ELEVENTH MEETING

STATE OF MINNESOTA ELEVENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SIXTH SESSION
COMMITTEE
MINUTES


Representative Kent Eken, Chair of the Environment Policy and Oversight Committee, called the joint hearing of both House Transportation Finance & Policy Committees and the Environment Policy and Oversight Committee to order at 4:32 P.M. on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 in Room 5 of the State Office Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

House Transportation Committee Members present:


Lieder, Chair
Beard
Champion
Davids
Demmer
Doepke
Hausman
Holberg
Hornstein
Hortman
Magnus
Masin
McFarlane
Morgan
Morrow
Nelson
Newton
Reinert
Rosenthal
Scott
Severson
Swails
Torkelson
Urdahl
Welti
Zellers


House Environment Policy and Oversight Committee Members present:


Eken (Chair)
Gardner (Vice-Chair)
Bigham
Dill
Falk
Hansen
Juhnke
Persell
Sailer
Sterner
Thissen
Wagenius
McNamara
Cornish
Drazkowski
Hackbarth
Loon
Anderson


A quorum was present.

Minnesota Climate Change Advisory Group’s Transportation and Land Use Policy Recommendations were shared by the following:

Will Schroeer, Smart Growth America and formerly Center for Climate Strategies
Commissioner Jan Callison, Hennepin County Board/Former Minnetonka Mayor
Barb Thoman, Transit for Livable Communities
Scott Lambert, Minnesota Auto Dealers
Mark Vander Schaaf, Metropolitan Council Planning Director
Bill Grant, Izaak Walton League of America



Center for Transportation Studies Report: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation Sources in Minnesota was shared by the following:

Laurie McGinnis, Center for Transportation Studies
Dr. Julian Marshall, University of Minnesota

The meeting adjourned at 6: 31 P.M.



Kent Eken, Chair






Diogo Reis
Committee Legislative Assistant