[0:09] >> WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR JUNE 25TH, 2025. I AM JASON CHAVEZ, THE [0:16] CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO THE [0:23] PUBLIC, ALL MEMBERS, AND THE STAFF THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER [0:29] PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE REALTIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR [0:35] PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO NAT OUR CAPTIONERS CAN [0:41] FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR [0:48] COMMENTS. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL SO WE CAN VERIFY A QUORUM FOR THIS MEETING. [0:53] >> COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. >> PRESENT. >> RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT. >> ELLISON. >> HERE. [0:58] >> PALMISANO IS ABSENT. VICE CHAIR WONSLEY IS ABSENT. CHAIR CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE FOUR MEMBERS [1:04] PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM. THERE ARE THREE ITEMS ON TODAY'S CONSENT AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER 1 IS [1:11] ACCEPTING A GRANT FROM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO PROVIDE POLICE LIAISON RESEARCH AND MONITORING FOR THE DRUG COURT IN HENNEPIN [1:18] COUNTY. ITEM NUMBER 2 IS AMENDING A GRANT PERIOD FOR THE PROMISING PRACTICE PROGRAM FOR CULTURALLY SPECIFIC FAMILY HOME [1:25] VISIT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER 3 IS APPROVING APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY COMMISSION ON POLICE [1:30] OVERSIGHT. COLLEAGUES, DO WE'VE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS? ALL RIGHT. I'LL MOVE [1:37] APPROVAL OF ITEMS 1 THROUGH 3. [1:44] ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? THOSE CARRIES AND THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. [1:49] WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP THE RECEIVE AND FILE ITEMS IN A DIFFERENT ORDER THAN WATT WAS PRINTED ON THE AGENDA. FIRST [1:55] WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP INWORSEPLACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE PRESENTATION. THEN WE WILL TAKE UP THE RECEIVE AND FILE ITEMS 4 [2:00] THROUGH 6 IN ORDER. HERE TO PRESENT THE WORKPLACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ITEM ON [2:06] RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INCREASING WORKER TRAINING ON LABOR STANDARDS IS TAYLOR AND BRIAN [2:13] ELLIOTT FROM SCIU, WELCOME. [2:23] >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. PLEASURE TO BE HERE. MY NAME IS TAYLOR CHEVY, AND I'M ONE OF THE [2:30] LEAD ORGANIZERS AT THE CENTER OF WORKERS UNITED IN STRUGGLE AND BEEN A LEAD ON THE COENFORCEMENT PROGRAM SINCE ITS INCEPTION. I [2:36] WANT TO THANK YOU FOR INVITING US HERE TODAY TO PRESENT ON THE WORKPLACE ADVISOREE COMMITTEE'S [2:42] RECOMMENDATION FOR CREATING A RIGHT TO PAY TRAINING FOR ALL MINNEAPOLIS WORKERS. WE ARE [2:50] PROUD TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE ON THE WAC SINCE ITS CREATION AND MEMBERS ON THE EARNED SICK AND SAFETIME COMMITTEE LEADING [2:58] TO THE CREATION OF THE WAC. AND THIS IS BECAUSE WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THE BEST WORKPLACE POLICIES ARE CREATED WHEN BOTH [3:03] WORKERS AND BUSINESSES HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND INPUT ON [3:08] DECISIONS. MINNEAPOLIS HAS BEEN A LEADER IN MANY WAYS, IN MINNESOTA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY [3:14] IN LEADING THE WAY IN CREATING POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT PROTECT AND UPLIFT WORKING [3:21] PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE MOST MARGINALIZED WORKERS IN OUR CITY. WE HAVE SEEN THE WAYS THAT RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE, [3:26] CREATING EARNED SICK AND SAFETYTIME POLICIES, IN-- SAFE TIME POLICIES, INCREASING [3:32] PROTECTIONS AGAINST WAGE THEFT, AND THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN LSED AND [3:37] WORKER CENTERS HAS IMPROVED THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF WORKERS ACROSS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. [3:42] BUT EVEN WITH ALL OF THAT PROGRESS, MANY WORKERS STILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE [3:48] VIOLATIONS DAY IN AND DAY OUT AT THEIR YOBS AND WORKPLACES. SOME [3:53] OF THESE ISSUES BEING WAGE THEFT, DISCRIMINATION, AND ALSO [3:59] DENIAL OF SICK TIME AND RETALIATION FOR USING THEIR SICK TIME OR STANDING UP FOR THEIR RIGHTS. THESE PROBLEMS ARE [4:05] PARTICULARLY CONCENTRATED IN LOW WAGE INDUSTRIES AND JOBS, SUCH AS SERVICE AND HOSPITALITY, [4:12] PERSONAL CARE AIDES AND CHILD CARE WORKERS, JANITORS AND CLEANING WORKERS, SECURITY [4:18] GUARDS, LANDSCAPERS AND GROUNDSKEEPERS, RETAIL, NURSING AND RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES, [4:24] AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE WHO KEEP OUR CITY RUNNING DAY IN AND [4:30] DAY OUT ARE THE MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE VIOLATIONS OF THEIR RIGHTS AT WORK. SOME INSIGHTS [4:37] AND STORIES FROM MEMBERS THAT ILLUSTRATE WHAT'S HAPPENING. [4:42] THERE'S MANY. I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF BUT YOU KNOW WE HAVE SUPPORTED WORKERS COMING FORWARD ON MINIMUM WAGE VIOLATIONS, YOU [4:48] KNOW, SOMETIMES THAT LEADS TO A STRONG OUTCOME LIKE FINDING BROADER VIOLATIONS IN A COMPANY [4:54] THROUGH THE CITY INVESTIGATING LEADING TO SETTLEMENTS UP TO $20,000 OR MORE AND WE'VE ALSO [5:00] COME ACROSS WORKERS WHO ARE STILL MAKING UNDER THE MINIMUM WAGE TODAY BY FEELING TOO SCARED [5:05] AS THE ONLY LATINO WORKERS IN THEIR BUSINESS TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK UP. WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE [5:12] TAKE TIME OFF FOR SICK TIME AND BE RETALIATED AGAINST FOR USING [5:17] IT, LEADING IT MEANIE PEOPLE IN INDUSTRIES SUCH AS HOSPITALITY TO NOT WANT TO CLAIM THEIR RIGHT TO STAY HOME AND TAKE CARE OF [5:23] THEMSELVES LIKE WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO. I'LL LEAVE IT THERE FOR RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE [5:28] IS PLENTY OF DATA THAT TELLS US THAT THESE STORIES ARE NOT ISOLATED INCIDENTS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE RUTGERS REPORT HAS [5:35] CITED IN THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE WAC, FOUND THAT MINIMUM WAWAGE VIOLATIONS IN THE [5:41] GREATER MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL METROPOLITAN AREA HAS COST WORKERS AN AVERAGE OF NEARLY [5:47] $90 MILLION A YEAR OVER THE PAST DECADE PRIMARY AFFECTING BLACK [5:55] AND LATINX WORKERS MORE LIKELY THAN WHITE WORKERS EXPERIENCING WAGE THEFT. IT ALSO THIS STUDY NOTES THAT THE LARGE MAJORITY OF [6:01] MINIMUM WAGE VIOLATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING REMAIN UNREPORTED AND UNDETECTED. WHAT THIS TELLS US [6:08] IS THAT THE SCOPE OF THIS PROBLEM IS BIGGER THAN OUR CURRENT RESOURCES, OUR PROGRAMS, AND OUR TOOLS CAN EFFECTIVELY [6:15] HANDLE, SO THERE IS A NEED FOR THE CITY TO UP THE THINGS [6:21] THAT ARE MOST EFFECTIVE IN IDENTIFYING AND REM -- VIOLATIONS AND ULTIMATELY MOVE AWAY FROM PREVENTING THEM FROM [6:27] HAPPENING AT ALL. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT MINNEAPOLIS IN PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY [6:32] ORGANIZATIONS HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED SOME OF THE TOOLS AND PROGRAMS THAT HAVE PROVENNEN TO BE EFFECTIVE. [6:38] THROUGH THE COENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS AND THE [6:43] SILTY, WE HAVE SEEN AND BEEN A PART OF MANY STORIES AND CONCRETE DATA THAT SHOWS THAT PROVIDING KNOW YOUR RIGHTS [6:49] TRAININGS MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN HOW WORKERS ARE ABLE TO RESPOND WHEN VIOLATIONS OCCUR. [6:54] I'VE BEEN A PART OF SERIES OF TRAININGS AT A LOCAL FAST-FOOD [6:59] FRANCHISE AS OF LATE, AND THROUGH THOSE TRAININGS WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO UNCOVER MORE WAGE THEFT ISSUES THAN JUST WHAT [7:06] THE SETTLEMENT COVERED. TRAINING FROM A TRUSTED ORGANIZATION ENSURES THAT WORKERS FEEL KNOWLEDGEABLE, EMPOWERED AND SUPPORTED IN ASKING QUESTIONS, COMING FORWARD [7:13] WITH COMPLAINTS, AND NAVIGATING A COMPLEX COMPLAINT AND COMPLIANT RESOLUTION PROCESS. [7:19] TRAINING ALSO DEVELOPS WORKER ERS' SKILLS TO TRAIN OTHER WORKERS SO THIS INFORMATION GOES [7:27] BEYOND ONE ONE WORKPLACE, AND USING OUR KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAINING HAS BEEN A TOOL TO [7:32] ALLOW CITIES AND COMMUNITY WORKERS TO SUPPORT HUNDREDS OF WORKERS IN RESOLVING PROBLEMS WITH PAID SICK TIME AND MINIMUM [7:38] WAGE, AND RETALIATION, AND RECOVERING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN STOLEN WAGES. SO NOW AS I [7:46] CONCLUDE NOW IS THE TIME TO SCALE UP WHAT WE KNOW IS ALREADY WORKING. THE CITY ALREADY IMPLEMENTS PAID TRAINING AS PART [7:52] OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS WITH BUSINESSES WHO HAVE VIOLATED THE CITY'S LABOR ORDINANCES AS I WAS [7:58] SPEAKING ON. BY EXPANDING ON THIS PRACTICE AND BUILDING ON THE SUCCESS OF THE CURRENT COENFORCEMENT PROGRAM, WE CAN [8:03] CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD FROM WORKING TO IDENTIFY AND REMEDY VIOLATIONS TO PREVENTING THEM [8:09] FROM HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE. FOR INSTANCE THERE ARE A [8:15] LOT OF PRIMARILY SPANISH SPEAKING WORKERS WE TALK AND THEY WILL SAY I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT SICK AND SAFE TIME AND YOU [8:21] CAN GO TO THEIR ENGLISH-SPEAKING COWORKER AND THEY DO KNOW ABOUT IT. SO BEING ABLE TO DO TRAININGS DIRECTLY WITH WORKERS [8:27] CAN HELP SHARE THAT INFORMATION AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM [8:32] EXPERIENCING INJUSTICES ALL THE TIME. I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO BRIAN ELLIOTT TO SHARE MORE [8:39] DETAILS ON THE POLICY FROM WAC. >> THANK YOU, TAYLOR. THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ, [8:45] COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS BRIAN ELLIOTT, AND I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SEIU, MINNESOTA [8:55] STATE COUNCIL, SEIU REPRESENTS THOUSANDS OF WORKERS WHO LIVE [9:01] AND WORK WITHIN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, PRIMARILY LOWER WAGE -- IN LOWER WAGE JOBS LIKE [9:09] JANITORIAL, SECURITY OFFICERS, HOME CARE WORKERS, NURSING HOME, HOSPITAL, CLINIC WORKERS, AND [9:14] SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. I HAVE SERVED [9:19] ON THE WORKPLACE ADVISOREE COMMITTEE SINCE ITS INCEPTION AND PRIOR TO THAT ON THE WORKPLACE REGULATIONS [9:26] PARTNERSHIP GROUP, AND AND SERVE IN MANY WAYS AS THE POLICY WONK [9:33] ON THE WORKPLACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHICH IS WHY I AM GOING TO JUST LAY OUT SORT OF [9:39] WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION ACTUALLY IS THAT THE WORKPLACE ADVISORY [9:44] COMMITTEE APPROVED EARLIER THIS MONTH. SO WITH REGARD TO THE [9:53] EXPANSION OF THE COENFORCEMENT PROGRAM THAT TAYLOR WAS DISCUSSING, THERE ARE REALLY [9:59] THREE COMPONENTS THAT ARE IN THE [10:04] RECOMMENDATION. FIRST IS CREATING THE RIGHT FOR WORKERS [10:10] TO ATTEND AN P EMPLOYER PAID ONE-HOUR OF EMPLOYER PAID RIGHT [10:16] TO KNOW TRAINING. WE HAVE ALREADY CREATED SIMILAR [10:21] OBLIGATIONS IN THE CITY THERE MINIMUM WAGE, EARNED SICK AND [10:28] SAFE TIME. WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT ONE HOUR PER WHATEVER. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ONE HOUR, FULL [10:38] STOP, OF EMPLOYER PAID RIGHT TO KNOW, RIGHT -- AN EMPLOYER-PAID [10:46] WORKER RIGHT TO ATTEND A RIGHT-TO-KNOW TRAINING A ONE-OUR RIGHT-TO-KNOW TRAINING. THE IDEA HERE IS THAT THE MORE [10:54] WORKERS WHO KNOW ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS UNDER THE CITY [10:59] ORDINANCES, THE MORE LIKELY THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FLAG PROBLEMS THAT MAY MISTAKEN ANY [11:05] HAPPEN BY THEIR EMPLOYERS, AND THE LESS LIKELY UNSCRUPULOUS EMPLOYERS ARE GOING TO BE TO [11:11] TAKE -- TO TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE WORKERS AND DENYING THEM THOSE RIGHTS. THE SECOND [11:18] COMPONENT IS ESTABLISHING THE [11:24] CONTENT, THE CURRICULUM OF THE TRAINING AND ALONGSIDE THAT, [11:30] ESTABLISHING THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL BE OR NOT ESTABLISHING, BUT CERTIFYING THE [11:35] ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL BE DELIVERING THAT TRAINING, AND THIS IS SOMETHING, AGAIN, THAT THE CITY IS WELL FAMILIAR WITH [11:42] ALREADY THROUGH ITS EXISTING COENFORCEMENT PROCESS. AND THE THIRD AND LAST PIECE OF THE [11:50] RECOMMENDATION FROM THE WORKPLACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS THAT WE HAVE MECHANISM BY WHICH [11:56] WORKERS ARE INFORMED OF THIS RIGHT TO ATTEND ONE HOUR OF [12:03] EMPLOYER PAID TIME IN A RIGHT TO KNOW -- IN A KNOW YOUR RIGHTS [12:09] TRAINING, AND THAT COULD BE THROUGH MULTIPLE WAYS, WHETHER THAT'S A POSTING SIMILAR TO WHAT [12:16] IS ALREADY REQUIRED FOR MINIMUM WAGE, EARNED SICK AND SAFE TIME, AND WAGE THEFT. IT COULD [12:22] SIMILARLY BE A REQUIREMENT THAT THE CITY IS PUTTING ON [12:29] IDENTIFIED AND ACTUALLY PROVEN VIOLATORS OF THE CITY'S ORDINANCES AS TAYLOR MENTIONED. [12:36] THE LSED ALREADY NEGOTIATES TO HAVE THEIR WORKERS TRAINED AS [12:41] PART OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS WITH EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE VIOLATED [12:47] THE CITY'S ORDINANCE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY CURRENTLY NEED TO NEGOTIATE INTO THOSE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS, AND WE [12:52] BELIEVE SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS AUTOMATIC AS PART OF CITY [12:58] ORDINANCE. AND THEN THE THIRD WAY THAT WE ENVISION WORKERS BEING ABLE TO FIND OUT ABOUT [13:05] THIS IS BY ENSURING THAT IF WORK -- IF ENOUGH WORKERS AT A [13:11] GIVEN EMPLOYER ARE REQUESTING A TRAINING, THAT THE EMPLOYER HAS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION SO THAT [13:17] THOSE WORKERS CAN GET NOTICE OF A TRAINING. THOSE ARE THE THREE [13:22] COMPONENTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT WILL [13:30] NECESSARILY BE NEEDED CHANGES TO THE CITY'S EARNED SICK AND [13:36] SAFETIME ORDINANCE. SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE STATEWIDE EARNED [13:42] SICK AND SAVED TIME STATUTE IN 2023 THAT'S NOW BEEN IN EFFECT FOR 18 MONTHS, AND SO THERE ARE [13:48] CHANGES THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO NEED TO DO IN THE CONTEXT OF ITS OWN EARNED SICK AND SAVED [13:54] TIME ORDINANCE SO THAT IT LINES UP WITH THE STATE ORDINANCE, AND THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE [14:00] WORKPLACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS THAT AS PART OF THAT, THE CITY ADOPT A TRAINING -- A RIGHT TO [14:07] TRAINING. THIS IS NOT A REQUIREMENT ON EMPLOYERS TO PROVIDE TRAINING. THIS IS A RIGHT OF EMPLOYEES TO RECEIVE [14:14] ONE HOUR OF PAID TRAINING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR [14:21] TIME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND WALKING US THROUGH SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. DO ANY OF MY [14:27] COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCIL PRESIDENT [14:36] PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ, THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. AS YOU WERE OUTLINING IT, I HAD [14:41] QUESTIONS, AND THEN YOU ANSWERED THEM VERY SUCCINCTLY. I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE PRESENTING A VERY [14:46] CLEAR, ACTIONABLE SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS, SO I JUST [14:52] REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. >> COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. >> JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE WORK. I ALSO DON'T HAVE [14:57] AN EXPLICIT QUESTION. I THINK THE RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU KNOW, AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT SAID, ARE REALLY CLEAR. BUT I DO WANT TO [15:03] 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 [15:10] BUDGET SHORTFALLS, AND I'VE EXPRESSED A FEAR THAT WE MIGHT GO INTO SORT OF A HUNKERING [15:17] DOWN, NOT INVESTING IN THE KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT WORKERS, NOT INVESTING IN THE KIND OF INNOVATIVE HOUSING SOLUTIONS [15:22] THAT PEOPLE NEED, THESE ECONOMIC HARD TIMES ARE EXACTLY WHEN WE [15:28] NEED THESE KIND OF PROTECTIONS, IT'S EXACTLY WHEN WORKERS NEED MORE INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE SURE [15:34] THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTED, EXACTLY WHEN WE NEED BETTER HOUSING OPTIONS AND SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THIS WORK FOR GRANTED, AND [15:39] 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 [15:46] WORK. >> THANK YOU. >>> AGREED, AND I AM, YEAH, JUST [15:52] THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I THINK I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF YOU ALL WALKING US THROUGH, BOTH OF YOU, BRIAN [15:58] AND TAYLOR, WALKING US THROUGH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO MAYBE GET SOME OF THE DOCUMENTATION THAT [16:04] WAS PRESENTED TO THE WORKPLACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WE CAN AT LEAST HAVE ACCESS TO BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO DIVE DEEPER INTO [16:10] THE ISSUES, BUT THIS DASEFLT SOMETHING THAT -- DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO MANY OF OUR [16:20] 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 [16:26] WHEN THEY KNOW THEIR RIGHTS, WHEN THEY KNOW INFORMATION THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO [16:32] BEFORE, THE LIKELIHOOD THAT AN EMPLOYER MIGHT VIOLATE THEIR OWN WORKERS' PROTECTIONS OR RIGHTS [16:37] ONLY GETS LESSENED, RIGHT? SO THIS IS SOMETHING I PERSONALLY DO SUPPORT, AND LOOKING FORWARD [16:43] TO SEE HOW WE CAN WALK THIS THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. SO THANK YOU. [16:48] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL DIRECT THE CLERK [16:54] TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT REPORT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS FILING A REPORT RELATING TO HEALTH EQUITY [17:02] INITIATIVES. WELCOME TO THE [17:11] CHAMBERS. A. [17:17] >> HELLO, CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME AND SEE THE SCREEN? >> YES. >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, [17:22] CHAIR CHAVEZ AND COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS PAO THAO, AND I AM THE MANAGER OVERSEEING THE [17:27] HEALTH EQUITY TEAM HERE IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND TODAY WE WILL BE PRESENTING ON THE HEALTH [17:33] EQUITY RELATED WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN LEADING IN THE DEPARTMENT, AND I WILL BEGIN BY SHARING THE FIRST HALF OF THE HEALTH EQUITY [17:39] OF OUR GOALS, OUR MISSION, OUR FRAMEWORK, AND WITH ME HERE TODAY IS MY COLLEAGUE CHOUA [17:48] XIONG THE PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALIST THAT WILL BE SHARING THE PROJECTS THAT THE HEALTH [17:55] EQUITY TEAM HAS LED IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. >> THANKS, PAO. >> AND TO START US OFF, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE HEALTH EQUITY [18:02] 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 [18:08] A PART-TIME STAFF, BUT WITH OUR, THE GOAL OF THE HEALTH EQUITY TEAM IS REALLY TO ENSURE THAT [18:17] THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS ACTIVELY MOVING TOWARDS A HEALTHIER AND MORE EQUITABLE MINNEAPOLIS [18:24] OVERALL, WHERE ALL PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE THEIR BEST POSSIBLE HEALTH OUTCOMES. [18:29] AND IN THIS WORK, THE HEALTH EQUITY TEAM RECOGNIZES AND FOCUSES ON SYSTEMS CHANGE AND [18:35] RACIAL EQUITY WHERE WE TAKE A HOLISTIC VIEW OF HEALTH IN WHICH WE UNDERSTAND THE HEALTH IS [18:40] INFLUENCED BY MANY FACTORS BEYOND CLINICAL, MEDICAL, ANDPHASIS CHAIR BUT OTHER FACTORS SUCH AS SOCIAL, [18:48] ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND OTHER FACTORS THAT DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE NAMES BUT PEOPLE LIB EVERY DAY -- LIVE [18:56] EVERY DAY, ALL HAS AN IMPACT ON WHAT WE CALL A PERSON'S HEALTH [19:02] IS. ON THIS SLIDE IS THE ONGOING FRAMEWORK OF HEALTH [19:07] EQUITY IN THE DEPARTMENT CREATED BY OUR DEPARTMENT'S ECONOMIC WORK GROUP. AND IN THIS FRAMEWORK IT REALLY DEFINES OUR [19:13] HEALTH EQUITY APPROACHES IN WHICH WE HAVE FIVE MAIN PRINCIPLES WITH THE FIRST PRINCIPLE BEING RACISM AS A [19:19] PUBLISH HEALTH EMERGENCY -- PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY WHERE THIS PRINCIPLE ACKNOWLEDGES RACE AND RACISM SIGNIFICANTLY [19:27] INFLUENCES HEALTH OUTCOMES AND THAT RACE AND RACISM ARE IMPORTANT FACETS FORRURE WORK IN AD-- FOR OUR WORK IN ADVANCING [19:33] HEALTH EQUITY FORWARD. THE SECOND PRINCIPLE OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS. [19:38] THIS PRINCIPLE AFFIRMS THAT HEALTH SHOULD NOT BE VIEWED AS A PRIVILEGE OR SOMETHING EXTRA BUT RATHER A BASIC AND FUNDAMENTAL [19:44] HUMAN RIGHT. AND THIS IS OUR APPROACH WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HEALTH AND WORKING TOWARDS HEALTH EQUITY. OUR THIRD [19:50] PRINCIPLE IS TRAUMA INFORMED AND THIS PRINCIPLE EMPHASIZES THE [19:55] IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING AND ADDRESSING TRAUMA IN OUR WORK, IN OUR STAFF, IN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE WE STRIVE TO DELIVER [20:00] SERVICES IN A WAY THAT IS SAFE, RESPECTFUL BUT ALSO WITH A HEALING APPROACH. OUR FOURTH [20:08] PRINCIPLE IS COMMUNITY CENTER, AND THIS PRINCIPLE HIGHLIGHTS THAT OUR PUBLIC HEALTH WORK MUST REFLECT THE LIVED EXPERIENCES IN [20:15] NEED OF COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE. AND LASTLY, OUR FIFTH PRINCIPLE, DATA, THIS PRINCIPLE [20:20] RECOGNIZES THAT DATA IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL IN HEALTH, AND [20:26] THAT WE USE THIS TOOL OF DATA FOR IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING HEALTH INEQUITIES IN ALL OF OUR [20:33] WORK. AND SO THESE FIVE PRINCIPLES V REALLY GUIDED THE WORK AND THE PROJECTS THE HEALTH [20:39] 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, [20:47] RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, ONE OF OUR INITIATIVES IS REALLY THE CONNECTION BETWEEN RACIAL EQUITY [20:52] AND PUBLIC HEALTH WHERE WE BRING [20:57] TOGETHER AND IDENTIFY RACIAL EQUITY AS A FUNDAMENTAL PRIORITY IN OUR DEPARTMENT AND WHERE WE'RE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING [21:03] STAFF WITH THE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND BUILD UNDERSTANDING OF HOW RACE AND HEALTH ARE CONNECTED AND [21:08] INFLUENCE ONE ANOTHER TO IMPACT PEOPLE'S HEALTH OUTCOMES AT A [21:14] SYSTEMS LEVEL. AND THEN AS PART OF THAT WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGING ALL OF OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM IN [21:21] OUR DEPARTMENT, DIRECTORS, MANAGERS, SUPERVISORS THROUGH A YEAR HP LONG TRAINING AND [21:27] ESTABLISHING THIS UNDERSTANDING OF RACIAL EQUITY WHERE WE HAVE FIRST STARTED OFF IN LAST YEAR [21:32] OF MODULE 1, BUILDING A FOUNDATION OF EXAMINING AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS DOES [21:38] HEALTH AND RACIAL EQUITY LOOK LIKE, WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGICAL [21:44] SAFETY AND TRUST FEEL LOOK LIKE HERE AND FROM THERE WE WERE [21:49] BEGUN TO EXAMINE HOW INSTITUTIONAL BEHAVIORS HAVE REINFORCED INEQUITIES AND IDENTIFYING AND NAMING THOSE. [21:56] LASTLY WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY AT AT THE LAST STAGES OF THIS MODULE, WORKING WITH LEADERSHIP TO IDENTIFY THOSE SYSTEMIC [22:02] CHANGES AND PUTTING IN THOSE CHANGES INTO PRACTICE IN THE DEPARTMENT AND IN OUR SERVICES THAT WE CURRENTLY ARE DELIVERING [22:08] TO COMMUNITIES AND WITHIN OUR OWN TEAMS. AND THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS, THE GOAL OF THIS [22:13] INITIATIVE HAS BEEN ALWAYS TO ENSURE THAT OUR LEADERSHIP AND OUR DEPARTMENT HAS THE KNOWLEDGE, THE SKILLS, AND THE [22:19] SUPPORT TO CREATE A MORE EQUITABLE DEPARTMENT, TEAM, AND SERVICES TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH [22:24] OUTCOMES OF ALL RESIDENTS OF [22:29] MINNEAPOLIS. AND THEN MOVING ONTO ANOTHER INITIATIVE THAT THE HEALTH EQUITY TEAM HAS CREATED AND LED IN THE DEPARTMENT IS THE [22:37] HEALTH LITERACY INITIATIVE, AND THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY IMPORTANT INITIATIVE FOR US AS WE REALLY STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH [22:44] LITERACY IN ALL OF OUR WORK, AND SPECIFICALLY WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT IT, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LITERACY AND HEALTH LITERACY, [22:50] WHERE WE DEFINE LITERACY AS A PERSON'S ABILITY TO READ, WRITE, AND UNDERSTAND AND USE [22:56] INFORMATION, AND HEALTH LITERACY DIFFERS FROM THAT IN TERMS OF IT'S A PERSON'S ABILITY TO FIND, [23:02] UNDERSTAND, AND USE -- SORRY, HEALTH INFORMATION AND MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR [23:07] HEALTH. AND THAT WE ALWAYS START OUR TRAININGS OF HEALTH LITERACY WITH THIS BECAUSE IT'S [23:13] IMPORTANT TO STRESS THAT A PERSON'S LITERACY LEVEL DOESN'T NECESSARILY REFLECT AND MATCH [23:19] THEIR HEALTH LITERACY LEVEL. THAT WE CAN HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE HIGH LITERACY LEVEL, [23:24] MEANING THAT THEY CAN READ, WRITE, AND UNDERSTAND ENGLISH [23:29] AND USE THAT INFORMATION GENERALLY, BUT THEY MAY STILL EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY UNDERSTANDING MEDICAL [23:35] INFORMATION AND HEALTH RELATED DECISIONS WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH RELATED INFORMATION. AND SO AS A DEPARTMENT, WE STRIVE TO [23:41] REACH TO BECOME AN ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH LITERATE [23:46] ORGANIZATION WHERE WE RECOGNIZE OURSELVES AS PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND THAT WE STRIVE [23:51] TO INCLUDE HEALTH LITERACY TO MAKE SURE THROUGH OUR SERVICES, OUR PROGRAMS, OUR STAFF, WE'RE [23:56] ABLE TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO FIND AND UNDERSTAND AND USE INFORMATION TO MAKE THE BEST [24:03] HEALTH RELATED DECISION THAT THEY CAN. AND OVER THE PAST [24:09] YEAR, AS PART OF THAT INITIATIVE, WE'VE PROVIDED OUR STAFF A HEALTH LITERACY TRAINING [24:14] WHERE CURRENTLY UP TO DATE WE HAVE MORE THAN 90 OF OUR STAFF COMPLETED THE TRAINING AND RECEIVED OUR CERTIFICATE FROM [24:20] THIS TRAINING FROM THE CENTERS OF DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, AND WITH THIS TRAINING PARTICULAR RECEIVING [24:26] HIGH EVATLEZ AND FEED -- EVALUATION AND FEEDBACK FROM STAFF THAT THEY'VE MENTIONED [24:31] 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 [24:41] ANOTHER INITIATIVE THAT THE HEALTH EQUITY TEAM HAS LED IN THE DEPARTMENT IS OUR GENDER [24:47] INCLUSIVITY TRAINING IN WHICH WE PROVIDED TWO SERIES, TWO SERIES TRAINING TO THE HEALTH [24:53] DEPARTMENT WHERE THE GENDER INCLUSE TIVIVITY 101 WAS OUR FIRST TRAINING WHERE WE PROVIDED [24:59] STAFF WITH THE FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE FOR STAFF TO LEARN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GENDER, SEX, GENDER IDENTITY, AND SEXUAL [25:05] ORIENTATION WHERE THEY CAN HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND ACCURATELY AND APPROPRIATELY USE [25:11] THESE TERMS AND IDEOLOGY WHEN SPEAKING ABOUT THEIR WORK AND WITH COMMUNITY. AND IN THIS TRAINING HELPING TO STAFF TO [25:17] DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE EXPERIENCES OF TRANSGENDER AND NONBINARY [25:22] INDIVIDUALS. AND AS PART OF THIS, WE OFFER A SEQUEL TO THIS TRAINING, THE GENDER INCLUSIVITY [25:28] 2 EO1 SESSION WHICH BUILT ON THE KNOWLEDGE AND LESSONS FROM THIS 101 BUT PUTTING IT AND APPLYING [25:34] 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 [25:42] INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE AND COMMUNITY. TO SHARE MORE ABOUT THE OTHER ADDITIONAL TRAININGS AND INITIATIVES THAT THE HEALTH [25:48] EQUITY TEAM HAS LED, I WILL NOW TURN THIS OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE [25:53] CHOUA XIONG THE PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALIST ON OUR TEAM. [25:59] >> WELCOME. >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS CHOUA XIONG AND I AM [26:06] HERE WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHERE I SERVE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALIST ON THE HEALTH EQUITY TEAM AND I WILL BE CONTINUING [26:12] OUR PRESENTATION BY TALKING MORE ABOUT TRAININGS AND INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED. SO WITH [26:19] THE PUBLIC HEALTH 101 TRAINING, THIS IS AN INTRODUCTORY TRAINING THAT COVERS KEY PUBLIC HEALTH [26:25] CONCEPTS, CORE FUNCTIONS, AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES. IT'S OFFERED IN MULTIPLE FORMATS, AND [26:31] IS A PREREGWISET FOR OUR HEALTH EXEQUITY 101 TRAINING. HERE [26:37] IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE CORE TOPICS THAT ARE COVERED IN OUR PUBLIC HEALTH 101 TRAINING. AND HERE [26:44] IS A DIRECT EXAMPLE FROM OUR TRAINING PRESENTATION OF KIND OF [26:49] WHAT WE DO WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLISH HEALTH ISSUES -- PUBLIC HEALTH ISSU ISSUES AND HOW WE RESPOND, AND THIS IS DE [26:57] 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 [27:04] ON THE FOUNDATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES. THIS IS ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACCREDITATION [27:09] BOARD WEB SITE, AND WE HIGHLIGHT THIS BECAUSE WE ARE AN ACCREDITED HEALTH DEPARTMENT, [27:15] AND WE DO LIKE TO LET OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OUR AUDIENCE KNOW THAT, AND THESE ARE THE AREAS AND CAPABILITIES [27:20] THAT WE DO FOCUS ON WHENEVER WE DO WORK AND INITIATIVES IN THE [27:28] DEPARTMENT. AND SO HEALTH EQUITY 101, THIS TRAINING [27:33] INTRODUCES HEALTH EQUITY CONCEPTS, EMPHASIZING HOLISTIC HEALTH, SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, AND THE DIFFERENCE [27:39] BETWEEN EQUITY AND EQUALITY. THIS TRAINING IS TO HELP STAFF INTEGRATE EQUITY INTO PROGRAMS [27:45] AND PLANNING. HERE IS AN EXAMPLE FROM OUR TRAINING [27:51] PRESENTATION. WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ALTHOUGH HEALTH EQUITY MAY BE SHARED AROUND OUR [27:58] WORKPLACE FAIRLY OFTEN, MANY PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW THE MEANING OF HEALTH EQUITY, AND SO WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT OTHER [28:03] AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS HAVE THEIR OWN VARIED DEFINITION OF HEALTH EQUITY, AND THEN ALSO [28:10] HIGHLIGHTING OUR MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THEIR HEALTH EQUITY VERSION OF THEIR [28:17] DEFINITION. MOVING FORWARD, WE HAVE OUR HEALTH EQUITY WEB PAGE. THIS WEB PAGE HIGHLIGHTS TEAMS [28:22] AND DIVISIONS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY. IT ALSO INCREASES VISIBILITY OF OUR [28:30] EFFORTS, AND SUPPORTS ONGOING LEARNING BY SHARING OUR PAST, CURRENT, AND UPCOMING ACTIONS [28:35] AND SUCCESSES MONTHLY. HERE IS [28:40] A SCREEN SHOT OF HOW IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE CITY TALK WEB SITE. WE OF COURSE HIGHLIGHT OUR [28:45] CURRENT EFFORTS UP ON TOP AND THEN OUR PAST ACHIEVEMENTS BELOW. THEN MOVING FORWARD WE [28:53] HAVE OUR HEALTH EQUITY LEARNING SESSIONS. THIS IS A SERIES THAT CREATES A SPACE FOR DIALOGUE AND [29:00] LEARNING AROUND KEY HEALTH EQUITY TOPICS, AIMING TO RAISE [29:05] AWARENESS, IDENTIFY CHALLENGES, AND REDUCE UNINTENTIONAL HARM THAT MAY BE DONE TO COMMUNITY. AND IT FOSTERS CROSS-DEPARTMENT [29:12] COLLABORATION AND FEATURES REAL EXAMPLES FROM TEAMS ACROSS OUR DEPARTMENT AND ENTERPRISE. SOME [29:20] EXAMPLES OF OUR PAST TOPICS THAT WE HAVE DONE IS IN COLLABORATION [29:25] WITH OUR HEALTHY LIVING TEAM ON PROMOTING TAP WATER TO IMPROVE HEALTHCOMES, WE ALSO DID A TOPIC [29:31] ON SAFE AND HEALTHY HOUSING FOR ALL THROUGH LEAD TESTING. THIS IS IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR LEAD AND HEALTHY HOMES TEAM. [29:37] AND WE ALSO DID ONE JUST YESTERDAY FOCUSING ON WASTE [29:42] REDUCTION AND THE IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY. THIS IS IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING DIVISION, [29:48] AND OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS TEAM. AND WITH THESE LEARNING [29:53] SESSIONS, WE HAVE RECEIVED VERY POSITIVE PARTICIPATION FEEDBACK [29:59] AND INSIGHTS. OVERALL WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY REALLY FIND THESE SESSIONS ENGAGING AND INFORMATIONAL. AND [30:06] THE ONES THAT HAVE ATTENDED PREVIOUS SESSIONS, THEY ARE VERY LIKELY TO ATTEND FUTURE SESSIONS [30:12] THAT WE HOST. AND ALTHOUGH SOME OF THESE TOPICS MAY BE A LITTLE [30:17] BIT REPETITIVE, PEOPLE HAVE NOTED THAT THEY DO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE TOPIC [30:23] THE MORE THEY HEAR ABOUT IT AND LEARN ABOUT IT, AND THEY ARE GRATEFUL WE OPEN UP THIS SERIES [30:29] TO HARDER TOPICS THAT ARE NOT OPENLY TALKED ABOUT OR LEARNED ABOUT IN THE WORKPLACE. AND [30:36] THEN WE DO HAVE OUR EQUITY WORK GROUP IN THE DEPARTMENT. THIS WORK GROUP AIMS TO DEFINE [30:42] EQUITY, DEVELOP A SHARED POLICY AND FRAMEWORK, DESIGN STAFF TRAINING AND INTEGRATE EQUITY [30:49] INTO CONTRACTING. WE HAVE 17 MEMBERS IN THIS WORK GROUP. ALL ARE EXPECTED TO JOIN A [30:55] SUBCOMMITTEE AND ATTEND BIMONTHLY EQUITY WORK GROUPS, AND MEETINGS AND ACTIVELY [31:00] CONTRIBUTE TO EQUITY RELATED PLANNING AND DISCUSSIONS. THIS [31:06] IS ILLUSTRATED BY HAVING SUBCOMMITTEES FOCUS ON ONE GOAL, AND THESE SUBCOMMITTEES ARE ASSIGNED TO THESE TOP FOUR GOALS [31:12] HERE, WHICH I WILL GET INTO. SO OUR FIRST GOAL HERE IS TO DEFINE [31:17] EQUITY. THIS INITIATIVE AIMS TO ESTABLISH A SHARED LANGUAGE AROUND EQUITY, SO ALL DEPARTMENT [31:23] CAN, ALL STAFF DEPARTMENTS CAN EFFECTIVELY ENGAGE IN EQUITY WORK. THE EQUITY DEFINITION IS [31:28] BEING INTEGRATED INTO ORIENTATION, PUBLIC MATERIALS, AND KEY DEPARTMENT DOCUMENTS. A [31:34] DRAFT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED, AND IT [31:39] INCLUDES HISTORICAL CONTEXT, AN ACTION STATEMENT AND A FRAMEWORK FOR PUTTING EQUITY INTO PRACTICE. THE SECOND GOAL IS TO [31:48] CREATE A POLICY AND FRAMEWORK AROUND EQUITY AND THIS GOAL FOCUSES ON DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK AND EQUITY POLICY THAT [31:54] GUIDES HOW THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ADVANCES EQUITY. AND THE FRAMEWORK WILL BE INCLUDED IN STAFF ORIENTATION AND OUTLINED [32:00] IN CLEAR ACTIONS FOR UPDATING EQUITY IN OUR DAILY WORK. A DRAFT HAS BEEN CREATED WHICH IS SHOWN IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDES, [32:07] AND WITH PRINCIPLES AND MEASURABLE INDICATORS CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT [32:13] PROGRESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY. OUR THIRD GOALT IS TO CREATE A [32:19] TRAINING PLAN FOR OUR STAFF, THIS IS INITIATIVE AIMS TO CREATE A CULTURE OF EQUITY BY [32:25] EQUIPPING OUR STAFF WITH ALL OF THE KNOWLEDGE AND -- IT [32:31] INCLUDES COMPREHENSIVE ROLE SPIVE TRAINING SUPPORTED THROUGH ROUTINE MEETINGS AND POLICIES AND TRAININGS ARE READY TO [32:36] LAUNCH WITH MOCK SESSIONS PLANNED TO GATHER FEEDBACK AND TO IMPROVE CONTENT. AND LASTLY, [32:45] OUR GOAL FOUR IS TO INCLUDE EQUITY INTO OUR CONTRACTING PROCESS, AND THIS INITIATIVE [32:50] CREATES A STANDARDIZED EQUITY CHECK LIST FOR OUR REQUEST FOR [32:56] PROPOSALS RFPs, AND EDUCATE STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IT ALSO FOCUSES ON IMPROVING [33:02] ACCESSIBILITY, SIMPLIFYING PROCESSES, AND ADDRESSING EQUITY GAPS. ACTIONS INCLUDED REVIEWING TRAINING VIDEOS, [33:08] PROVIDING FEEDBACK, AND ENHANCING RESOURCES WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AND THE I.T. [33:14] DEPARTMENT. AND LASTLY WE HAVE A HEALTH EQUITY ANALYSIS TOOL. [33:21] THE GOAL OF THIS TOOL IS TO MAKE A HEALTH EQUITY A STANDARD ACROSS OUR DEPARTMENT BY [33:26] INCREASING UNDERSTANDING, EVALUATING PROGRAMS, AND STRENGTHENING OUR ACCREDITATION. [33:35] AND THIS IS KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF HOW IT WILL LOOK LIKE ON SMART SHEET. IT'S STILL IN [33:44] DEVELOPMENT, AND ONCE IT IS IN DEVELOPMENT, THEN WE WILL ROLL IT OUT, BUT, SO WELL, IT WILL [33:51] ASSESS EQUITY IN OUR DEPARTMENTAL WORKS TO SUPPORT IMPROVEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY AS A WAY TO MEASURE ALL OF THAT. [33:56] AND THIS IS WHAT THE TOOL IS FOR. THAT COMPLETES OUR PRESENTATION. WE ARE HERE TO [34:01] STAND FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, PAO AND CHOUA. WE [34:07] APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND GIVING US THIS PRESENTATION. I'LL SEE IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OTHERWISE, [34:14] I DID WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I WAS REALLY [34:19] EXCITED TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT TRAININGS THAT Y'ALL HAVE FROM THE HEALTH EQUITY 101 TRAINING, THE HEALTH LITERACY INITIATIVE, [34:26] AND SPECIFICALLY THE GENDER INCLUSIVITY TRAINING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN THE TIME THAT WE ARE LIVING IN RIGHT NOW [34:32] AS WELL. I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE HEALTH EQUITY LEARNING [34:38] SESSIONS. HAS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT EVER CONSIDERED AND MAYBE YOU DO THIS ALREADY, BUT LISTENING SESSIONS WHEN IT COMES [34:43] 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 [34:50] SOME LIKE WALKS IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO TALK ABOUT LIVEABILITY, HEALTH CONCERNS, AND I DO LIKE THIS [34:57] COMPONENT OF YOU ALL WORKING ON THESE LEARNING SESSIONS, BUT ALSO WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE FOR [35:02] LISTENING SESSIONS TO TALK ABOUT WITH THE COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY SOME OF THE HEALTH DISPARITIES? [35:07] SO MAYBE JUST KIND OF QUESTION OR MAYBE JUST A COMMENT. >>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ AND [35:14] 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 [35:20] STAFF ARE GETTING THE MOST UP TO DATE, INFORMED, TRAININGS AND INFORMATION TO GIVE TO COMMUNITY [35:26] AND AS PART OF THAT, IT IS A PIECE ABOUT MAKING SURE WE'RE HEARING COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S HAPPENING [35:32] 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 [35:37] IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A LOT OF OUR PARTNER AGENCIES, AND ONE PIECE OF THAT IS WE'VE BEEN IN [35:42] PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STATE OF MINNESOTA HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THROUGH THEIR HEALTH EQUITY NETWORK SINCE THEIR CREATION [35:49] WHERE THE NETWORK IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER HEALTH EQUITY ORGANIZATIONS, AGENCIES, [35:55] PRACTITIONERS, AND GROUPS, ONE OF WHICH WE'VE BEEN A PART OF WHERE WE CONSTANTLY SHARE AND WE MEET MONTHLY TO SHARE UPDATES, [36:01] INFORMATION, RESOURCES, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE COMMUNITY, WHAT COMMUNITIES ARE [36:06] EXPERIENCING. IN THE METRO REGION AND ALL OVER MINNESOTA TO REALLY GET THOSE PIECES OF [36:12] THAT. >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. AND LIKE I SAID, THANK YOU FOR [36:17] THE PRESENTATION. IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL. ALL RIGHT. NO ONE ELSE IS ON QUEUE, SO SEEING NO [36:23] FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL DIRECT THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT UPDATE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT ITEM IS RECEIVING [36:29] AND FILING A RESPONSE TO A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO COSTS ASSOCIATES WITH EXPANDING [36:35] PUBLIC SAFETY RELATED RESTORATIVE SERVICES. HERE TO PRESENT ON THIS ITEM IS CHAIR [36:40] JEFFRIES FROM OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY, DAVID BERNSTEIN FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND DIRECTOR [36:45] OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT, AMANDA HARRINGTON. [36:50] WELCOME. >>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I'LL NEED JUST A MOMENT. GOOD AFTERNOON, [37:07] CHAIR CHAVEZ, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I AM DEPUTY COMMUNITY SAFETY COMMISSIONER JARED JEFFRIES. WITH ME TODAY [37:14] FOR THIS PRESENTATION RESPONDING TO THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR ON --IVE ON RESTORATIVE PROGRAMS [37:19] ARE SEVERAL LEADERS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY OFFICE, SAFETY [37:25] 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 [37:31] LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE ITSELF, WHICH REQUESTS INFORMATION ON RESTORATIVE SERVICES OFFERED BY THE CITY, INCLUDING THOSE [37:37] RELATED TO NEIGHBOR REMEDIATION FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME AND VICTIMS, WITNESSES, AND/OR [37:43] NEIGHBORS IMPACTED BY CRIME, CONFLICT, OR VIOLENCE. BEFORE [37:49] WE DIG IN TO THE SERVICES AND RESOURCES OFFERED BY THE CITY, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WHERE EACH OF THESE SERVICES AND [37:56] RESOURCES LIE IN THE GREATER SAFETY ECOSYSTEM, WHICH IS NOT JUST THE CITY BUT SEVERAL OTHER [38:02] ENTITIES, INCLUDING THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, HENNEPIN COUNTY, AND COMMUNITY PROVIDERS WHO ALL [38:07] PROVIDE SEVERAL MEDIATION SERVICES AND VICTIM WITNESS SERVICES. EXAMPLES OF THESE AT [38:14] EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT LEVELS INCLUDE VICTIM AND WITNESS ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE HENNEPIN [38:19] COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR REPARATIONS THROUGH THE MINNESOTA CRIME VICTIMS [38:25] REPARATIONS BOARD, AND SEVERAL COMMUNITY NONPROFIT PROVIDERS THAT PROVIDE NO OR LOW COST [38:30] MEDIATION OR CONFLICT RESOLUTION SERVICES. THE CITY CURRENTLY BUDGETS APPROXIMATELY $5 MILLION [38:37] FOR RESTORATIVE SERVICES, SO THAT INCLUDES ALL THOSE GENERAL BUCKETS THAT THE LEGISLATIVE [38:42] DIRECTIVE IS REALLY LOOKING AT. [38:48] WE'LL FIRST DIG INTO THE MEDIATION SERVICES AVAILABLE TO NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCING CONFLICT. [38:54] ON THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE SEVERAL DIFFERENT CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE LOOKED AT FOR EACH, FOR [39:00] EACH OF OTHESE SERVICES. FIRST FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE, THE MAIN CONSIDERATIONS ARE REALLY [39:06] WHAT LANE THE CITY OCCUPIES IN PROVIDING THESE TYPES OF SERVICES. HISTORICALLY THE CITY [39:12] HAS NOT PROVIDED THESE SERVICES AND HAS ONLY RECENTLY ENTERED THIS AREA. IN CONSIDERING [39:19] EXPANSION, ONE OF THE PRIMARY CONSIDERATIONS ARE JUST THE DEMAND FOR THE SERVICE AND THE TYPES OF CASES WHERE THESE [39:25] SERVICES ARE EFFECTIVE. AS THIS IS A NEW AREA FOR THE CITY, THERE IS A LOT TO BE ANALYZED [39:32] FROM BOTH DEMAND AND EFFECTIVENESS STANDPOINTS. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS INCLUDE WHICH TYPE OF DISPUTES THESE [39:38] SERVICES SHOULD BE SUPPLIED, SPECIFICALLY ONES WHERE VIOLENCE IS INVOLVED, OR NOT INVOLVED, [39:44] AND THAT THERE ARE SOMETIMES OVERLAP IN THESE CASES, AS MEDIATION CAN BE ORDERED AS A PART OF CIVIL COURT PROCEEDINGS. [39:54] MOVING INTO THE SPECIFIC RESOURCE THAT THE CITY OFFERS, [40:00] THIS IS AGAIN A VERY NEW AREA FOR THE CITY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GETTING UP AND RUNNING THIS YEAR. AS [40:07] ANNOUNCED LATE LAST YEAR, MPD IS PARTNERING WITH THE NAACP TO LAUNCH A NEW PILOT PROGRAM AIMED [40:14] AT TACKLING NONVIOLENT NEIGHBOR DISPUTES. THAT PILOT CONTRACT IS STILL BEING FINALIZED, BUT IT [40:20] IS ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN IN THE NEAR FUTURE ONCE LUGISTS AND THE SCOPE ARE -- LOGISTICS AND THE SCOPE ARE SET. NEXT WE'LL COVER [40:31] SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENT -- OF VIOLENT CRIME OR VIOLENCE. SOME OF THE POLICY [40:37] CONSIDERATIONS AROUND THESE SERVICES INCLUDE HOW TO BEST CONTINUE PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR [40:43] INDIVIDUAL HEALING AFTER AN INCIDENT OCCURS, AND RECOVERY FOLLOWING THAT INCIDENT AS WELL, [40:48] AND HOW TO BEST ENSURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THESE SERVICES IN A TIMELY AND EFFECTIVE WAY. [40:53] IN THINNING ABOUT EXPANDING THE MOST PREVALENT CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE LOOK AT ARE HOW THE CITY [40:59] IS CURRENTLY USING EXISTING RESOURCES, AND LETTING QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE [41:05] DATA INFORM REFINEMENTS AND FURTHER INVESTMENT. ONE ADDITIONAL KEY CONSIDERATION IS HOW THE CITY COORDINATES AND [41:11] PROVIDES COMPLEMENTARY SERVICES ALONGSIDE THE STATE AND COUNTY WHO ARE THE PRIMARY SERVICE [41:16] PROVIDERS IN THIS AREA. AS STATED PREVIOUSLY, THERE ARE WELL KNOWN AND ESTABLISHED STATE AND COUNTY PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS [41:23] MUCH OF THE NEED IN THIS AREA, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY [41:29] ARE ENHANCING AND SUPPLEMENTING THOSE AND NOT DUPLICATING. [41:37] DIGGING INTO THE ACTUAL CONTRACTS AND RESOURCES THAT WE'VE PUT FORWARD FOR VICTIMS [41:43] SERVICES WHO ARE VICTIMS OF CRIME OR VIOLENCE, THE CITY HAS REALLY INVESTED SIGNIFICANTLY IN [41:49] THIS AREA. IT INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 16 CONTRACTS. THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE CONTRACT [41:55] WITH ARE LISTED ON THE SCREEN. AND APPROXIMATELY -- WE [42:00] APPROXIMATE ABOUT 17.5 FTEs WHO REGULARLY TOUCH THIS, THIS WORK IN SOME WAY. AND THOSE [42:07] LIVE WITHIN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY, AND [42:12] MPD. GOING BACK TO THE CONTRACTS, THOSE EXTERNAL SERVICE CONTRACTS ARE FOR A VARIETY OF SERVICES, INCLUDING [42:18] BUT NOT LIMITED TO BASIC NEEDS, LIKE FOOD SECURITY AND HOUSING, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH [42:24] SERVICES, AND VICTIMS SURVIVOR SUPPORT. WITHIN THE CITY, THOSE [42:29] FTEs THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER COVER THE MPD COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS, STAFF WITHIN [42:35] NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY WHO ADMINISTER CONTRACTS AND PROGRAMS, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WHO PROVIDES [42:41] SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE CRIMINAL COMPLAIN PROCESS FOR WHAT THE [42:46] 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 [42:52] ATTORNEY DAVID BERNSTEIN. >> THANK YOU, WELCOME, DAVID. [43:03] >> 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 [43:08] MINNEAPOLIS CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU [43:13] ABOUT THE VICTIM WINS SPECIAL -- WITNESS SPECIALISTS THAT WORK IN OUR OFFICE, AND I REALLY WANT TO GIVE A KUDOS TO THAT GROUP. [43:19] THEY DO OUTSTANDING WORK IN HELPING VICTIMS OF CRIME FEEL AS COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT AS THEY CAN IN A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE [43:27] COURT PROCESS. TO BE CLEAR, THEIR ROLE STARTS ONCE A CRIMINAL CRASE IN SUES IN COURT. [43:34] THERE'S BEEN A CRIMINAL CASE FILED. WHEN THE CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR COURT THAT'S WHEN [43:40] OUR VWSs JUMP IN. WE HAVE FIVE VICTIM WITNESS SPECIALISTS IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE [43:45] TWO OF WHICH ARE SENIOR VICTIM SPECIALISTS AND THEY ARE DEDICATED TO A DOMESTIC TEAM AND A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASELOAD. [43:52] THE OTHER THREE ARE WORKING ON KIND OF OUR GENERAL TRIAL TEAM ON A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TYPES [43:58] OF CASES THAT ARE LISTED IN THE BOTTOM BULLET. I KNOW YOU ALL CAN READ BUT I WANT TO READ OUR [44:04] MISSION STATEMENT OUT LOUD. I THINK IT TRULY EMPHASIZES THE GREAT WORK THAT OUR VWSs DO. [44:10] THEIR MISSION STATEMENT IS TO UPHOLD THE RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF VICTIMS OF CASES PROSECUTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BY [44:16] PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT, CLEAR COMMUNICATION, AND GUIDANCE THROUGHOUT THE CRIMINAL LEGAL PROCESS. VWSs ARE [44:23] COMMITTED TO FOSTERING A JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT IS EQUITABLE, RESPECTFUL, AND TRAUMA INFORMED. [44:29] THEY HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNICATION WITH VICTIMS, AND THEY REALLY TRY THEIR BEST TO KEEP THEM INFORMED AS WELL AS TO [44:34] 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 [44:41] WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE TYPES OF CRIMES THAT THE, THAT THE VWSs ARE INVOLVED WITH, THOSE ARE [44:48] CASES PROSECUTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE LARGEST OF OUR CASELOAD ARE DWIs AND [44:53] DOMESTIC ASSAULT CASES, BUT YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS LIST THAT THERE'S A WIDE VARIETY OF TYPES OF CASES THAT VWSs WORK WITH [44:59] AND THEY TALK WITH VICTIMS ABOUT THINGS SUCH AS PERSONAL INJURY THAT THEY'VE ENCOUNTERED, [45:05] EMOTIONAL HARM, PROPERTY DAMAGE, OR FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY COMMITTING [45:11] THE OFFENSE. SO THE CITY [45:17] ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WVS'S CORE RESPONSIBILITY IS TO UPHOLD [45:22] VICTIM' RIGHTS UNDER VICTIMS' RIGHTS STATUTE. THIS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTES. THE [45:28] VICTIM RIGHTS STATUTE IS FAIRLY EXTENSIVE AND CHAPTER 611A, THERE ARE MULTIPLE [45:33] RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS. THOSE ARE GENERALIZED IN THESE BULLET POINTS, SO OUR VWSs ARE [45:42] RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING VICTIM NOTIFICATIONS THATT A CASE HAS BEEN FILED AND OF COURT PROCEEDINGS, AND COURT DATES. [45:48] THEY ILLICIT VICTIM INPUT SHOULD THE VICTIM CHOOSE TO PROVIDE THAT INPUT, AND WE CAN THEN PROVIDE THAT INPUT TO THE [45:55] COURTS. THERE'S TRIAL COORDINATION IF THE VICTIM IS REQUIRED TO TESTIFY IN A COURT [46:00] PROCEEDING. THERE'S REFERRAL TO SERVICES. AND YOU SAW SOME OF THOSE SERVICES MENTIONED IN THE [46:06] CONTRACTS THAT THE WE HAVE ON A PREVIOUS SLIDE. WE HAVE FANTASTIC PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE ABLE TO [46:12] PROVIDE SERVICES PARTICULARLY ADVOCACY SERVICES THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DOES NOT PROVIDE IN THE COURSE OF [46:19] CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. THERE'S RESTITUTION CONSIDERATIONS, I MENTIONED FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS. MEDICAL BILLS, [46:24] PROPERTY DAMAGE, OR THE LIKE. AND OUR VWSs ALSO PROVIDE [46:30] TRAININGS. THEY PROVIDE THEM TO ATTORNEYS, TO JUDGES, TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND TO THE COMMUNITY ON A TRAUMA INFORMED [46:36] APPROACH TO SPEAKING WITH VICTIMS. IT'S NOT THE SAME AS SPEAKING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR [46:42] SPEAKING TO ATTORNEYS OR SPEAKING TO JUDGES. YOU NEED TO HAVE A SOFT AND EMPATHETIC AND [46:48] COMPASSIONATE VOICE WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING WITH VICTIMS. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU NEED TO LISTEN. AND THE VWSs DO A GREAT JOB ON [46:56] EDUCATING OTHERS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT. SO THE IMPACT THAT THE VWSs HAVE. [47:03] THE VICTIM PARTICIPATION IMPROVES OUT CMED OFTEN TIMES WE CANNOT BE SUCCESS IN THE [47:10] PROSECUTION OF CASES, WE CANNOT GET PROSECUTION UNLESS VICTIMS PARTICIPATE, SO THEY HELP THEM ALONG IN THAT PROCESS. IT ALSO [47:16] BUILDS TRUST IN OUR LEGAL SYSTEM. WE TRY AND MAKE IT AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE. WE KEEP THE VICTIM INVOLVED TO THE [47:22] 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 [47:29] FINALLY, WE HOPE TO PROMOTE HEALING, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY. AND THAT'S IN [47:35] THE COURT SYSTEM BUT PERHAPS IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL THROUGH DIFFERENT MEANS. SO WITH THAT, [47:41] I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR HARRINGTON. [47:47] >> THANK YOU, AND WELCOME, DIRECTOR HARRINGTON. >> THANK YOU, GOOD AFTERNOON, AMANDA HARRINGTON, DIRECTOR OF [47:53] NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY. I APPRECIATE THAT THIS PRESENTATION REALLY MIMICS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN THE CITY, [47:59] WHICH IS CREATE THAT COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY SAFETY ECOSYSTEM SHOWING THAT SERVICES DON'T LIVE IN ANY ONE OF OUR [48:05] DEPARTMENTS. IN THIS CASE, NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY IS CERTAINLY INVOLVED IN VICTIM SERVICES, BUT [48:10] WE ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN SERVICES FOR BYSTANDERS, NEIGHBORS, [48:15] RESIDENTS WHO ARE MAYBE MORE TANGENTIALLY CONNECTED TO CRIME AND VIOLENCE. RELATED TOOT POLICY CONSIDERATIONS -- TO THE [48:22] POLICY CONSIDERATIONS, THEY MIRROR REALLY WHAT THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER NAMED BEFORE, BUT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE [48:27] CONTINUE HAVING SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUAL HEALING AND ENSURE THAT THERE ARE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR URGENT VICTIM NEEDS. THIS [48:33] IS OFTEN LESS NECESSARY WITH SOME OF THE BYSTANDERS, AND CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO WORK ON AS A CITY. [48:40] RELATED TO EXPANSION, WE DON'T WANT TO EXPAND SERVICES JUST FOR THE SAKE OF EXPANDING THEM, BUT [48:46] WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE USING EXISTING RESOURCES AND DATA SO THAT WE HAVE APPROPRIATE SERVICES IN THE PLACES AND FOR [48:51] THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT WITHIN OUR CITY, AND WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY TRAUMA SERVICES COLLABORATE WITH [48:58] RESPONSIVE SERVICES SO THAT WHEN OUR RESPONSIVE SERVICES, WHICH IT'S FIRE, POLICE, BEHAVIORAL [49:04] CRISIS RESPONSE, EMS, ENCOUNTER INDIVIDUALS, THEY CAN MAKE THAT WARM HANDOFF OR DIRECT [49:09] CONNECTION TO THESE VICTIM SERVICES THAT WILL ACTUALLY SUPPORT THEM. AND THEN AS WAS [49:14] NOTED BEFORE, WE NEED TO PARTNER WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY WHICH IS OUR SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDER IN THIS AREA. THE LIST THAT YOU [49:22] SAW A FEW SLIDES AGO FOR THE CONTRACTS THAT PROVIDE VICTIMS [49:28] SERVICES IS REALLY THE SAME LIST THAT WE HAVE ON THIS SLIDE. I'VE JUST NARROWED IT DOWN TO SERVICES THAT AREN'T [49:34] SPECIFICALLY ONLY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIRECTLY BEEN IMPACTED. THE DEFINITION OF WHO COULD [49:40] UTILIZE THESE SERVICES IS A BIT LOOSER, AND SO WE VEARNL V CONTRACTS IN NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY [49:45] WITH SEVEN ORGANIZATIONS THAT I THINK FIT THAT DEFINITION, AND THE SERVICES RANGE GREATLY DEPENDING ON WHAT THE [49:51] ORGANIZATIONS DO, BUT SOME OF THE EXAMPLES INCLUDE EMPOWERMENT CLASSES ON SAFELY RIDING PUBLIC [49:56] TRANSPORTATION, TO WELLNESS WORKSHOPS FOR LGBTQ INDIVIDUALS. [50:02] AS THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER NOTED BEFORE, WE HAVE PEOPLE WITHIN NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY WORKING ON THESE CONTRACTS. THEY'RE NOT [50:08] ALL PROGRAM MANAGERS OR CONTRACT MANAGERS. SOME OF THEM ARE WORKING ON NEGOTIATING CONTRACTS [50:13] OR PROCESSING INVOICES, BUT ALTOGETHER IT'S ABOUT 2.5 STAFF IN OUR DEPARTMENT. AND I WILL SEND IT BACK TO THE DEPUTY [50:19] COMMISSIONER TO WRAP US UP. >> THANK YOU. [50:26] >> THANK YOU. AS DIRECTOR HARRINGTON AND I BOTH STATED, AND KIND OF OUR INDIVIDUAL [50:31] COMMENTS, FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE, WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW FROM AN ADMINISTRATION STANDPOINT IS REALLY LOOKING AT [50:41] 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 [50:48] THAT INCLUDES THE COUNTY, STATE, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS. AND I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY, [50:54] IDENTIFY EFFICIENCIES AS I THINK SEVERAL OF YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, [51:01] THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES REPORT THAT GIVES US A LOT OF GUIDANCE IN THIS AREA, AND THEN WE HAVE NQU NYU [51:10] 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 [51:17] DOCUMENTS, AND REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REFINING AND INVESTING ACCORDINGLY. FROM A [51:22] PROGRAM PERSPECTIVE, AGAIN, THIS REALLY LOOKS AT WHAT CAN WE BE DOING BETTER, HOW ARE THING [51:27] WORKING RIGHT NOW, AND WE CONTINUE TO ANALYZE THOSE THINGS, ESPECIALLY AS THOSE NEW [51:33] SERVICES ARE COMING ONLINE. AND AGAIN, REALLY TYING THE PERFORMANCE OF THESE TO OUR [51:39] ONGOING CITY PROCESSES, LIKE WHAT PMI IS DOING WITH THE [51:44] ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION, WITH OUTCOMES MINNEAPOLIS, AND REALLY TYING IT TO THE GREATER [51:49] ECOSYSTEM AS DIRECTOR HARRINGTON STATED. SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION, AND [51:55] WE'RE HAPPY TO STAND FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. I THINK THE FIRST [52:01] ONE IS ABOUT THE MEDIATION PILOT. I KNOW THAT BASED ON THE [52:06] PREAGEDDATION IT'S STILL BEING DEVELOPED, RIGHT? SO THE GOAL IS TO WORK WITH THE NAACP, LOW [52:13] LEVEL OFFENSES, WOULD THEN BE REFERRED FROM MPD TO THE NAACP OR HOW WOULD THAT WORK? [52:21] >> YES, THAT IS, THAT WAS GENERALLY HOW IT WILL WORK, COUNCILMEMBER, IS THAT MPD WOULD [52:26] IDENTIFY GOOD CASES FOR THIS [52:31] NONVIOLENT CONFLICTS THAT THEY ARE TRACKING, AND BE ABLE TO REFER THOSE TO THE NAACP. [52:37] >> MAYBE A QUESTION FOR YOU, [52:43] DEPUTY DIRECTOR. DO YOU THINK THAT -- SO WOULD FOLKS STILL BE REQUIRED -- WELL, WOULD FOLKS -- IN THIS INSTANCE, WOULD PEOPLE [52:49] STILL FILE A POLICE REPORT AND THEN THEY WOULD GET PUT INTO MEDIATION, I GUESS, OR IS IT YOU [52:54] IDENTIFY A POTENTIAL CRIME OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S A POLICE BRUTALITY INCIDENT AND THEY [53:01] COMMUNICATED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEN THE POLICE [53:07] DEPARTMENT SAID BEFORE YOU FILE THIS POLICE REPORT, YOU SEEM LIKE A GOOD CLIENT FOR THIS MEDIATION PILOT. WE'RE GOING TO [53:12] DIRECT YOU TO HAVE MEDIATION WITH AN OFFICER? OR WOULD THIS BE AFTER A POLICE REPORT IS FILED AND THEN THEY COULD [53:18] POTENTIALLY GO THROUGH MEDIATION I GUESS IS MY QUESTION. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I'LL ASK [53:24] ASSISTANT CHIEF GAITERS TO ANSWER THAT IN A LITTLE MORE DEPTH THAN I'M ABLE TO YEAH, [53:29] . >> YEAH, THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR, AND COUNCILMEMBERS. JUST REAL [53:34] QUICKLY. HOW IT TYPICALLY WORKS IS WE HAVE ANALYSTS WHO GO THROUGH OUR RECORD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH ALL OF THE CALLS [53:40] THAT TAKE PLACE WHEN THERE ARE NEIGHBOR CONFLICTS OR CONCERNS. [53:47] THEY IDENTIFY THEM AND THEY CATEGORIZE THEM IN TWO DIFFERENT BUCKETS. ONE BEING VIOLENT AND THE OTHER BEING NONVIOLENT. SO [53:53] WITH THE NONVIOLENT ONES, SOME OF THEM MAY BE TORTS WHERE THERE ISN'T CRIMINAL ACTIVITY [53:59] NECESSARILY. HOWEVER, OBVIOUSLY A CITIZENS WANT SOME TYPE OF A [54:04] RESOLUTION, SO THOSE WILL BE IDENTIFIED AND THEN FARMED OUT IF I MAY SAY TO AN ORGANIZATION [54:10] WHERE THAT CAN ASSIST IN THAT PILOT PROGRAM, ASSISTING WITH THE PROCESS OF GETTING THEM WITH [54:16] A MEDIATOR AND RESOLVING THE SITUATION WITH THE NEIGHBORS. [54:21] >> MAYBE I'M JUST CONFUSING IT WITH, I KNOW THAT -- REQUEST [54:28] OF WORKING THROUGH A MEDIATION COMPONENT, FOR EXAMPLE, AND I'M MOSTLY RELATING IT TO I GUESS POLICE BRUTALITY CASES BUT I'M [54:35] ASSUMING THIS IS BROADER THAN JUST INSTANCES OF THAT. AND THIS MIGHT BE WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE A VICTIM OF A CRIME THEN. [54:42] >> YES, CHAIR. WHERE YOU HAVE, IT'S BROAD YET UNIQUE. YOU WILL HAVE A, AN INSTANCE WHERE YOU [54:49] CAN ACTUALLY PAIR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO UNDERSTAND MORESO ON A CULTURAL [54:57] BASIS, AND USE THEIR PROCESS THROUGH MEDIATION, AND DE-ESCALATION, AND MAKING [55:03] CERTAIN THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH WHATEVER THAT CHALLENGE IS. BUT ALSO THAT PAIRING WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT [55:10] WITH INDIVIDUALS FROM SAME OR SIMILAR COMMUNITY. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN THE [55:16] OTHER COMPONENT I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, THE FUNDS FOR URGENT VICTIM NEEDS. I THINK THAT WAS, [55:24] WAS THAT YOU? MAYBE IT WAS -- [55:30] >> WHICH SLIDE? [55:42] >> 10. WAS THAT YOU, DIRECTOR HARRINGTON? >> IS IT THIS ONE, CHAIR? >> YEAH, THAT ONE. THANK YOU. [55:48] IT'S A LONG DAY. I THINK PART OF THIS TALKS ABOUT ENSURING FUNDS THAT ARE ABLE FOR URGENT [55:54] VICTIM NEEDS. WOULD THEBICE -- THIS BE SIMILAR TO A VICTIMS FUND THAT OTHER CITIES DO OR DO [56:01] YOU HAVE EXAMPLES OF WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE. >> I DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC [56:07] EXAMPLES, BUT WE KIND OF HAD IT IN THERE BECAUSE THERE COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE HADN'T THOUGHT OF YET. GENERALLY VICTIMS [56:12] SERVICES ARE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED, AND SO I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS WOULD WORK WITH SOMEBODY THAT'S A LITTLE [56:18] BIT REMOVED FROM THE DIRECT VICTIM IMPACT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO CONSIDER AS A CITY. >> YEAH, I'M THINKING ABOUT [56:24] SOMEONE EXPERIENCED GUN VIOLENCE, AND THEY WERE IMPACTED [56:30] BUT NOT NECESSARILY INJURED I WOULD ASSUME, RIGHT, AND THEN NOW THEY HAVE SOME MENTAL HEALTH [56:35] 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 [56:40] BRAIN IS GOING TOWARDS, BUT OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION I HAD, AND THIS MIGHT BE YOU, DEPUTY DIRECTOR [56:47] JEFFRIES, IS ABOUT SALEM INC. SO PAGE 7 IT LOOKS LIKE WE, THERE'S A CONTRACT WITH SALEM [56:53] INC. THERE. I WAS WONDERING WONDERING WHAT THE CONTRACT IS FOR, WHEN THE CONTRACT WAS DESIGNED, DETAILS [56:59] ABOUT THE CONTRACT, HOW MUCH MONEY IS IN THE CONTRACT, GIVEN THAT IT'S ON A SLIDE. [57:09] >> 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 [57:16] PARTICULARLY HOW MUCH MONEY WAS LEFT. THIS CONTRACT I BELIEVE WAS SIGNED IN 2024 IF NOT BEFORE THEN BUT I WILL GET [57:22] ALL HOF THOSE DETAILS AND FOLLOW BACK UP WITH YOU. 92 THANK YOU, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. THAT [57:28] WOULD BE ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW-UP. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE ON QUEUE? ALL RIGHT, WELL THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE [57:34] PRESENTATION, Y'ALL. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'LL DIRECT THE CLERK TO RECEIVE [57:40] AND FILE THAT UPDATE. OUR FINAL ITEM IS RECEIVING AND FILING A [57:46] QUARTERLY UPDATE ON ELIMINATING CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING. HERE TO PRESENT THAT ITEM IS [57:57] ALEXANDRA.S. [59:29] >> OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE. AS I GOT THAT WORKED THROUGH. CHAIR CHAVEZ, [59:36] COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THANKS SO ENOUGH FOR HAVING ME TODAY. MY NAME IS ALEX VULMER. I'M THE [59:41] MANAGER OF THE LEAD IN HEALTHY HOMES TEAM IN THE MINNEAPOLIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS OUR QUARTER 2 [59:48] OF 2025 UPDATE ON THE ELIMINATED CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING PROGRAM. SO JUST BEFORE I [59:54] BEGIN, I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, SAY THAT WITHIN THE PROGRAM, OUR TEAM HAS AN [1:00:01] ELEVATED BLOOD LEAD RESPONSE KIND OF CORE PROGRAMMING WHERE WE RECEIVE REFERRALS FOR LEAD [1:00:08] POISONED CHILDREN FROM THE STATE, AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WORK WITHIN A PREVENTIVE SPACE. THOSE ARE RESPONSIVE [1:00:14] REFERRALS, AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IDEALLY IS MOVE TO THAT PREVENTIVE AREA WHERE WE [1:00:19] ARE, YOU KNOW, KEEPING KIDS FROM GETTING LEAD POISONED. SO WE WANT TO IDENTIFY, REPAIR, AND REMOVE THOSE LEGACY POLLUTANTS [1:00:26] OUCH IS SUCH AS LEADS USING HISTORICAL TRENDS AND PATTERNS [1:00:31] TO ID HIGH RISK PROPERTIES AND LEVERAGE OUR AUTHORITY TO IMPACT [1:00:36] CHANGE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. SO [1:00:41] AS OUR COLLEAGUES TALKED ABOUT, HEALTH LITERACY INTO OUR [1:00:47] PROGRAMS, 60 PYOF OUR ELEVATED LEADS ARE IN RENTAL PROPERTIES. [1:00:53] 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 [1:01:00] PRIORITIZING OUR HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED RESIDENTS AND AREAS OF THE CITY. AS I MENTIONED 60% [1:01:05] OF OUR HISTORICAL ELEVATED BLOOD LEADS ARE IN RENTAL PROPERTIES. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE FOCUSING [1:01:10] CURRENTLY. 92% OF OUR COMPLETED OR INFLIGHT CASES ARE IN RENTAL [1:01:17] PROPERTIES, AND SO WE THINK WE MIGHT BE DOING A GOOD JOB OF HITTING ON THAT TARGET. AND THEN ALSO JUST WANTED TO [1:01:23] HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT THE PROGRAM'S RISK ANALYSIS FOR IDENTIFYING BUILDINGS WITH THAT HIGH POTENTIAL FOR HAVING [1:01:31] HADDEREDS LEAD BASE PAINTS ALSO SEEMS TO BE PROVING EFFECTIVE. SOME OF THE CRITERIA THAT WE USE FOR THAT ARE HISTORICAL LEAD [1:01:37] POISONING METRICS SUCH AS OCCUPANCY TYPE, BUILDING AGE, SO REALLY FOCUSING ON PRE-1940 [1:01:43] CONSTRUCTION, LITTLE TO NO MAINTENANCE RECORDS, INDICATING THAT WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE HOUSES AND THEN [1:01:49] LOCATION. AND SO FAR, IN, WITH OUR EXISTING PORTFOLIO, WE HAVE QIE% OF THOSE RENTALURT -- 83% [1:01:55] OF THOSE RENTAL PROPERTIES WE HAVE GONE TO AND EVALUATED, DO HAVE LEAD BASED PONT HAZARDS. SO WE'RERETTY PLEASED WITH THE [1:02:02] EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR ANALYTICS IN DETERMINING WHICH PROPERTIES WE WANT TO GET INTO. WE'RE [1:02:07] 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 [1:02:13] THE HISTORICAL METRICS TO DETERMINE WHERE WE SHOULD BE SPENDING OUR TIME AND WHERE IS, [1:02:19] WHERE IT'S GOOD TO SPEND OUR TIME. IT'S JUST ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT RENTAL PROPERTIES HAVE A MUCH HIGHER TURNOVER THAN [1:02:26] OWNER OCCUPIED HOMES, SO THERE IS AN IMBALANCE IN THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN THAT ARE EXPOSED TO LED LEAD BASED PAINT HAZARDS WHEN [1:02:32] THEY ARE NOT REPAIRED OR ELIMINATED. JUST ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE HERE WE HAVE A [1:02:37] RECENT CUSTOMER INTERACTION THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT REALLY GETS TO THAT EQUITY AS WELL AS LITERACY COMPONENT. WE [1:02:42] HAD A CUSTOMER WHO IS PROACTIVELY REACHED OUT TO BY THE HEALTH STAFF DUE TO A LOWER [1:02:47] LEVEL LEAD EXPOSURE. THE FAMILY WERE RECENT IMMIGRANTS FROM [1:02:52] AFGHANISTAN AND WERE UNFAMILIAR WITH LEAD EXPOSURE PRIOR TO ARRIVING IN THE STATES. DURING [1:02:57] OUR TIME WITH THE FAMILY, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LEAD BASED PAINT AND OTHER CONSUMER [1:03:03] PRODUCTS AND SOURCES OF EXPOSURE AND THE FAMILY HAD BROUGHT UP A RECENT NEWS ARTICLE THAT THEY [1:03:08] HAD READ ABOUT PRESSURE COOKERS CONTAINING LEAD. SO THAT WAS ONE THING WE WERE ABLE TO [1:03:13] EVALUATE FOR THEM. FORTUNATELY, IN DID NOT HAVE LEAD BASED PAINT IN IT. THEY WERE LIVINGANE [1:03:19] NEWER BUILD HOME, BUT THE FAMILY DID HAVE A PRESSURE COOKER THAT DID HAVE LEADED COMPONENTS ON [1:03:25] 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 [1:03:35] THE FAMILY WE APPRECIATE THE THOROUGH INSPECTION AND THE HELPFUL RECOMMENDATIONS. WE [1:03:40] WILL STOP USING THE PRESSURE COOKER RIGHT AWAY AND CONTINUE MONITORING OUR CHILD'S BLOOD LEAD LEVELS WITH OUR HEALTH [1:03:47] 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 [1:03:55] IDENTIFYING LEAD BASED PAINT HAZARD AND OTHER HAZARD FROM CONSUMER PRODUCTS. OUR TECHNICAL TOOLS AND ANALYSIS OF [1:04:01] USING, YOU KNOW, QUANTITATIVE DATA TO IDENTIFY RISK AS WELL AS [1:04:07] JUST OUR AWARENESS OF POTENTIAL HAZARDS BOTH IN MANIPULATES HOUSING -- MINNEAPOLIS HOU [1:04:13] HOUSING AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS. AGAIN SO I JUST OUR EXISTING PORTFOLIO OF PROPERTIES THAT WE [1:04:19] ARE WORKING IN. DURING THE SECOND QUARTER, THIS IS CURRENT AS OF JUNE 13th, SO WE'RE KIND [1:04:24] OF ACTIVELY UPDATING THESE NUMBERS, SO WHAT'S TRUE TODAY OR WHAT'S TRUE YESTERDAY MAY NOT BE TRUE TOMORROW. SO WE CURRENTLY [1:04:31] HAVE 102 DWELLING UNITS WITHIN OUR PORTFOLIO UNDER THIS FUNDING, AND IT'S ONLY IN THIS FUNDING THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT [1:04:39] TODAY. WE HAVE 44 OF THOSE PROJECTS CURRENTLY HAVE CONTRACTED SERVICES IN FLIGHT. SO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS WE [1:04:45] HAVE A SCOPE OF WORK DEVELOPED OFF OF OUR INSPECTIONS AND WE [1:04:51] HAVE CONTRACTED SERVICES PROCURED SO WE HAVE PUT THE PROJECT OUT FOR BIDDING. WE HAVE RECEIVED THESE COMPETITIVE BIDS WITH LEAD ABATEMENT FIRMS. [1:04:56] 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 [1:05:04] CURRENTLY HAVE CONTRACTS SIGNED SO WE'VE GIEWN THROUGH -- GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS I'VE JUST [1:05:09] 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 [1:05:15] THERE'S ANY OUT OF POCKET COST TO THE HOMEOWNERS ON THOSE, SO THOSE ARE A LITTLE BUT MORE TOWARDS THE COMPLETION AND THE [1:05:22] PRODUCTION PHASE. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THE 102 DWELLING UNITS THAT WE HAVE IN FLIGHT RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A 43 [1:05:30] ADDITIONAL UNITS THAT WERE SERVED AND I HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED CLOSED IN 2 2025 UNDER THIS PROGRAM SO WE HAVE [1:05:36] ABOUT 145 UNITS THAT WE HAVE SERVED IN SOME CAPACITY DURING 2025 WITH THIS PROGRAM RIGHT [1:05:42] HERE. YOU KNOW WE'RE CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON RENTAL PROPERTIES IN THOSE PRIORITY NEIGHBORHOODS, AND JUST TO A REMINDER ON THAT, [1:05:49] IT'S PHILLIPS, CENTRAL, POWER WELL, HAWTHORNE, AND JORDAN AND [1:05:54] THE REASON WHY WE ARE FOCUSING ON THOSE IS BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE HAD THE DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF LEAD [1:06:00] POISONED CHILDREN IN RECENT YEARS. SO TRYING TO CONTINUE WITH THE LIMITED RESOURCES WE HAVE. SOME [1:06:06] OF THE WAYS THAT WE ARE GETTING THESE PROPERTIES INTO OUR [1:06:12] PORTFOLIO. WE ARE MAKING PORTFOLIOS FOR THESE -- THROUGH [1:06:18] 3-1-1 THROUGH COMPLAINTS, AS WELL AS THROUGH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN Q2 UP TO [1:06:25] JUNE 13th, WE'VE DONE AN ADDITIONAL 29 PREVENTIVE INSPECTIONS, AND THEN TO KIND OF GET HIGHLIGHT WHERE WE'RE [1:06:30] GETTING THOSE FROM, WE HAVE TEN OF THOSE REFERRED THROUGH OUR PARTNERS IN REGULAR TOW SERVICES AND HOUSING INSPECTIONS. WE HAD [1:06:36] SEVEN REFERRED THROUGH 3-1-1, THAD COULD EITHER BE COMPLAINTS REGARDING CONDITIONS, BUILDING CONDITIONS, AT THE HOME, OR YOU [1:06:42] KNOW CONCERNED PARENTS WHO HAVE, ARE RESPONDING TO SOME OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH OR [1:06:48] POTENTIALLY HAVE NOTES FROM THEIR DOCTORS AND THINGS LE THAT. AND THEN WE HAVE TWO REFERRALS FROM THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AGAIN WE'RE KIND OF [1:06:55] 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 [1:07:02] THAT CONTINUED EXPOSURE. AND THEN JUST AN IN ADDITION TO THESE, WE DO RUN OUR LEAD POISONING RESPONSE PROGRAM. WE [1:07:09] HAVE TWO GRANTS CURRENTLY FROM HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE AN AS MURESPONSE PROGRAM [1:07:14] WHERE WE PARTNER WITH LOCAL CLINICS FOR REFERRALS. WE [1:07:21] HAVE A HEALTH AND SAFETY LENS. WE ARE TRYING TO LEVERAGE ALL OF [1:07:27] OUR PROGRAMS TO GET COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES OUT TO OUR FAMILIES AND CLIENTS. JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HERE SOME OF [1:07:34] THE OUTCOMES THAT HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED WITH THE PROGRAM. I ALWAYS LIKE TO POINT OUT SOME OF THE BEFORE AND AFTER HERE SO WE [1:07:40] HAVE FOUR PHOTOS HERE THAT ARE BEFORE AND AFTER OF TWO PROJECTS THAT WE WORKED ON, AND THAT [1:07:45] UPPER LEFT-HAND CORNER YOU CAN SEE A THREE SEASON PORCH. THOSE ARE COMMON AREAS THAT HAVE LEAD [1:07:51] 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 [1:07:58] YEARS IT'S DETERIORATED. IT'S AN EASY WAY FOR CHILDREN TO GET SOME EXPOSURE THERE DIRECTLY CONTACTING ON THAT SURFACE. THE [1:08:04] LOWER RIGHT-HAND CORNER IS THE AFTER OF THAT FLOOR. SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL STABILIZE ALL [1:08:10] THAT PAINT. WE'LL PUT DOWN AN UNDERLAMENT THERE, AND THIS FAMILY DECIDED TO GO WITH OR THIS HOMEOWNER DECIDED TO G WITH A VINYL FLOORING THERE. IN [1:08:17] THE LOWER LEFT-HAND CORNER IS AN OLD DOUBLE HUNG WINDOW COMMON IN [1:08:23] MINNEAPOLIS HOUSING. ALL OF THAT BLUE PAINT ON THE SASHES, THE TRIM, THERE'S WHITE PAINT ON [1:08:28] THE STOPS AND JAMBS, THAT'S ALL LEAD BASED PAINT. IT DOES LOOK LIKE SOMEBODY HAD TRIED TO REMOVE THAT PAINT, AND YOU KNOW, [1:08:34] 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 [1:08:40] PARTICULAR WINDOW. SO WHAT WE DID IS WOO EREMOVED AND REPLACED THE SASHES, THE STOPS, AND THEN [1:08:46] STABILIZED THE PAINT THAT'S ON THE NONFRICTION SURFACES OR LIKE THE CASING AND THE TRIM OF THE [1:08:53] WINDOWS. THE REASON WHY I CHOSE THIS PHOTO ACTUALLY IS BECAUSE ONE OF THE GOALS OF OUR PROGRAM IS ALSO TO PREVENT ADDITIONAL EXPOSURE [1:08:59] THROUGH IMENTREP IMPROPER WORK PRACTICES. I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT HAPPENED [1:09:05] WITH THESE BUT SOMEONE'S REMOVING PAINT, WHICH ACTUALLY LIKE CAUSE ADDITIONAL DUST AND PAINT CHIPS TO BE THROWN AROUND, [1:09:11] 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 [1:09:16] WORK PRACTICES, AND THEY'RE REALLY PUTTING THOSE PRACTICES IN MOTION WHILE THEY'RE HELPING [1:09:22] OUR FAMILIES. JUST A QUICK [1:09:30] UPDATE ON THE UTILIZATION OF THE OUR FUNDS SO FAR, AND JUST A REME PROGRAM HAS AVAILABLE TO IT. SO [1:09:36] WE HAVE UP TO A MILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDS TO CONDUCT LEAD HAZARD RENOVATIONS. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE FOUR STAFF THAT [1:09:42] ARE MANAGING AND WORKING ON THE PROGRAM. WE HAVE PROPOSED UP TO [1:09:48] $10,000 PER DWELLING UNIT, SO THIS IS LOOKING TO DO, CREATE 100 LEAD SAFE UNITS WITH THAT SO [1:09:55] IT'S 10,000, UP TO, YOU KNOW, WIN 100 UNITS UP TO THAT MILLION [1:10:01] DOLLARS. WE'RE REQUIRING A PROPERTY OWNER MANAGE UP TO $10,000. WE'RE PUTTING MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS IN [1:10:06] SERVICES OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY RIGHT THERE. THEN OUR SCOPE OF [1:10:13] WORK FROM CORRECTIVE ORDERS TO ADDRESS THOSE DETERIORATED LEAD BASED PAINTS, SO IF WE'RE [1:10:19] FINDING, IF WE'RE DOING AN INSPECTION OR EVALUATION, AT A RENTAL PROPERTY AS PART OF LIKE [1:10:25] A COORDINATED EFFORT WITH REGULATORY SERVICES, WE ARE WRITING THOSE CORRECTIVE ORDERS, AND WE, WE'RE BASICALLY LOOKING TO TAKE CAR OF EVERYTHING, THE [1:10:31] FUNDING THAT WE HAVE MAY NOT TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THAT, SO THAT'S WHERE THE HOMEOWNER COMES INTO PLAY, EITHER PUTTING SOME [1:10:38] SWEAT EQUITY OR PUTTING SOME ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES DOWN TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT THERE. YOU KNOW, AND REALLY [1:10:43] RIGHT NOW THE CURRENT ORDINANCE ONLY REQUIRES MINIMUM MAINTENANCE, SO IT'S YOU KNOW MAYBE SOME PAINT STABILIZATION, [1:10:49] BUT AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PHOTOS FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY NOT BE [1:10:54] OCCURRING, SO WE ARE FINDING HAZARDS IN THOSE PROPERTIES, AND WHAT THE FUNDING IS DOING IS THAT IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO, YOU [1:10:59] KNOW, KIND OF DO MORE ABATEMENT STYLE TECHNIQUES WHERE WE'RE GETTING RID OF LEAD-BASED PAINT AND WE'RE PUTTING PERMANENT [1:11:04] 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 [1:11:10] COMING BACK TO A PROPERTY MEANS THAT WE ARE RECEIVING A LEAD POISONING REFERRAL. [1:11:15] 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 [1:11:22] AND BEYOND WHAT THE MINIMUM STANDARD IS REQUIRED NOW PER MINNEAPOLIS ORDINANCE. AND JUST A REMINDER AGAIN WE HAVE 44 [1:11:28] PROJECTS IN FLIGHT WITH OUR CONTRACT AND SERVICES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH BIDDING. CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE [1:11:33] ABOUT THREE, A LITTLE OVER 300,000 IN ENCUMBERED VALUE OF [1:11:38] THOSE CONTRACTS THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH. JUST THE LAST [1:11:44] SLIDE HERE. AS WE WRAP UP. JUST SOME ADDITIONAL PRIORITIES AND EMERGENT ISSUES THAT WE HAVE OBSERVED IN THE LAST QUARTER. [1:11:52] WE ARE, THE ONE OF THE POSITIONS IN THE PROGRAM IS THE COORDINATOR-SUPERVISOR FOR THIS. [1:11:57] THAT A VACANT POSITION. WE WENT -- CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS FOR THAT JUST OVER THE LAST COUPLE [1:12:02] OF WEEKS, SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT. REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT PERSON ON BOARD SO THAT WAY WE CAN KIND [1:12:07] OF COMPLETE AND ROUND OUT OUR STAFFING. YOU KNOW, REALLY LOOKING TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY IN THE ORGANIZATION FOR THE PROGRAM AND STAFF. [1:12:14] TRANSLATING THESE HIGH LEVEL GOALS OF PREVENTING LEAD POISONING INTO ACTIONABLE TACTICS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY [1:12:20] THOSE DIRECT SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY, SOMETHING OUR TEAM DOES REALLY WELL IS INTERACTING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND [1:12:25] GETTING THESE SERVICES OUT THERE. YOU KNOW, USING THOSETHOSE DATA DRIVEN [1:12:31] ANALYTICS TO EFFECTIVELY OR EFFICIENTLY GET GET INTO THE [1:12:36] HOUSES WE FEEL ARE THE BIGGEST PRIORITY. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. IF 100% OF THE HOUSES WE GET INTO HAVE LEAD [1:12:41] 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 [1:12:47] OF SOME OF OUR ANALYTICS THAT WE'RE USING AND THEN JUST STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AS WELL. [1:12:53] IMPROVING THE CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL COORD FAIGDZ BETWEEN HEALTH AND REGULATORY SERVICES. COORDINATION WITH MINNEAPOLIS [1:12:59] RESIDENTS, PROPERTY OWNERS, CONTRACTORS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS REALLY TRYING TO GET OUT THERE AND PROMOTE THE PROGRAM. WE MET WITH OUR [1:13:08] COUNTERPARTS OVER IN REGULATORY SERVICES A COUPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST QUARTER REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN INTERACT [1:13:14] TOGETHER AND HOW WE CAN KIND OF BREAK DOWN THESE SILOS, HOW CAN HIS AND FIS STAFF MAKE REFERRALS [1:13:22] 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 [1:13:28] INSPECTION OR NOT LEAD INSPECTION, LICENSING INSPECTION LIST, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO KIND [1:13:34] OF LIKE COORDINATE OUR SERVICES SO WE'RE GOING OUT TO A PROPERTY LIKE ONE TIME. SOME OF THE [1:13:42] FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED FROM OUR HOUSING INSPIKS STAFF AND COLLEAGUES IS THEY'RE LOOK FORKING SOME -- LOOKING FOR SOME [1:13:53] INCREASED AUTHORITY. RIGHT NOW IT IS SCATTERED WHAT GIVES US THE AUTHORITY TO DO THIS TYPE OF [1:14:00] WORK. I PULLED A COUPLE OF ORDINANCES FOR THAT KIND OF RESPONSE THAT KIND OF TIE TOGETHER OUR PROGRAMMING. WE'VE [1:14:05] MET WITH OUR ATTORNEYS TO DISCUSS THE FEASIBILITY OF THIS. THEY THINK IT'S OKAY, BUT YOU KNOW, COMING FROM THE HOUSING [1:14:10] 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 [1:14:16] ABOUT WHY ARE YOU AT THIS HOUSE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THIS INFORMATION, WHAT'S THE RAMIFICATIONS OF IT ALL. YOU [1:14:21] KNOW, THEY ARE LOOK FORKING SOME INCREASE -- LOOKING FOR SOME INCREASED CLARITY THERE SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ENHANCE [1:14:26] 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 [1:14:32] 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 [1:14:38] MOVING THROUGH SOME OF THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES WHERE WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE OF [1:14:43] OUR FEDERAL FUNDING LOOKS LUKE. -- LIKE. IT'S IMPORTANT WE HAVE ALL OF Y'ALL'S SUPPORT IN [1:14:50] ADVANCING THIS EFFORT. >> THANK YOU, ALEXANDER FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. >> HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY [1:14:56] 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 [1:15:08] 6, THE TOTAL IS $302,000. SO A [1:15:15] LOT OF THE HOMES ARE UNDER $10,000. IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE GOAL IS THIS YEAR? HOW [1:15:21] MANY HOMES? 102? >> YEAH, THE, YOU KNOW, USING [1:15:31] WE'RE LOOKING AT $10,000 PER HOUSE, WE'RE LOOKING AT 10 HOMES. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP [1:15:37] PUSHING FOR MORE HOUSES BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT OUR BENCHMARKS ARE. >> OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU. AND JUST KEEP US UPDATED ON IF [1:15:43] STAFF IS CONSIDERING CHANGES OF ORDINANCE TO HELP MAKE YOUR JOBS EASIER TO DO THIS IMPORTANT [1:15:49] WORK. >> DEFINITELY WILL. THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. >> YEP. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. [1:15:54] YEAH I JUST JUMPED INTO QUEUE JUST TO SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS IMPORTANT WORK AND KEEPING US IN THE LOOP ON IT. [1:16:01] >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE, YEAH, THANKS FOR THAT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL. IT'S REALLY A PRIVILEGE [1:16:06] AND HONOR TO WORK WITH OUR RESIDENTS IN THIS KIND OF WAY. HOUSING IS A UNIQUE SITUATION BECAUSE IT'S VERY PRIVATE, IT'S [1:16:12] 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 [1:16:18] LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING IN AND OUT OF HOMES. THESE PLACES HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR 100 YEARS AND THEY'LL CONTINUE TO STAND LONG [1:16:23] AFTER ITS CURRENT RESIDENTS ARE GONE, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE IN THIS KIND OF CAPACITY. SO THANK YOU. [1:16:31] >> GOOD. WELL, THANK YOU ALEXANDER TO YOU AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR ALL YOUR WORK. >> THANK YOU. >> SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, [1:16:37] 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.