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Home My WebLink About2015-04-07 Regular MeetingGRAPEVINE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD MEETING AGENDA Tuesday, April 7, 2015 — 3:30 PM Grapevine Senior Activities Center 421 Church Street Grapevine, TX 76051 817.410.3465 1. Call to Order 2. Welcome Guests 3. Consideration of Minutes for February 3, 2015 Meeting 4. Citizen Requests 5. New Business a. City Council report — Duff O'Dell b. Housing Authority report — Joetta King 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 SENIOR ACTIVITIES CENTER 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 1ST DAY OF APRIL, 2015 AT 5 PM. Trent Kelley, Recreation Facilities GRAPEVINE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD Minutes of Tuesday April 7, 2015 Meeting Grapevine Senior Activities Center 421 Church Street Grapevine, TX 76051 817.410.3465 1. Call to Order The Grapevine Senior Citizens Advisory Board met at 3:30 PM on April 7, 2015 at the Grapevine Senior Activities Center. The following members were present: Dick Guckel, Chairperson Tena Burrell, Co-Chairperson Trent Kelley, Recreation Facilities Manager Eileen Hinson, Senior Center Supervisor Duff O'Dell, City Council Member Liaison Joetta King, Housing Authority Paul Ernst Kay Blanding Pam Price Dr. Alexander Graham Maryann Waddell, GRACE Those not present: Joetta King, Housing Authority Charles Burns Carey Miller 2. Guests: Allie Feldman student at UTA studying Geriatric and Social Work and her mother attended. 3. Consideration of minutes for February 3, 2015 meeting Approved 4. Citizen Requests Kay Blanding: None at this time. 5. New Business a. Duff O'Dell-City Council -It will be a busy month with a lot going on. A city council meeting is tonight. Saturday, April 18 is an event - Spring into Nash Farm. 1 -The Grapevine Housing Authority received a very high score for Senior Housing Authority. b. Maryann Waddell-GRACE -Friends and Family program: -Total clients: February-120/March-116 -Total commodities delivered: February-91 /March-102 -Volunteer hours: February-97/March-still totaling -Total Matches: February-22 / March-22 -New Clients: February-3 /March-0 -New Commodities Clients: February-2/March-0 -New Matches (senior with volunteer): February-I/March-1 -New Volunteers: February-3 /March-2 -Volunteer put in a grab bar in a senior's bathroom -Window was fixed by a volunteer -A few volunteers have delivered groceries to homebound seniors c. Trent Kelley-SAC -The multigenerational center which is bringing all the community together is called The REC- recreation, education, community. Grand opening is Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 10 am -Will no longer use the word"senior"now will be called "Active Adults 55 and Better" -Going from 48,000 sq ft to 108,000 sq ft. A lot of thought has been put into the building. This has been a community project with input from everyone. -There have been tours of the new facility -Dove Spray Grounds will be opening this weekend -Early voting will take place at The REC,will start Monda, April 27 -There will be bus routes for the seniors on Saturday, April 25 for the Grand Opening -Just to be aware,there is an IRS scam going around. (Pam Price)Asking where did"55 and Better"come from to replace "seniors"? -From a marketing group; wanted to increase the range for the age group d. Eileen Hinson - SAC -New look for The Grape Affair, the monthly newsletter -Tax Aide has two more days -Wednesday April 8 and 15 -Many field trips coming up: Rangers Baseball games, Ennis Wildflower Tour, men going to Aurora UFO crash site, Sundance Square, Fort Worth Zoo -Chorus will be going to Kindred, Stoneybrook and Woodridge to sing. -Starting to clean house and get ready for the move -Adding some new classes: cycling and indoor aquatics -Friday, April 3 we had a cookout and decorated all the tables in themes, afterwards the participants were able to take items home 2 e. Tena Burrell -Asking about dog parks and survey involving dog parks and the residents. (Duff) Surveys went out through water bill, website and various social media outlets. Survey was not for actual voting on dog parks,just to get an idea for the council. -Talked about SALT (Seniors and Law Enforcement Together) and the possibility for the Grapevine Police to come talk about fraud. 6. The meeting adjourned at 4:15 pm. Respectfully submitted, Megan Varner, Recreations Specialist: Senior Activities Center hcL Minutes approved by the Board on day of �� , 2015. 3