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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-01-28-HSC-min.pdf HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Minutes of the Meeting of January 28, 1985 Present Roberta Black, Judy Zabin, Ed Foley, Leonora Zola, Marion Shepp, Bea Phear Minutes The minutes of the meeting of January 7, 1985 were approved as mailed. Committee Membership Roberta informed the committee that David Budding had decided to resign from the committee for personal reasons It was decided to write to the Selectmen requesting a new appointment to fill his slot and suggesting the Selectmen advertize for someone to serve with subcommittee membership on Special Needs Budget The draft budget recommendation to the Selectmen was approved with one change the column listing the coordinator's recommendation is to be deleted. Copies of the recommendation will also be sent to the Appropriation Committee and be available to Town Meeting Ed, Sheila and Roberta will meet later in the week to explain their recommendations and discuss a number of issues Selectmen' s Breakfast Leonora attended the breakfast last week The next breakfast will be March 29 She found it interesting The Selectmen distributed a draft list of articles those that might concern the committee largely relate to housing congregate, accessory,apartment changes, Franklin School, and several developer's projects Special Needs Recreation Bea reported that Joan Halverson had requested a meeting with the committee to discuss questions she has about her responsibili for special recreation. She has a situation with one LABB student who signed up for a class which she thinks he can't handle without special one-to-one assistance Has she an obligation to provide an extra teacher? What is her obligation to the other students who may be disrupted by his behavior? What if someone registered for a program and was special needs, but she was not aware of it? Can she ask all registrants if they are special needs? The commitee was willing to meet with Joan, but felt they had nothing to offer, since her questions seemed primarily legal. They suggested she might talk with Norman Cohen or Bill Crane prior to meeting with the committee DayCare Bea reported that the Children's Center is looking for a new Board member and had asked Bea to serve She thinks she is too busy, and wondered if any of the Committee wanted Cto do it. Roberta suggested Jennifer Copeland, Leonora suggested the League of Women Voters Alan November Bea thinks our invitation to Alan is still hanging It was decided that Bea should call him and say we have no programming projects that don't also require a great deal of research work, which he says his students cannot do It looks like we can't use the students this year Appropriation Committee Jack Campbell is the liaison this year They want to meet with members of the Human Services Committee, and Bea will arrange for some of the committee members to attend their meeting They will be sent copies of the committee recommendations Lexington 2,000 Bea reported that the Selectmen met with the School Committee, the Planning Board, and the Housing Authority - the elected boards No 2,000 committee has yet been formed to her knowledge Other Bea showed committee members the "State House Watch' copies will be sent with the minutes Bea is spending most of her time on the senior center planning at the moment Christine is working on congregate elderly housing questions and is drafting a survey instrument to go in the CoA newsletter Roberta asked for a copy of the draft Christine will staff the congregate committee the first meeting is tentatively set for February 14 Transportation It was decided to ask Sally Castleman to meet with the committee around special transportation issues - handicapped, elderly, special needs, prom night etc. Bea will invite her to the next meeting Judy suggested thinking about a joint needs assess MR Housing Bea said to her knowledge there has been no movement on the Hill Street project Paul Marshall had said he would talk with Jim McLaughlin about communicating with the neighbors The committee thought it correct to leave that up to the Selectmen Next Meeting The next meeting is February 11 at 7 30 pm in room 111 Respectfully submitted, Beatrice Phear — �