12/15/2015 MASHPEE CARES Minutes

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otvN Or�y�� V7 e�v y MASHPEE CARES COMMITTEE-PUBLIC SESSION December 15, 2016 Mashpee Public Library 5:00Pm Committee Members Present: Members Absent: Additional Members: Scott Carline Leila Botsford Jessica McHugh Kathy Mahoney Rodney Collins Carl Alves Hope Shwom Lynne Waterman George Schmidt Mike Richardson Bishop Munroe-Scott Glen Harrington Tom Rullo Chris Santos Gail Wilson CALL TO ORDER Chair Mike Richardson called the meeting to order at 5:01pm PUBLIC COMMENT-None REVIEW OF MINUTES: Motion made by Scott Carline to approve the minutes from the November 17, 2015, and seconded by Kathy Mahoney. NEW BUSINESS: Carl Alves with MassTAPP introduced himself and Jessica McHugh,Jessica is the MOAPC(Massachusetts Opioid Abuse Prevention Collaborative) coordinator with Barnstable County. Carl discussed that coalitions across the Commonwealth are coming together to face the challenges with the opioid epidemic. Communities have a wide variety of strategies and plans to address the situation,the common variable is that they are all community driven. There are some restrictions with the grant money but communities can develop their own strategies. Carl and Jessica are able to share what other communities are doing, what they see as best practices and help each group to then develop their own strategy. The goal is to come out with certain action items and set timelines for those actions. Carl discussed the results of the survey he sent out to committee members.There was some discussion about public perception. There was mention of past presentations by Gosnold and the Communities that Care survey. He stated Communities that Care Survey done five years ago important tool but things have changed in five years. Reviewed motivational factors for being on the committee, members' passion to make a difference but' feeling stuck with a lot of talk, not a lot of action. Affordable housing and transportation were