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Preventing Homelessness Division

ELEVENTH MEETING

2021-2022 Regular Session - Wednesday, March 17, 2021

STATE OF MINNESOTA ELEVENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SECOND SESSION

PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS DIVISION

MINUTES

Representative Gomez, Chair of the Preventing Homelessness Division, called the virtual meeting to order at 10:30 a.m. on March 17, 2021, pursuant to House rule 10.01. The meeting was broadcast via Zoom and House Public Information Services.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:

GOMEZ, Aisha CHAIR
KEELER, Heather VICE CHAIR
NEU BRINDLEY, Anne REPUBLICAN LEAD
DAVIDS, Greg
HEINRICH, John
HOLLINS, Athena
HORNSTEIN, Frank
HOWARD, Michael
KOEGEL, Erin
PETERSBURG, John
REYER, Liz



A quorum was present.

Rep. Koegel moved to approve the minutes of March 10, 2021. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Presentation by Ramsey County and City of Saint Paul on Responding to the Housing Crisis and COVID-19.

Presenters:

Jim McDonough - Ramsey County Commissioner
Jamie Tincher - Saint Paul Deputy Mayor

St. Louis County Remarks.

Presenters:

Laura Birnbaum - St. Louis County

Presentation from Hennepin County

Presenters:

Julia Welle Ayres - Hennepin County, Housing and Economic Development Department
David Heweitt - Director, Office to End Homelessness

The meeting was adjourned at 12:01 p.m.





Rep. Gomez, CHAIR




Kevin Petrie, Committee Legislative Assistant
More Info On This Meeting..
House TV Video:
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03:20 - Presentation by Ramsey County on responding to the housing crisis and COVID-19.
45:10 - Presentation from Minnesota counties on current challenges in providing service to homeless populations.
Runs 1 hour, 30 minutes.


I. Presentation by Ramsey County & City of St. Paul on Responding to the Housing Crisis and COVID-19

II. Presentation from Minnesota Counties on current challenges in providing service to homeless populations

*Agenda items may be added or removed.

If you would like to sign up to testify or submit written testimony, please email sean.herring@house.mn at least two hours prior to the start of the remote hearing. Public testimony will be taken at the end of the hearing if time is available. If there is not time for testimony during the hearing, members of the public will be asked to submit their testimony in writing.

This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice.

If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation, please contact Jenny Nash at: jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122. Please do not contact her with questions about the substance of the meeting agenda.

Meeting documents will be posted on the Preventing Homelessness Division website at https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/Home/92017

This remote hearing is taking place pursuant to Rule 10.01, which you may view here: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/1001.htm