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t fOti�W O 4��slrir��c'co•`� MASHPEE CARES COMMITTEE-PUBLIC SESSION September 17, 2015 4:30pm Mashpee Town Hall-Waquoit Meeting Room Committee Members Present: Members Absent: Also Present: Scott Carline Leila Botsford Joe Marini Tom Rullo Lucy Burton Tom O'Hara Kathy Mahoney Bishop Munroe-Scott Gail Wilson Patty Mitrokostas Rodney Collins Hope Schwom Chris Santos Lynne Waterman CALL TO ORDER Chair Mike Richardson called the meeting to order at 4:40pm. PUBLIC COMMENT-None REVIEW OF MINUTES: Motion made by Mike Richardson to approve the minutes from March 24, 2015, April, 28, 2015 and May, 21, 2015, Chris Santos seconded the motion. NEW BUSINESS: Discussion about reorganization, Mike Richardson was voted the Chair, Chris Santos the Vice chair and Gail Wilson the Clerk. Mike Richardson spoke about his feeling that the mission is lacking, Michael Bihari who does a column in the Mashpee paper spoke at the Kiwanis Meeting, he did a survey in Falmouth and Mashpee, 54% had used alcohol, alcohol is the worst problem, and he stated we can't just focus on the heroin. Vermont, New Hampshire and Ma. leading states, Percocet 30 most popular pill, 70% are prescription users, 3 day supply of heroin is equal to one pill, he brought this to the attention of the Kiwanis. Mike R.wonders what we can do as a committee,try to come up with a statement we can stand behind. Lynne Waterman, reminded the group not to forget the senior population. Kathy Mahoney brought up how can we focus as a coalition, she feels like we are a support group, instead of talking about the problem she would like to focus on what is an event we can plan. Kathy stated there was some press in the newspaper, article in Enterprise in July, the community doesn't understand how we function and the webpage reflects that. Kathy suggests sponsoring trainings for first responders,what kind of safety net, resources. Hope Schwom stated she would like the Committee