Commission on Human Needs Minutes - 07/18/2005 • v
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Commission on Human Needs CITY CLERK'S OFFICE
July 18,2005 Date
Minutes of the Meeting
By Time I:
Today's meeting is a regularly scheduled meeting of the Human `ems Conuiusson.
The meeting was convened in the City of Wichita Falls Council Conference Room.
Attendance was as follows:
Those in Attendance: Absent:
Dennis Marquardt(Chair) Teresa Ramos
Katherine Phillips(Vice Chair) Donna Piper
Brent Walker
Pat Haywood
Sheldon Johnson Council Liaison:
Sylvesta Shed Jim Ginnings
Amber Holt
Anthony Louis(New Member)
Ronnie Sanders Staff Liaison:
Sharon Rabon(New Member) Dave Goodrich
Keesha Kribbs (New Member)
1. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by the Chair, Dennis Marquardt,
at 5:00 P.M. Minutes of the June 20, 2005 meeting were approved as written.
2. New members were welcomed, and introductions of all committee members
done. The committee recognized Councilor Jim Ginnings, who has been
appointed as the Council Liaison to the Commission on Human Needs.
3. Committee Reports:
a. Committee on Aging and Disabilities: Pat Haywood reported the
following: The committee did not meet with the police as planned, due to a
request by the Police Department to reschedule. The meeting has been
rescheduled for Monday, July 25`h. The purpose of the meeting will be to
evaluate how the city can register disabled/aged with special needs in order
to meet those needs during an emergency. This is a cooperative effort
between the Sub Committee on Aging and Disabled, NORTEX, and the
City Emergency Management Program. All agencies feel those with
special needs will need help during a fire or other emergency. This would
also help those with life support equipment when power is lost, as First
Responders would know who needed support quickly. NORTEX has
developed a form to register those with special needs. The plan is to place
this form in the Falls Focus, which goes to every community resident.
Information will be completed, returned to Nortex, who will enter the data
and share with Police and Fire Departments. Pat also discussed a job fair
in Ft Worth, encouraging participation from those with disabilities.
Commission on Human Needs(continued)
b. Committee on the Status of Women: Brent Walker stated the sub
committee is planning a fall workshop on family violence. It will involve
members of the legal committee, a County Judge, and others addressing
related issues. There is some anticipation of developing a program
patterned after the program on Sheppard AFB. The next meeting will be
Aug 9th,at 11:45 at The Place.
c. Committee on Human Needs: Katherine Phillips reported the Coalition for
the Homeless is in full swing. They are currently counting the number of
shelters in the 11-15 county areas served by federal funds in this area. The
next step will be to count the actual number of homeless. The plan is this
program to allow for the sheltering of the homeless for up to one year,
while giving them skills to succeed.
d. Committee on Youth: No representation at the meeting, no report filed.
The chair of this committee has resigned from the Commission, but has not
turned in the extensive survey he administered as committee chair. Two
new members to the Commission, Sharon Rabon and Anthony Louis
expressed interest becoming part of committee. Katherine Phillips will
contact the former committee chair and try to obtain the survey results.
4. Old Business: As follow up to the letter written on behalf of former Mayor
Altman, the letter was printed in the Times Record News in its entirety, without
any editing. Mr. Altman called Mr. Marquardt at home to express his sincere
appreciation for the kind words and public support during his tenure in office.
5. New Business:
a. Sylvesta Shed expressed a concern about the enforcement of the current
community curfew. A young girl was shot and killed a few weeks ago.
The incident occurred at 1:30 AM. He expressed concern about other
children being subjected to similar situations and felt better enforcement
by parents, guardians and the Police Department is need. As an example,
he stated that when Straight Street closes for the evening, the youth that
participate often walk the streets at 11:00 PM or later. He will contact the
Police Chief to discuss the curfew, and to see if there is something this
committee can do to help.
b. Dave Goodrich will obtain position descriptions for the subcommittee on
youth, and present to Andrew Lewis and Sharon Rabon for review and
consideration of heading this subcommittee.
Commission on Human Needs (continued)
c. Contact information for committee member is attached.
6. The meeting adjourned at 5:45 PM. The next meeting of the Commission on
Human Needs will be on August 15, 2005 at 5:00 p.m. in the Council Conference
Room in Memorial Auditorium.
Dennis Marquardt
Chair
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