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Home My WebLink About2017-04-04 Regular MeetingGRAPEVINE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD MEETING AGENDA Tuesday, April 4, 2017 — 3:30 PM The REC of Grapevine 1175 Municipal Way Grapevine, TX 76051 817.410.3465 1. Call to Order 2. Welcome Guests 3. Consideration of Minutes for February 7, 2017 Meeting 4. Citizen Requests 5. New Business a. City Council report — Duff O'Dell b. Housing Authority report — Linda Troeger c. GRACE report — Maryann Waddell d. The REC report — Trent Kelley 6. Adjourn IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THIS PUBLIC MEETING AND YOU HAVE A DISABILITY THAT REQUIRES SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS AT THE MEETING, PLEASE CONTACT THE ACTIVE ADULT DESK AT THE REC AT 817.410.3465, AT LEAST 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE. REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE MADE TO ASSIST YOUR NEEDS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 551.001 et seq, ACTS OF THE 1993 TEXAS LEGISLATURE, THE BOARD MEETING AGENDA, WAS PREPARED AND POSTED ON THIS, THE 28TH DAY OF MARCH, 2017 AT 5 PM. 094 -1'`' ?Tv. ..- GRAPEVINE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD Minutes of Tuesday April 4, 2017 Meeting The REC of Grapevine 1175 Municipal Way Grapevine, TX 76051 817.410.3465 1. Call to Order The Grapevine Senior Citizens Advisory Board met at 3:33 pm on April 4, 2017 at The REC of Grapevine. The following members were present: Dick Guckel, Chairperson Duff O'Dell, City Council Member Liaison Trent Kelley, Recreation Manager Eileen Hinson, Active Adult Supervisor Kay Blanding Isabelle Boyd Pam Price Linda Troeger, Housing Authority Rhonda Madsen Maryann Waddell, GRACE Carey Miller Those not present: Tena Burrell, Co -Chairperson Holly Meister 2. Consideration of minutes for February 7, 2017 meeting Approved Citizen Requests Kay Blanding: The new Power Time class is great. 4. New Business a. Duff O'Dell -Working on railroad crossings, adding silent guards. -Tomorrow is the Rotary meeting and the TxRail will be speaking. -Coming upon budget preparation time. -Multiple openings and renewals on many of the Boards in Grapevine. -Working on updating the Animal Shelter. -Fire stations are going to be updated and upgraded. -Public Safety Building should open late summer, -TxRail and new depot coming soon. b. Grapevine Housing Authority- Linda Troeger - New Executive Director has resigned, Board looking for a new director. -GHA is no longer Section 8 -GHA is preparing for an audit by HUD in October or November. c. Maryann Waddell — GRACE -Friends and Family program: -Total clients: February 112 / March 114 -Total commodities delivered: February 86 / March 80 -Volunteer hours: February 68 / March (not totaled) -Total matches: February 26 / March 27 -New clients: February 1 / March 1 -New commodities clients: February 1 / March 1 -New matches (senior with volunteer): February 2 / March 1 -New volunteers: February 2 / March 3 -Partnering with Women's Division made greeting cards for seniors and they were distributed at March commodities. -Many Section 8 Grapevine people have moved to Euless, Hurst and Alliance Airport areas. -The Makarios Community School has partnered with Friends & Family to do home visits for gathering Senior Life Stories. -The Friends & Family program is in need of wheelchairs. -GRACE is accepting preowned hearing aids. -Many home visits were made in February and March to update Friends & Family homebound clients' files. -Driving Through The Night is the GRACE upcoming fundraiser. Date is April 21 at Grapevine Golf Course, beginning at 5:30pm. d. Trent Kelley- Recreation Manager -RV show at The Vineyards Campground this past weekend, PARD served over 500 hotdogs and brats from the new mobile grill. -Easter Egg Hunt at Nash Farms Saturday April 8. -TVs in REC are being networked with Magic info for advertisements. -There will be a daytime fitness class in the summer for teachers. -The REC summer camps are half full, and filling up quickly. -Membership Appreciation Day is on Monday, April 24. -Parr sprayground has been resurfaced, and all spraygrounds will open May 1. -Katie's Woods FEMA project is wrapping up. -Shade coverings being put up at Meadowmere Park. -Tree trimming along Dove Road. -Texas Trash Off was held and there were 75 volunteers with over 150 hours. e. Eileen Hinson- The REC/Active Adults -Tax Aide is wrapping up, have two more days. -(Dick) March they had 133 clients, looking at a total of about 230 clients served for March and April. They have 9 volunteers who help with Tax Aide. Grapevine's IT sets up the computers. -Mah Jongg tournament will be held at The REC on May 1, about 35 to 45 people expected. -Going to the RoughRiders baseball game in May. -Matter of Balance class was held in March, will host another one in the fall. -Still looking for volunteers for SeniorMovers drivers. -Volunteer Appreciation Lunch will be Friday, April 28 at 11:30am at Salt Grass; all were invited and will receive invite in mail. -Have many field trips going on. -Chorus is growing and also going out to the community to sing at various locations. 6. The meeting adjourned at 4:18 pm. Respectfully submitted, Megan Varner, Active Adults Recreation Coordinator: The REC Minutes approved by the Board on the 6 day of J v 1 e 2017.