HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-10-07 Regular MeetingGRAPEVINE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD
MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, October 7, 2014 — 3:30 PM
Grapevine Senior Activities Center
421 Church Street
Grapevine, TX 76051
817.410.3465
Call to Order
2. Welcome Guests
3. Consideration of Minutes for August 5, 2014 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. Senior Activities Center report — Trent Kelley
6. Adjourn
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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 1 ST DAY OF OCTOBER, 2014 AT 5 PM.
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Eileen Hinson, Senior Center Supervisor
GRAPEVINE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD
Minutes of Tuesday October 7, 2014 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 October 7, 2014 at
the Grapevine Senior Activities Center.
The following members were present:
Dick Guckel, Chairperson
Tena Burrell, Co-Chairperson
Trent Kelley, Recreation Facilities Manager
Kay Blanding
Charles Burns
Carey Miller
Eileen Hinson, Senior Center Supervisor
Duff O'Dell, City Council Member Liaison
Dr. Alexander Graham
Maryann Waddell, GRACE
Those not present:
Pam Price
Paul Ernst
Joetta King, Housing Authority
2. Consideration of minutes for August 5, 2014 meeting
Approved
3. Citizen Requests
Kay Blanding-
There is an Alzheimer's Walk this Saturday October 11 at Meadowmere Park.
Could there be an update for the participants at the center about the new building
with a question/answer section?
In Flower Mound, there was a flyer about seniors helping seniors with pet sitting
while one is out of town.
4. New Business
a. Duff O'Dell- City Council
-Very excited and waiting for the new CAC center.
-November 8 Grapevine is having a Veterans Parade on Main Street at loam.
-Saturday November 15 is the grand opening of the Historical Museum.
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-Suggested to SAC to see if the paramedics would come talk to the
participants about strokes and what to look for.
b. Maryann Waddell-GRACE
-Friends and Family program:
-Total clients: August-119; September-121
-Total commodities delivered: August-94; September-96
-Volunteer hours: August-75; September-65.5 and still adding more
-New Clients: August-4; September-2
-New Matches (senior with volunteer): August-3; September-1
-Total matched so far about 20
-New volunteers: August-2; September-6
-Working on Christmas with the Friends and Family clients and Grapevine
Women's Division.
-Had a booth at Empowering Seniors October 3, 2014 and was a huge hit.
c. Trent Kelley-SAC
-Eileen Hinson is the new Senior Center Supervisor
-New employee Carlos Flores who is bilingual.
-Construction of the new CAC is still on schedule currently March-June.
-Will meet with city council about the marketing plan soon.
-Still looking into obtaining more handicap spots at the center,though there is
specific requirements that need to be met.
Eileen Hinson-SAC
-Northeast Jamboree was at the NRH center and SAC took 60 people. About
350 people attended with various activities, games and food.
-Took 25 seniors to Empowering Seniors and David Stuckey helped at the
Senior booth.
-Have 3 trips going to the Texas State Fair on Thursdays this month.
-Will have a Halloween party on Friday, October 31; will be taking
participants to Chick-fil-A to play bingo. The center will have a costume
contest and games going on.
-Dallas Museum of Art trip Friday, October 17.
-Kimball Art Museum Tuesday, November 4.
-White's Chapel Hymn Sing Thursday,November 6.
-Will have a children's choir from Uganda at the center on Thursday,
November 13.
-Hosting a Veteran's Day lunch Tuesday, November 11.
-Starting to collect items for soldiers overseas.
d. Dick Guckel
-Computer classes started at the SAC Monday, October 6
-Asked how the SAC attendance has been lately. Answer from Eileen was
there are more new participant signups, also depends on the trips and activities
going on at the center.
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e. Tena Burrell
-Asked about Open Enrollment, Eileen answered that United Way is
providing the help to the participants.
-Mentioned about the emergency awareness alert kit and obtaining them for
the participants.
6. The meeting adjourned at 4:10 pm
Respectfully submitted,
Megan Atkins, Recreations Specialist: Senior Activities Center
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Minutes approved by the Board on C_�) day of ecQV b er . 2014.
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