Dear Friends,
As continue with this summer, things are looking more optimistic regarding a possible special session. Recently, negotiations between Governor Dayton and House/Senate Leadership seem to have progressed in a positive direction, and I am presently optimistic that we will have a special session in the near future.
I sincerely hope that the House, Senate, and Governor Dayton can come to a compromise. I especially hope that Governor Dayton will stop playing partisan games, and pass/sign our tax bill (the most bipartisan tax bill on 30 years), which was passed by both the House and Senate during session, without attaching his spending demands onto the bonding bill.
Passing the bipartisan bonding/transportation package, which passed the House with a super-majority, is essential to the wellbeing of our district. The following projects, which I introduced in the House, were included in the Bonding bill:
-$3.3 million in additional grant funding for the City of Champlin for the Champlin Mill Pond project.
-$11.9 in bond allocations for the Hanson Boulevard/ Highway 78 rail road overpass in Coon Rapids.
-$30 million for lane expansion on Highway 10 from Hanson Boulevard to Round Lake Boulevard, and beyond.
In addition to these projects that were included in the bonding/transportation proposal passed by the House during session, I also carried a bill that would have allocated $11.2 million in trunk highway bonds to build an interchange at Highway 169 and 101st Avenue in Brooklyn Park. I will continue to push for this project next session.
Attached is a link to my session wrap up, which is essentially a summary of our accomplishments at the House in the last two years: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/goppdf/71e3923c-2387-4335-9292-52c4af2f2c36.pdf
This will be my last update for several months. In the meantime, please don’t hesitate to contact my office or email me with any questions or concerns; I appreciate hearing from you. My email address is Rep.Mark.Uglem@house.mn, and my office number is (651)296-5513.
Thank you, and have a great rest of the summer!
Sincerely,
Mark