STATE OF MINNESOTA EIGHTEENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SIXTH SESSION
SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATERSHEDS, WETLANDS, AND BUFFER PROTECTION
MINUTES
Chair Hansen called the meeting to order at 12:35 P.M. on April 15, 2008 in Room 500 South of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
HANSEN, Rick (Chair)
ANZELC, Tom
DOTY, Al
GUNTHER, Bob (Vice Chair)
HOPPE, Joe
TINGELSTAD, Kathy
WAGENIUS, Jean (ex-officio)
Members absent:
PETERSON, Aaron
A quorum was present.
Representative Gunther moved that the minutes of April 8 be approved. The motion prevailed.
Testifying on the potential environmental impact to Seminary Fen of the rerouting of Trunk Highway 41:
Jeff Strate, President, Friends of Birch Island Woods
Greg Warsnick, East Chaska Citizen's Organization
Sharon Stephens, Chair, Sierra Club board
Matthew Norton, Staff Attorney, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy
Terry Schwalbe, Administrator, Lower Minnesota River Watershed District
Doug Norris, Wetland Program Coordinator, DNR Ecological Resources Division
Lynn Clarkowski, Metro South Area Manager, MNDOT
Frank Pafko, Chief Environmental Officer, MNDOT
Fred Corrigan, member of SCALE transportation task force in Scott County
Michael Leek, City of Shakopee Community Development Director
Scott Milburn, President, Native Plant Society
Dan Ress, Environmental Science Teacher, Chaska High School
Brent Woodward, Senior, Chaska High School
Luke Udstool, Junior, Chaska High School
Nancy Nguyen, Junior, Chaska High School
Brianna Shea, Junior, Chaska High School
Joshua Houdek, Land Use Organizer, Sierra Club North Star Chapter
The meeting adjourned at 1:58 P.M.
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REP. RICK HANSEN, CHAIR
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Melissa Hysing, Committee Legislative Assistant