Legislature(1999 - 2000)

03/16/2000 01:10 PM House TRA

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      HOUSE TRANSPORTATION STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                                   
                   March 16, 2000                                                                                               
                     1:10 p.m.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Representative Andrew Halcro, Chairman                                                                                          
Representative Beverly Masek                                                                                                    
Representative Bill Hudson                                                                                                      
Representative Allen Kemplen                                                                                                    
Representative Albert Kookesh                                                                                                   
Representative Vic Kohring                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Representative John Cowdery                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
SENATE BILL NO. 231                                                                                                             
"An Act naming the Alaska Native Veterans' Honor Bridge."                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
     - MOVED SB 231 OUT OF COMMITTEE                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW:  SOUTHEAST TRANSPORTATION PLAN                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS ACTION                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
BILL: SB 231                                                                                                                    
SHORT TITLE: NAMING ALASKA NATIVE VETERANS' HONOR BRIDGE                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Jrn-Date    Jrn-Page           Action                                                                                           
 2/01/00      2142     (S)  READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS                                                                     
 2/01/00      2142     (S)  STA                                                                                                 
 2/02/00      2166     (S)  COSPONSOR(S): ADAMS                                                                                 
 2/15/00               (S)  STA AT  3:30 PM BELTZ 211                                                                           
 2/15/00               (S)  -- Meeting Canceled --                                                                              
 2/22/00               (S)  STA AT  3:30 PM BELTZ 211                                                                           
 2/22/00               (S)  Moved Out of Committee                                                                              
 2/22/00               (S)  MINUTE(STA)                                                                                         
 2/23/00      2392     (S)  STA RPT 4DP 1AM                                                                                     
 2/23/00      2392     (S)  DP: WARD, ELTON, PHILLIPS, WILKEN;                                                                  
 2/23/00      2392     (S)  AM: GREEN                                                                                           
 2/23/00      2392     (S)  ZERO FISCAL NOTE (DOT)                                                                              
 2/23/00      2392     (S)  REFERRED TO RULES                                                                                   
 2/25/00               (S)  RLS AT 11:30 AM FAHRENKAMP 203                                                                      
 2/25/00               (S)  MINUTE(RLS)                                                                                         
 3/01/00      2477     (S)  RLS TO CALENDAR  03/01/00                                                                           
 3/01/00      2477     (S)  READ THE SECOND TIME                                                                                
 3/01/00      2477     (S)  ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UNAN                                                                      
                            CONSENT                                                                                             
 3/01/00      2477     (S)  READ THE THIRD TIME  SB 231                                                                         
 3/01/00      2477     (S)  COSPONSOR(S): HALFORD, TAYLOR, WARD,                                                                
 3/01/00      2477     (S)  MACKIE, LEMAN, WILKEN, TIM KELLY,                                                                   
 3/01/00      2477     (S)  PHILLIPS, ELTON, HOFFMAN, PETE KELLY                                                                
 3/01/00      2477     (S)  PASSED Y19 N- A1                                                                                    
 3/01/00      2480     (S)  TRANSMITTED TO (H)                                                                                  
 3/03/00      2383     (H)  READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS                                                                     
 3/03/00      2383     (H)  TRA                                                                                                 
 3/03/00      2383     (H)  REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION                                                                          
 3/03/00      2408     (H)  CROSS SPONSOR(S): MORGAN                                                                            
 3/16/00               (H)  TRA AT  1:00 PM CAPITOL 124                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
ANNE LANDRUM, Staff                                                                                                             
   to Senator Georgianna Lincoln                                                                                                
Alaska State Legislature                                                                                                        
Capitol Building, Room 11                                                                                                       
Juneau, Alaska  99801                                                                                                           
POSITION STATEMENT:  Presented SB 231 on behalf of sponsor.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
ROBERT J. DOLL, Captain; and General Manager                                                                                    
Ferry Operations                                                                                                                
Southeast Region                                                                                                                
Department of Transportation & Public Facilities                                                                                
3132 Channel Drive                                                                                                              
Juneau, Alaska 99801-7898                                                                                                       
POSITION STATEMENT:   Participated in the overview on the Southeast                                                             
Transportation Plan.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
PAT KEMP, Preconstruction Engineer                                                                                              
Southeast Region                                                                                                                
Division of Statewide Design and Engineering Services                                                                           
Headquarters                                                                                                                    
Department of Transportation & Public Facilities                                                                                
6860 Glacier Highway                                                                                                            
Juneau, Alaska 99801-7999                                                                                                       
POSITION STATEMENT:   Participated in the overview on the Southeast                                                             
Transportation Plan.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
JERRY LAPP, Mayor                                                                                                               
Haines Borough                                                                                                                  
PO Box 1209                                                                                                                     
Haines, Alaska 99827                                                                                                            
POSITION STATEMENT:  Participated in the overview on the Southeast                                                              
Transportation Plan.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
DON OTIS, Mayor                                                                                                                 
City of Haines                                                                                                                  
PO Box 1049                                                                                                                     
Haines, Alaska 99827                                                                                                            
POSITION STATEMENT:  Participated in the overview on the Southeast                                                              
Transportation Plan.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
JOHN MIELKE, Mayor                                                                                                              
City of Skagway                                                                                                                 
PO Box 415                                                                                                                      
Skagway, Alaska 99840                                                                                                           
POSITION STATEMENT:   Participated in the overview on the Southeast                                                             
Transportation Plan.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
DENNIS EGAN, Mayor                                                                                                              
City & Borough of Juneau                                                                                                        
155 South Seward Street                                                                                                         
Juneau, Alaska 99801                                                                                                            
POSITION STATEMENT:   Participated in the overview on the Southeast                                                             
Transportation Plan.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
THOMAS B. BRIGHAM, Director                                                                                                     
Division of Statewide Planning                                                                                                  
Headquarters                                                                                                                    
Department of Transportation & Public Facilities                                                                                
3132 Channel Drive                                                                                                              
Juneau, Alaska 99801-7898                                                                                                       
POSITION STATEMENT:   Present at the overview on the Southeast                                                                  
Transportation Plan.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
ANDY HUGHES, Acting Planning Chief                                                                                              
Southeast Region                                                                                                                
Department of Transportation & Public Facilities                                                                                
6860 Glacier Highway                                                                                                            
Juneau, Alaska 99801-7999                                                                                                       
POSITION STATEMENT:  Present at the overview on the Southeast                                                                   
Transportation Plan.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
TAPE 00-20, SIDE A                                                                                                              
Number 0001                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN ANDREW HALCRO called the House Transportation Standing                                                                 
Committee meeting to order at 1:10 p.m.  Members present at the                                                                 
call to order were Representatives Halcro, Masek, Hudson and                                                                    
Kookesh.  Representatives Kemplen and Kohring arrived as the                                                                    
meeting was in progress.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SB 231 - NAMING ALASKA NATIVE VETERANS' HONOR BRIDGE                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN HALCRO announced the first order of business as Senate                                                                 
Bill 231, "An Act naming the Alaska Native Veterans' Honor Bridge."                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Number 0076                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
ANNE LANDRUM, Staff to Senator Georgianna Lincoln, Alaska State                                                                 
Legislature, came before the committee to present the bill on                                                                   
behalf of the sponsor.  This piece of legislation is fairly simple.                                                             
It intends to bring recognition to a group of veterans who have not                                                             
been formally recognized before.  It follows the efforts of the                                                                 
federal government made in 1998 when they honored Alaska Native and                                                             
American Indian veterans.  This group, she explained, has had the                                                               
highest service record of any ethnic group in the country.  This                                                                
legislation would simply recognize that service.  Attached to the                                                               
bill is a zero fiscal note from the Department of Transportation &                                                              
Public Facilities, along with a great number of cosponsors from the                                                             
Senate.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Number 0204                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN HALCRO inquired as to whether or not anybody from the                                                                  
audience and teleconference network would like to testify.  There                                                               
was no response.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN HALCRO closed the meeting to public testimony, and asked                                                               
for a motion to move the bill out of committee.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Number 0212                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE BEVERLY MASEK made a motion to move SB 231 out of                                                                
committee with individual recommendations and attached zero fiscal                                                              
note; she asked unanimous consent.  There being no objection, SB
231 so moved from the House Transportation Standing Committee.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN HALCRO called for a brief at-ease in order to hand the                                                                 
gavel over to Representative Bill Hudson to prepare for an overview                                                             
on the Southeast Transportation Plan.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW:  SOUTHEAST TRANSPORTATION PLAN                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
TAPE 00-20, SIDE(S) A & B                                                                                                       
TAPE 00-21, SIDE(S) A                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
ROBERT J. DOLL, Captain; and General Manger, Ferry Operations,                                                                  
Southeast Region, Department of Transportation & Public Facilities,                                                             
presented information pertaining to the Southeast Transportation                                                                
Plan, primarily in relation to the fast ferries.  His presentation                                                              
was followed by questions of the committee members.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
PAT KEMP, Preconstruction Engineer, Southeast Region, Division of                                                               
Statewide Design and Engineering Services, Headquarters, Department                                                             
of Transportation & Public Facilities, answered questions regarding                                                             
the factors associated with the Environmental Impact Statement in                                                               
relation to the fast ferries.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
JERRY LAPP, Mayor, Haines Borough, answered questions in relation                                                               
to the fast ferries and their impact on Haines Borough.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
DON OTIS, Mayor, City of Haines, answered questions in relation to                                                              
the fast ferries and their impact on Haines.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JOHN MIELKE, Mayor, City of Skagway, answered questions in relation                                                             
to the fast ferries and their impact on Skagway.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
DENNIS EGAN, Mayor, City & Borough of Juneau, answered questions in                                                             
relation to the fast ferries and their impact on Juneau.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
THOMAS B. BRIGHAM, Director, Division of Statewide Planning,                                                                    
Headquarters, Department of Transportation & Public Facilities, was                                                             
also present.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ANDY HUGHES, Acting Planning Chief, Southeast Region, Department of                                                             
Transportation & Public Facilities, was also present.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The meeting was adjourned at 2:53 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 129 6th Street, Suite 229, Juneau, Alaska                                                               
99801, (907) 465-2214, and after adjournment of the second session                                                              
of the Twenty-first Alaska State Legislature this information may                                                               
be obtained by contacting the Legislative Reference Library at 129                                                              
6th Street, Suite 102, (907) 465-3808.                                                                                          

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