Commission on Human Needs Minutes - 06/16/2003 _
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CITY CLERK'S OFFICE
Commission On Human Needs Date O 1 ( 'Q
June 16, 2003 By P)C, Time !11)/h
Minutes of the meeting
Today's meeting is a regularly scheduled meeting of the Human Needs Commission.
The meeting was convened in the City of Wichita Falls Council Conference Room.
Attendance was as follows:
Those in attendance: Absent:
Keith Cupples (Chair) Pat Haywood
Barbara Peterson Brent Walker
Katherine Phillips Jeff Pixler
Teresa Ramos
Dennis Marquardt
Sylvester Shed Excused:
David Rippy Debbie Lawson
Becky Meadows
Staff Liaison:
Dave Goodrich
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l. Call to Order:
Item 1. Mr. Cupples called the commission to order at 5:06pm. The minutes of
the May 19, 2003 meeting were approved with the following changes:
Dennis Marquardt was noted as absent and excused. Human Needs
Committee: Ms. Caroline Gregoire is co chaired of Operation
Crackdown along with Mr. Al Brown.
2. Old Business:
Item 1. Committee on Aging: no report
Item 2. Committee on the Disabled: no report
Item 3. Committee on the Status of Women: Ms. Ramos reported that the
October seminar on family violence is still planned. Ms. Ramos asked
the committee for names of people that would like to sit on a community
panel to address children and parent violence. Ms. Phillips suggested
Ms. Jeffries, from the Treatment Center would be good for the panel.
The seminar will take place at Region 9 on October 24.
Commission on Human Needs (continued)
Item 4. Human Needs Committee: Ms. Phillips stated that Operation
Crackdown is doing well. Meetings have been well attended, and have
been getting great press from the media, both TV and newspaper. Ms.
Phillips provided the commission with the minutes from the June 10
meeting of Operation Crackdown. The next meeting will be July 8,
2003 at 7:00 pm Eastside Girls and Boys Club. Mr. Shed shared with
the commission that he will be speaking with a lady who stated that
her business was torn down by the city without any reason. Mr. Shed
will meet with the lady and get the story from her. Mr. Shed would
like to bring this matter to the commission. Mr. Cupples stated that
the commission may not be the appropriate place to bring this matter
to, but will be willing to be an ear to listen. Mr. Goodrich stated that if
Mr. Shed could speak with the lady and the all the information from
her, they could go to code enforcement office and find out why the city
took it over.
Item 5. Committee on Youth: A meeting will be schedule with the
Superintendent of Wichita Falls, Mr. Cupples does not know a date at
this time, but stated that a meeting would be schedule.
3. New Business:
Item 1. Mr. Cupples referred to the By- laws of the commission to help Mr. Shed
with the matter of the torn down property.
Item 2 Ms. Peterson asked if anything has been heard the assistance the
Mayor discussed in the last meeting. Ms. Goodrich stated that they are
waiting on the budget process before anything can be decided.
4. There being no further business, a motion to adjourn was made and seconded.
The motion to adjourn was unanimous. The committee adjourned at 5:40.
5. The next meeting will be held July 21, 2003 at 5:00pm in the City Council
Conference Room.
Teresa Ramos i X' Keith Cu f�
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Secretary Chairperson