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SUBJECT: PLANNING FOR DRUG SUMMIT I
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1 . Request the County Administrator to consider the need to
provide dedicated staff at least part-time to work on
publicizing the Drug Summit I Conference.
2. Request the Cable TV Administrator to contact the Drug
Program Chief, Chuck Deutschman, and make arrangements to
have Drug Summit I videotaped for later use on Cable TV and
at other community meetings.
3 . Request the Health Services Director to send a follow-up
letter to Craig Fuller, Chief of Staff to the Vice
President, with a copy to Secretary of Energy Herrington
reminding the Vice President that he was asked to address
Drug Summit I , providing him the date and place of the
Conference and asking what arrangements can be made for the
Vice President.
4 . Request Supervisor Schroder to follow up with Mr. Fuller and
try to emphasize the importance of having the Vice President
at the Conference or that arrangements be made for a
video-conferencing appearance by the then President of the
United States.
5 . Request the Steering Committee for Drug Summit I to report
back to our Committee on January 9, 1989 on the status of
plans for the Conference.
BACKGROUND:
On November 1 , 1988, the Board of Supervisors approved our last
status report on the planning for the Drug Summit I .
We met with Chuck Deutschman, Mike Gilbert, and Mike Radetsky on
November 28 for a further status report. The Drug Summit
Steering Committee which was established by the Board of
Supervisors will be meeting on November 30. Subject to their
approval, we were advised of the following details regarding the
Drug Summit I :
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PHIL BATCHELOR. CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
M382/7-83 BY ,DEPUTY
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Date: Saturday, February 4, 1989
Place: St. Mary's College, Moraga
Theme: "Drug Free Communities - Strategies for Change"
Among the topics that are being considered for the Conference are
the following:
What the anti-smoking campaign has accomplished and how
some of their techniques can be transferred to address
the drug problem.
What parents can do as a group to attack the drug abuse
problem.
How communities can better serve the minority
populations.
Drug-specific prevention strategies.
What role the media can play in dealing with the drug
problem.
Nature of the problem with drugs such as steroids.
What impact will the new federal anti-drug legislation
have on the local community?
The role of law enforcement in combating the drug
problem.
The Attorney General of California, John Van de Kamp, has
indicated an interest in attending as the keynote speaker.
We also still want to reemphasize our interest in having
President-Elect Bush either attend the Conference or provide a
video-conferencing link to the Conference so he can share a
message with the conferees.
We also want to remind the Board Members that Drug Summit I is
only the first step in a series of conferences which will include
regional conferences in each Supervisorial District. These
regional conferences should then lead to Drug Summit II which is
to be scheduled during "Red Ribbon Week" in October 1989. From
Drug Summit II, we hope to arrive at a consensus on strategies
which the Contra Costa community can undertake to attack the drug
problem.
It was noted that in addition to individual invitations, there
needs to be a great deal of publicity for the Conference aimed at
making parents, teachers, young people, and interested citizens
aware of the Conference. This will require some substantial
commitment of staff resources and we are, therefore, asking the
County Administrator to look at what additional staff resources
can be made available for this effort.
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Our Committee will report final details of the conference to the
full Board of Supervisors after we have met with the Steering
Committee again on January 9, 1989 .
cc: County Administrator
Sheriff-Coroner
District Attorney
County Probation Officer
Social Services Director
Health Services Director
Mental Health Director
Drug Program Chief
Mike Gilbert, Department of Justice
Michael Radetsky, United Way
1988-89 Grand Jury Foreman
Drug Abuse Board
Alcoholism Advisory Board
Human Services Advisory Commission