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M <br /> -y <br /> 4 <br /> Minute of the Meeting <br /> of he hi e Voum* g Authority <br /> Bdar d of Commissioners <br /> January=9,199'7 <br /> The meeting was called to order at'7:t 0{p.tn.-and a quorum dcclarcd�ivi th the-following members in <br /> attendance: Stu Peoples, Antoinette.Brooks, Karen.Rudd, and Jamesi�g. .Excused was C.onst nce <br /> Mills. Also in attendance was Carolyn A. Reed, Ex9ecutive Director. <br /> Subsequent to the reading of.the.D6wnber minutes.arid-the fol tb ifig.correction--last.pdge,.line;three <br /> should read"she is nowgof rcially the a-motion was grade by M r. Long anid seconded by Ms. !Rudd <br /> to accept the minutes of the tumfing held,we ember.1- ,-#996. The otiori. arri : <br /> The order of agenda.vas changed to.allow.for Barbara,Boro, Area Dir ,abr,DMR to address-the.Board <br /> with regard td the..proposed 689 development., Nis. Boro provided some background and described the <br /> role DSR plays with regard to clients on-the Cape. -Tho Cape Area Office.is one of 23 area-of oes that <br /> services Carpe Cod and the Islands. There are approximately 800 individuals and fi�ic of tW wait <br /> list not receiving direct..services, -many-are children-who are ithder 22years of age and receive-so11t <br /> support and services from the Family Support Program and the Department of Educ tion. Primarily, <br /> DMR service s adults with appro #Mx tely. �homes ori.the Cape,with approximately,160 1 ndiv tduaIs; <br /> currently operated h , .different-vendors contracted-with{DMR. 1 -tuittion dollars worth of s'ervice i <br /> put hased every-year. Dl also supports individuals in.their owti.homes. <br /> Ms. Boro informcd the Board that the 689 project started in 1974 when basically servicc rere provided <br /> by institutions. Deinstitutiotialization determined that residents'shauld be back in their local <br /> communities. tiot segregated. The model of community-homes.we.re ;16 bl homes. f c ntly;the <br /> Department pa scd a fulhig that h rn s greater than J person homes wodid be approved only with a <br /> waiver which wouldonlybe.short term:-This-lids also,increased the,waiting-fist. <br /> There is not much new money to support the various increased needs situ deinstitutionalization, i.e. <br /> clients aging iri plane, down sy drornc,etc: ni re tly 29 people,in l fashpee knoWn to the Department.". <br /> I 1 over the age of 22 and the remaining are under the age,of 22. ,The rarnge of,ability is from one end of <br /> the spectrum to the other. <br /> State monies include$ ,0 ,for family,support-and- ,0'M for elder care-groups.,No -money to support ' <br /> twenty-Four hour-staffed bumes.-Deed flexibility to be creati , i. : nlon4 sabled riid.ivi uals to.live in <br /> house such as PCA.or relative to assist with care. <br /> Discussion centered around purchase of condos, 2-3 bedroom honict or buiWhig - ,b drop 9hom s a <br /> opposed�o new development of a 4+bedroom home. Ms. Boto advised that DNM cannot commit to a <br /> program-that world ieq'uire a large sura of mon y. In response to tirne,-there is.iib time,fraitle for Filing- <br /> the application arid-this- h uld not be a problem--howev er,{there-should be some consensus-between the <br /> parties as to which way we should go. <br /> The Board nicnibers decided to table this discussion until there was a full board ineeting—spe ifiicafly <br /> because Ms. Nf illi i s our-"resident expert".' <br /> TREASURED"S6REPO T <br /> Subject to the Board's review of the Budget to Actual, account balances and a report on Tenant <br /> Deltnqucncy, a niotioh was ina e by Ms. Rudd and seconded by Mrs. Brooks to accept the <br /> Treasurer's Deport as presented. The motion carried. <br />