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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-04-01-HSC-min.pdf / Minutes Human Services Committee 4/ 1 /92 Present Renee Cochin and Ann Irving Co-Chairmen Eva Glick Donna Hooper and Dennis Murahami Steve Baran, Human Services Coordinator ( recorder ) Absent Rick Safford Corrections to Minutes On page 2, paragraph 3 the Minutes of 3/4/92 are as follows " It is not possible to work out a special needs housing arrangement without market rate units being part of the mix " The revised wording should read " It may not be possible to work out v Human Services Emergency Fund Renee Ann Donna and Steve will attend a meeting with the Council on Aging and the Friends of the Council on Aging to discuss policies and procedures for responding to the emergency financial needs of elderly people Steve reported on continuing high utilization of the Fund Renee and Steve attended a meeting of the Church of the Redeemer Outreach Committee whose members expressed considerable interest and awareness of need in Lexington, particularly in relation to the Fund Renee explained to them the purposes and activities of the Human Services Committee Steve introduced proposed changes to the Human Services Emergency Fund brochure Changes will be deferred until procedures have been worked out relating to the elderly Bob Cushman resignation Bob Cushman announced that he was resigning from the Human Services Committee to join the Board of the Council on Aging Lexington Special Needs Parents' Advisory Committee Renee and Eva met with representatives of the Lexington Special Needs Parents' Advisory Committee and promised continuing support Human Services Budget and Town Meeting The Committee expressed disappointment that the Selectmen had accepted the Town Manager ' s recommendations for the Human / Services Committee instead of their own As to strategy for Town \ Meeting, it was agreed that a statement would be made indicating increased need in relation to a trend of decreasing human /- \ Human Services Committee 4/ 1 //82 Page 2 services funding Acting in their advisory capacity, Committee members will individually express their concerns to the Selectmen Future Committee Directions A preliminary listing of interests for the Committee to pursue in the future are Communication with churches through Lexington Interfaith Outreach, clergy, etc Disability including housing for the disabled Use of LeuHah funds for responding to emergency housing needs Analysis of U S Census data (Donna Hooper is interested ; Walter Leutz and David Gil are Heller School faculty living in Lexington who are potential resources) \ Americans with Disabilities Act Dennis reported that an ad hoc committee had been hard at work on educational activities to introduce the Americans with Disabilities Act including a table for Discovery Day on May 23rd and a conference on the evening of June 2nd / L