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Human Services (continued) M /S: Mosher /Claire to approve the recommendation for an increase to $30,000 from the requested $23,012 for TEWCI- Senior Citizen Center. Carried by majority voice vote, Councilman Stangel voting no. Community Education Center Human Resources Director Irizarry described the function of the Center and in reply to questions, advised that it is partially funded by the State, but that the County tends to leave educational matters for the State and other agencies to add re ss . M /S: Mosher / Stangel to increase funds for Community Education Center from the Manager's recommendation of $14,500 to the requested $22,000, providing the program expands as expected. Carried unanimously by voice vote. Center for Independence of Disabled In response to question by Council, the representative of CID stated that approximately 10% of their clientele are from Redwood City, and asked that their request for $7,700 be reinstated. CONSENSUS: The consensus of Council was to approve the Manager's recommendation for funds of $6,025 for the Center for Independence of Disabled. Retired Senior Volunteer Proqram CONSENSUS: The consensus of Council was to approve the Manager's recommendation for $3,700 in funds for the Retired Senior Volunteer Program. Kainos Home City Manager Smith recalled that when the first facility was built, there had been some financial difficulty and Council had approved $30,000 for furnishings; that subsequently Council had approved a one dollar per year lease to Kainos of City -owned property, a substantial contribution, on which the most recent residential facility was built by them; and that the rationale for recommending less than Kainos had requested was that it was believed advisable not to become more significantly involved. Vera Bennett, representing Kainos, described a new project for a station in industry which they plan to initiate, to provide training of the Kainos residents to equip them for employment. Sally Salinas, member of the Housing and Human Concerns Committee, spoke in support of funds for Kainos. M /S: Claire /Mosher to increase funding for Kainos to $5,115, the amount they had requested. Budget Study Session 6/22/85 Page 2 MINUTE BOOK NO. 45 Page NO. 477