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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 26, 2001 • Page 2 1 Partners Program that has the Parks and Recreation Department soliciting proposals from communities for 2 soccer fields. Ms.Wiessner also identified the Silver Lake Camp in St.Anthony and indicated that Ramsey 3 County would like to partner with Hennepin Parks and establish some type of environmental educational 4 facility to be located at that park. 5 Ms.Wiessner continued by reviewing the Workforce Solutions and new Workforce Investment Act. She 6 stated that there is a fifteen member Board of Directors for the Workforce Investment Board(WIB),and 7 indicated that they currently have vacancies for the business representatives positions on the WIB. Ms. s Wiessner stated that the purpose of the organization is to meet the needs of both employees and job 9 seekers, and said it is now a county-wide service. 10 Ms.Wiessner reviewed the Property Records and Revenue portion of the packet. She stated that a recent 11 meeting of the County Board concluded that they needed to explore financing mechanisms to pay for new 12 election equipment, and that they will obtain state and/or federal dollars to offset the cost to do so. 13 Ms.Wiessner indicated that,this summer,the county appraisal staffwould be focusing revaluation efforts 14 on a county-wide re-assessment of land values and on the revaluation of approximately 36,000 residential 6 parcels in neighborhoods with unusually volatile values. 16 Ms.Wiessner indicated that the only construction work that would be going on in St.Anthony was the 17 bridge work on Silver Lake Road just north of 37`h Avenue Northeast. 18 Ms.Wiessner reviewed the Community Human Services portion ofthe packet. She highlighted the Living 19 at Home/Block Nurse Program which helps older citizens remain in their homes. She added that their hope 20 is to expand the program into the suburban areas. She reviewed the Resources Recovery Project,and the 21 current issues with the Project. 22 Ms.Wiessner explained that the Welfare Reform in Ramsey County,which began about two and a half 23 years ago,had ten thousand families that were on public assistance at that time,and was down to eight 24 thousand families today. They estimate that,by the end of the five year period,they will be left with about 25 two thousand families. 26 Ms.Wiessner referred to the Adoption portion of Community Human Services. She indicated that one 27 hundred eighteen children were placed in adoptive homes in the year 2000. Ms.Wiessner mentioned the 28 Out-of-Home Placements which Counties around the state were trying to get this"unfounded mandate" 29 funded by the state during this legislative session. She indicated that the first response from the legislature 30 was to take away the same amount of money that they were requesting. Ms. Wiessner added that the 31 County spends about sixteen million on Out-of-home Placements,which is a very significant amount of money. She referred to a few graphs which highlighted the reasons that children are taken out of homes 3 (chemical use, unstable housing). 34 Ms.Wiessner indicated she attended a meeting on the Regional Transit Corridor. The most recent corridor