Details Meeting Name: Public Health and Public Safety Committee Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 10/26/2020 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Virtual Somerville Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Meeting Items (14) 14 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: Legislation only Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Agenda # Type Title Action Result Action Details Video 210356 2 210356 Public Communication US Postal Service Manager of Governmental Relations responding to #210182 re: Postal Service operations during the pandemic. Placed on file   Action details Not available 210433 3 210433 Order That the Director of Health and Human Services report to this Council the feasibility of using weekly pooled Covid-19 testing and/or relatively affordable "test strips" for school children, public employees, and workers at public-facing businesses. Work completed   Action details Not available 210687 3 210687 Order That the Director of Health and Human Services advise this Council what services are available to our neighbors experiencing homelessness, mental illness, and addiction, and where additional funding could improve those services or enable new services. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 210743 3 210743 Resolution Proposing a process to create the Somerville Community Safety Coalition. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 210246 3 210246 Order That the Director of Health and Human Services work with City Council to create and fund an unarmed agency that responds to mental health emergencies, addiction and substance-abuse emergencies, and other non-violent crises. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 209664 3 209664 Order That the Director of Health and Human Services discuss using city policies to address pollution mitigation for new developments along high transit roads and highways. Placed on file   Action details Not available 209666 3 209666 Order That the Director of Somerville Cares About Prevention update this Council’s Committee on Public Health and Public Safety on their priorities for the year. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 209667 3 209667 Order That the Directors of Health and Human Services and Somerville Cares About Prevention appear before this Council’s Committee on Public Health and Public Safety to discuss their roles regarding recreational marijuana applications. Work completed   Action details Not available 210182 3 210182 Resolution That the Postmaster provide any contingency plans to be implemented in the event of a forced shut-down or suspension of service due to a lack of funding or the COVID-19 pandemic. Placed on file   Action details Not available 210208 3 210208 Order That the Director of Parks and Recreation report to this Council’s Public Health and Public Safety Committee the plan to re-open the Dilboy Pool on July 1. Placed on file   Action details Not available 210209 3 210209 Order That the Director of Parks and Recreation report to this Council’s Public Health and Public Safety Committee with the plan for re-opening the department’s Summer Camp. Placed on file   Action details Not available 210211 3 210211 Order That the Director of Health and Human Services work with all community partners in contact with parents to make sure those parents identify someone to care for their children should they need to be hospitalized, and make that information is accessible, with contact information, in case it is needed. Work completed   Action details Not available 210282 4 210282 Communication Director of Parks and Recreation responding to #210208 and #210209 on plans to re-open Dilboy Pool and Summer Camps. Placed on file   Action details Not available 208692 4 208692 Order That the Director of Health and Human Services provide the City Council with a copy of the Safe Injection Site Task Force recommendations. Kept in committee   Action details Not available