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Meeting Name: Public Health and Public Safety Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/10/2023 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Virtual
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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Attachments: PHPS - 2023-07-10 SPD Memo
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23-0838 11.Committee MinutesApproval of the Minutes of the Public Health and Public Safety Committee Meeting of May 15, 2023.AcceptedPass Action details Not available
23-0913 12.OrderThat the Chief of Police and the Director of Mobility report to this Council on the methodology used for pedestrian and cyclist stops made by Police Department officers.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available
23-0912 13.OrderThat the Chief of Police halt the use of unmarked patrol vehicles for all traffic enforcement.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available
23-0921 14.ResolutionUrging the Mayor to fill the two vacancies on the Biosafety Committee and restore it to a functional body.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available
23-0618 15.OrderThat ?the Director of Health & Human Services work with this Council and community partners to determine if the city has a current PILOT agreement with Mass General Brigham and other healthcare providers, and how mental health services can be a component of such agreements, particularly as part of a mental health gun buyback program.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
23-0616 16.OrderThat the Chief of Police and the Director of Communications and Community Engagement discuss with this Council the viability of establishing a gun buyback event, focused on those who may be a danger to themselves, including strategic outreach involving community partners in the healthcare industry.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available
22-2111 17.OrderThat the Chief of Police report to this Council, the percentage of requested traffic details for construction projects that have been filled by Somerville Police Department officers, filled by non-Somerville police officers, and unfilled, for the past three years.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
23-0796 18.ResolutionThat the Administration update this Council on the progress and timeline for establishing a safe consumption site.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available
23-0608 19.OrderThat the Chief of Police provide this Council with a report containing the information requested within for all incidents where a firearm was discharged since January 1, 2018.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available
22-0367 110.OrderThat this Council discuss the unmet public health needs that have been identified by Somerville's non-profits and service providers.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available