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Capital Investment

TWENTY-EIGHTH MEETING

2023-2024 Regular Session - Wednesday, February 21, 2024

STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY-EIGHTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-THIRD SESSION


CAPITAL INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MINUTES

Representative Fue Lee, Chair of the Capital Investment Committee, called the meeting to order at 1:00 PM on February 21, 2024, in the Basement Room of the State Office Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:
LEE, Fue, Chair
REYER, Liz, Vice-Chair
URDAHL, Dean, Republican Lead
CARROLL, Ned
FOGELMAN, Marj
FRANSON, Mary
GROSSELL, Matt
HANSEN, Rick
LILLIE, Leon
MYERS, Andrew
SKRABA, Roger
WEST, Nolan
WOLGAMOTT, Dan
XIONG, Jay

Members excused:
HUSSEIN, Samakab
KOZLOWSKI, Liish
PELOWSKI, Gene

A quorum was present.

Presentation from the Minnesota Management and Budget Office and the Minnesota Department of Transportation on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Funding Opportunities.

Presenting:
• Micah Intermill, Enterprise Director for Federal Funds Implementation, Minnesota Management and Budget Office
• Kirby Becker, Assistant Director for the Office of Aeronautics, Minnesota Department of Transportation
• Amber Dallman, Director of the Office of Sustainability and Public Health, Minnesota Department of Transportation
• Shelley Meyer, Director of the Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations, Minnesota Department of Transportation
• Nick Thompson, Deputy General Manager of Capital Programs for Metro Transit, Met Council
• Sarah Ghandour, Director of the Office of Transit and Active Transportation, Minnesota Department of Transportation
• Patrick Weidemann, Manager of Capital Programming and Performance Management, Minnesota Department of Transportation
• Brian Sorenson, State Traffic Engineer, Minnesota Department of Transportation

Representative Reyer moved that the minutes from February 19, 2024 be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

The meeting was adjourned at 2:33 PM.





Representative Fue Lee, Chair



Alayna Smieja, Committee Legislative Assistant

More Info On This Meeting..
House TV Video:
View Archive

00:30 - Federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding opportunities:.
04:08 - Airports and Federal Aviation Administration facilities.
14:10 - Electric Vehicles, Buses, and Ferries.
21:41 - Passenger and freight rail.
30:08 - Ports and waterways.
37:28 - Public transportation.
54:23 - Roads, bridges, and major projects.
1:17:20 - Safety.
Runs 1 hour, 34 minutes.


Federal IIJA Transportation related funding, MNDOT:
1) Airports
2) EV, buses, and ferries
3) Passenger and freight rail
4) Public transportation;
5) Roads, bridges, and major projects
6) Safety
ADDED: Ports and Waterways

This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

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