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Description
Minneapolis Public Health, Environment, Civil Rights, and Engagement Meeting
A
Good
afternoon
I'm
going
to
call
to
order
this
meeting
of
the
public
health
environment,
civil
rights
and
engagement
committee
for
Monday
March,
12
2018.
My
name
is
Philippe
Cunningham
and
I
am
the
chair
of
this
committee.
This
awesome
committee
with
me
at
the
dais,
our
councilmembers
cano,
Gordon
and
Johnson.
Let
the
record
reflect
we
have
a
quorum.
We
have
five
items
on
the
consent
agenda
this
week.
The
first
is
transgender
equity
council
appointments.
A
A
Do
the
committee
members
have
any
questions
just
want
to
welcome
councilmember
Jenkins
I
wanted
to
circle
back
real,
quick
and
with
the
transgender
equity
council.
It's
an
exciting,
a
fairly
new,
still
advisory
body,
and
so
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
with
when
we
have
community
members
who
take
their
time
to
be
advisors
to
the
city,
to
the
mayor
into
the
counsel
that
we
just
make
sure
that
they
get
their
full
recognition.
And
so
I
just
wanted
to
read
a
little
description
here.
A
Charlie
Ito
is
currently
a
business
analyst
in
the
city's
IT
department
and
has
been
an
important
contributor
to
the
city's
trans
trans
gender
issues,
workgroup
for
the
last
four
years
with
the
last
year,
serving
as
the
interim
co-chair
as
a
part
of
the
workgroup.
He
has
been
working
on
the
runner
resource
hub
for
the
transgender
equity
work
page
or
web
page.
Excuse
me
and
then
Tim
beaver
has
been
with
us
with
the
city
for
17
years,
working
in
employment
and
training
division
in
CP,
Department
Tim
cares
deeply
about
workplace
equip
equity
and
inclusiveness.
A
He
recently
worked
with
staff
across
departments
to
secure
a
speaker
for
a
trans
equity
in
the
workplace,
breakout
session
at
the
2018
service
to
audit
a
service
to
adults
conference.
So
I
just
wanted
to
take
a
little
time
to
recognize
those
folks
see
and
just
want
to
say
one
more
time.
Any
questions.
Seeing
no
further
questions.
I
move
approval
of
the
consent
agenda,
all
those
in
favor
of
the
motion,
please
say
aye,
those
opposed
say
no,
the
eyes
have
it,
and
that
item
is
approved.
A
Our
first
discussion
item
today
is
receiving
and
filing
a
presentation
on
Earth,
Hour
and
autobahns
lights
out
campaign
and
approving
a
resolution
supporting
Earth
Hour
2018
on
Saturday
March
24th
from
8:30
to
9:30
p.m.
and
also
supporting
Audubon's
lights-out
campaign,
which
encourages
building
owners
to
turn
off
their
lights
during
spring
and
fall
migration.
Ashley
Peters
of
Audubon
Minnesota
will
give
the
presentation
miss
Peters,
Thank.
B
You,
chair
and
council
members
I'm
happy
to
be
here
today
to
talk
about
Earth,
Hour
and
our
lights
out
program,
I'm,
Ashley
Peters,
with
Autobahn
Minnesota,
and
we
are
a
bird
conservation
organization
and
we're
part
of
the
National
Audubon
Society,
which
has
been
around
for
more
than
100
years.
So
a
well-established
organization
in
the
country
regarding
conservation,
Earth
Hour,
is
an
initiative
started
by
the
World
Wildlife
Fund,
and
this
this
program
will
be
happening
on
March
24th
from
8:30
to
9:30
p.m.
B
and
there
are
more
than
3,000
landmarks
across
the
world
and
180
countries
participating
in
this
program.
This
is
an
example
of
the
Empire
State
Building
and
what
it
looks
like
before
and
then
during
Earth
Hour,
and
this
effort
helps
raise
awareness
of
different
issues
related
to
climate
change,
such
as
reducing
energy
consumption,
which
in
turn
reduces
the
amount
of
carbon
and
mercury
pollution
that
we
put
into
the
air
and
contributes
to
an
already
warming
climate.
B
Unfortunately,
these
birds
can
be
drawn
off
course
by
lighted
structures
in
their
flight
path.
They
may
circle
bright
lights
and
drop
from
exhaustion.
Many
of
them
are
killed
by
colliding
with
buildings
during
during
night
migration,
when
they're
confused
by
lights.
So
our
lights
out
program
can
dramatically
reduce
the
collisions
and
help
save
these
birds.
B
Building
owners
and
managers
can
help
by
turning
off
exterior
lighting
security.
Lights
can
be
left
on
for
safety,
dimming
lobby
and
atrium
lighting
turning
off
interior
lights,
especially
on
the
upper
floors,
and
any
building
can
participate
in
this.
It
isn't
just
for
skyscrapers
or
very
tall
buildings.
Any
building
wherever
it's
located
can
participate,
and
there
are
many
buildings
already
participating
in
Minneapolis
and
st.
Paul
and
throughout
the
state,
and
we
thank
you
all
for
supporting.
B
C
B
The
IDS
building
is
one
in
particular
that
participates.
A
number
of
US
bank
buildings
as
well
I
would
have
to
pull
up
a
list
and
I'm
happy
to
to
share
that
list
with
you
there's
over
70
buildings
throughout
Minnesota
that
participate
in
lights
out
with
Earth
Hour,
that's
coordinated
by
a
different
organization,
so
I'd
have
to
get
in
touch
with
a
representative
and
let
you
know
which
buildings
in
particular
they've
they've
coordinated
with
you.
B
F
B
Sharing
Council
members-
yes,
there
is
always
there's
always
a
benefit
to
saving
energy
for
whatever
period
of
time
you
participate,
I
think
Earth
Hour
has
typically
been
used,
as
as
an
example
of
one
way
that
buildings
can
do
things
to
reduce
the
impacts
of
climate
change.
Often
it's
used
as
a
starting
place
to
talk
about
the
impacts
of
climate
change,
and
that's
we're
moving
into
something
like
the
lights
out.
Program
has
has
a
bigger
impact.
F
A
B
Councilmembers,
and
so
part
of
the
goal
for
lights
out
is
to
encourage
all
buildings
to
be
aware
of
bird
collisions.
These
collisions
kill
hundreds
of
millions
of
birds
every
year,
and
this
is
one
way
that
we
can
those
threats.
We
in
Minnesota
have
a
lot
of
birders
a
lot
of
wildlife
Watchers
and
they
contribute
a
lot
to
the
habitat
that
is
conserved
and
protected
in
the
state
and
a
lot
of
that
habitat.
That's
an
outlying
areas
of
the
state,
the
migratory
birds
that
come
to
Minnesota
to
breed
and
to
feed.
B
If
they
don't
make
it
through
the
city,
they
don't
make
it
to
those
beautiful
habitats
that
we've
preserved
for
them.
So
the
goal
is
to
help
those
birds
get
through
the
city.
A
lot
of
them
are
not
the
the
pigeons
or
the
crows
or
the
other
birds
you
would
think
of
in
the
city.
These
are
smaller,
songbirds
and
hummingbirds
that
are
that
are
migrating
through
to
get
to
other
areas.
A
B
Thank
you
for
asking.
You
can
go
to
MN,
Audubon,
org
and
backslash
lights
out
or
you
can
contact
me.
It's
a
Peters
at
Audubon,
org
and
I
would
be
happy
to
connect
anyone
with
more
information
about
that
program.
A
Seeing
no
further
questions.
Thank
you.
So
much
I
move
to
receive
and
file
the
presentation
and
to
approve
the
resolution.
All
those
in
favor
of
the
motion,
please
say
aye,
those
opposed
say
no,
the
eyes
have
it
and
that
item
is
received
and
filed
and
approved.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
presentation
today.
Thank.
A
Our
second
discussion
item
today
is
receiving
and
filing
a
presentation
on
the
public
health
advisory
committee.
Margaret
Margaret,
Schuster
senior
public
health
specialist
in
the
Health
Department
will
be
giving
us
the
presentation
just
want
to
say.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
time
today.
Miss
Shuster.
E
Thank
you,
hi
I
am
here
today,
as
you
introduce
me,
Thank
You,
chair,
Cunningham,
I'm,
Margaret,
Schuster
I'm,
with
the
Health
Department
and
I'm
the
point
person
for
the
Public
Health
Advisory
Committee
I
really
just
want
to
present
a
high-level
overview
of
who
the
committee
is
what
their
function
actually
is,
what
their
membership
is
like
and
a
couple
of
their
key
activities.
Lately.
E
The
public
health
advisory
committee
is
made
up
of
volunteers
who
commit
their
time
and
energy
to
end
their
expertise
to
public
health
issues
and
concerns
in
Minneapolis.
There
are
20
members
on
that
committee.
There's
one
for
each
ward.
There
is
a
mayoral
representative.
There
are
representatives
from
some
of
our
key
partners
like
the
University
of
Minnesota
School
of
Public
Health,
the
Minneapolis
Public
Schools
and
Hennepin
County
Public
Health,
and
then
there
are
three
members
at
large
as
well.
E
The
committee
themselves
sort
of
recommend
those
members
at
large
to
the
council
and
the
council
appoints
them.
Members
must
live
or
work
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
ward.
Reps
must
live
or
work
in
the
ward
in
which
they
apply.
Each
member
is
appointed
to
two-year
terms,
and
they
can
essentially
serve
three
consecutive
terms.
So
a
total
total
of
six
years.
E
These
are
some
of
our
members:
every
fall,
the
city
clerk
office
posts,
any
openings
on
the
city's
website
applications
are
then
fielded
in
the
City
Clerk's
office.
I'm
sent
a
message
when
an
application
has
been
received.
Oftentimes
this,
the
City
Council
members,
are
sent
a
message
as
well.
After
the
application
period
closes
and
I
contact
the
city,
council
members
and
let
them
know
whether
there
have
been
applications
for
their
particular
word
and
I
encourage
all
of
the
applicants
to
reach
out
to
their
City
Council
members
to
express
their
interest
in
serving.
E
If,
for
some
reason,
they
don't
have
an
opportunity
to
serve
on
the
public
health
advisory
committee.
Perhaps
there's
another
committee
that
their
skills
and
expertise
would
be
appropriate
for
all
applications
are
kept
on
file
for
a
year
in
case
there's
an
unexpected
resignation,
which
has
happened,
midterm
it's
nice
to
have
sort
of
a
cache
of
applications
to
be
able
to
draw
from.
E
So
what
is
the
role
of
the
public
health
advisory
committee?
They
essentially
serve
three
functions.
They
advise
the
City
Council,
they
review
the
priorities
of
the
Health
Department
and
they
consider
complaints,
concerns
and
views
that
are
expressed
by
residents,
so
they
serve
as
a
liaison
between
residents
and
the
City
Council
or
residents
and
the
health
department
each
year.
The
committee
sets
their
priorities
for
learning
and
discussion.
These
priorities
provide
direction
to
their
agenda
planning
and
then
discussion
on
ways
that
they
can
engage.
E
the
committee
is
currently
organized
in
a
way
that
they
have
full
committee
meetings
where
they
often
hear
presentations
on
various
topics
and
then
subcommittee
meetings
which
happen
in
the
next
month,
where
discussion
or
other
committee
business
happens,
such
as
drafting
recommendations
or
coming
up
with
actions
on
a
letter
of
support
holding
new
member
orientation.
Things
like
that.
E
The
three
subcommittees
are
policy
and
planning
communications
and
operations
and
collaboration
and
engagement,
and
when
I
talk
about
some
of
their
activities.
I'll
mention
how
those
three
subcommittees
actually
engage
over
the
years.
The
PHA
c
has
supported
several
city
and
department
initiatives
which
promote
healthy
environments,
healthy
people,
healthy
housing
and
they've
responded
to
council
direction
in
the
past
to
study
public
health
issues,
make
recommendations
and
then
report
back
to
the
City
Council
PHA
see.
E
Members
have
provided
testimony
at
public
hearings
on
a
number
of
health
issues,
including
things
like
supporting
changes
to
the
staple
food
ordinance,
supporting
paid,
sick
and
safe
time,
restricting
youth
access
to
tobacco
products
and
flavored
tobacco
and
other
things
most
recently.
They
studied
crumb,
rubber
and
rubber
tire
mulch
in
the
use
of
it
in
Minneapolis,
and
then
provided
a
set
of
recommendations
back
to
the
City
Council.
They
did
this
in
collaboration
with
the
community
environmental
Advisory
Commission.
E
Other
things
that
PHA
C
members
have
done
is
they've
been
liaisons
in
other
city
efforts
such
as
the
Comprehensive
Plan
health
research
team,
green
zones,
work
group
and
youth
violence
prevention,
executive
committee.
They
also
review
applications
interview
prospective
applicants
to
the
PHA
C
and
conduct
new
member
orientation.
They
also
participate
in
a
number
of
Health
Department
initiatives
like
strategic
planning
process,
helping
to
review
the
nominees
for
the
Public
Health
Heroes
awards,
and
then
also
they
participated
in
interviews
with
the
public
health
Accreditation
Board
during
a
site
visit
in
2016.
E
The
collaboration
and
engagement
committee
members
attended
measles
outbreak,
listening
sessions
at
various
locations
and
the
full
committee,
with
a
small
group
of
kind
of
drivers
off
of
the
committee
provided
feedback
on
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Health
statewide
health
assessment.
So
they
try
to
work
locally.
They
try
to
work
across
the
city
and
then
they
have
also
provided
some
input
across
the
state.
E
All
of
our
information
is
available
on
the
Health
Department
website.
That
would
include
a
current
list
of
members.
All
of
our
meeting
records
our
annual
reports,
letters
of
support,
anything
that
would
be
officially
entered
into
the
public
record
and
then
I'm
the
main
contact.
So
if
people
have
questions,
they
can
always
contact
me.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
You
so
much
for
that
presentation.
I
know
that
the
committee
will
be
coming
back
with
a
more
formal
presentation,
with
some
reports
later
on
and
so
I'm
looking
forward
to
that.
But
thank
you
for
this
high-level
introduction,
so
folks
understand
what
the
work
is
and
how
all
the
work
that
they've
been
involved.
With
all
of
this
massive
change,
that's
happened
in
the
last
term.
Really
they
were
involved.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
that
and
do
any
of
my
colleagues
have
any
questions
all
right.
Well,
thank
you.
So
much
for
that.
D
So,
let's
start
out
with
the
environmental
programs,
division
is
made
up
of
the
lead
hazard,
control
and
Healthy
Homes
unit
and
the
Environmental
Services
Unit.
These
two
units
just
combined
to
be
focused
on
in
October
of
last
year,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
give
it
an
overview
and
then
I'll
hand
it
over
to
Lisa
in
a
second
here,
but
in
combining
on
the
programs.
First
and
foremost
we
will
be
building
on
success.
D
Lisa
is
going
to
walk
through
some
of
the
history
of
the
program
and
I,
just
like
to
point
out
the
major
successes
that
they've
had
with
the
lead
hazard
control
unit
in
in
reducing
the
amount
of
lead
poisoning
in
the
city
bringing
the
two
years.
Together.
It's
combining
expertise.
There
are
there's
a
lot
of
expertise
coming
over
from
the
Environmental
Services,
Unit
and
kind
of
breaking
down
some
of
those
silos,
even
within
our
own
health
department,
and
working
together
and
collaborating
an
example
of
that.
D
So
we
can
get
to
properties
before
a
child
is
poisoned.
We
are
leveraging
resources
looking
at
ways
that
we
can
leverage
the
the
investments
that
the
city
has
and
leveraging
those
resources.
So
we
can
do
more
work
not
only
in
reducing
lead
poisonings,
but
in
moving
into
asthma
and
expand
our
lead
response
model.
It's
a
very
successful
model
that
we
have
and
expanding
some
of
that
work
into
a
model
in
addressing
asthma.
D
We
have
children
in
the
city
who
are
getting
asthma
from
the
conditions
within
their
houses
within
their
homes
and
so
starting
to
take
some
of
that
same
model
and
address,
as
in
our
city
as
well,
we'll
be
combining
with
the
franchise
fee
that
passed.
This
past
fall
is
combining
energy
and
weatherization
work
to
address
livability
and
affordability.
If
you
look
at
energy
efficiency
and
in
being
in
a
cold
house,
it's
a
livability
issue
and
then
the
affordability
is,
we
can
reduce
the
amount
that
people
are
paying
in
their
homes.
D
You
know
we're
working
with
the
majority
of
the
households
that
we
work
with
are
low
income,
households
and
so
looking
at
affordability
and
weatherization
as
a
way
to
address
some
of
that.
The
affordability
issues
in
the
house
and
then
you'll
hear
at
least
to
say
this,
and
we
keep
repeating
this
but
change
the
paradigm
so
that
we
stop
using
children
as
not
detectors.
D
Is
you
know
our
you
know
played
a
major
role
in
getting
the
standard
for
blood,
lead,
poisoning
down
to
five
micrograms
per
deciliter
and
we're
one
of
the
few
cities
that
are
enforcing
on
that
standard,
and
so
we
are
try
to
be
as
protective
of
human
health
as
we
possibly
can
be
in
the
work
that
we're
doing
and
with
that
I'm
gonna
hand
it
over
to
Lisa
semester.
Lisa
has
worked
here
for
20
years,
I've
been
working
with
her
and
very
fortunate
to
be
working
with
her
and
learning
from
her
over
the
last
10
years.
D
One-On-One
meetings
with
her
staff,
some
of
whom
are
here
today,
and
it's
amazing,
the
culture
that
they
built
as
they
all
want
to
keep
pushing
the
boundaries
to
make
sure
we
are
as
protective
of
children's
health
in
Minneapolis
as
we
possibly
can
be
so
very
fortunate
to
be
representing
you
here
with
this
work
and
also
to
be
working
with
Lisa
and
her
team.
Thank
you.
G
Good
afternoon
the
health
department
recently
celebrated
its
150
year
anniversary,
lead
paint
has
been
applied
to
our
houses.
For
most
of
that
time,
seventy-five
percent
of
Minneapolis
residential
housing
was
built
before
lead
paint
was
banned.
It
is
the
first
coat
of
paint
put
on
a
surface
and
it
is
a
bringing
damaging
neurotoxin
that
is
a
heavy
metal
legacy
poison
that
is
present
in
our
housing
today,
ready
to
poison
today's
children.
Let
paint
was
used
because
it
lasted
a
long
time.
It
was
mold
resistant
and
was
heavily
pushed
through
advertising.
G
G
Environmental
and
heavy-metal
poisoning
is
tricky
a
child
poisoned.
It
too
may
not
show
symptoms
until
third
grade
when
they
are
having
trouble
breeding
or
at
18
when
they
are
having
trouble
with
impulse
control.
Removing
the
poison
also
takes
time
to
show
affects
worldwide.
Twenty
years
after
lettuce
removed
from
gasoline
violent
crimes
and
unintended
pregnancy
rates
come
down.
These
charts
show
the
benefit
derived
from
a
movie
led
from
gasoline,
just
because
wet
paint
was
banned
in
1978
from
residential
properties.
It
did
not
magically
remove
all
the
let
paint
that
was
already
in
our
homes.
G
The
children
who
get
poisoned
are
too
young
to
understand
that
licking
a
floor
or
a
windowsill
might
hurt
them.
Most
parents
don't
understand
the
danger
either.
It
takes
a
piece
of
lead
about
the
size
of
a
grain
of
sugar
to
poison
a
child,
and
many
lead
paid
formulations
were
40%,
led
to
give
a
little
historical
perspective
back
in
1993,
the
housing
and
urban
urban
development
created
title
10
and
legal
action
was
not
possible
to
work
on
this
issue.
At
the
city
level,
Minnesota
made
rules
in
1995,
because
legislation
takes
time
and
overtime.
G
We
should
research
is
showing
that
smaller
and
smaller
amounts
of
lead
have
long-term
health
impacts
and
Minneapolis
has
adopted
our
policies
to
match
the
latest
research.
How
was
our
job
changed
over
time?
Well,
our
tools
have
changed.
The
first
paint
detectors
wait
about
five
pounds
and
you
did
maybe
ten
tests
per
house.
The
latest
technology
weighs
about
one
pound.
We
call
these
the
brick,
the
blaster
in
the
phaser,
and
we
currently
test
over
500
surfaces
per
house.
G
When
we
go
out,
the
level
of
documentation
and
paperwork
has
changed
our
files
used
to
maybe
have
one
to
two
sheets
of
paper.
Now,
a
typical
file
is
over
an
inch
thick,
the
amount
of
lead
dust
allowed.
A
clearance
has
been
reduced
as
we
shirt
search
points
to
how
no
level
of
lettuce
safe
and
the
technology
to
detect
the
lead
desk
has
improved.
G
G
G
2010
and
in
2014,
these
maps
were
all
made
with
an
enforceable
blood
lead
level
of
10
micrograms
per
deciliter,
which
was
the
standard
of
enforcement
at
that
time.
How
are
we
able
to
reduce
the
lead
poisoning?
It
was
because
of
the
huddle
at
Grant's,
combined
with
city
funds
gave
us
the
resources
to
inspect
and
to
rehab
the
homes.
This
also
shows
our
unit
success
in
getting
healthy
homes
and
research
grants
to
over
20
years,
we
have
received
over
twenty
million
dollars
in
competitive,
lead
grants.
G
This
is
what
inspectors
see
when
we
go
into
homes.
Bad
paint,
candy
and
toys
are
all
in
the
same
area
of
the
windows
where
the
greatest
hazards
in
the
homes
are
located
with
enforcement
orders
and
the
led
grants
we
perform
transform
homes
with
hazards
to
homes
that
hopefully,
will
not
waste
and
children
who
live
there.
G
Let's
go
back
a
little
bit
in
2014
the
standard
for
investigating
a
lead
poisoning
was
reduced
from
10
to
5
micrograms
per
deciliter,
based
on
the
latest
research.
So
we
have
this
map
made.
These
are
all
the
children
with
level
levels
between
5
and
10
that
did
not
get
their
homes
fixed.
It's
like
when
we
went
back
in
time
to
1995
a
little
bit
later,
I'll
talk
about
how
we
are
working
to
address
the
hazards
that
still
exist
in
these
houses.
G
Here's
another
way
of
looking
at
this
when
we
push
to
get
the
state
definition
of
lead,
poisoning
change
to
reflect
the
latest
Center
for
Disease
Control
information.
We
were
able
to
increase
enforcement
inspections,
the
combination
of
enforcement
inspections
and
prevention,
expansion
inspections
is
driving
down.
The
elevated
blood
lead
level
rates.
Lead
poisoning
is
a
public
health
threat
that
is
preventable.
This
map
is
a
summary
through
time,
1999
to
2014
for
all
the
children
who
were
in
lead
poisoned.
G
G
Although
let
poisoning
can
happen
to
anyone,
there
is
a
big
economic
justice
issue.
The
yellow
on
this
map
represents
one
child
poisoned
on
the
block
and
the
darker,
the
color,
the
more
children
poisoned
and
the
blue
blocks
here
on
the
right,
representing
between
twenty
to
thirty
four
children.
On
that
one
block.
G
These
neighborhoods
have
similar
ages
of
housing,
but
the
area
on
the
left
is
one
of
the
wealthiest
neighborhoods
in
Minneapolis,
and
the
one
on
the
right
is
one
of
the
poorest
causes
for
child's
exposure
often
differ
between
these
neighborhoods
deferred
maintenance
in
the
poorer
neighborhoods
and
improper
maintenance.
When
they
go
to
do
it
in
the
wealthier
neighborhoods,
our
public
schools
are
often
neighborhood
based.
Maybe
some
of
the
poor
school
outcomes
are
a
result
of
the
high
rates
of
lead
poisoning
in
this
population.
G
It
is
not
an
even
playing
field
if
your
IQ
has
been
decreased,
the
concentration
of
lead
poisoning
affects
the
livability
of
the
neighborhood
and
the
crime
and
school
outcomes.
You
can
see
here
the
how
this
affects
neighborhood.
Almost
every
block
in
this
neighborhood
have
multiple
children
poisoned
by
the
paint
in
their
homes.
If
you
look
at
the
black
view-
and
this
isn't
the
worst
block
in
Minneapolis,
seventeen
children
were
poisoned
by
today's
standards.
Five
houses
on
this
block
were
made,
let's
safe
through
the
HUD
grants
and
those
are
the
shaded
houses.
G
There's
no
reason
to
believe
that
the
hazardous
conditions
and
the
other
houses
have
changed.
It's
just
a
matter
of
time
before
a
toddler
moves
in
or
visits,
and
the
next
child
is
poisoned.
So
in
the
future
we
are
moving
to
target
properties
geographically
and
by
the
age
of
housing
and
housing
conditions
instead
of
using
children
as
LED
detectors,
because
the
lead
paint
is
just
getting
older
and
the
risk
does
not
diminish
with
time
so
as
part
of
our
education
and
outreach.
G
We're
doing
things
like
these.
These
bus
benches,
which
we
put
in
neighborhoods,
that
that
have
historically
high
levels,
mean
rates.
We
created
a
video
on
how
to
work
safely
with
lead.
That's
been
translated
into
English,
Spanish,
Hmong
and
small
E
Minneapolis
has
all
our
Health
Department
has
also
participated
and
been
published
in
a
peer-reviewed
journal
for
our
research
on
reducing
lead
dust
when
we
inspect
homes.
We
also
look
for
products
that
contain
lead
99.9%
of
the
time.
It's
the
lead
paint
in
the
windows,
but
0.1
percent
of
the
time.
G
G
We
just
finished
up
our
2014
2017
hundred
HUD
grant
award
three
hundred
and
nine
homes
received
inspections
and
two
hundred
and
ninety
four
of
these
homes
were
made
less
safe
had
is
has
also
recognized
that
lead
is
not
the
only
hazard
at
a
home,
and
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
of
this
funding
was
to
repair
other
healthy
home
hazards,
such
as
testing
for
radon
and
installing
mitigation
systems.
When
radon
was
found,
adding
handrails
smoke,
detectors,
CO
detectors
and
repairing
trip
and
fall
hazards.
G
A
handrail
might
not
seem
like
a
big
deal,
but
one
grandmother
called
us
to
thank
us
because
that
handrail
saved
her
from
two
falls
on
our
icy
front
steps
in
the
month
after
it
was
installed.
Having
a
healthy
home
affects
people
across
their
whole
lives.
This
is
a
map
of
the
properties
that
were
made
less
safe
with
the
safe
and
healthy
homes.
Investment
partnership
grant
the
lead
hazard
control
unit
has
more
from
just
investigating
one
hazard
in
a
home.
G
Looking
for
up
to
29
different
things
in
your
house
that
can
kill
you
or
make
you
sick
with
the
start
of
our
2018
HUD
grant,
which
is
the
health
assessment
partnership
for
environmental
value
evaluation,
whose
acronym
is
happy.
We
are
committed
to
working
towards
happy
happier
healthier
homes
in
2018
and
beyond.
G
We
are
also
working
on
other
housing
based
hazards
like
asthma.
We
may
not
be
able
to
reduce
the
pollen
count
outside
or
reduce
the
air
pollution
from
cars
or
forest
fires,
but
we
can't
improve
the
home
environment,
but
by
removing
pests.
Installing
dust
covers
for
mattresses
and
pillows
and
providing
HEPA
air
cleaners
for
a
child's
bedroom.
Unfortunately,
this
only
applies
to
families
and
roles
in
the
grants,
and
we
have
only
enough
resources
to
respond
to
about
ten
additional
physician,
Woodcrest
request,
which
we
receive
per
year.
We
see
opportunities
to
expand
this
approach.
G
That
was
proven
in
a
local
HUD
funded
study
to
reduce
school
absenteeism,
and
we
did
this.
For
five
days
per
year,
we've
reduced
hospitalizations
in
emergency
department
visits
in
2018.
We
are
just
starting
on
our
new
happy
HUD
grant.
Over
the
next
three
years
we
will
inspect
and
repair
190
homes
for
LED
and
other
home-based
hazards.
Our
challenge
is
to
inspect
homes
and
to
advise
homeowners
and
identify
violations
in
a
rental
housing
for
correction
before
a
child
is
hurt.
G
The
resources
the
council
has
appropriated
to
us
are
allowing
us
to
move
away
from
only
reacting
to
lead,
poisoning
and
move
towards
proactive
inspections
that
prevent
lead.
Poisoning
I
want
to
thank
the
council
for
giving
us
two
important
resources
in
the
last
budget
cycle
that
are
going
to
help
us
move
forward.
We
are
purchasing
new
paint
testing
equipment.
G
We
need
such
new
XRF,
the
x-ray
fluorescence
device
that
I
showed
you
earlier,
and
you
also
moved
in
an
inspector
from
year
to
year
funding
to
permanent
funding
which
allows
us
to
plan
programs
that
will
be
sustained
in
the
future
and
we're
also
working
on
new
partnerships.
Many
of
you
will
be
familiar
with
the
concerns
about
the
properties
owned
by
mom
Luke,
on
whose
rental
licenses
were
revoked
and
that
urban
home
works
is
currently
managing.
G
Our
unit
was
asked
by
urban
home
works
to
provide
resources
and
expertise
on
lead
paint
hazards
in
these
rental
properties,
as
they
navigate
management.
As
court-appointed
administrator
for
this
before--
portfolio,
our
unit
performed
41
led
inspections
that
were
occupied
alongside
inspectors
from
minneapolis
problem
properties
unit.
In
an
effort
to
better
understand
the
current
health
and
safety
threats
that
exists
to
the
residents
of
these
properties.
In
2018,
we
will
be
partnering
with
rental
licensing
and
see
ped
to
increase
the
number
of
homes.
G
G
We
will
continue
to
work
with
the
state
legislature
and
local
hospitals
to
find
resources
for
inspections
and
products
for
children
with
asthma,
and
a
new
focus
will
be
leveraging
the
HUD
grant
for
local
weatherization
weather
weatherization
inspections
were
paid
for
by
HUD
dollars
in
the
previous
HUD
grant,
but
owners
did
not
pursue
weatherization
because
of
the
cost.
We
now
have
an
opportunity
that
didn't
exist
before
for
these
properties
to
become
energy
efficient.
G
Not
only
do
weatherization
projects
make
units
more
affordable
by
lowering
the
heating
costs
being
paid
by
low-income
renters.
We
also
make
sure
properties
going
through
the
grants
have
limits
on
raising
rent
for
the
next
three
years.
In
2018
we
are
moving
towards
a
prevention
model.
We
are
training
for
additional
inspectors
of
the
environmental
programs
unit,
Inlet
inspection,
and
they
will
be
offering
inspections
for
homes
of
children
before
their
blood
lead
level
reaches
enforcement
levels.
With
regulatory
services.
We
are
going
to
be
inspecting
properties
going
through
code,
compliance,
restoration
agreements
and
reinstatement
of
rental
licenses.
G
We
are
going
to
work
with
community
partners
such
as
the
neighborhood
hub
and
sustainable
resource
center,
to
increase
awareness
of
lead
poisoning
and
to
be
invited
into
homes
so
that
we
can
advise
and
act
before
a
child
is
harmed.
We
know
the
age
of
the
housing,
we
know
that
neighborhoods
were
led
poisonous,
we
can
and
we
must
do
a
better
job
at
preventing
that
poisoning.
A
C
Have
a
couple
questions
one.
You
showed
the
graph
a
couple
times
of
the
block
with
all
the
red
dots
and
there
were
only
five
that
had
green
around
them,
so
only
five
houses
I'm,
so
the
red-
if
you
can
go
back
to
that,
but
I
was
mostly
curious
about.
If
we
know
that
that
many
houses
have
lead
poisoning
how
come
only
five
of
them
actually
had
the
remediation
done.
The.
G
Other
houses
were
identified
when
what
the
enforcement
level
was
was
higher,
so
those
were
children
whose
housing
was
over
time.
The
level
at
which
we
can
do
enforcement
has
changed
so
it
used
to
be
20
micrograms
per
deciliter.
Then
it
was
15.
Then
it
was
10
and
now
it's
5
and
so
that
those
are
all
the
houses
that
have
not
been
addressed.
Yet
it
would
had
to
do
with
the
year
that
we
were
able
to
enforce
so.
F
G
C
I
have
one
other
question:
do
we
ever
test
the
soil
around
the
homes
because
I
know
sometimes
paint
will
fall
into
the
yards,
there's
also
homes
that
are
closer
to
major
thoroughfares,
especially
where
there
used
to
be
major
highways
back
in
the
day
when
there
was
led
in
the
gasoline
I
didn't
I,
don't
know
if
I
saw
soil
is
something
that
we
test
or
how
would
someone
get
that
done
because,
just
like
chewing
on
the
window,
sill
some
some
of
us
when
were
younger,
we
like
to
eat
dirt.
G
Cheering
fellow
member-
yes,
my
mother
too,
advised
me
to
eat
a
Pecha
dirt
before
I
died,
the
wood
we
test
the
soil
whenever
we're
out
doing
a
lead
risk
assessment,
blood
levels
and
soil
right
next
to
the
house,
where
you
would
expect
when
people
are
scraping
and
just
letting
the
pay
chips
fall
down,
can
range
in
the
tens
of
thousands
out
further
in
the
yards.
It's
usually
between
3
and
400
parts
per
million
and
do.
G
A
D
A
G
Chair
councilmembers,
our
first
priority
is
children
who
are
experiencing
a
current
elevated
blood,
lead
level,
and
then,
after
that,
we
recruit
in
the
neighborhoods
where
a
led
poisoning
is
high.
We
invite
everyone
and
and
landlords
to
enroll
in
the
property
we
enroll
in
the
grants,
so
we
can
rehab
the
properties
yeah,
so
everyone
is
well
and
and
not
only
does
the
city
of
Minneapolis
have
a
lot
hazard
control
grant.
Hennepin
County
also
has
led
grants,
so
I
am
Not
Afraid
of
too
many
people
coming
forward
and
saying
we
want
to
fix
our
house.
F
G
A
When
you
had
meant
thank
you
for
the
question
when
you
had
mentioned
the
soil,
I
think
you
would
say
it
between
300
and
400
parts
per
million.
I
know
that's
in
Camden.
Where
was
where
I
represent,
that
the
soil
levels
are
elevated,
so
so
what
is
that
average
city
wide
or
how
do
we?
How
are
we
measuring
the
disparities?
Geographically.
G
Chairman,
we
have
not
math
are
soiled
out
across
the
city.
We
just
that's
just
from
our
experience
of
when
we're
testing
the
reports
and
looking
at
them
and
writing
orders.
But
in
generally
it's
it's
way
higher,
just
close
to
the
foundations
and
if
you
move
out
or
if
people
have
been
gardening
in
their
yard
and
or
they
put
new
sod
down
that
pushes
the
the
lead
down.
And
then
we
see
less
accessible.
A
lot
of
the
surface.
D
Cheer
Cunningham
councilmembers
we
also
and
I'm
just
gonna.
Add
this
that
we
also
just
hired
a
staff
member
who
has
some
expertise
in
soil
sampling
and
there's
a
lot
of
work
being
done
at
the
University
of
Minnesota
right
now
in
looking
at
levels
in
soils,
and
so
we're
looking
at
partnerships
with
them
as
well.
So
we
can
get
a
better.
C
No,
although
I
think
I
have
seen
some
maps
that
do
show
where
that,
where
transportation
corridors
have
gone
and
lead
levels,
not
necessarily
maybe
in
the
soil
but
in
the
children,
so
it
does
seem
to
be
associated
there.
That
would
make
one
think,
but
also
it
may
be,
that
the
freeways
were
built
where
there
was
a
lot
of
poorer
parts
of
cities,
and
so
the
the
buildings
weren't
kept
up
as
well.
Potentially
I'm,
not
you
know
it's
an
interesting,
interesting
thing
to
study.
A
Thank
you,
everyone
for
your
questions
and
thank
you
so
much
for
this
presentation
truly
I
think
it's
important
to
really
see
what
this
work
looks
like
to
really
see
what
why
it
exists.
The
purpose
of
it
so
that
it's
beyond
just
looking
at
it
as
an
a
line
item
on
a
budget,
but
it's
actual
real
money,
that's
going
towards
folks
and
really
changing
life
outcomes
for
young
young
people
in
particular.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
all
of
your
hard
work
and
all
the
team.