Public viewing is available on YouTube.
1. Roll call attendance
2. Approve minutes for November 19, 2025
- Minutes from November 19, 2025
3. Members report potential conflicts of interest regarding today's business
- COI Policy
- Members COIs for 2026 recommended (FY27)
4. Director's Report
5. Action: Emerging Issues Account Requests 2025 Round #2
a. Proposals Received
- Larry Vollmar
- John Nieber
- Will Lytle
- Veluchamy Chitraichamy
- Carrie Jennings
- Ace Bonema
- Presentation Selection Results
b. Presentations
- John Nieber, Water sustainability in the era of data centers, U of MN
- Carrie Jennings, The Minnesota Water Risk Atlas, Freshwater
c. Recommendations for funding
- Emerging Issues Account 2025 Round 2 Requests and Balances
- Emerging Issues Account Policy and Procedures (2025)
6. Action: Emerging Issues Account Procedures
a. Updated Operating Procedures from July 18, 2025
b. Feedback on Emerging Issues Account proposal questions
7. Action: Draft LCCMR Policy Recommendations Bill for M.L. 2026
a. Conflict of Interest
b. DNR approval of non-state acquisitions
- Bob Meier, DNR Assistant Commissioner
- DNR's Current SLAM Acquisition Goals
8. Action: Draft LCCMR Funding Recommendations Bill for M.L. 2026
a. ENRTF appropriations
b. Extensions and technical corrections
c. Balance
d. Peer review
- Draft bill language
- Recommendations pie charts
- Recommendations spreadsheet
9. Action: Proposal evaluation and recommendation process for 2027 RFP
10. Action: 2026 LCCMR meeting calendar
- 2026 Calendar Options (early, middle, late)
- Additional options for calendar
11. Thank you to members with terms ending
12. LCCMR other business
13. Public testimony
The public is asked to keep their comments brief. If you would like to testify, please contact Diana Griffith at diana.griffith@lccmr.mn.gov by 4:00 pm the day before the meeting. Please specify to which agenda item your testimony relates and the form of your testimony (oral or written). The chair will accommodate testimony at the requested agenda item as time allows.
14. Adjourn
DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Tax Expenditure Review Commission meeting webpage.
VIEW COMMISSION MEETING: Meetings may be viewed on the LBO YouTube channel.
If you wish to testify or submit written testimony on an agenda item, please contact Sally Olson at sally.olson@lcc.mn.gov by 4:00 PM on Wednesday, December 10th, identifying the specific agenda item on which you would like to testify.
Public Listening Session
This meeting is intended to facilitate public testimony to the Task Force. If you would like to provide testimony to the Task Force, please email nick.nero@lcc.mn.gov no later than 12/2/2025. Please note that testimony may be limited to 3-minutes to ensure time for all interested testifiers.
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