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130 <br /> April 1,1987 <br /> ncllman Pope Changed n a£or her work and moved to "ceps <br /> the[e rt. The mo.von was seconded by Councilman etephaneon.a <br /> called with all councilmen voting yea a apt Councilman <br /> Wive ll who was excused. <br /> Motion Carried. <br /> COUNCIL COMMENTS. <br /> Councilman Stephenson said he had attendedasemina[ Aids a the <br /> National League o£Cities Conference eprmposed [ a Public <br /> Awareness ask Force be established to support s s <br /> a necessary to the <br /> Snohomish Cop County Health District a they preparefoit educatleu <br /> of the Community to <br /> N e growing health problem of Occulted Immunity <br /> Deficiency Syndrome. <br /> RESOLUTION AIDS <br /> O.NOON 8tephanson,seconded by Councilman cope Co adopt <br /> Aea lukicn oNo. 839 as follows: <br /> V ' WHEREAS, <br /> 8 AID Acquired Immunity Deficiency SyndrOne, OS a <br /> V devastatingmedicalcondition impacting virtually eery aspect <br /> of <br /> society,and <br /> (.� WHEREAS,several thousand ohs of AIDS have been reported 1n <br /> Nation,anpresently--end for the foreseeable future--there <br /> effective treatment, no vaccine,and no known Cure for AIDS; <br /> is <br /> WHEREAS, this grim situation.has left the medical community, <br /> . public officias, business leaders and others paralysed to and <br /> s <br /> to this Catastrophic illness and the host of personal, ocial, <br /> economic and political problems attendant to it,and <br /> SAS, predictions of the future incidence and spread of <br /> AID <br /> 8 haves e brought about a g[owing.conaensua that ev community 1n the nation mu be proactive 1n responding to thiscentury'sworst <br /> epidemic,andwHER <br /> SAS, local governments, mmunity health organisations <br /> and school boards.bear the ultimatereapansibilitysetting <br /> u <br /> Priorities, allocating resp k developing education finitiatives <br /> and formulating intervention strategies,and --- <br /> WHEREAS, <br /> It i widely accepted'that education of the general <br /> themlation at and else of individuals k for AIDS are the Most groups whose behavior places <br /> prospects of Human Ivaunodeficiency Cites f(HIV)infectiove ways n reduce <br /> the <br /> THEREFORE, <br /> COUNCIL <br /> BY <br /> that a committedr <br /> and RESOLVED <br /> T <br /> concerted effort must he de o develop loCal <br /> k forces to brink together he groups and rhe s of the <br /> AIDS community valuate he issues presented byIS and begin <br /> mobilising community efforts to combat the disease,and <br /> 3. <br /> IIvr. <br />