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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/13/2023 - Senior Advisory Board - Agenda - Regular Meeting 1 City of Fort Collins Senior Advisory Board Agenda Hybrid Meeting Wednesday September 13th, 2023 at 11:30 a.m. 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. Participation for this hybrid Senior Advisory Board meeting will be available in person, online or by phone. Directions for each can be found below. I. Call to Order II. Public Participation III. Administrative Items a. Attendance b. Approval of August Minutes c. Correspondence d. Six Month Calendar Update e. Initial discussion regarding work plans for 2024>Due November 30th. IV. Today’s Guest Speakers and Board Discussion a. Potential presentation by Senator Ginal V. New Business: Public Participation In-Person: Fort Collins Senior Center, 1200 Raintree Drive, Fort Collins CO, 80526 Public Participation Online: Individuals who wish to address the Board via remote public participation can do so through Zoom at: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84043922080?pwd=K3I3YzQ5SEJtTndOcFdqUjltejRGdz09 Meeting ID: 840 4392 2080 Passcode: 811785 Individuals participating in the Zoom session should also watch the meeting through that site. The virtual meeting will be available to join beginning at 11:30 am. If attending virtually, participants should try to sign in prior to the 11:30 am meeting start time, if possible. For public comments, the Chair will ask participants to click the “Raise Hand” button to indicate you would like to speak at that time. Staff will moderate the Zoom session to ensure all participants have an opportunity to address the Board or Commission. Public Participation (Phone): As listed above, the meeting will be available beginning at 11:30 am. Please call in to the meeting prior to 11:30 am, if possible. For public comments, the Chair will ask participants to click the “Raise Hand” button to indicate you would like to speak at that time – phone participants will need to hit *9 to do this. Staff will be moderating the Zoom session to ensure all participants have an opportunity to address the Committee. One tap mobile +17193594580,,84043922080# US +12532050468,,84043922080# US +1 719 359 4580 US (Colorado Springs) Meeting ID: 840 4392 2080 Find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kYgywgTlz Participation guidelines: Once you join the meeting: keep yourself on muted status. Documents to Share: If residents wish to share a document or presentation, the Staff Liaison needs to receive those materials via email by 24 hours before the meeting. Individuals uncomfortable or unable to access the Zoom platform or unable to participate by phone are encouraged to participate by emailing general public comments you may have to solear@fcgov.com. The Staff Liaison will ensure the Board or Commission receives your comments. If you have specific comments on any of the discussion items scheduled, please make that clear in the subject line of the email and send 24 hours prior to the meeting. 2 a. Recent City Council Activity – Council Member Susan Gutowsky b. Community Outreach list creation & outreach document creation c. Transfort: Fare-free Proposal to City Council VI. Ongoing Initiatives a. Board member roundtable minute b. Housing – Mary/ Alan c. Transportation – Bruce d. Safety & Wellness - Deanna e. Office on Aging – Alan f. Outreach to isolated individuals-Gabby g. Senior Center - Sarah h. Future SAB Guest Speakers UPCOMING EVENTS and OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS Volunteer Engagement Summit: Saturday August 26th from 10 am – 8 pm 1 City of Fort Collins Senior Advisory Board Minutes Wednesday August 9th 11:30 am In Person meeting/Zoom Hybrid 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: 11:35am II. Public Participation Tammy Shirk, Trisha Ehrlich, Joe Glomboski • Tammy and Trisha shared concerns regarding changes to scheduling for free programming at the Senior Center as well as information relating to Senior Advisory Board. III. Administrative Items a. Attendance: Alan Kress, Deanna O’Connell, Mary Roberts, Bruce Henderson, Gabby Rivera, David Kovach, Suzanne King. Excused: Myles Crane, Alicia Durand Staff members: Lisa Hays. b. Approval of May minutes Motion: Alan Kress Second Mary Roberts. Unanimously approved. c. Correspondence – None d. Six Month Calendar Update – Sarah will keep updated monthly. IV. Today’s Guest Speakers: Ginny Sawyer Project Manager with the City Manager’s Office a. See presentation materials. b. Background on 2 potential November ballot measures • Action needed. a. Boards to have basic understanding of the measures should they get questions. b. Information located on the City Website: ourcity.fcgov.com (Sustainable funding). V. New Business: a. Discussion of community outreach. • How to create awareness in the community about the Senior Advisory Board and what their mission is. • A proposal was made that Senior Advisory Board create handouts to be distributed to the community via senior center programs as well as within the community at various locations. A motion was made by Suzanne King and seconded by Mary Roberts to investigate avenues of producing handout material. All approved. b. Recent City Council Activity – Council member Susan Gutowsky no report. 2 VI. Ongoing Initiatives: Deferred to next meeting. a. Board member roundtable minute b. Housing – Mary/ Alan c. Transportation – Bruce d. Safety & Wellness - Deanna e. Office on Aging – Alan f. Outreach to isolated individuals-Gabby g. Senior Center - Sarah h. Future SAB Guest Speakers VII. Adjourn 1:30pm UPCOMING EVENTS and OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS Volunteer Engagement Summit: Saturday August 26th from 10 am – 8 pm Live involved: Saturday September 9th from ? Date Meeting Agenda Item Tuesday, October 3, 2023 Council Meeting Phase 1 Land Use Code Update, Implementing the Housing Strategic Plan Tuesday, October 17, 2023 GID No. 1 Special Meeting to Determine and Fix Mill Levy and Appropriation (Note: This meeting is a separate meeting to follow the Regular Council Meeting.) Tuesday, December 12, 2023 Work Session Community Report: Larimer County Public Health Department Update & Human Services Priorities Platform Update 1 Fort Collins Senior Advisory Board (SAB) 2023 Draft Work Plan Summary Statement: Consistent with our Mission and the City of Fort Collins’ Strategic Budgeting for Outcomes, the Senior Advisory Board serves as advisors to the Fort Collins City Council on programs and policies that help older residents live full and interesting lives, continuing to contribute and participate in our vibrant community. Primary Functions of the Senior Advisory Board: 1. Sharing a concern for aging members of our community, the Board assumes responsibility for involvement in a network of senior agencies and organizations to remain aware of issues, needs, and occurrences that are relevant to older/aging adults: -Larimer County Office on Aging Advisory Council -Partnership for Age-Friendly Communities in Larimer County (PAFC) -Columbine Health Systems Center for Healthy Aging at CSU -Various City Boards and Commissions and other relevant organizations pursuing similar goals with focus on neighborhood livability issues including but not limited to affordable housing, transportation access and mobility, and safety. 2. Our priorities are to provide education to this community about the aging process, to inform and be informed, to advocate for a good quality of life and to encourage networking among the various groups that deal with senior issues. 3. We participate in important community events throughout the year. 4. We communicate information describing the needs and challenges of our older population and highlight the value and benefits of older people to our community. Work Areas for 2023 Prioritization 1. Neighborhood Livability and Social Health a. Education: We will learn and engage in discussion to help the Council work towards solutions for the senior community housing need. 2 1. Neighborhood Livability and Social Health (Continued): by periodically attending the Affordable Housing Board’s and the PAFC’s Housing Priority G roup’s meetings, as appropriate. We will also remain open and receptive to the general voice of older people in the community and their thoughts and opinions on local housing needs. We will actively seek out speakers from various industries, non- profits, health, and lifestyle advocates and others to give us a broad perspective in this and other areas regarding older people. b . Advocacy: We will work on ways to educate all members about the housing needs of seniors. We will share with Council our deliberations regarding improvement to senior housing options. c. Outreach: We will share , as appropriate, with the Affordable Housing Board and other organizations what we know and have learned regarding the housing needs of seniors. 2. Transportation a. Education: We will learn and engage in discussion to help the Council work towards solutions for the senior community’s transportation needs b y periodically attending Transportation Board meetings as well as those of PAFC’s Transportation Priority Group. We will also remain open and receptive to the general voice of seniors in the community and to their thoughts and opinions on local transportation needs, as appropriate. b. Advocacy: We will share our concerns and thoughts with the City Council about ways the City can improve transportation for seniors and ways the City has made great strides in providing seniors with reliable transportation. c. Outreach: We will compile and disseminate what we have learned about the senior community’s transportation needs and we will share that, as appropriate, with the Transportation Board and other Boards and relevant entities. 3. Safety a. Education: We will learn and engage in discussion to help the Council work towards solutions for key safety issues that Fort Collins older adults encounter. We will remain an open and receptive group where the community can voice their concerns and encourage citizen attendance of our meetings. 3 3. Safety (Continued) b. Advocacy: We will voice safety concerns with City Council and suggest areas for improvement based on our deliberations. c. Outreach: We will share potential safety issues with the community and, when necessary, we will request that the City make major safety issues known to our older population. Examples may include air quality, water availability, emergency plans in place for seniors, etc. 4. Timely Information to Assist Council Senior Board Members will provide timely information, as appropriate, to City Council regarding upcoming agenda items for Council meetings per Council request and our observance of important items approaching deliberations that may involve the older population. It is important that older adults are considered in decisions made by Council regarding the community. The ‘norms’ for the older generation are changing (as family dynamics change): as older adults become an increasingly greater segment of the workforce, as retirement years last longer, as older people contribute to the City’s economy and in the coming years will represent upwards of 20% of Colorado’s population. The SAB recognizes the importance of our work and we will inform Council so that the City of Fort Collins remains a healthy, vibrant community for people of all ages, with active members from the entire population. What the Heck is the Senior Advisory Board? We are a group of folks advoca�ng for a good quality of life for our city’s seniors by understanding their concerns. We network with other groups involved with seniors and advise the Fort Collins City Council. Would you like to be a part of what we do?  Come to our mee�ngs!  Express your concerns about being a senior in our city.  Listen to invited guests who educate us about their work with seniors.  Apply for Board membership and help get senior voices heard. We meet the 2nd Wednesday of the month from 11:30-1:30 at The Fort Collins Senior Center at 1200 Raintree Drive. Mee�ngs are in-person and available on Zoom. Want to know more? Click link below or contact: ????? htps://www.fcgov.com/cityclerk/boards/senior-advisory (Can people just walk in at the start of mee�ng while not signing up? How do they get the link to sign up for Zoom?) City of Fort Collins | Recreation Senior Advisory Board 11:30-1:30 PM, SECOND WEDNESDAY PER MONTH The Senior Advisory Board is a group of folks advocating for a good quality of life for our city’s seniors by understanding their concerns. We network with other groups involved with seniors and advise the Fort Collins City Council. Would you like to be a part of what we do?  Come to our meetings!  Express your concerns about being a senior in our city.  Listen to invited guests who educate us about their work with seniors.  Apply for Board membership and help get senior voices heard. Visit the Senior Advisory Board website at: https://www.fcgov.com/cityclerk/boards/senior- advisory Location: Virtual OR in-person 11:30-1:30 PM 2nd Wednesday of every month 9/11, 10/11, 11/8, & 12/13 In person at the Fort Collins Senior Center 1200 Raintree Drive, Fort Collins CO, 80526 To join virtual, use the link below: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84043922080?pwd=K3I3 YzQ5SEJtTndOcFdqUjltejRGdz09 A. Transfort. Potential action. Transfort has been fare free since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and is part of a statewide fare-free initiative this summer. Transfort is currently conducting a study exploring going fare free permanently. Tax funding for this was one of the items Ginny mentioned in her presentation under Transportation. Could we send a letter asking the Council to encourage Transfort with this and help ensure funding is a priority. I see this as a big win for older adults, low income community members and some people with disabilities. I would recommend we consider this for our Sept. meeting rather than discuss it in email which might cause an Open Meeting issue. B. BAC sent a letter to the Council via the T Board. FYI only. I mention this because there was a short discussion about bike parks and the former Hughes Stadium land in one of our meetings several months ago. Letter summary - The BAC supports recreational cycling facilities. The City should incorporate bike parks, skills areas, soft surface trails, recreational paved trails, and closed courses thoughtfully incorporated throughout the city. FC Moves and Parks & Recreation should jointly plan recreational bicycling facitlities in support of this under appreciated community need. The concept aligns with current Active Modes plan. The BAC drafted this letter in April, it was approved and forwarded by the T Board in July. C. BAC proposal to change its name and form. FYI only. Change scope and form of this organization. The result of this change could provide focus more on older adults in the work the current BAC does. 4 options were presented: • Change name from BAC to Active Modes Committee and remain a subcommittee to T Board. Currently this is the only subcommittee. • Change name to Active Modes Committee and remain a subcommittee that is allowed to send communication directly to Council. • Become new stand-alone Active Modes Advisory Board with at-large members and non-voting community group members. • Create one superboard combining the BAC and T Board. Main reasons for the proposal: The name change is consistent with the original purpose of the Committee and is better aligned with the Active Modes Plan (includes walking). There is currently a delay sending letters to Council, thru T Board (see previous item). The Council reviewed this in their Boards Ad Hoc Review Committee. Their recommendations were discussed in last night's Council Working Session as part of an overall proposal on Boards and Committees. No decision in the Working Session, so stay tuned. The T Bboard opinions on this. Change the name and allow direct communication to the council. The T Board is concerned that creating a separate Board could create silos and more work for staff and duplication.