III.1. Update from Hennepin County Commissioner Edelson; Hanlon CITY OF HOPKINS
Memorandum
To: Honorable Mayor and Council Members
Mike Mornson, City Manager
From: Mike Mornson, City Manager
Date: January 21, 2025
Subject: Update from Hennepin County Commissioner Edelson
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PURPOSE
Heather Edelson, Hennepin County Commissioner for District 6, will be in attendance
to provide updates to the City Council.
FUTURE ACTION
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Administration
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Office of Commissioner Heather Edelson -
D6 Hennepin County Board of Commissioners
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Hennepin County District 6
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heather.edelson@hennepin.us
Our commitment to
disparity reduction
Through policies, services and programs
we will drive disparity reduction and work
to benefit people’s lives in the areas of:
Health
Income Housing
Employment
Education
Justice Connectivity
Our commitment to
providing quality services
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Access, Aging & Disability Services
○Staff ready to connect residents to services on housing, health services, transportation○Waiver services
Mental Health and Substance use services
○Cope staff ready to respond to mental health crisis for youth and adults 24/7○Access to care networks
Reports of vulnerable adults & child abuse
○Investigation departments ○Case managers to work to ensure safety of residents
Economic Supports, Child Support and Well-being
○Access to food and cash supports
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Human Services
Hennepin County Public Safety
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Supporting County Growing Mental Health Needs
○Embedded Social Workers
○Cope, 24/7 county mobile crisis service
○Youth & Family mobile response through partnership Nexus
County Liaisons (10 cities including Edina, Hopkins and Minnetonka)
○Enhance relationships with local law enforcement and cultural
communities
Radio Communication -new location in Plymouth
○PSAP: Handles over 600k emergency calls each year for over 50 law
enforcement agencies, fire departments, and EMS providers
Department of Community Corrections and Rehabilitation (DOCCR)
○Probation (adult & youth)
○Jails, Adult Correctional Facility and Juvenile Detention Center
○Supervises ~22K adults and juveniles
Public Safety –Sheriff & County Attorney
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Partnership with local law enforcement
○Joint Community Police Partnership
○Water Patrol
Sheriff’s Hennepin Crime Lab
○1 of 4 crime labs in MN that provide
support to 35 law enforcement agencies
Violent Crime Reduction
○Special Assignments Unit to focus on
auto theft, human trafficking, and
financial crimes
○HCSO Violent Offender Task Force
named ‘Task Force of the Year’
Be@School Program
○Working to intervene early with
truancy
Auto Theft Early Intervention Pilot
○Creation of an early intervention
pathway to offer voluntary services
and resources outside of the justice
system
Victim Services
○Assists victims of crimes to fully and
safely participate in the adjudication
process
Housing
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●$14 million in one-time funds to
affordable housing owners-
developers
●Funded by Metro Sales & Use Tax
stabilizing 7,959 affordable housing
units
●Shelter All Policy -Hennepin County county
is proud of the policy that no child sleeps
outside
●Operating Hennepin Shelter Hotline
●Rapid Rehousing Programming
●Employing housing case managers to guide
residents to stable housing solutions
*53,090 households in Hennepin County make below
30% of the area median income, but there are only
18,705 housing units affordable to them.
Housing Stability Repair + Grow Program
Hennepin County Health Highlights
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Hennepin County Medical Center
○EMS working Group
○Ball Park Sales Tax Extension
○Uncompensated care growing
World-class Medical Examiner’s Office (Located in Minnetonka)
○Serves Hennepin, Dakota, and Scott Counties
○Perform death investigative services and forensic autopsy services for all residents
that pass away from other than natural causes
Hennepin Opioid Response
○Hennepin has adopted a four-part framework focused on Prevention, Response,
Treatment and Recovery, and Eliminating Disparities
Mental Health Response
○Crisis mobile response for youth and adults
○$15M Youth Crisis Stabilization Center (10-15 beds -opening in 2025)
Education
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Libraries
○41 libraries, 10 libraries in District 6
○2 new D6 Libraries include Edina Southdale and Westonka
Service Centers (drivers licenses/ID, tabs)
○7 total with Ridgedale and Southdale among the largest
Elections
○Works with Local, State and Federal partners to support voting services for
over one million residents
Assessment Services
○Hennepin County now directly assessing for all municipalities with
populations under 30,000 & meeting to expand to all 45 cities
○To learn about assessment, including appeal processes, go to
www.hennepin.us/residents/property/assessment
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Resident Services Highlights
Transit & Mobility
○Integrated network of roads, bridges, bikeways, sidewalks
Energy & Environment
○Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (HERC) board voted to close between 2028-2040
○Goals to improve recycling, composting and waste reduction
○Partnership with all school districts on composting and recycling
Transportation -Operations & Project Delivery
○Plans, designs & constructs
○Maintains county road infrastructure
Climate & Resiliency
○Zero waste goals –leads climate action plan
○Planted more than 348,000 trees since 2020 to meet our one million tree goal by
2030
Track Current Road Projects:
https://www.hennepin.us/en/residents/transportation/construction-projects
Keep track of 2025 transportation projects hwww.hennepin.us/residents/transportation/road-maintenance13
Public Works & Transportation
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Hennepin County Community Grants
Tree Canopies
Eligible Projects:
●Collecting data with tree inventories and developing tree management plans
●Holding tree planting events and maintaining newly planted trees
●Removing and replacing ash trees
●Conducting tree-related education
Youth Activities
Eligible Projects:
●Water safety: grants to support free and reduced cost swim lessons as well as lifeguard service
●Sports: grants available for sports equipment, play spaces and sports facilities.
●Arts and Music: funding for art and music education and programming.
Business Recycling
Eligible Projects:
●Recycling containers
●Organics recycling setup and supplies
●Reusable food service supplies and other waste-reduction efforts
Additional economic development grants for businesses, cities, and developers can be found here.
Questions &
Discussion
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