Chair:  
Irene Fernando, District 2  
BOARD MINUTES  
ViceChair: Debbie Goettel, District 5  
Members:  
Jeff Lunde, District 1  
Marion Greene, District 3  
Angela Conley, District 4  
Vacant, District 6  
BOARD OF HENNEPIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS  
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2023  
1:30 PM  
Kevin Anderson, District 7  
Commissioner Irene Fernando, Chair, called the meeting of the Hennepin County  
Board of Commissioners for Tuesday, October 3, 2023 to order at 1:31 p.m.  
Commissioner Irene Fernando, Commissioner Marion Greene, Commissioner Jeff  
Lunde, Commissioner Angela Conley, Commissioner Debbie Goettel, and  
Commissioner Kevin Anderson  
Present:  
1.  
Pledge of Allegiance  
Commissioner Irene Fernando led the Pledge of Allegiance.  
2.  
Approval of Agenda  
APPROVE  
Commissioner Debbie Goettel moved, seconded by Commissioner Kevin  
Anderson, to approve the Agenda.  
Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner Lunde,  
Commissioner Conley, Commissioner Goettel, and Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
3.  
4.  
Hennepin Highlights  
Minutes from Previous Meeting  
4.A. September 19, 2023 Board minutes  
APPROVE  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved, seconded by Commissioner Jeff  
Lunde, to approve the Minutes.  
Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner  
Lunde, Commissioner Conley, Commissioner Goettel, and  
Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
5.  
Referral of Correspondence and Department Communications  
Correspondence  
REFER AS RECOMMENDED  
Commissioner Angela Conley moved, seconded by Commissioner Marion  
Greene, to refer correspondence as recommended.  
Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner Lunde,  
Commissioner Conley, Commissioner Goettel, and Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
5.A.  
23N-0038  
Ltr - 1. 9/14/23 - Kevin Griebenow, P.E., Regional Engineer, FERC - RE: St.  
Anthony Falls Project Hennepin Island Horseshoe Dam Alternatives. - 2. 9/22/23  
- Shawn Wink, Land Information and Taxpayer Services, Hennepin County - RE:  
TIF District Minneapolis.  
CORRESPONDENCE REFERRED AS RECOMMENDED  
5.B.  
23N-0039  
Claim/Summons - 1. Wallace Hilke, Attorney - RE: Patrick Berry v. Hennepin  
County, et al. - 2. Mark Kosieradzki & Joan Fox - RE: Property Damage. - 3.  
Sonya Rippe - RE: Personal injury accident. - 4. Alexa Esperum - RE: Loss  
Property.  
CORRESPONDENCE REFERRED AS RECOMMENDED  
Department Communications  
Commissioner Irene Fernando highlighted item 5I). Commissioner Angela Conley  
moved, seconded by Commissioner Marion Greene, to refer to committee.  
Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner Lunde,  
Commissioner Conley, Commissioner Goettel, and Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
5.C.  
23-0391  
Claims Register for the period ending October 6, 2023  
REFER AS RECOMMENDED  
5.D.  
23-0392  
Claims Register for the period ending October 13, 2023  
REFER AS RECOMMENDED  
5.E.  
23-0393  
Claims Register for the period ending October 20, 2023  
REFER AS RECOMMENDED  
Referred to Administration, Operations and Budget Committee  
5.G.  
23-0377  
Authorize acceptance of additional funding from the CDC for childhood lead poisoning  
prevention, 09/30/21-09/29/26, $1,637,935 (recv)  
REFER TO COMMITTEE  
5.F.  
23-0383  
Neg Agmt PR00005657 with the City of St. Paul for HUD Section 3 contracting services  
and participation in the Twin Cities Section 3 Collaborative, 07/01/23-06/30/26, NTE  
$12,000  
REFER TO COMMITTEE  
5.I.  
23-0384 R1  
Directing County Administration to develop plans and recommendations for the purpose  
of advising the Board on the closure of the HERC facility between 2028 and 2040;  
complying with state and federal statute, meeting major milestones of the County’s  
Climate Action Plan and Zero Waste Plan, and ensuring continued funding for the  
County’s waste reduction and natural resources programming, as amended - offered by  
commissioners Conley, Fernando and Lunde  
REFER TO COMMITTEE  
Referred to Health and Human Services Committee  
5.J.  
23-0385  
Human Services & Public Health resolution, including contracts and amendments to  
contracts with provider - 2314  
REFER TO COMMITTEE  
5.K.  
23-0381  
Amd 2 to Agmt PR00004056 with Change Healthcare Technologies, LLC,  
Hennepin Health’s vendor of evidence-based clinical criteria, to provide support  
during Hennepin Health’s transition to a new care management vendor, incr NTE  
by $6,000  
REFER TO COMMITTEE  
5.L.  
23-0386  
Agmt A2311962 with Substance and Mental Health Services Administration accepting a  
federal grant for services to individuals living with mental illness and co-occurring  
substance use disorder, 09/30/23-09/29/28, $1,650,000 (recv)  
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REFER TO COMMITTEE  
Referred to Law, Safety and Justice Committee  
5.M.  
23-0387  
Grant Award Number 15PBJA-23-GG-01299-DNAX from the U.S. Dept of Justice,  
Office of Justice Programs to accept the 2023 DNA Capacity Enhancement and  
Backlog Reduction Program grant in the Sheriff’s Forensic Sciences Division, 10/01/23  
to 09/30/25, $353,284 (recv); supp app of $26,000 and 2.0 FTEs to the 2023 Hennepin  
County Sheriff’s Office budget  
REFER TO COMMITTEE  
5.N.  
23-0379  
Amd 1 to Agmt PR00001344 with Centurion Detention Health Services, LLC, for  
comprehensive correctional healthcare to DOCCR institutions, ext term to  
10/31/26, incr NTE by $21,663,431  
REFER TO COMMITTEE  
5.O.  
23-0376  
Amd 1 to Agmt A2311761 with the State of MN, 4th Judicial District, for Drug  
Court Program, incr recv by $136,878  
REFER TO COMMITTEE  
5.P.  
23-0382  
Amds to four agmts with local agencies to provide victim advocacy, legal  
representation, and intervention and prevention services for cases handled by  
the Domestic Abuse Service Ctr, ext end dates to 12/31/24, incr the combined  
NTE to $1,120,942  
REFER TO COMMITTEE  
5.Q.  
23-0388  
Twenty Agmts with local government agencies to provide work crews from the  
Sentencing to Service Program, various contract dates, (total recv $2,102,253.04)  
REFER TO COMMITTEE  
5.R.  
23-0375  
Establish 2024 Adult Corrections Facility rates for housing residents  
REFER TO COMMITTEE  
Referred to Public Works Committee  
5.S.  
23-0378  
Neg three grant agmts for Opportunity grant natural resource projects, various periods,  
total combined NTE $100,000  
REFER TO COMMITTEE  
5.T.  
23-0380  
Hennepin County Complete and Green Streets Policy for county roadway  
projects  
REFER TO COMMITTEE  
6. Commendations  
You 7.Commissioner Communications/Updates  
Commissioner Conley spoke of Hennepin Gallery celebrating Latino culture.  
Commissioner Lunde highlighted Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  
Commissioner Fernando mentioned Indigenous People's Day - celebrated on  
Monday, October 9.  
8.  
Claims Register  
8.A.  
23-0350  
Claims Register for the period ending September 22, 2023  
APPROVE/RATIFY  
Commissioner Jeff Lunde moved, seconded by Commissioner Angela  
Conley, to approve/ratify the Board Claims Register.  
Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner  
Lunde, Commissioner Conley, Commissioner Goettel, and  
Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
8.B.  
23-0351  
Claims Register for the period ending September 29, 2023  
APPROVE/RATIFY  
Commissioner Jeff Lunde moved, seconded by Commissioner Angela  
Conley, to approve/ratify the Board Claims Register.  
Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner  
Lunde, Commissioner Conley, Commissioner Goettel, and  
Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
9.  
Consent  
Commissioner Jeff Lunde highlighted item 9D).Commissioner Debbie Goettel  
moved, seconded by Commissioner Marion Greene, to adopt the items in the  
consent agenda.  
Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner Lunde,  
Commissioner Conley, Commissioner Goettel, and Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
9.A.  
23-0352  
Neg Amd 2 to Agmt A06174 with Wayside Jersey Avenue Supportive Housing  
extending term to 10/31/33, amend and restate related documents, no change to NTE  
ADOPT  
9.B.  
23-0353  
Authorize the issuance and sale of one or more tax-exempt multifamily housing revenue  
bonds by the Hennepin County Housing and Redevelopment Authority for an affordable  
housing preservation project at 124 Fourth Street SE in Minneapolis  
ADOPT  
9.C.  
23-0354  
Authorization to terminate the amended and restated solar power purchase Agreement  
PR00002060 and associated easements with Innovative Power Systems, Inc. to  
purchase power from a ground mounted solar array proposed at the Adult Correctional  
Facility  
ADOPT  
9.D.  
23-0355  
Authorization to adopt Laws of Minnesota 2023, Chapter 64, Article 8, Section 3, as requested by the  
City of Bloomington, for the purpose of extending the maximum duration of the Bloomington Central  
Station (County No. 1375) by five years, to 12/31/2044  
ADOPT  
9.E.  
23-0356  
Human Services & Public Health resolution, including contracts and amendments to  
contracts with provider - 2313  
ADOPT  
9.F.  
23-0357  
Agmt PR00005605 to purchase reinsurance protection from catastrophic medical claims  
as required by contracts between Hennepin Health and the Minnesota Department of  
Human Services, 01/01/24-12/31/24, NTE $4,000,000  
ADOPT  
9.G.  
23-0358  
Amd 1 to JPA A2311668 with City of Minneapolis for HUD CDBG funding for shelter  
operations, amending to extend the end term to 12/31/26; $1,200,000 (recv)  
ADOPT  
9.H.  
23-0359  
Agmt A2311902 with the Federal Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) for  
the Minority HIV/AIDS Initiative for the Hennepin County Ryan White Program,  
09/01/23-08/31/24, $500,000 (recv), supp appr of $125,000 to the 2023 Public Health  
budget, adding 2.0 FTE  
ADOPT  
9.I.  
23-0360  
Agmt A2311922 with MN DHS accepting a grant for expedition of community residential  
setting licensure for settings impacted by the foster care moratorium,  
10/01/23-06/30/25, $500,000 (recv); supp appr of $108,000 to the 2023 HSPH dept  
budget  
ADOPT  
9.J.  
23-0361  
Agmt MDHA2311792 with MDH for community-based suicide prevention,  
08/05/23-06/30/27, $410,000 (recv), supp appr of $17,500 to the 2023 Public Health  
budget, adding 1.0 FTE  
ADOPT  
9.K.  
23-0362  
Amd 1 to Agmt A2110594 with the City of Minneapolis to provide sexual assault  
prosecution efforts, ext end date to 09/30/24, incr recv by $290,477  
ADOPT  
9.L.  
23-0363  
Neg Agmt PR00005641 with Met Council for operations funding of METRO  
Orange Line BRT; neg Agmt A2311956 with Met Council pertaining to  
termination of agmts A188684, PR00004836, PR00004837 and PR00004835  
ADOPT  
9.M.  
23-0364  
Authorization to apply for a 2023 Minnesota Highway Freight Program funding grant  
ADOPT  
9.N.  
23-0365  
Authorize Section 5310 TCAP grant application to MnDOT; neg Agmt A2311952 with  
State of MN, 01/01/24-12/31/25, est $409,740 (recv)  
ADOPT  
9.O.  
23-0366  
Neg 25 Healthy Tree Canopy grant agmts, during the period of 10/03/23-12/01/24, total  
combined NTE $499,723.64  
ADOPT  
9.P.  
23-0367  
Neg Agmt with the City of Brooklyn Park, dba Brooklyn Bridge Alliance for Youth, to  
provide youth development services, 09/01/23-08/31/24, NTE $38,248  
ADOPT  
10.  
11.  
12.  
13.  
Non-Consent  
Progressed  
Old Business  
Immediate Approvals  
13.A.  
23-0389  
Honoring the 40th anniversary of Community Mediation and Restorative Services  
- offered by commissioners Anderson and Lunde  
ADOPT  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved, seconded by Commissioner Kevin  
Anderson, to adopt the Resolution.  
Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner  
Lunde, Commissioner Conley, Commissioner Goettel, and  
Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
13.B.  
23-0390  
Amend the 2023 board organization structure to reassign commissioner representation  
for various appointments, effective immediately  
ADOPT  
Commissioner Irene Fernando moved a friendly amendment to edit her  
name to VACANT for the Light Rail Transit Executive Change Control  
Board. Commissioner Marion Greene seconded the motion to adopt the  
Resolution as amended.  
Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner  
Lunde, Commissioner Conley, Commissioner Goettel, and  
Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
On a motion by Commissioner Kevin Anderson, Seconded by Commissioner Marion  
Greene, the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners meeting was declared  
adjourned at 1:53 p.m. until Tuesday, October 24, 2023.  
Maria Rose  
Clerk to the County Board  
Contracting opportunities can be found on the Hennepin County website:  
www.hennepin.us