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Home My WebLink AboutSenior Advisory Board - Minutes - 03/14/2001P CITY OF FORT COLLINS SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES: MEETING OF March 14, 2001 Chairperson — John Roberts, 223-9317 Staff Liaison — Barbara Schoenberger — 224-6026 City Council Liaison — Ray Martinez, Mayor — 221-6506 Acting Chair: George Kress Attendance: George Kress Eileen Hendee Darren Gunn Erik Margolis Maxine Yankey Kristin Glenn Dorothy Miller Staff: Barbara Schoenberger Absent: Florence Williams John Roberts June Tucker James Downey Guests: Kay Rios John Dagget, Transportation 1. Call Meeting to Order: George Kress called the meeting to order at 2:05 p.m. Presentation by John Daggett on Transportation Plan - There will be four strategic plans going to Council on April 17, 2001. Several open houses will be held. Seniors are encouraged to provide input. The Senior Advisory Board will send its suggestions for the plan to send to Council and City Manager. Kay Rios commented that OOA Transportation Committee will do a site visit to Dial A Ride and will ask questions of staff regarding providing support for senior ridership. 2. Citizen Participation — None 3. Correspondence: 2001 Human Relations Award. Nominations are being solicited for individuals and/or organizations that have made outstanding voluntary contributions for the betterment of the community by advancing the human dignity of its minority or disadvantaged citizens. Barbara suggested that the group nominate Los Ancianos. 4. Approval of Minutes: The minutes of the last meeting were unanimously approved with no additions or corrections. 0 • 5. New Business A. Board received a memo requesting input for the 2002 — 2003 City of Fort Collins budget. The deadline for this is the end of April. There will be more discussion on the budget at the next meeting. B. Colorado Commission on Aging meeting - Ann Azari has been appointed to organize the regional meeting which will be May 17a' & 18'' at the Fort Collins Senior Center. C. May 18 will feature a centenarian's reception from 1 to 3p.m.. Assistance in locating centenarians in Colorado is requested. Government officials and other dignitaries will be invited also. SAB should attend from Ipm to 3pm. to host and assist. D. Senior Center Accreditation — Barbara reported on the accreditation process the Fort Collins Senior Center staff and some Fort Collins leaders are working to complete. The National Council on Aging has developed this program for Senior Centers to adhere to common standards. 6. Old Business/Reports: A. Erik Margolis made a motion to change the By -Laws, Darren Gunn seconded the motion. Passed unanimously. ARTICLE IV Election of Officers Section 1. • A Nominations Committee shall be selected by the Chair in March of each year to make up a slate of candidates for chair, vice -chair and secretary from the membership. Nominations may also be made from the floor. • Officers shall be elected by simple majority of the official quorum at the regular meeting in June. They will take office in July. B. Commission on status of Women recommendation regarding caretaking — no report C. George Kress reported on the status of preparation for the Senior Network Luncheon. The committee is meeting regularly at the Senior Center. Any SAB member who is available and willing to assist can attend the meetings. The luncheon will be held at the Fort Collins Senior Center on Friday, September 28. George is working with Barbara to determine the menu. The committee has decided that there will not be a speaker this year so that the focus of the event will be on networking. D. Outreach Meeting Report — On March 8, a presentation was made to approximately 20 members of the Los Ancianos at the Northside Aztlan Community Center. The role of the SAB was described. Members of the group indicated problems existed in public transportaion from north Fort Collins to the new medical center on Harmony Road. It was suggested there is a need for a stoplight at the affordable housing facility Oakbrook One and Two. SAB became aware that many in the audience had little knowledge of the Senior Center and its programs/facilities. Los Ancianos members were unfamiliar with plans related to the future expansion of NACC and hoped we would be able to update them. E. Discount medication no report 7. Liaison Reports Transportation Housing — Kay Rios — Affordable Housing Board is looking at either re -instating the Impact Fee Rebate program or, by ordinance, exempting all non -profits from those fees. The Housing Authority is already exempted. Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) competitive process applications are being reviewed by the Affordable Housing Board. Reflections (Kaufman -Broad) on JFK Parkway will hold a grand opening on March 29d'. They are at 25% occupancy right now. VOA -RSVP — Elliott Howard, RSVP Director, is applying for expansion monies for services to be offered in the Estes Park, Big Thompson & Drake areas. He is working with the school district in Estes Park to implement the CAST (Children and Seniors Together) program there. OOA — Kay Rios reported that she will not be asking for reappointment to the council and will have completed her term June 30d'. Kay feels that it would be good for this group to get someone on that council to continue regular reports or have dialogue. Aspen Club — Program in April "Are You Still Driving Safely" on April 23. Senior Center — Cemetery Crawl will be June 23`d at Grandview Cemetery. City Line: No messages. A caller did inform Barbara that the message option 42 was repeatedly busy. She will check it out to see if there is a system error. X. Adjournment at 4:05pm Karen Bryner, Recording Secretary MEMBER/ADDRESS TELEPHONE/E-MAIL APPOINTMENT EXPIRATION Erik Margolis H: 377-0341 July 15, 1997 December 31, 2001 3500 Rolling Green Drive #P35 W: 278-4000 Fort Collins, Co 80525 erikin@columbinehealth.com George Kress H: 484-2432 1740 Rangeview GJKress@aol.com Fort Collins, CO 80524 Kristin Glenn H: 472-1276 2548 Wyandotte kmglenn@home.com Fort Collins, CO 80526 Florence Williams H: 224-1917 July 1, 1998 December 31, 2002 415 South Howes Street 704N Fort Collins, CO 80521 Darren Gunn H: 207-1261 July 1, 1999 December 31, 2003 1013 Kremmling Lane W: 667-1121 Fort Collins, CO 80526 dgunn@allnutt.com John Roberts H: 223-9317 July 1, 1999 December 31, 2003 5000 Boardwalk #31 johnroberts@earthlink.net Fort Collins, CO 80525 June Tucker H: 206-0194 July 1, 1999 December 31, 2003 3036 Carrington Court 'tuckercolorado@yahoo.com Fort Collins, CO 80525 Eileen Hendee H: 229-1541 January 1, 2001 December 31, 2004 2830 Mercy Drive W. 495-8562 Fort Collins, Co 80526 eahl@libra.pvh.org James Downey H: 377-8272 January 1, 2001 December 31, 2004 1318 South College Avenue W: 224-5017 Fort Collins, CO 80524 Appointed by Senior Center Board to serve 2-year terms: Dorothy Miller H: 206-9349 June 28, 1999 December 31, 2001 900 Arbor Avenue, #45 DJ.Kramka@aol.com Fort Collins, CO 80526 Maxine Yankey H: 493-2305 January 10, 2001 December 31, 2002 812 Colorado Street ymax@guest.net Fort Collins, CO 80524 Staff Support: Barbara Schoenberger, Recreation Supervisor, 224-6026 Council Liaison: Ray Martinez revised 3/20/01