04/15/2011 03:00 PM House TRANSPORTATION

               SB 95-FRANK PALMER FERRY TERMINAL                                                                            
3:12:10 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
VICE  CHAIR PRUITT  announced  that the  only  order of  business                                                               
would be  SENATE BILL NO. 95,  "An Act naming the  ferry terminal                                                               
located at Auke Bay in Juneau the Frank Palmer Ferry Terminal."                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
3:12:34 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR DENNIS EGAN, Alaska State  Legislature, stated that SB 95                                                               
would name  the Auke Bay  ferry terminal the "Frank  Palmer Ferry                                                               
Terminal" in honor of Frank Palmer,  who was an "icon" who worked                                                               
for  the Alaska  Marine  Highway System  (AMHS)  for nearly  five                                                               
decades.   Frank  Palmer  first began  pulling  trailers off  the                                                               
Alaska ferries when  ferry service began in 1962.   The community                                                               
was greatly  saddened to learn  that Mr. Frank  Palmer tragically                                                               
passed away  in Hawaii while  on vacation.   Mr. Palmer  was born                                                               
and  raised in  a home  located across  from the  Auke Bay  ferry                                                               
terminal so  it will be  a fitting  tribute to name  the terminal                                                               
after  him.   He referred  to letters  of support  in members  in                                                               
members packets.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
VICE CHAIR PRUITT noted that Chair Wilson joined the meeting.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR EGAN pointed out that the bill has a zero fiscal note.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  JOHNSON  asked  whether  that  differs  from  the                                                               
Department of Transportation  & Public Facilities' (DOT&PF)$1,200                                                               
fiscal note.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR EGAN  advised that the  DOT&PF has subsequently  issued a                                                               
zero fiscal note.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
3:16:26 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  PETERSEN stated  he  had an  opportunity to  read                                                               
through some  of the letters  in members' packets.   He commented                                                               
that  Mr. Palmer  sounded like  quite  a favorite  member of  the                                                               
local committee.   He  also agreed  it was  a fitting  gesture to                                                               
name the ferry terminal after Mr. Palmer.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE PETERSEN  moved to report  SB 95 out  of committee                                                               
with  individual  recommendations  and  the  accompanying  fiscal                                                               
notes.  There being  no objection,  SB 95  was reported  from the                                                               
House Transportation Standing Committee.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON  asked whether  public testimony  had been                                                               
closed.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
3:17:27 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE PETERSEN  made a motion  to rescind his  action to                                                               
report SB 95 out of committee to correct a technical issue.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
VICE CHAIR PRUITT, after first  determining no one else wished to                                                               
testify, closed public testimony on SB 95.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
3:17:40 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE PETERSEN  moved to report  SB 95 out  of committee                                                               
with  individual  recommendations  and  the  accompanying  fiscal                                                               
note.   There being  no objection,  SB 95  was reported  from the                                                               
House Transportation Standing Committee.