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Conference Committee on HF4 (Omnibus Transportation Policy and Finance bill)
Saturday, May 21 2016 - Archive Video

Conference Committee on HF4 (Kelly/Dibble) Omnibus Transportation Policy and Finance bill.
04:48 - Gavel, presentation of House ideas, concepts and proposal.
15:45 - Senate ideas, concepts and proposal.
Runs 23 minutes.

Conference Committee on HF4 (Omnibus Transportation Policy and Finance bill) *
Wednesday, May 11 2016 - Archive Video

* Audio with full-frame graphic feed only; no full TV production is available from the Basement Hearing Room of the State Office Building.
HF4 (Kelly/Dibble) Omnibus Transportation Policy and Finance bill.
Presentation of House offer, and subsequent discussion.
Runs 1 hour, 2 minutes.

House Transportation Policy and Finance Committee
Thursday, May 5 2016 - Archive Video

08:01 - Gavel.
08:35 - HF3959 (Smith) Real ID Act implementation authorized and governed, driver's license and Minnesota identification card requirements amended, fees amended, legislative reporting required, rulemaking required, and money appropriated.
Runs 57 minutes.

Conference Committee on HF4
Wednesday, May 4 2016 - Archive Video

HF4 (Kelly/Dibble) Omnibus Transportation Policy and Finance bill.
Gavel and introductory comments.
02:35 - Rail grade crossings solution proposal.
33;10 - Emergency managers hazmat data sharing proposal.
59:14 - Discussion of House and Senate bill differences in funding plans.
2:07:25 - Public testimony.
Runs 2 hours, 40 minutes.

House Transportation Policy and Finance Committee
Monday, April 18 2016 - Archive Video

04:44 - Gavel.
05:50 - HF2853 (Kelly) Red Wing; US Highway 61 reconstruction funding provided, and money appropriated.
11:26 - HF3596 (Uglem) Brooklyn Park; Trunk Highway 169 and 101st Avenue interchange project funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
16:46 - HF3322 (Mack) Apple Valley; enclosed pedestrian and bike overpass across Cedar Avenue funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
19:55 - HF3896 (Smith) Trunk Highway 610 interchange project modification funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
24:48 - HF3646 (Hoppe) Trunk Highway 101 reconstruction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
31:11 - HF3875 (Heintzeman) Motorcycle insurance information requirements modified, and technical changes made.
33:58 - HF3321 (Theis) Saint Cloud; Heatherwood Road construction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
38:50 - HF3428 (Murphy, M.) Minneapolis to Duluth high-speed passenger rail funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
46:13 - HF2265 (Murphy, M.) Duluth; airport improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
50:57 - HF3151 (Pierson) Rochester International Airport capital improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
57:50 - HF2696 (Theis) Saint Cloud Regional Airport air transport optimization study funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:03:20 - HF3356 (Ecklund) Falls International Airport capital improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
1:05:40 - HF2595 (McNamara) Washington County; Red Rock Corridor transitway funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
1:08:46 - HF3106 (Koznick) Dakota County; transit improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
1:16:00 - HF3833 (Koznick) Metro Orange Bus Rapid Transit line funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
1:21:55 - HF2801 (Wills) Dakota County; County Road 42 and Trunk Highway 52 interchange reconstruction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
1:27:27 - HF3412 (Anderson, C.) I-35W and I-494 interchange improvement funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:32:52 - HF3413 (Anderson, C.) Mall of America light rail transit station improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
1:37:41 - HF2643 (Runbeck) White Bear Lake and Hugo; Hugo Short Line Railway improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
1:42:00 - HF3860 (Dehn) I-94 wire rope safety barrier installation funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:45:03 - HF3845 (Ecklund) Ranier; Trunk Highway 11 expansion funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
1:46:50 - HF2676 (Ecklund) Koochiching County; County State-Aid Highway 24 bridge over railroad tracks, extension to Trunk Highway 11, and road connecting County State-Aid Highway 20 and Trunk Highway 11 funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 45 minutes.

Joint meeting of the House Civil Law and Data Practices, and the House Transportation Policy and Finance committees
Friday, April 15 2016 - Archive Video

Presentation by the Department of Public Safety on Real ID Legislative Report.
Runs 1 hour, 23 minutes.

House Transportation Policy and Finance Committee
Monday, April 11 2016 - Archive Video

07:55 - Gavel, and discussion and overview on several MnDOT bridge projects including the Saint Croix River Crossing Bridge, Highway 43 Winona Bridge, Highway 53 relocation and bridge and Edina Highway 169 Nine Mile Creek proposed bridge.
Topics include:.
• Overview of each project: location, cost, initial construction schedule time period and what is current projection for completion, and type of project contract (design build, low bid, etc.).
• Bidding and selection of contractor process and criteria used to select a contractor for a project and determining who is qualified to bid for projects on the "short list" and how contractors applying for projects are scored/ranked for project selection.
• How MnDOT selects type of construction process contract for project (i.e.
design build, low bid, cost plus, Construction Manager General Contractor, etc.) and what the benefits of each type of contract method are.
• How MnDOT "Best Value" procurement process affects project selection and costs.
• Process to select a design for a bridge and what process was used for these projects, including public participation in design selection process.
• Issues/delays/cost overruns which have arisen on these projects under construction and why and what additional time and cost is needed to address issues to complete the project over initial timetable, and is there any correlation between contract type and schedule delays or cost overruns.
Runs 1 hour, 44 minutes.

House Transportation Policy and Finance Committee
Monday, April 4 2016 - Archive Video

11:20 - Gavel.
11:50 - HF1182 (Anderson, S.) Hunting and fishing license online application required to provide for organ donation, and report required.
14:27 - HF1422 (Swedzinski) Bus driver not being subject to seat belt fines arising out of violations by passengers under the age of 15 provided.
23:01 - HF3723 (Drazkowski) Temporary use of rights-of-way permit requirements modified.
1:12:06 - HF1018 (Kiel) Non-domiciled commercial driver's licenses and permits provided.
1:24:18 - HF3689 (Johnson, C.) Transportation commissioner required to consult, develop, adopt, and publicize best practices to improve objectivity and transparency in project selection processes, and report required.
Runs 1 hour, 38 minutes.

House Transportation Policy and Finance Committee
Monday, March 21 2016 - Archive Video

05:30 - Gavel.
06:57 - Review of Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and Department of Public Safety (DPS) Report on Dedicated Fund Expenditures and Transfers from the Trunk Highway Fund (THF) and the Highway User Tax Distribution Fund (HUTD) for the years 2010 through 2015.
1:38:00 - The committee laid over the bills heard in informational hearing on April 22, 2015 and April 23, 2015.
Runs 1 hour, 36 minutes.

Conference Committee on HF4
Wednesday, March 16 2016 - Archive Video

02:06 - Gavel.
03:27 - Side-by-side review of provisions of HF4 (Kelly/Dibble) Omnibus Transportation Policy and Finance bill.
Runs 1 hour, 5 minutes.

House Transportation Policy and Finance Committee - post-session meeting
Monday, March 14 2016 - Archive Video

03:49 - Gavel and introductory comments.
06:42 - HF1732 (Smith) Directing the commissioner of Public Safety to plan for eventual implementation of Real ID program.
Runs 49 minutes.

Joint meeting of the House Transportation Policy and Finance Committee, and the Senate Transportation and Public Safety Committee
Monday, March 14 2016 - Archive Video

06:30 - Gavel.
06:48 - Minnesota Legislative Auditor James Nobles and his staff will present the findings in a newly released legislative program evaluation on the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) project selection process.
Runs 2 hours, 3 minutes.

Joint meeting of the House Transportation Policy and Finance Committee, and the Senate Transportation and Public Safety Budget Division
Monday, February 15 2016 - Archive Video

13:00 - Gavel.
15:50 - Review status, update and discussion on conference committee HF4 (Kelly/Dibble) Omnibus transportation policy and finance bill.
Overview presented by House Fiscal Analysis and House Research staff, and Senate Counsel, Research and Fiscal Analysis staff.
1:26:10 - MnDOT presentation on status of recently passed federal transportation FAST (Fixing America’s Surface Transportation) Act legislation and its impacts on Minnesota.
- Mark Gieseke, MnDOT Office of Transportation System Management.
1:42:05 - MnDOT presentation on federal Fast Act provisions related to rail safety.
- Tim Spencer, MnDOT Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations.
- Phillip Qualy, United Transportation Union.
2:17:40 - Update on railroad safety improvements.
- Brian Sweeney, BNSF.
- John Apitz , Minnesota Regional Railroads Association.
Runs 2 hours, 46 minutes.

Transportation Finance Conference Committee
Wednesday, May 13 2015 - Archive Video

Conference Committee on HF4 (Kelly/Dibble) Omnibus Transportation Finance bill.
07:12 - Gavel, and discussion of potentially non-controversial House-only and Senate-only policy provisions.
Runs 38 minutes.

Transportation Finance Conference Committee
Monday, May 11 2015 - Archive Video

Conference Committee on HF4 (Kelly/Dibble) Omnibus Transportation Finance bill.
02:22 - Gavel and review of non-controversial or limited controversy House-only and Senate-only policy language.
Runs 1 hour, 9 minutes.

Transportation Finance Conference Committee
Friday, May 8 2015 - Archive Video

Conference Committee on HF4 (Kelly/Dibble) Omnibus Transportation Finance bill.
03:40 - Gavel.
05:50 - Trunk highway bonding and bonding capacity.
59:19 - Volunteer firefighter benefits and reporting.
1:09:30 - Public/private partnerships.
Runs 1 hour, 40 minutes.

Transportation Finance Conference Committee
Wednesday, May 6 2015 - Archive Video

Conference Committee on HF4 (Kelly/Dibble) Omnibus Transportation Finance bill.
03:40 - Gavel and introductions.
05:20 - Chair's comments, followed by walk-through of side-by-side spreadsheet and language comparisons.
1:16:14 - Review of identical language and possibly adopt some of these provisions.
Runs 1 hour, 33 minutes.

House Transportation Policy and Finance Committee
Monday, April 13 2015 - Archive Video

11:22 - Gavel.
11:45 - Mark-up and amending of HF4 (Kelly) Omnibus Transportation Finance bill.
Runs 3 hours.

House Transportation Policy and Finance Committee - part 1
Monday, March 23 2015 - Archive Video

00:45 - Gavel.
01:03 - HF1415 (Torkelson) Roadway use access modified.
08:31 - HF1856 (Fenton) Woodbury; Interstate Highways 94, 694, and 494 interchange safety improvement study required.
33:18 - HF1450 (Drazkowski) Small cities assistance program established.
53:52 - HF1525 (Loon) Transportation Advisory Board of the Metropolitan Council composition modified.
1:02:27 - HF243 (Newton) Driver's licenses and Minnesota identification cards Purple Heart designation established, and state park permits provided.
1:04:32 - HF1903 (Hornstein) Transportation management organizations in the Twin Cities metropolitan area funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:29:02 - HF2053 (Theis) Driveway in-transit license restricted to Minnesota applicants, and plate allowed to be used outside Minnesota.
The committee recessed.
Runs 1 hour, 33 minutes.

House Transportation Policy and Finance Committee - part 2
Monday, March 23 2015 - Archive Video

03:37 - Gavel. 05:16 - HF325 (Erhardt) Mileage-based user fee implementation planning provided, legislative report required, and money appropriated.
36:22 - HF1354 (Hackbarth) Firefighter deaths required to be reported to the state fire marshal, and continued health insurance coverage provided to families of noncareer firefighters who die in the line of duty.
48:43 - HF1478 (Garofalo) Metropolitan area sales tax base modified.
Runs 58 minutes.

House Transportation Policy and Finance Committee
Monday, March 9 2015 - Archive Video

03:08 - Gavel.
03:56 - MnDOT presentation on part of the Multimodal Division including areas dealing with State Rail Plan, and Bicycle and Pedestrian programs including the Safe Routes to Schools program.
1:26:47 - HF558 (Howe) Safe Routes to School grant eligibility modified.
1:37:37 - HF797 (Sundin) Used goods and used motor vehicles sales tax exemption provided.
Runs 1 hour, 43 minutes.

House Transportation Policy and Finance Committee
Monday, February 9 2015 - Archive Video

02:25 - Gavel, and budget overview and presentation of governor's budget by the Department of Public Safety of its transportation related functions.
39:16 - Minnesota Licensing and Registration System (MNLARS) update.
1:16:45 - Oil transportation incident preparedness study.
Runs 2 hours, 8 minutes.

House Transportation Policy and Finance Committee
Monday, February 2 2015 - Archive Video

03:34 - Gavel.
* There was a pause in the meeting due to technical problems in the hearing room.
07:56 - Met Council overview (transportation area only).
1:02:49 - Counties Transit Improvement Board (CTIB) overview.
1:40:17 - Additional testimony from Scott Schulte, Anoka County Commissioner.
1:43:44 - Suburban Transit Providers overview.
Runs 1 hour, 53 minutes.

House Transportation Policy and Finance Committee
Monday, January 26 2015 - Archive Video

01:21 - Gavel.
01:53 - Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) overview by Charles Zelle, Commissioner of MnDOT.

House Transportation Policy and Finance Committee
Wednesday, January 21 2015 - Archive Video

03:20 - Gavel.
04:20 - Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) Study on Grade Crossing and Rail Safety for Oil and Other Hazardous Materials.
Runs 1 hour, 48 minutes.