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to make sure of their cooperation. He noted City Council should feel free to request any other areas to which they want attention given in the work program. . Mr. Bradley said at the last committee meeting, an LCOG person presented an analysis on the population growth projections being used. He sai d in fact the growth projections had been underestimated, and perhaps Council would like a report by the LCOG person. Mr. Obie wondered if the study group would be making decisions based on the pressures of availability of individual family single lots. Mr. Porter replied the study would be more exhaustive regarding land availability and suitability for land development patterns. The cost and efficiency of single-family lots would be addressed in that study as to whether that pattern could be continued. Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Mr. Obie to approve the Metro Plan Update work program. Mr. Delay said implicit in that motion should be the decision to for- ward to LCOG his particular areas of concern. It was consensus of the Council that a written report from LCOG regarding the population growth estimates be supplied to Council members. Vote was taken on the motion which carried unanimously. Mr. Hamel arrived. e III. WOMENSPACE: CONTINUED DISCUSSION FROM 7-13 MEETING Assistant Manager said the best information he had available was that the Family Shelter House was the only facility open to the general public to serve battered wives. Working through Womenspace, there were also individual homes open for such persons. Family Shelter House and Women- space representatives had been meeting together in the last week and had developed an agreement of understanding of their roles. The agreement had been distributed to Council. Julie Lamberts, Women's Commission member and spokesperson for Womenspace, said the agreement delineated the focus of each of the agencies. The two groups had discussed and agreed to cooperate in areas such as child care, temporary schooling issues, finding permanent housing for clients, and utilization of other community resources. An agreement had been reached in the sharinq of facilities in the')c area,; iJnd 1II'lrlnfj !.r'W,', referrals. She said the written aqreement Wile; a major e;tpp provirlinq a good basis for continuing discussion and uuilding d unique.' facll1ty. Liz Heath, 3480 McMillan Street, Director of VAC, representative of the private, non-profit agency directors, said they felt very strongly any circumvention of the process of funding social services programs in the community should not be condoned. They felt the existing joint social services fund and its system should be used, and any circumvention would e 7/20/77 - 3 511