HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS
REP. JASON M HOSKINS
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
9:00 AM
Room 326, House Office Building
The House Committee on Economic Development and Small Business was called to order by
Chair Hoskins.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Hoskins, Grant, Whitsett, Liberati, Coffia, Farhat, Miller, Tisdel,
VanWoerkom, Martin, Roth, St. Germaine.
Absent: Rep. Neeley.
Excused: Rep. Neeley.
Representative Whitsett joined the committee remotely.
The Chair laid SB 289 before the committee:
SB 289
(Sen. Moss)
A bill to amend 1996 PA 381, entitled "Brownfield
redevelopment financing act," by amending
sections 2, 8a, 11, 13, 13b, 13c, 14a, 15, and 16
(MCL 125.2652, 125.2658a, 125.2661, 125.2663,
125.2663b, 125.2663c, 125.2664a, 125.2665, and
125.2666), section 2 as amended by 2022 PA 178,
sections 8a and 11 as amended by 2017 PA 46,
sections 13, 13b, 15, and 16 as amended by 2020
PA 259, and sections 13c and 14a as amended by
2021 PA 138.
Senator Moss and Jared Fleisher testified in support of SB 289. Questions and discussion
followed.
Tim Greimel,the Mayor of Pontiac, testified in support of SB 289.
Rosalyn Bliss, the Mayor of Grand Rapids, testified in support of SB 289.
Shannon Morgan, representing the Renovare Development, testified in support of SB 289.
Jennifer Rigterink, representing the Michigan Municipal League, testified in support of SB
289.
The following people submitted a card in support of SB 289, but did not wish to speak:
Mayor Bryan Bennett, representing the City of Rochester Hills.
Mayor Michael Taylor and Mark Vanderpool, representing the City of Sterling Heights.
Veronica Horn, representing the Saginaw Chamber of Commerce.
Greg Dobson, representing the AVB.
Melissa Fish, representingSouthwest Michigan First.
Bob Trezise, representing the Lansing Area Economic Partnership.
Dawn Crandall, representing the Home Builders Association of Michigan.
Rusty Merchant, representing Grand Action 2.0.
Rusty Merchant and Kate Skaggs, representing the Economic Development Leaders of
Michigan.
Josh Lunger, representing the Grand Rapids Chamber.
Jennifer Rigterink, representing the Michigan Municipal League.
Henry Wolf, representing the Traverse Connect.
Henry Wolf, representing the Northern Michigan Chamber Alliance.
Frank Foster, representing the Business Leaders for Michigan.
Zach Morris, representing the Market VanBuren.
Rob Cleveland, representing the Cornerstone Alliance.
Luke Bonner, representing the Bonner Advisory Group.
JoAnn Crary, representing Saginaw Future.
Jill Ferrari, representing the Renovare Development.
Brad Ward, representing the Michigan Realtors.
Amy Hovey and Mark Garcia, representing the Michigan State Housing Development
Authority.
Rusty Merchant, representing the Lakeshore Advantage.
The following person submitted a card in opposition to SB 289, but did not wish to speak:
James Hohman, representing the Mackinac Center.
Representative Liberati moved to adopt the meeting minutes from May 16, 2023. There being
no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
Representative Grant moved to excuse Representative Neeley from the meeting. There being
no objection the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Hoskins adjourned the meeting
at 9:48 AM.
Representative Jason Hoskins, Chair
Elaine Kupiec
Committee Clerk
ekupiec@house.mi.gov