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256 NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON Wednesday, January 13, 1993 AT 12:00 noon IN THE Basement Conference Room. THE PROPOSED AGENDA IS AS FOLLOWS: Luncheon meeting with School Board BY ORDER OF THE MAYOR BY Jeanne Cox (signed) BASEMENT CONFERENCE ROOM - January 13, 1993 Council met in special session on this date with the following members present: Ms. Daugherty, Rev, Edwards, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Toscano, Mr. Vandever. The renovations currently under way at Johnson Elementary School were discussed by the Council and School Board. The Council and School Board agreed to meet at noon on February 1st to discuss the issue of carryover funds. The meeting was adjourned. Presid~ ~-----~ COUNCIL CHAMBER - January 19, 1993 Council met in regular session on this date with the following members present:Rev. Edwards, Mr. Toscano, Mr. Vandever. Absent: Ms. Daugherty and Ms. Slaughter. Mr. Vandever announced that Ms. Daugherty and Ms. Slaughter were attending inauguration activities in Washington. PUBLIC Ms. Lelia Brown, 316 8th St., N.W., referring to a recent drug initiative proposal by the Mayor, raised the following questions: 1) could current police staff be deployed differently and be more effective and could they do paperwork in their cars; 2) was it possible to have house arrest for drug dealers and to use them to clean streets, etc. and are there are proposals for additional educational or preventive methods as well as additional police~ and 3) can the youth curfew be enforced? Ms. Brown stressed that residents want to reclaim their neighborhoods. Mr. John Santoski of Sunset Road, President of the Johnson School PTO, requested that renovations scheduled for Carver Recreation Center be delayed until the summer. Mr. Santoski stated that parents were not previously informed of the renovations and there was no guarantee of the safety of the children with Carver open for construction. Ms. Gail Wiley of Willard Drive, a parent of a hearing impaired child at Johnson School, stated that construction noise has a deleterious effect on hearing impaired people. Ms. Wiley read a letter from Mr. Bob Garrity expressing safety concerns about the renovations and raising questions about the accessibility of the playground and alternate sites for the senior lunch program. Dr. Joseph Mooney of Sunset Avenue, a parent of a child at Johnson School, expressed concern about the renovation of Carver and stated that he did not think the restrictions on truck.access to the site would work. Dr. Mooney stated that he would like the seniors involved in the lunch program to hear parents' concerns to see if they are willing to find a compromise.