Welcome to the community health and safety council committee meeting for May 7th, 2025.

I'm Councilmember TUI, and with us uh this afternoon, we have Councilmember Bader and Fosse.

Uh today we're going to have we have two things on the agenda.

And the first one is the opioid response and spending plan briefing from staff.

And so I'd like to uh turn it over to uh staff member Julie Willie.

Oh, sorry.

Again, haven't been here for a while.

Lots of changes.

It's usually a red light.

So my apologies.

I'm Julie Willie.

I'm the community development director.

And I have Chelsea Monroe here with us today.

She has our opioid program manager.

And we want to obviously come periodically and kind of give you an update on what we're doing regarding our opioid response as well as just kind of keep you updated as to what we know about the spending and the income and the availability and such.

So Chelsea's going to start with giving an overview of kind of some of the response that we've been doing.

And then you have a couple handouts with you.

One of them is the opioid response, the other one's an opiate spending plan.

So we're going to start with the one that says opioid response.

So thank you, Julie, and good evening.

Nice to see you all.

It's been a few months since we were here briefing you on the mayor's task force and the recommendations and reports.

So I'm glad to be back.

During that time, we had shared that one of our next steps and goals was for me, uh Julie and team to work on what our spending and response plan was.

So I'm excited that we're here to talk about that tonight.

The document in which I'm referencing is the one titled Opioid Response Plan, which is the blue colored one.

And so I am really proud of the work that we've been able to accomplish.

I know at the last meeting we talked about, and I think we'll continue to mention this epidemic didn't happen overnight.

And while we've had a lot of progress, it is one that's going to continue to take time and collaboration and partnership and little ones are going to go a long way.

So I'm excited to share some of those with you tonight.

But the opioid response plan is really uh was developed to ground us in the work that we're going to be doing moving forward.

And so how we created this was we took the four buckets of work that were identified and created in the mayor's uh drug crisis task force, which were education and prevention, crisis response, treatment and recovery and services, and then advocacy and policy.

And so you'll see those are um the four main response categories there.

But we also recognize that um part of the obligation that we have as a city with receiving opioid settlement funds is to make sure that we're aligned with the opioid settlement um fund management practices and um policies.

And so really felt like that was a core focus of making sure we're compliant and following those guidelines.

So we added that as a fifth.

Um and then recognizing the ongoing need for uh partnerships and collaborations that is going to remain front and center because again, we can't do this work alone.

And so that's kind of rounding out that sixth bucket of work there.

And so um, we feel really strongly that um these six buckets will uh ensure that we're implementing the strategies that were both identified through the task force that the community and staff wanted, um, but also fulfilling the other requirements, as I mentioned and keeping um keeping us grounded in the work that's happening with the community.

So um there's a lot that's listed here in our um our thought is that this will be the document that we work to update and present to you to keep you informed of the work that's happening.

Um there's a lot on here, but a few that I just wanted to highlight.

Um, when we were here last August, we had just launched the emote street medicine team.

Um, June 30th will be um one year into that project.

And they have worked with over uh 600 folks.

We just submitted um our quarterly report to the healthcare authority, really proud of the work that they've done and continue to do.

Um, the care team, the alternative response team has officially um kicked off and they um have done a phenomenal job and kind of pivoting their work um and again remaining nimble and responsive to what the community needs are.

So um we're engaging with task force members.

I know that's something that I have found um both a lot of fulfillment in because it's easy to say, hey, we're gonna do a task force and then check a box and file it away, but really looking at what folks' individual interests are and staying engaged and staying connected to the work because they are allies and champions for us um in the community.

Um, and then we're also working with our partners to uh be have more presence on social media, both through education um and awareness, working with uh Snowhomish County has invested some great resources um through different marketing campaigns and leveraging some of that work that they're doing, but then sharing it on the city socials.

Um, and so making sure that we're working with communications to consistently get that information out.

And I think it's been really well received.

You know, folks have asked questions.

They're um it's sparking interest.

And so that's been really well or really good to see.

And then myself, I know I've been able to join formalized joining some groups like uh the multi-agency coordination, the MAC group recently joined Snow Mush County's uh overdose fatality review committee, um, which has been really helpful in looking at things through that systems lens, um, understanding what work is happening in the community and where the city can step in and lead, but where there's already strong partners doing that work.

And so I'm excited to continue that.

But um, I won't bore you with reading all the details, but just wanted to highlight a few things uh before I turn it over to Julie, who will talk more about the spending plan.

Are there any questions so far on this part?

I think Scott, uh council member Bader.

Thanks.