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>> And Jason, just testing. Can you all hear me? >> Okay. Roll. Call, please.

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Second thing here. McGuire here. McMurtry here. Mueller here, Moran here, John, is can

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I'm here. >> All. >> commissioners online. Yes.

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That's the least. We welcome. >> We stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. to the United

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States of America. >> And holiday for which it One nation under God,

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indivisible, with and justice for all. >> Land acknowledgement Iran

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good morning >> Every community owes assistance in vitality. 2

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generations from around the world who contribute their hopes, dreams energy to making

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history. That to this moment. Some were brought here against their will. Some are drawn to

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leave that to some homes in hopes of a life. And some have we have on this man since time

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immemorial, too fun announcement are critical to building me to respect

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connections across all the areas of Herat is indifference. We are standing

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on a sister, a man of the Dakota people we want to and now it's still just wait to

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hold shop in the other nations of people also called place home. We pay respect to the

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elders past and present. So please take a moment to consider trees made by the

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tribal nations that and title 9 native people to and work on traditional native lands.

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Consider the many legacies of Alice Displacement and migration and settlement that

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bring us here tgether here today and please join us and uncovering such truth and any

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and all public events. Thank you. Well, it wasn't an emotional news. Gender of

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5/19/2026 summit. Second. >> Seeing no discussion. Local. I here, Jevon seeing

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Eye McGuire. I McMurtry I Miller. I to take motion on the minutes from May 12, 2026.

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second. Seeing no discussion roll call. ?

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Kevin thing. I McGuire. McMurtry I Mueller. I minutes straight of items.

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Commissioner Moore and okay. This is your ministry item number 3. an agreement to

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Micah Williams and and versus Ramsey County. >> Quote, found in 6, 2 dash

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CV dash 2, 5, Dash, 4, 4, 6, 6, I like to move administrative item. Number

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4,000 rescheduling, great for new classified position. practices officer. I like to

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move administrative item. Number 5, the repurchase of a tax forfeited property located

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at 6, Oh, my and Apple is Street East. Saint Paul, Minnesota, 5, 5, 1, 1, 8, And

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this is. A few seconds. And the discussion. Roll call, please. I Stephanie, thank I

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McGuire. McMurtry I. >> High and take a I. >> We now have the

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presentation and detoxification and withdrawal management facility of fate.

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Good morning. The Chair, ga County board County manager. Thank you for having

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us this morning to provide an update on the closure. Vardy talks with trauma management

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program. I'm Sofia Thompson, the social services director. And I'm here with my

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colleague. Jo Ling. >> Engine gonna get us started this morning with our

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presentation. Mourning a chair or taken commissioners and county manager Bcker. My name

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is Jim Langer and I serve as a human services run the social services department. For just

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over a year. I was the program administrator for the detox program. Today, Sophia and I

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will be provided an update on the closure of Ramsey counties detox. strong management

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services. We'll walk through the history. The transition process, continued support for

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the residents clients and community providers. Here's a road map for this morning's

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First will review the history of the detox. A strong management program. They will

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walk through the closure itself. Highly goals and successes from the transition

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outline next steps and finally share information, resources and support available in the

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community. This presentation reflects a collaborative process across multiple

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departments and community partners. Here's a road map for this morning's briefing.

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Sorry. So I want get begin by acknowledging the hard working staff of the Tis picture here

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was the last picture we took. actually of all the staff at the talks many, many years of

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experience and withdraw management substance use disorders treatment. A lot of

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hard work. A lot of history. Some of these folks had been with the talks since the early

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90's. So they've been with the program for a very long time. Here's a brief history of the

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detox management program. The program's first license in 1989. Those it was open

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actually for several years before them in the 90's. The state of Minnesota mandated

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that every county provide detox services as a safe alternative, certain cars that

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that incarcerating intoxicated individuals in 2015, the state expanded detox programs to

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include clinically managed medically monitored, withdraw management, reflecting the

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growing need for structured medical oversight. Our pogram continue to evolve and came

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license for a strong management 2022 allowing us to provide enhance clinical and

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medical care. Although the program received approval. And 22 2022 to Bill for services.

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start that until June of 2024. The programs continue to struggle in the area billing

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the state statute still requires counties to ensure the talks vacation services

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are available. allows us to meet that obligation by partnering with community

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providers, which is what drives transition. We're talking about today. So as you

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all are familiar, we officially cfo's our program. And at the end last year,

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December 31st. >> 2025, it was a really difficult decision and a lot

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of planning went into it. This decision aligned with best practices to reflect the

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county's broader strategy to shift its specialized services to community based providers.

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from management care. This change supported right sizing of the county's operational

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services. Wow. Still ensuring access for residents. Extensive communication

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efforts so place to message this change. It's truly been a team effort. I'd like for you

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all to remember. We did not do this alone. As Jim. Thank the team. I also want to

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acknowledge that there was interdisciplinary team who met frequently to manage this

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transition. Not only did social services, our public health partners are housing,

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stability, partners, safety and justice, our racial and health equity administrators

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liaisons compliance, communications, our health and wellness, broader teen, the

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sheriff's office evaluation purchasing contracting and legal. And I can't forget the

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and are planning manager Chris, the Dillon who kelp to for. Our goals were clear. We

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have to do something tough, but we want to do it right. Communicating with clients,

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staff and our partners to ensure that clients were able to receive continued. In other

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facilities and be served. To wind down operations at the building and to create

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agreements for a new provider to come online and supporting community providers through

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capacity building grants. So to ensure the smooth transition, we used a multi

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pronged cmmunication approach. Gov delivery, which you may be familiar with.

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was updated. Our signage was updated and ongoing partner communications under what we

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call our bridge plan. Phase one. We really wanted to focus on ensuring continuity for

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those with the most critical needs. Navigating support. never geisha null support was

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offered on site at the current location. >> on on the first floor. We

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were able to coordinate transportation with the sheriff's office.

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>> We appreciate our share of partners for that. And we created streamlined work

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procedures. This multi-layered approach was able was able to help us create a holistic

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clients centered model. While providing those who still needed service, the best

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service available and to ensure safety, particularly during the winter months. On

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the operational side, we managed contract terminations licensing

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notifications. Donation of our medical supplies and the initial leasing process for a

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future provider. From January through April. Around April, 5th. Withdraw management

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assistance had their employment date extended to provide onsite navigational

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supports. So these were staff who are familiar with the work. We were able to extend

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the time in which they were going to no longer be with us several months so they can

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print continue to provide care, particularly during the overnight and weekend hours.

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We used our Recovery Corporation Corp staff, prices, staff supported again.

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The sheriff's office. Providers share the providers in the community. sharing

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daily bed availability with us so we can help clients quickly access care. This ensured that

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despite the program so sure clients continued to receive timely support. Excuse me,

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Sophia thank you, Mr. One Quick question and I appreciate you walking

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through. >> The goals and the entire process and everything from

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what just shared. Looks like it was pretty famous, but I want to kind of take a quick

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step back and get quick. Takeaways from you all on the process, the whole were there.

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Any specific hiccups are challenges like any aspect the roll out whether on the client

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and or on the staffing and that you found to be challenging or that you would.

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Implement a different approach. So just want to get a sense any key takeaways that

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that you all had on. Maybe some of things that didn't work and that you had to

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quickly pivot and throughout this entire process. Yes, thank you. Commissioner

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McMurtry for your question. >> Yes, always and hindsight is always 2020. There's always

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things that we could have done to improve the process and the experience I think. Hiccups,

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ask challenges. Communication, even though we try our best to make sure that everyone is

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included in the process. And we were thoughtful about the rollout approach of how we

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communicate. There's always a way to improve. I think our communication. Doing hard

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things is hard. And no matter how attempted to approach individuals about the decision

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and informing them of the steps there are things we could have done differently.

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And so. I would say absolutely. I the staffing challenges we found way to

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collaboratively work through. We have 24 hour coverage. I think that was a major concern

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and we were able to accomplish that. And that's because of that team effort. So

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hindsight, yes, there's always things we could do differently. I think I would

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say that because of the partnerships of everyone involved, we did something

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really hard and I I would. Propose that we did it where they're in

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>> documents or any processes in place to to come document that feedback, whether it exit

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surveys from staff or from from clients that we capture any of those specifically

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wasn't more. So just anecdotal of what you may have been hearing directly from staff.

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>> Commissioner Mark Tree. We were not able we did not take exit surveys for All that were

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laid off in this process or even those that had their layoffs extended. We did not

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do that. And I would have connect with my HR partners explore how we may have done

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that differently. I will I will add that I offered the opportunity to talk with

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everyone individually. Jim, get a lot of connecting with people individually. There was

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a lot of emotion around this. As there should be. And for those who were able to extend

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their time with us for a few more additional months. I did have individual conversations

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with them and they were very grateful and did express some more of that challenge. But

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the opportunity and a few were able during that short time able to at least one was able

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to transition to another job during that time. And so those individuals who stay on after

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we were able to maybe get a little bit more information from. Now as we look at the

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clients served this slide is showing January through April. >> We served 91 individuals.

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In January February. 66 March, 27 and April. 34. Most of the contacts were handled by phone

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with a similar number requiring face to face navigation course. Sheriff's

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office transport. You can see that was very minimal. These numbers demonstrate ongoing

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demand for the importance of maintaining strong navigation referral process during the

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transition and continual connections to care to ensure a smooth transition. As of

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April. 30th on site navigation support ended and staff agreements concluded. Going

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forward. Individuals who walk up during building Ahlers will receive referral information.

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>> And can contact. 6, 5, 1, 2, 6, 6, 4, 9, 0, 0, 4 assistance. That's the

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original in traditional the talks number that has not changed. We just have

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different people managing and operating that line. Embedded social workers from are

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appropriate response initiative. We'll continue to answer that detox line. Check

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messages and receive daily bed availability updates.

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>> Transportation has now ended, as you can see. >> Those numbers are really

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low. So. >> Operationally, we ended that at this time. But during

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the process, we learned that many of the current detox providers while in other parts

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of the metro area provide transportation. You can simply call. And as we are as we were

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helping to arrange that those detox beds with our partners, they would send their cab or

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form of transportation to pick people up. That great learning during this process. Moving

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here >> I just have a quick question, which is given the

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number of folks who involved in this interdisciplinary team for the bridging and now we're

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at this point. I'm just wondering how continued education, communication

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interdisciplinary work is being done to continue to allow community to know

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different ways to access the talks or housing or any of the other services that we're all

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wanting our communities to have no wrong door, so to speak. I think of the capital

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comments hub. >> I'm wondering, do we have any public health or mental

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health or other kinds of connections to that as it grows and becomes recognized

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as as as a place for community to get help. I'm just I'm just wanting to make sure that we

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continue this momentum and all different directions. >> Yeah. Let me first address

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the capital comments have been just want to make sure that we're all aligned here. It is

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one opportunity, but we need to take a broader systems. around how where doing

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outreach and supporting our residents, both like the quality of life issues just on

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the streets as well as a need like this as well as you guys have heard of the safe and

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strong initiative as well as using our different mobile vehicle side. Just I just want

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to caution, you know, certainly so if you can can answer in terms of

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opportunities to make sure we're doing good bridging. I just I think it's premature

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for us to maybe use talk too much about the capital comments until we get a

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broader organizational strategy. >> Okay. And I think you're

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indicating what I was trying to get out, which is that with so many people who are part of

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this, how do we make sure they're still connected to community exact so they have

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access to the information to get to the services. >> Thank you for the committee

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for the question. Commissioner Jeff Dunn saying and your comments, county manager

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Becker. >> I'll let you finish. I have another OK commission and one

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But you can trust so >> primary vehicle at this, what we have several

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strategies around communication. We are continuing to update the Web

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sites or communication partners and and funneling people to that website has

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been vital. It has. We've updated it to point where it has a lot of information.

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Where people can access other detox during gap period, which talk a little bit about a

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minute in terms of communication. We are using our various meeting venues and

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so through our going to have to think of the that the organization, but we have

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several community partners where vendors and folks get together to talk about

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updates. Te specific meeting names are not coming to me and in the East Metro, provider

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alliance. And so that is one avenue where providers are coming together to share

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updates. There's aso the east, another east Metro, group that meets. And so we

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use those vehicles to share this information. Despite that, we still know that

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people will call and that is why that phone line is available. 24 by 7 internally

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in terms of collaboration, we have. We have some said it. The formal meetings that were

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to plan for the bridging. But for those who are part of what we call face to bridging, we

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are still meeting and having those court nations and we continue make ourselves

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available. Should there be any questions and missed opportunities? We take those

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reflect and see how we might pivot. >> So really quick question.

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One back to the clients served graph that you provide. seems to be a steady decrease those

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that are being served. I'm just wondering from your perspective, heading into

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phase 2, is there in anticipated increases. We hit the spring and summer months

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are due anticipating continuing to the clot. >> Commissioner Emrich

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McMurtry County board County manager Becker. >> I anticipate that as enter

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the summer months, those who are in need of services will continue to rise while we saw

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decrease specifically in the total individuals served our phone calls and are face to

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face to me. That is the indication that we were helping people. We were

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communicating well with where people can go to get the actual service and that are

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particular support really became phone, triage and navigational supporting

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because we weren't able to serve people on the campus on the site. And so I imagine

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that this is not a reflection of the we know that there is going to be continued We know

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that we will continue to get phone calls and through helping through this process.

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I think many have ben educated where else can we received this service or a

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similarly situated service in the metro area? So that has been a success. Will we see

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these numbers go up? It's hard to say our primarily now our phone calls are still coming

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from our hospital partners. So we're going to do some education, continuing

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education and conversation with them around where folks can go but the true essence of

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community. Members sowing up or wanting the service has really do. down at this time.

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>> No, appreciate that. am glad to hear that the educational pieces coming into

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into effect as well because I would imagine there's going to be continue community who may

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not even know that the detox and clothes and wool. We'll continue to reach out. I'm

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also thinking aout, you know, ensuring the capacity of our and then a social workers as

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part of right to ensure that. >> thought if there is an increase of they still have

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their capacity to do. You know that job on top of continuing to answer detox on number. So

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just something to think through, if we potentially see, you know, increase

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heading into the summer months of maintaining that balance and that capacity for the

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social workers too, to do that work. >> Thank you for that

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Commissioner McMurtry. I will just take a moment to plug are appropriate response

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initiative and the great staff who are really pivoting to do just that. What is the

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appropriate response? How can I support? How can I lean? so those embedded social workers

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at the 9-1-1 call center who are now taking these calls. This is really up teir alley.

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I would say that it hasn't. And my understanding of communicating with the leads

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that it falls well in line with what they think what they feel their work should be. And

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for a part of appropriate response team that are going out or the public health

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folks, they are all vote into what's happening. And so it really is natural pivot, if

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you will, in terms of the work they were doing and continuing to educate link Lake community

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members to the right service that they need in a different location.

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>> So then all of this information the transition is on the website.

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>> Commissioner Ortega, the details of the transition. Some of that is on the

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website. Yes, not all of it. The website primarily leading people to where they can

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access services. Now. Thank you. I I will wrap us up here briefly with just a few more

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slights. through a competitive solicitation. Through competitive solicitation

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process. A local provider is currently in negotiations, meaning we're not able to talk

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about who the individual is and being selected as a community provider to operate

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at or floral to space. So the space in which we as a county owned and operated these talks

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have vacated. We put out a request for proposal for individuals t apply. Someone

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was selected. We are at the end of that process and you all will be hearing more about

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who was selected in the upcoming weeks. >> used to feed be guarding

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the facilities. So what are type of services that have applied and R B?

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>> Commissioner Ortega, the RFP was provide detox, withdraw management services

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only. What we know is that this is continuum of care detox withdraw mnagement

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services is one aspect of of detoxing. And after that, folks want to go to

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another level and another level there. We learn throughout this process. There

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was an appetite to do more. And with consideration of the location of the facility

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parking having a tenant and that collaboration. We were very clear that at this

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particular time we are looking for a provider who would be in that space. It would be able

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to provide the tax and withdraw management services only at this time recognizing

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there's a continuum of care that we support, but not at that site. Not at this time.

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>> thank you as chair through the RFP process that we also make clear just you just know

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some of the things that we offered when we have that space. To ensure that whoever

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the new tenant is that they also offer those same services like, you know, that the

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building for walk-ins to come. I'm like, are there aspects of what we did that we know that

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that were beneficial for the community, that we are also expecting this new tenant to

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also provide thanks for the question commission McMurtry. >> Yes, Jim Langer here is

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also known as excel extraordinaire. And how knows how to pull all the numbers

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and the data and in connection with Carissa Dylan, we were able to really look at are we

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serving? So we structured the RFP to ensure that the demographics language.

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>> the substance Usage that we see commonly use the respondents needed to respond

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to how they would serve our unique Ramsey County population. And then the team,

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which I was not a part of who did, you know, did this selection process chose best

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defender for that? And I will say for that, that's applicant, if you will. One

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thing about. able to use the facility is we did. We had it tiered. The RFP was tiered.

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the first tier was really about someone who either has a current license and another

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part of the state so that we knew that they could have had the ability to get licensed

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quickly. I'm going a little far my head of myself. But that being said, the process

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at the state is that until your lease is signed? And you are secure in your facility.

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You can't even apply so during from that from the closure until now of selecting the

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vendor, the capacity builder opportunity for on tier one really was about a vendor who

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could come in and really get up and rnning quickly. And we think we have a vendor who is

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able to do that and once the lease assigned shortly here after that point is then and

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only then are they ale to apply for a license to the state and that process can

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take approximately 6 months less or So to be clear, we are still looking at a vendor

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coming. Providing the service through the capacity building opportunity and probably late

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December January of 2027. Thank I have commission is saying then commissioned the

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shot. >> Yeah. So a cuple questions. One is it sounds as

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if this is a typical process and we assume that all will go well, given hearing that you

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did. But if for some some reason they would be issue with the licensure, you know,

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will the will is it? Is it going to be the six-month kind Lisa licensure, the salacious

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or so that's what's delaying it is is the first the process for licensure.

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>> Commissioner Kevin saying yes, the delay at this point is really just you're a

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frantic process right? At this point. Now that we've selected someone the next steps, yes,

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it will be the licensure process and how fast we can work through because the

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vendor. Unlicensed before we are strongly confident. I would like to be clear that

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the relationship that Ramsey County has with the vendor will be a leasing

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relationship. Supporting the vendor with the facility use of the facility Pretty much at

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no cost. That is our capacity building. And then they were they will be awarded $50,000

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for start-up Funds and Soul. That really is the relationship. We we don't

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manage the license or monitor the license. It will be the state's responsibility to do

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that. Our obligation will really b to the the lease which are partners in property

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management at the appropriate time will come and discuss the finance of the And during that

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during that time of licensure, are we able to allow the tenant basically to come in

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and do whatever to come on to modifications to the building so that it's not.

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>> Yet another 6 months of of whatever you know, every every everybody who comes in makes

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us their own. So can we use that time wisely? Yes, commissioner Jeff and saying.

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>> At the point signing the lease, the tenant has full access to the building to do

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the things that are appropriate within the least. We do believe that

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modifications will be minimal, given that it structures specifically modified already

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for detox withdraw management. But we want to support them with getting him to the

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building the grant dollars are structured in a way to support that. So that once the license

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is approved, we are ready to go. Are they that they'll be ready to go to start serving

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residents? And then one last question is I know that at this time the RFP was

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specifically to for detox and and and withdraw management. >> But knowing that there is

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step down and kind of a continuum of some buddies, healing.

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>> Is there a future option the either within this space or or in surrounding space for

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that? That's a grower with a have to happen in a different location.

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>> Commissioner Jeff saying I think to answer that question. I would need to really lean my

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deputy county managers and some of their vision for all of the needs that we have here

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in Ramsey County. This is one aspect and it definitely intersects with the other

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departments and other needs. Whether or not that location is appropriate to be used for

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Matters. Beyond the trick detox withdraw management, which which we've used it for.

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Really is a conversation that I think needs to be had with the CMO, office.

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>> I appreciate I appreciate that. One Ramsey County and also a complex response

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knowing that we're balancing a lot of different goals that one time. So thank you. Thank

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you. >> Just under not only was going to crank, that just sets

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up on information. If that facility was appropriate full, whatever the potential of

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expanding and that space is there. building was built. So you can add another floor.

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that I have tiong. >> And then morning thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Mr.

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thank you so much. know the commissioners here for asking so many of the good questions

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that I had to my my first question is in our lease language with And the

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relationship is will they be able to provide similar services? as we had where it's

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almost like low barrier access. >> Commissioner John, yes, as

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part of the RFP and the capacity-building grant, the expectation is that low

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barrier access and a sliding scale fee. >> That started at 0. Citing

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scale fee that starts at 0 was part of the expectation of the provider given the

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capacity-building grant. >> Regarding the least I want to leave that to property

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management who will be in front of you in just a few weeks. I believe to talk about

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the least. don't want to overstep and speak to the lease agreement. I can speak

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to the grant capacity-building grant agreement. >> And

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>> It sounds like they will also be needing a few months to get license and to get

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start start up to what ae we doing in the interim between that between now and then

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finally getting partner off the ground? >> Commissioner John, can you

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clarify for me when you say what are we doing now? Do you mean for residents or with the

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provider? Yes, yes, but residents right now. >> So

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>> as we as we are moving forward. >> With Commissioner Strong as

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we are moving forward. >> The >> I think best way to answer

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your question, what we are doing for residents. We move to phase 2 of the bridge plan

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which which means that we are not opening the doors. We don't have someone sitting on

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site nights and weekends. So during phase one, we actually have staff who

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are sitting at the building nights and weekends waiting for people to walk in. As you

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saw, those numbers were really, really minimal of people walking in. So then we

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transition to just phone support. And so that is the same support that was already

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being provided. So I would argue that the only thing that's being removed in this

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phase is someone being physically on site. After 08:00PM. Till 07:00AM. And

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then on the weekends as a reminder, the floral to University Avenue urgent care

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still operational. And that is where staff were supporting out of. And so if someone were

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to come to the building during regular operations, we do have staff that are able to support

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and help navigate. But the service is really won't be any different. Then that would be

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providing other than physical person there answer that phone or excuse me, answer the door

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after 08:00PM and on weekends. Does that answer your question?

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>> Yes, it does. Thank you. And then Mr. Chen just one last question. director

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Thompson, since you had mentioned that the relationship essentially going

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forward leasing tpe relationship where they're using our facility for

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basically rent free. Are we imagining then in our contract work or at least with them and

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I know that you're you're not in charge of the leasing agreement, but maybe county

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manager, you can chime in to us needed. The question is are we expecting some sort of a

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relationship similar to the one that we have Regions Hospital they are required to

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do like charity care. We're if folks are uninsured or underinsured, that they will

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still be able to access the services. >> Commissioner Jean, I can

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answer that. That's actually part of the grant agreement. So with the RFP as we put it

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out, part of the requirement was that they're able to do just that. And so, yes, that's

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actually part of the grant agreement, not the lease agreement. So the way we

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structured the grant is that it is for the length of time that the leases so they work,

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they run concurrently. And in addition to the building, there are some dollars. And as

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those dollars are being released, there still be holding to the expectations in

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the grant. So that is a part of the grant. That was. The capacity-building grant that

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was issues. >> And last, last question here, I know that that that

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that was the last one. just like response for and for the number of beds. Are we making

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a requirement that the cannot limit or decrease the level of service or to to the number

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clients or patients that may may need the service. Because, you know, I can adjust and

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anticipate that there may be some operation challenges later that. It's a possibility

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where, you know, the staffing level where they're down staffing and they cannot meet

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the requirements of their license, right. And they would have to make those changes.

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But we also have a certain number of that. How can we ensure you know, Ramsey County

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residents are prioritized some of those decision-making that happens.

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>> Commissioner Jean, it's it's a great question. Part of agreement and the way that

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this relationship is set up is that we are not going to tell the leasing party the grantee

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awardee how to operation allies. We know that when we ran our own detox withdraw

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management facility, there were times where we had to lower our census. There were

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times where you don't get to choose, whether i's Ramsey County residents or someone

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from Wisconsin who's coming to receive the service. And those are. Substance use disorder

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standards within the community within the licensure. And so our request is that they are.

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>> That Minding or that they are a responsible holding the licensure expectations. But we

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carefully were towing the line of can we tell them how to do operations aside from

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stipulating in the Grand tenure, Lee's that it is for withdrawal management and

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detox services. Only we are not going we have at this point are not in. Intending to

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dictate their operations. That is their business right to do and we know that we are going

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to be working on how clients. Transition from maybe someone comes to the urgent care on

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the lower level first floor and needs to go to the test. We know we'll have to have a

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relationship. So and thus far, the partnership has been great. So I anticipate that if

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those challenges are we have some concerns. We have an ability to have that

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communication and understand their barriers. While expressing things that we need

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to make sure happen as well. But it is it is a dance with how we're able to tell them

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how to operationalize. Their services. I don't know if that answers your question.

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>> It did. Thank you. Director Thompson, thank you, Mr. Chair.

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>> Thank you. Thank you. Mister one. I just like to say I appreciate government

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getting out the way in that the community based organization do the work that

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way. What they experienced expertise and do it the way they feel needs to be done a

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population that they are serving. And so I just want to one 0st. And now it's the hard

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work to come from Ramsey County staff and work if over the years. And at insight to

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partner with community to have services provide it right in that process does take time.

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But also want us to bring us back to the conversation we last year about why was

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closing the detox and that was the fact that was losing a million dollars a year because

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we could not feel to be That was reason why. Right? We didn't have people who are

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struggling with fentanyl in other stuff. The use coming into. To get the help that

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they need and mainly what we've seen, more people who are dealing with alcoholism

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and, you know, issues like that who were coming in for support. And that was like 5,

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6, That would be infield. I believe a very low number that would be feel from the 50

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bands that were available. So just want to bring us back to that piece about why close and

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what we felt that we can continue to take up and I lost every year. And so I as I say

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that and I think about where we are right now with leasing to a community-based

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organization, a community partner. So where do the last fall when? they may be a lot.

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We still may not need to feel So do that last fall, what looked like to have fall on

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the community providers providing services are doing a little bit more that it was

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different from what Ramsey County vision and purpose You know, how do we maintain that

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building? Seel and I know from. However, many clients come in they can now get

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reimbursed and those dollars maybe can't recoup something. Look at you kind like plane.

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Give some clarity on that that piece of what we're doing here. Thank you, commissioner

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I will do my with your with your layered question and tell me if I'm that hitting the

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answer. >> Where Ramsey County struggle. That's they were.

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There are multiple reasons of why we closed. >> Definitely decreasing bed

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capacity or excuse me. That utilization was one of them, right? So while the facility

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maybe have to phone a friend here while the facility held up to 50 we were only using, I

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think 2022 at any given time and rare occasion when we get that high. Will likely be no

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different. Then the new provider. Bt again, they're experts. This is their

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businesses. What they do and where we struggled. In addition to that, that usage

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in how pople were utilizing the facility. We also struggle with our billing operations

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with a provider with this. Is there a line of business? This is what they do. We truly

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believe that they've mastered what we baby struggle get on board. And we talked about

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those challenges of just the county environment. We were the last of 2 who still owned

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and operated. A county ran detox facility. >> And as that,

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>> infrastructure and the responsibilities and the expectations were swiftly

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changing under the licensure aspect as a county provider, we weren't able to change fast

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enough. And so I think I being able to feel the 50 beds. I don't anticipate. I don't. I.

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The hope is that the provider coming on will be able to maximize and not turn anyone

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away. And so if there is a need for 30 or 40 beds to be used, if we would have seen

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that need, we would have been able to also. You know, increase, they use

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utilization. I don't know that. I answered question. thank you. That at the

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Thompson. That was that was helpful, expecting. You know, I'm trying to get a picture of

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what we doing here and why we're doing it. >> And what would be the

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difference? Because we don't want a community-based organization to come and feel

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also right. And so the hope is that I love the idea of the capacity grants like to help.

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You can often get things moving. We want this to be sustainability. You know, if

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people are still call me nor stopping by, tell us at the minimum that there's still a

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need for it to be there and just wanted to get really clear vision. The difference,

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right. And what I heard you say is that Ramsey County struggled with the building

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operation, been able to Beal. We recoup those dollars tonight. And the hope is the

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community organization would have this ability is what they do and there will be able to

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do this efficiently and effectively bringing the dollars that they need to to

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some sustainability at that location, correct? Correct. And and commissioner also just

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say >> our leadership. While Jim was able to step in after the

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last administrator transition having tis is a line of service where being really and

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vetted and understanding SV community needs that male you what's happening? Our

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structure of how we? >> Offer. >> Jobs or how we fill gaps

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when we have them isn't always the most effective. And so again, I think there are

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things that our that our county structure. That we do really, really well and work

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for a lot of service lines. This is one where it just didn't work as well. the

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providers coming in again, they this is their this is what they do. They understand

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they know and they can pivot quicker. Then we as a as a large organization can.

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>> So I appreciate that. The wisdom knowing where on our skills are, what we lacked

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skill to do the work and the services and open enough to partner with a community-based

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organization. The has the expertise is connected to the community to continue to

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provide the services we just have send 6 months delay for them to go to all that. The

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process is that they need to go to so although the building itself is not open pathways

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for people to get the that they need when they need. asked phone calls or been

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redirected 2 other providers >> That's correct. Commissioner. And there are

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still path where you ways and that's not to say that people don't want facility in Rains

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County. We know that having detox withdraw management facility in Ramsey County is

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important and we will get there and the hope is with Tier 2, 3, of the RFP, which

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we'll talk about a minute. We're going to be released. We weren't able to release the

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funds for a provider who did not want the building but still wanted to bild a detox

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withdraw management facility. And since the selection and the negotiations for that

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initial opportunity did not. conclude we are reissuing the 2nd half of te RFP to

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encourage and to say that we have some stake in this. We know that we have some

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responsibility while detest withdraw management, I would argue is not a core county

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responsible service, which is why we considered. Could this be done elsewhere because this

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work is being done by community providers in the Rest of the state and sell

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pivoting and doing that. We we are now able to continue to focus on the core

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responsibilities while letting those experts. And that's not to say I want to clarify its

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not say that our staff are not or didn't have expertise. However. Our enterprise and

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how we are set up made it challenging to be the most effective all the time. Thank

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you. Thank you for sharing it. >> Commissions seeing just a quick comment on that. I am

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just thrilled to hear that there will some seed money to encourage diverse community

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based approach outside of the facility. As as as those of us who are engaged in in the

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ceiling and caring services, it's not a one size fits all it may be the 3rd 4th provider

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therapist program facility, neighborhood cohort that you walk in the door with that is

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that that flips the switch that allows you to get the care that you need and we need

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to make sure we have multiple options for folks in our community. So thought think

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you >> All right. I'm gonna around out here. We've talked a

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little bit about some of this for me to see where I'm at here. So we continue to update

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our signage, our website and all of our communication tools. To let folks know where

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we are at. I mentioned that we are continuing to get calls from hospital partners and we

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continue to talk with them and educate them. We know they have a large staff as well.

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And with when in doubt, just call. And that's what the message we want to send. We

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are not physically open for folks to come to us. But when in doubt just call and we are

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okay to help navigate those services. Let's see here. As we transition to this

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community based detox service, several county initiatives continue to support

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individuals with substance use and related needs. >> As was mentioned earlier,

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the safe and Strong University Avenue initiative integrates law enforcement service

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providers and prosecutors to connect people with services. Our syringe service program.

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Out of public health area offers. reduction tools, wound care, naloxone, training and

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testing strips, adult and mobile crisis. Teams continue to provide stabilization and

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prices support. And our core program. And 1919, University offers co occurring mental

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health and substance use services throughout a multidisciplinary team. So

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while the tax will draw management services is one aspect along the continuum of

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care that is needed. We are still providing multiple supports as Rmsey County. And

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we while remain connected with our partners. And so at this time, we would like to thank

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you for your time and attention today. an interest in this and I we will stand.

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We will stand for any additional questions. >> Any questions? Well, so if

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say you and your team have done a very good job. It's been a smooth you will

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transition is I know just from my phone, that rain that you've been doing a good So

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share that with team. thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Chair take or take

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a >> commissioners and county manager year. We have a

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legislative update. Thank Thank you, Mister Chair. Well, the legislature did.

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>> And the night and Sunday. A fair amount of work. We we disappointed they can get all

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the big issues that we have maybe wanted some gun violence prevention legislation and

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that that's a metro surge compensation didn't pass, but they did pass a bonding bill.

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Unfortunately, we were not a part of that, although there were other, there was a

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significant part 4 at Saint Paul, which is included in Manatee County basic

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infrastructure in 13 million for sure. Infrastructure repair along West 7th.

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01:00:39,498 --> 01:00:43,235
40 million for a broken jaw to Tory medications and 10 million for the thank. You

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see no arena. So there was investment in. Parts Ramsey County, just not ones we were

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01:00:51,420 --> 01:00:54,245
looking for, we will give will. I'll give will have government relations here

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before in in a couple of within a week and we'll get the more details of all the

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things that happened. But I will say that there was some statewide efforts with AMC are

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association, Minnesota counties. And as that really helped with some of the big

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issues that we're facing in, those include the Health and Human Services. bill, which

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did include funding to help counties with SNAP administrative costs and to

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support implementation of the Minnesota African-American part family partnership,

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Family Preservation Act. Sorry. And so we are going to get some help with that. Also,

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the human services, it modernization. Got created, a new human services systems,

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modernization Fund with it grants for counties so that we can begin to do that work. Not

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enough money in that, but at least some a start. And there was also a new funding for a

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family homeless prevention assistance program and funding for supportive housing for the

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continuum of care. Panties that this is all because of unstable federal funding.

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We've had that the state has had to step up and provide more funding.

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>> So how we >> I keep working. We are legislative team is going meet

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and in the in the next week and just talk about plans for next year. Already. And how

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we're going to, you know, work with our legislative delegation in a productive way

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to get the things that we really need. And we will be doing a board workshop on our

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on our legislative outcomes for this for this year. >> with that, Mister Chair

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will I end this report. If anyone else has anything, they'd they'd like to add that

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more a much more detailed the port follow. I will say that AMC did a great job.

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highlighting some of the outcomes yesterday in a meeting that they had. And I

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encourage that you all to, you know, listen in on the meetings, me. zoom calls that

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AMC has that gives all the Things that happened statewide for the issues that we care

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about. So with that, I will in my report and thanks to Julie Wood legislative it. my

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colleague Commissioner Brent Commish county manager back are a lot of people worked

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really hard at the end of session to get the things that did happen. And just thanks to

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everyone who works hard. >> Thank Commissioner Jean. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair, I

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just had a question our delegation team, legislative team. quick for the it

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modernization is that for just the state's it general modernization orders that for

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Martha wants that the uses to verify and applications for social services and financial

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assistance services. >> Thank you, Commissioner Jean, it's a great clarifying

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question and I'm we will get more details on this. But it's my understanding that we did

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get 10 million for it grants to counties as we know, many of us could use way over

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01:04:28,660 --> 01:04:34,599
10 million for our own county. >> So that's why I said it's not it's it's some money, 4

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counties, but it is it grants to counties that's there's money that goes into the state

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Human Services Modernization Fund. And then in addition to that, some money goes to it.

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Grants for counties. We've been fighting for that, you know, for to get some money

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dedicated specifically to counties and they're starting with But 10 million dollar

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grant. So it's at least a start. But that weaken in our workshop where we get all the

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details. We get even more specific for you on that. But my understanding is that. That

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it statewide money and specifically for counties. >> acquired Vice Chair Moran,

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thank you so much for all your time. Spent at the legislature this I know that it's you

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know, especially challenging, Lynn it and share share part of powers between that the

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House just some of Some thank you. >> I would add. Thank you,

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Commissioner Shine that it was it was it is it's a difficult times that we're in because

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they're assured powered the legislature so can move forward on as many things as

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we might like. And also the federal government's lack of of providing resources for the

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things that we really need has really put a strain on the state budget. And of course,

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on all of our county budgets. And s we continue to feel that impact of the lack of

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federal, federal resources into the things that we that require us to do and into the

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things that they originally, you know, said that they would do. And now they're not doing

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it. And so we've just had to pick up some of those pieces and and the state has had to

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try to do that. And as we so we will continue to work on that. But it's a it's

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unfortunate that we have to be in position. Thank you. >> We know

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>> County Conventions. Yeah. Thank you, Mister Chair. Ramsey County last week hosted

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the convening of several community Collaboratives. Are we back together? Leadership

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staff, 4 participants primarily the executive committees of the

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Collaborative's. That includes the Saint Paul Children's Mental Health, Collaborative

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the suburban Ramsey family, clever and the Saint Paul Children's Collaborative the

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Collaborative's just as a reminder for everyone, their joint powers organizations

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that bring together County government school community organizations and service

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providers to coordinate efforts to improve outcomes for children, youth and

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families. And Ramsey County. And so by working collaboratively systems and

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sectors, these organizations and online resources, strengthen partnerships and

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address the community's complex needs in a more connected, an effective way.

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And so I'm thankful for county staff and also commissioners who participate on these joint

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powers boards of these organizations. The commuting created an opportunity to

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strengthen relationships and share some updates and better understand each other's work.

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One of the greatest benefits of the gathering was simply just having some dedicated

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time. Each collaborative was able to share some similar things about how they work and

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sort of what their priorities community with their the - resources. And so looking

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forward to additional conversations they can meanings to meeting certainly

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reinforce value o partnership. And so I want to planning manager Dillon whose

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serving as in our community relations manager role in the county manager's office

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helping to support both stronger, internal and external coordination when it

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comes to our collaborative work. that wasn't a good event. Last week. In addition,

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I'm sure we're going to share more about this in the next coming days. By know, people's

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calendars get busy so I thought the earlier the better. So I'm going to show

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us a little early that we are just on the brink of train Union Depot. So it is

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Saturday, June 6 and Sunday, June 7th and it is free. It's a family celebration

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celebrating trains, transportation and downtown Saint Paul community. But it

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also is the 100th anniversary of Union Depot. Also, think it's an extra special train

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days since the opening in 1926. people are served as a gateway to say Paul and our

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01:09:14,222 --> 01:09:18,826
region connecting generations of travelers, workers, immigrants and families

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through rail transportation at its peak. Hundreds of trains move through the station every

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day, making it one of the most important transportation hubs in the Midwest. And today it

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is a beautifully historically restored depot serves as a gathering place. It's also

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some low, great local businesses and has a lot of great events and so trained

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01:09:39,980 --> 01:09:47,180
days will feature tours. Both modern and historic locomotive interactive exhibit. there's

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01:09:47,588 --> 01:09:51,258
so many things will wait for another week 2 to share more about all that. But there's a

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01:09:51,258 --> 01:09:55,463
music festival as well. But everything is free and charges that people might want to get

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that first weekend in June on your calendars. Thank >> Sideboard

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>> committee reports. Want to be in check. >> Start thank you, Mr. Chair.

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lot of stuff going on in the Rams kind of like a local government, collective Action

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Workgroup which is focusing salting chloride reduction. I had heard from them pollution

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01:10:24,291 --> 01:10:27,494
control agency are and what their what their methods are and this is one of those

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topics that I've been talking about in that really grateful that our collective action

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team has has brought forward. And of course, now we're not winter anymore with the salt,

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but just to get that education out, there always a good thing also goodness say that my

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colleague may talk about the Ramsay, Washington, recycling Energy Facility and Finance

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Committee met and I can commissioner Miller will be talking about that also asked

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01:11:02,129 --> 01:11:04,598
our couple of my colleagues here, but the race, our punter alliance had their community

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01:11:04,598 --> 01:11:13,277
in Bloom event. This is such fun work they meet at there's an intersection where 3 3

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districts from the from these 3 cities. >> And 3 commissioner

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districts meet at Maplewood Saint Paul and Roosevelt and they continue to have great

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01:11:22,286 --> 01:11:25,956
events that really highlight that area bring really positive activities there. And

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01:11:25,956 --> 01:11:34,699
it was really a great, great event. Lots of community support there. And that's a

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committee members that that that are present there and in celebration of mental Health

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awareness month and partnerships with Ramsey County, right side printer.

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They included a lot activities there yet that really help without those with that issue.

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just kudos to them. Also. A new Brighton had their spring clean up days. kudos to the

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communities for all there. All the great work. Also mention that AMC had their legislative

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update yesterday and just encouraged and people to listen to that. It was really

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interesting to hear all the different topic areas that reported back on what what

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happened and didn't happen at the legislative session this year as I said, our

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legislative team is going to continue to meet. We're starting right up with a

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debrief of the session and also how we're going to move forward in the coming years.

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So looking forward to that. I also attended our National Association of counties Board

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of directors where we. Talked about our federal policy agenda. You know, so much of

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what our National Association does lobby at the federal level for the things that we

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need and we really appreciate their work and issues such as snap Medicaid. so they were we

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01:12:55,980 --> 01:13:01,185
got updates on that We talked about membership and the benefits of of the National

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Association to membership. And they haven't. We are counties campaign. So I encourage all

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of you to go on the website and maybe at one important thing. We can show some of the

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videos that they're putting about putting out about what counties do because we all

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01:13:14,866 --> 01:13:21,272
know that that we do a lot and the public doesn't always understand you know, know

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01:13:21,272 --> 01:13:25,676
that. And so we can help get that word out in there. Helping put out a lot of

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information. And with news letters, videos and things didn't really help us all.

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01:13:30,148 --> 01:13:36,354
Tell our story. And what we really do for the community. There's also a lot of focus

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01:13:36,354 --> 01:13:43,361
disasters with our fires, floods and of course, it was it was a lot of similarities

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with what we've dealt with in their metro surge. So just learning things such as how

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oftentimes wants to move faster than our counties can move want to do things. And so

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it just interesting to find those similarities in my and colleagues around the country

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that as they're dealing with fires, floods and other disasters. But the community

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01:14:05,850 --> 01:14:11,322
wanting work done much faster. It was it bringing back all the issues that we have with

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01:14:11,322 --> 01:14:15,393
our communities wanted to move faster and how we really navigate all that. And I think

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it was just a great, great learning experience to share information about about that.

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And so with that Mr Chair, I just overall that we're going to talk about this. But

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Memorial Day is coming up this week. And so just want to acknowledge all the you know,

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all the great work that all of our people have done and and and memoriam for them for the

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and then celebrating Memorial Day this Monday. Thank you. Commission is saying.

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>> Yes, I just want to see eye and county manager back and we're honored enough to go to

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the Ramsey County Law Enforcement Memorial ceremony last week for Anti County

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01:15:03,908 --> 01:15:07,245
Sheriff's Office and our local public safety and police departments and their

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01:15:07,245 --> 01:15:13,784
families. And just 2, always remember the folks who have given the alters ultimate

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01:15:13,784 --> 01:15:18,122
sacrifice in service, a safety of our communities and those public safety and law

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01:15:18,122 --> 01:15:21,392
enforcement officers sheriff's department who do that every day and their families to

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01:15:21,392 --> 01:15:28,732
stand behind them. So and so a good reminder of that work that's being done every day.

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Also May is mental Health Awareness Month. Those activities continue. I and my

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colleague commission report you are able to tour the Ritz Wellness Center in Saint Paul.

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And in truly a community based and community response meeting people where they're at. And

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so when we talked earlier about how there's there's, there's no one size fits all

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and being able to realize what we can do as a county with community do can do and how we

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can partner in those activities. I was able to go to the NAMI screening

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Minneapolis last night at a packed 350 plus sold out screening of the film. The

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01:16:10,575 --> 01:16:16,447
documentary No One cares about crazy people. And that evocative title intentionally.

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01:16:16,447 --> 01:16:23,855
It came from the Twitter exchange between Scott Walker and a colleague in talking

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01:16:23,855 --> 01:16:28,459
about closing a facility with an offhand comment. Well, nobody cares about crazy

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01:16:28,459 --> 01:16:32,329
people. What we know a lot of people who care about people who are living with mental

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01:16:32,329 --> 01:16:40,338
illness and it was a packed hall last night and I was honored. The was hosted

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01:16:40,338 --> 01:16:47,411
co-hosted by NAMI, Minnesota in on the Ramsey County. I will say that as a parent the

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the advocates individuals living with mental illness and people who are advocating

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01:16:51,415 --> 01:16:57,880
alongside them as family members are some fierce advocates and it was wonderful

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to see them be able to do this educational piece in community last night. also to bring that

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home Chance to to touch base with a constituent and elder Eileen, who lives in my

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district, who has been? Standing strong by her through the trauma when his mental

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01:17:17,241 --> 01:17:23,581
illness was not being treated, but also in his recovery and decades of recovery in and out

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of our different direct care and treatment facilities and and and wonderful. She rminds

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01:17:28,119 --> 01:17:33,924
us when when somebody in your family has cancer, you send a hot dish. But when somebody

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has a mental illness, you walk away and to make sure that we continue to break that cycle

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to surround anybody who has having a health crisis and any shape or form. So I also want

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to say that while being in community listening and learning and all those things

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01:17:50,361 --> 01:17:53,898
and standing with our constituents is important. They sent us here to do some

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systems transformation, work. And so just to say that I am very encouraged, county

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01:18:04,709 --> 01:18:08,913
Sheriffs Association by folks who are in county attorneys attorneys associations and

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01:18:08,913 --> 01:18:16,387
also within different county commissioners, all who have been doing work in and around

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the The rule 20's, the 48 hour rule. Some of that fire priority admissions work and

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the direct care and treatment who continue to say we're not going to just look admired the

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01:18:29,133 --> 01:18:33,710
problem. What can we be doing to to truly meet the moment and the needs of our

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community? So that work continues. It's a big part of what I'm doing and we're not

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here. >> I also want to say that I've had a chance Esco Saint

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Paul goes Ramsey County, the as we know and are building stronger together that making

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sure that we have vibrant downtown is truly important to have the chance to. He was

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01:18:50,822 --> 01:18:53,958
some organizations this last week with the Saint Paul tourism celebration. The

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landmark center's annual meeting and then the ORD ways Acerca thanks to constituent

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01:19:00,898 --> 01:19:09,907
invited me to go and and I will just it's wonderful to see that there are ways for

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people to visit Saint Paul for all ages and all different price points in all different

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01:19:15,913 --> 01:19:22,653
ways. And I hope people will enjoy the summer down downtown. I was able to the

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with colleagues and constituents on the Capitol Lawn on her story, driving for

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01:19:27,859 --> 01:19:33,464
a quality tour in support of the R a I cannot believe we are still having this

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01:19:33,464 --> 01:19:40,204
conversation but now important as ever. And then just a shout out to all of our Ramsey

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01:19:40,204 --> 01:19:45,276
County outreach staff, whether that's in parks and record public health or mental

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01:19:45,276 --> 01:19:48,612
health, environmental outreach, all the different things. I was at the serving

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01:19:48,612 --> 01:19:54,685
water Safety day at Arden Hills, Touch a truck and at the race, the race Allar

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01:19:54,685 --> 01:19:59,356
punter Alliance Bloom and Man, are they out there with smiles on engaging with community and

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01:19:59,356 --> 01:20:03,961
and explaining what it is that the county does every day. So thank you all for it for doing

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01:20:03,961 --> 01:20:10,435
that. I just want to say even though the wrestler up under alliance was at McCarren Park,

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01:20:10,435 --> 01:20:14,705
not my current district, where right around the corner from where I raised my kids so I

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01:20:14,705 --> 01:20:22,180
could not resist being on my old stomping grounds again. Thank you. I song.

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01:20:22,180 --> 01:20:29,380
>> Thank you, Mr. you know, similar the collaborative update. I'm County manager

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01:20:30,387 --> 01:20:35,526
backer, thank you so much for convening the 3 collaborative. My biggest takeaway you

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01:20:35,526 --> 01:20:42,132
there's just a lot notes, shared interest and desire best serve the needs of the

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01:20:42,132 --> 01:20:51,732
families who are in Ramsey County. And I'm just so proud of the work they collaborative

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01:20:51,942 --> 01:20:58,683
has done. Also, we actually met just before that convening and we we took action to set

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01:20:58,683 --> 01:21:07,683
aside about $50,000 to be able to best serve family's needs and moments of crisis where

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01:21:07,691 --> 01:21:14,832
systems had not support them. And this is you know, as a result of Oeration Metro

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01:21:14,832 --> 01:21:22,439
Surge is it has just really force us to be more responsive because the current way of how

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01:21:22,439 --> 01:21:30,714
we are doing things granting out every 2 years, you know where we're still trying to

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01:21:30,714 --> 01:21:37,988
families, current and also know you know, Operation Metro Surge has had those compound.

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effects on and children. Who need the most support. So I the committee we established

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that's committee too continue to discuss review guidelines on how that funding they

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become available to our current partners. Thank you. >> Mission in my Thank you,

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Mr. Chair. >> couple of things I wanted to know the Commissioner Ponce

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mentioned our visit to routes wellness last week, a great opportunity to tour their

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01:22:13,491 --> 01:22:16,227
facility and learn more about not only the services that they offer above what they

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01:22:16,227 --> 01:22:21,498
hope to do with that specific space and providing services to folks in the community

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01:22:21,498 --> 01:22:29,973
specifically around mental. Well, I also had a chance to speak at the Arbor month. Tree

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01:22:29,973 --> 01:22:37,773
planning Pierce Butler, tree Canopy Improvement Poject at Park this past A great

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collaboration between Ramsey County, the city of Paul's parking parks, rec as well as

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01:22:44,455 --> 01:22:50,728
a number of community organizations, including Human Nature Fall Town, Green and

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01:22:50,728 --> 01:22:56,867
the B line. And it was just amazing opportunity to get with community and to showcase

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01:22:56,867 --> 01:22:59,803
the importance of environmental In what we're doing here is identifying some

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01:22:59,803 --> 01:23:07,300
of our more climate vulnerable communities and addressing the environmental when honestly

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01:23:10,800 --> 01:23:15,619
that the public health impact of not having the level of Saved from from trees that

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that we know that other neighborhoods and our community has done so great to

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be a part of that event. Also this week and I had blitz of community events that were

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happening, front avenue community called the Rice longer Alliance Community in

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01:23:31,350 --> 01:23:37,107
Bloom, the Mighty Midway Festival and the Falcon Heights spring together

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01:23:37,107 --> 01:23:45,849
events. I went to all 4 Saturday. it blast. then yesterday we had a chance to

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meet with the snow and University lines. The working group as they prepare for the

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next phase of what group will become senator out economic development of 4 that

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corridor. One interesting thing that we learned in that meeting kind turnout as we

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think through next steps is one of them treating a business improvement district

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for Snelling Avenue to really spur economic growth around that. That really key

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01:24:13,559 --> 01:24:16,962
corridor. And so it was great to meet with so many different partners to hear their

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perspectives and to really see like momentum growing for the Hammond Mdway neighborhood

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and how this group can be a part of that. And then last night I had a chance to attend

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the interfaith action annual Assembly with Commissioner Miller to learn more about

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01:24:34,513 --> 01:24:40,653
just transformational work day in the fray. Factions do across the community and the

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01:24:40,653 --> 01:24:45,323
different programs that that they leave up. And so really great. Great evening to

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01:24:45,323 --> 01:24:53,932
celebrate their work and then all in with this. You know, it is it's graduation season. And

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we have a graduate on this So huge congratulations to Commissioner Miller for

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>> I think folks don't realize that, you know, on top of having this very full time job

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01:25:11,616 --> 01:25:17,889
and raising family was going to get her degree, which kudos to you. Congratulations remain

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01:25:17,889 --> 01:25:27,889
an inspiration to all of us on on the stars. And so just want on the for you. So.

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01:25:27,899 --> 01:25:32,371
>> Appreciate And I was she has to continue. You know, when commission Ryan Hunt came

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01:25:32,371 --> 01:25:38,911
on the board. >> She didn't have be Yeah. And I was teaching to say she

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has. We actually gave are. I was at the cremony and I gave ahead diploma she went on to

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01:25:45,851 --> 01:25:54,251
get a Ph D. >> I've got some time and there will be a a

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01:26:02,267 --> 01:26:10,676
it's they still plan I was quite not as busy as you guys are on Saturday. It says at

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01:26:10,676 --> 01:26:16,215
the softball field all day. Yeah. But last week we attended the Metropolitan

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01:26:16,215 --> 01:26:20,419
Emergency Services Board fairly routine board meeting. We did approve a few important

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items related to emergency communications and regional coordination.

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>> One was that the full board accepted the 2025 financial audit. There was no issues

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01:26:28,359 --> 01:26:33,899
with that. We also approved some updates. Armor participation plans for life

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01:26:33,899 --> 01:26:38,971
link 3 in Sherburne County. And so does really impact us but impacts the region. And we

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01:26:38,971 --> 01:26:41,974
also approved some funding to support the regional blood program. I brought this up

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date back when we had our executive committee now we just approved it as a full

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01:26:45,711 --> 01:26:47,779
board. So I know that they'll be some for blood in Maplewood, which is grace

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01:26:47,779 --> 01:26:54,252
that's in our East Metro. And then continuing on and the West Metro and then amendments

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to related to the school, mapping grandson, emergency response coordination. We also

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received some legislation updates excited to hear more after everything pass from

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01:27:03,328 --> 01:27:09,134
them on Thursday, 5.14, we had the Washington Ramsey County, Recycling Finance and

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01:27:09,134 --> 01:27:14,720
Facilities Committee. This was really routine as well. The main item discussed and

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01:27:14,720 --> 01:27:19,278
approved was the proposed 2027 budget recommendations for the R and the board. The

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committee. We review the facilities budget, the program's budget, and then the

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01:27:23,215 --> 01:27:28,553
equipment and maintenance and replacement fund are all Em and our budget. We like to

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call it. And at this time, there are no major changes from what was previously

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approved. So passed. But I do want to say one notable update was that the projected tipping

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fee is going to be updated in a set for $159 per ton. And that is what our partners pay

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when they bring the trash to the facility. So it all kind of comes down some way

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>> and then we also, you know, really facilities. Updating continued our conversations

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long-term planning and maintenance and then also operations at the recycling

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and Energy Center. We have an old facility. We want to make sure and they do a great job

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keeping up and tip top shape and ten on Thursday, that same day also have the

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opportunity to present on food, insecurity and Ramsey counties work that we're doing

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with food security at the way for Lake Area Food shelf, their volunteer recognition

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program. So it really was a great opportunity to, you know, like community members

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know our role and how the county's connected into that work. And then I want to thank

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and recognize our list and for his incredible 25 years of service volunteering at the

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White Bear Lake Food Shelf. He's 87 years old. And now finally retiring from

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volunteering So I just want to say, you know, violent, here's like him. They their

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commitment to serving others really truly Last night I was at interfaith Action's annual

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Assembly place right use higher previously. So it's, you know, deep holds a special

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place in my heart. But grateful for the work that they continue to do with that.

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I'm me. Thank you. Yeah, Thank you. Mister >> So I don't know if I

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mentioned this and that I've been away a couple of conference, but I just want to

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elevate the the grand opening of our new van to county government where we had our

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grand opening. previously call Metro Square. And I just think Ramsey County Government

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Center identifies what is happening in that building. Now. But that the space

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transformation of space The project came together very well. And it was encouraging

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to see the investment. In creating a more welcome me and functional environment. 4

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residents come for support and help also for the staff. So for those who do not know the

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Ramsey County Government Center is located at one. 21, the 7 place ease. So if you

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need some support, please come. There is beautiful, warm welcome space that really

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shows individuals when they come into space that we are here to help you respect you

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and your value. And I think that is important when people are showing up in their words,

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moment lives, you have a place that feels like that's going to have to enhanced lie. So

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very happy to see space. Really beautiful Good job county.

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>> The just echo that. I will anything 90. He was trying to get some people done for m 97

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year-old mom, And he was impressed and he's not. He's a hard guy to But to your point,

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he just something >> Very one >> Wade decision from what

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he's used to can see him. He sort of fun. the heavy lifting with my mom in terms of the

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medical on on that. So actually cut. >> ages 7 through May 11. It

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ended the the national Organization of Black Cunty Officials, Economic

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Development Conference call not Call the conference, provides important discussion

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and collaboration around. I'm not be to resolve. It cannot make development workforce,

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innovation and county level solution that supports strong and resilient community. And

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there's still a need organizations like this right. And I can say that being like

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one 3 African-Americans. a county commissioner where we have 447 county commissioners

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and things are impacting our lives in our community are. Sometime this need to be

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elevated and talked about in a different way in a different perspective that we can bring

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it into these conversations in spaces. So but it was just really good to be at a

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national organization to hear, you know, really some common themes that is happening no

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matter where you are. That is happening. You know, I know we have a government that wants

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to be color blind don't want to see color. But what is happening in the self is

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horrendous. And what they are doing at tis moment elections. And I mean, there

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was some 7 states that may have one like to elected official. And they don't even

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want to see that one. But that, you know, so for Supreme Court to bring for us a ruling

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that says that you can not 8, a space where you being more inclusive of diverse

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communities. But you can gerrymandering have just felt right? just mind bowing. Set.

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We are seeing myself back in the struggles from the 60's. representation did not matter.

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Representation does matter. It absolutely matter. And we are seeing it playing out in big

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numbers. And I know I love the fact that we're partisan, but this is life. This is real

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life. This is not about politics. This is about life and representation in been a

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bit to have opportunity. 2. Be considered. The slight have just the equal may find So

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just to be equally seen into to be seen that way. Well, you what's happening south is just

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horrendous. You know, we are definitely back into this whole fight over in around.

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your voice and your vote would go into next. Take the weight from from women and say when

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matter no more. I will go on any more about figure out like that. On May 14, my office was

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able to attend the foundation. dedication ceremony at McAllister College for the

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College New resident Hall and Welcome Center project. They even had lied at McAllister

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continue investment and sustainability student housing in community center campus

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improvement, including the innovative geothermal energy system with office has been

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supporting. It is great to see that they with a view to get some support for that college.

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Long time to calm the goals. So cool to McAllister college worked this league and moving

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us forward. Just yesterday I able to 18 a lunch and learn hosted by the YWCA Saint Paul

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that focus on their new velocity program. Te session provide insight into how the

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program is working to support individual 2 more technology. so they'll bring some 21st

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century technology into that space where, you know, you But so many individuals who cannot

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afford to do something to simply take a driving test because it causes a cost

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associated with that. providing this service free where they don't have actual

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simulations, a simulator there. Well, yu can sit and take the test and prepare for

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that. Just some all some forward thinking work happening under the leadership

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Ashley Booker, who's executive director the YWCA. S they to learn more about the

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organization, vision in the community impact. And it's just really looking for

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partners in the work that they do. And I think that's going to be really important as we

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move forward into 2027 in the lack of support that we're going that's going to be

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coming down from the federal government that's going impact the state is going to impact

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that county government that we're going to really have to look at how we do our work and

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be a very innovative and creative what that looks like with other partners, whether

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that is, you know, our state partners, our community, based organization partner the

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philanthropic community. The business sector. It's going to be like all hands on deck and

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we all need to trying to figure out how we're going to do what we need to do with

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less funds in higher demands they would be higher demand. And s I do want to speak of

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this, but I feel like ISIS have to. Why have this moment to talk about legislative for

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work? You know, AMC has And Ramsey County did some really good work advocating fr

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things that we need to move our county and our state forward. You know, it's

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unfortunate we were not able to get the support that And it's for around the park with

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it. But, yu kow, is only on the amount of dollars stands on. High demand is coming from

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everywhere. And I think it's a really time for us to just sit back and reflect and think

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about how we prepare and going in 27 in do the work that we need to do around

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African-American Family Preservation Act. AMC, Ramsey County. Some also words to

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really do some acts. And I think we pretty much get much of what acts to happen. You

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know what? The one thing that did not happen at the legislature, that was was too

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move the case reviews from the counties to the state. And let me just say this. No one gets

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everything they want that they didn't want. But I think this is also opportunity for the

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counties to duties. Case reviews and reflect what worked. What didn't work. How

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can we better support the family? And I would not want to see AMC say that case

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reviews don't matter and we're not going to do it. Because group of families and

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community members who've been hurt. That is our face system. They have been families who

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have been removed kids with endured traumas and families who have endured trauma

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disproportionately. And what this law is for those individual, we're just

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pointing out it would have been put into a system disproportionately. You need

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to figure out a new system to get some active efforts and work with. The parents work

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with the relatives with the families to create better. Outcomes. And maybe we can

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look at a system prevention. Also so we can stop the work that we can do here. But

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counties needs to do a self reflection on himself across the state. In a number of

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families African American families who have been disproportionately put into a

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child where if a system and the trauma that has been endured because of that, we do

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not take this lightly. And so my hope is that have to re imagine just system too. We

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have to re. Imagine what that looks like. We need more resource centers in there.

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feel that traffic community right now that is investing. And counties to give them

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dollars to create so resource centers across the state. And we know that 87 counties do

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business 87 different ways and there's no one fix for all. And this is the opportunity

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for counties to reflects. what they need to be doing, how they need to do their work,

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too ensure that we are at. Putting out active efforts for We get the dollars that we

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request it. That not unlimited. It. And so we have to make the best of what we

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have with the dollars that has been given. Based on the formula that is currently the

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news. If the legislation channel where system. So I wanted to test its rest that

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because I'm hearing some rumblings about the case reviews, peas. And the fact we

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need to do the case reviews. Anything needs to be done that. And so I look forward to

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working AMC. There's a lot of work groups that is going on to have going on for the last

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2 years and people, individuals and families in those been impacted and in

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county were case invested in this and have been very invested in this and the work

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continues As we move forward. So I went in with that that is it for me. Thank you,

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Commissioner. I just looking to make a comment. Minnesota landmark annual meeting.

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>> very well attended. It's usually community members and go

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>> Was so very supportive of a landmark. They will be a luncheon for the border

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>> Of the victims land mines and the Board commissioners to come together and so to a new

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review. >> Wolverine forward right after this meeting will have

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the >> the regional railroad that already we will pause just for

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a minute 2 because says doing some technical love. Phase II name new system. And then

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right after regional have a >> close meeting. >> Chaired by myself on the

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Benjamin Hill versus Thomas. Let make. And then at one, 30 Commissioner Mike Moultrie.

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We'll do a wheelchair. The workshop and the Association of Minnesota counties and

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state. We are a journey