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RESGLUTION N0. 611.7
RESOLU^1 ION SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT -0F A CAA
FOR SUBURBAN .AND RURAL HENNEPIN COUNTY
WHEREAS,. the question of whether there is a need for a CAA
to serve suburban and rural Hennepin County, and what organiza-
tional form is most appropriate if a CAA should be established,
has been under study for the past year, and
WHEREAS, this review has indicated that the County's lower
income citizens will benefit from the establishment of a CAA that
can build on and complement the activities of the existing Human
Services Councils, and
WHEREAS, a Task Force representing the three Human Service
Councils has developed an organizational model designated the
"Linkage Niodel", which will enable a CAA to be organized while re-
taining the Human Services Councils and making the fullest use of
their existing planning, management and service capabilities,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the.
City of Richfield does hereby urge the Hennepin County Board of
Commissioners to accept the recommendations of the Task Force
and establish a CAA for suburban and rural Hennepin County based
on the "Linkage Model" and to designate the present Task Force as
the interim board to: write the by-laws, apply for funding,
organize the new board.
Passed by the City Council of the C "` of Richfield this
27th day of August, 1979.
AT~l'EST
or-~i~ ~ . Law riayor
Syl a Bergh, Acting ty Clerk