[GAVEL] >> WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR APRIL 9, 2025. I AM JASON CHAVEZ, AND AI AM THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I
WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMIND TO ALL MEMBERS AND STAFF THAT THIS MEETING IS BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICITION. THE BROADCAST INCLUD REAL-TIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF
OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECHO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. AT THIS TIME I'LL ASK THE CLERK.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE, PRESENT. >> RAINVILLE, ESENT. >> ELLISON, HERE.PALMISANO, PRE. VICE CHAIR WONSLEY IS ABSENT. CHAIR CHAVEZ, PRESENT. >> THERE ARE FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM. WE WILL BE JOID BY VICE CHAIR WONSLEY SHORTLY.
WITH THAT, THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING IS BEFOR US. THERE IS ONE ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THIS ITEM IS SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE APRIL 23 TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE FOR CIVIL
RIGHTS, AMENDING PROVISIONS TO ADD NEW PROTECTED CLASSES, BOLSTER ENFORCEMENT OF CURRENT PROTECTIONS AND AMEND PROCEDURES FOR EFFICIENCY AND EAS OF USE. COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AY
THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? AND THAT CARRS. NEXT UP, WE WILL TAKE UP PUBLIC COMMENT ITEMS. THIS ITEM IS RECEIVING AND FILING PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED TO AUTONOMOUFOOD DELIVERY TECHNOLOGY AND ITS IMPACT ON WORKERS.
HERE TO KICK OFF THI ITEM IS ANDRA HAWKENS FROM POLICY AND RESEARCH.
WE WILL BE CHECKING TO SEE -- WE ACTUALLY CAN START THE PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
IF YOU ARE NOT SIGNED UP YET AND WISH T SPEAK, PLEASE SEE THE CLERKS RIGHT OVER THERE AND SIGN UP. EACH SAKER WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY. WITH THAT, OUR FIRST SPEER IS -- RYAN.
HI. >> I WILL TRY TO READ THE -- >> ALL RIGHT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS RYAN MALLOY, A SHOP STEWARD FOR TEAMSTER LOCAL 320. I WORK ON THE UNIVERSITY OF
MINNESOTA'S EAST BANK CAMPUS AND THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS WORKER. I AM ALSO ENROLLED AS A PART-TIME STUDENT PURSUING DEGREES IN PHILOSOPHY AND CREATIVE WRITING. I AM GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT THE IMCTS OF THE UNIVERSITY'S PILOT AUTONOMOUS
DELIVERY PROGRAM. TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IS UNIVERSAL TO THE VALUES. HOWEVER, IN THE PURSUIT OF THE VALUES T UNIVERSITY OFTEN FAILS TO TAKENTO ACCOUNT THE NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF WORKERS WHO ARE ESSENTIAL TO ITS FLOURISHING.
TODAY I WILL GIVE VOICE TO SOME CONCERNS FREQUENTLY EXPRESSED BY FELLOW UNION MEMBERS IN REGARD TO THIS PROGRAM.THE FIRS TO VOICE TODAY IS THE NEED FOR PROACTIVE REGULATION BY THE CITY SO THAT THE EMPLOYEES CANNOT USE THIS TECHNOLOGY TO EXPLOIT THEIR
WORKERS. AUTOMATION AND AI ARE CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE AT OUR UNIVERSITY AND BEYOND. AND WHAT WORKERS NEED ARE REGULATIONS THAT ENSURE OUR SAFETY AND WELL-BEING. THE SECOND CONCERN IS ABOUT HOW THIS TECHNOLOGY IS IMPLEMENTED IN OUR CURRENT CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS.
THE TEAMSTERS HAVE INTRODUCED BARGAINING PROPOSALS THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE UNIVERSITY TO RECEIVE PERSSION FROM THE UNION BEFORE USING SUCH TECHNOLOGY. WE BELIEVE THAT THE UNIVERSITY SHOULD BE PRESSURED TO ACCEPT THIS LANGUAGE TO INSURE THE
RIGHT TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. THE UNIVERSITY CLAIMS THAT DELIVERING ROBOTS ARE EASY FOR THE DINING PROGRAM, BUT IN MY EXPERIENCE, STUDENTS VALUE THE WORK AND SERVICE OF LONG-TIME DINING EMPLOYEES MORE THAN FANCY NEW TECHNOLOGIES.
THE PRIORITIES SHOULD BE SUPPORTING THE CURRENT DINING WORK FORCE. IF THE UNIVERSITY WANTS TO ADOPT THESE NEW TECHNOLOGIES, THEY SHOULD DO SO WITH THE PERMIT AND PERMISSION OF THE TEAMSTE AND GOVERNMENT BODIES. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.NEXT UP . WELCOME. >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WOULD LIKE TO START BY EXPRESSING MY GRATITUDE FOR YOUR INVITATION TO SPEAK TODAY HERE ON BEHALF O MY UNION BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN LOCAL 320.
MY NAME IS JUSTIN RODEN AND I AM A COOK WITH THE STARSHIP DELIVERY DRONES OPERATE. THE DRONES BEING DISCUSSED ARE A SMALL PART OF THE WIDER ISSUE NOT JUST IN MINNEAPOLIS BUT NATIONWIDE, PERHAPS GLOBALLY. IT IS WHAT I CALL THE SILICONE
VALLEYF VACATION SOCIETY. A MOVE FAST AND BREAK THINGS MENTALITY APPLIED TO MORE AND MORE ASPECTS OF DAILY LIFE. TOUCH SCREENS KIOSKS AND CONTACTLESS DELIVERY AS SYMPTOMS OF A WIDER ATTACK ON WORKING PEOPLE FROM ALL SIDES, PUSHING US INTO INCREASINGLY PRECARIOUS
AND UNPREDTABLE LIVES. A RACE TO THE BOTTOM ECONOMICALLY THAT IS DRIVING WORKING PEOPLE OUT OF THE CITIES SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME PLAYGROUNDS FOR THE RICH TECH BROS WHO HAVE REMADE THE CITIES IN THE IMAGE, ONE ONLY NEEDS TO LOOK AT SEATTLE OR SAN FRANCISCO
BAY TO SEE AN EXAMPLE. MORE SUFFO, MORE DATA POINTS TO HARVEST -- MORE SURVEILLANCE, MORE DATA POINTS TO HARVEST AND I AM NOT AGAINST TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION ANDED A VANCEMENT OUTRIGHT. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE TECHNOLOGICAL VELOPMENTS WHICH IMPROVE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND
LEAD TO MORE LEISURE TIME TO SELF-ACTUALIZE OUTSIDE OF THE DAILY WAGE LABOR DRUDGERY, BUT THIS IS NOT THEREND WE ARE SEEING. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS MAKING ART AND WRITING POETRY AND MAKING MUSIC, BUT HUMANS ARE WORKING TWO TO THREE JOBS TO KEEP THE RENT PAID T LIGHTS TURNED ONND FOOD ON THE TABLE.
THAT IS NOT THE DI DYSTOPIA THAI WANT TO WORK IN. >> CONVERSATIONS WITH COWORKERS UNDERSTAND THAT THE STARSHIP PROGRAM ISN'T AS POPULAR AS THE UNIVERSITY WOULD HAVE US BELIEVE AND PROBABLY NOT EVEN PROFITABLE. I THINK THIS PROGRAM IS NOT ONLY
A SIGN OF ALIENATION OF NOT JUST THE WORKER FROM THE PRODUCTS OF THEIR LABOR, BUT THE ALIENATION OF THE CONSUMER FROM THE WORKER ALL TOGETHER. I ALSO THINK IT'S JUST SIMPLY A BAD IDEA THAT ISN'T LIFTING OFF AND SHOULD PROBAY STAY ON THE TARMAC. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
TODAY. NEXT UP WE HAVE JACKSON. WELCOME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JACKSON KERR, A BUSINESS AGENT WITH TEAMSTERS LOCAL 320. I REPRESENT ABOUT 200 FOOD SERVICE WORKERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.
I DO WANT TO JUST ADD SOME COEXT TO WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD FROM RYAN AND JUSTIN TODAY. IN THE SPRING OF 2022, A NEW PRIVATE COMPANY CALLED CHARTWELLS SIGNED A MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE UNIVERSITY FOR MANAGEMENT CONTROL, TWIN CITIES DINING DEPARTMENT.
I WOULD SAY THIS NEW COMPANY HAS EFFECTIVELY DECLARED WAR O THE TEAMSTER WORK FORCE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. THE UNION HAS DOCUMENTED A AMATIC 96% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WHO ARE BEING DISCIPLINED AND TERMINATED IN THE DEPARTMENT. HAVING ANALYZED THE DATA WE HAVE
FOUND THAT WOMENND WORKERS OF COLOR ARE TARGETED BY CHARTWELL AT DISPRORTIONATELY HIGHER RATES THAN THE PEERS. THERE IS AN UPTICK IN HARASSMENT FROM H.R. AND SUPERVISORS INCLUDING YELLING, THREATS, AND EVEN PHYSICAL ASSAULT.
AND IN ADDITION TO THE DISCRIMIY HAVE BEEN UNDERMINING THE UNION CONTRACT. IAY ALL THIS BECAUSE THE CURRENT HEAD OF CHARTWELL FOR THE TWIN CITIES CAMPUS MADE A COMMENT TO THE TEAMSTER WORK FORCE THAT, QUOTE, ROBOTS ARE BETTER THAN HUMANS.
THE STARSHIP ROBOTS MIGHT SEEM HARMLESS, BUT LOOK AT THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING THE PILOT PROGRAM INCLUDING CHARTWELL IS CLEARHAT IT IS PART OF A LARGER AGENDA TO NORMALIZE AUTOMATION ON THE CAMPUSES AND IN THE WORK PLACES AND TO FULLY REPLACE UNION LABOR.
AND THIS IS ONE ME EXAMPLE OF CHARTWELL'S ATTACKS ON THE TEAMSTER'S UNIVERSITY AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY REQUESTING THAT THE COUNCIL DID NOT PROACTIVELY REGULATE THE TECHNOLOGIES AND PUT PRESSURE ON THE UNIVERSITY TO AGREE TO IT AN OMEGAS LANGUAGE WE HAVE PROPOSED IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS TO
AVOID THIS FROM SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANYMORE SPEAKERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? >> GREAT. SO SEEING NO ONE WISS TO SPEAK FURTHER ON THIS ITEM, I WILL NOW
CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. WE ALSO HAVE OUR STAFF HERE THAT CAN GIVE US THERESENTATION ON THIS ITEM, SO ANDREW, PLEASE WELCOME UP HERE.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME VICE CHR WONSLEY.
>> ALL RIGHT. APOLOGIES. I WAS DEALING WITH A PRIER ISSUE THAT WAS LESS THAN IDEAL BUT GLAD I MADE IT UP HERE IN TIME. IT WAS BENEFICIAL TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE OF THE PRESENTATION AS WELL.MY NAME IS ANDREW HAWKENS, DIRECTOR OF THE POLICY AND
SEARCH DIVISION IN THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND WE ARE HERE TO PROVIDE A DELIVERY ON DATA TECHNOLOGY AND PILOT PROGRAMS. ANON THE LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND AND DIRECTED BY THE COMMITTEE AND PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF AUTONOMOUS DRONE PROGRAMS INCLUDING PILOTS AND WHAT THE IMPACT MIGHT BE TO WORKERS AND OVERVI OF WHAT THE PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA INCLING ANY DATA THAT IS AVAILABLE ON THE PROGRAM. I AM LOOKING AT REGULATIONS IN THE FOOD DELIVERY THNOLOGY SPACE. AND THEN ALSO PROVIDING A HIGH
LEVEL OVERVIEW OF RESPONSES FROM LABOR ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE IMPLEMENTATION OFHESE TECHNOLOGIES. QUICK, BEFORE WE DIVE IN TO COVER THE SCOPE. THIS IS INTENDED TO SERVE AS A LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS OF NATIONWIDE PROGRAMS.
ALSO JUST DUE TO THE EXTREMELY EXPANSIVE RGE OF AUTONOMOUS DRONE PROGRAMS, THIS PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE LIMID PRIMARILY TO LAND BASE AND PERSONAL DELIVERY DEVICES. HOWEVER, WE WILL BE SUBMITTING A POLICY BRIEFING HOPEFULLY HERE WITHIN THE NEXT, I WOULD SAY DAY OR TWO, AND NO LATER THAN THE
END OF THE WEEK TO ATTACH TO THE LEGISLATIVE FILE THAT CONTAINS AN EXPANDED SCOPE THAT LOOKS AT UNMANNED AREA DRONES AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IS OUT THERE. AND THE UNIVERSE GETS FAIRLY BIG
FAIRLY FAST. INTRODUCTION, CURRENTLY THERE ARE AT LEAST 25 STATES AND I FEEL LIKE EVERY TIME I CHECKED IT IS CHANGING AND ANOTHER ONE IS BEING ADDED THAT HAVE REGULATIONS RELATED TO THE OPERATION OF SOME KIND OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE. AGAIN, JUST SPEAKING TO THE VARIETY OF THESE VEHICLES,
THEY'RE CURRENTLY BEING ADOPTED BEYOND, WELL BEYOND FOOD DELIVERY AND MEDICAL DELIVERY THROUGH REMOTE LOCATIONS. YOU HAVE FOOD DELIVERY AND OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TRANSPORTATION. WELL AWARE OF THE USE OF DRONES FOR SURVEILLANCE AND ALL OF THE
ATTENTION THAT THAT'S BROUGHT TO IT. AND THERE IS ALSO THE EMERGENCY RESPONDER USE OF DRONES FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS JUST TO SERVE AS A FEW EXAMPLES. IN TERMS OF THE TYPES OF VEHICLES, I MEAN, THESE RANGE EVERYWHERE FROM SINGLE AERIAL DRONES TO CARRY A PACKAGE OR
FOOD DELIVERY TO THE LOCATION AND AERIAL DRONES THAT SERVE AS AOTHERSHIP FOR LACK OF A BETTER THUNDERSTORM TERM WRE THEY CAN ESSENTIALLY DROP SPORES THAT HAVE INDIVIDUAL PACKAGES. WE HAVE AN EQUIVALENT OFHAT WITH THE LAND AND SIDEWALK BASED ROBOTS WHERE YOU HAVE INDIVIDUAL
ONES FOR THE UVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PILOT. THAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF ONES WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL ROBOT GOES OUT FOR DELIVERY AND COMES BACK TO THE DOCKING STATION. THEY ALSO HAVE THE KIND OF MOTHER SHIP AND MOBILE VEHICLE TYPE DEPLOYMENT WHERE THE VEHICL WILL DRIVE TO A CERTAIN AREA AND MULTIPLE DRONES WILL BE
RELEASED FROM THE VEHICLE TO PERFORM MULTIPLE DELIVERIES AT ONCE. THIS IS CONSIDERING THE RAPID EXPANSION OF THIS INDUSTRY, IT IS NOT WITHOUT CONCERNS AND IT CAN COME IN A VARIE OF FASHIONS AND I HIGHLIGHTED A
COUPLE OVER THE YEARS. THERE HASEEN TESTING CRASHES AND VERY RECENTLY WITH SOME OF THE AMAZON AND THE ITERATION OF E AERIAL DRONES DUE TO COMPLICATIONS FROM WEATHER. AND THERE WAS AN ISSUE IN COLLEGE STATION WITH ONE OF THE AMAZON DRONE DEPLOYMENT FACILITIES SUBSEQUENTLY
RELOCATED FROM EXCESSIVE NOISE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE NOISE OF THE CONSTANT OPERATION OF AERIAL DRONES. IN L.A. YOU ACTUALLY HAD ROBOT ON ROBOT INCIDENT WHERE YOU HAD AN AUTOMATED TAXI SERVICE THAT RAN INTO AN AUTOMATED DELIVERY ROBOT. LUCKILY NO PEOPLE WERE HARMED. BUT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU THE
PREVALENCE OF THESE OUT THERE AND GETTING INTO EXAMPLES WHERE THEY'RE RUNNING INTO EACH OTHER. AND PITTSBURGH THERE WAS AN A.D.A. INCIDENTHAT REQUIRED THE SUSPENSION OF THE PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH RELATED TO AN INDIVIDUAL THAT IN A WHEELCHAIR THAT SAID A DRONE HAD, I BELIEVE, GOT CONFUSED AND BLOCNG HER AK SES TO THE
A.D.A. EXIT OF THE SIDEWALK. AND IT WAS SSEQUENTLY REVIEWED AND THE PROGRAM WAS RE-IMPLEMENTED EVENTUALLY. CAN CAL-BERKLEY, THERE WAS A DELIVERY BOT THAT STARTED ON FIRE ON CAMPUS. JUST A COUPLE. THEY ARE RARE.
CAN NOTE THAT AND LOOK AT THE SHEER VOLUME OF THESEOPERATING, WHICH IS GOOD, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THEY ARE NOT IMMUNE MUCH LIKE ANYTHING ELSE. LOOKING AT THE LABOR IMPACTS. THE MOST NOTABLE, WHICH I BELIEVE HEARD REFERENCE FROM SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN THE TEAMSTERS UNION AND
THIS INITIALLY STARTED WITH U.P.S. AT LEAST FROM WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT AND AS THEY BEGAN TO EXPLORE THE EXPANSION AND ADOPTION OF DELIVERY TECHNOLOGY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WENT INTO THE CONTRACT WAS A REQUIREMENT THAT U.P.S. HAS TO NOTIFY THE UNION WITHIN, I BELIEVE, 45 DAYS
NOW AND H ESTABLISHED A TECHNOLOGY REVIEW COMMITTEE TO DETERMINE WHAT THE IMPACT OF THAT NEW TECHNOLOGY WOULD BE TO THE WORK FORCE AND TO THE JOBS OF THE TEAMSTERS MEMBERS. THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS AND I THINK TO AN ARTICLE IS FAIRLY
EASY TO FIND AND THIS IS A CONTINUOUSLY EVOLVING INDUSTRY. AND AS WE SEE THESE COME IN AND TO TAKE UP SPACE AND THERE WILL BE AN IMPACT TO INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE PERFORMING THOSE TASKS
PREVIOUSLY. WHAT THIS ESSENTIALLY FEEDS INTO IS THE CONTINUED CYCLE OF THE DISRUPTER OF INNOVATIONS. THE CITY IS WELL AWARE. ONE OF THE MOST RECENT VERSIONS IS RIDE SHARE WITH AN
UNDERSTANDABLE IMPACT ON EXISTING TAXI OR BUS SERVICES. SIMILARLY WE SAW EXACERBATED BY COVID AND THE LOCKDOWNS AND WE SAW A MASSIVE EXPANSION OF FOOD DELIVERY OPTIONS AND FOOD DELIVERY SERVICES. ALL OF THESE, AGAIN, INNOVATION
IS GREAT AND THERE IS ALWAYS A CORRESPONDING IMPACT, AND GENERALLY A GROUP THAT IS IMPACTED THAT HAS TO ADAPT QUICKLY OR FIND ANOTHER MEANS OF INCOME. AND THEN AGAIN, SORT OF A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD ON THIS, ONE OF THE CATALYSTS OF THIS EXPANDING TECHNOLO, ESPECIALLY IN CALIFORNIA STEMS DIRECTLY
FROM THE IMPROVEMENTS AROUND WORKERS RIGHTS WITH GIG WORKERS AND HOW THEY ARE CLASSIFIEDND COMPENSATE. AS COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES GO UP, COMPANIES UNDERSTANDABLY WILL SK LOWER COST OPTIONS, IN THIS CASE AUTONOMOUS DELERY IS ONE OF THOSE.
NOW LOOKING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AUTONOMOUS DELIVERY PILOT, THE PILOT WAS LAUNCHED IN 2024. IT OPERATES AT A CONTAINED ECOSYSTEM. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS VERY COMMON FOR DRONE EXPANSION ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS TY FOCUS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
ONE OF THEM IS THATENERALLY THEY VIEW COLLEGE STUDENTS AS MORE ACCEPTING ADAPTERS OF TECHNOLOGY. BUT ONE OF THE BIGGER ONES IS THAT DRONES ARE FAIRLY LITED STILL AS FAR AS HOW MUCH THEY CAN CARRY AND HOW FAR THEY CAN GO.
AND BEING IN A CONTAINED ECOSOME THEY ARE ABLE TO OPERATE IN AND A LOT OF COLLEGE CAMPUSES ARE FAIRLY CLOSEED OFF MEANING I A DELIVERY DRIVER SHOWS UP, THEY HAVE TO PARK ON THE EDGE AND WALK HOWEVERAR INTO CAMPUS TO THE BUILDING WHERE THE DELIVERY NEEDS TO BE DROPPED OFF. VING THESE OPERATE IN THAT
SPACE ELIMINATES THAT NEED. RIGHTOW THE DELIVERY IS LIMITED TO UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS ONLY AND IT IS LIMITED TO ONLY FOOD AND SERVICES PROVIDE T ED OUT OF KAUFMANN MEMORIAL UNION. AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT HAS NOT
EXPANDED IN THAT DISCUSSION. IT IS CURRENTLYT 40 UNIVERSITY OWNED BUILDINGS WHICH ALSO WAS NOTED THAT THAT POTENTIALLY COULD EXPAND. THE AVERAGE SPEED IS FOUR MES PER HOUR AND CITY REGULATION LIMITS IT TO FIVE, SO WITHIN THAT, AND ALL THE DRONES A
REMOTTLY MONITORED TO INTERVENE AND TAKE CONTROL IN THE EVENT BECAUSE IT IS AN INCIDENT. BECAUSE IT IS MINNESOTA,HE DRONES WERE EQUIPPED WITH SNOW TIRES TO OPERATE IN THE WINTER TO OPERATE IN 4-6 INCHES OF SNOW. AND IT JUST SHOWS, AGAIN, THE
UNIQUENESS OF THESE PROGRAMS BEING ADOPT DEPENDING ON THE CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT THEY ARE IN. THE OPERATING WINDOW IS 7:00 TO 7:00, I BELIEVE IN LINE WITH THE KAUFMANN UNION HOURS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 15 DELIVERY ROBOTS AND REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE IS PROVIDED BY
STUDENTS FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. I BELIEVE THERE ARE SE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT TO BE PAID AND SEEM TO SUGGEST THERE MIGHT BE MORE OF A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY. CURRENTLY THE PROGRAM IS COMPLETED SIX MONTHS OF THE
PILOT PROGRAM. JUST QUICKLY RECAPPING SOME OF THE DATA FROM IT, SO IN THOSE SIX MONTHS, AVERAGE DELIVERIES WERE 513 A MONTH. TOTAL DAILY WERE 16.2. THE AVERAGE TRIP TIME WAS JUST UNDER 13 MINUTES. AVERAGE DISTANCE IS CURRENTLY
UNDER HALF A MILE. AVERAGE MONTHLY MILE WITH 667. AND AVERAGE TRIP PERCENT ON CITY STREETS IS 22%. AND THEN WHAT WE CAN SEE IS THERE WERE FLUCTUATIONS AND NUMBER OFELIVERIES BY MONTH, WITH JANUARY ASSUMED POTENTIALLY
WHEN SOME OF THE STUDENTS MIGHT HAVE BEEN ON BREAK. SO THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S FAIRLY DEADLY ACOS THE -- ACROSS THE DURATION OF THE PILOT. >> THIS IS USUALLY A REQUIREMENT FOR CITIES DOING PERMITTING FOR THESE PROGRAMS IS TRYING TO
DETERMINE A FORMULAO ESTIMATE THE REDUCTION IN CO2 EMISSIONS FROM USING THEEHICLES THAT ARE GENERALLY 100% EMISSIONS FREE. THE WAY THAT T FORMULAS ARE USUALLY CALCULATED ACROSS CITIES IS ALSO CALCULATING THE AMOUNT
OF MILES AND WHAT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FROM A NORMAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND WHAT THE EMISSIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN. JUMPING INTO THE STATE OF MINNESA AND SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW THIS IS REGULATED. AT THE LEGISLATIVEEVEL THERE HAVE BEEN A COUP OF ATTEMPTS AND
I BELIEVE THERE IS ONE IN 2020 AND THEN THERE WERE BOTH OF THESE EXAMPLES IN 2021. THESE DID NOT ADVANCE BEYOND COMMITTEE, BUT DID SEEK TO ESTABLISH A DEFINITION OF A PERSONAL DELIVERY DEVICE AND MAXIMUM SPEED AND THERE WAS ALSO
A COMPONENT ACCOMPLISHING TO DICTATE SOME TERMS TO LOCAL AUTHORITY AND REGULATION, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE SEE IN A LOT OF STATES. AND THIS IS NOT OUT OF THE REALM OF PREEMPTION. AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL, TWO
EXAMPLES I AM GOING TO USE IS BOTH THE CITIES FOR OUR PILOT PROGRAM AND RECENTLY LAUNCHED IN WINONA THAT IS OPERATED AT WINONA STE UNIVERSITY. THE MINNEAPOLIS PILOT, AGAIN, SEPTEMBER TO AUGUST 25. OUR LICENSING FEE UP TO 30
DEVICES IS CURRENTLY $1,000. DEVICE LIMIT IS BASED AND CITY REVIEW AND DISCRETION. WE HAVE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 72 INCHES AND MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF 150 POUNDS. COMPLIANCE MEETINGS ARE HELD ONE AND A HALF MONTHS AFTER THE BEGINNING OR ONCE AN OPERATOR HAS BEGUN OPERATING THE PROGRAM IN THE CITY.
AND THEN AFTER THAT IT'S QUARTERLY, SO IT'S EVERY THREE MONTHS. SOME OF THE DATA THAT'S REPORTED MONTHLY, THAT IS SCRUBBED TO INSURE IT IS N P.U.I. DATA AND REAL TIME EVENT, LOCATION, STATUSES, TRIP DETAILS AND THE BREAD CRUMB TRAILS ARE G.P.S.
AND TO INSURE IT IS OPERATING WITHIN THE ZONE THAT WAS APPROVED FOR THE PERMIT. LOOKING NONA, IT IS SIMILAR. AND REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY OPERATORS THEY HAVE. THE OPERATING HOURS ARE BASED ON THE MEMORIAL UNION, BUT
EVERYTHING ELSE IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. IN TERMS OF WHAT'S BEING REPORTED. AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, I BELIEVE THE CITY DID CONSULT WITH LOS ANGELES PRIOR TO DEVELING THE PROGRAM.
THEY HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST SYSTEM IN PLACE. I LOOKED AT THIS AND ALSO LOOKED AT SAN FRANCISCO WHICH IS MAINTAINING THINGS IN THE TEST ENVIRONMENT AND DIDN'T SERVE AS GOOD OF A COMPARISON. FIRST THING YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE, LICENSING FEES $10,000,
AND IS A DRAMATIC INCREASE FROM WHERE WE ARE AT BUT TT IS UP TO 50 DEVICES AND THAT FEE ANNUALLY. THERE IS A 75 DEVICE PER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL PROBLEM AND
SIMILAR TO OUR WARDS. YOU CAN HAVE UP TO 225 AND THERE IS AN EQUITYALCULATION IN THERE TO ALLOW COMPANIES TO PAND AND THAT COULD BE AN AVENUE WHERE IT COULD GO HIGHER. THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT, SPEED, AND
WEIGHT ARE SIMILAR TO OUR OURS. THEY HAVE THE DISTINCTION OF 15 MILES PER HOUR ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY AND THE MAXIMUM WEIGHT IS A LITTLE LOWER THAN OURS AT 100. COMPLIANT MEETINGS UPON REQUEST FOR DATA REPORTING AND
CALIFORNIA IS FAIRLY ROBUST AND REQUIRE HEAT MAPPING AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S WITHIN OUR SCOPE, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I INCLUDED IT SO WE KNOW WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE. THE NEXT TWO EXAMPLES ARE GOING TO REINFORCE THAT THIS DOESN'T LOOK T SAME IN EVERY CITY, AND
AUSTIN IS A GOOD EXAMPLE. AUSTIN, DALLAS, AS WELL AS ANYWHERE IN TEXAS AND FLORIDA IS A LOT OF PREEMPTION ISSUES. THE APPROACH THAT AUSTIN HAS TAKE AND THEY HAVE THEIR PERSONAL DELIVERY DEVICE OVERVIEW. BEUSE THEY ARE LIMITED BY TEXAS STATE LAW, THEY HAVE TAKEN THE APPROACH OF PROVIDING PARTNERSHIP ENGAGEMENT AND
SUPPORT TO OPERATORS. THIS WAS ESSENTIALLY DONE SINCE PEOPLE WERE COMININ AND OPERATING REGARDLESS. SO THEY TRIED TO PUT AS MUCH FRAMEWORK AS THEY COULD AROUND IT WITHOUT BEING IN VIOLATION OF STATE LAW, SO THEY CONDUCT EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS, ONBOARDING, MAPPING AND THOSE
TYPE OFERVICES AND MONITORING TO THE COMPANIES SO INSTEAD OF TAKING THE APPROACH OF BEING THE LICENSE AND THE LICENSING ANCY AND THE OVERSIGHT ROLE BECAUSE THAT IS LIMITED FOR THEM AND EY HAVE TAKEN THE ROLE OF LOOKING AT IT AS A PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE IDEA THA ANY CONSTRAINTS OR GUARDRAILS TO IMPLEMENT WITH COMPANIES COMING IN REGARDLESS IS BETTER THAN NOTHING. AND THE NEXT ONE IS KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE. THIS IS ACTUALLY A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHERE THE DRUPTER APPROACH WAS TAKEN AND THEY HAD ISSUED A
MORATORIUM IN 2023 FOR MONTHS TO ALLOW CITY STAFF TO EXPLORE WAY TO EXPLORE THE PROGRAMS AND EXPLORE IF THE PROGRAM WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE OPERATING. AND IN 2024 THE REPORT CAME BACK AND DETERMINED THAT THE NFSHG IS WHERE THE PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO BE THE MOST VISIBLE ANDIGHLY
OPERATING AND THE MOST PRESENT AND HAD INSUFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE. THE ONE EXCEPTION THAT ALLOWED FOR STREETS TO BE OWNED AND ON
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE CAMPUS THAT IS ALWABLE. THIS IS WHERE THEY TOOK THE STANCE THEY ARE NOT READY FOR IT NO AT A STATE LEGISLATURE LEVEL IS INTENDED TO REINFORCE HOW MUCH THISARIES BY STATE, BUT ALSO JUST STATES THAT ARE STARTING TO
PUT REGULATIONS IN PLACE AND MINNESOTA IS NOT THERE YET. IT DOESN'T MEAN IT IS NOT SOMETHING BEING CONSIDERED. ONE OF THE OUTLIERS, PENNSYLVANIA CLASSIFIED AUTONOMOUS DELIVERY AS PEDESTRIANS, WHI IS UNIQUE. THEY ALSO ALLOW MAXIMUM SPEED OF
12 MILES PER HOUR AND MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF 550 POUNDS. FLORIDA ACTUALLY WENT DIFFERENT DIRECTION, BUT FAIRLY EXTREME STILL AND ALIGNED. THE EXISTING PERSONAL DELIVERY DEVICE DEFINITION WITH THE FEDERAL D.O.T. AND LOW SPEED
WHICH CHANGED THE MILES PER HOUR FROM 10 TO 25 AND CHANGED THE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS WITHOUT CARGO. AND THEY ALSO RECENTLY SOM PREEMPTION MEASURES ON DRONE DELIVERY SERVICES AND THEIR BASE OF OPERATIONS. SO THAT CITIES CAN'T DENY
PERMITS FOR OPERATORS THAT WANT TO BUILD A HOME BASE FOR AERIAL DRONES. SOUTH CAROLINA, TS IS CURRENTLY PROPOSED AND UNDER CO
WITHOUT CARGO AND THAT MAXIMUM . SO AIN, I KNOWS THAT A LOT TO COVER. LIKE I SAID, WE LOB FOLLOWING UP WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE TODAY AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WASN'T CAPTUD IN THIS WITH THE
POLICY BRIEFING THAT WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE LEGISLATIVE FILE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU TO THE WORKER WHO I CAME IN AND SPOKE ON THIS TOPIC.
I THINK WE ARE IN A MORE MATURE PLACE WHEN WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS OF THESE TYPES OF TECHNOLOGIES AND COMPANIES IN THE CITY AND I AM GLAD THIS IS A PILOT, AND IT IS GOOD TO SEE HOW
OTHER CITIES HAVE PILOTED THIS AND THE THING WE NEED TO THINK THROUGH IS THE LONG-TERM IMPLICATIONS AND NOT BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD THE WAY WE WERE WH
RIDE SHARE DRIVERS AND CONCEPT OF BLITZ SCALING. IT IS THE COMPANIES THAT GET MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF VENTURE CAPITAL, OPERATE AT AOSS UP TO A DECADE AND UNDERMINE EVERY SINGLE ESTABLISHMENT AND THEN
ONCE THOSE -- ONCE THOSE OTHER ESTABLISHED PLAYERS DON'T EXIST, THEY JACK THE RATES UP AND THAT IS WHEN THE PAIN HAPPENS. IT IS PART OF US TO GET AHEAD OF US. THE PLAYBOOK IS VERY CLEAR. IT IS NOT NEW TO US. AND I'M JUST GLAD WE'RE MORE
EQUIPPED TO TAKE THAT HEAD ON. SO REALLY BOTH THE RESEARCH ON THIS AND THE WORKERS COMING TO SPEAK ON IT. >> REAL QUICK, TOO, FOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, I WILL NOTE FROM CONRSATION WITH PUBLIC WORKS RIGHT NOW ALTHOUGH THE PILOT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IS THE ONLY ONE IN OPERATION THAT THE CITY IS ABLE
TO HAVE IS UP TO THREE POTENTIAL PROGRAMS TO KIND OF BASE AND EVALUATION AND FEASIBILITY AND THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY INQUIRIES AT THIS POINT IN TIME FOR A SECOND AND THIRD OPERATOR. ADDITIONALLY THIS IS FOCUSED AND THE SIDEWALK AND ROAD-BASED DRONE DELIVERY. THE PILOT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY
PRECLUDE ANY CONVERSATION OF A DRONE-BASED DELIVERY EITHER. THAT IS SOMETHING I WANTED TO INCLUDE. THANK YOU. >> NEXT UP WE HAVE VICE CHAIR WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. ALSO PRESIDENT PAYNE SHARED A LOT OF THOUGHTS TT I ALSO HAD
IN REGARDS TO WHY WE -- WHY MY OFFICE BROUGHT THIS STAFF DIRECTIVE FORWARD, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, PER USL, ANDREW, FOR GIVING A COMPREHENSIVE AND HER TO ROW REPORT AROUND THE REQUESTED LINES OF INQUIRY HERE. THAT ALSO WAS VERY MUCH INFORMED
BY FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM WORKERS CURRENTLY AT THE U WHO ALSO TESTIFIED JUST RIGHT BEFORE THIS PRESENTATION. AND SIMILAR, MY CONCERN IS HOW ARE WE NOT BEING CAUGHT OFF GUARD AND BEING THOUGHTFUL AND PROACTIVE O IF THERE ARE
REGULATORY ACTIONS THAT WE CAN TAKE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEDESTRIANS AND NOT THE PENNSYLVANIA DEFINITIONS OF THAT, BUT ACTUALLY PEDESTRIANS AND WORKERS AND KEY STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE BEING IMPACTED BY THE ROLL OUT OF THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY
IN VARIOUS SERVICE INDUSTRIES. HOW WE'RE MAKING SURE THOSE GUARDRAILS ARE ACTUALLY PUT IN PLACE AS OPPOSED TO AS PRESIDENT PAYNE HIGHLIGHTED THESE DISRUPTERS COMING IN, CATING A MONOPOLY OF THAT INDUSTRY. THEN BEING ABLE TO DICTATE WHAT TYPE OF REGULATIONS OR IF ANY
CAN PROCEED FORWARD AS WE EXPERIENCE WITH THE RIDE SHARE POLICY JUST THIS PAST YEAR AND A HALF. SO WANTING TO NOT BE IN THAT PREDICTMENT AGAIN. REAL TRYING TO BE THOUGHTFUL OF HOW WE PROCEED AROUND THIS, ESPECIALLY AS THE CITY DOES HAVE
THE ABILITY TO EXPAND THE PILOT. I LOOK FORWARD T HEARING THE CITY OR ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE OF FEEDBACKS AFTER THEY CONCLUDE THIS PILOT OFFICIALLY IN WHAT DATA THEY'REOING TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH TO SAY EITHER THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD
WITH MORE PILOTS OR DO THEY WANT TO EXPLORE DRONE-BASED PROGRAMS. AT WOULD BE WILD. BUT YES, HOW THEY WOULD LIK TO PROCEED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. AND THIS IS VERY MUCH A TIMELY
CONVERSATION, TOO, AND ESPECIALLY SOMETHING ELSE TO FLAG THAT I HAVE ALSO HEARD AND THIS IS REFERENCE IN THE PRESENTATIONS ANDHE SURVEY COMPONENT, TOO. HOW DOES THIS ALSO RELATE TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE SHARING WORK THAT
WE ARE DOING ON THE POLICY SIDE AS WELL. SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK U FOR GIVING A THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION AND DEVELOPING THE REPORT AROUND THIS MATTER AND ALSO, OF COURSE, THANK YOU TO THE U. OF M. WORKER WHO IS CAME TO SPEAK AND YEAH, LOOKING FORWARD TO FIGURING OUT
HOW TO NOT REPLICATE MISTAKES AGAIN SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND 20 HOURS AT THE CAPITAL DEBATING LYFT OR UBER AGAIN. >> THANK YOU. CHAIR CHAVEZ, VICE CHAIR WONSLEY. AGAIN, I WILL MAKE A HABIT OF
NOTING STUFF AFTER THAT I SHOULD HAVEENTIONED BEFORE, BUT ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES WITH THIS AND WASN'T NECESSARILY AS CLEAR IN UBER AND LYFT IS YOU CAN SEPARATE OUT THE USE OF THE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES A LOT EASIER. THAT IS SOMETHING WHERE THERE IS A SURVEY COMPONENT TO THE PILOT
PROGRAMS AND FROM LOOKING THROUGH A LOT OF THOSE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME BACK IS VERY CLEAR THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENTIATION ACOSHE SURVEY RESPONDENTS IN TERMS OF -- ACROSS THE SURVEY RESPONDENTS IN TERMS OF THEIR WILLINGNESS TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF AUTONOMOUS DELIVERY VEHICLES BED ON WHAT
THEY'RE DELIVERING. AND THAT IS DEFINITELY MORE COMMON WITH AERIAL VEHICLES, BUT AGAIN, JUST AN EASY EXAMPLE FOR THE SAKE OF COMPARISON, AND PEOPLE ARE A LOT MORE RESEPTEMBERIVE TO A VEHICLE THAT IS DELIVERING MEDICINE TO AN ELDERLY NEIGHBOR VERSUS DELIVERING 17 AMAZON PKAGES A
DAY. SO I THINK IT'S WORTH JUST NOTING THAT I THINK IT'S EASIER TO CARVE THIS OUT BY PURPOSE AS WELL IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WANTS TO DO. IT CERTAINLY IS, AGAIN, AN OPPORTUNITY THAT I DON'T TNK WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE EVEN IF YOU HAD BEEN ON THE FRONT END OF
THE RIDE SHARING. >> THANK YOU FOR FLAGGING THAT. I DID WANT TO NOTE, KNOW IN LIGHT OF THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY PERSPECTIV OR UNDERSTANDING OF WHICH COMPANIES -- I KNOW WE
HAVE AMAZON -- WHAT IS IT? AMAZON BASE HERE AND I THINK IT'S STILL IN SHOCKAPEE AND I KNOW THE COMPANY THAT RUNTHE PILOT AT THE U. OF M. THERE, I BELIEVE THEY ARE CANADIAN BASED
SO THEY MIGHT NOT EVEN -- AT LE. >> YES, LIKE STARSHIP. AND I BELIEVE TY ARE RIGHT NOW HOUSED OUT OF -- THEY HAVE THE HEADQUARTERS IN SAN FRANCISCO, I BELIEVE. BUT I THINK THE COMPANY IS -- IT IS ACTUALLY THE CO-FOUNDERS OF .
I THINK IT IS TECHNICALLY ESTONIAN, WHICH AGAIN, IS ANOTHER FUN FACT. AND DEFINITELYNE OF THE PRIMARY ONES THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN A LOT OF COLLEGE CAMPUSES AS PART OF THE PILOT PROGRAM. >> HAVE WE HEARD OR ANY INQUIES AND I KNOW YOU MENTION
SO FAR YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ANY AND WHAT WOULD THE LANDSCAPE BE AND IS IT JUST AMAZON AND IS THERE A NICHE? I AM JUST TRYING TO THINK WHO COULD EVEN ANTICIPATE COMING OUT TO SOLICIT AND I WANT TO DO A DRONE SERVICE FOR --
>> THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF THEM OUT THERE. I FEEL LIKE IT KEEPS EXPANDING. AS I MENTION BEFORE, JUST IN RESPONSE IN HIGHLIGHTING ONE OF THE INCIDENTS, AMAZON IS WORKING ON DEVELOPING ITS OWN DRONES. A LOT OF OTHER COMPANIES ARE PARTNERING WITH AGENCIES THAT EXIST.
RIGHT NOW ONE OF THE BIGGEST PUSHS IS WAL-MART. AIN, PREDOMINANTLY IN THE SOUTH WHERE THEY HAVE A MASSI BASE OF OPERATIONS, BUT THAT IS PARTNERED AND BASED AND WHO THEY RTNER WITH. I KNOW ONE OF THEM IS ACTUALLY THE AUTONOMOUS AERIALEHICLE
THAT CAN DROP AND IS BASICALLY DROPS A DRONE FROM A DRONE. AND THEY WERE LOOKING AT AND SO THAT IS ONE THAT'S STARTED OPERATING. BUT THERE IS A LOT OF, AGAIN, CLOSE TO HOME AND CITIES HAVE EITHER BEEN PREEMPTED OR THE REGULATIONS ARE NONEXISTENT OR VERY LOE.
THERE IS A LOT OF LOBBYING FROM WITH ANYTHING ELSE AND FROM GROUPS IN THIS INDUSTRY. AND I KNOW THERE IS SUGGESTED LANGUAGEN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND BOTH THE 2020 AND THE 2021 BILLS IS A REASON THAT THE LANGUAGE IS ALL THE SAME. I THINK I TESTED THE P.A.
SYSTEM. >> OKAY. NEVER HEARD THAT. [OFF-MIC] >> ALL DAY. >> OKAY. >> MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE THEM DROP IN.
>> NO, THERE'S A NUMBER OF OPERATORS AND I KNOW KIWI WAS ONE. AND SORRY, AND IT WILL BE IN THE POLICY BRIEFING AND WE GO THROUGH THE MAJOR OPERATORS AND THE ONES CURRENTLY STARTING TO EXPAND. THAT DOES, AGAI MAKES IT HARD TO PREDICT OUTSIDE AMAZON,
WAL-MART, AND POTENTIALLY TARGET BECAUSE IF THE DRONES AND PROVIDER ARE SEPARATE AND AT ANY MOMENT SOMEBODY COULD DECIDE IT IS A WORTHWHILE PURSUIT. I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THE CITY GOT A REQUEST IN IN THE NEXT YEAR. >> OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANDREW.
THAT IS ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU. >> COLLGUES, SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL DIRECT THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THAT REPORT.
THE NE ITEM IS RECEIVING AND FILING A QUARTERLY UPDATE ON ELIMINATING CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING. HERE TO PRESENT IS JONATHAN FROM THE LEAD AND HEALTHY HOMES.
>> WELCOME. HELLO. THANK YOU FOR HAVING M HERE TODAY. MY NAME IS JONATHAN ROSSEL, AND I AM A SUPERVISOR WITH THE LEAD AND HEALTHY HOMES TEA IN THE MINNEAPOLIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND YE I'M HERE TO DO A FIRST QUARTER UPDATE ON ELIMINATING CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING PROGRAM.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM, JUST FOR SOME BACKGROUND IS TO HAVE OUR TEAM GET OUT AND CONDUCT INSPECTIONS AND PROVIDE RESOURCES TO ADDRESS LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION BEFORE CHILDREN BECOME
POISONED OR EXPOSED TO LEAD. OUR TEAM HISTORICALLY HAS RESPONDED TONCIDENTS OF CHILD LEAD POISONING BY CONDUCTING INVESTIGATIONS AND ISSUING CORRECTIVE ORDE. SO THIS ALLOWS US TO GET OUT THERE PROACTIVELY AND D THAT WORK.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT WORK, THOUGH, WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE THE PROBLEM PROPERTIES ARE AND ALSO WHAT ARE THE PRIMARY
HAZARDS WITHIN THOSE PROPERTIES. OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO ELIMINATE THE EXPERIENCE OF CHILD LEAD POISONING WITHIN RENTAL PROPERTIES IN MINNEAPOS.
AND OUR PLAN TO DO THAT INVOLVES COLLABORATING ACROSS DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY,TILIZING DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH TO PROACTIVELY ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.
AND ALSO TO FOC OUR EFFORTS ON NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN DISPROPOIONATELY IMPACTED BY CHILD LEAD POISONING.
SO THE MAP HERE SHOWS WHERE WE HAVE DOCUMENTED LEAD POISONING FROM 2015 TO 2022. WHAT WE KNOW FROM OUR DATA IS 77% OF THE CHILDREN WHO
EXPERIENCED LEAD POISONING WERE FROM BIPOC COMMUNITIES. OVER 80% WERE FROM HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAD LESS THAN 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTIES
INVOLVED WERE RENTAL PROPERTIES YOCAN SEE THAT CHILD LEAD POISONING IS NOT EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED ALL ACROSS THECITY, BUT IT IS PRIMARILY IMPACTING NORTH MINNEAPOLIS AND THE SOUTH
CENTRAL AREAS. THESE MAPS FROM 2023 AND 2024 SHOW THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE CHILD LEAD POISONING PRIMARILY IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE
HAVE SEEN IT HISTORICALLY. WE'VE ALSO SEEN THAT IN 2023, NUMBER OF RENTAL PROPERTIES INVOLVED WAS 72% IN 2024 AND IT WAS 77%.
SO WE KNOW THAT THAT CONTIES TO BE AN AREA OF FOCUS. IN 2021, WE WERE GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LAUNCH THIS PREVENTIVE WORK USING FUN FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE AND AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT. ARPA FOR SHORT. THAT ALLOWED US TO BRING ON SOME
ADDITIONAL INECTORS, CONDUCT OVER 700 ADDITIONAL INSPECTIONS, IDENTIFYING OVER 600 PROPERTIES WITH LEAD-BASED PAINT, AOST 500 OF THOSE HAVING DETERIORATED PAINT AND LEAD HAZARDS.
OVER $3 MILLION WASAWARDED THROUGH GRANTS TO COMPLETE LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION REPAIRS AT THESE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES, AND THAT TOTAL INCLUDES ALMOST $300,000 DIRECTLY FROM PROPERTY OWNERS WHO DISTRIBUTED MATCH
CONTRIBUTIONS TO GO TOWARDS THOSE REPAIRS. ALL THIS WORK WAS ALSO DONE UTILIZING CERTIFIED LEAD-BASED PAINT CONTRACTORS. NOW, WE ARE ABLE TO HIT THOSE
NUMBER WHERE IS WE'RE GETTING INTO PROPERTIES WHERE WE KNOW OVER 85%F THE PROPERTIES WE WENT INTO WE FOUND THOSE HAZARDS BECAUSE WE UTIZED THE DATA THAT WE HAD ABOUT WHERE HAZARDS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE PAST AND
WE COULD EFFICIENTLY TARGET THE PROACTIVE INSPECTIONS.
THE MAP ON THE RIGHT ON MY SCREEN HERE SHOWING THE PREVENTIVE INSPECTIONS AND AGAIN, WE ARE UTILIZING WHAT WE ARE ALREADY KNOW TO TARGET OUR PREVENTIVE WORK TO FOCUS ON THOSE AREAS OF THE CIT WHERE WE
KNOW HISTORICALLY THERE'S BEEN LEAD POISONING AND THERE'S LIKELY TO BE HAZDS TO ADDRESS.
ALL RIGHT. SO IN QUARTER ONE, WITH OUR NEWER ELCP PROGRAM, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH OVER 100 PROPERTIES
AND WE HAVE MOVED OVER 20 OF THOSE PRORTIES INTO CONTRACTED SERVICES TO GET COMPLETE REPAIRS AND SO ABOUT HALF OF THOSE, THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN EXECUTED AND
SIGNED. ANOTHER HALF IS STILL COLLECTING BIDS FROM QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS. AND A HANDFUL HAVE ALREADY STTED WORK.
PROPERTIES ARE COMING TO US FOR THE ECLP PROGRAM THROUGH VARIOUS SOURCES INCLUDING RESIDENTS WHO CAN CALL INTO THE CITY IF THEY HAVE CONCERNS, COMPLAINTS ABOUT DETERIORATED PAINT THROUGH A
311. ALSO THROUGH OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH MDH WHO WE PARTNER WITH TO RESPOND TO CHILD LEA POISONING. THEY HAVE ALSO REFERRED TO US CHILDREN WHO HAVE SHOWN TO HAVE
SOME EXPOSURE TO LEAD PAINT, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO MEET THE THRESHOLD OF REQUIRING A REGULATED RESPONSE AND WE CAN GET IN THERE AND TRY AND D PROACTIVE WORK INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR A CHILD TO BE EXPOSED TO THE LEVEL OF
POISONING. IN ADDITION TO OUR TRADITIONAL, OR IN ADDITION TO OUR PREVENTIVE WORK, WE CONTINUE TO DO OUR TRADITIONAL RESPONSES TO INCIDENTS OF CHILD LEAD
ISONING. AS OF THE END OF MARCH, WE RECEIVED 13 CASES SO FAR THIS YEAR. WE ARE CONNUING ALSO WITH OUR H.U.D. SPONSORED GRANT PROGRAM
TH ALLOWS US TO COMPLETE LEAD ABATEMENT WORK IN PROPERTIES THAT HAVE IDENTIFIED HAZARDS, AND WE HAVE 66 OF THOSE PROJECTS UNDERWAY. AND WE'RE CONTINUING WITH OUR
RESPONDING TO ASTHMA REFERRALS WITH OUR ASTHMA PROGRAM AND ALSO DOING WEATHERIZATION PROJECTS THROUGH OUR WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM. JUST A COUPLE OF VISUAL EXAMPLES OF THE KIND OF HAZARDS WE ARE
ADDRESSING. THESE ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF HH PRIORITY AREAS. AREAS IN WHICH THERE IS FRICTION OR IMPACT SFACES INVOLVED
WHICH HAS A TENDENCY TO GENERATE HIGHER AMOUNTS OF LEAD PAINT CHIPS OR TURN THOSE CHIPS INTO DUST, WHICH CAN THEN MIGRATE INTO THEIVING AREA.
SO WE HAVE STAIR TREADS HERE, A OLD WOODEN DOUBLE HUNG LEAD PAINTED WINDOW, WHICH IS MAYBE A LITTLE HARD TO SEE, BUT DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN SEE THAT IS ADJACENT TO A FOOD PREP AREA.
AND THEN ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT WE HAVE SOME SERIOUSLY DETERIORATED LEAD-BASED PAINT ON A WINDOW STOP, WHICH IS LIKELY TO FALL INTO TH WELL AND THEN FROM THERE MIGRATE TO THE SILL
AND INTO THE HOME. THE ECLP PROGRAM HAS S ASIDE APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION TO
SUPPORT LEAD HAZARD RENOVATIONS AND PROPOSING USING APPROXIMATELY $10,000 PER UNIT TO COMPLETE THOSE PAIRS. ALL PROPERTIES THAT ARE INSPECTED THROUGH THIS PROAIVE
WORK OF LEAD HAZARDS ARE IDENTIFIED. THEY DO RECEIVE ORDERS TO CORRECT FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO MAKE REPAIRS AND SO IF THEY ARE RECEIVING GRANT FUNDS, THE GRANT FUNDS WILL GO TOWARDS RESOLVING THOSE HAZARDS THAT ARE IN THE ORDERS TO
CORRECT. AND IF THE BUDGET TO COMPLETE THE REPAIRS EXCEEDS THE GRANT AWD AMOUNT, THEN THE OWNER IS RESPONSIE FOR COVERING THAT COST. AS MENTIONED BEFORE CURRENTLY FOR THIS QUARTER, THERE ARE
CURRENY 20 POJTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY IN VARIOUS STATES AND WE ANTICIPATE THOSE
THAT BUDGET. CURRENT ORDINANCES, REQRE OWNERS TO COMPLETE A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF MAINTENANCE ON THE
PROPERTY, MAINTAIN INTACT PAINT SERVICES AND UTILIZING THIS PROGRAM AND THESE FUNDS DOES TELL US TO GET IN THERE AND COMPLETE PERMANENT ATEMENT LEVEL ACTIVITIES TO REMOVE THESE
HAZARDS FROM THESE HOMES. WE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING A SUPERVISOR FOR THE INSPECTORS WHO ARE COMPLETING
THE INSPECTIONS FOR THE ECLP PROGRAM. THAT POSITION IS CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH A VACANCY REVIEW, AND I EXPECTED TO BE CLEARED SHORTLY. WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON
DEVELOPING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH REGULATORY SERVICES, HOUSING AND FIRE INSPECTIONS, TO DEVELOP A PIPELINE TOECEIVE REFERRALS FROM THEM FOR PROPERTIES THAT
THEY SEE THAT ARE POTENTIAL TARGETS FOR OUR WORK. AND LASTLY GIVEN THE CURRENT SITUATN WITH FEDERAL FUNDING
FOR PROGRAMS AND UNCERTAINLY SURROUNDING THAT, IT'S ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THE LOCAL FUNDING AND LOCAL SUPPORT TO CONTINUE THESE INITIATIVES GOG FORWARD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANKS SO MUCH F THE PRESENTATION. I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO ON QUEUE. >> THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TRACK THIS OVER THE YEARS AND IN FACT, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON AND I
HAVE BEEN AROUND WHEN WE INCREA SUBSTANTIALLY FROM OUR OWN BUDGETS. MY HOME IS QUITE OLD AND THESE WINDOW STILLS LOOK FAMILIAR TO ME, BUT COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE MORE AND SAY MORE ABOUT THE SCOPE OF WHAT LEAD ABATEMENT IN
HOMES REALLYMEANS? IF WE THE CITY GO IN AND DO THE ABATEMENT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? DO THESE PLACES THAT WE'RE REMOVING THE LEAD PAINT GET REPAINTED THEN BY US THROUGH THIS PROCESS? DON'T THINK YOU CAN PAINT OVER
IT AND CONSIDER THAT ABATEMENT. AND HOW CUMBERSOME IS IT FOR THE OCCUPANTS OF THE HOUSE, RIGHT? IN THIS CASE I MOSTLY RENTERS. DOESN'T IT OFTEN MEAN THE OCCUPANTS OF A DWELLING WLD HAVE TO LEAVE TO DO THE
ABATEMENT, AT LEAST INSIDE THE HOME? >> YES. OKAY. SO TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION, THERARE A FEW DIFFERENT APPROACHES THAT CAN BE
TAKEN TO ADDRESS LEAD PAINT HAZARDS. AND THEY PRIMARILY FALL INTO TWO CATEGORIES. ONE WOU BE AN ABATEMENT LEVEL APPROACH, AND THE OTHER WOULD BE WH WE CALL AN INTERIM CONTROL. ABATEMENT LEVEL ESSENTIALLY
MEANS PERMANENT. THAT CAN ALSO BE INTERPRETED TO MEAN A 20-YEAR LIFE SPAN. SO SOMETHING THAT IS DURABLE AND MEANT TO LAST A LONG TIME.THAT PRIMARILY USED WOULD BE REMOVAL
AND REPLACEMENT OR ENCLOSURE. A TOP PRIORITY IS TO ADDRESS OLD LEAD PAINT HAZARDS AND OLD WINDOWS. THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO PERMANENTLY REMOVE AND REPLACE THOSE AND THAT WOULD BE AN
ABATEMENT LEVEL. ANOTHER PRIORITY LEVEL MIGHT BE AN OLD LEAD PAINTED PORCH FLOOR. PORCH FLOORS OR FRONT PORCHES TEN END UP BEING PLAY AREAS FOR CHILDREN.
ONE OF THE PHOTOS IN THE PRESENTATION ACTUALLY SHOWED A PORC FLOOR AND SOME TOYS OUT THERE. A PORCH FLOOR WILL OFTEN BE TREATED THROUGH ENCLOSURE SO INSTALLING A PERMANENT AND
DURABLE SURFACE OVER THE LEAD PAINTED FLOOR. SO IT'S STILL THERE, BUT IT'S COVERED UP IN A METHOD THAT IS MEANT TO BE PERMANENT, SECURE
AND DUST TIGHT. SOME AREAS WITH LEAD PAINT ON DOOR CASING AND BASEBOARD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT DOESN'T RECEIVE IMPACT OR FRICTION ON A REGULARBASIS.
KEEPING THAT PAINT INTACT IF IT HAPPENS TO BE CHIPPING OR PEELING, STABILIZING AND REPAINTING THAT CAN ELIMITE THE HAZARD THAT WOULD BE AN INTERIM CONTROL. BUT AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE LOWER
LIKELIHOOD THAT THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN A LEAD POISONING AND ALSO THAT IT BE DISTURBED IN THE FUTURE, THAT CAN BE AN ACCEPTABLE METHOD TO CONTAIN THAT HAZARD THROUGH A LEAD
HAZARD REDUCTION PROJECT. >> GAHEAD, SORRY. >> SO THAT GETS TO SORT OF THE ABATEMENT VERSUS INTERIM CONTROL AND ADDRESSING THOSE HAZARDS. THE IMPACT ON THE RESIDENTS, THIS KIND OF WORK DOES REQUIRE
THAT RESIDENTS BE RELOCATED. AND SO IN OUR TRADITIONAL H.U.D. FUNDED GRANT THAT WE'VE BEEN OPERATING FOR SEVERAL DECADES, WE HAVE A RELOCATION HOUSE THAT
WE UTILIZE FOR FAMILIES, SO WHEN WORK IS BEING DONE, WE PROVIDE A SPACE FORAMILIES THAT DON'T HAVE MEANS TO RELOCATE THEMSELVES TO RELOCATE TEMPORARILY TO THAT RESIDENCE WHILE THE WORK IS BEING DONE.
WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO WORKS TO COORDINATE HOW TO CONTINUE WITH DAILY LIFE, WORK, AND SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION AND THINGSIKE THAT. FOR THIS PROGRAM, WHEREAS UNDER
CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD BE ARRANGED WITH ACCESSING A RELOCATION HOUSE, THE RESPONSIBILITY WOULD ALSO REST WITH THE OWNER TO PROVIDE RELOCATION FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THEIR PROPERTY WHILE THE LEAD ABATEMENT WORK IS BEING DONE.
AND OFTEN THESE PROGRAMS -- THESE PROJECTS ARE PLANNED AND STRUCTURED IN TOUCH A WAY THAT THE ABATMENT CAN BE DONE IN A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME --HE ABATEMENT CAN BE DONE IN A BRIEF
PERIOD OF TIME, USUALLY LIMITING PEOPLE'S RELOCATION TO A WEEK. >> THAT'SIMPRESSIVE. I WOULD IMAGINE, THEN, THAT THE COST THAT IS BEING INCURRED FOR LE ABATEMENT WOULD PREDOMINANTLY BE NEW WINDOWS AND THAT MIGHT BE ON ONE OF YOUR SLIDES THAT WEATHERIZATION IS A
NICE BENEFIT OF DOINGHIS WORK, TOO. IS THAT FAIR TO SAY? >> YES. I WOULD SAY THAT WINDOWS ARE ONE OF THE HIGHER COST ITEMS, AND BY A LOT OF THESE LEAD PAINTED
WINDOWS ARE GOING TO BE OLD, WOOD, SINGLE PANED AND DRAFTY, SO IN ADDITION TO THE LEAD HAZARD BY REMOVING, REPLACING T CAN HAVE THE KNOCK-ON EFFECT OF ALSO IMPROVING OTHER ASPECTS OF
THE HOME. >> THANK YOU. >> GREAT. THANK YOU. >> NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. JU VERY QUICK QUESTION HERE.
HOW MANY MORE HOMES WOULD YOU ASK ESTIMATE WE HAVE TO DO THIS TO IN MINNEAPOLIS? >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER TODAY, TOO. I'M JUST CURIOUS PROJECTING OUT OUR FUTURE COSTS. THAT IS WHY I ASK. IF YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR TIME TO GET BACK TO ME, THAT'S FINE. >> YES, I WOULD SAY THAT I COULDN'T GIVE YOU A SPEFIC NUMBER TO SAY WHEN THIS MANY
PROPERTIES ARE DONE, OUR WORK WILL BE DONE. WHAT I WOULD IMAGINE, SO WE COULD LOOK AT WHAT IS THE HOUSING STOCK, WHAT IS THE AGE OF THAT HOUSING STOCK. LOOK AT THE TARGET NEIGHBORHOODS
AND COME UP WITH FIGURE OF X NUMBER OF PROPERTIES THAT WOULD PRIME TARGET, BUT I THINK THAT THE OTHER THING THAT WILL IMPACT THAT IS GOING TO BE WHAT
HAPPENS TO RATES OF CHILD LEAD POISONING OVER TIME. DO WE CONTINUE TO SEE THEM DROP AS WE DO THIS WORK AND AS WE TARGET THESE SPECIFIC AREAS?
AND SO WILL THAT IMPACT SORT OF THE -- THE POOL OF PROPERTIES WE NEED TO WORK IN. I CAN LOOK INTO THAT, THOUGH, AND TRY TO GET YOU A MORE SPECIFIC ANSWER. >> GREAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> GREAT. THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE ON QUEUE, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. DO KNOW WE WILL BE GETTING THIS AT A QUARTERLY RATE AND JUST FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND THESE WILL BE COMING QUARTERLY, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY. AND SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS AND FILE THAT UPDATE. THE NEXT AND FINAL ITEM IS RECE PRESENTATION ON THE 340B DRUG
PRICING PROGRAM HERE TO PRESENT ON THAT ITEM AND IS JEREMY AND LISON PENCE, AND I ALSO SEE DALTON, SO IT MIGHT BE FOUR OF YOU.
>> WELCOME. >>HANK YOU. >> HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT ON THIS
MY NAME IS TONY COLLINS AND I AM THE DIRECTOR OF 340B FOR LINE OF HEALTHND JOINED WITH ALLISON PENCE, OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND JEREMY, OUR 340B PROGRAM MANAGER. WE ARE HERE TODAY THE PRESENT ON OUR ANNUAL PRESENTATION AS PART OF ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN'S
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. IT IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATIONND AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT OVSEES THE 340B PROGRAM OPERATION. AND THE M.O.U. IS A PART OF ABBOTT'S REQUIREMENT TO HAVE WITH THE CITY.
AND IT ENTITLES OR INSURES THAT ABBOTT HAS ACCESS TO THIS VITAL PROGRAM TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES AND ENGAGEMENT WE WILL COVER TOY AND TO PROVIDE ENCUMBRANCE OF CARE TO UNINSURED,
UNDERINSURED AND INDIGENOUS PATIEN IN OUR COMMUNITIES. AN OVERVIEW OF ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN AS WELL AS THE SERVICES WE OFFER WITH RECENT STATISTICS FROM 2024. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JEREMY ENGER TO COVER THE 340B PRICING PROGRAM AND THE END POINTS OF THE M.O.U.
AND LASTLY TO ALISON TO COVER THE COMMITY ENGAGEMENT HIGHLIGHTS FOR ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN. AGAIN, LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST MINNEAPOLIS, WE OFFER A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES. SOME INCLUDED ARE MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES,
MOTHER-BABY CARE, ONCOLOGY, ORTHOPEDIC, PEDIATRICS, ETC. IN 2024, ANNUALLY SERVED OVER 200,000 PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. WE HAVE SEEN A 2024 MIX OF PUBLIC FUND INSURANCE AND 33% PRIVATE INSURANCE.
INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A CHANGE OVER THE LAST FOUR, FIVE YEARS IN 2021. WE HAD A 44% PUBLIC INSURANCE AND CERTAINLY SEEING A CHANGE THERE RENTLY. WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JEREMY TO COVER THE 340B
PRICING PROGRAM. >> THANK YOU. AS TONY MENTIED, I AM JEREMY, ENGER AND WILL PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE 340B DRUG PURCHASING PROGRAM. THIS SLIDE DESCRIBES A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM AND IS
ADMINISTERED BY THE HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION AND ALSO KNOWN AS HERSA. HERSA DOES REQUIRE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANNG BETWEEN THE HOSPITAL AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY. THAT IS WHY YOU ARE HERE TODAY.
THIS ENTITLES CERTAIN ENTITIES TO ACCESS DISCOUNTED PATIENTS DUE TO CARING FOR A HIGH NUMBER OF LOW INCOME PATIENTS. THIS IS ALSO KNOWN AS DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE. SO THAT'S THE QUALIFICATION ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN IS UNDER.
THE SAVORINGS ALLOW ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN TO PROVIDE EXPANDED SERVICES AND PROTECT REIMBURSE SERVICES AND KIND OF THE BOTTOM THERE IS THE M.O.U. IS REALLY ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN'S COMMITMENT
TO CONTINUE PROVIDING FREE AND REDUCED COST TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO INDIGENT AND UNDERINSURED AND UNINSURED IN MINNEAPOLIS AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
A COUPLE OF BENEFIT PROGRAMS TO HIGHLIGHT. ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN DOES OFFER FREE OR REDUCED COST SERVICES. SOME INCLUDE CHARITY CARE, UNINSURED DISCOUNT FOR PATIENTS, AND THEN LASTLY, ALINA DOES
OFFER FREE DRUG PROGRAM TO PATIENTS AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ALISON. >> GOOD TO SEE YOU. KE A SEAT. >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME I ALLISON PENCE, THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
AT ALINA HEALTH AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LEAD FOR ABABORT NORTHWESTERN FOR THE LAST 13 YEARS AS PART OF THE COMMITMENT TO SERVING THIS COMMUNITY, I WILL JUST GO THROUGH A FEW THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING SPECIFICALLY IN THE ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN NEIGHBORHOODS. THE EARLY YOUTH EYE CARE PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE
CONDUCTED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AS PART OF ALINA. WE HAVE SCREENED EVERY SINGLE CHILD IN THE MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. EVERY SINGLE YEAR OR EVERY OTHER YEAR THE WAY THUF IT SET UP. LAST YEAR WE SCREENED 12,000 STUDENTS, WHICH MEANS KIDS COME TO SCHOOL. THEY GET SCREENED BY OUR
SCREENERS AND IF THEY IDENTIFY A CHALLENGE, W WILL DO THE FOLLOW-UP WITH THEM. WE WILL CONNECT THEM TO A HEALTH RE PROVIDER WHO CAN PROVIDE CARE OR WE WILL COME WITH OUR KIRBY PUCKETT EYE MOBILE AND PROVIDE THE CARE ONSITE AND THAT MEANS GETTING GLASSES AND WE
HAVE PROVIDED REFERRALS FOR SURGERY AND PAY FOR THAT AS PART OF THE EARLY YOUTH EYE CARE PRACTICE. WE ARE WORKING ON THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE CTINUALLY WORKING ON AND CONDUCTING THE ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE 2026 THROUGH 2028
COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT. AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE ALSO WRAPPING UP THE 2023 THROUGH 2025 PLAN. WASN'T OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE 23-25 CH&A IS THEY DID NOT SEE
THEMSELVES REPRESENTED IN OUR BUILDING, SO WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING WITH MEMBERS OF THAT COMMUNITY INCLUDING ARCHITECTS FROM FULL CIRCLE DESIGN, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, I SURE YOU ARE WELL AWARE THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM AND ARE BUILDING NATIVE HEALING
SPACES INTO THE NEW ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WE WILL HAVE A SPACE INSIDE THE FACILITY, RIGHT NEXT TO THE APEL WILL BE A SEPARATE SPACE SPECIFIC TO NATIVE HEALING. WE'RE ALSO INCORPORATING NATIVE ALING MEDICINES INTO OUR FUTURE GARDEN AS PART OF WHAT
WILL BE ON THE ROO OF THE HOSPITAL. SO WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO IMPLEMENT REQUESTS THAT CAME OF THE COMMUNITY AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND CONDUCTING THE NEXT ROUND OF ASSESSMENTS. WE ALSO CONTINUE THAVE PROVIDER COMMUNITY GRANTING PROGRAM AND PROVIDE CHARITABLE
CONTRIBUTIONS,RANTS TO NONPROFITS IN THE COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH MORE IF YEARS AND GROUPS THAT ARE NEW TO THE COMMUNITY. I WILL SAY ONE OF THE THINGS WEFR DONE THIS YEAR ESPECIALLY THE LAST FEW MONTHS IS WE HAVE PIVOTED AND REALLY STARTED TO MAKE OURSELVES ABLE TO RESPOND QUICKLY WHEN WE HEAR FROM
COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT THEY NEED DOLLARS NOW BECAUSE FEDERAL FUNDOR WHATEVER THEY HAVE BEEN RECEIVING HAVE BEEN PAUSED. THAT IS A PIVOT THAT WE HAVE MADE THIS YR SPECIFICALLY TO INSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY RTNERS TO PROVIDE SERVICES THAT WE KNOW ARE IMPORTANT.
IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE DOING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE POLLINATOR GARDEN THAT WE BUILT ALONG THE GREENWAY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN WE BUT THE PURPLE RAMP PARKING STRUCTURE. THAT IS A SLOPE OF LAND THAT WE PURCHASE FROM THEITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND WE HAVE BEEN
ACTIVELY WORKING TO INSURE THAT REINS A POLLINATOR GARDEN. WE ALSO INSTALLED ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGG STATIONS IN THAT RAMP. WE HAVE 20 OF THEM AND WE ARE USING THOSE AND THOSE ARE AVAILABLE ALL THE TIME. AND WE ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING STEPS TO INSURE
THAT THE ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN CAMPUS WILL BE LEED CERTIFIED ONCE WE ARE DONE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CAMPUS BUILDING GOING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF CAMPUS. WE RECENTLY INSTALLED A SOLAR ROOF ON THE ROOF OF THE PURPLE PARKING RAMP, WHICH IS THE
BRD-NEW PARKING STRUCTURE. THIS SOLAR ROOF IS GOING TO BE A COMMUNITY SOR GARDEN, WHICH MEANS WE PUT 2,000 SOLAR PANELS ON THE ROOF OF THE PARKING STRUCTURE, AND WE ARE TAKING THE ENERGY CREDITS, AND WE ARE TURNING THEM OVER TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE ARE PARTNERING WITH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED COOPERATIVE
ENERGY FUTURES BASED OUT OF SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS AND THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING THE COOPERATIVE FOR THI COMMUNITY SOLAR GARDEN ACTIVELY WORKING. THEY HAVE LITERALLY LIMITED FUTURE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO PEOPLE WHO MEET CERTAIN INCOME THRESHOLDS BECAUSE WE WANT TO INSURE THAT MOST OF THE CREDITS
FROM THE SOLAR GARDEN GO TO THE PEOPLE WHO MOST NEED THEM AND ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. AS PART OF THIS NEW SOLAR ARRAY, IT IS GOING TO GENERATE 1.3 MILLION KILO WATT HOURS OF ELECTRICITY EVERY YEAR, WHICH WE FIGURE IS ABOUT ENOUGH ENERGY TO
POWER 150 OF THE HOMES IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS. SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW OPPORTUNITY. IT IS A REALLY COOL PROJECT THAT CAME APART AS MANY DISCUSSIONS, SOME OF WHICH HAVE HAPPENED WITH THIS BODY. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED THAT THIS IS MOVING FORWARD.
AND IN TERMS OF OUR OVERALL COMMITMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUR IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY, OUR IMPACT INVESTMENT COMMITMENT CONTINUES TO PROCEE THIS IS A PROGRAM WE CREATED FOLLOWING THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD IN 2021. WE MADE THE COMMITMENT THAT WE
WERE GOING TO SET ASIDE $30 MILLION TO BE USED AS IMPACT INVESTMENTS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS. TO DATE WE'VE CLOSED OR COMMITTED ABOUT 22 OF THOSE $30 LLION TO THE PORTFOLIO OF A VARIETY OF INVESTORS. SOME SMALLER SUCH AS THE
MINNESOTA FUND, FIRST CHILDREN'S FINANCE, WHICH IS PROVIDING CHILD CARE PROVIDERS. THE MINNESOTA FUND IS PROVING MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE TO NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THE GREER MINNESOTA HOUSING FUND WE INVESTED IN THE
REVOLVING LOAN FUND. AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT IS MAKING ANOTHER COMMITMENT TO THE NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY CLINIC FOR THE REBUILD AND MAKING A SEPARATE INVESTMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY CLINIC AS WELL AS THE SIGNIFICANT
CONTRIBUTION INTO THE SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY CLINIC WHICH IS GOING UP ON LAKE STREET AND 10th AND 11th AVENUE. AND FINALLY OUR CONSTRUCTION WORK FORCE DIVERSITY HAS BEEN PART OF THE ABBOTT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT SINCE ITS INCEPTION. IT IS A DIRECTIVE BY THE ALINA
HEALTH BOARD IN 2018 THAT THIS PROJECT COULD NOT JUST BENEFIT ALINA HEALTH AND ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN, BUT ALSO THE MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY. AN PART OF THAT WHEN WE SELECTED MORTENSON, WE SAID YOU HAVE TO HIRE FROM THE COMMUNITY
AND PROVIDE ON THE JOB TRAINING. SO FAR THEY HAVE GOTTEN 20 PEOPLE INTO THAT PROCESS AND IT IS A VERY INTENTIONAL, HIGHLY -- I WOULD SAY HIGH TOUCH PROCESS WHERE THEY ARE WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS MAKING SURE THEY ARE GETTING INTO THE FIELD. THEY ARE LEARNING THE SKILLS ON
THE JOB AND CONNECTED TO THE SUBCONTRACTORS SO TH WON'T JUST LEVER THE JOB AND BE DONE, BUT GO ON TO THE NEXT I DON'T KNOW AND HAVE THE CONNECTIONS. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT 20 IS KIND OF THE FIRST STEP IN TERMS OF THE NUMBE OF PEOPLE AND ONCE THAT HOSPITAL BUILDING IS FULLY
CONSTRUCTED AND WE PUT THE WALL ON IT AND ALL THE WORK MOVES INSIDE, IT IS A WHOLE OTHER SET OF PEOPLE AND ADDITIONAL SUBCONTRACTORS TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM AND CONTINUE TO HIRE PEOPLE OUT OF E COMMUNITY AND INSURE THEY WILL HAVE LONG-TERM JOBS.
AND THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. >> AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. LOOK AT THE QUEUE AND SEE IF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MR.CHAIR. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF OUR CITY.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE NATIVE HEALING SPACES AND YOUR INTENTION TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO INCLUDE THE CULTURAL COMMUNITIES. I LOVE LEARNING ABOUT THE CLIMATE INVESTMENTS YOU ARE MAKING NOT JUST FOR YOUR OWN BUILDING BUT FOR THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
THE LABOR AGREEMENTS THAT SUPPORT LOCAL COMMUNITY IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TRIED TO DO AS A CITY, AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE MAKING GREAT PGRESS ON IT. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF OUR CITY.
>> NEXT UP WE HA PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ AND THANK YOU FOR BEINGHERE. THERE IS A LOT GOING ON AT FEDERAL LEVEL RIGHT NOW. AND I KNOW 340B IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM. IT IS FAIRLY COMPLEX AND THIS
CONTEXT OF FLOODING THE ZONE, I JUST LOOKED IT UP AND WE GOT TARIFFS THAT HAVE BEEN PAUSED FOR 90 DAYS, BUT ALSO TUGHT I WAS READING THAT HE WANTED TO DO SPECIFIC TARIFFS ON THE PHARMACEICAL INDUSTRY, AND SO I AM JUST WONDERING WITH YOU BEING SO CLOSE TO 340B PROGRAM,
IS THERE ANY INSIGHTS THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH US? ARE THERE ACTIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL THAT ARE NOT MAKING THE FRONT COVER OF THE NEWSPAPER? BUT MIGHT BE IMPACTING 340B, THAT WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS PROGRAM?
>> I WILL TAKE THAT. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. AND 340B CERTAINLY AND FEDERALLY AS WELL, TOO, AND WITHIN ALLINA HEALTH AND COMMITTEES STANDING UP AND CERTAINLY HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE 340B PROGRAM
SPECIFIC AND CHANGES AND AWARE OF POTENTIAL BILLS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL BEING PROPOSED TO LIMIT THE PROGRAM IN TERMS OF US TO ACCESS IT OR ENTITIES TO AK SES IT AND TAKE AWAY THE BENEFITS AND THAT ALISON HAS
COVERED AS WELL. AND HAPPY TO FOLW-UP WITH MORE INFORMATION. ED >> NEXT THAT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. SO AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR BILLION
DOLLAR INVESTMENT IN THE LATEST EDITION. THIS PRESENTATION WAS LITERALLY AN EYE OPENER FOR ME. WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN, TO HELP OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH EYE EXAMINATION IS FABULOUS. THE 150 HOM POWERED BY SOLAR. YOU ARE JUST A GOOD CORPORATE
CITIZEN. AND I ALSO WANT TO TALK AS A SON WHOSE MOTHER WAS IN YOUR HOSPITAL SIX TIMES IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF HER LIFE AND LATER THROUGH HOSPICE AND THE CARE WAS
INCREDIBLE. AND AS A SON, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THE HELP WITH MY MOTHER. >> I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE ON QUEUE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I DO LIKE SEEINGHE PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN HELPING WITH
LIKE THE MINNESOTA FUND AND SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY CLINIC. THESE ARE PROJECTS WE HELPED FUND IN DECEMB, SO IT IS GOOD TO SEE HOW OUR GOVERNMENT IS STEPPING UP TO SUPPORT THE PROJECTS AND SO ARE OUR PRIVATE PARTNERS AS WELL. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I KNOW THAT WE AS A CITY COMMITTED FUNDING TO THE
NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY CLINIC, SO THESE ARE IMPORTANT PROJECTS. D I JUST WANTED TO SHOW MY APPRECIATION THERE. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE ON QUEUE. SO IF THERE IS NO MORE QUESTIONS, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU. >> THANKOU.
>> SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL DIRECT THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT REPORT. SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US, I WILL DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED. . .
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