House Committee on Transportation

 

AGENDA

 

Room 43

February 20, 2018 - February 23, 2018

Last Updated 2/23/2018 1:20 PM

 

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

10:00 AM          House Floor

 

-- After the Floor          Republican Party Caucus

 

--          Democratic Party Caucus

 

1:00 PM          18-0908 - An act relating to taxation of aircraft fuel

Joe Choquette, Lobbyist, Vermont Petroleum Association

Leonard LeBlanc, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Transportation

Michele Boomhower, Director, Policy, Planning & Intermodal Dev. Div., Agency of Transportation

 

2:15 PM          H. 808 - An act relating to all-terrain vehicles

Bill Introduction and Walk Through

Helena Gardner, Legislative Counsel and Records Officer, Office of Legislative Council

 

3:30 PM          H. 808 - An act relating to all-terrain vehicles

Michael O'Grady, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

9:00 AM          Committee Bill

Aviation Fuel Tax

Michele Boomhower, Director, Policy, Planning & Intermodal Dev. Div., Agency of Transportation

Neil Schickner, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

9:30 AM          Transportation Issues

Trucking Industry in Vermont-- 2018

Bill Smith, Lobbyist, Vermont Truck and Bus Association

Roland Bellavance, President, Vermont Truck and Bus Association

Colonel Jake Elovirta, Director of Motor Vehicle Enforcement and Safety, Department of Motor Vehicles

 

10:08 AM          H. 808 - An act relating to all-terrain vehicles

Louis Porter, Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife

Danny Hale, Executive Director, VASA

Karen Horn, Director, Public Policy & Advocacy, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

Robert White, Right of Way Chief, Agency of Transportation

William Bohnyak, Orange County Sheriff's Department, Vermont Highway Safety Alliance, Dept. of Public Safety - Invited

Colonel Jake Elovirta, Director of Motor Vehicle Enforcement and Safety, Department of Motor Vehicles

Cindy Locke, Executive  Director, VAST

 

11:12 AM          H. 808 - An act relating to all-terrain vehicles

Continuation of walk through

Helena Gardner, Legislative Counsel and Records Officer, Office of Legislative Council

Danny Hale, Executive Director, VASA

Louis Porter, Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife

Frank Stanley, Self

 

1:00 PM          House Floor

 

3:42 PM          H. 808 - An act relating to all-terrain vehicles

Danny Hale, Executive Director, VASA

Jamey Fidel, General Counsel, Vermont Natural Resources Council

Elise Annes, Vice President for Community Relations, Vermont Land Trust

Charlie Hancock, Consulting Forester, North Woods Forestry

Helena Gardner, Legislative Counsel and Records Officer, Office of Legislative Council

Philip Huffman, Director of Landscape Conservation and Policy, The Nature Conservancy

 

Thursday, February 22, 2018

9:00 AM          18-0462 - An act relating to the Transportation Program and miscellaneous changes to transportation-related law

Section 18  Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

Section 19 Public Utility Commission; Investigation; Electric Vehicle Charging

 

Daniel Dutcher, Senior Environmental Policy Analyst, Agency of Transportation

Aaron Adler, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Kevin Miller, Director, Public policy, Charge Point - Phone

Michele Boomhower, Director, Policy, Planning & Intermodal Dev. Div., Agency of Transportation

Melissa Bailey, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs Representative, Vermont Public Power Supply Authority

 

10:30 AM          18-0462 - An act relating to the Transportation Program and miscellaneous changes to transportation-related law

Section 12  Construction Contracts;

                  Performance and Payment Bonds

Helena Gardner, Legislative Counsel and Records Officer, Office of Legislative Council

Lenore Marena, American Insurance Association

Michelle Anderson, Chief of Contract Administration, Agency of Transportation

Wayne Symonds, Highway Division Director, Agency of Transportation

John Hollar, Lobbyist, Vermont Insurance Agents Association

 

11:30 AM          18-0462 - An act relating to the Transportation Program and miscellaneous changes to transportation-related law

Section 10 President Calvin Coolidge Historic Site;Supplemental Guide Signs

Section 11 Installation of Supplemental Guide Signs at Calvin Coolidge Site

Wayne Symonds, Highway Division Director, Agency of Transportation

 

1:00 PM          House Floor

 

3:00 PM          18-0462 - An act relating to the Transportation Program and miscellaneous changes to transportation-related law

Section X  Exit 14 Signal Lights

 

Committee Discussion

Helena Gardner, Legislative Counsel and Records Officer, Office of Legislative Council

Michele Boomhower, Director, Policy, Planning & Intermodal Dev. Div., Agency of Transportation

Charles Baker, Executive Director, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission

 

3:30 PM          18-0462 - An act relating to the Transportation Program and miscellaneous changes to transportation-related law

--Brattleboro VT119

--Performance and Payment Bonds

Helena Gardner, Legislative Counsel and Records Officer, Office of Legislative Council

 

Friday, February 23, 2018

8:30 AM          H. 808 - An act relating to all-terrain vehicles

Helena Gardner, Legislative Counsel and Records Officer, Office of Legislative Council

Danny Hale, Executive Director, VASA

Louis Porter, Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife

 

9:30 AM          House Floor

 

10:30 AM          18-0908 - An act relating to taxation of aircraft fuel

Jeff Munger, Chair, Board of Airport Commissioners, Burlington

Eugene "Gene" Richards, Director of Aviation, Burlington International Airport

Nick Longo, Assistant Director of Aviation, Burlington International Airport

David Stiller, President, Heritage Aviation

Tim McCole, Vice President for Strategy and Marketing, Heritage Aviation

Michele Boomhower, Director, Policy, Planning & Intermodal Dev. Div., Agency of Transportation

Leonard LeBlanc, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Transportation

Helena Gardner, Legislative Counsel and Records Officer, Office of Legislative Council

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 12 hard copies. Please write your name, organization, date and title on each document. With few exceptions, any documents you hand out to a committee, or send to a committee assistant, are open to the public and may be posted to the committee’s webpage.

 

If you have any questions and comments, please contact

 Barbara Dall at 802-828-2262 or bdall@leg.state.vt.us