
{"id":8337,"date":"2009-12-10T12:20:01","date_gmt":"2009-12-10T20:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=8337"},"modified":"2009-12-10T12:21:48","modified_gmt":"2009-12-10T20:21:48","slug":"board-wants-help-for-club-nova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2009\/12\/10\/board-wants-help-for-club-nova\/","title":{"rendered":"Board wants help for Club Nova"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Beth Mechum, Staff Writer<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen say they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re worried about the future of Club Nova and other local programs, in light of the crisis in the state\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mental health system.<\/p>\n<p>Club Nova, a clubhouse designed to promote rehabilitation and reintegration into the community for individuals living with mental illness, is located on Main Street in Carrboro and recently has been reported to be facing financial troubles.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>At its meeting Tuesday night at Town Hall, the board heard from Natalie Ammarell, chair of former Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Mental Health Task Force. Ammarell spoke about the short-falls of the mental health system in Orange County \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the most prominent and pressing being a shrinking resource base. <\/p>\n<p>Ammarell said the 2010 North Carolina budget includes an approximate $75 million cut to mental health services. That means funding to Orange, Chatham and Person counties is to be reduced next year by more than $2 million.<\/p>\n<p>Ammarell reported on the task force\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s recommendations, which include the placement of more UNC School of Social Work students in local mental health agencies with paid supervision; improved awareness of mental health issues among local law enforcement and safety personnel; and stronger leadership within the community on mental health, developmental disability and substance-abuse issues.<\/p>\n<p>Ammarell stressed making mental health a local issue, suggesting that local governments work together to find both long- and short-term solutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We need ways to promote collaboration, working together to try to overcome stigma,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said.<br \/>\nAlderman Jacquie Gist voiced interest in a standing inter-governmental group that advocates for mental health service agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Gist said she wanted to find a way to keep Club Nova open, and requested other board members join her in the effort.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Nova is such a positive model,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Alderman Randee Haven-O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Donnell said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153So if we can look further into it, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d be great.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Board members agreed the facts are sobering.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153To see it all pulled together in one place is really depressing and really scary, like we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re losing ground,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Gist said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153These are discussions that we had back in the \u00e2\u20ac\u212250s, then again in the \u00e2\u20ac\u212270s.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>The board also received with the results of a water survey conducted last summer in the Rogers Road community by community leader Robert Campbell and students from UNC\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Gillings School of Global Public Health. The study showed contamination in the Rogers Road community drinking water. <\/p>\n<p>Board members had questions about the cause of the contamination and the objective of the study<br \/>\nGist, in particular, said that though the inference of the study seemed to be the landfill was causing contamination, she didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think the facts really supported that.<\/p>\n<p>The board moved to accept the report.<br \/>\nIn other action the board:<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 set a public hearing for Jan. 26 on a land-use ordinance text amendment modifying a street-separation requirement;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 approved an addendum to the inter-local agreement between Orange County and Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough with regard to tax and revenue collection;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 amended the town code with regard to parking along East Carr Street and within municipal parking lots, stipulating a two-hour limit between 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 set a public hearing for Jan. 26 on a draft ordinance amending the land-use ordinance to revise stream buffer and associated provisions in regards to the Jordan Water Supply Nutrient Stategy;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 rejected the bids received for the Bus Shelter Installation project;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 and appointed Robin Michler as the Transportation Advisory Board\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s representative on the Greenways Commission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Beth Mechum, Staff Writer Members of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen say they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re worried about the future of Club Nova and other local programs, in light of the crisis in the state\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mental health system. 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