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SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES
Meeting held October 10, 2007
Fort Collins Senior Center
1200 Raintree Dr.
Fort Collins, CO 80526
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
Kathy Schuster
Marcia Richards
Matt Jackson
Anita Basham
Excused Absence:
Don Wells
Marjorie McTaggart
Judy Vasiliauskas
Unexcused Absence:
Guests:
Alex Stuessie
Douglas Faus
Liaison:
Douglas Hutchinson, Mayor
Staff:
Barbara Schoenberger
Karen Bryner
The Senior Advisory Board held their meeting at the MCR facility. A tour of the facility and
a presentation were given prior to the regular 1:30 pm meeting.
I. Public Participation: Following a tour of MCR, (led by Alex Stuessie), Doug Faus, Vice
President of Operations, gave a short presentation highlighting the new facility. After the
presentation, there was a brief question and answer session.
II. Call Meeting to Order
Marcia Richards, Chair, called the meeting to order at 2:28 p.m.
II. Attendance
Attendance taken.
IV. Approval of Minutes
Kathy Schuster made a motion to approve the minutes of the September 12, 2007 meeting.
Matt Jackson seconded the motion. The motion carried.
V. Correspondence
A. Dennis Kaz sent a letter of resignation from the Senior Advisory Board citing work issues.
Peggy McGough moved that a note be written to Dennis thanking him for his service on
the SAB. The motion was seconded and passed. Kathy Schuster, secretary, will write the
note.
B. Karla Smith, of the City Clerk's Office, advised Barbara Schoenberger that applications
for the SAB will not be processed until the first of the year. Board members were
encouraged to solicit applicants. Matt Jackson will make an announcement at the Larimer
County Office on Aging meeting to encourage people to apply before the 22"a
C. Kathy Schuster wrote a thank you note to the Mayor, thanking him for attending the
September meeting.
D. Barbara Schoenberger announced that the City is making another video on Boards and
Commissions; some of the members of the SAB may be asked to participate.
E. Board members will be receiving an invitation to the reception honoring the 225 volunteers
who serve on the City's 27 Boards and Commissions. The event will be Wednesday,
November 7a' at the Lincoln Center.
VI. New Business
A. 2007 Annual Report - A sheet was passed around for Board members to list the variety of
activities for older adults in which they participated. Kathy Schuster will write a rough
draft of the Annual Report and e-mail it to all members for corrections and editing.
B. CSU gerontology class — the class is Oct. 30a' from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Gifford
Building on Lake Street. Barbara Schoenberger will get more details and mail them to the
Board.
Old Business
A. Liaison Reports
-Bud Herin :
The CSU Homecoming parade went well. The theme of the parade was
"Celebrating Homecoming". Pat Moore, Senior Center staff, drove a red convertible
with riders representing CSU graduates from 1934, 1943, 2006, and a potential future
graduate. An "after parade" analysis will be held next week to discuss what went well
and what didn't. Matt Jackson, a parade judge, suggested that the entries should be
relevant to the Homecoming celebration, and excessive "rolling advertisements" should
be limited.
-Matt Jackson:
Larimer County Office on Aging — The Wellington Senior Center was having some
problems with leadership so the Larimer County Office on Aging contributed $2,000.00
to help fund a temporary coordinator position.
-Peggy McGoug_h:
The City has a new logo statement. "Fort Collins: where renewal is way of life"
Anita Basham was honored by PVH as being one of the founders of the Neurology Center.
An Open House will be held, 10/11/07, at the new Columbine Health Center on S. Lemay.
It is a "state of the art" rehab facility.
Phase II of UniverCity hosts a kick-off event 10/11/07. Some concepts from Phase I are
already in place.
Net Zero raised $50,000.00 matching funds.
Beet Street, sponsored by the DDA, has a web site and the downtown merchants have
become more involved with CSU week -ends.
Loveland SAB has a "Hot Line" for seniors to call.
Events at the Senior Center scheduled in October include:
October 17a' — A Night at the Moulin Rouge,
October 27°i— Appraisal and Collector's Fair
October 29a'-- Lunch & Lecture ( 15 fascinating facts about France you
probably don't already know)
The Northside Atzlan Center is now open.
The Park & Recreation Dept. Park Plan Surveys:
4,000 letters were sent, 3760 were delivered and 444 surveys were returned.
The 11.8% response was considered a good response. Marketing is poor: 29%
from the Coloradoan, 23% from the intemet, 16% from recreation facilities and 10%
from City Newsletters. Transportation to all facilities is poor.
The most important concerns: A Senior Center is needed on south side.
A positive: the class rooms at the Senior Center are great.
The most recent Recreator can be picked up at any recreation facility.
-Kathy Schuster:
The Transportation Task Force was convened to study alternative solutions for those
riders left without transportation, as a result of the cut back in Dial -A -Ride services. After
meeting periodically over the past several months, looking into possible grants, volunteer
services, etc., the committee was unable to come up viable alternatives. No future meetings
of this group are scheduled. Gary Thomas is preparing a final report for the task force.
B. Evaluation of Sept. 12d' Outreach Meeting at Senior Center
4 evaluation forms were returned. Comments were positive, with
participants particularly appreciative of the Mayor's remarks.
C. Follow up report on Chili Cook -off
The event went very well. The Senior Advisory Board took the "People's
Choice Award" and 2"d Place in the "Judge's Award"
D. Follow up report on Bridging the Gap:
Bridging the Gap was, once again, very successful . Liz Case, who was
nominated by the Senior Center Council, received the Senior Service Award.
The committee is to meet 10/17/07 to review the evaluations, and the
financial report.
E . City Budget:
Marcia Richards attended the informational meeting, on Sept. 17d'. Budgeting
for Outcomes was defined, but specifics were not addressed. It is hoped that the
Transportation/Dial-A-Ride service can be kept at least at its present level.
Booths were set up for specific areas of interest.
F. Senior Center Expansion report
It has been difficult to get the committee members together. A meeting is scheduled for
Oct. 22"d. The Expansion group is anticipating a proposal from a marketing resource on
"how to sell" the project. Peggy McGough is obtaining information from the State of
Colorado on "how to be recognized as a non-profit". Barbara Schoenberger suggested that
it might be beneficial to partner with PVH and CSU for joint use of the facilities in order to
raise money. Peggy will visit the accountant next week in hopes of establishing a 501C-3.
IX. Other Business
Marcia Richards suggested that SAB members be encouraged to attend at least one
City Council meeting a year. Her thinking was that it would be a good learning
experience.
X. Adjourn
Meeting was adjourned at 3:30 pm.
Submitted by:
Karen Bryner, Recorcffng Secretary
Marcia Richards, Chair
Kathy Schuster, Secretary