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City of Fort Collins
Senior Advisory Board Minutes
Wednesday November 9th 11:30 am
In person meeting 1200 Raintree Drive
Fort Collins Senior Center
Mission: The Senior Advisory Board shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Fort Collins City Council
on programs and policies that help aging citizens live full and interesting lives and continue to
contribute, participate, and share in the life of the community.
I. Call to Order: 11:30am
II. Public Participation
a. Suzanne King, Dick Newtown, Joe Glomboski, McAllister Johnson
III. Administrative Items
a. Attendance: City Councilmember Susan Gutowski, Myles Crane,
Alan Kress, Mary Roberts, Gabby Rivera Excused: David Kovach, Alicia Durand, Deanna
O’Connell, Jeanne Hoag, Nancy Luttropp.
Staff members Sarah Olear, Lisa Hays.
b. Not enough members present for a quorum.
IV. Guest Speaker:
a. Barbara Bennett, MBA, Larimer County Sheriff’s office
Presentation regarding scams identified by the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office.
Important to inform all seniors of potential scams and how to avoid being caught by
them. Scammers continue to get more sophisticated and are always working to catch
people off guard.
b. Rachel Ruhlen, FC Transportation Planner
Currently reviewing strategies for the vision zero action plan.
Request that all SAB members review the miro board and comment on areas that stand
out, both positive and negative. https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVPIgR6wA=/
V. Member Bio
Alan Kress shared his bio, highlighting his work in Physical Therapy and working with seniors in
their home.
He is also a member of the housing priority group and LCOA advisory council.
VI. New Business
a. 2nd Inter-municipal Board meeting debrief. Unanimous approval that we should continue to meet
with Loveland SAB in the future.
b. Discussion of ADU’s and land use code.
VII. Ongoing initiatives
a. Housing – train the trainer for future walkability studies.
b. Safety Survey, has been sent to Columbine so far, looking for other agencies to send to. They are
re-wording some of the questions for better understanding.
c. Senior Center updates – Sarah shared the many changes currently happening in Recreation.
The Senior Center now has an additional supervisor, Sarah Gagne, specifically in charge
of facility operations i.e., room reservation and set up, facility maintenance, etc.
Sarah Olear will continue to oversee programming for the Senior Center, Club Tico and
ARO.
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VIII. Adjourn 1:20 pm
UPCOMING EVENTS and OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
Next meeting December 14th at 310 West Prospect Rd. At 11:30am