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CC Work Session 2. 1. <br />Meeting Date: 08/26/2014 <br />Information <br />Title: <br />Heart Safe Community Presentation <br />Purpose/Background: <br />Purpose: To introduce the City Council to a Community Program called Heart Safe <br />Background: Staff recently received a presentation regarding the Heart Safe Community. Sudden cardiac arrest <br />(SCA) is the number one killer in America - Statistic - 400,000 of the 600,000 cardiac related deaths in the United <br />States are a result of SCA. Heart Safe Community was initiated by Medtronic a decade ago to educate the public on <br />sudden cardiac awareness, CPR, AED, and more. <br />Mr. Tim Hoffman will be present to at the work session to talk about Ramsey becoming a Heart Safe Community as <br />well as what the role of the City would be. <br />Under the strategic Plan, Smart Citizen focused Government, a "Get Healthy" program is listed as a desirable task <br />to complete in 2015 under Building and expanding community connections. This proposal has the potential to <br />achieve that goal for the City through an established program, a motivated cadre of volunteers, and the access to <br />grant money. <br />Timeframe: <br />Approximately 30 to 45 minutes. <br />Funding Source: <br />The proposal is a volunteer -driven initiative that would rely upon community volunteers to initiate and support the <br />program. Mr. Hoffman, a Ramsey resident, is a SCA survivor and a strong advocate for the Heart Safe Community <br />program. Based upon discussions with the City of Coon Rapids, staff has concerns about the amount of staff time <br />that might be required to sustain the program. However, if the strong volunteer effort continues the program would <br />be sustainable, as long as the City only plays a minor support role. If the program proceeds, staff will monitor the <br />staff time during the initial phases of the program and provide reports back to the Council. <br />Responsible Party(ies): <br />City Administrator Kurt Ulrich <br />Outcome: <br />Staff is hoping to gage Council's interest in becoming aHeart Safe Community and receiving direction to proceed <br />with the process for designation. <br />Attachments <br />Heart Safe Community PP <br />Form Review <br />Inbox Reviewed By Date <br />Kurt Ulrich Kurt Ulrich 08/21/2014 08:20 AM <br />