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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSenior Advisory Board - Minutes - 12/09/1992The Fort Collins Senior Advisory Board met for a potluck Christmas luncheon at noon in the Horsetooth Room of the Senior Center on Wednesday, December 9, 1992. The regular business meeting followed. Attendance: Council Liaison: Bob Winokur (present). MEMBERS Pat Long Yvonne Myers Wayne Moellenberg Marjorie McTaggart Jill Taylor Kathleen Jones GUESTS John Henry Peck, RSVP Shelly McGraw, OOA Sally Gilmore, RSVP EXCUSED ABSENCE Larry Chaussee Kay Rios Larry Heglund Peggy Santich Margaret Watts STAFF Laurie Bayless Ankie Stroes Jean Helburg Barbara Schoenberger, (assigned) I. CALL TO ORDER -- Chairman Pat Long called the meeting to order at 12:45 p.m. II. WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS -- Pat welcomed everyone and asked each to introduce him/herself. III. CITIZEN PARTICPATION -- Shelly McGraw, Director of the Area Office on Aging, suggested a joint meeting of the two advisory boards. Pat suggested it be considered an outreach meeting. After discussion, Kathleen moved that it be held March loth. Wayne seconded, and it passed unanimously. Shelly will take it to the OOA advisory board and confirm it. John Henry Peck expressed appreciation of senior center staff's cooperation with RSVP. In his opinion, lack of citizen participation at our open meetings is a positive thing. His experience is that if things were not being done 'right', there would be lots of citizen voices wanting to be heard. Barbara introduced new staff member Ankie Stroes who told the board a bit about her background. IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES -- November minutes as written passed unanimously. V. OLD BUSINESS Kathleen moved to approve the . The motion was seconded and A. Volunteer credit exchange -- Marjorie reviewed the project for the benefit of guests, and reported that she met with the city Volunteer Coordinator, Suzanne Jarboe -Simpson on December 1st. Suzanne is willing 1) to lend their name to the project, 2) have the record -keeping done through that office, provided a volunteer (who would receive exchange credit) do the tracking, and 3) explain the project to other city personnel. Jean Helburg stated that her office is willing to handle vouchers, and pointed out that is Recreation only. She yeas not speaking for Parks. Marjorie has asked both offices to confirm in writing, to be included in requests to service organization(s) to set up/solicit funds. B. Senior Airborne -- Barbara reported that there will be a meeting of the committee before Christmas, and that another radio station has approached the center expressing interest in carrying the program. C. Senior Network luncheon -- Yvonne stated that asking for $1200.00 for one occasion is unrealistic. Donators want to see return/results for their money. After discussion, the board agreed that a scaled -down version at about $300 to $400 is realistic. It will not be done for January now. She will confer with Kay. D. Building Team Open House -- To be held Wednesday, December 16th at space 3A in Raintree Plaza. Board members volunteered time and/or refreshment donations. E. Senior "Opportunities" Brochure -- Barbara said that Kay is editing the brochure, and will return it directly to Jean Helburg. VI. NEW BUSINESS A. Office on Aging -- Shelly McGraw reported on some of the things that the Area Office on Aging is doing. There was discussion about I&R which this board was heavily involved in at the start, but has no longer been invited to meetings. She was not aware of SAB's early role. New staff member Elizabeth Kelly now fills Lynette McGowan's Ombudsman position. B. RSVP -- Sally Gilmore described a new program "The Vial of Life" to start in January. VII. OTHER BUSINESS A. Barbara described December activities. She gave out copies of the Front Range Forum's brochure. An information session is scheduled for January 6th, with classes starting mid -January. VIII. ADJOURNMENT -- The meeting was adjourned at 2:40 p.m. ` a 1�` l�� Marjo ie MCTaggar Secretary Pat Long, Chairman Approved: The following is the 1992 review of the Fort Collins Senior Advisory Board of activities to achieve the goals and objectives set forth for the year. (See attached copy.) 1. Accessibility: A. Four outreach meetings were held: at the First Presbyterian Church, Senior Center ("Lunch with the Mayor"), DMA Plaza, and Good Samaritan Retirement Village. Each was evaluated at the next regular meeting. B. Liaison positions continued with senior groups, such as Office on Aging, Oakbrook, Senior Singles, AARP, United (now Concerned) Seniors, Los Ancianos Unidos, Senior Games, RSVP, Aspen Club/PVH, Senior Center Council, and Friends of the Senior Center. 2. Support and encouragement of senior services and activities: A. Senior Airborne radio talk show support continued. The February evaluation resulted in expansion of air time from 15 minutes to � hour. During late summer hiatus, a board committee held planning sessions with the co -hosts; put together and distributed a listener's survey; compiled and interpreted results. B. At SAB's request, the Coloradoan newspaper began "Prime Time Plus" focus on seniors the first Sunday in Feb- ruary with a pullout section monthly, and a weekly Sunday feature. The coordinator of the contributing senior writers is a boardmember. C. Retirement (now called "Opportunities") brochure has been turned over to City Parks and Recreation for completion. D. SAB members worked with 1st Interstate Bank by evaluating Paint-A-Thon applications with on -site visits. E. Support of Friends of Senior Center is through boardmembers' individual membership. The board helped in a fundraiser by participation at Chili Cookoff, winning a 6th place award. F. SAB information booths were at Expo 192 in May, and the NewWestFest in August. G. Leadership on the Building Team continued through- out the year (Phase II and into present Phase III). H. The board helped staff host December's Open House. I. Continuing support of intergenerational programs. J. A boardmember worked with Front Range Forum planning; monitored the CSU senior audit program ("Visitation") through to its instigation Fall semester. �5'" K. A letter of support and appreciation was sent to Public Service and Pipefitter's Union for their "Heat's On" program for seniors. 3. Investigate requests for new senior services: A. A boardmember researched other cities' programs that used volunteer hours credit exchange. 4. Initiate and develop new senior programs: A. Board committee of two drafted proposals, and made progress in developing the above -mentioned (3A) program, adapting it to serve Fort Collins seniors in partaking of leisure activities.x 5. Opportunities for senior participation in community programs: A. Refer to above mentioned activities. 6. Communication with governmental agencies: A. A boardmember met with a City councilmember to request that the board have representaion on the city's com- mittee working on the 24 hour Info line. The board's follow up letter to City Council formally requesting representation on the committee was never answered. B. Invited guest Dr. Bermingham spoke to the board about the local healthcare situation. Members attended the healthcare task force presentation to county commissioners; The board endorsed the issue. C. The Area Office on Aging Director attended the December meetings _Tt was agreed to hold a joint meeting of the two advisory boards on March loth. D. Two boardmembers attended the city legal workshop E. A telphone calling system was set up to alert board members about upcoming senior issues at city council meetings. F. The board acted as a sounding board for city projects "in -the -works" for reduced fees, a human services policy, and environmental impact. Submitted 1/15/93 by Marjorie McTaggart, for the Fort Collins Senior Advisory Board.