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  • Rep. Curt McCormack, Chair
  • Rep. Barbara Murphy, Vice Chair
  • Rep. Timothy R. Corcoran, Ranking Member
  • Rep. Mollie S. Burke
  • Rep. Michael McCarthy
  • Rep. Patricia McCoy
  • Rep. David Potter
  • Rep. Constance Quimby
  • Rep. Brian K. Savage
  • Rep. Mary Sullivan
  • Rep. Rebecca White, Clerk

House Committee on Transportation

 

AGENDA

 

Room 43

January 28, 2020 - January 31, 2020

Last Updated 1/30/2020 3:36 PM

 

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

10:00 AM                   FLOOR

 

Immediately after Floor                   Party Caucuses

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Aviation Program Budget

Including 19 VSA Section 10g Report

Dan Delabruere, Rail and Aviation, Director, Agency of Transportation

 

2:00 PM                   Rail Program Budget

Including 19 VSA Section 10g Report

Dan Delabruere, Rail and Aviation, Director, Agency of Transportation

Costa Pappis, Policy and Planning Manager, Agency of Transportation

 

3:00 PM                   Break

 

3:15 PM                   Governor's Highway Safety Budget Details

Allison LaFlamme, Administrator, State Highway Safety Office - Behavioral Safety Unit

Josh Schultz, Operations and Safety Bureau, Director, Agency of Transportation

Danielle Record, Administrative Services Manager, State Highway Safety Office - Behavioral Safety Unit

Paul White, Law Enforcement Liaison, State Highway Safety Office - Behavioral Safety Unit

 

4:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

9:00 AM                   DMV Budget

Wanda Minoli, Commissioner, Department of Motor Vehicles

Terri Blaisdell, Director of Finance, Department of Motor Vehicles

Michael Touchette, Director of Special Operations, Department of Motor Vehicles

 

10:15 AM                   Break

 

10:25 AM                   Finance and Administration Budget

Wayne Gammell, Finance & Administration Division Director, Agency of Transportation

Lenny Leblanc, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Transportation

 

10:45 AM                   Policy, Planning and Research Bureau Budget

Joe Segale, Policy, Planning and Research Bureau Director, Agency of Transportation

 

11:30 AM                   H. 749 - An act relating to registration fees for plug-in electric vehicles

Introduction

Rep. Woodman Page, Sponsor

 

11:40 AM                   H. 753 - An act relating to parking ticket enforcement

Introduction

Rep. Linda Joy Sullivan, Sponsor

 

11:50 AM                   H. 767 - An act relating to adding electric vehicle supply equipment to Vermont’s energy efficiency standards for appliances and equipment

Introduction

Rep. Marcia Gardner, Sponsor

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   FLOOR

 

20 Minutes after Floor                   Weight Based Registration Report

Costa Pappis, Policy and Planning Manager, Agency of Transportation

Michael Smith, Operations Director, Department of Motor Vehicles

 

2:30 PM                   Local Highway Issues

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

 

3:15 PM                   Complete Streets

Pedestrian safety

Kelly Stoddard-Poor, Associate State Director, AARP Vermont

Jacob Hemmerick, Planning and Policy Manager, Department of Housing and Community Development

 

4:10 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, January 30, 2020

9:00 AM                   Winter Maintenance

Todd Law, Maintenance Bureau, Director, Agency of Transportation

Craig DiGiammarino, Pollution Prevention and Compliance Program Manager, Agency of Transportation

Jennifer Callahan, Stormwater Technician, Agency of Transportation

 

10:00 AM                   Supplemental Electric Vehicles Report

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

Riley Allen, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Public Service

 

11:10 AM                   H. 774 - An act relating to motor home and trailer coach fire safety

Introduction

Rep. Carl Demrow, Sponsor

 

11:15 AM                   H. 784 - An act relating to modifying the title exemption for older vehicles

Introduction

Rep. Robert LaClair, Sponsor

 

11:20 AM                   H. 835 - An act relating to a vehicle miles traveled tax for plug-in electric vehicles

Introduction

Rep. Scott Beck, Sponsor

 

11:25 AM                   H. 852 - An act relating to signal lamp permits for farm tractors and farm trucks

Introduction

Rep. Philip Jay Hooper, Sponsor - Invited

 

11:30 AM                   H. 853 - An act relating to discontinued highways, legal trails, and impassable or untraveled highways

Introduction

Rep. Seth Chase, Sponsor

 

11:35 AM                   H. 854 - An act relating to the modification of a motor vehicle’s exhaust system

Introduction

Rep. Seth Chase, Sponsor

 

11:40 AM                   H. 855 - An act relating to the display of the front vehicle number plate

Introduction

Rep. Seth Chase, Sponsor

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   FLOOR

 

20 Minutes after Floor                   Committee  Discussion

19 VSA Section 10g Report

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

 

2:15 PM                   Regional Initiatives

TCI

Donald Hannon, Transportation Policy Consultant, CSG Eastern Regional Conference

Rona Cohen, Senior Policy Analyst, CSG/ERC Energy & Environment Program

Mark Giuffre, Vice President, State Government Affairs, United Parcel Service

 

4:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, January 31, 2020

9:30 AM                   FLOOR

 

11:00 AM                   FY 2021 Electric Vehicle Adoption Investments

Daniel Dutcher, Senior Environmental Policy Manager, Agency of Transportation

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

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

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 Lori Morse at 802-828-2262 or lmorse@leg.state.vt.us