Gracie Geremia LLC, dba ToGather 1/5/2024

Estimated detail of hours: Project Manage – Prepare and Maintain Work Plan 50 Hours Meeting Preparation 120 Hours Facilitate Task Force Meetings 40 Hours Weekly Coordination Meetings with staff, co-chairs, and/or subject matter experts 38 Hours Drafting Final Report 70 Hours Drafting Presentation to Council and Prep 35 Hours Mayor and Council Presentation and Attendance 10 hours Total estimated maximum hours: 363 Overview of Drug Crisis Task Force Problem statement: • Deadly, illicit drugs like fentanyl, meth and others are causing and contributing to the severity of serious issues facing Everett including street level crime, misuse of our public spaces, graffiti, public drug use, building contamination, gun violence and more. • The drug crisis has widespread effects on our public safety, economy and health and continues to disproportionately impact Everett businesses, neighborhoods and residents, as well as our most vulnerable residents and our service providers. Mission statement: • Through education, collaboration and conversation, the Task Force will seek to understand and build short term actions and long-term solutions to combat our local drug crisis and its impacts to community safety. High-level focus areas: Education: Helping the community understand the bigger issue • History of these challenges • What are the specific realities the City of Everett experiences • Talk about how the drug crisis has also changed Assessment: Identifying what resources are currently available and barriers • What are we currently doing to combat this issue? • What exists that creates barriers to solutions? Recommendations: Provide recommendations on what we can do • Are there current models or new ideas we should consider for addressing behavioral health- related safety challenges? • What and where is advocacy needed?