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(low REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
May 4, 2001 — 2:00 PM
SENIOR ACTIVITIES CENTER
421 CHURCH STREET
817-410-8130
1. Call to Order
2. Introductions
3. Welcome
4. Consideration of minutes for April 6, 2001 meeting.
5. Citizen requests
6. Old Business
a. Lew Anderton, Glade Senior Housing Project
b. Ramana Chinnakotla, Traffic Engineer
c. Introduce Vanessa McCauley, Transportation Coordinator
d. Finalize Plans for Senior Fair
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7. New Business
a. None
8. Adjourn
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GRAPEVINE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD
thof MAY 4, 2001
The Grapevine Senior Citizens Advisory Board met on May 4, 2001 at 2 P.M. at the
Senior Activities Center.
The following were present:
Edith Pewitt - Chair Harlan Jewett
Lloyd Latta -Vice Chair Dorothy Kritz
Miriam Bahner— Secretary Trisha Wood
Irvin Bowling
Edith introduced Vanessa McCauley, Transportation Coordinator for the Senior Movers
Program and Ramana Chinnakotla, Traffic Engineer for Grapevine.
The minutes of the previous meeting were considered and approved.
Ramana Chinnakotla addressed some of the concerns of board members concerning
turning lanes and lights at Wall St. and Ball and also College and Ball. He said that
improving these intersections is now under consideration. He also said that the following
things are in the planning stage or are being implemented at this time:
tir Improve signage with much larger print which he showed us a sample of a sign.
Florescent signs for school areas that can be seen even at night.
Stripping all streets uniformily.
Looking at speed zones.
Looking at the Wall Street bridge.
In the planning stage of changing 121 and 114 funnel area.
Looking at all intersections at the traffic flow.
They are considering placing lights in the cross walks that will flash as long as
someone is in the crosswalk enabling drivers to know there is someone there even
if they failed to see the person in the dark.
Harlan said that even though truck traffic on Wall Street is prohibited the trucks continue
to travel it. Ramana said that he would talk to the police Sargent about it and report back
to the board about this and the other traffic concerns.
Vanessa McCauley gave a report on the Senior Movers Program. She said that a new
brochure has been made and will be ready next week. The Fellowship Church wants to
make the driver volunteer program a part of their women's ministry. The background
checks of the drivers must be done and then they must go through a training program.
She has been driving people to the doctors offices till the volunteer drivers are ready to
roll.
Edith went over all the entertainment and vendors for the Senior Fair making sure
everything was ready. The Baptist quartet has cancelled and a few of the vendors who
were invited can not attend. Everything else is all ready.
It was reported that Linda Norwood is no longer Postmistress at Grapevine.
Edith said that we should send a big thank you to the Mayor, City Manager, City Council
and whoever was involved for what they accomplished in the airport dispute.
Edith wants the Senior Center to purchase the flowers for the Senior Fair and she will
pay for them, donating them in memory of Louise Harrison.
The next meeting will be held on June 1, 2001 at 2 P.M. at the Grapevine Senior
Activities Center.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:17 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
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Miriam A. Bahner
Secretary