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• , develops findings and recommendations, develops annual<00:21:42.960> reports,<00:21:43.919><
• > and The benefits of developing and The benefits of developing and maintaining<00:28:49.039><
• staff develop formal written procedures. staff develop formal written procedures.
• infrastructure or do I join this thing? infrastructure or do I join this thing?

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call- 00:00:03 Summary of Staff Report on the Firefighter Commission Minimum Training Standards and Administrative Spending- 00:01:00 Staff Update on Child Fatality and Near Fatality External Review Panel 00:16:00 Child Fatality and Near Fatality Review Panel Representatives Available for Questions-00:39:34 Kentucky State Police & Finance Cabinet Status Update on Kentucky Statewide Emergency Responder Voice System-00:52:35 Adjournment-01:46:24, 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from December 19 and June 12, then received a staff report on the Kentucky Fire Commission’s minimum training standards and administrative spending. Staff explained that the commission’s current minimum training hours are 115 for volunteer firefighters and 300 for paid firefighters, down from 150 and 400 before January 1, 2023, after the commission removed elective classes not directly tied to NFPA standards. The report found the commission’s certification testing aligns fully with NFPA standards, but recommended that the commission formally promulgate regulations establishing the reduced training hours. On finances, staff said the commission complied with the first statutory cap on administrative reimbursements to KCTCS, but could not verify compliance with a second, more specific cap because the finance system does not break out program-level costs and the statute is vague. Staff recommended the commission work with KCTCS to fix that issue and suggested the General Assembly may wish to clarify the statute. After questions about reimbursement levels and investment income, the committee voted to accept the report. The committee then heard an update on the Kentucky Child Fatality and Near Fatality External Review Panel. Staff reported that the panel has implemented two of three prior recommendations: it revised its agency notification letter to clearly state the 90-day response deadline and added response prompts and checkboxes to improve completeness. The third recommendation, to adopt formal written procedures, remains in progress; staff said the panel plans to develop those procedures alongside its new case management system. The panel is meeting its statutory membership and meeting requirements, but agency responses to its recommendations have been inconsistent: 48% were timely and appropriate in 2022, 36% in 2023, and 82% in 2024, though only three of nine timely 2024 responses were fully complete. Staff also described the new case management system project, funded with $200,000 in one-time money, and recommended the panel consult budget staff about use of those funds beyond fiscal year 2025. They reissued the recommendation that the panel develop written procedures for case review, findings, recommendations, and annual reports. Committee members raised concerns about the lack of penalties for noncompliance, the volume and length of panel meetings, and technology barriers to reviewing cases, and one member said the panel’s findings should inform future legislation.

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• . infrastructure. infrastructure.
• . infrastructure. infrastructure.
• A core part of my role at EPC is leading the development of a statewide integrated data infrastructure
• And again, these systems are infrastructure, but they're also human infrastructure.
• And again, these systems are infrastructure, but they're also human infrastructure.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And the Community Development Block Grant program can support infrastructure for housing development.
• , particularly affordable development, housing infrastructure financing, and housing development financing
• The first is the residential infrastructure fund, RIF. economic development advantage.
• That's so it's low-cost and it's patient to develop infrastructure that is going to support housing.
• Uh, it had infrastructure development district that uh put uh monies into a pot and uh for developers

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:15 Roll Call 00:00:45 Discussion of Pro-Growth Housing Policies 00:02:33 Adjournment 01:17:15, 958, all

Summary: The Housing Task Force 2.0 reconvened with several new members and heard a presentation from Kentucky Housing Corporation Executive Director Winston Miller and Deputy Executive Director Wendy Smith. They framed the task force’s work as a practical effort to address Kentucky’s housing shortage, update members on the current housing landscape, summarize existing state and federal resources, and suggest areas for the task force to focus on over the coming year. KHC said its 2024 housing supply gap analysis found Kentucky is short about 206,000 housing units, split roughly evenly between rental and homeownership, and projected the gap could grow to 287,000 units by 2029 if current trends continue. They emphasized that every county in Kentucky needs more housing, that the 2008 housing crisis and loss of construction capacity remain major causes of the shortage, and that current pressures include high interest rates, rising insurance and tax costs, construction cost inflation, and housing prices and rents growing faster than incomes. KHC also said homelessness has risen in Kentucky, with point-in-time counts showing double-digit increases in recent years. The presenters reviewed existing resources, including federal programs, the Kentucky Affordable Housing Trust Fund, the rural housing trust fund, KHC mortgage and down payment assistance programs, and the state mortgage interest deduction. They said these resources are important but insufficient to close the gap, and noted that a proposed federal FY2026 budget would cut HUD programs by 44%, potentially removing about $286 million from Kentucky housing resources, though no action has been taken yet. They urged the task force to consider stronger, more flexible tools such as a revolving loan fund, a state affordable housing tax credit, and economic development and employer-assisted housing incentives, and pointed to Indiana’s housing infrastructure and regional development funds as examples. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• There's an infrastructure, sorry, an infrastructure-enhanced infrastructure financing district overlay
• They sought to use urban infill in developed urban communities with the requisite infrastructure to build
• They sought to use urban infill in developed urban communities with a requisite infrastructure to build
• They're townhome-type development in a developed community.
• In order for the economic development and infrastructure needs of our members and their communities to

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I want to make sure the developer put in the infrastructure because anybody in this building knows about
• I like the developers build, I mean, put the infrastructure for the schools, and then you guys figure
• c> a Development Corporation to develop a Development Corporation to develop a plan<00:48:54.240>
• Infrastructure right now, colleagues, is costing the most money for this new development, especially
• Infrastructure right now, colleagues, is costing the most money for this new development, especially

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committees heard several housing-related bills and resolutions. HB 1298 HD3 would create a government employee housing revolving fund and a government employee 99-year leasehold rent-to-own program; testimony was generally supportive from HHFDC, labor groups, and the Maui Chamber, with the Tax Foundation and Budget and Finance raising concerns about the revolving fund. The committees recommended passage with non-substantive amendments for clarity and consistency, and the motion was adopted. HB 741 H2, which would exempt certain affordable housing projects financed by a certified nonprofit CDFI from prevailing wage requirements, drew support from housing advocates and opposition from several construction unions; the chairs said they were concerned about the labor objections and deferred the measure, with the labor committee agreeing to defer it as well. The housing committee then took up HB 417 HD1, which creates a housing efficiency and innovation subaccount in the rental housing revolving fund and allows HHFDC to transfer funds between the subaccount and the main fund without legislative approval. Testimony was largely supportive. The chair described a series of amendments, including changing the funding-efficiency standard, adding perpetual affordability language, allowing any land tenure type, broadening eligible financing tools, adding priority criteria for mixed-income projects and government-employee projects, and inserting blank appropriations tied to a requested $75 million per year and a $75 million subaccount appropriation for the HCDA 99-year leasehold project. The committee recommended passage with amendments, and the recommendation was adopted. HB 422 HD1, which would repeal school impact fees and move remaining balances to the school facilities special fund, drew broad support from housing and taxpayer groups and opposition from the Department of Education and some individuals. The School Facilities Authority and DOE argued the current system had not produced enough usable land or school sites and suggested narrowing the exemption to government housing projects’ construction costs instead of repealing the fee entirely. Members pressed DOE and SFA on how much land had actually been obtained and whether the fee had been effective; the discussion highlighted concerns about unused balances, school overcrowding, and the role of the Land Use Commission and county zoning in securing school sites. The committee did not take final action on the bill in the portion shown. The committee also heard STR 60/SR 45, urging HHFDC to develop a plan to meet housing demand, and STR 77/SR 60, addressing continued eligibility for housing credits for certain projects after repeal of Act 31; both sets of resolutions had HHFDC support, with DHHL supporting STR 77/SR 60 and Johnny May Perry opposing both.

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• She said the Mass Ready Act improves infrastructure.
• infrastructure projects.
• the best strategies possible to develop this climate-resilient infrastructure that we need so desperately
• We develop plumbing codes, mechanical codes, and water efficiency standards.
• Massachusetts is facing a water infrastructure crisis.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee held a hearing on S.2542, the Mass Ready Act, a $3 billion environmental bond bill aimed at climate resilience, water infrastructure, conservation, and related permitting reforms. Secretary Rebecca Tepper and administration officials described the bill’s major investments in flood control, coastal resilience, DCR roads/bridges/dams and parks, drinking water and wastewater upgrades, PFAS remediation, land conservation, food security infrastructure, and expanded Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness funding. They also explained proposed streamlining measures for environmental permitting, flood risk disclosures, a Connecticut River Resilient Commission, and a new Resilience Revolving Fund to provide low-cost financing for municipal resilience projects. Committee members asked about affordability, useful life of projects, how the revolving fund would be capitalized, and how the bill would help communities such as Lawrence, Methuen, and coastal towns; officials said the fund would initially use existing trust resources, not new fees, and could later support special obligation bonds once it has a track record. Several witnesses supported the bill but urged larger authorizations or additional provisions. Boston Harbor Now asked for more funding for MVP and the state’s resilient coast plan, and supported permitting reforms for nature-based and hybrid solutions. The Massachusetts Rivers Alliance urged inclusion of drought-management language from separate bills, plus a statewide flood buyout program and a water reuse commission. Green Roots called for dedicated funding for outdoor and indoor air quality monitoring and indoor air quality improvements, especially in environmental justice communities affected by traffic and airport pollution. Conservation and forestry advocates requested more funding for urban tree canopy, local nurseries, and workforce training, while also raising concerns about PFAS impacts and the need for clearer municipal reforestation language. Agriculture and water infrastructure groups focused on food security and drinking water needs. The Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership and the Mass Food System Collaborative backed the food security infrastructure grant program and farmland protection funding, warning that the program needs continued support in fiscal 2027 and that farmland loss is accelerating. The Massachusetts Waterworks Association said the bill does not go far enough on drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure, citing large statewide capital needs and PFAS compliance costs, and asked for recurring funding and broader eligibility for climate resilience grants. A Product Stewardship Council representative also urged funding for a waste reduction needs assessment, citing growing landfill constraints and rising disposal costs. No votes were taken during the hearing."}{

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• We aim to advance workforce development, career pathway programs, key infrastructure projects, and housing
• Other key projects include developing infrastructure for R1 water initiatives, supported by over $15
• infrastructure infrastructure addressing aging<00:29:58.039> infrastructure<00:29:58.840>
• the cost of land and infrastructure out and allowing developers to be profitable in a very high-risk
• the cost of land and infrastructure out and allowing developers to be profitable in a very high-risk

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• utility infrastructure P3 project. utility infrastructure P3 project.
• Um it's the Aviation Economic Development Fund. You can come forward, please.
• It's the Aviation Economic Development It's the Aviation Economic Development You<00:20:22.120><
• Aviation Economic Development<00:20:25.640> Fund.
• I think that um I'll Development Fund.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first handled routine business, including a quorum call, approval of the April 27 minutes, and a report of informational items. Those informational items included University of Kentucky medical equipment purchases, UK’s planned use of restricted funds for a public-private partnership, school district debt notices, UK’s use of construction management at risk for five projects, Kentucky Communications Network Authority capital project reporting, and UK lease improvements. The main action item was University of Kentucky’s request for approval of a $600 million central plants and utility infrastructure P3 tied to the Chandler expansion and other campus facilities. UK said the project would modernize and expand utility capacity, improve redundancy and efficiency, and support 24/7 hospital operations. UK explained that the financing would combine private equity and nonprofit debt, with no UK or Commonwealth debt or upfront payment, and that future availability payments would come from UK Healthcare funds. Members asked about the financing stack, the source of the restricted funds, and whether existing units would be replaced or modernized. The committee then approved the P3 agreement by roll call vote. The committee also considered and approved a lease renewal for a 20,000-square-foot College of Medicine facility near the Bowling Green Medical Center. UK said the lease would cost $38 per square foot, or $912,000 annually, and supports its long-running partnership with Bowling Green Hospital and planned medical student growth in the region. Members spoke favorably about the local impact of the program, and the lease renewal passed by roll call vote. Finally, the Finance and Administrative Cabinet reported three items requiring no action, including a $2.103 million Transportation Cabinet Department of Aviation project for two medium box hangars at Capital City Airport. Cabinet staff said the project would be funded by federal aviation money and restricted aviation funds, and later explained that the restricted funds come from a jet fuel tax deposited into the Aviation Economic Development Fund.

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• rights, and promote smart housing. development.
• These funds help put Texans back in their homes and restore critical infrastructure.
• When it comes to single-family development and multifamily development, it all triggers from the cost
• to get that lot developed, to get the infrastructure to that line, to make sure there’s adequate...
• During the extraterritorial jurisdictions, getting water and wastewater infrastructure to these developments

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Maybe bring in the school district because increased development also will require more infrastructure
• also will require increased development also will require more<02:22:44.800> infrastructure<02
• , which to me implies that maybe they're not concerned about development as such or strains on infrastructure
• , which to me implies that maybe they're not concerned about development as such or strains on infrastructure
• , which to me implies that maybe they're not concerned about development as such or strains on infrastructure

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• title this timelimited infrastructure title this timelimited infrastructure and<00:29:44.640>
• Those were the two infrastructure.
• when building homes or or developing when building homes or or developing land,<01:13:52.000>
• care of water infrastructure.
• care of water infrastructure.

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• Administrator of the Texas Water Development Board.
• Just real briefly about the Texas Water Development Board.
• So the flip side of that is infrastructure you talked a lot about infrastructure early on in your presentation
• Board programs to improve aging infrastructure.
• We embarked on an effort to develop a.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• to instead not develop but institute green stormwater infrastructure practices.
• to instead implement green stormwater infrastructure practices.
• Development Office.
• allocated to the Broadband Development Office.
• And improving our infrastructure, whether it's interoperability.

Bills: HB2, HB1, HB18, HB19, HB20, HB1, HB 2, HB18, HB19, HB20

Keywords: emergency communication, interoperability, grant program, first responders, state council, disaster response, emergency management, mass fatality, justices of the peace, training programs, emergency manager license, volunteer management, justice of the peace training, criminal history checks, state health services, broadband, public safety, disaster preparedness, funding, flood disaster plan

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• So we're talking today about infrastructure.
• sure that our infrastructure, which by the way is the, Infrastructure projects.
• as a lot of the infrastructure in the state, is aging.
• Our buildings and our infrastructure are a great example of that.
• In terms of workforce, we do have workforce development programs.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The hearing focused on Los Angeles’ preparations for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with an emphasis on infrastructure, transportation, sustainability, community benefits, and legacy planning. Members and witnesses discussed venue readiness, state and local coordination, public safety, accessibility, and how the Games can leave behind lasting improvements such as transit upgrades, streetscape work, energy and utility improvements, and potentially permanent community assets. LA28 also highlighted its broader planning goals, including a transit-first, no-new-permanent-build approach and the use of temporary venues that could later serve communities. LA28’s Joey Freeman reported on ticket sales, volunteer interest, sponsorships, and recent legislative wins, including laws to support the games route network, temporary infrastructure, medical staffing, and out-of-state EMS deployment. He said LA28 has reached $2.5 billion in corporate sponsorships, sold more than 4 million tickets in the first drop, and launched a local presale with roughly half a million $28 tickets and a community ticketing program. However, several senators sharply criticized the ticketing rollout, saying low-cost tickets were too limited and that the committee lacked basic data on how many tickets were available, sold, or priced affordably. Members also raised concerns about ensuring access for low-income residents, schools, nonprofits, and the broader Los Angeles community. Mayor Karen Bass said the city’s theme is “Games for All” and described efforts to prepare small businesses, improve infrastructure, and create a citywide Cultural Olympiad and fan-fest style viewing sites modeled partly on Paris. She asked for state help with permitting, mutual aid for law enforcement, and cleanup of state-owned corridors and highways, and said the city wants local businesses prioritized over a broader Southern California definition of “local.” Other witnesses from Exposition Park and the Rose Bowl described major venue-specific needs, including accessibility, traffic and safety upgrades, utility replacement, site improvements, and legacy investments. No formal votes were taken in the portion provided, but members requested follow-up meetings and additional information on ticketing, community access, procurement, cultural programming, and infrastructure plans.

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• to 20 years to have the infrastructure to 20 years to have the infrastructure in<00:14:53.120>
• <00:18:01.120> quickly, infrastructure quickly, infrastructure quickly, it's<00:18:03.360>
• <01:11:33.600> development<01:11:34.719> and approved infrastructure development and
• approved infrastructure development and ensure<01:11:35.520> ensure<01:11:36.159> fair
• > infrastructure<01:45:03.679> is the transmission infrastructure is the transmission infrastructure

Keywords: 916, all

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• We finance water projects and infrastructure. Texas. planning process.
• So it's a major program for the existing infrastructure in Texas and then we also have the Infrastructure
• The next slide, slide 8, shows that our flood infrastructure...
• We do need a consultant, an engineering help developing that full application.
• Aging infrastructure and urban expansion increase the need for repair.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Relation to transportation, the infrastructure coming to the ports.
• So it's diversifying water sources, modernizing infrastructure.
• So those are things that I wanted to point out. needs for water infrastructure, drainage infrastructure
• Again, that's where development is gonna happen with Brightline.
• funding to promote the development of offshore wind generation.

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• <00:11:55.839> in for workforce housing infrastructure in for workforce housing infrastructure
• Minnesota Community Development Minnesota Community Development Corporation<00:18:50.080> to<
• <00:19:01.280> financial development financial development financial institution.<00:19:03.679
• > need<00:41:33.280> rental infrastructure bonds, we need rental infrastructure bonds,
• um the greater Minnesota infrastructure um the greater Minnesota infrastructure uh<00:42:06.800>

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• Infrastructure and the electronics that operate our grid today.
• The infrastructure we rely on is changing.
• And each project will have its own pace of development.
• Chairman, I know we're looking at infrastructure, we're looking at potential attacks on infrastructure
• I think this first development cycle that we’re in right now is about a five-year development cycle.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• at 20 units an acre further developments at 20 units an acre further adequate<00:42:09.560> infrastructure
• We build on existing infrastructure, so we’re going to allow development of housing where infrastructure
• We build on existing infrastructure, so we’re going to allow development of housing where infrastructure
• We build on existing infrastructure, so we’re going to allow development of housing where infrastructure
• So they restrain the developers. The developers obviously want to build a building.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all