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They ranged from those wanting to join the group to chuckles and 'clucking' over the typos. The Board looks forward to continued communication and good working relationships with you and the Coloradoan. Sincerely, Marjoiie McTaggart, for the Fort Collins Senior Advisory Board cc: Ann Azari, City Council Liaison (200 R:intrce Drive • Fort Collin;, CO SUS_r • (a-i)I 221-ab44 To: SAB members From: Media Relations Committee Committee met Wednesday, Jan. 29, 1997 at 9:30 a.m. at the Senior Center. Present were John Pfeiffenberg, Christina Ulrich, Jill Taylor, Marjorie McTaggart. 1. The Coloradoan's new format may cause the Seniors column's demise (again). Query made but no answer yet rec'd. a. At our request, the paper has made print size of events calendar larger, and included day along with date as requested at a SAB outreach meeting. b. Prime Time (and Seniors column) readers comment, if only to chuckle at the typos. 2. John will check with Channel 9, northern bureau, re senior coverage that is not negative. (1/29 newscast had a Fort Collins piece featuring senior women working at the Panty Parlor.) 3. No word on progress re Front Range public radio. Christina will contact Carolyn Charkey. Srs. Airborne's change of day -aired doesn't appear to have affected listener It continues to have senior response. 4. RSVP: deadline for quarterly newsletter: March 21st. Christina points out there is a check -off place on back of Colorado tax forms for donations to 6 senior programs. Also, they can sell ads to offset cost: limited to places/people that serve seniors. Christina, who has been delivering Senior Marketplace herself, has the committee's support that it should be the publisher's responsibility. She stated that it is mailed to seniors with annual income of more than $25,000.00. The committee thinks that most of the information about services needs to get to seniors with lower income. 5. Next Pathways deadline (for May -June issue) is February 26. Jill will write SAB article. 6. Next committee meeting: Wed. March 26, 9:30 a.m. at the Senior Center. Muncil endorses charter changes tt~ swat mmwth the Cnmernvn Fort Collins voters apperen will decide in April whether give City CoandI members a p rehsa and require more of t citys top—PloYaes to live close town Those and 10 other potenti changes to the drys charter we given initial approval Tuesday I the City Council. Any change the charter, which u the equty lent of Fort Collin' constitutio must be approved by voters. If the Proposed charter amen mente receive final approval I the muncil's Feb. 4 meeting, tb revisions will be placed on fh April 8 municipal ballot. Among the proposals is a-hik in $250 a�montmembers' tpay fimr o $5000. Th mayoe$ monthly Pay would ria from S500 to $750 if voters ap Prove. Under the Proposal, the meyo and munch members also wouil receive an annual coswr-livbq raise based on inflation, The Pay hike is needed to com Patience council members for th time they put into the job. said Councilwoman Gina Janet: Ba she said the extra money. aW would not be enough to qualify council Posts ON Yull-timejoba• Councilman Alan Apt, who noted he is not seeking re election, said bmreming council pay night matte running for council attractive to more people. Mayor Am Azari voted for the Proposal but said council mom. ban have a choice about the amount of time they put into the A . She said council members should consider themselves volm- leers. Tie always seen this as an honotariumh, not a replaoement ffor a salary; Azari said. The council also approved a charter amendment that would require assistant and deputy city managers to live within Fort Col. line' urban gmwth area, which in- cludes land the city is expected to )e1tarbrallY encompass as well as the ate inside city limits. The charter currently requitss the city manager, city attorney and the municipal judge to live within the city limits t also re- quires the city clerk and depart. went heeds to live in the urban growth area Although a council -appointed Charter Review Committee tee. Orn ended doing away with the ,residency requirement, Coundl- Sman Chuck Wenner said top city ;emPlayees should live where they CHO experience city servicesare 'It helps to have an extra woof eyes Out there looking out for how things, are handled,' he said. .�� Pge posed chanwould not and assistant the as a deputy snag all live in the city. managers, who Tire Only charter that did not survive initialread- ing Tuesday was a Proposal to change the number of coated members elated from districts from six to tbur. The Plan called for electing two council members at -Inge, just as the mayar is elected. But council members said the sacontatt system six of choosing disrecur ts which began in 1991, has rat been operating long enough to w Friorto198 , four for ci members were elected fimn du. oriole and three were elected at. large. The MYor than was elect- ed by th,, manril ouncil considers charter revisions ht and Power inges top list IN DUMAN mdoan Collins residents could see changes in services offered city's electric utility if vot- e to change the city charter up with the times. City Council will give im- rssideration Tuesday to a set nances that could make up changes to the charter, a iocument that describes the ire of the city government ants its authority to operate. :harter changes must be ap- t by city voters. The council acide which, if any, of the ed changes to pass along to on the April 8 municipal ie of the changes are cleaning" measures in- i to clarify charter provi- rr ease administrative pro- :s, said John Haggerty, Ian of the council -appointed �r Review Committee that amended most ,of the S. others could directly affect sidents, Haggerty said. He ie Charter Review Commit- isiders proposed changes to )rt Collins Light and Power be governed and the Ber- t could provide as the most ant of the lot. ,se could have significant s," Haggerty said. "That's ie committee put them at the top of the list." One charter change would allow City Council to establish an Electric Utility Board that would govern the utility's operations. If the council grants the board the authority, it could make financial decisions for the utility indepen- dent of the council. Another change would allow city utility services to provide "an- xillary services," such as natural gas or space in its underground conduits for telecommunications wiring, if it is in the best interest of the city. The purpose of having such an Electric Utility Board would be to -allow the utility to react to poten- tially dramatic changes that could take place as the utility industries are deregulated at the state and ,;federal levels, Haggerty said. `1.. "We should have something in place so that we can act in a time- ly manner," Haggerty said. Rich Shannon, director of Light and Power, said the city should be prepared for deregulation in order to protect its investment in its electric utility. Shannon said he expects sev- eral pieces of deregulation legisla- tion to be introduced within the next two or three years. Changes in utility law may allow custom- ers to pick who they buy their electric power from, even though that power will still flow along city -owned lines. That could open the door for other power companies to offer their services to the city's biggest clients, such as Hewlett-Packard and Anheuser Busch, at lower rates. To remain competitive, does not require the council to cre Light and Power might want to ate the utility board. It only gives consider offering other services to the council the option of doing sc its customers, Shannon said. if market forces make the move The proposed charter change worthwhile, Shannon said. `Housing___ It also will have a 1,750- square-foot clubhouse, recreation :center, sport court, volleyball -court and pool Monthly rents would range from $478 for two people to $905 for six people, depending on fam- i1y income. Construction of the project could begin by late summer or early fall if funding and approval hurdles are cleared. Before giving their approval Wednesday to the request, com. missioners Jim Disney and John Clarke said they want to make sure all local governments are aware of the bond program before they vote on next year's alloca- tion. °I just want to make sure its a level playing field and that the right hand knows what the left hand is doing," said Disney, who represents southern Larimer County, including Loveland, Estes Park and Berthoud. Carol Block, county finance di- rector, said other governments in ,the county are aware of the pro - ;gram but no other requests were -received this year. Block said the last time a La - rimer County city other than Fort .Collins received an allocation of county funds under the program was in 1990 when the city of Loveland was the recipient. The location of the proposed Dry Creek Mobile Home Park was incorrectly shown on a map in Monday's Coloradoan. The i site of the proposed park is south of the Burlington North- ern Santa Fe switching yards on East Vine Drive, north of the Fort Collins Downtown Airport and west of Summit View Drive. Hoosine Low-income gets City to secure county, MY>��t I� la�i The Coloratloan A Proposed affordable -housing Project in northeast Fort Collins got a boost Wednesday when the Larimer County Board of Com- missioners pledged $1.5 million in state -allocated bonds to help build the 176-unit project. The money will go to the city of Fort Collins, _which will act as "sponsor" for the $9.3 million Project That means the city will help secure bonds from the county and the state, said city finance di- rector Alan Krcmarik. About $7.8 million in bonds are still needed from the'state, Krc- marik said. Krcmarik said the city can't state bonds do not create a debt to the local government that assigns them to a third party. Instead, the developer pays in- vestors who buy the bonds. The investor benefits by not being taxed on the interest received, and the developer benefits by pay- ing back bonds that have a lower interest rate. If the funds are not allocated by the end of the year, they must be returned to the state. The bond program was created in 1986 by the federal Tax Reform Act. If funding is secured and then approved by the city, the Bull Run Project would include 80 two. bedroom units, 78 three -bedroom units and 18 four -bedroom units. small-scale manufacturing, and sw eouspIG, pap As contribute bonds to the project since it has already given its 1997 allocation to another housing Project. The county s $1.5 million would help build Bull Run Apartments, a low-income rental housing Project proposed for 16 acres near the intersection of East Vine Street and County Road 9E, also known as Summit View Drive. Developer of the project is Bris- ben Companies Inc. in Denver. Money for the project is being sought from state -issued, tax- exempt private activity bonds given each year to local govern- ments. The state bond allocations'Can only be used for certain projects, such as low-income housing or FORT COLLINS SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD Annual Review, 1996 As outlined in the 1996 Work Plan, the following gives the project status under each category: I. OUTREACH A. Four community meetings were planned, and held: 1. Housing Authority sites -- January 2. Park Lane Towers -- February 3. 1601 N. College -- March 4. Aspen Supper Club, at PVH -- October B. Visibility through Information Booths: 1. Fashion Mall -- May 2. New West Fest -- August II. ADVOCACY A. Senior Center: 1. SAB is on record encouraging the city to renew its emphasis on the primary focus of the Senior Center -- on Seniors; and that every effort be made to promote their use of the Center. 2. Recommendations and assurances were made to the Senior Center Council of SAB's support. B. Senior Housing: 1. An SAB member is on a housing task force to advocate for seniors' housing. 2. Letters from the board were sent to city, county and local agencies recommending and supporting all efforts towards affordable housing for seniors. Letters also were sent in support of subsidized mobile home relocation and continued rent subsidization. 3. A moving company was contacted who agreed to help seniors in Pioneer Park move free of charge. C. Transportation: 1. Received regular reports from SAB member on the ad hoc committee dealing with Dial -A -Ride and other senior transportation issues. D. Other: 1. SAB researched possibilities of a second Paint- A-Thon that would fill the gap by painting trailers and modular homes in Parks. 2. The Board intervened to get a traffic light adjusted on North College for the safety of seniors crossing to the new shopping area. 3. After presentations and/or explanations, SAB wrote letters in support of a) a Lincoln Center parking sign for those needing close -in parking; and b) the updating of the 1972 Human Rights Ordinance that the Human Relations Commission has been working on. 4. Worked with staff and other city boards and commissions re capital improvements, and fee structures for recreation. III. COMMUNICATION A. Inquiries to the 'Coloradoan' brought about revital- ization of Prime Time features, and a return of the Seniors column, on regular publishing schedules. B. Seniors Airborne radio program hosts resigned, and Senior Center staff John Pfeiffenberger, plus Lew Wymisner were recruited to host. The station changed the broadcast day from Friday to Monday. A business sponsor is still needed to continue remote shows from the Senior Center. C. A Media Relations Committee was formed to exchange ideas, track and inform various media, print and air, re senior issues, stereotypes, etc. IV. COORDINATION A. Senior Network Luncheon: Co -sponsored with Office On Aging, it was held September 18th at the Senior Center. Forty-five organizations were represented among the 126 attendees. B. SAGENET was sent out twice to the participating network organizations. C. Support was given to the start-up of a Loveland Senior Advisory Board. D. SAB members each became a liaison to 2 to 3 senior non-profit or governmental agencies. V. EDUCATION A. Presentations were made to SAB by the following: January -- Phil Kinsella, Paint-A-Thon February -- 1) Tom Frasier, Dial -A -Ride 2) Shelly Stephens, Housing Authority April -- 1) Dr. Tom Pixley, dental health care 2) Steve Budner, Sr. Center Use Policy May -- 1) Carolyn Norrgard, NOROL 2) Jean Helburg, city Capital Improvements June -- 1) Kim McFann, Catholic Charities North 2) Cindy Gabriel, First Night July -- Shelly McGraw, OOA August -- Shari Olson, Human Relation Commission September -- Carol Plock, PVHS October -- Ann Azari, City Council Liaison November -- Jean Helburg, Steve Budner, Barbara Schoenberger, Recreation Fees B. SAB educational efforts to community: 1. Met with and gave presentation to CSU Gerontology class. 2. Co -sponsored a "Forum on Aging" with the City, Senior Center, Laurel St. Bakery, Norwest Bank, Aspen Club, New Mercer Commons, and AARP. 3. Individual boardmembers wrote articles on senior issues which were published in "Sr. Marketplace," "Inside Fort Collins," and "The Coloradoan." 4. Co -sponsored with the Senior Center, a session at the City's "Congress of Neighborhoods." VI. QUALITY OF LIFE A. Vet -Pet: Program and funds transferred to non-profit local veterinarian for seniors' well -pet care. B. Did not go further with computers as Sr. Center arranged for classes for seniors. C. An SAB team participated in the Friends of the Sr. Center's Chili-Cookoff fundraiser. Submitted by: Marjorie McTaggart, for the Fort Collins Senior Advisory Board, 1/14/97