Committee - Regular Meeting

9:48 – 10:20•ACAngela Conley

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm just going to sing the praises right quick of NACD and the work they're doing in the community in and around Little Earth in the south side of Minneapolis around food access, fresh food access, and preservation of food resources. So they're just an amazing organization, and this work has been going on for quite some time, and it's very, very popular. And I am not biased at all, but the best butternut squash that you have ever had in your life, you will have tasted through NACD in Little Earth. Thank you.

23:27 – 24:23•MGMarion Greene

Commissioner Green. um thank you madam chair i also just wanted to voice appreciation for this bar i think as you reflected it's something that we've all been interested in and you named some great examples in our history and i was struck as you said that that it reminded me of what i've learned about the history of county government being sort of this gradual regional consolidation of things that we're doing on a regional basis so it just makes perfect sense and this really does feel like the time for it and There are a couple of things that have come up in the last number of years. The asses

24:25 – 27:27•JLJeffrey Lunde

Thank you, Madam Chair. Echo all the comments. I do think the crime lab is something to look at, because I do think a partnership can be a state partnership as well, that it can be not just city and county, it can be the three of us. I do think there's opportunity for Minneapolis, Hennepin County, and BCA to put something together as things change. I think there is interest at the cities. I remember last year we were taking some heat from some cities on tech property assessments, and this year suddenly everybody finds that to be a really good idea as they're trying to balance their budgets. An

27:30 – 29:47•KAKevin Anderson

Thank you, Madam Chair. You know, definitely expressing appreciation for this and looking for all ways that we can be more efficient and deliver services to our residents in a better way. I think, you know, it was brought up kind of some of the historical context of systems that have started either at a county level and then gotten broken down into cities, now looking at bringing them back. I think there's also a tendency of, you know, transit's a great example of where If it's not being delivered well, cities end up trying to take it on their own. And then doing things in a way that is limite