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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSenior Advisory Board - Minutes - 09/13/2006CITY OF FORT COLLINS SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES: Meeting held September 13, 2006 Vice Chair Marcia Richards- 970-223-8581 Staff Liaison — Barbara Schoenberger — 970-224-6026 City Council Liaison — Doug Hutchinson, Mayor — 970-221-6506 Attendance: Bud Herin Peggy McGough Marcia Richards Kathy Schuster Marjorie McTaggart Anita Basham Dennis Kaz Jim Downey Matt Malcolm Excused Absence: Don Wells Unexcused Absence: Guest: Maxine Bell Nona Nickerson Addie Moellenhoff Charlott Myers Mary Jane Warfield Jan Hamann Kay Wilson Dick Pillmore Donald Markstrom Frank Dunn Barbara Fleming Maria Ledezma Erick Stewart Shelbie Mastas Jackie Adams Bill Gillespie Lois Gillespie Stan Ulrich Jo McCoy Tom Fleming Eric Biederman Sharon Reinan Pat Moore Joanna Lambert Burdette Woodward Wilda Woodward Carrie Graves Jerry Reinan Irene Egan Jane Seik Students willing to help Jackie Adams 970-846-4442 CSU Social Work Shelbie Mestas 970-493-7442 CSU Social Work Erika Stewart 719-237-8586 Maria Ledezma 970-371-3607 Liaison: Douglas Hutchinson, Mayor Staff: Barbara Schoenberger Karen Bryner I. Call Meeting to Order Vice Chair Person Marcia Richards called the meeting to order at 1:35 p.m. A quorum was present. II. Public Participation: Senior Advisory Board and Senior Center Council members were introduced. The Senior Advisory Board gave a presentation telling about different functions the Board performs. The floor was then open for questions and comments. • Irene Egan objected to the Senior Trips being taken away. Anita Basham answered by saying she has written letters to all City Council members. Peggy McGough encouraged people to sign petitions being circulated to save the travel programs. • Mary Jane Warfield asked if anyone had considered using Channel 22 because they are asking for programs. Marjorie McTaggart responded that SOAP had researched the possibilities but had declined because they were informed that SOAP would have to operate their equipment. Marjorie did agree to recheck with Channel 22 to see if these circumstances had changed. • Mary Warfield asked if it was way out of line to ask for corporate partial sponsor ship of the Transfort system. People need to get to the Harmony hospital. This idea will be passed on to the Transportation Board for their consideration. However, it was noted that the Senior Advisory board had worked with Poudre Valley Hospital and Dial -A -Ride to implement a plan to transport seniors to those health facilities when transportation was an issue. Senior Advisory Board will continue to work with Poudre Valley Hospital to make more seniors aware of this program. • Mona Nickerson praised Dial -A -Ride for the good service. She said that she was able to help others with transportation for many years but now she needs help. Without Dial -A -Ride she would not be able to live independently. • Maxine Bell would like lunch served on Wednesdays again. Kathy Schuster, SAB liaison to VOA, will relay that message. Carrie Graves does not want to take the name "Senior" out of Senior Center. Carrie was also concerned about the traffic in Fort Collins. She suggests that businesses open at different times to alleviate the congestion. Marcia Richards reported that the regional transportation project is extending their 20/30 plan to 20/35 for transportation and they are addressing issues like that. They are holding public meetings right now and will be held 23 of September at the Harmony Library, 30th of September at the Loveland Senior Center, and October 7th in Greeley. Jackie Adams, student in Social Works at CSU, spoke for herself and three other CSU students are taking a class in organization. They chose to focus on senior issues. They are looking for a project that will impact lives of seniors. Bud Herin and Stan Ulrich will meet with the students and give them information to assist in advocating for senior transportation. Donald Markstrom has been on several trips sponsored by the Senior Center and is concerned about trips program being cancelled. He said that participants are willing to pay more. Bud Herin stated that he believes that short day trips will not be cut. Bud encouraged those concerned to call their council representative. Burdette Woodward is concerned about speeding and feels the limits are set too high. He would like the drivers in Fort Collins to drive at safe speeds even if that is below the set limit. He believes that the current speeds are a danger for everyone, particularly seniors. III. Approval of Minutes — Anita Basham made a motion to accept the September 13th minutes with one correction, Bud Herin second, motion carried. IV. Correspondence • Don Wells's letter saying why he was unable to attend the September meeting. • Resignation letter from Dianne Wiremen-Heath. Jim Downey volunteered to write a letter to Dianne from the SAB board thanking her for her service. • Invitation from Loveland Senior Advisory Board, sent by chair Earl Stevens, for a joint meeti of the Boards to exchange information. Invitation was for their October 4 meeting at 10:30 a. at the Loveland Library. Barbara Schoenberger encouraged the board to have representatives attend the meeting. Peggy McGough, Marcia Richards, Dennis Kaz, Kathy Schuster and Barbara Schoenberger volunteered to attend the meeting. • Communication received from Karla Smith, City Boards and Commissions, about annual recruitment for boards and commissions and informing the Board that flyers are available and distributed and that a recruitment video is available for viewing on line. • Karla Smith also sent a reminder that the 2007 work plan needs to be turned in by November 30. Board agreed to complete the plan at the regular October meeting and will use a facilitato to direct the process. • Request for input on City budget was received from Marty Heffernan, Executive Director of CLRS. Matt Malcolm and Peggy McGough will draft a response on behalf of the Board urgir continued support of Dial -A -Ride. • Request from Air Quality for participation in a focus group. They are asking for eight participants with older cars to serve on this group. The group will meet for two hrs at Canino with a free dinner on Sept. 27, 2006 at 7:00 p.m... Call Katie Bender with names and phone numbers of interested people. Matt Malcolm, Anita Basham, and Bud Herin volunteered. • Larimer County TRIAD invitation to their loth Anniversary Celebration. The event will be he on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Loveland Police Department Institute, 810 East 1 Oth Street, Loveland, CO 80538. Please RSVP to Megan at 495-7791. V. Old Business A. Report on ad hoc committee to raise matching funds for the expansion of the Fort Collins Senior Center — Jim Barnett is discouraged because people he wanted to sit on the committee are turning him down. Dianne Heath will not be on the committee because she has resigned from SAB. Barbara Schoenberger made a recommendation that a brain storming meeting be held to help the sub -committee find volunteers. Meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 4 at 1:00 p.m. at the Senior Center. B. Soap Box submissions to the Coloradoan - Jim Downey has collected some materials for a Fall Soap Box. The Soap Box would say that the City should keep the quality that exists and why that is important to the community and the residents. C. Bridging the Gap— Kathy Schuster reported that the planning for Bridging the Gap is on schedule. People who are helping need to be at McKee by 9:30 a.m. A bus will be running from the Senior Center parking lot to McKee and back. Anyone interested needs to let Barbara know. The bus will leave at 9:00 a.m. Kathy handed out information material for table hosts. D. Policy on Aging Committee report — Anita Basham reported that it is a work in progress is stalled currently. E. Chili Cook -off— Bud Herin reported that two people were lost from the team, Dianne and Al Heath. Jim Downey will chair the event which will be held on October 14. Articles for the cooks' bags need to be turned in. F. Community Homecoming— Peggy McGough reported that it's happening, everything is ready to go. G. Evaluative tool report — Marjorie McTaggart reported that evaluations were passed out at the outreach meeting at the Senior Center. Participants completed them and returned them. Marjorie will analyze the feedback for the next meeting. Marcia Richards suggested making the print larger so it would be easier to read. VI. New Business A. Liaison Reports 1. Youth Activity Center Board - Anita Basham reported that the Youth Activity Center Board in operation and needs two new members. They will be sending one more letter to the Council trying to convince them to keep the center open. Right now the YAC will close July of 2007. 2. Center on Aging of CSU - Matt Malcolm reported that Manfred Diehl is the new head of the Center on Aging at CSU and really wants to push the Center which has been a struggle over the years. This is his priority. A super cluster is a way that researchers can come together and go for very large grants. 3. Senior Sports Club - Anita Basham reported that a speaker from CSU, Brian Tracey, spoke on the aging process and how exercise can help. 4. AARP - Jim Downey reported there will be a meeting Thursday, September 21 at 9:15 a.m. at the Senior Center and will have a speaker, Dr. Phil Hernandez from Boulder talking about prescription changes and an update on Medicare. 5. RSVP - Kathy Schuster reported that a grant of $21,000.00 was received for an additional staff person to work on volunteers for the youth mentoring program. This is ongoing money that will not have to reapply. 6. Women's Commission - Marjorie McTaggart reported that the commission met on 8/16/06. They are working with someone in the CSU English Dept. on applications for an intern to help with the new quarterly newsletter. The Commission is exploring having "forums" in the community for input from community women. They are looking at working with the Women's Center and other women's groups as places to hold forums and get input from the people served there. 7. KRFC radio (5 week series?) starts 9/28 with a panel to discuss women's roles in politics, voting, etc. The show is a half hour program, 7:00 p.m. on the 2"d and 4ch Thursdays. 8. TRIAD meeting is 8/23/06. They report a need for continued presentations about DNR 9 (Do Not Resuscitate) as there is confusion between DNR and Living Wills. 9. Peggy McGough made comment that while Board members are at the Bridging the Gap conference, they should contact the Elder House booth because they are taking a major hit this year. 10. The Women's Commission has hired a half time dental person. They are looking for an office that would be open on Friday. 11. AARP Conference - Jim Downey reported that the annual AARP Conference will be held at the Fort Collins Senior Center on Thursday, Octoberl9 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will include continental breakfast and lunch. B. Outreach plan for DMA on October 11 — Marjorie McTaggart has contacted the managers assistant and confirmed the date, place, and time. Everyone will do the same outreach report that they did today. C. STEP report tabled to next meeting— Marjorie McTaggart VIII. Other Business A. Boards and Commission Appreciation Event will be held at the Lincoln Center on November 8. Invitations will be sent. B. Tom Fleming addressed parking at the Senior Center and said that he noticed CSU students parking in the Senior Center to catch the bus going to CSU. Matt Malcolm will follow up with ASCSU to see if the students can be informed not to do this. C. 2007 Budget — The main items SAB would like to see get budgeted are Transportation, Dial -A -Ride, and Senior Day Trips. Anita made a motion that Peggy McGough and Matt Malcolm will write a letter to Council on behalf of the Senior Advisory Board. Dennis Kaz seconded the motion, motion carried IX. Adjourn Meeting was adjourned by proclamation of vice chair, Marcia Richards. Executive meeting will be September 27, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. Submitted by A4�1&u' Karen Bryner, Recorging Secretary Marcia Richards Marjo i McTaggart, Secr