10/25/1993 01:30 PM House TMB

                                                                               
                   MILITARY SCHOOLS TASK FORCE                                 
                         PUBLIC HEARING                                        
                        October 25, 1993                                       
                            1:30 p.m.                                          
                                                                               
                                                                               
  MEMBERS PRESENT                                                              
                                                                               
  Representative Mulder                                                        
  Representative Martin                                                        
  Bonnie Carroll                                                               
  Captain Dennis Porter                                                        
  Colonel George Vakalis                                                       
  Janet Stokesbury                                                             
  Nancy Miller                                                                 
  Patty Norheim                                                                
  Senator Leman                                                                
  Representative Willis                                                        
  Lt. Colonel Melcher (via teleconference)                                     
  Barbara Martin (via teleconference)                                          
                                                                               
                                                                               
  MEMBERS ABSENT                                                               
                                                                               
  Sue Wilken                                                                   
                                                                               
                                                                               
  CALENDAR                                                                     
                                                                               
  Fourth Public Hearing of the Military Schools Task Force                     
                                                                               
                                                                               
  WITNESS REGISTER                                                             
                                                                               
  REPRESENTATIVE JEANNETTE JAMES                                               
  P.O. Box 56622                                                               
  North Pole, Alaska  99705                                                    
                                                                               
  JOE RYAN, Staff                                                              
  Representative Al Vezey's Office                                             
  119 N. Cushman Street, Suite 211                                             
  Fairbanks, Alaska  99701                                                     
                                                                               
  KAREN SEXTON                                                                 
  5352 B Coman Drive                                                           
  Eielson AFB, Alaska  99702                                                   
                                                                               
  SHEILA PETERSON, Staff                                                       
  Commissioner's Office                                                        
  Alaska Department of Education                                               
  801 W. 10th, Ste. 200                                                        
  Juneau, Alaska  99801-1894                                                   
                                                                               
  PATRICK ALLISON                                                              
  24381 Calla #B                                                               
  Elmendorf AFB, Alaska  99506                                                 
                                                                               
  DEBRA HARTMAN                                                                
  24-372E Petunia Ct.                                                          
  Elmendorf AFB, Alaska  99506                                                 
                                                                               
  DICK BARTON                                                                  
  Aurora Elementary School                                                     
  Anchorage, Alaska  99506                                                     
                                                                               
  ACTION NARRATIVE                                                             
                                                                               
  There is no tape-recorded minutes of this meeting.  It was                   
  inadvertently not recorded.                                                  
                                                                               
  The task force met on October 25, 1993, and approved the                     
  proposed preliminary report and draft legislation and                        
  resolution upon a few modifications.                                         
                                                                               
  With regard to the report: 1) the task force felt that the                   
  name of the task force should be "The Task Force on Schools                  
  on Military Installations" so as to be clear that these were                 
  public schools on military bases and not "military schools";                 
  2) Senator Leman wanted to round the project costs to the                    
  nearest hundredth; and 3) the task force wanted to include a                 
  paragraph about the role of volunteerism in the report.                      
                                                                               
  With regard to the proposed resolution, the task force                       
  decided to delete the copies being sent to Vice President                    
  Gore through Secretary of Defense, Les Aspin if Senator                      
  Stevens felt this was appropriate.  Lisa F. subsequently                     
  spoke with Jane Rosenquist in Senator Steven's office and                    
  she indicated that it was a wise idea to limit the                           
  distribution to the Alaskan U.S. Congressional delegation                    
  only and to not distribute it to the Vice President, etc.                    
                                                                               
  With regard to the proposed bill again, Senator Leman wanted                 
  to round off the figures.  Also, Representative Martin                       
  wanted to have the total costs of the project included in                    
  the bills.  Lisa F. subsequently spoke with George Utermohle                 
  and he indicated this was really not an appropriate way to                   
  do this because it was not clear how the federal government                  
  would be disbursing the monies.  If it did not actually come                 
  through the state general fund, it was inappropriate to put                  
  it on the bill.  The name of the task force was also                         
  corrected in the body of the bill and the resolution.                        
                                                                               
  Finally, George Utermohle and Mike Ford were requested to                    
  change the "introducer" of the bill/resolution to "The Task                  
  Force on Schools on Military Installations."  (Note:  They                   
  did not and instead changed it to "By:  Representative                       
  Mulder at the request of the Military Schools Task Force."                   
  In order to get the report out as quickly as possible, this                  
  error was not corrected at this time.  Representative Mulder                 
  indicated that he would have the name problem addressed by                   
  Committee.)                                                                  
                                                                               
  The task force also discussed strategy.  Both the Anchorage                  
  and Fairbanks North Star Borough School Districts were                       
  requested to take up the matter and resolve to address the                   
  transfer of title issue as quickly as possible.  Discussion                  
  was also had of getting a resolution from the Anchorage and                  
  Fairbanks North Star Borough Assemblies.                                     
                                                                               
  Also, with regard to the attachments to the report, Captain                  
  Porter requested that proposed Attachment 10, which was a                    
  paper written by Jack Catton, be deleted from the packet as                  
  it was an internal document never intended for publication.                  
  It was so deleted.                                                           
                                                                               
  Representative Mulder adjourned the meeting at 3:15 p.m.