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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSenior Advisory Board - Minutes - 07/12/2006CITY OF FORT COLLINS SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES: Meeting held July 12, 2006 Chairperson — Don Wells - 970-222-4997 Staff Liaison — Barbara Schoenberger — 970-224-6026 City Council Liaison — Doug Hutchinson, Mayor — 970-221-6506 Attendance: Bud Herin Dianne Heath Peggy McGough Marcia Richards Kathy Schuster Don Wells Jim Downey Matt Malcolm Marjorie McTaggart Anita Basham Excused Absence: Dennis Kaz Unexcused Absence: Guest: Liaison: Douglas Hutchinson, Mayor Staff: Barbara Schoenberger Karen Bryner I. Call Meeting to Order Chair Bud Herin called the meeting to order at 1:32 p.m. A quorum was present. II. Public Participation: None III. Approval of Minutes — The June minutes did not reflect that the meeting was at Reflections Senior Housing. Marcia Richards made a motion to accept the minutes with that correction, Marjorie McTaggart seconded the motion, motion carried. IV. Correspondence No correspondence V. Old Business A. Election of officers — Bud Herin reported that the nominating committee had announced the following slate for 2006-2007: Don Wells, Chair, Vice -Chair, Marcia Richards, and Secretary, Marjorie McTaggart. Anita Basham made a motion to accept the nominations, Peggy McGough seconded the motion, motion carried. Don Wells chaired the rest of the meeting. B. Report on ad hoc committee to raise matching funds for the expansion of the Fort Collins Senior Center — Bud Herin reported that SAB representatives (Bud, Dianne, Peggy) had met with Jim Barnett with the Bank of Choice. Jim wants a conceptual drawing of what the plan would look like so it can be shown to the people he will be recruiting for the fund raising committee. Among those he is considering include: Dan Echols, Gene Markley, Bill Bartran, and Mike Powers. Jim Barnett likes the Senior Center very much and believes the money can be raised. Dianne Hogarty, who used to be head of Community Foundation, will be a mentor because she is out of town so often. Peggy Reeves is working on the election right now; however, the committee believes that after the election she will be willing to be on the board. Roger Sample, a CPA, will also be on the committee. Bud suggested that anyone giving $500,000.00 should have a room named after them. There are no funds available to fund the initial committee efforts. Don Wells asked if functions and committee meetings could be held at the Senior Center. Barbara Schoenberger indicated she would have to check and would report at the next meeting. C. Soap Box - Jim Downey (spring) and Bud Herin (summer) — Following discussion, the Board agreed that when a Soap Box article for the Coloradoan is written by a board member as a private citizen it does not need to be approved. However, should they sign the article as a member of SAB, the article should be approved by the board. A motion was made to table this discussion until a later date. The motion was seconded and carried. D. Plans for the ioint meeting with Senior Center Council scheduled for September 13, 2006 were discussed. The Senior Advisory Board and Senior Center Council will share an informal lunch. At 1:00 p.m. the Senior Advisory Board will do an outreach presentation for members of the Senior Center and invite comments, issues, and suggestions. The regularly scheduled SAB meeting will follow at 1:30 p.m. Speaking points will be assigned at the next meeting. VI. New Business A. Bud Herin expressed concerns about absenteeism of Board members. He was particularly concerned that members who accept an assignment to speak at an outreach meeting, be present or secures a replacement. Bud read the attendance policy from the manual: "Upon application for and acceptance of appointment, board and commission members demonstrate their intention and ability to attend meetings. If a member experiences recurring attendance problems, the chairperson of the board or commission (or if the chair is the person experiencing the attendance problems, then the vice chair) should contact the Boards and Commissions Coordinator located in the City Clerk's Office, so that he or she can work with the council liaison to the affected board or commission to address the issue. Either of the following shall automatically cause a member's appointment to be terminated, and shall create a vacancy on the board or commission: 1) Three consecutive absences from regularly scheduled meetings of the board. 2) Four absences from regularly scheduled meeting of the board in any calendar year, without written notification to the staff liaison or the chair or, if the chair is the person experiencing the attendance problems, then to the vice chair." Following Bud's remarks, Don urged everyone to attend all meetings and to call Barbara or Don if unable to attend. If you are scheduled to do an outreach presentation and unable to be there, make arrangement for someone to do your part. Dianne Heath expressed concern that there needs to be a better way to reach participants for attendance at the outreach meetings because attendance can be limited. Barbara Schoenberger said that the meetings are posted on the public calendar and fliers are sent to each location weeks before the meeting. Although we have good participation in some places and no attendance in others, she believes it is important to continue to provide an opportunity for the citizens we represent to express their concerns and ideas. It was suggested that we collect information following outreach meetings to get more feedback about what is effective and what is not. B. Liaison Renorts • Affordable Housing - Marcia Richards reported that the things they are concerned about are the budget cuts. • Transportation - Peggy McGough reported that the Board members need to be alert to changes in Dial -A -Ride that may occur with the budget cuts. Passengers may have to be ADA qualified. Peggy also expressed concerns about transportation to Harmony Campus, Orthopedic Center of the Rockies, Eye Center of the Rockies, and other important locations. • OOA - Marjorie McTaggart reported that the 7/13 meeting of the OOA Board will be held at the Atzlan Center. The Health District and Loveland Health Center are full and not taking new patients (crisis?). OOA will be meeting with the local Women's Center to discuss ways to rescue the adult dental program. Nutrition program is now being handled by the caterer at Anheuser Busch. VOA is pleased. And reports that caterer is open for comments. Triad: Marjorie McTaggart reported that meeting places change quarterly (this month at Loveland Police Institute). SALT meetings around the county will stay as scheduled. New member (Loveland Crime Prevention officer) has excellent article on "Travelers" in Aspen Club's July newsletter. Working on County Emergency Evacuation plan. Final plan will be made public in October. DNR surveys should be finished by end of July. The county is split on protocol. l0a' anniversary celebration will be Wednesday, Sept. 20 at Loveland Police Institute. Original signers from law enforcement: Police chiefs, AARP, sheriff, national TRIAD reps are expected among others. • Women's Commission: Marjorie McTaggart reported that the name change is official. Quarterly newsletter is "in the works". Concern re: liaison because Karen Weikinaut is term limited and if the seat is not filled by a woman on City Council they are not sure who will serve as liaison. • Marjorie McTaggart reported that AARP Driver's Safety Course is now online. • Policy on Aging - Kathy Schuster reported that the committee has met twice since the last SAB meeting: 5/23 & 6/6. The committee has been working with the matrix which Dean Miller provided as a resource. Everyone on the ad hoc committee completed the matrix as individuals. At the last meeting the results were combined to arrive at a group total. It was discovered that there was a lot of similarity in each individual value but there was marked disparity as well. The results will be discussed at the next meeting on June 13`h. • Bridging the Gap - Kathy Schuster reported that the committee met in Loveland at McKee on May 17`h. It was agreed that Katy Mason would contact Paul Bell from the Center on Aging to see if he would speak at the event. It has become evident that space is going to be a factor in the booth set-up. It is anticipated that there will be 43-45 booths. In order to discourage large displays, given the space limitations, it was decided the charges would be as follows: table no charge for non-profit 1 table $10.00 for non-profit $20.00 for profits Table decorations will continue the theme, "Back to our Roots". One option discussed was a decorative bowl for each table containing a bulb with visible roots. The next meeting is June 21. • RSVP/VOA - Kathy Schuster met with the Northern Division director of VOA, Diane Stobnicke. She provided an overview of the activities of RSVP and compared their services to an employment agency for retired people who want to volunteer. RSVP connects those volunteers to various non-profit organizations that are striving to meet various needs in the community. The goal is to engage retirees in their community: 1. Focus on critical needs — define community needs and work with non -profits to respond to those needs i.e. foster grandparent program. 2. Focus on recruiting baby boomers as volunteers; the challenge is that the face of the volunteer is changing, so must come up with new ways to use volunteers. 3. Focus on increase level of accountability — performance measures are tighter impact on community defined by outcome measurements. • AARP - James Downey reported that there are no summer meetings. • Human Relations Commission - James Downey reported that the Commission has determined to continue the Human Relations Award. C. Review by Don Wells — In two months board members will be asked to take the matrix test home where they have an opportunity to think about it. Don suggests that members let their first reaction to the question be the answer given. D. Bridging the Gap — Peggy McGough reported that Bridging the Gap will be held September 29, 2006 at McKee Conference Center. There will be 22 tables for lunch, and the committee is requesting Fort Collins SAB provide eight table hosts/hostesses. It is recommended that next year's Bridging the Gap be held at the Fort Collins Senior Center on September 26, 2007, which is a Wednesday. A motion was made to book the event at the Senior Center, motion seconded and carried. Peggy McGough will make the reservation. 1. Table hosts and hostesses were selected and include: Bud, Matt, Marcia. Kathy, Marjorie, Jim, Anita, Peggy. 2. Reservations and payment - The meal cost for the 2006 event will be $18.00. Meals will be paid for SAB members who wish to attend; if they register and do not attend they will be responsible for paying back the City. E. Sundance Bluegrass Festival and Chili Cook -off on Saturday October 14 at the Senior Center 1. Entry Fee is $15.00. 2. Team for cooking will be Bud, Peggy, Anita, Jim, Dianne, Al, Don. 3. Booth decoration tabled. 4. All Board members are requested to ask companies and individuals to donate items for the cooks' bags. Members should solicit 40 of each item and bring them to the September meeting. 5. Funding — The funding for participation will be paid by dividing the total cost and each member will pay an equal share. F. Homecoming Parade is October 8, 2006 1. Two judges were selected to represent SAB: Anita Basham and her husband. G. Cemetery Stroll is scheduled for September 16, 2006 at Grandview Cemetery. The event is a fund raiser for the Senior Center. Tickets are $6 and are available at the Senior Center and also may be purchased at the cemetery the day of the event. A scavenger hunt for children will be held. H. Senior Law Day will be held on August 18. A planning meeting will be held on August 8. Peggy McGough will bring more information on the event to the next SAB meeting. VIII. Other Business Adult Dental Services — Barbara Schoenberger reported that the SAB was instrumental in advocating for the establishment of an adult dental clinic in Fort Collins and stressed the importance of these services for people with low income. She encouraged the Board to monitor the situation and to continue to advocate to those services. IX. Adjourn Meeting was adjourned by proclamation of chair, Don Wells. Submitted by: Karoi Bryger, ReV( fling Secretary Don Wells, Chair Mar'Jo0j McTaggart, Secret