Jun 03, 2024 Senior Citizens Commission

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MISS PAT, DO YOU LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER? OPENING THE SENIOR COMMISSION MEETING FOR JUNE 3RD, 2024 AT 11:30.

QUORUM. SO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 11:32.

OKAY. FIRST ORDER OF ON THE AGENDA.

[1. Discussion and possible action on the minutes of the Senior Citizen Commission meeting of April 29, 2024.]

OKAY. Y'ALL CAN LOOK OVER YOUR MINUTES.

I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES OF THE APRIL 29TH MEETING.

I SECOND IT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF IT? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION PASSES.

ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A FULL QUORUM.

I THINK I FORGOT TO SAY THAT.

OH YOU DID. ITEM NUMBER TWO, DISCUSSION OF RECREATIONAL BUS DRIVER FOR SENIOR TRIPS.

[2. Discussion on recreational bus drivers for senior trips]

ONE THING WE ARE CONSIDERING IS WE HAVE A AGREEMENT WITH ENTERPRISE FOR OUR VEHICLES, CITY VEHICLES.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE SO MANY OF THEM THAT ARE ON THE ENTERPRISE FLEET.

WE HAVE TWO TAHOES AND ONE 24 PASSENGER BUS THAT IS ON THAT FLEET.

A ONE THING THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING IS TRADING IN ONE OF THOSE VEHICLES FOR A 15 PASSENGER BUS.

SO THAT WAY WE COULD HAVE A STAFF MEMBER NOT NEEDING A CDL LICENSE TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE THAT BUS OR DRIVE THAT 15 PASSENGER VAN TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THAT WAITING LIST.

SO THAT IS ONE THING WE HAVE BRAINSTORMED AND CONSIDERED.

WE HAVEN'T GOT ANY CONFIRMATIONS ON THE FLEET, BUT THAT IS IN THE PROCESS AS THAT IS MOVING DOWN THE ROAD AND SHOULD WE FIND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD USE A STAFF MEMBER ALREADY ON STAFF THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE FOR US OR DEPENDING ON OUR BUDGET APPROVAL, WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT FOR THE 2024-2025 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, WE BUDGETED.

WE ARE PRESENTING TWO OPTIONS.

ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS IS BEING ALL OF OUR TRIPS ACCOMMODATING 40 INDIVIDUALS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE PRICE OF A SECOND BUS DRIVER. SO WE HAVE THAT BUDGETED.

IF THAT IS APPROVED, WE CAN USE THOSE FUNDS TO PAY FOR POTENTIALLY A PART TIME BUS DRIVER OR NOT BUS DRIVER.

I NEED TO STOP SAYING BUS DRIVER THAT WE COULD WORK WITH OUR HR DEPARTMENT TO SAY, OKAY, YOU DON'T NEED A CDL LICENSE TO DRIVE A 15 PASSENGER VAN, BUT A CLEAN RECORD AND A GOOD DRIVER'S LICENSE WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT AND WE WOULD WORK WITH OUR HR DEPARTMENT IF THAT IS APPROVED.

BUT THAT WOULD NOT COME ABOUT UNTIL OUR NEXT BUDGET CYCLE.

DEPENDING, OF COURSE, ON WHAT OUR COUNCIL AND ABLC MEMBERS APPROVE.

ANOTHER. OH, YES, SIR.

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE 40 CAPACITY? THAT WOULD BE TO ACCOMMODATE THE TWO BUSSES THAT WE HAVE ON OUR FLEET ALREADY.

NOT ONE IS A NON ENTERPRISE FLEET AND ONE IS.

BUT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE AT THE MOST 40 PASSENGERS IF WE TOOK A TWO BUSSES, WHICH WOULD BOTH NEED A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS THAT EVEN IF WE CAN'T TAKE A FULL 40 BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A SECOND BUS DRIVER, WE CAN AT LEAST USE A STAFF MEMBER WITH A GOOD DRIVER'S LICENSE TO TAKE A 15 PASSENGER VAN.

TO ACCOMMODATE. YES, TO ACCOMMODATE 15 PASSENGER VANS AND YOU'RE TAKING 30.

THAT SOUNDS MORE MORE DOABLE THAN 40 EVERY TIME.

SO YEAH, WE'RE JUST.

THEY'VE GOT WAITLISTS THAT IS ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.

THAT'S WHY SHE'S SAYING THAT.

YEAH AND SO THOSE ARE THE WAYS WE BRAINSTORMED.

ANOTHER THING WE ARE WORKING ON AT OFFERING MORE TRIP OPTIONS IS WE'VE RECENTLY REACHED OUT TO A LOCAL COUPLE OF LOCAL TRAVEL AGENTS TO SEE IF WE CAN WORK WITH THEM ON PROVIDING TRIPS THAT WON'T REQUIRE ONE OF OUR STAFF

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SO THOSE ARE THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE BRAINSTORMED INTERNALLY.

IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE OR ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO.

WE JUST WANTED THAT WAS A DISCUSSION ITEM THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE COMMISSION AT OUR LAST MEETING.

AND SO THOSE ARE THE DETAILS THAT WE'VE BROUGHT BACK.

VERY GOOD. SO HOW MANY GO ON THE TRIPS NOW? WHAT'S THE MOST THAT THEY TAKE ON THE TRIPS? AND THEN WHAT'S THE [INAUDIBLE] 20 IS OUR MAX THAT WE CAN TAKE, AND WE, THE BUSSES MAY BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE 24, BUT WE ALWAYS START WITH 20 IN THE CASE THAT SOMEBODY NEEDS ADA ASSISTANCE.

SO THAT WAY TWO SPOTS ARE RESERVED FOR ADA ASSISTANCE.

IF WE FIND AFTER THOSE FIRST 20 THAT AN INDIVIDUAL, THE NEXT FOLKS ON THE WAITING LIST DO NOT NEED ADA ACCOMMODATIONS, VICKI CAN OPEN UP THOSE EXTRA FOUR SEATS.

BUT AGAIN, WE TRY TO WE WAIT FOR THOSE FIRST 20 TO SEE IF THERE'S ADA ACCOMMODATIONS NEEDED.

THE WAIT LIST CAN VARY.

WE CAN HAVE ANYWHERE FROM FIVE INDIVIDUALS UP TO 15, UP TO ANOTHER 20 INDIVIDUALS.

IT REALLY VARIES.

SOME OF OUR MORE POPULAR, I WILL SAY, FOR DAY TRIPS VICKI CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG HAVE.

BUT DAY TRIPS HAVE BEEN REALLY POPULAR.

SUCH AS LIKE BOAT RIDES WITH THE DOLPHIN TOUR.

WE TOOK A SECOND BUS RIDE.

WE RECENTLY WENT TO THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA.

OUR CITY MANAGER WAS GRACIOUS TO BE A DRIVER, AND HE TOOK INDIVIDUALS IN THE TAHOE.

BECAUSE THERE WAS ABOUT FIVE EXTRA ON THE WAITING LIST THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THERE.

THE HOLIDAY LIGHTS LAST YEAR, WE TOOK A SECOND BUS BECAUSE THAT'S A POPULAR ONE.

SO THOSE IT JUST REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT THE TRIP IS AND WHO IT'S POPULAR, BUT WE TYPICALLY HAVE AT LEAST A MINIMUM OF, I WOULD SAY FIVE PER TRIP AND THAT WE TRY TO ACCOMMODATE OF COURSE, LIKE I SAID, WE TRY TO USE EXISTING STAFF TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE WHEN WE CAN.

SUMMERTIME. IT'S A REALLY BUSY TIME FOR US WITH OUR STAFF.

WITH SUMMER CAMP GOING ON TRACK STAFF WE JUST HIRED OUR NEW REC SPECIALIST.

THIS IS RICHARD NELSON.

HE WILL BE OUR REC SPECIALIST OF LEAGUES AND OUTDOOR LEISURE AND SO HE'LL BE ABLE TO HELP WHEN HE CAN.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S A SUMMERTIME, A BUSY TIME.

WE ALSO REPOSTED THE RECREATIONAL BUS DRIVER ON THE CITY WEBSITE.

SO IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WITH A CDL, THEY CAN GO THERE TO APPLY.

WE HAVE HAD A FEW INDIVIDUALS APPLY.

SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN BUS DRIVERS OR THEY HAVE A CDL, BUT THEY ARE IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM CURRENTLY AND SO ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT WE ARE WORKING TO GET THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HIRING AND ONBOARDING WE ARE LOOKING AT IF WE HAVE SOME WAITING LISTS CURRENTLY WITH SOME OF OUR SUMMER TRIPS AND ASKING IF IT DOESN'T CONFLICT WITH SUMMER CAMP, THEN SEEING THAT SHE'LL DRIVE FOR THOSE TRIPS AS WELL, THAT WOULD HELP ACCOMMODATE THE WAITING LIST AND ALSO VICKI BEING ABLE TO BE PRESENT RATHER THAN JUST DRIVING.

SO THOSE ARE WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY FOR OUR RESOURCES, FOR RECREATIONAL BUS DRIVER AND TRYING TO GET SOME OF THOSE FOLKS OFF THE WAITING LIST.

SO WE HAVE A PLAN AND THEN WHEN WE ONCE BUDGET IS PRETTY MUCH APPROVED AND WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE GOING FROM, THE DIRECTION OF WHAT WE'RE GIVEN BY ABL AND COUNCIL, WE CAN GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE PLAN TO DO FROM THERE.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS?

[3. Discussion and possible action on the Senior Citizen Commission having a booth at the 2025 Community Garage Sale]

HAVING A BOOTH AT THE 2025 COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE.

YEAH. SO AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE'VE HAD SOME THINGS COME UP ABOUT BUDGETING AND FUNDRAISING AND HOW THE COMMISSION COULD POTENTIALLY OR EVEN JUST IN GENERAL, RAISE SOME FUNDS FOR SENIOR TRIPS IN GENERAL.

ONE EFFORT WAS BROUGHT UP BY A COMMISSION MEMBER ON THE POSSIBILITY OF THE COMMISSION HAVING A BOOTH AT THE 2025 COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE TO BE HELD AT THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER.

SO WE USED TO HAVE THIS EVENT PRE-COVID, AND THEN WE TOOK IT AWAY AND THEN THIS PAST SPRING, WE BROUGHT BACK THE COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE AND WE HAD ABOUT 20 VENDORS, MAYBE A LITTLE, YEAH, 20 VENDORS, AND WE HAD ABOUT 250 PEOPLE COME THROUGH FOR THAT.

SO WE HAD A GOOD TURNOUT.

WE PLANNED TO BRING IT BACK NEXT SPRING.

I WAS ASKED IF WE COULD DO IT TWICE A YEAR, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT HOSTING IT JUST ONCE A YEAR.

SO THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS PROJECT WOULD BE IN COLLECTING FUNDS WOULD HAVE TO BE PERFORMED BY THE SENIOR CITIZEN COMMISSION.

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SO ANY FUNDS THAT YOU RAISE, AS YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSION WOULD TAKE ON THAT OF THE BOOTH, MYSELF OR VICKI CANNOT HELP ME IN THAT BOOTH OR HOLD ANY FUNDS OR ANY ITEMS, BUT WE CAN WAIVE THAT BOOTH FEE.

IF Y'ALL WERE TO COLLECT FUNDS, Y'ALL COULD MAKE A DONATION TO THE SENIOR PROGRAMS FOR THE ANGLETON REC DEPARTMENT AND Y'ALL COULD DONATE THAT MONEY TO BE SPECIFICALLY USED FOR SENIOR TRIPS OR PROGRAMS AND SO THAT WOULD BE UP FOR YOU GUYS IF Y'ALL WANT TO.

Y'ALL CAN TAKE AN ACTION ON THAT.

IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO TAKE PART OF THAT FOR NEXT YEAR OR Y'ALL CAN, YOU KNOW, DISCUSS IT, TABLE IT UNTIL WE GET CLOSER TO THE EVENT, THAT'S UP TO YOU FOR YOU GUYS TO DISCUSS.

DO YOU HAVE A DATE IN MIND OR IS IT A MONTH OR.

I'M LOOKING AT THE FIRST WEEKEND IN MAY.

I WANT TO SAY IT'S MAY 6TH, 2025.

YES. SATURDAY, A SATURDAY, YEAH.

MAY 3RD. OH, IT'S MAY 3RD.

OKAY. SO IT'D BE MAY 3RD.

SORRY. I THINK THIS YEAR WAS MAY 6TH OF NEXT YEAR.

YES AND SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF HOW THAT EVENT RUNS SET UP BEGINS.

THE EVENT IS FROM 8 TO 12 AT THE REC CENTER.

WE ADVERTISE FOR IT.

YOU GUYS CAN COME AND STARTING IT STARTS AT 8.

WE ALLOW FOLKS TO START SETTING UP AT 6 A.M.

THAT MORNING. THEY BRING THEIR STUFF IN.

WE PROVIDE WE PROVIDE ONE TABLE.

THE GROUP, IF YOU WANTED TO ADD ON EXTRA TABLE, ONE EXTRA TABLE, IT'S A $5 FEE OR YOU CAN BRING IN YOUR OWN TABLE WITHIN YOUR TEN BY TEN SPACE AND YOU SELL YOUR ITEMS STARTING AT 8:00.

CLEANUP IS STARTS AT 1212 TO 1 AND IT'S BEEN A VERY THIS PAST YEAR WAS A SUCCESSFUL YEAR.

SO AGAIN, Y'ALL CAN MAKE A DISCUSSION ON IT IF Y'ALL WANTED TO PASS THAT OR IF Y'ALL WANT TO TABLE IT AND AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE EVENT, THAT'S UP TO Y'ALL.

I MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN DISCUSSION.

I SECOND THAT. DO WE HAVE TO.

OH, NO. I'LL BE GLAD TO HELP.

WELL ONE MOTION.

YEP. YOU GOT A SECOND.

SECOND I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAD A MOTION OKAY, SECOND.

LET'S HELP THEM OUT. YEAH.

SO ARE Y'ALL MAKING A MOTION? Y'ALL CAN JUST DISCUSS IT, BUT Y'ALL WOULD MAKE.

YEAH. SO IF Y'ALL COULD JUST DISCUSS FREELY.

ALL RIGHT, SO I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT.

IT'S EASY. I'D BE GLAD TO WORK.

THE BIGGEST THING WILL BE GETTING PEOPLE TO DONATE ITEMS FOR US TO SELL SO THAT WE CAN MAKE.

THAT'S A PERFECT, PURE PROFIT AT MY HOUSE.

YES. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE NEW ITEMS OR USED ITEMS OR EVERYTHING? SO IT'S GOING TO BE YEAH, IT'S A GARAGE SALE, SO WHATEVER PEOPLE DONATE WILL SELL.

IT COULD BE NEW. IT COULD BE USED, IT COULD BE ANTIQUE.

HOW ARE WE GETTING PEOPLE TO DONATE? THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT.

DO SOME SOCIAL MEDIA, AND WE CAN LET SOME OF THE SENIOR PARTICIPANTS, BECAUSE I'M SURE I KNOW SOME OF THEM ARE DOWNSIZING FROM A HOUSE TO. IF Y'ALL DESIGNATED SOMEBODY THAT COULD BE THE COLLECTOR OF YOUR ITEMS OR SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T MIND IT, WE COULD PUT IN OUR NEWSLETTER THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SENIOR COMMISSION IS SOLICITING, YOU KNOW, ARE COLLECTING ITEMS FOR THE COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE.

AS IT GETS CLOSER, CONTACT THIS INDIVIDUAL TO DROP OFF YOUR ITEMS. OR WE COULD YEAH, COME UP WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YES. DO Y'ALL HAVE A BULLETIN BOARD OR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PUT A FLIER? WE HAVE FLIERS.

IF Y'ALL WANTED TO, WE COULD PUT ONE IN OUR FOYER.

LIKE YOU SAID, ALONGSIDE IN OUR NEWSLETTER AS WELL.

CREATE ONE AND PASS IT OUT TO THE SENIORS.

YES. AS WELL AS PUT IT IN THE NEWSLETTER, I THINK IT'S THE IDEA.

OKAY, SO WOULD YOU TEAR IT UP? I WILL DO IT.

YEAH, I WILL TEAR IT UP.

ANOTHER BIG QUESTION WILL BE, THOUGH, WHERE DO WE STORE THESE UNTIL WE HAVE THE GARAGE SALE.

WOULD YOU BE WILLING? WOULD YOU BE WHO HAS A BASEMENT THAT MUCH TO STORE? WELL, I DON'T KNOW. WE WON'T KNOW.

WE DON'T KNOW. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO LET US USE YOUR GARAGE, SARAH, TO STORE THE ITEMS UNTIL YOU CAN USE MY LITTLE SHED? I DON'T KNOW HOW BIG. IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH.

I DON'T KNOW HOW BIG YOUR SHED IS, SO WE'LL HAVE TO WORK ON THAT PART OF IT.

YEAH? YOU CAN'T USE MY HOUSE BECAUSE I GOT NO ROOM.

WELL, WE'LL JUST TAKE SOME OF YOUR STUFF AND DONATE IT AND.

[INAUDIBLE] , WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. I CAN MAYBE THAT'LL GIVE ME AN INCENTIVE TO CLEAN OUT MY GARAGE.

YEAH, WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT LATER.

I MEAN, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

WE GOT PLENTY OF TIME. CAN WE REISSUE THIS DISCUSSION? MAYBE. WELL, WE ALL CAN MAKE A MOTION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2025 COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE AS A SENIOR COMMISSION, AND THE ANGLETON PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT WILL WAIVE THE FEE OF THE BOOTH FOR THIS COMMISSION'S PARTICIPATION.

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OKAY, SO WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON.

SO IT WOULD BE THE MOTION WOULD BE ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

OKAY. I'LL SECOND IT.

SECONDED BY MEMBER ASCHENBECK.

THAT WOULD BE GOOD. THAT'S ME.

GOOD. OKAY, SO THAT WOULD BE A MOTION ON THE SENIOR COMMISSION HAVING A BOOTH AT THE 2025 COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE TO BE HELD AT THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER, WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WAIVING THE FEE OF THE BOOTH SPACE FOR THE COMMISSIONER COMMISSION'S PARTICIPATION.

OKAY AND THAT IS PHILLIPS WAS FIRST FOR ASCHENBECK SECOND? NO, DO WE VOTE.

YES. I'LL NEED TO DO A VOTE.

NEED TO DO A VOTE. EVERYBODY IN FAVOR I EVERYBODY OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIED.

ALL RIGHT AND SO WE ALL CAN DISCUSS HOW Y'ALL WANT TO DO THAT, OR WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AT A DISCUSSION LATER ON.

AS WE GET CLOSER, WE CAN START COLLECTING NOW.

[4. Discussion and possible action on the October 2024 – September 2025 Senior Lunch & Trip Plan]

PARDON ME OCTOBER 2024 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2025.

SENIOR LUNCH AND TRIP DAY TRIPS.

OKAY, SO THIS IS SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR.

SO WE HAVE A LIST OF YOUR LUNCH BUNCH TRIPS THAT WE ARE PLANNING.

WE ARE PLANNING AHEAD FOR NEXT YEAR, JUST LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR AND THAT LIST IS IN FRONT OF YOU.

LUNCH BUNCH IS THAT IS PAGE NINE.

SO THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE PLAN ON GOING VICKY ALSO THROUGH IN JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, JUST TO GIVE YOU ALL A SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THE ONES THAT SHE'S ALREADY GOT PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR THAT WERE APPROVED LAST YEAR AND THEN WE HAVE THE PLAN FROM OCTOBER THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 2025.

SO YOU'LL SEE SOME LIKE SOME POPULARITY SITES ON THERE, SOME KIND OF WE HAD SURVEY RESULTS COME IN.

WE ONLY HAD ABOUT 20 OF THOSE COME THROUGH.

SO WE ALSO TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION THE PREVIOUS SURVEY SOME OF THOSE PLACES THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE HIT.

SO THE FIRST PAGE NINE IS FOR LUNCH BUNCH.

PAGE TEN IS THE SAME THING FOR DAY TRIP RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN 11.

PAGE 11 IS FOR OVERNIGHT TRIP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BOTH DAY TRIP AND OVERNIGHT TRIP.

WE ALSO CONSIDERED FOR DAY TRIPS TWO ALTERNATE PLANS IN CASE THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE.

JUST LIKE THIS PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, THIS PAST MONTH WE HAD COME UP WITH CORPUS CHRISTI.

WE HAVE SOME ALTERNATES TO CONSIDER AND THEN SAME WITH OVERNIGHT TRIP.

THERE'S ONE OVERNIGHT TRIP AS AN ALTERNATE IN CASE THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT ARISES.

SO I WILL LET Y'ALL HAVE THAT FOR DISCUSSION AND THEN I ALSO INCLUDED THE COMMISSION STRATEGIC PLAN SURVEY RESULTS.

I APOLOGIZE FOR HOW THEY PRINTED IT JUST BECAUSE IT WAS A BIG EXCEL, AND WE HAD TO SIZE IT DOWN FROM A 11 BY 17.

BUT IT KIND OF GIVES YOU SOME INFORMATION AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, SOME OF THE TOP PART OF LIKE ASSISTANCE AND LEGISLATION.

BUT THE BOTTOM PART OF THE SURVEY RESULTS, YOU'LL FIND INFORMATION ON FEEDBACK OF CHURCHES SORRY OF TRIP IDEAS. I WAS LOOKING AT PAINTED CHURCHES AND LUNCH BENCH IDEAS AS WELL.

YEAH AND THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PLAN ON POTENTIALLY WORKING WITH THE TRAVEL AGENT AND ALL OF THAT.

THIS IS JUST WHAT WE AS A STAFF CAN DO INTERNALLY WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

CAN I JUST COMMENT ON THE FOOD THING FIRST? SURE. THERE ARE SOME OF THESE PLACES THAT DO NOT ACCOMMODATE LARGE GROUPS.

VERY WELL.

YOU WANT AS LONG AS YOU DON'T TRY AND SIT AT ONE TABLE YOU CAN GET INTO ALL OF THESE PLACES.

SO I KNOW, AND SHE CAN WHEN YOU START GOING INTO THE VERY FIRST ONE IS SWEET TEAS.

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THERE'S JUST NOT THERE'S NOT THE SPACE FOR IT.

SO YOU HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

ABSOLUTELY AND ONE GREAT THING ABOUT THE SWEET TEAS IS THAT VICKI HAS A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OWNER.

THEY ACTUALLY DONATED ALL THE PIES AND DESSERTS FOR CHRISTMAS, A CHRISTMAS PARTY THIS LAST YEAR AND SO AS A WAY OF KIND OF HONORING THEIR BUSINESS FOR DOING THAT FOR US, WE'RE TAKING A TRIP OUT THERE AND SO SHE I WILL SAY, VICKI DOES CALL AHEAD A TIME FOR ALL THESE RESTAURANTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY WILL ACCOMMODATE ANYWHERE FROM 20 UP TO 40 AND SHE'S EVEN HAD TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO WHERE SHE'S MOVED RESTAURANTS BECAUSE OF A BIGGER GROUP AND SO.

I'M PART OF A GROUP.

WE GO OUT ONCE A WEEK TO DIFFERENT PLACES.

WE HAVE AS MANY AS 16 PEOPLE WHEN WE GO AND WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE JUST SAY, DON'T COME HERE.

WOW. AFTER WE'VE BEEN.

YEAH, AFTER WE'VE BEEN THERE.

BECAUSE THEY CAN'T HANDLE ALL OF IT.

ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP IN REGARDS TO THAT, LIKE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT SOME OF THE LOCATIONS WILL BE LIMITED ON WHAT THEY CAN DO, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE OFFERED DIVERSITY IN IT, THAT NOT EVERY LOCATION WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE 40.

IT'S JUST LIKE ANY OF THE TRIPS OR YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE A DAY TRIP, LUNCH TRIP, OVERNIGHT TRIP SOME OF THOSE THINGS, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT WE WANT, AND THAT'S FOR US. THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO PROVIDE MULTIPLE OFFERINGS FOR THAT.

SO WE KNOW GOING INTO IT THAT IT SOME MIGHT BE CAPPED AT THAT 20, AND WE WON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO A WAITING LIST TO GO OVER THAT BECAUSE WE'LL BE LIMITED ON THAT SPACE.

BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS STILL VARIETY IN WHAT THE OFFERING WAS AND WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE DAY TRIPS, AND NORMALLY SOMETIME DURING THE DAY TRIP, YOU'RE GOING TO STOP AND EAT.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO RUN INTO THE SAME TYPE SITUATIONS, UNLESS YOU GO TO WHATABURGER.

YOU KNOW, THEY CAN HANDLE CROWDS.

BUT I'M YOU THINK I'M KIDDING, BUT OH, NO, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STAFF LOOK AT AND THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AHEAD OF TIME TO GO AND CALL THOSE LOCATIONS TO KNOW THAT WHEN WE'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE PUTTING THE TRIP ON THERE, WE'RE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT THAT MAY NOT BE FOR A 40 PERSON TRIP.

IT'S JUST LIKE ANY OF OUR PROGRAMING, DEPENDING ON WHERE IT IS, IF WE WERE TO DO A PROGRAM IN THE GYM VERSUS IN THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM, WE CAN ACCOMMODATE A LARGER GROUP IN THE GYM THAN THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM AND SO WE DO THE SAME THING WITH THESE IS PRIOR TO GOING TO THOSE LOCATIONS.

WE WILL DETERMINE WHAT THAT PARTICIPANT THRESHOLD IS.

SO IF WE CALL AND THEY SAY THAT IT'S 20, THAT'S WHAT WE STAY WITH AND SO WHEN PEOPLE ASK ABOUT THE WAITING LIST, OUR WAITING LIST WILL TRULY BE THAT, THAT IF A SPOT OPENS WE CAN MOVE YOU IN.

WHEREAS COMPARED TO ANOTHER ONE THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE 30, OUR WAITING LIST MIGHT BE WELL, LET'S SEE IF WE GET TO 30, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT TO 20 AND IF WE GET UP TO 30, WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN TO GET AN ADDITIONAL DRIVER AND OPEN UP THAT SPACE.

SO YEAH. SO SOME OF THEM WILL BE A LITTLE BIT RESTRICTED ON THAT.

BUT TRYING TO OFFER THAT VERSATILITY OF, YOU KNOW, EXPLORING THE DIFFERENT CUISINES THAT ARE OUT THERE AND DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS, SOME OF THAT'S GOING TO BE INTO THAT SPACE.

SO IT IS GOING TO BE HARD.

THAT'S KIND OF THE HARD PROBLEM OF A GROWING PROGRAM IS, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET 50 TO 100 PARTICIPANTS AND NO RESTAURANT REALLY IS, FOR THE MOST PART TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE US WELL, EXCEPT FOR WHATABURGER ROLLING THROUGH THE PICKUP LINE.

YEAH, I HATE TO BRING THIS UP AT THE SAME POINT, BUT GAIDO'S AND GALVESTON, THEY'LL ACCOMMODATE YOU, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO CHARGE YOU OUT THE BUTT BECAUSE THEY'LL PUT YOU IN A SPECIAL ROOM WITH AS MANY AS 100 PEOPLE.

BUT, WELL, THAT'S WHY SHE'S GOT $3 SIGNS THERE BECAUSE IT'S.

YEAH. PRICEY. WELL, THEY'RE GOING TO WANT ONE PERSON TO PAY.

THAT'S THE OTHER. YEAH.

AND THAT'S A GREAT POINT YOU'RE GOING TO RUN UP AGAINST.

ABSOLUTELY. WHEN YOU HAVE A LARGE GROUP, THEY WANT ONE PERSON TO PAY FOR THE WHOLE THING AND ONE OF THE THINGS I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION.

SO IF THE BOARD FEELS STRONGLY THAT THEY WANT TO CHANGE, PULL ONE OF THE RESTAURANTS OFF AND MOVE ONE UP.

WE ARE LOOKING TO THE BOARD TO PROVIDE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

THIS IS JUST WHAT STAFF CAME UP WITH THAT FELT THE MOST FEASIBLE, MOST REALISTIC FOR US.

SO IF THERE'S ONE THAT YOU'RE LIKE, THIS WOULD BE A GREAT ONE.

AND THE BOARD FEELS LIKE THERE'S A UNANIMOUS TO WHERE YOU WOULD MOVE THOSE, WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY TAKE THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION.

SO A GREAT POINT.

I MEAN I JUST WANT TO BRING IT UP.

YEAH. NO ABSOLUTELY. WE APPRECIATE IT.

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SO WE LOOK TO THE COMMISSION TO PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK OF KNOWING THEY'RE OUT THERE SOLICITING THE FEEDBACK FROM THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY AND SO WE WANT TO HEAR THAT.

SO, YEAH I BELIEVE THAT VICKI CALLS AHEAD, AS JASON SAID, AND DOES HER DUE DILIGENCE AS TO HOW MANY CAN THE RESTAURANT HOLD? HOW MANY WILL THEY TAKE? WILL THERE NEED TO BE A ROOM OR WHATEVER? AND I'VE BEEN ON SEVERAL OF THE LUNCH TRIPS, AND SOMETIMES THEY SEE US AT TABLES OF SIX.

SOMETIMES THEY PUT US AT ONE LARGE TABLE, BUT THEY'VE ALWAYS HAD THE WAIT STAFF TO EFFICIENTLY ACCOMMODATE US.

AND SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE JUST SHOW UP WITH 16 OR 20 PEOPLE.

IT'S WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHICH ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS WAITSTAFF, BECAUSE LIKE WHEN YOU GO TO THE AIRPORT, THERE'S NO WAY THERE'S ONE PERSON THAT'S WAITSTAFF AND ONE PERSON WHO'S THE COOK, AND THAT'S ABOUT IT.

BUT WHEN YOU GO TO SAY SOME BIG LIKE THE [INAUDIBLE] SEAFOODS ON THIS LIST, WHEN YOU GO THERE, THEY GOT PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK THAT ARE GOING TO HELP YOU, AND THEY'RE USED TO HANDLING BIG CROWDS. SO JUST A NOTE, THE GREEN ONES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE APPROVED.

THE ONES THAT ARE IN BLACK, THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING, THOSE WERE SUGGESTIONS.

BUT THOSE ARE NOT ONES THAT WE ARE GOING ON.

THE ONES AT THE TOP IN GREEN ARE THE TRIPS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DATES PLANNED FOR.

SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE PLAN ON GOING AND THOSE MAY BE SOME, YOU KNOW, REASONS WHY VICKI DIDN'T TAKE THOSE AS A TOP PICK RIGHT AWAY. HAVE YOU BEEN TO REPUBLIC BARBECUE YET? THEY'VE NEVER BEEN THERE ON A TRIP.

NO, I MEAN, JUST TO GO AND EAT.

WHICH ONE WAS THAT? BEEN THERE TO EAT? TO JUST GO AND EAT.

IT'S BRAND NEW. NO. SO THE GROUP HAS NOT BEEN THERE? NO. AND I HAVE NOT PERSONALLY BEEN THERE BECAUSE.

WE HAVE TRIED, BUT ANYWAY.

NO [INAUDIBLE] I LOVE TV T-BONE TIMES, BUT IT'S CROWDED. I MEAN, I'VE BEEN WITH VICKI SEVERAL TIMES THAT SHE'S LIKE, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO TRY CHECK THIS OUT FOR THE SENIORS.

LET'S GO HAVE LUNCH AND WE'LL GO, YOU KNOW, A MONTH BEFORE.

YES, AND HAVE LUNCH TO SEE WHAT THEIR ACCOMMODATIONS ARE, TO SEE WHAT THEIR FOOD TASTES LIKE, TO SEE WHAT THE MENUS.

I MEAN, SO, I MEAN, WE'VE I'VE BEEN WITH HER SEVERAL TIMES THAT WE'VE CHECKED OUT RESTAURANTS AHEAD OF TIME.

SO IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOBODY KNOWS A WHOLE LOT ABOUT OR SHE DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM PULLING IN AND SCOPING IT OUT FIRST.

WELL, YOU GOT SOMETHING HERE THAT I'VE NEVER HEARD OF.

SO I WILL SAY 90% OF THE OPTIONS VICKI HAS TRIED OUT AHEAD OF TIME.

AND IF NOT, SHE ALWAYS CALLS AHEAD.

SHE CALLS ALL THE TIME AHEAD OF EVERY EVEN FOR OVERNIGHT TRIPS.

SHE CALLS THE RESTAURANTS.

SO I KNOW SHE DOES HER DUE DILIGENCE WHEN SHE CAN, BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SOME OF THESE PLACES ARE.

YEAH, WELL, YOU'LL HAVE TO GO SO YOU CAN TRY THEM OUT.

WELL, I DO, AND SHE DOES.

WELL, WE'VE PASSED AROUND MENUS AT WORK AND I MEAN MAYBE THAT COULD BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IS INCLUDING LIKE A MENU OPTION IN THE NEWSLETTER OR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER IF THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU FEEL LIKE FOLKS SHOULD KNOW AHEAD OF TIME WHAT IS ON THE MENU, WHAT'S THE [INAUDIBLE] WE COULD DO A QR CODE TO THEIR WEBSITE. WE COULD DO THAT AND FREEPORT, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO IT? NO. CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE IT IS IN FREEPORT? HOW CAN I FIND IT? LOOK IT UP ON THE INTERNET.

YOU GOT A PHONE? YOU'RE ON YOUR PHONE 24 SEVEN.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I'M.

I'VE NEVER BEEN TO GINA'S ITALIAN, EITHER.

I HAVE BEEN TO THE GREAT GREEK MEDITERRANEAN GRILL AND PRINCEWOOD.

I WOULD GO BACK.

ANY MORE? ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT? I JUST WANTED TO BE AWARE THAT SOME OF THESE PLACES ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE.

IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD, I THINK.

VERY GOOD. AND I BELIEVE FOR THE THE OVERNIGHT TRIP THE CASINO TRIP TO MARKSVILLE, SHE'S ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THE CASINO ITSELF TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION.

YES. SO THAT WAY WE WOULD DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF FOLKS THAT ARE REGISTERED, THE THEY WILL PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION DOWN HERE TO TAKE THEM

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I JUST KNOW THAT THOSE ARE SOME AMENITIES SHE'S HAS SPOKEN TO ME ABOUT.

SO I WANT TO LET ALL THE GOODIES OUT.

ARE YOU DONE? SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY YOU'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING DONE.

SO WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO DISCUSS? NOTHING RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. WELL, GIVING HIM AN OPPORTUNITY.

OKAY. SO THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS THE SENIOR CITIZEN COMMISSION APPROVE THE PROPOSED OCTOBER 2024 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2025.

SENIOR LUNCH AND TRIP PLAN.

IF Y'ALL DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR IF Y'ALL DO, OR Y'ALL CAN MAKE A MOTION, I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE COMMISSION ACCEPT THE PLAN FOR OCTOBER 2024 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2025.

OKAY. I'LL SECOND.

SECONDED BY PHILLIPS.

EVERYBODY IN FAVOR? AYE. EVERYBODY OPPOSED.

PASSES. ALL RIGHT.

THAT MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU ALL.

OKAY, VICKI, GET TO WORK.

[5. Discussion on Strategic Plan updates.]

OKAY, SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU ALL ON WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON.

SO WE GOT SOME FEEDBACK PER THE RESULTS ON WHAT SOME SENIORS WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN OUR AS OFFERINGS AS WELL AS SOME LEGISLATIVE. SO WE TRY TO HIT ALL OF THOSE AREAS.

SO I WANT TO PROVIDE Y'ALL WHAT WE HAVE COMING UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AND IF YOU ALL, I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO COME OUT FOR THOSE THINGS IF Y'ALL ARE AVAILABLE.

SO WE'LL START WITH HOUSING.

SO WE HAVE A LUNCHEON, LEARN WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO DISCUSS NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ANGLETON THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 8TH.

WE ARE WORKING FOR WITH THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, MR. OTIS SPRIGGS, AND, I BELIEVE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR KYLE REYNOLDS AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A A TOUR.

SO YOU'LL WE'LL UTILIZE THE BUS TO GO AROUND TO LOOK AT SOME DEVELOPMENTS, AND THE STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

SO THAT WAS A LUNCH AND LEARN IT'S A FREE OFFERING.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT ONE.

SO THAT'S FOR HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION.

WE LIKE WE HAD MENTIONED OUR BRAINSTORMING INTERNALLY WITH THE AND WITH YOU GUYS ON WAYS TO ACCOMMODATE GROWING WAITLISTS ASSOCIATED WITH SENIOR TRIPS AND PROGRAMS AND WE PRESENTED THAT TODAY AND WE CAN GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE AS WE HEAR ABOUT BUDGET BEING APPROVED AND HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UPDATES ON THAT AREA OF TRANSPORTATION, HEALTH CARE.

I DON'T KNOW, DID I? SEE.

KROGER PROVIDED VACCINES, I THINK I WE ARE MISSING THE SECOND ONE.

THERE WE GO. CARES FROM BRAZORIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT CAME IN JANUARY, DISCUSSED HOW THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WAS BRIDGING THE GAPS WITH FIRST RESPONDERS.

WE ALSO HAD WHAT IS COMING UP, VICKI, THAT THE THIS MONTH'S THE LUNCH AND LEARN WHO'S COMING OUT.

OH WE HAVE BRAZORIA COUNTY COALITION FOR BARRIER FREE LIVING.

YES. THE CO THE COALITION OF BARRIER FREE LIVING IS COMING OUT FOR LUNCH AND LEARN.

WHAT WAS IT? THE BRAZORIA COUNTY COALITION FOR BARRIER FREE LIVING.

BARRIER FREE. YES. SO THEY'RE COMING OUT FOR LUNCH AND LEARN ON THE 20TH OF THIS MONTH.

SO WE HAVE FOLKS SIGNED UP FOR THAT ONE AS WELL.

LEGISLATIVE. SEE, THE CITY MANAGER ATTENDED OUR MAY LUNCHEON LEARN WITH 22 PARTICIPANTS.

THAT WAS A VERY WELL ATTENDED LUNCH AND LEARN, OUR RECREATION SPECIALIST.

IS ALSO WORKING TO SCHEDULE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR FUTURE LUNCHEON LEARNS AS WELL.

I BELIEVE SHE HAS ONE FOR MARCH OF NEXT YEAR.

POTENTIALLY. I HAVE COURTNEY AND COUNCIL OH ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT TILL 2025.

YEAH. MARCH OF NEXT YEAR.

YEAH. SHE'S GOT A LOT OF LIST GOING ON THERE.

RECREATION. APRIL'S LUNCHEON LEARN TOOK 17 PARTICIPANTS TO BRAZOS BEND STATE PARK FOR A HALF MILE GUIDED NATURE WALK WITH TPW THAT WAS A REALLY WELL ATTENDED LUNCH AND LEARN AS WELL.

WE HAD A GOOD TIME.

THEN MAY BEANBAG BASEBALL AND CHAIR VOLLEYBALL WERE INTRODUCED AS NEW FREE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OFFERINGS.

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SENIORS COME OUT, THEY PLAY BEANBAG.

BASEBALL IS PROBABLY NOT WHAT YOU THINK IT IS.

IT'S VERY LIKE A SIMILARITY OF TO CORNHOLE, BUT WITH JUST SOME EXTRA STEPS TO IT.

AND THEY'RE REALLY ENJOYING IT.

SHE HAS ALSO VICKI HAS PARTNERED WITH PEARLAND NAP CENTER.

YEAH, THE NAP CENTER AND WE TOOK A FIELD TRIP OUT THERE TO PLAY THEIR SENIORS IN BEANBAG BASEBALL AND CHAIR VOLLEYBALL AND THAT WAS A REALLY FUN TRIP.

WE MADE SOME REALLY GOOD CONNECTIONS THERE.

SO, VICKI WE'LL ACTUALLY VISIT THEM THIS MONTH.

THIS WEEK, THIS FRIDAY, WE'RE TAKING SENIORS TO GO BACK AND PLAY AGAIN AND THEN IN AUGUST PEARLAND IS ACTUALLY COMING TO VISIT OUR FACILITY TO PLAY AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE SOME INTERLEAGUE PLAYING GOING THERE WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE POTLUCK WITH US.

DID WE WIN? YES WE DID.

WE REPRESENTED. YES AND THAT'S ACTUALLY AN AREA THAT WAS ASKED ABOUT ON WAS SENIOR LEAGUES AND SENIOR THINGS OFFERING SPORT WISE.

SO THAT'S GROWING AS WELL AND THEN WALK WITH EASE WILL BE BACK ON THE SCHEDULE AS A FREE FITNESS OPPORTUNITY FOR SENIORS STARTING SEPTEMBER 16TH THROUGH OCTOBER 11TH.

WE TAKE A BREAK DURING THE SUMMER JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE GYM BETWEEN CAMP AND PICKLEBALL AND BASKETBALL.

SO AND FOR QUALITY OF LIFE, FUTURE LUNCH AND LEARN TOPICS I INCLUDED BRAZORIA COUNTY INDEPENDENT LIVING IN JUNE.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS COMING OUT FOR EDUCATION IN JULY.

THE ANNUAL SILVER HEART SUMMER PARTY WILL TAKE PLACE ON JULY 24TH AT 11 A.M.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE 40 PARTICIPANTS REGISTERED.

IF Y'ALL ARE INTERESTED, Y'ALL SHOULD SIGN UP FOR THAT.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING, GET WITH MISS VICKI AFTER THE MEETING AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU GUYS THERE.

EVEN IF Y'ALL JUST POP IN AND SAY HELLO BE A GREAT FOR YOU TO COME OUT AND MINGLE WITH OUR FOLKS.

THERE MIGHT BE A PERFORMANCE OF STAFF, SO BY STAFF, JUST PREPARE.

OCTOBER 3RD TRIPS JUNE THROUGH SEPTEMBER ARE OPEN.

THEY HAVE WAITING LISTS.

WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE.

OVERNIGHT TRIP FOR CORPUS CHRISTI IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER THERE ARE CURRENTLY AND SO FOR COMMUNICATION WE CURRENTLY HAVE 72 INDIVIDUALS ON OUR TEXT MY GOV LIST THAT WE SEND TEXT NOTIFICATIONS TO ABOUT REMINDERS FOR PROGRAMS AND SIGN UPS.

THE SILVER HEARTS NEWSLETTER IS STILL OCCURRING ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

WE HAVE 34 INDIVIDUALS ON THE MAIL OUT, 62 ON THE EMAIL LIST, AND AS WELL AS THOSE WHO COME IN AND PICK ONE UP AT THE RECREATION CENTER ON A DAILY BASIS.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE.

WHY IS THE CORPUS CHRISTI TRIP NOT AVAILABLE TO SIGN UP ONLINE? IT'S NOT. THAT'S WHAT I TRIED TO I MEAN, I LOOKED INTO IT THE OTHER DAY.

WE CAN LOOK IN ON THAT.

SOMETIMES STAFF, WE DO HAVE ABILITY SOMETIME TO FORGET SINCE WE'LL HIDE IT THROUGH CIVIC REC.

IT ALLOWS US TO HIDE THINGS AND WE WERE DOING THAT UNTIL SHE HAD IT ALL BUILT.

SO, YEAH, BEFORE Y'ALL APPROVED IT, I JUST IT WAS JUST LAST WEEK THAT I WENT INTO IT AND IT'S UP.

IT'S FULL, BUT IT'S UP.

WELL, WE'LL GO AND HIDE IT THOUGH, JUST TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE.

YEAH. [INAUDIBLE] YEAH.

WE'LL GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT. NORMALLY IF IT'S FULL IT WILL SAY THAT THERE'S A WAITING LIST.

BUT THIS TIME IT SAYS IT'S NOT AVAILABLE FOR SIGN UP ONLINE.

OKAY [INAUDIBLE]. OKAY.

WE'LL GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF.

JUST CURIOUS. YES, MA'AM.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YOU WANT TO TALK TO HER ABOUT PUTTING SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH? THE NEXT TIME? WELL, FIRST, Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT? OH. PARDON ME.

NO. YOU'RE FINE. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE OFFERINGS OR COMMISSION OR THE STRATEGIC PLAN OR ANYTHING? NO. OKAY.

SO WE CAN IF Y'ALL HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE AUGUST 5TH, THE FIRST MONDAY OF AUGUST AND DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ITEMS THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO LOOK INTO? IF YOU DON'T KNOW THEM RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO EMAIL ME OR EMAIL VICKI AND LET US KNOW SO WE CAN GET THEM ON THAT AGENDA.

I DO KNOW FOR AUGUST, WE PLAN TO PRESENT THE PRESENTED BUDGET FOR 2024 THROUGH 2025.

OUR NEXT MEETING. I DO HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION.

BEFORE WE GET GET OFF.

YES. FOR EVERY OTHER MONTH.

OKAY. THAT'S RIGHT.

OKAY. YES, SIR.

OKAY. I'M LOOKING HERE.

THERE'S ONLY TWO OVERNIGHTERS PLANNED FOR ALL OF NEXT YEAR.

YES, AND ONE OF THEM IS TO A CASINO.

YES, SIR. WE DIDN'T TAKE IT.

THE CASINO TRIP THIS YEAR AS AN OVERNIGHT TRIP.

SO THAT'S WHY WE MOVED IT TO NEXT YEAR.

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WE DON'T NEED TO BE PROMOTING THE CASINOS.

IF WE'RE ONLY GOING TO GO ON TWO TRIPS.

LET'S DO ON SOMETHING ELSE BESIDES CASINOS.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANT JUST TO COMMENT.

WE DO GET PEOPLE HAVE REQUESTED A CASINO TRIP.

YES. YEAH AND I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY'RE NEVER GOING ON THOSE CASINO TRIPS AGAIN.

WHO TOLD YOU BY SEVERAL PEOPLE.

THAT'S THEIR CHOICE.

BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DO WANT TO GO.

YEAH, WE AND SO WE CAN ALSO SEE ONCE YOU KNOW, IT HAPPENS AND WE LOOK AT THE ATTENDANCE AND IF IT'S POORLY ATTENDED THEN THAT'LL DEFINITELY GIVE US DIRECTION FOR THE NEXT YEARS.

BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, OUR FEEDBACK IS THE OVERNIGHT CASINO TRIP IS THE MOST REQUESTED AND WAS THERE SOMETHING ELSE YOU WANTED ON THE AGENDA? YOU MADE A COMMENT ABOUT SOMETHING I'VE FORGOTTEN, FORGET IT.

OKAY, IF YOU REMEMBER, YOU'RE MORE THAN FREE TO TEXT ME OR SEND ME AN EMAIL OR GIVE ME A CALL.

YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

ADJOURNED AT 12:13.

ALL RIGHT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.