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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes - Minutes - Community Development Advisory Commission - Meeting Date: 8/17/2023Giendal� A R I Z O N A MINUTES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MAIN LIBRARY LARGE MEETING ROOM 5959 W. BROWN ST. GLENDALE, ARIZONA 85302 AUGUST 17, 2023 5:30P.M. 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Chair Baker at 5:33 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL Roll Call was taken. Present: Lisa Baker, Chair Kelly Carbello, Committee Member Kirstin Flores, Committee Member Moises Gallegos, Committee Member David Giles, Committee Member Theodora Hackenberg, Committee Member Absent: Brandon Hiller, Committee Member Carlos Vargas, Committee Member Also Present: Jean Moreno, Community Services Director Matthew Hess, Community Revitalization Administrator Yolanda Poole, Administrative Support Specialist Elise Smith, Public Health Fellow 3. CITIZEN COMMENTS No comments were received. 4. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES a. Community Development Advisory Committee Minutes of June 15, 2023. A motion was made by Committee Member Gallegos, second by Committee Member Giles, to approve the June 15, 2023 minutes of the Community Development Advisory Committee. The motion carried 6-0. 5. OLD BUSINESS None 6. NEW BUSINESS a. a. Opioid Settlement Funds Ms. Moreno introduced Ms. Smith and gave a briefing on her role with the City. Ms. Smith gave a presentation on the Opioid Settlement Funds, which included information on the following: • The Opioid Epidemic and the National Settlement • A graph on the spiraling opioid epidemic was presented indicating the increasing use in three waves for three types of opioids: pharmaceutical, heroin, and synthetic, such as Fentanyl and Tramadol. • The national settlement was due to a lawsuit regarding the failure to prevent the flooding of communities with opioids. This includes settlements from across the supply chain, such as manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacies. Arizona elected to participate in all settlement efforts. • The One AZ Agreement • Glendale's Allocations • Distributor Settlement and Janssen Settlement • The City is currently in the process of determining how it will spend the funds. • The Abatement Strategies • The City is required to spend the settlement funds across these strategies: • Expand Harm Reduction • Broaden Access to Naloxone • Increase Use of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) • Enrich Prevention Strategies • Increase Warm Handoff and Recovery • Improve Treatment in Prison & Jail • Support Data Collection & Research • Provide Treatment in Pregnancy • Expand Services for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) • National and Local Overdose Trends • In the U.S., one in three adults had either a substance use disorder or a mental illness • 94% of people with a substance use disorder did not receive any treatment • There has been a 6000% increase in the death rate for synthetic opioids in Maricopa County from 2012 to 2021 • There has been a 46% increase in fatal overdose rates in Glendale from 2019 through 2021 • Various graphs and charts were displayed with sources • What is being done in Glendale . Data Activities • Environmental Scan and Research Interviews • Conducted by Ms. Smith, Public Health Fellow • Research interviews with first responders • Meeting with providers to ask what they are seeing and what the gaps are . Substance Use Community Needs Assessment • Conducted by LeCroy and Milligan • Community listening sessions and surveys . Three different audiences: average citizens, service providers, people using drugs . City Data on Overdose Trends . County Epidemiology Department . Trends by: time, demographics, zip code occurrence . Target Outcomes . Reduce incidences of overdose and overdose -related death . Leverage the resources of local service providers . Provide immediate response to individual in crisis . Improve data quality and information sharing . Enhance education on addiction and promote compassion for people living with substance abuse disorder . What You Need to Know About Fentanyl . What is Fentanyl? . A synthetic opioid that is used to treat pain, which comes in illicit forms . Overdose First Aid . Narcan and Naloxone: available in nasal spray and injectable forms, safe to use on anyone, shelf life of three years . Signs and Symptoms of Overdose . Free Resources Chair Baker asked for clarification of substance use disorder. Ms. Smith said SLID was a clinical definition with criteria outlined in the DSM5, which inhibits the ability to function in daily life. Committee members asked specific questions regarding the statistical data and sources. Ms. Smith provided clarification. Committee member Flores asked about the terminology of "poisoning" versus 'overdose." Ms. Smith explained "poisoning" was used when someone takes a drug they thought they were taking, but it turned out to be a different drug. Ms. Smith said 'overdose" was when a person takes too much of an intended substance. Committee member Gallegos reported that the City of Phoenix is handing out overdose reversal kits at their libraries. He asked if this was becoming more common. Ms. Smith said that was correct as the intent was to make Naloxone more readily available and an extremely low barrier to obtain. Committee Member Gallegos asked if Glendale was handing out the kits at libraries. Ms. Moreno said Phoenix had just launched the program yesterday. She said Glendale needed to ensure it can get supply of the medication. She said she was watching what Phoenix was doing with this program and would have more information for the Committee. Ms. Smith said another staff consideration was to put Nalaxone into the jails so that when a person was released, it would be put in with their property. Committee Member Carbello asked when the Committee would know when the settlement funds were received and what the plan was for the funds. Ms. Moreno said the settlement funds were not under the purview of Community Services. She said Ms. Smith was giving a presentation to Council at the August 22nd workshop with a recommendation for the use of funds. She said the amount of the settlement funds was not a lot and were long term settlements. Ms. Smith said the City had $500,000 currently, which represented two years of payments. Ms. Moreno said the City must look for the biggest impact for the funds and noted there were opportunities to collaborate with other agencies receiving funds. She said it was important to not duplicate efforts. Committee Member Carbello asked who was overseeing the settlement funds. Ms. Moreno explained that Deputy City Manager Rick St. John was heading up the settlement fund oversight and efforts. She said substance use disorder overlapped with the homeless situation and collaboration was needed with public safety, public health, and Community Services. 8. DIRECTOR'S REPORT Ms. Moreno announced the City partnered with Maricopa County to operate three respite centers and 10,000 people were served since May, with funds from the county. Other partners included Phoenix Rescue Mission and the Arizona Faith Network. Ms. Moreno reported that the regular monthly Committee meetings will need to be held at the Glendale Civic Center, because of the expanded hours and programming at the Main Library. Mr. Hess announced that staff was working on the CAPER, which is an annual report for HUD and a summary report will be presented to the CDAC at the September meeting. He said there will be a required public comment for the report as well and will send the link to the Committee Members if they would like to make formal comments. Committee Member Giles asked if the amount of 10,000 served at the respite centers was an extraordinary amount. Ms. Moreno said an informational update will be brought back to the CDAC. 9. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS None. 10. NEXT MEETING The next regular meeting of the Community Development Advisory Committee will be held on September 21 at 5:30 p.m., at the Glendale Civic Center in the Garnet Emerald Sapphire rooms, located at 5750 W. Glenn Dr., Glendale, Arizona, 85301 or other location to be determined. 11. ADJOURNMENT Motion by Committee Member Giles, second by Committee Member Hackenberg, to adjourn the meeting at 6:38 p.m. Motion carried 6-0. The Community Development Advisory Committee meeting minutes of August 17, 2023 were submitted and approved this 21st day of September, 2023. Denise Kazmierczak Recording Secretary