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4/29-5/3/2002 Meetings for the week of April 29th- May 3rd Page 1 of 1 rittIL The City of Saint Paul PAt* Meetings for the Week of April 29th, thru May 3rd, 2002 MONDAY - April 29th Arcade Street Small Area Plan Task 5.30 PM 875 Arcade St. - East Side Force Y.M.C.A. TUESDAY - April 30th 5th Tuesday - No Ramsey County Board Meeting 977 Fuller Avenue - Property Code 1:30 PM Room 330 City Hall Enforcement Hearing Cafe Biaggio - Legislative Hearing 2:00 PM Room 330 City Hall Lamp Lighter- Legislative Hearing 3:00 PM Room 330 City Hall Comprehensive Planning Committee 4:00 PM Room 1106 City Hall Annnex WEDNESDAY - May 1st Neighborhood and Current Planning Committee 8:30 AM Room 1106 City Annex *City Council --- see Agenda 3:30 PM Council Chambers *Public Hearings 5:30 PM Council Chambers THURSDAY - May 2nd *Zoning Committee 3:00 PM Council Chambers Public Hearing - Minnesota Boat 3:30 PM Council Chambers Club FRIDAY - May 3rd No Meetings Scheduled * Cablecast live and repeated on Saint Paul Channel 18. Interpreter service for the hearing impaired will be provided at public meetings upon request. Request can be made by calling(651)266-8509(Voice and TDD)Monday thru Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.A minimum of two days notice is required. For more information on any of these meetings, you can send Email to: citizen.service@ci.stpaul.mn.us, or call the Saint Paul Citizen Service Office at (651) 266-8989 http://www.ci.stpaul.mn.us/depts/clerk/meetings.html 4/26/02 SAINT ST PAUL PLANNING COMMISSION CITY OF SAINT PAUL PAU 1Aht. ZONING COMMITTEE Dept.of Planning and Economic Development A A A A Phone:(651)266-6589 Fax: (651)228-3220 Public Hearing Notice FILE#02-107-693 PURPOSE: River Corridor Special Condition Use Permit,modification of River Corridor floodproofing standards and parking variance to allow construction of an addition with bathrooms and an elevator. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1 Water St.(Raspberry Island). APPLICANT: Minnesota Boat Club HEARING DATE:Thursday May 2.2002.at 3:30 p.m. All public hearings are held in City Council Chambers,3'Floor City Hall-Court House, 15 W. Kellogg Boulevard.You may send written comments to Zoning Committee at the address listed on the reverse side of this card. Please call(651)266-6572,or e-mail Martha.Faust@ci.stpaul.nm.us,or call your District Council representative at (651)293-1708 if you have any questions. Mailed:4/22/02 Saint Paul Planning Commission MASTER MEETING CALENDAR WEEK OF APRIL 29 -MAY 3, 2002 Mon 29 5:30- Arcade Street Small Area Plan Task Force East Side Y.M.C.A. 7:00 p.m. (Rich Malloy, 651/266-6647) 875 Arcade Street Summary Recommendations for Improving the Arcade Commercial Corridor Tues 30 4:00- Comprehensive Planning Committee Room 1106- CHA 5:30 p.m. (Larry Soderholm, 615/266-6575) 25 West Fourth Street -Urban Rivers Study by MN Planning Agency. (Burke & Soderholm) -Update on Floodway Rezoning. (Faust& Soderholm) Wed 1 8:30- Neighborhood and Current Planning Committee Room 1106- CHA 10:00 a.m. (Jim Zdon, 651/266-6559) 25 West Fourth Street Traditional Neighborhood Development Districts - Continued discussion. Urban Village Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Code Reformatting - discussion and setting Planning Commission Public Hearing date. (Lucy Thompson, Allan Torstenson, and Jim Zdon) Thurs 2 3:30 p.m. Zoning Committee City Council Chambers 3`d Floor City Hall 15 Kellogg Blvd West Zoning OLD BUSINESS #02-103-654 Hoc&Minh Nguyen - Special Condition Use for outdoor used car sales. 380 W. Maryland, SW corner of Maryland&Western. (Patricia James, 651/266-6639) #02-100-192 Summit Hill Assn/Dist 16 -Appeal of Summit Hill Assn/Dist 16 of a zoning administrator interpretation of the Grand Avenue Special District Sign Plan to permit a reader board sign. 925 Grand Ave.,NW corner at Milton. (Yang Zhang, 651/266-6659) NEW BUSINESS #02-107-693 Minnesota Boat Club -River Corridor Special Condition Use Permit, modification of River Corridor Standards and parking variance to allow construction of addition with bathrooms and an elevator. 1 Water St. (Raspberry Island) (Martha Faust, 651/266-6572) #02-105-312 HRA-Rezone from RT-2 (Residential) to P-1 (Parking). 615 - 623 York Ave.between Payne &Edgerton. (Patricia James, 651/266-6639) #02-107-212 Robert&Deborah Jackson -Rezone from R-4(Single Family)to RT-1 (Duplex). SE Corner of Winona and Oakdale. (Patricia James, 651/266-6639) #02-107-442 Bradley Johnson- Sign variance of 100 sq. ft. area limit and 37 Y2 ft. height limit to allow use of an existing roof-top business sign structure for a real estate development sign. 2341 University Ave. W.,NE corner of University&Carleton. (Yang Zhang, 651/266-6659) #02-107-935 SOS Office Furniture- Sign Variance for 197 sq. ft. of business sign(100 sq. ft. allowed). 2441 University Ave. W.,between Raymond and Pelham. (Yang Zhang, 651/266-6659) #02-104-528 Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC - Special Condition Use Permit for an auto convenience market. 232 Fairview Ave. S., 1801, 1805 St. Clair Ave.,NE corner of Fairview& St. Clair. (Yang Zhang, 651/266-6659) Fri 3 Bruton\Calendars\April 29-May 3,2002 • SAINT SAINT PAUL - RAMSEY COUNTY PAUL 0111011 , COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES AAAA ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE SAINT PAUL CITY COUNCIL AND THE RAMSEY COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 555 Cedar Street Saint Paul,Minnesota 55101-2260 RAMSEY COUNTY 651-266-1200 MEETING NOTICE WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2002 SAINT PAUL - RAMSEY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH - 555 CEDAR STREET AGENDA 1. Call to Order 2. Presentation by Mr. Bob Tracy, Director, Community Affairs & Education, Minnesota AIDS Project (MAP) and Mr. Orin Johnson, MAP Health Education Manager They will present an overview perspective on the "expanding epidemic" of HIV in Minnesota and the depth of impact in African American communities. 3. Approval of Meeting Minutes From April 3, 2002 4. Chairperson's Report 5. Director's Report 6. Legislative Update CHSAC Public Meeting will begin at 5:30 p. m. NEXT MEETING JUNE 5, 2002 PACKET ENCLOSURES 1. Director's Report 2. Restaurants Facing Tougher Smoking Rules 3. April 2002 Section Updates ** Attention CH5 Advisory Committee members: Please call Sharon Alt at 651- 266-1200 if you will not be attending the Meeting. S AI T SAINT PAUL - RAMSEY COUNTY - L COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES Milik A AA A ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE SAINT PAUL CITY COUNCIL AND THE RAMSEY COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 555 Cedar Street 01111111111410 iimomiat Saint Paul,Minnesota 55101-2260 RAMSEY COUNTY 651-266-1200 MINUTES COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE APRIL 3, 2002 MEMBERS PRESENT: Mary Jo Borden James Haselmann Clarissa Hirsch Joan Johnson Shana Morrell Jack Rossbach Greg Sheehan Sheri Smith MEMBERS EXCUSED: Mary Ackerman Lucie Ferrell MEMBERS ABSENT: Nina Hakanson Mary Kay McJilton Faye Thayer STAFF/GUEST PRESENT: Rob Fulton Eduardo Parra Dick Ragan Julie Hanson CALL TO ORDER: Joan Johnson called the Meeting to order. Joan welcomed Eduardo Parra and Julie Hanson, the two guests' presenters to tonights' CHS Advisory Committee Meeting. She requested introductions be made by Committee members and guests. PRESENTATION ON RYAN WHITE CARE ACT GRANT: Joan Johnson introduced Eduardo Parra, Senior Planning Analyst of the Ryan White CARE Grant, with the Hennepin County Community Health. Eduardo gave a brief summary of how Hennepin County first started receiving Ryan White funding and the services they provide to people living with HIV/AIDS and planning bodies. He also distributed and did a brief walk through of the following documents: Ryan White Title I & II Grantee Roles & Responsibilities; Distribution of Living HIV/AIDS Cases (Through 9/2001); HRSA Fact Sheet; FY 2002 Ryan White CARE Act Title I Emergency Relief Grants; and Ryan White CARE Act Title I & II Vendor Contact By Agency. Discussion was held on: How many - what is the percentage of people living with AIDS/HIV who participate in Ryan White programs and what makes them eligible; How much money is spent on medications; How Ryan White is responding to AIDS/HIV as the course of the disease changes in terms of demographics; Who was Ryan White; Who shares in the Title III Ryan White grant funding; How closely do the Hennepin County, Ramsey County and the Minnesota Department of Health work together; A more specific description of some of the services such as food service; Are there still State funds in case management and does Medical Assistance also pay for case management; and From his perspective how did HIV/AIDS get labeled a disability as a chronic infectious disease. PRESENTATION ON HIV/AIDS PLANNING: Joan Johnson introduced Julie Hanson, MDH HIV Services Specialist for Prevention and Services for People with AIDS/HIV. Joan focused most of her presentation on the prevention planning of HIV/AIDS, but she also drew a parallel between services and prevention. She also distributed and did a brief walk through of the following documents: Overview of HIV Prevention Planning In Minnesota; 2001 Minnesota Health Access Survey Results: Ramsey County; and the MDH STD and HIV Section HIV Testing Sites and Community- Based Prevention Programs. Discussion was held on: Question about labels, the phrase Men Who Have Sex With Men, and is that a sensitive acceptable phrase, and how it is a behavioral description and not a sexual description; Of these categories of target population do they actually prioritize them in name order; What is the current thinking/prevention on the disease factors these days and is it the category of those people who have the disease but don't know it or do we see it rather moving up the line to the people that know they have the disease and are seeking treatment but yet still have risky sexual practices; and is the number of agencies vying for these dollars increasing/decreasing. Joan Johnson and Rob Fulton thank both Eduardo Parra and Julie Hanson for coming to tonight's meeting. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM MARCH 6, 2002: The March 6, Minutes were approved as written with one correction; in item HIV/AIDS By Keith Henry, delete the whole last paragraph where it begins, "Rob thanked Dr. Henry." CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT: Joan Johnson stated that there was no Executive Subcommittee Meeting last month. Joan referred Committee members to the letter to the Editor that was included in the CHSAC mailing packet. She wanted to let Committee members be aware that it was an activity which occurred during the month because of Legislative activities. DIRECTOR'S REPORT: Rob Fulton referred to his written Director's Report. He also talked about a resolution the County Board passed honoring Public Health staff; data from a survey regarding a study done two years ago on uninsured care; and problems/barriers with Minnesota Care. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: Rob talked about one bill that benefits Public Health and was in process at the State Legislature. The bill states that counties who collect household hazardous waste will no longer be liable for the disposal of that household hazardous waste. The State is going to assume liability for disposal of household hazardous waste. There is nothing happening regarding the budget. The House budget may take the tobacco endowment funds which were allotted for state wide programs (not for local programs), and use them to off set their budget shortfall. The Senate version uses the funds for cash flow purposes. The State Legislature has until May 21, 2 but if they don't have everything finished, they can ask to come back for a special session. Rob also stated that Mayor Kelly office has advertised and a notice has been posted for applications for City appointed members to the CHS Advisory Committee. They are receiving calls and gathering names for both the city and the county so they should have a roster by June. Jack Rossbach distributed and talked about an article that appeared in the journal of the American Medical Association regarding a study that was being done on people in cities and other places where they are exposed to pollutants in the air from power plants and diesel exhaust from cars. Rob stated that he is working with Minneapolis to propose state legislation that would require school districts to send home letters to parents about the health risks their children face on school buses due to diesel fumes. They are hoping that with enough backing from parents they will be able to get bus drivers to turn off their engines. Rob stated that the Executive Committee will meet Wednesday, April 10. A motion was made to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded. The motion carried. The meeting adjourned. 3 ""`' Saint Paul - Ramsey County 50 West Kellogg Blvd. immi Department of Public Health Saint Paul,MN 55102-1657 651-266-2400 Fax: 651-266-2593 = TTY: 651-266-2594 Ir.. Rob Fulton, Director www.co.ramsey.mn.us/ph/ RAMSEY COUNTY April 16, 2002 To: Community Health Services Advisory Committee From: Rob Fulton f(L�V`-- Re: Director's Report for April Because of the need to do this written report early, it will be very abbreviated. I am attaching two pieces for your review. The first is the Winter publication from the MN Department of Health. It includes information from the Commissioner as well as activities of the State Community Health Services Advisory Committee, which is the state counterpart of our local advisory committee. Commissioner Janice Rettman is our representative and Jane Norbin is the alternate. The second piece is the Ramsey County Update which has an article about the work of the Violence Initiative on page one; notice on propane tanks in the trash on page two; and most importantly, announcements of May as Teen Pregnancy Awareness Month on page three. At this time, the State budget is still deadlocked and we don't have a clear picture of what the impacts will be on the county. The issues of bioterrorism and homeland security are still in conference committee and these won't move until the budget is finalized. So, we continue to sit and wait. printed on recycled paper with a minimum of 20%post-consumer content Restaurants Facing Tougher Smoking Rules BY TOM MAJESKI Pioneer Press The Minnesota Health Department did not go far enough in some of its proposals for tightening the state's 1975 Clean Indoor Air Act, Administrative Law Judge George Beck said in a ruling released Thursday. Beck said existing restaurants should not be exempt from the new rules before they are sold, that more than 30 percent of restaurant seating should be reserved for nonsmokers and that signs should be modified to reflect the fact that no-smoking sections are not truly smoke-free. "We're pleased the administrative law judge recognized that there is no rationale for exempting existing restaurants from the proposed changes to the Clean Indoor Air Act," said Judy Knapp, executive director of the Minnesota Smoke-Free Coalition. "However, the scientific evidence remains: Ventilation will not eliminate the dangerous chemicals that are in secondhand smoke. It is deeply disappointing that these rules will not fully protect restaurant workers or the public." Julie Brunner, the Health Department's deputy commissioner, said she is not sure how the department will handle the judge's restaurant proposal. "We need to sit down with [Commissioner Jan Malcolm] and talk this over a bit. It goes against what legislators may want." The department's proposed rule changes have attracted the attention of legislators, many of whom have been lobbied hard by the hospitality industry. A bill now in the House hopper would require all department proposals dealing with restaurants to undergo legislative scrutiny before they are implemented. "My understanding is that the hospitality industry has some real concerns about the impact of these restrictions on their businesses and they made their case effectively to some legislators," Brunner said. "I assume that when the Legislature does take a look at the rules, some nonsmoking legislators will say that they think there ought to be an outright ban on smoking in restaurants. This is democracy at its best." Regardless of what the Legislature may or may not do, implementing the rules "is some time off," Brunner said. Under the Health Department's proposal: • New restaurants must either go entirely smoke-free or take steps to ensure that patrons in the nonsmoking sections are not exposed to air from the smoking sections. They can accomplish this by either walling off the two areas or installing a ventilation system that keeps the air from the two sections separate. • Existing restaurants can keep their current arrangements for smoking and nonsmoking patrons, but they must not seat anyone in the "buffer zone" between the two areas. They must prominently post signs outside warning nonsmokers about possible exposure to secondhand smoke. When existing restaurants change owners or reopen after letting their licenses expire for a year, they must follow the stricter rules for new restaurants. • Workplaces can either go entirely smoke-free or establish designated areas for smoking. If they choose the latter, they must install barriers or ventilation systems similar to those for new restaurants. • Bars are exempt from the rules unless they seat more than 50 patrons and serve a variety of food. In his ruling, Beck said that "complete exemption until the sale of a restaurant is not supported by the record in light of the compelling evidence of the harmful effects of(environmental tobacco smoke). An indefinite exemption for restaurants, where most non-smoking Minnesotans encounter secondhand smoke, does not rationally connect with protection of the public health, especially of children or ill and injured persons." Instead, Beck suggested the department consider creating a delayed effective date for existing restaurants. Beck also said the record does not support the department's proposal that restaurants set aside a minimum of 30 percent of their seats for nonsmokers, saying the number should be closer to the percentage of nonsmokers in the population. While an estimated 80 percent of Minnesota adults do not smoke, Beck suggested the department consider a 50 percent requirement as more reasonable. Because ventilated areas are really not smoke-free, Beck suggested the department require signs that are more accurate, suggesting "reduced smoke" as a possibility. He also said the only reasonable use for "smoke-free" signs would be in areas where smoking is prohibited entirely. Zack Hansen, R.E.H.S. Environmental Health Director Saint Paul - Ramsey County Department of Public Health 1670 Beam Avenue, Suite A Maplewood, MN 55109-1176 Phone: 651.773.4440 Fax: 651.773.4454 ill I At .. Saint Paul - Ramsey County Department of Public Health Section Updates -April 2002 DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL SECTION The section is working on a number of things. One is to analyze year 2001 disease incidence data for the "Framing the Future for Public Health" session on April 19. The topic is communicable disease control. Sharon Lynch has completed a large amount of work on the Minnesota Department of Health's kindergarten retrospective on the immunization records of all kindergartners in school year 2001-02. MDH will analyze the records and determine if kids are being immunized on time-- according to the recommended immunization schedule. The Ramsey County kindergarten records have all been sent to MDH. In the 5 Ramsey County school districts, the majority of the immunization records are in a data system, and can be sent electronically to MDH. However, the records of the 10 charter schools and all of the suburban non-public records had to be hand- entered into a system by DP&C staff and mailed. We expect to have retrospective data later this year. We are pleased to have three excellent speakers arranged for the Public Health Presents lecture series in the next weeks. The subjects include childhood asthma, elimination of secondhand smoke, and infant mortality/health disparities. Two clusters of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis have occurred in our area. Staff has worked with the TB Clinic to make sure that the cases and contacts were treated effectively. Neal Holtan is serving on two work groups, one an ad hoc committee of the Minnesota Department of Health working on a statewide plan to address asthma, the other a group of Ramsey County officials analyzing and planning for mental health needs among Southeast Asians. He is presenting a paper in Kansas City on April 26 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine. The talk on surgical sterilization in Minnesota in the 1920s and 1930s will also be given at the Wangensteen Library at the University of Minnesota on April 15 at noon. Dr. Greg Berglund, a family practice resident, will be spending Monday Wednesday and Friday afternoons and all day Tuesdays and Thursdays here at the Department of Public Health during the month of April. He graduated from the University of North Dakota Medical School and is now a 2nd year resident at the U of MN-St. John's program and practices at Phalen Village Clinic. Greg tells me that he has a wife and 4 children, and he plans to practice family medicine in the Twin Cities Area. Greg is doing a community health rotation similar to that of other f . residents with us in the past. He will learn about environmental health, child and maternal health, tuberculosis control, infection control, and health education. Dr. Jennifer Giroux participated in the Tuberculosis Clinic as a guest of Neal Holtan's during March and April. She is currently studying at the School of Public Health as part of her work as an Epidemiology Intelligence Officer at the Centers for Disease Control. A native of North Dakota, she is serving on the University of Minnesota Medical School Admissions Committee and as a Fellow in the Center of American Indian and Minority Health at the University of Minnesota. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SECTION Compliance Unit - Solid & Hazardous Waste: Training for auto parts recycling industry. On April 9, as part of its industry specific training program, the Solid and Hazardous Waste Compliance program hosted Environmental Training for the Auto Parts Recycling Industry. • Thirteen of the fourteen auto parts recyclers located in the county sent at least one representative to the training, and many sent several people. The training, held in the evening from 6:00 - 8:00 at the Environmental Health Section's offices, covered environmental topics that were relevant to this industry. • In addition to Environmental Health staff Paul Gelbmann and Karen Reilly, presenters included staff from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (including Clancy, the mercury detecting dog), the Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance and North Star Steel. North Star Steel, which is located in Ramsey County, is a secondary steel smelter and one of the main recipients of the crushed vehicles from the auto parts recyclers. • Generally, the evaluations showed that the discussions and the presentations were considered "very useful" by the attendees. Community Involvement Unit: Mercury thermometer collection. Joe Wozniak and Cathi Lyman-Onkka are working with an Eagle Scout candidate on a service project to collect mercury fever thermometers. The volunteers will distribute flyers to about 400 households in Arden Hills on Saturday, April 20th and return on Saturday, April 27, to collect any mercury fever thermometers the households may have and to provide a digital fever thermometer in exchange (only one digital thermometer per household). This is the first time we have had this kind of collection and are excited to see how it goes. 2001 residential recycling survey. Every other year the Envir. Health Section develops questions and contracts for the undertaking of a statistically valid survey of 500 county residents concerning residential recycling and related issues. The 2001 Ramsey County Residential Recycling Survey- the eighth residential recycling survey- has finally been tallied. Some highlights: • Eighty-nine percent of respondents reported they had recycled in the past three months. The material most cited that they recycled (82%) was newspaper, followed by aluminum cans (70%) and then glass (67%). The earlier surveys had asked 2 about recycling in the past 12 months, so the responses are not comparable. • Fifty-nine percent reported they would use a separate collection service for biodegradable waste, to be taken to a composting facility, if their hauler provided that service. • We asked whether the respondent used the Internet at least once a week, and 60% responded that they did. The difference between Saint Paul Residents and suburban residents for both Internet use and owning a computer monitor was not significantly different. We also asked those who used the Internet at least once a week whether they had visited the Ramsey County web site, and 18% reported that they had. Various outreach activities of the Community Involvement Unit: • Staff represented Ramsey County at the Recycling Association of Minnesota and the Minnesota Indoor Air Quality Coalition booths at the Minneapolis Home & Garden Show. Topics covered included recycling, buying recycled, backyard composting and radon. • Staff participated in the Vento Elementary School Family Fun Night. Information regarding safe consumption of fish and the proper disposal of household hazardous waste (HHW)was distributed to the adults. A recycling guessing game was available for the kids. • Staff made several presentations to parents in Early Childhood Family Education classes. The presentations included information about children's health and their home environment. • The web page was updated to reflect the opening of the yard waste sites and the seasonal HHW sites. Information about the hazardous waste program was also added to the web page. • A full-day food manager certification class and a re-certification class were taught in March. • Staff hosted a booth at the Midway Home & Garden Show. Approximately 200 people stopped at the booth to get questions about radon answered! Household Hazardous Waste: The seasonal site schedule began on April 5 with the opening of the Maplewood Aldrich Arena seasonal site (Fridays and Saturdays through April), which will be followed by the Shoreview Ice Arena site (Fridays and Saturdays through May and on June 1). Policy, Planning and Evaluation Unit: Compost Bin Distribution Events: Two backyard compost bin distribution events have been scheduled for this spring, Saturday, April 27, at the Shoreview Public Works Maintenance facility, and Saturday, May 4, at the State Fairgrounds. Residents have placed orders for about 1800 bins, to be picked up at these events. Residents are able to obtain bins for$20 instead of a typical retail price of$70. This project is sponsored by the six-county Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board and is being implemented by each county. Yard Waste Sites: The Ramsey County Yard Waste sites opened on April 8, a two-week delay from the originally scheduled opening date due to weather. Annual County Solid Waste Report: State law requires the County to submit a detailed annual 3 { ti report on recycling and solid waste issues. The key findings are that the County's recycling rate declined from about 48% in 2000 to about 44% in 2001, due to a decline in curbside residential recycling and a slight decline in business recycling, while the amount of garbage generated continued to increase. Resource Recovery: Public Collection Study: The study of public collection is nearly complete. The Ramsey and Washington County Boards during the spring of 2001 authorized the Ramsey/Washington County Resource Recovery Project (RRP) to undertake this study, which has been undertaken with staff from both counties and consultants. The Boards made it clear that there was no predetermined outcome to this study and that public collection, if implemented, would entail contracts with private waste haulers/collectors, not use of public trucks and employees. • The study of public collection being undertaken by Ramsey and Washington Counties consumed large amounts of staff time during March and early April. • The final staff report, including recommendations, has been completed and made public. • The next major step is a workshop to be held on Thursday, April 25, by the RRP, with county board members of both counties attending. They will hear a presentation of the final report, along with structured input from the waste industry and others. • One of the key elements of the study was obtaining input from the public. The public comment period ended in mid-March. In addition to the approximately 1500 comments (postcards, emails, etc.) received during the first phase of the study (summer 2001 through late January), about 6000 comments were received during the second phase from late January through mid-March. The vast majority of the these comments were on comment forms included in the February edition of Trash Today(a publication distributed by the RRP to residents and businesses throughout both counties). To ensure that each comment was reviewed, extensive staff time was required by staff from the RRP and both Counties. These comments continued to show the pattern of earlier comments-significant concern for the environment, but a split in opinions on collection between strong feelings in favor on having a choice of waste hauler versus concerns about adverse effects of multiple haulers serving neighborhoods. • The final report or its executive summary (depending on the audience) were distributed the second week of April to County Board members, cities and district councils, waste haulers, and others. • The RRP distributed the April edition of the Collection Connection newsletter, which contained a summary of the staff report, to several thousand people who had provided input on the study and had requested updates. • The final report is on the web at <http://www.co.rannsey.mn.us/recovery/TableofContents.htm> Soil cleanup at Recycling Center: Last summer the County Board approved sale of the Ramsey County Recycling Center site to a neighboring business for$900,000; most of the proceeds will be placed in a County housing fund. The transaction has been held up pending environmental review, which has hinged primarily on satisfactory removal of contaminated soils on the site. After an arduous testing and regulatory process that has dragged on for half a year, the soil 4 cleanup was finally completed on April 18. HEALTHY COMMUNITIES SECTION Nutrition, Exercise, and Tobacco-Prevention (NET) Trends from the National Cardiovascular Health Conference 2002 In order for Ramsey County to meet the challenge of Healthy People 2010, every "community," as well as every individual must become involved. The National Cardiovascular Health Conference, April 11-13, 2002, in Washington, D.C. showcased best practices and current, community health models to reduce health disparities through healthy eating and increased physical activity. A major premise of the conference was that successful environmental and policy strategies in tobacco control can be used to reduce all heart disease risk factors. A second premise acknowledged the need for unlikely partners to join forces in creating community designs and policies that "sneak" physical activity and healthy food into our daily lives. A third premise assumed that African American, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American communities all currently have leadership networks capable of prevention education and that clinicians, health maintenance organizations, and public health must continue to partner with and cultivate these capacities. Just as this conference advocated for community partnering in prevention education, the conference was innovative in design to "sneak" interdisciplinary partnering and networking into the sessions. Networking activities for idea sharing about physical activity and healthy eating interventions were required among government, HMO, clinical, community, industry, representatives from communities of color, public health departments, academia and technology interests. A level playing field and spirit of"we can do it together" prevailed during the meeting. Building relationships before seeking data and before taking action was emphasized. An example of networking innovation occurred at the opening reception, where participants "line danced" together, participated in physical activity demonstrations for families, and watched healthy cooking demonstrations followed by catered sampling of the foods prepared. A move away from individual-focused prevention efforts toward developing environments and policies that help entire communities implement more activity and healthy eating was a predominant trend of this conference. Involving minority communities in the effort for "Stealth Health", through relationships before action, was a second predominant trend. Both trends drive the current, community efforts of the department's NET (Nutrition, Exercise, and Tobacco-Prevention) Workgroup. For more information about successful models shared at this conference, names and addresses of other interested persons around the country, handouts and training materials or resources, contact any member of the NET Workgroup, or Jerry Soechting at 266-2430. 5 HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING SECTION The past several months for HPP have been very busy. One of the staff, Michael Dean, left his position with the County in February. The two remaining staff, (Barb Nelson and Sharon Borg) have been doing a wonderful job of covering all the highest priority work. If we are slow about responding to some requests, understand that we are down by 1/3! Here are a few of the things that have been keeping HPP staff busy: • Sharon Borg has been working with Minneapolis to do the Perinatal Periods of Risk infant mortality analysis for the Twin Cities Healthy Start project. • Both Sharon and Barb have been working on the Metro Adult Health Survey. This is a multi-county project that is developing a survey to assess the health of adult populations. • Sharon has worked with Rob Fulton to review the public health parts of the current PMAP proposals. Our input will be going to DHS for their consideration when awarding contracts. • A Health Disparity Fact Sheet has been developed and is ready for printing. Watch for it soon! • Believe it or not, the CHS planning process has begun again! Both Barb and Sharon are reviewing assessment data as a first step. • As always, we continue to respond to individual request for data, this has recently included St. Paul PED; the mayor of Falcon Heights; and several community members working on health disparity grants. BRG/Bio-Response Group Activities: Health Policy has been coordinating the Departments' planning efforts around preparation for bioterrorism and other infectious diseases. This work continues to grow in scope as we learn more and more about what is needed. The Department's BRG (Bio-Response Group) has had the primary responsibility for this planning. That group has been working on the following: • Continuing to improve on the Department's overall disaster response plan and the mass clinic plan. There are always more details to attend to and the plan gets better with each new addition or revision. • Training Department staff on the plans and on their role in a mass clinic event. Four training sessions were held in different locations and most of the Department staff were able to attend one. • Working on development of a state/local public health grant to be submitted to CDC for state wide funding for BT and other infectious diseases. This included a quick trip to Denver for Jane Norbin in which CDC presented the grant requirements. • Beginning development of SPRCDPH plan for using the federal funding that will soon be available. • Representing the Department at internal and external state, regional, and local meetings on this topic. There are meetings every day (many times multiple meetings on the same day) with others working on this planning. We recognize that responding to this type of incident will be a joint effort, so it is necessary to plan jointly. • Continuing the development of our Health Alert Network system. In particular, we are working on the ability to have a redundant system at Maplewood in the event of 6 a failure in the West building system. • Coordinating numerous satellite and Web broadcasts on bioterrorism and making tapes of these available. • Development of plans to exercise (try out) our emergency plans. This will include several small drills as well as a large scale exercise in the fall. WIC SECTION • Congratulations to Blia Vang and Murugi Mutiga, WIC staff members, who are the proud mother of baby boys born in April. • The Arlington Hill Presbyterian WIC Clinic, which serves 4000 participants each month, recently got beautiful new work stations which provide for much greater privacy for participant interviews and use the space much more effectively. Thanks to Sarah Gorter, Jenni Dahlen, Shayne Xiong of WIC and to Theresa Rongstad of Admin for their hard work in getting this furniture ordered. • We are gearing up to distribute Farmers' Market coupons to our WIC participants beginning in June. • Page 1 of 1 Lucille Johnson - Meetings of the Week Calendar From: Racquel Naylor To: Johnson, Lucille Date: 4/24/02 5:59 PM Subject: Meetings of the Week Calendar I have 3 Legislative Hearings on April 30. One you don't know about and the others you do. Here is all of them: Tuesday,April 30,1:30 p.m. Property Code Enforcement Meeting 977 Fuller Avenue Room 330 Courthouse Tuesday,April 30,2:00 p.m. Cafe Biaggio Room 330 Courthouse Tuesday,April 30,3:00 p.m. Lamp Lighter Room 330 Courthouse Thanks in advance. -Racquel,6-8573 file://C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\GW}00002.HTM 4/26/02 Page 1 of 1 Lucille Johnson - Meetings of the Week Calendar From: Racquel Naylor To: Johnson, Lucille Date: 4/17/02 3:56 PM Subjec • , -- _ -.. Please add the following two meetings to the calendar: Property Code Enforcement for 977 Fuller Room 330 Courthouse Legislative Hearing for Cafe Biaggio rr -. :I,p.m. Room 330 Courthouse Thanks in advance. -Racquel,6-8573 file://C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\GW}00002.HTM 4/19/02 APR-25-2002 16:36 RAMSEY COUNTY MANAGER 651 266 S039 P.02/02 11.ki MEETING NOTICE BOARD OF RAMSEY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 15 W. KELLOGG BLVD.. ST. PAUL. MN 55102 Iiii 651 266-8350 MSEY COUNTY Monday,April 29, 2002 Tuesday, April 30, 2002 NO BOARD OR COMMITTEE MEETINGS (5Tn TUESDAY) 12:00 noon - Board/Bench Committee Room 220 Court House, Large Conference Room Wednesday, May 1, 2002 8;30 a.m. - Metropolitan LRT Joint Powers Board AMC, 125 Charles Avenue Thursday, May 2, 2002 11:00 a.m. - Cinco de Mayo Landmark Center, 75 W, 5th Street Friday, May 3, 2002 Advance Notice May 7, 2002— 9:00 a.m. Board Meeting, Council Chambers HRA Meeting, Council Chambers Board Workshop — SE Asian Mental Health Services, Room 220 May 14, 2002 - Board Meeting, Council Chambers Board Workshop — Criteria for Facilities, Room 220 TOTAL P.02