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265 Appointments re: Retirement Planning Commission Presentation re: TJPDC Criminal Justice Plan Presentation re: Emergency Services Study & House Bill 1020 (Social Develop- ment Commission) On motion by Mrs. O'Brien, seconded by Mr. Buck, the following resolution was unanimously adopted. WHEREAS poisoning is the fourthmost frequent cause of accidental death in the United States, with children constituting almost ninety percent of poison victims; and WHEREAS it has been shown that effective poison control centers can reduce hospital admission due to poisoning by forty percent and health care costs due to poisoning by forty to sixty percent~ and WILE_PEAS the Blue Ridge Poison Center at the University of Virginia. providea24~kour emergency advice and poison information to all residents in th~ western, half of the Stake of Virginia; and WHEREAS the Virginia General Assembly has recognized and supports the Poison.Control Centersat the University of Virginia and the Medical College of Virginia who have established a coordinated program in order to Cacllitate the development of a computerized network of r~gional poison control centers; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlo-tesville that the Blue Ridge Poison Center of the University of Virginia Medical Center is endorsed and supported'and that the Council joins in designating the week of June 1-7, 1980, as Poison Prevention Week to the end that all residents of this area be made aware of this service and be encouraged to utilize the services of the Poison Control Center when necessary, so that injury and death from all poisonings may be reduced and avoided. Ms. Gail Comras of the Belmont Neighborhood Association read a prepared statement adopted by the association opposing the low-income rental housing project proposed by the Michaels Development Company to be located in the Belmont area. A copy of the statement was furnished to Council and is kept in the file for this Council meeting. On motion by Mr. Albro, Mrs, David Gordon of the Charlottesville City Police Department was unanimously-approved as a new appointee to the Retirement Planning Commission to replace Mr. Mannie Norford. On motion by Mr. Buck, Mr. Eugene German was unanimously approved as a new appointee to the Retirement Planning Commission to replace Mr. Sidney Rush. Mr. Steven Blair presented the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission Criminal Justice Plan which he authored. He asked Council to approve the plan in order that the Planning District Commission can qualify for the funds needed for the programs proposed in the plan, which are: police/ deputy training, crime prevention plan, recreation office £or the Joint Security Complex, public drunkenness plan, victim witness program, youth division program, runaway program and. the minibike program (YMCA). Mr. Blair stated that all the member counties has approved the plan, as well as the Planning District .Commission itself. On motion by Mrs. O'Brien, seconded by Mr. Buck, -Council unanimously approved the plan as presented, a copy of which is kept in the file for this meeting. Ms. Virginia Schatz of the Social Development Commission and Ms. Daniela Alexander, Social Planner with the City of Charlottesville, presented the Emergency Services Study and a report on House Bill 1020. The Emergency Services Study includes a description of presently available emergency services, survey data collected by local agencies, a discussion of current unmet needs and a list of recommendations developed by the Emergency Services Task Force. Recommendations