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Mounds View City Council January 23, 2023 Regular Meeting Page 3 1 providing access to care. She commented on the relationships NYFS has with the three school 2 districts, five law enforcement agencies and 15 municipalities that were invested in her 3 organization. She reviewed the number of individuals that were served in 2021 and 2022, noting 4 NYFS had 21,696 total appointments. She discussed the state of youth mental health in Minnesota, 5 noting clients have far more severe mental health concerns than NYFS has ever seen before. She 6 reported one in three youth have a diagnosable mental health condition, which was a significant 7 increase since COVID. The programs offered by NYFS to serve clients included a diversion 8 program, elderly services, community advocacy, school based, clinic based, and the NETS day 9 treatment program. She commented on how NYFS would be working to expand community 10 connections going forward in addition to specialized advocates and play therapy services. 11 12 Council Member Lindstrom questioned how many therapists NYFS had at this time. Ms. Lewis- 13 Dmello reported she had 12 therapists at this time and was working to recruit eight to ten more 14 clinicians. 15 16 Council Member Lindstrom asked if volunteers were ever pursued for group therapy. Ms. Lewis- 17 Dmello indicated she does take volunteers and mentors to assist with group therapy sessions. 18 19 Council Member Meehlhause shared a story an NYFS staff member shared with him regarding 20 Ms. Lewis Dmello and thanked her for her tremendous service to the community. 21 22 Council Member Cermak thanked Ms. Lewis-Dmello for having a positive impact on the youth in 23 the community. 24 25 8. COUNCIL BUSINESS 26 A. Resolution 9690, Authorizing the Resolution Adopting the Fencing 27 Consortium Joint Powers Agreement. 28 29 Deputy Police Chief Zender requested the Council authorize the fencing consortium joint powers 30 agreement. He explained the JPA would provide the City with fencing should civil unrest occur in 31 the City of Mounds View. He commented further on the history of the fencing consortium, which 32 included 29 agencies and described how this group worked to protect community assets by 33 deploying fencing in emergency situations. He discussed the amount of fencing that would be 34 provided and noted the cost for the JPA. 35 36 Council Member Meehlhause stated he understood the expense for this JPA would be covered by 37 the Special Projects Fund for 2023. He asked how the expense would be covered going forward. 38 Finance Director Beer anticipated this would be covered by the annual Police Budget going 39 forward. 40 41 Council Member Lindstrom questioned if the State Patrol would be assisting with this cost. Deputy 42 Police Chief Zender reported the State Patrol would be helping with manpower, but would not be 43 helping cover the cost. 44 45 Council Member Lindstrom inquired if the City had ever had vandalism to City Hall. Deputy 46 Police Chief Zender explained the Community Center had been vandalized, in addition to having