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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-12-06 Regular Meeting GRAPEVINE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD MEETING AGENDA try Tuesday, December 6, 2011 — 3:30 PM 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 October 4, 2011 Meeting 4. Citizen Requests 5. New Business a. Empowering Seniors Expo recap — Carey Miller b. Housing Authority update - Joetta King c. GRACE update - Francia Arrigan and Vicki Yarnell d. Senior Activities Center update - Trent Kelley Cr 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 SENIOR ACTIVITIES CENTER AT 817-410-8130, AT LEAST 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE. REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE MADE TO ASSIST YOUR NEEDS. 4 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 29th OF NOVEMBER 2011 AT 4 PM. Eileen Hinson, Assistant Supervisor Senior Programs L, GRAPEVINE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD Minutes of Tuesday December 6, 2011 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 December 6, 2011 at the Grapevine Senior Activities Center. The following members were present: Dick Guckel, Chairperson Joetta King, Ex-offico, Housing Authority Dorothy Kritz, Ex-offico, Grapevine Senior Activities Center Kay Blanding Tena Burrell, Co-Chairperson Pam Price Francia Arrigan, Ex-offico, GRACE Vicki Yarnell, GRACE Others present: Trent Kelley, Recreation and Senior Programs Supervisor Roy Stewart, City Council Member Liaison Megan Atkins, Recreation Specialist: Senior Activities Center Those not present: Carey Miller Paul Ernst 2. Welcome Guests Doug Evans, Director of Parks and Recreation Grapevine 3. Consideration of minutes for October 4, 2011 meeting Approved 4. Citizen Requests- Kay Blanding/Dorothy Kritz-happy with all programs and very excited for upcoming events 5. New Business a. Dick Guckel (Empowering Seniors) C -From Carey Miller: Empowering Seniors Expo on Friday October 7 was a great experience; flu shots,passport, and various workshops. Grapevine was represented well at the Expo. b. Dick Guckel (Tax-Aide) -Tax-Aide is an AARP and IRS program where certified counselors are at various sites across the country including the Grapevine Senior Activities Center. We will have four counselors who will assist clients, regardless of their residence in the preparation of their taxes. -The clients do not have to be seniors (low income or senior preferred) -GRACE will refer people in need of tax help c. Joetta King(Housing Authority) -Budget cut for HUD; from $750 million to $250 million - Concern for section 8 voucher funding which may limit the number of clients served or for making changes in their housing - Grapevine Housing Authority(GHA) is considering options to use the reserve money for improvements anticipating that there could be a reduction in HUD subsidies based on GHA having access to reserve funds. d. Vicki Yamell/Francia Arrigan(GRACE) -GRACE Chamber open house Wednesday, December 7, 2011; been a 2 week Cer process, appointments were made for families to come shopping without kids. There is a budget per child/family. Toys, bikes, family, and teenager gifts were provided. Gift wrapping was provided to take home. -Santa Cops- looking for donations for 656 families as they spend 20 minutes per 6 families -Christmas food donations; 700 plus people looking for turkeys, eggs, butter, and milk. GRACE is still looking for 400 donations of turkeys to provide to the people. -Had 590 people looking for food for Thanksgiving -Still working on the volunteer matching. There is a class that will be held in January to provide training for the volunteers. Seniors are slower on asking for a friend. -Offered to come to the SAC to talk about"A Friend"and about GRACE -There are 83 families on section 8 vouchers and the amount per family poses a problem e. Tena Burrell -Helped with a caregiver support group "New Program"where grandparents were raising their grandkids-UNT did a study called Project COPE(Caring for others as a Positive Experience) f.Trent Kelley(Senior Activities Center) -Had an Open House and 80-100 people came, about 20 were new people to the center. There was food, dancing and a band. -Veterans Lunch was provided, as the food was from Bartleys, a performance from the Fire Department Color Guard, signing, and recognition of all the Veterans. -FOGSAC has provided $1500 for the various events -Brought seniors shopping to North East Mall and Target for the holidays -Wednesday the 7th Seniors will be going to the SCS Holiday event at the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens. -Thursday December 8 will be the Christmas Party from 4pm-7:30pm: at the Dallas Cowboys Golf Club, 144 people have signed up, free to all. Will be a sit down dinner including; dancing, door prizes and a goodie bag for all. Senior Advisory Council has donated $500 for the event. Previous years the party has been limited to 100 people. -December 13 the center will be taking 2 buses to go tour the Christmas lights in Plano from 6-9pm -On Friday December 30 the center will be having a"Noon Year's Eve"party -January 16 we will be having a cookout since SCS kitchen will be closed for a holiday. -Will start marketing a Dance for 2012 at the Community Activities Center g. Doug Evans -Downtown Grapevine looks great; it is the Christmas Capital of Texas (Tena)Parade of Lights was well attended tiv -CAC feasibility study: space needed and expansion, staffing study, redesign and operation costs,business plan, and generate revenue were all discussed -(Dick) When will it be completed? Still waiting on the council feedback to move forward. -(Pam)Plans for the SAC building after move to the new CAC? Could possibly become a parking lot, no set plans yet. -(Dick)Membership costs, will the new building include aquatics? That will all be included in the Business Plan and have done research from other centers such as Keller and Frisco to obtain ideas for our new center. Will still have the center open to Residents of Grapevine only. The council will be fair on all the fees for the new center. -The CAC is at about 80-90% on cost recovery depending upon what you include. It is 50-60% including everything. 6. The meeting adjourned at 4:35 pm Respectfully submitted, Meg Atkins,Recreation Specialist: Senior Activities Center Minutes approved by the Board on 7" day of f hf c.QGZi . , 2012.