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10 <br /> Slide #14 <br /> Healthy Community: Feedback <br /> . More focus on accessible spaces. <br /> Act in the areas of education, housing,and healthcare. <br /> Extend bike lanes. More affordable housing. <br /> . Training space for EMS. <br /> Explore freedom to roam legislation. <br /> Improve the life expectancy by 8 years in the next 5 years is not achievable. <br /> Objectives should focus on public health and preventive health services. <br /> . Decreasing poverty rate does not belong here. <br /> Suggest measures that include delivery of health services: coverage indicators like % of elders receiving <br /> indicated vaccinations, or% of diabetics achieving glucose control. <br /> . Include overdoes prevention efforts that already exists. <br /> b) <br /> Chair Bedford noted that improved training areas for EMS is already something the county <br /> is working on. <br /> Charline Kirongozi said the "Freedom to roam" suggestion is accessing publicly owned <br /> lands. <br /> Commissioner McKee said there are problems with accessing publicly owned lands <br /> without crossing private land. <br /> Commissioner Portie-Ascott asked how"freedom to roam" legislation impacts schools and <br /> people accessing school grounds during the school day. She said it can be a safety issue. <br /> Chair Bedford said it was not something the county was going to pursue. <br /> Vice-Chair Greene said the legislation is something that comes from Europe and agreed <br /> that it's not something that the county is going to pursue. <br /> Vice-Chair Greene suggested changing the first objective on slide #13 to, "Improve harm <br /> reduction, prevention, and support services for adults and children experiencing substance use <br /> disorders and/or behavioral health issues and intellectual or developmental disability," doesn't <br /> include adults and children experiencing substance use. <br /> Commissioner Fowler said it was important to be specific. <br />