LCMR overhaul stalled
A bill reforming the governance structure for the environment and natural resources trust fund was considered by members of the Environment and Natural Resources Committee at their Wed., Apr. 6, meeting. The panel, chaired by Sen. John Marty (DFL-Roseville), decided to table the bill.
S.F. 1809, carried by Sen. Satveer Chaudhary (DFL-Fridley), creates a Legislative Council on Minnesota Resources to replace the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources. The new council is composed of 20 members, including 12 Legislators and 8 citizens.
The current process does not provide the commission an opportunity to react quickly to new ideas, Chaudhary said. He said stakeholders have also raised concerns about whether the commission has strayed from the intended direction of environment and natural resources trust fund. Some projects have been funded that are not clearly within the scope of the trust fund, Chaudhary said. The commission lacks clear citizen input, he said. While there is a citizens advisory council to the commission, its input is often discarded in favor of legislative priorities, he said.
Deputy Natural Resources Commissioner Mark Holsten said the governor asked him and Commissioner Gene Merriam to examine the current process and develop an improvement proposal. S.F. 1809 stays in the spirit of the direction the pair recommended, he said. Holsten said the Legislature stays involved in the process, under the bill, because the Legislature will be allocating funds to the council every biennium, reviewing the council's strategic plan and examining the history of council activity. The proposal keeps checks and balances in place, he said, while speeding up projects.
The current structure involves too much process, said Nancy Gibson, chair of the commission's citizen advisory council. The current system lacks a long-term vision and is not nimble enough to take care of rapid developments, she said.
Saying he sensed a reluctance to move forward with the proposal, Sen. Dennis Frederickson (R-New Ulm) moved to table the bill. The motion was approved on a divided voice vote.
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This is bad news gentlemen. It is time to email Sen Marty and Sen Dean Johnson and have him get the bill back to the committee agenda and get it passed out of committee and to the full Senate. Also contact these other comm members too-especially if they live in your district!
Senator John Marty (DFL) District 54
Capitol Address: 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Room 323
St. Paul, MN 55155-1606
Home: Roseville
Home Address: 2478 Lydia Avenue W. 55113
Home Phone: 651.633.8934
Capitol Phone: 651.296.5645
Capitol Email: [email protected]
Senator Dean E. Johnson (DFL) District 13
Majority Leader
Capitol Address: 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther . Blvd., Room 208
St. Paul, MN 55155-1606
Capitol Phone: 651.296.3826
Capitol Email: [email protected]
Home: Willmar
Here is the Environment and Natural resources committee members---email/call them too!
Vice Chair Tom Saxhaug Dist 3
Capitol Address: 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther . Blvd., Room 124
St. Paul, MN 55155-1606
Capitol Phone: 651.296.4136
Capitol Email: [email protected]
Home: Grand Rapids
Ranking Minority Member Pat Pariseau Dist 36
Capitol Address: 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Room 117
St. Paul, MN 55155-1206
Capitol Phone: 651.296.5252
Capitol Email: [email protected]
Home: Farmington
Members
Thomas M. Bakk Dist 6
Capitol Address: 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther . Blvd., Room 226
St. Paul, MN 55155-1606
Capitol Phone: 651.296.8881
Capitol Email: [email protected]
Home: Cook, MN
Satveer Chaudhary Dist 50
Capitol Address: 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Room 317
St. Paul, MN 55155-1606
Capitol Phone: 651.296.4334
Capitol Email: [email protected]
Home: Fridley
Dennis R. Frederickson Dist 21
Capitol Address: 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther . Blvd., Room 139
St. Paul, MN 55155-1206
Capitol Phone: 651.296.8138
Capitol Email: [email protected]
Home: New Ulm
John C. Hottinger Dist 23
*Capitol Address: 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Room 317
St. Paul, MN 55155-1606
Capitol Phone: 651.296.6153
Capitol Email: [email protected]
Home: St Peter
Michael J. Jungbauer Dist 48
Capitol Address: 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther . Blvd., Room 115
St. Paul, MN 55155-1206
Capitol Phone: 651.296.3733
Capitol Email: [email protected]
Home: East Bethel
Sean R. Nienow Dist 17
Capitol Address: 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther . Blvd., Room 105
St. Paul, MN 55155-1206
Capitol Phone: 651.296.5419
Capitol Email: [email protected]
Home: Cambridge
Gen Olson Dist 33
Capitol Address: 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Room 119
St. Paul, MN 55155-1606
Capitol Phone: 651.296.1282
Capitol Email: [email protected]
Home: Minnetrista
LeRoy A. Stumpf Dist 1
Capitol Address: 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Room G-24
St. Paul, MN 55155-1606
Capitol Phone: 651.296.8660
email--- http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/membe ... ndis01.htm and click "use mail form"
Home: Plummer
A bill reforming the governance structure for the environment and natural resources trust fund was considered by members of the Environment and Natural Resources Committee at their Wed., Apr. 6, meeting. The panel, chaired by Sen. John Marty (DFL-Roseville), decided to table the bill.
S.F. 1809, carried by Sen. Satveer Chaudhary (DFL-Fridley), creates a Legislative Council on Minnesota Resources to replace the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources. The new council is composed of 20 members, including 12 Legislators and 8 citizens.
The current process does not provide the commission an opportunity to react quickly to new ideas, Chaudhary said. He said stakeholders have also raised concerns about whether the commission has strayed from the intended direction of environment and natural resources trust fund. Some projects have been funded that are not clearly within the scope of the trust fund, Chaudhary said. The commission lacks clear citizen input, he said. While there is a citizens advisory council to the commission, its input is often discarded in favor of legislative priorities, he said.
Deputy Natural Resources Commissioner Mark Holsten said the governor asked him and Commissioner Gene Merriam to examine the current process and develop an improvement proposal. S.F. 1809 stays in the spirit of the direction the pair recommended, he said. Holsten said the Legislature stays involved in the process, under the bill, because the Legislature will be allocating funds to the council every biennium, reviewing the council's strategic plan and examining the history of council activity. The proposal keeps checks and balances in place, he said, while speeding up projects.
The current structure involves too much process, said Nancy Gibson, chair of the commission's citizen advisory council. The current system lacks a long-term vision and is not nimble enough to take care of rapid developments, she said.
Saying he sensed a reluctance to move forward with the proposal, Sen. Dennis Frederickson (R-New Ulm) moved to table the bill. The motion was approved on a divided voice vote.
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This is bad news gentlemen. It is time to email Sen Marty and Sen Dean Johnson and have him get the bill back to the committee agenda and get it passed out of committee and to the full Senate. Also contact these other comm members too-especially if they live in your district!
Senator John Marty (DFL) District 54
Capitol Address: 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Room 323
St. Paul, MN 55155-1606
Home: Roseville
Home Address: 2478 Lydia Avenue W. 55113
Home Phone: 651.633.8934
Capitol Phone: 651.296.5645
Capitol Email: [email protected]
Senator Dean E. Johnson (DFL) District 13
Majority Leader
Capitol Address: 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther . Blvd., Room 208
St. Paul, MN 55155-1606
Capitol Phone: 651.296.3826
Capitol Email: [email protected]
Home: Willmar
Here is the Environment and Natural resources committee members---email/call them too!
Vice Chair Tom Saxhaug Dist 3
Capitol Address: 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther . Blvd., Room 124
St. Paul, MN 55155-1606
Capitol Phone: 651.296.4136
Capitol Email: [email protected]
Home: Grand Rapids
Ranking Minority Member Pat Pariseau Dist 36
Capitol Address: 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Room 117
St. Paul, MN 55155-1206
Capitol Phone: 651.296.5252
Capitol Email: [email protected]
Home: Farmington
Members
Thomas M. Bakk Dist 6
Capitol Address: 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther . Blvd., Room 226
St. Paul, MN 55155-1606
Capitol Phone: 651.296.8881
Capitol Email: [email protected]
Home: Cook, MN
Satveer Chaudhary Dist 50
Capitol Address: 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Room 317
St. Paul, MN 55155-1606
Capitol Phone: 651.296.4334
Capitol Email: [email protected]
Home: Fridley
Dennis R. Frederickson Dist 21
Capitol Address: 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther . Blvd., Room 139
St. Paul, MN 55155-1206
Capitol Phone: 651.296.8138
Capitol Email: [email protected]
Home: New Ulm
John C. Hottinger Dist 23
*Capitol Address: 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Room 317
St. Paul, MN 55155-1606
Capitol Phone: 651.296.6153
Capitol Email: [email protected]
Home: St Peter
Michael J. Jungbauer Dist 48
Capitol Address: 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther . Blvd., Room 115
St. Paul, MN 55155-1206
Capitol Phone: 651.296.3733
Capitol Email: [email protected]
Home: East Bethel
Sean R. Nienow Dist 17
Capitol Address: 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther . Blvd., Room 105
St. Paul, MN 55155-1206
Capitol Phone: 651.296.5419
Capitol Email: [email protected]
Home: Cambridge
Gen Olson Dist 33
Capitol Address: 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Room 119
St. Paul, MN 55155-1606
Capitol Phone: 651.296.1282
Capitol Email: [email protected]
Home: Minnetrista
LeRoy A. Stumpf Dist 1
Capitol Address: 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Room G-24
St. Paul, MN 55155-1606
Capitol Phone: 651.296.8660
email--- http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/membe ... ndis01.htm and click "use mail form"
Home: Plummer