HomeMy WebLinkAboutSenior Advisory Board - Minutes - 07/10/1991The regular meeting
was held Wednesday,
the Senior Center.
MEMBERS
Pat Long
Kathleen Jones
Margaret Watts
Yvonne Myers
Marjorie McTaggart
Kay Rios
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Jean Helburg
Laurie Bayless
I. CALL TO ORDER
of the Fort Collins Senior Advisory Board
July 10, 1991 in the Horsetooth Room of
Attending were:
ABSENT
Ron Bergen
EXCUSED ABSENCE
Bilie Higgins
Larry Chaussee
Vicki Moody
GUESTS
Yetta Rollin
Steve Snyder
Chairman Pat Long called the meeting to order at 2:07 p.m.
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes of the June meeting had two corrections: Resource
network member Carol Gillspie is the Study Group leader; and
the date of the next Friends of the Senior Center meeting is
July 23rd. The minutes were approved as corrected.
IV. OLD BUSINESS
A. Paint-A-Thon -- Pat reported that Joe Campanella will run
the project. There are 32 applications, and 12 houses will be
painted. Kay said the State painting project will take the
extras. Pat and Kathleen will check out the eligibility of
applicants' houses within the next 2 weeks.
B. Senior Resource Network -- Steve Snyder and Kay reported
they met with city councilwoman Ann Azari, who was liaison to
this board when the project started, to get city support and
leadership/guidelines.
Ann is a leader in getting the city to build a 24 hour
communications I&R infrastructure. Kay reports that Ann and
present liaison councilmember Bob Winokur, approve this board
to lead as pilot team to gather information for a user system,
as opposed to a system solely for agency use. We will invite
Ann to our next board meeting.
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Steve offered to be technical adviser, or resource person
for the gathering process. The board is pleased to accept his
offer to volunteer. Steve says the Denver Senior Infonet is
interested in what Fort Collins is doing.
Jean Helburg suggested contacting Pete Dallow at the
City to get them involved. Also the city's new voice mail
process might fit into the system.
Marjorie mentioned that at the recent State Commission on
Aging meeting, Commissioner Bill Cook brought out that needy
older people don't know how to get I&R.
This Board unanimously agrees to support this project
fully. We will meet at the first of about 4 meetings on
Wednesday, July 24th at 3 p.m. to begin the process.
C. Combined Newsletter -- Marjorie reported on the public
meeting conducted by the editors of the Coloradoan where she
expressed a need for more local coverage of senior issues and
events. She suggested they include a quarterly "Board Beat"
column, and indicated that the Senior Advisory Board has
already determined a willingness among some of the agencies
and organizations to share their information.
Everyone agreed that the senior section published by the
paper the following day is not complete enough for the senior
community's needs. It was agreed that Kay will write the
Coloradoan a follow-up letter from the board in support of the
ideas for senior news.
V. NEW BUSINESS
A. Pat and Marjorie attended the State Commission on Aging
meeting on June 14th. When the resource network gets further
along, we will invite Bill Cook to a meeting. State legislator
Tom Redder attended the Aging meeting, also.
We will invite the new local director of the Office on
Aging to our next meeting.
B. Junior League/Health Clinic -- Larry reported via Kay
that the Junior League is interested in funding some aspect
of the new Senior Center, possibly through the Friends of
the Center. Their next meeting is in September.
C. Friends of the Center -- no report.
D. Building Team -- Jean as staff, and Pat and Kathleen from
this board, attended the City Council work session 7/9/91.
There was general discussion of the meeting's procedure and
outcome. It now appears that the community pool may be
renovated at its present location, and the Team will have the
freedom to go ahead with site
the new senior center.
Kay moved that in view of
Senior Advisory Board suggests
pool at Lincoln Center. Yvonne
selection recommendations for
financial considerations the
renovation of the present
seconded. Motion passed.
E. Sunbird Program -- Laurie Bayless, Senior Center staff
member, explained that the Sunbird coordinator had to take a
group on a trip. Laurie explained who the Sunbirds are and
why the city sponsors them, and what kinds of activities they
do. The program has grown to over 200, expanding the center
membership by 133 at last count. Some of them have bought
real estate in Fort Collins.
VI. OTHER
A. Kay announced that Ed Stoner of Fort Collins Inc. and
representatives from other groups such as the City Economic
Development Office, the Apartment Association, Board of
Realtors, and the Convention & Visitors Bureau will meet
next week to discuss the funding of the Retirement brochure.
B. Pat handed out copies of the Downtown Plan.
B. Marjorie urged all interested seniors to attend and part-
icipate in the Cultural Resources Board's public meeting for
gathering needs assessment information Monday, July 15th at
the Lincoln Center at 7 pm. This is a start in developing a
five-year plan for the city.
C. Discussion about board positions. All are now filled as
we learned that Larry, Billie, Yvonne and Marjorie have been
appointed. Ron Bergen has been asked to resign as he has not
attended or contacted anyone in several months. The manual
states that this is to be done after 3 consecutive unexcused
absences.
VII. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 3:40 p.m.
Marjorie McTaggart, Secretary
Pat Long, Chairman