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Home My WebLink AboutSenior Advisory Board - Minutes - 12/11/1996FORT COLLINS SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES The Fort Collins meeting on Wednesday, /�/,, A" aVf k 1)//IJL:F.1:: i.I' I. ATTENDANCE: Yvonne Stan Ulrich Ed Johnson Fran Ward Esther Stringer Jill Taylor (Absent) Staff Barbara Schoenberger Senior Advisory Board held a regular December 11, 1996 at the Senior Center i -4ti �•J� J r} Myers, Chair (W)495-1000; (H)225-3731 Members Marjorie McTaggart Blanche Yakmas Charline Keller Jane Goodhart Kay Rios Guest Shirley Melvin II. CALL TO ORDER: After a Christmas social time, the meeting was called to order by the Chair at 2:00 p.m. III. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION: None. IV. GUEST SPEAKER: Speaker ill; rescheduled for February. V. CORRESPONDENCE: Poudre Valley Health District newsletter passed around. Yvonne read letter of complaint re Senior Center's Verteran's Day activities: No return address, name unreadable. Letter given to Sr. Center Council reps. VI. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The November 13th minutes were unanimously approved (10-0) as written. VII. OLD BUSINESS A. Media Committee Report: Copies of minutes passed around. Kay agreed to write next SAB column for Pathways. B. Senior Housing: Video shown and critiqued. Kay will take suggestions to Housing Task Force. Discussion of local subsized housing rent hikes, and 1601 N. College Mobile Home Park prospects. C. Vet -Pet Committee: A check for $680.00 received from VOA via RSVP will be turned over to Dr. Traci Thomas, DVM. Jane has drafted a letter to pet food companies asking for funding to keep program going. D. Recreation Fees: Yvonne reported that Diane Thies, chair and 3 members of Parks rt Recreation Board will meet in Febuary with SAB reps (Yvonne, Ed, Charline, Blanche, Jane) to discuss the issue. E. Senior transportation: Yvonne met with Steve Budner and the new Dial -A -Ride adminstrator in Nov; Reports voucher "token system" a possibility; OOA will pay only for medical trips; Rates go up Jan. 1st, but not on Transfort. Kay added that the Disability Commission now agrees an advisory committee is needed. Jane is SAB rep for that committee. VIII. NEW BUSINESS A. 1998 Budget: Yvonne handed out copies of 1996 infor- mation furnished by staff re SAB expenses incurred. SAB is coo OQ'°S'••. b Tin AN m to by CO�p�^�-+ 5 5m "3 .yo5 h.F ' m9��"Q5 m a. �.Cal C!Ci & �■ iiOrq wm`L0. o°nmm A Housing__-_ ftm P80Al Fort Collins Housing Authority and co-chair of the Affordable Housing Task Force of Laniner County, admitted that some of the ideas — including raising the county's sales tax to help subsi- dize affordable housing — are ambitious. "These are concepts other com- munities have initiated," Ste. phens said. "It's not to say all of them should be implemented, but it's a menu that should warrant consideration." The task force report was Prompted _ by the loss of Pioneer Mobile Home Park, 300 E. Har- mony Road, earlier this year to redevelopment of the site. `The Pioneer situation really put a face to the problem of af- fordable housing," Stephens said. About 450 people, mostly low- income, were displaced by the Pi- oneer redevelopment. According to the task force, one of the most serious issues affect_ ing the availability of affordable housing in the county is the po- tential closing of more mobile home parks due to growth and the increased value of land. According to the report, about tA00 county households — repre- senting about 2,750 people — are .at risk" of being displaced within the next five years due to redevel- opment of those parks. A total of more than 14,000 i People are estimated to be living in mobile homes in the county. "Loss of this important type of affordable housing is of great con- cern and the task force feels the county should have a plan in place to address future mobile home park closures," according to the report. Only one new mobile home park has been approved in La - rimer County since 1983. Rusty Collins, a task force member and director of Neighbor to Neighbor, said many of the task forte's recommendations are aimed at getting developers inter- ested in affordable housing. "What we really need is to cre- ate incentives for the Private sec- tor,' he said. "That's going to dou- ble the efforts of what we nonprof- ts can do.' County commissioners said last week they support many of the report's conclusions and vowed tc continue emphasizing the cre- ation of affordable housing. "Many Of. these recommenda- tions fit with what we've been talking 'about," said Commis. sioner Janet Duvall, who asked her fellow commissioners to con. tinue looking at the issue after she leaves the board next month. Duvall was defeated for a sec- ond term in November by Cheryl Olson. Commissioner John Clarke said he wants to schedule a con- ference of affected parties in earlv 1997 to take a further look at of fordable housing. 'Phis is literally the agenda for that conference," Clarke said. re- ferring to the task force repor and its recommendations. asked to foresee $$$ amounts needed, to be included in Sr. Center budget -- and to keep account of them. B. Finance Committee: To work on this project and keep track of expenditures: Ed, Fran, and possibly Jill. C. Nominating Committee: Appointed were Stan, Charline who will contact all board members and present a slate at the January meeting when nominations from floor will be taken, and election held. D. End of i year workpin: Secretary Marjorie will review minutes for 1996 board actvities on behalf of SAB. E. Multi -Cultural Commission: Yvonne reported that there are openings, and asked if a SAB member wished to be nominated to the commission. None did. LKAY ALKCAb`J A /''tzrt�?r^' IX. SERVICE/LIAISON REPORTS Ed reported date of next Sr. Network luncheon is 9/24; room already reserved at Fort Collins Sr. Center; will know in Feb. if Loveland wants to hold it. Stan handed out OOA minutes, and mentioned RSVP's fundraiser. Yvonne said she passed along nutrition info and Sr. Network luncheon invita- tion was given to appropriate entities. She also passed along Sr. Employment "Work -off" program info. Blanche has inquired into Neighbor to Neighbor advisory board. Friends and Senior Center reps Charline & Esther gave updates on events, and said that several complaints and a complimentary letter were received and have been referred to staff. X. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 3*45 p.m. Marjo McTagga4,, Secretary Y nne Myers, it Approved: