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MI. .01 ELLE 629 13.E.1. HERB KALE TRAIL DEDICATION CEREMONIES Commissioner Macht gave some history of the Oslo property and advised that the limited public access, known as Herb Kale Trail, was being opened at 10 am — 3 pm on May 31, 1997, for dedication and celebration. There will be guided tours and the public is invited and encouraged to attend. He will be participating and invited everyone to be there. He stated that he had walked the Trail recently and found it to be an amazing place, almost like being in a cathedral, with stands of pines, gigantic oak trees, some endangered flora species. There was one pine tree that was at least 11 feet in circumference. 13.E.2. CHILDREN'S SERVICES NETWORK REPORT Commissioner Macht advised that the Children's Services Advisory Committee met recently at which time they set the initial priorities for establishment of the Children's Services Network The priorities discussed were staffing and building the committee of private citizens to join the ex-officios and other matters. The chief priority is a needs assessment. In the process, they found that they will be funded with non -County money, which will be coming from some existing grants. The United Way is interested in chipping in also. In the process of that discussion, it seemed desirable, based on the input, and in order to fully utilize the money, that we need a comprehensive needs assessment. The opinion was, in fact, that a children's needs assessment could not be done separately because it is interwoven with other difficulties. He thought it was a good idea and would have corollary benefit to other providers and to the County's Welfare Department. Absent any objections from the Commission, they will do that, at no direct cost to the County. He thought we would wind up with a product that will prove very useful. He thought it would be especially useful when the federal grants are no longer available. Commissioner Macht advised that the feeling was that it was necessary to keep the Children's Services Advisory Committee in place until the Children's Services Network is up and running. Commissioner Adams asked whether the needs assessment will be done in-house or by the committee, and Commissioner Macht thought it was going to be a hybrid. There is an organization already in place that will furnish a lot of the information, but it will be somewhat locally driven. He thought it was going to be mainly an outside source. 50 MAY 279 1997 M M M