Legislature(1999 - 2000)
03/23/1999 01:02 PM House TRA
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HOUSE TRANSPORTATION STANDING COMMITTEE March 23, 1999 1:02 PM COMMITTEE CALENDAR ANNUAL PRESENTATION BY THE PORT OF BELLINGHAM TAPE(S) 99-13, SIDE A CALL TO ORDER CHAIR MASEK of the House Transportation Standing Committee called the meeting to order at 1:02 PM. PRESENT Members present at the call to order were Representatives Masek, Halcro, Hudson, Sanders and Kemplen. JIM DARLING, Executive Director, Port of Bellingham, noted that this marked the tenth year of the port's twenty year relationship with Alaska. He then presented Chair Masek and the committee with a poster commemorating the port's work. He went over the history of the port, the present operations (32-35,000 passengers per year), the Amtrak station, and his hopes for a productive future with the state of Alaska. He concluded by saying that there was an open invitation for the legislators to visit and tour the port. SCOTT WALKER, President, Board of Commissioners, on his eighth trip to visit the committee, thanked the committee for the great relationship with the state of Alaska. He reflected on what the Alaska Marine Highway has meant for Alaska over the last ten years. REPRESENTATIVE HUDSON reflected on his years with the ferry system and the change to the Port of Bellingham from the Port of Seattle. REPRESENTATIVE MASEK reflected on the previous years' presentations, thanked the port for the framed poster. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business before the committee, the Committee meeting was adjourned at 1:15 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 130 Seward Street, Suite 211, Juneau, Alaska 99801-1182, (907) 465-2214, and after adjournment of the second session of the Twenty-first Alaska State Legislature, in the Legislative Reference Library.
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