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2011-11-08 SAC PacketCITY OF SOUTHLAKE MEMORANDUM October 26, 2011 TO: Senior Advisory Commission FROM: Kari Happold, Deputy Director of Community Services SUBJECT: Agenda Item Comments for Senior Advisory Commission Meeting Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. 1. 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. City of Southlake Teen Court Coordinator Kristin White has accepted the invitation to speak at your November meeting and will provide updates about the Teen Court Can Program and other possible opportunities for Southlake teens that may benefit the senior center. 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. Also recall from the October SAC meeting that Neal Perkins, Mr. McCauley's replacement on the CARS Board, may be introduced to SAC members at the November meeting. 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). City of Southlake Values: Integrity ♦ Innovation ♦ Accountability ♦ Commitment to Excellence ♦ Teamwork Senior Advisory Commission Meeting Date — November 8, 2011 Page 2 of 2 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. H. Guest Schedule — This item was added to the agenda at the request of Vice Chair McCauley as a follow-up to the previous discussion concerning creation of a three-month advance guest schedule. Please come prepared to share your list of potential guest speakers so invitations may be extended to guests and a three month schedule prepared for your information. 2. Agenda Item No 3A Consent Approval of the October 11 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. Consider: There are no agenda items at this meeting 5. FYI, as usual your packet contains a copy of the 2011 SAC Attendance Log for your information. 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, (ctribble@ci.southlake.tx.us) Ester Moreno, Senior Services Coordinator, 817-748-8398, (emoreno@ ci.southlake.tx.us) Candice Sanders, Assistant to the Director, 817-748-8311, (csanders@ ci.southlake.tx.us) Kari Happold, Deputy Director of Community Services, 817-748-8018, (khappold@ ci.southlake.tx.us) Linda Carpenter -Elgin, Administrative Secretary, 817-748-8184; (Iarpenter@ ci.southlake.tx.us) City of Southlake Values: Integrity ♦ Innovation ♦ Accountability ♦ Commitment to Excellence 4 Teamwork ®CITY OF SOUTHLAKE SENIOR ADVISORY COMMISSION: Tuesday November 8, 2011 LOCATION: Senior Activities Center 307 Parkwood Dr Southlake, Texas 76092 TIME: 1:00 p.m. AGENDA: Call to Order 2. Discussion: A. Guest Presentation — Teen Court Coordinator Kristin White B. Metroport Meals on Wheels Report C. CARS Report D. Southlake Steering Committee Report E. Facilities Update — Current & Future/New F. Southlake Senior Funding, Inc. G. City Manager's Office H. Guest Schedule 3. Consent A. Approval of the October 11, 2011 regular Senior Advisory Commission meeting minutes. 4. Public Forum Consider: No items this meeting. Adjournment CERTIFICATE I hereby. -certify that theaboveagenda was posted on the official bulletin boards at Town Hall, 1400 Main Street, Southlake, Texas, on November„4„.011 by 6:00 p.m. pursuant to Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code. �T�I� i - � � r �r r.•II City of Southlake Values: Integrity ♦ Innovation ♦ Accountability ♦ Commitment to Excellence ♦ Teamwork Senior Advisory Commission Meeting Date — September 13, 2011 Page 2 of 2 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 e Innovation ♦ Accountability ♦ Commitment to Excellence ♦ Teamwork UNOFFICIAL MINUTES Not Approved by the Senior Activities Commission CITY OF 1 . SOUTHLAKE 2 3 Senior Advisory Commission Meeting: 4 October 11, 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; SAC members 11 Beverly Blake, Jean Boland, Charlie Boyd, Pat Burnett, Jeanette Gossage and Marge 12 Kyle 13 14 Commission Members Absent: Secretary Nancy Sporn 15 16 Staff Members Present: Kari Happold, Deputy Director of Community Services; 17 Communications & Website Manager Pilar Schank 18 19 Guests: State Representative Vicki Truitt and assistant Mitzi Long; and Darla Fowler, 20 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 — State Representative Vicki Truitt addressed the 30 Commission about the Constitutional Amendments and available grant 31 sources and responded to questions from the Commission. 32 33 B. Metroport Meals on Wheels Report — Darla Fowler presented the MMOW 34 report. The attendance for the luncheons have been going very well. The 35 Harvest luncheon will be October 25; Thanksgiving to be held November 36 15 and the senior luncheon on November 22 will not be held due to the 37 holiday that week. The Christmas lunch will be December 13. There will 38 be no luncheon on November 20. There will be a New Year lunch 39 December 27. 40 41 C. CARS Report — Mr. McCauley gave the CARS report. Participation is 42 climbing and CARS now has 21 drivers with many new riders. Mr. 43 McCauley's replacement, Neal Perkins, to CARS will attend next month's City of Southlake Values: Integrity ♦ Innovation ♦ Accountability ♦ Commitment to Excellence ♦ Teamwork 3A-1 UNOFFICIAL MINUTES Not Approved by the Senior Activities Commission 1 SAC meeting. There may be opportunities to advertise the CARS program 2 in the local magazine, Southlake Style. 3 4 D. Southlake Steering Committee — Bernie McCauley presented highlights 5 from the last meeting and updated the Commission on Southlake Steering 6 Committee current activities. 7 8 The Teen Court Can Drive was discussed briefly. Commission members 9 would like to investigate opportunities where the senior center may benefit 10 from the program to fill needs. The program coordinator will be invited to 11 make a presentation at the SAC meeting and to discuss the program. 12 13 E. Facilities Update — Current & Future/New — Several operational items 14 have been purchased for the Center with the remaining budget funds. 15 16 F. Southlake Senior Funding, Inc. — Dick McCauley provided a report to the 17 Commission. SSFI will make a presentation to City Council on a proposed 18 new senior facility at an upcoming meeting as soon as it can be arranged. 19 20 G. City Manager's Office — Communications & Website Manager Pilar 21 Schank reported on the construction projects on Kimball Avenue and Main 22 Street in Town Square. Ms. Schank announced upcoming City programs 23 and City Council actions at meetings during October. 24 25 Agenda Item No. 3A. Consent: Approval of the minutes from the regular Senior Advisory 26 Commission Meeting September 13, 2011 — The were no corrections to the minutes. 27 28 A motion was made to approve the minutes as presented. 29 Motion: McCauley 30 Second: Kyle 31 Ayes: Baltimore, Boland, Boyd, Burnett, Gossage, McCauley and Sporn 32 Nays: None 33 Abstention: Blake 34 Vote: 7-1-0 35 Motion carried. 36 37 Agenda Item No. 4. Public Forum — No one was present to address the Commission 38 during Public Forum. 39 40 Agenda Item No. 5. Consider — There were no items for this meeting. 41 42 There was discussion about inviting Kristin White, Teen Court Coordinator, as guest at 43 a November SAC meeting. Another alternative would be Council member Martin 44 Schelling. 45 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 UNOFFICIAL MINUTES Not Approved by the Senior Activities Commission Agenda Item No. 6.Adiournment. A motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 2:30 p.m. Motion: Boyd Second: Gossage 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 October 11, 2011 David Baltimore Beverly Blake Jean Boland Charles Boyd Patricia Burnett Jeanette Gossage Marge Kyle Richard McCauley Nancy Sporn STAFF Kari Happold Guests: MMOW �G6au, Absent r• I I l UNION NINE I UNIONS E E Z cn a� 'O C -o N f0 U � j N C a G m N y Q C E N d a) a)d Q Z U a) o u Z a Q X Q« W U