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• Sunzea is the biggest clean energy project in the Western Hemisphere. We developed that one.
• We're a late-stage project.
• The briefing paper is the list of projects.
• Slide number 11 lists a couple of developing projects in terms of water.
• We have several developing projects in agriculture.

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• The macro grid project.
• These upgrade projects would reduce their...
• These upgrade projects would reduce their electricity use and free up valuable grid capacity.
• The jobs are created when you build the project, but then there's very little jobs once the project is
• So the project is like $200,000, but the fiscal sponsor is the larger organization that does The project

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• If this bill does not pass, those projects will not be in the 10-year plan. are federal projects on the
• the federal funding for those projects the federal funding for those projects with<00:56:06.880>
• We'll work to deliver these projects, or we'll work to defer these projects until we have the revenue
• We'll work to deliver these projects, or we'll work to defer these projects until we have the revenue
• at that point with a few projects. at that point with a few projects.

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Summary: The work session focused first on SP 492, a bill intended to give the New Hampshire Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services authority to lease or license property for housing and related uses. Major General David Mikolitis testified that the bill is aimed at addressing affordable housing for junior enlisted service members, especially those assigned to Pease Air National Guard Base who currently face long commutes because of the Seacoast housing shortage. He said the most likely uses would be converting limited barracks space in Pembroke or Stratford into apartment-style or extended-stay housing, and possibly allowing office/co-op space for federal civilians, though he emphasized the primary purpose is housing for junior ranks. He also said any development would likely be done by a private developer through an RFP, with costs borne by the developer rather than the department. Committee members asked about whether the bill could apply to commercial uses, how taxes would work, whether revenues would go into the general fund, and whether the concept could be expanded statewide. Mikolitis said the intent was housing only, not commercial development like a Starbucks, and that any developed property would be taxable locally rather than remain tax-exempt. He said revenues would go into a dedicated Veteran Services Property Fund and be used for facilities, not the general fund. He also explained that the department has about 20 armories statewide but sees only a few viable locations for this concept, mainly Pembroke, Stratford, and possibly one other site, because the goal is to serve personnel within roughly a 45-minute drive of Pease. He noted that a proposed seven-acre parcel near Pease had already been approved by the Pease Development Authority but still needed FAA approval, and he was not optimistic about using that land for housing because of contamination and redevelopment costs. Committee discussion ended with members indicating support for OTP, but the chair said the vote would have to wait until 11 o'clock and then closed the work session on SP 492. The committee then opened a work session on SP 627 and heard testimony from Jim Jelbert, owner of CJ Bus Lines and chair of the legislature’s transportation council, who spoke in support of the bill. Jelbert argued that the measure would allow New Hampshire to raise tolls and generate significant revenue for the 10-year highway plan without directly taxing citizens, and said the money could address congestion and safety problems, including work on I-93 in Manchester and other statewide projects. He estimated the bill could generate substantial revenue over time and said toll credits could help leverage federal matching funds. He also said improved roads would benefit businesses like his by reducing vehicle wear and improving efficiency. The transcript cuts off before any committee action on SP 627 is recorded.

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• Um, and we are now constructing the project now.
• <00:04:50.880> was which almost sunk the entire project was which almost sunk the entire project
• now um constructing the project now. now um constructing the project now.
• do with the merits of the project do with the merits of the project itself.<01:18:56.400> Secondly
• As a more left to do these projects?

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• <00:37:35.640> flood<00:37:36.000> plane Basin Projects flood plane Basin Projects
• reduction work group and the project reduction work group and the project team<00:56:53.240>
• and and they they work their project and and they they work their project through<00:57:08.119><
• <00:57:25.640> and meat and potatoes of their project and meat and potatoes of their project
• <00:57:36.720> and go through any of these projects and go through any of these projects and

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• <00:07:31.360> of projects project It's a combination of projects project It's a combination
• this that tips projects into the feasible column.
• this that tips projects into the feasible column.
• We could not have done these innovative projects that allow businesses in communities to fund projects
• development of local um projects development of local um projects discussion discussion discussion

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• government projects government projects that<00:05:19.120> were<00:05:19.360> first
• Project.
• The Minnesota Budget Project Project.
• . projects. projects.
• metro area projects. metro area projects.

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• To that end, we've invested tens of millions of dollars in projects in this state.
• They could stop that project.
• So I believe that if there is an affordable housing project or infrastructure project that poses environmental
• And that's what a project developer does. You have a main person whose main job, Mr.
• This is something that will help projects and developments.

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• Vehicle registration tax is $2.4 billion for the next biennium, projected.
• 2.4 billion for the next bium projected 2.4 billion for the next bium projected 100%<00:22:43.640
• <00:32:46.320> the Bike and ped, sort of projects.
• This money would really focus more on maintenance than actual capital projects.
• Maintenance, than actual capital projects, as a whole.

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• construction projects are bonded and is referred to the Committee on Public Education.
• construction projects are bonded and is referred to the Committee on Public Education.
• construction projects are bonded and is referred to the Committee on Public Education.
• construction projects are bonded and is referred to the Committee on Public Education.
• construction projects are bonded, is referred to the Committee on Public Education.

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• <00:10:22.480> and helped out on a Republican project and helped out on a Republican project
• <00:10:38.079> of help this facility start the project of help this facility start the project
• This is a Republican project. I don't like this member. I'm not going to fund this project.
• Um, and this project was a special project for the city of Anoka.
• huge project that won't be happening. huge project that won't be happening.

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Summary: The House took up House File 719, the capital investment/bonding bill, and members spent much of the debate praising committee staff and describing the bill as a bipartisan product shaped by statewide bonding tours and negotiations. Supporters highlighted major infrastructure and public facility projects, including water and sewer work, transportation projects, housing, natural resources, and specific local needs such as Grand Marais, the Manomomen County hospital/nursing home, and airport tower funding. Several members emphasized that the bill was a “Team House” effort and argued that infrastructure funding should not be treated as partisan. During debate, members also focused on the bill’s water infrastructure investments and the need for broader, dedicated funding to address lead pipes, PFAS contamination, and rising wastewater costs. Representative Lee noted that more than $400 million in the package went to water infrastructure, while other speakers pointed to transportation funding and a one-time reduction in tab fees as important elements of the bill. Representative Franson and others urged support, saying the package reflected statewide needs and was a down payment on larger asset-preservation needs. The House adopted three technical amendments to House File 719, then gave the bill its third reading. After floor discussion, Representative Niska moved to lay House File 719 on the table, and the motion prevailed, tabling the bill. The chamber then moved on to House File 2484, the cash portion of the infrastructure package, where members again described the measure as a small but important funding bill and discussed a Lower Sioux Indian Community Dakota language item and the limited size of each caucus’s cash allocation.

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• that we're doing—the projects that you're helping us with.
• How to prepare the projects, how to go through the projects, how to do and keep up after the projects
• So that way, we make sure we don't lose the projects that we did.
• On the second one, the current housing project that they're looking to.
• You mentioned one project that really stood out: the Sorens County Housing Project, 293 acres donated

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• Amid this instability, AB 306 would ensure that affordable housing developers can rely on the project
• This change would both speed up projects and would avoid costs that can range from $2,000 to $30,000
• This change would both speed up projects and would avoid costs that can range from $2,000 to $30,000
• Los Angeles, Climate Reality Project San Fernando Valley, Climate Reality Project San Diego, Cool Petaluma
• Los Angeles, Climate Reality Project San Fernando Valley, Climate Reality Project San Diego, Cool Petaluma

Summary: The committee heard a series of housing and wildfire-recovery bills, with members repeatedly framing the package as a response to the Los Angeles fires and the state’s broader housing affordability crisis. AB 306, by Assembly Member Schultz, would place a six-year moratorium on new residential building-code updates and local code modifications except for health-and-safety emergencies. Supporters argued it would reduce costs and provide certainty for rebuilding and new housing production, while opponents from environmental, clean-energy, and labor groups warned it would freeze beneficial code improvements, delay innovation, and limit local control. Despite those concerns, several members said they would support the bill while seeking amendments, and the committee voted it out on a due pass recommendation to Appropriations. The committee also approved AB 301, which would require state agencies to follow shot-clock style deadlines for reviewing building permits, and AB 253, which would allow licensed third-party professionals to conduct certain post-entitlement permit reviews if local departments take more than 30 days. Supporters said both bills would reduce delays, lower costs, and speed rebuilding and housing production; some members emphasized that safety reviews must remain intact. AB 301 passed on a due pass vote to Appropriations, and AB 253 passed 8-0 to Local Government. AB 462, by Assembly Member Lowenthal, would exempt accessory dwelling units in Los Angeles County’s coastal zone from coastal development permit requirements, with the goal of speeding ADU construction for disaster recovery and housing supply. Supporters said ADUs are a proven tool and that the bill would help displaced residents and future coastal disaster areas; one member of the public opposed the bill, arguing ADU proliferation can change neighborhood conditions. The committee sent AB 462 to Appropriations on an 8-0 vote. The final bill discussed, AB 299, would let disaster-displaced families stay in hotels, motels, and short-term rentals for more than 30 days without triggering landlord-tenant rules, mirroring an earlier homelessness-related law; the transcript ended as the author began presenting the bill and its support.

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• There are 615 flood mitigation projects, and those are more substantial construction projects.
• Eligible projects can range from project design and feasibility assessments to early warning systems,
• Categories can include evaluation, study, project, construction projects, or strategy.
• And so the rationale behind doing that is flood projects, unlike water projects or wastewater projects
• for a wastewater project.

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• Do we have answers as to why there’s such a disparity between the projection and the actual savings projected
• “I just wonder how optimistic some of these projections are.
• I mean, even on the right column where we have actual projected savings...”
• The spring projections are an update to the fall 2025... ...commitments.
• The spring projections are an update to the fall 2025 projections, which we provided through June 2030

Summary: Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 heard the Governor’s May Revision proposals for the judicial branch, the Board of State and Community Corrections, the Department of Justice, and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The Legislative Analyst’s Office opened with a warning that the state budget remains structurally imbalanced and urged the Legislature to avoid new ongoing spending unless offset by reductions elsewhere. In the judicial branch discussion, the Judicial Council highlighted language access funding, appellate court security, a backfill for the state court facilities construction fund, and an extension of the lactation room mandate; Finance supported most items but suggested reporting language on interpreter costs and reducing the General Fund backfill. Members raised concerns about judicial vacancies, long-term salary freezes, remote hearings, and the lack of progress on court staffing in some counties. For the Board of State and Community Corrections, the administration proposed $10 million one-time each for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People grant program and a human trafficking vertical prosecution grant program. The LAO said both should be weighed against other priorities and suggested the Legislature consider whether the Tribal Nations Grant Fund could support MMIP work, while Finance said it preferred General Fund support and wanted more review before any fund swap. Members strongly supported MMIP funding and asked whether ongoing support would be considered. On the human trafficking grant, Finance said BSC was a good fit because of its grant administration experience and prior vertical prosecution work, while legislators asked why the program was not placed with the Office of Emergency Services as originally contemplated in prior legislation. The Department of Justice presented antitrust litigation funding, Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse staffing, completion of organized retail criminal enterprise cases, and trailer bill language for a continuous appropriation from the Victims of Consumer Fraud Restitution Fund. The LAO supported the antitrust account use but questioned the Unfair Competition Law Fund’s ability to cover the full request without General Fund repayment, and recommended against a continuous appropriation for the restitution fund in favor of a more limited mechanism with legislative oversight. Finance said the fund would remain solvent and defended the continuous appropriation as necessary to pay victims promptly. In the CDCR portion, the largest discussion centered on the Boston Consulting Group efficiency review and sharply reduced savings estimates; LAO said the department had not fully explained the proposed position eliminations or future $100 million savings target, while Finance said the work reflected deeper analysis and ongoing efforts to find savings. Members repeatedly pressed CDCR and Finance on the gap between earlier promised savings and the revised figures. CDCR also outlined population projections showing continued declines in prison and parole populations, while LAO again urged the state to close an additional prison to save ongoing costs. The department then walked through several May Revision items, including workers’ compensation funding, a Corcoran honor housing dorm, incarcerated firefighter pay implementation, an incarcerated menopause program, mental health receiver staffing, mental health resource teams and crisis intervention teams, medical classification staffing changes, and AI note-taking for the electronic health record. LAO generally recommended limiting-term funding and more reporting for many of these proposals, while Finance defended them as necessary ongoing investments or court-ordered obligations. Members questioned the cost of workers’ compensation, the need for more prison closures, the lack of funding for women’s facility violence prevention, and the timing and transparency of the BCG savings process. No votes were taken.

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• My understanding is that this is just the beginning of this kind of project. project, and that the Interstate
• like a safety project and other water infrastructure projects.
• This is for the Community Energy Project completion.
• Project.
• for those projects.

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• He's a project manager.
• Projects that advance community vitality and growth.
• million for a total overall project million for a total overall project investment<00:43:39.960>
• Over the last year, we funded 15 projects.
• Over the last year, we funded 15 projects.

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Summary: Explore Minnesota Executive Director Lauren Bennett McGinty gave the committee an agency overview focused on the state’s tourism, livability, business attraction, film, and outdoor recreation promotion work. She highlighted record 2023 tourism results, including 80.2 million visitors, $4.1 billion in economic impact, more than 180,000 hospitality jobs, and $2.3 billion in state and local taxes, and said tourism sales, hotel occupancy, and other metrics continued to improve. She also described the agency’s marketing strategy, including a new campaign centered on authentic Minnesota stories, expanded domestic and international advertising, and a strong emphasis on winter, diverse markets, and accessibility. McGinty reviewed several one-time-funded programs launched or expanded in the last year, including Explore Minnesota for Business, the tourism recovery grant program, the first Tribal Nations Grant program, and the outdoor recreation industry partnership with IRRR, DEED, and DNR. She said the recovery grants had distributed $1.15 million to 110 grantees, the tribal grant program had spent $1.4 million with eight tribal nations, and outdoor recreation was estimated at $13.5 billion annually with 10.5% growth. She also noted strong media and social media results, including a viral Timberwolves-related campaign, high video completion rates, and increased website traffic. In response to committee questions, McGinty said the workforce and business attraction campaign is aimed at showing why people choose to live and work in Minnesota, using stories from newer residents and businesses, and that it is performing well in markets such as Silicon Valley, Boston, and Seattle. She said the agency is investing more in winter advertising to promote Minnesota as a winter destination and is working with partners to highlight activities beyond outdoor cold-weather recreation. Members also discussed the agency’s new film program, resident retention efforts, and a planned music-themed tourism ad tied to Prince and Bob Dylan. No votes or formal actions were taken.

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• <00:10:11.360> um<00:10:11.640> we're<00:10:12.399> projecting previously projected
• um we're projecting previously projected um we're projecting about about about 13.9%<00:10:14.920>
• families um as they work on that project families um as they work on that project I<00:37:07.319
• We weren't able to project what those savings are.
• look like there is some projected look like there is some projected continued<01:29:31.239> growth

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• um, all the state projects for Safe Routes to School as well.
• projects in general.
• <01:01:01.400> that and rolling um this is a project that and rolling um this is a project
• We have had small pilot projects before. W Kakawa Avenue was closed during COVID.
• We have had small pilot projects before. W Kakawa Avenue was closed during COVID.

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Summary: The House Committee on Transportation held a hearing on several traffic safety and transportation bills. HB 1163 would update commercial driver licensing rules to meet federal requirements and allow limited-term non-domiciled commercial learner’s permits and licenses; the Department of Transportation supported it as a fix to an FMCSA-identified issue, while Frank Schultz testified in opposition. HB 1166 would appropriate funds for the automated speed enforcement program; the Department of Law Enforcement, Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization, and Edgardo Diaz Vega supported it, while Chad Taniguchi opposed and Frank Schultz offered support. The committee then heard HB 1231, which would prioritize photo red light cameras in school zones and direct related fine revenue to the Safe Routes to School fund; DOT supported the intent but cautioned against limiting placement decisions, Judiciary raised concerns about added court workload, and several advocacy groups and individuals supported the bill as a pedestrian and school safety measure. The committee spent substantial time on HB 1471, which would fund traffic-actuated signals, including leading pedestrian intervals and accessible pedestrian signals, and add a $5 vehicle registration fee for the Safe Routes to School special fund. DOT supported the bill with comments, saying its older signal controllers make LPIs harder to implement but that statewide upgrades are underway; the Department of Health also supported the safety and Vision Zero goals and said it is working with counties on public education. Testimony in support came from Hawaii Appleseed, Hawaii Bicycling League, Ulupono Initiative, Hawaii Public Health Institute, Path People for Active Transportation Hawaii, the Hawaii Self-Advocacy Advisory Council, and others, with one opposition noted among many supporters. Members asked questions about whether LPIs would address “beg buttons,” how red-light and speed-camera programs interact with county roads, and whether speed humps might be more effective in school zones. DOT explained that LPIs improve visibility but do not solve every signal issue, that newer adaptive signals use camera-based sensing, and that the department coordinates with counties and communities on crash mitigation and enforcement priorities. Officials also discussed the status of Safe Routes to School programs, noting that the federal program remains but is difficult to use and that the state program had been moved out of DOT; county coordinators and related coalitions were said to still be active. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• Once the project has completed, agencies conduct post-implementation reviews.
• Once the project has completed, agencies conduct post-implementation reviews.
• We monitor if they have a total project cost of $10 million or more.
• For the procurement, IT procurements, or IT projects, or $10 million or more, we're involved in the project
• And often we advance projects in and out of that.

Summary: The subcommittee heard a panel on Florida’s IT procurement process from the Florida Digital Service, the Department of Management Services, and the Department of Financial Services. Witnesses walked through the procurement lifecycle, including planning, market research, solicitation, evaluation, award, implementation, and closeout, and emphasized the role of budget timing, contract managers, and subject matter experts. DMS described the state’s enterprise contracting system, noting more than 1,100 active vendor agreements, over 800 involving IT services, and the statutory requirement to request 25 quotes for certain IT purchases. DFS demonstrated the Florida Accountability Contract Tracking System (FACS), explaining how agencies upload contract and payment data and how the public can search contracts and related documents online. Members focused on accountability, transparency, and whether the state is getting the best products and vendors. Questions addressed how contracts are vetted, how technical evaluations are performed, how financial consequences are used for missed deliverables, how public records and confidential information are handled, and how the state screens vendors for foreign-concern or bad-actor issues. Witnesses said agencies rely on technical experts for evaluations, that contract terms should include measurable deliverables and meaningful financial consequences, and that agencies—not procurement staff—generally manage performance, though Florida Digital Service oversees large IT projects of $10 million or more. The committee then shifted to broader policy discussion, including Senate Bill 7026 and proposals to reorganize state IT governance. Several members argued for stronger centralization under a state CIO or similar enterprise authority, while others cautioned against abrupt restructuring and stressed the need for a transition plan. Members also raised concerns about workforce retention, consulting services, recurring project overruns, and the need for better planning and periodic monitoring. No votes were taken; the meeting ended with the chair thanking members and staff and adjourning the subcommittee.