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The meeting of the Fort Collins Senior Advisory Board met April--11
at Poudre Valley Hospital. Attending the meeting were:
Members
Kay Rios
Pat Long
Yetta Rollin
Yvonne Myers
Joe Campanella
Ellen Connelly
Ken Stubler
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Advisory
Jean Helburg
Ann Azari
The minutes for the meeting of March 14 were read and unanimously
approved.
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
There were no comments from the floor.
Ann Azari gave a brief update on recent City Council issues - Susan
Kirkpatrick was selected as the new Mayor and Ann was selected as
the new Assistant Mayor. Bob Winokur may be the new liaison to the
Senior Advisory Board.
OLD BUSINESS
a. Joe met with Bonnie Shetler from Choice to view the computer
program. He stated that the program was easy to use and was very
impressive. Bonnie wanted help in deciding where the system should
be installed. Ellen suggested that HP should be contacted to see
if they would be interested in donating hardware for the system. It
was mentioned that the system should be installed in the new Senior
Center. Yvonne asked that we invite Bonnie to a future meeting so
that she could demonstrate the system.
b. Jean reported that the hiring of the architect was on hold due
to a protest by one of the firms. She would keep the Board posted.
c. Yvonne and Billie were scheduled to visit the Human Relations
Advisory Board on April 12th. This is the last board they needed to
visit.
d. Kay passed out a draft copy of a letter she had written in
support of the idea of promoting Ft. Collins as a retirement
community After several positive comments it was moved the
letter be sent to'the Economic Development office following a final
review by Joe and Ellen.
e. New West Fest - Kay reported that ARA will assist in providing
transportation for seniors. It was general consensus that the best
times to target the rides was during the hours Transfort does not
run. It was decided to amend the original proposal - Sunday rides
would be offered from noon until 8:00 pm to cover the additional
concert. Cost estimates were reviewed. It was decided to target
citizens 55 years and older for the service.
It was suggested that Care -a -van not be used as it might confuse
some people. A motion was made to reserve 5 vans for 13 hours as
outlined in the proposal. The motion was seconded and the vote was
unanimous.
Kay stated the contracts for booths at the Fest will be available
in May.
Kay visited the Senior Wildcats to inform them about the activities
of the Board.
NEW BUSINESS
a. Joe said that the terms of some of the members of the Board were
to expire in the near future. It was suggested that Yetta may wish
to continue as an advisory member since she will no longer be
eligible to apply for another term.
b. Robert Smith from Fort Collins Utility Services made a
presentation about the city's Master Drainage Plan. He explained
that the final phase of the plan involved the Old Town district and
that the plan could impact seniors living in the area.
He reviewed the 3 options for funding the project which would
require citizens living in the area to pay monthly fees.
Both Joe and Yvonne voiced support of option #3 which specified the
lowest monthly fee schedule. It would have the least affect on
those with those on fixed incomes.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was
adjourned.
Submitted by:
Ken Stubler