02/20/2001 10:30 AM House EDT
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
JOINT MEETING
HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, TRADE AND TOURISM
HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON OIL AND GAS
HOUSE TRANSPORTATION STANDING COMMITTEE
February 20, 2001
10:30 a.m.
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
OVERVIEW: UTILITY CORRIDOR & RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY TO CANADA
TAPES
01-8, SIDES A & B
01-9, SIDE A
(Please note: These are House Special Committee on Economic
Development, Trade and Tourism tapes)
CALL TO ORDER
REPRESENTATIVE LESIL McGUIRE, Chair, called the joint meeting of
the House Special Committee on Economic Development, Trade and
Tourism; the House Special Committee on Oil and Gas; and the
House Transportation Standing Committee to order at 10:42 a.m.
PRESENT
Committee members present were Representatives McGuire,
Chenault, Crawford, Dyson, Fate, Green, Guess, James, Kapsner,
Kohring, Kookesh, Masek, Morgan, Ogan, Rokeberg, Scalzi, and
Wilson.
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION
BILL WOOLF, speaking on behalf of U.S. Senator Murkowski,
offered Senator Murkowski's vision for better communication and
transportation of resources, as well as encouragement of a
transportation corridor.
DR. PAUL METZ, University of Alaska, described possible routes
for mining projects and gave a brief history of recent
exploration of minerals.
JIM KUBITZ, representing the Alaska Railroad Corporation,
introduced certain maps that outline possible routes for the
utilities corridor.
COLIN CHAPMAN, on behalf of Congressman Don Young, informed
members that Congressman Don Young was fully supportive of the
plan to look into these issues for Alaska's future.
TOM BRINGHAM spoke about the Northwest corridor plan. He drew
attention to looking at communities' and residents' needs in
terms of this issue.
Committee members inquired about the following:
REPRESENTATIVE GREEN asked questions regarding deposits
discussed by Dr. Milt Wiltse of the Department of Natural
Resources (DNR). He also inquired about the safety issues of
having a railroad and pipeline so close to a highway.
REPRESENTATIVE SCALZI asked if there would be an increase in
activity that would result in more funding for surveys.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
There were no announcements.
COMMITTEE ACTION
The committee took no action.
ADJOURNMENT
CHAIR McGUIRE adjourned the joint meeting of the House Special
Committee on Economic Development, Trade and Tourism; the House
Special Committee on Oil and Gas; and the House Transportation
Standing Committee meeting to order at 12:30 p.m.
NOTE: The meeting was recorded and handwritten log notes were
taken. A copy of the tape(s) and log notes may be obtained by
contacting the House Records Office at State Capitol, Room 3,
Juneau, Alaska 99801 (mailing address), (907) 465-2214, and
after adjournment of the second session of the Twenty-Second
Alaska State Legislature this information may be obtained by
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.
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