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COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION
AGENDA
Community Services Center
78-471 Highway 111
(Von's Shopping Center - Next to Huntsman)
La Quinta, California, 92253
September 26, 1988 - 7:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
a. Pledge of Allegiance
b. Roll Call
COMMISSION REORGANIZATION
a. Election of Chairman
b. Election of Vice -Chairman
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
a. Letter from City of Redlands regarding Second Annual
Inland Empire Park and Recreation Commissioner and Board
Member Workshop.
PUBLIC COMMENT
OLD BUSINESS
A. COMMITTEE REPORTS
1. Human Services Committee (Commissioner Beck & Molina)
a. Discussion Regarding Community Anti -Drug Progam
- Report by Rev. Stuart Wood
- Report by Riverside Sheriff's Office
- Report by Ms. Ryan, Coordinator of Chemical Awareness
Network Program for Desert Sands Unified School
District
- Report by Ted Hartnett, Drug Counselor at Palm Desert
High School
b. Report on "Red Ribbon Week" Commissioner Beck
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2. Parks & Recreation Committee Report (Commissioners Pina &
Ladner)
a. Report Regarding Investigation Into Municipal Golf
Course. (Commissioner Ladner)
3. Culture & Fine Arts Committee Report (Commissioners Jaffy
& Mendoza)
a. Consideration of Nomination of Fred Rice as County
Historian.
B. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JULY 25, 1988.
NEW BUSINESS
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ADJOURNMENT
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August 19, 1988
RE: Second Annual Inland Empire Park and Recreation
Commissioner and Board Member Workshop
I am pleased to announce that we will be holding our Second
Annual Inland Empire Park and Recreation Commissioner and
Board Member Workshop on Saturday, November 5, at the San
Moritz Lodge in Crestline.
The conference is tri-sponsored by the City of Redlands
Co unity Services Department, in cooperation with the
CaKfor--nia Association of Park and Recreation Commissioners
an< Board Members, and the County of San Bernardino Regional
Parks Department. We are planning several sessions covering
a wide variety of topics which will be useful for Park and
Recreation Commissioners and Board Members.
I wholeheartedly solicit your cooperation in promoting our
workshop among your respective Park and Recreation Board
Members and Commissioners. Furthermore, while this
conference is designed for Commissioners and Board Members,
Park and Recreation staff are more than welcome and would
most certainly benefit by attending.
Please mark your calendars now. You will be receiving more
information in the near future on this exciting, informative
workshop. If you have any questions, call 798-2513.
DAN RODRIGUEZ
Community Services Director
30 CAJON STREET, P.O. BOX 280 0 REDLANDS, CA 92373
COMMISSION REORGANIZATION: q
Ordinance No. 109
Page Two.
_2.f8.03O MMe_m_b_er_s_--__Aeeointments__Terms_ A. The commission
shall consist of seven (7) members appointed by the city council.
R. The terms of office of members of the commission shall be
overlapping. Each member of the commission shall hold office for a term
of three years, or until such time as a successor is appointed.
C. All terms of office shall commence on July fst of the year of
appointment. Vacancies in the office of a member shall be filled for the
unexpired term in the same manner in which regular appointments are
otherwise made.
D. Insofar as possible, the membership shall reflect the racial,
ethnic, economic and sexual composition of the community. Every effort
will be made to insure that a wide cross-section of social, leisure and
artistic services, interests and viewpoints, including providers,
recipients and professionally related occupations are represented.
E. No commissioner shall serve more than two consecutive terms.
F. Commission members shall serve at the pleasure of the city
council, without compensation.
2_i8_040 Officers --Selection_' A. The chairman of the
commission shall be elected"by"a majority vote of commission members in
September of each year. A vice-chairman to serve in the absence of the
chairman shall likewise be elected.
R. The chairman shall preside at all meetings and provide for
periodic reports to the city council on all recommendations of the
commission.
2_.f8_O50_9ommittee2_ A. The commission shall organize
itself into three committees composed of two or three members each. Each
committee shall be assigned one of the following areas of responsibility
f. Human services;
2. parks and recreation;
3. Culture and fine arts.
B. The commission or committees may, from time to time, establish
subcommittees composed of citizens and/or interested people charged with
the responsibility of implementing certain designated projects subject to
commission and city council approval. At least one member of the
commission shall also be a member of each subcommittee.
2_f8_060 Meetings_ A. The commission shall meet regularly
once each month on the date selected by the commission. Special meetings
of the commission may be called by the chairman or a majority of the
commission in accordance with state law.
B. A majority of appointed commissioners shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business.
C. All meetings shall be open to the public.
2_f8_070 Removal fi_om_office_ Any of the commission members
may be removed at•any time, by the city council. If a member of the
commission does not attend three regular consecutive meetings, unless
excused by a majority vote of the commission, his/her membership shall
automatically be terminated, and his/her successor shall be appointed by
the city council to serve the unexpired term.
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MEMORANDUM
22, 1988
COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISIONERS
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR
COMMUNITY ANTI -DRUG PROGRAM
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For years, the drug problem has been aimed at the youth and
consequently, society has placed the responsibility on parents,
schools and law enforcement. Where in fact, this is not a
problem just facing parents, school and law enforcement agencies
- it's facing each and everyone of us. Our non -drug using
children should not have to attend school with drug users.
Citizens of our community should not have to live in the same
neighborhood as drug dealers. It's time that everyone take
responsibility and no longer tolerate drug use and drug sales as
a way of life. What drug use is doing to our society does not
need elaboration - we see it or read about it every day.
As a result of the Commission's desire to find a community issue
to get involved in and my conversations with individual
Commissioners, I have planned some speakers for Monday night's
meeting regarding the drug issue. The Reverend Stuart Wood from
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church will be presenting a report on a
community intervention program and Lt. Dye (or representative)
will be presenting statistics on what La Quinta looks like to
them and Mrs. Jan Ryan, who is Coordinator of the Chemical
Awareness Network Program for Desert Sands Unified School
District will advise on what the District is doing and how we
can be of help and Ted Hartnet, the drug counselor at Palm
Desert High School to inform us of some programs they're
currently involved in.
Aside from the adolescent drug use problem, there is the
neighborhood problem. Lt. Dye will be advising on how his
Office can be of assistance in a community intervention
program. This is one that the entire community should be
involved in if it's going to work. Perhaps it could be
integrated into the "Neighborhood Watch Program".
BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO ISSUES AT HAND, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE HAVE
TWO SUB -COMMITTEES - ONE TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS AND ONE TO
WORK WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM.
I HAVE ATTACHED SOME IDEAS FOR A COMMUNITY ANTI -DRUG PROGRAM
THAT A COMMITTEE COULD USE TO BUILD ON.
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"LA QUINTA "MODEL" ANTI -DRUG PROGRAM"
PLAN OF ACTION
PHASE I - COMMUNITY WIDE
1. POLICY STATEMENT FROM CITY COUNCIL
Ask the City Council to adopt a policy statement to the
effect that "The City of La Quinta strongly feels that the
use of drugs in our City can no longer be tolerated. Our
non -drug using children should not have to attend school
with drug users and our citizens should not have to live in
the same neighborhoods as drug dealers. We therefore,
officially adopt the policy that "drugs will no longer be
tolerated in the City of La Quinta which includes our
neighborhoods and school system".
2. ADOPT A SLOGAN
Possibilities -
"LA QUINTA DOES NOT TOLERATE DRUGS"
"LA QUINTA SAYS "NO" TO DRUGS"
With a slogan goal of "LA QUINTA IS DRUG FREE"
3. ADVERTISING
Get a billboard sign company to donate an un-contracted
sign to display the slogan - it will benefit the company
because the sign is not producing revenue and by donating
it they can write it off.
Use every issue of the City/Chamber newsletter.
Do one initial mailing of a flyer.
Use bumper stickers - they would be displayed throughout
the Coachella Valley.
4. COMMUNITY ACTION
Encourage residents to take responsibility for their
neighborhood. Integrate this program into the
"Neighborhood Watch Program". Have block meetings to lend
the residents support and let them know how they can help
the Sheriff's Department.
t RIVERSIDE COUNTY
i COIS BYRD, SHERIFF
PHYSICAL:
Shefrff
46-057 OASIS STREET • INDIO, CA 92201 • (619) 342-8800
SIGNS OF DRUG ABUSE
- become less concerned with personal hygiene
- clothes/hair dirty
- lose interest in sports and other physical activity
- less active in general
- lose weight, listless
- eating habits change
- constant snacking or eating in binges
SOCIAL:
- friends change
- different group of kids than before
- friends dress and act alike
- become vague about friends and activities
- "going out with some friends," instead of "going to the show with Ron and
Jim.* This is done because they think you may have heard about some of the
kids; also, they really aren't comfortable with their new group and it's
identify.
Activities change:
- lose interest in sports and other hobbies
- usually listen to rock and roll, watch TV, "be with friends," is how majority
of time is spent.
- due to actually being "loaded," tiredness or peer pressure - great amount of
pressure from friends not to do activities that "straights" do.
SCHOOL:-
grades may drop; not always, but some drop usually occurs.
interest in school activities drops; athletics, cheerleading, clubs
Attendance becomes poor:
- cuts classes to do drugs
- high visibility - go back to class loaded
- cuts class to avoid quiz on material missed
- attitude towards school and school officials becomes negative
- being "hassled" about truancy and grades
- pressure from friends
EMOTIONAL:
- becomes defensive, edgy, negative; usually due to guilt, fear of parents
finding out
- angry when questioned about activities
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FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS:
- relationships with all family members will deteriorate
- spend as little time as possible with family
- stay in room, watch TV, listen to rock and roll
- miss meals whenever possible:
- to avoid interaction and eye contact
- refuse to go places with family:
- to avoid prolonged conversation
- can't "escape" from car
- question parental authority on everything:
- encouraged by peers
- avoid real problem (drugs)
THINGS TO DO TO AVOID PROBLEM OR HELP SOLVE IT:
LONG RANGE:
- communication with your kids
- talk with them, not just to them
- show genuine interest in their "world"
- build up mutual trust
- trust them, let them know you do
- be consistent; they need to trust you too
- know their friends
- encourage friends to come over
- establish close relationship
- takes time, but it's worth it
SHORT RANGE:
- watch for previously discussed signs
- don't be afraid to take action
- discuss the problem; be firm but not judgemental
- monitor friends and activities closely
- advise kids this is temporarily necessary
RESOLVE PROBLEM:
- if done within the family, greatl
- if drug use continuing, get outside help - clergy, police, school counselor,
psychologist. Seeking help doesn't mean you're a bad parent, it means you and
your child have a problem and you care enough to work it out.
THE PROBLEM WONT GO AWAY:
- but your child might - to the hospital or jail
1. ENABLING: We tro "rescue" the user from a consequences of
their behavior. We ENABLE:
by not confronting drug use
by allowing an adolescent to use at home
by getting the adolescent out of trouble at school
by calling in sick for him/her at work or school
by giving him/her money and not keeping track of how it is spent
2. DENIAL: If parents don't/won't accept there is a drug problem
(denial), it will prevent the parent from taking action.
3. REACTING: Know the basic, sound information about drugs/alcohol.
Get support for yourself; don't react; develop an action plan.
4. THREATS: Can keep kids away from parents, not drugs.
5. SCARE TACTICS: "That'll never happen to me" is a common reaction
and kids often "shine" these warnings.
6. SUBSTANCES Some parents believe kids will use anyway and it would
be better if they used at home.
7. BRIBERY: Opens the door for parental manipulation but doesn't
stop drug use.
8. MINIMIZING/RATIONALIZING: "He was out with friends just having a
good time. All kids experiment once in a while, don't they?"
9. USING GUILT: Doesn't prevent use but does make kids feel guilty.
10. FIGHTING BETWEEN PARENTS: When parents fight they take the focus
off the drug use. Drug using kids know this and use it. Kids
manipulate fights between their parents to draw attention away from
themselves and their drug use.
CONFRONTATION
1. DON'
t ARE DRUNK
OR HIGH: Before talking, allow enough time for the ettects of the
drugs to wear off. It's counterproductive to talk to a drunk or
stoned adolescent, but have a plan of action.
2. HAVE CRISIS NUMBERS READY:
paramedics
hospital emergency room
family physician
mental health center 1-800-472-4305
suicide crisis center 342-8455
family and friends who will help
3. PLAN YOUR CONFRONTATION: Ask yourself the following questions:
Where do I want the confrontation to take place?
Do I want someone else present? Who?
What evidence and information do I want to present?
What tone of voice do I want to use?
What do I want to say?
What do I want to happen as a result of this confrontation?
What consequences are appropriate?
4. Be specific; Present information which is specific and relevant.
Do not make accusations that you cannot back up with facts or
observations.
5. STICK TO THE ISSUE OF THEIR DRUG USE: They will try to manipulate
the conversation away from their drug use by arguing, debating, or
changing the subject. Don't get sucked in. Say, "We'll talk about
that later. Right n, we're talking about yourug use and how
it is affecting your life and this family." Don't debate! When parents
get into debates with drug -using kids, parents lose.
BE PREPARED FOR EXCUSES, PROMISES, AND THREATS: A threat calls for
immediate action. If an adolescent threatens suicide, take the
adolescent immediately to a crisis center. The crisis center will
assess the situation and make recommendations and a referral, if
needed.
ACT MORE AND TAKE LESS:
Lecture 1 - "Don't you see what you're doing to yourself?"
Lecture 2 - "Don't you see what you're doing to this family?"
Lecture 3 - "You're going to ruin your future."
BE AN ACTIVE LISTENER: Put the personality of a child in the body of
an adult; furnish a need to be loved and a desire to be independent;
allow a need to be self -directing but leave out any idea of what
direction to take; add love but also the fear that it may not be
accepted or returned, and give physical and sexual powers without any
knowledge of or experience in how to use them. Then place the person
you have constructed into a complex society whose values and achieve-
ments are hard to understand and harder to attain; you will have
only begun to scratch the surface of a developing adolescent.
SET A "NO USe RULE: Follow a guideline
federal laws:
No use of alcohol by a minor
No possession or use of any illegal
No use or purchase of cigarettes by
"No illegal use is a good guideline
"no use" rule.
which conforms to local, state
drugs
a minor
upon which to base the
In your house use drugs and alcohol legally, responsibly and
appropriately;
Legally- No use of alcohol by a minor and no use of illegal drugs
by anyone.
Responsibly: If adults choose to drink, do it in a responsible
manner.
Appropriately: If adults choose to drink, they drink at an
appropriate time and place, responsibly.
GUIDELINES FOR CONSEQUENCES
CONSEQUENCES NEED TO BE OBSERVABLE
CONSEQUENCES NEED TO BE REASONABLE
CONSEQUENCES CAN BE CHANGED
CONSEQUENCES DON'T NEED TO BE SPECIFIED IN ADVANCE
FOLLOW THROUGH WITH CONSEQUENCES IF THE "NO USE" RULE IS BROKEN:
Consequences interfere with those drug -induced good feelings and
interrupt the cycle of drug use by creating discomfort for the user.
Develop creative consequences. consequences give adolescents an
opportunity to learn from unacceptable decisions
Children want and need more from parents than parents want and need
from their children.
WHAT DO KIDS WANT AND NEED?
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DRUG/ALCOHOL COUNSELLING SERVICES
AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES
ABC CLUB (ALCOHOUDRUGS)
44-435 Biskra
Indio, Ca Ph: 342-9961
ABC YOUTH OUTREACH
(DRUGS/ALCOHOL)
44-435 Biskra
Indio, CA Ph: 342-6616
ALANON (ALCOHOL)
Ph: 325-1197
ALCOHOL AWARENESS PROGRAM
(ALCOHOL)
Eisenhower Medical Center
Ph: 340-3911
ALCOHOL CONTROL PROGRAM
(ALCOHOL)
45-590 Grace
Indio, CA
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
(ALCOHOL)
45-235 Towne
Indio, CA Ph: 347-2359
BETTY FORD CENTER (ALCOHOL)
Ph: 340-0033
CHEMICAL AWARENESS NETWORK
(ALCOHOUDRUGS)
Desert Sands Unified School
District Ph: 347-8631
COCAINE ANONYMOUS
HOTLINE: 1-800-COCAINE
DESERT COMMUNITY DRUG TEAM
(ALCOHOUDRUGS)
81-912 Avenue 45
Indio, CA Ph: 347-0754
DESERT METHADONE TREAT-
MENT PROGRAM (DRUGS)
83-912 Avenue 45
Indio, CA Ph: 347-0754
HAYMAN CENTER (ALCOHOL)
233 South Civic Drive
Palm Springs, CA
Ph: 323-1721
LOST HEADS RANCH (ALCOHOL)
7855 Little Morango Drive
Desert Hot Springs, CA
Ph: 329-2924
NAR-ANON (DRUGS)
Ph: 327-2699
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS (DRUGS)
Ph: 346-8500
SPANISH LANGUAGE ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS (ALCOHOL)
82-325 Market
Indio, CA Ph: 347-5760
TOUGH LOVE
Ph: 340-1036 or 340-5024
TURNING POINT
Toro Peak & Fairway
Palm Desert, CA
Ph: 568-9405
TURN-OFF INCORPORATED
(DRUGS/ALCOHOL)
71-175 Aurora Road
Palm Springs, CA
Ph: 329-6240
SOURCE.' RIVERSIDE COUNTY
SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
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