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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSenior Advisory Board - Minutes - 04/10/2002CITY OF FORT COLLINS SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES: MEETING Of April 10, 2002 Chairperson — John Roberts - 223-9317 Staff Liaison — Barbara Schoenberger — 224-6026 City Council Liaison — Ray Martinez, Mayor — 221-6506 Attendance: Mike Buderus Maxine Yankey Jim Downey Dean Miller Florence Williams Dianne Heath Eileen Hendee Kristen Glenn John Roberts Absent: Absent: (notified) Darren Gunn Don Redabaugh Staff: Guests: Barbara Schoenberger Karen Bryner Gina Janett, Alliance for Smoke Free Kids for Second Hand Smoke Proposal Hugh E. Kierig, KA Associates, Transit Study Judy Hoza, KA Associates, Transit Study Kay Rios, Emission Control Scholarship Proposal I. Call Meeting to Order: Meeting was called to order at 2:04 p.m. by Chair, John Roberts. John presented Maxine a floral bouquet that he brought from Fiji to thank her for the good job she did in his absence. II. Attendance III. Presentation by KA Associates for Dial -A -Ride Judy Hoza and Hugh E. Kierig consultants with KA Associates attended the meeting to get feed back from the Senior Advisory Board concerning Transfort and Dial -a -Ride. ,� The Board provided the following comments: The general means of transportation for seniors in Fort Collins are Saint, Transfort, Dial -a -Ride, taxi, private transportation furnished at assisted living facilities, bicycles or walking. When asked for positives and negatives of Transfort and Dial -a -Ride the Board listed the following: *Encouragement for using Transfort: 1. Convenience 2. Lifts for handicapped 3. Bike racks *Negatives for using Transfort: 1. Too large of window around pickup. 2. Limited area in which they serve. 3. Very few direct connections. • Needs to be more communication between land use planning and Transfort. • Mobility barriers include cost and the requirement to make income disclosures. Board was asked to contact KA Associates with other comments. They can be reached at Kapartners(oD aol. com Kay Rios cautioned everyone to pay close attention to the study being done for Dial -a - Ride. This study will provide information to the City and may have far reaching effects on senior mobility in the future. IV. Presentation by Kay Rios Kay Rios updated the Board on affordable housing issues. She reported that the City of Fort Collins is having a study completed to study the relationship between the number of units that are built and the number of low income households that require housing. The Affordable Housing Board will receive this information when the study is complete. They are also interested in the information from the transportation study. The City of Fort Collins is in the process of reviewing City Plan. The Affordable Housing Board will provide input. Kay has been working with an ad hoc group that is working to improve compliance to the existing vehicle emission control regulations. This group consists of representatives from the City of Fort Collins, MPO, Larimer County, Weld County, UNC, CSU, City of Loveland, and the State of Colorado. Those who have difficulty meeting the standards include many on low or fixed incomes with older vehicles. She has suggested that a scholarship fund might be developed to assist seniors in funding the necessary vehicle repairs to bring them in to compliance. She has asked the Senior Advisory Board to take this on as a project. She asks their assistance in providing community education about this issue as well as assistance in locating an agency or organization that could provide this service. V. Presentation by Mountain States Fire Protection Did not attend. 0 VI. Citizen Participation: Gina Janett addressed the Board representing the Alliance for Smoke Free Kids. Gina passed out flyers to introduce topic: The Alliance is proposing a Second Hand Smoke Policy. This measure is in direct response to a request from City Council. The policy would create an ordinance to ban smoking from all public buildings. May 14`s is the date Council is scheduled to review this measure. A Public Health educator is scheduled to make a presentation at the next AARP meeting on this ordinance. Interested Board members will attend the presentation that is scheduled for April 18 at 10:00 a.m. at the Fort Collins Senior Center. VIl. Correspondence: ■ Earl Stevens with the Loveland SAB has invited the board to attend a meeting at 10:45 a.m. on May 1't at the Loveland Library. VIII. Approval of Minutes: A motion was made and seconded to accept the minutes. IX. New Business: • Dean Miller has been nominated for the City of Fort Collins Human Relations Commission Award. Jim Downey submitted the nomination on behalf of the Senior Advisory Board. ■ Plans were made for the Board to view John's pictures of the 2002 round the world trip. Lunch and pictures will be before the June meeting. The meeting will be June 12`s at12:30 p.m. • Older American's Month - The month of May is Older American's Month. National Nursing Home Week is the 3rd week of May. The 2nd week is Senior Center week. The Senior Advisory Board is encouraged to be aware of events being held during the month and plan to attend as many as possible. On May 14, 2002 the Senior Center will host an open house from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Editor's note: The open house has been changed to May 15.) Community leaders have been invited so that we can give them good information about what a senior center is and what it can provide to the community. It is hoped that these influential people will help us to spread the information to others in the community. ■ Dean Miller reported that he has observed City vehicles at local stores (specifically a local supermarket) parked in handicap parking. He asked if there was anything that could be done. The Board encouraged Dean to notify the store management immediately. Additionally, he should get the license number of the vehicle and notify the City. X. Old Business: • Barbara pointed out the Board had determined three priorities at the January retreat. We had also developed and submitted a work plan for 2002. The Board had said that they wanted to accomplish something of substance during the year. To date, the Board had not revisited these priorities and melded these items with the work plan. Additionally, the Board had indicated that they wanted to have a work plan with deadlines incorporated. It was decided that the Executive Board would review the priorities and the Annual Work Plan on April 29`" at 4:00 p.m. during the monthly agenda meeting. The application for New West Fest has been received. The deadline for reservation is May 3151. In the past the SAB has shared a booth with a coalition of different groups. Between now and next meeting all Board members need to evaluate the purpose of booth and decide if we should participate. The cost for the booth is $300.00 (profit) and $250.00 (non-profit). Kristen will call the other groups who shared the booth last year to ask their views on New West Fest. Kristen suggested that it might be more beneficial to try a different venue such as the 9 Health Fair in 2003. If we are interested, materials that will be used must be submitted as soon as possible. XI. Liaison Reports: • Larimer County Senior Network — Mike Buderus reported that Pat Bates spoke at the last meeting on palliative care. • Aspen Club — Eileen Hendee reported that the Aspen Club has introduced their new fitness activity that utilizes a pedometer. The goal is to encourage participants to take ten thousand steps each day, thereby increasing physical activity. The pedometer can be purchased from the Aspen Club. The Aspen Club annual dance will be held at the Lincoln Center on May 30a' in celebration of Older American's Month. The Colorado Sunshine Band will be playing. • Commission on the Status of Women — Dianne Heath will be attending the Commission on Status of Women next week. Would like to focus more attention to the needs of older women. • Friends of the Senior Center — Barbara Schoenberger reported that the Friends would be hosting the annual Tax Day Scramble at the Mad Russian on April 20th' Barbara suggested that the SAB have a team. NCOA /ASA Conference - The national annual NCOA/ASA conference was held in Denver the first week in April. The Senior Center staff and members of the Aspen Club staff were among the many in attendance. Nearly 4,000 conference attendees were reported. Barbara said that they got a lot of good information. The increase in the number of people who will be retiring in the near future and the cost of supporting these numbers of individuals in retirement will bring more limitations to services and resources for the elderly. One of the suggestions made at this conference was that families will have to take more responsibility for aging family members. It was also suggested that services should attempt to emulate the caring and compassion of family in designing their services. Eileen said that it was also clear that individuals must take more personal responsibility for their needs. ■ SOAP — Maxine Yankey reported that the annual SOAP spring show will be held on the 3'd & 4`" of May. ■ Senior Center — Maxine Yankey reported on current activities at the Senior Center including the St. Patrick's Dinner that was "lots of fun." Maxine attended the monthly birthday party for the first time and said that it is a nice event makes you feel very special. The volunteer recognition will be held on April I at the Carousel Dinner Theater. AARP — Jim Downey reported that the next meeting will be at 9:15 a.m., Thursday, April 18 and will feature information on the Second Hand Smoke Policy Proposal. CCARP - Jim Downey will attend the next meeting on the 25`h of April. The program will be on Alzheimer's. Transportation — Florence Williams- Groups representing the nation's governors, mayors and drivers are uniting behind a congressional plan to restore a portion of a proposed 27 percent drop in federal highway aid next year. The proposed decrease in next year's highway aid is due to the fact that highway tax and fuel revenues haven't met expectations. The latter comes from a sharp increase in the number of drivers switching to ethanol -blended gasoline, which is taxed at nearly half the rate of regular gas. City needs about $546M to pay for projected transportation projects. City staff estimate Fort Collins has $1.3 billion in total transportation capital needs within its growth management area during the next 20 years. About $546 million of that tab is likely to fall into the city's lap because outside funding, such as from the state or federal governments, is unlikely. Capital projects include both new roads and improvements to existing roads. The council has formed a Transportation Committee to analyze the city's transportation needs and devise a long-range funding solution. Next meeting May 8, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. at the Fort Collins Senior Center, 1200 Raintree Drive. Meeting adjourned at 4:08 p.m. Karen Bryner, Recording Secretary