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Public Health & Safety Committee Agenda

Standing Committee of the City Council
and
Minneapolis Community Development Agency Operating Committee
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Regular Meeting
November 20, 2024 - 1:30 pm
Room 350, Public Service Center
250 S. 4th St., Minneapolis, MN 55415
Members Present: Council Members Jason Chavez (Chair), Robin Wonsley (Vice-Chair), Elliott Payne, Michael Rainville, Jeremiah Ellison, and Linea Palmisano (Quorum: 4)
Clerk: Rachel Blanford, (612) 673-2216

Consent

  1. 2 Redistribution funding from the Minnesota Board of Firefighter Training and Education (MBFTE) (2024-01289)

    1. Accepting redistribution funding from the Minnesota Board of Firefighter Training and Education (MBFTE), in the amount of $107,158.83, for MBFTE-approved training conducted between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024.

    2. Passage of Resolution approving appropriation of funds to the Fire Department.

    Action Taken: Approved
  2. 3 Minnesota Department of Health grant for cannabis education (2024-01319)

    1. Accepting a grant from the from the Minnesota Department of Health, in the amount of $290,855, for Cannabis and Substance Use Prevention (CSUP).

    2. Authorizing an agreement with the Minnesota Department of Health for Cannabis and Substance Use Prevention (CSUP).

    3. Passage of Resolution approving appropriation of funds to the Health Department. 

    Action Taken: Approved
  3. 4 Strong Foundations grant from the Minnesota Department of Health for implementation of evidence-based Family Home Visiting services (2024-01320)

    1. Accepting a grant from the MN Department of Health for the project period of January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025, in the amount of $2,506,918.

    2. Authorizing an agreement with the MN Department of Health for the Strong Foundations grant.

    3. Passage of Resolution approving appropriation of funds to the Health Department.

    Action Taken: Approved
  4. 5 Trauma Informed Mental Well-being Trusted Messenger Program (2024-01321)

    1. Accepting $14,114 from Hennepin County Public Health for a cross-jurisdictional trauma informed, mental well-being Trusted Messenger Program.

    2. Authorizing an agreement from Hennepin County Public Health for a cross-jurisdictional trauma informed, mental well-being Trusted Messenger Program.

    3. Passage of Resolution approving appropriation of funds to the Health Department.

    Action Taken: Approved
  5. 6 Local Public Health Grant and Foundational Public Health Responsibilities Grant for 2025 (2024-01340)

    1. Accepting a grant from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), in the amount of $4,035,478, to work in partnership with MDH to address the areas of public health responsibility and essential public health services for the period of January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025.

    2. Authorizing an agreement with the State of Minnesota in the amount of $4,035,478, to provide public health services and to implement foundational public health responsibilities.

    3. Passage of Resolution approving appropriation of fund to the Health Department. 

    Action Taken: Approved
  6. 7 School Based Clinic Amended Lease with Minneapolis Public Schools (2024-01343)

    Authorizing an amendment to the existing lease agreement with Special District #1 Minneapolis Public Schools by extending the agreement until Dec. 31, 2029, and adding a new Wellstone Clinic Location.

    Action Taken: Approved
  7. 8 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grant for corrective lead-based paint hazard activities (2024-01355)
    1. Accepting a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the amount of $1,350,000 per year for five-year period from December 1, 2024, through July 1, 2029, totaling $6,750,000, to correct lead-based paint hazards and other housing-based health hazards in Minneapolis residential units for income qualified properties.
    2. Authorizing an agreement with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the amount of $1,350,000 per year for a five-year period from December 1, 2024, through July 1, 2029, totaling $6,750,000.

    3. Passage of Resolution approving appropriation of funds to the Health Department.

    Action Taken: Approved
  8. 9 Public Health Advisory Committee appointments (2024-01314)
    1. Approving Lucy Faerber for appointment to Seat 1 beginning January 1, 2024, and ending December 31, 2025.
    2. Approving Hannaan Shire for reappointment to Seat 3 beginning January 1, 2025, and ending December 31, 2026.
    3. Approving Alicia Jackson for reappointment to Seat 5 beginning January 1, 2025, and ending December 31, 2026.
    4. Approving Katie Severt for appointment to Seat 7 beginning January 1, 2025, and ending December 31, 2026.
    5. Approving Jasmine Bloomdahl for reappointment to Seat 20 beginning January 1, 2025, and ending December 31, 2026.
    Action Taken: Approved
  9. 10 Restorative programs (2024-01316)

    Approving a legislative directive related to programmatic, staffing, and administrative costs associated with expanding the public-safety related restorative services delivered by the City to include mediation services and victim services.

    Action Taken: Approved
  10. 11 Memorandum of Understanding for Lake Street Safety Center (2024-01350)

    Authorizing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hennepin County to regularly utilize space in the Lake Street Safety Center.

    Action Taken: Approved
  11. 12 Safe outdoor spaces: Health and sanitation ordinance (2024-01291)

    Referring to staff the subject matter of an ordinance amending Title 11, Chapter 225 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances relating to Health and Sanitation: Garbage and Refuse, establishing authorized and regulated “safe outdoor spaces” or individualized sheltering options for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness.

    Action Taken: Referred to staff
  12. 13 Youth and Adolescent Diversion/Deflection, Intervention, and Delinquency Prevention Programs (2024-01384)

    Directing the City Auditor's Office to undertake research and analysis to produce a national landscape analysis of other localities’ policies, programs, and strategies to reduce community safety concerns through youth and adolescent diversion/deflection, intervention, and delinquency prevention programs.

    Action Taken: Approved

Discussion

  1. 14 Office of Community Safety quarterly updates (2024-00703)

    Receiving and filing an update relating to the work of the Office of Community Safety (OCS) from the past quarter and a preview of upcoming work.

    Action Taken: Received and filed
  2. 15 Safe and Thriving Communities Report and Plan for public safety beyond policing resolution (2024-01367)

    Passage of Resolution urging the administration to adopt and implement the Safe and Thriving Communities Report and Plan as the city’s 10-year comprehensive plan for public safety beyond policing.

    Action Taken: Continued to meeting of Jan 8, 2025
  3. 16 Safe and Thriving Communities Action Plan update (2024-01086)

    Receiving and filing a report relating to progress on the Safe and Thriving Communities Report legislative directive.

    Action Taken: Received and filed
  4. 17 Community Safety Ecosystem Asset and Gaps Analysis (2024-01323)

    Receiving and filing a presentation regarding the Policing Project's Community Safety Ecosystem Asset and Gaps Analysis.

    Action Taken: Received and filed
  5. 18 Overview of data analyses and processes used to assign Violence Interrupters across the city (2024-01211)

    Receiving and filing a report related to the processes used to assign violence interrupters across the city.

    Action Taken: Postponed to PHS meeting of Jan 8, 2025


Committee actions will be referred to the next Council meeting: Dec 5, 2024
Next Public Health & Safety Committee meeting: Jan 8, 2025

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