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Home My WebLink About2004-08-06 Regular Meeting [ GRAPEVINE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD �r MEETING AGENDA August 6, 2004— 2:00 PM SENIOR ACTIVITIES CENTER 421 CHURCH STREET 'Pr ART ROOM 817-410-8130 1. Call to Order 2. Welcome Guests >Ken Anderson, President Friends of the Grapevine Senior Activities Center (FoGSAC) >Jennifer Hibbs, Assistant to City Manager >Linda Huff, City Secretary 3. Introduction & swearing in of newly appointed Board Members Bruce Walters — appointed Dr. Edith Pewitt— appointed Chairperson Anne Pitts — appointed Doris Waite — ex-officio, Housing Authority Dorothy Kritz— ex-officio, Senior Activities Center fire Pat Frosch — ex-officio, GRACE 4. Consideration of minutes for February 18, 2004 meeting. 5. Presentation by Ken Anderson 6. Citizen Requests 7. Old Business: a. Report on Nets b. Report on SeniorMovers (mov 8. New Business a. Discussion - future items of interest 9. Adjourn (110' 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 ACCOMODATIONS 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 2nd DAY OF AUGUST,2004,AT 4:00 PM. (11111/ SENIOR ACTIVITIES'CENTER DIRECTOR H:GSCAB agenda08/02/04 GRAPEVINE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD Minutes of August 6, 2004 Meeting Reported October 1, 2004 Page 1 of 2 (ow 1. The Grapevine Senior Citizens Advisory Board met on August 6, 2004 at the Grapevine Senior Activities Center. The following members were present: Dr. Edith Pewitt—Chairperson Dorothy Kritz—Ex-officio, Grapevine Senior Activities Center Doris Waite— Ex-officio, Grapevine Housing Authority Pat Frosh, Ex-officio, GRACE Martie Chaplin, Secretary trov R. Bruce Walters Anne Pitts Others present: Linda Gregory— SAC Director Ken Anderson, President, Friends of the Grapevine Senior Activities Center (FoGSCA) Ted Ware— City Council Member Liaison Jennifer Hibbs—Assistant to City Manager Linda Huff, City Secretary Frank Hopkins—Guest of Bruce Walters (kr 2. Guests Ken Anderson, Jennifer Hibbs, Frank Hopkins and Linda Huff were welcomed. 3. Newly appointed Board Members Bruce Walters, Anne Pitts, Doris Waite, Dorothy Kritz and Pat Frosch were introduced and sworn in. Dr. Edith Pewitt was delayed because of construction around the Center and Linda Huff will swear her in at Secretary's office before the next meeting. 4. The minutes of the previous meeting on February 18, 2004 were considered and approved. 5. Ken Anderson made his presentation regarding the "Friends of the Grapevine Senior Activities Center(FoGSCA)". Three people spearheaded initiative to resurrect a 501(c)(3) corporation and named it"Friends of the (, Grapevine Senior Activities Center"patterned after the one at the library for tax exempt donation status and to receive gifts and take advantage of grants' funding. (Brochure distributed) Board is himself, Dick Guckel that works with GRACE, Roger Jones, Lou Ann Chapman Gatts and Judy Sherman. Membership is $5, open to all, Linda Gregory Ex-officio member of the Board. Bruce Walters asked if Ken could put together a needs list. Ken offered example of Computer lab needing upgrading. Computers are 4 years old with Windows 98 and half students have XP. Probably need to be replacements. Linda also mentioned such things as a laminator and new bus. Pat suggested approaching IBM for computers. Ken being from IBM in past is aware and also thought about Verizon. 6. Citizen Requests -none GRAPEVINE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD Minutes of August 6, 2004 Meeting Reported October 1, 2004 Page 2 of 2 7. Old Business: a. Report on Nets Jennifer said that the demand response transportation system that the Fort Worth Transportation (iw took over from YMCA last year seems to be working better. She distributed ridership statistics. Overall ridership up 20% and#of refusals only 1.85%. Jennifer asked for comments from anyone who had heard from their constituents. Edith gave positive feedback. There were no suggestions for improvements. b. Report on SeniorMovers Linda Gregory reported many staff changes at the Center. She also gave statistics on how they were still able to meet needs of everyone during these changes. She is confident they are still doing an excellent job and said again how people from all over Tarrant County are impressed with what is accomplished in Grapevine. Linda said she received a letter about a public transportation meeting and asked Jennifer if that affects the Board in any way. There was some discussion. c. GRACE (160 Pat mentioned they are currently busy getting school supplies ready for distribution soon. She also reminded us about the many services they provide. They do 450-500 interviews with families per month. Clinic is doing well. They have treated about 175 patients, average 100/month. They are starting to see many more long term care patients. Pat also talked about how GRACE serves Seniors with other programs. Ted commented about how well GRACE does the job much better than in the past when many organizations were duplicating efforts. It works much better now. d. Center and Housing—all going well. Edith said Linda does a great job even with a short staff. 8. New Business a. Discussion—future items of interest. None were mentioned but Linda reminded everyone to call her or Edith with suggestions for future meetings. 9. The next meeting will be on October 1, 2004. Meeting adjourned, Respectfully submitted, 27/L,0_,e, lJ Martie Chaplin