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Motion by Mr. Rader, seconded by Mr. O'Leary to receive and file the oral report. Discussion: Director Beno added that he contacted AT &T and they are researching potential additional sites. President O'Leary agreed that changing the location is a good outcome. All members voting yea. Motion passed. 4. ORDINANCE NO. 42 -18 - AN ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the City of Lakewood to enter into an agreement necessary to grant an exclusive easement to The Ohio Bell Telephone Company, d /b /a AT &T Ohio, for placement of and access to equipment used in the transmission of signals used in the provision of communication, video and/or information services on property located at 15538 Madison Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio (313 -27 -010). (PLACED ON 1sT READING & REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS 9/17/18) (pg. 16) Motion by Mr. O'Leary, seconded by Mr. Anderson to defer Ordinance 42 -18. All members voting yea. Motion passed. 5. Human Services Committee Report regarding meeting held 9/24/18; Mr. Litten, Chair (to be provided) The Health & Human Services Committee met on September 20', last Monday. Present were Councilmembers George, Anderson, and myself, our Clerk, Human Services Director Gelsomino, Erin Helmes from the Woodrow Project, Gina Norris from Project SOAR and a couple other members of the public were there as well. The entirety of our agenda was to discuss Project SOAR and to receive and update on its progress from both the administration and the representatives that I mentioned. Ms. Helmes spoke broadly about addiction and the different strategies used over the years. I think it was pointed out that while this is something that officially began last December, it began back in January of 2016 when we as a City when the administration saw a need due to a spike in overdoses and deaths due to this epidemic. That started with Lakewood looking at leadership across agencies, governments, police, EMS, etc. to operate under the presumption that a support system matters. That having as many heads at the table matters. With that, we embarked on Project SOAR. The way people connect with Project SOAR is through our Emergency Department at Cleveland Clinic Lakewood Family Health Center, at Fire Station 1, known as a Safe Station, and through home visits. Ms. Helmes also gave us handouts and other information. The short of it is that it appears overdoses and fatalities are decreasing in 2018 thus far. Access to narcan the effectiveness of SOAR are both credited for those reductions. The Committee also discussed program statistics, particularly indicating that of the 36 people that entered into the program, 27 have initiated treatment — representing a 75% success rate within the program so far. Ms. Norris provided an overview of the peer support concept and how it works. She shared her