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1 <br />NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING <br />A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON Wednesday, December 12, 2018, AT 6:30 p.m. IN City Space, 100 Fifth Street, NE, Charlottesville, Virginia 22902. <br />THE PROPOSED AGENDA IS AS FOLLOWS: <br /> Behavioral Health Work Session BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL BY Brian Wheeler <br /> <br />CITY SPACE –December 12, 2018 Council met in special session on this date with the following members present: Ms. Walker; Ms. Hill; and Ms. Galvin. Dr. Bellamy and Mr. Signer were absent. <br /> <br />Ms. Walker called the meeting to order at 6:35 p.m. Behavioral health system of care work session <br />Mike Murphy, Interim City Manager, introduced the work session topic for Council. Ms. <br />Kaki Dimock, Director, Department of Human Services described the work session agenda. Ms. Dimock introduced the first presenter, Elizabeth Irwin, co-chair of the Community Mental Health & Wellness Coalition and Executive Director of the Women’s Initiative. <br /> <br />Dr. Judith Curry-El, clinical psychologist and therapist at Women’s Initiative, spoke about the Central Virginia Clinicians of Health Network. Mr. Christian Martinez spoke on behalf of the Creciendo Juntos Mental Health <br />Workgroup. <br /> Mr. Gene Cash, spoke on behalf of the Counseling Alliance of Virginia (CAVA). He described challenges he has faced in his work as one of the few black therapists in the community. He described training he has received from Dr. Ken Hardy and how that has shaped <br />his work as a clinician on issues of race. He said racial awareness and sensitivity are important <br />issues to be included in training for local clinicians. Dr. Hardy conducted a training in Charlottesville in January 2018 and the community has made a commitment to bring him back annually. <br />Ms. Leigh Freilich, a Clinical Social Work/Therapist, spoke about the Transgender & <br />Gender Non-Conforming (TGNC) clinical consultation group. She said there are many more people that need care than the few specialists that exist in the community can accommodate. She described this as a highly specialized and cross-disciplinary area of care. Ms. Freilich shared that there is a high rate of suicide for transgender and gender non-conforming people. She