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2011-06-14 OFFICIAL MINUTES Approved by the Senior Activities Commission 7/12/11 CITY O ) SOUTHLAKE 1 2 3 Senior Advisory Commission Meeting: 4 June 14, 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: Chris Tribble, Director of Community Services; Liz Garvin, 17 Senior Services Coordinator 18 19 Guests: Matt Jack, Community Outreach Representative from US Congressman Kenny 20 Marchant 24 District Office; Communications & Website Manager Pilar Schank; and 21 Darla Fowler, MMOW 22 23 Liaison: Bernie McCauley, Southlake Steering Committee Coordinator 24 25 REGULAR SESSION 26 27 Agenda Item No. 1. CaII to Order — The meeting was called to order by Chairman 28 Baltimore at 1:00 p.m. 29 30 ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS / REPORTS 31 32 Agenda Item No. 2. Administrative Comments 33 34 A. Guest Presentation — Community Outreach Representative from U.S. 35 Congressman Kenny Marchant 24 District Office Matt Jack was unable to 36 attend the meeting to give a presentation. 37 38 B. Metroport Meals on Wheels Report — Darla Fowler presented the MMOW 39 report. Attendance has been down for the Southlake congregate 40 luncheons due to vacations and other commitments, which is typical 41 during the summer. 42 43 The monthly menu has been discontinued in the newsletter to give 44 MMOW greater flexibility with the menu. A senior center hotline may be 45 installed, which will have announcements and may include the Tuesday City of Southlake Values: Integrity • Innovation ♦ Accountability • Commitment to Excellence ♦ Teamwork OFFICIAL MINUTES Approved by the Senior Activities Commission 7/12/11 1 menu, weather issues, current event details and other useful last minute 2 information for citizens. 3 4 C. CARS Report — Mr. McCauley gave the CARS presentation. Ridership 5 continues to be solid but there is a shortage of active drivers and CARS is 6 looking for volunteers. 7 8 D. Southlake Steering Committee — Bernie McCauley provided a Southlake 9 Steering Committee report for this meeting. At the last Steering Committee 10 meeting it was decided not to have a dedication ceremony for the Cleta 11 Pierce garden area. 12 13 E. Facilities Update — Current & Future /New — Comments were made about 14 a new flag pole that was installed in the front of the Center. A new desk 15 will be put in the lobby and the lobby rearranged to seat both Jeanne and 16 Linda in the area. A sock hop is planned in August and the Northeast 17 Senior Jamboree September 30 at the Haltom City Senior Center. The 18 Lunch Around the World activity has been successful each month. 19 20 F. Southlake Senior Funding, Inc. — In Dick McCauley's absence from the 21 room, Chair Baltimore invited members to attend the SSFI meeting to 22 follow the SAC meeting if they were interested in SSFI activities. 23 24 G. City Manager's Office — Communications & Website Manager Pilar 25 Schank distributed copies of the City Manager Connect and reported on 26 the City's latest technology upgrade at the City and upcoming community 27 activities. Sunday, July 3 is the annual Stars & Stripes event. DPS has 28 stepped up enforcement at Town Square this summer. On June 13 the 29 Children's Medical Center will hold its grand opening on SH 114. 30 Southlake fire services will be collecting for MDA starting June 21. 31 Construction on FM 1709 is scheduled to be finished fall 2011. 32 33 REGULAR AGENDA 34 35 There were no regular agenda items for this meeting. 36 37 CONSENT AGENDA 38 39 Agenda Item No. 3A. Approval of the minutes from the regular Senior Advisory 40 Commission Meeting May 10, 2011 — The minutes were considered. 41 42 A motion was made to accept the minutes. 43 Motion: Baltimore 44 Second: Sporn 45 Ayes: Baltimore, Boland, Boyd, Burnett, Gossage, Kyle, McCauley and Sporn 46 Nays: None 47 Abstention: None City of Southlake Values: Integrity ♦ Innovation ♦ Accountability ♦ Commitment to Excellence ♦ Teamwork OFFICIAL MINUTES Approved by the Senior Activities Commission 7/12/11 1 Vote: 8 -0 2 Motion carried. 3 4 Agenda Item No. 4. Public Forum — No one was present to address the Commission 5 during Public Forum. 6 7 Agenda Item No. 5. Consider — There were no items on the agenda. 8 9 Agenda Item No. 6A, Discussion — There were no items on the agenda. 10 11 Non - Agenda Item(s) — 12 13 Future guest presenters at SAC meetings may be Mike Starr, Southlake Chief of Fire 14 Services in July and City Council member Martin Schelling in September. Other 15 possibilities for future speakers include teachers from Tarrant Community College and 16 State Representative Nancy Truitt. 17 18 City Council is working on goals and objectives for all council- appointed boards and 19 commissions that will enable them to work toward a common work plan that the City 20 Council has envisioned for the City. Those guidelines may be distributed at future 21 meeting after August. 22 23 SAC will consider canceling the August Senior Advisory Commission at their July 24 meeting. 25 26 Agenda Item No. 7.Adiournment. 27 28 A motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 1:45 p.m. 29 Motion: Boyd 30 Second: Burnett 31 Ayes: Baltimore, Boland, Boyd, Burnett, Gossage, Kyle, McCauley and Sporn 32 Nays: None 33 Abstention: None 34 Vote: 8 -0 35 M carri -:. 36 / \ i 37 , / 38 /111117, 3 9 4 AL 40 ! J r . Bali �, Chai Karl Happold, Deputy Director 41 Community Services 42 43 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 Senior Advisory Commission Sign-in Sheet June 14, 2011 Seni• ctivity Cent(itr David Baltimore 7 A Beverly Blake Blake Jean Boland -----) Charles Boyd Patricia Burnett Jeanette Gossage Marge Kyle 17 q Richard McCauley Nancy Sporn STAFF Kari Happold Liz Garvin ,.." Guests: 6q, 43 mmow AA