[0:11] >> WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR JUNE 11, 2025. I AM JASON [0:17] CHAVEZ AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER A [0:23] FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS AND STAFF THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE [0:28] GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE REAL-TIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE THE [0:34] ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF [0:40] THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL THE COMMENTS [0:46] FOR THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. [0:51] I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. [0:56] >> -- PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. >> VICE CHAIR WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE FIVE MEMBERS [1:02] PRESENT. >> MEMBERS, WE HAVE A QUORUM. WITH THAT, THE AGENDA FOR [1:08] TODAY'S MEETING IS BEFORE US. WE'LL FIRST START OFF WITH THE VICTIMS OF POLICE BRUTALITY [1:14] HONORARY RESOLUTION WHICH I'LL PASS TO VICE CHAIR WONSLEY TO MAKE A MOTION. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. THIS [1:20] RESOLUTION WAS SOMETHING THAT MY OFFICE INITIATED ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WHERE WE WANTED [1:25] TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING [1:30] THE TIME TO NOT ONLY UPLIFT THE VICTIMS, OR GEORGE FLOYD AS A [1:37] VICTIM OF POLICE VIOLENCE IN OUR CITY. BUT KNOWING THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHER NAMES THAT GO [1:42] UNRECOGNIZED THAT HAVE NOT RECEIVED TRADITIONAL JUSTICE AND TO BE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT [1:49] THEIR EXPERIENCES ARE ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING WE SHOULD NOT TOLERATE [1:55] AS A CITY ENTERPRISE AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO REMAIN COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE ENACT ALL [2:02] MEASURES AROUND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND REFORM, AND ALSO CONTINUING TO BROADEN THE SCOPE OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY [2:08] ECOSYSTEM SO THAT RESIDENTS RECEIVE THE RIGHT RESPONSE AT THE RIGHT TIME AND THAT THEY HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM THAT [2:14] UPHOLDS AND RESPECTS THEIR RIGHTS ON ALL FRONTS. SO AGAIN, [2:20] WE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS RESOLUTION THIS YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH FAMILIES WHO [2:26] HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED THEMSELVES TO DO A PRESENTATION IDEALLY NEXT WEEK. THEY WERE UNABLE TO [2:31] MAKE IT TODAY. SO WITH THAT, I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, AND WILL ASK FOR [2:38] A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. COLLEAGUES, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, ON THE [2:45] APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED A NAY. ANY [2:51] ABSTENTIONS? THAT IS CARRIED TO THE FULL COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. COLLEAGUES, THE NEXT ITEMS ARE [2:57] TWO OF THEM. ITEM NUMBER 2 IS ACCEPTING A GRANT FOR THE [3:02] MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE MINNESOTA STATE AUTO THEFT PREVENTION GRANT. ITEM 3 IS AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT [3:13] WITH THE STATE OF MINNESOTA STATE PATROL. I WILL LIKE TO MOVE ITEM 3 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE [3:19] AND DISCUSSION. ARE YOU TRYING TO MOVE TWO AS WELL? YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BOTH [3:26] THESE ITEMS SEPARATELY. ITEM NUMBER TWO. ARE YOU ON QUEUE? [3:31] >> NO, I WAS FIRST ITEM 3. >> ITEM 2, MINNESOTA STATE AUTO [3:39] THEFT PREVENTION GRANT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR [3:48] COMMENTS? I'LL PASS IT TO PALMISANO. >> I DID HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING A [3:56] LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE BALL AT UNDERSTANDING THIS. -- WILL IT [4:05] BE USED FOR LIKE CARS, LICENSE [4:11] PLATE READERS? HOW IS IT PLANNED FOR BEING USED? DO YOU KNOW? [4:18] >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR [4:23] M.P.D. THIS $400,000, WE HAD APPLIED FOR $800,000, BUT WE ONLY RECEIVED $400,000. NORMALLY [4:31] WE GET ABOUT $800,000. WE GET ONGOING EXPENSES. IT PAYS FOR [4:38] THE LEASE. IT PAYS FOR VEHICLES. THIS IS NOT PURCHASING A BAIT [4:44] CAR. THERE'S SOME STREAMING NETWORK COSTS IN THERE. I DO HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF THE [4:50] SPREADSHEET. IT'S FAIRLY LONG. IT PAYS FOR OFFICER OVERTIME $40,000 EACH YEAR. FORENSIC [5:00] OVERTIME. $4,000 A YEAR IN TRAINING. THE PROGRAMMATIC [5:07] EXPENSES THAT I TALKED ABOUT ARE ABOUT $45,000. THE RENT FOR THE [5:14] FACILITY IS $86,000 PER YEAR. AND THE INTERNET FOR A BAIT [5:23] VEHICLE. THE AXON-APL SYSTEM [5:28] ONGOING SERVICE $15,000 A YEAR. YUP. >> THANK YOU. IS IT FAIR TO SAY THIS IS JUST TO CONTINUE THE [5:34] THINGS WE ALREADY DO? >> YES. RELATED TO AUTO THEFT [5:40] PREVENTION. >> AND THE LEASE, JUST TO UNDERSTAND IT, OR THE RENT PAID [5:45] IS SPECIFICALLY TO A SPECIFIC DIFFERENT OFFICE THAT WE OPERATE [5:50] THIS FROM OR SHARED SPACE SOMEWHERE? >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL [5:55] MEMBER PALMISANO, I'M ACTUALLY NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS. I WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW UP. [6:01] >> SURE. I WOULD IMAGINE IT MIGHT BE ABOUT USING A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF SOME OTHER SPACE [6:07] THAT WE ALREADY. >> I WOULD GUESS. THROUGH THE CHAIR, I WOULD GUESS IT IS THE SPACE FOR THE FACILITY WHERE THE [6:13] OFFICE IS AS WELL AS THE SPACE FOR THE VEHICLES THROUGH PROPERTY SERVICES. [6:20] >> THANK YOU. AND THEN IF I MAY [6:26] ASK, BECAUSE CAR THEFT CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM IN OUR ENVIRONMENT. YES, IT'S GOING [6:32] DOWN OVERALL BUT CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM. WILL BE LOOKING TO MAKE UP THE MONEY THAT WE AREN'T [6:37] RECEIVING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN OTHER WAYS TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE LEVEL OF [6:43] ROBUST WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THIS AREA, OR DO WE NOT KNOW YET? >> I'M NOT SURE OF THE IMPACT [6:48] THAT WE GOT A LOWER AMOUNT IN THIS GRANT. I KNOW THIS GRANT USUALLY WE APPLY EVERY YEAR. SO [6:54] I'M ANTICIPATING ANOTHER APPLICATION. WE WOULD NEED TO SUPPLEMENT WITH THE GENERAL FUND IF WE WANTED THE PROGRAM AS [7:03] ROBUST AS IT IS TODAY. >> YOU DID SAY IN PREVIOUS YEARS WE GOT $800,000 OR $600,000? [7:09] >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, $800,000. >> THANK YOU. THIS IS HELPFUL. [7:16] THANKS. >> THANK YOU. I'LL MOVE THIS ITEM FOR APPROVAL. SEEING THERE IS NO OTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [7:23] >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY [7:30] ABSTENTIONS? THAT ITEM CARRIES. NEXT WE HAVE ITEM 3 WHICH IS [7:38] AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT. I DO HAVE A FEW COMMENTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK M.P.D. AND PROBABLY [7:45] OUR CITY ATTORNEYS FOR SOME HELP ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. I WANT TO KNOW THAT WITH THIS CONTRACT [7:50] WITH THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, DO YOU KNOW IF -- AND WELCOME, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. [7:57] DO YOU KNOW IF THIS GPA WILL REQUIRE I'M ASSUMING THE STATE [8:03] PATROL TO FOLLOW THE CITY'S ORDINANCE. >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, [8:09] DEPUTY CHIEF JOHN KINGSBURG Y WITH PATROL. BUT I WILL DEFER TO [8:17] THE CITY ATTORNEYS ON THAT. >> CITY ATTORNEYS. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, MAY I TAKE A [8:22] SECOND TO LOOK AT THE AGREEMENT? THANK YOU. >> SO THAT IS THE FIRST QUESTION [8:29] I HAD. AS WE WAIT FOR THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL [8:34] PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU. I BELIEVE THE LAST TIME THIS JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT CAME UP WE HAD A DISCUSSION [8:39] ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE STATE PATROL WOULD HAVE TO HONOR SOME OF THE PROVISIONS OF OUR CONSENT [8:45] DECREE. I BELIEVE THE ANSWER WAS NO, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE [8:51] REQUIRED TO FOLLOW EVERY SINGLE TENET WITHIN THE CONSENT DECREE. [8:56] WE HAD WORKED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO DO A PRINCIPLES DOCUMENT. MAYBE NOT ALL PROVISIONS OF THE CONSENT [9:03] DECREE BUT SOME OF THE MAIN TENETS TO HAVE INCORPORATED INTO MOU. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT [9:10] ACTUALLY TRANSPIRED BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF THAT JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT EVER CAME BACK AROUND. I BELIEVE IT WAS ATTORNEY [9:16] OSBORNE THAT WORKED ON THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY UPDATE ON THAT, IF THAT LANGUAGE GOT [9:21] INCORPORATED THIS TIME AROUND. [9:30] >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, IS THE QUESTION HOW THE JPA -- IF THE JPA [9:37] INCORPORATES THE CONSENT DECREE ATD AT ALL? >> LAST TIME WE HAD A JPA, WE [9:43] WORKED TO INCORPORATE KIND OF A SUBSET, ONE PAGE OF PRINCIPLES [9:48] TO HAVE AS PART OF THE JPA AGREEMENT LANGUAGE. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT EVER MADE IT INTO THIS. [9:55] >> I DON'T SEE ANY REFERENCE TO THE CONSENT DECREE IN THIS JPA. >> OKAY. I THINK I WOULD LIKE [10:04] TO -- AND I HATE TO HAVE YOU ON THE SPOT TRYING TO FIGURE THESE LEGAL DETAILS OUT. I THINK I'D [10:10] LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO FORWARD THIS WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION SO THAT WE COULD DO A LITTLE BIT OF [10:17] THAT LEG WORK BOTH ON THE SEPARATION AND ON THE CONSENT DECREE. I'M GOING TO MOVE TO [10:23] FORWARD THIS WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, IF THERE'S A SECOND. >> SECOND. AND I GUESS THOSE ARE [10:28] QUESTIONS THAT OUR CITY CLERKS HAVE TAKEN DOWN SO WE CAN COMMUNICATE AND GIVE A MEMO BACK [10:34] TO THE CITY COUNCIL. SHOULD WE REPEAT THE QUESTIONS OR NOT? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, THAT WOULD BE [10:39] WONDERFUL. >> PERFECT. THE QUESTION I HAD WAS IF THIS JPA, IF OUR STATE PATROL WOULD BE REQUIRED TO [10:46] FOLLOW THE CITY'S SEPARATION ORDINANCE. AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE'S WAS DOES THIS JPA, WOULD [10:52] IT MEAN THAT THIS JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WOULD FOLLOW OUR STATE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. AND IF [11:00] NOT, IS IT WORK THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE -- WITH A SIMILAR CONCERN, HAS THAT BEEN [11:06] MET? OKAY. GOOD. >> MM-HMM. >> OKAY. NEXT UP, VICE CHAIR [11:12] WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. THE REASON WHY I'M ALSO SUPPORTING [11:18] COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE'S MOTION TO FORWARD THAT WITHOUT [11:23] RECOMMENDATION IS -- IT NAMES THAT THESE RESOURCES WOULD BE USED TO SUPPORT SPECIAL [11:28] ASSIGNMENTS THAT'S RELATED TO DEMONSTRATION RESPONSE AND/OR LARGE EVENT SECURITY. THE [11:35] DEMONSTRATION RESPONSE OF COURSE POPS OUT FOR ME IN PARTICULAR IN TERMS OF I THINK A NUMBER OF US [11:40] ON COUNCIL IN RESPONSE TO JUNE 3RD HAS HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND WHAT ARE THE [11:46] PARAMETERS OR GUARDRAILS IN WHICH M.P.D. IS FOLLOWING THAT RELATES TO EITHER THE FEDERAL [11:53] CONSENT DECREE AROUND CROWD CONTROL. AND HOW, YOU KNOW, THAT [12:02] PARTICULAR THING COULD LEAD TO ESCALATION OR CONFUSION. [12:07] ESSENTIALLY THE CROWD CONTROL IS AN OPENING ALSO HERE FOR OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO EITHER, IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM YOUR [12:14] QUESTIONS, EITHER NOT COMPLY WITH SOME OF THOSE PROVISIONS THAT ARE IN PLACE THROUGH WHAT [12:22] WAS IN PLACE THROUGH THE FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE MAKES ME A BIT CONCERNED. AND I THINK IT'S BEST [12:28] TO GET A LOT MORE CLARITY OF THOSE THINGS ESPECIALLY AS WE WATCH THINGS UNFOLD IN LOS [12:34] ANGELES, BEFORE MAKING THE DECISION ON THIS. I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN GET A STAFF RESPONSE [12:41] PROVIDING A LITTLE MORE CLARITY AHEAD OF THURSDAY. BUT I JUST WANTED TO NAME THAT [12:47] DEMONSTRATION RESPONSE, OR AGAIN, AKA CROWD CONTROL. THIS [12:53] IS SOMETHING THAT COULD SUPPORT M.P.D. WITH THAT COMPONENT BE IT RELATED TO SEPARATION MATTERS OR [12:59] IMMIGRATION MATTERS OR ANY MATTER, AND WANT TO GET MORE CLARITY ON THAT. [13:05] >> NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO VOTE YES FOR THIS TO ADVANCE IT [13:11] WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. BUT I JUST WANT TO CAUTION ALL OF US HERE ON THE DAIS TODAY THAT [13:19] PUBLIC SAFETY IS VERY NUANCED AND IS VERY DELICATE. AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT THAT. WE NEED TO [13:25] PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY. THAT DID NOT HAPPEN IN LOS ANGELES. WE CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. THANK YOU. [13:31] >> ALL RIGHT. COLLEAGUES, ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S ON QUEUE? ON THE MOTION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD [13:37] WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY [13:47] ABSTENTIONS? THAT HAS BEEN MOVED FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS A DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL OF [13:53] APPOINTMENTS TO SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES WORK GROUP. HERE TO PRESENT IS SAFETY [13:59] DIRECTOR AMANDA HARRINGTON. WELCOME. [14:23] >> GOOD AFTERNOON. AMANDA HARRINGTON DIRECTOR OF [14:28] NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY, ALTHOUGH I'M IN MY ROLE -- FOR THIS [14:34] PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. WE ARE PROVIDING THE LIST OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WE [14:40] WOULD LIKE TO BE APPOINTED FOR THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES WORK GROUP. JUST FOR [14:52] SOME CONTEXT AROUND THIS WORK GROUP, THE LAUNCH LIST OF THE [14:58] REPORT AS WELL AS THE GOVERNANCE MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY SECTIONS ENCOURAGE US TO CREATE A COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD TO [15:09] SHEPHERD THROUGH THIS WORK TO HELP US WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ENABLE US TO GET FEEDBACK ABOUT THE WORK THAT [15:15] WE'RE DOING CREATING THE COMMUNITY SAFETY ECOSYSTEM. IN [15:21] 2024, THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY DID PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL [15:27] MEMBERS ON A WAY TO CREATE A NON-APPOINTED WORK GROUP. IN [15:33] FEBRUARY 2025, THIS BODY APPROVED A WORK GROUP APPROACH. [15:38] ACTUALLY, IT WENT THROUGH THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AND THEN WAS APPROVED BY THE FULL CITY [15:45] COUNCIL NOVEMBER 27TH -- FEBRUARY 27TH. WE STARTED RECRUITING FOR THIS WORK GROUP [15:52] IN APRIL 14TH, 2025. AND WE INTENDED TO CLOSE THE PROCESS [15:59] BUT WE DID NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF APPLICANTS AT THAT TIME. SO WE EXTENDED [16:06] THAT RECRUITMENT UNTIL MAY 18TH. WE DID PUBLICIZE THE RECRUITMENT THROUGH GENERAL MEDIA, SOCIAL [16:12] MEDIA POSTS, FLYERS. THERE WERE EMAILS OUT TO INFORMAL AND PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS. IT WAS [16:17] INCLUDED IN NEWSLETTERS. LIKE NEWS BITES AS WELL AS I KNOW IT [16:23] WAS INCLUDED FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT AS WELL AS MENTIONS THAT WE GAVE AT A [16:30] NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS. THE POWERS AS DELINEATED IN THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE WORK [16:35] GROUP ARE AS FOLLOWS, BUT BASICALLY THAT THEY WILL BE [16:41] TRACKING IMPLEMENTATIONS OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES REPORT ADVISING THE MAYOR AND CITY [16:46] COUNCIL, AND ADVISING US ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE COMMUNITY SAFETY ECOSYSTEM WORK [16:52] BUT ALSO THE CREATION OF COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTERS. WE HAD 30 APPLICANTS FOR THIS WORK [16:59] GROUP. WE HAD A PANEL OF SEVEN INDIVIDUALS REVIEW ALL OF THOSE [17:04] APPLICATIONS, AND SCORED THEM. THE SCORES WERE BASED ON THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED IN THE APPLICATION, WHICH IS A STANDARD [17:12] APPLICATION USED FOR ALL BODIES, COMMUNITY ADVISORY OR WORK GROUP BODIES IN THE CITY. WHERE WE [17:17] ASKED ABOUT EDUCATION, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT HISTORY, VOLUNTEER WORK, REASONS THEY WANT TO SERVE [17:23] ON THE BODY, AND ISSUES THAT THEY BELIEVE THE COMMITTEE SHOULD ADDRESS. WE ASKED THE [17:30] PANELISTS TO RATE BASED ON IF THOSE ANSWERS WERE A FIT WITH THE SCOPE OF THE WORK GROUP. AND [17:37] SO PEOPLE WHO HAD ANSWERS THAT SAID THEY WERE FOCUSING ON THINGS THAT WERE NOT SAFETY [17:42] RELATED MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN A LOWER SCORE FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE THAT WAS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF [17:50] WHAT THIS WORK GROUP IS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE NOMINEES THAT [17:55] HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE NAMES TO YOU, UNLESS YOU REALLY WANT ME TO, BUT IT IS [18:02] IN LIMS. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT NOT EVERY WARD IS INCLUDED ON THIS [18:08] PAGE AND THAT'S BECAUSE NOT EVERY WARD HAS SELECTED A NOMINEE. THERE IS ONE INDIVIDUAL [18:14] ON THE WARD LIST THAT NEEDS A SERVICE RESTRICTION WAIVER BECAUSE THEY ARE INVOLVED IN [18:20] ANOTHER CITY COUNCIL OR BOARD. THE MAYOR HAD TWO SEATS ON THIS [18:26] BODY AND THEY HAVE MADE TWO SELECTIONS. AND THEN WE HAD A [18:32] NUMBER OF SEATS THAT WERE RESERVED FOR THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY TO MAKE [18:38] RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY WERE INTENDED TO BE PEOPLE THAT WERE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS OR HAD [18:44] LIVED EXPERIENCES WITH SERVICES RELATED TO THE COMMUNITY SAFETY ECOSYSTEM. AND SO YOU CAN SEE [18:49] WITH THESE SEATS, WE DON'T JUST HAVE THE SEAT NUMBER, BUT WE'VE ACTUALLY SPECIFIED WHAT THEIR [18:56] SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE OR LIVED EXPERIENCE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN. FOR SEAT 16, WE HAD THREE [19:02] VERY STRONG CANDIDATES. ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAD ALSO APPLIED FOR A WARD SEAT. THAT [19:08] HELPED NARROW DOWN THE POOL. ALL THREE WERE GREAT. THE NOMINEE [19:14] OVERSEES THE NEXT STEP PROGRAM WHICH IS A HOSPITAL-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM [19:20] THAT WORKS OUT OF HENNEPIN HEALTH CARE. FOR SEATS 17, WHICH [19:25] IS A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT OR LIVED EXPERIENCE WITH UNARMED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION, WE HAD [19:30] ONE APPLICANT. AND THAT APPLICANT, MS. CONNIE RHODES, [19:39] OVERSEES ONE OF OUR -- THROUGH MINNEAPOLUS. SEAT 18 HAD A [19:46] SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE OR LIVED EXPERIENCE IN RESTORATIVE JUSTICE. FOR THIS SEAT WE HAD TWO CANDIDATES. ONE OF THOSE WAS [19:53] NOMINATED BY WARD 12. BUT THE OTHER ONE HAD EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING AS A CIRCLE KEEPER. [19:59] ALSO SEEMED VERY APPROPRIATE FOR THE SEAT. AND SEAT 19, WE ALSO HAD TWO CANDIDATES. WE HAD [20:05] CONVERSATIONS WITH BOTH OF THOSE CANDIDATES BECAUSE THIS SEAT WAS FOR SOMEBODY WHO WAS JUSTICE [20:12] IMPACTED OR LIVED EXPERIENCE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. [20:19] GENERAL QUESTIONS ADD IN THE APPLICATION DIDN'T GIVE -- WE DID SPEAK WITH BOTH OF THE [20:25] APPLICANTS. OF THE TWO, JOSEPH WHO WAS RECOMMENDED HAD A BIT MORE LIVED EXPERIENCE. FOR SEAT [20:32] 21, A YOUNG PERSON OR ADVOCATE FOR YOUTH, WE HAD TWO APPLICANTS. ONE OF THE APPLICANTS WAS A YOUNG PERSON. [20:38] WE SPOKE WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL AT THE TIME AND THEY WERE CONSIDERING GOING TO SCHOOL OUTSIDE OF THE STATE, WHICH [20:44] WOULD HAVE MEANT THAT CONSISTENT ATTENDANCE FOR THIS WORK GROUP WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY [20:49] CHALLENGING. FOR THAT REASON, WE DECIDED TO GO WITH THE OTHER APPLICANT. WE'VE SINCE LEARNED [20:55] THAT THAT YOUNG PERSON IS STAYING IN TOWN. BUT WE HAD ALREADY GONE THROUGH THIS RCA [21:01] PROCESS. THE OTHER APPLICANT ALSO SCORED VERY WELL. THEY'RE A RESEARCHER WHO WORKS FOR TRIAL [21:06] TRENDS AND HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH INDIVIDUAL CONNECTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO SAFETY [21:12] WORK WITH YOUNG INDIVIDUALS. SO THEY SEEM TO HAVE DEEP KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THIS AREA. IF YOU APPROVE [21:20] THESE NOMINEES, AND ONCE THEY'RE FULLY APPROVED, OUR NEXT STEP IS REALLY ONBOARDING ALL OF THE [21:26] MEMBERS. WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST TRAINING SCHEDULE THAT WE ARE WORKING OUT. BUT IT INCLUDES A [21:31] NUMBER OF SUBJECTS INCLUDING JUST GENERAL ETHICS TRAINING THAT IS REQUIRED FOR ANYBODY [21:38] THAT IS ON A CITY BODY LIKE THIS, AS WELL AS UNDERSTANDING DATA PRACTICES. WE WILL GO IN [21:44] DEPTH ON THE GUIDING DOCUMENTS, WHICH MEANS THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES REPORT, THE [21:49] GAPS ANALYSIS, BUT ALSO WE WOULD TALK ABOUT THE CONSENT DECREE AND THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT [21:54] BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE TOGETHER FORM THE WORK AROUND THE SAFETY ECOSYSTEM WORK. WE WOULD ALSO [22:00] HELP THEM BETTER UNDERSTAND THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AS WELL AS THE FIVE DEPARTMENTS UNDER THEM. BETTER UNDERSTANDING [22:06] THE COMMUNITY SAFETY ECOSYSTEM. WHAT EXISTS CURRENTLY AND THE VISION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK TOWARD. AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY [22:14] ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS PLAN, WHICH EXISTS. WE'D LIKE THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'VE ALREADY PUT TOGETHER, AND THEN [22:20] OF COURSE GET THEIR FEEDBACK. AND THEN DO A DEEPER DIVE INTO [22:26] COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTERS. AGAIN, THE ONE THAT DOES EXIST, THE ONES THAT WE'RE CREATING, AND [22:32] THE NORTH COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER. THAT WOULD LIKELY TAKE A GOOD PORTION OF THE REST OF THIS [22:37] YEAR. WE DO ANTICIPATE THE FIRST MEETING BEING VERY LATE IN JULY, AND WE WOULD MEET WITH THIS [22:42] GROUP MONTHLY. WE WOULD NOT JUST DO ONBOARDING, WE WOULD ALSO BE ASKING FOR FEEDBACK ALONG THE [22:49] WAY. BUT THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION THE GROUP NEEDS TO BE STEEPED IN THIS WORK AND DO A GOOD JOB. I HEAR ABOUT THAT A [22:55] LOT WHEN I'M OUT IN COMMUNITY THAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED BUT THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW THE NUANCES [23:00] OF A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE GROUP THAT'S ADVISING YOU AND [23:05] THE MAYOR HAS ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO DO A GOOD JOB. AS I NOTED, THERE ARE SOME SEATS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A [23:12] RECOMMENDATION FOR. SEATS 1, 9, AND 20. WE WILL RECRUIT FOR THOSE SEATS AGAIN NEXT SPRING. [23:18] IT IS A ONE-TIME A YEAR RECRUITMENT PROCESS THAT'S STANDARD IN THE CITY. SO WE ARE [23:25] FOLLOWING THAT STANDARD PROCESS. WE WILL HAVE QUORUM WITH A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HAVE AS LONG AS PEOPLE SHOW UP. [23:31] SO I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THIS BODY BEING ABLE TO DO ITS WORK. [23:37] THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I STAND AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. [23:43] >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HARR HARRINGTON. I'LL FIRST PASS IT TO VICE CHAIR WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. [23:48] FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF, DIRECTOR HARRINGTON, [23:55] APPLICANTS WHO ARE ALSO JOINING IN ON THIS PROCESS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY NEW. THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY [24:01] IMPORTANT IN GUIDING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY WORK GOING FORWARD. I AUTHOR THIS RESOLUTION IN [24:08] ADDITION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY AND CHAIR CHAVEZ. [24:13] MOSTLY WITH THE GOAL OF MAKING SURE THAT RESIDENTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE INPUT ON THE [24:20] CITY'S STRATEGY RELATING TO THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITY'S [24:26] PLAN. AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT NOW WE HAVE THAT COMMUNITY INPUT COUPLED WITH THIS PLAN THAT IT [24:32] VERY MUCH LAYS OUT EXTREMELY CLEAR, SPECIFIC STEP BY STEP GUIDE ON HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO [24:40] REDUCE RELIANCE ON OVER POLICING MEASURES. USING DATA-BACKED [24:47] STRATEGIES FOR HAVING INVEST IN OTHER PUBLIC INITIATIVES THAT ALSO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR [24:54] RESIDENTS. AND I'M VERY, YOU KNOW, EXCITED ABOUT THIS WORK. YOU NAMED THAT IT ALSO WILL BE [25:01] GUIDING OUR NEW KIND OF FACILITY PROJECTS AROUND RELATING TO THE COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER MODELS [25:07] THAT WE'RE ADOPTING. THE FIRST OF WHICH WILL BE OPENING WARD 2. [25:13] THIS IS GOING TO BE A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT THAT REALLY SHIFTS US AWAY FROM [25:19] THE STATUS QUO OF HOW WE'VE NOT ONLY DONE PUBLIC SAFETY BUT HOW WE'VE ORGANIZED OUR FACILITIES [25:26] AND ASSETS AROUND TRADITIONAL POLICING MODEL. AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MY [25:32] RESIDENTS WERE EXCITED TO HELP SHAPE. AND THIS GIVES THEM A VEHICLE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT [25:37] WORK AS WELL AS OTHER RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY. SO IT'S MY HOPE [25:43] THAT WE GET MORE ONGOING REPORTS AS THIS BODY MEETS STARTING IN LATE JULY ON HOW WE CAN BETTER [25:50] SHOW UP ON OUR LEGISLATIVE SLIDE AND BACKING THIS WORK, SUPPORTING IT, OR EVEN BECOMING [25:56] AWARE OF WHAT THE GAPS ARE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, [26:02] AGAIN. LOOK FORWARD TO THE OUTCOMES. AND FOR EVERYONE IN REALLY BELIEVING AND SUPPORTING [26:08] THIS WORK. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, DIRECTOR [26:13] HARRINGTON, AND FOR THE WORK THAT STAFF HAS DONE GOING THROUGH THE INTERVIEW PROCESS [26:19] MAKING SURE THAT RECRUITMENT. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING [26:24] ABOUT WHAT THE GROUP COMES UP WITH AND THE TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT THEY HAVE WITH CITY STAFF. I [26:30] HAVE A QUESTION NOT NECESSARILY FOR YOU, DIRECTOR HARRINGTON, BUT STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. [26:36] THE ONLY TIME WE CAN OPEN THIS [26:41] IN THE SPRING OF '26. WHAT [26:47] ACTION CAN WE TAKE TO GET THESE SEATS FILLED BEFORE SPRING OF [26:52] 2026. IF WE CAN DO THAT, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TODAY. IT CAN BE IN A [26:58] FOLLOW UP MEMO. THAT WOULD AT LEAST BE HELPFUL BECAUSE [27:04] DIRECTOR HARRINGTON IS FOLLOWING PROCEDURE. BUT IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FILL THESE [27:09] SEATS BEFORE THEN, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, I'M HAPPY TO LOOK INTO THAT. >> I APPRECIATE IT. THAT WAS IT. [27:16] ANYBODY ELSE? COLLEAGUES? ALL RIGHT. SO SEEING NO FURTHER [27:23] QUESTIONS, I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [27:29] >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY [27:35] ABSTENTIONS? THAT MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION, DIRECTOR HARRINGTON. OUR NEXT ITEM IS [27:42] RECEIVING AND FILING A PRESENTATION FOR THE 2024 COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT. [27:47] HERE TO PRESENT ON THIS ITEM IS MS. LUISA. WELCOME. [27:53] >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHAVEZ, VICE CHAIR WONSLEY, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. MY NAME [28:04] IS LOUISA. RESPONSIBLE FOR [28:12] CONDUCTING THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT, WHICH I'LL BE PRESENTING ON. TALK A LITTLE BIT [28:21] ABOUT WHAT IS THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT, OR CHA. AND HOW WE WENT THROUGH IT, HOW WE DID IT. PRESENT RESULTS ON THE [28:29] DIFFERENT PARTS OF IT, AND THEN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE. THE CHA IS A [28:40] JURISDICTIONAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT THAT IDENTIFIES KEY HEALTH NEEDS THROUGH A PROCESS OF DATA [28:46] COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS. IT IS FOR US A STATE REQUIREMENT UNDER STATUTE 145A BECAUSE WE ARE A [28:52] COMMUNITY HEALTH WARD AS WELL AS A REQUIREMENT FOR BEING [28:58] ACCREDITED PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHICH WE ALSO ARE. IN FACT, WE JUST GOT REACCREDITED EARLIER THIS YEAR. IT'S [29:06] CONDUCTED EVERY FIVE YEARS WITH SMALL UPDATES IN BETWEEN. IT BRINGS TOGETHER AVAILABLE INFORMATION ON THE HEALTH OF [29:12] MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS, AND THEN IT'S USED BOTH BY THE DEPARTMENT TO GUIDE SOME OF OUR WORK AND [29:18] ALSO TO SUPPORT OUR PARTNERS IN COMMUNITY IN THEIR WORK. SO THE [29:26] CHA IS A LARGE BODY OF WORK THAT IS MADE UP OF SMALLER PIECES OF WORK. AND SO IN OUR CASE, WE HAD [29:37] A CONTACT ASSESSMENT THAT FOCUSED ON HEALTH AND WELLBEING. [29:44] AND COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT. FROM BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND OTHER [29:50] HEALTH MEDICAL RECORDS, ET CETERA. AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE ISSUES AND [29:57] DETERMINING -- DOING A PRIORITIZATION EXERCISE WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WITH OUR [30:03] ADVISORY GROUP, TO LOOK AT WHAT WILL WE TAKE ON. THROUGHOUT THIS [30:08] WHOLE PROCESS, WE ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY AND WE DID IT WITH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY COMMUNITY [30:14] SEVERAL TIMES. WE DID IT AT THE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS CONFERENCE, WHERE SOME OF YOU [30:19] PARTICIPATED IN DISCUSSION THAT WE HELD. AND ALSO IN A JOINT [30:25] COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT HENNEPIN PUBLIC [30:32] HEALTH, AND BLOOMINGTON. WE ARE THREE JURISDICTIONS CLOSELY CONNECTED AND WORK TOGETHER. SO [30:39] FIRST, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE FINDINGS FROM OUR CONTEXT ASSESSMENT, WHICH I [30:45] MENTIONED IS FOCUSED ON YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING. AND WE DID THAT BECAUSE WE HEARD [30:50] OVER AND OVER THAT YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH IS A CONCERN IN THE COMMUNITY. SO WE WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DO PEOPLE MEAN [30:57] WHEN THEY SAY YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH. BECAUSE YOU CAN DEFINE MENTAL HEALTH IN MANY DIFFERENT [31:03] WAYS. IS IT DIAGNOSIS OF MENTAL HEALTH OR IS IT ISOLATION. WHAT [31:08] IS IT THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT? SO WE HAD THREE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED. FOR THIS PART, [31:14] MOST OF THE WORK WAS QUALITATIVE [31:19] DATA COLLECTION. SO WE HAD THREE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED. WHAT CONCERNS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH [31:28] AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE LOOK FOR YOU, WHAT IS YOUR COMMUNITY ALREADY DOING AROUND THESE ISSUES. [31:33] RESOURCES DON'T THINK ABOUT RESOURCES. BUT IF YOU COULD DO ANYTHING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WOULD DO? WE [31:42] CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE EITHER WORKING IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE SERVING [31:47] YOUTH OR WORKING WITH YOUTH, OR GOVERNMENT PARTNERS THAT WERE WORKING IN THOSE INSTITUTIONS [31:53] THAT WORK WITH YOUTH SUCH AS THE MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, YOUTH COORDINATING BOARD, [31:59] HENNEPIN COUNTY, THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, ET CETERA. SO THESE WERE ONE ON ONE INTERVIEWS THAT WE CONDUCTED WITH THOSE [32:06] FOLKS. AFTER THE ANALYSIS, WE MET WITH EXISTING YOUTH GROUPS TO VALIDATE THE RESULTS AND TO SAY HERE'S WHAT WE HEARD FROM [32:12] THE ADULTS THAT ARE WORKING WITH YOU. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT AND ARE THERE THINGS [32:18] THAT WERE MISSED. SO IN LOOKING AT THE RESULTS, WE PUT THEM IN [32:26] THREE BUCKETS: CHALLENGES, EXISTING STRENGTHS, AND THINGS THAT YOUTH MENTIONED. I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF THOSE. BUT [32:32] A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT STOOD OUT FOR CHALLENGES, CONTINUED [32:38] IMPACTS OF COVID-19, AND ALSO TRAUMA EXPOSURE. SO EXPOSURE TO [32:45] VIOLENCE AND OTHER ISSUES. IN TERMS OF EXISTING STRENGTHS, THE FACT THAT THERE ARE TRUSTED [32:50] ADULT RELATIONSHIPS THAT YOUTH ARE BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS [32:55] AS WELL AS HAVING YOUTH-LED ADVISORIES AND INITIATIVES IN [33:01] THE CITY THAT HELP YOUTH VOICES BE HEARD. AND THEN IN TERMS OF SORT OF THE YOUTH FEEDBACK, SOME [33:06] OF THE THEMES THAT CAME OUT WHEN WE VALIDATED THESE, THE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS ALTERNATIVES [33:12] TO THERAPY THAT ARE MORE CULTURALLY SPECIFIC AS WELL AS [33:19] NEEDING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUTH LEADERS ARE EMPOWERED TO SHAPE [33:24] POLICIES THAT AFFECT THEM DIRECTLY. SO FROM THAT ANALYSIS AS WELL, WE HAD SOME [33:30] RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE INDIVIDUAL, COMMUNITY, AND SYSTEMIC LEVEL. AT THE [33:37] INDIVIDUAL LEVEL, PROVIDING -- WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE STIGMA [33:43] AND SHAME OF TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. AT THE [33:53] COMMUNITY LEVEL, EXPANDING [33:59] MENTORSHIP AND INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS. AND SYSTEM LEVEL, [34:05] IMPROVING TO AVOID MAINTAIN SUSTAINED LONG-TERM ENGAGEMENT. IT'S HARD TO BUILD THOSE [34:11] RELATIONSHIPS IN THAT PROGRESS WHEN STAFF TURNS OVER IN PROGRAMS. SO YOU BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND THEN SOMEONE [34:18] IS GONE. SO THAT'S THE CONTEXT [34:23] ASSESSMENT. I'M NOW GOING TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ON THE HEALTH STATUS ASSESSMENT. THAT'S REALLY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE [34:32] DATA, THE QUANTITATIVE DATA AS OPPOSED TO THE QUALITATIVE INFORMATION. SO FOR THIS, WE LOOK AT WHAT IS AVAILABLE. WE [34:39] DEVELOPED SOME ISSUE STATEMENTS, DO PRIORITIZATION, AND THEN [34:45] BRING THOSE UP. SO THE FIRST PART WAS WE LOOKED AT A BUNCH OF [34:50] DATA. WE DEVELOPED ISSUE STATEMENTS. AND WITH THOSE ISSUE STATEMENTS, WE CONDUCTED A [34:58] PRIORITIZATION EXERCISES WITH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND THEN WE HAD THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY [35:04] CONNECTIONS. WE'VE CONDENSED. WE HAD ABOUT 12 AREAS OF PRIORITIZATION THAT WE'VE [35:10] CONDENSED INTO FIVE BECAUSE MANY OF THEM OVERLAPPED. FOR EXAMPLE, [35:18] IMMUNIZATIONS WAS RATED VERY HIGH AS AN ISSUE, BUT WE CAN -- [35:25] AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH AND WELLBEING. IMMUNIZATIONS CAN BE [35:34] ADDRESSED IN ONE OF THOSE AREAS. SO WE ARE TRYING TO COMBINE THE ISSUES SO WE HAVE A SMALLER [35:41] NUMBER OF PRIORITIES THAT WE CAN LOOK AT. SO SOME THINGS FROM [35:53] THE ANALYSIS THAT WE STILL ARE NOTICING. SO WE CONTINUE TO SEE HEALTH INEQUITIES ACROSS WHICH [36:01] CONTINUE TO BE DRIVEN BY ISSUES LIKE SYSTEMIC RACISM, HOMOPHOBIA [36:10] AND SEXISM. WE SEE THAT WE NOW [36:16] SEE SOME IMPACTS THAT, I KNOW, SO WE HAD MADE PROGRESS AND THAT PROGRESS WAS LOST OR SLOWED BY [36:22] THE PANDEMIC. AND WHAT, YOU [36:31] KNOW, LACK OF SERVICES BECAUSE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING. WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING CITY-LEVEL DATA THAT [36:38] IS DESEGREGATED AND THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GET DOWN TO LOCALIZED [36:46] COMMUNITY LEVEL. OFTEN, WE ARE ABLE TO GET COUNTY LEVEL DATA. [36:51] MINNEAPOLIS IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN OTHER PARTS OF HENNEPIN COUNTY. HAVING THE ABILITY TO [36:57] DESEGREGATE AT THE CITY LEVEL IS VERY IMPORTANT. THEN WE ALSO HAVE HEARD FROM OUR COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS THE APPRECIATION [37:02] FOR BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THE INFORMATION AND ACCESS THAT LOCAL LEVEL DATA AND HAVING [37:10] CONVERSATIONS ON HOW TO INTERPRET AND HOW TO USE THE INFORMATION. SO WE'RE HOPEFUL TO [37:16] CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND DO THAT AS PART OF OUR CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT AS PART OF OUR NEXT [37:22] STEPS. SO I'M GOING TO PRESENT SOME DATA FROM TWO OF THE PRIORITY AREAS PARTLY BECAUSE [37:28] TRYING TO KEEP THE PRESENTATION SOMEWHAT SHORT. INFANT MORTALITY [37:37] AND MATERNAL HEALTH. THE BLACK LINE IS CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WE [37:43] SEE OUR INFANT MORTALITY RATE HAS STAYED FAIRLY CONSISTENT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. THE [37:50] DATA FOR '21-'23 IS NOT FINALIZED. WE'RE STILL WAITING [37:56] TO SEE. WE SEE THAT FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN, THE INFANT MORTALITY [38:02] RATE FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS IS QUITE A BIT HIGHER THAN FOR [38:07] OTHER GROUPS, AND UNFORTUNATELY, APPEARS TO BE RISING. AND WE ARE [38:13] NOT SEEING THE RATE GO DOWN, WHICH IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THE RATE GO DOWN. WE ALSO [38:22] LOOKED AT ADEQUACY OF PRENATAL CARE. WE SEE THAT WHILE THE [38:31] PERCENT OF ADEQUATE PRENATAL CARE IS REMAINING STABLE FOR [38:36] MANY GROUPS. 50% OF THE WOMEN ARE RECEIVING ADEQUATE PRENATAL [38:46] CARE. THAT'S A CONCERN. THERE ARE RACIAL GROUPS FOR WHOM THOSE NUMBERS ARE MUCH LOWER. WE HAVE [38:52] DATA ON OTHER PIECES THAT IMPACT [38:58] THESE AREAS WHICH IS THE PRESENCE OF OPIOID AT DELIVERY, [39:03] LOW BIRTH RATE, AND OTHER AREAS THAT IMPACT MOTHER'S HEALTH AND THEREFORE, IMPACT OUR INFANT [39:10] MORTALITY RATES. WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION AND WILL BE MAKING THAT AVAILABLE. BUT I [39:16] JUST WANTED TO PRESENT A SNAPSHOT. THE OTHER AREA OF [39:21] PRIORITY IS ADOLESCENT, YOUTH AND HEALTH AND WELLBEING. WE HAD [39:26] DONE THAT CONTEXT ASSESSMENT ON MENTAL HEALTH. SO WE ALSO LOOKED [39:32] AT MEDICAL RECORDS. INFORMATION FROM MEDICAL RECORDS ON MENTAL [39:37] HEALTH DIAGNOSIS. SO IN MINNEAPOLIS, ONE IN SIX [39:42] ADOLESCENTS THAT HAVE A MEDICAL RECORD THAT HAVE ACCESSED CARE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS HAVE HAD [39:49] A MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSIS. HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSIS IN THAT RECORD. THAT CAN BE [39:55] ANYTHING FROM ANXIETY TO BIPOLAR DISORDER TO A DEPRESSIVE [40:00] DISORDER. IT RUNS THE GAMUT. AND THIS IS LIKELY AN UNDERESTIMATE [40:07] BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY IS ABLE TO ACCESS CARE. NOT EVERYBODY IS, YOU KNOW, WOULD HAVE THAT DIAGNOSIS EVEN IF THEY ARE [40:14] STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. WE ALSO LOOKED AT TEEN [40:21] PREGNANCY RATE IN WHICH HAS REMAINED STABLE. BUT WE ARE SEEING INCREASES IN OUR HISPANIC [40:26] AND AMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITY. THIS IS ONE AREA THAT PRE-COVID WE HAD MADE LOTS -- QUITE A [40:33] SIGNIFICANT PROCESS IN A REDUCTION OF RATES. AND THEN, [40:39] HOWEVER, SINCE 2019, WE'VE SEEN FOR SOME GROUPS, THE RATE GO [40:44] BACK UP. AND SO AN AREA FOR WORK. AND FINALLY, IMMUNIZATIONS, WHICH WAS A [40:50] PRIORITY AND IT IS OF CONCERN [40:56] BECAUSE WE SAW IMMUNIZATION RATES DROP DURING COVID BECAUSE OF ACCESS AND ALL OF THE ISSUES [41:01] WITH ACCESS TO CARE DURING THAT TIME AND ESPECIALLY FOR [41:06] PREVENTIVE CARE. AND SO WE SEE THAT ONLY 70% OF MINNEAPOLIS [41:13] 6-YEAR-OLDS ARE UP TO DATE ON THEIR CHILDHOOD VACCINATIONS. AND ONLY 43% OF ADOLESCENTS ARE [41:19] UP TO DATE ON THEIR IMMUNIZATION SERIES. THIS IS OF CONCERN ESPECIALLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING [41:25] ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH MEASLES. WE'D LIKE TO SEE A 95% [41:32] IMMUNIZATION RATE, FOR EXAMPLE FOR MEASLES. WE ONLY HAVE A 60% FOR ONE SHOT OF MMR, I MEAN, 60% [41:40] FOR A COMPLETE MMR SERIES. AND 80% FOR ONE SHOT. SO WELL BELOW [41:48] THAT 95% THRESHOLD THAT WE WOULD WANT TO AVOID AN OUTBREAK. SO [41:54] WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF NEXT STEPS. AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE QUITE A [42:00] BIT OF DATA. WE ARE FINALIZING WRITE-UPS. WE ARE CREATING A [42:06] DASHBOARD THAT WILL MAKE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THE CITY WEBSITE. WE'LL BE WORKING WITH IT. BUT [42:13] HAVING THIS DATA AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO UPDATE IT REGULARLY, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR. [42:19] WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE WORKING ON OUR DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLANS, WHICH IS ANOTHER -- IT'S [42:26] THE STEP THAT COMES AFTER THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT. AND WE'LL WORK TOGETHER WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY AND BLOOMINGTON [42:31] PUBLIC HEALTH. WE DO A COUNTY-WIDE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN. WE'LL ALSO BE [42:37] FOCUSING ON SOME MINNEAPOLIS-SPECIFIC COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR AREAS WHERE IT DOESN'T OVERLAP. WHERE OUR [42:44] PRIORITIES MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN SAY HENNEPIN OR BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC HEALTH. AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE HOPING TO DO MORE [42:52] COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CHA DATA. SO TO GO TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND PRESENT SOME OF THE [42:58] INFORMATION AND HEAR FROM COMMUNITY WHAT ELSE THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, OR IF THERE'S DEEPER ANALYSIS OF ISSUES THAT [43:06] WE CAN DO, AND DO SOME OF THOSE -- CONTINUE TO DO SOME OF [43:13] THOSE ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS. AND THAT IS WHAT I HAVE. AND I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR QUESTIONS. [43:18] >> THANK YOU, LOUISA FOR THIS VERY HELPFUL AND INFORMATIVE [43:24] PRESENTATION. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I'LL SEE IF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR [43:30] COMMENTS. COUNCIL PRESIDENT [43:35] PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. WE KNOW THAT PUBLIC HEALTH IS UNDER ATTACK AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. I'M [43:40] CURIOUS IF YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHTS TO SHARE JUST IN TERMS OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STATE AND [43:46] HOW WE CAN BOLSTER SOME OF THOSE RETREATS HERE LOCALLY. >> SO WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH [43:52] THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WE ARE ALL TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT BOTH [43:58] LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE STATE PUBLIC HEALTH CAN WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE [44:04] MAINTAINING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE AND THAT FOR ALL RESIDENTS. [44:12] YEAH. IT'S A LITTLE SCARY TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN SOME OF THE [44:17] DECISIONS, AND UNCLEAR HOW THEY WILL IMPACT US IN THE LONG RUN. >> JUST KNOW THAT YOU HAVE [44:23] CHAMPIONS IN CITY COUNCIL TO BACK YOU UP. >> THANK YOU. >> LET US KNOW HOW THINGS ARE [44:29] UNFOLDING. >> THANK YOU. >> YEAH. >> I PUT MYSELF ON QUEUE TOO. I [44:35] THINK ONE OF THE YOUTH FEEDBACK THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION IS ABOUT THE NEED FOR SAFE SPACES [44:41] FOR YOUTH OUTSIDE SCHOOL AND HOME. MAKING SURE YOU HAVE A SPACE TO GO THAT IS SAFE AND [44:46] SECURE WHERE THEY CAN LEARN, BE WITH COMMUNITY, EAT, ENJOY THEIR TIMES AND FEEL SECURE. I THINK I [44:52] SAW ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS HERE WAS ABOUT PROVIDING SAFE [45:01] JUDGMENT-FREE SPACES WHERE YOUTH WITH EXPRESS MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS AND RESOURCES. IN [45:07] GENERAL, WOULD LOVE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THE CITY COUNCIL, [45:12] THE MAYOR, AND WE COULD BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF THOSE YOUTH [45:18] SPACES. AS HEALTH DEPARTMENT HEARD THAT AS A PRIORITY OR HEARD THAT AS AN ASSESSMENT FROM [45:26] COMMUNITY OF YOUTH. HOW WE CAN BE SUPPORTIVE OF THOSE EFFORTS BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS A REALLY [45:31] IMPORTANT ASPECT. IT'S NOT JUST MPRB THAT IS SUPPOSED TO CREATE [45:38] THOSE SAFE SPACES FOR YOUTH. HOW CAN WE SUPPORT YOU MORE I GUESS [45:44] IS MY QUESTION. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. I THINK SOME HAVE THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH YOUTH COORDINATING BOARD [45:50] AND WITH THE MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, I'M SURE THERE WILL BE. SO THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY MY AREA OF EXPERTISE IN TERMS OF [45:57] IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS. BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR GROUP THAT WORKS WITH [46:06] THOSE OTHER PARTNERS WILL BE. I KNOW IT IS NOT A NEW AREA OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO [46:13] SUPPORT THOSE. BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO SUPPORTING THOSE IN A CULTURALLY SPECIFIC WAY AND [46:20] WORKING WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY WORKING [46:26] WITH YOUTH TO DEVELOP SOME OF THOSE SPACES. >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. I GUESS JUST ADD US TO THE LIST OF [46:33] IF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT NEEDS SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL ON THIS, I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF, I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE SUPPORTIVE. BECAUSE [46:40] IT IS HELPFUL TO CREATE AND IMPROVE THE LIFE OF A YOUNG [46:46] PERSON WHEN THEY GET TO AN ADULT WHEN YOU HAVE A SUPPORTIVE ECOSYSTEM. I WAS GLAD TO SEE [46:52] THAT REFLECTED IN THE PRESENTATION. SO THANK YOU. >> THE COMMISSIONER AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONER ARE HERE, SO I [46:59] THINK THEY CAN FOLLOW UP WITH ANY OTHER THOUGHTS. >> THANK YOU. AS I SAID, THANK YOU, LOUISA AND THE HEALTH [47:05] DEPARTMENT FOR THIS PRESENTATION. IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL. COLLEAGUES, IS THERE [47:10] ANYBODY ELSE ON QUEUE? SOUNDS GOOD. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL DIRECT THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT REPORT. [47:18] AND OUR FINAL ITEM IS RECEIVING AND FILING A QUARTERLY REPORT FROM THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY [47:23] SAFETY AND THE DEPARTMENTS. HERE TO KICK OFF THIS ITEM IS [47:29] COMMISSIONER BARNETTE. WELCOME. [47:47] >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. [47:54] GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, COUNCIL [48:01] MEMBER RAINVILLE, WONSLEY, AND PALMISANO. THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. ALSO WITH ME OF [48:07] COURSE AS USUAL ARE THE DEPARTMENT HEADS FOR EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS UNDER THE OFFICE OF [48:15] COMMUNITY SAFETY. EXCUSE ME. [48:32] >> AND AS YOU ALL FIGURE THAT OUT, WHAT WE'LL START WITH IS THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY, [48:39] AND THEN SAFETY DESIGN IMPLEMENTATION. WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS. WE'LL GO TO M.P.D. [48:45] THAT'S THE LARGEST PRESENTATION OF THE DAY. WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. AND AFTER THAT, TWO, [48:53] TWO, TWO. >> JUST LIKE I SAID EARLIER, [48:59] CHAIR CHAVEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY OF COURSE HAS FIVE DEPARTMENTS UNDER IT. 911, [49:05] EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, FIRE, NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY, AND POLICE. YOU ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A [49:12] DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, AND A DIRECTOR OF DESIGN AND [49:17] IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN OUR OFFICE AS WELL. OF COURSE, YOU'VE HEARD [49:22] IT MANY TIMES BEFORE, OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE A [49:29] COORDINATED, COMPREHENSIVE AND EQUITABLE SAFETY SERVICE TO RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. AND WE [49:34] WORK TOWARDS A VISION THAT CITY WHERE ALL PEOPLE FEEL SAFE. SOCIAL DISPARITIES ARE [49:42] ELIMINATED, AND ALL RESIDENTS CAN ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES. HIGHLIGHTS FROM [49:49] QUARTER 2. YOU KNOW THAT DIRECTOR HARRINGTON'S MOVED FROM [49:56] THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION AND MOVED INTO THE ROLE OF DIRECTOR [50:03] OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY. ALSO CHIEF OF STAFF, JARED JEFFRIES HAS MOVED INTO THE ROLE OF [50:09] DEPUTY COMMISSIONER. ALSO DURING THE SECOND QUARTER, WHICH YOU ALSO ARE FAMILIAR WITH IS THAT [50:17] ELEFA HAS COMPLETED THEIR YEAR ONE EVALUATION. AND THAT [50:23] EVALUATION HAS BEEN PUBLISHED. YOU CAN FIND THAT EVALUATION ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, AND ALSO ON [50:30] ELEFA'S WEBSITE AS WELL. WE [50:35] CONTINUE TO WORK ON INTEGRATING THOSE PROVISIONS OF THE CONSENT [50:40] DECREE WITH THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH ALL THE [50:48] DEPARTMENTS TO BRING THOSE TWO DOCUMENTS TOGETHER TO ALLOW US [50:55] TO BE EFFICIENT, AND ALSO TO WORK ON THAT BOTH DOCUMENTS [51:03] MOVING THAT WORK FORWARD. MOST RECENTLY, OCS LEADERS HAVE ATTENDED CONFERENCE OUT EAST IN [51:10] ADVANCING THE FIELDS OF ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES FOR 2025. [51:15] THAT WAS A NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE IN WHICH JURISDICTIONS FROM ALL [51:21] OVER THE NATION GOT TOGETHER. AND IT GAVE OUR LEADERS AN [51:26] OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO OTHER LEADERS AROUND THE COUNTRY TO [51:31] LOOK AT HOW WE RESPOND IN PROGRAMS RELATED TO BEHAVIORAL [51:38] HEALTH, LIVEABILITY ISSUES AS WELL. AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO [51:45] QUARTER 3, LIKE SAID BEFORE, THE WORK IN INTEGRATING AND [51:51] IMPLEMENTING THE CONDITIONS OF THE CONSENT DECREE IS A PRIORITY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT [51:56] WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON. HIRING THE REPLACEMENT FOR THE [52:02] CHIEF OF STAFF AND THE DIRECTOR OF DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION IS A PRIORITY AS WELL. AND AS [52:10] REPORTED BEFORE, WE HAVE PLANNED EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, [52:16] WHICH WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR JUSTICE PARTNERS IN MAKING THOSE EVENTS SAFE FOR OUR [52:23] RESIDENTS AND FOR THE VISITORS TO THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THAT [52:30] CONCLUDES MY PORTION. I'LL HAND IT OVER TO DIRECTOR HARRINGTON. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. [52:36] WELCOME, DIRECTOR HARRINGTON. [52:44] >> HELLO AGAIN. AMANDA HARR HARRINGTON, DIRECTOR OF [52:50] NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY, BUT SPEAKING IN MY PRIOR ROLE AS DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION DIRECTOR. JUST AS A REMINDER, WE [52:58] ALWAYS HAVE LIVE DASHBOARDS ABOUT THE WORK AND PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE SAFE AND THRIVING [53:04] COMMUNITIES REPORT. AND NYU ASSET AND GAPS ANALYSIS THAT ARE ON THE PUBLIC WEBPAGE. COUNCIL [53:09] MEMBERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ANYBODY IN THE CITY THAT WANTS TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH THIS WORK CAN SEE THOSE UPDATES IN [53:16] REALTIME. I WILL CALL OUT THAT WE'VE COMPLETED NINE ACTIVITIES SINCE MY LAST REPORT. SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE [53:22] ACTIVITIES THAT WE DID WERE POSTING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT [53:30] MECC'S GOVERNANCE TO INCREASE MORE TRANSPARENCY. 311, 911 AND [53:37] RELATED RESOURCES. COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU RECEIVED ONE OF THE PRODUCTS OF THAT EVALUATION IN [53:43] THAT WE CREATED INFORMATION TO GET OUT TO COMMUNITY THAT WANTED TO CALL 911, 311, 988. WE'RE [53:49] JUST STARTING TO PASS THAT INFORMATION OUT. WE'VE ALSO BEEN ENGAGING WITH LISTENING SESSIONS [53:57] AND SURVEYING NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY EMPLOYEES. SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE REPORT WERE ABOUT HIRING AND RETENTION [54:02] IN THAT DEPARTMENT IN PARTICULAR. I DID WANT TO CALL OUT ONE ACTIVITY AS AN EXAMPLE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. THERE WAS A [54:09] RECOMMENDATION TO CONSIDER MANDATING THE USE OF ONLINE REPORTING FOR CERTAIN CRIMES. THE CITY DID CONSIDER THAT BUT [54:16] RULED OUT THE RECOMMENDATION. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE RECOMMENDATIONS [54:21] IN THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES REPORT THAT WE CHOOSE NOT TO ACT ON, BUT FOR GOOD REASON. IN THIS CASE, THE [54:28] OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SERVICE GOT TOGETHER AND CONSIDERED WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACTS OF DOING [54:34] THAT. IT CERTAINLY MIGHT DECREASE THE NEED FOR POLICE RESPONSE OR THE NEED FOR 311 [54:40] AGENTS. BUT IT ALSO WOULDN'T FIT OUR VALUES OF EQUITY. USING ONLINE REPORTING AND NO PHONE [54:46] CALL OPTION WOULDN'T WORK FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, INCLUDING THOSE THAT SPEAK OR [54:52] READ OTHER LANGUAGES THAN ENGLISH, SENIORS, AND MANY PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. I JUST WANTED TO CALL [54:57] THAT OUT. WE DO HAVE OUR REASONS PUT TOGETHER FOR WHY WE DID DECLINE THAT RECOMMENDATION. AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN. [55:03] BUT IT WILL HAPPEN AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. THERE ARE ANOTHER 78 ACTIVITIES THAT ARE [55:08] IN THE PLANNING OR PROGRESS STAGE. AND WE CONTINUE TO MAKE [55:16] PROGRESS ON THIS WORK EVEN THOUGH THE NUMBERS DOWN TO TWO INDIVIDUALS FOCUSING ON THIS [55:22] WORK SINCE MY ATTENTION PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON [55:27] NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY. I'M STILL TRYING TO CONTINUE MOMENTUM ON [55:33] THIS WORK BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE DELAYED UNTIL THE NEW HIRE. I DON'T HAVE MUCH [55:39] TO UPDATE FOR YOU REGARDING THE SAFETY CENTER WHILE THEY'RE STILL IN THEIR DESIGN PHASE. BUT [55:48] WITH THE LAKE STREET SAFETY CENTER, I WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE. GENERALLY YOU CAN SEE [55:54] THAT VISITORS TO THE CENTER HAVE INCREASED SINCE WE OPENED IN NOVEMBER 2024. I DON'T HAVE ANY [56:01] REASONS WHY THEY DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY IN MAY. WE DID HOST AN EVENT YESTERDAY WHICH [56:09] CHAIR CHAVEZ WAS AT. A POP-UP IN THE COMMUNITY TO PROMOTE SERVICES THAT WE HAD INSIDE. WE [56:16] HAD ALMOST 60 COMMUNITY MEMBERS STOP BY OUR TABLES AND TENTS YESTERDAY. SO WE CONSIDER THAT A SUCCESS. WE SURVEYED THOSE [56:23] INDIVIDUALS. MOST OF THEM HAD NOT BEEN TO THE SAFETY CENTER BEFORE AND THEY TOLD US REASONS [56:30] THEY DIDN'T KNOW THE SAFETY CENTER EXISTED EVEN THOUGH THEY WALKED RIGHT PASSED IT. THEY [56:36] DIDN'T FEEL THEY NEEDED ANY OF THE SERVICES INSIDE. WE GENERALLY GOT POSITIVE FEEDBACK [56:41] THAT THE CENTER DID EXIST. THERE WAS GENERALLY A DESIRE FOR US AND THE SERVICE PROVIDERS TO BE [56:48] MORE VISIBLE. THEY TALKED ABOUT INCREASED SIGNAGE. BUT ALSO TO [56:53] COME OUT OF THE CENTER AND BEING ON THE BLOCK. YOU CAN SEE A VARIETY OF SERVICES THAT PEOPLE [56:59] HAVE COME INTO THE CENTER FOR. THIS IS SINCE THE CENTER OPENED. [57:05] THIS IS NOT A PARTICULAR MONTH. WE KNOW FROM MY PRIOR REPORTS THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE [57:11] IN THE BEGINNING LOOKING FOR OUTSIDE SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDED THE DENTIST OFFICE THAT USED TO [57:17] BE THERE. SOMETIMES IT'S HENNEPIN COUNTY SERVICES, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE JUST [57:25] CURIOUS, HONESTLY. WE'RE EXCITED THAT'S UP AND RUNNING AND THAT SOMEBODY UTILIZED THAT SERVICE. [57:31] WE TRACK A LOT OF OTHER DATA ABOUT THE CENTER, INCLUDING UTILIZATION OF THE CONFERENCE [57:37] ROOM. WE'VE HAD THE CONFERENCE ROOM THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THE [57:43] PUBLIC CHECKED OUT 48 TIMES. WE HAVE ONLY HAD ONE INDIVIDUAL TAKE US UP ON THAT SURVEY. WHICH [57:51] IS PARTIALLY WHY WE ADMINISTERED SURVEYS AT THE EVENT YESTERDAY SO THAT WE COULD GET MORE [57:56] INFORMATION. WE ALSO HAVE ASKED CITY STAFF AND PROVIDERS WHO UTILIZE THAT SPACE TO GIVE US [58:02] SURVEY INFORMATION. WE ONLY HAD FIVE RESPONSES. WE'VE EXTENDED THE TIME THAT SURVEY WILL BE [58:08] OPEN SO WE CAN GET MORE INFORMATION. WE CAN REPORT BACK NEXT TIME THAT WE'RE HERE. PLEASE RECALL THAT WE HAD A [58:15] COUPLE OF DIFFERENT GOALS FOR THIS CENTER. ONE WAS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY CERTAINLY WITH SERVICES THAT THEY NEEDED. BUT [58:22] ANOTHER WAS TO INCREASE COLLABORATION AMONG SERVICE PROVIDERS. WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THE SERVICE PROVIDER UTILIZATION [58:29] OF THE SPACE. OUR SYSTEM TO TRACK IS FLAWED. NOT EVERYBODY HAS TO BADGE IN AND OUT, [58:35] ESPECIALLY WHEN THE CENTER IS OPENED. SO THAT'S NOT AN ACCURATE WAY TO CAPTURE IT. [58:40] WE'VE ASKED PEOPLE TO SIGN IN AND OUT WHEN THEY COME INTO THE [58:45] CENTER WITH A QR CODE. NOT EVERYBODY DOES THAT CONSISTENTLY. BUT IN GENERAL, YOU CAN SEE OUR PARTNERS ARE IN [58:52] THE SPACE WEEKLY, SOMETIMES TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TENDS TO VARY. [59:00] THE BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE HAD SOME ISSUES IN THE BEGINNING. PARTICULARLY AROUND THE TIME THEY HAD SOME [59:05] LEADERSHIP CHANGES UTILIZING THE SPACES. WE KNOW THEIR STAFF ARE [59:12] SIGNING IN POTENTIALLY BETWEEN CALLS. IT MIGHT ALSO BE SUPERVISORS USING THAT SPACE AS A LANDING PAD. WE DON'T TRACK [59:18] FOLKS WHO USE THAT CENTER EVERY DAY. SO THE 311 CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENTS, THE SAFETY AMBASSADORS [59:26] ARE NOT TRACKED IN THIS. AND NOW, I WILL STEP ASIDE FOR AN UPDATE ON PILOTS FROM PMI. [59:33] >> WELCOME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHAVEZ [59:40] AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS BETHLEHEM AND I AM A PROGRAM [59:47] MANAGER. AT THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING UPDATE, WE SHARED THE OVERALL GOALS AND DESIGN OF THE [59:53] COMMUNITY SAFETY PILOTS. TODAY'S UPDATE WILL FOCUS ON KEY PROGRESS AND UPCOMING [59:58] MILESTONES. THE COMMUNITY SAFETY AMBASSADOR PILOT OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED ON MAY 28TH, WITH [1:00:04] AMBASSADORS NOW PRESENT ON THE EAST LAKE STREET CULTURAL [1:00:09] DISTRICTS. A MAJOR MILESTONE HAS BEEN THE FULL EXECUTION OF OUR CONTRACT WITH METRO YOUTH [1:00:16] DIVERSION CENTER. CLEAR REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES TO ASSESS [1:00:22] AMBASSADOR ACTIVITIES AND IMPACT ENHANCING OVERALL SAFETY [1:00:28] VISIBILITY IN THE AREA. SUCH AS COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS BY TYPE AND THE NUMBER OF REFERRALS MADE [1:00:33] BY TYPE. MONICA HERRERA WHO WAS BROUGHT ON AS A PUBLIC HEALTH [1:00:43] SPECIALIST WILL MANAGE THE DATA OF THE PROGRAM. THE ACTIVITY [1:00:48] REPORTS WILL BE REGULARLY REVIEWED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE VENDOR TO ENSURE DATA -- TO [1:00:56] ENSURE QUALITY ASSURANCE WITH DATA ENTRY. ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE DEVELOPING A MULTI-LINGUAL [1:01:02] COMMUNITY FEEDBACK SURVEY THAT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE VIA QR CODE. [1:01:12] TO GATHER INPUT ON BOTH SPECIFIC INTERACTIONS AND THE OVERALL IMPRESSIONS OF THE PROGRAM. IN [1:01:19] MAY, AMBASSADORS HAVE COMPLETED COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING THAT WAS FACILITATED BY BOTH THE CITY AND [1:01:26] THE CONTRACT VENDOR. ALIGN WITH CITY VALUES, POLICIES, AND LOCAL [1:01:33] CONTEXT. OUR GOAL IS TO EQUIP EACH AMBASSADOR WITH THE SKILLS [1:01:39] AND TOOLS NEEDED. NSD IS IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING A DISPATCHER [1:01:47] TO BE STATIONED. AND THE DISPATCHER WILL MONITOR CAMERAS AND MAINTAIN DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH AMBASSADORS [1:01:54] AND STAKEHOLDERS TO ENSURE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SHARING WITH APPROPRIATE PARTIES. OUR [1:01:59] GOAL IS TO HAVE THE DISPATCHER HIRED AND ONBOARDING BY FALL OF [1:02:04] 2025. LOOKING AHEAD, NSD WILL LEAD OPERATIONS AND PROVIDE FUTURE UPDATES ON THE PILOT. PMI [1:02:12] WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT AS NEEDED. AFTER IMPLEMENTATION -- OR THIS [1:02:17] TRANSITION IS REPRESENTATIVE OF PMI'S ROLE AS CONSULTANTS. AS [1:02:23] IT'S COMPLETE, OWNERSHIP SHIFTS TO ENSURE CONTINUITY, CONSISTENCY AND LONG-TERM SUCCESS. AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK [1:02:33] OUR WAY INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE OF THE SOCIAL WORKER [1:02:39] PILOT, A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT BETWEEN MINNEAPOLIS AND HENNEPIN [1:02:45] COUNTY WAS APPROVED IN FEBRUARY, AND THE COUNTY BOARD IN MARCH. [1:02:50] HENNEPIN COUNTY AND MECC -- WORK STATION HAS BEEN SET UP IN THE [1:02:57] 911 COMMUNICATION CENTER. THE SOCIAL WORKER POSITION WAS POSTED TO HENNEPIN COUNTY'S JOB [1:03:03] BULLETIN IN MAY, AND WE'VE SO FAR RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 14 APPLICATIONS. THE PROJECT TEAM [1:03:08] WILL BE CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS WITH CANDIDATES THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK AS WELL. KEY MILESTONES BEFORE THE PILOT IS [1:03:14] TRANSITIONED TO MECC INCLUDE FINALIZING HIRING, TRAINING THE [1:03:21] SOCIAL WORKER, AND DEVELOPING A SYSTEM THAT'S COMPLIANT WITH [1:03:28] HIPAA LAWS. CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND TO HELP US [1:03:33] BETTER UNDERSTAND CAPACITY NEEDS. ADDITIONAL DATA ANALYSIS CONDUCTED BY NYU HELPED US [1:03:39] BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PROPORTION OF NON-INJURY TRAFFIC COLLISIONS THAT REQUIRED POLICE RESPONSE. [1:03:45] THE FINDINGS INDICATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 11% REQUIRES [1:03:51] POLICE ACTION. MANY OF THESE REPORTS CAN BE HANDLED THROUGH A CIVILIAN RESPONSE APPROACH. [1:03:57] CONSIDERING CAPACITY AND RESOURCE NEEDS, WE ALSO REFINED THE PILOT DESIGN. THREE TRAFFIC [1:04:02] CONTROL AGENTS THE MONITOR IN PRECINCTS 3, 4, AND 5. THE AREAS [1:04:09] WITH LONGER RESPONSE TIMES. ASSIGNING ONE TRAFFIC CONTROL [1:04:14] AGENT PER PRECINCT WILL HELP IMPROVE RESPONSE TIMES. THIS [1:04:19] REPRESENTS AN EXPANSION OF THE PILOT AREA FROM THE ORIGINAL DESIGN THAT WE PRESENTED IN THE FALL. WE'VE ALSO ENGAGED WITH [1:04:27] CIVILIAN CRASH INVESTIGATOR PROGRAMS IN CHARLOTTE AND WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. AND A SITE VISIT IS PLANNED TO GAIN [1:04:34] INSIGHTS INTO THEIR OPERATIONS, IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS, AND LESSONS LEARNED. INSIGHTS FROM THOSE PROGRAMS WILL HELP REFORM [1:04:43] AND REFINE OUR OWN PROTOCOLS AND PROCESSES TO ENSURE A STRONG [1:04:50] FOUNDATION FOR THE PILOT. THE TRANSIT SAFETY PILOT IS CURRENTLY IN THE RESEARCH AND [1:04:55] INFORMATION GATHERING PHASE. AND SO FAR, WE'VE BEEN REVIEWING BEST PRACTICES AND EVIDENCE [1:05:01] BASED APPROACHES USED TO HELP INFORM OUR DIRECTION. WE'VE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT [1:05:08] WITH METRO TRANSIT AND PLAN TO HAVE FUTURE MEETINGS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THEIR SAFETY [1:05:13] STRATEGIES AND HOW THEY COLLECT AND USE DATA. MANAGEMENT OF THE PILOT WITH PMI PROVIDING SUPPORT [1:05:22] IN DATA ANALYSIS, RESEARCH AND REFINING THE PILOT DESIGN. PMI [1:05:31] WILL PROVIDE GUIDANCE, INFORMATION GATHERING TO HELP [1:05:37] INFORM NSD'S DECISIONS ON NEXT STEPS. [1:05:43] >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS -- [1:05:48] >> WELCOME. >> MY NAME IS KYLE. TODAY, I'M HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE [1:05:57] JUVENILE DEFLECTION PILOT EFFORTS. SINCE THE LAST PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY UPDATE, WE'VE [1:06:03] CONTINUED TO REFINE PILOT DESIGN, INFORMED BY LITERATURE REVIEW, INCLUDING THE JUVENILE [1:06:10] REDIRECTION PROGRAM IN LONGMONT, COLORADO, CALLED REWIND. THE [1:06:17] JUVENILE AUTO THEFT PREVENTION [1:06:23] EFFORTS LOCALLY LED BY THE HENNEPIN COUNTY OFFICE. ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS DEMONSTRATED [1:06:30] STRONG. INSIGHTS FROM THESE PROGRAMS WILL HELP REFORM AND REFINE OUR OWN PROTOCOLS AND [1:06:36] PROCESSES TO ENSURE A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR THE PILOT. KEY PILOT DESIGN ELEMENTS INCLUDE [1:06:43] CREATING UNIQUE PLANS FOR YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES, FOCUSING ON [1:06:51] SERVICES THAT CENTER ENGAGING YOUTH AND POSITIVE ACTIVITIES, MENTORSHIP, AND EARLY [1:06:56] INTERVENTION. ALONG WITH AN EMPHASIS THAT THAT PROGRAM IS NOT A PART OF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. EACH OF THESE ELEMENTS [1:07:04] PRIORITIZES REMOVAL OF BARRIERS TO AVOID THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS [1:07:10] THAT THE RESEARCH ASSOCIATES WITH JUSTICE SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT. THIS PILOT ALIGNS WITH THE [1:07:15] PREVENTION WORK PRESCRIBED IN THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES REPORT. OUR PARTNERS [1:07:22] LOOKING FORWARD, OUR PARTNERS IN THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY HAVE BEEN BRIEFED ON THE UPDATED [1:07:27] DESIGN EFFORTS, AND WE WILL RECONVENE ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO [1:07:33] WORK COLLABORATIVELY TOWARD FINALIZING A DESIGN. WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS [1:07:40] LIKE THE HENNEPIN COUNTY OFFICE TO COMMUNITY SAFETY ECOSYSTEM ENSURING THE SERVICES BUILD ON [1:07:47] CURRENT EFFORTS AND ADDRESS GAPS RATHER THAN DUPLICATING THE WORK THAT IS ALREADY DONE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [1:07:56] >> THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR ALLOWING PMI TO GIVE UPDATES ON THESE PILOTS ALONG WITH THE [1:08:03] DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION UPDATES. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SEE THAT THIS IS ALL PART OF ONE [1:08:10] COMMUNITY SAFETY ECOSYSTEM WORK. LOOKING AHEAD TO QUARTER 3, [1:08:15] DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION TEAM WILL HIRE A NEW DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SAFETY DESIGN AND [1:08:20] IMPLEMENTATION. BUT THE TEAM WILL CONTINUE WORKING ON PILOTS, RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO THE TWO REPORTS, AS WELL AS CREATION [1:08:26] AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SAFETY CENTERS. AND THEN A LARGE PART WILL BE ONBOARDING THE SAFE AND [1:08:34] THRIVING COMMUNITIES WORK GROUP WHICH I REFERRED TO EARLIER. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. [1:08:41] AND I AND THE COMMISSIONER ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HARRINGTON FOR THE PRESENTATION [1:08:47] AS WELL. COLLEAGUES, WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. IF YOU WANT TO GET ON QUEUE. WE FIRST HAVE [1:08:56] COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. I WAS CURIOUS THINK BEGIN FOR EACH [1:09:01] OF OUR PILOTS HAVE A FRAMEWORK FOR DETERMINING WHETHER IT'S A SUCCESS OR WHETHER WE NEED TO [1:09:09] REEVALUATE WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD CONTINUE IT. BCR, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE WE GOT VERY [1:09:14] EARLY CALL DATA FROM 911 THAT GAVE US AN INDICATION OF THE UTILIZATION OF THAT PROGRAM. [1:09:20] THAT WAS A CLEAR INDICATION THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE IT. I'M WONDERING IF YOU'VE ARTICULATED [1:09:26] WHAT ARE THE SIGNALS WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR IN EACH OF THESE [1:09:34] PILOT AREAS THAT THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL. >> I WILL DEFER YOU TO PMI [1:09:43] STAFF. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE, SO WE ARE WITH THE PILOTS HAVE ALSO IDENTIFIED A [1:09:48] NUMBER OF KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND MEASURES THAT WE WILL BE RELYING ON THAT WILL [1:09:54] KIND OF SHOW US, YOU KNOW, HOW THE PROGRESS IS GOING WITH THESE PILOTS. WHETHER THERE IS AREAS [1:09:59] FOR REFINEMENT. THAT WILL THEN SUPPORT THE EVALUATION OF THE PILOTS. >> THANK YOU. [1:10:08] >> I GUESS I'M NEXT ON QUEUE. DIRECTOR HARRINGTON, I JUST WANT [1:10:14] TO THANK YOU AND STAFF FOR THE WORK ON THE LAKE STREET SAFETY CENTER EVENT THAT HAPPENED [1:10:21] YESTERDAY, INCLUDING CHRISTINA AND STAFF, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO HELPED PUT UP THAT [1:10:27] POP-UP EVENT. WHAT I LEARNED IS THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO STUFF LIKE THAT MORE OFTEN [1:10:33] BECAUSE IT BRINGS ATTENTION TO THE LAKE STREET SAFETY CENTER, PEOPLE GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER, [1:10:39] AND PARTNERS. THAT'S THE REASON IS TO COLLABORATE WITH DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND MAKE SURE WE CAN [1:10:44] CONNECT OUR ECOSYSTEM OF COMMUNITY SAFETY. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF FOR [1:10:52] WORKING ON THAT EVENT. IT WAS FUN. I WAS OUT THERE BLOWING [1:10:59] BUBBLES. I JUST WANTED TO SHOW MY APPRECIATION FOR THAT [1:11:04] COMPONENT. I HAD QUESTIONS ON A FEW THINGS AND IT WAS MOSTLY ON [1:11:14] THE TRANSIT SAFETY PILOT. SO PMI IS HERE AS WELL. AND MAYBE WE'LL GET MORE INFORMATION MORE LATER. [1:11:20] BUT IS THERE SPECIFICS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT FOR THAT? OR IS THAT GOING TO BE MORE LATER DOWN THE ROAD? I KNOW [1:11:28] THERE'S CONVERSATIONS WITH METRO TRANSIT THAT OCCURRED. WOULD LOVE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE [1:11:33] ABOUT THAT. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. THE TRANSIT SAFETY PILOT, THE IMPETUS OF [1:11:43] THAT WAS AN EARMARK FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WE DO THIS RESEARCH ON [1:11:49] THE FRONT END RATHER THAN CREATING SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW IS A GOOD FIT. PART OF THE RESEARCH THAT'S [1:11:55] BEING DONE IS THE CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH METRO TRANSIT ABOUT WHAT ARE THE [1:12:02] SERVICES THEY'RE ALREADY PROVIDING SO WE CAN DETERMINE IF THERE ARE GAPS. SO WE DON'T HAVE [1:12:07] A CLEAR VISION THAT'S EMERGED YET. AS WE DELVE DEEPER INTO THE RESEARCH, I IMAGINE THAT WILL [1:12:14] EMERGE. >> PERFECT. THANK YOU. YEAH. THAT'S THE QUESTION I HAD FOR THAT. I THINK THAT'S REALLY [1:12:19] HELPFUL. I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY HAS BEEN TALKING -- YOU'VE BEEN TALKING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY ABOUT IT AND [1:12:25] SHE'S BEEN REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS TOO. I THINK THAT IS ALL THE QUESTIONS I EVER. I [1:12:31] APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PILOTS PROGRAMS. THAT [1:12:36] IS SOMETHING ABOUT MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN ASKING TO EXIST. I KNOW STAFF [1:12:43] HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'LL PASS IT TO VICE CHAIR WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. I [1:12:50] ALSO HAVE TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS THAT YOU RAISED. OF COURSE I'M [1:12:57] EXCITED THAT THE PILOTS WERE GIVEN A PROGRESS UPDATE, ESPECIALLY AS IT'S BUILDING UPON [1:13:02] THE 9% OF CALLS THAT I THINK WE'VE ALREADY REROUTED FROM [1:13:08] M.P.D., AND THE NEW YORK UNIVERSITY POLICING PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS HAD SAID THAT WE COULD MOVE UPWARDS OF 47%. IT [1:13:15] JUST SHOWS THAT THERE IS SO MUCH TO EXPLORE IN TERMS OF HOW WE BUILD OUT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY [1:13:21] ECOSYSTEM, AND ENSURING THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE ACTUAL [1:13:26] PROFESSIONALS, SAFETY PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE EQUIPPED TO MEET THEM IN THEIR MOMENTS OF [1:13:34] CRISIS, AND THE DIVERSITY OF CRISIS THAT THEY EXPERIENCE. I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE IMBEDDING [1:13:40] THAT INTO OUR OVERALL NEW PUBLIC SYSTEM PLANS AND EFFORTS. THAT [1:13:46] SAID, I DID WANT TO GET CLARIFICATION ON NUMBER -- SORRY, SLIDE 4, WHERE YOU [1:13:54] REFE REFERENCE. ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE [1:13:59] EXCLUDED. THIS STATES FIVE. CAN YOU SHARE WHAT THE OTHER FOUR WAS. >> OH. THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ, [1:14:07] VICE CHAIR WONSLEY, I WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ABOUT THE ONES THAT WERE EXPLICITLY [1:14:13] EXCLUDED. BUT I CAN TELL YOU, I'VE MENTIONED THOSE IN PRIOR REPORTS TO THIS BODY. SOME OF [1:14:20] THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE THINGS THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE. LIKE TO CREATE A RESTORATIVE JUSTICE COURT. THAT [1:14:26] ALREADY EXISTED. SO WE DIDN'T -- AND I CAN'T SAY WE COMPLETED IT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY DO [1:14:31] THE WORK ON THAT. THE COURT SYSTEM HAD ALREADY DONE IT. BUT I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP [1:14:37] EXPLICITLY WHAT THOSE ARE IN A MEMO. >> CLERKS HAVE THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN I DID WANT TO [1:14:45] JUST ALSO GET CLARITY ON IF WE'RE AWARE OF SOME OF THESE [1:14:50] PILOTS OR SERVICES MIGHT BE TRANSITIONED OVER TO THE SOUTH [1:14:55] MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER. I KNOW MOST FIRMLY IN YOUR LAST PRESENTATION YOU MENTIONED THAT IS THE GOAL TO [1:15:01] IDENTIFY A SERVICE THAT MEETS EACH ONE OF THE PILLARS OF OUR SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES [1:15:07] PLAN FROM RESPONSE OF PR [1:15:15] PREVENTIVE, RESTORATIVE. I'M FORGETTING ONE ALREADY. WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THE [1:15:20] ANTI-TRAFFICKING INITIATIVE THAT YOU ALL ARE WORKING ON. JUST GETTING A SENSE OF ANY OF THESE OTHER PILOTS ARE LOOKING [1:15:25] TO BE IMBEDDED INTO THAT PARTICULAR WORK TOO. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, VICE CHAIR [1:15:30] WONSLEY, THE PILOTS THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT TODAY, MANY OF THEM ARE INTENDED TO BE IN THE [1:15:36] COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF OPERATING SPECIFICALLY OUT OF A BUILDING. COMMUNITY SAFETY AMBASSADORS ARE [1:15:42] A GREAT EXAMPLE. WE DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO WALK INTO THE SAFETY CENTER TO SEE A COMMUNITY [1:15:50] INVESTOR. WE WANT TO SEE THEM WALK ON THE STREET. WE ARE CREATING A -- SO THAT'S A PLACE [1:15:56] WHERE THEY CAN CHECK IN AND OUT. GET THEIR INFORMATION FOR THE DAY. GET THEIR TECHNOLOGY TO [1:16:01] COMMUNICATE WITH FOLKS, AND THEN GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY ITSELF. SO A GREAT RESOURCE FOR [1:16:07] RESTROOMS AND BREAKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT SIMILARLY, WITH THE TRAFFIC PILOT, WE WANT THEM TO BE OUT IN THE STREET [1:16:14] RESPONDING TO CALLS. THE 911 SOCIAL WORKER SHOULD BE IN 911, [1:16:22] WHICH IS DOWNTOWN. THE TRANSIT SAFETY PILOT IS UNKNOWN SINCE WE'RE IN THAT RESEARCH STAGE. [1:16:30] AND THE JUVENILE DEFLECTION PILOT I BELIEVE IS ALSO AN [1:16:36] UNKNOWN. THERE MAY ALSO BE A DESIRE OR OPENNESS FOR THEM TO HAVE A PRESENCE IN THE SAFETY CENTER. SO WE'LL HAVE TO DIG [1:16:44] FURTHER INTO THAT PILOT BEFORE WE KNOW. BUT THERE CERTAINLY WILL BE SERVICES IN EACH OF THE CATEGORIES, PREVENTION, [1:16:49] RESPONSE, AND RESTORATION IN THE CENTER. >> AWESOME. THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD. AGAIN, [1:16:56] THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ, FOR CONTINUOUSLY PROVIDING SPACE FOR US TO AMPLIFY. I THINK THIS [1:17:04] PARTICULAR WORK, AND SEEING THE WAYS IN WHICH THE INVESTMENTS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS BROUGHT [1:17:09] FORWARD. I'M THINKING WITH SAFETY AMBASSADORS AND THOSE RELATED TO TRANSIT SAFETY TOO [1:17:15] ARE BEING ADVANCED. AND SEEING THAT ONGOING DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THESE PROGRAMS WERE NOT ALWAYS [1:17:22] SAFE, AND SOMETIMES FOR THE CUTTING BLOCK. SO IT'S GREAT TO [1:17:27] ASSURE OUR RESIDENTS THAT THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD THAT'S IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE [1:17:33] BEEN SHARED WITH US THAT THAT WORK IS ONGOING AND CAN POSITIVELY REPORT OUT ON THAT TO OUR RESIDENTS. AND THEN THEY CAN [1:17:40] SEE THE SAFETY AMBASSADORS I KNOW FOLKS IN MY WARD ARE SUPER [1:17:46] EXCITED TO SEE THIS RESOURCE COME INTO THE COMMUNITY. WITH THAT, YEAH, THANK YOU. >> AWESOME. NOBODY ELSE IS ON [1:17:52] QUEUE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT PART OF THE COMPONENT. NEXT UP WE HAVE THE [1:17:58] MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT. WELCOME. [1:18:06] >> HI, CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, KATIE BLACKWELL, ASSISTANT CHIEF [1:18:11] OF OPERATIONS. I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU QUARTER 2 HIGHLIGHTS. SO [1:18:17] HERE'S SOME CRIME NUMBERS FOR ROBBERIES, CARJACKINGS AND AUTO [1:18:22] THEFTS. 36% REDUCTION IN OVERALL ROBBERIES. 35% REDUCTION IN -- [1:18:39] MEDIAN RESPONSE TIMES TO PRIORITY ONE CALLS. THIS IS FROM JANUARY 1ST TO MAY 31ST [1:18:46] YEAR-TO-DATE. I THINK MOST PEOPLE KNOW WHAT ARE PRIORITY ONES. BUT IN CASE SOMEBODY [1:18:54] DOESN'T, URGENT CALLS THAT ARE JUST BELOW A HEALTH CALL. THESE ARE BROKEN DOWN BY PRECINCT. [1:19:00] THIS IS AVERAGE. AND CITY-WIDE, THE AVERAGE IS 8 MINUTES AND 29 SECONDS THAT POLICE OFFICERS [1:19:05] RESPOND TO THESE PRIORITY ONE CALLS. SO THIS IS HISTORICAL [1:19:13] CITY-WIDE PRIORITY ONE MEETING RESPONSE TIME. YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISON TO THE SLIDE I JUST [1:19:18] SHOWED YOU. THIS IS BROKEN DOWN FROM 2019 CURRENTLY THROUGH 2025. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. SO [1:19:24] YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS ARE SLOWLY IMPROVING. WE'RE NOT QUITE AT THE RESPONSE TIMES WHEN [1:19:30] WE WERE FULLY STAFFED. BUT WE'RE SLOWLY INCREASING THOSE TIME GAPS. SO WE JUST RECENTLY HAD [1:19:44] RECRUIT AND LATERAL GRADUATION CEREMONY MAY 21ST IN MINNEAPOLIS. WE WELCOMED 17 NEW [1:19:50] OFFICERS. 11 RECRUITS. AND SIX WERE LATERALS. THERE'S A LOT OF [1:19:59] COMMUNITY MEMBERS, IT'S KIND OF NICE, ESPECIALLY THE WELCOMING CEREMONIES THAT ARE ABLE TO MEET THE NEW LATERALS, INTERNS, [1:20:07] RECRUITS, CADETS. RECRUITING AND HIRING. I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR SUPPORTING US IN [1:20:18] GETTING TWO CIVILIAN CHIEFS. THEY'RE WONDERFUL. WE ALSO HAD A [1:20:24] RECRUIT CLASS. 38 RECRUIT THAT BEGAN ON JUNE 4TH. AND IT'S BEEN [1:20:29] THE LARGEST CLASS SINCE THE 1990s. RIGHT NOW OUR SWORN [1:20:38] STAFFING IS OVER 600 OFFICERS. WE'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND THEN PATHS TO [1:20:51] PEACE, WE HAD A LARGE COMMUNITY EVENT. IT'S THE MOST SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY EVENT WE HELD THIS YEAR. IT BROUGHT A LOT OF POLICE [1:20:57] AND COMMUNITY TOGETHER. A LOT OF COLLABORATING WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS WITH THE POLICE COMMUNITY [1:21:06] RELATIONSHIP COUNCIL, NAACP, THE [1:21:13] BLACK CHURCHES, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND LEADERS. WE HAD A LOT OF EVENTS IN MAY TO [1:21:22] HONOR OFFICER JAMAL MITCHELL OUT [1:21:27] IN WASHINGTON D.C. HENNEPIN COUNTY MEMORIAL SERVICE. WE HAD [1:21:33] THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY, MAY 30TH. WE HAD A SERVICE AT [1:21:40] THE FIFTH PRECINCT. LOOKING AHEAD, WE HAD A PROMOTIONAL CEREMONY LAST NIGHT. WE HAD [1:21:49] ACADEMY GRADUATION SEPTEMBER 25TH. WE HAVE A [1:21:55] PERMANENT MEMORIAL FOR JAMAL MITCHELL COMING UP. THIS -- PART [1:22:03] ONE, WE HAVE THREE DAYS THAT HAVE USE OF FORCE TRAINING. PART TWO IS IN PROGRESS. PART THREE [1:22:09] IS UPCOMING. THIS POLICY GOES IN EFFECT IN AUGUST. I THINK THE BIGGEST CHANGE IS REALLY A BIG [1:22:15] EMPHASIS NOT ONLY IN POLICY BUT TRAINING ON CRITICAL DECISION [1:22:21] MAKING. USING EVERY FEASIBLE DEESCALATION AND TACTICS. WITH [1:22:28] THAT, ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. I'M GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THEY WANT TO [1:22:34] GET ON QUEUE. I'LL FIRST PASS IT TO VICE CHAIR WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. I [1:22:39] ACTUALLY JUST HAVE MORE OF A COMMENT RELATED TO SLIDE 19 THAT OFFERED ADDITIONAL DETAILS ABOUT [1:22:45] RESPONSE TIMES. I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I INQUIRED ABOUT [1:22:51] WHEN PLANNING THIS PRESENTATION FOR TODAY'S COMMITTEE. I KNOW I'VE GOTTEN SIGNIFICANT FEEDBACK [1:23:01] FROM CONSTITUENTS WONDERING THE CORRELATION OF RESPONSE TIMES TO HAVING ON SITE POLICE PRECINCT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WAS [1:23:09] INTERESTING TO SEE HERE THAT THE RESPONSE TIMES WITHIN THE THIRD [1:23:16] PRECINCT WHERE I REPRESENT, IS ALSO IN ALIGN WITH RESPONSE TIMES FOR THE SECOND PRECINCT, [1:23:22] AS WELL AS THE CITY-WIDE RATES THAT WERE SHOWN TOO. I, AGAIN, [1:23:31] WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. THIS ALSO POINTED THAT THERE MIGHT [1:23:36] NOT NECESSARILY BE A CORRELATION. I DON'T KNOW IN TERMS OF WHAT CAN LEAD TO THAT [1:23:43] TYPE OF DISCREPANCY. LIKE FOR INSTANCE, HERE, SEEING THE FOURTH PRECINCT, THEY HAVE [1:23:49] SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME, AND THEY DO HAVE THAT PHYSICAL PRECINCT. NOT SURE [1:23:55] WHAT'S RELATING TO THAT. I KNOW OFTENTIMES IS THERE A CORRELATION TO THAT WITH THE [1:24:03] SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER THAT'S STILL IN PROGRESS. AND NOW HAVING ACCURATE DATA TO SHOW WE'RE ACTUALLY IN ALIGN WITH CITY WIDE [1:24:10] TRENDS. AND ALSO LOOKING AT DATA HAS SHOWN A DIFFERENCE HERE AROUND THE FOURTH PRECINCT. I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT. AND [1:24:16] THANK YOU ALL FOR OFFERING THAT MORE ACCURATE UPDATING AROUND RESPONSE TIMES. [1:24:22] >> THANKS, COUNCIL MEMBER. >> ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? [1:24:28] OTHERWISE, I THINK ONE THING I'D LIKE TO GET A FOLLOW UP WOULD BE [1:24:36] MORE ON THE CRIME STATISTICS YEAR-TO-DATE ON THE PRECINCT LEVEL. I KNOW WE CAN SEARCH THAT [1:24:42] UP OURSELVES. I THINK AT THE NEXT PRESENTATION, MAYBE WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IS I THINK SEEING THOSE HIGHLIGHTS IS [1:24:48] GREAT. AND ALSO MAYBE AT A [1:24:54] PRECINCT LEVEL BREAKDOWN OR FOLLOW UP. >> I CAN DO THAT, CHAIR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT WE [1:25:01] HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I JUST WANT TO PASS ON THE NOTE OF GRATITUDE I [1:25:07] HAVE FOR THE RESPONSE THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD AT THE [1:25:13] MASS SHOOTING LAST SATURDAY NIGHT. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT'S THE LARGEST SHOOTING WE'VE HAD IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND [1:25:20] UNFORTUNATELY, I LIVE RIGHT BY THERE. SO I WENT DOWN THERE. AND AS I GOT THERE, THE BRAVE, BRAVE [1:25:28] POLICE DEPARTMENT BOTH MINNEAPOLIS AND PARK BOARD POLICE WERE ESCORTING THE BRAVE, [1:25:34] BRAVE FIREFIGHTERS INTO THIS CHAOTIC SCENE. IMMEDIATELY [1:25:40] STARTED TO TRIAGE THE WOUNDED. TENDED TO THE WOMAN WHO EVENTUALLY PASSED. THERE WAS A [1:25:47] POLICE OFFICIAL, A POLICE OFFICER WHO PUT A CHEST SEAL ON, THUS SAVING THE LIFE OF ANOTHER [1:25:53] PERSON. AND I JUST CANNOT IMAGINE THE BRAVERY IT TAKES AND THE TRAINING AND THE SKILL TO GO [1:25:59] INTO A MASS SHOOTING LIKE THAT, ALL THAT CHAOS, AND PRESENT ORDER AND CALM IT DOWN AND DO [1:26:06] THAT WORK. SO PLEASE PASS THAT ON TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED, TO THE [1:26:11] WHOLE DEPARTMENT. AND CHIEF, I WON'T GO ON QUEUE WHEN YOU'RE UP, BUT I WANTED TO THANK YOU AS [1:26:17] WELL, AND YOU CAN PASS ON TO FIREFIGHTERS. ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT FIRE TRUCK FOLLOWING THE [1:26:23] POLICE CARS IN TO DEAL WITH ALL THOSE POOR WOUNDED PEOPLE. THANK YOU. >> THANKS, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. [1:26:30] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. VICE CHAIR WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. I [1:26:37] ACTUALLY WANTED TO ALSO GET CLARIFICATION ON WHO WITHIN M.P.D. OR OCS THAT IS TRACKING [1:26:43] ANY DATA RELATED TO THE IMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKERS. >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER [1:26:48] WONSLEY, IS IN TERMS OF JUST REFERRALS H OR HOW MANY ARE [1:26:57] COMING IN? >> THE OVERALL PROGRAM. IT'S GREAT TO SEE IN OTHER PROGRAMS [1:27:03] WE'RE GETTING MORE SPECIFIC DATA IN TERMS OF IF IT'S REFERRALS. HOW THAT'S ADDRESSING EITHER [1:27:09] CALLS TO SERVICE. LIKE REDUCING THE REPEAT CALLS. I KNOW THAT'S [1:27:15] ANECDOTAL INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN SHARED BY THE THIRD PRECINCT INSPECTOR AT COMMUNITY [1:27:23] MEE MEETINGS. BUT THIS HAS BEEN DATA THAT'S BEEN CHALLENGING TO GET CONCRETE DATA ON WHETHER THAT'S [1:27:30] HELPING AND GET A SENSE ON WHERE THAT'S BEING TRACKED. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, [1:27:35] THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. WE HAVE A -- I CAN GET THOSE STATISTICS. [1:27:40] THEY ARE A LITTLE TRICKY AND COMPLEX. WE JUST RECENTLY A MONTH AGO CONNECTED WITH THE [1:27:45] COUNTY THAT SAID THEY HAD SO MANY REFERRALS AND IT SEEMED REALLY LOW. AND I TOLD THEM [1:27:51] THAT. THE POLICE OFFICERS AND INSPECTORS ACTUALLY WILL REMARK AT HOW MANY TIMES THEY REACH OUT [1:27:57] TO SOCIAL WORKERS. WHEN THEY MAKE A REFERRAL TO THOSE IMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKERS, THE [1:28:10] POLICE OFFICER REFERRALS WERE THE REFERRALS THEY WERE ABLE TO GET HELP FROM. WE'LL BREAK THAT DOWN BETTER IN TERMS OF HOW MANY [1:28:19] RESOURCES THEY'RE GETTING FROM OUTSIDE AND THE COUNTY. >> AND TYPES OF REFERRALS. IF [1:28:25] IT'S AROUND MENTAL HEALTH. WHAT'S THE CATEGORIES OF THE REFERRALS THAT'S ALSO BEING MADE [1:28:30] BY OFFICERS VIA THIS PROGRAM. SO YEAH. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. GREAT QUESTION. >> THANK YOU. THAT IS IT. [1:28:36] >> THANK YOU. >> THANKS FOR BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. NEXT UP WE HAVE THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT [1:28:43] DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE DIRECTOR SAERS. WELCOME. [1:28:51] >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM RACHEL SAYER, DIRECTOR OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. TODAY, I [1:28:57] WANTED TO DO SOMETHING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. WHEN I FIRST MET YOU ALL SOME TIME LATE LAST YEAR, I [1:29:03] HEARD FROM ALL OF YOU YOU REALLY WANTED ME TO COME BACK AND REFLECT WHAT I HEARD AND WHERE I [1:29:08] WAS GOING TO TAKE THE DEPARTMENT AFTER MY FIRST MONTHS ON THE JOB, LISTENING, REFLECTING, [1:29:15] REALLY FIGURING OUT WHERE WE SHOULD BE HEADING TO MEET THE, YOU KNOW, MEET THE MOMENT FOR [1:29:21] EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AS A CITY. SO I'M HERE TODAY TO REFLECT TO YOU WHAT I'VE HEARD AND WHERE [1:29:29] WE'RE GOING. SO LET ME START BY JUST SAYING THIS IS OUR REVAMPED [1:29:35] MISSION. IT'S REALLY JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT WE DO AS A DEPARTMENT. SO EMERGENCY [1:29:40] MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT PREPARES THE WHOLE COMMUNITY FOR DISASTERS, AND WE COORDINATE THE CITY'S RESPONSE. HOPEFULLY [1:29:46] YOU'RE ALREADY STARTING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT FROM US OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. THOSE ARE [1:29:53] THE TWO BIG THINGS WE DO. WE [1:29:59] PREPARE THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY AND RESPONSE. IN TERMS OF ASPECTS OF WHAT EMERGENCY [1:30:04] MANAGEMENT DOES, WE HAVE SEVERAL NATIONWIDE RESOURCES, INCLUDING SOMETHING CALLED THE NATIONAL [1:30:11] FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION STANDARDS. THAT JUST DEFINES WHAT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS SHOULD LOOK LIKE. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ALIGNED TO, AND [1:30:18] THAT'S HOW WE KNOW WE HAVE THE COMPONENTS OF A PROGRAM THAT WE SHOULD. WE OF COURSE ALSO LOOK [1:30:24] AT AND REFER TO TITLE VI WHICH REFERS SPECIFICALLY TO EMERGENCY [1:30:32] MANAGEMENT. AND WE HAVE OUR COUNCIL-APPROVED EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN. THAT IS [1:30:37] REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY YOU ALL EVERY FOUR TO FIVE YEARS. SO THE NEXT TIME THAT WILL BE UP FOR [1:30:44] RENEWAL WILL BE EARLY NEXT YEAR. WE ALSO USE SOMETHING CALLED THE NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT [1:30:49] SYSTEM. THIS IS, AGAIN, A NATIONWIDE SYSTEM SO THAT ALL EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, EMERGENCY [1:30:57] MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS ARE SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE SO THAT WHEN A RESPONSE, WHEN A [1:31:03] DISASTER ESCALATES, WE CAN ALL PLUG IN AND WORK TOGETHER QUICKLY. WE ALL HAVE THE SAME [1:31:08] SYSTEMS. WE SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE. SO WE USE THAT HERE. AND THAT'S A REALLY KEY [1:31:15] COMPONENT OF HOW WE DO A RESPONSE. WE OF COURSE ARE FEEDING INTO AND A PART OF THE [1:31:20] SAFETY ECOSYSTEM WORK AS WELL. REALLY FOR US THAT IS BACK TO THE PREPARATION. WHEN WE HELP [1:31:27] MORE PEOPLE BE PREPARED FOR DISASTERS, WE OVERALL HELP OUR COMMUNITY BE SAFER. AS A [1:31:33] DEPARTMENT, A FEW OF THE THINGS WE'RE ALSO FOCUSING ON MOVING FORWARD IS BEING REALLY [1:31:39] PEOPLE-FOCUSED. IN DISASTER RESPONSE, SOMETIMES YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF FOCUS ON THE HAZARD YOU [1:31:44] KNOW, HOW CAN WE CONTROL A HAZARD. BUT FOCUSING ON HOW IS [1:31:50] REALLY COMING FROM OUR HUMANITARIAN BACKGROUND. WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS THE PEOPLE IN [1:31:55] OUR COMMUNITY ARE EXPERIENCING AND CENTER THE WORK THERE. THAT IS GOING TO BE THREADED, AND HAS [1:32:02] ALREADY BEEN THREADED THROUGH ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE DO. YOU'LL HEAR THAT FROM ME OFTEN. [1:32:11] WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE ACTIONS WE'RE TAKING ARE NOT CREATING HARM. THIS IS AGAIN [1:32:17] FROM MY HUMANITARIAN BACKGROUND. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE EVER HAVE TO SUPPORT SETTING UP [1:32:23] A MASS SHELTER, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WE HAVE THE COMPONENTS THERE THAT WILL MAKE SURE THAT [1:32:28] PEOPLE ARE SAFE, AND THAT DOESN'T UNINTENTIONALLY PUT THEM [1:32:34] IN HARM'S WAY. OF COURSE TO DO OUR JOB WELL, WE NEED TO COLLABORATE. THAT'S AN [1:32:40] UNDERPINNING PRINCIPLE OF OUR DEPARTMENT. IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITY, WE ARE A SMALL DEPARTMENT. WE ARE REALLY JUST [1:32:46] US, OUR PEOPLE IN THE DEPARTMENT GETTING THE WORK DONE. WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, EXTRA RESOURCES. [1:32:51] SO FOR US, WHEN WE DESIGN PROGRAMS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE ARE FROM THE START THINKING ABOUT [1:32:58] SUSTAINABILITY. HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT JUST US AS INDIVIDUALS [1:33:03] IN THIS DEPARTMENT GET THIS WORK DONE. SO WE HAVE THREE REALLY [1:33:09] BIG MISSION AREAS AS A DEPARTMENT. PREPAREDNESS, [1:33:15] RESPONSE, RECOVERY. WE HAVE MANY PROGRAMS IN THIS. THESE ARE PEOPLE IN MY DEPARTMENT POWERED [1:33:22] PROGRAMS. I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON A FEW KEY ONES OF THESE. FOR [1:33:28] PREPAREDNESS, WE WORK ON CONTINGENCY PLANNING. WHEN THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD THAT'S IDENTIFIED, WHEREVER THAT [1:33:34] SOURCE IS IDENTIFIED FROM, WE GO INTO HIGH GEAR FOR CONTINGENCY [1:33:40] PLANNING. WE'RE COORDINATING ACROSS THE CITY DEPARTMENTS. WE'RE IDENTIFYING RISKS AND [1:33:45] HAZARDS, AND WE'RE PLANNING TO MITIGATE AND PREPARE FOR THOSE RISKS AND HAZARDS. THAT PLAN REALLY STAYS IN PLACE AND IT IS [1:33:52] FED FROM THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN THAT YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, EVERY FEW YEARS SEE AS WELL. WE ARE ALSO HOLDING [1:34:01] ONGOING AND REGULAR EXERCISES. EXERCISES IS HOW WE TEST OURSELVES. IT'S HOW WE KNOW WE [1:34:06] ARE FOLLOWING THAT NATIONAL STANDARD OF HOW WE SHOULD BE RESPONDING. THOSE EXERCISES, WE [1:34:13] HOLD THEM ENTERPRISE WIDE AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR. IN THE RESPONSE MISSION AREA, A FEW THINGS I JUST WANT TO CALL OUT [1:34:19] IS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT MANAGES AND MAINTAINS THE CITY'S SIRENS, THE EARLY WARNING SIRENS. AND [1:34:25] THAT WE, OF COURSE, RUN THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER. WHICH IS THE CITY'S COORDINATION [1:34:30] HUB FOR RESPONSE IF IT NEEDS TO BE STOOD UP. SO WE'VE ALSO DONE [1:34:39] WORK IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS DEFINING WHERE WE'RE GOING. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THIS IS, [1:34:46] YOU KNOW, NOT METRICS BASED BECAUSE IT IS A VISION. BUT WE ARE WORKING ON METRICS BEHIND [1:34:54] THIS SO WE ARE MAKING SURE WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS. WE WANT TO BE A [1:35:00] LEADER IN REDUCING VULNERABILITY [1:35:05] AND INCREASING RESILIENCE TO DISASTERS. MOVING NOW INTO THE [1:35:12] OUTLOOK FOR THE COMING YEAR, FOR SURE. WE ARE CONSTANTLY MONITORING HAZARDS. AS I [1:35:18] MENTIONED I THINK IN THE LAST QUARTER AS WE'RE SEEING NOW, [1:35:24] SMOKE, AIR QUALITY, SIGNIFICANT HAZARD I WOULD EXPECT FOR US TO [1:35:30] SEE THROUGHOUT SUMMER. WE ARE IN THE SEASON NOW. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE OPERATIONAL LANDSCAPE THAT [1:35:36] IS CHANGING FOR ALL OF US, AND FOR SPECIFICALLY EMERGENCY [1:35:42] RESPONDERS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LEVEL OF FEDERAL FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR DISASTER RESPONSE. [1:35:47] SO WE DO ANTICIPATE THOSE LEVELS TO CHANGE. AND WHAT THAT MEANS [1:35:52] IS THAT THE ABILITY OF OUR CITY TO APPLY FOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE [1:35:58] WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED IF THOSE LEVELS ARE CHANGED AS WE EXPECT THEM TO BE. THAT MEANS, [1:36:05] AGAIN, WE JUST NEED TO PUT MORE TIME INTO PREPAREDNESS. BECAUSE IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE [1:36:11] FUNDING FOR RECOVERY, EVERYTHING WE CAN DO TO MITIGATE AND PREPARE IN ADVANCE IS GOING HELP [1:36:20] US COME OUT BETTER IN THE END. DEEPENING NEEDS. COSTS, VARIOUS [1:36:27] SOCIAL PROGRAMS, HEALTH CONCERNS. YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY [1:36:33] WHAT THIS MEANS AT A HOUSEHOLD [1:36:39] INDIVIDUAL LEVEL IS -- ESPECIALLY AROUND MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. IN TERMS OF OUTLOOK AROUND MONITORING [1:36:46] SYSTEMS. WE DO KNOW THAT OUR ABILITY, OUR NATIONAL ABILITY TO [1:36:52] UNDERSTAND HAZARDS AROUND SEVERE WEATHER IS DEGRADED AT THE MOMENT. THERE ARE FEWER HIGH [1:36:59] ALTITUDE WEATHER BALLOON RELEASES. WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US IS WE JUST MIGHT NOT HAVE A GOOD [1:37:06] HEADS UP AS WE USED TO ON WHEN SEVERE WEATHER ROLLS UP AND HITS [1:37:11] US. THAT IS JUST THE REALITY. AND OF COURSE IN THIS OUTLOOK IS A GENERAL UNCERTAINTY. AND THAT [1:37:21] UNCERTAINTY CAN WEAR ON PEOPLE OVER TIME AS WELL AS INSTITUTIONS. AND REALLY WHAT IT [1:37:27] MEANS FOR US IN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IS THAT THERE'S A WIDER RANGE OF SCENARIOS AND [1:37:32] HAZARDS THAT WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THAN PREVIOUSLY. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT LEVERS [1:37:39] FOR HOW TO ENGAGE WITH THIS OUTLOOK THAT I JUST WALKED US THROUGH, WE REALLY HAVE FOUR [1:37:45] DIFFERENT LEVERS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US IN VARYING DEGREES. AND I'M GOING TO TALK THROUGH EACH OF THESE BRIEFLY [1:37:50] NOW. SO THE FIRST THING THAT WE ARE DOING IN THIS DEPARTMENT IS [1:37:56] SHIFTING OUR FOCUS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, FROM THE THING THAT HAPPENS. SO AWAY FROM THE HAZARD AND TO THE PEOPLE [1:38:06] THAT THEY HAPPEN TO. THIS REALLY MEANS THAT THIS WILL HELP US FOCUS ON HOW WE MITIGATE THE [1:38:12] IMPACTS RATHER THAN THE HAZARD. SO THIS IS AGAIN GETTING US TO THAT POINT OF HOW WE HELP PEOPLE [1:38:20] BE LESS VULNERABLE AND MORE RESILIENT BY FOCUSING ON THE IMPACTS THAT THEY WILL FEEL [1:38:25] RATHER THAN THE HAZARD WILL BRING. ANOTHER LEVER WE HAVE IS [1:38:33] PREPAREDNESS OUTREACH. SO WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT HOW I'VE HAD SUCCESS DOING THIS IN OTHER [1:38:39] CONTEXT IS REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF OUR [1:38:45] CITY AND COMMUNITIES AND TAILORING OUR APPROACH TO EACH OF THESE GROUPS. SO THE RISKS AND THE STRENGTHS THAT EACH OF [1:38:53] THESE GROUPS BRING ARE DIFFERENT. AND THE MORE WE CAN TAILOR PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS TO [1:38:59] EACH OF THESE GROUPS THE BETTER PREPARED THAT GROUP IS GOING TO BE TO FACE A DISASTER. THE RISKS [1:39:05] AND STRENGTHS THAT A HOUSEHOLD HAVE, WE WANT TO BUILD ON THOSE AND HELP HOUSEHOLDS BE MORE [1:39:11] PREPARED FOR DISASTERS. AND SAME THING WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES. THE HAZARDS THEY FACE ARE DIFFERENT [1:39:16] AND UNIQUE, AND THE STRENGTHS THEY HAVE ARE DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE AND WE'RE GOING TO BUILD ON THOSE. WE OF COURSE WANT TO [1:39:22] FOCUS ON COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, TRUSTED LINKS AND THE LINKS FOR [1:39:29] SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE WANT TO HELP THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE [1:39:35] ABLE TO CONTINUE DOING THEIR CRITICAL WORK REGARDLESS OF THE HAZARD THAT WE'RE FACING. SO [1:39:42] THIS ALL TO SAY THIS IS A LONG PROCESS. GETTING US TO THAT [1:39:48] VISION OF IMPROVED RESILIENCE AND DECREASED VULNERABILITY FOR THE CITY. THE POINT WE'RE AT IS [1:39:56] REALLY THIS BEGINNING POINT. WE WANT EVERYONE TO BE AWARE THAT IT'S EVEN A PLAN TO HAVE. WHEN [1:40:03] WE LOOK AT THE GROUPS, THIS IS [1:40:10] THE METHODOLOGY. THAT WE WILL BE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION DIFFERENT METHODOLOGIES AS WE [1:40:16] MOVE THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF COMMUNITY ALONG THE SPECTRUM. SO EVENTUALLY WHAT WE HOPE TO GET TO IS, YOU KNOW, HOUSEHOLDS [1:40:22] SAYING I'VE GOT MY PLAN. I EXERCISE IT. I'M IN GOOD SHAPE. HEY, NEIGHBOR, DO YOU HAVE ONE [1:40:30] TOO? THAT'S ULTIMATELY HOW WE GET TO RESILIENT COMMUNITY IS THAT WHOLE NEIGHBORHOODS, WHOLE [1:40:36] COMMUNITIES HAVE SHARED PLANS AND EXPECTATIONS. ANOTHER LEVER [1:40:41] THAT WE ARE USING IS AROUND ECOSYSTEM COORDINATION. AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE [1:40:49] BIT PREVIOUS COMMITTEE MEETINGS. SO ONE THING HERE WE'RE DOING IS [1:40:56] COMMUNITY LIFELINE PARTNER CALLS. SO COMMUNITY LIFELINE IS A TERMINOLOGY, AGAIN, THAT IS A [1:41:04] NATIONAL-WIDE TERM THAT IS REFERRING TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR CITY. SO [1:41:10] WHETHER THAT'S OUR, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, OUR [1:41:15] INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS. MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE WHO WORKS IN THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SPACE [1:41:21] IS CONNECTED SO THAT WHEN A DISASTER HAPPENS, WE CAN EASILY GET GOING AND WORKING ON GETTING [1:41:27] THOSE CRITICAL LIFELINES. THOSE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENTS BACK UP AND RUNNING [1:41:33] SO WE CAN CONTINUE WITH OUR CRITICAL SERVICES. WE'RE HAVING THOSE CALLS WITH DIFFERENT [1:41:39] POINTERS POINTS OF CONTACT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PREPARED FOR THE [1:41:45] SAME KINDS OF HAZARDS. THE OTHER THING WE'RE DOING IS THREE W, [1:41:50] WHO WHAT -- WHICH ORGANIZATIONS ARE PROVIDING WHICH SERVICES WHERE. THIS IS SOMETHING I [1:41:55] TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY. WHAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON NOW IS [1:42:04] FIGURING OUT THE BOUNDARIES OF AN INITIAL WHAT WE WOULD PURSUE [1:42:09] TO CREATE A PILOT OF THIS TOOL. AND THEN GO THROUGH PROOF OF CONSENT AND ALL OF THESE STEPS. [1:42:14] SO WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS. AGAIN, THAT'S LIKE A YEAR-LONG PROJECT TO GET TO. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING [1:42:21] WE BELIEVE WILL HELP US ULTIMATELY RESPOND QUICKER AS A WHOLE ECOSYSTEM TO DISASTERS. [1:42:26] THE OTHER PROJECT THAT WE'RE MAKING GOOD HEADWAY ON IS AROUND [1:42:32] PRE-DEFINING TRIGGERS FOR SEVERE WEATHER. SO THAT IF THERE IS, FOR EXAMPLE, A SUPER EXTREME [1:42:39] HEAT DAY. WE HIT THAT TEMPERATURE TRIGGER. NOW WE'RE GOING TO SEND OUT THESE [1:42:45] COMMUNICATIONS SO THAT EVERYONE HAS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE RISK THEY FACE. SO AS I [1:42:54] MENTIONED, THIS IS A LONG PROCESS, AND WE ARE DEVELOPING [1:43:00] THIS INTO -- WE'RE APPROACHING THIS IN BASICALLY BI-YEAR PLAN. [1:43:06] WE'RE FOCUSING THIS IS LAYING THE FOUNDATION WHICH IS AROUND CLOSING SOME CRITICAL GAPS. ONE [1:43:11] OF THESE IS READY CAMP. I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE. WE'VE IDENTIFIED READY CAMP WAS A [1:43:20] SIX-HOUR, A LITTLE BIT LESS ACCESSIBLE THAN WE WANT PROGRAM. WE ARE REVAMPING IT TO ONE HOUR. [1:43:25] WE'VE ALREADY HAD OUTREACH AND INTEREST TO START DELIVERING THAT. ONCE WE HAVE OUR NEW COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PERSON ON [1:43:32] BOARD, THEY WILL HELP WITH DELIVERING THAT. ANOTHER KEEP GAP THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED IS [1:43:40] INCIDENT SYSTEM FOR SENIOR LEADERS. THAT IS A TRAINING PROGRAM THAT IS PRETTY [1:43:46] INDIVIDUALIZED BUT SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THEIR ROLE IN AN EMERGENCY. ANOTHER PRIORITY THIS [1:43:51] YEAR IS CLARIFYING WHO WE ARE FOR EVERYONE. I HEARD THAT CONSISTENTLY IN MY CONVERSATION [1:43:58] IS WHAT DOES YOUR DEPARTMENT DO. WHAT IS YOUR ROLE. THIS IS PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WE'RE [1:44:04] DOING THAT ACROSS ENTERPRISE. FINALLY, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ACROSS ENTERPRISE TO UNDERSTAND [1:44:09] WHAT DATA WE ALREADY HAVE TO HELP PUT IN PLACE A PICTURE OF [1:44:15] WHERE WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING OUR WORK. AGAIN, WITH THAT LENS OF [1:44:20] FOCUSING ON OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES FIRST. SO WHEN [1:44:26] YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF, YOU KNOW, FREQUENTLY I THINK IS THE BOTTOM LINE BASED ON RECENTLY. [1:44:35] BUT WE WILL -- THAT INCIDENT COMMAND TRAINING THAT I MENTIONED ON THE LAST SLIDE, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I DO WANT [1:44:40] TO COME TO YOU ALL AND GIVE YOU TRAINING ON, AS WELL AS I [1:44:46] BELIEVE NOW A NIMS TRAINING AS WELL. YOU WILL HEAR FROM US FOR [1:44:51] BRIEFINGS AND COMMUNICATION DURING EMERGENCIES. AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WE REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO SIGN UP FOR THE [1:44:59] SMART 911 ALERTS, THAT'S ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. THAT IS HOW YOU CAN GET THOSE EMERGENCY ALERTS [1:45:04] WHEN THE SITUATION IS REALLY ABOUT SAFETY AND SEVERE. CASH IS [1:45:11] BEST. I JUST WANT TO MENTION THIS IS REALLY CRITICAL THAT WHEN WE HAVE DISASTER RESPONSES, [1:45:17] SOMETHING IN MY EXPERIENCE IS REALLY COMMON IS PEOPLE WANT TO HELP. THEY WANT TO PROVIDE FOOD, [1:45:22] CLOTHING, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T GET IN THE WAY OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS. SO IN A [1:45:30] DISASTER, CASH IS BEST. ARE THERE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE DOING WORK THAT YOU CAN SUPPORT. THAT'S THE BEST THING [1:45:35] YOU CAN DO WHEN A DISASTER HAPPENS. AND THEN FINALLY, WE ARE, AS I MENTIONED, REVAMPING [1:45:42] OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS SUCH AS READY CAMP. THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE MUCH BROADER LATER THIS YEAR. THAT'S IT. [1:45:51] >> I THINK BECAUSE IT WAS A LONGER PRESENTATION, MAYBE I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THEY DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. WE [1:46:00] FIRST HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK [1:46:06] YOU, MS. SAERS, DIRECTOR SAERS, FOR THIS PRESENTATION. PART OF [1:46:12] THIS NEW LOOK IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS ABOUT THE TIME WE'RE LIVING IN. WHETHER IT'S [1:46:17] CLIMATE CHANGE OR THE IMPACTS OR THE POLITICAL HEADWINDS OF TODAY. PART OF THESE CHANGES IS [1:46:24] ABOUT, I THINK, AS A CITY WHERE WE'RE GOING AND EVOLVING IS HAVING BEEN THROUGH SO MANY [1:46:30] EVENTS IN OVERLAPPING WAYS, PARTICULARLY IN 2020. AND ABOUT FIGURING OUT WHERE WE GO FROM [1:46:36] THERE. HAVING THAT AFTER ACTION REVIEW THAT WE SAW A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND TAKING THOSE [1:46:43] RECOMMENDATIONS VERY SERIOUSLY. AND NOW BEING, YOU KNOW, WE CLEARLY ARE FOLLOWING THE [1:46:49] RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAD BEEN IN THAT REVIEW TO LEARN FROM OUR PAST. PART OF THIS IS ABOUT [1:46:54] BEING NIMS READY. PART OF THIS IS ABOUT BEING LESS SILOED AS YOU'RE A PART OF THIS OTHER [1:47:00] LARGER BRIEFING TODAY. AND SOME OF THE METHODOLOGY THAT I HAVE SEEN YOU INCORPORATE AND SHARE [1:47:05] HERE IS NEW TO US, TOO. BUT PART OF THIS IS LEADERSHIP. AND I [1:47:13] FOUND YOUR DEPARTMENT'S FRESH ENERGY HERE TO BE A GREAT MATCH FOR WHERE OUR CITY IS AT RIGHT [1:47:19] NOW, AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND GET TOGETHER A COMPLETE PUBLIC SAFETY [1:47:25] ECOSYSTEM. AND I'M JUST SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE. AND I'M SO GLAD [1:47:30] THAT YOUR TEAM HAS THIS APPROACH, THIS KIND OF REFRESHED APPROACH AND HOOKING IN TO ALL [1:47:36] THESE OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY AND ADMINISTRATION. I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED MY BRIEFINGS FROM [1:47:42] YOU. I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN OUR ABILITY TO DO EMERGENCY [1:47:47] COMMUNICATIONS AND MANAGEMENT. AND I'M SURE I'M NOT SPEAKING JUST FOR MYSELF WHEN I SAY THAT. [1:47:53] SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND FOR BRINGING THIS DEPARTMENT THIS SORT OF LENS AND [1:47:59] ENERGY AS WE GO INTO THIS ERA TOGETHER. >> THANK YOU. [1:48:04] >> YEAH. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SAERS, THANK YOU FOR [1:48:10] THE BRIEFING YOU ARE PROVIDING TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE BRIEFING TODAY. BRINGING IN CITY [1:48:18] COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WORK WITH PEOPLE DIRECTLY IMPACTED AND THE [1:48:23] ABILITY TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE THAT WE REPRESENT IS OF IMPORTANCE. I DO WANT TO APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS AND [1:48:31] SUPPORT AND ENGAGING US BECAUSE THAT'S ENGAGING OUR CONS CONSTITUENTS. I AT LEAST WANT TO [1:48:37] SAY MY APPRECIATIONS FOR THAT. NO ONE ELSE IS ON QUEUE. THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.. [1:48:42] AND WE APPRECIATE THE UPDATES. NEXT UP, WE HAVE THE MINNEAPOLIS [1:48:50] FIRE DEPARTMENT. CHIEF TYNER. >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHAVEZ AND MEMBERS OF THE [1:48:55] COMMITTEE. I ALWAYS LIKE TO [1:49:01] START OUT BY READING OUR MISSION STATEMENT. AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD IT MANY TIMES NOW. [1:49:07] BUT THERE MAY BE SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE OR WATCHING THIS BROADCAST WHO MAY BE HEARING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. THAT'S WHY I [1:49:13] READ IT EVERY TIME. EMPLOYEES OF THE MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE THOROUGHLY TRAINED AND READY TO PROTECT LIVES, PROPERTY AND [1:49:20] THE ENVIRONMENT BY RAPIDLY RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. WE ARE [1:49:25] COMMITTED TO PREVENTION BY PROACTIVELY WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO REDUCE THE RISK TO [1:49:30] LIFE, PROPERTY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT. OUR MOTTO IS SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND ENRICHING THE CITY. QUARTER TWO [1:49:41] HIGHLIGHTS. WE GRADUATED OUR 2025 COHORT OF THE MFD PATHWAYS. [1:49:49] I'M PROUD OF. THEY GRADUATED MAY 30TH. OBTAINED OR IN THE [1:49:56] PROCESS OF OBTAINING THEIR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN [1:50:03] CERTIFICATION. 16 OF THEM HAVE TESTED AND TWO OF THEM ARE STILL WAITING TO TEST. THOSE TESTS HAVE TO BE INDIVIDUALLY [1:50:09] SCHEDULED WITH THE STATE. SO IT TAKES A LITTLE WHILE. IN [1:50:15] PREPARATION FOR EMPLOYMENT IN THE EMS FIELDS LIKE PARAMEDIC, [1:50:22] EMT, AND EVEN FIREFIGHTER. AS YOU KNOW, BEHAVIORAL CRISIS [1:50:27] RESPONSE WAS TRANSFERRED. I [1:50:32] THINK THAT'S GOING WELL. WE'VE COMPLETED THE RFP PROCESS. WE [1:50:38] HAVEN'T SELECTED A VENDOR YET. BUT WE HAVE COMPLETED THE PROCESS OF GETTING BIDS TO BEGIN [1:50:43] THE UPGRADE OF THE FIRE STATION ALERTING SYSTEMS. SOME OTHER [1:50:50] QUARTER TWO HIGHLIGHTS IS WE'VE COMPLETED THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FIRE [1:50:55] INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM TO REPLACE OUR OLD OUTDATED SYSTEM. WE'RE BEGINNING TO BEGIN [1:51:01] TRAINING NOW ON THE SYSTEM AND THAT SHOULD GO LIVE AUGUST 5TH. [1:51:06] WE'VE COMPLETED THE CIVIL SERVICE PROMOTIONAL EXAMS FOR BATTALION CHIEF. WE HAVE TWO [1:51:12] OPEN SPOTS CURRENTLY THAT WE WILL BE PROMOTING AS SOON AS WE GET THROUGH THE CHALLENGE PERIOD. AND PARTNERSHIP WITH [1:51:21] HEALTH, WE PLACED A NARCAN VENDING MACHINE AT FIRE STATION 14 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE [1:51:27] HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SO LOOKING [1:51:33] AHEAD TO QUARTER THREE, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING PROMOTIONAL TESTING FOR FIRE CAPTAIN AND [1:51:38] ALSO PROMOTIONAL FIRE PROCESSES FOR DEPUTY CHIEF AND STAFF CAPTAIN. WE ARE REQUIRED BY [1:51:43] CONTRACT TO OPEN THOSE POSITIONS UP EVERY TWO YEARS. AND SO THIS IS THE YEAR WE'RE DOING THAT. I [1:51:53] TALKED ABOUT SOFTWARE. WE'RE DOING TRAINING. INSTALLATION OF [1:52:01] THE FIRST FIRE STATION ALERTING SYSTEM SHOULD HAPPEN IN THE THIRD QUARTER. A COUPLE OF THINGS I FORGOT TO PUT ON THERE [1:52:08] IS WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND THE [1:52:13] PROGRAM TO -- WE'LL BE GRADUATING A CLASS OF FIRE CADETS ON AUGUST 4TH. AND I [1:52:20] THINK THAT'S IT FOR FIRE. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF TYNER. I'LL ASK OUR COLLEAGUES TO SEE IF [1:52:26] THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. [1:52:34] >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, CHIEF. NEXT UP WE HAVE THE [1:52:40] NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT. I ASSUME DIRECTOR HARRINGTON IS BACK UP. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE 911. >> I AM BACK. AMANDA HARRINGTON, [1:52:47] DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY. THE QUARTER TWO HAS BEEN SPENT [1:52:53] FOCUSING ON THE OBJECTIVES THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET THE [1:52:58] DEPARTMENT FULLY STAFFED. GETTING INVOICES PAID APPROPRIATELY. NEW CONTRACTS [1:53:04] IMPLEMENTED. AND CONTRACTS INCLUDING METRICS AND DATA COLLECTION POINTS IDENTIFIED. [1:53:10] WE'VE MADE PROGRESS ON ALL OF THE QUARTER TWO OBJECTIVES. I WILL ADDRESS STAFFING MORE ON [1:53:15] THE NEXT SLIDE. INVOICES CERTAINLY ARE BEING PAID. YOU HAD GOTTEN THE UPDATE THAT THE [1:53:23] 2024 INVOICES HAVE BEEN PAID. IT CAN STILL BE CHALLENGING TO GET THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO [1:53:28] PAY THE INVOICES QUICKLY. I KNOW THAT IS A STRUGGLE AND A PAIN POINT FOR COMMUNITY [1:53:34] ORGANIZATIONS. AS GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS, WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THE EVIDENCE PROVIDED BY THE VENDORS MATCHES [1:53:41] THE INVOICES THAT THEY'RE SUBMITTING. WHILE SOME OF THE VENDORS THAT WE WORK WITH HAVE [1:53:48] SOPHISTICATED SYSTEMS WHERE THEY CAN TRACK EMPLOYEE CHECK IN AND CHECK OUT AND EXPENSES, OTHERS, AS YOU KNOW, ARE SMALLER [1:53:54] ORGANIZATIONS AND THAT CAN BE MORE OF A CHALLENGE. WE HAVE TRAINED ALL OF THE VENDORS. WE [1:53:59] CONTINUE TO TRAIN NEW VENDORS AND WE'RING WE'RE WORKING TO [1:54:09] SUPPORT EACH VENDOR WHERE THEY'RE AT. WITH THE NEW CONTRACTS, WE CERTAINLY ARE [1:54:16] EXECUTING CONTRACTS. AND I ACKNOWLEDGE IT'S NOT AT THE RATE OF SPEED THAT ANY OF US WANTED OR HOPED FOR. I THINK YOU CAN [1:54:22] TELL BY THE START DATES THAT WE'VE PUT ON SOME CONTRACTS THAT WE EXPECTED IT TO BE SOONER. [1:54:28] DEPUTY DIRECTOR LEA LAKES REPORTED ON MANY OF THE CONTRACTS LAST WEEK DURING COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. SO I'M NOT GOING TO RETURN TO THAT. [1:54:36] WE'RE WORKING ON ANSWERING QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP DURING THAT PRESENTATION IN A RESPONSE MEMO. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT [1:54:41] TO CALL OUT SINCE THIS IS MY FIRST TIME GIVING AN UPDATE ON [1:54:47] BEHALF OF THIS DEPARTMENT THAT WHAT I'VE SEEN IS THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING INCREDIBLY HARD TO BALANCE THE REQUIREMENTS [1:54:54] OF THEIR LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. THE DESIRE, INCLUDING FROM THIS BODY, TO IMPLEMENT [1:55:02] BEST PRACTICES WHICH OUR NATIONAL PARTNERS ARE ADVISING [1:55:08] US ON. SOMETIMES THOSE ARE IN CONFLICT AND THEY'RE ALL EQUALLY [1:55:14] IMPORTANT. ALL OF OUR NEW CONTRACTS HAVE METRICS THAT ARE CONSISTENTLY BUILD IN. SOME OF [1:55:21] THE EXAMPLES YGBI CONTRACT REQUIRES MONTHLY REPORTING TO [1:55:27] TRACK. AND QUARTERLY REPORTS THAT TRACK PARTICIPANT PROGRESS AND OUTCOMES. MINNEAPOLUS [1:55:34] INCLUDES -- WHICH DOCUMENTS ALL PROGRAM ACTIVITY INCLUDING BUT [1:55:39] NOT LIMITED TO CONFLICT RESPONSE, PARTICIPANT SCREENINGS, AND OUR SAFETY [1:55:45] AMBASSADORS, WHICH WAS REFERRED TO EARLIER ARE PILOTING. -- IT [1:55:58] DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THAT WAS POSSIBLE. SO DEPUTY DIRECTOR LEA LAKES AND THE TEAM AT NSD HAVE [1:56:05] DONE A REALLY AMAZING JOB GETTING OUT JOB POSTINGS THAT ARE RIGHT FOR THE DEPARTMENT, [1:56:11] INTERVIEWING APPLICANTS, GETTING THEM ONBOARDED. THERE ARE TWO POSITIONS CURRENTLY THAT ARE [1:56:17] POSTED. THE COMMUNITY SAFETY SPECIALIST AND GBY, YGBI CASE [1:56:24] MANAGER. THE OTHER POSITION IS STILL ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS. THERE ARE TWO POSITIONS THAT I'VE PLACED ON HOLD. I ASKED TO [1:56:31] HOLD OFF ON THOSE POSITIONS WHILE I GET A BETTER SENSE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S NEEDS. AS YOU KNOW, I STARTED JUST SLIGHTLY [1:56:36] OVER A MONTH AGO AND I'M STILL GETTING A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT WE NEED RELATED TO THOSE TWO [1:56:45] SPECIFIC POSITIONS. SOME OTHER HIGHLIGHTS FROM QUARTER TWO. [1:56:51] THERE ARE A COUPLE OF RFPs IN PROGRESS. YOU REFERRED TO [1:56:57] EARLIER, VICE CHAIR WONSLEY, THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING RFP RELATED TO [1:57:02] THE COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER. THOSE HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY THE PANEL AND MOVING TO WORK ON [1:57:08] PROCUREMENT ON NEXT STEPS. THE CONTRACT PROPOSALS HAVE ALSO BEEN REVIEWED. WE PLAN TO BRING [1:57:15] THE CONTRACTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL PARTICULARLY WITH THE MASTER CONTRACT IN GROUPS AS THEY'RE READY SO THAT THE ONES [1:57:21] THAT ARE MOST READY, WE CAN GET THOSE STARTED AND SERVICES OFF AND RUNNING. SOME OTHERS MIGHT [1:57:27] NEED A LITTLE MORE SUPPORT WITH SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS. WE'LL GET THOSE TO YOU IN BATCHES. [1:57:34] WE'LL ALSO BE COMING BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AT SOME POINT SOON FOR THE CONTRACT WITH NNSC ALSO [1:57:43] REFERRED TO AS JOHN JAY. I RECENTLY MET WITH SASHA COTTON [1:57:50] AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR ONGOING WORK WITH THEM. CONTRACT [1:57:56] EXTENSIONS FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES. THOSE ARE NOT AN INCREASE IN FUNDS BUT TO [1:58:01] GIVE SOME OF THE VENDORS MORE TIME TO DO THE WORK THAT WE ACTUALLY CONTRACTED WITH THEM TO [1:58:08] DO. AS WELL AS YGBI SERVICES WHICH IS IN THE SAME BOAT. I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT AT THE END [1:58:14] OF MAY AFTER I HAD STARTED, I REACHED OUT TO ALL VENDORS IN [1:58:20] NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY TO SCHEDULE INTERTRAJECTORY MEETINGS BECAUSE I FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO [1:58:26] GET A BETTER SENSE. A COUPLE OF THEM HAVE TAKEN PLACE BUT MOST OF THEM ARE GETTING SCHEDULED AS WE SPEAK. LOOKING AHEAD, I'VE [1:58:35] ASKED TO SHIFT OUR PRIORITIES. I'VE INTRODUCED KIND OF THE BUCKETS THAT MATCH PRIORITIES WITH THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY [1:58:42] SAFETY OF COLLABORATION, DATA COLLECTION, AND USE AND TRANSPARENCY. WE'RE STILL [1:58:48] FOCUSING ON EXECUTING CONTRACTS AND STARTING SERVICES. I FEEL THAT THAT BELONGS REALLY EASILY [1:58:54] UNDER THE COLLABORATION BUCKET. FOR DATA COLLECTION, WE'RE [1:58:59] ENSURING TRAINING. WE NOW HAVE METRICS BUILT INTO THE CONTRACT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE VENDORS [1:59:05] ARE TRAINED TO COLLECT THAT INFORMATION WITH FIDELITY. WE ALSO NEED TO USE DATA TO MAKE [1:59:10] DECISIONS ABOUT SERVICES IN THE FUTURE. AS WE'RE LOOKING AT RFPs OR ANY ADDITIONAL PILOTS, MAKING [1:59:17] SURE ALL THAT DATA IS BASED ON WHAT'S AVAILABLE. ALONG WITH TRANSPARENCY THAT'S TALKING [1:59:22] ABOUT UPDATING OUR WEB PAGES. SOME OF THOSE ARE A LITTLE DATED. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH [1:59:29] OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM ON THAT TO GET NEW PHOTOS AND HELP US UPDATE THE CONTENT ON THOSE [1:59:34] PAGES IN ADDITION TO SOMETIMES CREATING NEW PAGES LIKE FOR THE SAFETY AMBASSADOR PILOT. WE ALSO [1:59:41] NEED TO GET OUT DASHBOARDS. SO ONCE WE COLLECT THE INFORMATION, IT'S NOT JUST FOR US TO SIT ON. [1:59:46] WE ALSO NEED TO SHARE THAT OUT TRANSAPPARENTLY WITH COMMUNITY. THAT WILL TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO [1:59:54] CREATE THOSE DASHBOARDS. WE'LL BE UPDATING THOSE WEB PAGES AS WELL. NOW THAT WE HAVE MORE [2:00:00] STAFF ON BOARD, PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO DO MULTIPLE JOBS. WE'RE STARTING TO FLUSH OUT [2:00:06] EVERYBODY'S SPECIFIC WORK PLANS. THIS IS GOING TO HELP US CREATE ROLE CLARITY. ENSURE EVERYBODY IS WORKING ON THE SAME [2:00:12] PRIORITIES BUT ALSO AT THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL. AND HOPEFULLY HELP WITH STAFF RETENTION. OUR [2:00:18] NEW DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING ON A PROCESS FOR HOW TO ACTIVATE VENDORS THAT [2:00:25] ARE SELECTED UNDER THE MASTER CONTRACT. AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE NEGOTIATING WITH THOSE VENDORS [2:00:30] AS I SAID, AND WILL BE SUBMITTING RCAs FOR CITY COUNCIL. THAT CONCLUDES MY [2:00:35] PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. NEXT UP WE HAVE DIRECTOR HUBBY [2:00:45] AND THEN WE'RE DONE. WELCOME. [2:00:50] >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE IT QUICK AND [2:00:57] BRIEF FOR YOU SINCE I'M USUALLY THE LAST ONE UP HERE. SO I TOO [2:01:04] LIKE TO START WITH OUR MISSION STATEMENT TO REMIND THE PUBLIC OF WHAT 911 IS HERE FOR. STAFF [2:01:13] OF THE MINNEAPOLIS EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER HELPS SAVE LIVES, PROTECT PROPERTY, AND ASSISTS THE PUBLIC IN THEIR TIME [2:01:19] OF NEED. WE ACHIEVE THIS BY PROVIDING THE CRITICAL LINK BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONDERS [2:01:25] AND THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE BY BEING EFFICIENT, COURTEOUS, AND [2:01:30] COMPASSIONATE. SOME OF OUR QUARTER TWO HIGHLIGHTS IS THE [2:01:36] TOTAL NUMBER OF CALLS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM JANUARY 1ST THROUGH MAY 30TH HAS ALREADY [2:01:43] BEEN 238,984 CALLS. THIS IS [2:01:50] A .8% DECREASE FOR THE NUMBER OF CALLS FOR THE SAME QUARTERS LAST [2:01:58] YEAR. WITH OUR STAFFING STABILIZING AND ITS INCREASED STAFFING, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A REDUCTION IN OUR OVERTIME [2:02:04] NEEDS. THIS HAS RESULTED SO FAR THIS YEAR IN A SUBSTANTIAL [2:02:10] $195,000 COST REDUCTION COMPARED TO THE AMOUNT OF OVERTIME WE WERE PAYING IN 2024 DURING THE [2:02:15] SAME TIME PERIOD. THE INCREASED STAFFING IS NOT ONLY REDUCING OVERTIME NEEDS BUT ALSO [2:02:21] SIGNIFICANTLY ALLEVIATING THE PRESSURE ON OUR STAFF GIVING THEM MORE OF A WORK/LIFE [2:02:28] BALANCE. RADIO COMMUNICATION WAS MOVED OVER TO ENCRYPTION IN MAY. THIS ENABLED US TO COMPLY WITH [2:02:33] STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS, AND PROVIDED A SAFER METHOD TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY OF [2:02:38] PRIVATE INFORMATION. THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW DASHBOARD [2:02:43] ALLOWING PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY WAS ALSO LAUNCHED IN MAY. THIS DASHBOARD WHICH CAN BE ACCESSED [2:02:49] BY THE PUBLIC PROVIDES UPDATES ON 911 CALL MINUTES AFTER 30 MINUTES OF ENTRY INTO THE SYSTEM. THE RADIO SHOP IS ALSO [2:02:59] FOCUSED ON COMPLETING COMMUNICATION SET UP AT THE LOCATION OF THE NEW FIRST PRECINCT TO ENSURE THERE CAN BE [2:03:06] PHONE AND RADIO TRANSMISSIONS ON ALL LEVELS OF THE BUILDING. [2:03:12] LOOKING AHEAD INTO THE THIRD QUARTER, OVER THESE NEXT FEW SUMMER MONTHS, MECC SEES AN [2:03:21] INCREASING CALL VOLUME IN RADIO ACTIVITY. SO THE TELECOMMUNICATORS ARE FOCUSED [2:03:26] WITH THEIR ENERGY ON GETTING THOSE CALLS PROCESSED. OUR [2:03:32] TRAINING TEAM DOES A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE DURING THE SUMMER [2:03:37] MONTHS. THEY START DOING SHORT TRAINING BULLETINS AND VIDEOS TO [2:03:43] HELP SUPPORT AND CONTINUE TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR THE 911 STAFF. THE IMBEDDED SOCIAL [2:03:48] WORKER PILOT PROGRAM STARTED INTERVIEWS THIS WEEK. WE'LL BE [2:03:54] CONTINUING THOSE INTO NEXT WEEK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY. ONCE THAT'S DONE, WE'LL [2:04:00] GET THE TRAININGS GOING AND HOPE TO HAVE THE SOCIAL WORKER IN THE 911 CENTER BY SUMMER'S END. JUST [2:04:06] A FEW OF THE SUMMERTIME COMMUNITY EVENTS WE'RE GETTING INVOLVED IN IS WITH PRIDE, [2:04:13] PRECINCT OPEN HOUSES, OPEN STREETS AND SEVERAL OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN INVITED TO AND HAVE FOUND [2:04:20] VERY VALUABLE TO TALK WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHEN TO CALL 911 VERSUS WHEN TO CALL 311. THE [2:04:26] RADIO SHOP WORK WILL BEGIN ON THE NEW SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY CENTER TO ENSURE THERE'S CELL PHONE AND RADIO COVERAGE [2:04:32] THROUGHOUT THAT BUILDING. AND THE RADIO SHOP IS ALSO WORKING ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY STATEWIDE [2:04:40] RADIO SYSTEMS PLATFORM TO ENSURE WE HAVE THE SOFTWARE UPGRADES THAT WE NEED TO AS WE MOVE INTO [2:04:45] THE NEXT PHASES OF RADIO COMMUNICATION IN THE FUTURE. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. [2:04:51] >> THANK YOU. AND I WILL OPEN IT UP TO OUR COLLEAGUES THAT MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. FIRST UP, [2:04:57] WE HAVE VICE CHAIR WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. I DID HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP [2:05:03] QUESTIONS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION. [2:05:09] THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HARRINGTON. GOING BACK TO SLIDE 47. I THOUGHT A FEW MONTHS AGO THE GBI [2:05:16] PROGRAM MANAGER HAD BEEN HIRED. BUT NOW IT'S SAYING THAT IT'S IN PROGRESS. SO DID SOMEONE OCCUPY [2:05:23] THIS POSITION FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME? YEAH, WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT? [2:05:29] >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, VICE CHAIR WONSLEY, I'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY WORKING ON THAT GBI [2:05:36] POSITION NOW. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY WERE HIRED TO DO. IT WAS IMPORTANT IN OUR DEPARTMENT [2:05:42] AND THEY ARE WILLING AND ABLE TO FILL THAT ROLE UNTIL WE HAVE A PERMANENT PERSON IN PLACE. WE [2:05:47] DID NOT HAVE THE GBI CASE MANAGER. I KNOW WE DIDN'T HAVE [2:05:52] THAT POSITION IN PLACE BECAUSE THAT PERSON IS INTENDED TO DO DIRECT SERVICE ALONGSIDE THE VENDORS THAT WE HAVE. [2:05:59] >> SO ARE THOSE TWO SEPARATE? BECAUSE THE WAY THAT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN PRESENTED IS THE PROGRAM, [2:06:05] NOW IS FRAMED HERE AS CASE MANAGER, WOULD OVERSEE OR SUPPORT BOTH OF THOSE PROGRAMS. [2:06:13] GBI AND YGBI. SO I THINK THE INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WE HAD GOING BACK IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH [2:06:20] WHERE THERE WERE CONCERNS AROUND THE VACANCY. I THINK THERE WAS A PRESENTATION THAT NOTED THIS POSITION WAS FILLED. SOMEONE WAS [2:06:26] ACTUALLY HIRED. SO THAT'S WHY, YEAH, I DON'T RECALL INTERIM [2:06:32] STAFF PERSON BEING MENTIONED. IT'S NOT LIKE IT WAS A FULL-TIME PERSON. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THE IN PROGRESS [2:06:39] PIECE. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, VICE CHAIR WONSLEY, I'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS BEFORE MY TIME AND I DON'T WANT TO [2:06:47] MISSPEAK. OKAY. THANK YOU, CLERKS, YOU GOT IT. AND THEN ALSO I DID WANT TO GET A SENSE [2:06:54] BECAUSE THESE CONTRACTS EXPIRE IN AUGUST. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE COMMUNITY TRAUMA [2:07:00] RESPONSE PROGRAM? I KNOW THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION MASTER CONTRACT. BUT [2:07:06] THAT WAS ITS OWN SEPARATE THING FOR MANY YEARS WITHIN NSD OR [2:07:14] OVP. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, VICE CHAIR WONSLEY, WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE COMMUNITY TRAUMA RESPONSE. THEY [2:07:20] WILL REMAIN SEPARATE. WE'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE RIGHT NOW HOW MANY OF THOSE WE MIGHT NEED [2:07:26] EXTENSIONS FOR. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT BUDGETS, NEED, AND THE DATA THAT WE WERE COLLECTING ON THOSE [2:07:33] SERVICES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAKING DATABASED DECISIONS. WE'RE VERY AWARE THAT THEY'RE COMING UP AND WE'RE [2:07:39] HOPING TO REQUEST SOME EXTENSIONS SOON. >> THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH [2:07:45] FOR THE PRESENTATION. NO ONE ELSE IS ON QUEUE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE GETTING THESE [2:07:50] UPDATES. IT'S VERY INFORMATIVE FOR THE PUBLIC. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL DIRECT THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE [2:07:56] THAT UPDATE. SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US, I'LL DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED.