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MEMORANDUM <br />West Hennepin Human Services Joint Powers Cities <br />DATE:September 23, 1996 <br />TO:Mayors and City Councils of West Hennepin Area <br />FROM:On behalf of West Hennepin Human Services Joint Powers Cities: <br />Steve Mielke (Hopkins City Manager), Geralyn Barone (Minnetonka <br />Assistant City Manager), Kathy Lueckert (Plymouth Assistant City <br />Manager) and Wally Wysopal (St. Louis Park Assistant City Manager) <br />SUBJ Report on the Status of West Hennepin Human Services Board (also <br />known as Suburban Alliance) and Request to Declare Intent to Dissolve <br />Suburban Alliance as of January 31, 1997 <br />ACTION REQUESTED: 1 he West Hennepin Human Services Planning Board (also <br />known as Suburban Alliance) is no longer a viable organization because of significant debt <br />and inability j erfonn its core functions of human services planning and coordination. <br />During the summer, staff from several of the Suburban Alliance joint powers cities and <br />from Hennepin County have met with Suburban Alliance. Attempts to resolve the <br />outstanding debt issues, keep the agency financially solvent, and provide core services <br />have proven fruitless. The best option is to dissolve the West Hennepin Human Services <br />Planning Board. <br />We request that you receive the following report on the status of the West Hennepin <br />Human Services Planning Board, review the action plan and approve a motion declaring <br />intent to dissolve West Hennepin Human Services Planning Board as of January 31, 1997. <br />BACKGROUND; The West Hennepin Human Services Planning Board was formed <br />by a joint powers agreement in 1973. In recent years, the organization has employed the <br />name Suburban Alliance. Its purpose was to “...provide an organization through which <br />the parties may jointly and cooperatively coordinate the providing of human services, both <br />publicly and privately, in the territory of the parties.” In addition to planning and <br />coordinating human services, the board also provided a forum for citizen participation in <br />human services. One impetus for forming not only the West Hennepin Board but also the <br />Northwest Hennepin Human Services Planning Board and the South Hennepin Human <br />Services Board is that some of the state and federal human services funding received by <br />Hennepin County requires citizen input and participation. At the time the three boards <br />were created, Hennepin County and the cities agreed that such planning and participation <br />is best done at the local level.