Currently Posted Meetings

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1. Attendance Roll Call

2. Approve Minutes for July 30, 2026
    - Minutes from July 30, 2026

3. Welcome New Member

4. Members Report Potential Conflicts of Interest Regarding Today's Business
    - COI Policy

5. Director's Report
    - FY26 ENRTF Project Final Reports

6. Information: BWSR's Native Vegetation Establishment and Enhancement Guidelines, a Requirement of LCCMR's ENRTF Restoration Projects, Dan Shaw, Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR)
    - Presentation
    - Guidelines

7. Action: Emerging Issues Account 2026 Round #2 Funding Recommendations
    - EIA policy
    - EIA 2026 Round 2 Member Selections for Presentation
    - EIA 2026 Round 2 Request and Funding Balance

a. Presentation
(1) U of MN- NRRI, Post-Fire Wilderness Recovery: Mapping Hazards and Forest Regeneration in the BWCA, Alexis Grinde, $298,000
    - Grinde Proposal
    - Grinde Presentation

b. Funding Recommendations
(1) U of MN- NRRI, Post-Fire Wilderness Recovery: Mapping Hazards and Forest Regeneration in the BWCA, Alexis Grinde, $298,000
(2) U of MN, In depth analysis of a hotspot of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus activity in Minnesota, Declan Schroeder, $296,000
    - Schroeder Proposal

8. Action: Recommendations from Subcommittee on Allowable Expenses
    - Current Guidance on Allowable Expenses
    - Proposed Guidance on Allowable Expenses
    - Memo on Guidance on Allowable Expenses Public Comment Received
    - Public Comments Received

9. Action: DRAFT Request for Proposal (RFP) for M.L. 2028 (FY29)
    - Draft 2028 RFP

10. Action: DRAFT LCCMR Policy Recommendations for M.L. 2027
    - Draft Policy

11. Action: DRAFT 2027 LCCMR Meeting and Funding Process Calendar
    - Draft 2027 LCCMR Calendar

12. LCCMR Other Business

13. Public Testimony
The public is asked to keep their comments brief. If you would like to testify, please contact LCCMR at lccmr@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

1. Welcome
2. Review and approve October 28, 2026, meeting minutes
3. Review tax expenditure member evaluations summary and vote on the following tax expenditures to be continued, repealed, or modified in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 2026, section 3.8855, subdivision 5(a)(9), for tax expenditure evaluations presented on October 28, 2026:

• Housing Contribution Credit, Minnesota Statutes 2026, sections 290.0683, 297I.20, subdivision 5, and 462A.40 (TEB 1.6.14, 2.6.06, and 12.4.03) 

4. Department of Revenue Presentation on the 2026 Minnesota Tax Expenditure Budget by Director of Tax Research, Eric Willette  
5. LBO Presentation of Initial Reviews and Proposed Objectives for the following tax expenditures:

• Film Production Credit (Modified Proposed Objective), Minnesota Statutes 2026, section 290.06, subdivision 39; section 297I.20, subdivision 4; and section 116U.27 (TEB 1.6.13, 2.6.05 and 12.4.02), (follow-up from October 28, 2026, TERC Meeting)  
• Television Commercials Sales Tax Exemption, Minnesota Statutes 2026, section 297A.68, subdivision 30 (TEB 4.1.46)
• Textbooks and Personal Computers Required for School Use Sales Tax Exemption Bundle, Minnesota Statutes 2026, section 297A.67, subdivisions 13, 13a, and 14 (TEB 4.1.10 and 4.1.11)
• Social Security Income Tax Subtraction, Minnesota Statutes 2026, section 290.0132, subdivision 26 (TEB 1.4.04)
• National Guard and Reserve Pay Income Tax Subtraction, Minnesota Statutes 2026, section 290A.0132, subdivision 11 (TEB 1.4.07)

6. Agenda items for next meeting
7. Other items as determined by the co-chairs
8.  Adjourn

Persons interested in providing written testimony related to TERC topics covered in 2026 must contact Amanda Schnabel by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, November 16, at amanda.schnabel@lbo.mn.gov or (651) 297-7146.

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