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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSenior Advisory Board - Minutes - 05/11/1994• 11 FORT COLLINS SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD Minutes of the Wednesday, May 11, 1994 Meeting CALL TO ORDER The May meeting of the Fort Collins Senior Advisory Board was called to order by Kay Rios, chair, at 2:10 P. M. in the Horsetooth Room of the Senior Center. ATTENDANCE Members Present Kay Rios, chair Stan Ulrich, secretary Wayne Moellenberg Marjorie McTaggart Ed Johnson Jill Taylor Peggy Santich Margaret Watts Staff Present Jennifer Klink, RSVP Steve Budner Ankie Stroes CITIZEN PARTICIPATION Guests Jane Gqodhart, Aging Strategies Yetta Rollin Member. Absent Yvonne Myers, vice chair Members Excused Larry Haglund Kathleen Jones No one offered input during Citizen Participation. MINUTES Several corrections were made to the minutes. Marjorie McTaggart was added to the list of those who were present. On Page 5, No. 2, second paragraph, VIDA was changed to read VITA. On Page 5, No. 3, second line, the words of the Senior Center were eliminated. On the same page, No. 5, Line 3, Clock was changed to Plock and M'liss was changed to Melisse. Finally, on Page 7, in Marjorie McTaggart's report, she in the first line was replaced with Yvonne Myers, and the second sentence was eliminated. After all the corrections were made, the minutes were approved as amended. OLD BUSINESS Paint-A-Thon Kay read a letter that she had written to Mr. Rowe, First Interstate Bank of Fort Collins. In it, she voiced concerns about the lack of planning and forethought on the project and stressed the importance of planning now for the fall event. She emphasized that much preliminary preparation needs to be done months ahead of the project and she asked for the First Insterstate Bank's support. Healthy Senior Expo Jill Taylor reminded the Board that the Healthy Senior Expo is scheduled for the next day, Thursday, May 12, and she reviewed the assignments for the SAB booth in the mall. Page 2, SAB Minutes, May 1994 Evaluation of April Outreach Meeting After a short discussion about the April Outreach Program, the consensus of the Board was that it was a worthwhile event and that such activities should definitely be continued in the future. Feedback from students and partici- pants was extremely favorable and the Board attributed much of the success to the format and agenda of the program. Human Relations Commission Award Jill Taylor announced that the Human Relations Commission awards had been presented to Sr. Mary Alice Murphy in the Senior Division, to co=winners Kim Christensen and Jana Schader in the Adult Division and to co -winners ADA Task Force of Larimer County and Creative Recreation in Special Populations (CRISP) in the Organizational Division at a breakfast on May 9. Retirement Brochure Distribution Now that the retirement brochure is available, Kay stated that we need to put together a list of places where they can be distributed. After some brainstorming, a long list of places was compiled. Delivery of the brochures was also discussed. New Senior Center Update Steve Budner reported that Parks and Recreation is in the process of for- mulating a Name Selection Committee for the new senior center, and he thought that someone from the Senior Advisory Board should sit on that committee. Marjorie McTaggart was selected as the SAB representative on the committee. Ed Johnson added that the building is taking shape even though there had been a delay in the steel delivery and the construction crew had lost a week because of inclement weather. Concrete should be poured by the end of the week or the beginning of next week, and work should begin on the walls soon. There are no major holdups that he can foresee, and the building should continue on schedule and be ready for the October completion date. In fact, Ed concluded, the SAB could possibly hold its July meeting in the building. Vet -Pet Program Kay had some good news and some bad news about the Vet -Pet Program. The bad news was that she had finally heard from Purina and all their money had been budgeted for the remainder of this year and for a long time into the future. There would be no hope of receiving aid from them. She added, however, that Purina has a program called Pets for People that closely parallels the Vet -Pet Program, but the Purina program is not operative in Northern Colorado. The Purina official to whom she had talked did suggest, too, that she should contact the Dan,1orth Foundation. The good news, Kay continued, was that she had been contacted by a Dr. Tracy Thomas, who had recently graduated from CSU Vet School and wanted to organize a non-profit clinic specifically for seniors and their animals. The clinic would operate on a sliding -fee scale. Dr. Thomas will probably attend the June SAB meeting to go over plans. Kay stated that she had also put Dr. Thomas in touch with another person from the Humane Society who is trying to set up a free spaying clinic. Hopefully, the two could come up . I Page 3, SAB Minutes, 0 11, 1994 with a good program. Kay added that Dr. Thomas wants to set up an in -home program, so that the transportation problem would be addressed. If the pet had to be transported, she would do the transporting herself. Marjorie McTaggart brought up the question of publicity for the program and wondered.whether or not it is getting enough exposure. After a short discussion, the consensus was that another publicity campaign should be initiated through the various forms of media. Senior Network Luncheon The Senior Network luncheon, Kay reported, is set for Wednesday, May 25, at noon at the Lincoln Center. Invitations had gone out. Cost of the luncheon will be $3.00, and she is still working on entertainment. The agenda will be quite similar to the one at the luncheon last year, Kay concluded. NEW BUSINESS New West Fest Kay polled the SAB to determine whether or not the SAB should sponsor a booth at the New West Fest this year. The consensus was that we should operate a booth again, but we need more exposure than we had last year. Discussion on the kinds of activities we should provide followed, but no decision was made. The item was tabled until a later meeting. Multi -Cultural Commission Nomination Kay reported that the Multi -Cultural Commission requested that the SAB should appoint a representative to the MCC. Ed Johnson nominated Kay Rios and Jill Taylor seconded the nomination. The nominations were closed. Since Kay had been nominated, she relinquished the chair to the secretary while the voting took place. Aspen Club Jill reviewed the events and activities that were scheduled for the Healthy Senior Expo and urged everyone to attend. A magic act will conclude the activities at 3:30 P. M., but many other activities will be sandwiched between the grand finale and the opening ceremonies by Mayor Ann Azari. Sessions on strength training, nutrition, grieving and other topics will be continually offered in two empty store fronts. The J. C. Penney court- yard area will be packed with line dancers, aerobic teams and a concert of Broadway tunes by the Carousel Theater Troupe at noon. There will be some- thing for everybody, Jill stated. Other activities offered by the Aspen Club, Jill continued, will be skin cancer screenings, Arthritis Information Day at the Orthopedics of the Rockies, crime prevention programs and vision and glaucoma screenings in May. In June, safety issues for seniors will be featured. The Larimer County Rescue Unit, the sheriff, security specialists and other experts will take part in the two-hour session. Jill ended her report by stating that she is now under a new division of the hospital, Community Relations and Marketing. RSVP Page 4, SAB Minutes, May 1_, 1994 Jennifer Klink reported that RSVP will be hosting a Recognition Luncheon on Wednesday, May 18, at the Holiday Inn from 11:30 A. M. to 1:30 P. M. She added that RSVP will be sponsoring a fund-raiser to a Rockies-Mets game on Wednesday, June 8, and the cost will be $20.00 a ticket for RSVP volunteers. In the summer, she added, she will try to get a Foster Grandparents Program started in Fort Collins and will try to work more with the Vet -Pet Program. Senior Center Council Since Larry Heglund was absent, no SCC report was given. Friends of the Senior Center Ankie reported that the Friends of the Senior Center will be hosting a fund- raising gardge sale on June 10 and 11, 1994 on the parking lot of the North - side Aztlan Community Center. Her committee, she added, is accepting items and volunteer workers for the sale. Refreshments will be available. In answer to a question about publicity, Ankie mentioned that flyers had been sent out and they will be posted in various places around'the city. Ads will be placed in newspapers and other media just before the sale. Gift Catalog Kay announced that the gift catalog has been distributed in many places and flyers will be passed out at the Healthy Senior Expo the next day. Office on Aging Stan Ulrich reported Shelley McGraw •had announced that the Health Care Van, organized by Dr. Verra, operates from 5:30 to 7:30 P. M. on the first Thursday of each month. She also announced that the Health and Sheriff Departments received a grant for violence prevention, and that included seniors. .The first- planning meeting was held on April 26. The ombudsman, Elizabeth Kelly, reported that three observers from Washington had come to evaluate her operations and that the report should be back by summer. She also brought up the suggestion that Office on Aging Advisory Council should organize a legislative and advocacy committee, which would primarily be interested in long term health care. No action was taken. The Transportation sub -committee chair stated that since the city of Fort Collins had underwritten the cost of elderly transportation in the urban areas that would free their dollars for the rural areas. She also mentioned that Care -A -Van had received a grant from the Administration on Aging for rural transportation and that enabled them to expand transportation into Wellington, Timnath, Loveland and Bellvue. The AOA had also committed approximately $8,000 to Care -A -Van for January, February and March to get it through the transitional period, but as of the day of the meeting, AOA has no contract with Care -A -Van. The AOA is also planning to restructure the rural senior centers and discussed that topic in length. Areas targeted would be assessments, monitoring programs and phases of operation. Shelley added that the study would also involve the Nutrition Committee since most rural sites are associated with senior centers. Ulrich concluded his report by stating that Shelley is working on an update Page S, SAB Minutes, Iw 11, 1994 • of needs assessments and that the Council discussed increasing Wellington's Senior Center funds by $1900 to hire a part-time coordinator to work on programs, recruitment of new members and I & R. It would be a pilot program and it would be reviewed at the end of the year. Seniors Airborne Since the SAB had agreed to sponsor Seniors Airborne as a permanent project, Kay stated that the SAB will be used as a brain -storming group to offer suggestions and to come up with new ideas for future programs. Bill Weddel, Seniors Airbone host, will be attending the next SAB meeting, Kay reported. Retiring Board Members Kay asked the.SAB members if they wanted to do something special for the retiring members of the Senior Advisory Board. Kathleen Jones, Jill Taylor, Peggy Santich'and Larry Heglund will be completing their terms in July. Suggestions were to award plaques to the departing members and to bring a dessert for refreshments after the meeting. Larry Heglund will be asked to make a long speech. OTHER BUSINESS Yetta Rollin asked about the progress of the national health care bills in Congress. A lengthy discussion about health care, in general, followed. ADJOURNMENT Since there was no further business to conduct, the meeting was adjourned at 3:26 P. M. Kay Rios, Chair Approved: Stan Ulrich, Secretary