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Scope and Content Note

This series contains correspondence, meeting minutes, memoranda, reports and other records pertaining to the closure of the Rome Developmental Center.

B2373-14: This accretion includes correspondence between Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD) commissioner Arthur Y. Webb and the last director of Rome Developmental Center, Philip Catchpole, as well as memoranda, personnel vacancy announcements, closure planning documentation (e.g., monthly flag form meetings' files of task forces, such as the Mayor's Consolidated Community Task Force, etc.; and sub-task forces, such as Quality of Life Services, Nutritional Services, etc.); correspondence, memoranda, and planning documents relating to the Closure Study Group, and to the development of a "Core Staffing" proposal; other analysis documents, task lists, progress reports, and OMRDD's "Closure Proposal Document, 1st update" (1993).

This accretion also includes extensive files documenting plans for reconfiguration of staff, clients, logistical operations, and physical facilities.

B2373-19: This accretion includes meeting minutes, memorandums, reports, news articles, and planning documents relating to the closure of the Rome Developmental Center. In addition, the accretion also contains a Historical Committee file consisting of published reference material, files of the Closure Ceremony Advisory Committee (minutes, notes, etc.), fiscal records relating to the ceremony (invitations, catering, etc.), and records pertaining to the creation of the Rome Developmental Disabilities Services Office.