Chair: Irene Fernando, District 2  
Vice-Chair: Debbie Goettel, District 5  
FINAL-REVISED BOARD AGENDA  
Members:  
Jeff Lunde, District 1  
Marion Greene, District 3  
Angela Conley, District 4  
Heather Edelson, District 6  
Kevin Anderson, District 7  
BOARD OF HENNEPIN COUNTY  
COMMISSIONERS  
TUESDAY, JULY 8, 2025  
1:30 PM  
1.  
2.  
3.  
Pledge of Allegiance  
Approval of Agenda  
Hennepin Highlights  
3.A. In Memoriam: Melissa Hortman  
4.  
5.  
Minutes from Previous Meeting  
4.A. June 10, 2025 Meeting Minutes  
Attachments:  
Referral of Correspondence and Department Communications  
Correspondence  
5.A.  
Professional and Personal Service Agmts/Amds of $100,000 or less which have  
been approved by Department Director, Assistant/County Administrator. Report  
Number: 25RAA-09  
Attachments:  
5.B.  
Claim/Summons - 1. Douglas Weber, SafeCo Claims - RE: Kaylarae  
McDonough Property Damage.  
5.C.  
Letters - 1. Thomas Ramler-Olson, Planner, City of Bloomington - RE: City of  
Bloomington Proposed Amendment to the Bloomington 2040 Comprehensive  
Plan.  
Attachments:  
Department Communications  
5.D.  
5.E.  
5.F.  
Claims Register for the period ending July 11, 2025  
Claims Register for the period ending July 18, 2025  
Claims Register for the period ending July 25, 2025  
Referred to Administration, Operations and Budget Committee  
5.G.  
Establish 2026 premium rates for self-insured dental care program applicable to  
employees, eligible dependents and retirees.  
Attachments:  
5.H.  
5.I.  
Neg Amd 2 to Reciprocal Use Agreement Agmt A199463 with NorthPoint Health  
and Wellness Center, Inc. for space within the NorthPoint Health and Wellness  
Center at 1313 Penn Avenue North, Mpls  
Approve minor plan amendment to the Elm Creek Watershed Mgmt Plan; set  
Elm Creek Watershed Mgmt Commission 2026 max levy at $630,000 for  
projects to improve water quality  
Attachments:  
5.J.  
Set Bassett Creek Watershed Mgmt Commission 2026 max levy at $2,503,500  
for projects to improve water quality and reduce flooding  
5.K.  
Set Shingle Creek Watershed Mgmt Commission 2026 max levy at $848,400  
and West Mississippi Watershed Mgmt Commission 2026 max levy at $106,050  
for projects to improve water quality  
Referred to Health Committee  
5.L.  
Amd 2 to Agmt A2211522 with the National Health Care for the Homeless  
Council for the Healthcare for the Homeless Program, ext end date to 12/31/25,  
no change in NTE  
5.M.  
JPA A2512919 with the MN Dept Veteran Affairs for mutual cooperation and  
funding for services for veterans experiencing homelessness,  
07/01/25-06/30/26, $300,000 (recv)  
Referred to Human Services Committee  
5.N.  
5.O.  
5.P.  
Human Services & Public Health resolution, including contracts and  
amendments to contracts with provider - 2510  
Amd 1 to JPA A2412454 with the City of Bloomington to modify existing services  
of the Hennepin County Embedded Social Worker Program, 07/01/25-12/31/26  
JPA A2512918 with the MN Dept of Veterans Affairs to provide 1.0 FTE Senior  
Veteran’s Social Worker to address the need of income solutions for veterans,  
07/01/25-06/30/26, $100,000 (recv)  
Referred to Public Works Committee  
5.Q.  
Authorization to request a variance for the Lake Harriet Parkway paving project  
(CP 2240800), State Aid Project 027-600-012, no county cost  
Attachments:  
5.R.  
Agmt PR00007213 with the Hennepin Recycling Group for an organics drop-off  
grant, 08/01/25-08/01/27, NTE $15,000  
5.S.  
5.T.  
Execute Contract No. CM00001439 with Millerbernd Manufacturing Co. to  
purchase traffic signal poles for maintenance replacements, est county cost  
$2,000,000 (Fund 10)  
Agmt PW 34-40-25 with MnDOT to accept LBRP grant funds for Bridge No.  
91131 replacement along CSAH 10 over Twin Lake Creek in Crystal and  
Brooklyn Center (CP 2200800); adjust budget; (county recv $82,680)  
Financial_PW_34-40-25_2200800.xlsx  
Attachments:  
5.U.  
Neg Amd 1 to PW 05-44-25 with Three Rivers Park District for CSAH 66  
multimodal safety improvements, CP 2211000, incr county NTE to $1,048,000  
($30,000 Property Tax, $880,000 Transportation Advancement Account - Active  
Transportation, and $138,000 Transportation Operations)  
Attachments:  
Financial_Amd_1_Agmt_PW_05-44-25_CSAH_66_2211000.xlsx  
5.V.  
Agmt PW 36-40-25 with MnDOT to accept federal force account funds for  
county-supplied signal equipment for CSAH 66 multimodal safety improvements  
(project 2211003, a subproject of 2211000); (county recv $1,737,000)  
Attachments:  
5.W.  
5.X.  
Neg various grant agmts for Good Steward grant natural resource projects, total  
combined NTE $61,442  
Neg 12 Healthy Tree Canopy grant agmts, 08/01/25-07/31/26, grant total NTE  
$332,731  
Attachments:  
Commendations  
6.  
7.  
8.  
Commissioner Communications/Updates  
Claims Register  
8.A.  
8.B.  
8.C.  
Claims Register for the period ending June 20, 2025  
Claims Register for the period ending June 27, 2025  
Claims Register for the period ending July 4, 2025  
9.  
Consent  
9.A.  
Ratification of permits, leases, lease amendments, and related property  
agreements approved by the County Administrator, period 01/01/25-03/31/25,  
total NTE $15,000  
Attachments:  
9.B.  
9.C.  
9.D.  
9.E.  
Submission of substantial amendment to the 2023 HUD Annual Action Plan;  
Neg 2 award modifications, 07/01/25-06/30/70, total combined NTE $1,000,000  
Neg Agmt PR00005705 with MN Dept of Revenue for administration, collection,  
and enforcement of Hennepin County local sales taxes  
Schematic Design and budget approval for the ACF Men’s Visitation/Education  
and Staff Training Remodeling project (Project Number 1008038)  
Human Services & Public Health resolution, including contracts and  
amendments to contracts with provider - 2509  
Attachments:  
9.F.  
9.G.  
Two new agmts with MN District Court for Drug Court and Mental Health Court  
Services, 07/01/25-06/30/27, recv amt of $716,878  
Agmt A2512873 with the MN Dept of Corrections for Intensive Supervised  
Release, contract period 07/01/25-06/30/27, $3,778,400 (recv)  
9.H.  
9.I.  
Agmt PW 18-40-25 with MnDOT to accept LBRP grant funds for Bridge No.  
4510 replacement along Vernon Avenue over Canadian Pacific Railroad in  
Edina (project 2176600); adjust revenues; (county recv $1,102,517.06)  
Attachments:  
Authorization to request a variance from MN Dept of Transportation standard for  
State Aid Operations related to CSAH 153 (Lowry Ave) Reconstruction (project  
2140800, state projects 027-753-021 and 141-020-145)  
Attachments:  
9.J.  
9.K.  
Agmt PW 33-40-25 with MnDOT to accept LBRP grant funds for Bridge No.  
90475 replacement along France Avenue over Nine Mile Creek in Bloomington  
(project 2200900); adjust revenue; (county recv $357,711.58)  
Attachments:  
Amd 1 to Agmt PR00005401 withPadillato continue work on broad food waste  
prevention campaign, ext end date to 12/31/26, incr NTE by $395,000 for a new  
total NTE of $995,000  
9.L.  
Agmt PR00007167 with Bolton & Menk, Inc. for environmental education  
services, 07/08/25-12/31/27, NTE $90,000  
9.M.  
Various agreements for CSAH 82 (Mill Street), Project 2182300; increase capital  
budget by $1,880,000 (est county cost $1,000,000 - Active Transportation funds,  
$855,000 - State Aid Regular, and $450,000 - State Aid Municipal; est rcv  
$381,000)  
Attachments:  
9.N.  
Neg Agmt PW 26-17-25 with Plymouth and Three Rivers Park District for CSAH  
73, total county cost $1,060,000 (project 2850700: $1,000,000 Transportation  
Advancement Account - Active Transportation, project 1006393: $60,000  
County Bonds); increase capital project 2850700 budget by $25,000  
Attachments:  
9.O.  
Authorize withdrawal from Joint Powers Agmt A166677 between Hennepin  
County, the City of Minneapolis, and Minneapolis School District No. 1, for Youth  
Curfew/Truancy Services, effective January 1, 2026  
10.  
11.  
Non-Consent  
Progressed  
11.A.  
Loan to Hennepin Healthcare Systems, Inc. for capital medical equipment  
purchases  
11.B.  
2025 Watershed Board Appointments - Riley Purgatory Bluff Creek Watershed  
District Board  
Attachments:  
11.C.  
2025 Community Advisory Board Applicants and Appointments - Workforce  
Innovation and Opportunity Act Board (WIOA)  
12.  
13.  
Old Business  
Immediate Approvals  
13.A.  
13.B.  
13.C.  
13.D.  
13.E.  
Award Contract FC00000179 to Donlar Construction for the City Hall Jail  
Medical Unit Expansion project, $2,335,000  
Recognizing Pretrial, Probation and Parole Supervision Week, (July 20-26,  
2025)  
Appointment of Patricia Fitzgerald as the Director of Facility Operations,  
effective August 10, 2025  
Appointment of Liudmila Trandafilava as the Director of Security, effective July  
8, 2025  
Honoring the life and legacy of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman - offered by  
Commissioners Fernando, Lunde, Greene, Conely, Goettel, Edelson, and  
Anderson