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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes January 9, 2024 Page 4 The owner of the center was present and stated they have a center now in Oakdale which they have outgrown. They feel this would be a perfect location for their business. Motion by Councilmember Doolan, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve Resolution 24-009 — Approving a Request for a Conditional Use Permit for An Adult Daycare Facility in the LI, Light Industrial District with the conditions noted. Motion carried 4-0. 10 VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. 11 12 A. Resolution 24-010 — Approving the 2024 Agreements with Northeast Youth and Family 13 Services (NYFS) 14 15 Ms. Angela Lewis-Dmello, President and CEO of NYFS reviewed a Power Point presentation. 16 The mission of NYFS is Transforming lives by ensuring access to care that nurtures healing, 17 cultivates community, and inspires hope. She stated the Community driven nonprofit was 18 founded in 1976, has clinic locations in Shoreview and White Bear Lake. They support youth 19 and the whole family and provide trauma -informed and culturally responsive care. They focus on 20 ensuring access and reducing financial, linguistic, cultural and logistical barriers to care through 21 a sliding fee scale serving clients that are uninsured, underinsured and of low income. 22 23 NYFS has longstanding partnerships with 16 municipalities, 5 law enforcement agencies, 4 24 school districts and the Ramsey County Attorney's Office and Sheriff s Department. The NYFS 25 board is comprised mainly of City Council Members from municipal partners. Councilmember 26 Jenson serves on the Board. 27 28 Ms. Lewis-Dmello continued reviewing the NYFS Vision and Values. She reviewed the 29 Strategic Plan Launched FY 2023-2026. Charts showing the FY 2022-FY23 Statistics of Clients 30 showing the five programs including Diversion, School Based, Clinic Based, Community 31 Advocate and Day Treatment. There were 11,630 total appointments with the Top 3 diagnoses 32 treated being generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder and post traumatic stress 33 disorder. 34 35 A slide showing the NYFS Fiscal Picture for FY 2022-2023 was shown. The Mental Health 36 Programs and Community Service Programs were reviewed. Ms. Lewis-Dmello noted 2023 was 37 a year of stabilizing, refreshing and growing. The Future Steps for the next 12 months were also 38 reviewed. More information can be found at www.n, fig. 39 40 Mayor Webster thanked Ms. Lewis-Dmello for her in-depth presentation and for leading the 41 organization. She also thanked Councilmember Jenson for serving on the Board. 42 43 Councilmember Jenson stated the presentation was very accurate. He enjoys serving on the 44 Board of Directors for NYFS. Ms. Lewis-Dmello has done an incredible job. 45