Minutes

Present: Senator Bobby Joe Champion - Chair, Senator Zaynab Mohamed Vice Chair, Senator Rich Draheim, Senator Heather Gustafson, Senator Foung Hawj, Senator Karin Housley, Senator Carla J. Nelson, Senator Eric R. Pratt, Senator Aric Putnam

Absent: No Members Absent

Chair Senator Champion calls the hybrid Jobs and Economic Development Committee Meeting to order at 12:32 PM conducted in Minnesota Senate Building room 1100 and over zoom broadcast. Chair, Senator Champion: Present Vice Chair, Senator Mohamed: Present Ranking, Senator Draheim: Present Senator Gustafson: Present Senator Hawj: Present Senator Housley: Present Senator Pratt: Present Senator Putnam: Present Senator Nelson: Present A quorum is present.

S.F. 3035: Senator Champion: DEED Budget Bill with DE Amendment Testifiers: Marcus Pope (Youthprise) Mohamed Farah (Ka Joog) Anthony Taylor, RiverNorth Development Partners, Managing Partner Katie Topinka, Director, Intergovernmental Relations, City of Minneapolis Alfred Babington-Johnson, Stairstep Foundation Makram El-Amin, CEO, Al-Maa\'uun Elliot Butay, Senior Policy Coordinator, NAMI MN Earlsworth Baba Letang, NDC Miluska Notota, Lake Street Council Board Member Scott McMahon, Greater MN Partnership.

S.F. 3035 - Champion: Department of Employment and Economic Development, Public Utilities Commission and Explore Minnesota biennial budget establishment presentation begins at 12:36 PM by Senator Champion and ends at 12:45 PM.

 

Senator Champion moves the A2 Amendment. The amendment prevails and the motion is adopted.

 

Senate Fiscal, Hannah Noldner, gives a walkthrough of the Jobs Omnibus bill A2 amendment starting at 12:46 PM and ending at 1:04 PM.

 

Senate Counsel, Carlon Doyle-Fontaine, gives a walkthrough of  S.F. 3035 - Champion: Department of Employment and Economic Development, Public Utilities Commission and Explore Minnesota biennial budget establishment starting at 1:05 PM and ends at 1:17 PM

 

S.F. 3035 - Champion: Department of Employment and Economic Development, Public Utilities Commission and Explore Minnesota biennial budget establishment presentation continues with a testimony by Darielle Dannen, DEED starting at 1:19 PM and ending at 1:22 PM.

 

S.F. 3035 - Champion: Department of Employment and Economic Development, Public Utilities Commission and Explore Minnesota biennial budget establishment presentation continues with a testimony by Marcus Pope, Youthprise, starting at 1:23 PM and ending at 1:25 PM.

 

S.F. 3035 - Champion: Department of Employment and Economic Development, Public Utilities Commission and Explore Minnesota biennial budget establishment presentation continues with a testimony by Mohamed Farah, Ka Joog, starting at 1:25 PM and ending at 1:27 PM.

 

S.F. 3035 - Champion: Department of Employment and Economic Development, Public Utilities Commission and Explore Minnesota biennial budget establishment presentation continues with a testimony by Makram El-Amin, CEO, Al-Maa’uun, starting at 1:28 PM and ending at 1:30 PM.

 

S.F. 3035 - Champion: Department of Employment and Economic Development, Public Utilities Commission and Explore Minnesota biennial budget establishment presentation continues with a testimony by Alfred Babington-Johnson, The Stair Step Foundation., starting at 1:30 PM and ending at 1:32 PM.

 

S.F. 3035 - Champion: Department of Employment and Economic Development, Public Utilities Commission and Explore Minnesota biennial budget establishment presentation continues with a testimony by Katie Topinka, Director, Intergovernmental Relations, City of Minneapolis, starting at 1:34 PM and ending at 1:35 PM.

 

S.F. 3035 - Champion: Department of Employment and Economic Development, Public Utilities Commission and Explore Minnesota biennial budget establishment presentation continues with a testimony by Anthony Taylor, RiverNorth Development Partners, Managing Partner, starting at 1:35 PM and ending at 1:36 PM.

 

S.F. 3035 - Champion: Department of Employment and Economic Development, Public Utilities Commission and Explore Minnesota biennial budget establishment presentation continues with a testimony by Emma Corrie, Twin Cities Rise, Managing Partner, starting at 1:37 PM and ending at 1:39 PM.

 

S.F. 3035 - Champion: Department of Employment and Economic Development, Public Utilities Commission and Explore Minnesota biennial budget establishment presentation continues with a testimony by Elliot Butay, Senior Policy Coordinator, NAMI MN, starting at 1:39 PM and ending at 1:41 PM.

 

S.F. 3035 - Champion: Department of Employment and Economic Development, Public Utilities Commission and Explore Minnesota biennial budget establishment presentation continues with a testimony by Earlsworth Baba, Director of Community Engagement, NDC, starting at 1:41 PM and ending at 1:43 PM.

 

S.F. 3035 - Champion: Department of Employment and Economic Development, Public Utilities Commission and Explore Minnesota biennial budget establishment presentation continues with a testimony by Miluska Novota, Member of Board, Lake Street Council, starting at 1:44 PM and ending at 1:46 PM.

 

S.F. 3035 - Champion: Department of Employment and Economic Development, Public Utilities Commission and Explore Minnesota biennial budget establishment presentation continues with a testimony by Scott McMahon, Greater MN Partnership, starting at 1:46 PM and ending at 1:48 PM.

 

S.F. 3035 - Champion: Department of Employment and Economic Development, Public Utilities Commission and Explore Minnesota biennial budget establishment presentation continues with a testimony by Jessica Webster, Legal Aide, starting at 1:48 PM and ending at 1:50 PM.

 

S.F. 3035 - Champion: Department of Employment and Economic Development, Public Utilities Commission and Explore Minnesota biennial budget establishment presentation continues with a testimony by Lauren Bennett McGinty, Executive Director, Explore Minnesota, starting at 1:50 PM and ending at 1:52 PM

 

Questions Begin at 1:53 PM and ends at 1:55 PM

 

Senator Mohamed motions that SF 3035 be laid on the table until Friday at 9:00 AM

 

Senator Mohamed moved that S.F. 3035, be laid on the table. - MOTION PREVAILED.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:57 PM

Senator Bobby Joe Champion, Chair	Alexis Varner, Legislative Assistant