>> WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR JUNE 25TH, 2025. I AM JASON CHAVEZ, THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO THE PUBLIC, ALL MEMBERS, AND THE
STAFF THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE REALTIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO NAT 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 TO CALL THE ROLL SO WE CAN VERIFY A QUORUM FOR THIS MEETING. >> COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. >> PRESENT. >> RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT. >> ELLISON. >> HERE.
>> PALMISANO IS ABSENT. VICE CHAIR WONSLEY IS ABSENT. CHAIR CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM. THERE ARE THREE ITEMS ON TODAY'S CONSENT AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER 1 IS ACCEPTING A GRANT FROM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO PROVIDE POLICE LIAISON RESEARCH AND MONITORING
FOR THE DRUG COURT IN HENNEPIN COUNTY. ITEM NUMBER 2 IS AMENDING A GRANT PERIOD FOR THE PROMISING PRACTICE PROGRAM FOR CULTURALLY SPECIFIC FAMILY HOME VISIT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER 3 IS APPROVING APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY COMMISSION ON POLICE OVERSIGHT. COLLEAGUES, DO WE'VE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THESE
ITEMS? ALL RIGHT. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEMS 1 THROUGH 3. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? THOSE CARRIES AND THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP THE RECEIVE AND FILE ITEMS IN A
DIFFERENT ORDER THAN WATT WAS PRINTED ON THE AGENDA. FIRST WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP INWORSEPLACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE PRESENTATION. THEN WE WILL TAKE UP THE RECEIVE AND FILE ITEMS 4 THROUGH 6 IN ORDER. HERE TO PRESENT THE WORKPLACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ITEM ON RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INCREASING WORKER TRAINING ON LABOR
STANDARDS IS TAYLOR AND BRIAN ELLIOTT FROM SCIU, WELCOME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. PLEASURE TO BE HERE. MY NAME IS
TAYLOR CHEVY, AND I'M ONE OF THE LEAD ORGANIZERS AT THE CENTER OF WORKERS UNITED IN STRUGGLE AND BEEN A LEAD ON THE COENFORCEMENT PROGRAM SINCE ITS INCEPTION. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR INVITING US HERE TODAY TO PRESENT ON THE WORKPLACE ADVISOREE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION FOR CREATING A
RIGHT TO PAY TRAINING FOR ALL MINNEAPOLIS WORKERS. WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE ON THE WAC SINCE ITS CREATION AND MEMBERS ON THE EARNED SICK AND SAFETIME COMMITTEE LEADING TO THE CREATION OF THE WAC. AND THIS IS BECAUSE WE FIRMLY
BELIEVE THAT THE BEST WORKPLACE POLICIES ARE CREATED WHEN BOTH WORKERS AND BUSINESSES HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND INPUT ON DECISIONS. MINNEAPOLIS HAS BEEN A LEADER IN MANY WAYS, IN MINNESOTA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN LEADING THE WAY IN CREATING
POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT PROTECT AND UPLIFT WORKING PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE MOST MARGINALIZED WORKERS IN OUR CITY. WE HAVE SEEN THE WAYS THAT RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE, CREATING EARNED SICK AND SAFETYTIME POLICIES, IN-- SAFE TIME POLICIES, INCREASING PROTECTIONS AGAINST WAGE THEFT,
AND THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN LSED AND WORKER CENTERS HAS IMPROVED THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF WORKERS ACROSS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. BUT EVEN WITH ALL OF THAT PROGRESS, MANY WORKERS STILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE
VIOLATIONS DAY IN AND DAY OUT AT THEIR YOBS AND WORKPLACES. SOME OF THESE ISSUES BEING WAGE THEFT, DISCRIMINATION, AND ALSO DENIAL OF SICK TIME AND RETALIATION FOR USING THEIR SICK TIME OR STANDING UP FOR THEIR RIGHTS. THESE PROBLEMS ARE
PARTICULARLY CONCENTRATED IN LOW WAGE INDUSTRIES AND JOBS, SUCH AS SERVICE AND HOSPITALITY, PERSONAL CARE AIDES AND CHILD CARE WORKERS, JANITORS AND CLEANING WORKERS, SECURITY GUARDS, LANDSCAPERS AND GROUNDSKEEPERS, RETAIL, NURSING
AND RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES, AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE WHO KEEP OUR CITY RUNNING DAY IN AND DAY OUT ARE THE MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE VIOLATIONS OF THEIR RIGHTS AT WORK. SOME INSIGHTS AND STORIES FROM MEMBERS THAT
ILLUSTRATE WHAT'S HAPPENING. THERE'S MANY. I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF BUT YOU KNOW WE HAVE SUPPORTED WORKERS COMING FORWARD ON MINIMUM WAGE VIOLATIONS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THAT LEADS TO A STRONG OUTCOME LIKE FINDING BROADER VIOLATIONS IN A COMPANY THROUGH THE CITY INVESTIGATING
LEADING TO SETTLEMENTS UP TO $20,000 OR MORE AND WE'VE ALSO COME ACROSS WORKERS WHO ARE STILL MAKING UNDER THE MINIMUM WAGE TODAY BY FEELING TOO SCARED AS THE ONLY LATINO WORKERS IN THEIR BUSINESS TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK UP. WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE
TAKE TIME OFF FOR SICK TIME AND BE RETALIATED AGAINST FOR USING IT, LEADING IT MEANIE PEOPLE IN INDUSTRIES SUCH AS HOSPITALITY TO NOT WANT TO CLAIM THEIR RIGHT TO STAY HOME AND TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES LIKE WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO. I'LL LEAVE IT THERE FOR RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE
IS PLENTY OF DATA THAT TELLS US THAT THESE STORIES ARE NOT ISOLATED INCIDENTS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE RUTGERS REPORT HAS CITED IN THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE WAC, FOUND THAT MINIMUM WAWAGE VIOLATIONS IN THE GREATER MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL METROPOLITAN AREA HAS COST
WORKERS AN AVERAGE OF NEARLY $90 MILLION A YEAR OVER THE PAST DECADE PRIMARY AFFECTING BLACK AND LATINX WORKERS MORE LIKELY THAN WHITE WORKERS EXPERIENCING WAGE THEFT. IT ALSO THIS STUDY NOTES THAT THE LARGE MAJORITY OF
MINIMUM WAGE VIOLATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING REMAIN UNREPORTED AND UNDETECTED. WHAT THIS TELLS US IS THAT THE SCOPE OF THIS PROBLEM IS BIGGER THAN OUR CURRENT RESOURCES, OUR PROGRAMS, AND OUR TOOLS CAN EFFECTIVELY HANDLE, SO THERE IS A NEED FOR
THE CITY TO UP THE THINGS THAT ARE MOST EFFECTIVE IN IDENTIFYING AND REM -- VIOLATIONS AND ULTIMATELY MOVE AWAY FROM PREVENTING THEM FROM HAPPENING AT ALL. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT MINNEAPOLIS IN PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED SOME OF THE TOOLS AND PROGRAMS THAT
HAVE PROVENNEN TO BE EFFECTIVE. THROUGH THE COENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS AND THE SILTY, WE HAVE SEEN AND BEEN A PART OF MANY STORIES AND CONCRETE DATA THAT SHOWS THAT PROVIDING KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAININGS MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN HOW WORKERS ARE ABLE TO
RESPOND WHEN VIOLATIONS OCCUR. I'VE BEEN A PART OF SERIES OF TRAININGS AT A LOCAL FAST-FOOD FRANCHISE AS OF LATE, AND THROUGH THOSE TRAININGS WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO UNCOVER MORE WAGE THEFT ISSUES THAN JUST WHAT THE SETTLEMENT COVERED. TRAINING FROM A TRUSTED ORGANIZATION ENSURES THAT
WORKERS FEEL KNOWLEDGEABLE, EMPOWERED AND SUPPORTED IN ASKING QUESTIONS, COMING FORWARD WITH COMPLAINTS, AND NAVIGATING A COMPLEX COMPLAINT AND COMPLIANT RESOLUTION PROCESS. TRAINING ALSO DEVELOPS WORKER ERS' SKILLS TO TRAIN OTHER WORKERS SO THIS INFORMATION GOES
BEYOND ONE ONE WORKPLACE, AND USING OUR KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAINING HAS BEEN A TOOL TO ALLOW CITIES AND COMMUNITY WORKERS TO SUPPORT HUNDREDS OF WORKERS IN RESOLVING PROBLEMS WITH PAID SICK TIME AND MINIMUM WAGE, AND RETALIATION, AND RECOVERING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
IN STOLEN WAGES. SO NOW AS I CONCLUDE NOW IS THE TIME TO SCALE UP WHAT WE KNOW IS ALREADY WORKING. THE CITY ALREADY IMPLEMENTS PAID TRAINING AS PART OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS WITH BUSINESSES WHO HAVE VIOLATED THE CITY'S LABOR ORDINANCES AS I WAS SPEAKING ON. BY EXPANDING ON THIS PRACTICE AND BUILDING ON
THE SUCCESS OF THE CURRENT COENFORCEMENT PROGRAM, WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD FROM WORKING TO IDENTIFY AND REMEDY VIOLATIONS TO PREVENTING THEM FROM HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE. FOR INSTANCE THERE ARE A LOT OF PRIMARILY SPANISH
SPEAKING WORKERS WE TALK AND THEY WILL SAY I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT SICK AND SAFE TIME AND YOU CAN GO TO THEIR ENGLISH-SPEAKING COWORKER AND THEY DO KNOW ABOUT IT. SO BEING ABLE TO DO TRAININGS DIRECTLY WITH WORKERS CAN HELP SHARE THAT INFORMATION AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM
EXPERIENCING INJUSTICES ALL THE TIME. I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO BRIAN ELLIOTT TO SHARE MORE DETAILS ON THE POLICY FROM WAC. >> THANK YOU, TAYLOR. THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS BRIAN ELLIOTT, AND I AM THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE SEIU, MINNESOTA STATE COUNCIL, SEIU REPRESENTS THOUSANDS OF WORKERS WHO LIVE AND WORK WITHIN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, PRIMARILY LOWER WAGE -- IN LOWER WAGE JOBS LIKE
JANITORIAL, SECURITY OFFICERS, HOME CARE WORKERS, NURSING HOME, HOSPITAL, CLINIC WORKERS, AND SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. I HAVE SERVED ON THE WORKPLACE ADVISOREE COMMITTEE SINCE ITS INCEPTION AND PRIOR TO THAT ON THE WORKPLACE REGULATIONS
PARTNERSHIP GROUP, AND AND SERVE IN MANY WAYS AS THE POLICY WONK ON THE WORKPLACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHICH IS WHY I AM GOING TO JUST LAY OUT SORT OF WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION ACTUALLY
IS THAT THE WORKPLACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPROVED EARLIER THIS MONTH. SO WITH REGARD TO THE EXPANSION OF THE COENFORCEMENT PROGRAM THAT TAYLOR WAS DISCUSSING, THERE ARE REALLY
THREE COMPONENTS THAT ARE IN THE RECOMMENDATION. FIRST IS CREATING THE RIGHT FOR WORKERS TO ATTEND AN PL EMPLOYER PAID ONE-HOUR OF EMPLOYER PAID RIGHT
TO KNOW TRAINING. WE HAVE ALREADY CREATED SIMILAR OBLIGATIONS IN THE CITY THERE MINIMUM WAGE, EARNED SICK AND SAFE TIME. WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT ONE HOUR PER WHATEVER. WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT ONE HOUR, FULL STOP, OF EMPLOYER PAID RIGHT TO KNOW, RIGHT -- AN EMPLOYER-PAID WORKER RIGHT TO ATTEND A RIGHT-TO-KNOW TRAINING A ONE-OUR
RIGHT-TO-KNOW TRAINING. THE IDEA HERE IS THAT THE MORE WORKERS WHO KNOW ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS UNDER THE CITY ORDINANCES, THE MORE LIKELY THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FLAG PROBLEMS THAT MAY MISTAKEN ANY
HAPPEN BY THEIR EMPLOYERS, AND THE LESS LIKELY UNSCRUPULOUS EMPLOYERS ARE GOING TO BE TO TAKE -- TO TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE WORKERS AND DENYING THEM THOSE RIGHTS. THE SECOND COMPONENT IS ESTABLISHING THE
CONTENT, THE CURRICULUM OF THE TRAINING AND ALONGSIDE THAT, ESTABLISHING THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL BE OR NOT ESTABLISHING, BUT CERTIFYING THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL BE DELIVERING THAT TRAINING, AND THIS IS SOMETHING, AGAIN, THAT
THE CITY IS WELL FAMILIAR WITH ALREADY THROUGH ITS EXISTING COENFORCEMENT PROCESS. AND THE THIRD AND LAST PIECE OF THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE WORKPLACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS THAT WE HAVE MECHANISM BY WHICH
WORKERS ARE INFORMED OF THIS RIGHT TO ATTEND ONE HOUR OF EMPLOYER PAID TIME IN A RIGHT TO KNOW -- IN A KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAINING, AND THAT COULD BE
THROUGH MULTIPLE WAYS, WHETHER THAT'S A POSTING SIMILAR TO WHAT IS ALREADY REQUIRED FOR MINIMUM WAGE, EARNED SICK AND SAFE TIME, AND WAGE THEFT. IT COULD SIMILARLY BE A REQUIREMENT THAT THE CITY IS PUTTING ON
IDENTIFIED AND ACTUALLY PROVEN VIOLATORS OF THE CITY'S ORDINANCES AS TAYLOR MENTIONED. THE LSED ALREADY NEGOTIATES TO HAVE THEIR WORKERS TRAINED AS PART OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS
WITH EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE VIOLATED THE CITY'S ORDINANCE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY CURRENTLY NEED TO NEGOTIATE INTO THOSE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS, AND WE BELIEVE SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS AUTOMATIC AS PART OF CITY ORDINANCE. AND THEN THE THIRD
WAY THAT WE ENVISION WORKERS BEING ABLE TO FIND OUT ABOUT THIS IS BY ENSURING THAT IF WORK -- IF ENOUGH WORKERS AT A GIVEN EMPLOYER ARE REQUESTING A TRAINING, THAT THE EMPLOYER HAS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION SO THAT THOSE WORKERS CAN GET NOTICE OF
A TRAINING. THOSE ARE THE THREE COMPONENTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT WILL NECESSARILY BE NEEDED CHANGES TO THE CITY'S EARNED SICK AND
SAFETIME ORDINANCE. SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE STATEWIDE EARNED SICK AND SAVED TIME STATUTE IN 2023 THAT'S NOW BEEN IN EFFECT FOR 18 MONTHS, AND SO THERE ARE CHANGES THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO NEED TO DO IN THE CONTEXT OF ITS OWN EARNED SICK AND SAVED
TIME ORDINANCE SO THAT IT LINES UP WITH THE STATE ORDINANCE, AND THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE WORKPLACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS THAT AS PART OF THAT, THE CITY ADOPT A TRAINING -- A RIGHT TO TRAINING. THIS IS NOT A REQUIREMENT ON EMPLOYERS TO
PROVIDE TRAINING. THIS IS A RIGHT OF EMPLOYEES TO RECEIVE ONE HOUR OF PAID TRAINING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND WALKING US THROUGH SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. DO ANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ, THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. AS YOU WERE OUTLINING IT, I HAD QUESTIONS, AND THEN YOU ANSWERED
THEM VERY SUCCINCTLY. I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE PRESENTING A VERY CLEAR, ACTIONABLE SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS, SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. >> COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. >> JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE WORK. I ALSO DON'T HAVE AN EXPLICIT QUESTION. I THINK THE RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU KNOW, AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT SAID, ARE
REALLY CLEAR. BUT I DO WANT TO HOLD UP THIS WORK AND NOT TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. I THINK THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHERE THE CITY'S FACING BUDGET SHORTFALLS, AND I'VE EXPRESSED A FEAR THAT WE MIGHT GO INTO SORT OF A HUNKERING DOWN, NOT INVESTING IN THE KIND
OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT WORKERS, NOT INVESTING IN THE KIND OF INNOVATIVE HOUSING SOLUTIONS THAT PEOPLE NEED, THESE ECONOMIC HARD TIMES ARE EXACTLY WHEN WE NEED THESE KIND OF PROTECTIONS, IT'S EXACTLY WHEN WORKERS NEED MORE INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTED, EXACTLY WHEN WE NEED BETTER HOUSING OPTIONS AND SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THIS WORK FOR GRANTED, AND I THINK THAT YOU GUYS ARE PRESENTING IN FRONT OF A COMMITTEE THAT TAKES THESE RECOMMENDATIONS REALLY SERIOUSLY, AND JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. >> THANK YOU.
>>> AGREED, AND I AM, YEAH, JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I THINK I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF YOU ALL WALKING US THROUGH, BOTH OF YOU, BRIAN AND TAYLOR, WALKING US THROUGH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO MAYBE GET SOME OF THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE WORKPLACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WE CAN
AT LEAST HAVE ACCESS TO BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO DIVE DEEPER INTO THE ISSUES, BUT THIS DASEFLT SOMETHING THAT -- DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS. I KNOW IT'S PARTICULARLILY IMPORTANT TO FOLKS WHO DON'T KNOW THE RIGHTS THEY HAVE.
PEOPLE SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGES, PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO MAKE IT BY WHEN THEY KNOW THEIR RIGHTS, WHEN THEY KNOW INFORMATION THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO BEFORE, THE LIKELIHOOD THAT AN EMPLOYER MIGHT VIOLATE THEIR OWN WORKERS' PROTECTIONS OR RIGHTS ONLY GETS LESSENED, RIGHT? SO
THIS IS SOMETHING I PERSONALLY DO SUPPORT, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE HOW WE CAN WALK THIS THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL DIRECT THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT REPORT.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS FILING A REPORT RELATING TO HEALTH EQUITY INITIATIVES. WELCOME TO THE CHAMBERS. A.
>> HELLO, CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME AND SEE THE SCREEN? >> YES. >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHAVEZ AND COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS PAO THAO, AND I AM THE MANAGER OVERSEEING THE HEALTH EQUITY TEAM HERE IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND TODAY WE WILL BE PRESENTING ON THE HEALTH EQUITY RELATED WORK THAT WE'VE
BEEN LEADING IN THE DEPARTMENT, AND I WILL BEGIN BY SHARING THE FIRST HALF OF THE HEALTH EQUITY OF OUR GOALS, OUR MISSION, OUR FRAMEWORK, AND WITH ME HERE TODAY IS MY COLLEAGUE CHOUA XIONG THE PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALIST THAT WILL BE SHARING
THE PROJECTS THAT THE HEALTH EQUITY TEAM HAS LED IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. >> THANKS, PAO. >> AND TO START US OFF, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE HEALTH EQUITY TEAM IS THAT WE'RE RECENTLY A RELATIVELY NEW TEAM IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND WE'RE A TEAM OF TWO FULL-TIME STAFF AND
A PART-TIME STAFF, BUT WITH OUR, THE GOAL OF THE HEALTH EQUITY TEAM IS REALLY TO ENSURE THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS ACTIVELY MOVING TOWARDS A HEALTHIER AND MORE EQUITABLE MINNEAPOLIS OVERALL, WHERE ALL PEOPLE HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE THEIR BEST POSSIBLE HEALTH OUTCOMES. AND IN THIS WORK, THE HEALTH EQUITY TEAM RECOGNIZES AND FOCUSES ON SYSTEMS CHANGE AND RACIAL EQUITY. WHERE WE TAKE A HOLISTIC VIEW OF HEALTH IN WHICH WE UNDERSTAND THE HEALTH IS INFLUENCED BY MANY FACTORS
BEYOND CLINICAL, MEDICAL, ANDPHASIS CHAIR BUT OTHER FACTORS SUCH AS SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND OTHER FACTORS THAT DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE NAMES BUT PEOPLE LIB EVERY DAY -- LIVE EVERY DAY, ALL HAS AN IMPACT ON
WHAT WE CALL A PERSON'S HEALTH IS. ON THIS SLIDE IS THE ONGOING FRAMEWORK OF HEALTH EQUITY IN THE DEPARTMENT CREATED BY OUR DEPARTMENT'S ECONOMIC WORK GROUP. AND IN THIS FRAMEWORK IT REALLY DEFINES OUR HEALTH EQUITY APPROACHES IN WHICH WE HAVE FIVE MAIN
PRINCIPLES WITH THE FIRST PRINCIPLE BEING RACISM AS A PUBLISH HEALTH EMERGENCY -- PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY WHERE THIS PRINCIPLE ACKNOWLEDGES RACE AND RACISM SIGNIFICANTLY INFLUENCES HEALTH OUTCOMES AND THAT RACE AND RACISM ARE IMPORTANT FACETS FORRURE WORK IN AD-- FOR OUR WORK IN ADVANCING
HEALTH EQUITY FORWARD. THE SECOND PRINCIPLE OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS. THIS PRINCIPLE AFFIRMS THAT HEALTH SHOULD NOT BE VIEWED AS A PRIVILEGE OR SOMETHING EXTRA BUT RATHER A BASIC AND FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT. AND THIS IS OUR APPROACH WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HEALTH AND WORKING TOWARDS HEALTH EQUITY. OUR THIRD
PRINCIPLE IS TRAUMA INFORMED AND THIS PRINCIPLE EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING AND ADDRESSING TRAUMA IN OUR WORK, IN OUR STAFF, IN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE WE STRIVE TO DELIVER SERVICES IN A WAY THAT IS SAFE, RESPECTFUL BUT ALSO WITH A HEALING APPROACH. OUR FOURTH
PRINCIPLE IS COMMUNITY CENTER, AND THIS PRINCIPLE HIGHLIGHTS THAT OUR PUBLIC HEALTH WORK MUST REFLECT THE LIVED EXPERIENCES IN NEED OF COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE. AND LASTLY, OUR FIFTH PRINCIPLE, DATA, THIS PRINCIPLE RECOGNIZES THAT DATA IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL IN HEALTH, AND
THAT WE USE THIS TOOL OF DATA FOR IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING HEALTH INEQUITIES IN ALL OF OUR WORK. AND SO THESE FIVE PRINCIPLES V REALLY GUIDED THE WORK AND THE PROJECTS THE HEALTH EQUITY TEAM HAS LED ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT THAT WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO SHARE WITH SOME OF
Y'ALL. AND SO AS WE SHARED, RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, ONE OF OUR INITIATIVES IS REALLY THE CONNECTION BETWEEN RACIAL EQUITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH WHERE WE BRING TOGETHER AND IDENTIFY RACIAL EQUITY AS A FUNDAMENTAL PRIORITY
IN OUR DEPARTMENT AND WHERE WE'RE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING STAFF WITH THE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND BUILD UNDERSTANDING OF HOW RACE AND HEALTH ARE CONNECTED AND INFLUENCE ONE ANOTHER TO IMPACT PEOPLE'S HEALTH OUTCOMES AT A SYSTEMS LEVEL. AND THEN AS PART
OF THAT WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGING ALL OF OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM IN OUR DEPARTMENT, DIRECTORS, MANAGERS, SUPERVISORS THROUGH A YEAR HP LONG TRAINING AND ESTABLISHING THIS UNDERSTANDING OF RACIAL EQUITY WHERE WE HAVE FIRST STARTED OFF IN LAST YEAR OF MODULE 1, BUILDING A
FOUNDATION OF EXAMINING AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS DOES HEALTH AND RACIAL EQUITY LOOK LIKE, WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY AND TRUST FEEL LOOK LIKE HERE AND FROM THERE WE WERE BEGUN TO EXAMINE HOW
INSTITUTIONAL BEHAVIORS HAVE REINFORCED INEQUITIES AND IDENTIFYING AND NAMING THOSE. LASTLY WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY AT AT THE LAST STAGES OF THIS MODULE, WORKING WITH LEADERSHIP TO IDENTIFY THOSE SYSTEMIC CHANGES AND PUTTING IN THOSE CHANGES INTO PRACTICE IN THE DEPARTMENT AND IN OUR SERVICES THAT WE CURRENTLY ARE DELIVERING
TO COMMUNITIES AND WITHIN OUR OWN TEAMS. AND THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS, THE GOAL OF THIS INITIATIVE HAS BEEN ALWAYS TO ENSURE THAT OUR LEADERSHIP AND OUR DEPARTMENT HAS THE KNOWLEDGE, THE SKILLS, AND THE SUPPORT TO CREATE A MORE EQUITABLE DEPARTMENT, TEAM, AND SERVICES TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH
OUTCOMES OF ALL RESIDENTS OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND THEN MOVING ONTO ANOTHER INITIATIVE THAT THE HEALTH EQUITY TEAM HAS CREATED AND LED IN THE DEPARTMENT IS THE HEALTH LITERACY INITIATIVE, AND THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY IMPORTANT INITIATIVE FOR US AS WE REALLY
STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH LITERACY IN ALL OF OUR WORK, AND SPECIFICALLY WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT IT, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LITERACY AND HEALTH LITERACY, WHERE WE DEFINE LITERACY AS A PERSON'S ABILITY TO READ, WRITE, AND UNDERSTAND AND USE INFORMATION, AND HEALTH LITERACY
DIFFERS FROM THAT IN TERMS OF IT'S A PERSON'S ABILITY TO FIND, UNDERSTAND, AND USE -- SORRY, HEALTH INFORMATION AND MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR HEALTH. AND THAT WE ALWAYS START OUR TRAININGS OF HEALTH LITERACY WITH THIS BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO STRESS THAT A
PERSON'S LITERACY LEVEL DOESN'T NECESSARILY REFLECT AND MATCH THEIR HEALTH LITERACY LEVEL. THAT WE CAN HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE HIGH LITERACY LEVEL, MEANING THAT THEY CAN READ, WRITE, AND UNDERSTAND ENGLISH AND USE THAT INFORMATION GENERALLY, BUT THEY MAY STILL
EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY UNDERSTANDING MEDICAL INFORMATION AND HEALTH RELATED DECISIONS WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH RELATED INFORMATION. AND SO AS A DEPARTMENT, WE STRIVE TO REACH TO BECOME AN ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH LITERATE ORGANIZATION WHERE WE RECOGNIZE
OURSELVES AS PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND THAT WE STRIVE TO INCLUDE HEALTH LITERACY TO MAKE SURE THROUGH OUR SERVICES, OUR PROGRAMS, OUR STAFF, WE'RE ABLE TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO FIND AND UNDERSTAND AND USE INFORMATION TO MAKE THE BEST HEALTH RELATED DECISION THAT
THEY CAN. AND OVER THE PAST YEAR, AS PART OF THAT INITIATIVE, WE'VE PROVIDED OUR STAFF A HEALTH LITERACY TRAINING WHERE CURRENTLY UP TO DATE WE HAVE MORE THAN 90 OF OUR STAFF COMPLETED THE TRAINING AND RECEIVED OUR CERTIFICATE FROM THIS TRAINING FROM THE CENTERS
OF DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, AND WITH THIS TRAINING PARTICULAR RECEIVING HIGH EVATLEZ AND FEED -- EVALUATION AND FEEDBACK FROM STAFF THAT THEY'VE MENTIONED THIS TRAINING HELPED THEM GROW THEIR SKILLS AND THAT THIS TRAINING PROVIDED THEM KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO BE ABLE TO APPLY
TO THE DAILY WORK. MOVING ONTO ANOTHER INITIATIVE THAT THE HEALTH EQUITY TEAM HAS LED IN THE DEPARTMENT IS OUR GENDER INCLUSIVITY TRAINING IN WHICH WE PROVIDED TWO SERIES, TWO SERIES TRAINING TO THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT WHERE THE GENDER INCLUSE TIVIVITY 101 WAS OUR FIRST TRAINING WHERE WE PROVIDED STAFF WITH THE FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE FOR STAFF TO LEARN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GENDER, SEX, GENDER IDENTITY, AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION WHERE THEY CAN HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND
ACCURATELY AND APPROPRIATELY USE THESE TERMS AND IDEOLOGY WHEN SPEAKING ABOUT THEIR WORK AND WITH COMMUNITY. AND IN THIS TRAINING HELPING TO STAFF TO DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE EXPERIENCES OF TRANSGENDER AND NONBINARY INDIVIDUALS. AND AS PART OF THIS, WE OFFER A SEQUEL TO THIS
TRAINING, THE GENDER INCLUSIVITY 2 EO1 SESSION WHICH BUILT ON THE KNOWLEDGE AND LESSONS FROM THIS 101 BUT PUTTING IT AND APPLYING IT TO REAL LIFE SITUATIONS AND TALKING ABOUT HOW DOES THIS LOOK LIKE IN THE WORKPLACE, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THEIR TEAM IN TERMS OF BUILDING A GENDER
INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE AND COMMUNITY. TO SHARE MORE ABOUT THE OTHER ADDITIONAL TRAININGS AND INITIATIVES THAT THE HEALTH EQUITY TEAM HAS LED, I WILL NOW TURN THIS OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE CHOUA XIONG THE PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALIST ON OUR TEAM.
>> WELCOME. >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS CHOUA XIONG AND I AM HERE WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHERE I SERVE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALIST ON THE HEALTH EQUITY TEAM AND I WILL BE CONTINUING OUR PRESENTATION BY TALKING MORE ABOUT TRAININGS AND INITIATIVES
THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED. SO WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH 101 TRAINING, THIS IS AN INTRODUCTORY TRAINING THAT COVERS KEY PUBLIC HEALTH CONCEPTS, CORE FUNCTIONS, AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES. IT'S OFFERED IN MULTIPLE FORMATS, AND IS A PREREGWISET FOR OUR HEALTH
EXEQUITY 101 TRAINING. HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE CORE TOPICS THAT ARE COVERED IN OUR PUBLIC HEALTH 101 TRAINING. AND HERE IS A DIRECT EXAMPLE FROM OUR TRAINING PRESENTATION OF KIND OF WHAT WE DO WHEN IT COMES TO
PUBLISH HEALTH ISSUES -- PUBLIC HEALTH ISSU ISSUES AND HOW WE RESPOND, AND THIS IS DE DEMONSTRATED FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND OUR WORK A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY WE ALSO KIND OF FOCUS A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE FOUNDATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES. THIS IS ON THE
PUBLIC HEALTH ACCREDITATION BOARD WEB SITE, AND WE HIGHLIGHT THIS BECAUSE WE ARE AN ACCREDITED HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND WE DO LIKE TO LET OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OUR AUDIENCE KNOW THAT, AND THESE ARE THE AREAS AND CAPABILITIES THAT WE DO FOCUS ON WHENEVER WE
DO WORK AND INITIATIVES IN THE DEPARTMENT. AND SO HEALTH EQUITY 101, THIS TRAINING INTRODUCES HEALTH EQUITY CONCEPTS, EMPHASIZING HOLISTIC HEALTH, SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EQUITY AND EQUALITY.
THIS TRAINING IS TO HELP STAFF INTEGRATE EQUITY INTO PROGRAMS AND PLANNING. HERE IS AN EXAMPLE FROM OUR TRAINING PRESENTATION. WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ALTHOUGH HEALTH EQUITY MAY BE SHARED AROUND OUR
WORKPLACE FAIRLY OFTEN, MANY PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW THE MEANING OF HEALTH EQUITY, AND SO WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT OTHER AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS HAVE THEIR OWN VARIED DEFINITION OF HEALTH EQUITY, AND THEN ALSO HIGHLIGHTING OUR MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THEIR
HEALTH EQUITY VERSION OF THEIR DEFINITION. MOVING FORWARD, WE HAVE OUR HEALTH EQUITY WEB PAGE. THIS WEB PAGE HIGHLIGHTS TEAMS AND DIVISIONS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY. IT ALSO INCREASES VISIBILITY OF OUR
EFFORTS, AND SUPPORTS ONGOING LEARNING BY SHARING OUR PAST, CURRENT, AND UPCOMING ACTIONS AND SUCCESSES MONTHLY. HERE IS A SCREEN SHOT OF HOW IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE CITY TALK WEB SITE. WE OF COURSE HIGHLIGHT OUR CURRENT EFFORTS UP ON TOP AND
THEN OUR PAST ACHIEVEMENTS BELOW. THEN MOVING FORWARD WE HAVE OUR HEALTH EQUITY LEARNING SESSIONS. THIS IS A SERIES THAT CREATES A SPACE FOR DIALOGUE AND LEARNING AROUND KEY HEALTH EQUITY TOPICS, AIMING TO RAISE
AWARENESS, IDENTIFY CHALLENGES, AND REDUCE UNINTENTIONAL HARM THAT MAY BE DONE TO COMMUNITY. AND IT FOSTERS CROSS-DEPARTMENT COLLABORATION AND FEATURES REAL EXAMPLES FROM TEAMS ACROSS OUR DEPARTMENT AND ENTERPRISE. SOME
EXAMPLES OF OUR PAST TOPICS THAT WE HAVE DONE IS IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR HEALTHY LIVING TEAM ON PROMOTING TAP WATER TO IMPROVE HEALTHCOMES, WE ALSO DID A TOPIC ON SAFE AND HEALTHY HOUSING FOR ALL THROUGH LEAD TESTING. THIS IS IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR LEAD AND HEALTHY HOMES TEAM.
AND WE ALSO DID ONE JUST YESTERDAY FOCUSING ON WASTE REDUCTION AND THE IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY. THIS IS IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING DIVISION, AND OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS TEAM. AND WITH THESE LEARNING
SESSIONS, WE HAVE RECEIVED VERY POSITIVE PARTICIPATION FEEDBACK AND INSIGHTS. OVERALL WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY REALLY FIND THESE SESSIONS ENGAGING AND INFORMATIONAL. AND THE ONES THAT HAVE ATTENDED PREVIOUS SESSIONS, THEY ARE VERY
LIKELY TO ATTEND FUTURE SESSIONS THAT WE HOST. AND ALTHOUGH SOME OF THESE TOPICS MAY BE A LITTLE BIT REPETITIVE, PEOPLE HAVE NOTED THAT THEY DO LEARN A LITTLE B BIT MORE OF THE TOPIC THE MORE THEY HEAR ABOUT IT AND LEARN ABOUT IT, AND THEY ARE
GRATEFUL WE OPEN UP THIS SERIES TO HARDER TOPICS THAT ARE NOT OPENLY TALKED ABOUT OR LEARNED ABOUT IN THE WORKPLACE. AND THEN WE DO HAVE OUR EQUITY WORK GROUP IN THE DEPARTMENT. THIS WORK GROUP AIMS TO DEFINE EQUITY, DEVELOP A SHARED POLICY
AND FRAMEWORK, DESIGN STAFF TRAINING AND INTEGRATE EQUITY INTO CONTRACTING. WE HAVE 17 MEMBERS IN THIS WORK GROUP. ALL ARE EXPECTED TO JOIN A SUBCOMMITTEE AND ATTEND BIMONTHLY EQUITY WORK GROUPS, AND MEETINGS AND ACTIVELY
CONTRIBUTE TO EQUITY RELATED PLANNING AND DISCUSSIONS. THIS IS ILLUSTRATED BY HAVING SUBCOMMITTEES FOCUS ON ONE GOAL, AND THESE SUBCOMMITTEES ARE ASSIGNED TO THESE TOP FOUR GOALS HERE, WHICH I WILL GET INTO. SO OUR FIRST GOAL HERE IS TO DEFINE
EQUITY. THIS INITIATIVE AIMS TO ESTABLISH A SHARED LANGUAGE AROUND EQUITY, SO ALL DEPARTMENT CAN, ALL STAFF DEPARTMENTS CAN EFFECTIVELY ENGAGE IN EQUITY WORK. THE EQUITY DEFINITION IS BEING INTEGRATED INTO ORIENTATION, PUBLIC MATERIALS, AND KEY DEPARTMENT DOCUMENTS. A
DRAFT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED, AND IT INCLUDES HISTORICAL CONTEXT, AN ACTION STATEMENT AND A FRAMEWORK FOR PUTTING EQUITY INTO PRACTICE. THE SECOND GOAL IS TO CREATE A POLICY AND FRAMEWORK AROUND EQUITY AND THIS GOAL FOCUSES ON DEVELOPING A
FRAMEWORK AND EQUITY POLICY THAT GUIDES HOW THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ADVANCES EQUITY. AND THE FRAMEWORK WILL BE INCLUDED IN STAFF ORIENTATION AND OUTLINED IN CLEAR ACTIONS FOR UPDATING EQUITY IN OUR DAILY WORK. A DRAFT HAS BEEN CREATED WHICH IS SHOWN IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDES, AND WITH PRINCIPLES AND
MEASURABLE INDICATORS CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT PROGRESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY. OUR THIRD GOALT IS TO CREATE A TRAINING PLAN FOR OUR STAFF, THIS IS INITIATIVE AIMS TO CREATE A CULTURE OF EQUITY BY EQUIPPING OUR STAFF WITH ALL OF
THE KNOWLEDGE AND -- IT INCLUDES COMPREHENSIVE ROLE SPIVE TRAINING SUPPORTED THROUGH ROUTINE MEETINGS AND POLICIES AND TRAININGS ARE READY TO LAUNCH WITH MOCK SESSIONS PLANNED TO GATHER FEEDBACK AND TO IMPROVE CONTENT. AND LASTLY,
OUR GOAL FOUR IS TO INCLUDE EQUITY INTO OUR CONTRACTING PROCESS, AND THIS INITIATIVE CREATES A STANDARDIZED EQUITY CHECK LIST FOR OUR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS RFPs, AND EDUCATE STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IT ALSO FOCUSES ON IMPROVING
ACCESSIBILITY, SIMPLIFYING PROCESSES, AND ADDRESSING EQUITY GAPS. ACTIONS INCLUDED REVIEWING TRAINING VIDEOS, PROVIDING FEEDBACK, AND ENHANCING RESOURCES WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AND THE I.T. DEPARTMENT. AND LASTLY WE HAVE
A HEALTH EQUITY ANALYSIS TOOL. THE GOAL OF THIS TOOL IS TO MAKE A HEALTH EQUITY A STANDARD ACROSS OUR DEPARTMENT BY INCREASING UNDERSTANDING, EVALUATING PROGRAMS, AND STRENGTHENING OUR ACCREDITATION.
AND THIS IS KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF HOW IT WILL LOOK LIKE ON SMART SHEET. IT'S STILL IN DEVELOPMENT, AND ONCE IT IS IN DEVELOPMENT, THEN WE WILL ROLL IT OUT, BUT, SO WELL, IT WILL ASSESS EQUITY IN OUR
DEPARTMENTAL WORKS TO SUPPORT IMPROVEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY AS A WAY TO MEASURE ALL OF THAT. AND THIS IS WHAT THE TOOL IS FOR. THAT COMPLETES OUR PRESENTATION. WE ARE HERE TO STAND FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, PAO AND CHOUA. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND
GIVING US THIS PRESENTATION. I'LL SEE IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OTHERWISE, I DID WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT TRAININGS THAT Y'ALL HAVE FROM THE HEALTH EQUITY 101 TRAINING,
THE HEALTH LITERACY INITIATIVE, AND SPECIFICALLY THE GENDER INCLUSIVITY TRAINING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN THE TIME THAT WE ARE LIVING IN RIGHT NOW AS WELL. I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE HEALTH EQUITY LEARNING SESSIONS. HAS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT EVER CONSIDERED AND
MAYBE YOU DO THIS ALREADY, BUT LISTENING SESSIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THIS KIND OF WORK. I KNOW THAT I MO-- IT MAY BE FOR OUR STAFF IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD SOME LIKE WALKS IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO TALK ABOUT LIVEABILITY, HEALTH CONCERNS, AND I DO LIKE THIS
COMPONENT OF YOU ALL WORKING ON THESE LEARNING SESSIONS, BUT ALSO WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE FOR LISTENING SESSIONS TO TALK ABOUT WITH THE COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY SOME OF THE HEALTH DISPARITIES? SO MAYBE JUST KIND OF QUESTION OR MAYBE JUST A COMMENT. >>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ AND
COUNCILMEMBERS. SO IN PARTS OF THAT IT'S THAT AS YOU SAW, A LOT OF OUR TRAINING HAS BEEN GIVEN TO OUR STAFF TO MAKE SURE OUR STAFF ARE GETTING THE MOST UP TO DATE, INFORMED, TRAININGS AND INFORMATION TO GIVE TO COMMUNITY AND AS PART OF THAT, IT IS A PIECE ABOUT MAKING SURE WE'RE HEARING COMMUNITY AND
UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S HAPPENING ESPECIALLY IN THE TIME WE ARE IN NOW, AND A PIECE OF THAT THAT WE DIDN'T INCLUDE IN OUR PRESENTATION IS THAT WE ALL WERE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A LOT OF OUR PARTNER AGENCIES, AND ONE PIECE OF THAT IS WE'VE BEEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STATE OF MINNESOTA HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THROUGH THEIR HEALTH EQUITY
NETWORK SINCE THEIR CREATION WHERE THE NETWORK IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER HEALTH EQUITY ORGANIZATIONS, AGENCIES, PRACTITIONERS, AND GROUPS, ONE OF WHICH WE'VE BEEN A PART OF WHERE WE CONSTANTLY SHARE AND WE MEET MONTHLY TO SHARE UPDATES, INFORMATION, RESOURCES, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE COMMUNITY,
WHAT COMMUNITIES ARE EXPERIENCING. IN THE METRO REGION AND ALL OVER MINNESOTA TO REALLY GET THOSE PIECES OF THAT. >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. AND LIKE I SAID, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL. ALL RIGHT. NO ONE
ELSE IS ON QUEUE, SO SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL DIRECT THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT UPDATE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT ITEM IS RECEIVING AND FILING A RESPONSE TO A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO COSTS ASSOCIATES WITH EXPANDING PUBLIC SAFETY RELATED RESTORATIVE SERVICES. HERE TO
PRESENT ON THIS ITEM IS CHAIR JEFFRIES FROM OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY, DAVID BERNSTEIN FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND DIRECTOR OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT, AMANDA HARRINGTON. WELCOME. >>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I'LL NEED
JUST A MOMENT. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHAVEZ, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I AM DEPUTY COMMUNITY SAFETY COMMISSIONER JARED JEFFRIES. WITH ME TODAY FOR THIS PRESENTATION RESPONDING
TO THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR ON --IVE ON RESTORATIVE PROGRAMS ARE SEVERAL LEADERS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY OFFICE, SAFETY DEPARTMENT, AND CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO WILL INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AS THEY COME UP TO SPEAK. ON THIS SLIDE YOU'LL SEE THE LANGUAGE FROM THE
LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE ITSELF, WHICH REQUESTS INFORMATION ON RESTORATIVE SERVICES OFFERED BY THE CITY, INCLUDING THOSE RELATED TO NEIGHBOR REMEDIATION FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME AND VICTIMS, WITNESSES, AND/OR NEIGHBORS IMPACTED BY CRIME, CONFLICT, OR VIOLENCE. BEFORE
WE DIG IN TO THE SERVICES AND RESOURCES OFFERED BY THE CITY, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WHERE EACH OF THESE SERVICES AND RESOURCES LIE IN THE GREATER SAFETY ECOSYSTEM, WHICH IS NOT JUST THE CITY BUT SEVERAL OTHER ENTITIES, INCLUDING THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, HENNEPIN COUNTY, AND
COMMUNITY PROVIDERS WHO ALL PROVIDE SEVERAL MEDIATION SERVICES AND VICTIM WITNESS SERVICES. EXAMPLES OF THESE AT EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT LEVELS INCLUDE VICTIM AND WITNESS ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR
REPARATIONS THROUGH THE MINNESOTA CRIME VICTIMS REPARATIONS BOARD, AND SEVERAL COMMUNITY NONPROFIT PROVIDERS THAT PROVIDE NO OR LOW COST MEDIATION OR CONFLICT RESOLUTION SERVICES. THE CITY CURRENTLY BUDGETS APPROXIMATELY $5 MILLION FOR RESTORATIVE SERVICES, SO
THAT INCLUDES ALL THOSE GENERAL BUCKETS THAT THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE IS REALLY LOOKING AT. WE'LL FIRST DIG INTO THE MEDIATION SERVICES AVAILABLE TO NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCING CONFLICT.
ON THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE SEVERAL DIFFERENT CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE LOOKED AT FOR EACH, FOR EACH OF OTHESE SERVICES. FIRST FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE, THE MAIN CONSIDERATIONS ARE REALLY WHAT LANE THE CITY OCCUPIES IN PROVIDING THESE TYPES OF
SERVICES. HISTORICALLY THE CITY HAS NOT PROVIDED THESE SERVICES AND HAS ONLY RECENTLY ENTERED THIS AREA. IN CONSIDERING EXPANSION, ONE OF THE PRIMARY CONSIDERATIONS ARE JUST THE DEMAND FOR THE SERVICE AND THE TYPES OF CASES WHERE THESE
SERVICES ARE EFFECTIVE. AS THIS IS A NEW AREA FOR THE CITY, THERE IS A LOT TO BE ANALYZED FROM BOTH DEMAND AND EFFECTIVENESS STANDPOINTS. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS INCLUDE WHICH TYPE OF DISPUTES THESE SERVICES SHOULD BE SUPPLIED, SPECIFICALLY ONES WHERE VIOLENCE
IS INVOLVED, OR NOT INVOLVED, AND THAT THERE ARE SOMETIMES OVERLAP IN THESE CASES, AS MEDIATION CAN BE ORDERED AS A PART OF CIVIL COURT PROCEEDINGS. MOVING INTO THE SPECIFIC RESOURCE THAT THE CITY OFFERS,
THIS IS AGAIN A VERY NEW AREA FOR THE CITY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GETTING UP AND RUNNING THIS YEAR. AS ANNOUNCED LATE LAST YEAR, MPD IS PARTNERING WITH THE NAACP TO LAUNCH A NEW PILOT PROGRAM AIMED AT TACKLING NONVIOLENT NEIGHBOR
DISPUTES. THAT PILOT CONTRACT IS STILL BEING FINALIZED, BUT IT IS ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN IN THE NEAR FUTURE ONCE LUGISTS AND THE SCOPE ARE -- LOGISTICS AND THE SCOPE ARE SET. NEXT WE'LL COVER SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF
VIOLENT -- OF VIOLENT CRIME OR VIOLENCE. SOME OF THE POLICY CONSIDERATIONS AROUND THESE SERVICES INCLUDE HOW TO BEST CONTINUE PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUAL HEALING AFTER AN INCIDENT OCCURS, AND RECOVERY FOLLOWING THAT INCIDENT AS WELL, AND HOW TO BEST ENSURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THESE SERVICES
IN A TIMELY AND EFFECTIVE WAY. IN THINNING ABOUT EXPANDING THE MOST PREVALENT CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE LOOK AT ARE HOW THE CITY IS CURRENTLY USING EXISTING RESOURCES, AND LETTING QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DATA INFORM REFINEMENTS AND FURTHER INVESTMENT. ONE
ADDITIONAL KEY CONSIDERATION IS HOW THE CITY COORDINATES AND PROVIDES COMPLEMENTARY SERVICES ALONGSIDE THE STATE AND COUNTY WHO ARE THE PRIMARY SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THIS AREA. AS STATED PREVIOUSLY, THERE ARE WELL KNOWN AND ESTABLISHED STATE AND COUNTY PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS MUCH OF THE NEED IN THIS AREA,
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY ARE ENHANCING AND SUPPLEMENTING THOSE AND NOT DUPLICATING. DIGGING INTO THE ACTUAL CONTRACTS AND RESOURCES THAT
WE'VE PUT FORWARD FOR VICTIMS SERVICES WHO ARE VICTIMS OF CRIME OR VIOLENCE, THE CITY HAS REALLY INVESTED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THIS AREA. IT INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 16 CONTRACTS. THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE CONTRACT WITH ARE LISTED ON THE SCREEN.
AND APPROXIMATELY -- WE APPROXIMATE ABOUT 17.5 FTEs WHO REGULARLY TOUCH THIS, THIS WORK IN SOME WAY. AND THOSE LIVE WITHIN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY, AND MPD. GOING BACK TO THE
CONTRACTS, THOSE EXTERNAL SERVICE CONTRACTS ARE FOR A VARIETY OF SERVICES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BASIC NEEDS, LIKE FOOD SECURITY AND HOUSING, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND VICTIMS SURVIVOR SUPPORT. WITHIN THE CITY, THOSE
FTEs THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER COVER THE MPD COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS, STAFF WITHIN NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY WHO ADMINISTER CONTRACTS AND PROGRAMS, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WHO PROVIDES SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE CRIMINAL COMPLAIN PROCESS FOR WHAT THE
CITY HANDLES. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, I'LL NOW HAND IT OVER TO CRIMINAL DIVISION DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY DAVID BERNSTEIN. >> THANK YOU, WELCOME, DAVID.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHAVEZ, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. AGAIN MY NAME IS DAVID BERNSTEIN. I'M THE DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY OF THE CRIMINAL DIVISION OF THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE VICTIM WINS SPECIAL -- WITNESS SPECIALISTS THAT WORK IN OUR OFFICE, AND I REALLY WANT TO GIVE A KUDOS TO THAT GROUP.
THEY DO OUTSTANDING WORK IN HELPING VICTIMS OF CRIME FEEL AS COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT AS THEY CAN IN A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE COURT PROCESS. TO BE CLEAR, THEIR ROLE STARTS ONCE A CRIMINAL CRASE IN SUES IN COURT.
THERE'S BEEN A CRIMINAL CASE FILED. WHEN THE CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR COURT THAT'S WHEN OUR VWSs JUMP IN. WE HAVE FIVE VICTIM WITNESS SPECIALISTS IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TWO OF WHICH ARE SENIOR VICTIM SPECIALISTS AND THEY ARE DEDICATED TO A DOMESTIC TEAM AND A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASELOAD.
THE OTHER THREE ARE WORKING ON KIND OF OUR GENERAL TRIAL TEAM ON A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF CASES THAT ARE LISTED IN THE BOTTOM BULLET. I KNOW YOU ALL CAN READ BUT I WANT TO READ OUR MISSION STATEMENT OUT LOUD. I THINK IT TRULY EMPHASIZES THE GREAT WORK THAT OUR VWSs DO.
THEIR MISSION STATEMENT IS TO UPHOLD THE RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF VICTIMS OF CASES PROSECUTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BY PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT, CLEAR COMMUNICATION, AND GUIDANCE THROUGHOUT THE CRIMINAL LEGAL PROCESS. VWSs ARE COMMITTED TO FOSTERING A JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT IS EQUITABLE,
RESPECTFUL, AND TRAUMA INFORMED. THEY HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNICATION WITH VICTIMS, AND THEY REALLY TRY THEIR BEST TO KEEP THEM INFORMED AS WELL AS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMPLYING WITH OUR RIGHTS UNDER THE VICTIM RIGHTS STATUTE, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN THE NEXT SLIDE. I ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE TYPES OF
CRIMES THAT THE, THAT THE VWSs ARE INVOLVED WITH, THOSE ARE CASES PROSECUTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE LARGEST OF OUR CASELOAD ARE DWIs AND DOMESTIC ASSAULT CASES, BUT YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS LIST THAT THERE'S A WIDE VARIETY OF TYPES OF CASES THAT VWSs WORK WITH
AND THEY TALK WITH VICTIMS ABOUT THINGS SUCH AS PERSONAL INJURY THAT THEY'VE ENCOUNTERED, EMOTIONAL HARM, PROPERTY DAMAGE, OR FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY COMMITTING THE OFFENSE. SO THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WVS'S CORE RESPONSIBILITY IS TO UPHOLD VICTIM' RIGHTS UNDER VICTIMS' RIGHTS STATUTE. THIS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTES. THE VICTIM RIGHTS STATUTE IS FAIRLY EXTENSIVE AND CHAPTER 611A, THERE ARE MULTIPLE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS. THOSE ARE GENERALIZED IN THESE BULLET POINTS, SO OUR VWSs ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING VICTIM NOTIFICATIONS THATT A CASE HAS BEEN FILED AND OF COURT PROCEEDINGS, AND COURT DATES. THEY ILLICIT VICTIM INPUT SHOULD
THE VICTIM CHOOSE TO PROVIDE THAT INPUT, AND WE CAN THEN PROVIDE THAT INPUT TO THE COURTS. THERE'S TRIAL COORDINATION IF THE VICTIM IS REQUIRED TO TESTIFY IN A COURT PROCEEDING. THERE'S REFERRAL TO SERVICES. AND YOU SAW SOME OF THOSE SERVICES MENTIONED IN THE
CONTRACTS THAT THE WE HAVE ON A PREVIOUS SLIDE. WE HAVE FANTASTIC PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES PARTICULARLY ADVOCACY SERVICES THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DOES NOT PROVIDE IN THE COURSE OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. THERE'S RESTITUTION CONSIDERATIONS, I MENTIONED FINANCIAL
CONSIDERATIONS. MEDICAL BILLS, PROPERTY DAMAGE, OR THE LIKE. AND OUR VWSs ALSO PROVIDE TRAININGS. THEY PROVIDE THEM TO ATTORNEYS, TO JUDGES, TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND TO THE COMMUNITY ON A TRAUMA INFORMED APPROACH TO SPEAKING WITH
VICTIMS. IT'S NOT THE SAME AS SPEAKING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR SPEAKING TO ATTORNEYS OR SPEAKING TO JUDGES. YOU NEED TO HAVE A SOFT AND EMPATHETIC AND COMPASSIONATE VOICE WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING WITH VICTIMS. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU NEED TO LISTEN. AND THE VWSs DO A GREAT JOB ON
EDUCATING OTHERS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT. SO THE IMPACT THAT THE VWSs HAVE. THE VICTIM PARTICIPATION IMPROVES OUT CMED OFTEN TIMES WE CANNOT BE SUCCESS IN THE PROSECUTION OF CASES, WE CANNOT
GET PROSECUTION UNLESS VICTIMS PARTICIPATE, SO THEY HELP THEM ALONG IN THAT PROCESS. IT ALSO BUILDS TRUST IN OUR LEGAL SYSTEM. WE TRY AND MAKE IT AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE. WE KEEP THE VICTIM INVOLVED TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY WANT TO BE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE PROCEEDINGS, AND MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AT EVERY
STEP OF THE PROCEEDINGS. AND FINALLY, WE HOPE TO PROMOTE HEALING, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY. AND THAT'S IN THE COURT SYSTEM BUT PERHAPS IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL THROUGH DIFFERENT MEANS. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR
HARRINGTON. >> THANK YOU, AND WELCOME, DIRECTOR HARRINGTON. >> THANK YOU, GOOD AFTERNOON, AMANDA HARRINGTON, DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY. I APPRECIATE THAT THIS PRESENTATION REALLY MIMICS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN THE CITY, WHICH IS CREATE THAT
COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY SAFETY ECOSYSTEM SHOWING THAT SERVICES DON'T LIVE IN ANY ONE OF OUR DEPARTMENTS. IN THIS CASE, NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY IS CERTAINLY INVOLVED IN VICTIM SERVICES, BUT WE ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN SERVICES FOR BYSTANDERS, NEIGHBORS,
RESIDENTS WHO ARE MAYBE MORE TANGENTIALLY CONNECTED TO CRIME AND VIOLENCE. RELATED TOOT POLICY CONSIDERATIONS -- TO THE POLICY CONSIDERATIONS, THEY MIRROR REALLY WHAT THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER NAMED BEFORE, BUT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE HAVING SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUAL HEALING AND ENSURE THAT THERE ARE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR URGENT VICTIM NEEDS. THIS
IS OFTEN LESS NECESSARY WITH SOME OF THE BYSTANDERS, AND CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO WORK ON AS A CITY. RELATED TO EXPANSION, WE DON'T WANT TO EXPAND SERVICES JUST FOR THE SAKE OF EXPANDING THEM, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE USING EXISTING RESOURCES AND DATA SO
THAT WE HAVE APPROPRIATE SERVICES IN THE PLACES AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT WITHIN OUR CITY, AND WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY TRAUMA SERVICES COLLABORATE WITH RESPONSIVE SERVICES SO THAT WHEN OUR RESPONSIVE SERVICES, WHICH IT'S FIRE, POLICE, BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE, EMS, ENCOUNTER
INDIVIDUALS, THEY CAN MAKE THAT WARM HANDOFF OR DIRECT CONNECTION TO THESE VICTIM SERVICES THAT WILL ACTUALLY SUPPORT THEM. AND THEN AS WAS NOTED BEFORE, WE NEED TO PARTNER WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY WHICH IS OUR SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDER IN THIS AREA. THE LIST THAT YOU
SAW A FEW SLIDES AGO FOR THE CONTRACTS THAT PROVIDE VICTIMS SERVICES IS REALLY THE SAME LIST THAT WE HAVE ON THIS SLIDE. I'VE JUST NARROWED IT DOWN TO SERVICES THAT AREN'T SPECIFICALLY ONLY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIRECTLY BEEN IMPACTED. THE DEFINITION OF WHO COULD
UTILIZE THESE SERVICES IS A BIT LOOSER, AND SO WE VEARNL V CONTRACTS IN NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY WITH SEVEN ORGANIZATIONS THAT I THINK FIT THAT DEFINITION, AND THE SERVICES RANGE GREATLY DEPENDING ON WHAT THE ORGANIZATIONS DO, BUT SOME OF THE EXAMPLES INCLUDE EMPOWERMENT CLASSES ON SAFELY RIDING PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION, TO WELLNESS WORKSHOPS FOR LGBTQ INDIVIDUALS. AS THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER NOTED BEFORE, WE HAVE PEOPLE WITHIN NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY WORKING ON THESE CONTRACTS. THEY'RE NOT ALL PROGRAM MANAGERS OR CONTRACT MANAGERS. SOME OF THEM ARE WORKING ON NEGOTIATING CONTRACTS
OR PROCESSING INVOICES, BUT ALTOGETHER IT'S ABOUT 2.5 STAFF IN OUR DEPARTMENT. AND I WILL SEND IT BACK TO THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER TO WRAP US UP. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AS DIRECTOR HARRINGTON AND I BOTH STATED,
AND KIND OF OUR INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS, FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE, WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW FROM AN ADMINISTRATION STANDPOINT IS REALLY LOOKING AT THE RESTORE EXTENSIVE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE GETTING UP AND RUNNING THAT ARE RELATIVELY NEW, AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THOSE
FIT INTO THE BROADER LANDSCAPE THAT INCLUDES THE COUNTY, STATE, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS. AND I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY, IDENTIFY EFFICIENCIES AS I THINK SEVERAL OF YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES REPORT THAT GIVES US A LOT OF GUIDANCE IN THIS AREA,
AND THEN WE HAVE NQU NYU GAPS AND ANALYSIS. WE HAVE A LOT OF ANALYSIS ALREADY DONE SO IT'S REALLY CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THOSE PROGRAMS AND THE GUIDANCE FROM THOSE TWO DOCUMENTS, AND REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REFINING AND INVESTING ACCORDINGLY. FROM A
PROGRAM PERSPECTIVE, AGAIN, THIS REALLY LOOKS AT WHAT CAN WE BE DOING BETTER, HOW ARE THING WORKING RIGHT NOW, AND WE CONTINUE TO ANALYZE THOSE THINGS, ESPECIALLY AS THOSE NEW SERVICES ARE COMING ONLINE. AND AGAIN, REALLY TYING THE PERFORMANCE OF THESE TO OUR
ONGOING CITY PROCESSES, LIKE WHAT PMI IS DOING WITH THE ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION, WITH OUTCOMES MINNEAPOLIS, AND REALLY TYING IT TO THE GREATER ECOSYSTEM AS DIRECTOR HARRINGTON STATED. SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION, AND
WE'RE HAPPY TO STAND FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. I THINK THE FIRST ONE IS ABOUT THE MEDIATION PILOT. I KNOW THAT BASED ON THE PREAGEDDATION IT'S STILL BEING DEVELOPED, RIGHT? SO THE GOAL IS TO WORK WITH THE NAACP, LOW
LEVEL OFFENSES, WOULD THEN BE REFERRED FROM MPD TO THE NAACP OR HOW WOULD THAT WORK? >> YES, THAT IS, THAT WAS GENERALLY HOW IT WILL WORK, COUNCILMEMBER, IS THAT MPD WOULD IDENTIFY GOOD CASES FOR THIS
NONVIOLENT CONFLICTS THAT THEY ARE TRACKING, AND BE ABLE TO REFER THOSE TO THE NAACP. >> MAYBE A QUESTION FOR YOU, DEPUTY DIRECTOR. DO YOU THINK THAT -- SO WOULD FOLKS STILL BE
REQUIRED -- WELL, WOULD FOLKS -- IN THIS INSTANCE, WOULD PEOPLE STILL FILE A POLICE REPORT AND THEN THEY WOULD GET PUT INTO MEDIATION, I GUESS, OR IS IT YOU IDENTIFY A POTENTIAL CRIME OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S A POLICE BRUTALITY INCIDENT AND THEY
COMMUNICATED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID BEFORE YOU FILE THIS POLICE REPORT, YOU SEEM LIKE A GOOD CLIENT FOR THIS MEDIATION PILOT. WE'RE GOING TO DIRECT YOU TO HAVE MEDIATION WITH AN OFFICER? OR WOULD THIS BE AFTER A POLICE REPORT IS FILED AND THEN THEY COULD POTENTIALLY GO THROUGH MEDIATION
I GUESS IS MY QUESTION. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I'LL ASK ASSISTANT CHIEF GAITERS TO ANSWER THAT IN A LITTLE MORE DEPTH THAN I'M ABLE TO YEAH, . >> YEAH, THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR, AND COUNCILMEMBERS. JUST REAL QUICKLY. HOW IT TYPICALLY WORKS IS WE HAVE ANALYSTS WHO GO
THROUGH OUR RECORD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH ALL OF THE CALLS THAT TAKE PLACE WHEN THERE ARE NEIGHBOR CONFLICTS OR CONCERNS. THEY IDENTIFY THEM AND THEY CATEGORIZE THEM IN TWO DIFFERENT BUCKETS. ONE BEING VIOLENT AND THE OTHER BEING NONVIOLENT. SO WITH THE NONVIOLENT ONES, SOME
OF THEM MAY BE TORTS WHERE THERE ISN'T CRIMINAL ACTIVITY NECESSARILY. HOWEVER, OBVIOUSLY A CITIZENS WANT SOME TYPE OF A RESOLUTION, SO THOSE WILL BE IDENTIFIED AND THEN FARMED OUT IF I MAY SAY TO AN ORGANIZATION
WHERE THAT CAN ASSIST IN THAT PILOT PROGRAM, ASSISTING WITH THE PROCESS OF GETTING THEM WITH A MEDIATOR AND RESOLVING THE SITUATION WITH THE NEIGHBORS. >> MAYBE I'M JUST CONFUSING IT WITH, I KNOW THAT -- REQUEST
OF WORKING THROUGH A MEDIATION COMPONENT, FOR EXAMPLE, AND I'M MOSTLY RELATING IT TO I GUESS POLICE BRUTALITY CASES BUT I'M ASSUMING THIS IS BROADER THAN JUST INSTANCES OF THAT. AND THIS MIGHT BE WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE A VICTIM OF A CRIME THEN. >> YES, CHAIR. WHERE YOU HAVE,
IT'S BROAD YET UNIQUE. YOU WILL HAVE A, AN INSTANCE WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY PAIR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO UNDERSTAND MORESO ON A CULTURAL BASIS, AND USE THEIR PROCESS
THROUGH MEDIATION, AND DE-ESCALATION, AND MAKING CERTAIN THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH WHATEVER THAT CHALLENGE IS. BUT ALSO THAT PAIRING WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT WITH INDIVIDUALS FROM SAME OR SIMILAR COMMUNITY. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN THE
OTHER COMPONENT I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, THE FUNDS FOR URGENT VICTIM NEEDS. I THINK THAT WAS, WAS THAT YOU? MAYBE IT WAS --
>> WHICH SLIDE? >> 10. WAS THAT YOU, DIRECTOR HARRINGTON? >> IS IT THIS ONE, CHAIR? >> YEAH, THAT ONE. THANK YOU. IT'S A LONG DAY. I THINK PART OF THIS TALKS ABOUT ENSURING
FUNDS THAT ARE ABLE FOR URGENT VICTIM NEEDS. WOULD THEBICE -- THIS BE SIMILAR TO A VICTIMS FUND THAT OTHER CITIES DO OR DO YOU HAVE EXAMPLES OF WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE. >> I DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES, BUT WE KIND OF HAD IT
IN THERE BECAUSE THERE COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE HADN'T THOUGHT OF YET. GENERALLY VICTIMS SERVICES ARE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED, AND SO I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS WOULD WORK WITH SOMEBODY THAT'S A LITTLE BIT REMOVED FROM THE DIRECT VICTIM IMPACT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO CONSIDER AS A CITY. >> YEAH, I'M THINKING ABOUT
SOMEONE EXPERIENCED GUN VIOLENCE, AND THEY WERE IMPACTED BUT NOT NECESSARILY INJURED I WOULD ASSUME, RIGHT, AND THEN NOW THEY HAVE SOME MENTAL HEALTH THEY NEED TO NAVIGATE, AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO, AND HOW CAN THE CITY HELP IN THAT INSTANCE. SO THAT'S WHERE MY
BRAIN IS GOING TOWARDS, BUT OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION I HAD, AND THIS MIGHT BE YOU, DEPUTY DIRECTOR JEFFRIES, IS ABOUT SALEM INC. SO PAGE 7 IT LOOKS LIKE WE, THERE'S A CONTRACT WITH SALEM INC. THERE. I WAS WONDERING WONDERING WHAT THE CONTRACT IS FOR, WHEN THE CONTRACT WAS DESIGNED, DETAILS
ABOUT THE CONTRACT, HOW MUCH MONEY IS IN THE CONTRACT, GIVEN THAT IT'S ON A SLIDE. >> THAT'S FOR ME, CHAIR CHAVEZ. SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS I CAN'T ANSWER SO I WOULD LOVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH A MEMEE, PARTICULARLY
PARTICULARLY HOW MUCH MONEY WAS LEFT. THIS CONTRACT I BELIEVE WAS SIGNED IN 2024 IF NOT BEFORE THEN BUT I WILL GET ALL HOF THOSE DETAILS AND FOLLOW BACK UP WITH YOU. 92 THANK YOU, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. THAT WOULD BE ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW-UP. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE ON QUEUE? ALL RIGHT, WELL
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, Y'ALL. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'LL DIRECT THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT UPDATE. OUR FINAL ITEM IS RECEIVING AND FILING A QUARTERLY UPDATE ON ELIMINATING
CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING. HERE TO PRESENT THAT ITEM IS
ALEXANDRA.S.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE. AS I GOT THAT WORKED THROUGH. CHAIR CHAVEZ, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THANKS SO ENOUGH FOR HAVING ME TODAY. MY NAME IS ALEX VULMER. I'M THE MANAGER OF THE LEAD IN HEALTHY HOMES TEAM IN THE MINNEAPOLIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND I'M HERE
TODAY TO DISCUSS OUR QUARTER 2 OF 2025 UPDATE ON THE ELIMINATED CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING PROGRAM. SO JUST BEFORE I BEGIN, I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, SAY THAT WITHIN THE PROGRAM, OUR TEAM HAS AN
ELEVATED BLOOD LEAD RESPONSE KIND OF CORE PROGRAMMING WHERE WE RECEIVE REFERRALS FOR LEAD POISONED CHILDREN FROM THE STATE, AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WORK WITHIN A PREVENTIVE SPACE. THOSE ARE RESPONSIVE REFERRALS, AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IDEALLY IS MOVE TO
THAT PREVENTIVE AREA WHERE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, KEEPING KIDS FROM GETTING LEAD POISONED. SO WE WANT TO IDENTIFY, REPAIR, AND REMOVE THOSE LEGACY POLLUTANTS OUCH IS SUCH AS LEADS USING HISTORICAL TRENDS AND PATTERNS TO ID HIGH RISK PROPERTIES AND
LEVERAGE OUR AUTHORITY TO IMPACT CHANGE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. SO AS OUR COLLEAGUES TALKED ABOUT, HEALTH LITERACY INTO OUR PROGRAMS, 60 PYOF OUR ELEVATED
LEADS ARE IN RENTAL PROPERTIES. THAT'S WHERE WE THINK WE CAN MAKE A LOT OF CHANGE. IN ADDITION THOSE ARE OCCURRING WITHIN CONCENTRATED POCKETS WITHIN THE CITY, SO WE ARE PRIORITIZING OUR HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED RESIDENTS AND AREAS OF THE CITY. AS I MENTIONED 60% OF OUR HISTORICAL ELEVATED BLOOD
LEADS ARE IN RENTAL PROPERTIES. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE FOCUSING CURRENTLY. 92% OF OUR COMPLETED OR INFLIGHT CASES ARE IN RENTAL PROPERTIES, AND SO WE THINK WE MIGHT BE DOING A GOOD JOB OF HITTING ON THAT TARGET. AND THEN ALSO JUST WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT THE PROGRAM'S RISK ANALYSIS FOR IDENTIFYING BUILDINGS WITH THAT HIGH POTENTIAL FOR HAVING HADDEREDS LEAD BASE PAINTS ALSO SEEMS TO BE PROVING EFFECTIVE. SOME OF THE CRITERIA THAT WE USE FOR THAT ARE HISTORICAL LEAD POISONING METRICS SUCH AS OCCUPANCY TYPE, BUILDING AGE, SO
REALLY FOCUSING ON PRE-1940 CONSTRUCTION, LITTLE TO NO MAINTENANCE RECORDS, INDICATING THAT WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE HOUSES AND THEN LOCATION. AND SO FAR, IN, WITH OUR EXISTING PORTFOLIO, WE HAVE QIE% OF THOSE RENTALURT -- 83% OF THOSE RENTAL PROPERTIES WE HAVE GONE TO AND EVALUATED, DO
HAVE LEAD BASED PONT HAZARDS. SO WE'RE PRETTY PLEASED WITH THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR ANALYTICS IN DETERMINING WHICH PROPERTIES WE WANT TO GET INTO. WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT A PROBLEM, SO WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND. SO WE THINK THAT WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OF USING THE HISTORICAL METRICS TO
DETERMINE WHERE WE SHOULD BE SPENDING OUR TIME AND WHERE IS, WHERE IT'S GOOD TO SPEND OUR TIME. IT'S JUST ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT RENTAL PROPERTIES HAVE A MUCH HIGHER TURNOVER THAN OWNER OCCUPIED HOMES, SO THERE IS AN IMBALANCE IN THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN THAT ARE EXPOSED TO LED
LEAD BASED PAINT HAZARDS WHEN THEY ARE NOT REPAIRED OR ELIMINATED. JUST ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE HERE WE HAVE A RECENT CUSTOMER INTERACTION THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT REALLY GETS TO THAT EQUITY AS WELL AS LITERACY COMPONENT. WE HAD A CUSTOMER WHO IS PROACTIVELY REACHED OUT TO BY THE HEALTH STAFF DUE TO A LOWER
LEVEL LEAD EXPOSURE. THE FAMILY WERE RECENT IMMIGRANTS FROM AFGHANISTAN AND WERE UNFAMILIAR WITH LEAD EXPOSURE PRIOR TO ARRIVING IN THE STATES. DURING OUR TIME WITH THE FAMILY, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LEAD BASED PAINT AND OTHER CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND SOURCES OF EXPOSURE
AND THE FAMILY HAD BROUGHT UP A RECENT NEWS ARTICLE THAT THEY HAD READ ABOUT PRESSURE COOKERS CONTAINING LEAD. SO THAT WAS ONE THING WE WERE ABLE TO EVALUATE FOR THEM. FORTUNATELY, THE HOUSE THAT THEY WERE LIVING IN DID NOT HAVE LEAD BASED PAINT IN IT. THEY WERE LIVINGANE NEWER BUILD HOME, BUT THE FAMILY
DID HAVE A PRESSURE COOKER THAT DID HAVE LEADED COMPONENTS ON IT, SO YOU KNOW WE'RE KIND OF CONSIDERING THAT THAT WAS A POTENTIAL ROUTE OF EXPOSER FOR THIS CHILD. AND JUST AT THE BOTTOM THERE, JUST A QUOTE FROM THE FAMILY WE APPRECIATE THE THOROUGH INSPECTION AND THE
HELPFUL RECOMMENDATIONS. WE WILL STOP USING THE PRESSURE COOKER RIGHT AWAY AND CONTINUE MONITORING OUR CHILD'S BLOOD LEAD LEVELS WITH OUR HEALTH PROVIDER. HEALTH LITERACY IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THIS WORK TOO, AND WITHIN THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE IS JUST BRINGING OUR STAFF EXPERTISE OF FINDING AND
IDENTIFYING LEAD BASED PAINT HAZARD AND OTHER HAZARD FROM CONSUMER PRODUCTS. OUR TECHNICAL TOOLS AND ANALYSIS OF USING, YOU KNOW, QUANTITATIVE DATA TO IDENTIFY RISK AS WELL AS JUST OUR AWARENESS OF POTENTIAL HAZARDS BOTH IN MANIPULATES
HOUSING -- MINNEAPOLIS HOU HOUSING AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS. AGAIN SO I JUST OUR EXISTING PORTFOLIO OF PROPERTIES THAT WE ARE WORKING IN. DURING THE SECOND QUARTER, THIS IS CURRENT AS OF JUNE 13th, SO WE'RE KIND OF ACTIVELY UPDATING THESE NUMBERS, SO WHAT'S TRUE TODAY OR WHAT'S TRUE YESTERDAY MAY NOT BE
TRUE TOMORROW. SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE 102 DWELLING UNITS WITHIN OUR PORTFOLIO UNDER THIS FUNDING, AND IT'S ONLY IN THIS FUNDING THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT TODAY. WE HAVE 44 OF THOSE PROJECTS CURRENTLY HAVE CONTRACTED SERVICES IN FLIGHT. SO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS WE
HAVE A SCOPE OF WORK DEVELOPED OFF OF OUR INSPECTIONS AND WE HAVE CONTRACTED SERVICES PROCURED SO WE HAVE PUT THE PROJECT OUT FOR BIDDING. WE HAVE RECEIVED THESE COMPETITIVE BIDS WITH LEAD ABATEMENT FIRMS. WE'VE REVIEWED THOSE, AND YOU KNOW GIVEN OUR KIND OF GO AHEAD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM. AND THEN 24 OF THOSE 44 UNITS
CURRENTLY HAVE CONTRACTS SIGNED SO WE'VE GIEWN THROUGH -- GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS I'VE JUST EXPLAINED AND WE'VE RENEGOTIATED WITH THE HOMEOWNER TO JUST DETERMINE THE FINAL SCOPE OF WORK AS WELL AS DETERMINE WHAT THE COST IS GOING TO BE IF THERE'S ANY OUT OF POCKET COST TO THE HOMEOWNERS ON THOSE, SO THOSE ARE A LITTLE BUT MORE
TOWARDS THE COMPLETION AND THE PRODUCTION PHASE. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THE 102 DWELLING UNITS THAT WE HAVE IN FLIGHT RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A 43 ADDITIONAL UNITS THAT WERE SERVED AND I HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED CLOSED IN 2 2025 UNDER THIS PROGRAM SO WE HAVE ABOUT 145 UNITS THAT WE HAVE
SERVED IN SOME CAPACITY DURING 2025 WITH THIS PROGRAM RIGHT HERE. YOU KNOW WE'RE CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON RENTAL PROPERTIES IN THOSE PRIORITY NEIGHBORHOODS, AND JUST TO A REMINDER ON THAT, IT'S PHILLIPS, CENTRAL, POWER WELL, HAWTHORNE, AND JORDAN AND
THE REASON WHY WE ARE FOCUSING ON THOSE IS BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE HAD THE DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF LEAD POISONED CHILDREN IN RECENT YEARS. SO TRYING TO CONTINUE WITH THE LIMITED RESOURCES WE HAVE. SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE ARE GETTING
THESE PROPERTIES INTO OUR PORTFOLIO. WE ARE MAKING PORTFOLIOS FOR THESE -- THROUGH 3-1-1 THROUGH COMPLAINTS, AS WELL AS THROUGH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN Q2 UP TO JUNE 13th, WE'VE DONE AN
ADDITIONAL 29 PREVENTIVE INSPECTIONS, AND THEN TO KIND OF GET HIGHLIGHT WHERE WE'RE GETTING THOSE FROM, WE HAVE TEN OF THOSE REFERRED THROUGH OUR PARTNERS IN REGULAR TOW SERVICES AND HOUSING INSPECTIONS. WE HAD SEVEN REFERRED THROUGH 3-1-1, THAD COULD EITHER BE COMPLAINTS REGARDING CONDITIONS, BUILDING CONDITIONS, AT THE HOME, OR YOU
KNOW CONCERNED PARENTS WHO HAVE, ARE RESPONDING TO SOME OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH OR POTENTIALLY HAVE NOTES FROM THEIR DOCTORS AND THINGSIKE THAT. AND THEN WE HAVE TWO REFERRALS FROM THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AGAIN WE'RE KIND OF PROACTIVELY REACHING OUT TO CLIENTS WHO HAVE A LOWER LEVEL OF BLOOD LEAD WHICH INDICATES SOME EXPOSURE IN TRYING TO KIND
OF WORK WITH FAMILIES TO PREVENT THAT CONTINUED EXPOSURE. AND THEN JUST AN IN ADDITION TO THESE, WE DO RUN OUR LEAD POISONING RESPONSE PROGRAM. WE HAVE TWO GRANTS CURRENTLY FROM HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE AN AS MURESPONSE PROGRAM WHERE WE PARTNER WITH LOCAL
CLINICS FOR REFERRALS. WE HAVE A HEALTH AND SAFETY LENS. WE ARE TRYING TO LEVERAGE ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS TO GET COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES OUT TO OUR FAMILIES AND CLIENTS. JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HERE SOME OF THE OUTCOMES THAT HAVE BEEN
ACHIEVED WITH THE PROGRAM. I ALWAYS LIKE TO POINT OUT SOME OF THE BEFORE AND AFTER HERE SO WE HAVE FOUR PHOTOS HERE THAT ARE BEFORE AND AFTER OF TWO PROJECTS THAT WE WORKED ON, AND THAT UPPER LEFT-HAND CORNER YOU CAN SEE A THREE SEASON PORCH. THOSE ARE COMMON AREAS THAT HAVE LEAD BASED PAINT ON THEM BECAUSE IT
IS AN UNCONDITIONED SURFACE, SO THAT WAS A WAY TO KIND OF KEEP THE PAINT IN TACT. OVER THE YEARS IT'S DETERIORATED. IT'S AN EASY WAY FOR CHILDREN TO GET SOME EXPOSURE THERE DIRECTLY CONTACTING ON THAT SURFACE. THE LOWER RIGHT-HAND CORNER IS THE AFTER OF THAT FLOOR. SO WHAT
WE'LL DO IS WE'LL STABILIZE ALL THAT PAINT. WE'LL PUT DOWN AN UNDERLAMENT THERE, AND THIS FAMILY DECIDED TO GO WITH OR THIS HOMEOWNER DECIDED TO GO WITH A VINYL FLOORING THERE. IN THE LOWER LEFT-HAND CORNER IS AN OLD DOUBLE HUNG WINDOW COMMON IN MINNEAPOLIS HOUSING. ALL OF
THAT BLUE PAINT ON THE SASHES, THE TRIM, THERE'S WHITE PAINT ON THE STOPS AND JAMBS, THAT'S ALL LEAD BASED PAINT. IT DOES LOOK LIKE SOMEBODY HAD TRIED TO REMOVE THAT PAINT, AND YOU KNOW, DID AN OKAY JOB BUT THERE IS STILL QUITE A BIT THERE. AND THEN IN THAT UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER IS THE AFTER OF THAT PARTICULAR WINDOW. SO WHAT WE
DID IS WOO EREMOVED AND REPLACED THE SASHES, THE STOPS, AND THEN STABILIZED THE PAINT THAT'S ON THE NONFRICTION SURFACES OR LIKE THE CASING AND THE TRIM OF THE WINDOWS. THE REASON WHY I CHOSE THIS PHOTO ACTUALLY IS BECAUSE ONE OF THE GOALS OF OUR PROGRAM IS ALSO TO PREVENT ADDITIONAL EXPOSURE
THROUGH IMENTREP IMPROPER WORK PRACTICES. I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT HAPPENED WITH THESE BUT SOMEONE'S REMOVING PAINT, WHICH ACTUALLY LIKE CAUSE ADDITIONAL DUST AND PAINT CHIPS TO BE THROWN AROUND, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HIRING CONTRACTORS THAT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THAT THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH LEAD, THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH LEAD SAFE
WORK PRACTICES, AND THEY'RE REALLY PUTTING THOSE PRACTICES IN MOTION WHILE THEY'RE HELPING OUR FAMILIES. JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THE UTILIZATION OF THE
OUR FUNDS SO FAR, AND JUST AREME PROGRAM HAS AVAILABLE TO IT. SO WE HAVE UP TO A MILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDS TO CONDUCT LEAD HAZARD RENOVATIONS. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE FOUR STAFF THAT ARE MANAGING AND WORKING ON THE PROGRAM. WE HAVE PROPOSED UP TO
$10,000 PER DWELLING UNIT, SO THIS IS LOOKING TO DO, CREATE 100 LEAD SAFE UNITS WITH THAT SO IT'S 10,000, UP TO, YOU KNOW, WIN 100 UNITS UP TO THAT MILLION DOLLARS. WE'RE REQUIRING A PROPERTY OWNER MANAGE UP TO
$10,000. WE'RE PUTTING MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS IN SERVICES OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY RIGHT THERE. THEN OUR SCOPE OF WORK FROM CORRECTIVE ORDERS TO ADDRESS THOSE DETERIORATED LEAD BASED PAINTS, SO IF WE'RE FINDING, IF WE'RE DOING AN
INSPECTION OR EVALUATION, AT A RENTAL PROPERTY AS PART OF LIKE A COORDINATED EFFORT WITH REGULATORY SERVICES, WE ARE WRITING THOSE CORRECTIVE ORDERS, AND WE, WE'RE BASICALLY LOOKING TO TAKE CE OF EVERYTHING, THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE MAY NOT TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THAT, SO THAT'S WHERE THE HOMEOWNER COMES INTO PLAY, EITHER PUTTING SOME
SWEAT EQUITY OR PUTTING SOME ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES DOWN TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT THERE. YOU KNOW, AND REALLY RIGHT NOW THE CURRENT ORDINANCE ONLY REQUIRES MINIMUM MAINTENANCE, SO IT'S YOU KNOW MAYBE SOME PAINT STABILIZATION, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PHOTOS FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY NOT BE
OCCURRING, SO WE ARE FINDING HAZARDS IN THOSE PROPERTIES, AND WHAT THE FUNDING IS DOING IS THAT IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DO MORE ABATEMENT STYLE TECHNIQUES WHERE WE'RE GETTING RID OF LEAD-BASED PAINT AND WE'RE PUTTING PERMANENT REPAIRS IN. OUR GOAL IS THAT ONCE WE GO TO A PROPERTY, WE'RE NOT COMING BACK TO A PROPERTY BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS
COMING BACK TO A PROPERTY MEANS THAT WE ARE RECEIVING A LEAD POISONING REFERRAL. AND WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PREVENT THAT SO WE REALLY WANT TO PUT THOSE LONG-TERM FIXES AND REPAIRS IN AND GO KIND OF ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE MINIMUM STANDARD IS REQUIRED NOW PER MINNEAPOLIS ORDINANCE. AND JUST
A REMINDER AGAIN WE HAVE 44 PROJECTS IN FLIGHT WITH OUR CONTRACT AND SERVICES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH BIDDING. CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT THREE, A LITTLE OVER 300,000 IN ENCUMBERED VALUE OF THOSE CONTRACTS THAT WE'RE
WORKING THROUGH. JUST THE LAST SLIDE HERE. AS WE WRAP UP. JUST SOME ADDITIONAL PRIORITIES AND EMERGENT ISSUES THAT WE HAVE OBSERVED IN THE LAST QUARTER. WE ARE, THE ONE OF THE POSITIONS IN THE PROGRAM IS THE COORDINATOR-SUPERVISOR FOR THIS. THAT A VACANT POSITION. WE
WENT -- CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS FOR THAT JUST OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT. REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT PERSON ON BOARD SO THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF COMPLETE AND ROUND OUT OUR STAFFING. YOU KNOW, REALLY LOOKING TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY IN THE ORGANIZATION FOR THE PROGRAM AND STAFF. TRANSLATING THESE HIGH LEVEL GOALS OF PREVENTING LEAD
POISONING INTO ACTIONABLE TACTICS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THOSE DIRECT SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY, SOMETHING OUR TEAM DOES REALLY WELL IS INTERACTING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND GETTING THESE SERVICES OUT THERE. YOU KNOW, USING THOSETHOSE DATA DRIVEN ANALYTICS TO EFFECTIVELY OR
EFFICIENTLY GET GET INTO THE HOUSES WE FEEL ARE THE BIGGEST PRIORITY. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. IF 100% OF THE HOUSES WE GET INTO HAVE LEAD BASED PAINT HAZARDS, WE DON'T LIKE TO SEE THAT BUT THAT DEMONSTRATES THE CLOSER WE CAN GET TO THE 100%, THAT DEMONSTRATES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SOME OF OUR ANALYTICS THAT WE'RE USING AND THEN JUST
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AS WELL. IMPROVING THE CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL COORD FAIGDZ BETWEEN HEALTH AND REGULATORY SERVICES. COORDINATION WITH MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS, PROPERTY OWNERS, CONTRACTORS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS REALLY TRYING TO GET OUT THERE AND PROMOTE THE PROGRAM. WE MET WITH OUR
COUNTERPARTS OVER IN REGULATORY SERVICES A COUPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST QUARTER REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN INTERACT TOGETHER AND HOW WE CAN KIND OF BREAK DOWN THESE SILOS, HOW CAN HIS AND FIS STAFF MAKE REFERRALS OVER TO STAFF KNOWING WHAT PROPERTIES WOULD BE GOOD
PROJECTS FOR US TO WORK OBAND ROW NIGHT WE ARE PROACTIVELY ENGAGING WITH THEIR 2025 LEAD INSPECTION OR NOT LEAD INSPECTION, LICENSING INSPECTION LIST, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO KIND OF LIKE COORDINATE OUR SERVICES SO WE'RE GOING OUT TO A PROPERTY LIKE ONE TIME. SOME OF THE
FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED FROM OUR HOUSING INSPIKS STAFF AND COLLEAGUES IS THEY'RE LOOK FORKING SOME -- LOOKING FOR SOME INCREASED AUTHORITY. RIGHT NOW IT IS SCATTERED WHAT GIVES US THE AUTHORITY TO DO THIS TYPE OF
WORK. I PULLED A COUPLE OF ORDINANCES FOR THAT KIND OF RESPONSE THAT KIND OF TIE TOGETHER OUR PROGRAMMING. WE'VE MET WITH OUR ATTORNEYS TO DISCUSS THE FEASIBILITY OF THIS. THEY THINK IT'S OKAY, BUT YOU KNOW, COMING FROM THE HOUSING INSPECTION STAFF WE'RE WORKING WITH PROPERTY OWNERS AND THEN ALSO FEEDBACK FROM OUR OWN STAFF TOO IS THEY'RE KIND OF NEGOTIATING WITH PROPERTY OWNERS ABOUT WHY ARE YOU AT THIS HOUSE,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THIS INFORMATION, WHAT'S THE RAMIFICATIONS OF IT ALL. YOU KNOW, THEY ARE LOOK FORKING SOME INCREASE -- LOOKING FOR SOME INCREASED CLARITY THERE SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ENHANCE THE ORDINANCE AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW. SO THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AGAIN TODAY. IT'S ALWAYS
GREAT TO SEE YOU, AND JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THIS AND MOVING THROUGH SOME OF THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES WHERE WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE OF OUR FEDERAL FUNDING LOOKS LUKE. -- LIKE. IT'S IMPORTANT WE HAVE ALL OF Y'ALL'S SUPPORT IN
ADVANCING THIS EFFORT. >> THANK YOU, ALEXANDER FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. >> HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> I'LL SEE IF ANYBODY IS ON QUEUE. OKAY, COOL. YEAH, I DID MAYBE HAVE ONE QUESTION. IT LOOKS LIKE ON SLIDE SLIDE NUMBER
6, THE TOTAL IS $302,000. SO A LOT OF THE HOMES ARE UNDER $10,000. IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE GOAL IS THIS YEAR? HOW MANY HOMES? 102? >> YEAH, THE, YOU KNOW, USING
WE'RE LOOKING AT $10,000 PER HOUSE, WE'RE LOOKING AT 10 HOMES. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP PUSHING FOR MORE HOUSES BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT OUR BENCHMARKS ARE. >> OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU. AND JUST KEEP US UPDATED ON IF STAFF IS CONSIDERING CHANGES OF ORDINANCE TO HELP MAKE YOUR JOBS EASIER TO DO THIS IMPORTANT
WORK. >> DEFINITELY WILL. THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. >> YEP. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. YEAH I JUST JUMPED INTO QUEUE JUST TO SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS IMPORTANT WORK AND KEEPING US IN THE LOOP ON IT. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE, YEAH, THANKS FOR THAT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS
WELL. IT'S REALLY A PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO WORK WITH OUR RESIDENTS IN THIS KIND OF WAY. HOUSING IS A UNIQUE SITUATION BECAUSE IT'S VERY PRIVATE, IT'S VERY PERSONAL. YOU GET TO KNOW PEOPLE REALLY WELL WHEN YOU GO INSIDE THEIR HOUSES, BUT IT'S KIND OF A PUBLIC GOOD. WE HAVE LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING IN AND OUT OF HOMES. THESE PLACES HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR 100 YEARS AND
THEY'LL CONTINUE TO STAND LONG AFTER ITS CURRENT RESIDENTS ARE GONE, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE IN THIS KIND OF CAPACITY. SO THANK YOU. >> GOOD. WELL, THANK YOU ALEXANDER TO YOU AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR ALL YOUR WORK. >> THANK YOU. >> SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES, I WILL DIRECT THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT
UPDATE. AND SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US, I WILL DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED.