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RESOLUTION: CENTRAL CITY REHAB I L I TAT I ON DISTRICT WORK SESSION: ~UDGET - A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON Tuesday, March'26, 1985 AT 7:30 p.m. IN THE Basement Conference Room.. THE PROPOSED AGENDA IS AS FOLLOWS: Budget Work Session:- Agency Hearings Executive session to discuss personnel and legal matters as exempted by Section 2.1-344(a)(1) and [6) of the Virginia Freedom'of Information Act. BY ORDER OF THE MAYOR BY Jeanne Cox .(signed) BASEMENT CONFERENCE· ROOM - March 2'6, 1985 Council met in special 'session on this.date with the following members present: Mr. Barnes, Mr. Buck, Mrs. Gleason, Dr. Gunter, Dr. Hall. On motion by Dr. Gunter, seconded by Dr. Hall, the resolution approving the establishment of the Central City Rehabilita.tipn District was unanimously approved by Council. 49.5 Ms. Mary Reese, Chairman of the Social Development Commission, stated that the main objective of the Social Development Commission regarding the budget was to protect the interest of the City by evaluating the social programs .using a well defined process. Ms. Reese stated that the process had. been very smqoth this year because the Commission was more experienced, the agencies were better known, and the working relationship with staff was improved. Ms. Reese listed changes made in the process: 1) the form had been simplified, 2) all agencies were not'interviewed, 3) coordination of funding was considered to avoid duplication, and 4) the review orocess was related-to the Race Relations Study. Council requested a report on the results of the discussion between the Social Development Commission and the Health Department §ince problems had been reported during the budget process. Council requested that staff prepare a report on the funding sources for the various social service agencies to: 1) assess what may happen with regard to federal budget cuts and 2) assess what steps may need to be taken mid-year to keep the agencies operating 'should cuts occur. Ms. Carol Lanning, Director of Central Virginia Child Development Association (CVCDA), now known as the Office for Children and Youth, reviewed present programs, including the Information and Directory Program. Ms. Lanning stated that future plans for the Office of Children and Youth included developing long-term plans for child care, serving the general population instead of only low-income, and the.possibility of licensing day care homes or working to change the legislation to fit the needs of the community. Ms. Lanning stated that a full-time assistant would have been hired to help parents with the Directory had CVCDA been fully funded. United Way Child Care was represented by Mr. Lane Kneedler of the Child Care Scholarship Committee, Ms. Joy Matthews, Vice-Chair of the Child Care Scholarship Committeej and Mr. Charles McAllen, Director of United Way. Mr. Kneedler stated the major goals of the United Way Child Care were: 1) provide quality child care for working parents who are just above the poverty level and 2) keep working parents working. Mr. Kneedler requested an additional $8,000 to aid in administering.the Child Care Scholarships, either through United Way or partly through CVCDA.