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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013.06.25 MinutesMINUTES COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMITTEE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE ROOM JUNE 25, 2013 AT 6:30 P.M. CALL TO ORDER o, an Doscotch called the Edina Health Committee to order 6:33pm II. ROLL CALL Answering roll call were members Matt Doscotch, Melinda Bothun-Hurley, Joel Stegner, Alison Pence, Jan Johnson, Mary Jo Kingston, Janet Johnson, Staff Member Laurene Draper III. APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA Motion by Member Bothun-Hurley and seconded by Member Johnson to approve meeting agenda. All aye. IV. ADOPTION OF CONSENT AGENDA Approval of May minutes motion by Member Stegner and seconded by Member Johnson. All aye. Chair Doscotch asked about March meeting minutes. Staff Member Draper will follow up with City Clerk Deb Mangen about the approval of partial minutes. This will remain tabled for now. V. COMMUNITY COMMENT Member Johnson talked about her tour of the new VEAP facility. All can tour but under construction now. New building located at 9e& Aldrich. Has commercial kitchen to work with ethnic communities to try{no foods. Johnson has available dates to tour. Will move in in September and VEAP should open in October. 7.1 million dollars for food shelf and programs. Doscotch what is main intake and distribution? Chair Doscotch asked how VEAP is funded. Member Johnson said funded by churches. Member Stegner suggested to publicize in community for people to see about VEAP and donate. Good transition programs for seniors. One stop shop food stamps, etc., will no longer need to go down town. Member Stegner says the City council is asking for the commission to look at the health and wellness policies. Staff Member Draper talked about upcoming commission photo. Staff Member Draper said SHIP and BPH will meet with Mayor, City Manager and Council Member Brindle for SHIP update. Want to see what will happen in new grant bigger picture. Wants update from this Health Commission to put in policy. Commission discussed the new commission member, Kristin Conner and her background. VI. REPORTS/RECOMMENDATIONS A. Bloomington Public Health Presentation BPH Snuggerud supplied various handouts. Member Johnson addressed questions from presentation. Snuggerud and Jansen from BPH discussed handouts. Member Martyn asked is this about health care received. Snuggerud spoke about the indication that in mid 2010 something happened. Member Stegner concerned about trend. MD would like to see another year before drawing conclusions. Jansen says the handouts are designed to help you decide where to put more resources. Chair Doscotch and Member Bothun-Hurley skeptical about the data. Member Bothun-Hurley asked if this is MDH data. Is the state seeing the same issues? Partnership for Healthy Hennepin handout: Member Pence said that maybe Edina not pushing early prenatal care. Member Stegner said preventative care not supported? Discussed ----Trend concerns: birth weight: prenatal care: what is possible cause: should be concerned now or weight another year. Snuggerud will investigate further and let the committee know. Member Bothun-Hurley and Member Pence brought up best practices. Question was whether the issue was low birth weight or premature births. Snuggerud will double check and report findings. Jansen discussed Teen pregnancy: abortion statistics on handout. Jansen discussed Mental and emotional health: 12"' grader thought they had and did they seek treatment. (Relies on the teens opinion) Jansen discussed Diabetes and adult obesity: skewed by what people report. This date is based on hospitalizations. Jansen discussed respiratory health: Data based on ER visits for COPD and Asthma Jansen discussed older children immunization rates. Jansen discussed that this date is on reportable diseases. Member Stegner asked about date on HPV virus. Snuggerud and no data has been collected much yet. Snuggerud will check into it. Jansen discussed fall injuries. Better elderly / senior care in Edina (hospital data) Chair Doscotch created list of top ten things the committee responsible for. (Handout) B. 2013 work plan The committee decided to use the word superior in the mission statement instead of effective and valued. Chair Doscotch noted the change. Committee liked the second option better than the first. MD wants to move forward with recommendations for options 1 & 2 and add the word healthy to vision statement. Motion to modify vision and mission statements as modified by committee and presenting to council Member Bothun-Hurley motioned and Member Johnson seconded. Health -in -all policy: questions for consideration. Committee agreed on one question. The agreed question is: Does it empower those that live and work in Edina to improved physical, mental and social wellbeing? All agree to add to list of recommendations. Member Stegner wanted to make sure they have an option to reconsider if the council's answer is no. Chair Doscotch will clarify. Community Health Committee Ordinance Revision: Committee discussed the change to their name. All agreed on Commission instead of Committee. All agreed on: Community Health Commission Member Stegner motioned to change the name to change committee to commission and Member Martyn seconded the motion. All say aye. Discussed adding the statutes duties (I45A.10) right into the ordinance 1503.02. Agreed that the language and duties from 145A.10 will be added into ordinance 1503.02. Member Stegner motioned to make the change and Member Kingston seconded the motion. All say aye. C. Youth, Senior and General Health subgroups: Chair Doscotch subgroups need to work on the annual plan for 2013. Need the health vision done by the end of the year. Discussed how to achieve that by year end. Chair Doscotch needs to present a general report at the city council meeting in October. Chair Doscotch will contact new member Kristen Conner to find out what committee she wants to be on. Member Draper will talk to Deb Magnen about filling Member Kumar Belani's seat on the commission. Adding a meeting in August meeting to be 8/20. JD will check on room availability. MD in mean time sub groups should work on their topics. MD created list of top ten. (Handout) VII. CORRESPONDENCE AND PETITIONS None presented VIII. CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS None presented IX. STAFF COMMENTS None presented. X. ADJOURNMENT Member Kingston motion to adjourn. Member Johnson seconded. All aye.