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Meeting Name: Public Health and Public Safety Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/11/2023 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Virtual
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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Attachments: PHPS - 2023-09-11 Copy of 2021 Details (with 22-2111), PHPS - 2023-09-11 Copy of 2022 Details (with 22-2111)
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23-1149 11.Committee MinutesApproval of the Minutes of the Public Health and Public Safety Committee meeting of July 10, 2023.AcceptedPass Action details Not available
23-1289 12.OrderThat the Director of Housing and the Director of Health and Human Services update this Council regarding repeated requests to provide shelter to homeless residents.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
23-1285 13.CommunicationConveying numerous locations suitable for temporary and long-term shelter for the homeless population.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available
23-1284 14.ResolutionThat the Administration update this Council regarding increases in homelessness and the direct responses taken by the city to address those increases.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available
23-1283 15.ResolutionThat the Administration update this Council on the progress toward providing direct homeless services to East Somerville residents in temporary and permanent locations within Ward 1.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
23-1290 16.OrderThat the Director of Health and Human Services engage Somerville Cares About Prevention to conduct compliance checks on establishments serving liquor to prevent over-serving of alcohol.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available
23-1286 17.OrderThat the Chief of Police conduct compliance checks on liquor stores.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available
22-2111 18.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
23-1294 19.OrderThat the Director of Health and Human Services update this Council on the progress of Safe Consumption sites.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available
23-1172 110.ResolutionThat the Administration update this Council on locations of sharps collection stations and work with the Commissioner of Public Works to install sharps collection stations in all public restrooms.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available
23-0618 111.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.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available