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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 16, 2015 Page 20 bers also present for tonight's presentation. Those attending included: Bill Mar- czewski, Gary Olson, Katy Otterness and Judy Beardsley. Ms. Barsel noted that her Co-Chair Roseville Fire Department Battalion Chief Greg Peterson and Emergency Manager, Mina Gurung, Mark Nichols and Tiin O'Brien also served on the Taslc Force. During her presentation and as she highlighted the initiatives in undertalcing this taslc force review, Ms. Barsel recognized the authorization received by the Rose- ville City Council to perform this analysis. Ms, Barsel referenced her presenta- tion for more detail (Attachment A), including the Executive Summary provided. Among those preliminary survey results, Ms. Barsel noted five areas of interest and potential remediation actions: 1) advance directive planning, 2) social isola- tion, 3) self-management of health care, 4) transportation, and 5) use of existing senior services. Ms. Barsel advised that the findings of the task force resulted in their recommen- dation to NOT re-establish a Roseville Block Nurse Program, opining it was found unrealistic in today's environment. In response, Ms. Barsel noted that the Task Force had reinvented itself as the Cominunity Health Awareness Team (CHAT); intended to serve as a catalyst, conduit and collaborator to expand selected health-related services, with their four initial efforts provided in the Executive Summary and elaborated on moving for- ward. Ms. Barsel reported that CHAT would focus on the first two identified recom- nlendations first, and were already actively doing so: • Advanced Care Directives — through the Vial of Life, an existing document in use by the Roseville EMS, with an initial ineeting scheduled yet this week with representatives of several applicable agencies • Programs to address social isolation, including a regular column in the City's City News by agreement from City staff to address health-related news in and for the community. In conclusion, Ms. Barsel expressed the Task Force's delight in having accom- plished this analysis, and their enthusiasm in moving forward. Ms. Barsel thanked the City Council for their attention to this issue and for their assistance; expressly recognizing the support of Roseville City Manager Trudgeon and his staff that had proven of much value to the group. Discussion among Task Force members and Councihnembers including repre- sentatives from the City of Owatonna seeking to use Roseville as a model for their own efforts; recognition of the importance of advanced care directives for fami- lies including alerting the person(s) chosen to be responsible for that advanced