HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/26/2001 - Regular Minutes - Senior Advisory Committee Senior Advisory Committee
Regular Meeting & Workshop
Monday, November 26, 2001
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Members Present: Phyllis Dozier, A ie Lee Finch, Laura Holmes, Gerald Jordan, Bill
Kling, Billy Lay, Mary Jo Lay, Neal Nutall, Carol Parzen, S e Reynolds, Joa a
Yeager
Members Absent: Vallie Broussard, Helen Siegel and Haskell Monroe
Staff Present: Steve Beachy, Peter Lamont, David Gerling and Marci Rodgers
I. Call to order. The meeting was called to order by Billy Lay at 10:10am
IL Hear visitors. None
III. Approval of ° utes from meeting of October 29, 2001. The ° utes were
approved as circulated.
IV. Eisenhower Leadership Development Progr4 reports. Michael Kemper, Julie
Leake and Drew Neumeyer presented a power point presentation on their research.
The project focus was on senior facilities, progr °ng and tr. portation. The
students conducted a survey of citizens in College Station who are 65 years of age
and older. Five hundred surveys were mailed and 127 were ret ed and results
recorded. The co ttee was provided with an executive su ary and
conclusion from the survey of College Station senior citizens. (Copy on file)
The co ittee was given opport °ty to respond to the report and e
reco endations.
V. Report from Senior Services Coord° tor. (on file)
VI. Lunch
VII. Workshop Session
Steve Beachy lead the workshop session and asked committee members to offer
suggestions for programs they would like to see the city offer.
Options for programs:
• Educational classes offered off the university campus such as art and politics
II Arts and crafts
• Games such as dominoes and cards
• Listening to old radio shows
• Offer a meal with a speaker once a month using local resources for current
events
• Lecture series utilizing Texas A&M professors
• Facilities in the park for seniors such as walking trails, games and all weather
facilities
• Exercise classes, indoor weights and low impact aerobics
• Utilize representative groups of all ages in the community for dispersing
infor tion and receiving input for projects before they are put in place in
order to improve co unication from council to co unity
® Exercise equipment, game rooms and pools
® Develop a Senior Resource Group which would act as an infor tion center
for all services available to seniors.
• Information Center could include infor tion for senior veterans and other
gove ent progra
® Resource room that is inviting and comfortable for reading
• Meals
• Trips (museums, sporting events, shopping)
• Volunteer groups organized
• Outreach—seniors serving the needy
Communication/Coordination
.The group discussed effective ways to co unicate progra offered to the
citizens and the following ideas were mentioned.
• Newspaper
• Web sites
® Interfaith organizations
• TV access chat el
• Retirement Living Co unities (Newsletters)
® Newcomers packet including information on senior progra
• Program information available in physician's waiting roo
• Flyers at the grocery stores
• City newsletter/Utility bill insert
• TV news shows
• Radio &TV Public Service A, ouncements
• Movie Theaters
® Libraries
• Provide information on progr s to local churches and their senior groups
• Develop relationships with the Pastors from black churches in order to promote
programs to their members
▪ Town Hall type meeting for distributing information
The Committee also looked into options for facilities and discussed options
presented by staff. (on file)
Other suggestions from the committee included:
• Portable buildings from the school district
• Central Park most desirable setting
VIII. Next meeting date and agenda. Monday, December 17, 2001
Review recommendation prepared by staff to be presented to City Council on
Jan . y 10, 2002.
IX. Adjourn. The meeting adjourned at 1:30pm