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Home My WebLink About2022-02-14 CHC AgendaAgenda Community Health Commission City Of Edina, Minnesota VIRTUAL MEETING Monday, February 14, 2022 6:30 PM I.Call To Order II.Roll Call III.Approval Of Meeting Agenda IV.Approval Of Meeting Minutes A.January 10, 2022 Minutes V.Community Comment During "Community Comment," the Board/Commission will invite residents to share relevant issues or concerns. Individuals must limit their comments to three minutes. The Chair may limit the number of speakers on the same issue in the interest of time and topic. Generally speaking, items that are elsewhere on tonight's agenda may not be addressed during Community Comment. Individuals should not expect the Chair or Board/Commission Members to respond to their comments tonight. Instead, the Board/Commission might refer the matter to sta% for consideration at a future meeting. VI.Reports/Recommendations A.Chair/Vice-Chair Election B.Opioid Initiative Report Update VII.Chair And Member Comments VIII.Sta* Comments IX.Adjournment The City of Edina wants all residents to be comfortable being part of the public process. If you need assistance in the way of hearing ampli.cation, an interpreter, large-print documents or something else, please call 952-927-8861 72 hours in advance of the meeting. US Toll 1-415-655-0001 Access code: 2463 172 7465 MINUTES Community Health Commission January 10, 2022 at 6:30 PM City Hall, Community Room I.Call To Order II.Roll Call Present: Philip King-Lowe, Julia Selleys, Greg Wright, Mary Absolon, Tracy Nelson, Andrew Hawkins, Ben Hykes, Michael Wood, Ellie Mullen. Absent: Rob Loesch III.Approval Of Meeting Agenda Motion by Philip King-Lowe to approve meeting agenda. Seconded by Greg Wright . Motion Carried. IV.Approval Of Meeting Minutes A.Minutes: Community Health Commission, November 8, 2021 Motion by Tracy Nelson to approve November 8, 2021 Minutes. Seconded by Mary Absolon. Motion Carried. V.Community Comment VI.Reports/Recommendations A.Opioid Initiative Report Update Discussed draft version on Opioid Initiative Report. Feedback and discussion provided to group, subcommittee to revise and bring back to Commission for approval. VII.Chair And Member Comments VIII.Staff Comments Discussed COVID situation and City initiatives/website. IX.Adjournment Date: February 14, 2022 Agenda Item #: VI.B. To:Community Health Commission Item Type: Report and Recommendation From:Opioid Initiative Subcommittee Item Activity: Subject:Opioid Initiative Report Update Action CITY OF EDINA 4801 West 50th Street Edina, MN 55424 www.edinamn.gov ACTION REQUESTED: Review and approve report. INTRODUCTION: ATTACHMENTS: Description Opioid Initiative Final Report 2022 Recommendations to improve awareness and management of opioids in Edina Edina Commission on Community Health Introduction: The 2021 work plan for the Edina Commission on Community Health (“Commission”) included an initiative to ”…study and report on existing programs in Edina and Hennepin County regarding opiate use. Provide examples of efforts to increase public awareness of existing programs.” The Commission found that municipalities, including Edina, fail to use city resources to widely publicize the opioid crisis; fail to facilitate drug disposal; and that the Edina school system does not routinely provide education regarding opiates in the curriculum. The 2022 Commission work plan includes a request for recommendations to the Edina City Council to increase local awareness and improve management of the opioid crisis within the city. Background information: In a 2021 review of local measures to enhance awareness of the opioid crisis, the Commission on Community Health noted that drug overdose deaths, primarily from opiates, had increased from 18,000 in 1999 to over 70,000 by 2019.(1) During the Covid-19 pandemic, deaths have accelerated to over 100,000 in 2021. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provisional data for 2021 reported that overdose deaths linked to synthetic opioids such as fentanyl tripled among teenagers and went up five times among Black teen in the past two years. The Commission noted that: 1. Many municipal websites in the metropolitan area, including Edina’s, do not present easy access to information about the opioid crisis or the appropriate disposal of unused opiate or other medications. 2. Communities in the metropolitan area in general do not make multiple disposal bin sites available. In Edina in early 2022, two commercial medication disposal bin sites, CVS and Walgreens pharmacies, are located in adjacent buildings on York Avenue. Currently, only one of those two bins is operative. Close by, a third site is in the Fairview Southdale Hospital pharmacy. No disposal bin site is located north of Highway 62 or west of France Avenue. 3. Many municipalities in the area do not make medication disposal bags readily available at convenient times and retail locations (e.g., pharmacies, grocery and convenience stores). In Edina, medication disposal bags for home use may only be obtained during limited hours at the Police Station or #1 Fire Station. A desk officer of the Edina Police Department (“Department”) estimated that in 2021 the Department passed out only about 12 medication disposal bags (personal communication). The Department reported that several people came with too many bottles and were unable to dispose of medications by using the medication disposal bags. The Department referred these individuals to a medication disposal bin, the problems of which are highlighted above. 4. Medications may be disposed at home through use of medication disposal bags that may be discarded in trash, but community-wide disposal of medications in homes is impeded by an apparent lack of awareness of and access to medication disposal bags. 5. Improvement in medication disposal is a critical component in reducing the risk of easy access to unused prescription opioids in home medicine cabinets, especially for adolescents who are “…particularly at risk for misuse and subsequent overdose…Informing the public on medicine disposal…help(s) reduce non-prescribed access to opioid medications.” (2) 6. The Edina School System does not include opioid education in the curriculum.(3) Recommendations: 1. Website enhancement: Given the serious threat to health posed by misused opiates, the Commission recommends that the Edina website create a highly visible “opiate icon” to direct site visitors to an opiate information page. The page should present statistics on opiate abuse and deaths, comment on the importance of safe storage of medications, particularly opiates, and should emphasize the importance of prompt and safe disposal of all medications, especially opiates, either at home or in city-wide disposal bins. The Commission suggests that the “opiate icon” should appear not only on the website but throughout multiple City publications and posters to enhance public recognition and awareness of the problem as well as steps proposed to improve management of the crisis (see below). 2. Publicity: a. The Commission recommends that the City create posters displaying the “opiate icon” to place in retail outlets, particularly pharmacies, grocery and convenience stores, liquor stores, and municipal buildings. The posters should encourage Edina residents to promptly and properly dispose of their opiates, as well as other medications, either at one of the pharmacies with disposal bins or at home with an approved medication disposal bag in trash. The poster should include a QR code and URL address to direct residents to the Edina website page with information about opiates and drug disposal. b. City publications that are sent to Edina residents should include occasional articles, tagged with the “opiate icon”, describing the opioid crisis and the importance of proper disposal of medications. Similar information should appear periodically from the city on the Nextdoor app. 3. Medication disposal: a. The Commission believes the ready availability of medication disposal bags is the measure most likely to lead to improved community-wide management of outdated or unneeded opiates and other medications. b. The Commission recommends that a sample medication disposal bag be sent by the city to each household in Edina. The Commission also suggests that the City subsidize bulk purchases of medication disposal bags to be readily available free or at a discount at multiple convenient locations in Edina, particularly pharmacies, grocery, convenience, and liquor stores. In addition, Police and Fire Department locations should continue to offer disposal bags for pick up. Expanded access to medication bags in homes will likely expand the appropriate disposition of medications. c. The number of medication disposal bins should be expanded and located in 4-5 convenient locations within the city. 4. Education: The Commission recommends that the City Council approach the Edina Board of Education to suggest inclusion of education regarding opiates in classes that already devote discussion to alcohol, tobacco, and vaping. References: 1. Hedegaard H, Miniño AM, Spencer MR, Warner M. Drug overdose deaths in the United States, 1999–2020. NCHS Data Brief, no 428. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2021. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:112340external icon 2. Opioid Prevention Steering Committee, Hennepin County. Opioid Response Strategic Framework 2020. https://www. https://www.hennepin.us/-/media/hennepinus/your- government/projects-initiatives/documents/opioid-response-strategic-framework-2020.pdf 3. Candi Davenport, Licensed Drug and Alcohol Counselor, Edina School District, personal communication