Legislature(2021 - 2022)DAVIS 106

03/22/2022 08:00 AM House TRIBAL AFFAIRS

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08:07:24 AM Start
08:08:42 AM Presentation: Broadband in Rural Alaska
09:35:01 AM Adjourn
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                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
           HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON TRIBAL AFFAIRS                                                                          
                         March 22, 2022                                                                                         
                           8:07 a.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Tiffany Zulkosky, Chair                                                                                          
Representative Dan Ortiz                                                                                                        
Representative Zack Fields                                                                                                      
Representative Geran Tarr                                                                                                       
Representative Mike Cronk                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
All members present                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
PRESENTATION: BROADBAND IN RURAL ALASKA                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     - HEARD                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
No previous action to record                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
ANDY BURKE, Special Representative                                                                                              
Department   of   Commerce,   National   Telecommunications   and                                                               
Information Administration                                                                                                      
Washington D.C.                                                                                                                 
POSITION STATEMENT:  Provided invited testimony during the                                                                    
Presentation on Broadband in Rural Alaska.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
HALLIE BISSETT, Executive Director                                                                                              
Alaska Native Village Corporation Association                                                                                   
Anchorage, Alaska                                                                                                               
POSITION STATEMENT:  Provided invited testimony regarding the                                                                 
Governor's Task Force on Broadband during the Presentation on                                                                   
Broadband in Rural Alaska.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHRISTINE O'CONNOR, Executive Director                                                                                          
Alaska Telecom Association                                                                                                      
Anchorage, Alaska                                                                                                               
POSITION STATEMENT:   Provided  invited testimony  via PowerPoint                                                             
during the Presentation on Broadband in Rural Alaska.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CHRISTINA SALMON-BRINGHURST, Board Member                                                                                       
Igiugig Village Council                                                                                                         
Igiugig, Alaska                                                                                                                 
POSITION  STATEMENT:    Provided  invited  testimony  during  the                                                             
Presentation on Broadband in Rural Alaska.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
KARL HILL, Vice President                                                                                                       
Igiugig Village Council                                                                                                         
Igiugig, Alaska                                                                                                                 
POSITION  STATEMENT:    Provided  invited  testimony  during  the                                                             
Presentation on Broadband in Rural Alaska.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
ROBERT HIMSCHOOT, CEO                                                                                                           
Nushagak Cooperative                                                                                                            
Dillingham, Alaska                                                                                                              
POSITION  STATEMENT:    Provided  invited  testimony  during  the                                                             
Presentation on Broadband in Rural Alaska.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
STEVE NOONKESSER, Superintendent                                                                                                
Southwest Regional Schools                                                                                                      
Dillingham, Alaska                                                                                                              
POSITION STATEMENT:  Provided comment  during the Presentation on                                                             
Broadband in Rural Alaska.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
8:07:24 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  TIFFANY ZULKOSKY  called  the House  Special Committee  on                                                             
Tribal Affairs  meeting to  order at  8:07 a.m.   Representatives                                                               
Zulkosky,  Ortiz, Fields,  Cronk, and  Tarr were  present at  the                                                               
call to order.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
^PRESENTATION: Broadband in Rural Alaska                                                                                        
            PRESENTATION: Broadband in Rural Alaska                                                                         
                                                                                                                              
8:08:42 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ZULKOSKY  announced that the  only order of  business would                                                               
be a presentation on Broadband in Rural Alaska                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
PRESENTERS                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ANDY  BURKE,   HALLIE  BISSETT,  CHRISTINE   O'CONNOR,  CHRISTINA                                                               
SALMON-BRINGHURST,  KARL   HILL,  ROBERT  HIMSCHOOT,   and  STEVE                                                               
NOONKESSER                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
NOTE: The  presentation was  recorded and  log notes  were taken.                                                             
The  recording  is  available  at   the  legislature's  web  site                                                               
akleg.gov  or 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 Thirty-Second  Alaska State Legislature this  information may                                                               
be obtained  by contacting the  Legislative Reference  Library at                                                               
(907) 465-3808.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
9:35:01 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being no further business before the committee, the                                                                       
House Special Committee on Tribal Affairs meeting was                                                                           
adjourned at 9:35 a.m.                                                                                                          

Document Name Date/Time Subjects
SALMON Net_v4.pdf HTRB 3/22/2022 8:00:00 AM
03.22.2022 AK State Legislature Presentation.pptx HTRB 3/22/2022 8:00:00 AM
Gov Task Force on Broadband H Tribal Affairs 3-22-2022.pdf HTRB 3/22/2022 8:00:00 AM