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From YouTube: July 27, 2015 Health, Environment & Community Engagement
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Minneapolis Health, Environment & Community Engagement Committee Meeting
A
Good
afternoon
I'm
calling
to
order
this
meeting
of
the
health
environment
and
community
engagement
committee
name
is
Ken,
Gordon,
I'm
sure
the
committee
I'm
joined
today
by
alondra
Cano
Andrew
Johnson
athletes,
bender
and
Jacob
Frye,
it's
a
quorum
of
the
committee.
We
can
conduct
our
business.
The
agenda
today
only
has
two
items
on
it.
The
first
is
a
consent
item
and
the
second
is
a
discussion
item,
an
interesting
presentation,
I'm
going
to
move
the
consent
item,
which
is
setting
the
public
hearing
for
august
10
or
the
abrasive
blasting
permit
ordinance
amendments.
A
B
Thank
You
mr.
chair
council
members,
my
name
is
daniel
haas,
I'm,
the
director
of
environmental
health,
we're
going
to
tag-team
our
presentation
today,
I'm
going
to
just
start
off
with
a
bit
of
an
overview
talk
about
what
the
lead
team
does.
Why
we
do
it.
We
followed
up
by
a
deeper
dive
into
how
the
work
is
done
and
then
what
we're
finding
and
looking
for
how
we
are
reimagining
our
work
to
ensure
that
we're
serving
best
serving
the
children
and
families
of
Minneapolis.
B
First
of
all,
as
you
know,
lead
is
a
heavy
metal.
It's
a
toxin
for
the
body
it
is,
although
it
affects
a
lot
of
different
organs.
The
most
significant
effect
is
on
brain
development.
It's
a
nerve
toxin
and
it
impacts
children
disproportionately
than
it
impacts.
Adults,
there's
two
reasons
for
that:
one
is
children
because
their
bones
are
growing.
They
take
it
up
more
quickly.
I
get
about
a
fifty
percent.
B
B
We
have
a
lot
of
toys
that
were
made
either
out
of
lead
vinyl
or
the
paint
itself
being
lead,
paint
and
find
a
lot
of
old
toys,
and
sometimes
even
new
toys
that
have
unacceptable
levels
of
lead
in
them.
We
also
find
products
such
as
a
traditional
bean
pot
and
Alex
will
talk
about
some
of
the
work
that
we're
doing
there,
but
it's
the
lead
glaze
on
pottery
that
will
leach
lead
during
the
cooking
of
food
and
then
the
most
traditional
source
is
through
lead
paint.
A
B
A
C
A
D
B
B
B
Chair,
yes,
it
is
still
a
lead
risk,
because
when
we
had
leaded
gasoline
that
was
all
in
the
atmosphere
deposited
into
the
soil,
it
is
not
the
primary
source
that
we
see
for
causing
lead
poisoning.
However,
when
we
do
orders
to
remove
all
lead
hazards,
we
ensure
that
there
is
proper
ground
cover.
So
as
long
as
you
have
vegetation
grass
lawn
whatever
then
you're
going
to
be
protecting
the
child
from
that
soil.
Thank
you.
We
also
have
a
number
of
consumer
products.
This
top
right
here.
B
This
is
makeup
that
was
just
recently
found
on
a
two-year-old.
The
makeup
had
come
from
another
country
and
had
extremely
high
level
of
lead.
It
was
actually
determined
to
be
the
source
of
this
lead
poisoning
for
this
child
we
have
imported.
Candies
are
often
off
also
contained
lead,
so
we
have
a
number
of
consumer
products
that
are
usually
those
that
are
brought
purchased
overseas
and
brought
back
to
the
states
that
may
contain
rather
high
levels
of
lead.
B
The
most
common
source,
however,
remains
in
our
housing
stock.
The
majority
of
our
houses
were
built
before
1978
and
therefore
it
is
safe
to
assume
that
the
majority
of
our
housing,
whether
it
be
rental,
property
or
owner
occupied,
contains
lead
paint
and
when
that
lead
paint
is
allowed
to
deteriorate
and
has
not
repainted
over
with
a
latex
based
paint
when
the
surfaces
are
exposed
that
lead
isn't
absorbed
by
children
either
through
just
you
know,
having
a
toy
and
some
lead
dust
and
picking
it
up.
B
B
One
of
the
reasons
that
we
have
been
successful
in
Minneapolis
is
because
of
the
amount
of
money
that
we
have
been
able
to
bring
into
the
city
through
competitive
HUD
grants.
We
have
brought
in
over
17
million
dollars
in
grants,
since
1997
and
by
we
I
really
mean
Lisa
Smith
said
under
her
leadership.
This
team
has
just
been
phenomenal.
These
are
federal
dollars
that
have
been
brought
to
this
city
and
spent
in
Minneapolis
for
the
purpose
of
making
our
children
safe
and,
as
you
can
see
here,
we
really
have
a
huge
success
story
here.
B
If
we
look
at
what
how
many
lead
poisonings
we
had
17
years
ago,
we
had
almost
a
thousand
in
the
city,
and
we
look
at
where
we
were
last
year
phenomenal
success
that
this
group
has
achieved
going
from
all
of
these
children
who
were
suffering
and
had
lead
poisoning.
Now
this
is
at
10
micrograms
per
deciliter
and
I'm
reason
I'm,
highlighting
that
it's
a
10
lisa
is
going
to
talk
about
new
CDC
guidance.
That
says
really
the
level
of
concern
is
at
five
micrograms
and
what
that
means
for
us
as
we
address
that
issue.
B
So
one
of
the
things
I
want
to
do
now
is
I
want
to
turn
it
over
to
Alex.
Who
will
talk
about
how
we
have
utilized
a
grant
that
we're
just
wrapping
up
now
the
safe
and
healthy
homes
grant,
which
is
part
of
that
17
million
dollar
boon
that
we
have
received
from
HUD
he'll,
walk
you
through
that
and
be
able
to
answer
any
questions
specifically
about
how
that
program
works.
E
Members
thanks
for
having
us
today,
first
and
foremost,
my
name
is
Alex.
Vollmer
I
am
the
project
coordinator
with
the
lead
and
healthy
homes
unit.
So,
as
Dan
was
alluding
to,
we
are
in
the
process
actually
of
wrapping
up
a
grant
that
we
got
in
2012
called
safe
and
healthy
homes
grants
primarily.
This
is
a
lead
hazard
control
grant.
So
a
lot
of
the
money
goes
to
that,
but
really
the
grant
had
three
three
big
goals,
so
the
first
is
to
make
lead-safe
200
dwelling
units
within
the
city.
E
E
So
that
was
pretty
cool,
so
here's
kind
of
a
breakdown
of
where
the
money
where
the
money
went
to
the
like
I
said
the
majority
of
it
was
for
lead
hazard
control.
So
we
had
just
over
two
million
for
that
2.3
million
to
do
work
there.
That's
inspections,
rehabilitations
outreach,
blood,
lead
testing,
let's
say
for
practices,
trainings
things
like
that.
180
thousand
dollars
came
for
that
supplemental
Healthy
Homes
money.
E
We
required
a
ten
percent
match
for
any
contracted
work
from
property
owners,
so
we
got
a
couple
hundred
thousand
dollars
there
and
then
the
city's
general
funds
and
CDBG
funding
allowed
for
some
matching
salary
funds
too.
So
the
partners
that
we
were
working
with
we
really
wanted
to
reach
out.
Like
I
said
we
were
able
to
do
that
and
we
had
them
work
in
a
number
of
different
ways
and
a
number
of
different
capacities
project
for
pride
and
living
in
urban
homeworks.
E
They
do
rehabilitations
on
low-income
homeowner
properties,
so
we're
really
able
to
leverage
our
funds
and
provide
deep,
exhaustive
rehabs
on
some
of
these
houses.
Sustainable
resources,
clear
core
USA,
another
one,
that's
not
up
here,
but
mini
minnesota.
Visiting
nurses
association,
they
work
with
us
really
closely
to
do
outreach
blood,
lead,
testing,
general
LED
education
there
in
the
community,
quite
a
bit
they're
talking
to
a
lot
of
different
folks,
so
they're,
really
big
ally
for
us
and
I.
E
Think
small
is
a
in
licensed
in-home
day
care
advocacy
group,
so
we're
trying
to
reach
kids
that
may
not
live
in
the
city,
but
spend
a
lot
of
time
in
the
city
is
particularly
in
these
older
houses,
as
you
know,
make
sure
that
they're
they're
safe
as
well
when
they're
coming
into
the
city
and
going
to
the
daycare
so
kind
of
how
we
work
when
we
once
a
properties
in
our
in
our
in
our
knowledge
base,
we
go
out
and
do
that's
called
a
lead
paint
risk
assessment.
So
we
use
this
this
machine
right
here.
E
It's
called
an
x-ray
fluorescence.
If
you
guys
want
to
touch
it
later,
you
certainly
can,
but
what
it
does.
Is
it
it's
a
non-destructive
strument
that
gives
us
instant
results.
We
test
all
services
inside
and
outside
of
the
property,
so
the
non-destructive
is
cool
because
you
don't
have
to
break
anything
and
then
the
instant
results
is
really
great
because
we'll
end
up
taking
400
500
shots
at
a
different
house,
and
we
can
give
a
very
exhaustive,
a
comprehensive
report
basically
to
anybody
right
on
site
and
in
addition
to
the
xrf
gun.
E
We
also
do
dust
wipe
samples
we
are
charged,
as
particular
we
were
investigating
led
boyz
and
children.
We
are
charged
with
trying
to
determine
where
that
source
of
exposure
came
from
so
a
lot
of
times.
It
might
be
from
invisible
dust.
That's
just
breaking
down
inside
the
house.
It
will
kind
of
try
to
figure
out
where
the
child
spent
a
lot
of
their
time
and
take
dust,
life,
samples
and
so
here
on.
E
The
left
is
a
picture
of
Hannah
using
the
XRF
machine
at
a
recent
inspection
and
on
the
right
is
Jen
cheetah
she's
preparing
a
sample
for
analysis
there.
So
once
this
is
all
done,
we'll
take
all
that
data
back
to
the
office
write
a
report
right
work,
specifications
figure
out
our
contracts
with
property
owners
and
contractors
and
I'm
not
going
to
get
into
too
many
details
there.
But
if
you
guys
have
any
questions
for
me,
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
them
anytime.
E
So
so,
once
the
work
actually
starts
once
the
contract
has
been
written
once
the
work
specifications
have
been
figured
out,
we
want
to
get
rid
of
the
lead.
So
when
we're
doing
this,
they
actually
it's
a
federal
mandate
than
federal
requirement
that
the
the
families
are
moved
out
of
their
house
for
the
duration
of
the
work.
Typically,
this
lasts
between
one
and
five
days,
but
one
of
the
reasons
why
they
do
this
is
so
they're
not
being
exposed
while
the
work
is
going
on.
E
And
the
second
reason,
if
you
see
the
slide,
is
that
the
contractors
are
required
to
put
down
a
bunch
of
poly
sheeting
everywhere
to
ensure
that
everything
is
contained,
and
this
is
supposed
to
be
industry
a
standard.
But
what
will
happen
is
that
one
of
the
things
that
we
do
is
we
have
a
city-owned
duplex
located
in
south
Minneapolis
on
26th
in
Bloomington
that
we
offer
free
of
charge
to
our
families.
While
this
work
is
going
on,
so
we
work
with
the
community
liaison.
E
E
The
house
is
modestly
furnished,
but
they
do
still
need
to
bring
some
things
along
with
so
she'll
set
up
all
that
kind
of
stuff,
and
she
is
absolute
dream
to
work
with,
because
it's
a
lot
of
work
so
once
the
so
once
the
family's
relocated,
the
contractors
come
in
they
put
down
the
sheeting
and
make
sure
that
everything
is
I'll
cover
it
up
once
they're
all
done.
They
pull
down
the
sheeting
and
then
to
ensure
that
no
lead
hazards
have
been
left
behind.
Inspectors
will
actually
go
back
out.
E
E
That's
always
seeing
as
a
component
that
is
kind
of
enemy
number
one
in
terms
of
deteriorating
paints,
friction
surfaces,
a
lot
of
opening
and
closing
you
might
put
a
fan
in
the
window,
just
open
a
lot
of
fresh
air
is
coming
in,
so
you
get
dust,
that's
blowing
in
so
the
pictures
that
were
showing
earlier
kinda
we're
trying
to
exemplify
the
same
thing.
You
can
see
our
windows
here,
they're
nice,
double
pane
windows.
We
remove
any
lead-based
paint
or
we
enclose
any
lead-based
paint.
So
it's
really
a
permanent
fix
on
the
on
the
property.
E
E
So,
like
I
said,
we
also
got
a
small
amount
of
supplemental
funding
for
Healthy
Homes
hazards,
so
I'm
just
going
to
kind
of
give
a
little
quick
smattering
of
some
of
the
things
that
we
have
seen.
You
know
here
in
this
picture
and
it's
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
times.
You
know
we
were
public
health
advocates,
and
so
when
we
go
into
houses,
we're
primarily
looking
at
wed,
but
it's
hard
not
to
notice
other
things,
it's
hard
for
families,
not
to
ask
us
about
other
things,
and
what
can
I
do
about
this?
E
What's
causing
this?
Why
am
I
experiencing
these
things?
So
when
we're
looking
at
things,
you
know
in
a
more
holistic
sense.
You
know
we
can
provide
a
lot
more
answers
for
people.
So
here's
a
good
before
and
after
picture
of
a
bathroom,
we
have
lead-based
paint
issues.
You
have
mold
issues,
you
have
moisture
issues,
you
have
a
potential
route
of
a
place
for
pests
to
come
inside
because
there's
no
screen
on
the
window,
so
we
were
able
to
address
this
for
the
family
and
hopefully
make
it
so
that
their
water
intrusion
doesn't
happen
again.
E
Another
thing:
that's
a
big
big
deal
in
Minnesota
is
cold
and
excessively
cold
and
intrusion
in
homes,
so
here's
a
property.
They
actually
had
some
holes
in
the
walls.
There's
water
getting
into
the
door
jam.
The
family
actually
was
not
able
to
close
their
door
all
the
way
in
January
that's
kind
of
a
big
deal.
So
we
were
able
to
identify
these
things
and
with
this
with
this
extra
money,
we're
able
to
provide
an
actual
fix
for
that.
So
it's
a
really
good
thing.
Another
thing.
E
Asbestos
around
piping
and
vermiculite,
so
we
want
to
get
rid
of
that.
The
insulation
is
not
good
for
people,
particularly
when
it's
loose
like
this.
You
know
there's
some
cat
refuse
here,
so
we
try
to
clean
that
up.
Whenever
possible,
we
work
with
a
lot
of
invisible
hazards.
We
see
carbon
monoxide.
Detectives
are
a
big
thing.
People
not
sure
where
to
put
them
next
to
gas
appliances
than
out
there
outside
of
bedrooms
are
not
there.
Another
big
kind
of
hot
topic
issue
right
now
is
radon.
E
C
E
That
people
don't
know
about,
we
talk
about
it
and
then
we
are
able
to
provide
assistance
there,
clutter
and
refuse.
You
have
pest
management
issues.
You
have
food
safety
issues,
you
have
hygiene
issues,
you
have
trip
and
fall
hazards,
there's
more
mold,
more
water
intrusion
issues.
So
these
are
the
types
of
things
that
were
able
to
do
and
assist
with
this
money
trip
and
fall
hazards.
This
home
was
actually
the
woman
who
was
living
there.
Her
child
was
two
year
old
who
has
cerebral
palsy,
and
so
she
was
really
worried
about.
E
Is
that
a
lot
of
physical
therapist
coming
and
speech?
Therapist
educational
people
and
she
was
worried
about
the
you
know
the
status
of
her
front
steps?
We
also
have
you
know
structural
collapse,
there's
a
second
floor
balcony
here
that
is
not
being
supported
by
an
adequate
footing.
You
know
so
we're
able
to
take
care
of
some
of
those
things.
E
In
addition
to
actually
going
out
into
houses
and
going
into
the
people's
lives,
we
try
to
get
out
into
the
community
and
reach
people
that
we
may
not
have
been
able
to
do
in
the
past.
So
a
couple
times
a
year
we
try
to
go
out
to
events
primarily
in
like
the
south
central
in
Phillips
neighborhoods.
The
north
side
is
where
we
do
a
lot
of
our
work.
As
Dan
was
saying,
we
were
finding
a
lot
of
these.
E
This
kind
of
this
common
theme
was
find
these
houses
that
had
led
boyz
and
children,
but
there's
no
lead
because
the
house
is
built
after
1978,
where
they've
gone
through
a
previous
grant.
So
all
the
things
have
been
made:
Lud
safe,
but
there's
still
something
going
on
there.
We
start
digging
a
little
bit
deeper.
We
find
out
that
these
bean
pods
are
actually
causing
a
problem.
You
know
these
things
leach
out.
E
So
at
these
events
we
provide
product
testing,
whether
it's
toys
or
jewelry,
anything
that
people
might
have
on
their
on
their
persons
at
the
time
and
this
particular
event,
we
actually
offered
a
we
kind
of
promoted
it
around
the
beanpot,
so
we
were
offering
you
know.
If
they
had
a
lead
bean
pot,
they
were
using.
We
would
give
them
a
crock
pot,
so
they
could
cook
their
beans.
You
know
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
families.
Have
they
don't
want
to
give
us
a
you
know?
E
They
don't
want
to
give
up
the
use
of
these
things,
because
there
are
a
lot
of
family
heirlooms
that
have
been
passed
down
from
generation
to
generation.
But
you
know
it's
important
that
we
are
able
to
provide
them
with
at
least
an
alternative,
so
that
way
they
they
can
see
the
benefit
of
stopping
to
use
it.
E
So
the
people
that
we
serve
in
our
programs,
you
know,
while
let
is
not
it's
not
the
predisposed
to
attack
any
one
individual.
We
do
find
that
there
are
some.
You
know,
communities
that
are
being
affected
more
than
others.
One
of
the
big
ones
is
rental
properties.
We
see
a
lot
of
low
income,
rental
housing,
a
lot
of
deferred
maintenance,
so
more
than
three-quarters
of
our
participants
in
our
programs
are
rental,
property
owners
and
tenants.
I
think.
B
E
C
E
Be
like
in
the
decorate
and
decorative
paint
on
the
outside
I
mean
the
biggest
concern
is
on
the
inside,
where
the
things
they're
actually
being
cooked
this
one.
If
you
kind
of
you
can't
really
see
it,
you
can,
you
can
touch,
you
can
feel
that
it's
been
a
braised
and
it's
actually
been
used
so
it'll
be.
It
could
be
in
a
number
of
different
spots.
E
Yeah
yeah,
as
we
were
finding
it,
was
that
a
lot
of
people
are
using
these
so
I'm,
going
to
kind
of
run
through
here
quickly.
Just
to
continue
with
that
question
you
can
see
in
the
in
the
bean
pod
in
this
picture
how
the
the
center
has
been
like,
really
really
worn
down,
so
that
was
actually
like
in
the
glaze
itself.
So,
but
one
of
the
things
that
lead
paint
was
you
or
lead
was
used
in
pain
for
was
to
make
colors
a
little
bit
brighter
and
more
bold.
E
E
You
know
almost
half
of
them
are
african-american,
so
you
know
there
is.
There
is
a
it's
a
social
justice
issue,
it's
an
equity
issue
as
well,
so
again
the
people
we
served
a
lot
of
low-income.
Basically,
one
hundred
percent
of
our
100
percent
of
our
clients
are
under
the
eighty
percent
area,
median
income
for
the
year.
More
than
half
of
them
are
actually
under
fifty
percent
area
mean
income
for
a
family
of
four.
E
The
fifty
percent
is
43,000
annually
for
a
household,
and
the
thirty
percent,
which
is
more
than
half
of
our
people,
are,
are
at
right
now
for
a
family
of
four
is
the
only
twenty-six
thousand
dollars
so
again,
a
lot
of
rental
properties
deferred
maintenance.
They
don't
really
have
a
lot
of
access
to
outlets.
So
it's
really
great
that
we
have
these
programs
available
to
provide
some
sort
of
relief
for
these
families.
E
Our
grant
so
far
has
been
very,
very,
very
successful.
We're
wrapping
up
right
now
we
had
a
goal
of
200
units
inspected.
We
had
a
goal
of
200
units
may
bloodsafe
r.
As
of
right
now
we're
going
to
be,
we
did
over
250
units
inspected,
we
are
going,
we
made
lead-safe
229
units,
so
we
foreign
exceeded
those
goals
we
reached
over
a
thousand
different
people,
whether
it's
property
owners
or
parents
or
children.
E
We
were
able
to
provide
lead,
safe
work
practices
for
over
a
hundred
rental
property
owners
and
home
owners.
So
that
way,
when
they're
doing
work
on
these
houses
they're
aware
of
lead,
they
know
where
it
is
and
know
how
to
deal
with
it
safely.
Through
the
help
of
our
partners.
We
were
able
to
provide
these
extensive
list,
it's
kind
of
hard
to
believe,
but
this
is
the
exact
same
kitchen
before
and
after
so
we
were
able
to
give
money
to
deal
with
the
lead
based
paint
issue.
E
E
This
was
the
outside
of
the
house
from
that
bathroom
picture.
That
I
showed
you
earlier.
You
know
we
really
went
above
and
beyond
this
grant
and
I'm
really
excited
about
it.
The
inspectors
that
we
have
working
for
us
are
very
careful,
they're,
very
cautious,
they're,
very
smart.
They
care
a
lot
about
the
people
that
were
that
were
serving
and
we're
working
with
so
we're
wrapping
it
up
next
month
and
it's
been
it's
just
a
fantastic
success,
so
that's
all
I
have
and
I'm.
We
have.
E
D
Gordon,
council
members,
at
what
there
we
go
at
what
level
is
a
child
poison.
Well,
there
is
no
salt,
safe
level
of
lead
exposure.
The
state
law
mandates
that
we
had
inspected
15
micrograms
per
deciliter
of
blood,
but
in
2008
the
Health
Department
implemented
best
practices
and
started
enforcing
at
10
micrograms
per
deciliter,
which
was
allowed
under
state
law.
In
2012,
after
years
of
looking
at
the
science,
the
Center
for
Disease
Control
revised
the
guidelines
down
to
five
micrograms
per
deciliter.
D
The
Health
Department
could
not
inspect
under
the
lead
poisoning
rules,
because
the
state
law
was
still
ten
micrograms
per
deciliter.
So
we
worked
with
the
State
Health,
Department
and
other
local
health
departments
and
got
the
law
changed
in
2014
to
line
up
with
the
CDC's
recommendations
in
2015
with
the
legal
barriers
removed,
we
were
able
to
offer
equal
service
to
all
blood
poised
and
children.
D
So
this
is
a
graph
of
our
LED
inspection
response.
We
pushed
really
hard
to
get
the
rules
change
because
all
the
children
in
orange
on
this
graph
represented
where
not
being
served
the
lead
hazards
remain
in
their
homes
to
poison,
siblings
and
future
tenants.
This
represents
about
3,000
children
since
2005
halfway
through
2008,
we
started
enforcing
at
10,
and
you
can
see
that
five
years
later
in
2011,
the
number
of
children
in
blue,
which
were
being
poisoned
at
that
higher
higher
level,
is
smaller.
D
D
D
July,
isn't
over.
If
we
had
july
on
this
graph,
you
would
see
that
we
have
78
cases
so
far.
We
have
still
loved
one
more
week
to
go,
so
this
is
5
times
the
caseload.
We
were
working
at
last
year
because
of
the
grant
and
the
resources
the
city
gave
us,
which
was
an
additional
inspector
one
time
in
2015.
We
are
able
to
keep
up
with
the
demand
for
inspections.
D
These
properties
are
getting
inspected
within
10
days
of
our
receiving
a
report
from
the
State
Health
Department
and
are
being
offered
an
emergency
LED
swap,
which
is
a
specialized
cleaning
for
lead
dust.
Will
some
touch-up
painting
to
produce
immediately
dust
exposure
in
the
homes,
so
we
now
have
the
in
2014
we
applied
for
and
received
the
health
improvement
partnership
HUD
grant.
This
grant
is
for
3.4
million
dollars
and
we're
pledged
to
make
280
dwelling
units
LED
safe
and
to
correct
other
housing
based
health
hazards.
We
find
there
the
homes
of
lead
poison,
killed.
D
Rijn
are
our
first
priority
and
our
next
priority
is
to
stop
using
children
as
lead
detectors.
The
system
is
set
up
so
that
we
only
respond
after
a
child
is
poison.
We
know
the
age
of
the
housing,
we
know
the
location
of
most
of
the
housing
and
we
are
trying
to
work
towards
a
more
proactive
model
instead
of
a
reactive
model.
D
This
is
a
block
map
of
the
city
and
the
oranges.
He
overlaid
our
census,
tracts
that
show
lead
poisoning.
So
everywhere
you
see
orange
at
least
five
children
and
that
census
tract
have
been
led
poisoned
the
darker
the
color
more
different
time
categories,
where
children
were
poison
there.
The
takeaway
from
this
map
is
that
no
neighborhood
in
Minneapolis
is
free
from
the
impacts
of
lead
poisoning
we
zoom
in
a
little
closer
here
and
on
the
left.
D
You
see
neighborhood
view,
and
this
is
from
central
neighborhood,
and
you
can
see
that
almost
every
block
has
multiple
lead
poisonings
on
it.
If
you
look
even
closer
on
the
right-
and
this
is
not
even
the
worst
block
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
every
red
dot
represents
a
poison
child.
The
green
shading
iana,
the
five
of
these
properties,
represents
homes
that
were
made.
D
Let's
say
with
the
HUD
lead
grant
that
was
run
either
by
Minneapolis
health
department
or
a
Hennepin
County
head
HUD
grant
all
the
red
dots
represent
properties
where
we
know
there
were
LED
hazards,
but
we
don't
know
if
they
still
exist.
The
lead
could
very
well
be
there
waiting
poison,
the
next
child
that
moves
into
these
properties
as
resources
allow.
We
are
going
to
start
test
targeting
individual
blocks
where
we
know
there's
a
history
of
lead
poisoning
to
make
every
house
on
that
block
led
safe.
D
These
are
our
children,
our
friends,
children,
our
neighbors
children
and
the
children
in
our
schools,
most
of
the
children
and
the
graphs
I've
shown
you
today
are
currently
in
the
K
through
12
school
system.
All
these
children
can
be
more
prone
to
violence,
unintended
pregnancy
learning,
disabilities
and
as
they
grow
into
adulthood,
they
will
have
an
increased
risk
of
heart
attack,
kidney
disease
and
high
blood
pressure
in
every
country
in
the
world.
When
lead
was
taken
out
of
gasoline
and
out
of
the
air
we
all
breathe.
D
20
years
later,
there
was
a
payback
in
society
in
crime
reduction.
We
need
to
get
the
lead
hazards
out
of
our
homes,
for
the
health
of
our
city
and
for
the
health
bar
city's
children.
Thank
you
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
come
before
you
today
and
talk
about
what
we
have
achieved
and
the
challenges
we
face
before
us.
A
D
A
D
A
D
A
But
that's
right
so,
but
in
this
case
we
don't
know
if
any
of
these
I
mean.
Presumably
maybe
a
couple
of
them
have
children
who
have
been
tested,
and
so
we
can
get
in.
But
the
the
idea
for
this
preventative,
proactive
approach
would
be
offering
this
opportunity
to
all
the
houses
and
asking
if
we
could
come
in
and
test
chair.
D
A
B
Chair
Gordon,
obviously,
the
grants
allow
us
to
hire
additional
led
risk,
Assessors
more
so
than
what
we
receive
in
general
fund
or
CDBG.
We
currently
have
a
one-year
appropriation
for
a
LED
risk,
assessor
from
the
general
fund
that
has
allowed
us
to
meet
this
unanticipated
demand
for
our
services
once
we
drop
25
and
those
levels
have
quadrupled,
or
even
more,
it's
that
additional
resource
that
we
have
been
able
to
achieve
that.
The
goal.
C
B
F
D
Gordon
Celts
americano
we
contract
with
clear
core
and
sustainable
resource
centers
and
they
both
have
multilingual
staff
and
and
they
do
outreach
and
enrollment
into
our
grant
programs.
We
also
have
a
Spanish
speaker
on
staff
belt,
veena
Jones.
She
handles
most
of
the
relocation
for
our
houses
and
we
have
a
staff
member
who's
in
the
field
right
now,
bartosz
Omar
and
she
speaks
Somali.
D
F
Wonderful,
thank
you.
I
just
want
to
commend
all
of
you.
This
is
really
amazing.
Work
and
I
know
that
it
has
an
impact
on
our
communities
of
color,
particularly
you
know,
ward
9
residents.
I
can
see
the
map
that
deep
orange,
which
happens
to
be
my
campaign
color
as
well.
So,
but
thank
you
for
your
hard
work
that
really
appreciate
it.
Thank
you.
G
Thank
You
mr.
chair
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
as
well
to
you
and
your
team
for
all
this
incredible
work
that
you're
doing,
which
is
very
meaningful
and
obviously
is
helping
a
lot
of
people
in
our
city
and
I
also
just
want
to
recognize
as
well.
The
role
for
retailers
and
corporations
to
play
in
all
this
previously
worked
at
Target
corporate
I
had
friends
on
the
global
product,
safety
and
compliance
team.
It
actually
go
out
and
do
these
inspections
of
production
facilities
overseas.
G
They
go
to
China
and
check
out
the
manufacturers
who
are
making
children's
toys
and
it
would
say
they
go
in
and
they
would
see
a
big
vat
of
lead
paint
mark
for
us
toys
and
then
one
marked
for
you
know
Asian
countries,
and
it
would
have
let
in
it
ultimately
so
you'd
see
the
the
paint
that's
led
free
for
the
toys
destined
for
America
and
the
toys
they're
destined
for
other
children.
Another
personal
world
with
lead
in
it
and
I
think
that
that's
something
that
we
have
a
much
bigger
fight
on
our
hands.
C
Thank
You
mr.
chair
I,
just
to
reiterate
thank
you
for
all
the
work,
you're
doing
and
I.
Think
many
of
my
colleagues
well
staff
probably
know
that
we
have
an
ordinance,
that's
moving
forward,
it's
an
amendment
to
our
existing
code
that
would
reinforce
with
landlords
that
we
are
able
to
if
they
are
undergoing
significant
abatement
after
receiving
a
notice
that
they
have
have
lead
contamination
in
their
building
the
first
time,
then
it
makes
a
lot
easier
to
makes
it
a
lot
easier
to
strip
a
license
away.
So
thank
you
for
your
work.