[GAVEL] >> WELL DOM THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PUBLICEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING FOR FEBRUARY 19, 2025. I AM JASON CHAVEZ, AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS AND
STAFF THAT THIS MEETING IS BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THE BROADCAST INCLUDES REAL-TIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MIFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO 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 WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLLO VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM FOR THIS MEETING.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE, PRESENT. >> RAINVILLE IS ABSENT. ELLISON IS ABSENT. PALMISANO? >> PRESENT. >> VICE CHAIR WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM. I DO KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE WILL BE JOINING US
SHORTLY. WITH THAT, THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING IS BEFORE US. FIT, I WILL PASS ON TO VICE CHAIR WONSLEY WHO WILL MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE POSTPONEMENT TIMELINE. >> YES, THANKYOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ.
SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN TERMS OF GETTING MORE CLARITY AROUND THEIR LAL POSITION AROUND WHY COUNCIL CAN NO LONGER ADVANCE BASICALLY ACTION PLANS,
SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE HAD A LONG-STANDING TRADITION OF DOING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, BUT THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED WANTING TO MEET WITH US BEFORE DOING A PUBLIC PRESENTATION.
SO IN LIGHT OF HAVING ENOUGH TIME TO ACCOMMODATE THAT AND DO THE PUBLIC PRESENTATION, I WANT TO AMEND THE DAT FOR THIS POSTPONEMENT WITH REPLACING RCH 5 TO SUB THAT WITH
ACTUALLY JULY 16, WHICH GIVES US MORE THAN A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET A PRESENTATION SCHEDULE >> AND CAN THE CLERKS HELP ME WITH THIS PROCESS? THERE IS A MOON TO AMEND THE TIMELINE TO JULY 16.
>> MM-HMM. >> IS THAT ENOUGH? >> YES, SO YOU JUST MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE TO THAT DATE. >> THE MOTION ON THE TABLE IS TO POSTPONE TO THE JULY 16 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE.
COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? AND T ITEM IS POSTPONED TO THE JULY 16 P.H.S. COMMITTEE MEETING.
THE NEXT ITEM IS OUR FIRST DISCSION ITEM AND IT IS RECEIVING AND FILING AN UPDATE IN RESPONSE TO A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO THE WINTER SAFETY FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. HERE TO KICK OFF THE
PRESENTATION IS BRETT JELLY AND JERR JEFFREYS. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ, VICE CHAIR WONSLEY, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE. I AM JARED JEFFREYS. TH ME TODAY TO PRESENT ON THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RESPONSE ARE DEPUTY CITY OPERATIONS
REGISTER BRETT JELLY, ENRIQUE VELAZQUEZ, DIRECTOR OF REGULATORY SERVICES, FIRE CHIEF, THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR AND JOINING US SHORTLY WILL BE DAVID HEWITT, HENNEPIN COUNTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING STABILITY. BEFORE YOU IS THE AGENDA AND
WHAT WE WILL BE COVERING IN OUR PRESENTATION STARTING WITH THE CITY'S PREPAREDNESS FOR SEVERE WEATHER, WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW AND OUR ROLE IN HENNEPIN
COUNTY'S PREPARATIONS AND THE PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE. WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OVER TO RACHEL SAYRE TO KICK US OFF ON THE SUBSTANCE HERE. >> THANK YOU. COMING UP, DIRECTOR RACHEL SAYRE. >> I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO START B GROUNDING US ALL IN BEST PRACTICES FOR PREPAREDNESS FOR COMMUNITIES FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF PREPAREDNESS WORK IS TO REDUCE VULNERABILITY TO DISASTERS AND TO INCREASE RESILIENCE.
THE KEY PRINCIPLEUNDERLYING OUR WORK IS THAT SPENDING TIME ON PREPAREDNESS YEAR ROUND ON AN ONGOING BASIS WILL HELP US BE BETTER PREPARED FOR WHEN AN ACUTE DISASR OR EMERGENCY DOES STRIKE. THIS TIME THAT WE SPEND ON THIS
YEAR ROUND, ONGOING PREPAREDNESS WORK AT ALL LEVELS OF OUR COMMUNITY, INDIVIDUAL, HOUSEHOLD, ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, THE CITY ENTERPRISE, ALL OF THIS WORK WILL INCREASE OUR INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE SILIENCY FOR WHEN DISASTERS DO
HIT. IN MINNEAPOLIS, OF COURSE, WHEN WE DO TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL SAERTS OR ACUTE LARGE EMERGENCIES, OUR MOST LIKELY RISKS ARE SEASONAL HAZARDS, WHICH MEANS THAT WE CAN DO EVEN
MORE TO REALLY SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON WORK ON PREPAREDNESS FOR THOSE SEVERE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS. SO KNOWING THAT WE NEED TO SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME ON AN ONGOING BASIS ON PREPAREDNESS, AND KNOWS WHAT HAZARDS ARE MOST FREQUENT,
I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO TALK ABOUT BEST PRACTICES FOR HOW THIS WORK CAN BE APPROACHED. OKAY. SO IN LOOKING AT WHAT THE CITY CAN DO FOR COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS, I AM BRINGING IN
HUMANITARIAN EXPERIENCE, AND THAT SPECIFIC LENS OF BEST PRACTICES THATMENT COS FROM DECADES OF LESSONS LEARNED FROM DISASTER RISK REDUCTION. MANY OF WHICH ARE PRACTICES ACROSS VARIOUS SECTORS AND BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS.
SO FIRST, AS WE CONSIDER HOW WE APPROACH THIS WORK, WE WANT TO INSURE IT'S TAILORED, SO THAT MEANS WE'RE ENGAGING WITH REALLY THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS ON ANY SPECIFIC HAZARD PREPAREDNESS.
SO FIRST WE'RE ASKING WHO IS MOST VULNERABLE. EITHER AS A GROUP OR INDIVIDUALS. WE'RE ASKING WHICH ORGANIZATIONS ARE MOST TRUSTED BY THOSE
INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS TO TAILOR AND REACH THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MOST EFFECTED. THAT IS THE FIRST GRP. THE SECOND GROUP WE ARE LOOKING AT IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT SURROUNDS THE VULNERABLE GROUP OR INDIVIDUALS. INSURING THAT WE SPEND TIME WITH BOTH THE MOST VULNERABLE GROUP
AND THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SERVING THEM AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS IS A CONSISTENT LESSON LEARNED FROM DISASTER RISK, REDUCTION AND RESPONSE ACROSS MOST EVERY COUNTRY. AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO INSURE WE'RE NOT INADVERTENTLY
CREATING OR INCREASING TENSION ON THE COMMUNITY BY FOCUSSING ON JUST ONE OF THE GROUPS. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT WE SPEND TIME FOCUSSING AND WORKING WITH BOTH GROUPS. THE THIRD GROUP THAT AS UNIQUE NEEDS IN E SAME AREA ARE LOCAL BUSINESSES, SO LIKE THE OTHER
TWO GROUPS THIS, ONE HAS UNIQUE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE WANT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN WE'RE DESIGNING AN EFFECTIVE, SUSTAINABLE PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM. SO THIS FIRST STEP OF DEFINING
WHO WE ARE ENGAGING WITH IS CRITICAL BECAUSE ANOTHER BEST PRACTICE IS THAT IN ORDER TO DESIGN EFFECTIVE PREPAREDNESS PROGRAMS, THEY HAVE TO BE TAILORED. AND IT HAS TO BE RESPONSIVE TO WHICH EACH GROUP -- TO WHAT EACH GROUP NEEDS, AND IDEALLY THE WHOLE PROGRAM IS CO-CREATED WITH
EACH OF THESE GROUPS. SO THAT IT IS NOT US COMING AND SAYING, HERE IS WHAT WE THINK, BUT IT IS WHAT DO YOU NEED? WHAT ARE THE STRENGTHS YOU ALREADY HAVE THAT WE CAN BUILD UPON. AND WHAT GAPS CAN WE HELP FILL OR ADDRESS. OR WHAT CULTURAL SPECIFICS, WHAT
LANGUAGE SPECIFICS DO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAILORING THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE SO THAT WE ARE RESPONSIVE TO THESE GROUPS. AND AGAIN, ULTIMATELY REDUCING VULNERABILITY TO DISASTERS. ANOTHER KEY CHARACTERISTIC OF A
SUCCESSFUL PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM IS THAT IT IS SUSTAINABLE. SO A WELL-KNOWN MARKETING PRINCIPAL APPLIES HERE THAT YOU MUST HEAR SOMETHING SEVEN TIMES BEFORE YOU CONSIDER BUYING IT. SAME THINGOR PREPAREDNESS.
IT REQUIRES A LONG-TERM ENGAGEMENT FOR PEOPLE TO REALLY CONSISTENTLY TAKE THE ACTIONS THAT WILL HELP THEM REDUCE THEIR INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLD, ORGANIZATIONAL VULNERABILITY. FINALLY, THE BEST PREPAREDNESS
PROGRAMS PREPARE ON THE STRENGTHS AND RESOURCES THAT ALREADY EXIST IN THE COMMUNITY. OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING INCREDIBLE WORK IN THE CITY. WE KNOW THAT AND WE WANT TO BUILD UPON THOSE STRENGTHS AND
IDENTIFY WHERE THERE ARE GAPS. SO I LAY ALL THAT GROUND WORK FOR US TO JUST HAVE THE COMMON UNDERSTANDING THAT MOST OF WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING IN MINNEAPOLIS MOST OF THE TIME IS AROUND PREPAREDNESS. WHEN A DISASTER STRIKES, IT IS REALLY JUST THAT QUICK MOMENT IN
TIME. THERE IS THAT IMMEDIATE RESPONSE AND THERE IS RECOVERY TIME AND GO BACK INTO PREPAREDNESS WITH LESSONS LEARNED FROM WHATEVER CAME OUT OF THAT DISASTER. THAT IS HOW DISASTER RESPONSE RECOVERY PREPAREDNESS WORKS AS A
TYKE SOOIK L. WE LOOK AT IT AS AN ONGOING, FOREVER THING -- WORKS AS A CYCLE. WE LOOK AT IT AS AN ONGOING, FOREVER THING. THEN JUST GROUNDING US IN SEVERE WEATHER. WH WE TALK ABOUT SEVERE WEATHER HERE, WE ARE NOT TALKING
ABOUT JUST SEVERE COLD, BUTF COURSE, SEVERE HEAT, WHICH ACTUALLY OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES IN MINNEAPOLIS T NUMBER OF RECORD HEAT DAYS HAS OUTNUMBERED THE RECORD COLD DAYS BY 3:1. HIGH WIND EVENTS E ONE OF THE MOST LIKELY HAZARDS HERE IN THE CITY.
AND OF COURSE, ESPECIALLY WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, WE'RE WATCHING THE PONTIAL FOR INCREASED SEVERE AIR QUALITY DAY, SO THOSE AR THE KIND OF SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. >> ALL RIGHT.
MOVING ON BRIEFLY TO BEST PRACTICESOR RESPONSES. WE WANT TO WORK CLA TOWARDS EVERYONE RECEIVING THE SAME RESPONSE REGARDLESS OF CHARACTERISTICS.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS EVERYTHING THAT IS OUT THERE ALREADY AND MAP IT TOGETHER SO AS A WHOLE ECONOMY, A WHOLE ECOSYSTEM, COMMITTEE, JURISDICTIONS, WE ALL KNO WHAT
SERVICES WE'RE PROVIDING SO WE CAN SEE THE GAPS AND THE KNIT THEM TOGETHER TO BETTER SERVE OUR RESIDENTS. SO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT WORKED WITH REGULATORY SERVICES TO TALK
ACROSS NINE DEPARTMENTS IN THE ENTERPRISE, THE CITY ENTERPRISE TO IDENTIFY WHAT PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS ARE ALREADY TAKING PLACE RELATED TO PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND THE CITY. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS LIST, THERE IS ALREADY KEY AND
CRITICAL PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE AT THIS TIME. I WILL TAL THROUGH THESE FIRST AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE PREPAREDNESS AFTER WE EACH TALK THROUGH WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW. SO FOR PREPAREDNESS, THE CITY'S
HOMELESS RESPOE TEAM IS ALREADY SHARING SEVERE WEATHER INCOMING WEATHER INFORMATION DIRECTLY WITH RESIDENTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THEY ARE ALSO CONNECTING WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WHO SERVE THOSEPOPULATIONS, AND IN
ADDITION, OUR CITY COMMUNICATIONINGS ARE SHARING RESOURCES VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND NEWSLETTERS. THE CPED COLLEAGUES ARE FUNDING THE COUNTY FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND WARNG STATIONS. AND OF COURSE, HENNEPIN COUNTY
IS HERE OR WILL BE HERE SHORTLY TO ALSO PROVIDE WHAT ROLE THEY PLAY IN THIS ECOSYSTEM. SO WITH THAT I WILL HAND IT OVER TO CHIEF TYNER AND COME BACK SHORTLY. AWE THANK YOU.
WELCOME UP, CHIEF TYNER. >> WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT PRIMARILY RESPONSE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TOWARDS ENCAMPMENTS, ICH IS WHAT WE WERE SPECIFICALLY ASKED ABOUT. BUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
PREVENTION, TOO. SO OUR RESPONSE TO ACTIVITY FIRES AND ENCAMPMENTS DURING SEVERE WEATHER IS REALLY PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS OUR RESPONSE TO ACTIVE FIRES AND INSTRUCTORS. OUR FIRST RESPONSIBILITY IS LIFE
SAFETY, SO RESCUING ANY VICTIMS OR ANYBODY THAT IS TRAPPED IN A BURNING BURNING EXTINGUISHMENT OF THE
FIRE AND REMOVING THE HAZARD. AFTER THAT, WE PROVIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSES WHENEVER WE ARE CALLED OUT FOR A VARIETY OF MEDICAL ISSUES WHETHER THAT IS INVOLVED WIT THE FIRE OR NOT. BUT IN EXTREME WEATHER AND SEVERE WEATHER, WE PARTNER WITH
METROTRANSIT TO PROVIDE BUSES TO SERVE AS WARMING SPACES OR COOLING SPACES AND IF IT IS A HOTTER DAY AND WE ALSO CAL AMERICAN RED CROSS TO PROVIDE WRAP-AROUND RVICES TO VICTIMS DISPLACED BY A FIRE.
SO THAT COULD BE ACTUALLY IN A BUILDING, THAT CAN COME IN THE FORM OF A VOUCHER FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN AN ENCAMENT AND COMES IN THE FORM OF TENTS AND SLEEPING BAGS AND OTHER
MATERIALS TO REACE WHAT WAS LOST. WITH THAT, OH, AND FOR PREVENTION, WE DO VISIT ENCAMPMENTS UPON REQUEST TO DETERMINE IF, KIND OF IF THEY ARE USING SAFE PRACTICES, SAFE
HEATING PRACTICES, THAT THERE IS ENOUGH DISTANCE BETWEEN OPEN FLAMES AND FLAMMABLE MATERIALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE HAVE RECENTLY PARTNERED WITH THE NATIONAL PROPANE ASSOCIATION TO DISTRIBUTE INFORMATION OUT SAFE PROPANE USE AS THAT SEEMS TO BE THE PREFERRED HEATING
SOURCE HERE NOW IN MANY OF THE ENCAMPMENTS. SO WITH THAT, I THINK I WILL PASS IT ON T ENRIQUE VELAZQUEZ. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF. WELCOME, DIRECTOR VELAZQUEZ. >> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ, VICE CHAIR WONSY, AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I AM ENRIQUE VELAZQUEZ, THE DIRECTOR OF REGULATORY SERVICES. AND I WILL TALK ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE CITY'S HOMELESS RESPONSE TEAM DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, WHETHER IT'S EXTREME HEAT,
EXTREME COLD OR OTHER VARIABLES SUCH AS SEVERELY POOR AIR QUALITY AS WE HAVE EXPERIENCED. FIRST OFF T CITY'S HOMELESS RESPONSE TEAM, THEY MEET ON A WEEKLY BASIS, MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK WITH OTHER CITY PSONNEL THAT ARE OUT
DOING OUTREACH, WHETHER IT'S CRI PREVENTION SPECIALISTS, SOLID WASTE RECYCLG AND OTHERS THAT ARE ENGAGING AND WORKING IN THIS SPACE. THAT ALSO INCLUDES EXTERNAL PARTNERS THAT ARE ENGAGING WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY, THROUGH THE REET OUTREACH TEAMS, METRO TRANSIT, HOMELESS ACTION TEAM AND MN-DOT AND THEIR OUTREACH TEAMS AS WELL. COTANTLY WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH EACH ONE OF
THE PARTNERS WITH THE CRITICAL EVENTS THAT EMERGE, WHAT THE RESOURCES ARE THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF DIRECTION SO WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE RESOURCES ARE, HOW TO ACCESS THEM AND HOW TO ENGAGE WITH INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING
UNSHELTERED HOMELSNESS AT ENCAMPMENTSOTHERWISE. WE ALSO RELY ON THE COUNTY TO GATHER SOME INFMATION SO THAT THE OUTREACH TEAMS ARE IN THE DIFFERENT SPACES DELIVERING THAT INFORMATION, PROVIDING RESOURCES AND INFORMATION TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED
HOMESSNESS SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING, WHERE TO GO AND PROVIDING VOUCHERS OR BUS TOKENS OR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT METHODS TO GO IN AND
REACH THE SERVICES SO TRANSPORTATION TO THE SHELTER OR COOLING SPACE OR WARMING PCE IS NOT A BARRIER ALL BY ITSELF. AND ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE
ABOUT 85 ARCTIC SHELTER BEDS AND THOSE ARE IN ADDITION TO THE WINTER SHELTER OPERATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS THAT EXPERIENCE UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS THAT
NEED A SAFE, WARM PLACE TO GO. AND WHEN WITH THAT, I WILL TURN THINGS OVER TO THE OFFICE FOR HOUSING STABILITY. >> THANK YOU.
WELCOME UP. >> THANKS FOR BEING HERE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM DAVID HEWITT, AND ASKED TO SPEAK H GIVEN THE COUNTY'S ROLE THAT IT HAS TAKEN ON RELIEVING FINANCIAL INVESTMEN
IN SHELT ARENAED THE HOMELESSNESS SYSTEM. AND WITH THAT SAID, I DID WANT TO START OUT BY HIGHLIGHTING THAT THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE IS THAT ANY INCIDENCE OF HOMELESSNESS I A NEED OF RESPONSE IRRESPECTIVE OF THE SPECIFIC WEATHER OF THE DAY. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE
THE WORK IS YEAR ROUND AND THAT PLAYS OUT IN SPECIFIC WAYS. FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVEAD WINTER ONLY SHELTERS IN THE PAST SUCH AS THE ONE OPERATED BY AGATE HOUSING AND SERVICES AT FIRST COVENANT CHURCH AND THAT IS A
BETTER OPERATING MODEL. AND OUR PREFERENCE AND PRIORITY IS YEAR ROUND SERVICES, BUT WE DO BOTH. THE ONLY OTHER THING TO SAY ABOUT YEAR ROUND OPERATIONS IS I ALWAYS SAY THE BEST TNG TO DO IN ADVANCE OF AN EMERGENCY IS ACTUALLY INSURE THERE IS FEW
PEOPLE EXPOSED TO T I AS POSSIBLE. WE'RE JUST TALLYING THE FINAL NUMBERS FROM 2024 AND ACROSS ALL OF THE PROGRAMS AND ALLF THE NONPROFIT PARTNER PROGRAMS. WE CAN SEE ACROSS LAST YE, 2522 MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN EXITED HOMELESSNESS AND
PERMANENT HOUSING. I MENTION THAT BECAUSE THAT MEANS 2500 PEOPLE WERE NOT IN A POSITION TO BE EXPOSED WHEN AN EMERGENC STARTED THIS YEAR. WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT YEAR ROUND WORK. AND I WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT IS AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY.
AND THE FIRST THING TO NOTE IS HENNEPIN COUNTY IS THE ONLY JURISDICTION IN THE ENTE MIDWEST, ONE OF FOUR IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS OURSELVES, WASHINGTON, D.C., BOSTON, NEW YORK, AND OPERATE UNDER A SHELTER AND POLICY WITH FAMILY FOR CHILDREN. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE
EXPAND CAPACITY FOR ANY FAMILY WITH CHILDREN FOR SHELTER THAT NIGH SO NO CHILD IS SLEEPING OUTSIDE. TH IS THE RAMP-UP WHERE WE WERE MORE THAN 400% AND LEASING ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS AND SOMETIMES SEE A REDUCTION BASED
ON NEED ACRO 2024 WHEN THE NUMBERS REDUCED BY 50% AS MORE FAMILIES WEREEAVING SHELTER EVERY MONTH THAN NEW FAMILIES COMING IN. TO MOST OF THE ADULTS AND THE PRIMARY FUNDER AND NOT THE ONLY FUNDER OF NONPROFITS AND
OPERATING SHELTERS. AND THE TOTAL COUNTY FUNDING GOING INTO A WHOLE HAS INCREASED WHAT IT IS WORTH AND $15 MILLION A YEAR AND TODAY IT IS CLOSER TO $50 MILLION, 5, 0. A LOT OF THAT INVESTMENT H GONE INTO IMPROVING THE QUALITY,
QUANTITY, AND VARIETY OF SHELTER OPERATIONS. WE ADDED FOUR NEW SHELTER PROGRAMS WITH THE PARTNERS AND HELPED THREE EXISTING SHELTER PROGRAMS AND BUILD AND ACQUIRE NEW BUILDINGS AND IN THE
SIMPSON, AGATE, AND OTHERS TO MOVE TO 24/7. AGAIN, THOSE WERE LONG-STANDING CHANGES BECAUSE THEY WERE BETTER FOR OUR RESIDENTS. IT USED TO BE THE CASE THAT WHEN WINTER HIT, ALL THE SHELTER WOULD HAVE TO SCRAMBLE AND STAY OPEN THAT DAY.
NOW THAT IS THE STANDARD OPERATING MODEL FOR MOST SHELTER, WE DON'T HAVE THAT SCRAMBLE. AND TURNING TO ACCESS OF SHELTER, ANOTHER BIG REFORM THAT HAPPENED PRE-PANDEMIC THAT PLAYS OUT IN EMERGENCY SITUATION IS IT USED TO BE THE DAY THAT PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO QUEUE UP OUTSIDE
THE BIG SHELTERS TO GO AND ACCESS EVERY NEXT DAY THEY WOULD LEAVE AND NOT KNOW IF THEY WOULD BE QUEUING UP TO BE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. AND A LITERAL LOTTERY SYSTEM ONCE A MONTH TO GET IN. WE WORKED WITH OUR NONPROFIT
PARTNERS TO REFORM THAT SYSTEM PRE-PANDEMIC. SO THAT NOW FOLKS IN SHELTER CANS RE-RESERVE THEIR BED FOR THE NEXT NIGHT. THE FIRST BULLET POINT IS THE BEST INDICATOR THAT SOMEBODY
WILL NEED EMERGENCY SHELTER TONIGHT, AND LET'S SAY THERE IS AN EMERGENCY IN TERMS OF WEATHER IS THEY NEEDED EMERGENCY SHELTER LAST NIGHT. WHAT WE SEE IS 90% RE-RESERVE THE BED AND THEY DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH THAT RIGAMAROLE AND
THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ACCESSING SHELTERROUND USED IT LAST NIGHT AND BEFORE. AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS IN A VARIETY OF SETTING. WE HAVE STAFFS AND CTRACTS AND NONPROFITS TO DO OUTREACH TO LIBRARIES AND TRANSIT AND INTO
ENCAMPMENTS ON A DAILY BASIS TO NAVIGATE AND I SHELTER IF THAT IS WHAT THEY WISH. AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO HAVE A SYSTEM TO ACCESS WHERE THEY ARE AND PROMOTE FAR AND WIDEND THAT IS THE HENNEPIN SHELTER HOTLINE NUMBER. THE PARTNERSHIP O CATHOLIC
CHARITIES AND UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY. EVERY DAY CATLIC CHARITIES ASSIST FOLKS WITH FINDING ALTERNATIVES TO SHELTER AND MANAGE TO DO THAT FOR 40 HOUSEHOLDS A WEEK AND TO CALL UP THE SHELTER HOTLINE AND ACTUALLY
TH A BIT OF CREATIVITY AND CAN FIND ALTERNATIVE TO GOING INTO SHELTER WHETHER THAT WILL FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND OTHER MEANS. FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT PROVIDED WITH THAT AND NEED SOMEWHERE, SINGLE BUDGETSONNECT TO SIMPSON AND SIMPSON ACCESS
SHELTER BEDS ACROSS THE PARTICIPATING PARTNERS. AND ON AVERAGE RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE SEE IS 62 SHELTER BEDS BECOME AVAILABLE EACH DAY FOR NEW PEOPLE. THAT IS THE DATA SIMPSON PROVIDES TO US AS THE COUNTY AND IT FLUCTUATES FROM DAY-TO-DAY AND THERE ARE TWO POINTS WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.
AND 31 BEDS AVAILABLE FOR NEW PEOPLE AND NOT THOSE THAT STAYED IN SHELTER LAST NIGHT, BUT NEW PEOPLE EVERY MORNING AND 31 IN THE EVENING. LIKE I SAID, IT'S FLUCTUATION. AND THERE ARE SPECIALIST SHELTERS THAT OPERATE UNDER THE
FOCUSES ON COMING FR ENCAMPMENTS ANDARTNER OUTREACH AND THE EMERGENCY SHELTERS LOOK TO AICDC TO DICTATE THE BEST WAY FOR THEM TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNY, THEIR CULTURAL
EXPERTISE AND OPERATE THEIR OWN INTAKE AND THE MEDICAL RESPITE SHELTER BY CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND THOSE THAT ARE PRIORITIZED WITH MEDICALLY ACUTE NEEDS FROM THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM. THAT IS THE GENERAL SYSTEM. IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED REQUEST
FOR PROPOSALS AND THE PERFORMED DEL IS REAR ROUND AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE INVESTED IN AND A NEED TO STAND UP ADDITIONAL CAPACITY IN THE WINTER. AND WE HAD A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS LAST SUMMER AND A BULLET POINT ON HERE TO HIGHLIGHT PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE WITH HOMELESSNESS,
PARTICIPATING IN THE FUNDING DECISIONS AND OFFERED ADDITIONAL OVERNIGHT CAPACITY THROUGH AICDC AND BEDS AT SALVATION ARMY. COLLECTIVELY, THERE ARE 140 BEDS ACROSS THE WHOLE WINTER. I WILL ADD WE DON'T GENERALLY GO
INTO THE DETAILS OF R.F.P. PROCESSES, BE U THESE WERE THE ONLY ADDITIONAL PROPOSALS FOR OVERNIGH CAPACITY AND WE PRIORITIZE THEM. WE WERE ABLE TO ADDITIONALLY FUND AOUPLE OF EXTRA DAYTIME SENTERS AND THOSE ARE THE TWO ON HERE. HOPE AVENUE AND THERE IS A LINK
HERE AND A QR CODE. AND THAT WILL CAPTURE EVERYTHING I SAID AND MORE. WE TRY TO HOST INFORMATION SO IF CHURCHES ARE OPENING UP IN THE DAY AND LET US KNOW, AND THEY ARE HAPPY FOR THAT INFORMATION TO BE SHARED, WE WILL SHARE IT
ON THE LIBRARY AS WELL AS HOMELESS SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AND TRY T COLLECT THAT INFORMATION TO UPDATE IN IT REAL TIME ABOUT WHAT SHELTERS ARE AVAILABLE AND DATA CENTERS ARE AVAILABLE. THESE ARE THE COUPLE WE ARE ABLE TO SPECIFICALLY FUND THROUGH THIS WINT. I THINK THAT IS EVERYTHING I HAD TO SHARE TODAY, COUNCIL MEMBERS. HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
AND I AM NOT SURE WHO I AM HANDING BACK TO. >> I THINK MAYBE -- ARE YOU GOING TO STAY HERE, DAVID? >> I AM HERE ALONG AS YOU NEED ME. >> MAYBE WHAT WOULD BE SMART IS IF WE TRANSITION TO QUESTIONS JUST SO YOUAN LEAVE IF YOU NEED TO LEAVE.
BUT OTHERWISE WE CAN FINISH THE PRESENTATION. >> I WIL PREFER TO THE PRESENTATION. >> I WILL WT FOR THE PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU. NOT TOO MUCH MORE. WE ARE GOING TO TRANSITION INTO TALKING ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES WE
HAVE TO ENHANCE PREPAREDNESS. SO WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A FEW SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT E.M.D. WILL BE IMPLENTING OVER THE COMING YEAR IN THIS SPACE.
SO FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO WORK ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE TO DELOP WHOLISTIC, SEASONAL HAZARD PREPAREDNESS MESSAGING. AND WHAT WOULD BE DEPLOYED ACROSS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE COMMUNICATION AVENUE. AND NEWSLETTERS, SOCIAL MEDIA, ALL THESE KIND OF THING.
AND IT WOULD BE PROACTIVE AHEAD OF EVERY SEASON AND REALLY JUST PROVIDING SOME KEY BEST PRACTICES, AGAIN, FROM ACROSS ALL E DEPARTMENTS SO RESIDENTS HAVE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO BE BETTER PREPARE. WE ESTIMATE THAT WE CAN PROBABLY
ACCOMPLISH THIS IN SIX MONTHS ASSUMING NO MAJOR DISRUPTIONS AND USING RESOURCES ON HA. SO THE NEXT ITEM, THE NEXT PROJECT WE'RE GOING TO TACKLE IS WORKING TO DEVELOP TRIGGERS OR
THREOLDS FOR SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS, SO WHENE HIT X DEGREES OR EXPECTED TO HIT X DEGREES, THEN THE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATIONS WILL HAPPEN AND
ACROSS THE SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS WHERE ACUTE WEATHER EVENT WILLS BECOME ROUTINE WITH REDUCED IMPACTS. THE NEXT PROJECT WE'RE GOING TO UNDERTAKE IS SOMETHING THA I AM BRINGING FROM THE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE WORLD WHICH IS CALLED A
3W. THIS IS WHAT SERVES AS A HOUSE FOR WHAT ORGANIZATIONS ARE PROVIDING WHAT RULES AND WHICH ORGANIZATIONS AND WHAT SERVICES WHERE. AND THE IDEA IS TS TOOL
ISSIALLY STOOD UP AT THE BEGINNING OF A HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE AND HELPS THE WHOLE RESPONSE ECOSYSTEM KNOW WHICH RESIDENTS ARE BEING SERVED WITH WHICH SFRGSS -- WHICH SERVICES AND HELPS IDENTIFY GAPS.
IT HELPS ALL PARTS OF THE ECOSYSTEM THAT IS RESPONDING KNOW WHO IS DOING WHAT SO YOU HAVE LESS DUPLICATION IN THE END AS WELL. FOR THIS LINE OF EFFORT, THIS IS A BIG PROJECT OBVIOUSLY.
BUT WE WOULD LEAD THE DEVELOPMENTF 3W SPECIFIC TO THE COLLECTIVE ECOSYSTEM AND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. AND THE CITY, COUNTY, OTHER
JURIICTIONS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, TO GET TO THAT POINT WHERE WE HAVE A WHOLISTIC VIEW AND CAN BETTER IDENTIFY GAPS AND WHO IS DOING WHAT WHERE. THIS IS A VERY LARGE UNDERTAKING, SO I'M ESTIMATING
12 MONTHS.WE HOPE THAT WILL BE , BUT WE DEFINITELY BIEVE THIS EFFORT WILL BE WORTH THE TIME AND WILL PUT US COLLECTIVELY IN A BETTER PLACE. >> FINALLY, THE LAST EFFORT THAT
E.M.D. WILL BE WORNG ON IS TO BE IN THE SPACE IS TO ENHANCE EPAREDNESS RELATED TO CO-CREATING PREPAREDNESS ENGEMENT WITH THE THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ENGAGE WITH EACH OF THE GROUPS AND TALK
ABOUT HOW WE CAN BUILD ON THE STRENGTHS AND SERVICES THEY'RE ALREADY BUILDING AND WHERE WE CAN KNIT TOGETHER SERVICES FROM THE WHOLE ECOSYSTEM TO BETTER
SERVE OUR RESIDENTS AND ULTIMATELY THE GOAL IS TO REDUCE VULNERABILITY AND INCREASE RESILIENCE IN OUR SPACE. AND NO BACK OVER TO DIRECTOR VELAZQUEZ TO TALK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES TO EBB HANS RESPONSE. >> -- TO TK ABOUT ENHANCEMENT TO RESPONSE.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR VELAZQUEZ. EARLIER ON WE TKED MORE ABOUT THE REACTION AND THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE. AS WE SHIFT OVER TO HOW TO BE MORE PROACTIVE AND PREPARED ON
OPPORTUNITIES TO CREASE VISIBILITY, INCREASE IDENTIFICATION OF THRESHOS THAT ARE APPROACHING, SO RATHER THAN WAIT UNTIL A WEATHER EVENT HAPPENS AND REACT IN THAT MOMENT, AND IDENTIFYING WHEN W ANTICIPATE THAT THOSE WEATHER EVENTS ARE GOING TO HAEN.
IDENTIFY COMMUNICATION METHODS AND SO THAT WE CAN BE PROACTIVE AT ENGAGING WITH NOT ONLY OUR PARTNERS AND ALSO THE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS WITH THE INDIVIDUALS IN ENCAMPMENTS AND VARIETY OF DIFFERENT LIVING SITUATIONS THAT ARE LESS THAN STABLE.
THEY KNOW WHAT TOOLS AND RESOURCES ARE COMING AVAILABLE AND COMING ONLINE AND HOW TO COLLECTIVELYELP THEM NAVIGATE THROUGH EACH ONE OF THE DIFFERENT AVENUES TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEM. SECOND IS CASCADING OF
COMMUNICATIONS AND AS YOU SAW FROM THE QR CODE AND IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE SITE, A WEALTH OF DIFFERENT RESOURCES FOR INDIVIDUALS AND ON SHELTERING, ON A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SERVICES. BEING ABLE TO CASCADE THAT
COMMUNICATION AS BROADLY AS POSSIBLE TO LANGUAGE SPECIFIC AND INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN NEE EVERY SINGLE MEMBER IN THE COUNITY THAT THEY ARE SERVING. THEY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED, HOW TO ACCESS THEM AND
PHYSICALLY HELPING THEM ACCESS THE DIFFERENT RESOURCES. THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE STORAGE OPTIONS AND I KNOW AT VARIOUS POINTS PEOPLE ARE RETICENT TO TAKE INDOOR SHELTER BECAUSEF THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF STORAGE
AND BELONGINGS THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO TAKE WITH THEM INTO THE SHELTER. IT IS THEIR PERSONAL BELONGINGS, IT IS THEIR EFFECTS, EVERYTHING THEY HAVE. AND TO SECURE THE BELONGINGS AND
AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR SHELTERING. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CHF TYNER. >> AND THANKS, DIRTOR
VELAZQUEZ. WELCOME BACK, CHIEF TYNER. >> THANK YOU. NOT REALIZING THIS SLIDE WAS IN THERE, AND I ACTUALLY ALREADY COVERED THIS. BUT AGAIN, WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL PROPANE ASSOCIATION, WE HAVE
DEVELOPED COORDINATED SAFETY MESSAGING TO DELIVER TO HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS AND OTHER PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT SAFE PROPANE USE. AND WE HAVE ALSO TALKED ABOUT PARTNERING AND I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT. WE'RE GOING TOARTNER WITH THE REGULATORY SERVICES HOMELESSNESS
TEAM TO HELP GET THAT INFORMATION OUT, TOO. AND IT IS NOT BEING PASSED OUT AND BY FIRE RIGS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. WE THINK WITH THAT COLLABORATION WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET A LOT MORE INFORMATION OUT TO SEE IF THERE IS ANYMORE SURPRISES IN
HERE. ALL RIGHT. NO, I THINK THAT'S IT. WE WILL STAND FOR QUESTIONING. >> AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND PASS IT ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU.
CHIEF, I JUST WANTED TO PASS ON MY GRATITUDE AND RECOGNITION OF THE BRAVERY AND COURAGE OF YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. JUST AS RECENTLY AS YESTERDAY WITH THE THREE SEPARATE FIRES. I CAN'T IMAGINE FIREFIGHTERSES
IN THE COLD WEATHER AND THE EQUIPMENT FREEZES UP AND CALL IN REINFORCEMENTS IN SHIFTS AND THE SENSITIVITY SHOWED TOWARD THE CITIZENS. NOBODY GOT INJURED OR MUCH LESS DIED AS A RESULT OF THE BRAVERY OF YOUR FIREFIGHTERS. SO PLEASE IF THERE IS ANY WAY TO TELL THEM THAT, THE CITY COUNCIL
APPRECIATES WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. >> ABSOLUTELY WILL. THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT UP WE HAVE VICE CHAIR WONSLEY. . >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. ALSO A QUESTION -- ACTUALLY, SORRY, NOT FOR YOU, CHIEF.
>> YOU'RE GOOD. >> FIRST STARTIN WITH DIRECTOR HEWITT FROM THE COUNTY.
>> SO REALLY GOOD TO HEAR ABOUT THE 2500 FIGURE THAT WAS SERVED LAST YEAR AND COMINGNTO PERMANENT HOUSING THIS YEAR. AND I DID WANT TO KNOW IF YOU ALL HAD ANY UPDATED FIGURES ON JUST THE LAY OF THE LAND OF
WHERE WE ARE AT WITH TOTAL POPULATION FOR HOUSED RESIDENTS. THERE WAS A FIGURE SHARED A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WHERE IT RANGED BETWEEN 450-700 OR SO. ANY GIVEN NIGHT. AND SO JUST WANTED TO GET A SENSE OF WHERE WE ARE GOING INTO
2025. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEER WONSLEY. THE MOST ROBUST FIGURE WE HAVE FOR THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCED UNSHELTED HOMELESSNESS IS THE ANNUAL TIME COUNT THAT IS UNDERTAKEN EVERY JANUARY. THIS IS THE NUMBER THE COUNT HAPPENS OVER SEVERAL DAYS BUT
FOCUSES ON ONE NIGHT IN JANUARY. AND IT'S HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT THE SAME TIME, SO BY THE TIME YOU GET TO THAT DECEMBER REPORT THAT PEOPLE WILL HAVE SEEN IN THE PAPERS AND WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIVE THE ANNUAL ACCOUNT, THAT IS BASED ON LAST JANUARY'S ACCOUNT.
YOU DID THE COUNT IN JANUARY AND SUBMIT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND CLEAN UP THROUGH THE SUMMER AND PUBLISH THEM IN DECEMBER. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE MOST RECENT KIND OF VETTED, ROBUST NUMBER WE HAVE IS STILL THE JANUARY 2024 NUMBER WHICH WAS
496. SHA WAS SLIGHTLY UP ON THE YEAR BEFORE IT WHICH HAD BEEN 469. THE PEAK NUMBER WAS 2020 WHICH WAS 642.
AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU HAVE HEARD ME USE THE CAVEAT THAT ALL DATA IS FLAWED AND SOME OF IT IS USEFUL. IT IS NOT A PERFECT CENSUS AT ANY GIVEN POINT. WHAT IT IS IS BODILY THE SAME METHODOLOGY BEING USED YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR IN THE COUNTRY.
IT IS A BETTER INDICATOR OF TREND AND TRAJECTORY TN ABSOLUTELY NUMBER. IN TERMS OF THE 2025 NUMBER, WE ARE WORK ON IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE PIECES OF IT ARE GETTING WORKED ON BY DATA ANALYSTS, I DID A COUPLE OF POINT IN TIME
COT SHIFTS AT CENTRAL LUTHERAN AND THE AGATE FOOD CENTER AND THE PROCESS IS WELL UNDERWAY. I WOULD BE RELUCTANT TO GIVE A
NUMBER AND WILL COME BACK AND BEYOND THAT POINT, IT DOES CHANGE, BUT DOESN'T TEND TO CHANGE MUCH. >> IF THERE IS ANY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES AND IT WAS GOOD TO SEE
ALSO OVERVIEW OF SERVICES AND PROVIDERS THAT YOU ARE WORKING WITH, TOO, AND WITH EMERGENCY PRAREDNESS YEAR ROUND AND THE PROVIDEERS AND THE COUNTY IS IMPACTED BE I THIS, TOO, A THE
BIG FINANCIAL CLIFF IN TERMS OF WHAT WERE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT. AND THE LIKELY IMPACTS OF THAT AND WITH AGATE HOUSING AND PUT CENTRAL LOSS OF ADDITIONAL BEDS
AND HOW THAT MIGHT IMPACT THAT FIGURE. AND IF ANY PROVIDERS HAVE TO CLOSE DOWN THAT FIGURE HAS ADJUSTED OR CHANGED SENSE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, VICE CHAIR WONSLEY. I THINK S THIS POINT ABOUT FINANCIAL CLIFFS AND PROVIDER, ONE THING I WILL SAY IS I HAVE BEEN IN NOW EIGHT YEAR. EACH YEAR WE HAVE NEW PROGRAMS OPENING UP. WE ALSO HAVE PROGRAMS THAT CLOSE
OR CONTRACT. THERE IS A NATURAL EBB AND FLOW THAT HAS OCCURRED CERTAINLY OVER THAT PERIOD. AND DIFFERENT PROVIDEERS AND DIFFERENT PROGRAMS ARE IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS. I THINK WHAT IS UNIQUE TO THIS MOMENT THAT IS CHALLENGING IS WE
HAVE COME OUT OF THE PERIOD O PANDEMIC RECOVERY FUNDING, WHICH WAS PROVIDING $13 MILLION A YEAR TO A LOT OF NEW INITIATIVES LAUNCHED DURING THE PANDEMIC, LIKE SOME OF THE ONE I REFERENCED. AVIVO VILLAGE AND OTHERS.
AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED. THERE IS ONCE MORE GOING TO BE A BILL AT THE LEGISLATURE LOOKING FOR MOREOBUST FUNDING FOR HOMELESS SERVICES ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE AND HENNEPIN COUNTY HAVE MADE THAT A PRIORITY TO WORK WITH REPRESENTATIVES THERE.
BUT THAT FINANCIAL CLIFF IS STILL VERY REAL AND IS BEING BRIDGED WITH PRIMARILY SUPPORT FROM THE CITIES AND HENNEPIN COUNTY USE OF GENERAL FUND AND ONE-TIME MONEY AND THE 2025 BUDGET YEAR.
AND THE LARGER UNKNOWN OF THE FEDERAL PICTURE. AND WHICH, AS OF TODAY, WE KNOW THAT NEW AGREEMENTS HAVEN'T YET NEED TO RENEW THE CONTINUED CONTINUUM CARE OF FUNDING.
THE FREEZE AND RESENDING OF THE FREEZE AND I DON'T FEEL ABLE TO SPECULATE HOW ALL THAT LL ULTIMATELY PLAY OUT. BUT OF COURSE, IT IS CSE FOR ELEVATED CONCERN. AND FOR ANY PROGRAMS AND PROVIDER THAT ARE LOOKING AT
FINANCES IN A CONTEXT OF INFLATION HAS INCREASED COSTS AND REVENUE HASN'T KEPT PACE. YOU HAVE OTHER RISKS IN THE WORLD AROUND YOUR REVENUE. IT IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO AND
PRIORITIZING MEASURES THAT MIGHT MITIGATE SOMEWHAT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DIRECTOR HEWITT. >> AND I DID HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, TOO, FOR DIRECTOR SAYRE. >> AND ALSO JUST A QUESTION IN
TURNS OF HOPE TO FEEL SEE THE ROLE OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AND EITHER LOCALLY OR THE COUNTY AND WHEN I AM THINKING OF HEALTH, ALSO THE MEDICAL COMPONENTS, I THINK, ONE BIG
ASPECT WE ALSO SEE WITH THE SEVERE CDNESS AND THE UNFORTUNATE OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING THIS IN SPERN -- INERSON THAT MANY OF THE
UNHOUSED FOLKS ARE LOSING LIMBS. LOSING EXPERIENCING HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE FROM BEING OUTDOORS. AND HOW DOES THAT CORRELATE TO HOSPITAL OR EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS? AND IS THERE ANY
MITIGATION TO BE DONE THERE. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT CONNECTS TO, OF COURSE, WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AROUND THE PROPANE USE OF PEOPLERYING TO FIND WAYS TO WARM THEMSELVES. AND THEN THE WARMING SENTERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BUT JUST WANTED TO GET A SENSE
OF HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT BRINGING IN OUR MEDICAL PROVIDERS INTO THISESPONSE IF THERE IS ANY EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS, ANY RESOURCES THERE.
THAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING THROUGH BECAUSE I REMEMBER ALSO SEEING A STUDY THAT DOCUMENTED ALSO JUST NOT ONLY THE LOSS OF LIMBS TO THAT BUT ALSO THE IMPACKS OF HYPOTHERMIA AND
EXPOSURE TO EXTREME COLD WEATHER AND HOW THAT ALSO LEADS TO LONG-TERM IMPACTS ON FOLKS BRAINS AND HOW THAT CAN RESULT INTO VARIOUS DISABILITIES AND OTHER HEALTH IMPACTS AND
IMPAIRMENTS AND I WANTED TO GET A SENSE OF, IS THERE SPACE? I KNOW WEE GOING TO CONNECT WITH CHAIR CHAVEZ AND HING AN UPDATE FROM YOU ALL ON THIS WORK IN THE COMING MONTHS. BUT I WOUL LOVE TO ALSO SEE
THAT ROLE OR HAVE THAT PERSPECTIVE BE REFLECTED IN THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, TOO, BECAUSE THAT IS SUCH A VISIBLE COMPONENT THAT WE HAVE SEEN AT ENCAMPMENTS, TOO, THAT MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE SEEN. THAT MEDICAL PROVIDERS ARE
SEEING. AND THAT OFTEN ISN'T HIGHLIGHTED, ESPECIALLY IN PEOPLE WHO GO TO OUR EMERGENCY ROOMS TO SEEK SHELTER, TOO. SO YEAH. JUST WANTED TO GET A SENSE OF HOW THAT IS BEING CONSIDERED AND
FACTORED INTO THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING AROUND THIS AREA. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ, VICE CHAIR WONSLEY, FOR THAT QUESTION. SO WE ABSOLUTELY MET WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS WE VE BEEN UNDERTAKING THIS EFFORT TO LOOK WHERE WE CAN ENHANCE OUR
ACROSS ENTERPRISE PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS. AND SO ABSOLUTELY THIS WORK ON THRESHOLDS AND WHAT ACTIONS FALL FROM THAT WILL BE HEALTH AND US WILL BE HAND IN HAND WORKING ON THAT FOR EXACTLY THOSE REASONS THAT YOU MENTIONED AROUND T
HEALTH IMPACTS OF SEVERE WEATHER. I DEFINITELY SEE A SPACE FOR US AS WELL TO WORK WITH HEALTH COLLEAGUES AND CITY AND COUNTY OUND METRICS. I AM HOPING THAT IS WHERE WE'LL SEE THE EFFORTS OVER THE LONG TERM AND MAKING A POSITIVE
IMPACT AND LOOK AT THINGS LIKE HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS AND SUCH. AND HOPEFULLY SEE THAT OUR ENGAGEMENT IN LINKING THE WHOLE ECOSYSTEM OF SERVICES AND PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE OVER TIME. ABSOLUTELY WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER AND HEALTH EXPERTISE
WILL BE A HUGE PART OF MAKING THIS A SUCCESSFUL EFFORT OVER THE LONG TERM. >> FOLLOWING UP ON THAT AND YOU DIVE INTO THAT ON SLIDE 16 I DID WANT TO GET A SENSE THAT YOU SPOKE IT TO AND I JUST FORGOT. WERE YOU LOOKING TO BRING IN A CONSULTANT TO HELP WITH THE
DEVELOENT OF THE 3W'S? AND THAT IS SUCH EXTENSIVE PROJECT DEFINED BY THE 12-MONTH TIMELINE. AND LOOKING TO DEVELOP IN HOUSE AND A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE
GAPS IN SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT THE NYU POLICING PRORT DID -- REPORT THAT THEY DID THROUGH OCS AND THE RESEARCH AND REPORT WITH NYU, SO WONDERING HOW YOU
WERE LOOKING AT GOING ABOUT GETTING THAT PART OR RECOMMENDATION COMPLETED. >> YEAH, SO THE BACK END OF TT IS BUILDING A DATABASE. AND AT THE MOMENT EVERYTHING THAT WE TALKED THROUGH HERE WE ARE PLANNING TO DO OUR BEST TO DO IN-HOUSE WITH RESOURCES ON
HAND. THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE HAVE PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. AND THISRESENTATION WAS REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HIGHLIGHTING THE DEGREEF COORDINATION THAT IS NECESSARY
TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF RESNSE. I THINK IT IS ALSO ENLIGHTENING AND NOT JUST THE COORDINATN BETWEEN CITY AND COUNTY WHICH I THINK MOST PEOPLE KIND OF UNDERSTAND I THE LEVEL OF COORDINATION THAT NEEDS TO HAEN AND BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS.
I ALSO WANT TO EXTEND THERE SHOULD PROBABLY BE COORDINATION BETWEEN COUNCIL AND DEPARTMENTS AS WELL BECAUSE SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIESIKE MORE PROACTIVE OUTREACH AND CAN BE DONE WITHIN A BUDGET, THERE ARE
GOING TO BE SOME ITEMS THAT NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT AND COORDINAT AROUND. AND THE THING I AM WONDERING AND I DON'T KNOW WHO IS THE BEST TO SPEAK TO THIS QUTION, HOW ARE WE INVITING NOT JUST THE SERVICE PRIDERS THAT WE KNOW, BUT
OTHER PEOPLE WHO WOULD WANT TO BE ABLE TO ACTATE AND HAVE THEM BE ACTIVATED IN THIS SPACE IN A MORE CRDINATED WAY. THERE IS A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THEIR OWN PERSONAL TIME ARE OFFERING MUTUAL AID. THERE IS FAIRLY ORGANIC, NON,
NOT PART OF A FORMAL NONPROFIT, BUT QUITE A FEW GROUPS THAT ARE COORDINATING MEALS,OORDINATING WARMING OPPORTUNITIES, AND HOW DO WE INVITE THEM INTO A MORE FORMAL, COORDINATED RESPONSE RATHER THAN HAVE IT BE MORE OF
THIS AD HOC ORGANIC COMMUNITY-LED THING? >> TO BACK UP TO THAT QUESTION -- >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. IT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND TT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WANTING
TO PULL FROM BEST PRACTICES ACROSS ENTERPRISE. SO WE'VE SPOKEN WITH N.C.R. ABOU HOW THEY DO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND DRAWING FROM THEM AND SOME OF THAT WILL COME FROM BEST PRACTICES AND LESSONS LEARNED A BRINGING FROM THE PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE.
AND CERTAINLY WE ARE OPEN TO IDEAS ON HOW TO DO THIS BEST BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO CAPTURE THE WHOLE ECOSYSTEM, LIKE YOU SAID, THE NEIGHBORHOOD MUTUAL AID ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE K WHEN AN EVENT HAPPENS. SO I CAN'T TELL YOU AT THIS
MOMENT PRESS SIGHSLY -- AT THE MOMENT PRECISELY WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE, BUT IN PHASES HOW IT LAYS OUT HOW TO PURSUE THIS WORK. AND ONE OF THE FIRSTHINGS WE'LL BE FIGURING OUT IS HOW DO WE CAPTURE THE UNIVERSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.
>> BECAUSE I FEEL THAT IN THE YEARS SINCE MOST OF US HAVE BEEN UP HERE AND THERE'S BEEN QUITE A LOT OF CONFLICT AND TENSION BETWEEN COMMUNITY THAT IS REALLY AUTHENTICALLY SHOW UP FOR OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS AND THE CONFLICT POINT WITH THE CITY AS
THE INSTITUTION. I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO INVT THAT RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS REALLY, REALLY ARE PASSIONATABOUT LOOKING OUT FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS. AND IT'S OFTEN RECEIVED AS SOME SORT OF HOSTILE THING WHEN WHAT
THEY ARE TRYING TO DO IS BRING FOOD RESOURCES, SLEEPING BAGS, TENTS AND TO BETTER SUPPORT AND MAKE FOR A MORE ROBUST CITY RESPONSE. AND REGIONAL RESPONSE FRANKLY.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. >> ANYBODY ELSE ON QUEUE? I AM ALSO UP, I GUESS. AND PAGE 14 AND TALKS ABOUT
MAYBE THIS TALKS ABOUT WHAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAIN WAS TALKING ABOUT AND CO-CREATING SUSTAINABLE DISASTER REPAIREDNESS ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS BASE AND THE UNIQUE NEEDS. AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE THOUGHT PROCESSES ON THIS AND THIS IS A GOOD IDEA TO HELP US
WORK WITH FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE GROUND WITH INDIVIDUALS FACING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS AND FOLKS THAT HAVE THE TRUST OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS TO ACTUALLY DEVELOP A PLANHAT WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE, I WOULD SAY, AND
COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT IF YOU MAY TIE INTO THAT SLIDE, THAT IS WHATS WE TALKING ABOUT, TOO. AND IT IS SLIDE 14 AND THAT IS WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY IF I AM READING THAT CORRECTLY. >> I DON'T HAVE A SLIDE NUMBER.
THIS IS THE ONE TO CO-CREATE SUSTNABLE DISASTER REPAIREDNESS. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. I AM HAPPY TO TALK MORE
ESPECIALLY FROM MY BACKGROUND LIKE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE AND IS FIRST THING IS FIGURING OUT AND WHO IS DOING THE WORK AND
NOT QUITE CONNECTED IN THAT. AND REALLY MAPPING OUT THE UNIVERSE OF EVERYONE WHO HAS A PIECE IN THIS IS THE FIRST PART AND SEGMENTS INTO THE THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS. IF WEE GOING TO FOCUS, FOR
EXAMPLE, THE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDEERS AND WHO ARE PROVIDING SERVICE AND SHELTERS AND DOING SO MUCH WORK AND WHAT ARE THE THINGS THEY NEE THAT WILL HELP
THEM BETTER PVIDE SERVICES. WHAT ARE THE NEEDS THAT ARE THE GREATEST AND SPECIFIC TO ONE LOCATION VERSUS ANOTHER TO HELP
ADDRESS AND ET COULD BE THINGS LIKE TS SPECIFIC GROUP OF UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS THAT HAS ACCESSIBILITY NEEDS WHEN SEVERE ATHER HITS. AND THAT NEED XYZ SERVICES PLUS
AND THAIS TO FOCUS THE PREPAREDNESS EFFORTSN SPECIFIC SET OF NEEDS AND BETTER LINKED ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES AND AS WELL AS PROVIDE
INFORMATION ON HERE IS HOW TO HELP INDIVIDUALS PRERE AND ENGAGE WITH FOLKS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY NEED VERSUS US TELLING THEM WHAT THEY NEED, THE BETTER OFF EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE. >> AGREED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> I DO APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION, T IT IS NOT FOR YOU. DR. VELAZQUEZ, I THINK YOUR NEXT SLIDE IS ABOUT COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED AND THIS PART IS REALLY
IMPORTANT. DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE OF HOW YOU THINK THIS WOULD WORK AND WAYS TO GET THERE?
>> SL >> CERTAINLY. AND LYFT AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES AND IN THAT SPECIFIC MOMENT TO SAY, YES, I AM READY TO GO TO SHELTER.
WE WANT TO BE IN POSITION AND ABLE TO HELP NAVIGATE TO GET THE SHELTERING LOCATIONS IN THAT MOMENT. RECOGNIZING IT DOES TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO BUILD THAT TRUST AND FOR THAT BARRIER TO COME DOWN.
WE WANT TO BE THERE IN POSITION TO HELP THEM WHEN THEY ARE READY TO ACCEPT HELP. >> I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, ALL, FOR BRINGING
THIS COMPREHENSIVE AND A QUICK TURN AROUND BECAUSE WE DRAFTED THE DIRECTIVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND YOU ALL CAME BK PRETTY QUICKLY. I DO LOOK FORWARD TO THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE AND COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL. AND I APPRECIATE THE STAFF AND THE WORK THEY DID ON THIS TODAY. LOOKING AT THE QUEUE, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.
>> CHAIR CHAVEZ, I'M SORRY, I WANTED YOU TO HAVE THE LAST WORD, BUT SOMETHING YOU ASKED PROMPTED A QUESTION I HAD FROM
DIRECTOR VELAZQUEZ, WHICH IS O UNSHELTERED HOMELESS AND IS SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS A COUNTY FIGURE AND NONETHELESS, 5-7% OF OUR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE LIVING UNSHELTERED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE REST ARE IN SOME SORT OF SHELT ARENAED MAYBE THAT'S MORE LIVING LIVING -- SHELTER AND IT MAY BE A QUESTION FOR DIRECTOR HEWITT TO LEVEL SET THIS.
THERE IS A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THOSE UNHOUSED AND THAT IS 470 FROM THE LAST DATE SET, BUT THAT IS ONLY REPRESENTING 7-ISH PERCENT OF THE TOTAL PEOPLE WHO CURRENTLY A LIVING OR EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS,
WHETHER THAT MEANS SLEEPING ON SOMEBODY'S COUCH OR BEING IN ONE OF THE HENNEPIN COUNTY SHELTERS OR ONE OF THE COMMUNITY PARTNER SHELTERS. AND THE NUMBER IS MUCH LARGER. AND I AM CURIOUS IF, AS WE LOOK
AT THE -- AN EMERGENCY FIGURE AND EXTREMELY COLD AND THE AIR QUALITY EVENTS, HOW IS THAT, THE REST OF THE POPULATION SHIFTING AROUND? AND THE REST OF THE
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ACCEPTING A SHELTER BED THAT IS JUST A VERY TEMPORARY SHELTER BED, MAKING DIFFERENT DECISIONS NOT TO OBVIOUSLY GO LIVE OUTSIDE DURING THOSE EVENTS, BUT DO THEY FEEL
MORE READY TO MOVE INTO MORE PERMANENT HOUSING OPTIONS AND DESPITE THE TRAGIC SCENARIOS IF THE SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS ACTUALLY CHANGE THE MINDSET THAT
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH AND APPROACHED THEM IN THE PAST AND NOT WILLING TO TAKE SHELTER THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT IS KIND OF LIKE A TURNING POINT MOMENT WHERE THEY ARE WILLING TO GET INTO SHELTERED SITUATION.
>> CAN YOU COMMENT ON THAT? I AM CURIOUS WHAT WHAVE SEEN OVER THE PAST YEAR IF THE SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS END UP BEING TURNING POINTS FOR SOME OF THOSE THAT ARE LING OUTSIDE OR NOT.
>> I WILL SPEAK TO THE EXPERIENCE OF THE HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE TEAM AND ENGAGING WITH SHELTERS AND INVITE DIRECTOR HEWITT UP TO ADDRESS MORE OF THE BROADER COMPONENTS OF WHAT THAT SPECIFIC NUMBER, 496, REPRESENTS
WITH THE OVERALL ECOSYSTEM OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND WHETHER SHELTERED OR UNSHELTERED. SO THE EXPERIENCE IS THAT THE HOMELESS RESPONSE TEAM HAS EXPERIENCED IS WHEN THERE ARE
EXTREME WEATH EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE ARE LIVING OUTDOORS, LIVING UNSHELTERED, AND ARE RESILIENT WITH A GOOD NUMBER
THAT SEEK SHELTER WITH A FAMILY MEMBER AND MOVING INTO SHELTER O SHELTER EVEN IF IT'S A TEMPORARY RESPITE AND THAT IS THE DIRECTION THAT WE HAVE BYND LARGE SEEN HAPPEN.
EVEN WITH RESPECT TO THE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT PROMPTED THIS SPECIFIC LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE, WEAD THE EXTREME WEATHER COUPLED WITH A COUPLE OF FIRES THAT DISPLACED A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS AND WE SAW THEM MOVE
TO INDOOR SPACES INITIALLY TO THE METRO TRANSIT BUS BEFORE GOING INTO THE INDIAN WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER AND AGATE FOOD CENTER WHICH OPENED UP EARLY TO ALLOW FOR SOME TEMPORARY
RESPITE. WE SEE PEOPLE MOVING INDOORS WHEN EXTREME WEATHER DOES HAPPEN. >> MR. CHAIR, DO YOU SEE THAT AS JUST BEING TEMPORARY? AND THEN THEY PISH TO NO LONGER BE IN A SHELTER THEY DON'T WANT TO LIVE NEAR OTHER PEOPLE OR ALL THE
DIFFERENT COMPLICATING REASONS TO WHY THEY ARE LIVING IN ENCAMPMENTS OR LIVING OUTSIDE? DID THEY RETURN TO THAT? OR IS THERE A STICKING POWER NOW THAT I AM IN A SHELTER, IT'S SOME OF MY FEARS HAVE DISSIPATED
ORBLE TO GET MORE WRAP-AROUND SERVICES HELP AND NOW I AM READY TO MAKE A DIFFERENT DECISION? >> YES, THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER LMISANO, WE DO SEE IT DEPENDS ON THE SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE AND THE EXPERIENCE
THEY HAVE WITH THAT SHELTER AND IN THAT SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENT AND THE MINNOTA INDIAN WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER AND ADDITIONAL OUTREACH AND ENGAGENT THAT DESCENDED ON THAT SPECIFIC LOCATION. AND THAT HELP INDIVIDUALS MAKE A
DIFFERENT DECISION VERSUS RETURNING TO AN ENCAMPMENT TYPE OF TTING. AND WHEN ALL THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS ARE THERE TO MAKE A RELY STRONG RECIPE FOR SUCCESS, WE DO SEE PEOPLE MAKE DIFFERENT DECISIONS AND MOVE
FORWARD IN SEEKING HOUSING AT A MORE LONG-TERM STABLE BASIS. >> MR. CHAIR, WE POINT THAT OUT AND THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS IN THE BAD SITUATIONS. THAT WE ARE GETTING MORE PEOPLE
INTO A HOUSED SITUATION, BUT IT'S TOUGH. AND WE WANT TO SET THOSE CONDITIONS SUCH THAT WE CAN CAPTURE AS MANY OF -- AS MANY INDIVIDUALS INTO A MORE HOUSED ENVIRONMENT AS POSSIBLE. SO THANK YOU.
>>HANK YOU. I HAD A FEW MORE THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ON THIS ITEM. I THINK THAT, OH. OH, DIRECTOR, YES, PLEASE. >> COUNC MEMBER PALMISANO, HEARING NUMBERS GET THROWN
AROUND, I WONDER IF IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AND SHARE ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTION AS WELL. I MENTIONED EARLIER ON THE LAST POINT IN TIME AND THE UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS WAS 496 AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ALL PEOPLE EXPERIENCING ANY FORM OF
HOMELESSNESS AND IN A PLACE DAHL NOT FIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION A ON THE LIGHT RAIL, BUS, DOORWAY, WALKING THE STREETS ALL NIGHT AND A VEHICLE AT A REST STOP WHICH MAY HAPPEN IN THE SUMMER AS WELL. IT DOES HAPPEN IN THE SUMMERS AS WELL. OF THAT 496, AND THE PROPORTION
THAT ARE IN ENCAMPMENTS AND ESTIMATE IT BEING AROUND 1/3 OF THAT NUMBER. AND IN THE 150-200 RANGE. SO TT IS THAT SUBSET AND HOMELESSNESS AND THE PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND UNSHELTERED, SHELTERED AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT H.U.D. FOCUSES ON AND THOSE CATEGORIES AND THE TOTAL KOINT IN 2024 WAS 3866 --
THE TOTAL COUNT WAS 3,866. MORE THAN 3300 IN SHELTERND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING TO THAT NUMBER OF 496 UNSHELTERED AN ENCAMPMENTS. IT IS YOUR PERCENTAGE POINT, CO BELIEVE WHAT WE SEE IS AROUND
87% OF PEOPLE IN SHELTER OR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. ABOUT 13% IN ALL PLACES NOT FIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION. IF WE DRILL IN TO FOCUS ON ENCAMPMENTS AND YOU ARE RIGHT AND MORE OF THAT # 5% OF THE TOTAL COUNT RANGE.
JUST FOR NATIONAL COMPARISON, BECAUSE THE MOST RECENT FEDERAL REPORT HAD THE HIGHE HOMELESSNESS, HIGHEST UNSHELTERED NUMBER, ALL OF IT FOR 2024 AT A NATIONAL LEVEL, 2/3 SHELTERED AND 1/3 UNSHELTERED.
AND HIGHER EXPERIENCES AND HOMELESSNESS AND WE LOOK WEST FROM HERE AND WE SEE CITIES WITH 10 TIMES THE RATE OF UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS THAT WE SEE AS A SHARE OF THE POPULATION. TO THE OTHER PART OF THE QUESTION, ARE PEOE PERHAPS MORE READY TO MAKE A CHANGE IN
THIS ENVIRONMENT? AND ANECDOTALLY W SEE THAT. AND PEOPLE ARE COMPLICATED. COMPLICATED IN THE REASONS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE READY FOR ONE THING AT O TIME AND ANOTHER THING AT ANOTHER TIME. AND OUR GOAL IS YOU ARE READY I.
WHAT WE SEE IS THE WHATEVER THE TIPPING POINT IS AND GET PEOPLE INTO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING RATHER THARN SHELTER OR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, THE SUCCESS RATES OF NOT RETURNING TO HOMELESSNESS IS VERY, VERY HIGH, MORE THAN90%
AND THAT IS THE GOLD STANDARD ANDNYBODY INDOORS IS AUCCESS AND EVEN IF TEMPORARILY. >> AND I KNOW IT WILL BE A DIFFEREN EXPERIENCE AND ABLE TO CONNECT THE RESOURCES TO PEOPLE WHEN TY SHOW UP IN EMERGENCY
ROOM, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH WOULD BE A VERY TEMPORARY EXPERIENCE. >> THANK YOU. AND ON THAT NOTE, I DID WANT TO FLAG THEY WERE MULTIPLE EMERGENCY POP-UP'S THAT OPENED AND WHICH LED TO THE LEGISLATIVE
DIRECTOR AND VARIOUS CHURCHES THAT HAD TO OPEN UP ON TIR OWN ACCORD AND THERE WASN'T CAPACITY TO MOVE PEOPLE INDOORS. THERE WERE PEOPLE FREEZING OUTSIDE AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAD TO LITERALLY COME TOGETHER WITHOUT SUPPORT FROM GOVERNMENT
TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE NOT IMPACTED BY THE COLD AND A PLACE SLEEP AND TEMPORARILY MOVE INDOORS. I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WITH THIS DIRECTIVE THAT PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO TEMPORARILY MOVE INDOORS FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS OR A DAY.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE THERE WERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT CAME TOGETHER AND WE NEED TO BUILD MORE CAPACITY AND THERE ISN'T ENOUGH CAPACITY IN THE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW. I WANT THE PUBLIC A GOOD "STAR TRIBUNE" ARTICLE RELEASED ON JANUARY 11 OF THIS YEAR THAT HAS
A TITLE WITH HOMELESS SHELTERED BEDS FULLY BOOKED, THEY HAVE STOPPED TRACKING HOW MANY PEOPLE IT TURNED AWAY AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND THE HOMELESS PEOPLE CALL THE HOTLINE, AND WITH ALL BEDS ARE FULL.
AND HEN PIN HENNEPIN COUNTY BEDS DESPITE A REFRAIN THAT SHELTER IS AVAILABLE FOR ALL WHO SEEK IT AND THE ADVOCATES AND THE COUNTY'S OWN HOTLINE. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO READ OUT LOUD BECAUSE IT
CONTINUES TO BE CAPACITY NEEDS TO EXPAND IN OUR SHELTER SYSTEM. IT IS IMPACTING UNSHELTERED RESIDENTS WHEN IT IS COLD OUTSIDE. WHEN THEY CAN'T FIND A PLACE TO MOVE INDOORS, IT HAS LED TO MULTIPLE LOCATIONS TO OPEN UP
AND THERE IS NO CAPACITY LIKE MIWRC AND DIFFERENT CHURCHES AN THAT IS BECAUSE THERE IS A CLEAR GAP THAT IS MISSING AND I THINK THE IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE GET TO WORK ON FIGURING OUT WHAT
ARE THOSE DWAP GAPS. HOW DO -- WHAT ARE THOSE GAPS. AND THE PRESENTATION FROM THE STAFF AND THE WORKHAT WAS DONE BECAUSE THERE IS TIMELINES ON THOUSAND TO GET THIS STUFF DONE TO LITERALLY SAVE PEOPLES' LIVES.
I WANTED TO SHOW MY APPRECIATION TO STAFF AND HIGHLIGHTED IN THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE ARE BEING IMPACTED AND THERE IS WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER. AND I AM ESPECIALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY COMPONENT OF THAT ENGAGEMENT. AND THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO
PARTNER WITH THE PEOPLE BEING IMPACTED AND ORGANATIONS THAT HELP PEOPLE BEING IMPACTED AND THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH. SO I THINK THAT IS EXCITING. ALL RIGHT.I DON'T THINK ANYBODY QUEUE. SO SEEING N FURTHER QUESTIONS,
I'LL DIRECT THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT REPORT. THANYOU, STAFF, FOR THE PRESENTATION. WE APPRECIATE IT. THE NEXT ITEM IS RECEIVING A REPORT FROM THE CITY'S HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SUBSTANCE USE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN. HERE SO PRESENT IS THE DEPUTY
COMMISSIONER FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ, VICE CHAIR WONSLEY AND MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE. I AM HEIDI RICHIE, THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH FOR THE MINNEAPOLIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WITH ME I HAVE SUZANNE YOUNG,
THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE OPIOID RESPONSE TE, BELT HOLDER FROM THE LINK, CAROL RUSSELL FROM RUSSELL HERDER AND COMMISSIONER CHAPLAIN. >> WE ARE HERE TO SHARE THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN SILENCE
CAMPAIGN THAT WAS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH AND REIB WITH FUNDING FROM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. WE ARE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND PROTECTING THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN MINNEAPOLIS. THIS CAMPAIGN FOCUSES ON RAISING
AWARENESS WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON SEX TRAFFICKING AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND THE INTERSECTION WITH SUBSTANCE USE. ALTHOUGH THIS TOPIC IS ONE LEAVING PEOPLE FEELING WITH DESPAIR,HESE ARE MESSAGES OF
HOPE AND SURVIVORS, VICTIMS AND LOVED ONES. THIS WORK FIRST BEGAN, AS I MENTIONED, WITH FUNDING FROM THE STATE BACK IN JUNE OF 2023. WE HELD A CONVENING THAT BROUGHT
TOGETHER INDIVIDUALS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND POLICY MAKERS. I FEATURED KEYNOTE SPEECH, EXPERT PANEL, NETWORKING LUNCHEON, FOCUS GROUPS AND A CALL TO ACTION. WHAT WE DID IS EXPLORE THAT COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SUBSTANCE USE INCLUDING THE SHARED VULNERABLES AND IMPACT ON SURVIVOR. WE WANTED TO ELEVATE SURVIVOR VOICES AND SHAPING POLICY AND PROGRAM RECOMMENDATION. THEN PANT WANTED TO STRENGTHEN
PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS, STAKEHOLDERS AROUND AGENCY. ONE OF THE PARTNERS IS THE LINK AND BETH HOLGEV THE C.E.O. TO TALK MOR ABOUT SEX TRAFFICKING AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN MINNESOTA. >> THANK U. WELCOME UP, BETH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR CHAVEZVICE CHAIR WONSLEY AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I JUST, FIRST OF ALL, ON BEHF OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WE WORKED WITH AT THE LINK ARE VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING AND EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND SO
THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO ARE VICTIMIZED AND HOMELESSNESS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. PROUD TO BE A PARTNER IN THIS WORK AND REFER FOR YOUTH SURVIVORS FOR TRAFFICKING TO BE ENGAGED IN THE PROJECT AND ENGAGED WITH THE CITY AND SURVIVORS AND US.
JUST SOME DA ON TRAFFICKING IS THAT IN 2019 WE NOW HAVE BETTER DATA IN REGARDS TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACROSS THE STATE. THE MINNESOTA STUDENT SURVEY, IT TOOK A WHILE, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO ADD THE QUESTION, OF HAVE YOU EVER EXCHANGED SEXUAL ACTIVITY
FOR SOMETHING OF VALUE. WE DO HAVE SOME DATA ACROSS THE STATE AND BY CAR AN UNDERCOUNT.
AND WHAT IT FOUND IS 1.4% OF NINTH AND 11th GRADERS ANSWERED YES TO THAT QUESTION. AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US IN THE WEST METRO AREA, THERE WAS 179 SCHOOLS THAT PARTICIPATED IN
THE SURVEY AND 15,000, IN NINTH AND 11th GRADE TOOK THE SURVEY. 1.3% VERSUS 1.4 STATEWIDE ANSWERED YES TO THAT WEST AND THE WEST METRO, WHICH EQUATES TO
195 STUDENTS LOCALLY IN THE WEST METROTHAT ANSWERED YES. ONLY NINTH AND 11th GRADER. AND ALSO THOSE THAT FELT COMFORTABLE ANSWERING THAT QUESTION ON THE SURVEY AND IN SCHOOL, RIGHT? THE OTHER THING TO SAY IS IF WE LOOK AT
PREVALENCE BY HEALTH-RELATED EXPERIENCE AND MORE YOUTH THAT HAS PREVIOUS ALCOHOL OR DRUG ABUSE PROBLEMS ANSWERED OR SUBSTANCE USE AND ANSWERED YES TO THAT QUESTION 18.1 WHICH IS NOT SURPRISING. THIS WHOLE CAMPAIGN REALLY TALKS ABOUT THE INTERSECTIONALITY
BETWEEN ADDICTION AND TRAFFICKING, AND WE FIND IN OUR WORK A LOT OF TRAFFICKERS DO PURPOSELY GET YOUTH ADDICTED SO THEY CAN KEEP THEM IN THE CYCLE OF TRAFFICKING. THE OTHER THING WE FOUND WAS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ANSWERED YES TO THAT QUESTION MORE OFTEN IF THEY HAD HISTORIES OF MENTAL
HEALTH OR CURRENT MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES, IF THEY HAD EVER BEEN TREATED FOR MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLE BEFORE BEHAVIORAL AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEM. AND IF THERE WAS SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL OR I.E.P. OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES OR LONG-TER HEALTH ISSUES, SO WE
WANTED TO RAISE THAT UP AS WELL. THE LAST FACT I WANTED TO SAY IS WE DEFINITELY WORK WIT YOUTH, YOUNG ADULTS AND ADULTS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN MINNEAPOLIS AND ACROSS THE WEST
METRO.THE MAJORITY OR HALF, THIN UNDERREPORT AND HALF OF EXPLOITED ADULT AND TRAFFICKED ADULTS WERE FIRST EXPLOITED OR SEXUALLY EXPLOITED AS YOUTH. THE AVERAGE AGE OF INDUSTRY IS BETWEEN 12 AND 14 YEARS OLD. THIS IS FROM A RECENT STUDY WITH THE MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL.
AT THIS POINT IUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP AND THE WORK ANSUPPORT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED AND BEEN VICTIMIZED BY HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND TURN IT BACK TO DEPUTY, COMMISSIONER AND
CAROL. >> THANK YOU. I WILL BRING UP CAROL RUSSELL TO TALK ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN AND SHOW YOU THE EXAMPLES. >> THANK YOU, CAROL. >> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO TALK TO THE SUBJECT TODAY. THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF E MOST PROFOUND EXPERIENCES THAT I HAVE
BEEN INVOLVED IN. AND I'M VERY HON IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO IT. SO YOU HEARD SOME OF THE STATISTICS AND ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. YOU KNOW THERE ARE RESOURCES AVAILABLE BUT WHA DO WE DO ABOUT THAT? HOW DO YOU START WITH THAT? HOW DO YOU CONNECT RESOURCES WITH PEOPLE THAT NEED
IT MOST? WE NEED TO START FROM WITHIN IN OUR APPROACHENED A TALK WITHPEOPLE. AND WHAT WE DID, AND THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY A CREDIT TO THE CITY FOR SUPPORTING THIS APPROACH, WAS WORK WITH SEX TRAFFICKING
SURVIVORS AND LIVED EXPERIENCE AND INTERESTINGLY, WORKED WITH LOCAL ARTISTS AND WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT? AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS KIND OF WORK FOR OVER 40 YEARS. AND FRANKLY, IT WOULD BE BOTH DANGEROUS AND DISRESPECTFUL FOR
US TO SAY WHAT YOU NEED, WE NEED TO HEAR WHAT THEY NEEDED. SO WE DID TWO SESSIONS. THE FIRST ONE WAS SIMPLY TO LISTEN AND LEARN. WILL SHARE A COUPLE OF THINGS IN A SECOND ABOUT THAT. WE WERE THEREO HEAR THEM AND WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH. AND SECONDLY COMING BACK TO THEM
AND SAYING, ALL RIGHT, CREATIVELY, HELP US DEVELOP THE MATERIALS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUT THERE. AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD, SO TO SPEAK. IT WAS THROUGH TEXTING DURING
THE DISCUSSION. SO SOMETIMES THEY WERE TALKING TO IT AND SOMETIMES THEY WERE TEXTING US BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK TO IT DIRECTLY. AND IT IS VERY PROFOUND. AND FOR ME IT WAS FEAR OF NO ONE BELIEVING ME OR BLAMING ME AND QUESTION YOUR SANITY AND WHO YOU ARE.
VERY, VERY SAD SITUATIONS. THESE WERE SOME OF THE HIGH LEVEL FINDINGS. THERE IS A LANGUAGE, AS YOU MAY KNOW, WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY. ONE IS THEY TALK ABOUT THE LIFE, WHICH I THINK IS PRETTY
SELF-EXPLANATORY, BUT A PHRASE THEY ALL KNOW. AND THAT IS THE WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER. AND ALSO, PROBABLY NOT A SURPRISE TO YOU, BUT THERE IS A T OF CONNECTION BETWEEN SEX TRAFFICKING AND OPIOIDS AND FENTANYL.THAT IS NATIONWIDE.
AND IT'S OFTEN A TRADE. YOU CAN HAVE THIS FOR SEX. IT'S A KIND OF CURRENCY. D ALSO A LOT OF EMOTIONAL MANIPULATION BEING TOLD YOU HAVE NO VALUE. YOU REALLY, YOU ARE INDEBTED TO ME.
YOU ARE UNWORTHY. ONE OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL THINGS TO ME THAT I HEARD SAID, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT WHAT MESSAGES WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR. AND I REMEMBER ASKING THE QUESTION, WHAT'S THE ONE THING YOU WOULD WANT TO HEAR WHEN YOU ARE IN THIS SITUATION.
AND I AM EXPECTING THEM TO SAY WHERE TO GO AND HOW CLOSE IS HELP. THEY SAID, YOU MATTER. WHICH IS A DIFFICULT THING TO HEAR. AND ALSO THERE IS THE USE OF
SYMBOLISM IN THE WORK WHICH IS SOMETHING THEY UNDERSTAND AND PEOPLE IN THAT CULTURE UNDERSTAND AND MAYBE NOT EVERYBODY ELSE DOES. AND ANOTHER WAY OF COMMUNICATING. AND THEN LASTLY IT WAS THE CALL TO ACTION, LIKE, WHAT DO WE DO?
AT THE BEGINNING, SOMEBODY TOLD US MAYBE IT IS A BILLBOARD AND IT HAS A HOTLINE ON IT AND A QR CODE AND SCAN IT AND THEY SAID, NO, IF OUR TRAFFICKER SAW US DOING THAT, WE WOULD BE IN
DANGER. WE WOULD GET BEATEN. THERE WOULD BE ALL SORTSF THINGS THAT HAPPEN AND WE CAN'T DO THAT. IT HAS TO BESSENTIALLY UNDERCOVER. THE WORK THAT WAS DEVELOPED AND SHARING SOME OF THIS IS JUST
FILLED WITH SYMBOLISM. IT'S -- YOU CAN SEE THE FREEDO YOU CAN SEE BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES ARE ANOTHER SYMBOL THAT IS VERY COMMON. BEING RELEASED FROM IT.
AND ALSO YOU BELONG TO YOU. THIS IS WHERE WE GET INTO THE MESSAGING OF BEING WORTHY AND THAT YOU D MATTER IN THEIR OWN WAY. AND THE COLOR ARE IMPORTANT AND A LOT OF SYMBOLISM AND NOT SEEING B PHONE NUMBERS ON A
LOT OF THIS. AND THIS IS ALSO VERY COOL. YOU CAN SEE THERE IS MESSAGING EVEN ON THE CLOTHING IN THERE. IT IS HIDDEN AND WOVEN IN THERE. AND THEN THIS ONE WHERE THESE
ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE LOST. AND WHAT GOES AWAY. AND MONEY, BEING ABLE TO DRIVE, HAVING KIDS, HAVING BILITY, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM AS WELL. AND WHAT DID WE DO WITH THESE?
THESE ARE IN MANY DIFFERENT PLAC BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS NEGOTIATED WAS PUTTING THE MESSAGES IN BATHROOM STALLS BECAUSE THAT IS ONE PLACE THEY CAN SEE IT AND NOT HAVE SOMEBODY WITH THEM. AND YOU CAN HAVE SOME CONTACT KIND OF INFORMATION IN THERE.
AND AGAIN, PROFOU EXPERIENCE AND GETTING A LOT OF TRACTION WITH THIS IN TERMS OF PEOPLE RESPONDING TO IT. I AM TOLD THERE IS A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON A NATIONAL LEVEL FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEENIT. AND I APPRECIATE WHAT THE CITY
IS DOING IN SUPPORTING THIS AND IS VERY IMPORTANT WORK. >> AND I WILL WRAP US UP HERE WITH A COUPLE MORE PHOTOS AND WE ALSO HAVE A PAID AND SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN AND HERE ARE A COUPLE OF WHAT THOSE POSTS WILL
LOOK LIKE. >> AND THE POSTS WILL BE RUNNING THROUGHOUT THIS MONTH AND INTO MARCH. THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
WANTED THIS SNAPSHOT OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA CALENDAR AND MORE THAN A DOZEN POSTS THAT ARE PLANNED. AIM GOING TO PLAY A VIDEO OF JOY FRIEDMAN WHO WAS ONE OF THE
VICTIM SVIVORS THAT HELPED OUT WITH THE CAMPAIGN. >> WHAT I WANT THEM TO KNOW IS THERE HOPE. AND THERE IS FREEDOM WITH US AND CAUGHT UP IN THE SITUATION THAT YOU NO LONGER WANT TO BE PART OF AND WILLING OR NOILLING, AND
THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT HERE WHO PUT TOGETHER THINGS FOR YOU TO GET OUT. REACH OUT, LET SOMEONE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. THERE'S HOPE AND THERE'S A NEW LIFE. I'M LIVING PROOF OF THAT BECAUSE
I'M YOU. >> WE'VE ALSO GOT THESE ON BUSES, BUS SHELTERS, LIGHT RAIL TRAINS AND DIGITAL BILLBOARDS. THE ADS WILL RUN FOR EIGHT WEEKS
ON THE VARIOUS LOCATIONS. AND THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP THAT THE CITY HAS WITH CLEAR CHANNEL, WE WERE ABLE TO GET 22 BILLBOARDS DONATED WITH SPACE TO HELP US WITH THIS CAMPAIGN. ANDO THAT IS HOPEFULLY SEEING
THIS AUND THE CITY. AND AS MENTIONED, THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF COVERAGE ON THIS AND HERE IS ONE MORE LITTLE VIDEO CLIP ON FOX 9 OF THE CAMPAIGN.
>> IN MINNEAPOLIS A CAMPAIGN WILL LAUNCH TO SHOW PEOPLE IN SEX TRAFFICKING AND THEY CAN'T ESCAPE. ROB OLSON JOINS US NOW. ROB, YOU HEARD AN INSPIRING ORY TODAY. >> YEAH, FROM A SURVIVOR THAT'S HELPING LAUNCH THIS CAMPAIGN. THESE POSTERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA
MESSAGES WILL BEGIN APPEARING NEXT WEEK. THE POSTERS IN ABOUT 30 DIFFERENT BUILDINGS IN THE CITY AS WELL AS ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AS WELL. HELPED DESIGN BY SURVIVORS OF SEX TRAFFICKING TO HELP CATER E MESSAGE HERE.
AND NOW AS I MENTIONED, HELP LAUNCHED BY A SURVIVOR AS WELL WHO SPENT YEARS NOW TRYING TO HELP SPREAD THIS MESSAGEHAT THERE IS A WAY OUT. >> IT SEEMS LIKE A LIFETIMEGO AT SOME TIMES, AT SOME POINT. >> JOY FRIEDMAN WAS 15 WHEN SHE
WAS KIDNAPPED, BEATEN, RAPED, AND TERRORIZE. >> THEY THREATENED TO KILL MY MOM, CUT HER HEAD OFF AND SERVE IT TO ME ON A PLATTER. >> THAT IS HOW SHE WAS MANIPULATED INTO SEX TRAFFICKING THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO LEAVE AND
DEVOTE HER LIFE TO HELPING OTHERS FIND AN EXIT. >> THE THING YOU HAVE TO KEEP I MIND, THE UNKNOWN, WHAT WE'RE GETTING OUT TO, THAT FE ALONE CAN KEEP YOU TRAPPED. IT IS LIKE, WHO IS GOING TO HIRE ME? WHO'S GOING TO LOVE ME? WHAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP AM I GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, IF
ANY? >> JOY IS NOT HELPING RAISE AWARENESS AS MINNEAPOLIS LAUNCHES THIS CAMPAIGN TO REACH THOSE IN THAT LIFE WITH A SERIES OF POSTERS DESIGNED IN COLLABORATION WITH SURVIVORS TO BE PLACED IN PUBLIC RESTROOMS THROUGHO THE CITY ON DIGITAL DISPLAY BOARDS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
THERE IS A SERIES OF SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGES, ALL OF IT WITH A MESSAGE TO EVERYONE TO BE AWARE AND TO SPEAK UP. >> BUT ALSO SEND THIS MESSAGE TO VICTIMS WHO ARE OUT THERE FEELING TRAPPED AND HELPLESS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT THINK THEY
DESERVE A SECOND CHANCE AND TOLD THEY DO NOT DESERVE A SECOND CHANCE. >> JOYCE SPEAKS FROM EXPERIENCE THERE IS NO LIFE BEYOND THAT LIFE. THE MOST IMPORTANT MESSAGE HERE SHE SAYS IS THERE IS. AND HOP AND SO MUCH HOPE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE OUT HERE THAT
WANT TO HEAR FROM US AND WANT TO DO IT THE WAY WE NEED IT. >> NOW, ANOTHER PT OF THIS CAMPAIGN, TOO S LOOKING AT THE LINK, THE INRSECTION THEY CALL IT BETWEEN SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
IT IS LONG KNOWN THAT SUBSTANCES AND DRUGS ARE OFTEN USED TO MANIPULATE AND CONTROL PEOPLE AND ARE REALLY WANTING TO TAKE A LOOK AT ADDRESSING ALL THOSE LAYERS TO HELP PEOPLE ESCAPE. LIVE IN MINNEAPOLIS, ROB OLSON,
FOX 9. >> SO YEAH, WE HAVE RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AS CAROL SAID, AND I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL QUOTES IS FROM I HAD SEEN THE
POSTERS WHILE BEING TRAFFICKED IN MINNEAPOLIS, I WOULD HAVE FELT MORE HOPEFUL AND WILLING TO SEEK SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR SERING SURVIVORS. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION ON THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SUBSTANCE USE CAMPAIGN THAT IS GOING ON IN THE CITY. AND I WILL STAND FOR QUESTION
>> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER. >> I WILL FIRST PASS IT TO VICE CHAIR WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. NO QUESTIONS. JUST WANT TO SAY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR HEIDI RICHIE, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION
TOGETHER AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR ALSO COMING TO SUPPORT AND GROUND US IN THE STATISTICS AND REALITIES OF HOW THIS IS IMPACTING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO THINK OF THAT
100-PLUS NINTH AND 11th GRADERS THAT ARE UNFORTUNATELY, HAVING TO ENDURE THIS AND KNOWING THAT LIKELY THAT THEY GROW UP INTO THAT 50-PS PERCENT.
AND REALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOU ALL AND SHIPPING AND BRINGING FORWARD AND INNOVATIVE AND VERY STRATEGIC IN TERMS OF THE PLACEMENT AN VERY INTENTIONAL AND THE WAY IN WHICH YOU WENT ABOUT BRINGING IT TOGETHER AND
CENTERING THE EXPERTISE AND LIVED EXPERIENCE AND BRINGING THE ARTIST AND THE ESSENCE OF BRINGING FORWARD THE CAMPAIGN. THANK YOU, ALL, FOR THAT. AND I AM HOPING THAT WE ARE ABLE
TO AS A CITY TO LEVERAGE EXAMPLESIKE THIS MORE FREQUENTLY AND IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS, AND IN SPITE OF THE MISHAPS THAT WE HAVE
LEARNED RECENTLY IN APPROACHES TO TRAFFICKING WORK AND TRYING TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING. AND I AM REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE WITNESSED A POSITIVE EXAMPLE XH
N WHICH THE CITY CAN DO IN IT AN INFORMED AND EVIDENCE-BASED WAY AND THAT ALSO CENTERS AROUND SURVIVOR. THANK YOU, ALL, AND AGAIN, I REALLY HOPE TO SEE THIS BE UPLIFTED IN HOW WE CONTINUE THIS WORK AROUND COMBATTING HUMAN
TRAFFICKING AND SEX TRAFFICKING IN OUR CITY, SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> PRESIDE PAYNE. >> CH >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. A LOT OF GRATITUDE FOR THIS WORK AND ESPECIALLY HOW DEEPLY CENTERED IT IS IN SURVIVOR'S
STORIES TO CREATE THIS AND THIS IS AN EFFECTIVE MESSAGING CAMPAIGN AND PEOPLE TAKE THE NEXT STEP TO REACH OUT. WHAT IS THE MEL OF SUPPORT THAT WE ARING TO FIND BE EFFECTIVE?
>> GETTING THE BILLBOARDS AND TO CALL FOR HELL SUBPOENA FIRST STEP. I AM WONDERING WHAT THE SECOND AND THIRD STEP LOOKS LIKE. >> I WILL CALL ON CAROL OR BETH
TO TAKE A STAB AT THIS QUESTION. >> HERE COMES BETH. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ ANDERSON KELLIHER I AM STILL LEARNING EVERY DAY FROM THEM AND
FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE LISTEN TO THEM ABOUT WHAT WL KEEP THEMSELVES THE SAFEST. WE TAKE AND YES, THEY WANT ADULTS THAT ARE SAFE IN THEIR LIFE THAT MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE
THEY ARE MATTERED AND HEARD AND LISTENED TO. WE GET ASKED AND SPECIFIC FOR VICTIMERS BECAUSE LEER AND YOUTH
OR YOUNG ADULTS THAT DO HAVE PLACES THAT ARE THEIR O HOMES. >> EMERGENCY KNELTER IF AND AMAZING GOALS AROUND THEMSELVES AND CAREERS AND GOALS AROUND EMPLOYMENT AND CAREERS AND WANT
HELP AND ACCESS TO PATHWAYS FOR EMPLOYMENT. WE DO A LOT OF YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SURVIVORS OF TRAFFICKING SPECIFICALLY AND TO BE EMPLOY AND DUE TO SOME OF THE
PAST EXPERIENCE OF LVSHG AND A BIG PART OF IT IS BUILDING AND TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUTH THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THEIR LIVES AND THAT IS HUGE.
I AM ALWAYS CONTINUING TO WORK ON THAT BECAUSE OE YOU HAVE THE TRUST OF MANY OF THE YOUTH IN THE LIFE, THEN THEY TELL OTHER PEOPLE THAT,OH, THE LINK OR BETH, SHE IS COOL. TALK TO HER. SHE WILL BE THERE FOR YOU. ALWAYS BUILDING UP THE AUTHENTIC
RELATIONSHIPS, TOO. >> COOL JUST UP AND THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
BOTH THESE TOPICS TROD ARE CLOSER THAN REAL AND WE KNOW THAT HOMELESS YOUTH IN PARTICULAR WANTS -- LGBTQ AND
THAT IS A REALLY TOUGH STATISTICS TO KNOW AND TO NOT AND IMPACT THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
>> I AM TRYING TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE NOT FROZEN ON THE SCREEN. YOU MIGHT WANT TO REPEAT AND >> I WANTED TO PNT OUT THE
TOPICS ARE TI AND YOUTH IF THE AND THAT'S A TOUGH GROUP TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BEST REACH THEM. THE IDEA OF THESE KINDS OF
DIGITAL ADS IF AND THESE PUBLIC RESTROOMS ARE GOOD AND ALS WANT TO SAY WE KNOW -- OR RATHER, I
CAN SHARE THAT THIS KIND OF PRESENTATION, THIS KIND OF WORK, I DON'T THINK, WOULD HAVE HAPPENED 11 YEARS AGO IF I WAS NEW HERE AND ON THIS COUNCIL. I WAPART OF THE SEX TRAFFICKING WORK GROUP. IT D HAVE THE HEALTH COMMISSIONER AT THAT TIME,
GRETCHEN MUZICANT WAS PART OF THE WORK AND MORE ABOUT BUSINESS LICENSING AND THINGS TO DO TO
AFFECT THE I.G.R. TEAM AND TO COMBAT SEX TRAFFICKING AND THAT HAS GROWN TO WHAT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO HAS GROWN INTO A 40-MINUTE PRESENTATION AND ONE
OF THE WOMEN IN YOUR ADVERTISEMENT VIDEOS AND MORE. AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT OLD AND NEW COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT ARE THERE TO HELP SERVE THIS SPACE SO THAT IS A REALLY HOPEFUL
MESSAGE ABOUT THAT. AND THAT IS WHERE IT HAS COME AND COME OUT IN THE HOPE TOMORROW. AND THAT IS NOT SOMETHING I USED TO TALK MUCH ABOUT WITH A WORK GROUP THAT I WAS PART OF AND INVITED IN BY THEN COUNCIL
MEMBER ELIZABETH GLIDDEN, BUT I AM GLAD I WAS BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN I.D. TRANSFORM OVER THE YEARS. SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> NO ONE EE IN THE QUEUE. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS. AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT
YOU ALL DID WITH VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS AND TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE WITH COMMUNITY AND I APPRECIATE THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL DIRECT THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT REPORT.
SIGH SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US, I WILL DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED. . . .