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Capital Investment

FOURTEENTH MEETING

2015-2016 Regular Session - Thursday, April 16, 2015

STATE OF MINNESOTA FOURTEENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-NINTH SESSION


Capital Investment Committee

MINUTES

Representative Torkelson, Chair of the Capital Investment Committee, called the meeting to order at 12:47 PM on Thursday April, 16, 2015, in the Basement Hearing Room of the State Office Building. A quorum was present.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.


Members present:

TORKELSON, Paul Chair
SWEDZINSKI, Chris Vice Chair
ATKINS, Joe
DEHN, Raymond
HANSEN, Rick
HAUSMAN, Alice
HOWE, Jeff
LILLIE, Leon
MELIN, Carly
O’DRISCOLL, Tim
PELOWSKI, Gene
POPPE, Jeanne
RARICK, Jason
RUNBECK, Linda
SMITH, Dennis
THEIS, Tama
UGLEM, Mark
URDAHL, Dean
VOGEL, Bob

Members excused:

ALBRIGHT, Tony
WAGENIUS, Jean

Representative Runbeck moved the minutes of April 9, 2015, be approved. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF621 (Torkelson) Technical Corrections Bill.

Representative Torkelson moved HF621 be sent to the General Register.

Representative Torkelson moved the HO621A2 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Representative Torkelson moved the HO621A4 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Representative Torkelson renewed his motion to move HF621, as amended, to the General Register. THE MOTION PREVIALED.

HF622 (Torkelson) HEAPR Funding for the University of Minnesota and MnSCU.

Representative Torkelson moved HF622 be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. THE MOTION PREVIALED.

Presentation by the Minnesota Department of Administration on Capitol Restoration project out-of-scope-spending.

Matt Massman, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Administration.
Wayne Waslaski, Senior Director for Real-estate and Construction Services, Minnesota Department of Administration.

Representative Swedzinski assumed the gavel at 1:46 PM.

Presentation by the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency on housing bonding project.
Mary Tingerthal, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, Commissioner

Representative Torkelson assumed the gavel at 2:03 PM.

The meeting was adjourned at 2:30 PM.





Representative Paul Torkelson, Chair




Kelly Kemper, Committee Legislative Assistant
More Info On This Meeting..
Bills Added:
  • HF621 (Torkelson) - Higher education asset preservation and repair provided.
  • HF622 (Torkelson) - Public land, buildings, and other capital improvement spending authorized; previous appropriations modified; new programs established and existing programs modified; bonds issued; and money appropriated.



Presentation by the Department of Administration on the Capitol restoration project out-of-scope spending.

Presentation by the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency on last years housing bonding project.