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• The proposal will proceed to the Detailed Plan stage. The Mayor commended all who had been involved in the development of the proposal to this stage. Councilman Stauffer introduced members of the City of St. Anthony Task Force to Study Problems of Chemical Dependency which she chairs in- cluding Pastor Glen Martin, Dr. William Carr and Ruth Hultgren who dis- cussed the report from the Task Force as well as recommendations for action by the Council which were contained in it. The Chairman said a portion of the summary of recommendations from the report had been omitted and she wanted it noted in the minutes that the "Information and Referral Center would have information available for anyone needing. . . it and volunteers fromthe community who are trained in drug abuse problems readily available. . . for crisis situa- tions" . The possibility of such volunteer actions compromising the volunteer's professional status and creating a conflict of interest was raised by Councilman Sundland and responded by Pastor Martin and Dr. Carr. Councilman Haik wondered whether City staff could not more logically implement the recommended procedures since under the Drug Abuse Program adopted for City employees they might be receiving the necessary train- ing for dealing with such problems. Mr. Dulg-ar said -the training -the staff is now -receiving is- intended to • be used exclusively for the benefit of employees and their families and he did not feel would be adequate to handle the problems inherent in this program. Motion by Councilman Stauffer and seconded by Councilman Sundland to follow the recommendations of the Task Force to Study Problems of Chemical Dependency and create an Information and Referral Center in the Parkview building. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Stauffer and seconded by Mayor Miedtke to accept and approve the Chemical Dependency Task Force Report as a "Modus Operandi" for the City. Motion carried unanimously. Dr. Carr who heads the City Health Board then gave his list of nominees to serve on the Board. Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Haik to approve the City Health Board comprised of Dr. Carr, Jim Fornell, Ruth Binkert, Marjorie Sather, Trudy Enlund and James Stephens. Motion carried unanimously. • (4)