Legislature(2011 - 2012)CAPITOL 17
04/14/2011 01:00 PM House TRANSPORTATION
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HB115 | |
SB108 | |
Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
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*+ | HB 115 | TELECONFERENCED | |
+ | SB 108 | TELECONFERENCED | |
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HB 115-NAMING WALTER J. HICKEL EXPRESSWAY 1:15:39 PM VICE CHAIR PRUITT announced that the first order of business would be HOUSE BILL NO. 115, "An Act designating a portion of Minnesota Drive in Anchorage the Walter J. Hickel Expressway." 1:16:00 PM REPRESENTATIVE MUNOZ moved to adopt the proposed committee substitute (CS) for HB 115, labeled 27-LS0345\M, Kane, 4/12/11, as the working document. There being no objection, Version M was before the committee. 1:16:23 PM ERIN SHINE, Staff, Representative Craig Johnson, Alaska State Legislature, on behalf of the prime sponsor of HB 115, explained that the proposed committee substitute (CS) for HB 115, Version M, would concurrently name a 7.5 mile portion of Minnesota Drive and O'Malley Road in Anchorage the "Water J. Hickel Expressway." This road segment extends from 15th Avenue to the New Seward Highway, she said. She pointed out that by concurrently naming this road segment, no establishment or businesses will have to change their business name or address. MS. SHINE related that throughout his long and distinguished career, Walter J. Hickel served as Governor of Alaska twice and as the U.S. Secretary of the Interior under U.S. President Richard Nixon. He advocated for the State of Alaska (SOA) and the circumpolar Arctic region. In his many elected and public roles, Wally Hickel successfully pushed to open Prudhoe Bay to oil development and oversaw the permitting process for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS). She said it is fitting to concurrently naming a portion of Minnesota Drive and O'Malley Road in Anchorage after Walter J. Hickel since he was a strong advocate for public roads and transportation. In his letter of support for HB 115, Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell said, "I can think of no better road to bear Wally Hickel's name. This road runs through much of the Anchorage life and infrastructure that Wally helped build: from the neighborhoods along Campbell Lake, Spenard, and Turnagain that he worked to develop from the 1950s on, to the Northern Lights Center of 1959, which was the first modern shopping center in Alaska, and the downtown Hotel Captain Cook that he started in 1964." 1:17:29 PM VICE CHAIR PRUITT recalled that another road was previously named after Wally Hickel. He suggested that may be one reason why HB 115 proposes naming the highway an expressway rather than a road or highway. MS. SHINE responded at one point the Dalton Highway or "Haul Road," was informally referred to as the "Hickel Highway" although it was never its official name. The Minnesota Drive/O'Malley Road highway was selected because Minnesota Drive is located in the largest city in Alaska and is often traveled by Alaskans. 1:18:40 PM VICE CHAIR PRUITT, after first determining no one else wished to testify, closed public testimony on HB 115. 1:18:52 PM REPRESENTATIVE MUNOZ moved to report the proposed committee substitute (CS) for HB 115, Version M, out of committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal note. There being no objection, the CSHB 115(TRA) was reported from the House Transportation Standing Committee. 1:24:44 PM VICE CHAIR PRUITT reiterated that the committee reported out SB 108 from committee with no objections. REPRESENTATIVE MUNOZ moved to rescind the committee's action to report Version M of HB 115 from committee since the committee had taken action without a quorum present. [Representative Gruenberg had momentarily left the room when the motion to move the bill from committee was made.] There being no objection, the motion was adopted. [Version M was before the committee.] 1:25:32 PM REPRESENTATIVE MUNOZ then moved to report the proposed committee substitute (CS) for HB 115, Version M, out of committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal note. There being no objection, the CSHB 115(TRA) was reported from the House Transportation Standing Committee. 1:26:17 PM REPRESENTATIVE P. WILSON joined the meeting.
Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
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HB115 Version A.pdf |
HTRA 4/14/2011 1:00:00 PM |
HB 115 |
HB115 Ak Republican Party Resolution.pdf |
HTRA 4/14/2011 1:00:00 PM |
HB 115 |
HB115 Google Map.pdf |
HTRA 4/14/2011 1:00:00 PM |
HB 115 |
HB115 Hickel Citation.pdf |
HTRA 4/14/2011 1:00:00 PM |
HB 115 |
HB115 Treadwell Letter of Support.pdf |
HTRA 4/14/2011 1:00:00 PM |
HB 115 |
SB108 After 300 Iraq missions with pic.docx |
HTRA 4/14/2011 1:00:00 PM |
SB 108 |
SB108 gov letter.pdf |
HTRA 4/14/2011 1:00:00 PM |
SB 108 |
SB108 Letter - Congressman Young (Cavanaugh) (3 8 11) #01.pdf |
HTRA 4/14/2011 1:00:00 PM |
SB 108 |
SB108 SPONSOR STATEMENT.pdf |
HTRA 4/14/2011 1:00:00 PM |
SB 108 |
SB108 bill.pdf |
HTRA 4/14/2011 1:00:00 PM |
SB 108 |
CSHB115.pdf |
HTRA 4/14/2011 1:00:00 PM |
HB 115 |