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2011-05-10 OFFICIAL MINUTES Approved by the Senior Activities Commission 06/14/11 CITY OF ' SOUTHLAKE 1 2 3 Senior Advisory Commission Meeting: 4 May 10, 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 18 19 Guests: City Council Mayor John Terrell; Communications & Website Manager Pilar 20 Schank; Milton Blake and Regina Baker 21 22 Liaison: Bernie McCauley, Southlake Steering Committee 23 24 REGULAR SESSION 25 26 Agenda Item No. 1. CaII to Order — The meeting was called to order by Chairman 27 Baltimore at 12:30 p.m. 28 29 ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS / REPORTS 30 31 Agenda Item No. 2. Administrative Comments 32 33 A. Guest Presentation — Mayor John Terrell — Mayor Terrell updated SAC 34 members on various city projects and issues including the City receiving 35 its second AAA rating; the City's strong relationship with Carroll ISD; the 36 progress being made on trails and sidewalks; improvements at 37 Bicentennial Park and on FM 1938; a new DPS facility to be built at North 38 White Chapel Boulevard and Dove Road; and city council action to allow 39 new residential flats to be built in Town Square. Mayor Terrell responded 40 to questions from Commission members. 41 42 B. Senior Advisory Commission Terms Expire — Terms will expire May 2011 43 for SAC members David Baltimore, Marge Kyle and Jeanette Gossage. 44 City of Southlake Values: Integrity ♦ Innovation ♦ Accountability ♦ Commitment to Excellence ♦ Teamwork OFFICIAL MINUTES Approved by the Senior Activities Commission 06/14/11 1 C. Metroport Meals on Wheels Report — There was not a MMOW report this 2 meeting. 3 4 D. CARS Report — Mr. McCauley gave the CARS presentation. CARS is 5 seeking more volunteer drivers. 6 7 E. Southlake Steering Committee — There was not a Southlake Steering 8 Committee report for this meeting. 9 10 Senior Coordinator Liz Garvin presented an update on senior activities. 11 12 F. Facilities Update — Current & Future /New — Comments were made about 13 a new contractor doing the planning outside the Center. Trees will be 14 planted on Parkwood Drive across from the houses. 15 16 G. Southlake Senior Funding, Inc. — Mr. McCauley reported SSFI is having a 17 meeting following the SAC meeting so no report was given. 18 19 H. City Manager's Office — Communications & Website Manager Pilar 20 Schank distributed copies of the City Manager Connect and reported on 21 the City's latest financial rating, the Southlake Historical Society's 22 presentation, "A Night at the Smithsonian" Wednesday evening, early 23 voting information, the status on improvements at Bicentennial Park and 24 the Kirkwood Blvd extension project agreement. 25 26 REGULAR AGENDA 27 28 There were no regular agenda items for this meeting. 29 30 CONSENT AGENDA 31 32 Agenda Item No. 3A. Approval of the minutes from the regular Senior Advisory 33 Commission Meeting April 12, 2011 — The minutes were considered. 34 35 A motion was made to accept the minutes. 36 Motion: Boyd 37 Second: Boland 38 Ayes: Baltimore, Boland, Boyd, Burnett, Gossage, Kyle, McCauley and Sporn 39 Nays: None 40 Abstention: None 41 Vote: 8 -0 42 Motion carried. 43 44 Agenda Item No. 4. Public Forum — No one was present to address the Commission 45 during Public Forum. 46 47 Agenda Item No. 5. Consider — There were no items on the agenda. City of Southlake Values: Integrity ♦ Innovation • Accountability ♦ Commitment to Excellence ♦ Teamwork OFFICIAL MINUTES Approved by the Senior Activities Commission 06/14/11 1 2 Agenda Item No. 6A, Discussion: Guest List — The Commission discussed potential 3 guests to invite to the monthly SAC meetings. Marge Kyle will contact Kenny 4 Marchant's office regarding a presentation. The Tarrant County Agency of Aging would 5 be a good source to contact for presentations relevant to seniors. TarrantCares.org was 6 also mentioned as a good choice. Other sources for presentations may include military 7 representatives and local elected officials. 8 9 Non - Agenda Items -- Vice Chair McCauley recognized by United Way -- Senior 10 Advisory Commission Vice Chair Dick McCauley received the 2011 Outstanding Older 11 Americans Award May 12 at the Older Americans Month Reception sponsored by 12 United Way's Area Agency on Aging. 13 14 Non - Agenda Item — XTO Permit Application for Drill Site - -- This item was discussed 15 and opinions expressed by SAC members. 16 17 Agenda Item No. 7.Adiournment. 18 19 A motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 1:45 p.m. 20 Motion: Boyd and Slocum 21 Second: Burnett 22 Ayes: Baltimore, Boland, Boyd, Burnett, Gossage, Kyle, McCauley and Sporn 23 Nays: None 24 Abstention: None 25 Vote: 8 -0 26 Motion carried. 27 28 29 31 Air 3J Jpirt43alti or- , Chair Kari er-161d, Deputy Director 34 Community Services 35 36 A recording of this meeting may be requested in the Office of the City Secretary. 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