02/26/2002 09:20 AM House CRA

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
    HOUSE COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                   
                       February 26, 2002                                                                                        
                           9:20 a.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW:     ALASKA   DEPARTMENT   OF   COMMERCE  AND   ECONOMIC                                                               
DEVELOPMENT, ALASKA ECONOMIC INFORMATION SYSTEM.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
02-10, SIDE A                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Representative  Carl   Morgan  Co-Chair,  reconvened   the  House                                                               
Community  and Regional  Affairs Standing  Committee to  order at                                                               
approximately 9:20  a.m.  [Minutes  pertaining to the  portion of                                                               
the  meeting relating  to legislation  can be  found in  the 8:07                                                               
a.m. minutes for the same date.]                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee  members present  were  Representatives Morgan,  Meyer,                                                               
Halcro, Murkowski, Guess, and Kerttula.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
PETER FREER,  Economic Development  Project Manager,  Division of                                                               
Community  &  Economic  Development, Department  of  Community  &                                                               
Economic Development  (DCED), presented a PowerPoint  overview of                                                               
the Alaska Economic Information  System (AEIS).  The presentation                                                               
was  included in  the committee  packet.   Mr. Freer  advised the                                                               
committee  that the  system is  the  "first-of-its-kind" and  was                                                               
produced entirely in-house at DCED.   He said AEIS will be online                                                               
in a very short time.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
JOE  MEHRKENS,  Economist,  Division   of  Community  &  Economic                                                               
Development,  Department  of  Community  &  Economic  Development                                                               
(DCED),  and Mr.  Freer  discussed the  data  used in  developing                                                               
AEIS, as well as its potential uses.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  MORGAN  announced  that   at  the  next  meeting,                                                               
February 28,  2002, the  committee would  take up  HB 358  and HB
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COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being no  further business before the  committee, the House                                                               
Community  and  Regional  Affairs   Committee  was  adjourned  at                                                               
approximately 9:50 a.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.