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COORDTTTATI"TG CO7'4TSSIOTT FOR SENIOR CI PI7,77S
Monthly Meeting
December 16, 1971
The monthly meeting of the Com;issi.on was held at 10:00 A.'[.
on December 16, 1971, in the Friendship Room of the Home Federal
Savings and Loan Association of the Rockies, Tlowes and )Jest, Oak
Street, Fort Collins. This meeting was held in conjunction with
the regular meeting of the Fort Collins Chapter of the American
Association of Retired People. Representatives of area Senior
Citizens Groups were also present.
Commission members present:
Commission members absent:
Mrs. Nancy Stegner, Chairman
I=1rs. Doris S. Atkinson
Rev. Clarence IT. Hin'.nzouse
Dr. Douglas M. Murray
Mr. Walter B. Peterson
Dr. Harry Sobel
Mr. W.J. Boggs
Mr, W.R. Jim De,itloff
Minutes mailed to Commission members prior to the meeting.
A renort on activities of Commission was given by Mrs. Stegner.
Included in this report were the following items:
Commission is considering snonsors iip of a newsletter. In
this regard It ?•ras sugi-Tested that each of the Senior Citizens
groups present, select a reporter and submit names to the
Commission o volunteers who would be willing to assist in the
publicati.o1 and ci.rclilation of the newsletter. Mrs. Stegner
requested that such names be submitted to the Commission in
January.
. Commission has begun to discuss plans for Senior Citizens
Activity Week to be held in May, 1972; particularly as to theme,
invitation to a Jr. High band to participate in the pararle,
seeking assistance from the Chamber of Commerce, and selection
of a chairman frgm the Senior Citizens. Mrs. Stegner requested
that names of suggested chairman be sent either to herself or to
the sec ,etary, Mrs. Atkinson.
Mrs. Stegner (in the absence of Mr. John Irlaggoner, chairman
o the organization, Taxpayers :for Property 'Pax Relief) gave a
program on tax relief for seniors. She discussed the program as
it is presently functioning in the City and County of Boulder,
Colorado.
Neither Mr. Robinson nor Mr. Leuthauser of the Colorado State
Department of Social Services were able to accept the invitation
of the Commission to present the program for this meeting.
Mrs. Stegner stated that it is the plan of the Commission to
meet with Mr. Reynolds, City planner, to discuss tax relief for
seniors, and following this meeting, to renort to Senior Citizens
groups.
Mr. Avery Bice of AARP also suggested that the Commission meet
with the Poi0re R1 School Board for the purpose of discussing tax
relief for seniors.
The next meeting of the Commission will be held in the City
Council Chambers at 3:30 P.M. on Wednesday, January 12, 1972.
Doris S. Atkinson
Secretary