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Home My WebLink About2014-09-02 Community Health Commission MinutesMinutes EDINA COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMISSION CITY OF EDINA, MINNESOTA MAYOR’S CONFERENCE ROOM, EDINA CITY HALL Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014 6:30 P.M. I. CALL TO ORDER – 6:37 pm II. ROLL CALL Present: Commission Members Alison Pence, Joel Stegner, Cathy Cozad, Aditya Mittal, Kristen Connor, Ginny Ogle, Nadia Martyn. Staff: Patrick Stark, Jeff Brown Absent: Melinda Bothun-Hurley, Magen Puerzer, Mike Sackett, Matt Doscotch III. APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA A. Motion to approve: (Martyn, Stegner: Passed) IV. ADOPTION OF CONSENT AGENDA A. Approval of August Minutes Motion to approve: (Ogle,Stegner: Passed) V. COMMUNITY COMMENT During “Community Comment,” the Community Health Committee 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 Committee Members to respond to their comments tonight. Instead, the Committee might refer the matter to staff for consideration at a future meeting. Community Member Diane Davies asked about ‘Health Coaching’ initiatives in the community, how to help individuals cope with complicated health care issues, dealing with many doctors, staying organized, and empowering consumers to manage health care information. VI. REPORTS/RECOMMENDATIONS A. Edina Vision Planning Priorities: Group discussion of possible topics to include in visioning process. -Discussion of ‘Quality of Life’ as a big picture concept, including many facets (Transportation, Fitness, Social Well-being, Mental Health, etc.) -Mental Health and Isolation. -Youth consumption of drugs and alcohol. -Generally healthy lifestyles, partnerships between different city departments/areas. -Promoting wellness as a culture. -Generational concerns/changes in next 20 yrs? -Flexible planning codes “Granny Flats.” -Physical Activity for youth. -Participation in sports for youth who do not make competitive teams. -Diet and exercise in youth. -Discussion of activity space throughout the city, especially in the winter months, how to encourage activity. “Prescription for veggies” example. “Prescription for exercise” -Citywide celebration – “Health Expo Days”? Discussion around highlighting medical community and healthy living through an annual festival. Commission members will continue to participate in City Vision process. B. Blog post assignments -Review of possible blog topics. -1st topic, introduction to CHC and e-cigarettes posted on 9/2/14 -Discussion of next topics planned, volunteers to submit posts to Staff Liaison Brown for submission to Communications Department. C. Grandview Redevelopment/Health-in-all-Policies Discussion -Discussion of current status, how CHC can be involved in process. How the developer will involve public. Discussion of other projects done by development partners at council work session on 9/2/14. -Advisory Communication to be submitted to council on 9/16/14. D. 2014 CHC Work Plan Progress/2015 CHC Work Plan Topics -Discussion of asking for funding from Crime Prevention fund for support for Drug Task Force position replacement for Kathy Iverson’s position. Is there support for having a full-time position for youth chemical health awareness/activities? -Discussed work plan topics for 2015. Chair and Staff Liaison will refine and submit document. All Board and Commission work plans will be presented to City Council at Council work session on October 7th. E. Work Group Updates i. Youth -Member Puerzer submitted comments via email: She has contacted the advisor for Sober Squad, and sober squad members are interested in meeting with CHC members, either at a full meeting or with Youth workgroup. -Chemical Health Partners meetings are resuming in September. ii. General/Senior No meeting this month. iii. Communications Worked on Advisory Communication regarding Grandview. Work on posting relevant documents to website for review by membership and public. (Work Plan, Survey Data, Annual Report from BPH, etc.) VII. CORRESPONDENCE A. Human Services Task Force Handout and discussion. Volunteer from CHC to be on task force to dispense funds. Staff will check with MJ on requirements for participants, can recently retired members of CHC participate? VIII. CHAIR AND COMMISSION MEMBER COMMENTS IX. STAFF COMMENTS X. ADJOURNMENT (Martyn, Stegner) 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 amplification, an interpreter, large-print documents or something else, please call 952-927-8861 72 hours in advance of the meeting.