2010-12-14 OFFICIAL MINUTES
Approved by the Senior Activities Commission 1/11/11
CITY OF
SOUTH LAKE
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3 Senior Advisory Commission Meeting:
4 December 14, 2010
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6 LOCATION: Southlake Senior Activities Center
7 307 Parkwood Dr
8 Southlake, Texas
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10 Members Present: David Baltimore, Chair; Dick McCauley, Vice Chair; Nancy Sporn,
11 Secretary; SAC members Beverly Blake, Jean Boland, Charlie Boyd, Pat Burnett,
12 Jeanette Gossage and Marge Kyle
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14 Commission Members Absent: None
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16 Staff Members Present: Kari Happold, Deputy Director of Community Services; Liz
17 Garvin, Senior Services Coordinator
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19 Guests: City Council member Carolyn Morris; Rebecca Barksdale, Tarrant County
20 Precinct 3 (Commissioner Gary Fickes' Office); Mary King and Darla Fowler, MMOW;
21 Bernie McCauley, liaison, Steering Committee
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23 REGULAR SESSION
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25 Agenda Item No. 1. Call to Order — The meeting was called to order by Chairman
26 Baltimore at 1:10 p.m.
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28 REPORTS
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30 Agenda Item No. 2. Administrative Comments
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32 The Guest Presentation was considered first.
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34 B. Guest Presentation — Southlake City Council member Carolyn Morris was
35 present to extend a warm holiday greeting to the Commission members
36 and to congratulate them on the pending purchase of a handicapped -
37 accessible bus.
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39 Rebecca Barksdale, coordinator for Community Outreach at Tarrant
40 County and employee in the office of Commissioner Gary Fickes, was the
41 guest presenter at this meeting and provided information about the kick off
42 for the Senior Task Force involving senior center directors. Ms. Barksdale
43 distributed copies of the Tarrant County newsletter, which was recipient of
44 a Best Practice award at the annual State conference, and asked for email
45 addresses of those present to receive future copies of the newsletter. The
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1 newsletter contained a nice article about CARS. There will be another
2 Empowering Seniors Workshop October 7, 2011; the one held in October
3 2010 was a big success.
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5 A. Metroport Meals on Wheels Report — Mary King gave the MMOW report.
6 Darla Fowler cooked the Christmas luncheon that was held Tuesday. Ms.
7 King talked about the home delivery program. MMOW set up a "wish list"
8 for home delivery and had a tree set up in Sadie's. Rebecca Barksdale will
9 serve as MMOW President in 2011.
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11 C. CARS Report — The monthly CARS report on ridership was provided by
12 Dick McCauley. CARS have had the busiest year in their history. There
13 was a shortage of volunteers, but more volunteer drivers have come
14 forward. CARS is a member of both the Southlake and Grapevine
15 Chamber of Commerce.
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17 D. Southlake Senior Activities Report — Bernie McCauley, liaison, for the
18 Southlake Steering Committee, provided the activities report for
19 December. The December meeting of the Steering Committee has been
20 canceled. The silent auction fund raiser ends today.
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22 E. Facilities Update- Current and Future /New — Kari Happold gave the
23 facilities update. Chris Tribble has had several meetings with the
24 architects and the City is still looking at both Gateway Church and another
25 location.
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27 G. Southlake Senior Funding, Inc. — Mr. McCauley gave the SSFI report.
28 SSFI received the check from Amon Carter Foundation and should have a
29 check from The Thompson Group by the end o f the month. SSFI has also
30 received a check from Brian Stebbins (Cooper & Stebbins). The original
31 delivery date for the van of January 25 has been postponed. The grantors
32 will be invited to a dedication ceremony luncheon once a confirmed
33 delivery date is set. The bus will have City logos on the sides and a SSFI
34 logo on the back. Southlake Mayor John Terrell and City Manager Shana
35 Yelverton will attend the dedication luncheon with John Robinson to be
36 held in February.
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38 CONSENT AGENDA
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40 Agenda Item No. 3A. Approval of the minutes from the regular Senior Advisory
41 Commission Meeting November 9, 2010
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43 A motion was made to accept the November 9, 2010 meeting minutes as amended
44 regarding the SSFI report section to read, "SSFI was short in the funding for the
45 minibus, but are working on getting the additional money."
46 Motion: McCauley
47 Second: Burnett
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1 Ayes: Baltimore, Blake, Boland, Burnett, Boyd, Gossage, Kyle, McCauley and
2 Sporn
3 Nays: None
4 Abstention: None
5 Vote: 9 -0
6 Motion carried.
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8 REGULAR AGENDA
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10 Agenda Item No. 4. Public Forum — There was no one present to address the
11 Commission during Public Forum.
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13 Agenda Item No. 5. Consider: There were no items on the agenda.
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15 Agenda Item No. 6, Discussion: There were no items on the agenda.
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17 Agenda Item No. 7. Other Items:
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19 Liz Garvin announced an advertisement was being run for two (2) part drivers.
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21 Agenda Item No. 8.Adjournment.
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23 A motion was made and unanimously approved to adjourn the meeting at 2:10.
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28 Dav'd Baltimore, Chair
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32 sari Happ 4 Deputy Director, Community Services
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34 A recording of this meeting may be requested in the Office of the City Secretary.
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