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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 22, 2023 Page 3 and continued partnership with NYFS for Community Advocate. She also noted that the Police Department added an AmeriCorps intern for the summer to provide additional housing support which is grant funded. She reviewed the programs and initiatives the Police Department has undertaken such as hosting a gun turn-in event and free gun locks as well as the New Hire Family Support Program and art project with Roseville Area Middle School students to promote equity and inclusiveness. The Police Department also has participated annually in the Human Trafficking Investigators Task Force and continued community outreach including Shop with a Cop, holiday toy drive and personal supplies for Roseville Area High School, entered into metro-wide fencing consortium to help deescalate potential violence in the event of an officer involved critical incident, worked on an auto theft prevention grant and Narcan and AED grant funding to support communities most affected by opioid crisis. The Police Department applied and received opioid settlement funds. She reviewed the Police Department policy changes and training of officers, new and old. Parks and Recreation Director Johnson reviewed the Parks and Recreation programs and activities including renaming Pocahontas Park to Keya Park,entering into an agreement with REACH for Resources and hosted events and programs that highlight diverse cultures. Public Works Director Freihammer reviewed the Public Works Department programs including snowplow parking pilot program, ADA curb ramp upgrades, recycling, and sustainability. Community Development Director Gundlach reviewed the Community Development Department items that were worked on during the year including Renter support with Tenant Notification Ordinance, Mapping Prejudice and Just Deeds. She indicated her department has broadened a lot of the housing programs being offered and looking at that with the equity lens in the forefront. She reviewed the EDA programming including First Generation Down Payment Assistance program, Small Business Assistance programs, targeting BIPOC and Choose Roseville program, which concluded at the end of 2022. She highlighted the Rice &Larpenteur Alliance. She also discussed housing including Zoning Code update, securing more missing middle housing types and Public Finance Assistance in support of affordable housing. Fire Chief Brosnahan updated the City Council on the Fire Department programs and services including healthcare access, transitioning to Advanced Life Support (ALS) first response, assisting RPD Community Action Team with medical assessment and treatment needs of homeless and unsheltered persons, as well as the Multi-Family Licensing program and recruitment efforts by using the cadet program and rejuvenation of the Fire Explorer post. The Fire Department has also done community outreach by going to block parties, Fridays with Firefighters, an annual open house along with community CPR training.