2010-05-11OFFICIAL MINUTES
Approved by the Senior Activities Commission 6/8/10
1 Senior Advisory Commission Meeting:
2 May 11. 2010
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4 LOCATION: Southlake Senior Activities Center
5 307 Parkwood Dr
6 Southlake, Texas
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8 Members Present: David Baltimore, Chair; Dick McCauley, Vice Chair; Charlie Boyd,
9 Pat Burnett, Jean Boland, Craig Hayes, Marge Kyle, and Nancy Sporn, Secretary
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11 Board Members Absent: None
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13 Staff Members Present: Kari Happold, Deputy Director of Community Services and Liz
14 Garvin, Senior Services Coordinator
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16 Guests: Renni Burt, DPS Community Initiatives Officer and Darla Fowler, MMOW
17 Coordinator
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19 REGULAR SESSION
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21 Aaenda Item No. 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Chairman
22 Baltimore at 1:00 p.m.
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24 REPORTS
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26 Aaenda Item No. 2. Administrative Comments
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28 A. DPS Overview Presentation DPS Community Initiatives Officer Renni
29 Burt presented information and booklets about safety programs and free
30 preventive and educational programs offered by the DPS to citizens. She
31 presented information about the Safety Town Park groundbreaking May
32 14, 2010 and shared artist renderings of the future facility. Other programs
33 offered through DPS are blood pressure checks, CPR training and AED
34 training. The American Red Cross will make a presentation on disaster
35 preparedness.
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37 B. CARS Report Dick McCauley presented the monthly CARS report.
38 There will be a reception for CARS volunteer drivers at the Watermere
39 Retirement Village. Ridership continues to increase every month. There
40 were 22 drivers in April. A human interest story involving CARS will be
41 aired on Channel 5 in the near future.
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43 C. Southlake Senior Activities Report Nancy Sporn presented the activities
44 report.
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Minutes of the May 11, 2010 Senior Activities Commission
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City of Southlake Values:
Integrity Innovation Accountability Commitment to Excellence Teamwork
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2 D. Metroport Meals on Wheels Report Darla Fowler provided the MMOW
3 report. MMOW will have additional volunteers during the summer from
4 National Charity League. The City will hold the annual barbeque June 8,
5 2010.
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7 E. Facilities Update- Current and Future /New Standing item
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9 F. Proiects List Update The Commission discussed the remaining items on
10 the "to do" list. They also discussed the pros and cons of having draperies
11 at the Center and reviewed the sample draperies. The Commission
12 agreed the number one priority was to get new, more comfortable chairs.
13 A consultant will visit the Gateway Church to make recommendations on
14 the feasibility of the facility. Senior Center Coordinator Liz Garvin and
15 Deputy Director Kari Happold plan to visit other senior centers in the area.
16 Dick McCauley recommended reinstating greeters at the door. Chair
17 Baltimore asked about getting a spreadsheet on other senior center
18 facilities in the area. Dick will continue to work on the minibus.
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20 CONSENT AGENDA
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22 Agenda Item No. 3A. Approval of the minutes from the regular Senior Advisory
23 Commission Meeting April 13. 2010
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25 A motion was made to recommend the approval of the April 13, 2010 meeting minutes
26 as written.
27 Motion: McCauley
28 Second: Burnett
29 Ayes: Baltimore, Burnett, Boland, Boyd, Hayes, Kyle, McCauley and Sporn
30 Nays: None
31 Abstention: None
32 Vote: 8 -0
33 Motion carried.
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35 REGULAR AGENDA
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37 Agenda Item No. 4. Public Forum There was no one present to address the
38 Commission at this meeting.
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40 Agenda Item No. 5. Consider and Agenda Item 6. Discussion There were no items for
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43 Agenda Item No. 7. Other Items There were no items for this meeting.
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OFFICIAL MINUTES
Approved by the Senior Activities Commission 6/8/10
City of Southlake Values:
Integrity Innovation Accountability Commitment to Excellence Teamwork
Motion:
Second:
Ayes:
Nays:
Vote:
Motion carried.
Minutes of the May
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Integrity
OFFICIAL MINUTES
Approved by the Senior Activities Commission 6/8/10
1 Agenda Item No. 8.Adiournment.
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3 A motion was made and unanimously approved to adjourn the meeting at 2:15 p.m.
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17 Kari Hap ty Director, Community Services
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20 A recording of this meeting may be requested in the Office of the City Secretary.
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Baltimore, Boland, Boyd, Burnett, Hayes, Kyle, McCauley and Sporn
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11, 2010 Senior Activities Commission
City of Southlake Values:
Innovation Accountability Commitment to Excellence Teamwork
David Baltimore
Jean Boland
Charles Boyd
Patricia Burnett
Craig Hayes
Marge Kyle
Richard McCauley
Nancy Sporn
STAFF
Kari Happold
Liz Garvin
Guests:
MMOW
Senior Advisory Commission Sign -in Sheet
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