Committee Report - PHPS - 4-4-13 — File 194510

April 4, 2013 Public Health and Public Safety Committee Page 1 of 2 Printed 4/8/2013 REPORT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE Attendee Name Title Status Arrived John M Connolly Chair Present Maryann M. Heuston Vice Chair Present William A. White Jr. Alderman At Large Present 192737 - That this Board’s Committee on Public Health and Safety arrange for representatives of Riverside Community Care aka Somerville Mental Health Association, to appear before the Committee to explain where the programs are and how the City can assist them.: RESULT: KEPT IN COMMITTEE 193094 - That the Director of Public Health provide the Committee on Public Health and Safety with the CAFÉ study information once it's completed.: RESULT: KEPT IN COMMITTEE 194244 - That this Board’s Committee on Public Health and Safety investigate the foreclosed, abandoned and decaying property at 42 Henderson Street to begin the receivership process and have it cleaned.: RESULT: KEPT IN COMMITTEE 194296 - That this Board requests that the Mayor consider implementing a Community Emergency Response Team, a volunteer citizen support group which is part of FEMA, to assist response efforts during emergencies.: RESULT: KEPT IN COMMITTEE

Committee Meeting April 4, 2013 Public Health and Public Safety Committee Page 2 of 2 Printed 4/8/2013 194360 - That the Chief of Police provide this Board with the 2012 crime statistics and discuss them with the Committee on Public Health and Safety.: RESULT: WORK COMPLETED 194408 - That this Board requests that representatives of the Community Assessment of Freeway Exposure and Health study and SPCD's Housing Division appear before the Committee on Public Health and Safety to discuss the recent $675,000 grant from the Kresge Foundation to address health risks to residents from I-93.: RESULT: KEPT IN COMMITTEE