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Transportation Policy and Finance

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Transportation Policy and Finance

2/2/2015
Audio Available: Download Mp3
Met Council overview (transportation area only):
Testifying:
Adam Duininck - Chair -introductory remarks
Judd Schetnan - Government Affairs Director
Brian Lamb, General Manager Metro Transit
Arlene McCarthy, Director, Metropolitan Transportation Services

Counties Transit Improvement Board (CTIB) overview
Testifying: Peter McLaughlin, Chair, Counties Transit Improvement Board and Hennepin County Commissioner

Additional testimony from Scott Schulte, Anoka County Commissioner

Suburban Transit Providers overview
Testifying: Plymouth City Council Member - Jeff Wosje -Chair Suburban Transit Association
and Chanhassen City Council Member - Jerry McDonald Vice-Chair Suburban Transit Association
Attachments:
Counties Transit Improvement Board.pptx (2/2/2015)
Met Council Presentation.pdf (2/2/2015)
Suburban Transit Association.pdf (2/2/2015)

Transportation Policy and Finance

1/28/2015
Audio Available: Download Mp3
MNDOT/DEED Freight Rail Economic Development Study:
Bill Gardner, Director, MnDOT Freight Office
Marnie Werner, Center for Rural Policy and Development (Published State of Rail Report in Jan 2015)
Mark Wegner, President, Twin Cities & Western Railroad and President, Minnesota Regional Railroads Association
Mike Beard, Former House Member and Chair

Link to MNDOT FRED Study Report and data:
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/ofrw/fred/fred.html
Link to FRED Legislative Report (more condensed version):
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/govrel/reports/2013/fredreport.pdf

Airports overview:
Cassandra Isackson, Director, MnDOT Aeronautics Office
Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) overview:
Mitchell Kilian, Director of Government Affairs, MAC
Jeff Hamiel, Executive Director/CEO, MAC
Attachments:
2015 state of rail report.pdf (1/21/2015)
2015 Freight Rail Econ Develp Study maps.pdf (1/23/2015)
Metropolitan Airports Commission.pptx (1/27/2015)
MN Rail.pptx (1/27/2015)
fred report nov 2013.pdf (1/27/2015)
House Transportation MnDOT Aero Overview 1-28-15.ppt (1/27/2015)

Transportation Policy and Finance

1/26/2015
Audio Available: Download Mp3
Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT) overview
Testifier: Charles Zelle, Commissioner, MNDOT
Attachments:
MnDOT 2016-17 Budget.pdf (1/20/2015)

Transportation Policy and Finance

1/21/2015
Audio Available: Download Mp3
MNDOT Study on Grade Crossing and Rail Safety for Oil and other Hazardous Materials. The complete study with appendices can be found at: http://www.dot.state.mn.us/govrel/reports.html (December 2014)

Testifying:
Dave Christianson, MnDOT Rail Planner
Bill Gardner, Director of MnDOT’s Freight Office
Brian Sweeney, BNSF (Burlington Northern)
John Apitz, Minnesota Regional Railroads Assc
Lon Van Gemert , Progressive Rail
Phillip Qualy, United Transportation Union
David Brown, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen
Attachments:
rail crossing safety study by MNDOT 12 2014.pdf (1/14/2015)
rail priority grade separation list 2014 MNDOT Rail Crossing Study.pdf (1/14/2015)
rail priority crossings list 2014 MNDOT rail crossing safety study.pdf (1/14/2015)
Rail AppendixF-MinnesotaFreightRailroadMap.pdf (1/14/2015)
BNSF 2015.pdf (1/20/2015)
Assc of American Railroads- Community Safety.pdf (1/20/2015)
Assc of American Railroads- Freight Rail Safety Measures.pdf (1/20/2015)
Assc of American Railroads- Railroads.pdf (1/20/2015)
Assc of American Railroads- Truck Size and Weight Limits.pdf (1/20/2015)
MN Railroads.pdf (1/20/2015)
BNSF.pdf (1/21/2015)

Transportation Policy and Finance

1/14/2015
Audio Available: Download Mp3
Matt Burress, House Research and Andrew Lee, House Fiscal Committee Staff will present
a two part overview the first 2 days of committee hearings
Mon. Jan 12th and Wed. Jan. 14th.
Part 2: Transit & Other Finance: Transit Finance; Other Transportation Finance; Budgets; Recent History

Presentation overview on Minnesota’s Ports and Waterways
Testifying:
Randy Olson, Exec. Director, Port Authority of Red Wing
Lorrie Louder, Senior VP of Business and Inter-Governmental Affairs, St Paul Port Authority
Deb Deluca, Government and Environmental Affairs Director, Duluth Seaway Port Authority
Attachments:
Trans Finance Overview.pdf (1/13/2015)
Major Transportation Taxes 1974-2013.pdf (1/13/2015)
St Paul Harbor Map.pdf (1/13/2015)
Agenda 1-14.docx (1/13/2015)
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