>>> WELCOME! GOOD AFTERNOON. LCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR MARCH 5, 2025. I NAME IS JASON CHAVEZ, THE CIR OF THE COMMITTEE. I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO MEMBERS, STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC
THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE REAL TIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR 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'LL ASK T CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL SO WE CAN VERIFY A QUORUM FOR THIS MEETING. >> COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. >> PRESENT. >> RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT. >> ELLISON. >>ERE. >> PALMISANO. >> PRESENT.
>> VICE CHAIR WONSLEY IS ABSENT. CHAIR CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU FOR BRACING THESE HORRIBLE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING IS BEFORE US. THERE ARE THREE ITEMS ON THE
CONSENT AGENDA. ONE IS AUTHORIZING AEPTANCE OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR A GRANT SUPPORTING COMMERCIAL TOBACCO PREVENTION EFFORTS. TWO IS AUTHORIZING A RENUE CONTRACT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOR BOMB DETECTION AT HUNTINGTON BANK STADIUM. AND THREE IS SETTING A
PUBLIC HEARING FOR MARCH 19, TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO COMMUNITY COMMISSION ON POLICE OVERSIGHT REVIEW PANEL TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENTS. COLLEAGUES, IS ANYBODY ON QUEUE? COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. I'LL GIVE A LITTLE CONTEXT ON THE CCPO ORDINANCE. WE ARE WORKING THROUGH OUR BACKLOG OF REVIEW PANELS. AND WE'RE ALSO IN OUR OPEN APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS RIGHT NOW. FOR THIS
SPRING SESSION. AND WE'VE GOT A FEW OPENINGS ON CCPO. THOSE OPENINGS ARE CRITICAL FOR US BEING ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THE REVIEW PANEL. SO THIS ORDINANCE IS GIVING US THE TEMPORARY ABILITY TO TAP INTO OUR EXISTING CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION FOR MEMBERS WHO DO HAVE THE
APPROPRIATE TRAINING TO BE ABLE TO SIT ON THE REVIEW PANELS AND WORK THROUGH THAT BACKLOG. I NT TOP GIVE T -- TO GIVE THAT CONTEXT. IF I GET IT WRONG, DIRECTOR PHILIPS CAN CORRECT ME. I GOT IT RIGHT. >> VICE CHAIR WONSLEY IS NOW WITH US TODAY. I MOVE APPROVAL
OF ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE AND SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ABSTENTIONS? THAT CARRIES. AND THEONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. OUR LAST AND FINAL ITEM IS CEIVING A FILING A REPORT RELATING TO PROGRESS ON THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY ECOSYSTEM INCLUDING PROGRESS ON THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES REPORT PILOT PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTERS. HERE TO PRESENT ON THE ITEM IS OUR STAFF. WE'LL BEGIN WITH DIRECTOR AMANDA HARRINGTON, WHO I BELIEVE WILL
KICK US OFF. >> THANK YOU. GOOD AERNOON. MY NAME IS AMANDA HARRINGTON. THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SAFETY DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION WITH THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY. AS YOU NOTED, CHAIR CHAVE THIS IS MY QUARTERLY UPDATE ABOUT THE
WORK OF THE COMMUNITY SAFETY ECOSYSTEM. JUST TO GROUND US IN THE MISSION OF THIS WORK,E ARE WORKING TO DEVELOP, SUPPORT, AND SUSTAIN AN INNOVATIVE, COLLABORATE, AND EVOLVING SAFETY ECOSYSTEM THAT ENSURES EQUITABLE OUTCOMES F ALL MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITIES. THIS
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THERE IS ALREADY ECOSYSTEM THAT EXISTS. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT BETTE ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PIECES OF WORK TT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE LAST QUARTER IS RELEASING THE ASSET AND GAPS ANALYSIS THAT WAS COMPLETED BY NYU. THEY HAD DONE
A PRESENTATION TO PHS IN NOVEMBER. WE PUBLICLY RELEASED THE FULL REPORT IN JANUARY. WE RECENTLY ADDED AN INTERACTIVE DASHBOARD. JUST LIKE WE DID FOR THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES REPORT TO OUR WEB PAGE. THIS IS ALSO PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE AND CAN BE FOUND AT MINNEAPOLISMN.GOV/COMMUNITY/SAF. I DID WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING PLEMENTING SOME OF THE ACTIONS IN THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES REPORT AND NYU ASSET
AND GAPS ANALYSIS. THE CHART YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, ACTUALLY SHOWS ACTIONSR RECOMMENDATIONS WITH DEADLINES IN 2024 OR 2025. THIS SCREEN SHOT IS AS OF FEBRUARY 28th, WHICH WAS THE DATE I SUBMITTED THIS PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL. SO, OBVIOUSLY, THE NUMBERS MIGHT BE
SLIGHTLY OFF FROM TODAY. TODAY THERE ARE ACTUALLY 43 TASKS COMPLETED TWEEN BOTH OF THOSE REPORTS. AND 12 RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED SIN OUR LAST QUARTERLY UPDATE IN NOVEMBER. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL 12 OF THEM. I WT TO PROVIDE A FEW EXAMPLES. WE FORMED COMMITTEES THAT MATCH THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES REPORT TO BE FOCUSED ON PREVENTION, RESPONSE, A RESTORATION. THOSE COMMITTEES IREASE ACCOUNTABILITY, AND, ALSO, ARE BASED ON WRITTEN NORMS AND PROCEDURES. WE ALSO HAVE THE GOVERNMENT ASSET AND GAPS
ANALYSIS, AS I NOTED, THAT WAS DONE THROUGH NYU. AND WE HAVE APPROVAL OF AN I.T. MODERNIZATION PLAN, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RHTS AND ELEFA, WHICH IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE WORK. BECAUSET OVERLAPS BETWEEN POLICE REFORM
AND THE COMMUNITY SAFETY ECOSYSTEM WORK. IT'S ALL ONE THING, REALLY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT OR IT REITERATE THAT WORK HAD ALREA BEGUN WHEN I JOINED THE CITY. SO FOUR TASKS WERE COMPLETED BEFORE I JOINED THE CITY IN DECEMBER, 2023. AND
ANOTHER SIX WERE COMPLETED IN MY FIRST FOUR MONTHS O WORK. AND WHILE I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THOSE, I'M NOT THAT EFFECTIV THERE HAS BEEN WORK THAT IS ONGOING. AND THE RATE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT HAS INCREASED SINCE I STARTED. I PREVIOUSLY TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE NEW
COMMITTEES PREVENTION RESPONSE AND RESTORATION. BUT I WANTED TO CIRCLE BACK TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE. THIS IS SOMETHING I SHARED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS TO THE BODY. WE ARE ENTERING A NEW PHASE OF THIS WORK. WE'RE NOT JUST LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE COMMUNITY SAFETY ECOSYSTEM
WORK. BUT WE'RE REALLY PLOWING AHEAD WITH IMPLEMENTATION. THIS COMMITTEE IS FORMED NOW TO STEER THAT IMPLEMENTATION. THE REPORTING STRUCTURE IS THE SAME. IN THAT THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO CONSULT WITH MY TEAM, ANDE
REPORT UP TO THE COMMISSIONER. BUT THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE STEERING CMITTEE HAS CHANGED. YOU CAN SEE THE MEMBERS ON THE SCREEN. AND THE GOALS OF THIS GROUP ARE TO ACT AS CHAMPIONS OF THE COMMUNITY SAFETY ESYSTEM DEVELOPMENT, ENSURE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE OFFICES OF COMMUNITY SAFETY, PUBLIC SERVICE, ANDHE CITY
ATTORNEY. PROVIDE CONSULTATION AND SUPPORT FOR THE DESIGN AND PLEMENTATION TEAM. OVERSEE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAUNCH LIST, AND GOVERNANCE MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY SECTIONS OF BOTH REPORTS. AND ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ALL CITY STAFF AND MAKING PROGRESS ON
THIS BODY OF WORK. I ALSO WANTED TO PROVIDE BRIEF UPDATES ON THE COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTERS. THE LAKE STREET SAFETY CENTER HAD ONE SERVICE ADDED, WHICH IS THE SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT MOU WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL AND
STAFF FROM THE SCHOOL PROGRAM HAVE BEEN GOING REGULARLY TO THE LAKESTREET SAFETY CENTER. I HAD NOTED BEFORE, WE HAD OFFERED TO PARTNER WITH METRO TRANSIT. THAT'S STILL IN PROGRESS. THEY HAVE LEGAL COUNSEL REVIEWING THE MOU WE HAVE SHARED WITH L
THEM. LEAD CONTINUES TO COME THE LAKESTREET SAFETY CENTER REGULARLY. THEY DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE CASE MANAGERS TO ACCEPT NEW CLIENTS. BUT THEY CONTINUE TO BE A STRONG PARTNER. AND WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE 3-1-1 STAFF TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TAKE POLICE
REPORTS, NONEMERGENCY POLICE REPORTS OUT OF THE CENTER. I.T. OFFERED US A SOLUTION. AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING THAT SOLUTION. E HOPE IT WILL BE A MONTH OR SO. WE'LL LET THE PUBLIC AND THE BODY KNOW WHENE'RE ABLE TO TAKE NONEMERGENCY POLICE REPORTS
OUT OF THAT LOCATION. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT WE CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE ABOUT THE CENTER. WE KNOW IT'S NEW. I'VE SAID FROM THE BEGINNING WITH, IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME AND WORD OF MOUTH FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS IN THE CENTER AND FOR THEM TO UTILIZE IT. WE
REGULARLY PUT OUT COMMUNICATIONS IN DISPATCH, OCS DISPATCH, NEWS BITES. WE PROMOTE IT AT COMMUNITY MEETINGS. WE CONTINUE TO TALK TO THE NEWS MEDIA ABOUT THIS. INCLUDING IN AN INTERVIEW AND TOUR I DID RECENTLY. TALK ABOUT IT WITH METRO TRANSIT. AT
THE LAKE AND HIAWATHA AND LIVABILITY COALITION, PASS OUT INFORMATION FLYERS EVERYWHERE I GO. AND CREATING NEW FLYERS WE CAN HAND OUT TO END USERS. NOT JUST INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT ITSELF, BUT TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WT ARE THE SERVICES THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET
AT THE CENTER. WE PLAN TO HAVE THAT TRANSLATED AND HANDED OUT AS SOON AS WE HAVE THE CAPALITY TO TAKE THOSE NONEMERGENCY POLICE REPORTS. IN GENERAL, UTILIZATION OF THE CENTER HAS GONE UP SINCE IT STARTED. IN NOVEMBER,E HAD 22
INDIVIDUALS GO INTO THE CENTER. IN DECEMBER THAT WENT UP TO 32. JANUARY WAS 46, AND WE SAW A DROP IN FEBRUARY DOWN TO 29. WE HAD THE UNUSUAL STRETCH OF SUB ZERO DAYS, I'M ASSUMING PEOPLE
WALKING AROUND OUR CITY, IN GENERAL. PREVIOUSLY WHEN I'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF YOU, I TALKE ABOUT SOME OF THE SUCCESS MEASURES WE WANTED TO USE WITH THE SAFETY CENTER. UTILIZATION IS, OBVIOUSLY, ONE OF THOSE. WE ALSO WANTED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT PEOPLE WERE GOING TOTAL ATO THE CENTER FOR.
YOU CAN SEE THE REASONS ON THE SCREEN. THE BIGGEST ONE IS OUTSIDE SERVICES. IT TENDS TO BE INDIVIDUALS ASKING FOR BATHROOM OR USE THE PHONE. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE DENTIST OFFICE THAT USED TO BE IN THE LOCATION. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR APARTMENTS, AND THERE'S A LOT OT THE CENTER DOES. WHICH IS A
GOOD THING! THERE'S, ALSO, REQUEST FOR OTHER CITY SERVICES. THAT, AGAIN, MIGHT BE HOW THEY'RE CATEGORIZING REQUESTS TO KNOW WHAT THE CENTER DOES. BUT LOOKING FOR CITY JOB APPLICATIONS, OR MEET WITH OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY STAFF. BECAUSE WE TRY TO HAVE THE SPACE ACTIVATED AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE WH OUR OWN MEETINGS. WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THE UTILIZATION OF THE CONFERENCE ROOM. AND WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF MEETINGS IN THAT SPACE. MEET AND GREETS WITH THE CITY STAFF AND PARTNERS IN THAT SPACE. WE'VE MET WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY,S HAVE MET WITH BUSINESS OWNERS,
WE HELD INFORMAONAL MEETINGS FOR THE POTENTIAL SAFETY AMBASSADOR VENDORS DURING THE RFP PROCESS. AND WE ALSO HAD A VISIT FROM THE DFO MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. WE DO PLAN TO MEASURE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. WE HAVAN OPTIONAL SURVEY THAT HAS BEEN UP AND AVAILABLE
BECAUSE IT IS OPTIONAL, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY TAKERS ON COMPLETING THE SURVEY YET. WE CONTINUE TO OFFER THAT TO INDIVIDUALS GOING INTO THE CERTAINLY. -- CENTER. WE PLAN ON GATHERING INFORMATION ABOUT CITY STAFF AND PROVIDER SATISFACTION AND COLLABORATION IN THE COMING MONTHS. THIS
SUMMER, WE HOPE TO HOST EFFECTS THAT WILL IN -- EVENTS TO INCREASE UTILIZATION OF THE SITE. I HAVE TO UPDATE YOU ON THE SOUTH CMUNITY SAFETY CENTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. WE ARE ON TRACK. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE
MEETINGS. THE MEETINGS HAPPEN WEEKLY WITH VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS, 3-11-MINNEAPOLIS POLICE, AND SUSTAINABILITY AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT FOLKS. WE ARE MOVING FROM UNDERSTANDING SPACE PROGRAMMING AND PRELIMINARY ROOM BLOCKING TO A MORE DETAILED
SCHEMATIC DESIGN PROCESS. WHERE THEY START TALKING ABOUT THICKNESS OF WALLS AND DOORS AND GET VERY DETAILED IN THE DESIGN OF THE SPACE THE LAST SECTION OF THIS PRESENTATION I WILL HAND OVER. WILL BE PROVIDING UPDATES
FROM PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND INNOVATION ABOUT SAFETY PILOTS WE'VE BEEN COLLABORATING ON. >> THANKOU. WELCOME. >> TNK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHAVEZ AND COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M A PROGRAM MANAGER WITH
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND INNOVATION. SO AN UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY SAFETY AMBASSADOR PILOT. THIS PILOT AIMS TO PROVIDE TAILORED COMMUNITY-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY AND WELL BEING OF RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES WI, AND VISITORS. THESE
AMBASSADORS PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN FOSTERING TRUST BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES, ADDRESSING COMMON LIVABILITY ISSUES, AND ENHANCING THE OVERALL SENSE OF SAFETY. TWO TEAMS OF AMBASSADORS WILL PATL THE EAST LAKE STREET AND FRANKLIN AVENUE CULTURAL DISTRICTS, AND CONDU
STREET-LEVEL OUTREACH. SUCH AS PROVIDING SAFETY ESCORT SERVICES WITHIN DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, SHARING REFERRALS TO SOCIAL SERVICES, AND CONDUCTING PUBLIC RELATION CHECKS WITH BUSINESSES IN THE AREA. WE MET WITH COMMUNITY SURVEY ORGANIZATIONS, LOCAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS,
MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND MINNEAPOLIS PARK BOARD TO HELP SHAPE THE AMBASSADOR'S PROCESS AND PROTOCOLS. INCLUDING HOURS OF OPERATION AND KEY ACTIVITIES. ONE REOCCURRING THEME WE HEARD WAS THE NEED TO SUPPORT YOUTH COMMUTING TO AND FROM SCHOOL. IN RESPONSE, WE PRIORITIZED
DAY-TIME HOURS FOR AMBASSADOR PATROLS TO MEET THE COMMUNITY NEED. WE HAVE ALSO CONTACTED AND CONNECTED WITH THE DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THEIR BUSINESS PROCESS AND OPERATIONS. AS WELL AS DATA COLLECTION METHODS. ADDITIONALLY, WE ENGAGED IN AN
RFP PROCESS TO CONTRACT WITH THE LOCAL ORGANIZATION TO PROVIDE THE AMBASSADOR SERVICES. THE CONTRACT WAS APPROVED AT THE FEBRUARY 27th, CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AND WE ARE NOW IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE VENDOR. TO ENSURE THAT DATA COLLECTION AND TRANSPARENCY, WE
WILL INCLUDE PERFORMCE METRICS IN THE CONTRACT, AND ARE WORKING COLLABORATIVY WITH THE VENDOR TO DEFINE THE MEASURES. THE MEASURES WILL FOCUS ON AMBASSADOR ACTIVITIES AND ASSESS THE PROGRAM'S IMPACT IN ENHANCING SAFETY, VISIBILITY, AND RESOURCES IN THE AREA. LIKE NUMBER OF REFERRALS MADE BY
AMBASSADORS, NUMBER OF INTERACTIONS WITH COMMUNITY BY TYPE, AND PERCENT OF IDENTIFIED LIVABILITY ISSUES RESOLVED WITHIN A SPECIFIED TIME FRAME. DATA WILL BE COLLECTED AND REVIEWED THROUGHOUT THE PILOT PERIOD. SUPPORTING CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS. A PUBLIC-FACING DASH BOARD WILL BE
DEVELOPED, PROVIDING DATA ON THE AMBASSADOR'S INCIDENT RESPONSES. WE'RE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING A PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALIST WHO WILL SERVE AS THE CONTRACT MANAGER AS WELL AS TWO DISPATCH STAFF TWO WILL BE STATIONED IN THE LAKE STREET COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER MONITORING CAMERAS AND HAVING
DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH AMSSADORS. AS WELL AS INTERNAL CITY STAKEHOLDERS TO ENSURE THAT EFFECTIVE COMMICATION AND INFORMATION IS SHARED WITH THE APPROPRIATE PARTIES. AND OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE SAFETY AMBASSADORS IN THE COMMUNITY BY SPRING OF THIS
YEAR. THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER PILOT IS ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH. AND THE GOAL OF THIS PILOT IS TO ENHANCE EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PROVIDE TIMELY ASSISTANCE AND EFFECTIVE SUPPORT TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, OR SOCIAL SERVICE-RELATED ISSUES. WHO CONTACT 9-1-1. A PERSON IN CRISIS WILL BE TRIAGED AND TRANSFERRED BY 9-1-1 CALL TAKERS TO THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER WHO WILL PROVIDEEAL TIME SUPPORT, CONSULTATION, AND REFERRALS FOR RESOURCES OR
SOCIALERVICE ASSISTANCE. THIS PILOT HAS BEEN A COLLABORATION OF MECC, OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY, AND HENNEPIN COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. TO GATHER INFORMATION BY RESEARCHING BEST PRACTICES AND APPROACHES, INCLUDING SHADOWING THE RAMSEY COUNTY EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER
PROGRAM. 9-1-1 DA ALSO INDICATES THAT THE MAJORITY OF CALLS, INCLUDING CRISIS H -RELATED INCIDENTS THAT THE SOCIAL WORKER COULDELP SUPPORT OCCUR BETWEEN 4:00 P.M. AND 6:00 P.M. AND TO SUPPORT THE PEAK PERIOD, WE PLAN TO INTEGRATE ONE
SOCIAL WORKER INTO MECC FIVE DAYS A WEEK FROM 12:00 P.M. TO 8:30:00 P.M. THIS WILL ENSURE COVERAGE DURING PEA HOURS WHILE ALLOWING FOR CROSSOVER WITH MANAGEMENT FOR REGULAR CHECK INS AND COORDINATION. AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE, A JOINT
POWERS AGREEMENT BETWEEN HENNEPIN COUNTY AND THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS HAS BEEN DRAFTEDND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE FEBRUARY 13th MEETING. AND WILL COME BEFORE THE COUNTY BOARD ON MARCH 11th. A FEW KEY MILESTONES AND NEXT STEPS ON THE TIMELINE INCLUDEIRING AND
TRAINING THE SOCIAL WORKER, AS WELL AS DEVELOPING A DATA COLLTION SYSTEM COMPLIANT WITH HIPAA PRIVACY LAWS. WE'LL RELY ON THE DATA COLLECTED THROUGHOUT THE PILOT PERIOD TO HELP US BETTER UNDSTAND CAPACITY NEEDS. WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE SOCIAL WORKER WILL BEGIN
RESPONDING TO CALLS IN AUGUST OF 2025. THE TRAFFIC CONTROL RESPONSE PILOT WOULD SHIFT NONINJURY COLLISION RESPONSE FROM THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TRAFFIC CONTROL. DISPATCHING A TRAFFIC CONTROL
AGENT TOHE SCENE OF A NONINJURY COLLISION WOULD PROVIDE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH A CUSTOMER-FOCUSED DIRECT RESPONSE TO HELP FILE A REPORT AND CLEAR TRFIC. THIS PILOT ALIGNS WITH THE RESPONSIVE STRATEGY OUTLINED IN THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES REPORT. AND THE
ASSETS AND GAPS ANALYSIS BY ADDRESSING NONEMERGENCY INCIDENTS IN REAL TIME THROUGH CIVILIAN RESPONSE. AT THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING WITH PMI PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF THE DATA ANALYSIS CONDUCTED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE FREQUENCY OF THESE COLLISIONS, AND THEIR RESPONSE TIMES ACROSS THE CITY.
BASED ON THE DATA ALYSIS, AND PROJECT TEAM DISCUSSIONS, DISPATCHING FOUR TO SIXRAFFIC CONTROL AGENTS IN PRECINCTS 3 AND 4 FROM 11:30 TO 8:00 P.M. WILL SUPPORT NEARLY 65% CASE RESPONSE RATE WITHIN T
PRECINCTS. WE ARE WORKING TO REFINE THE DESIGN OF THE TRAFFIC CONTROL RESPONSE PILOT TO ACCOUNT FOR THE CAPACITY NEEDS OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS. SUCH AS EXPANDING SUPPORT FOR MECC, WITH 9-1-1 CALL TAKERS AND DISPATCHERS. WE PLAN TO LEVEL OUR DEPARTNT OF JUSTICE
FUNDING FOR THE PILOT. AND LASTLY, THE JUVENILE DEFLECTIONO TRANSFORM JUVENILE DEFLECTION BY CONNECTING AT-RISK YOUTH TO UPSTREAM SERVICES LIKE RESTORATIVE CIRCLES, MENTAL
HEALTH SUPPORT. THIS APPROACH COULD HELP PREVENT DEEPE INVOLVEMENT IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM BY ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES OF YOUTH CRIME. THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A YOUTH DIVERSION PROGRAM IN PARTNEHIP WITH RESTORATIVE JUSTICE COMMUNITY ACTION, THAT IS OVERSEEN BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFIC THIS PROGRAM
DIVERTS YOUTH, WHO QUALIFY BASED ON THEIR OFFENSES, ENABLING THEM TO ENGAGE IN RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES. HOWEVER A CRITICAL GAP PERSISTS. THERE'S CURRENTLY NO MECHANISM TO OFFER SERVICES TO YOUTH WHO COME INTO CONTACT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT BUT DON'T HAVE CHARGEABLE OFFENSE.
KNOWN AS DEFLECTION. THIS GAP LEAVES AT-RISK YOUTH WITHOUT ACCESS TO NEEDED SUPPORT AND RESOURCES. SO BY REFRAMING OUR RESPONSE TO YOUTH IN CRISIS, WE CAN HELP BREAK THE CYCLE, AND BUILD BRIGHT, SAFER FUTURES FOR OUR YOUTH. PRELIMINARY RESEARCH AND INFORMATION GATHERING IS
UNDERWAY FOR THIS PILOT. AND FURTHER PILOT DESIGN HAS PAUSED AS WE'RE WORKING ON SECURING A FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE WORK. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE BODY FOR THE OPENNESS TO
ALLOWING PMI AND OCS TO PRESENT TOGETHER. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THESE PILOTS BE SEEN IN THE CONTEXT OF THE LARGER BODY OF WORK, WHICH IS CREATING THIS HOLISTIC COMMUNITY SAFETY ECOSYSTEM. THAT DOES CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATION. WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I'LL FIRST PASS IT ON TO PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. AND THANK YOU FOR UPLIFTING THAT KIND OF CSS DEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION. AND IN THE SPIRIT OF THAT, MY QUESTION IS
AROUND -- I KNOW THAT IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR, WE MADE A BUDGET AMENDMENT SO WE COULD HAVE A DEPY DIRECTOR IN OCS. MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THIS ROLE WAS TORY TO HELP BRIDGE SOME OF THESE CROSS DEPARTMENTAL CLABORATIONS THAT
ARE NECESSARY. PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO CONNECTING THE BODY OF WORK OF SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONSENT DECREES. I'M CURIOUS IF THERE'S ANY UPDATES ON THAT. AND EVEN IF THERE'S NOT, LIKE, AN HR-LEVEL UPDATE ON THAT, IF YOU
HAVE ANY KIND OF INSIGHTS OF HOW YOU WOULD SEE SOMEONE IN THAT ROLE HELPING TO CONNECT SOME OF THESE. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR POSITION IN THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY HAS BEEN
STED. AND I AM NOT INVOLVED IN THE HR ASPECT. I CAN'T PROVIDE AN UPDE ON THAT. BUT I HAVE DEFINITELY TALKED WITH OTHER LEADER MEMBERS IN THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY ABOUT HOW THAT ROLE ABSOLUTELY WOULD PROVIDE KIND OF THAT CROSSOVER BETWEEN THE POLICE REFORM AND
THE COMMUNITY SAFETY ECOSYSTEM WORK. I'VE BEEN INVITED TO QUITE A FEW MEETINGS WITH THE POLICE AND THE COMMISSIONER ABOUT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WORK, AND IT'S HARD FOR ME TO BE IN MULTIPLE PLACES AT ONCE. SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT POSITION IS VERY CRITICAL. IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES REPORT TO ENSURE WE HAVE PLANNED CROSSOVER BETWEEN THE THE TWO. SO'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT PERSON BEING HIRED. AND I'M SURE THAT WE CAN GET A FURTHER PROGRESS UPDATE FROM OTHERS IN OCS. >> AWESOME. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION. IT WAS REALLY
EXCITING TO SEE THE DEFLECTION WORK PRESENTED IN THE CONTEXT. THE LAST NOTE WE LEFT ON WAS SOURCING FUNDING. AND I WAS CURIOUS, ARE WE AT A STAGE WHERE WE HAV A SENSE OF THE SCOPE OF WHAT THAT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE
FROM BEING ABLE TO ESTIMATE FUNDING? ARE WE STILL IN THE VERY EARLY STAGES OF SOURCG FUNDING, EVEN JUST FROM PILOTING AND PROTOPING PERSPECTIVE. GET WHAT I'M ASKING? >> YEAH. THANK YOU. WE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE EARLY STAGES OF
SCOPING OUT THAT PROCT. WHICH MEANS WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE AN IDEA OF EVEN COST OR HOW MANY PERSONNEL WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH SECURING FUNDING IS, OBVIOUSLY, START-UP FUNDING FOR PILOTS,
ONGOING FUNDING. BUT WE AO CONSIDERED OUTSIDE RESOURCES FOR FUNDING. WE DID APPLY FOR ONE OPPORTUNITY. >> YES. SO, CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. WE DID
APPLY FOR FUNDING THROUGH THE 2025 MAYOR'S CHALLENGE THROUGH BLOOMBERG. AND SO AWAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THEM ON THAT APPLICATION.
>> I'M SURE THERE'S MORE I CAN SAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HARRINGTON. T THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE PROVIDED. I THINK MY
QUESTIONS ARE REALLY ABOUT, LIKE, THE CONNECTIVITY. HE CONNECTIVE TISSUE BETWEEN ALL OF THESE THINGS. AND MAYBE I COULD JUST ASK YOU A FEW -- I'VE ASKED THIS. I'VE STATED THIS CONCERN BEFORE. HOW DO YOU SEE THE COMMUNITY SAFETY ECOSYSTEM
STEERING COMMITTEE INTERACTING WITH THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES WORK GROUP? THE ONE I'VE LEARNED IS A VERY, YOU KNOW, AND YOU HAD IT ON THE SCREEN THERE, I THINK. IT WAS SLIDE SIX, I THINK. IT WAS AN INTERNAL WORKING GROUP. THIS
OTHER ONE IS REALLY MORE ABOUT SHARING WITH COMMUNITY. IN A CONSISTENT WAY. HOW DO THOSE -- WILL THOSE TWO THINGS COME TOGETHER? THE ONE THAT IS IN EXISTENCE IS A PRETTY LARGE WORK GROUP AS IT IS. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER
PALMISANO. THERE'S SOME WORK TO BE DONE YET. BECAUSE THAT SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES WORK GROUP IS JUST RECENTLY APPROVED BY THIS BODY. AND SO I NEED TO HAVE SOME MEETINGS WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE TO FIGURE OUT NEXT STEPS ON HOW TO INTEGRATE OUR WORK INTO THAT. FROM WHAT
I'VE SEEN, THERE WILL, OBVIOUSLY, BE SOME OVERLAP IN EY'RE BOTH ADVISING MY TEAM AND OCS, AT LARGE, ABOUT THIS WORK. THE STEERING COMMITTEE'S ROLE IS VERY INTERNALLY FOCUSED. INCLUDING ENSURING THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AND MEETING OUR
DEADLINES ON SPECICALLY THE GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE REPORTS. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE ASKING THE WORK GROUP TO BE DOING. ALL THOUGH WE MAY BE ASKING FOR THEIR ADVICE ON HOW TO CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY, GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
IF WE HAVE IDEAS FOR PILOTS THAT COME OUT OF THINGS. ASKING THE COMMUNITY WORK GROUP FOR ADVICE AND INPUT ON THOSE THINGS. SO, AGAIN, THERE'S SOME OVERLAP WE'RE GOI TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT. I SEE THEM AS DIINCTLY SEPARATE GROUPS. >> YEAH. THANK YOU. I SEE HOW
THEY COULD BOTH BE VALUED PARTS OF A LARGER THING. I JUST I'M NOT SURE IF THEY WOULD ISSUE PROGRESS REPORTS BACK A FORTH TO ONE ANOTHER. OR HOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD COME TOGETHER. THAT'S YOURS TO DO! A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THE LAKESTREET SAFETY CENTER. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE SHARED
ABOUT IT. THERE WAS A NEWS REPORT, I THINK WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. THAT SHOWED THERE TO BEORT OF A SLOW START. AND YOU'VE EXPLAINED IT. I ALSO GET THAT IT MIGHT TAKE AWHILE TO GAIN THE COMMUNITY'S TRUST. DO YOU HE ANY
HISTORICAL SENSE FROM OTHER PROJECTS AS TO HOW LONG THAT MIGHT TAKE? IF NOT, I MEAN, THAT'S A DIFFICULT THINGO GAUGE. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. I HAVEN'T ASKED ANY INTERNAL FOLKS ABOUT HOW LONG IT TOOK FOR UTILIZATION OF PRIOR
SAFETY CENTERS, FOR EXAMPLE. THAT'S AN INTERESTING OPPORTUNITY, AS WE DO HE STAFF THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE PRIOR SAFETY CENTERS. SO I COULD ASK THEM. WHAT I DID ASK ABOUT BEFORE THE LAKESTREET CENTER OPENED WAS OUR NEIGHBOR JUST ACROSS LAKE DISLS STREET. HENNEPIN COUNTY WHAT THEIR
PERIENCE WAS LIKE OPENING THAT SERVICE CENTER IN THAT LOCATION. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS VY SLOW AND IT TOOK A LONG TIME AND WORD OF MOUTH FOR THEM TO GET PEOPLE TO COME IN AND UTILIZE THAT. PEOPLE WEREN'T USED TO HAVING THAT SPACE ASSESSABLE TO THEM. >> YEAH. AND, YOU KNOW, I FELT IT WAS DISHEARTENING TO SEE
THAT, YOU KNOW, OVER HALF THE VISITS TO THE CENTER WERE, LIKE, FOR A BATHROOM OR SOMETHING SIMILAR. BUT ATHE SAME TIME, EVEN THOUGH SIMPLE VISITS REALLY HELP RAISE THE TRUST AND THE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT IS IN THERE AND THE VISIBILITY OF THAT
CENTER, I'M GLAD TO SEE OTHER CITY SERVICES AND PERMITS WERE NOT AN INSIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF VISITS, THOUGH. DO YOU SEE NORMALIZING THOSE SERVICES AS BEING A PART OF THAT TRUST BUILDING? LIKE, DO YOU WANT IT TO CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE?
>> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. WE CERTAINLY WANT TO NORMALIZE THAT PEOPLE CAN SEEK SERVICES WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY. AND I'VE SAID FROM THE BEGINNING, THIS, FOR ME, IS A PIE LOOT. S -- PILOT. SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW IT CAN WORK WHEN WE HAVE A MORE ROBUST,
FULLY OPERATIONAL 3-11 SAFETY CENTER. SO THE IDEA OF PEOPLE GOING, EVEN FOR SOME, YOU KNOW, TASKS AT THE LAKESTREET CENTER AND KNOWI THEY COULD ACCESS EVEN MORE THOSE LATER WHEN THE PERMANENT LOCATION IS OPEN IS VERY POSITIVE. PART OF WHAT WE
NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS IT PEOPLE ACTUALLY NEED IN THAT AREA. SO WE CAN BETTER PROMOTE IT. AND BECAUSE THEY DON'T OFFER ALL THE SERVICES THAT A FULLY-FUNCTIONAL 3-1-11 SERVICE CENTER DOES. WE NEED TO NARROW DOWN THE CAPABILITY. >> YH. I HOPE WE CAN
TRANSITION TH ALL THAT TRUST AND COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE OVER TO THE NEW SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS SAFETY CENTER. I GET EVEN THE SETUP WITH A FRONTAL PARKING LOT IS JUST DIFFERENT. YOU'LL GET DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAFFIC IN
THERE. UMM, A QUESTION ON THE JUVENILE DEFLECTION PILOT. SOMETHING I'VE LEARNED WITH THE MPD, THEY RUN A JUVENILE DIVERSION CENTER ON THE CITY SIDE. THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN
THE COUNTY PROGRAMS. SO HOW WILL THIS PILOT PROJECT DIFFER FROM THAT? AND WILL IT COORDINATE WITH THE LIEUTENANT O'ROURKE'S PROGRAM? IT'S NOT REALLY HIS BUT, YOU KNOW, WILL IT COORDINATE WITH OUR CITY PROGRAMS? OR THE COUNTY PRRAMS? OR IS IT MEANT TO BE
BOTH? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. THANK YOU F THE QUESTION. I'M ACTUALLY UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO ANSWER THAT. I PREVIOUSLY WORKED IN JUVENILE PROSECUTION AT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE LIEUTENANT O'ROURKE AND STAFF IN HIS OFFICE ON THE EXISTING MPD
JUVENILE DIVERSION PROGRAM. WE'VE BEEN INCREASIN CLARITY ON THEIR ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, AS WELL AS DATA TRACKING SYSTEMS. THAT'S PART OF HOW WE FIGURED OUT, IN ADDITION TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE POINTING IT OUT. THERE'S A GAP. THE LIEUTENANT
POINTED OUT THERE ARE YOUTH WHO -- HIS TEAM COMES INTO NTACT WITH WHO DON'T HAVE A CHARGEABLE OFFENSE. THEREFORE, AREN'T ELIGIBLE FOR DIVERSION. BUT THEY STILL NEED SERVICES. PEOPLE CLEARLY HAVE CONCERNS. WHETHER IT'SHE POLICE WHO ENCOUNTER THEM, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, PARENTS, GUARDIANS,
AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS. HE HAS A GREAT DESIRE TO BE ABLE TO RER THOSE YOUTH SOMEPLACE. HE DOESN'T HAVE THE STAFF CAPACITY TO CURRENTLY DO THAT. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE EXACTLY TO REFER THEM TO. I WILL SAY WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME EXISTING RESOURCES THAT COULD BE
CONSIDERED DEFLECTION. HE AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN REFERRING YOUTH TO THE AUTO THEFT PILOT AT HENNEPIN COUNT THAT'S A DEFLECTION PROGRAM. WE ALSO HAVE ELIGIBILITY FOR WGBI. YOU
DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A CHARGEABLE OFFENSE. HE'S BEEN MAKING REFERRALS TO THAT PROGRAM. THAT'S A VERY NARROW SUBSET OF YOUTH THAT MPD ENCOUNTERS. SO IF WE HAVE ANY YOUTH WHO HAVE AT-RISK BEHAVIORS, AND THEY'RE NOT INVOLVED IN AUTO THEFT AND NOT GROUP OR GANG INVOLVED, WE
DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ANYWHERE FOR THEM TO G THOSE ARE THE PIECES THIS PILOT SETS OUT TO RENGTHEN. >> THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL. I THINK THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING, PEOPLE WHOSE FOCUS IS PUBLIC SAFETY DON'T EVEN KNOW THERE'S A CITY PROGR AND A COUNTY
PROGRAM. THESE TWO THINGS HAVE SIMILAR OFFERINGS. THANK YOU. THIS IS HELPFUL. IT HELPS SHOW
THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT IS ABOUT BUILDING IT OUT AS AN ECYSTEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. DISBR VICE CHAIR WONSLEY. >> THA YOU. JUST STARTING OFF
WITH SLIDE 12. REGARDING THE COMMUNITY SAFETY AMBASSADORS PILOT. I KNOW -- WAS IT THE 2023 OR 2024 BUDGET CYCLE? 2023 COUNCIL APPROPRIATED ABOUT $3 MILLION FOR THE SPECIFIC PILOTS.
YOU MENTIONED WE APPROVED SEVERAL CONTRACTS, SPECIFICALLY FOR METRO YOUTH DIVERSION LAST CYCLE. WHICH TOTAL AROUND $500,000. TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF ARE WE ANTICIPATING ADDITIONAL PILOTS TO BE DEVELOPED? I KNOW THIS ONE FOCUSED ALONG A SPECIFIC
CULTURAL CORRIDOR. SO, YEAH. JUST WANT TO GET A SENSE OF WHERE THE REST OF THOSE DOLLARS WILL GO. IF WE SHOULD BE SEEING THAT CORRELATED WITHDDITIONAL PILOTS. TARGETING OTHER CULTURAL CORRIDORS. >> COUNCILMEMBERS, BECAUSE WE'RE PITING THE PROGRAM, WE DIDN'T
FEEL THAT HAVING MORE THAN TWO SITES WOULD WORK. FOR US TO TRULY PILOT IT WELL. TO DESIGN IT, TAKE THE DATA, MEASURE IT. IT'S WHY WE CHOSE TWO SIT. I THINK THERE WERE 11 POSSIBILITIES THAT CAME ALONG WITH THE ORIGINAL EARMARK. OUR HOPE IS THAT IT WILL BE
SUCCESSFUL, AND IF WE HAVE DAT AFTER SIX MONTHS TO SHOW THAT SUCCESS, THEN WE CAN START EXPANDING. WE'RE ALREADY WORKING WITH DATA ANALYSTS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NEXT TWO CORRIDORS WOULD BE. THAT WE WOULD EXPAND TO. WE'RE A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT SAYING SIX MONTHS
OF DATA WOULD BE SUFFICIENT. IT'S NOT IDEAL. TO HAVE THAT LIMITED DATA SET. WHEN WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT EXPANSION. BUT WE DO, AGAIN, HOPE THAT THIS WORKS AND THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T UTILIZE THE REST OF THAT MONEY. BECAUSE WE WOULD NEED THAT TO EXPAND TO THE REST
OF THE CULTURAL DISTRICTS AND OTHER SPECIALERVICE AREAS. >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. AND THEN GOING TO SLIDE 13. FOR THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER PROGRAM. WANTED TO GET A SENSE IF THE SOCIAL WORKERS WOULD DO ANY TYPE OF
COORDINATED ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SOCIAL WORKERS THAT IS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT. I KNOW 9-1-1 THEY'RE TAKING IN CALLS. BUT WHAT WE'VE ALSO HEARD FROM MPD SOMETIMES THEY'RE RESPONDING TO SIMILAR, LIKE, 9-1-1 DISPATCH
CALLS. SOCIAL WORKERS ARE ALSO BEING USED TO SUPPORT CALLS OR REPEAT CALLS. TRYING TO GET A SENSE OFOW THOSE TWO ALSO MIGHT BE RELATING TO EACH OTHER. OR TO PROGRAMS.
>> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. I'M GOING TO TAKE A CRACK AT THIS. OUR IDEA IS THAT THE EMBEDDED WORKER WILL TAKE CALLS. BUT, ALSO, DURING THAT PART OF THEIR SHIFT OUR HOPE THEY CAN DO FOLLOWUP CARE. IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO FOLLOW UP CARE, BECAUSE
THEY'RE JUST ONE PERSON. THEY WOULD UTILIZE THEIR PEERS THAT ARE EMBEDDED IN THE PRESYNC SYNC -- PRECINCTS TO DO THAT FOLLOW UPARE, AS WELL. >> OKAY. PRETTY GOOD. OKAY. AND ON TO SLIDE 15 JUST BUILDING
UPON SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT RAISED. STARTING OFF THOSE WITH FUNDING SOURCE, ALSO. I KNOW, COUNCIL, WE ALSO APPROPRIATED ABOUT $500,000 TOWARD COMMUNITY. I'M SORRY, SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITY PILOTS. SO YOU
MENTIONED A FUNDING SOURCE HAS BEEN QUESTION MARK FOR THIS. AND GET A SENSE OF WHY NOT USE IT AS A SOURCE. BECAUSE THIS SEEMS TO BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD TO DO. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, WE
LEARD ABOUT THE EXTERNAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITY. I THINK WHILE THE BUDGET PROCESS WAS TAKING PLACE. AND SO IT SEEMED S.M.A.R.T. TO APPLY FOR IT WHILE IT WAS AVAILABLE. IN ADDITION, IT SEEMS YOU KNOW THIS BETTER THAN I DO. IT SEEMS WE'RE IN A TIGHT BUDGET SITUATION IN THE
CITY. AND SO WE'D LIKE TO UTILIZE ANY AVAILABLE FUNDING POSSIBLE. IF THEXTERNAL FUNDING IS NOT AVAILABLE TO US, THEN WE HAVE A BACKUP PLAN OF THE EARMARK THAT WAS SET ASIDE FOR PILOTS. >> OKAY. IS THIS THE PREFERRED
APPROACH THEN IN TERMS OF USING APPROPRIATED DOLLARS. AS LAST RESORT AND USING THAT IN COMBINATION WITH SOME EXTERNAL FUNDING SOURCES, TOO. FOR PILOTS SPECIFICALLY. >>OUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. I WOULDN'T SAY THAT IS A BROADWAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT PILOTS.
IT'S HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR PILOT. >> OKAY. AND THEN HAVE YOU GOTTEN TO A PLACE WHERE YOU WOULD GET A SENSE WHERE PILOT WOULD ULTIMATELY BE HOUSED? ESSENTIALLY IT'S PMI AND OCS'S ROLE OF THE SAFETY AMBASSADORS, FOR INSTANCE. YOU GET IT UP AND
GOING AND THEN HAND OVER TO NSD. BUT WANTED TO GET A SENSE OF WHERE THIS ONE LIKELY WOULD BE. CONSIDERING THERE IS AN EXISTING PROGRAM IN MPD, CITY ATTNEY'S OFFICE. WOULD IT ALSO ULTIMATELY LIVE IN NSD?
>> CHAI CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT FAR. IT WOULD BE PART OF THE EARLY-END SCOPING WORK WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO. IT'S A CONSIDERATION AS PART OF OUR DISCUSSION. WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ABOUT HOW KIND OF AWKWARD IT IS, IN SOME WAYS, TO HAVE THE
JUVENILE DIVERSIONONTRACT OUT OF THEIR OFFICE. WHEN THEY DON'T HANDLE ANY JUVENILE CASES. AND SO THERE'S LARGER DISCUSSION TO BE HAD ABOUT WHERE THIS LIVES, AS E WELL. WE HAVEN'T GOT TON THE CONVERSATION YET. >> OKAY. THANKS. AND I WAND TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION IN
TERMS OF THE UNIRM. SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SAFETY AMBASSADORS. I WAS REALLY EXCID TO SEE THAT PIECE. I THINK TIME AND TIME AGAIN, SOMETHING WE'VE HEARD WITH SOME OF THE OTHER VIOLENCE PREVENTION OR NON-ARMED SAFETY SERVICES WE HAVE AT THE CITY ISIDENTIFICATI
ESPECIALLY SINCE WE CONTRACT OUT THE WORK. YOU KNOW, IS A PARTICULAR VENDOR DOING THIS ON THEIR OWN TIME IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, ENTITY? OR IS IT HAPPENING IN RESPONSE TO, LIKE, THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY. SO JUST WANTED TO GET ANDS IS OF, YEAH. HOW YOU
LANDED WITH THE UNIFORMS. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, SO WE HAVE SIGNED THE UNIFORM TO HAVE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS BRANDING AND ARE WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE VENDOR TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE
CAN HAVE THE FOCUS BE THAT THIS IS A CITY-PROVIDED SERVICE. PROVIDED BY THE VENDOR. AS A CONTRACTOR VERSUS AS THE VENDOR'S PROGRAM. SO IN NEGOTIATIONS WH THE VENDOR ON THAT. BUT ULTIMATE MATILY
WANTING TO HAVE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS BRANDING SO THERE'S A CONSISTENT LOOK BETWEEN ALL SAFETY AMBASSADOR PROGRAMS. >> THAT IS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE! I THINK COMING OUT OF 2020, HE A LARGE DEBATE WITH SOME OF, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE
VENDORS WHO DO SOME OF OUR NON-ARMED SAFETY SERVICES AROUND JUST BECAUSE OF A LACK OF TRUST WITH THE CITY. IEDIMENTS OF BEING IN THE COMMUNITY AND WEARING A CITY'S BRAND, QUOTE, UNQUOTE. BUT SEEING HOW VRC HAS
BEEN ABLE TO DO GREAT WORK WHILE MAINTAINING THAT THIS IS A CITY-SPONSORED PROGRAM. AND THERE IS BRANDING THAT IDENTIFICATION. I THINK IT'S SHOWN WE CAN DO THIS. AND, ALSO, JUST BEING ABLE TO HAVE MORE TRANSPARENCY AROUND WHO IS PROVIDING THE SERVICES. AS YOU HIGHLIGHTED. THIS IS NOT A
VENDOR PROGRAM. THIS IS A CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS PROGRAM. AND MAKING THAT CLEAR FOR CONSTUENTS, IN CASE THERE IS A CONCERN. THEY KNOW WHO TO RELAY IT TO. I WAS EXCITED TO SEE THIS. IS THERE OTHER PIECES OF IDENTIFICATION THAT WILL
COMPLEMENT THE UNIFORMS, AS WELL? TO SUPPORT THAT? THIS IS A CITY INITIATIVE. >> SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE SHIRTS DESIGNED. AND THINKING OF HAVING OF SORT OF A VEST IN THE WINTER TIME TO WEAR OVER,
LIKE, JACKETS AND COATS AND THAT SORT OF THING. >> UH-HUH. >> THOSE ARE THE TWO ITEMS OF UNIFORM OR IDENTIFICATION THAT WE HAVE. >> OKAY. BECAUSE I KNOW WITH THE D.I.D. PROGRAM, THEY HAVE THEIR VESTS. THEIR OWN TYPE OF -- I FORGET THE COLOR. WHEN I WALK DOWNTOWN, IT LOOKS LIKE A
TRAFFIC CONTROL VEST SOMETIMES. AND IT'S LIKE -- OKAY. SO THIS IS REALLY GOOD TO HEAR! SEE A COLOR SCHEME DO WE HAVE A COLOR CODE FOR THE CITY? WHO HAS BEEN HERE THE LONGEST?
STAFF? HUH? WHAT IS OUR COLOR SCHEME? [ LAUGHTER >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, THERE ARE DIFFERENT BLUES THAT ARE APPROVED ASART OF THE LOGOS AND COLOR SCHEME FOR THE CITY. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WEAD, WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH A VENDOR,
THEY ONLY OFFER CERTAIN TYPES OF BLUES. WE WERE TRYING TO FIND A KIND BLUE THAT FITS WITHIN OR COLOR SCHEME THAT IS DISTINCT ENOUGH SO THEY'RE NOT MISTAKEN FOR THE POLICE OFFICER UNIFORM, FOR EXAMPLE. SO THERE'S A LOT THAT WENT INTO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT COLOR. WHETHER THERE WERE
BADGES OR PATCHES. WHETHER WE HAD JACKETS OR VESTS, LIKE YOU SAID. A PART OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS LEARN. THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF THIS BEING A PILOT. WE'LL SEE HOW THOSE COMMUNITIES RESPOND TO THE DIFFERENT PIECES THAT WE'VE PROVIDED. IF WE NEED TO ADJUST IN THE FUTURE.
>> I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE JACKETS PIECE. WE ARE IN FEBRUARY. YOU ARE ABOUT TO GET THIS UP AND GOING. WE JUST HAD A MINIBLIZZARD. ESSENTIALLY HOW. IFHERE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW AGAIN, I'VE SEEN THAT IN DOWNTOWNS WITH THE D.I.D.
PROGRAM. THEY WEAR THE VESTS OVERHE -- SOMETIMES THEY WEAR SNOW SUITS. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S BELOW NEGATIVE AND THEY HAVE TO WALK THE STREETS. SO JUST TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF. IT MAKES SENSE WHEN IT'S NICE OUTSIDE! BUT HOW TO ALSO MAINTAIN THAT IDENTIFICATION WHEN WE'RE IN, LIKE, THE ARCTIC
JUNGLE SEASON WE'RE IN NOW. >> AND CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT PURCHASIN IS SHORT SLEEVED AND LONG SLEEVED POLOS AND THEN THE VESTS THAT CAN GO OVER JACKETSHAT THEY PROVIDE. WE ALSO LOOKED AT WHAT D.I.D. PROVIDES FOR THEIR
STAFF. AND IT'S HARD TO COMPLETELY REPLICATE THAT MODEL. BECAUSE THAT IS A VERY EXPENSIVE PROGRAM. >> UH-HUH. >> WE CAN'T DO ALL THE PARTS. WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE PARTS WE CAN WITHIN A REASONABLE EXPENDITURE. AND SEE IF THAT WORKS FOR FUTURE. >> YEAH. THANK YOU. I WAS
AGAIN, VERY EXCITED TO SEE THIS STANDARDZATION OF IDENTIFICATION HERE. SO HOPEFULLY THAT CAN GO ACROSS TO SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS AND NSD, TOO, WITH SOME OF OUR CONTRACTOR THANK YOU ALL. IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE
UPDATES ABOUT THIS WORK! >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. AGAIN, THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. QUICK QUESTION, WHEN YOU SAY THE SOUTH SIDE SAFETY CENTER WILL OPEN IN '26. IT'S ON TRACK.
FIRST QUARTER OR SECOND QUARTER? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCMEMBER RAINVILLE, THAT'S THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION! I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT TIMELINE YET. MY GUESS IS IT WOULD BE LATER IN 2026. BUT I DON'T HAVE A MONTH EVEN THAT I'VE BEEN GIVEN FOR A DATE.
>> THANK YOU. AND THEN THE SECOND IS, A COMMENT ON THE TIMES OF THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER. THAT THEY'RE STOPPING AT 8:30. MY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS NEW NONARMED PUBLIC SAFETY,
SPECIFICALLY THE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS ARE WORKING ALONG THE RIVER FRONT. 8:30, THE OBLEMS DON'T REALLY START UNTIL 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 AT NIGHT. I'M NOT SECOND-GUESSING YOU. AS YOUO THROUGH THIS, MY
EXPERIENCE IS THAT THEY WOULD BE NEEDED LATER ON IN THE EVENING. AND THAT'S JUST AN OBSERVATION. SO AS WE GO FORWARD, THAT'S SOMETHING I'LL BE LOOKING AT. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE, WE DID LOOK AT THE DATA ABOUT WHEN THE MOST CALLS
COME INTO 9-1-1. AND PART OF THEONSIDERATION, I THINK THAT WE INCLUDED IN THE PRESENTATION, WAS THAT BECAUSE THIS IS NEW TO 9-1-1, WE NEEDED OVERLAP WITH LEADERSHIP IN THE PROGRAM. AND SO WE NEEDED THEM TO COME IN EARLIER SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE TOUCH POINTS WITH LEADERSHIP. AND YET WORK LATER
WHEN SOME OF THE CALLS START TO COME IN. WE WERE HOPING IT WOULBE A BALANCE OF THAT LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING TIMEWHEO MORE CALLS AND HAVING THE FIRST PART OF THEIR SHIFT SO THEY COULD BE DOING THE FOLLOWUP WORK. BUT THIS, TOO, IS A PILOT. WE'LL BE MEASURING HOW
EFFECTIVE IT IS AND HOW MANY CALLS WE'RE MISSING IN THE OTHER TIMES. DIRECTOR HOD ANY HAS OFTEN TOLD ME SHE WOULD LIKE ALL OF OUR PILOTS TO BE 24/7. AND WE CAN'T QUITE MAKE IT WORK YET. >> YEAH. AND DIRECTOR
HARRIN HARRINGTON, I'M NOT SECOND GUESSING YOU. THEY WORK LATER AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE NEEDED LATER. THAT'S THE REASON. I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT REPORT. THANK YOU.
>> I THINK I'M LAST ON QUEUE. I HAVE A FEW THINGS. ONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU ARE DOING ON THE SAFETY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. I THINKT'S GREAT. I THINK THE COMPONENT OF THE ENGAGEMENT YOU HAVE DONE TO GET TO THIS POINT IS EXCITING. I HAVE HEARD FROM, YOU KNOW,
FAMILIES AND, YOU KNOW, FOLKSES THAT WORK WITH OUR YOUTH AND OUR STUDENTS AT SOUTH HIGH SCHOO ABOUT WHEN THEY GET OFF THE LIGHT RAIL. MAYBE THEY NEED THE SAFETY ESCT. I WANT TO THE GIVE YOU KUDOS FOR THE ENGAGEMENT. I'VE HEARD IT MYSELF. YOU'VE DONE THE ENGAGEMENT AND HEARD IT, AS WELL WITHIN AND INCLUDED. YOU HAVE
INCLUDED THAT AS PART OF THIS, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM. SO THAT'S EXCITING! I WANT TO SAY THANK YOTO YOU, PMI, AND OUR STAFF FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING ON THIS. THE OTHER COMPONTS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS ON LAKEST THE FILING POLICE REPORTS THAT
IS GOING TO BE GREAT. I THINK THAT IS GOING TO BE A BENEFIT TO THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA. AND THAT'S, HOPEFULLY, GOING TO DRIVE MORE TRAFFIC TO THE CENTER. THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH STAFF. AND MAKING SURE
IT'S A NEW ASSET THAT IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE. I HAD A QUESTION. I THINK NARCAN IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE AT THE SAFETY CENTER. CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOSOMEONE WOULD ACCESS THAT. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, NARCAN OR NALOXONE IS ALREADY AVAILABLE A
THE LAKE STREET CENTER SEVENTY. IT'S ON THE BOOK SHELF IN THE FRONT ENTRY WAY. I SAW THIS IN REAL TIME THE OTHER DAY. COMMUNITY MEMBER CAN WALK INTO THAT FRONT ENTRY WAY, GRAB A BOX, AND LEAVE. THEY DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDENY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OR EXPLANATION. >> COOL. PERFECT. AND, YEAH.
I WANT TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE IT WITH RESIDENTS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THE OTHER COMPONENT I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT AND MAYBE I MISSED IT. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC CONTROL PILOT EXOABT. AND YOU
SAID IT'S GOING TO BE FROM 11:30 AND 8:00 P.M. CORRECT ME ON THE TIME AGAIN.
>> YES. WE'RE LOOKING AT 11:30 A.M.TO 8:00 P.M. CORRECT. >> OKAY. DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE -- ESTIMATED TELINE OF THAT OR STILL IN DEVELOPMENT. >> STILL IN DEVELOPMENT WITH MELINE. >> COOL. SWEET. THANK YOU. AND, YEAH. THAT IS ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. AND, REALLY,
THANKFUL FOR THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU WORKED ON. I THINK THIS IS A POSITIVE UPDATE FOR OUR CITY! AND IMPORTANT WORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. SO JUST THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK THAT WAS THE LAST PERSON ON QUEUE. SO WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT. SO SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS,
COLLEAGUES, I WOULD DIRECT THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT REPORT. AND SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US, I WILL DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED.