You need to play this. >> I don't think so. >> Oh, not going. >> Not going. There we go. I might just have you do it one way. I think it might be out of battery. I'm not sure. Um,
>> we have an echo. >> All right. >> We good? >> We still have another. >> And I just echoed Erica, too, when she said anything. >> How about now?
>> Yeah. Good. No, >> don't say anything. I thought it was just me for a minute. uh and then of course we joined in 2024. So it it's kind of u some of the some of the efforts and a lot of the tools are
through AARP here uh as well as through our state partners. So, it's been um a really uh it's really been a fun movement, but it broadly the movement broadly aims to improve these eight areas of eight domain areas. And it really is just that we're intentional at
looking at these. And so, the built environment and I oh, that one's not actually flipped. Um so, it does provide structure in the eight domains of livability. And um the the top portion is the built environment
and that focuses on housing um outdoor spaces and buildings and transportation. And then, excuse me, the social environment, which focuses on health services, community supports like um uh many of our partners on the aging
coalition, social participation, respect and social inclusion, communication and information, and then um civic participation and employment. So, those are kind of the the eight areas of domain. one was added on during COVID that's emergency preparedness and that's
one that um Andrea has done a lot of focus on as well. But this was this is sort of the general overview of the model is to is to put this framework into um all of the work we do across um certainly across Cook County as as different uh departments but as agencies
and businesses do the work is really where do we uh where every every area of our community has the opportunity to whether it's um to improve communication or to look at respect and inclusion to look at how we enter into um offices or
spaces or businesses, are there steps, what kind of barriers are there? So, it's it's kind of all of this this lens of looking at every aspect of our of our community through this lens. So, that's just broadly again that age friendly lens. >> No,
good morning. So, I'm going to describe about our county demographics. Start by saying that C County spans more than 1,450 square miles, making it one of the largest counties in Minnesota by land
area. Yet with a population of just 5, uh, 800 residents about the communities uh that are in the county are represented by Grammar, Grand Portage, Luden, Tufty, Schroeder,
Hovland, the Gunflim Trail, M Trail, and Uptrail and um in greater Cook County. Each one of those locations carries their own character, history, and cultural strength.
And on the graphic right there, we want to highlight how the older adults now make about onethird of the population. And this portion is growing as residents age in place and retirees
move here. This trend will be this trend will influence our services, our workforce and our long-term planning for many years ahead. I would like to say that extreme seasonal weather, long distances between
communities and very limited public transportation add to the challenges of rural living. For residents without personal vehicle, simply reaching health care, groceries or social activities can be difficult.
Housing options are limited, especially one level or accessible homes and the middle housing is nearly non-existent. In the next slide, we can see the projection for the next um till 2050 of
what will be the demographic distribution based on age. And then um we can see on the slide that in the year um we have to focus on the green bar that would be representing our older
adult population. On 2024 we were at 30% by census data but the projection that was by now 2025 were at 33% and is likely to increase all the
way to 2055 no 2035 I'm sorry that we will reach our peak of adult older adult population and then it's like slightly going the curve is going down. Oh, and then highlight that the school
age kids compared to older adults is is significant is less than half. So we can see there are age distribution and how important is to um address our older
adult population. Now I would like to talk to you about the community engagement process. So this project as is named it was carried out by county public health in in
conjunction with Cook County Care Partners. So, Julie Wilson and I um went along went around the county in about 11 11 listening sessions in which we engage with the community members in all those
different locations that are across the county. And as well we did uh launch a survey based on um 86 questions that touched uh in different in the
eight domains of livability that they were that were mentioned earlier in the slide but adding a ninth domain that was added uh after the pandemic which is called disaster preparedness. So out of the listening sessions and the
um survey results, we came up with key findings. And for those the the top five priorities of area or um domains of livability would be health services and
community supports and that includes access to inh home care, caregiving support and specialized services, housing, especially about affordable housing, safe and age friendly homes.
Transportation. This is highlighting the many residents unable to access essential services without personal vehicle disaster preparedness that highlights the importance of ensuring that older adults are included in
planning and communications for severe weather and emergencies. in community and in communication and information with a particularly need for clear reliable awareness of available programs and support.
Okay. So to just kind of touch on this because I I uh I don't I don't think we need to spend a too much time but just kind of a visual for you all again of where we have been. Uh we did the initial enrollment and um we applied for
the grant to do this um kind of uh assessment process and uh we kind of went through that process. In the first year we did a lot of that work and then this last year we've been working on the action plan. the next couple years then we intend to implement the action plan
and and track track our progress um and this is through 2029 um I believe the grant itself is through this the end of this first quarter in 2026 um but then to be evaluate the impact so that's um just broadly our our
timeline for this particular season of this project so this is this slide just reiterates what those top priority areas in the domains of livability are. And I'll add that um when we did this project, we
were very intentional to align it with our community health assessment because that's an assessment we already are required by state statute to be completing and working towards uh in the form of our community health improvement plan. Um and it happened that we didn't
make this happen. it happened organically that there was alignment between the priority areas we found in our age friendly work and in our community health assessment. So going forward, regardless of what happens with grant funding, we intend to use this age
friendly lens when we're doing community health assessment and community health improvement plan because it makes sense given the changing demographics of our community and just respect for that full lifespan of residents from, you know,
very very young to elders in the community. to include this principle of what does it mean to look at our community through an age friendly lens. So you'll see quite a bit of alignment and um that was both you know I mean it
makes sense it's sort of affirming of that the priorities for our older adult population very much align with the priorities for our community overall. using that lens is what makes this project unique and different and gives
us a tool that we can carry forward. Um so the remainder of the presentation is actually going through section by section of the plan these different priority areas and talking through what our goals and strategies will be.
As I mentioned earlier, housing has emerged as one of the most urgent concernings. During our community forums and survey, residents described the gap between existing housing stock and what older adults needs need to safely age in
place. For example, onele living, accessible design, affordable options, and modest modifications like grab bars, weatherization, and improved insulation. So these challenges are intensified by
Cook County's climate um the age of 16 the age of the existing homes and the limited local contractor pool. So together these factors make
a aging in place more difficult and place older older adults at higher risk for unsafe living conditions. So this plan focuses on strengthening the practical support, education, cross
agency coordination and direct housing assessments to help residents remain safely around uh remain safely housed in their community.
As you can see the table and maybe you could see it better in your in the plan in that you have printed with you that the main goal is to support access to safe stable and age friendly housing and then for that we have four strategies.
One is to advocate for uh accessible creative housing options for older adults to age in place. And for that one um is coordinating
um these goals with the HA. Thank you. um the uh county zoning the healthy home programs to prior prioritize aging in place designs and modifications.
So the second strategy is to convene um healthy housing network continue convening. I just want to explain a little bit the health healthy housing network that has come up with the healthy housing program and I know one
of the main goals of that program is to serve have recipients of that um this year we we we are in a three-year cycle of a grant received by MDH and one
of the goals is that out of the 39 healthy home projects we were going to do 10 would have to be older adults. However, at least half of those recipients have been older adults. So, I think aligning that those goals with the
housing plan is one of our priorities. The next is uh continue to offer healthy home assessment for all the adults. Again, to create those modifications that are needed for them to age in place and to educate them about what needs to
be um educate them about what is does it take for them to age um have healthy aging at home. and by going through the checklist on the visits that
we do and then continue to provide education on housing and um advocate for the needs of older adults. So the second the second um area that that um our community informed us was a
priority was transportation. I'm sure no surprise there. That's another um key one. Uh the goal is to improve then access to reliable accessible uh transportation for older adults. And the strategies are to provide options for
non-emergency medical support. So, um, like we do at Care Partners and through inhome support here at the county. Um, and then we the implementation is to continue to recruit volunteer drivers as we continue to see that need increase.
Um and uh uh and then really kind of hoping to assess the the Boreal Transit project that had uh also had a grant a couple years ago and um is kind of in the process of assessing uh the future
of that project um through the county here. Uh metrics are annual recap uh of volunteer driver capacity and the needs for both care partners and Cook County Human Services. Um, and we will utilize the aging coalition that exists, the Cook County Aging Coalition as a place
to um to uh I suppose a little bit of an accountability and um and building collaborations around that. And then outcomes is a stable range of non-emergency medical transportation resources that be available to older adults in Cook County. Um and then
further down if I if you look at the strategies is also to continue to partner with regional transit efforts through AEOA and really being involved with and participating in their uh advisory council meetings. Um and then a quarterly report on any AOA
updates also to the aging coalition and I also think the PHS advisory uh board is our another place we didn't write here greater awareness um outcome would be to just have greater awareness of regional transportation resources challenge challenges and opportunities
to develop further um commitments All right, the next domain is information and communications and our goal is that older adults receive timely and accessible information on resources. Um, and our two main strategies, one is
to use um local resource directories. So, Care Partners uh through the aging coalition has developed a a resource called the Aging Well Resources. It's a um it's an online guide. There's also a care partners staff that can answer the
phone if somebody calls aging well resources to help people navigate to what's available. Um and so part of that strategy is just really amplifying that resource and making sure that staff and community members know that it's available to them. There's also a
project in the works that I believe this board is well aware of to create a a more general resource directory website for the county. Um, and so that will be another resource we can use to make sure that our community members know what's available to them. And then the the
second strategy is uh around emergency communications. There's some overlap here with the disaster preparedness domain. Um, but when we think about how to communicate in an emergency, we don't want to assume that everybody's receiving information in the same way.
So, we want to make sure that we're going beyond communicating via social media and make using print resources, um, other online resources, radio, as well as Andrea's done a great job at developing, um, anticipatory guidance
through like things like the winter preparedness campaign, the magnet project on what to do to prepare for a power outage. We want to make sure people get some of that information before there is an emergency situation and that they're also guided to different avenues to uh receive
information in the moment. Uh the third one of course is health services and community supports. That was uh something of very loudly uh expressed concerns and needs of and of course we all know the the specialty the need to get to specialty medical appointments and these are all so
intertwined with one another aren't they? every as we know transportation impacts uh communication impacts um health and community supports impacted by housing and it's all it's all a web together but um the goal under the
health and health services and community supports is to identify and support community based services that make aging in place feasible. Our strategies are to promote existing resources such as the hubs, elder outreach programs, care partners, uh, rested care coordination services, Grand Portage elder wellness
services, just kind of really again that um, aging well resources is a great place to make people aware. Um, but again, it is a web based thing. So, we really just hope we have continued to hope that um
is utilized a lot by uh certainly professionals that are working with folks to to help them become aware of what's available. Uh support again back to health and health services and community sports. uh support, excuse me, I'm gonna go across um our sorry our
implementation actions is to crossromote programs um across agencies serving older adults and continue to refer clients to available services and agencies uh metrics. Again, we continue to hope to um uh work with the aging coalition where there's already a
natural coalition of people working together um that have concerns around aging. Uh and so sharing that uh updates with not only our own work but what work is being done with other by other agencies and then outcome older adults are well connected uh to be available
to the available community uh resources and then also a strategy is to support caregivers and of older adults and again um continue to support the existing support groups and promote peer-led programs. Um metrics is the number of
events and opportunities that are available for our caregivers to support them. And then outcome is that caregivers feel supported and connected uh within Cook County. And then uh also the the strategy to address social isolation and agism uh
through community programming and really uh impleing amplifying excuse me the aging well resources and the community event calendar that's there for older adults. Um again we can track metrics through aging well uh website on the use of that and then um older adults have
opportunities to connect with community events and resources is the goal that those opportunities are there. And then uh lastly the uh strategy to continue to assess and this is sort of an ongoing thing as a community we have is to continue to assess and document unn
unmet particular services. So, uh, um, this can go as deep and as wide as we're able to do in the future here, but, uh, things that of course such as assisted living, hospice, PCAs, rest, but, all of those needs of services in their homes that we know exist to continue to assess
that and document. Um, so really gather information from potential service recipients as well as professional agencies on specific needs that are um uh um that are identified by individual by
specific individuals. We're going to create a data um gathering mechanism and a timeline format for reporting back to the aging coalition on this as well. And then aging service providers are better able to describe unmet needs. So that's really the outcome is that we're better
able to describe what are the needs, specific needs, not not so much broadly, but really specific needs of the older adults that wish to continue to live in Cook County and age here. And lastly, I'll just uh touch on the uh
disaster preparedness plan. And then the overarching goal is to prepare all the adults for emergencies in ways that are practical, community based, and integrated into the systems we already have.
So, um I'm kind of like going to just give you a summary, not like detail by detail there. Um the main idea is that older adults can access preparedness guidance at the trusted places they already go. So
reducing the barriers and strengthening their services. Also neighbors checking on one another during emergencies is our main goal to support the the nature of our geographic
area and how we are distributed here. So a body system is something um we highly encourage and also is to integrate an age friendly lens into all public health emergency planning.
This means intentionally centering the needs of older adults in our emergency plans. So specific sections to access to functional needs with clear considerations for older adults across all hazards and ensure that during emergency
responses or and under an emergency response system are more responsive to the realities and experiences of older adults in Cook County. So overall we want our older adults to be better supported before, during, and
after an emergency. and where preparedness is woven into everyday interactions, neighbor relationships, and county planning. Oh, and here we are. What's next?
So, uh, really our next thing, our next initial step is to, um, is really to to launch some followup. So reporting back to the community um on on uh again just a refresher on what the
findings were and then how we hope to continue to these conversations um and present this work. So uh Care Partners does monthly lunch and learns and we will do um kind of an update and u perhaps a charge for some uh uh uh idea opportunities at our lunch and
learn in uh February. And um and then yeah, just re reconnecting with the community on some of these findings at various uh listening sessions again. And then really just the focus will be really spreading awareness on age friendly lens and the tools so that we just continue to have that in the
forefront of mind. I think especially in county planning at all levels um is really really important. And then um from Care Partners perspective, it's really continuing to engage um the individuals uh the older adults in the community as well as other organizations
and agencies and and hopefully business uh as well and um really come up with some um tangible ways to see this visually in our community really showing up. And we're hoping to make an impact. But our next steps are really getting this um information out to our
communities and helping them see themselves in this work. And that's it for our presentation, but we're happy to take questions from uh members of the board. Commissioner Sullivan, I see your hand up. >> Thank you so much. Um a question I have
is um we have two organizations that are meeting tomorrow that would really benefit from getting a copy of your report. The HR is meeting tomorrow and um we'll be talking uh specifically about senior housing and
also the Cook County Local Energy Project is meeting tomorrow. Um H at 3, CIP at 5. Um and Ccl has in the past contributed funding towards healthy housing. So I would strongly suggest
that if you can get um electronically this information to the these two organizations um it would be something that would be very very timely for them to take a look at. >> Happy to do that. >> Thank you. >> Thank you >> Mr. Gamble.
>> Yeah. Thank you m or sir. >> Yes. >> I go by all names. >> Thank you for the presentation. Uh a lot of good information. Um I think as as I hear the presentation
that the thing that uh impresses me is connecting resources on a local level so we understand our community and connect them to the resources that are available. So if I look at all your
different, you know, points here, um, uh, develop materials and communicate, uh, and communication strategies that consider how older adults receive information. That's an important one. I know um in managing senior housing the
number of individuals that I have that have access to uh materials through the internet and those that don't it's a foreign world to them and so I think that's a very important thing to understand how we do that sometimes we
think technology is a resource and we make assumptions that everybody uses the resource and they don't so when we look at this demographic I think that's an important important point under your communication and information. The other thing is um uh under health services and
community supports crossromote programming um across agencies serving older adults and the the association with ARP. Uh there are many associations and I I just searched uh when I uh when
you were presenting here Minnesota resour resources for um older adults and there are a number of these resources. So I think part of the analysis is looking at these resources finding out where they provide information that we
might not have or making us aware of things that we might be missing. um the Minnesota State Portal resources for older adults. Uh there just there's just a num a number of things. So um part of
that speaks to the issue of not reinventing uh the wheel, but it goes back to my earlier comment about making these resources available locally and understanding our local demographic. And
I think that that's certainly uh uh something that that would be important. The other thing is um that the the lunch and learn which is held at higher education
uh February 25th. Um it might be recommended if you if you look at where you find seniors where our population goes and is comfortable to meet them in that setting. It might be good to look
at at having this option elsewhere in the community other than just you know at community uh higher education. the hub would be a suggestion and then the east and west end looking at how do we make it convenient for people to be
involved in this process of informing us and us informing them. So those are just some thoughts I have. I appreciate the presentation. >> Thank you Commissioner Gamble. >> Any other Frank? >> Thank you. Thank you um for the
presentation and that information. And I'd like to um reinforce Commissioner Gamble's idea um about understanding the local demographic. Okay. Um one
one one little point um 60 20% of people 65 and over older in Cook County live alone. Nationally that number is more like 30%. So we have
fewer people of that age group living alone and there's some good reasons for that. Maybe just tougher up here to live alone than it is if you're in a city or something and then therefore people leave. Um but that's just one example of
understanding how our local demographics are very important in addressing the local problems with our local resources. The other thing is it's very easy to talk about the 65 plus demographic. There is no 65 plus demographic that has
similar characteristics. Okay. One way of getting around this people talk about the young old you know 65 to whatever the literature is all over the place. They go 65 to 85 65 to 75
whatever. But point being that there's a huge difference in the abilities uh resources activities of people the way I was 10 years ago and my mother who I'm going down to visit who is 98.
Uh okay huge difference. So when you're planning your your resources, when you're analyzing your data, I think you need to be a little a little finer in your in your in your parsing of the
needs of the 65 and up huge difference. So just to bring that as an awareness, not only uh an age friendly awareness, but understanding the difference in abilities and needs within that 65 plus community.
It's huge. Um, okay. Um, otherwise, great work. >> Thank you for bringing that up. Um, Commissioner Celp. I I think I've heard that said that it's like comparing any other 40 degrees uh, you know, 40
spectrum of 40 years in our life, the vast difference of that. And yeah, it's a really important thing to to point out. Thank you. >> Any other questions or comments? >> Commissioner Mills, >> Mr. Trump, >> thank you and thank you so much for
presenting today. I just have a question about the grant. You mentioned that the um actually can you fill us in on the the time period for the grant and then the possibility to apply for another grant? >> Sure. So the time frame for the grant um
we've received two awards and that started in 2023 and it ends in 2026. So um it goes through June I believe it's yeah I believe it's June 30th of 2026 is the end of this grant cycle. Um
these are grants that the state made available to local communities after the state decided to pursue age friendly certification with the understanding that this type of change happens in local communities. It doesn't just
happen at the state level. Um I am uncertain how likely it is that these grants will be available for an additional cycle. I know that AARP has an alternate funding source for communities that have joined the age
friendly network. Um, and regardless, being in that network does give us access to technical assistance resources that um, that is valuable. So, we're able to learn from other communities that are in the age friendly network. Um,
but it was very intentional to layer this into our assessment and planning process for public health so that regardless of grant funding, we are able to continue to use the lens and do the work at some level, although maybe not at the level we have been doing it with
grant funding, but that it won't be something that we just have to set down completely if we are not able to secure additional funds. >> Thank you. And I can also um address that uh you know aging funding u comes into our
community through other organizations you know outside of the county work where we can also continue to utilize that lens our care partners and the hub and um through the clinic and the hospital and different areas where our hope is that this just really um that we
as representatives um certainly and and all of you on the different committees and things that we're bringing this this thought and this lens into the work we do no matter what it is. Um and so but as far as funding goes for some really
tangible specific things um my thought is that likely will come through individual agencies and collaborations and maybe a little bit through the aging coalition as well is is what we will have to do if there isn't kind of that ongoing um funding from at the state
level which is seeming not likely at this juncture unfortunately but Mr. Dam. >> Yeah. The funding uh 2023 through 2026, it's a 4-year grant.
>> Um it so it's a little bit confusing. It was one grant with the opportunity to apply for some additional fundings and and an extension. So it is technically one contract with DHS. we just received more than we initially received because
we did successfully apply for that extension through 2026. >> Okay. So, um yeah, just wanted to understand it. If it's a single grant that the funds are distributed and you have four years to spend it or if it's an allocation that comes annually in
that regard, that's what I >> award and then we invoice DHS for funding to reflect the time that we've spent and the work that we've done on the project. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Great. Thank you very much. Um >> happy to happy to see the action plan
and um like you said, even without uh further grant funding, I think we have a structure and um identified um goals in place that we can work towards and use that lens in all of our decision making. >> I would just excuse me. I would just
like to comment on these um colleagues of mine at the county and the really uh intentional way because of this potential of not having ongoing funding that they have really worked hard to build it into. Andrea has been really
creative on bringing it into all the work she does and um Grace of course I I think putting it into the chip uh has been a really valuable thing for our community that it's sort of embedded in there as she said I think um
just kudos to my colleagues here at the county. Can I hear here? >> I I do recall when we first uh were talking about this too, the significance of the AAP funding um and joining this and just having that additional potential resource too. So clearly all
is not lost and we've got we've got a good product here already. So >> again, question about the funding. Is there a requirement with the grant that that ARP has presented to report back as the
results of what was accomplished using those monies? >> Yeah. >> So, we do report quarterly to DHS. So, each quarter we have a progress report that we submit to DHS letting them know what it is that we did uh with the
funding that they provided. and that'll continue through the end of the grant period at the end of June 2026 with the AARP. Joining that network is uh it's what we applied to do with the grant funds, but it's somewhat separate. So, if we want to remain active in the
AARP age friendly communities network, we do upload our action plan and our initial findings. So everything there is uh like a repository for all of the age friendly communities of what they're doing which was actually really helpful to us when we were writing our action
plan because we could look at other action plans and say okay this is what an action plan might look like and this is what we want ours to look like. So to remain active in that network, we do have to uh within this five-year period upload our action plan and our you know
commitment from the board to join the AAP age friendly communities network and then report back. Um otherwise we would just become inactive in the age friendly network. So >> thank you. Mhm. And I would just add from a funding perspective, the other
value of being an age friendly community is it does state that our that all of you and our community um is very supportive of being an agefriendly community. And I think that statement um from my perspective as an agency is very
valuable in um in other funding requests, right? to be able to state we have a community that is very supportive of age friendly initiatives and um we are part of the age friendly network and I think that uh from my perspective as a
director of an agency that's that's really valuable as well. So thank you. >> All right that's all done. Um, our next item is the director's report and we will be ending at 9:30.
Um, so there's, um, couple items for board action, too. But first, I'll hand it over to Paul. >> Thank you, chair. I want to take a minute first to thank um Andrea, Julie,
and Grace for their work on this uh and their presentation from this very important and relevant topic for our community and um for their work to promote Cook County as a friendly community and for their collaboration and productive work
between the two agencies for so thank you for all the work you've done and for this presentation. Um, I'm going to go quick here. Um, be mindful of time. I'm going to start with staff updates. We have an offer accepted
for both children, family, and services case managers. One was projected to start on December 1st. We are working with um we're trying to assist with finding housing. I think um last time I checked housing was
available so it was I just left it between the two parties to negotiate and to figure out all the details. The other worker um has accepted the offer and with the projected start date of um likely now as a January 1st of course
that's a holiday so it will be adjusted accordingly. Second interview has been scheduled with the behavioral health supervisor candidate for this week on Thursday where a large group of um well I wouldn't call it large but I'll call it
multi- um um kind of that engages different areas of our department and and community including Grand Portage Human Services uh some consultants uh administrator Christristen and some uh staff members. So, we're um uh looking
forward to that. And of course, the public health and human services director interviews are scheduled to begin first round next week. Uh if and when we uh fill those positions
um we'll be fully staffed for now until the recommendations come out from the um um the consultants we're working on with um based on the um their work with our
department in the next few weeks. And I do have a pretty good list of updates that I was provided by Grace, but I think I'm going to include that in to the minutes uh rather than reading through now to allow some time for the
the board um action items to uh be um reviewed. >> Okay. Yeah. in trouble. >> Clarify one one piece which is that the director um interviews um we will be reviewing applicants today and tomorrow and scheduling them on the
24th. We have a hold in place for that day but they have not been formally scheduled yet. >> Thank you. >> Okay, thank you very much. Um we'll move on down to the items for board action then. The first one is the mutual aid
agreement. Um you want to go over that plumbing? Yeah, this agreement was first presented um to me in in in the first couple weeks when I started as an interim director and um you know um my understanding and
then um and has been reviewed by the county attorney with recommendation to be approved. Um my um what I learned since is that um the counties in the region here including tribal um um
communities have come together to um sign this agreement to offer help to each other in case of an emergency. Um and it's basically providing uh staff support for each other and resources um in various different um um emergencies
that may come up. It had been it has been reviewed by our emergency management director again with the recommendation to um accept it. Um most counties have already um signed an and agreement with just a few left including
Cook County. Um therefore I'm asking the board to take action today and approve this agreement so we enter with the rest of the counties and um tribal lands into this agreement. >> Thank you, Commissioner Campbell.
>> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um I'd make a motion to uh approve the mutual aid agreement 2025 through 2027 number 9509. >> Thank you, Commissioner Gamble. We have a motion. Is there support? >> Support. Thank you, Commissioner White. Motion in support. Any further
discussion? All those in favor? I. >> Those opposed? Motion passes unanimously. Thank you. Uh on to item uh 5B is uh 2026 MIP uh service agreement.
Any anything you'd like to touch on there, P? This is a standard ban annual agreement we have for department of human services to um to provide services in our community. We do we do um have a separate agreement with uh the AOA to
provide MIP and EWP. MIP is the Minnesota Family Investment Plan Services. Again, um I have um reviewed that with our economic assistance supervisor and and I'm asking the board
to take action and approve the >> do any questions for plumbing? >> Commissioner Sullivan. >> Mr. Chair, I'd like to make a motion to request the approval of the 2026 2027 Minnesota Family Investment Program bian
biianial service agreement. >> Support. Thank you. We have a motion and support. Any further discussion here? Hearing or seeing none. All those in favor? >> I >> I opposed. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you.
And so, um, we, uh, have about five minutes if there are any things we want to touch on for the updates. Yes, Commissioner Svin. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, I'd just like to mention, um, that both Andrea and also Julie Wilson, who was with us
earlier, um, presented yesterday along with me at the hub on winter preparedness. They did an excellent job. I really appreciate the opportunity to work with them and they had about 20 people in attendance for that presentation. Um, also at the hub and
Commissioner White, um, I'm sure you're aware of this as well, they've been serving meals, um, additional meals during the month of November to veterans. And I checked on the count, 68 veterans have been served meals um, to this date at the hub. And uh lastly,
just from the emergency preparedness committee, I think you're all aware our hazard mitigation plan is online and available to for the public to respond and react to. We're very interested in getting public comment on that. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Anyone else have uh committee reports that they want to need to touch on? >> Sound like there's anything pressing. Um so then we'll just move on through. um to our last item which is the adjournment.
>> Thank you. >> Streamlining everything. >> Um project sometime between December 2nd and 4th. Maybe we'll soon head over there. Um People just over there
going to visit mom.