Video & Transcript Research : 'site selection'
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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Correctional Consolidation and Collaboration Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- So people can be at their sites and be collaborating with our on-site and headquarters teachers, who
- We can’t do that in every site.
- We can provide you with the all-program-by-site—what is available.
- So we're very proud to say that now all sites have it available at all levels of security.
- We have not decided what the usage of the site could be.
Summary:
The commission met with a new member from Prisoners’ Legal Services and approved the July 11 minutes. The main presentation came from Department of Correction Commissioner Sean Jenkins and Deputy Commissioner Mitzie Peterson, who gave an overview of DOC facilities, population trends, and the department’s broad mission, including sentenced prisoners, pretrial detainees, civil commitments, Bridgewater State Hospital, and the Section 35 program. They noted the custody population has fallen from about 10,000 in 2016 to roughly 6,000–6,600, while the share serving first- or second-degree sentences has increased. They also reviewed the department’s facility footprint, including Souza-Baranowski, MCI Norfolk, MCI Framingham, Bridgewater, and the planned transfer of the Section 35 program to Health and Human Services by the end of 2026.
A large portion of the discussion focused on programming, education, health care, and reentry. DOC described tablet access for all incarcerated people, free phone calls, email, and more than 330,000 hours of educational, vocational, and reentry use. They highlighted partnerships with colleges and universities such as Tufts, Boston College, Emerson, and others, along with HiSET completion, vocational training, and programs like The Last Mile and Persevere. Health care spending was discussed in detail, including a total annual health-related contract cost of about $300 million, with separate contracts for prison health care, Bridgewater State Hospital, MassAQC, and MAT services. DOC said it has nearly eradicated Hep C and MRSA and now offers all three FDA-approved MAT medications, including long-acting injectables when clinically indicated.
Commissioners also asked about specialized programming, language and disability access on tablets, and how programming is distributed across facilities. DOC explained that nothing is mandatory, but program participation is encouraged and can affect parole consideration. Staff described assessments using COMPAS, criminal thinking interventions, trauma-related treatment, and specialized units for emerging adults, mental health, and substance use. The department said programming costs were about $101 million in fiscal year 2025, or roughly 12% of the operating budget, excluding health care. Members praised the elimination of restrictive housing and the rollout of body-worn cameras, while DOC said the cameras required new policy and union negotiations but are now used for training, accountability, and de-escalation. The meeting ended with a plan for DOC to return in September with more detailed information on SAUs, programming statistics, and facility structure, and the commission voted to adjourn.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Conference in San Diego, advocating in Washington, D.C., and at the TLC Advocacy Fair, and being selected
- Conference in San Diego, advocating in Washington, D.C., and at the TLC Advocacy Fair, and being selected
- Jacques King Residential Hall Extension Site.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
October 8, 2025 - 01:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- WE SELECTED A VENDOR THAT THE AGENCY DID NOT HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH SO WE WOULD HAVE AN INDEPENDENT
- STATES ON THE FEE-FOR-SERVICE SITE OF THE DISCRETION UP TO THE UPPER PAYMENT TO IMPLEMENT AN INVESTMENT
- MY EXPERIENCE IS YOU HAVE A COMPANY THAT'S SELECTED FOR THE PILOT AT MY EXPERIENCE FROM THE LONG-TERM
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice May 27th, 2025
Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- The, the co-neutrals were selected specifically because of their experience in child welfare reform in
- come together immediately and make sure that there are nominations to, to select and refer up to the
- Chair, Senator, I'm not aware of the, the doings of the selection committee. Apologies for that.
- And so, when is there a deadline on when the selection committee needs to be in place? Mr.
- It's not Ancestry andM, it is not 23andMe, it's not those commercial sites.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Transportation Committee Jun 22nd, 2026
Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- truck may need to be taken out of service for an extended period of time simply to get to the travel site
- The bill leaves project selection, investment decisions, and implementation priorities... ...discretion
- The bill leaves project selection, investment decisions, and implementation priorities entirely within
- culverts, bridges, and drainages in a narrow sense, but finding ways to improve the condition of a select
- number of assets for wildlife connectivity. ...but finding ways to improve the condition of a select
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nomination of Lieutenant General John D. Caine (Retired), to be general and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense. Apr 1st, 2025 at 08:30 am
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel
Transcript Highlights:
- I believe President Trump has made an excellent choice in selecting him to meet the challenges.
- staff is to do, is to provide a range of options for the president to consider and then allow him to select
- nominated by the department and interviewed by the CIA and as far as I understand it the CIA made the selection
- I know that others have disputed that story, but it raises questions about whether you were selected
- just deciding that we were going to move forward with next-generation air dominance, but actually selecting
Keywords:
national security, military readiness, Kane nomination, defense budget, China threats, Russia, collaboration, modernization
Summary:
The meeting centered on the nomination of retired Lieutenant General Dan Kane for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delving into various security concerns and the strategic environment facing the U.S. today. Testimonies highlighted the growing threats from adversaries such as China and Russia, with discussions around the necessity of maintaining and modernizing military capabilities to address these challenges. The need for agility in military operations and enhancing collaboration among various defense agencies was underscored. Further, concerns were raised regarding the defense budget and the importance of a strong national defense strategy were prevalent throughout the discussions. The committee members collectively emphasized the need for superior readiness and modernization to keep pace with global threats.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- tours across the state of Minnesota, and this topic is not just brought up there, but if you’re in sites
- This bill will require elected members of school boards to establish a process to select two students
- The selection process must allow enrolled 9 through 12 students to vote on the student member, and then
- Thank you. process to select two students enrolled process to select two students enrolled in<01:29:53.679
- 12 the selection process must allow<01:30:02.280>
for <01:30:02.480>enrolled <01:30:03.000
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation Apr 9th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- For the community solar site? For community solar side? Yeah, the $33 million. Right.
- We will, you know, we selected a vehicle working with the administration.
- Right now, we are using this site for only extreme events, but not for anything else.
- And so that would be another challenge that we would have to overcome: finding those new sites.
- In the demand site grid support program, we have three participation options.
Summary:
The hearing was an informational budget session on energy agency proposals, with no votes taken. Early discussion focused on Proposition 4 climate bond implementation, including funding for demand-side grid support, offshore wind development, and transmission financing. The Department of Finance said the budget includes allocations for demand-side grid support and offshore wind, but not yet for the $325 million transmission financing piece pending a required study. The Legislative Analyst’s Office urged the Legislature to consider whether to wait on offshore wind funding, whether to keep shifting funds into demand-side grid support, and how to direct future transmission financing. Members also raised concerns about local technical assistance for offshore wind, Salton Sea priorities, and the need for more information before final decisions.
The California Energy Commission and CPUC then reviewed the broader energy package. The CEC highlighted the demand-side grid support program’s growth, distributed energy backup assets, long-duration storage, hydrogen grants, and the SIRP clean energy reliability program. CPUC testimony emphasized affordability, wildfire mitigation costs, rooftop solar cost shifts, and efforts to reduce rates while maintaining reliability and clean energy goals. Members questioned CPUC staffing, delays in proceedings, coordination with the CEC and CAISO, and the impact of rate increases on customers. The agencies also discussed the AB 3264 transmission financing study, with CPUC saying work on the study had already begun and was on track for the July 1 deadline.
Several trailer bill and implementation items were also discussed. The committee reviewed a proposal to extend the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program surcharge, with members split over whether it should be handled in budget trailer bill language or policy legislation; the administration said the surcharge supports a critical program serving about three-quarters of a million Californians. The committee also heard a CPUC data-sharing proposal to allow nondisclosure agreements for transmission and reliability data, which members generally supported as a technical fix. DWR explained a proposal to clarify language for the Electricity Supply Strategic Reliability Reserve so it can potentially sell three gas-fired units it owns, and the CEC presented a federal transmission grant proposal tied to grid-enhancing technologies and ratepayer cost recovery. Finally, the committee discussed California Lifeline and possible broadband pilot reforms in light of uncertainty around federal Universal Service Fund support, with CPUC saying it is exploring a statewide standalone broadband option for eligible customers.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session: 2025 First Special Session 6/9/25 - Part 3
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I am going to vote for region selection.
- They don't have that information when they're choosing a site.
- They don't have that information when they're choosing a site.
- They don't have that information when they're choosing a site.
- to their own sort of specially selected to their own sort of specially selected audience.<02:54:
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- have a what we call a select have a what we call a select certification.<01:29:41.840>
So - At this moment, we have site control on no properties of land.
- At this moment, we have site control on no properties of land.
- At this moment, we have site control on no properties of land.
- At this moment, we have site control on no properties of land.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- know that we have particular interest in displaying some of these documents at our state historic sites
- We have also met with them, walked the complex site with the Preservation Board, and introduced them
- It includes the reconstruction of the town site. and look at that project.
- We are also working on completing the work around the site.
- We are also working on completing the work around the site in regards to the landscaping needs.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Workforce Development Committee Meeting - 2026-04-09
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- If selected and verified as eligible, they would sign a contract with the partner organization.
- <00:58:40.240>
as <00:58:40.400>eligible Uh if selected and verified as eligible Uh - if selected and verified as eligible they<00:58:41.119>
would <00:58:41.280>sign <00:58 - <01:25:38.880>
the Maybe there could be some sort of more percentage of following up on the site - the site visits. the site visits.
Keywords:
bioindustrial facilities, economic development, renewable energy, advanced biofuels, state funding, HF2252, Minnesota bonding, volume cap, private activity bonds, tax-exempt bonds, public facility bonds, public facilities pool, unified pool, bond allocation, municipal finance, bond cap, housing bonds, residential rental projects, manufacturing bonds, enterprise zone bonds
Summary:
The committee first approved the prior day’s minutes as amended, correcting the meeting number from the 46th to the 45th meeting. It then took up House File 3217, which would restore funding for the Minnesota Bioincentive Program. Representative Kisha argued the state should honor commitments made to companies that met program requirements and had not received full reimbursement. Testifiers from the Great Plains Institute and Minnesota Biofuels Association said the program has supported bioeconomy investment, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and generated strong economic returns, but has been underfunded, leaving unpaid claims. Members raised questions about whether the bill was retrospective and whether it should be reviewed by another committee; the bill was laid over for further consideration without a vote.
The committee then heard House File 2252, a proposal to modernize Minnesota’s private activity bond volume cap by shifting unused allocation from the small issuer/manufacturing bucket to the public facilities bucket while leaving the overall cap unchanged. The bill’s public finance testifier said the current allocation formula is outdated, housing would remain the top priority, and the change would be budget neutral. Testifiers from the Minnesota Milk Producers Association and Minnesota Biofuels Association supported the bill, saying it would better align financing with rural infrastructure, clean water, manure management, renewable natural gas, dairy processing, and low-carbon fuel projects, and could lower borrowing costs for those sectors. Members questioned whether the bill fit the committee’s jurisdiction and noted it might be more appropriate for another committee; the bill was also laid over for further consideration.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 03/26/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, I'm working in site acquisition with Cooperative Energy Futures.
- Um, I'm working in site acquisition with Cooperative Energy Futures.
- Um, I'm working in site acquisition with Cooperative Energy Futures.
- Um, I'm working in site acquisition with Cooperative Energy Futures.
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with <01:26:42.400>with working in site acquisition with with working in site
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The counties are selected by those with the highest numbers of kids in out-of-home care using both total
- The<00:04:05.920>
counties <00:04:06.320>are <00:04:06.480>selected <00:04:07.240 - The counties are selected by those with the<00:04:08.120>
highest <00:04:08.480>numbers partner sites. partner sites.- Um, this bill would allow us to maintain those funds for those partner sites.
Keywords:
children, youth programming, needs assessment, community engagement, state funding, education, funding, school districts, state budget, rural schools, food support, Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches, food shelves, grant funding, Minnesota FoodShare, early childhood, Head Start, education funding, developmental programs, literacy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- If you see the map in your packet, you can see the round one sites.
- The only question that I had quickly was um the selection process would make up 27% of the allocation
- <00:44:24.960>
process The selection process, like when you guys have the different cities - We've got 31 buses that we have to roll out of our site location in the AM and also into the PM.
- We've got 31 buses that we have to roll out of our site location in the AM and also into the PM.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
House Chamber - Wed Apr 30, 2025, 9:00AM HST - Day 59
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Um and um um for the selection process.
- <04:38:01.760>
committee the evaluation and selection committee the evaluation and selection - <05:55:54.160>
The for where to site a new landfill. - The for where to site a new landfill.
- The site selection postponement has been repeated.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Commerce and Economic Development Feb 11th, 2026 at 05:14 pm
House Commerce & Economic Development Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a site where urban and rural ways of life allied.
- It's a site that can be a unifying place for all New Mexicans for another 80 years.
- So it's not going to be the same panel... ...different judges and each panel is randomly selected.
- You would need the NVR to connect the cameras to the server, and then you need off-site backup.
- You would need the NVR to connect the cameras to the server, and then you need off-site backup, which
Keywords:
State Fairgrounds District, fairgrounds bonds, public financing, bond authorization, gross receipts tax, gaming tax, tax-backed bonds, infrastructure funding, Albuquerque fairgrounds, State Fair Tid, economic development, municipal bonds, revenue pledge, capital projects, New Mexico finance, technology, innovation, advisory board, entrepreneurial support, stakeholder representation
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
EDU, EDU DEFER Public Hearings 04-11-2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, I was able to participate in setting the parameters for how we would be selecting the schools statewide
- Uh, I was able to participate in setting the parameters for how we would be selecting the schools statewide
- Parameters for how we would be selecting the schools statewide.
- we built in Maui, which everybody said—I don’t know if everybody, but engineers—that they chose a site
- but engineers that they chose a site but engineers that they chose a site where<00:35:40.800>
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Education heard several advice-and-consent nominations to the School Facilities Authority. For GM779, Shelley Pa was introduced as a nominee for a term ending June 30, 2029. The Department of Education supported her nomination, citing her large-scale operations and stakeholder-engagement experience. In her testimony, Pa said she retired from community policing, wanted to give back to teachers and students, and believed her strengths were collaboration, listening to community input, and helping balance differing priorities. Committee members questioned her about the construction and infrastructure focus of the board, her lack of direct construction experience, and how she would handle disagreements and budget limits; she responded that she would rely on collaboration, ask questions, and keep decisions centered on students, teachers, and the community while staying within budget.
The committee then heard GM777 and GM778 for Robert Davis, with terms ending June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2029. Davis described more than 30 years with the Department of Education, including roles as teacher, coach, counselor, vice principal, principal, and complex area superintendent, and said he had worked on major facilities projects and managed pandemic-era funding. He emphasized communication, transparency, and trust, and explained that his experience on the Early Learning Board helped him understand how to set policy, identify schools for pre-K, and use data and community factors in decision-making. Members asked how he would handle SFA’s growing pains, the need to balance DOE wishes with practical and budgetary limits, and the board’s role when the legislature controls funding; Davis said the board must keep communication open, include the right people, and make sensible decisions that move projects forward without stalling.
For GM780, nominee Michael Unbasami was introduced for a term ending June 30, 2029. The Department of Education supported him, highlighting over five decades of public service and experience in facilities management, finance, and legislative affairs. Unbasami said he had recently retired after 31 years as associate vice president for administrative affairs for the community colleges and had extensive experience with facilities planning, construction, renovation, repairs, and working within budgets. He stated that the DOE should be treated as the SFA’s client because it knows student, teacher, and facility needs best, while SFA’s role is to implement construction work and collaborate on priorities. Committee members pressed him on how to balance DOE requests with practical project delivery, especially for teacher housing and other non-classroom needs, and he said the legislature funds the work, SFA must keep projects moving, and the workflow should involve collaboration but also realistic decisions that fit the budget and avoid delays.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Mar 19th, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- first of all, yes, first of all, I'm I had an opportunity, the first time I held a cyber security select
- I had the pleasure of testifying. at Chairman Capriglione's select committee hearing in 2018 at UTSA.
- And we focus on the oversight. site on five key areas, so that's access to services, service delivery
- So these can be either virtual or on-site depending on the to travel resources and kind of what we're
- So we have successfully implemented a Starlink. solution at 23 out of 26 sites.
Keywords:
cybersecurity, state command, information resources, data protection, incident response, information technology, classification officer, job descriptions, state positions, competency-based, information sharing, government efficiency, public sector, private sector, distributed ledger, title registry, real estate, property liens, pilot program, healthcare
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Committee on the Census Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am
Senate Committee on the Census
Transcript Highlights:
- One of our very popular tools is this website where you can select your city and town, and you’ll get
- So we’re a popular site.
- the MassGIS list, which includes the E911 data, which, as was mentioned, also includes commercial sites
- This is helpful in case of accidents on construction sites, and these placeholder addresses also This
- is helpful in case of accidents on construction sites, and these placeholder addresses also provide
Summary:
The Senate Committee on the Census held a hearing on September 22, 2025 focused on preparations for the 2030 census, with an emphasis on Massachusetts’ role in building a complete address list and improving local participation in census-related address review programs. Chair Brownsberger and witnesses from the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s office, the UMass Donahue Institute, Watertown, and MassGIS described the importance of accurate address data for congressional apportionment, federal funding, and state and local planning. They also discussed the first major upcoming step, the Block Boundary Suggestion Project, and the later Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) process, both of which rely on municipalities reviewing and correcting census geography and address files.
John Rosenberry of the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s office said outreach to cities and towns is beginning now, with a likely December start for the block boundary process based on the 2020 cycle. He stressed that local officials, clerks, building inspectors, housing authorities, and GIS staff should be engaged early, especially to capture new development and conversions created under the state’s housing policies. Susan Strait of UMass Donahue explained that LUCA allows local governments to compare their address lists with the Census Bureau’s master address file, and that Massachusetts had very high participation in 2020; she cited examples where local review added hidden or newly built housing units and noted that Boston later corrected a group-quarters undercount of about 6,000 students through a post-census review program. In response to questions, she clarified that those corrections affected annual estimates and funding formulas, but not the 2020 apportionment count.
Watertown City Manager George Proakis described how local address review is complicated by accessory dwelling units, single-family to two-family conversions, and large multifamily projects, and urged continued state support for local governments doing this work. Dan Marrier of MassGIS then outlined the Massachusetts Master Address Database, explaining that it combines multiple sources, including E911, assessor, voter, and municipal data, to create a standardized residential address repository used for census preparation and other state functions. He said the database has helped improve census accuracy, including by updating more than one million Census Bureau address-point locations before 2020, and noted that local municipalities remain the final authority on addresses even as MassGIS standardizes and reconciles variants across the Commonwealth.