SENIOR COMMISSION MEETING MONDAY, JUNE 5TH.
[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER]
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CALLING TO ORDER.SORRY. FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE SENIOR
[1. Discussion and possible action on the minutes of the Senior Citizen Commission meeting of February 6, 2023.]
COMMISSION MEETING FROM FEBRUARY 6TH, 2023.OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO MAKE A MOTION? OKAY.
SECONDS. SECOND ITEM DISCUSSION OF ALL IN FAVOR.
OKAY. ITEM TWO DISCUSSION OF STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE.
[2. Discussion on Strategic Plan updates.]
OKAY, SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO GET AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND OUR SENIOR REC DIVISION.SO FOR HOUSING, WE CURRENTLY HAVE NO UPDATES AT THIS TIME.
I HAVE REACHED OUT TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR KYLE REYNOLDS FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICE.
OKAY. AND DISCUSSED WITH HIM ON IF THERE ARE ANY UPDATES RELATED TO SENIOR HOUSING.
NOT AT THIS TIME OF DEVELOPMENT.
THEY HAVE HAD FOLKS COME IN AND DISCUSS IT, BUT NOTHING IS IN THE WORKS AT THIS TIME.
AN UPDATE IS A RECREATION SPECIALIST, VICKY CHELETTE.
SHE'S NOT PRESENT TODAY, BUT SHE OBTAINED HER COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE, WHICH THIS IS A PLUS, AND IT WILL ALLOW FOR AN INCREASE IN ACTIVITIES OFFERED NOW THAT SHE HAS HER CDL, WHICH WE'RE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
THIS IS A MONTHLY FREE LUNCHEON THAT WILL TOUCH ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS WHICH INCLUDE HEALTH CARE.
RECENTLY WE HAD LOCAL OPTOMETRIST DR.
JACKSON VISIT IN MAY, AND HE DISCUSSED EYE HEALTH AS WELL AS WE OFFERED LUNCH.
SO AGAIN, IT'S A FREE PROGRAM.
WE JUST ASK THAT FOLKS REGISTER BEFOREHAND SO WE KNOW HOW MANY LUNCHES TO PROVIDE.
AND WE HAD ABOUT 11 ATTEND DR.
JACKSON'S MONTHLY LUNCH AND LEARN.
JUNE'S TOPIC WILL COVER THE BENEFITS OF ESSENTIAL OILS.
AND SO IN AUGUST, WE WILL HAVE DIABETES, EDUCATION.
WE HAVE FLIERS UP AT THE RECREATION CENTER AS WELL.
LEGISLATIVE. SO STAFF IS CURRENTLY WORKING TO SCHEDULE THE NEW MAYOR FOR A FUTURE LUNCH AND LEARN.
HE HAS A BUSY SUMMER RIGHT NOW, BUT HE IS IN WORKS WITH VICKI TO GET ON THE SCHEDULE.
ONCE WE GET HIM ON OUR SCHEDULE, WE CAN SEND OUT A REMINDER TO THE COMMISSION TO LET THEM KNOW THAT MAYOR JOHN WRIGHT WILL BE JOINING US FOR LUNCH AND LEARN FOR OUR RECREATION DIVISION.
SO THE SENIOR PROGRAM SCHEDULE HAS BEEN REDESIGNED AND WE ARE SEEING A FEW NEW OFFERINGS, SUCH AS A WEEKLY BREAKFAST ON TUESDAY MORNINGS AND ALSO A MONTHLY SILVER HEARTS CLUB MEETING, TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY SENIOR COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN SENIOR OFFERINGS SUCH AS FUTURE TRIP DESTINATIONS AND PROGRAM IDEAS.
REGISTRATION FOR TRIPS AND LUNCHES FOR QUARTER FOUR OPENED ON JUNE 1ST.
RECENT TRIPS HAVE INCLUDED THE ALLEY THEATER, ST.
ARNOLD'S BREWING COMPANY, A DOLPHIN TOUR, AS WELL AS AN OVERNIGHT TRIP TO GEORGETOWN.
ALL TRIPS HAVE EITHER MAXED OUT OR ARE CLOSE TO.
THE WALK WITH EASE PROGRAM BEGAN AGAIN ON APRIL 3RD AND HAD 21 PARTICIPANTS.
THE GROUP WALKED A TOTAL OF 142 MILES IN OUR GYM.
AND THE PROGRAM IS LOOKING TO COME BACK SEPTEMBER 11TH.
THE ANNUAL SUMMER PARTY IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 19TH, WHICH I BELIEVE IS A WEDNESDAY.
IT IS A FREE EVENT AND IT WILL BE A SOCK HOP WITH LUNCH.
WE ALSO HAVE A DJ SCHEDULED AND THERE WILL BE GAMES AS WELL.
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SO WE HAVE INCREASED PARTICIPATION WITH THAT ONE.WE USED TO DO ABOUT 50 SPOTS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 80 SPOTS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY OPEN.
AND THEN ANOTHER NEW EVENT THAT SHE'S DOING IS A BASEBALL WATCH PARTY EVENT.
AND IT'S LIKE HOT DOGS AND POPCORN THAT WE WILL BE DOING.
IN JUNE, TUESDAYS WILL SEE SCHEDULED PERIOD OF TIME FROM 9 A.M.
WE WERE RECENTLY INVITED BY HELP INC TO ATTEND ITS NATIONAL SENIOR DAY EVENT IN AUGUST, SO HELP INC CELEBRATES NATIONAL SENIOR DAY AT THE CIVIC CENTER IN LAKE JACKSON AND EXTENDED A INVITATION TO US TO COME ALONG.
SO WE HAVE ADDED THAT AS A TRIP THAT WE WILL BE TAKING IN AUGUST.
SO PLEASE SIGN UP FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT IS A FREE TRIP AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THEM INVITING US.
WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK ABOUT OUR PREFERRING THE MONTHLY SCHEDULE.
A LOT OF FOLKS TAKE THAT OFF AND POST THAT ON THEIR REFRIGERATOR.
AS A REMINDER, CURRENTLY WE DROP OFF 165 COPIES AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE HAVE WE PRINT PHYSICAL COPIES AND DROP THOSE OFF TO THEM MONTHLY.
SO WE'VE BEEN GETTING OUT THE NEWSLETTER THAT WAY AND EXTENDING OUR REACH.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN? THAT WOULD BE YOU.
WITH THE SCARCITY OF THE PROGRAM.
I'VE BEEN TO COUNCIL MEETINGS AND EVERYTHING TRYING TO GET THE PROGRAM BACK TO WHERE WE'RE.
AND FOR EXAMPLE, SO ARE YOU FIRST OFF, ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT THE BUDGET QUESTION FIRST? BECAUSE I'M STATING THAT I HAVE TRIED.
I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT INCREASE OF TRIPS, CORRECT? WHAT? YOU'RE LOOKING AT INCREASE OF TRIPS.
IS THAT BECAUSE ON THAT WITH OUR NOT THE ONLY THING BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS SO FOR BUDGET AND WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU AND SARAH COMING OUT FOR BUDGET SO THAT MEETING WAS IN REGARDS TO OUR NEXT FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY ABLC THAT EVENING.
SO WE DO GO TO COUNCIL NEXT TO TAKE THE BUDGET.
AND THAT BUDGET THAT YOU WERE DISCUSSING AND TALKING ON IS NEXT YEAR'S FISCAL BUDGET.
SO IF APPROVED, I WAS TOLD THAT NO BUDGET FOR THIS.
I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS HORRIBLE.
WE'VE GOT FOUR TRIPS THAT WE GOT PLANNED.
ONE OF THEM IS TO A LAKE JACKSON EVENT AND ONE IS TO A GAMBLING PLACE WHERE THE ONLY THING TO DO IS GAMBLE.
THAT'S HALF THE TRIPS THAT ARE ON HERE.
SO THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
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OH. SO WE WILL HAVE THE SILVER HEARTS CLUB, WHICH WILL BE AT THE END OF THE MONTH.SO IF YOU COULD WRITE THEM DOWN AND EMAIL THEM TO US, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC AS WELL.
EMAILING US, WRITING THEM DOWN, DROPPING THEM OFF AT THE FACILITY ON PAPER, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THEM BY DIGITAL, THAT WOULD BE GREAT AS WELL TO GIVE US INPUT BECAUSE WE REALLY DO TAKE REQUESTS, WE TAKE FEEDBACK AND THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT ARE TELLING US, HEY, WE WANT TO GO.
AND LIKE I SAID, THE TRIP IS ALREADY MAXED OUT.
WELL, I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF ANY OF THIS ACTIVITY THAT I'VE HAD HAS HAD ANY EFFECT ON WHAT'S BEING DONE? ABSOLUTELY. IT'S NOT GETTING BETTER, IT'S GETTING WORSE.
THAT'S THE ONLY MEETING I WENT TO.
IS THERE A REASON WHY THE TRIPS ARE SO SCARCE THIS NEXT QUARTER? SO LET ME BACK UP A LITTLE BIT.
SO OUR OPERATING BUDGET IS FROM OCTOBER 1ST TO SEPTEMBER 30TH.
WHATEVER WE HAVE IN FUNDS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE TO WORK WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THAT BUDGET THAT WAS ADOPTED AND APPROVED LAST SEPTEMBER AND THAT STARTED OCTOBER OF 2022.
SO WHAT JERRY'S CONVEYING TO YOU ALL IS THE REQUEST THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL TRIPS.
YOU WON'T SEE THAT COME INTO EFFECT UNTIL THE BUDGET HAS BEEN APPROVED, CORRECT? RIGHT. OKAY.
BUT DO YOU BUDGETING FOR FOR TRIPS YOU CHARGE FOR PEOPLE, FOR THEIR ROOM, FOR THE GAS, FOR THE CAR, YOU EVEN CHARGE A LITTLE EXTRA FOR THE PERSON.
SO WE DO HAVE A ZERO COST RECOVERY MODEL THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED IN.
A BUDGET THAT IS FOR THAT PROJECT.
IT IS SUPPLIED BY THE PEOPLE GOING ON THE TRIP.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S IN THE BUDGET IS THE UPKEEP ON THE BUS.
SO WE HAVE TO BUDGET THAT AS CITY STAFF.
YOU'RE CHARGING THE PEOPLE WHO GO ON THE TRIP FOR THAT? NO, SIR. WE ADOPTED, THE CITY OF ANGLETON CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A $0 COST RECOVERY MODEL FOR SENIOR PROGRAMS. YOU KNEW THAT. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW. ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.
I WAS THE ONE WHO BROUGHT IT UP.
SO SO THAT'S NOT THE ONLY CAUSE.
OKAY. ARE YOU SAYING THEN YOU BECAUSE THERE'S NO TRIPS ON HERE THAT ARE COSTING ANY MONEY EXCEPT FOR THE SPACE CENTER? WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? THAT THERE'S NO MONEY LEFT IN THE BUDGET? IS THAT WHY THE TRIPS ARE SO SCARCE THIS QUARTER? SO WE DO HAVE TO STILL PAY FOR.
SO VICKY DID GET HER CDL, SO WE SHOULD HAVE SOME SAVINGS THERE.
WE ALSO HAVE THE SOCK HOP PARTY THAT WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH, SO WE PAY FOR LUNCH FOR THAT.
WE'RE PAYING FOR A DJ AND WE HAVE 80 GUESTS COMING TO THAT.
SO WE DO HAVE TO COVER COSTS FOR THAT.
SO YOU YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE'S NO MONEY LEFT? OKAY. SO FOR THE REST AND THEN WE HAVE OUR PROGRAMS FOR LUNCH AND ALL IN THE FUTURE WE WOULD LIKE FOR OUR LUNCHEON LEARNS TO BE SPONSORED SO THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE SOME SAVINGS THERE. BUT THE GEORGETOWN TRIP ALONE, WHICH WE I BELIEVE WE ONLY COVERED THE COST.
YOU ONLY PAID FOR THE ROOM AND THE TICKET TO GO TO THE MUSEUM.
I THINK WE SPENT OVER A LITTLE OVER $2,000 ALONE ON THAT OVERNIGHT TRIP ALONE.
SO I KNOW THAT SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON AND THE [INAUDIBLE] TRIP.
SO THE SECOND WE IF WE LIKE I SAID, SHE CURRENTLY DOES HAVE A WAITING LIST ON THE [INAUDIBLE] TRIP.
SO WE PLAN FOR POSSIBLY PAYING FOR A DRIVER ON THAT SECOND BUS AS WELL.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT MAXING OUT ON OUR BUDGET BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SUPPLIES THAT WE COVER AS WELL.
AGAIN, WE'RE BRINGING IN BREAKFAST, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A WEEKLY THING.
WE'RE LOOKING AT COVERING THE COST OF BREAKFAST AS WELL FOR AS A NEW PROGRAM.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT MAXING OUT ON OUR BUDGET AND THERE ARE OTHER PROBLEMS. AND I'LL TALK TO ANYBODY WHO WILL LISTEN TO IT.
BUT THERE'S THINGS LIKE THE LUNCH MUNCHIES.
WE'RE NOT GOING INTO PLACES THAT ARE ECONOMICALLY ATTRACTIVE TO THE OLDER PEOPLE.
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UH, WE'VE GONE INTO SOME REALLY NICE RESTAURANTS.DON'T GET ME WRONG, THEY'RE GREAT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO SPEND $50 EVERY TIME I.
AND WE, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT VICKY DOES.
BUT BUT HAVE YOU CONSIDERED WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN SERVE 20 PEOPLE AT ONE TIME? VICKY HAS HAD A CONVERSATION.
SHE ALWAYS CALLS AHEAD OF TIME, HAS A CONVERSATION TO SEE IF THEY CAN ACCOMMODATE.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING SHE DOES.
SO RIGHT NOW IT IS CURRENTLY ONLY ONCE A QUARTER.
WE WILL BE GOING TO ONCE A MONTH.
NOW THAT VICKY HAS HER CDL, IS SHE GOING TO STILL PICK LARGE CHAINS LIKE SHE'S BEEN DOING OR IS SHE GOING TO GET BACK INTO WHAT WE WERE DOING PRIOR TO COVID? AGAIN.
DOING SMALLER PLACES, IT COMES DOWN TO WHO CAN ACCOMMODATE SUCH A LARGE GROUP.
BUT AGAIN, I REALLY, REALLY ENCOURAGE RESTAURANTS AS A RECOMMENDATION.
IF YOU KNOW A LOCAL RESTAURANT THAT AGAIN, YOU KNOW AS WELL BEST PARKING THAT HAS COME UP, ESPECIALLY WITH DRIVER SEAN, HE HAS BEEN REALLY, REALLY GREAT. BUT THAT WAS AN ISSUE WHERE LEAVING THE BUS A COUPLE OF BLOCKS AWAY SO THAT WAY ACCOMMODATING THE PARKING.
SO AGAIN, PARKING DOES COME UP AS IT HAS COME UP RECENTLY AS AN ISSUE.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO WHERE YOU'VE POSSIBLY BEEN IN THE PAST, WE'VE ACTUALLY GONE THROUGH SOME OF YOUR OLD FILES TO SEE LIKE, OKAY, WHERE HAVE WE BEEN TO THIS PLACE? IT'S BEEN ABOUT I THINK SHE RECENTLY TALKED TO YOU ABOUT GOING SOMEWHERE THAT THEY HAD GONE IN THE PAST.
I THINK IT WAS. IT'S IN LA PORTE, THE SAN JACINTO MONUMENT, I BELIEVE IT WAS.
SHE DIDN'T TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT.
SO AGAIN, RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD BE HIGHLY WOULD BE GREAT.
YOU KNOW, BURGER KING WORKS FOR ME.
I DON'T WANT TO GO TO BURGER KING.
I MEAN, I KNOW PRICES ARE GOING UP ALL OVER THE PLACE.
BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW THAT.
THE PLACE. THAT'S MIKE'S PLACE.
MIKE'S CHARGES, EXTRA FEES, THE CREDIT CARD.
OKAY. SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO BE AWARE OF THAT GOING IN.
OKAY. TELL THE PEOPLE IF THEY CAN BRING CASH, WE CAN SEND OUT.
I'LL MAKE A NOTE TO WRITE AN EMAIL.
THEY CHARGE, I THINK, 4% FOR THEIR CREDIT CARD FEE.
IT'S JUST THAT THEY DON'T KNOW.
WELL, I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT ON THESE, ESPECIALLY ON GRANDPA MIKE'S, I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST.
ESPECIALLY ON GRANDPA MIKE'S, BECAUSE IT IS.
IT IS SLOW. THEN I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT PERHAPS YOU COULD PREORDER THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING.
GO AHEAD. THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
OH, YEAH. HE WORKS OUT OF A FOOD TRUCK IN THE BACK ALSO.
THANK YOU. THEY DON'T HAVE A KITCHEN, BUT THAT WOULD BE VERY EXPENSIVE.
WELL, THE STEAKHOUSE IN DANBURY DOES THE SAME THING.
TJ'S, THEY CHARGE CHARGE FOR CREDIT CARD.
CREDIT CARD. SO I'LL GET WITH VICKY AND SEE IF WE CAN SCHEDULE THAT.
AND THEN ALSO SENDING OUT AN EMAIL ABOUT CREDIT CARD.
THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS? ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
YOU GOT ANYTHING ELSE? NOT WITHOUT GETTING SPECIFIC.
PAT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CALL IT? OKAY. 1151 THE MEETING'S ADJOURNED.
I'LL. THANK YOU ALL.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.