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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSenior Advisory Board - Minutes - 07/10/1996r Fort Collins Senior Advisory Board Minutes The Fort Collins Senior Advisory Board held a regular meeting on Wednesday, July 10, 1996 at the Senior Center. I. ATTENDANCE: Yvonne Myers, Chair Members Stan Ulrich Marjorie McTaggart Fran Ward Ed Johnson Jane Goodhart Kay Rios Jill Taylor (Note: Senior Cent appointed by this (W) 495-1000 (H) 225-3731 Guests Shelley McGraw, OOA Chirstina Ulrich, RSVP Staff Barbara Schoenberger Excused Absence Blanche Yakmas er Council representatives had not been meeting time.) II. CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by Chair Yvonne Myers at 2:02 p.m. III. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION: None IV. GUEST SPEAKER: Shelley McGraw, Director of Larimer County Office on Aging, brought updated "Senior Services" directories and made them available to the group. She also had copies of a new free publication "Senior Marketplace," in which providers' information is printed. OOA newsletter may not continue; they are funding the dental program at the Women's Center $8000.00; and there is a new pro bono set-up through Interfaith. Shelley explained the back -ground and some of the process of the merging of county offices of OOA and Adult Social Services for more efficient service for both agencies and for the people needing services. This should go into effect in January, 1997. V. CORRESPONDENCE: None. VI. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of June 12, 1996 were unani- mously approved as written. VII. OLD BUSINESS A. Senior Housing: 1. Kay reported on the joint city/county housing meeting led by the county. Their agenda was based on the material contained in the SAB letter written by Kay and Marjorie The group was asked to complete the state survey, which has been done. It was recommended to add a senior component, and they were asked to address policy language to cover points made in the SAB letter. At the next meeting, they plan to discuss language that both governmental groups can use, and work on ideas for incentives to encourage developers to include senior housing. 2. Noone currently publishes a list of senior housing. Jane reported calling OOA about such a list: Elizabeth Kelly at OOA gets calls about long term care; Ayleen Burns gets 4-5 calls each week about housing, mostly q's on low-income housing. • Shelley said that their list is only housing for board and care, and subsidized low-income, will be out the end of July, and will be updated semi-annually. 3. Marjorie added an update about Terry Cove Mobile Home Park situation: The developer's plan was approved 6/26 by the county Land Commissioners. It is scheduled tentatively to go before the County Board of Commissioners in September. One of the 2 owner -investors agreed during meeting break to extend 6 months notice to twelve for trailer residents eviction notice time. An ad in Senior Voice looks like they are advertising it already. A phonecall to the realtor, and to a resident resulted in 1) it's not in the trailer park area, and 2) eviction notices have already been received even though county commisioners have not acted on it. B. Vet -Pet: Jane reported getting a 'nibble' on funding for well pets and adoption. Christina reported there is $55.00 left in RSVP vet -pet funds. Yvonne asked for a committe of Kay, Jane, and Christina to set up parameters, record -keeping, and keep working towards funding for sick pets. They will also explore possibilities of housing the program elsewhere. C. SageNet: Fran reported 3 returned from both mailings. D. Network Lunch: Ed handed out timeline and reported it will be held at the Fort Collins Senior Center. Committee meets 8/6/96; registration deadline 9/10/96; suggestions were made re registration forms, and tickets to speedup procedure at the door. E. Forum on Aging: Jill had no new information at this time. F. Paratransit: Kay reported they are still urging there be a short term ad hoc Transportation Board committee to deal only with paratransit. G. Capital Improvement Programs: Discussion: Seniors are throughout the city and use same programs, facilities etc. as everyone. Projects are ambitious, and too much for SAB to review them all. Ed moved, Stan seconded, that SAB accept CLRS staff proposal without change. Motion passed with one abstention (Kay). H. Liaisons: Yvonne handed out assigned list of nonprofit and government organizations that the executive committee worked up for SAB members to liaison with. As for other organizations to attend SAB meetings as liaison, she reported her conversation with City Council liaison Ann Azari that these need not be formal. All meetings are open. Kay asked that a letter be sent to Catholic Charities since they had asked (through Kay) to be formally liaisoned to SAB. I. Srs. Airborne: Kay has arranged for Lew Wymisner and his sister Linda Norton to take it over once a month. She had not contacted an interested, experienced senior. She hoped that staffer John Pfeiffenberger becomes liaison. The station, and others, are still working on sponsorship. J. Embracing Aging: Stan attended a meeting, but was unsure of the purpose of this group. He will attend again to clarify. K. Media relations committee: A definition of 'relations' or clarification of purpose needs to be decided before forming. L. Dental Issues: Marjorie has a "guest opinion" piece on the subject coming out in "Inside Fort Collins" 7/11/96. M. Pathways: Ed handed out copies of article; next deadline is Sept. 1st. N. Ordinance: Kay reported that Jean Helburg met with her and Yvonne about the concerns the City Attorney had with having "advocacy" in our stated purposes. After discussion, the func- tions were re -stated without changing the meaning. Ed moved to endorse; Marjorie seconded. Motion passed unanimously. O. Senior Center Concerns: Yvonne's query of City Council liaison about SAB role re Sr. Center is that the Senior Center Council is the first place concerns should be addressed; SAB 2nd if Ann says so. P. New West Fest: Weekend of August 17-18; Yvonne will organize and set-up SAB booth; Jill, take down; Stan, help. VIII. NEW BUSINESS A. Loveland Senior Advisory Board: Stan was approached for information about setting up a Loveland SAB. He provided them with our Ordinance and bylaws . Loveland City Council gave approval. Our minutes could be sent to them when there is a contact name. A joint meeting might be in order. B. Memorial Garden dedication: Yvonne reported that Jean Helburg requested a choice of two dates for the dedication in memory of former SAB member Kathleen Jones. August 12,13,14 were chosen, with 8/14 preferred. IX. SERVICE/LIAISON REPORTS: A clarification of what this category is intended for was requested. 1. Stan announced that AARP will hold a meeting on entitle- ments at the Sr. Center on October 5th. AARP's National Legis- lative Committee will meet in Fort Collins on October 4th. He handed out minutes from the OOA Advisory Board meeting. 2. Christina reported RSVP and the Aspen Club are combining their Medicaid program counselors, and training will be October loth at the Berthoud Sr. Center. 3. Marjorie reported that the SOAP Troupe has applied to per- form at First Night. Kay said she's on the selection committee. X. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 4:30 p.m. Marjorie McTaggart, Secretary Approved Yvonne Myers, Chair u r r yr rwn r lW LLIN3 1715 west mountain, M. coums, coloraao ao521 Telephone (970) 221-54a4 F IMING AlffH TY TDD 221-3093 FAX 221-0821 July 8,1996 Ft. Collins Senior Advisory Board 145 E. Mountain Ave. Ft. Collins, CO 80524 To Whom It May Concern, The Fort Collins Housing Authority is pleased to announce a new opportunity open to current Section 8 participants and current Project Self -Sufficiency (PS-S) /Section 8 participants. The Family Self - Sufficiency Program (FS-S) is designed to assist Section 8 families with tools and services so that they can become self-sufficient and free of public assistance. This program is similar to PS-S and yet there are some substantial differences. These differences include: *the existence of an escrow account to encourage increased earned income (enclosed sheet explains in more detail) •single AND two parent households can participate if their (the 2 parent household) combined income qualifies *enrollment in the FS-S program has a time limit of 5 years with a possible 2 year extension . It is my hope that we can work together for the benefit of our clients. Therefore I may be referring FS-S participants to your agency for assistance. If you or anyone in your agency know of someone who may benefit from the FS-S program , please feel free to refer them to me. We will be accepting a maximum of 25 eligible families for the remainder of 1996, If you have any questions about this program, please contact me at the Fort Collins Housing Authority, 221-5484 ext. 118. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, City of Fort Collins Housing Authority Sue Adams FS-S Coordinator SERVICE -CREDIT PROGRAMS Do Good —and Benefit Yourself Few activities are more gratifying than helping others. Thousands of older Americans are enjoying that opportunity while helping themselves as well. They live in communities with service -credit programs. The service -credit system is a kind of bartering based on hours rather than money or goods. For ex- ample, one Miami member earns credits for reading to a kindergarten class and exchanges them for rides to the school and other places she wants to go; her drivers are other members eaming credits. Eventually, everyone's hours are supposed to even out, though many programs allow members who need more assis- tance than they are able to earn to use credits that other members donate to the credit pool. In some communities, members can even use their credits to make purchases at yard sales. "The people involved are mostly over 50," says Kathleen Treat, service -credit program coordinator of the University of Maryland Center on Aging. "Service credits were started as an initiative for senior citizens and people with disabilities." Treat's center receives funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which helped the movement take off by funding six local programs in 1987. About 75 communities cur- rently have service -credit programs, and roughly 15 more new ones are getting started. For information about service -credit programs and how to start one, write Kathleen Treat, University of Maryland Center on Aging, Room 1240, HHP Building, College Park, MD 20742-2611. Another excellent source of information is Time Dollars, by Edgar Cahn and Jonathan Rowe (Time Dollar Institute). Cahn, co- founder of the federal Legal Services program, de- serves much of the credit for the expansion of the ser- vice -credit movement. The book and a free list of groups with Time Dollar programs are available from the Time Dollar Institute, P.O. Box 42160, Washington, DC 20015; 202/686-5200. 10. R G u CN R C CG V _.. c� T Y`❑_ � C> O C ''� U S G �' ❑ r_ j C UL v� Y u U V� �• � .. G� - _ y 7� u `• — u R S yEj � lLE U C 7 `yL C ` Crj O 0 mm � 2 .�+mm no me limm k sV*j V E