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2011-10-11 SAC PacketCITY OF SOUTHLAKE MEMORANDUM September 22, 2011 TO: Senior Advisory Commission FROM: Kari Happold, Deputy Director of Community Services SUBJECT: Agenda Item Comments for Senior Advisory Commission Meeting Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. Agenda Item No. 2. Discussion: A. Guest Presentation — This item is a standing item on the agenda to allow a guest from the community or the City government to make a presentation to the Commission about current issues of concern to seniors in Southlake. State Representative Vicki Truitt has accepted the invitation to speak at your October meeting and will provide updates about the Constitutional Amendments and other governmental issues affecting senior in our area. B. Metroport Meals on Wheels Report — This item is a standing item on the agenda to allow for an update and report on the MMOW program. C. CARS Report— This item is a standing item on the agenda to allow for an update and report on the CARS program. D. Southlake Steering Committee- This item is a standing item in order for the Commission members to receive information about monthly events and activities at the Senior Center and within the Steering Committee. E. Facilities Update — Current & Future/New -- This item is a standing item on the agenda to allow for updates from staff and feedback from the Commission on current and future facility needs, improvements and maintenance. F. Southlake Senior Funding, Inc. — This item is a standing item on the agenda to allow for an update and report on Southlake Senior Funding, Inc., (SSFI). G. City Manager's Office — This is a standing item on the agenda to allow for an update from the City's Communications and Website Manager Pilar Schank about current developments. City of Southlake Values: Integrity ♦ Innovation ♦ Accountability ♦ Commitment to Excellence ♦ Teamwork Senior Advisory Commission Meeting Date — October 11, 2011 Page 2 of 2 2. Agenda Item No. 3A. Consent: Approval of the September 13 2011 regular Senior Advisory Commission meeting minutes. Corrections to the minutes should be included as part of the motion during the meeting. 3. Agenda Item No. 4. Public Forum — This is the public's opportunity to address the Commission about non -agenda items. During this proceeding it is important that the Commission not deliberate (discuss among yourselves) or take action on any item brought up at this time. The Commissions' options during this topic are 1) to listen, 2) ask questions and respond to the presenter only, 3) request staff to look into the issue and report back to the Commission and/or 4) request that the Chair put the item on a future agenda for the Commission to discuss or consider. 4. Agenda Item No. 5._Conside_r: There are no agenda items at this meeting. We appreciate your commitment and service to the City and the Senior Advisory Commission. If you have any questions prior to the meeting, please feel free to call me. As always, we appreciate your commitment and service to the City. Kari Happold STAFF CONTACT INFORMATION; Telephone — (817) 748-8203 Facsimile — (817) 748-8027 1400.Main Street, Suite 210, Southlake, Texas 76092-6242 Chris Tribble, Director of Community Services, 817-748-8021, (ctnbble@ci.southlake.tx.us) Vacant, Senior Services Coordinator, 817-748-8398, (------ @ ci.southlake,tx,us) Candice Sanders, Assistant to the Director, 817-748-8311, (csanders@ ci.southlake.tx.us) Kari Nappold, Deputy Director of Community Services, 817-748-8018, (khappold@ ci.southlake.N.us) Linda Carpenter -Elgin, Administrative Secretary, 817-748-8184; (!carpenter@ ci.southlakelx.us) City of Southlake Values. - Integrity ♦ Innovation ♦ Accountability ♦ Commitment to Excellence ♦ Teamwork CITY OF SOUTHLAKE SENIOR ADVISORY COMMISSION: Tuesday, October 11,2011 LOCATION: Senior Activities Center 307 Parkwood Dr Southlake, Texas 76092 TIME: 1:00 P.M. AGENDA: 1. Call to Order 2. Discussion: A. Guest Presentation — State Representative Vicki Truitt B. Metroport Meals on Wheels Report C. CARS Report D. Southlake Steering Committee Report E. Facilities Update W-- Current & Future/New F. Southlake Senior Funding, Inc. G. City Manager's Office 3. Consent A. Approval of the September 13, 2011 regular Senior Advisory Commission meeting minutes. 4. Public Forum 5. Consider: No items this meeting. 6. Adjournment CERTIFICATE hereby certify that the above agenda was posted on the official bulletin boards at Town Hall, 1400 Main Street, Southlake, Texas, on October 7, 2011 by 6:00 p.m. pursuant to Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code. Alicia Richardson, TRMC City Secretary If you plan to attend this public meeting and have a disability that requires special needs, please advise the City Secretary 48 hours in advance at 817.748.8016 reasonable accommodations will be made to assist you. City of Southlake Values: Integrity ♦ Innovation ♦ Accountability ♦ Commitment to Excellence ♦ Teamwork UNOFFICIAL MINUTES Not Approved by the Senior Activities Commission CITY O SOUTHLAK..-E 1 2 3 Senior Advisory Commission Meet_i_nc 4 September 13 2011 5 6 LOCATION: Southlake Senior Activities Center 7 307 Parkwood Dr 8 Southlake, Texas 9 10 Members Present: Chair David Baltimore; Vice Chair Dick McCauley, Secretary 11 Nancy Sporn; SAC members Jean Boland, Charlie Boyd, Pat Burnett, Jeanette 12 Gossage and Marge Kyle 13 14 Commission Members Absent: Beverly Blake 15 16 Staff Members Present: Kari Happold, Deputy Director of Community Services; Liz 17 Garvin, Senior Services Coordinator; and Department of Public Safety; Communications 18 & Website Manager Pilar Schank; 19 20 Guests: Department of Public Safety; and Darla Fowler, MMOW 21 22 Liaison: Bernie McCauley, Southlake Steering Committee Coordinator 23 24 Agenda Item No. 1. Call to Order -- The meeting was called to order by Chairman 25 Baltimore at 1:00 p.m. 26 27 Agenda Item No. 2. Discussion 28 29 A. Guest Presentation — There was not a guest at this meeting. 30 31 B. Metroport Meals on Wheels Report — Darla Fowler presented the MMOW 32 report. Ms. Fowler has been cooking to economize on the budget. Fall 33 Fest will be held October 25 and no luncheon will be held November 22. 34 The Christmas lunch will be December 13. There will be a New Year lunch 35 if warranted. 36 37 C. CARS Report — Mr. McCauley gave the CARS report. CARS has lost their 38 most frequent rider. Currently CARS has 23 drivers and 14 new riders. 39 CARS will be making a van proposal after January 1. The proposal will be 40 to purchase a van to be funded half by CARS and half by Watermere. Mr. 41 McCauley is resigning from CARS the end of 2011. Neal Perkins will be 42 his successor and will be invited to attend a future SAC meeting. 43 City of Southlake Values. - Integrity ♦ Innovation ♦ Accountability ♦ Commitment to Excellence ♦ Teamwork 3A - i UNOFFICIAL MINUTES Not Approved by the Senior Activities Commission 1 C. Southlake Steering Committee -- There was not a report at this meeting. 2 3 D. Facilities Update — Current & Future/New — The dead trees should be 4 replaced this week. The Commission requested that the curb stops be 5 painted yellow to improve their visibility. 6 7 E. Southlake Senior Funding, Inc. — Dick McCauley provided a report for the 8 meeting. SSFI met with City Council individually regarding their proposal 9 for a new Senior Center. SSFI objective is to have the proposed senior 10 facility included in the City's Master Plan as a Tier 1 project. Fund raising 11 options, including potential sponsorships with Classic and General Motors, 12 were presented. Renderings of the proposed facility were presented. 13 Ingress/egress issues were discussed. SSFI will make a formal 14 presentation at the Southlake 2030 Parks, Recreation and Open Space 15 Master Plan meeting on October 10. Mike Tilbury and Scott Simmons are 16 joining the SSFI board. 17 18 F. City Mang er's Office — Communications & Website Manager Pilar 19 Schank reported the new wayfinding signage installed around Town 20 Center was primarily paid for by the NOT funds. Southlake firefighters took 21 part in 9111 services in Dallas. FM 1709 is still under construction. The 22 completion has been delayed due to the weather. Commission members 23 were invited to attend the Bicentennial Park Phase 1 grand opening 24 ceremony September 17. Commission members expressed concern with 25 the traffic on FM 1709 and problems posed by the many u-turns being 26 made. 27 28 G. Status on Search for Senior Center Coordinator — Over 100 applications 29 for the senior center coordinator position were received and reviewed by a 30 staff panel. Eight candidates were selected for initial interviews of which 31 two are selected for final interviews by the staff panel and members of the 32 Commission. A candidate may be selected and an offer extended by 33 October 1. 34 35 Agenda Item No. 3A, Consent: Approval of the minutes from the regular Senior Adviso 36 Commission Meeting July 12 2011 — The minutes were corrected to show that Marge 37 present at the meeting and that she was administered the oath of office separate from 38 the meeting. 39 40 A motion was made to approve the minutes as corrected. 41 Motion: McCauley 42 Second: Burnett 43 Ayes: Baltimore, Boland, Boyd, Burnett, Gossage, McCauley and Sporn 44 Nays: None 45 Abstention: Kyle City of Southlake Values: Integrity ♦ Innovation ♦ Accountability ♦ Commitment to Excellence ♦ Teamwork 3A-2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 UNOFFICIAL MINUTES Not Approved by the Senior Activities Commission Vote: 7-0-1 Motion carried. Agenda Item No. 4. Public Forum — No one was present to address the Commission during Public Forum. Agenda Item No. 5. Consider — There were no items for this meeting. There was discussion about inviting State Representative Vicki Truitt and Council member Martin Schelling as guest at a future SAC meeting. Agenda Item No. 6.Adjournment. A motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 2:30 p.m. Motion: Boyd Second: Kyle Ayes: Baltimore, Boland, Boyd, Burnett, Gossage, Kyle, McCauley and Sporn Nays: None Abstention: None Vote: 8-0 Motion carried. David Baltimore, Chair Kari Happold, Deputy Director Community Services A recording of this meeting may be requested in the Office of the City Secretary. City of Southlake Values: Integrity ♦ Innovation ♦ Accountability ♦ Commitment to Excellence ♦ Teamwork 3A-3 Senior Advisory Commission Sign -in Sheet September 13, 2011 Senior -Activity Center i` e David Baltimore Beverly Blake Jean Boland Charles Boyd Patricia Burnett Jeanette Gossage Marge Kyle Richard McCauley Nancy Sporn STAFF Kari Happold Liz Garvin u'Tu Iim 7 A P on, • xxxxxxxxx co ----- ......... 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