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From YouTube: January 7, 2021 Public Health & Safety Committee
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B
Good
afternoon,
everyone
and
welcome
to
the
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
the
public
health
and
safety
committee
for
january
7th
2021.
My
name
is
philippe
cunningham,
and
I
am
the
chair
of
this
committee.
Welcome
to
the
first
meeting
of
the
year
as
we
begin,
I
will
note
for
the
record
that
this
meeting
has
remote
participation
based
by
members
of
the
city,
council
and
city
staff
as
authorized
under
minnesota
statute,
section
13d
021
due
to
the
declared
local
public
health
emergency.
C
B
D
A
C
B
B
Like
a
let
the
record
reflect
that
we
have
a
quorum
and
can
conduct
the
business
of
this
committee.
Colleagues
before
us,
we
have
11
items
10
for
on
consent
and
one
for
discussion,
so
I'll
go
ahead
and
we'll
we'll
go
through
the
consent
agenda
and
then
move
into
the
discussion
item.
B
So
for
item
number
one
we
have
the
have
council
of
mayoral
appointments
to
the
minneapolis
advisory
committee
on
aging
item
number
two
is
approving
two
council
or
excuse
me:
council:
appointments
to
the
public
health
advisory
com,
public
health
advisory
committee
item
number
three
is
amending
a
pat
amending
a
previously
passed
resolution
to
update
the
funding
string
and
revenue
code
for
the
appropriation
of
grant
funds
to
the
health
department
from
the
minnesota
department
of
health
item
number
four
is
setting
a
public
hearing
for
january
21st
2020
to
consider
the
to
consider
the
appointments
for
the
civil
rights
commission.
B
The
list
of
the
recommended
new
commissioners
can
be
found
on
the
agenda
for
today's
meeting
item.
Number
five
is
accepting
a
grant
from
the
minnesota
department
of
human
services
in
the
amount
of
sixty
nine
thousand
six
hundred
forty
dollars
to
assist
homeless
service
providers
in
responding
to
covet
19
by
providing
hygiene
and
sanitary
supplies.
B
Item
number
six
is
accepting
a
grant
from
the
minnesota
department
of
health
in
the
amount
of
seventy
seven
thousand.
Four
hundred
forty
eight
dollars
for
covid
19
vaccine
planning.
Item
number.
Seven
is
accepting
a
contract
for
service
from
the
many
minneapolis
public
schools,
special
school
district
number
one
and
the
amount
of
35
thousand
dollars
to
provide
coven
19
technical
assistance
with
contact
tracing
and
notification
item
number
eight
is
passage
of
a
passage
of
a
resolution
amending
a
previously
passed
resolution.
D
C
B
B
C
We
have
a
number
of
areas
to
cover
today
and
I'll
start
with
some
some
background
statistics,
but
then
really
we're
going
to
talk
about
the
three
main
operational
areas
that
that
we
have
going,
which
is
contact,
tracing
investigation,
preparing
for
vaccines
and
actually
delivering
some
vaccines
and
then
still
ongoing
testing,
and
so
I
I
mentioned
that,
because
our
attention
is
rightfully
geared
towards
the
vaccine,
but
there
are
lots
of
other
things
going
on
simultaneously.
C
So
in
terms
of
our
statistics,
I'm
in
the
practice
now
of
telling
you
how
things
have
changed
since
the
last
time
I
gave
a
presentation,
and
so
we've
had
a
15
increase
in
our
overall
number
of
cases
since
last
month,
but
the
cases
have
decreased
significantly
over
the
last.
The
the
new
cases
each
day
have
decreased
significantly.
Over
the
last
month,
for
example,
cases
diagnosed
in
december
were
nearly
5
000
and
whereas,
in
november
there
had
been.
C
About
ten
thousand
so
definitely
coming
down
going
in
the
right
direction
and
during
the
same
time,
though,
we
have
seen
a
decrease
in
the
testing
numbers
just
because
of
the
holidays.
Perhaps,
and
so
we
are
not
extremely
confident
that
we're
catching
all
the
cases
because
of
the
decrease
in
testing
hospitalization
has
increased
along
with
case
increases,
which
we
expect
to
follow,
and
icu
admissions
have
increased
as
well.
Although
now
because
of
the
decrease
we've
seen
during
the
month
of
december,
we
have
seen
a
leveling
off
in
hospitalizations
and
icus.
C
C
Last
month,
I
believe
I
told
you
that
we
had
about
one
death
per
day
in
that
month
and
since
then,
we
have
seen
closer
to
two
deaths
per
day,
which
is
a
really
significant
increase,
and
luckily,
as
I've
said,
deaths
are
coming
down
and
cases
are
coming
down.
C
But
we'll
talk
more
about
that
in
the
next
slide,
which
I'm
ready
for
all
right.
As
you
can
see,
we
had
this
very
significant
peak
into
the
red
zone.
C
If
we
think
back
to
october
september
october,
none
of
that
experience
was
was
close
to
the
red
zone,
and
so,
while
it's
so
gratifying
to
see
these
steep
declines
now
to
our
present
day,
it's
only
just
barely
getting
this.
It
hasn't
gotten
the
state
out
of
the
red
zone
and
just
barely
getting
minneapolis
out
of
the
red
zone,
so
we
are
still
really
in
a
significant
place
in
terms
of
the
number
of
cases
in
our
community
as
of
december
29th.
C
Minnesota
is
reporting
27
cases
per
100,
000
and
minneapolis
is
21
cases
per
hundred
thousand,
as
you
can
see,
there's
a
little
uptick
and
that
is
worth
paying
attention
to
as
we
think
about
what
might
have
happened
over
the
christmas
christmas
and
other
holidays
in
december
and
new
year's
and
the
kind
of
gathering
that
might
have
occurred.
Traveling,
and
so
we
are
definitely
have
our
eye
on
on
that.
Little
uptick.
C
So
let
me
talk
about
one
of
those
one
of
the
three
things
that
we
are
doing
operationally
and
that
is
contact
investigation
and
contact
tracing,
which
is
such
an
important
strategy
in
helping
people
figure
out
how
to
keep
from
passing
along
the
virus
to
someone
else.
C
C
I
believe
the
first
quarter
or
into
april,
and
so
we're
just
looking
on
at
that
horizon,
to
make
sure
that
we're
able
to
keep
up
and
keep
this
very
important
strategy
going
forward.
C
Next
slide,
please
so
the
next
very
important
thing
we're
doing
of
the
three
is
vaccination
planning
and
distribution
right
now
we
and
the
state
are
in
phase
1a
and
phase
1b.
We
expect
to
move
into
that
by
the
first
quarter
of
2021,
probably
sometime
in
february,
I'm
going
to
start
by
talking
about
our
city
staff
and
then
there'll
be
a
slide
talking
about
others
in
the
community
as
well.
C
So
for
phase
one,
we
have
completed
vaccinations
for
those
folks
that
are
considered
ems,
and
for
that
we
have
connected
and
vaccinated
minneapolis
fire
department.
C
Certain
officers
within
the
police
department
that
are
ems
certified
and
then
metro
transit,
who
has
some
ems
certified
folks
as
well
and
this
week
we
are
completing
vaccination
for
those
who
are
involved
in
testing
and
vaccination
efforts,
so
the
clinics
that
we
as
a
city
sponsor
the
state-sponsored
saliva
testing
at
the
convention
center.
All
the
staff
that
are
involved
in
those
have
been
offered
the
opportunity
to
be
vaccinated,
and
on
a
personal
note
I
was
because
I
have
been
at
several
of
those
events
and
planned
to
be
at
several
in
the
future.
C
I
was
able
to
get
my
band-aid
and
my
little
sticker
yesterday,
myself
so
well
on
the
way
to,
and
it's
going
well
my
arm
functions.
It's
not
too
stiff,
not
feeling
any
side
effects
and
then
phase
1b
will
include
police,
911,
311
and
other
front
line
line
critical
workers.
C
We
are
working
hand
in
glove
with
the
hr
to
identify
the
various
subgroups
within
phase
1b,
in
anticipation
of
guidance
that
the
state
will
be
issuing
probably
early
next
week,
so
really
helping
us
identify
exactly
who
is
in
phase
1b
and
that's
that's
the
way
things
are
happening
right
now.
The
federal
government
gives
out
some
guidance.
The
states
then
take
that
guidance
and
give
more
specificity
to
it,
and
so
we're
we're
waiting
for
that
phase
1b
to
come
from
the
state
next
week.
C
So,
as
you
can
imagine,
since
these
guidelines
are
coming
in
the
way
that
I
just
described,
it
does
add
complexity
and
potentially
slow
down
our
planning
because
we
don't
know
exactly
what's
coming,
we
know
kind
of
sort
of
what's
coming,
but
knowing
exactly
is
really
important
for
for
planning
and
implementation.
C
Long-Term
care
staff
and
residents
are
also
in
phase
1a
and
their
pharmacies
have
been
really
critical
to
coming
in
and
administering
those
vaccines
to
long-term
care
settings
also
included
in
another
tier
of
phase.
1A
are
urgent
care
clinics,
assist,
assisted
living
facilities
and
other
congregate
care,
and
so
we
are
moving
into
that
tier
of
phase
one
a
little
bit
later
in
january
and
are
setting
up
the
relationships
to
make
sure
that
that
goes
smoothly.
C
And
we
will
want
to
lean
on
relationships
that
we
have
and
have
built
with
community
members
to
help
us
both
understand
how
the
vaccination
opportunity
is
being
received
in
the
community
and
also
how
best
to
inform
and
let
people
know
of
their
options
and
reach
out
to
them.
C
C
Some
of
those
responses
were
electronic,
but
many
of
them
were
a
result
of
some
of
the
work
of
these
community
members
to
have
one-on-one
conversations
group
conversations,
and
so
we
really
feel
like.
We
have
a
a
rich
set
of
input
and
I
will
be
sharing
themes
from
that
with
you
at
my
next
report
out.
We're
still
getting
translations
for
some
of
them
that
are
not
in
english
and
doing
other
compilations
of
the
information
that
we've
received.
C
We
are
providing
presentations
and
we
are
planning
to
have
something
called
office
hours,
which
will
be
opportunities
where
people
can
call
in
and
just
ask
questions
of
a
staff
person
and
and
get
questions
answered
much
like
when
you're
in
in
higher
ed,
your
instructor
might
have
office
hours,
and
so
we're
going
to
have
something
like
that
available
to
folks-
and
we
have
also
heard
a
lot
from
folks
about
the
trauma
that
that
a
vaccination
scenario
brings
to
mind
for
them,
and
so
we've
developed
a
trauma
statement
and
that
is
available
on
our
website
and
we
are
using
that
whenever
we
begin
to
communicate
with
members
of
the
community
so
that
we
can
be
on
the
same
starting
point
in
understanding
of
just
you
know
what
people
might
be
bringing
to
the
table
as
they
talk
about
vaccinations.
C
In
terms
of
what
we've
received
and
what
we've
disseminated,
this
is
what
we've
received
directly
under
our
direction,
and
so
the
vaccinations
that
are
occurring
in
hospitals
and
health
settings
are
not
included
in
this.
The
vaccinations
that
are
occurring
because
pharmacies
are
doing
them
in
long-term
care
settings
are
not
included
in
this.
C
We
are
working
with
the
state
health
department
to
be
able
to
give
us
a
breakdown
of
individuals
who
are
who
live
in
minneapolis,
who
have
been
vaccinated
in
any
of
these
multiple
ways,
and
I
think
that
will
be
really
helpful
for
us
to
to
watch
for
us
to
map
for
us
to
think
about.
You
know
who's
missing,
and
so
we
hope
that
they
will
be
able
to
give
us
a
zip
code
level
set
of
data
in
the
near
future.
I'll,
let
you
know
when
we
hear
a
little
bit
more
about
that.
C
So
we
received
our
first
shipment
on
december
22nd
and
our
second
shipment
in
january,
and
so
you
can
see
we
have
about
1400
doses.
So
far
we
have
given
out
about
400
doses.
C
C
We
are
doing
this
with
a
tremendous
number
of
really
strong
partners
and
couldn't
accomplish
all
that
we
have
done
so
far
without
them.
So
we
have
a
relationship
with
hennepin
healthcare,
the
minnesota
visiting
nurse
agency
and
those
are
the
primary
individuals
that
are
actually
administering
the
vaccine.
C
We
are
also
working
really
closely
with
minneapolis.
I
t
to
develop
a
mapping
tool
which
we
will
help
us
identify
places,
maybe
that
are
either
well
represented
by
vaccinated
folks
or
or
lesser
so,
and
it'll
also
be
a
dashboard
of
information
that
the
public
can
access,
and
so
that
will
be
coming
soon.
C
One
of
the
categories
of
folks
in
that
that
are
in
1a
is
those
are
what's
the
housing,
supportive
housing
and
assisted
living,
and
so
we
have
identified
a
partner,
jarrah
tom
medical,
which
provides
resources
to
quite
a
number
of
assisted
living
facilities,
and
they
have
agreed
to
take
the
responsibility
of
vaccinating
residents
in
those
facilities,
and
so
97
assisted
living
facilities
in
minneapolis
will
be
cared
for
through
that
partnership,
which
really
leaves
a
much
more
manageable
number
of
assisted
living
facilities.
B
C
C
Yes,
I
I
have
my
papers
on
top
of
my
on
top
of
my
keyboard
and
and
maybe
they
get
a
little
heavy
and
they
get
me
into
mute.
So,
yes,
the
vaccination
resources
that
we're
using
include
six
of
our
health
department
staff
that
are
focusing
on
on
planning
solidifying.
These
relationships,
setting
up
the
vaccination
events
that
we
have
and
then,
as
I
mentioned,
the
nurses
from
the
minnesota
business
nurse
agency
are
are
the
administrators.
C
Next
slide,
yes,
thank
you
and
so
other
grants,
several
of
which
just
went
through
the
agenda
and
and
were
approved
earlier
in
this
meeting,
some
of
which
look
as
if
they
are
retrospective,
and
they
are
so
the
the
department
of
human
services.
C
The
two
grants
from
them
are
retrospective
right
now
we
are
able
to
assign
costs
that
we
occur
incurred
in
2020
to
those
grants
and
hopefully
then
freeing
up
a
little
bit
of
funding
that
has
a
longer
timeline
on
it,
so
that
we
have
additional
resources
to
take
us
through
more
of
this
outbreak
and
response.
C
And
then
on
the
horizon,
we
are
continuing
to
do
vaccine
planning
and
distribution
with
partners,
as
I
mentioned,
we're
really
getting
the
guidance
in
tiny
bits
and
pieces,
and
so
it's
hard
for
us
to
have
a
far
horizon.
We're
really
kind
of
in
the
moment,
planning
forced
to
be
in
the
moment
planning
but
are
are
trying
to
be
anticipatory
of
as
much
as
we
can.
C
We
are
continuing
to
work
with
our
relationships
that
we
have
in
the
community
so
that
we
are
able
to
reach
our
our
most
important
at-risk
populations
as
vaccine
becomes
available,
and
then
we
continue.
This
is
the
third
leg.
We
continue
to
host
cova
19
testing
events
in
january.
There
are
nine
locate,
nine
events
planned
at
four
locations.
C
All
this
is
available
on
the
website
and
when
we
send
out
the
the
weekly
update,
for
you
also
noted
there,
and
that
also,
in
addition
to
the
events
that
we're
planning
includes
one
sponsoring
sponsored
by
the
that
state,
the
way
that
one
can
get
at
home,
saliva,
testing
and
and
then
the
testing
that's
being
done
at
the
convention
center
on
a
regular.
C
C
All
I
said
was
I:
if
there
are
questions
I
would
be
happy
to
answer
them
and
now
that
I'm
unbutted,
hopefully
I
will.
B
Sounds
good,
thank
you
so
much,
commissioner,
for
that.
Update
that
very
thorough
presentation.
Very
a
lot
of
very
helpful
information.
So
one
of
the
questions
that
I
have
is
for
the
everyday
community
members
who
maybe
don't
have
don't
have
classification
in
one
of
the
priority
groups.
When
can
can
they
expect
to
be
able
to
access
the
vaccine.
C
Yeah,
I
think
that's
the
that's
a
million
dollar
question,
so
cheer
cunningham
frontline
workers
and
how
that's
defined,
I
think,
may
include
many
more
folks
than
we
imagined,
and
so
it
will
really
be
of
interest
for
all
of
us
and
for
the
community
to
understand
that
category
as
that
rolls
out
and
so
that
category
will
most
definitely
be
have
access
to
vaccines
in
by
the
end
of
the
first
quarter
of
2020,
21.
C
generally,
the
general
population.
I
think.
C
I
I
think
I
heard
dr
fauci
talk
about
it
today
and
we
do
hope
that
things
accelerate
with
some
better
federal
planning
and
guidance,
but
by
by
the
end
of
the
second
quarter
so
by
by
the
end
by
june.
I
think
we
should
all
have
had
some
access
to
an
opportunity,
but
vaccines
will
continue
beyond
that
time
as
well.
C
That
would
make
a
lot
of
sense
to
me,
and
I
also
know
that
the
state
in
taking
the
guidance
from
the
federal
government
is
using
a
a
strong
equity
lens
in
determining
the
definitions
of
how
we
proceed,
looking
both
at
geographic
disparities
that
might
exist
and
then
also
historic,
racial
experience
with
covid
and
with
other
health
issues.
So
I
I
have
hope
that
we
will
have
guidelines
that
will
lead
us
in
the
direction
that
I
believe
we
should
go.
We
still
need
to
wait
for
them.
B
A
Thank
you,
chuck
cunningham,
and
thank
you,
commissioner
musicant.
You
know.
I
know
that,
there's
a
lot
that
we
don't
control
about
supply,
about
production
of
the
vaccine
and
distribution
of
the
of
the
vaccine
prior
to
it
getting
to
us,
and
so
obviously
our
goal,
and
our
task
is
to
make
sure
that
we're
not
the
bottleneck
right
to
make
sure
that
we
have
the
capacity
to
whatever
vaccine.
A
We
can
get
access
to
to
get
it
out
in
a
timely
way,
and
I
know
we've
heard
reports
from
other
places
in
the
country
that
that's
not
necessarily
going
so
well
everywhere.
A
It
sounds
like
it's
going
well
here
so
far,
but
obviously,
if
production
ramps
up
as
we're
anticipating-
and
we
start
to
see
a
lot
more,
I
know
we're
putting
a
lot
of
thought
into
how
we
prepare
to
make
sure
that
we
get
the
vaccine
actually
administered
as
quickly
as
we're
getting
it
so
that
we're
not
holding
up
people
getting
vaccinated.
Can
you
just
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
you're
feeling,
at
this
point
about
the
preparation
that
we've
done?
A
C
Yeah
thanks
for
that
question,
councilmember
fletcher
councilmember
cunningham
minnesota
is.
I
just
had
a
presentation
a
little
earlier
today,
minnesota's
about
in
the
middle
of
the
pack.
When
it
comes
to
the
percent
of
what's
been
allocated
being
distributed,
I
think
that
compared
to
other
states
when
minnesota
is
compared
to
states
of
similar
size,
we
are
pretty
much
on
target
with
how
the
speed
at
which
they
are
proceeding,
which
is
some
reassurance.
C
I
think
also
this
first
stage,
while
you
know
we're
impatient
to
see
the
the
vaccines
come,
there's
a
lot
of
preparation
that
goes
into
the
fewest
number
of
vaccines
in
a
way
because
we
have
to
train
our
systems,
how
to
refrigerate
and
take
care
of
things.
I've
just
read
something
this
week
about
the
syringes
that
are
coming
with
the
vials
and
if
there
were
a
different
syringe,
you
could
get
an
extra
dose
out
of
a
vial,
just
these
seemingly
small
things,
but
to
get
a
whole
another
set
of
syringes.
C
You
know
it
is
a
big
thing,
so
I
think
the
these
bumps
in
the
road
that
we're
having
now
at
the
beginning,
where
we
actually
don't
have
that
much
vaccine
are
going
to
help
us
move
faster
when
we
do
have
more
vaccine
so
yeah.
I
I'm
hopeful
of
that.
I
do
know
that
we
are
going
to
want
to
use
as
many
different
ways
for
people
to
get
vaccine
as
possible,
and
so
right
now
we
are
really
working
with
people
from
an
employment-based
perspective,
so
hospital
workers,
nursing
home
workers.
C
The
federal
government
has
direct
relationship
with
several
large
pharmacy
chains,
and
so
I'm
expecting
that,
once
they
are
done,
helping
long-term
care
with
their
vaccinations
that
they
will
be
able
to
turn
to
offering
vaccinations
in
more
community
settings.
C
This
will
leave
then
for
for
an
entity
like
the
health
department
to
fill
in
the
gaps,
and
so
that's
really
the
way
we're
thinking
of
it
is
we're
trying
to
figure
out
who
all
the
partners
are.
Who
can
do
the
heavy
lifting
and
then,
where
are
the
gaps
and
that's
where
we
will
lean
into
so
that's
the
way
that
we're
thinking
about
it.
D
I'm
just
kidding
I
wish
I
had
muscles
that
big.
Oh,
it
was
not
me,
thankfully,
to
our
firefighters
for
for
their
work
as
front
line
responders,
so.
B
C
Yes,
thank
you,
council,
remember
cunningham.
We
have
basically
taken
our
food
inspectors
and
assigned
them
to
contact
tracing
three
days
a
week,
so
really
cut
down
on
their
normal
work,
which
actually
made
quite
a
bit
of
sense
when
the
restaurants
and
bars
were
closed
for
indoor
dining,
and
now
that
the
governor
has
kind
of
rolled
that
back
starting
on
monday,
I
believe
we're
still
going
to
have
their
time
committed
to
to
that
function.
But
we
know
that
around
the
you
know
not
too
far
on
the
horizon.
C
We
will
need
to
have
them
back
in
in
much
more
force
in
the
field,
so
that
is
through
the
end
of
february
that
we
have
that
resource
available
and
then
our
americorps
contract
runs,
I
believe,
through
the
beginning
of
april,
and
I
have
asked
staff
to
look
into.
Can
we
extend
that?
What
funding
do
we
have
to
extend
that?
How
interested
are
the
americorps
folks
in
extending
that
relationship?
C
So
we're
having
those
conversations
right
now
to
figure
that
out
and
without
that,
then
it's
back
to
a
very
small
group
if
there
were
hardly
any
cases.
That
would
be
fine,
but
we
know
that
there
are
new
strains,
both
the
one
we've
heard
of
that
was
in
england,
and
I
heard
dr
osterhome
talk
about
another
strain
that
might
have
come
out
of
south
africa
that
are
very
much
more
contagious.
C
They
are
not
they,
they
don't
use
a
route,
that's
any
different
than
than
the
covet
virus.
We
have
become
familiar
with,
so
it's
still
very
effective
to
wear,
masks
and
and
have
distance
between
us,
but
it
just
doesn't
take
very
much
to
be
to
to
transmit
the
the
virus,
and
so
we
are
concerned
that,
in
addition
to
travel
over
the
holidays
and
so
on,
this,
these
new
strains
are
going
to
increase
the
amount
of
of
disease
in
our
communities,
and
so
when.
C
And
if
that
happens,
we're
concerned
about
having
enough
folks
to
do
the
contact
racing,
but
we're
we're
exploring
what
we
can,
and
I
will
give
you
more
update
on
that
at
our
next
next
report.
B
Great,
thank
you.
One
of
the
things
I
definitely
will
raise
and
praise
about
you
all
in
the
health
department
is
that
you
are
very
strategic
in
finding
resources
leveraging
access
to
resources.
B
So
so
thank
you
for
all
that
you
do,
and
I
do
also
want
to
just
make
sure
that
we
highlight
the
the
school-based
clinics
mental
health,
tele
health
care,
like
our
young
people,
are
really
struggling
right
now
with
mental
health
challenges
in
isolation,
and
so
that
is
just
such
a
critically
needed
resource
so
kudos
to
you
and
the
team.
Please
pass
it
along
to
barb
the
gratitude
for
their
work
in
that
area.
B
With
that,
I
will
see
if
there
are
any
other
council
members
that
would
like
to
speak
to
this
item
have
questions
or
concerns
comments
all
right,
not
seeing
any.
Thank
you
so
much,
commissioner,
for
your
presentation
per
usual,
and
so
I
will
direct
the
clerk
to
file
that
presentation,
seeing
no
further
discussion
or
sorry
seeing
no
further
business
before
us
and
without
objection.
I
will
declare
this
meeting
adjourned
thanks.