep. Bernardy gave an overview of HF 1566.

Public Testimony on HF 1566

Dorian Grilley, Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota
Cap O’Rouke, Minnesota Cycling Center
Brian Sorenson, State Traffic Engineer
Marcus Culver, P.E., Roseville Public Works Director and City Engineers Association of Minnesota Legislative Committee Chair
Brian Giese, Pope County Engineer and current MCEA President

HF 1788 (Bernardy) Transportation commissioner required to implement trunk highway performance measures and annual targets, and report required.

Rep. Bernardy gave an overview of HF 1788.

Rep. Bernardy gave an overview of the H1788DE2 amendment.

Public Testimony on HF 1788

Philip Schaffner, MnDOT Director of Statewide Planning

HF 1894 (Sandstede) U.S. Highway 169 in Department of Transportation ten-year highway investment plan inclusion project directed, and money appropriated.

Rep. Sandstede gave an overview of HF 1894.

Public Testimony on HF 1894

Ben DeNucci, Itasca County Commissioner
John Tuorila, Mayor, City of Calumet

House Fiscal Analyst Andrew Lee gave an overview of the Transportation budget target.

Chair Hornstein adjourned the meeting at 3:26pm.

Representative Frank Hornstein, Chair

Dan Dodge, Committee Legislative Assistant

More Info On This Meeting..

Bills Added:

HF2198 (Heinrich) - Anoka; traffic-control signal required to be installed at the intersection of Trunk Highway 47 and McKinley Street.
HF2337 (Hornstein) - Honorary consul special license plate established.
HF1566 (Bernardy) - Nonmotorized transportation finance and policy provisions governed, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1788 (Bernardy) - Transportation commissioner required to implement trunk highway performance measures and annual targets, and report required.
HF1692 (Petersburg) - Driver's license knowledge testing online proctoring requirements amended.
HF273 (Elkins) - Commissioners of transportation and employment and economic development required to develop a statewide freight network optimization tool, and money appropriated.
HF1894 (Sandstede) - U.S. Highway 169 in Department of Transportation ten-year highway investment plan inclusion project directed, and money appropriated.

Documents:

21-03790.pdf - 3/24/2021
HF 273 - H0273DE1.pdf - 3/25/2021
21-03790 HRD Summary.pdf - 3/25/2021
2021 Letter of support HF 1894 032521 (002).pdf - 3/25/2021
MAA Letter of Support HF 273 Freight Optimization.pdf - 3/25/2021
HF1894.pdf - 3/25/2021
HF0273.pdf - 3/25/2021
HF1692.pdf - 3/25/2021
HF1566.pdf - 3/25/2021
HF2337.pdf - 3/25/2021
Blue-Ribbon-Panel-Report-2020.pdf - 3/25/2021
MAR 25-21 MINUTES.pdf - 3/26/2021
HF 1788 - H1788DE2.pdf - 3/26/2021

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Bills were heard on an informational-only basis.
04:15 - HFXXXX (Richardson) Establishing forecasting for the Metro Mobility program.
31:45 - HF2337 (Hornstein) Honorary consul special license plate established.
41:35 - HF1692 (Petersburg) Driver's license knowledge testing online proctoring requirements amended.
45:10 - HF273 (Elkins) Commissioners of transportation and employment and economic development required to develop a statewide freight network optimization tool, and money appropriated.
1:06:50 - HF1566 (Bernardy) Non-motorized transportation finance and policy provisions governed, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
1:49:40 - HF1788 (Bernardy) Transportation commissioner required to implement trunk highway performance measures and annual targets, and report required.
2:01:20 - HF1894 (Sandstede) US Highway 169 in Department of Transportation ten-year highway investment plan inclusion project directed, and money appropriated.
Runs 2 hours, 26 minutes.

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Agenda items and bills may be added or removed. Bills will be heard on an informational only basis.

1:00 - 4:30PM
*Please Note: This hearing will take place outside of the standing meeting time and day for the Transportation Finance & Policy Committee.

HF___(Richardson) Forecasting for the Metro Mobility program – see attached language (21-03790)
HF1692 (Petersburg) - Driver's license knowledge testing online proctoring requirements amended.
HF273 (Elkins) - Commissioners of transportation and employment and economic development required to develop a statewide freight network optimization tool, and money appropriated.
HF2198 (Heinrich) - Anoka; traffic-control signal required to be installed at the intersection of Trunk Highway 47 and McKinley Street.
HF1894 (Sandstede) - U.S. Highway 169 in Department of Transportation ten-year highway investment plan inclusion project directed, and money appropriated.
HF2337 (Hornstein) - Honorary consul special license plate established.
HF1566 (Bernardy) - Nonmotorized transportation finance and policy provisions governed, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1788 (Bernardy) - Transportation commissioner required to implement trunk highway performance measures and annual targets, and report required.

This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp NOTE: HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice.

Written testimony is encouraged and will be accepted by emailing john.howe@house.mn. Written testimony is entered into the committee’s record, shared with committee members, and posted to the committee’s webpage.

Materials related to this meeting are available online: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/home/92028

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