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2/4-2/8/2002 Meetings for the week of February 4th- February 8th Page 1 of 1 At The City of Saint Paul _ __ Meetings for the Week of February 4th, thru February 8th, 2002 MONDAY - February 4th - No Meetings Scheduled TUESDAY - February 5th *Ramsey County Policy Board 9:00 AM Council Chambers Joint Saint Paul - Minneapolis Delegation 3.00 PM Basement Hearing Room of the Meeting State Office Building WEDNESDAY - February 6th Closed Meeting of the City Council 2:00 PM Council Chambers *City Council--- see Agenda 3:30 PM Council Chambers Saint Paul - Ramsey County Dept. of 5:30 PM 555 Cedar Street Public Health *Public Hearings 5:30 PM Council Chambers THURSDAY - February 7th No Meetings Scheduled FRIDAY - February 8th Planning Commission 8:30 AM Room 40 City Hall * 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 2/1/2002 FEB-01-2002 08:54 RRMSEY COUNTY MANAGER 651 266 8039 P.02/02 MEETING NOTICE BOARD OF RAMSEY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 15 W, KELLOGG BLVD., ST. PAUL, MN 55102 MSEY COUNTY 651 266-8350 Monday, February 4, 2002 Tuesda Februa 5 2002 9:00 a.m. - Policy Board Meeting Council Chambers, Third Floor Court House Immediately following Policy meeting - Administrative Board Meeting Council Chambers, Third Floor Court House - Housing &Redevelopment Authority(HRA) Council Chambers, Third Floor Court House - Public Works, Parks& Solid Waste Committee Council Chambers, Third Floor Court House - HRA Workshop Room 220 Court House, Large Conference Room Immediately following HRA Workshop OR following Human Services/Workforce Solutions Committee - Board Workshop Room 220 Court House, Large Conference Room 11:30 a.m. - Leadership Luncheon- Lockridge, Grindal, etc. University Club, 420 Summit Avenue 1:30 p.m. - Human Services/VVorlcforce Solutions Committee Council Chambers, Third Floor Court House 3:00 p.m. - Joint St. Paul/Minneapolis Delegation Meeting State Office Building, Basement Hearing Room Wednesda Februa 6 2002 8:30 a.m. - Metro LRT Joint Powers Board AMC — 125 Charles Avenue Thursda Februa 7 2002 Friday, February 8, 2002 Advance Notice February 12, 2002 —9:00 a.m. - Policy Board Meeting, Council Chambers Afternoon—Board Workshop, Room 220 Large Conference Room February 19, 2002 — 9:00 a.m. —Policy Board Meeting, Council Chambers Afternoon—Board Workshop, Room 220 Large CnnfPrpn, n TOTAL P.02 Page 1 of 1 Lucille Johnson - City Council Closed Meeting. From: Nancy Anderson To: Anderson,Jan; Anderson,Nancy; Benanav,Jay; Benson,Barb; Birkholz,Jean; Blakey,Jerry; Bostrom, Dan; Coleman,Chris; Connor,Bob; Harris,Pat; Homans,Nancy; Keran,Janice; LaFrenz,Janie; Lantry, Kathy; McInerney,Gerry; Naylor,Racquel; Novak, Carol; Prince,Jane; Reinartz,Matt; Reiter,Jim; Renstrom, Scott; Rider,Chris; Sanders,Donna; Skupas,Vicki; Thayer,Ella; Williams,Roceathia Date: 1/31/2002 8:59 AM Subject: City Council Closed Meeting. CC: Cervantes,Manuel; Flaherty,Dennis; Johnson,Lucille; Karpe,Jean; Luna,Don; Moore, Shari; Skevas, Eleni; Strathman,Gerry Councilmembers: There will be a CLOSED MEETING of the City Council on Wednesday,February 6,2002,at 2:00 p.m.in the Northwest Conference Room,310 City Hall,to discuss pending litigation. file://C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\GW}00001.HTM 1/31/2002 Don Luna-Joint Saint Paul - Minneapolis Delegation Meeting Page 1 From: Mario Pinto To: delegation -all Date: 1/25/02 4:36PM Subject: Joint Saint Paul - Minneapolis Delegation Meeting Hello, Mayor Kelly wishes to extend an invitation to all Ramsey County Commissioners, Saint Paul City Council members, Saint Paul legislators, and aides to attend a joints ;# Itplis, giatlol.#1 co-hosted by Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak. Hennepin County Commissioners, Minneapolis City Council members, and Minneapolis legislators are also invited to attend. The meeting will be held on r'uay -h- ..4 e g , '; e and will focus on Saint Paul and Minneapolis legislative issues. Please RSVP at your earliest convenience. Hardcopy invitations will follow. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions you may have. Mario Pinto Intergovernmental Relations Assistant City of Saint Paul (651) 266-8531 (office) (651) 610-7628 (pager) • ST. PAUL CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PRnPFRTV RI(;HTS ACQUISITION CSO - City Clerk Room 170 - City Hall City Council Ward#s 6,7 PROPERTY OWNER Planning District#s 4, 5 File No. AE2001-05-1B The City of Saint Paul has proposed improvements along a route from PURPOSE Mississippi Street and Pennsylvania Avenue northeasterly up to and along AND the railroad right of way extending to Payne Avenue. The improvements LOCATION would be part of the Phalen Corridor project being planned by the City to generate economic growth on the East Side of Saint Paul. To complete this project as planned, the acquisition of certain property rights will be necessary. Property rights you or your company have an interest in may be affected by this improvement and acquisition. (See attached map.) HEARING Public Hearings begin at 5:30 P.M. on Wednesday, February 6, 2002 in the Council Chambers, Third Floor of City Hall. If you have questions or concerns, please call Bruce Engelbrekt at QUESTIONS 266-8854. For your convenience, City staff will be available the day of the Public Hearing to answer any last minute questions on this project until 4:00 p.m. in Room 140 City Hall. 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The Board of Zoning Appeals will determine the order of the agenda at the beginning of its meeting. I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JANUARY 14, 2002 II. OLD BUSINESS Gary Johnson & Barbara Kind (#01-243736) 781 Linwood Avenue Requested an extension. III. NEW BUSINESS A. Applicant - John Tittle (#01-238883) Location - 1014 Burgess Street Zoning - R-4 Purpose: MAJOR VARIANCE - A side yard setback variance for an existing duplex after the lot is split. The required side yard setback is 9 feet with 0 feet proposed, for a variance of 9 feet. B. Applicant - Larry V. Broberg (#02-067397) Location - 1667 Scheffer Avenue Zoning - R-4 Purpose: MAJOR VARIANCE - A front yard setback in order to construct a new single family home. The required front yard setback is 33 feet and the existing setback is 31 feet, for a variance of 2 feet. IV. ADJOURNMENT Board of Zoning Appeal Members: Please call John Hardwick (266-9082) or Debbie Crippen (266-9144) if you are unable to attend the meeting. APPLICANT: You or your representative should attend this meeting to answer any questions the Board may have. Page 1 of 2 Lucille Johnson - Metro Meetings/Digest From: "Dawn Hoffner" <dawn.hoffner@metc.state.mn.us> Date: 2/1/2002 11:37 AM Subject: Metro Meetings/Digest WEEK OF: February 4 - 8, 2002 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL Canceled: Hiawatha Corridor Management Committee - Mon., Feb. 4 Diversity Committee - Mon., Feb. 4, 2 p.m., Room 2A. The agenda includes: presentation and approval of by- laws; appointment of officers; discussion and consideration of committee purposes and procedures; and other business. Livable Communities Committee - Mon., Feb. 4, 3:30 p.m., Room 1A. The agenda includes: amend scope of grant SG-01-118, $699,900 grant for Central Mississippi Riverfront RP; upper Mississippi River master plan review; handling incompleteness issues for comprehensive plans (City of St. Mary's Point comprehensive plan); planning assistance loan for Waterford Township; Urban Rivers Act; use of housing performance scores in the evaluation of proposals seeking LCA funding; and other business. Rail Transit Committee -Tues., Feb. 5, 4:30 p.m., Heywood Office, 560 - 6th Ave. N., Mpls. The agenda includes: General Manager's report; revision to full funding grant budget; design/construction of Mall of America station revision; authorization to proceed for Minnesota Transit Constructors to relocate water utilities along the Hiawatha Corridor from Nicollet Mall to First Ave. No.; Community Advisory Committee update; Public Arts Committee fundraising update; Hiawatha management report; and other business. Transportation Accessibility Advisory Committee -Wed., Feb. 6, 1 p.m., Room 2A. The agenda includes: provider staff recognition; legislative update; North Star Express bus project; Metro Mobility bus issues follow-up; member reports - light rail, commuter rail, riverview corridor, sector 5 transit study; Metro Mobility December operations report; and other business. Rural Issues Work Group - Wed., Feb. 6, 1 p.m., Room 1A. The agenda includes: continued discussion of draft rural area policy/implementation proposals -focus on implementation proposals; Council member reports; and other business. Regional Growth Policy Committee - Wed., Feb. 6, 3 p.m., Chambers. The agenda includes: Blueprint 2030 Framework discussion; community outreach update; and other business. Canceled: Riverview Corridor Management Committee - Fri., Feb. 8 TENTATIVE MEETINGS FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 11 - 15 Diversity Committee - Mon., Feb. 11, 2 p.m., Room 2A Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission - Mon., Feb. 11, 4 p.m., Chambers Transportation Committee - Mon., Feb. 11, 4 p.m., Room 1A Environment Committee -Tues., Feb. 12, 4 p.m., Room 1A file://C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\johnsonl\Local%20Settings\Temp\GW}00001.HTM 2/1/2002 Page 2 of 2 Riverview Corridor Management Committee - Wed., Feb. 13, 10 a.m. Core Cities Group - Wed., Feb. 13, 12 Noon, Muffuletta Cafe, 2260 Como Ave., St. Paul Litigation Review Committee - Wed., Feb. 13, 1 p.m., Room 1E Investment Review Committee - Wed., Feb. 13, 1 p.m., Room 1A Management Committee -Wed., Feb. 13, 2 p.m., Room 1A Metropolitan Council - Wed., Feb. 13, 3 p.m., Chambers Transit Providers Advisory Committee -Thurs., Feb. 14, 10 a.m., Room 1A TAB Policy Committee -Thurs., Feb. 14, 12:30 p.m., Room 1A TAC Planning Committee -Thurs., Feb. 14, 1:30 p.m., Room 2A Housing and Land Use Advisory Committee -Thurs., Feb. 14, 3 p.m., Metro Mosquito Control District, 2099 University Ave., St. Paul The Metropolitan Council is located at Mears Park Centre, 230 E. Fifth St., St. Paul. Meeting times and agendas are subject to change. METROPOLITAN SPORTS FACILITIES COMMISSION Intergovernmental Relations Committee -Tues., Feb. 5, 8 a.m., MSFC Conf. Room. The agenda includes: legislative issues; and other business. The Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission office is located at 900 South 5th St., Minneapolis, MN 55415. For agenda information and to verify meeting times, please call Nancy Matowitz, 612-335-3310 file://C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\johnsonl\Local%20Settings\Temp\GW}00001.HTM 2/1/2002 FINANCE COMMITTEE ,ichard Long, Chairman Roger Hale, Vice Chairman Carl D'Aquila John Kahler Robert Mars, Jr. METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION NOTICE OF REGULARLY SCHEDULED MONTHLY MEEING OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE • 11:00 a.m.—Wednesday, February 6, 2002 Lindbergh Conference Room MAC General Offices—6040 28th Avenue South—Minneapolis, MN 55450 AGENDA CONSENT 1. REPORTS a) Monthly Operating Results b) Summary of Investment Portfolio c) Summary of Air Carriers Passenger Facility Charges Theresa Cooper, Senior Financial Analyst DISCUSSION 2. BEECH TRANSPORTATION, INC. AUDIT REPORT Mary Salonek, Internal Audit Manager 3. PRELIMINARY 2001 BUDGET RESULTS Theresa Cooper, Senior Financial Analyst 4. TRANSFER TO THE COVERAGE ACCOUNT Denise Kautzer, Deputy Executive Director 5. UPUAI E ON SERIES 9 GENERAL OBLIGATION REVENUE BOND REFUNDING Steve Busch, Finance Director 6. APPLICATION FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF SECURITY COSTS Steve Busch, Finance Director GENERAL INFORMATION 7. LEGISLATIVE AUDIT Steve Busch, Finance Director PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE Roger Hale, Chair Coral Houle, Vice Chair William Erhart Dick Long Bert McKasy Paul Weske METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE Tuesday, February 5, 2002 1:00 p.m. MAC General Offices 6040 28th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN AGENDA CONSENT 1. FINAL PAYMENTS — MAC CONTRACTS a. Lindbergh Terminal Red Concourse Reroof (Robert J. Vorpahl, Program Development Engineer) b. Blast Mitigation Project (Robert J. Vorpahl, Program Development Engineer) c. North Terminal Expansion — Utilities Relocation, DP #1 (Todd Oetjens, Facilities Architect) d. Addition to and Remodeling of General Office Building (CP2-Construction Package) (Robert J. Vorpahl, Program Development Engineer) e. Post Road Employee Parking Lot Expansion (Dennis Kowalke, Landside Project Manager) f. West Terminal — 2001 Repairs: Window Replacement (Robert J. Vorpahl, Program Development Engineer) g. Washburn High School Noise Abatement (Robert J. Vorpahl, Program Development Engineer) h. Holman Field Administration Building 2000 Improvements — St. Paul Downtown Airport (Robert J. Vorpahl, Program Development Engineer) Building Area Redevelopment — Mercury Avenue — St. Paul Downtown Airport (Bridget Rief, Airside Project Manager) j. 2001 Pavement Rehabilitation — Crystal Airport (Bridget Rief, Airside Project Manager) k. Runway 18-36 Pavement Rehabilitation — Anoka County-Blaine Airport (Bridget Rief, Airside Project Manager) Runway 4-22 Rehabilitation, North Side Taxiway Rehab. & New Beacon Installation — Lake Elmo Airport (Bridget Rief, Airside Project Manager) m. 2000-2001 Part 150 Sound Insulation Program (John Nelson, Part 150 Program Manager) 2. SEMI-FINAL PAYMENTS — MAC CONTRACTS a. MAC Naval Air Reserve Center — Building & Site Work (Pat Mosites, Airside Project Manager) b. MSP Airport Mail Center: General Construction (Robert J. Vorpahl, Program Development Engineer) 3. BIDS RECEIVED— MAC CONTRACTS a. Runway 17-35 Intersection (Gary G. Warren, Director—Airside Development) b. Watkins Pattern Building Demolition — Airlake Airport (Robert J. Vorpahl, Program Development Engineer) 4. REVIEW OF UPCOMING CONSTRUCTION PROJECT BIDS Robert J. Vorpahl, Program Development Engineer 5. CHANGE MANAGEMENT POLICY AND PROJECT STATUS REPORT Nigel D. Finney, Deputy Executive Director— Planning and Environment 6. DECEMBER 2001 ACTIVITY REPORT FOR METRO OFFICE PARK Eric L. Johnson, Manager—Commercial Management &Airline Affairs 7. REQUEST FOR AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE WITH RESPONDENTS TO THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS —WETLAND MITIGATION CREDITS Gary G. Warren, Director—Airside Development DISCUSSION 8. PART 150 SOUND INSULATION PROGRAM UPDATE John Nelson, Part 150 Program Manager 9. CONSTRUCTION SEASON: 2001 REVIEW AND 2002 PREVIEW Gary G. Warren, Director—Airside Development Dennis Probst, Director— Landside Development MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Paul Rehkamp — Chairman Bert McKasy —Vice Chair Carl D'Aquila Thomas Foley Dan Fortier John Kahler Nancy Speer METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS COMMITTEE 1:00 p.m. February 6, 2002 MAC General Offices — 6040 28th Avenue South Lindbergh Conference Room CONSENT 1. RECOMMENDATION: AWARD OF AMUSEMENT CONCESSION Phil Burke, Administrator, Tenant Relations/Issues DISCUSSION 2. AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL-NORTH AMERICA 2002 REGULAR MEMBERSHIP DUES Jeff Hamiel, Executive Director 3. LAKE ELMO AIRPORT NAME CHANGE Gary Schmidt, Director of Reliever Airports 4. AGREEMENT WITH MINNESOTA AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION FOR GOLF COURSE AT ANOKA COUNTY/BLAINE AIRPORT Gary Schmidt, Director of Reliever Airports Betsy Hoium, Attorney GENERAL INFORMATION 5. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE David Dombrowski, Deputy Executive Director-Labor & Governmental Affairs Mitchell Kilian, Governmental Affairs Manager SAINT SAINT PAUL - RAMSEY COUNTY PAU L 411Ikt COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES 191, AMA 555 COMMITTEE TO THE SAINT PAUL CITY COUNCIL AND THE RAMSEY COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 555 Cedar Street oramoir Saint Paul,Minnesota 55101-2260 RAMSEY COUNTY 651-266-1200 REC i VPD MEETING NOTICE JJAN 30 2002 ,r WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2002 SAINT PAUL - RAMSEY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH - 555 CEDAR STREET AGENDA 1. Call to Order 2. Update on Tuberculosis and Other Topics of Interest by Dr. Neal Holtan, Medical Director 3. Approval of Meeting Minutes from January 2, 2002 4. Chairperson's Report 5. Director's Report 6. Other CHSAC Public Meeting will begin at 5:30 p. m . NEXT MEETING MARCH 6, 2002 PACKET ENCLOSURES 1. Director's Report 2. December 2001 Section Updates 3. January 2002 Section Updates 4. Doctors Say New Secondhand Smoke Rules Don't Go 5. Ramsey County Tuberculosis Far Enough ** Attention CHS Advisory Committee members: Please call Sharon Alt at 651- 266-1200 if you will not be attending the Meeting. r. SAINT SAINT PAUL - RAMSEY COUNTY ____ PAU I, 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 MINUTES COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE JANUARY 2, 2002 MEMBERS PRESENT: Lucie Ferrell Nina Hakanson James Haselmann Joan Johnson Shana Morrell Jack Rossbach Greg Sheehan Sheri Smith MEMBERS EXCUSED: Mary Ackerman Clarissa Hirsch Peggy Malikowski Mary Kay McJilton MEMBERS ABSENT: Mary Jo Borden Faye Thayer STAFF/GUEST PRESENT: Dick Ragan Linda Wagner Raymond Martin Sue Mitchell Kim Nollenberger CALL TO ORDER: Joan Johnson called the Meeting to order. Joan stated that due to the number of Committee members not in attendance, she would like tonight's meeting to be a combination of education and preparation on some of the things that we will be looking at this year. She requested introductions be made by all Committee members and guests. PRESENTATION REGARDING TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAM: Richard Ragan introduced Linda Wagner, a Saint Paul - Ramsey County Department of Public Health employee with the REACH Young parents Program. Linda gave a brief history of the Needy Families Program which has almost reached its first full year. The Needy Families Program is funded by TANF dollars. Each county was awarded TANF dollars according to their population numbers. They selected working with young parents because the fact is over 50% of the people that are now on welfare started on it as teen parents. Their program focuses on young pregnant and parenting families, and they are working from the prevention approach. Their program is based on the model by Dr. David Olds which includes frequent home visits up to two years or more depending on the needs of the client. They are working intensively with 25 families. Their goals are healthy families, self sufficiency with a comprehensive approach, positive parenting practices - secure parent/child attachment, delay of subsequent pregnancy, and reduction of child abuse. Their target population and priority is given to women ages 19 and under who are pregnant or parenting. The families they see are isolated with little or no support and very high risks. The two eligibility factors for their program is income and if they are citizens or qualified non citizens. Their program rationale is for them to reach young families early enough, giving them enough support so that the likelihood of them r' achieving success and being able to support themselves and have healthy outcomes is possible. Their program model is relationship base along with a multi discipline approach. They have two social workers from Model Cities who work with their clientele. They also include fathers if they are involved in the life of their children and grandparents. Sue Mitchell a Saint Paul - Ramsey County Department of Public Health employee with the REACH Young Parents Program distributed their hot pink pamphlets. The pamphlet was designed and developed by Sue and a group of young teens including her daughter. She also distributed and briefly went over the Saint Paul - Ramsey County Department of Public Health TANF Home Visiting (as of November 30, 2001) sheets. Discussion was held on the high number of African Americans enrolled in the program, reasons for families exiting the program, how many of the group are pregnant at the time of enrollment or already have children, the referral process, described how nurses and social workers are assessing stability of their clienteles home life, cab vouchers, measuring parent/child attachment, monthly meetings with staff regarding clientele, how to get mental health services to some of their clientele, and TANF - a welfare reform funding source. Kim Nollenberger a Ramsey County Public Health Nurse, talked about how nurses and social workers coordinate their time and efforts to work together to develop client relationships. She gave a list of the benefits they reap by having social workers involved in the program, such as: when a nurse is at a loss for resources, family communication issues and problem solving with the families on housing issues, building personal skills, school issues, benefit issues such as custody and processes. Kim also talked about their contract with a cab company that provides transportation for mothers and children to and from appointments, monthly meetings with staff and a counselor regarding their clients, back at the office brainstorming, how do they get mental health services for those clients who need it, and computerizing clinical records. Discussion was held on if there is any kind of group support, do clients know each other, can we survey the 375 "captive" clients regarding pregnancy, discussions with every client on how to prevent the next pregnancy, have there been support groups/focus groups with clients regarding why they got pregnant, and if any of the dollars received go for research. Kim stated that they do ask clients the age of the child/children father(s) and if they are receiving any child support. Hennepin and Ramsey County will be meeting to form a focus group; they plan to develop a tool they could both use in order to do a client satisfaction survey. Kim also stated that funding is technically up as of June 2003; Human Services has a "teen parent" PhD researcher on staff; and how the focus is mostly on the women but it would be great to have male staff and to get fathers involved. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM DECEMBER 5, 2001: The December 5, Minutes were approved as written by Sheri Smith and seconded by Shana Morrell. CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT: Joan Johnson stated that the Executive Committee met and discussion was held on: more members, continue with educational sessions, and cycle of poverty and health outcomes. Other CHS Advisory Committee members had items of information they wanted to relate to the Committee. 2 Lucie Ferrell - MNA is having a workshop/conference regarding bioterrorism. Ray Martin - Family Planning grants: how out of 60 applicants only 47 received funding, how it was a competitive process and how the methods for evaluating programs have changed. Health Start did not receive funding; West Side also lost its family planning dollars; and how East Metro was the loser. Follow up work is needed. DIRECTOR'S REPORT: Dick Ragan stated that Rob Fulton would not be attending tonights' meeting due to illness and referred Committee members to Rob's written Director's Report. Dick stated that the Family Planning grant should be listed as a discussion item at the February 6, CHS Advisory Committee Meeting. He said that there is $9 million in requests and they only have $6.9 million to be funded. Dick talked about how Health Start was denied $212,000 in funding and West Side was denied $125,000 in funding. CONTINUED DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL OF SMOKE-FREE RECOMMENDATIONS: Dick Ragan distributed the DRAFT Recommendations to Reduce and Eliminate the Deleterious Effects of Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke. Discussion was held and many suggestions were made. Greg Sheehan will send all the suggestions via e-mail to the CHS Executive Committee, and they will draft the final recommendations and bring the revised draft back for adoption at the February 6 meeting. A motion was made to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded. The motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 7:55 p.m. 3 es I have been asked to participate in a new State work group that is looking at Health Impact Assessments. This is an approach to policy, program and project review that looks at the health impacts of changes in such efforts. This work has been piloted in England, Germany, and Canada for several years. Recently, San Francisco did a health impact assessment of creating a policy on "living wage." Minnesota Department of Health has brought together about 25 persons from a wide variety of interests to see if such an effort could be beneficial here in Minnesota. The work group will be taking two or three pilots and actually carrying out health impact assessments to see their value. I have been asked by Paul Kirkwold, County Manager to take on some responsibilities for the Leadership Academy. This is an effort to identify potential leaders within the current county employee base who have the potential to move into increasing leadership roles within the county and the community. The Academy is 12 full day sessions over the next 7 months. Five of our Public Health staff were selected in they first class of 24. The Academy focuses on leadership tools, personal leadership, community leadership and gives the participants an opportunity to work on a leadership challenge during the time they are in the Academy. • JAN n 2002 Saint Paul - Ramsey County Department of Public Health Section Updates - December 2001 DISEASE PREVENTION & CONTROL SECTION The DP&C section has been very involved in tuberculosis control, from treating patients in the TB clinic, to conducting outbreak investigations, to advising community-based health care providers on how to treat the disease. This year is shaping up to have one of the highest counts of new TB cases in Ramsey County in the last twenty years. Final results on the rate of new cases will be available soon. Members of the section have been very involved in a number of substantial ways in bioterrorism planning and disaster preparedness. Dr. Jennifer Auge, a family practice resident, will be spending Monday afternoons, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays here at the Department of Public Health during the month of December. She graduated from the U of MN with a degree in Biochemistry and from the University of Minnesota Medical School in 2000. She is a 2nd year resident at the U of MN-St. John's program and practices at Phalen Village Clinic. She is doing a community health rotation similar to that of other residents in the past. During the month of December, she will talk with as many staff as she can about programs, particularly environmental health, child and maternal health, tuberculosis control, infection control, and health education. Neal Holtan continues to be involved with the Center for Population Health, the Advisory Committee for Minnesota Department of Health Maternal Child Health Division, and the Residency Advisory Committee of the Mayo Clinic Preventive Medicine Training Program for physicians. EMPLOYEE HEALTH Employee Health is a service provided to all department employees, focusing on employee health and safety. It is not housed within a section, but is part of the Quality Improvement Program. The Employee Health Program motto is: "You are the Center of Employee Health". Sandie Rooney is your Employee Health Coordinator. Her supervisor is Barb Schommer. We wanted to take this opportunity to update all of you on the work Sandie is doing on your behalf. 1. Employee Right To Know sessions were held in October with nearly 100% • attendance at all sites. ERTK sessions benefit employees by identifying hazards within your workplace, and advising you how to avoid these hazards. 2. The latest engineering devices for safe needle use were evaluated in 3 sessions attended by 14-17 people each session. Several brands and types of needle safety devices were tested by participants who completed comment and rating sheets. The results of this evaluation are being tabulated and will be brought to the Safety Committee, Labor Management Committee, and Section Managers for use in future purchase of sharps/needles. 3. Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) management includes review and updating of sheets in each section/program. The sheets are used by employees who experience an occupational exposure to a substance they are working with, and need to know risks, safety precautions, decontamination, etc of that substance. MSDS information is available by calling the ERTK Hotline at 612-617-0995 where information specific to the substances used in our department is available to employees. Thanks to everyone who assisted in updating MSDS information, as this information is used by the Hotline when one of our employees calls. 4. January is annual TB screening for employees at West and Capitol View. Plans are underway to provide TB screening for employees at Juenemann. In the past, Juenemann employees have been screened for TB on the anniversary of their employment. Beginning this year we will offer TB screening for all Juenemann employees twice during the year. The change in schedule is being made in order to ensure employee health and safety by receiving timely TB screening, and to assist employees in remembering their annual screening date. Discussions are occurring with supervisors in order to assure as smooth a transition to this new schedule as possible. 5. Several manuals have been or are in the process of being updated: a. ERTK manuals (orange) have the most recent ERTK training outline as well as other helpful information. b. Employee Immunization manual has been updated. c. TB manual has been updated by our department, and is currently at MN Dept of Health for their updates, comments, and revisions. d. Blood Borne Pathogen manual is in the process of being updated county wide through Caroll Niewolny in Human Resources. Sandie will participate in this updating project. e. Blood Borne Exposure Control packets were sent to each supervisor, and are the latest most up to date information on handling a blood exposure. 6. Sandie participates in the County AWAIR (A Workplace Accident and Injury Reduction) program. She also participates on the Juenemann Safety Committee. 7. Monitoring changes in CDC recommendations related to occupational health, changes in OSHA requirement regarding employee health, and changes in Minnesota state rules regarding employee health are a few more items which keep Sandie busy in her role as your Employee Health Program Coordinator. If you have questions about Employee Health Program, call Sandie at 266-1209 or Barb at 266-2490. 2 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SECTION Compliance Unit - Solid & Hazardous Waste: Staff Evaluation of Stericycle Request to Change Processing License Conditions Earlier this year, representatives from Stericycle, Inc., an infectious waste autoclave processing facility in Saint Paul, requested a change in their processing license conditions with Ramsey County. Their interest in pursuing this change was to decrease the time required to process each batch of waste and reduce the process temperature. These would translate into energy savings, water savings, and an increase in plant efficiency. As part of this request, Environmental Health Section (EH) staff have required them to perform extensive validation testing on their process to demonstrate that all infectious agents in the incoming waste are destroyed. This testing has required a significant amount of EH staff involvement at the site on the part of Larry Carlson and Michael Reed during this validation process. While it did not achieve all the goals Stericycle had set for the effort, the firm was still successful in improving the efficiency of its process. Waste Management, Inc., Transfer Station Relocation and Permitting As part of the Phalen Corridor Project in Saint Paul, Waste Management's (WMI) Saint Paul transfer operation will require relocation. To this end, WMI has submitted an MPCA permit application for a new solid waste transfer station to be located in the building where their paper recycling plant is currently located on Minnehaha near the intersection of Pennsylvania and 135E in Saint Paul. WMI will be moving their paper recycling plant operation to a new location in Minneapolis in the coming months (WMI's container recycling facility in St. Louis Park will also be moved to the new Minneapolis location). WMI's new transfer station proposal for Saint Paul is requesting approval for an annual capacity of approximately 150,000 tons - more than 50,000 tons beyond what the current Saint Paul transfer station manages in a year. EH will be involved in the review of the MPCA permit application and will also require a County Transfer Station License for this operation. SWMCB Construction Waste Analysis Data suggests that there is as much, if not more, NonMSW (Non Municipal Solid Waste = construction/demolition and industrial wastes) generated in the Metro Area as the typical residential and commercial waste streams referred to as MSW (municipal solid waste). This large volume of NonMSW presents a challenge for disposal but it also presents a tremendous opportunity for waste reduction, reuse, and recycling! Specifically, the volume of construction waste represents the greatest potential to be reduced through additional waste reduction, reuse and recycling efforts. Within the SWMCB's NonMSW Task Force, Michael Reed is chairing the C&D, (Construction & Demolition) Work Group. One of the projects underway is a study being performed by an independent consultant looking at evaluating the impact of existing factors on processing of construction waste in the Metro area, both at the job site and at construction waste transfer stations, and looking for opportunities for increased diversion of this waste stream from disposal sites through changes to tax structure, financial incentives, regulatory changes, and industry education. The final report is expected to be completed in about a year. 3 . , Local Recycling/Solid Waste Conference Deborah McCoy and Michael Reed participated in the planning of the 2001 RAM/SWANA (Recycling Assoc. of MN/Solid Waste Assoc. of N. America-MN Chapter) Fall Conference held in Brooklyn Center on November 6 - 8. This year's conference included Tuesday afternoon tours of two latex paint recycling facilities, NRG - Newport RDF, (Refuse Derived Fuel) Facility & NRG's Empire Organic's Composting Facility, the MN Dept. of Administration's Recycling Facility and Stericycle, Inc., the Wednesday Conference and Thursday's Post Conference Workshop on Improving Residential Paper Recycling In Minnesota and Plastic Bottle Recycling. A number of Environmental Health staff attended the conference this year. Compliance Unit: Community Environmental Health: Emergency Closure of Restaurant A restaurant in Roseville was ordered closed on December 13th due to a sewage backup in the food preparation area. The restaurant is located in a mall with several other food service establishments nearby. Karen Chaussee checked all nearby restaurants to assure that there were no similar problems. The establishment was ordered to discontinue all food preparation activities and to discard all exposed food. Prior to reopening, Karen conducted a reinspection (on her day off) after the necessary repairs, cleaning and sanitizing were completed. Molly Weliens, R.S. Molly recently learned that she successfully completed the examination for Registered Environmental Health Specialist/Sanitarian conducted by the Minnesota Department of Health. All staff of the Community Environmental Health program are registered sanitarians. Distribution of Thought for Food The winter edition of the Environmental Health Section's Thought for Food was printed and is currently being distributed to licensed food service establishments. Food Manager Certification Courses Several food manager certification courses have been taught this fall. Each food service establishment licensed by Ramsey County is required to have one state certified food manager on staff. Policy, Planning and Evaluation Unit: Yard Waste Sites Close for Season The yard waste sites officially closed for the season on Friday, November 30th. The sites will re-open late March to early April 2002, depending on the weather. Data for the 2001 season is not yet available; however, it appears that attendance and volume of material received by public at the sites will be average compared to past years. Because a large number of households use the sites in fall, this has been an opportunity to distribute postcards/factsheets about Ramsey and Washington Counties' exploration of Public Collection, so that residents can send the prepaid postcards back with their opinions about Public Collection. 25,000 postcards/factsheets were printed; about 20,000 were distributed at Ramsey County yard waste sites and the remainder at Ramsey and Washington County 4 household hazardous waste (HHW) facilities. Thus far residents have sent 867 postcards back with comments. SWMCB Approves Spring 2002 Backyard Compost Bin Distribution The Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board (SWMCB) recently approved a Spring 2002 Composting Bin Program. This follows spring and fall distributions during 2001. The bins are being promoted primarily for composting of household vegetative (non-meat/dairy) food waste, to help reduce the amount of food waste in residential trash, although they can also be used for some yard waste. The UM Extension Service - Ramsey County will continue to assist EH staff in 2002 with the substantial amount of coordination needed for the bin distribution events. Bins will be sold for$20.00 per bin, including tax. This will result in an estimated subsidy of approximately $10.00 per bin. The recommendation is supported by the Fall 2001 survey that indicated that 83% of bin recipients would be willing pay $20.00 or more per bin. Ramsey County Recycling Center Sale "Due Diligence" Issues Still Proceeding In September the County Board approved sale of the Ramsey County Recycling Center to a neighboring business, United Products. Currently United Products is going through a lengthy due diligence period prior to closing, to examine environmental and other issues. Prior to the closing of the sale, the purchaser is performing their own Phase I environmental assessment and some limited soil analysis at the site. In addition, Waste Management/SuperCycle is in the final stage of cleaning up and removing contaminated soils as a result of diesel fuel releases from the operation of on-site fuel tanks while the facility was still in operation. It is expected that all activities will be concluded by the end of the year to make way for the sale of the property. Community Involvement Unit: Placing Recycling and Buy Recycling Displays Recycling and Buy Recycled displays were placed in several City Hall buildings, Ramsey County offices and at several local businesses. The Whole Foods Market in St. Paul was very receptive to hosting an event for America Recycles Day. Ramsey County staff was present at the event to educate consumers about products that reduce waste, use recycled content packaging, and are recycled into new products like toothbrushes. Additionally, Unisys in Roseville hosted an event promoting waste reduction and recycling. County staff prepared a display and was at the event to answer questions. Radon Grant The Environmental Health Section was awarded a 2001-2002 State Indoor Radon Grant. The focus of the grant this year will be creating a data tracking system, creating some new web pages and providing a direct mail piece to a neighborhood with high radon levels. Web Page Update Several Section web pages were updated, including <http://www.co.ramsey.mn.us/PH/eh/whats_new_1201.htm> and <http://www.co.ramsey.mn.us/PH/eh/myth_1201.htm> . 5 Children's Environmental Health Community Involvement Unit staff and staff from other sections in the Department met to share information on what we do related to the environment and children's health. We explored ways our Dept works in the are of children's environmental health and on ways we can work together. Kathy Kaduce is New Environmental Health Educator Kathy Kaduce accepted the position of Environmental Health Educator. We are excited to have Kathy join our unit. Kathy is a Certified Health Education specialist and a graduate of Mankato. Resource Recovery: Public Collection Study In November the Ramsey/Washington County Resource Recovery Project Board moved to extend the study of Public Collection through March 2002 and to extend the contracts of Foth & Van Dyke, engineering consultants, Lindquist and Vennum, legal consultants, and GCI Tunheim, public information consultants, through April 30, 2002, for assistance through the first phase of the study. During late November and early December, County staff held four meetings with independent haulers to provide information on the process and status of the Public Collection study and to solicit their input. A press kit was distributed by GCI Tunheim to appropriate local and city newspapers to provide information on the Public Collection study and evaluation process. The development of a draft framework for Public Collection is being worked on by the staff/consultant steering committee for the project, and it will include: ? Service zones (Geographic areas in which collection service is provided) ? Service delivery (Issues such as residential/commercial; waste type; level of service; type of service; service quality, etc). ? Procurement options ? Funding Other work on Public Collection includes meetings with the House and Senate Research staff, staff attending a meeting in Lake St. Croix Beach at which Waste Management presented information about the "single-sort" recycling system, research work on case studies in other cities or regions, and strategies for working with the various chambers of commerce and business groups. Staff are also currently looking for ways to involve the non-English speaking communities in Ramsey County in the Public Collection input process. So far the Counties have received over 1100 messages from County residents with their input on Public Collection. 6 Hauler Contracts On December 11, 2001, both County Boards passed resolutions approving "all waste" contracts for 2002 with waste haulers providing for a tipping fee of $32/ton. Waste haulers delivering only a specific amount of the waste they collect in Ramsey and Washington Counties may enter into a specific waste contract providing for a tipping fee of$34/ton. For haulers choosing not to contract, the tipping fee will be $50/ton. As of December 11, 45 haulers have signed an "all waste" contract. A reminder letter was sent December 12 to haulers who have not returned their contracts. HEALTHY COMMUNITIES SECTION Hmong Health Inservice Builds Community Capacity: On October 3lst, Drs. Kang Xiaaj and Kathleen Culhane-Pera spoke on "Hmong Health in the 21' Century" to a greater-than-capacity gathering at Scheffer Center. This inservice, planned and coordinated by the Hmong Health Workgroup of Saint-Paul/Ramsey County Public Health, was one of their two major projects during 2001. As a part of the inservice, members of the workgroup also explained and demonstrated various, traditional cultural healing practices. Evaluative comments were overwhelmingly positive. "Wonderful presentations by both speakers." "This is THE BEST comprehensive view of the history and current beliefs/status of the Hmong culture." The inservice provided a forum for health providers to the Hmong community to consider future needs and share ideas on reducing health disparities. Thanks to all public health employees in the Hmong Health Workgroup and to Sharon Lynch for a very successful event. 2002 Hmong Health Promotion Calendar Is On the Way: Be on the lookout for the 2002 Hmong Preventive Health Calendar, the second major project of the Hmong Health Workgroup. This year's theme will be "Diabetes Prevention." Major funding and assistance with distribution will once again be provided by Child and Teen Checkups. The following new sponsors this year will enable a much wider distribution to Hmong households: UCARE, Medica, BluePlus and Health Partners; the Asian Pacific Endowment for Community Development; and the HealthEast Foundation. The Hmong Health Workgroup thanks these sponsors in advance for their support and generosity. For a copy of the calendar, contact Mai Moua at 651-266-2509. PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES SECTION Women's Health: 7 The Family Planning Program received Notice of Grant Award from the US Department of Health and Human Services. The grant award is dated from January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2006 - 5 years! This is the first time that the Program received five year funding! What that means is that our grant is not open for competition until 2007. A non- competitive application must be completed every year with an updated budget and objectives. The dollars awarded are dependent on Congressional allocation. STAFF ARE MOST DELIGHTED! Primary Care: The Primary Care Clinic is closing as of December 27th. More than 1,100 letters were sent to patients in forming them of the clinic closure, suggesting that they make contact with their insurer, and informing them of potential community resources. Those patients on UCare needed to make a clinic selection by December 1st. Health Records has been very busy releasing records, so we are assuming that for the most part, patients have transitioned without too much problem. It was the intent to "beef-up" our refugee/ immigrant clinical services as we phased out of Primary Care. The planning process was coming along quite nicely BUT after September 11th there has been a moratorium on refugees. In a way that has been a blessing as it give us additional time to plan, try, and implement new forms, etc. To fill in some of the gap, we have extended services for immigrant physicals and supplemental forms. It is an exciting process to build new efforts related to refugees and immigrants. We have spent considerable time gleaning the experience of other providers and trying to assess how we might best create the "new us." WIC SECTION This month WIC is just sharing a story about an interaction between a staff member and a WIC participant: Hibaq Raghe is a WIC staff member. She is bilingual (actually, multilingual, as are all the African women working in the WIC section). She is a native of Somalia. In November, while working with a Somali postpartum mother, Ms. Raghe checked the woman's hemoglobin discovered that it was 4.3 ! Ms. Raghe immediately called the woman's physician who said the woman should go to an emergency room immediately. But the woman did not want to go; she felt it was not important and she was just going to go home. Ms. Raghe was able to persuade her to go, and the woman was hospitalized and transfused. The WIC section received a thank you note from Regions' Emergency Room for the referral. The physician wrote "Thank you for the swift referral. A job well done!" A final note: when Ms. Raghe called the woman's home the next week to check on her, the woman said "I used to think WIC was just where you went for milk--but now I know it's more than that. I am so glad I came to WIC." 8 I� d vT JAN 0; Saint Paul - Ramsey County Department of Public Health Section Updates -January 2002 DISEASE PREVENTION & CONTROL SECTION Mass Immunization Clinics: As part of the planning effort by Health Policy and Planning Section, letters went out to physicians in Ramsey County asking for volunteers to staff immunization clinics if they ever become necessary. More than 100 of the county's physicians responded with an offer to be included on the list. Dr. Ken Crabb, current president of the Ramsey Medical Society, and Roger Johnson, the CEO or RMS, called personally to offer assistance. Mr. Johnson suggested a small committee to of RMS members, including Neal Holtan, Dr. Peter Borenstein, and Dr. Ken Nolleto make recommendations to their board of directors about ways to help the effort to recruit and educate physicians for this effort. The meeting will occur in late January. Review of Survey: Members of the section had input into the design of the Metro Public Health Population Survey being coordinated by Sharon Borg. Public Health Education: Sharon Lynch has arranged the annual immunization update with Dr. Dick Anderson of Children's Hospital. She has scheduled Dr. Paul Kubic, also of Children's, to speak to the department in April about childhood asthma. Serosurvey: The survey of newly arriving refugees in regard to immunity to vaccine preventable diseases is proceeding. There have been more than 250 adults checked with blood tests for immunity. This project is in conjunction with the Refugee Health Program at the Minnesota Department of Health and with Dr. Alan Lifson of the University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases. Refugee Mental Health: Neal Holtan will serve on the Ramsey County Human Services Adult Mental Health Planning committee looking at mental health issues for Southeast Asians in the county. Tuberculosis Clinics: Neal Holtan has finished assessing the clinic appointments for patients to see the physicians and physician assistant in the Tuberculosis Clinic. At the present time, there are more than enough available appointment slots for new and returning patients with tuberculosis infections. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SECTION Community Involvement Unit: Household Hazardous Waste Program Ramsey County's household hazardous waste (HHW) collection program had a record number of participants during 2001. During the year, 20,632 households visited HHW collection sites throughout the county, including the year-round site at Bay West, Inc., 5 Empire Drive, in Saint Paul. That is more than a 33% increase over the previous year's tally. The high turnout resulted from an aggressive direct mail campaign that attracted a large number of first-time site users, which is somewhat surprising given that 2001 was the 11th year for the program. Also for the first time the County provided HHW collection services in conjunction with several community clean-up events in the fall; we anticipate continuing this community service during 2002. Another success for the HHW program was our mercury fever thermometer exchange program, wherein residents can bring in one or more mercury fever thermometers to a HHW site and exchange them for a free digital thermometer. Since the start of the exchange program in 1999, Ramsey County has distributed over 3,000 digital thermometers, and collected over 625 pounds of mercury waste for recycling. We also continue to work with home health nursing staff to exchange mercury fever thermometers for their clients. Web Page Updates: Radon, public collection, recycling, HHW (household hazardous waste) disposal and electronics recycling photos were placed on the County's home page with links to information on the Environmental Health Section's page. This has been an exciting opportunity for the Section to promote some issues. The Section's "Myth of the Month" and "What's New" web pages (www.co.ramsey.mn.us/ph/eh/index.htm )were updated in December and January. In addition, a link to the information on the Public Collection study was added to the Section's home page. Other Activities: Community Involvement Unit Staff gave presentations to a Hmong Mom's Group, 3 ECFE groups at Rondo and at a Community Baby Shower on the East Side of Saint Paul. The presentations covered diverse topics such as radon, carbon monoxide, mold, household hazardous waste, safe consumption of fish and reducing toxicity at home. One Food Manager Certification Class was taught in December. Community Involvement Unit staff met to discuss some new activities for the Earth Action Challenge. Look for educational opportunities in the spring, updates to the recycling information in County building sites - including the Juenemann Building - this winter, and more success stories of employees and work units in Ramsey County who have reduced waste! The first quarter of the State Indoor Radon Grant program ended and 233 radon test kits were 2 sold to Ramsey County residents. Policy, Planning and Evaluation Unit: Yard Waste Program Over 90,000 cubic yards (32,000 tons) of yard waste was managed that the county yard waste sites during the 2001 season. The sites are scheduled to reopen in late March, 2002, weather permitting. Backyard Compost Bin Distribution Program The Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board will be sponsoring another backyard compost bin distribution this spring. Up to 18,500 bins will be made available to metro area residents at a greatly reduced rate. Participating counties include: Ramsey, Anoka, Dakota, Carver, Hennepin, and Washington. Approximately 3,500 bins will be available to Ramsey County residents. Ramsey County Recycling Center Sale "Due Diligence" Issues Still Proceeding: In September, the County Board approved sale of the Ramsey County Recycling Center to a neighboring business, United Products, which continues to conduct a lengthy due diligence period prior to closing, to examine environmental and other issues. This process was to end in December, but United requested an extension into 2002. In addition, Waste Management is still cleaning up and removing contaminated soils as a result of diesel fuel releases from fuel tanks while the facility was still in operation; this process has dragged on for months because the extent of contamination was higher than expected. Resource Recovery: Waste Delivery Contracts Sixty-seven hauling companies have signed all waste delivery contracts, including the three largest haulers in the metro area: BFI, Waste Management, and Superior Services. Two companies, Walters Recycling and Refuse and Vasko Rubbish Removal, have chosen to deliver only a portion of their waste collected in Ramsey and Washington Counties to the Resource Recovery Facility. These 69 contracts are expected to bring 536,000 tons of waste to the Resource Recovery Facility in 2002 Public Collection Evaluation The Public Collection evaluation will be entering a second phase soon. Both the Ramsey and Washington County Boards last summer authorized a study of whether having public involvement in collection of solid waste would help the Counties achieve environmental, health, and safety goals. Note that both Boards made it clear that a) no decisions have been made whatsoever, and b) if implemented, the Counties would contract with private firms, not use public employees and trucks. To date the evaluation has been wide open as to what types of wastes, sources of wastes, etc. would be considered. In late January, the scope of possible options will be reduced to some degree as a more detailed potential public collection framework is presented for public discussion. The development of this draft framework is being worked on by the staff/consultant steering committee for the project, and it will include: • Service zones (Geographic areas in which collection service is provided) 3 v 4 program information to the CHSAC during their January meeting. Staff continue to meet jointly with Hennepin County to design a TANF-Funded client satisfaction survey. A consultant, Chia Vang, was hired to conduct focus groups with clients before the survey tool is developed. This is a joint project with the Human Services Planning and Evaluation. Since beginning its work earlier this year, the Healthy Families Staff Education Workgroup has organized and presented six one- to three-hour trainings focused on a variety of topics selected through a staff survey last spring. The overlying theme of the year's presentations is mental health, including topics such as sexual abuse, child abuse and neglect, failure-to-thrive babies and children, and legal issues. January's program, featuring Mary Brandi will focus on personal safety. The presentations, which are free of charge and include nursing CEUs, are attended by Healthy Families public health nurses, health education program assistants, Child Protection and other Ramsey County Human Services staff, and student nurses from various local colleges and universities. Six PHNs, Anna Fieser, Nancy Kohl, Barb Lescenski, MaiKia Moua, Kim Nollenberger, and Barb Thomalla are exclusively documenting in the CareFacts clinical record system. They are mentoring Deb Avenido, Kathy Hoffmeister, and Jacky Jones who are the next PHNs coming on board. In the News: The American Indian Family Center, one of Healthy Families' collaborative partners, was featured on the front-page of the Sunday Pioneer Press in January. The article focuses on the family center's Turtle Women's Project, a program which combines cultural strengths with solid medical advice to deal with one of the American Indian community's worst health care problems: infant death rates that are the highest in the United States and triple those of white Minnesotans. The project trains American Indian mothers who are well regarded in their community to be "doulas" (labor companions)who support pregnant women both emotionally and spiritually. Two Healthy Families' nurses, Shawn O'Connell at Capitol View and Mary Rose at AIFC, work with pregnant and parenting families both in the Turtle Women's Project and through Twin Cities Healthy Start, a federally-funded program to reduce health disparities among American-American and Native American families. PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES SECTION Letters of Grant Award have been received: Family Planning Special Projects: funding period January 2002 through December 2003 This was a statewide competitive application to the Minnesota Department of Health for provision of family planning services. As in the past, we have targeted these funds for provision of voluntary laparoscopic tuba) ligation for low income, uninsured, under insured women. Services are provided on an out-patient basis through a contractual arrangement with Ob-Gyn private practice MDs. Ryan White Short Term Intervention: funding period March 2002 through February 2003 6 This was a statewide competitive application to Hennepin County for comprehensive medical and laboratory assessment and referral for newly diagnosed HIV positive persons who meet financial eligibility requirements. These services are provided by Dr. Henry in Room 111. Flu Vaccine: We have an ample supply of Flu Vaccine remaining. It will continue to be given through our regularly scheduled Immunization Clinics. 7 Doctors say new secondhand smoke rules don't g...: The Business Journal of the Twin Citie Page 1 of 2 CityBusiness: The Business Journal of the Twin Cities - January 2, 2002 http://twincities.bcentral.com/twincities/stories/2001/12/31/daily 13.html Business The Business Journal Breaking News • 18:21 EST Wednesday Doctors say new secondhand smoke rules don't go far enough Minnesota doctors are saying new indoor clean air rules from the Minnesota Department of Health don't go far enough to protect people from the dangers of secondhand smoke. The Minnesota Medical Association, representing more than 9,000 physicians throughout the state, opposes the proposed new rules because of their emphasis on ventilation and separation of smokers and non-smokers, rather than outright bans of smoking in public places. Today was the last day that the association could comment on the proposed rules being considered by the health department. The department received enough negative comments about the rules to schedule a hearing before an administrative judge on Jan. 30. The judge will hear testimony from supporters and opponents of the rules. The rules could be counterproductive by hurting local attempts to pass smoke-free ordinances, which are the only rules that provide truly clean indoor air, said Peter Amadio, M.D., president of the Minnesota Medical Association in a statement. Up to 65,000 non-smoking Americans die each year because of secondhand smoke, according to the MMA. The MMA also opposes the rules because they create a double standard by having more stringent rules for new restaurants, while giving older ones an exemption. The Department of Health does not have the authority to enact smoking bans, but several Minnesota communities, Duluth, Moose Lake, Olmsted County and Cloquet, have already passed ordinances banning smoking in restaurants. The health department has been conducting a comprehensive review of the rules it uses to enforce the 26- year-old Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act (MCIAA). The review, which has been underway since July 1999, was undertaken in response to changes that were made in the MCIAA during the 1999 legislative session. http://twincities.bcentral.com/twincities/stories/2001/12/31/daily 13.html?t=printable 1/4/02 Doctors say new secondhand smoke rules don't g...: The Business Journal of the Twin Citie Page 2 of 2 The new proposals include rules covering: • Restaurants: New restaurants will have two options - either go completely smoke free, or take steps to ensure that patrons in the non-smoking area are not exposed to air from the smoking section. New restaurants that opt to have a smoking section must: (1) install a ventilation system that keeps the air pressure lower in the smoking section than in the rest of the building; (2) make sure the ventilation system is designed so that air from the smoking section is always released to the outside of the building - never recirculated into the non-smoking area; and (3) either wall off the smoking section completely from the rest of the restaurant, or use a ventilation system that only allows air to move in one direction- from the non-smoking area to the smoking area. Existing restaurants will be able to retain their current arrangements for smoking and non-smoking patrons -but they will need to eliminate any seating in the current "buffer zone" between the smoking and non-smoking areas, and they must post signs warning non-smokers about possible exposure to second- hand smoke. • Hotels, Motels and Resorts: Smoking-permitted areas can include private, enclosed offices; designated areas of employee lunch rooms or lounges; designated portions of common areas like lobbies, pool areas, or game rooms; designated portions of restaurants; and bars located on-premises. Common areas can't be designated as "smoking-permitted" in their entirety. Ventilation and barrier requirements for "smoking-permitted" areas would be similar to those for new restaurants. MCIAA rules do not apply to individual guest rooms, or to conference rooms used for private functions. • Retail Stores: They can allow smoking in enclosed, private offices, or designated areas of employee lunch rooms or lounges. Smoking can also be permitted in a customer area, but only if the same goods or services are also available in a smoke-free area. • Places of Work: The proposed rules would, for the first time, apply the same workplace restrictions to office buildings and facilities like warehouses or factories. Smoking-allowed areas can include enclosed, private offices, or designated areas in employee lounges or lunch rooms. If there is no lounge or lunch room, one smoking-permitted area can be designated for every 20,000 square feet of floor space. Copyright 2002 American City Business Journals Inc. Click for permission to reprint(PRC# 1.1645._5275 81) All contents of this site O American City Business Journals Inc.All rights reserved. http://twincities.bcentral.com/twincities/stories/2001/12/31/dailyl3.html?t=printable 1/4/02 Ramsey County Tuberculosis 2 2002 Number of TB Cases (1) IAN 3 Ramsey County, 1990 - 2001 50 0 40 ca U 30- o 20� / z - Observed 10 o Linear 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 Year TB Cases / 100,000 Persons (2) Ramsey County, 1990 - 2001 9 N 8 �- I d 71 o + o t \j/ m 3 1 o Observed I -- 2I Linear 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 Year (1)Minnesota Department of Health, Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Program. Tuberculosis surveillance data for Ramsey County and St Paul, 1990 through 2001. (2)Calculated using U.S. Census data for 1990 and 2000 and the Minnesota State Demographer's population estimates for 1991-1999. Prepared by: Saint Paul -Ramsey County Department of Public Health, Disease Prevention & Control, PMH, 1/22/2002 T Lucille Johnson - Feb 5, 2002.wpd Page 1 SAINT PAUL bicycle advisoryboard _ _________________ ______________________ 300 City Hall Annex,25 W.Fourth St.,St.Paul,MN-ph. 651-266-6400 TUESDAY,FEBRUARY 5,2002 4:30-6:30 P.M. West Seventh Street Community Center 265 Oneida Street(Corner of Oneida&St.Clair) 651-298-5493 4:30 P.M. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 4:35 P.M. 2. PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD 4:40 P.M. 3. ANNOUNCEMENTS 5:00 P.M. 4. PROGRAMMING& EVENTS SEGMENT a. Saint Paul Classic Update-Arey(5 minutes) 5:05 P.M. 5. AWARENESS&PROMOTION SEGMENT a. E.Ninth Street/MPR-Board(10 minutes) b. Design Center Adjunct Team Report-Arey(10 minutes) 5:25 P.M. 6. OPERATIONS SEGMENT a. BAB Structure-Board(5 minutes) b. 2002 Work Plan-Discussion(60 minutes) 6:30 P.M. 7. ADJOURN MEETINGS OF THE BICYCLE ADVISORY BOARD ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. MEETING MINUTES ARE AVAILABLE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY, PLEASE CALL GREG REESE AT 651-632-5129. Johnson -January 8, 2002 minutes.wpd Page 1 ' SAINT PAUL bicycle advisory board 300 City Hall Annex,25 W.Fourth St.,St.Paul,MN-ph.651-266-6400 MINUTES SUBJECT: Bicycle Advisory Board. January 8,2002 ATTENDING: Arey,Falk,Manthei,Newmark, Schroeder. ABSENT: None. EXCUSED: Olsen,Radosevich, Spoonheim. NOTES: Guests: Paul Chramosta-MN Bicycle&Pedestrian Alliance Mary Jackson-MnDOT Dennis Thompson-Ward 3, Citizen Ingrid Verhagen-Ward 3,Citizen COPIES TO: Mayor's Office,Victor Wittgenstein,Judy Barr,BAB. SUBMITTED BY: Greg Reese. START TIME: 4:35 P.M. MEETING STOP TIME: 6:30 P.M. MINUTES: The minutes for December were approved as submitted. PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD: Ms. Ingrid Verhagen said she is concerned about the possible closing of E.Ninth Street between Cedar Street and Minnesota Street in downtown St. Paul. She will detail her concerns when the E.Ninth Street Vacation agenda item is opened by the chair. ANNOUNCEMENTS: • Mr. Chramsota announced that a steering committee for the Safe Routes to Schools Program has been formed. Success in securing a McKnight Foundation grant has ensured that three demonstration projects will go forward this year. The steering committee will meet the end of January to begin work on identifying three elementary schools to participate in the project during the 2002/2003 school year. • Mr. Reese said that he has recently spoken with Mayor Kelly's deputy chief of staff,Kurt Schultz,who is the administration's point person for appointments to boards and commissions. Mr. Schultz has just begun delving into these matters. He expects to be able to provide Reese with information regarding BAB appointments,reappointments and vacancies the in the near future. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Continued. i 1 Johnson -January 8, 2002 minutes.wpd Page 2 B.A.B. Meeting: January 8,2002 Minutes: Continued • Mr.Arey reported that he has made arrangements to have Don Pflaum from the Minneapolis Bicycle Advisory Committee make a presentation to the Design Center Adjunct Team in March. Mr. Pflaum will detail what is being done in Minneapolis to encourage and facilitate bicycle use within the city. Arey hopes that ways will be found to incorporate some of the strategies that have proven successful in Minneapolis into the renaissance underway in Saint Paul's downtown area.-- • Mr. Arey reported that Bridge No. 9,received the top ranking in the recent TEA-21 solicitation. The project will improve the connection for bicyclists traveling between the Minneapolis and St. Paul U of M campuses. Como Bike Lanes and Como Lake Trails were two Saint Paul projects that scored well in the TEA-21 solicitation ratings. • Mr. Chramosta reported that, according to Census 2000 data,the City of Minneapolis has surpassed Portland, Oregon,and is now leading the nation in per capita bicycle commuting. An estimated 5,366 people(2.63% mode share)ride a bicycle to work daily in Minneapolis. Sacramento,California is second ranked with a 2.59%mode share followed by Portland with a 2.25%mode share. The city of Saint Paul ranks well down on the list of major cities with an estimated mode share of 0.65%. • Mr. Schroeder advised the BAB that,he has been elevated to "full member status" on the Riverview Corridor Advisory Committee representing District 2. At this time,it appears 16- 18 stations (1.0- 1.5 miles of separation between stations)are planned between Maplewood Mall and Mall of the Americas. Station design concepts include bike parking, lockers and maps. Public Works staffer,Paul Kurtz,is working on streetscape modifications to the West Seventh Street portion of the Riverview Corridor where street widening is anticipated to be necessary to facilitate the modified BRT project. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT& IMPROVEMENT SEGMENT State Capitol Bike Lanes: Arey reported that District Council 17(CapitolRiver Council)is about to begin working on a new small area plan for the city's central urban core. Planning&Economic Development staff person,Martha Faust,is assisting the CapitolRiver Council on the movement section of the plan. Arey said it will be important to involve the Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board(CAAPB)in any effort to strengthen the physical connection(s)between the State Capitol and downtown area for bicycle travel. Mayor Kelly's assistant, Martha Fuller,who is covering Transportation and Riverfront issues for the administration, could also be a key player in this initiative. AWARENESS & PROMOTION SEGMENT E.Ninth Street Vacation: Arey briefed the BAB on Minnesota Public Radio's(MPR)petition to have Ninth Street between Cedar Street and Minnesota Street vacated to facilitate their design goals vis a vis building expansion. Ms. Ingrid Verhagen said that she has called her councilperson, Pat Harris,who has advised her that the vacation is essentially a"done deal." She expressed dismay because E.Ninth Street is a vital link on her bike commute from Ward 3,District 14 to her place of employment at the PCA facility on Lafayette Road. Schroeder moved for the BAB to send a letter to Mayor Kelly opposing the vacation of 9' Street and asking for an alternative bike route on 7' Street if 9' Street is vacated. Falk seconded. Motion passed. Administration Changes in City Government: Reese outlined several of the changes that have recently been enacted in city government deriving from the installation of our new mayor,Randy Kelly. Members agreed it is important for the BAB to directly engage new appointees and officials in matters relating to bicycling in Saint 2 Johnson-January 8, 2002 minutes.wpd Page 3 B.A.B. Meeting: January 8,2002 Minutes: Continued Paul. Arey offered to send letters to Mayor Kelly,Tony Schertler,Director of Planning&Economic Development,and Bob Sandquist,Director of Public Works,asking each individual how the BAB can best serve them and the city. Share the Road Policy: Mr. Arey said he is still working on drafting the BAB response to Public Works' Share the Road Policy. There was general agreement that it is important to establish"governing criteria" for implementing Share the Road beyond merely"invoking the policy" when it is difficult and/or more convenient to simply install signage as an alternative to creating on-street striped bike lanes. City-wide Sign Policy: This issue will be examined more closely in context with Share the Road policy at a future BAB meeting. OPERATIONS SEGMENT 2002 Work Plan: Meeting attendees participated in a 25-minute brainstorming session during which suitable issues and project for the BAB's involvement in 2002 were nominated. Following the nomination process, attendees rated the top three items they believe strategic for concentration during the coming year. City staff will refine input gleaned from the January brainstorming session and present a proposed 2002 Work Plan to the BAB for consideration, modification and possible adoption at the February 5 meeting. Structure of Bicycle Advisory Board: The agenda item was laid over for the January. Manthei moved for adjournment. Newmark seconded.The meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m. 3 A July 2000 Preserving and Disposing of Government Records • 14 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR USE BY RECORDS PANEL STATE ARCHIVES DEPARTMENT Application No. Date APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO DISPOSE OF RECORDS INSTRUCTIONS - • 1. 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(Larry Soderholm,651/266-6575) Zoning #01-223-260 St.Paul Technical College-Special Condition Use Permit with modification of parking requirement to allow more than 10%growth in number of employees and students without providing additional off-street parking. 235 Marshall Avenue. (Yang Zhang,651/266-6659) Neighborhood& Current Saint Paul District Council System-approve letter with recommendation. Planning Committee (Joel Spoonheim,651/266-6614) Bruton\Calendars\February 4-8,2002 Page 1 of 1 Lucille Johnson - Metro Meetings (continued) From: "Dawn Hoffner"<dawn.hoffner@metc.state.mn.us> Date: 2/1/2002 2:11 PM Subject: Metro Meetings(continued) Below are Mississippi River Initiative subcorridor working group meetings that will be held next week. Pilot Knob to Pigs Eye Reach Tues., Feb. 5 from 2:30-5:30 pm Lutheran Memorial Church 315 - 15th Ave.N., So. St.Paul Pine Bend Reach Wed.,Feb. 6 from 9 am- 12:00 Noon St.Paul Park City Hall 600 Portland Ave., St.Paul Park St. Croix/Vermillion Reach Thurs.,Feb. 7 from 2:30-5:30 pm Pleasant Hill Library 1490 S.Frontage Rd.,Hastings For more information on these meetings,please contact Kim Austrian at 651-602-1068 file://C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\GW}00001.HTM 2/4/2002