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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSenior Advisory Board - Minutes - 09/14/1994SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD Minutes Wednesday, September 14, 1994 CALL TO ORDER The regular monthly meeting of the Senior Advisory Board was called to order by Kay Rios, chair, at 10:02 A. M. on Wednesday, September 14, in the Horsetooth Room of the Senior Center, 101 Remington St., Fort Collins, Colorado. A quorum was present. ATTENDANCE Members Present Jane Davis Ed Johnson Yvonne Myers Marjorie McTaggart Wayne Moellenberg Kay Rios Mary Alice Spelts Stan Ulrich Margaret Watts Council Liaison: Gerry Horak PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Excused Members Jill Taylor Jane Goodhart Staff Steve Budner, Senior Center Barbara Schoenberger, Staff Liaison Guest Jessica MacMillan, Parks & Recreation Board Member No one wished to speak before the Board. CORRESPONDENCE The secretary reported that the SAB had received two letters, one from Helpline and the other from Unity Mortgage Corp. Helpline had answered Kay's letter of inquiry about the fees that Helpline now charges to include an organization's name in the Human Service Directory. Carol Krauch, executive director of Helpline, assured Kay and the SAB that non-payment of the fee would not preclude an organization's name in the directory. The second letter was from Eddy Jo Yost, the recent director of Choices for Senior Living. She stated in her letter that she is now employed by Unity Mortgage Corp —and that she specializes in reverse mortgages. Sne wanted the SAB to know that she is still interested in the affairs of the SAB and that she is avaliable if needed. Kay added that she had received a letter from Neighbor to Neighbor and Rusty Collins, the director, would like to appear on the SAB agenda in the near future. The Board agreed by consensus that Kay should put him on the agenda. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES Page 2, SAB Minu a , Sept. 14, 1994 • Before the minutes of the August meeting were approved, Mary Alice Spelts made corrections on Page 4. The Senior Center liaison did make a report and it should read as follows: "Mary Alice Spelts reported that the Senior Center had discussed new incentives for the 1995 membership drive and that they would like to sponsor the Women's Financial Information Program from February 21 to April 11, if given the opportunity. Mary Alice also stated that Elderhostel courses will again be offered at CSU in 1995." Friends of the Senior Center should then be inserted above Margaret Watts' comment. The minutes were then approved as amended. OLD BUSINESS Dial -A -Ride. Kay reported that she had attended the City Council work session on transportation and she felt that very little had been accomplished. She also felt that some miscommunication was evident because the SAB had been misunderstood. She added that the next meeting is scheduled for September 20, and she planned to attend. At that meeting, she added, she would strongly urge City Council to re -negotiate with the agencies involved and to get the issue resolved quickly. She finished her report by saying that she will advocate strongly for senior transportation and that a' cooperative effort must be reached. Paint-A-Thon. Several members of the Board expressed dissatis- faction in the way the Paint-A-Thon was organized this year. Ed Johnson stated that he will not participate in the event next year unless the recommendations of the Board will be considered. Ed further stated, for the record, that many of the Board's recom- mendations had been misplaced,, but that fact never surfaced because it would have embarrassed the oung lady in front of her boss. Ed also wanted to know how many of the applications that the Board submitted were actually considered by the bank. Kay stated that she will write a letter to the First National Bank and relay the concerns of the Board members to them. New West Fest Evaluation. The consensus of the members who had worked in the booth was that the time spent in the booth was worthwhile, but some sug- gested that the Board should operate a booth by itself. Some felt that the banner of the S. 0. A. P. Troupe detracted from the objectives of the SAB. Two mentioned that the booth was overcrowded, and one stated that she had passed out literature in the middle of the street. In spite of the distractions, how- ever, the Board agreed that it should operate a booth at the New West Fest next year because it does give the Board visibility and the opportunity to talk with interested individuals. SAGE Net. No report was given. Information Network. Barbara reported that the Information Net- work item was placed back on the agenda at the request of a Board member to impress upon the members that the SAB is still interested in re-establishing a senior information and referral network in the county. Kay added that a Fort Net meeting was scheduled for Page 3, SAB Minutc3I Sept. 14, 1994 • Thursday night, and that she planned to attend. Kay suggested that the item should be placed on next month's agenda, so that the Board could receive an update of the Fort Net meeting. Senior Center Update. Ed Johnson expressed some concern about the progress of the Senior Center. He said some things needed to be resolved, and if decisions aren't made soon, the completion date could be delayed. For example, Ed continued, a small crew is working inside and some changes had been sent to the architect weeks ago, but the contractor had not received a reply as yet. The Grand Opening, Ed added, is still not in jeopardy, but if the completion date is pushed into November, the staff will be hard pressed to get the building in order. Ed, a.k.a.Stan, ended his report by saying that he believes the contractor will be working on the senior center longer than anticipated. Transportation Along the Front Range. Kay mentioned that there is no report on transportation at this time. She had talked with John Peacock and when he finishes the transportation study, she will ask him to give a presentation before the Board. NEW BUSINESS Senior Center Facility Name Recommendation. Steve Budner and Jessica MacMillan, Parks & Recreation Board member, presented names that had been submitted as possible names for the new senior center. The SAB was asked to choose one and write a memo to the Council before its next meeting. The name selected by the Name That Facility Committee of the Parks & Recreation Board was Oasis, and Jessica gave some background information on how that name was chosen. During the discussion that followed, Kay -said she preferred to have the word senior somewhere in the title because it will primarily be a senior facility. She then turned the meeting over to Stan Ulrich and said that she would write a letter to City Council and state the Board's decision. Wayne Moellenberg moved that Fort Collins Senior Center should be added to Oasis with a / following Oasis. Margaret Watts seconded the motion. The motion was later amended to have Foothills Oasis in large letters with Fort Collins Senior Center. in smaller letters underneath. After a lengthy discussion, the motion carried as amended. Marjorie McTaggart was instructed to call Kay to tell her about the Board's decision. He resentative for explained that the an open competition ture at the senior the committee will day, September 14. and submit them to appoint one member McTaggart should se Scul ture Selection Committee. Steve Budner Art Sculpture Committee had decided to conduct to design, build and install an outside scult- center. Applications had been sent out and be holding an open house at the site on Wednes- The committee will select three finialists a selection jury. The SAB will be able to to that jury. Margaret moved that Marjorie rve on that committee and Ed Johnson seconded it. The motion carried. Volunteers for Treatsylvania. To enlighten the younger members Page 4, SAB Min s, Sept. 14, 1994 • of the Board (in service only!), Steve Budner gave a brief back- ground of Treatsyl;vani`a About three years ago, Parks & Recrea- tion started Treatsylvania- to offer an alternative for children to attend a supervised activity instead of endangering their lives by going door to door. The program consists of a series of store- fronts that are rented and operated by local businessmen, and the children pay a fee to be able to visit every storefront to collect treats. This year, Treatsylvania will operate for four nights, and one of those nights will be older adults night. About forty- five volunteers are needed each night, and the older adults' night will be Monday, October 31. Steve asked for a volunteer to organize the senior patrol, and Mary Alice Spelts agreed to head the project. Margaret wondered out loud whether or not Treatsylvania would compete with a project that she had planned to ask the Friends of the Senior Center to undertake on the same night, but since her activity was scheduled for a later time, the members thought there would be no conflict. Service Organization Reports. Office on Aging. As requested, Stan shared the last month's financial report of OOA. Since the categories weren't clearly defined, the SAB asked Stan if he could get a more detailed breakdown of the budget for the next meeting. Stan also reported that OOA held two retreats during the past month, and that he had attended one of them. He didn't have much more to report because the OOA Advisory Council had met the week before, and he did not have time to receive the minutes of that meeting. Seniors Airborne. No report. Concerned Seniors of Colorado. No report. RSVP. No report. Aspen Club. No report because Jill was absent. Senior Center Council. Mary Alice Spelts reported that the Senior Center had discussed the Chili Cook -Off scheduled for October 1, and that tours of the new senior center will be conducted between August 25 and November 3. Laura Bayless will host a New Member breakfast and the center will host a Bon Voyage party on October 28 at 10:00 A. M. Mary Alice added that many of the groups that meet in the senior center will not suspend activities during November when the senior center will be closed, but that most of them have already scheduled alternate sites to conduct their activities. Barbara added that on October 28, the senior center will conduct a day- long celebration of the closing of the present senior center by sponsoring a variety of events, including displays, during the day. In the evening, the senior center will host a dinner in the center. Tickets will be $3.50 each, and all SAB members are invited. Hopefully, it will be a night of reminiscing about the highlights that occurred in the building during the Page 5, SAB MinutAh, Sept. 14, 1994 • tenure of the senior center. The building will officially be closed at the end of the festivities on that day. Dinner will begin at 6:00 P. M. Friends of the Senior Center. The Friends are currently work- ing on the development of the Recognition Wall in the new senior center. A Recognition Wall Committee has been appointed and its job will be to compile a list of all the major donors of 1994, who will be honored at an annual luncheon on the third Thursday of December at the new senior center. The cost of the luncheon will be $5.00 for non-members and $3.00 for members. Tickets will go on sale November 1. Barbara added that the senior center is continuing its efforts to "push" the gift catalogs by going to a variety of groups and organizations to get support for the senior center. She said she is also stressing that although large donations are appreciated, they will not make the fund-raising project a success. What will make the difference, she continued, is that small individual amounts will help the senior center reach its goal. Individual donations could be pooled to buy a substan- tial gift. As an example, she stated that if each member of the SAB would donate $3.00, the total could be used to buy salt and pepper shakers for one-third of the multi -purpose room, or one-third of the sugar holders. Visa cards are wel- come, she added. Chili Cook -Off. Barbara reminded the members that the Chili Cook - Off is scheduled for Saturday, October 1, and the SAB had always had a team entered in the competition. She asked if the SAB would like to enter a team this year, and the consensus was that it would be a crime to eliminate the best team! Mary Alice Spelts moved that the SAB should enter a team in the Chili Cook -Off this year if Kay and Wayne would serve as co -chefs for the team, and Margaret seconded it. The motion carried. Steve Budner interjected that tickets for the December luncheon will go on sale starting October 1, at the senior center and will continue until October 28. After that date, the senior center will be closed and tickets will have to be purchased at EPIC, or at the Parks & Recreation offices at 281 North College. Just like some of the chili that will be served at the Chili Cook - Out, Barbara kept coming back, too, with more instructions. She reminded each member of the chili team to bring 45 handouts of some kind to her office to be included in the bag that each chef receives. Donations must be in her office by Friday, September 28. Money or the tickets are also due in her office by Friday. Renewing Our Liaison Network. Barbara asked each member of the SAB to think about the other senior groups with which we should establish liaisons and with which ones our members would like to work. With new members on the Board, the liaison network has broken down, and it needs to be re-established again. City Council Report. Ed reported that he had not seen anything . Page 6, SAB Minu , Sept. 14, 1994Wr • on the City Council's agenda that would pertain to the SAB. He added, however, that Council will be engaged in a transportation work session and transportation issues should come before the Council in the near future. Marjorie added that the selection of the name for the new senior center should be on next Tuesday's agenda. OTHER BUSINESS Moving the "Other Business" Item on the Agenda. A board member had suggested that the her Business" item on the agenda should be moved from the bottom of the agenda to a much higher position. The reasoning behind that request is that sometimes "Other Business" can contain a very important item, but the Board does not have time to discuss it fully because it is already late in the afternoon. Yvonne Myers added that moving the item farther up on the agenda would be a good idea, but that a time would have to be allocated to each member so the meeting wouldn't last too long. Member Reports. Marjorie McTaggart. Marjorie reported that the Art/Sculpture Committee had scheduled an open house for that afternoon for the Sculpture Competition from 2:00 P. M. until 5:00 P. M. at the site. She added that "Inside Fort Collins" had called her to write a guest column for this week's issue and she had chosen art as her subject. Ed Johnson. Ed commented that it possibly was poor planning to change the time of the SAB meeting without sufficient notice given to the public. Be added that he had made arrangements to attend at 2:00 P. M.each month and he needs adequate notice to change his schedule. Be concluded by saying that the Art/ Sculpture Committee should not have scheduled its open house at the same time as the SAB meeting because that could give our board a poor image. In answer to a question about fees charged by the city, Barbara said that she would have a fee schedule prepared for the next meeting. Stan Ulrich. Stan announced that on Aging is scheduled for Monday 27, at the Holiday Inn, Chambers also urged members to vote no on Douglas Bruce)and.to vote yes on true campaign reform admendment. the Governor's Conference and Tuesday, September 26 and Road and I-70 in Denver. He Admendment 12, initiated by Admendment 15, which is a Barbara Schoenberger. Barbara reminded the Board members to sell Chili Cook -Off tickets and to get handouts for the chefs' bags. ADJOURNMENT Since there was no further business to conduct, the meeting was adjourned at 12:15 P. M. SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD Minutes Wednesday, September 14, 1994 CALL TO ORDER The regular monthly meeting of the Senior Advisory Board was called to order by Kay Rios, chair, at 10:02 A. M. on Wednesday, September 14, in the Horsetooth Room of the Senior Center, 101 Remington St., Fort Collins, Colorado. A quorum was present. ATTENDANCE Members Present Excused Members Jane Davis Ed Johnson Yvonne Myers Marjorie McTaggart Wayne Moellenberg Kay Rios Mary Alice Spelts Stan Ulrich Margaret Watts Council Liaison: Gerry Horak PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Jill Taylor Jane Goodhart Staff Steve Budner, Senior Center Barbara Schoenberger, Staff Liaison Guest Jessica MacMillan, Parks & Recreation Board Member No one wished to speak before the Board. CORRESPONDENCE The secretary reported that the SAB had received two letters, one, from Helpline and the other from Unity Mortgage Corp. Helpline had answered Kay's letter of inquiry about the fees that Helpline now charges to include an organization's name in the Human Service Directory. Carol Krauch, executive director of Helpline, assured Kay and the SAB that non-payment of the fee would not preclude an organization's name in the directory. The second letter was from Eddy Jo Yost, the recent director of Choices for Senior Living. She stated in her letter that she is now employed by Unity Mortgage Corp..: -and that she specializes in reverse mortgages. Sne wanted the SAB to"know that she is still interested in the affairs of the SAB and that she is avaliable if needed. Kay added that she had received a letter from Neighbor to Neighbor and Rusty Collins, the director, would like to appear on the SAB agenda in the near future. The Board agreed by consensus that Kay should put him on the agenda. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES Page 2, SAB Minut Sept. 14, 1994 • Before the minutes of the August meeting were approved, Mary Alice Spelts made corrections on Page 4. The Senior Center liaison did make a report and it should read as follows: "Mary Alice Spelts reported that the Senior Center had discussed new incentives for the 1995 membership drive and that they would like to sponsor the Women's Financial Information Program from February 21 to April 11, if given the opportunity. Mary Alice also stated that Elderhostel courses will again be offered at CSU in 1995." Friends of the Senior Center should then be inserted above Margaret Watts' comment. The minutes were then approved as amended. OLD BUSINESS Dial -A -Ride. Kay reported that she had attended the City Council work session on transportation and she felt that very little had been accomplished. She also felt that some miscommunication was evident because the SAB had been misunderstood. She added that the next meeting is scheduled for September 20, and she planned to attend. At that meeting, she added, she would strongly urge City Council to re -negotiate with the agencies involved and to get the issue resolved quickly. She finished her report by saying that she will advocate strongly for senior transportation and that a' cooperative effort must be reached. Paint-A-Thon. Several members of the Board expressed dissatis- faction in the way the Paint-A-Thon was organized this year. Ed Johnson stated that he will not participate in the event next year unless the recommendations of the Board will be considered. Ed further stated, for the record, that many of the Board's recom- mendations had been misplaced,, but that fact never surfaced because it would have embarrassed the yyoung lady in front of her boss. Ed also wanted to know how many oY the applications that the Board submitted were actually considered by the bank. Kay stated that she will write a letter to the First National Bank and relay the concerns of the Board members to them. New West Fest Evaluation. The consensus of the members who had worked in the booth was that the time spent in the booth was worthwhile, but some sug- gested that the Board should operate a booth by itself. Some felt that the banner of the S. 0. A. P. Troupe detracted from the objectives of the SAB. Two mentioned that the booth was overcrowded, and one stated that she had passed out literature in the middle of the street. In spite of the distractions, how- ever, the Board agreed that it should operate a booth at the New West Fest next year because it does give the Board visibility and the opportunity to talk with interested individuals. SAGE Net. No report was given. Information Network. Barbara reported that the Information Net- work item was placed back on the agenda at the request of a Board member to impress upon the members that the SAB is still interested in re-establishing a senior information and referral netwodc in the county. Kay added that a Fort Net meeting was scheduled for Page 3, SAB MinutSept. 14, 1994 • Thursday night, and that she planned to attend. Kay suggested that the item should be placed on next month's agenda, so that the Board could receive an update of the Fort Net meeting. Senior Center Update. Ed Johnson expressed some concern about the progress of the Senior Center. He said some things needed to be resolved, and if decisions aren't made soon, the completion date could be delayed. For example, Ed continued, a small crew is working inside and some changes had been sent to the architect weeks ago, but the contractor had not received a reply as yet. The Grand Opening, Ed added, is still not in jeopardy, but if the completion date is pushed into November, the staff will be hard pressed to get the building in order. Ed, a.k.a.Stan, ended his report by saying that he believes the contractor will be working on the senior center longer than anticipated. Transportation Along the Front Range. Kay mentioned that there is no report on transportation at this time. She had talked with John Peacock and when he finishes the transportation study, she will ask him to give a presentation before the Board. NEW BUSINESS Senior Center Facility Name Recommendation. Steve Budner and Jessica MacMillan, Parks & Recreation Board member, presented names that had been submitted as possible names for the new senior center. The SAB was asked to choose one and write a memo to the Council before its next meeting. The name selected by the Name That Facility Committee of the Parks & Recreation Board was Oasis, and Jessica gave some background information on how that name was chosen. During the discussion that followed, Kay -said, she preferred to have the word senior somewhere in the title because it will primarily be a senior facility. She then turned the meeting over to Stan Ulrich and said that she would write a letter to City Council and state the Board's decision. Wayne Moellenberg moved that Fort Collins Senior Center should be added to Oasis with a / following Oasis. Margaret Watts seconded the motion. The motion was later amended to have Foothills Oasis in large letters with Fort Collins Senior Center. in smaller letters underneath. After a lengthy discussion, the motion carried as amended. Marjorie McTaggart was instructed to call Kay to tell her about the Board's decision. Re resentative for Scul ture Selection Committee. Steve Budner explained that the Art Sculpture Committee had decided to conduct an open competition to design, build and install an outside scult- ture at the senior center. Applications had been sent out and the committee will be holding an open house at the site on Wednes- day, September 14. The committee will select three finialists and submit them to a selection jury. The SAB will be able to appoint one member to that jury. Margaret moved that Marjorie McTaggart should serve on that committee and Ed Johnson seconded it. The motion carried. Volunteers for Treatsylvania. To enlighten the younger members Page 4, SAB Min* , Sept. 14, 1994 . of the Board (in service only!), Steve Budner gave a brief back- ground of Treatsyl;Vania., About three years ago, Parks & Recrea- tion started Treatsylvania to offer an alternative for children to attend a supervised activity instead of endangering their lives by going door to door. The program consists of a series of store- fronts that are rented and operated by local businessmen, and the children pay a fee to be able to visit every storefront to collect treats. This year, Treatsylvania will operate for four nights, and one of those nights will be older adults night. About forty- five volunteers are needed each night, and the older adults' night will be Monday, October 31. Steve asked for a volunteer to organize the senior patrol, and Mary Alice Spelts agreed to head the project. Margaret wondered out loud whether or not Treatsylvania would compete with a project that she had planned to ask the Friends of the Senior Center to undertake on the same night, but since her activity was scheduled for a later time, the members thought there would be no conflict. Service Organization Reports. Office on Aging. As requested, Stan shared the last month's financial report of OOA. Since the categories weren't clearly defined, the SAB asked Stan if he could get a more detailed breakdown of the budget for the next meeting. Stan also reported that OOA held two retreats during the past month, and that he had attended one of them. He didn't have much more to.report because the OOA Advisory Council had met the week before, and he did not have time to receive the minutes of that meeting. Seniors Airborne No report. Concerned Seniors of Colorado RSVP. No report. No report. Aspen Club. No report because Jill was absent. Senior Center Council. Mary Alice Spelts reported that the Senior Center had discussed the Chili Cook -Off scheduled for October 1, and that tours of the new senior center will be conducted between August 25 and November 3. Laura Bayless will host a New Member breakfast and the center will host a Bon Voyage party on October 28 at 10:00 A. M. Mary Alice added that many of the groups that meet in the senior center will not suspend activities during November when the senior center will be closed, but that most of them have already scheduled alternate sites to conduct their activities. Barbara added that on October 28, the senior center will conduct a day- long celebration of the closing of the present senior center by sponsoring a variety of events, including displays, during the day. In the evening, the senior center will host a dinner in the center. Tickets will be $3.50 each, and all SAB members are invited. Hopefully, it will be a night of reminiscing about the highlights that occurred in the building during the 1 Page 5, SAB Minut is Sept. 14, 1994 • tenure of the senior center. The building will officially be closed at the end of the festivities on that day. Dinner will begin at 6:00 P. M. Friends of the Senior Center. The Friends are currently work- ing on the development of the Recognition Wall in the new senior center. A Recognition Wall Committee has been appointed and its job will be to compile a list of all the major donors of 1994, who will be honored at an annual luncheon on the third Thursday of December at the new senior center. The cost of the luncheon will be $5.00 for non-members and $3.00 for members. Tickets will go on sale November 1. Barbara added that the senior center is continuing its efforts to "push" the gift catalogs by going to a variety of groups and organizations to get support for the senior center. She said she is also stressing that although large donations are appreciated, they will not make the fund-raising project a success. What will make the difference, she continued, is that small individual amounts will help the senior center reach its goal. Individual donations could be pooled to buy a substan- tial gift. As an example, she stated that if each member of the SAB would donate $3.00, the total could be used to buy salt and pepper shakers for one-third of the multi -purpose room, or one-third of the sugar holders. Visa cards are wel- come, she added. Chili Cook -Off. Barbara reminded the members that the Chili Cook - Off is scheduled for Saturday, October 1, and the SAB had always had a team entered in the competition. She asked if the SAB would like to enter a team this year, and the consensus was that it would be a crime to eliminate the best team! Mary Alice Spelts moved that the SAB should enter a team in the Chili Cook -Off this year if Kay and Wayne would serve as co -chefs for the team, and Margaret seconded it. The motion carried. Steve Budner interjected that tickets for the December luncheon will go on sale starting October 1, at the senior center and will continue until October 28. After that date, the senior center will be closed and tickets will have to be purchased at EPIC, or at the Parks & Recreation offices at 281 North College. Just like some of the chili that will be served at the Chili Cook - Out, Barbara kept coming back, too, with more instructions. She reminded each member of the chili team to bring 45 handouts of some kind to her office to be included in the bag that each chef receives. Donations must be in her office by Friday, September 28. Money or the tickets are also due in her office by Friday. Renewing Our Liaison Network. Barbara asked each member of the SAB to think about the other senior groups with which we should establish liaisons and with which ones our members would like to work. With new members on the Board, the liaison network has broken down, and it needs to be re-established again. City Council Report. Ed reported that he had not seen anything Page 6, SAB Minutgft Sept. 14, 1994 • on the City Council's agenda that would pertain to the SAB. He added, however, that Council will be engaged in a transportation work session and transportation issues should come before the Council in the near future. Marjorie added that the selection of the name for the new senior center should be on next Tuesday's agenda. OTHER BUSINESS Moyin the "Other Business" Item on the Agenda. A board member had suggested that the her Business" item on the agenda should be moved from the bottom of the agenda to a much higher position. The reasoning behind that request is that sometimes "Other Business" can contain a very important item, but the Board does not have time to discuss it fully because it is already late in the afternoon. Yvonne Myers added that moving the item farther up on the agenda would be a good idea, but that a time would have to be allocated to each member so the meeting wouldn't last too long. Member Reports. Marjorie McTaggart. Marjorie reported that the Art/Sculpture Committee had scheduled an open house for that afternoon for the Sculpture Competition from 2:00 P. M. until 5:00 P. M. at the site. She added that "Inside Fort Collins" had called her to write a guest column for this week's issue and she had chosen art as her subject. Ed Johnson. Ed commented that it possibly was poor planning to change the time of the SAB meeting without sufficient notice given to the public. He added that he had made arrangements to attend at 2:00 P. M.each month and he needs adequate notice to change his schedule. He concluded by saying that the Art/ Sculpture Committee should not have scheduled its open house at the same time as the SAB meeting because that could give our board a poor image. In answer to a question about fees charged by the city, Barbara said that she would have a fee schedule prepared for the next meeting. Stan Ulrich. Stan announced that the Governor's Conference on Aging is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, September 26 and 27, at the Holiday Inn, Chambers Road and I-70 in Denver. He also urged members to vote no on Admendment 12, initiated by Douglas Bruce)and.to vote yes on Admendment 15, which is a true campaign reform admendment. Barbara Schoenberger. Barbara reminded the Board members to sell Chili Cook -Off tickets and to get handouts for the chefs' bags. ADJOURNMENT Since there was no further business to conduct, the meeting was adjourned at 12:15 P. M. August 15, 1994 TO: Ann Azari Gerry Horak Chris Kneeland Alan Apt Will Smith Bob McClusky Gina Janett FROM: Kay Rios On behalf of the Senior Advisory Board SUBJECT: Recommendations for Dial -A -Ride Service The Senior Advisory Board reviewed the recommendations which have been forwarded by Tom Frazier and John Daggett. After lengthy discussion, the Board members asked that I forward the following concerns with regard to these recommendations: 1) The Board unanimously agreed that service to seniors should be continued regardless of their status under the ADA. During all of the previous discussions, seniors were told over and over that their transportation opportunities would be maintained in its current form. They were told that no major change would occur in the "foreseeable future." But now, just a few months later, that future is upon us and the recommendation states that "Strict application of this policy would limit service to the ADA eligible only." Seniors were led to believe that services would be improved and now, it appears, they may lose the services altogether. 2) While we understand the reason to institute a fee for service, we feel that $4 is an exorbitant amount at this point, especially when a "trip" is defined as one-way. The reality is that the greatest percentage of trips would be two-way, resulting in an $8 charge to seniors. Since this has been a free service for years, the jump to $4 one-way is a very large jump. If a fee must be instituted, we would ask that seniors pay the same fee that is recommended for ADA eligible riders: $1.50. We would ask that Council consider changing the definition of a also "trip" to include two-way. (According to information supplied by Tom Frazier and John Daggett, the fees charged in other areas in the Front Range run in the $1.50 to $2 bracket.) we believe that a gradual increase would be easier on those using the service and it would provide some relief while City entities are looking into other funding alternatives. 3) We would also ask that, regardless of the final decision, that an educational component be included as part of any program. That component could offer not only information on other modes of transportation available but also offer assistance in the use of those modes. We realize that this is a complex issue and that, since finances are involved, decisions must be made. We ask, however, that within that decision making process, you consider any reworking of the system with the needs of seniors in mind.