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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-04-07 Regular Meeting GRAPEVINE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD MEETING AGENDA Tuesday, April 7, 2009 — 3:30 PM Nlaw Grapevine Senior Activities Center 421 Church Street Grapevine, TX 76051 817-410-8130 1. Call to Order 2. Welcome Guests 3. Consideration of minutes for February 3, 2009 meeting 4. Citizen Requests 5. Old Business a. Donations of yarn b. Schedule trip to DFW to welcome Military personnel 6. New Business a. Housing Authority update — Joetta King b. GRACE update— Pat Frosch c. Senior Activities Center update 7. Adjourn IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THIS PUBLIC MEETING AND YOU HAVE A DISABILITY THAT REQUIRES SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS AT THE MEETING, PLEASE CONTACT THE SENIOR ACTIVITIES CENTER AT 817-410-8130, 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 3rd OF April 2009 AT 5:00 PM. Kaye Grayson, Director (of Grapevine Senior Activities Center GRAPEVINE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD Minutes of Tuesday, April 7, 2009 meeting Grapevine Senior Activities Center 421 Church Street Grapevine, TX 76051 817-410-8130 1. Call to Order The Grapevine Senior Citizens Advisory Board met at 3:35 PM on April 7, 2009 at the Grapevine Senior Activities Center. The following members were present: Dick Guckel — Chairperson Tena Burrell — Co-Chairperson Pam Price, Secretary Paul Ernst R. Bruce Walters Joetta King — Ex-officio, Housing Authority Pat Frosch — Ex-officio, GRACE Dorothy Kritz— Ex-officio, Grapevine Senior Activities Center tro Others present: Kaye Grayson, SAC Director Chris Smith — Recreation Superintendent— Parks & Recreation Roy Stewart— City Council Member Liaison Those Not Present Carey Miller 2. Welcome Guests (dell Bowker, Program Assistant at GRACE who works with Pat Frosch 3. Consideration of minutes for February 3, 2009 meeting Tena Burrell moved that the minutes be approved as read; Paul Ernst seconded the motion. The motion was approved. 4. Citizen Requests At the February meeting Marilyn Chapman showed the board various items that her knitting group has made for babies in the nursery at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth. The group is running low on supplies and requested assistance from the board for more. Carey Miller has donated some yarn to help build up their supplies. Joetta King said that she would include a request for the yarn in the April newsletter of the Grapevine Garden Club, and Pat Frosch added that she would put the word out at their donation Page 1 of 5 center about this need. At a previous meeting Dick Guckel told of the community citizens who go out to the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to show support to our troops who deplane there. Kaye Grayson reported that the Grapevine Senior Activities Center (SAC) has an interest in taking a group of members to the airport on one of those arrival dates. Their arrival times are not on a regular schedule, but generally Saturday mornings has troops arriving. Dick has the phone number to get flight information updates on expected arrival times. He told the committee that lots of standing is involved and that is something to consider with the SAC taking a busload of senior citizens. 5. New Business a. Housing Authority update — Joetta King As requested by the committee at the February meeting, Joetta King brought several brochures describing the history and function of the Grapevine Housing Authority. There had been several questions brought up previously and the information she handed out answers those question. Additional information is available on the City of Grapevine website under "Administration — Housing Authority." There is no time limit required to be qualified as a Grapevine resident. It is "immediate." There are 98 units on 5 streets and rent is based upon approximately 30% of the household income or else on a flat rate. The maximum (kw number in a unit is 2 persons per bedroom. For efficiency unit would rent to a 1 person. Family units are located on the following streets: Starnes, Brewer and Scribner where there are 15 units with 2 bedrooms and 4 units with 3 bedrooms. Starnes/Brewer has 9 family units. At the Starnes location, there are six 2-bedroom and 1 handicap 2-bedroom units. At the Brewer location, there are two 3-bedroom units. Elderly units are located on Starr, West Texas and West Worth and include efficiencies, 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom units. At the Worth location, there are 1- bedroom units. At both Starr and Texas there are two units with 2 bedrooms. The units with 4 tenants will have 1 bedroom on the end of each unit and two middle efficiency units. Starr Place has twenty elderly and disabled units (ten efficiencies, eight 1-bedroom units, and one handicap 1-bedroom and one 2-bedroom units). At West Texas there are nineteen elderly and disabled units (eight efficiencies, ten 1- bedroom and one handicap 2-bedroom units). West Worth has forty elderly and disabled units (thirty-seven 1-bedroom and three handicap 1-bedroom units). In addition to the brochure, Joetta attached a page from the Housing Authority manual: VII. ADMISSION PRIORITIES AND SPECILA CIRCUMSTANCES. (low The Authority's March 2009 report stated that there were currently 3 vacancies (1 zero-bedroom unit and 2 one-bedroom units). There are 2 people on the zero- bedroom unit waiting list and 33 on the one-bedroom unit list. The ethnic breakdown Page 2 of 5 tur of current head tenants is as follows: 6 Hispanic, 5 Black, 83 White, 0 Asian, and 1 Other. The amount of$149,905.00 of stimulus funds will be applied towards replacing windows, flooring and cabinets in the units. b. GRACE update— Pat Frosch Pat Frosch introduced Idell Bowker who works with her at GRACE. They have seen many new faces requesting assistance as the economy has played a hardship on their families. Many have lost their jobs; many need supplemental food assistance as well as help with paying their utility bills. At East the Women's Division of the Chamber of Commerce provided goody bags including Wal-Mart gift cards. During the summer 30-40 students from Colleyville Heritage High School (CHHS) will take part in a Leadership Camp. Once again the summer program at six local apartment complexes will be going on. This is the fifth summer for this project. These are Ticknor Terrace on Walnut Street, three complexes on Mustang Drive, the trailer park on Scribner Street, and a new one will be added. Each volunteer group takes care of the program for one week at a time. There are five weeks of sponsorship needed. Some of the complexes have up to 120-125 children. Activities and lunchtime meals are needed for each apartment complex. Some Vacation Bible School activities, piñatas, games and crafts are activities that have been planned in the past summers. There is a police 'community room' in one of the Mustang Drive complexes. Pat stated that the Women's Division also sponsors a School Supply program before school starts offering backpacks and other things necessary for the beginning of the school year. This has been held at the Grapevine Senior Activities Center in August of each year. c. Senior Activities Center update Dorothy Kritz— Ex-officio, Grapevine Senior Activities Center (SAC) stated that there have been several new couples coming to the Center and that the numbers for lunch have increased. Kaye Grayson, Director of the SAC, told the Board that the quilting class taught by Sandra Millett has completed a quilt and it will be raffled on May 20th. Tickets are $1.00 for 1 ticket or $5.00 for 6 tickets. They will have a show during Main Street Days in the month of May. Money earned will be used to purchase quilting supplies. The AARP Tax Aide program has been available to seniors and will continue offering their services through April 15th. Dick Guckel, Paul Ernst and Allen Mossman provide their services to the program. Kaye said that the last dance had 52 people attending. Page 3 of 5 . (i., At the Center a group of men and women play country music in the dining area on Monday mornings. They are quite a success and draw a good-sized audience each week. On the second Thursday of the month there is a Diabetes Support Group that meets at the SAC from 1:00-2:00 pm. April 16th will be the annual Senior Golf Tournament at the Grapevine Golf Course. There are usually 20 players, ages 60 and over, who participate. The $55 fee includes lunch and other expenses. May 28th Paul Ernst will teach a Safety Defensive Driving course from 1:00-5:00 pm. This course has been reduced from a two-day program to a one program. The same book will be used but some of the videos will not be shown. Roger and Sheri Jones (who is an Occupational Therapist) will incorporate a one- hour "Car Fit" program after the class in which they will discuss checking your car for safety features. They took this course in Houston and will train others to teach it. d. At the last meeting of the Board Roy Stewart, City Council Member Liaison, updated the Board on the City's Facilities meeting regarding the renovations and maintenance needs of the SAC. These renovations are being made to the Center now. The cabinets in the men's and women's restrooms has been replaced, a kitchen island has been replaced, the painting inside the building has been going on with the replacement of all the existing rubber base molding in progress at this time. The Board asked Roy if there was going to be a chair rail in the meeting room as was discussed earlier. He wasn't sure but said he would find out. e. Tena Burrell told the Board that she is currently working with the Irving Heritage Senior with a wellness week. She has answered questions regarding financial fitness and how adult children can work with their parents regarding their financial well-being and concerns. She offered to present such a program for the SAC or GRACE. f. Chris Smith, Recreation Superintendent— Parks & Recreation, announced that Saturday, May 2, there would be a ceremony from 9:00-11:00 am at the Sports Ball Park Complex at Oak Grove. At the dedication ceremony, a bronze statue of children created by Archie St. Clair will be introduced. g. Chairman Dick Guckel announced that he will be out of town for the June and August Board meetings but would return in October. Tena Burrell, Co-Chairperson, will preside during his absence. 6. To Do 4., No comments 7. Adjourn: The meeting adjourned at 4:40 pm. Page 4 of 5 Respectfully submitted, Pam Price, Secretary � Minutes approved by the Board on LI- 6—(-A-- /-c-aL day of , 2009. tr. Page 5 of 5