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82 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION CREATING THE MAYOR'S COMMTTEE~ON THE HANDICAPPED. <br /> <br /> ~ ~BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the .City o~ Portsmouth, <br />Virginia, that the Mayor is authorized' to appoint a~ c°mmittee' s h to' <br />be known as "The Mayor's Committee O~ The Handicapped , · ~c <br />committee to have no more than seven (7) members to be appointed <br />to serve terms of two (2) years. The committee so appointed is' <br />authorized and. instructed to work toward the purpose of advising <br />and informing ~he' public and private sectors of the City of <br />Portsmouth and .environs of the problems facing handicapped <br />persons in matters of employment, housing, travel and the use of <br />facilities that are open to the public; the committee is urged to <br />work with architects and building~ contractors in efforts to <br />design barrier-free buildings which will be readily accessible <br />to handicapped persons' and to~ strive for improvement in-the' <br />quality of the life 'style of the handicapped person in the City <br />o~ Portsmouth. <br /> <br /> ~ In ~iving consideration to problems facing handicapped <br />persons, the committee shall be guided in general by the di- <br />finition of "handicapped" as defined by the laws of the Common- <br />wealth of Virginia and the Board of Education of the Commonwealth <br />of~Virginia, and "handicapped" shall include by way of illus- <br />tration, but not limitation, persons who are mentally retarded, <br />physically handicapped, emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, <br />speach impaired, hearing impaired, visually impaired and multiple <br />impaired or handicapped. <br /> <br /> Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, <br />at a meeting held July 26, 1977. <br /> <br />. Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />