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SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD
REGULAR MEETING
Wednesday, July 9, 2025 – 11:30 AM
Fort Collins Senior Center, 1200 Raintree Drive, Fort Collins, CO, 80526
• CALL TO ORDER: 11:35 AM
• ROLL CALL
• Board Members Present -Tom Hilbert, Myles Crane, Alicia Durand, Suzanne
King, Debbie Bradberry, Joe Glomboski,
• Board Members Absent – Sarah Schilz & Karen Miller
• Staff Members Present -Susan Gutowski, Sarah Olear, Lisa Hays
• Guest(s) -Gil Atanasoff and Christina Schneider from Senior Helpers
• AGENDA REVIEW
• CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
• APPROVAL OF MINUTES Myles Crane motioned for approval, Debbie Bradberry
seconded, all approved.
• REOCCURRING BUSINESS
a. Check in-All individuals present at the meeting shared if they were a dog person or
a cat person.
b. Recent City Council Activity-Susan shared updates from City council. It included a
summary on conversations regarding Hughes Stadium, the Remington Street
parking lot and ballot issues.
a. Myles issued a motion to send a letter regarding opposition to the Remington
affordable housing location to City Council. Debbie Bradberry seconded. All
in favor.
c. Correspondence-None.
d. Six Month Calendar Update-Review the City Council 6 month planning calendar.
a. Sarah Olear reviewed with the board.
e. Status of joint project with Loveland SAB- Loveland currently reviewing options.
GUEST SPEAKERS AND BOARD DISCUSSIONS
• Kiersten Chuven, Program Coordinator for the Alliance for Suicide Prevention
of Larimer County.
• Kiersten Shared information about her organization and ways to become
involved. She shared that there are trainings offered on a regular basis for
those that are interested.
• Community Outreach overall
• Moved to August Meeting
• 10 year Multi-Sector Plan on Aging
• Myles Crane Shared the five goals of the Multi-Sector Plan on Aging
NEW BUSINESS
• CSU Athletics and discounts for Older Adults
• Tom Hilbert shared that he has been in touch with CSU and they
might be interested in collaborating with SAB to provide discounts for
athletic events.
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• Sarah Olear will work with City Officials to determine what the board
is allowed to accept.
• Joint Board Meeting recap.
• On June 17, 2025, representatives from the Senior Advisory Board,
Disability Advisory Board, Women and Gender Equity Advisory
Board, and Human Relations Commission held their first joint meeting
to explore shared goals and collaborative opportunities. Each board
shared their mission and key focus areas, with common themes
including housing, transportation, safety, accessibility, and community
education. Action items include: advocating to Davina for a shared
board toolkit and manual (including templates and timelines), creating
a joint event/calendar spreadsheet, supporting more inclusive public
comment and event access, collaborating on a joint proclamation for
International Human Rights Day, and developing a long-term “Dignity
Project” initiative. Boards should identify training needs at their July
meetings, with plans to reconvene this group in September.
• Myles Crane made a motion to move forward with the HRC
Collaboration and any concepts that come from it. It was
seconded by Tom Hilbert, and all approved.
• Office on Aging Resource Fair Data Discussion
• At the May 2025 Answers on Aging Fair hosted by the Larimer County
Office on Aging, the Senior Advisory Board collected preferences from
attendees regarding topics important to older adults in the community. Each
adult was given 3 stickers, red, blue, and yellow, and asked to place them
on the topics that they felt were the most important topic (red sticker),
second most important issue (blue sticker), and the third most important
topic (yellow sticker). Forty-six people participated in the study.
Topics/issues included Digital Literacy/Tech, Access to Care, Social
Isolation, Safety & Security, Accessibility, Nutrition & Food Security, Legal
Rights & Advocacy, Financial Security & Retirement Planning, Purposeful
Engagement, Health & Wellness, Transportation, and Housing. The issues
with the most red stickers (priority for older adults) were housing followed by
Transportation and Health & Wellness.
• BOARD MEMBER REPORTS-Roundtable Minute
• COMMITTEES, EVENT ATTENDANCE & ONGOING INITIATIVES
a. Housing:
b. Transportation:
c. Safety & Wellness:
d. Office on Aging
e. Outreach to isolated communities:
f. Senior Center:
g. Future Speaker Ideas:
a. The SAB board will determine at the next meeting who will be responsible for
each area and present to SAB.
• UPCOMING EVENTS & OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
• ADJOURNMENT: 1:20 PM