Dec 01, 2025 Senior Citizens Commission

THAT WANTED TO. GOOD MORNING. I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THAT

[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER]

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[1. Discussion and possible action on the minutes of the Senior Citizens Commission meeting of August 4, 2025.]

I'LL GIVE YOU GUYS A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO REVIEW.

IF ANYBODY WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION AFTER THAT, THEY CAN.

DID WE? AS IS. I'LL SECOND AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? PASS. PARDON ME. ITEM PASSED.

[LAUGHTER]. DISCUSSION, PARDON ME, ITEM NUMBER 2.

[2. Discussion and possible action on a Senior Citizen Commission chair.]

CAN'T TALK TODAY, SENIOR CITIZEN COMMISSION CHAIR [LAUGHTER].

IT'S MONDAY. I NOMINATE SHERRI HOLD ON JUST A SECOND JANIE. COMMISSIONER OKAY, THE SENIOR CITIZEN COMMISSION SHALL ELECT ANNUALLY ONE OF ITS MEMBERS AS CHAIRPERSON.

SO OUR RECOMMENDATION STAFF RECOMMENDS THE SENIOR CITIZEN COMMISSION NOMINATE ONE OF ITS MEMBERS TO SERVE AS THE CHAIRPERSON FROM NOW THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 2026. NOMINATE I NOMINATE SHERRI. [LAUGHTER] THAT WAS GREAT.

THAT WAS GREAT. I NOMINATE JANIE, ALSO. I NOMINATE JANIE.

ALL RIGHT WELL. [LAUGHTER]. YOU SKATED BY THAT ONE, DIDN'T YOU, GIRL? ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE JANIE NOMINATED. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT JANIE AS THE NEW CHAIRPERSON FOR.

OKAY. SECOND BY LEON. YES. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF JANIE? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT JANIE CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT OUR 3RD AGENDA ITEM WILL BE PRESENTED BY NONE OTHER THAN GERI GONZALEZ.

[3. Discussion and possible action on revised Resolution 2007-R-3A, the Creation of the Senior Citizens Commission]

REGARDS TO THE RESOLUTION 2007-R-3A, WHICH WAS THE CREATION OF THE SENIOR CITIZEN COMMISSION STAFF PRESENTED YOU WITH SUGGESTIONS THAT ALIGN THE STRUCTURE OF THE COMMISSION AND HOW IT WAS MADE WITHIN THE GUIDELINES TO OTHER CITY BOARDS THAT WE HAVE, SUCH AS OUR PARKS AND REC BOARD OR ABLC BOARD, OUR KEEP ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL BOARD.

AND SO WE PRESENTED YOU GUYS WITH SOME SUGGESTIONS, AS WELL AS SOME FEEDBACK THAT YOU GUYS GAVE US.

SO AFTER DISCUSSION, WE ARE PRESENTING TODAY A REVISED DOCUMENT THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THOSE SUGGESTIONS AND FEEDBACK THAT WE DISCUSSED AND WERE AGREED UPON. AND SO WE ARE JUST BRINGING THAT AMENDED RESOLUTION TO YOU GUYS TO REVIEW.

IT'S ON YOUR NEXT PAGE. AND YOU WILL SEE IN THAT DOCUMENT CHANGES THAT WERE MADE ARE IN RED.

AND WE HAVEN'T TAKEN IT TO COUNCIL YET. SO WE WANTED TO PRESENT IT TO YOU GUYS JUST FOR ONE FINAL OVERVIEW BEFORE WE DO TAKE IT TO TAKE COUNCIL.

SO YOU'LL SEE SECTION 1, WE DISCUSSED OF IT OF HAVING UP TO SEVEN MEMBERS THAT ARE APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL.

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SO RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY WE MEET BIMONTHLY IF NEEDED.

BUT WHAT THIS DOES IS AT LEAST WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST FOUR MEETINGS A YEAR IS WHAT THAT SAYS.

DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T HAVE MORE. LET'S SEE, SECTION 6 WAS ON A TWO-YEAR TERM.

APPOINTMENTS SHALL BE STAGGERED, WITH FOUR MEMBERS APPOINTED IN ODD YEARS AND THREE MEMBERS APPOINTED IN EVEN YEARS, AND COMMISSION MEMBERS MAY SERVE NO MORE THAN TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS WITH A ONE YEAR BREAK BEFORE REAPPOINTMENT, OR THEY CAN SERVE UNLIMITED TERMS IF REAPPOINTED BY COUNCIL.

SO WE DISCUSSED THIS A LITTLE BIT AT OUR LAST MEETING WITH IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY APPLY TO THE COMMISSION DURING AND WE STILL HAVE THAT OPEN TERM, OUR OPEN POSITION, THEN SOMEBODY WHO HAD SERVED THEIR TWO YEARS IN OR TAKEN THEIR YEAR BREAK CAN REAPPLY. SINCE WE HAVE THAT OPENING, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WE DISCUSSED THAT LAST TIME. SECTION 7 IS ANY MEMBER WHO IS ABSENT FROM THREE CONSECUTIVE REGULAR MEETINGS WITHOUT GOOD CAUSE, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION, MAY BE REMOVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AND VACANCIES SHALL BE FILLED BY CITY COUNCIL FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM.

SO, AS WE DEEMED IT, IF YOU ARE IF YOU HAVE AN EXCUSE OR SO THE COMMISSION WILL HEAR ABOUT THAT, REVIEW IT. WE CAN EVEN DO THAT IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO IF SOMEBODY IS OUT DUE TO A FAMILY EMERGENCY OR MEDICAL, WE'RE NOT PUTTING THAT IN A PUBLIC SETTING.

BUT WE CAN MEET IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THAT MEMBERS ABSENTEEISM AND IF IT CAN BE DEEMED AS AN EXCUSE.

IF IT'S LIKE A NO SHOW, NO CALL, OR HEY, I JUST CAN'T BE THERE WITHOUT A REASON, THEN THAT WILL MOST LIKELY BE DEEMED A UNEXCUSED ABSENCE. AND THE LAST ONE THAT WE HAD WAS JUST SOME VERBIAGE THAT GOES ALONG WITH ALIGNING IT WITH THE OTHER BOARDS RESOLUTIONS. ANY FEEDBACK, ANYTHING? I HAVE A QUESTION. YES MA'AM ON THE OVER THE AGE OF 55 ACCOUNT FOR 17.95%.

HOW CURRENT IS THAT? HAVE WE LOOKED AT THAT RECENTLY TO SEE IF THAT FIGURE HAS CHANGED? WE HAVEN'T. WE WENT BASED UPON WHAT WAS ALREADY WHAT WITH THE CREATION OF THE OF THE BOARD WE HAVEN'T UPDATED THAT.

AND WHEN WAS THE BOARD ORIGINALLY CREATED? SO HOW OLD IS THIS? I BELIEVE IT WAS 2007. IT'S LIKE 18 YEARS AGO.

CAN WE UPDATE THAT AS PART OF SENDING THIS TO CITY COUNCIL? I MEAN, SHOULDN'T IT BE CURRENT? SO I WOULD SAY IT'S NOT NECESSARILY IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO HAVE IT UPDATED BACK AT THAT TIME THEY ALREADY DEEMED THAT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THE COMMISSION. AND WE ABSOLUTELY CAN, BUT I WOULDN'T SAY IT WOULD NECESSARILY CHANGE UNLESS YOU SAW SOMETHING IN REGARDS TO IT DECLINES THAT IT DIDN'T MAKE UP AS MUCH AS THE POPULATION AS IT DID BACK AT THAT TIME.

THAT WAS MORE VERBIAGE TO SAY WHY THE COMMISSION WAS IMPORTANT SO THAT WAS JUST MORE VERBIAGE OF THAT VERSUS THE AMENDED RESOLUTION IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY AND UNLESS YOU ALL FELT IT WAS PERTINENT TO PUT IN THERE.

BUT AT THAT TIME IT WAS JUST TO HELP SELL, TO SAY THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT, TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT SPEAKS ON BEHALF OF THE SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO THAT WAS JUST AT THAT TIME. SO I WOULDN'T SAY, WOULDN'T IT BE NECESSARY TO PUT THAT SPECIFICALLY IN THE RESOLUTION BECAUSE THE BOARD IS ALREADY IN EXISTENCE. OKAY, I WAS JUST THINKING THE OPPOSITE, THAT IF IT'S LIKE 23% OF THE POPULATION NOW YEAH I WOULD IMAGINE AND WE CAN DEFINITELY BRING IT UP TO LET THEM KNOW HOW THAT'S CHANGED.

OKAY. BUT AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT NECESSARILY WOULD HAVE TO BE PART OF THE RESOLUTION, BUT WE CAN BRING IT TO THEM AND PUT IT IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TO SHOW HOW THAT HAS DIFFERED. OKAY. AND SO WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT.

OKAY. AND THEN IT DOESN'T SAY IN HERE WHAT CONSTITUTES A QUORUM.

SO IF YOU GO TO ROBERT'S RULES, IF IT'S NOT PUT IN THERE, IT WOULD BE SIMPLE MAJORITY.

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SO IF THERE IS ONLY SIX PEOPLE ON THE BOARD, YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A SIMPLE MAJORITY.

SAME THING IF YOU WENT DOWN TO FOUR, RIGHT? YOU WOULDN'T BE REQUIRED TO HAVE IF YOU HAD SEVEN TO MAKE YOUR SIMPLE MAJORITY OF FOUR, YOU COULD DO IT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE BOARD.

YOU'D BE ABLE TO DO THAT. OKAY, OKAY. COULD WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THE POPULATION BACK THEN WAS 55%.

IS THE NEEDS THE SAME AS WAS THE POPULATION WAS BACK THEN? I HAVE OR HAVE THE NEEDS CHANGED SINCE THE POPULATION HAS CHANGED? ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE. WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ANGLETON RECOGNIZED THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF THE CITIZENS.

RECOGNIZES THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF. WHAT NUMBER IS THAT? HE'S LOOKING AT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANGLETON RECOGNIZES AND THAT CAN BE THAT IS ACTUALLY REFLECTED IN SECTION 5 WHERE WE ADVISE THE COMMISSION.

YOU GUYS ADVISE THE COUNCIL ON ISSUES OF HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, HEALTH CARE, LEGISLATIVE RECREATION AND OTHER QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES.

SO YOU GUYS DO HAVE A YOU ALL HAVE A PLAN. WE HAVEN'T UPDATED IT PROBABLY IN TWO YEARS.

WE CAN LOOK AT UPDATING THAT AGAIN. BUT Y'ALL DO PROVIDE INFORMATION LIKE WHAT CAN WE DO IN THESE AREAS? AND WE PROVIDE THAT. THAT'S HOW WE KIND OF SHAPE OUR PROGRAMING.

AND THEN WE DO REPORTING BACK WITH OUR NUMBERS AND EVERYTHING TO CITY COUNCIL.

SO WE CURRENTLY DO RECOGNIZE SPECIAL NEEDS OF SENIOR CITIZENS IN THOSE AREAS, WHICH, LIKE I SAID, ARE HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, HEALTHCARE, LEGISLATIVE RECREATION AND OTHER QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES.

STRATEGIC PLAN IS THAT WHAT? THAT'S WHAT IT IS, THANK YOU [LAUGHTER] OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

MY BRAIN WORKS. AND IS THERE ANY ISSUE LIKE IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE TWO POSITIONS OPEN SINCE IT SAYS UP TO SEVEN.

IS THERE ANY ISSUE WITH COMMISSION MEMBERS BEING RELATED THROUGH BLOOD OR MARRIAGE? NO NOT CURRENTLY SO TWO COMMENTS I'LL GIVE ON THAT IS, UNTIL WE GET TO THIS GOING BEFORE COUNCIL, WE WOULD STILL BE AT OUR FIVE MEMBERS.

AND SO EVEN IF WE, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH THESE APPROVALS TODAY THAT Y'ALL ARE IN LINE WITH THEM.

COUNCIL WILL STILL NEED TO APPROVE IT, SO IT'S STILL NOT AT THAT SEVEN.

THE OTHER PIECE WITH THAT ONE IS IT IS UP TO COUNCIL TO DETERMINE WHO WOULD BE ON THE BOARD.

SO IF THEY SAW SOME KIND OF ISSUE WITH THAT THEY COULD DECIDE NOT TO ELECT SOMEBODY TO THE POSITION.

THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO JUST BECAUSE WE GET AN APPLICATION IN COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE TO APPROVE IT.

SO THEY GO BEFORE COUNCIL AND THEY'LL GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND HAVE DISCUSSION ON IT.

AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY PROVIDE ALL THE REASONS THAT GO BEFORE IT, BUT WHEN THEY COME OUT OF SESSION WILL DECIDE YAY OR NAY ON THAT SO.

OKAY. CAN WE MAKE A SPECIAL THING TO MAKE SARAH PERMANENT INSTEAD [LAUGHTER] OF HAVING TO LEAVE EVERY TWO YEARS. MY TIME I'M UP PRETTY SOON I'M GETTING OLDER [LAUGHTER].

YEAH, BUT THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE, SARAH.

I'M GETTING UP THERE, GIRLS THANK YOU. BUT WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU WHILE YOU'RE HERE.

WELL, I DON'T THINK I'M GOING ANYWHERE. HOW LONG I GOT? WELL, ACTUALLY SO SINCE YOU FROM. WE HAVEN'T SET THIS IN PLACE AS THE FOUR MEMBERS ODD YEARS, THREE MEMBERS EVEN YEARS, EVERYBODY'S ON AN ANNUAL RIGHT NOW.

SO I WOULD SAY ONCE THIS IS APPROVED, WE PROBABLY WON'T GET INTO THAT UNTIL PROBABLY SEPTEMBER OF 2026.

SO I WILL SAY THIS SARAH IS SAFE FOR THE YEAR.

AT LEAST UNTIL TEN [LAUGHTER] AND WHEN WE START THOSE, THOSE YEARS, THAT'S WHEN THAT TIME WILL START SO TECHNICALLY SHE'S GOT LIKE THREE YEARS IN MIND.

THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER] EXCELLENT WE LOVE YOU, SARAH THANK YOU. AND I WOULD HAVE TO GET CLARITY ON IT AS FAR AS WITH THE RESOLUTION.

BUT ONE OPTION YOU COULD HAVE IS TO, AS A BOARD, ELECT A EMERITUS POSITION.

SO BASICALLY IT'S AN HONORARY POSITION THAT'S NON-VOTING.

STILL KEEPS THEM PART OF THE BOARD SO THEY CAN BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION.

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SO IF YOU ELECTED SOMEBODY IN THAT ROLE, IT COULD BE A LIFETIME KIND OF OPPORTUNITY.

AND SO I WOULD JUST HAVE TO GET CLARITY ON HOW, IF IT WOULD NEED TO BE PART OF THE RESOLUTION OR IF THE BOARD COULD APPROVE THAT SEPARATE OF BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T WOULD BE A NON-VOTING MEMBER.

OKAY I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT OUR AGENDA? SO DO WE NEED TO APPROVE THIS? IT SAYS POSSIBLE ACTION SO WE WANTED TO BRING IT BEFORE THE BOARD FIRST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DISCUSSION WE HAD AS FAR AS CHANGES WAS APPROPRIATE.

OUR NEXT STEPS WOULD BE TO FORWARD ALONG TO OUR ATTORNEYS TO MAKE SURE LEGAL HAS A REVIEW OF IT.

I DON'T ENVISION ANY MAJOR CHANGES FROM THAT, BUT IT WOULD FIRST GO TO THEM.

AND THEN WE WOULD BRING IT TO COUNCIL. SO I WOULD SAY THE EARLIEST WE WOULD BE BRINGING THIS TO COUNCIL WOULD BE IN JANUARY.

I WOULD ALSO GET CLARIFICATION FROM LEGAL AT THAT TIME ON THEIR RECOMMENDATION OF WHEN IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE.

SO IT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE MENTIONED BEFORE GERI HAD SAID THAT IT MAY NOT BE EFFECTIVE THIS YEAR.

IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE MORE SO WHEN WE START THE NEXT CYCLE.

SO I WOULD GET CLARITY ON THAT. SO IF YOU WERE GOING TO APPROVE THE CURRENT CHANGES, I WOULD SAY IN YOUR MOTION APPROVE THE CHANGES BASED ON LEGALS REVIEW THROUGH THIS TO BRING TO COUNCIL. SO YOU APPROVE THE CHANGES TO BE REVIEWED BY LEGAL AND FOR CONSIDERATION FROM COUNCIL BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY COUNCIL CAN MAKE CHANGES.

RIGHT, NOW DO WE HAVE TO PUT THAT ITEM IN THERE ABOUT HAVING A LIFETIME MEMBER? DO WE HAVE TO ADD THAT TO THIS BEFORE WE GIVE A VOTE? WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BECAUSE SO THIS IS A LITTLE UNIQUE COMPARED TO OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS BECAUSE IT'S A RESOLUTION.

AND SO I MAY EVEN WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL, IF IT HAS TO COME BACK TO Y'ALL.

ONE OF THE THOUGHT PROCESSES IS USUALLY A BOARD HAS BYLAW LIKE TRUE BYLAWS AND THEY'RE REGISTERED.

AND SO BUT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THAT.

SO WE MAY BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT SPECIFICALLY. BUT IF WE, IF WE ASK THAT QUESTION TO THEM AND THEY SAY, PUT IT IN THERE BY YOU SAYING BY LEGAL REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE CAN INCLUDE THAT JUST BY YOU MAKING A MOTION TO INCLUDE LEGAL EDITS AND COMMENTS OR RECOMMENDATIONS TO IT THAT WOULD CAPTURE ALL OF IT SO.

I VOTE TO HAVE THAT INCLUDED IF IT NEED BE. OKAY SO EVERYBODY WHO APPROVES OF THIS REVISION. SO WE NEED TO DO WE NEED TO ACTUALLY MAKE A MOTION? BECAUSE OKAY. BECAUSE IT SAYS POSSIBLE ACTION BUT THEN OVER HERE IT JUST SAYS DISCUSSION SO OKAY.

SO I MAKE A MOTION I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2007-R-3A.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? I SECOND NOBODY WITH LEGAL REVIEW. WITH LEGAL REVIEW SAY WITH LEGAL REVIEW.

I SECOND IT WHAT SHE SAID [LAUGHTER]. IT'S GOOD ENOUGH THANK YOU.

OKAY SO MOTION BY SARAH. SARAH. SECOND LEON? SECOND BY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY WITH LEGAL REVIEW MOTION PASSES [LAUGHTER].

OKAY.

[COMMUNICATION FROM BOARD MEMBERS]

PROPOSE ANY AGENDA ITEMS FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH FEBRUARY 6TH.

SECOND OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU GUYS. WE CAN'T MAKE ANY DECISIONS OR VOTE ON ANYTHING, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE SOME DISCUSSION FROM YOU GUYS.

I'M GUESSING ARCHIE RESIGNED. HE'S NOT ON THIS LIST, SO I'M THAT'S WHY I'M PRESUMING HE RESIGNED.

I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY SAY HE RESIGNED. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I DON'T KNOW IF HE REAPPLIED.

SO WE JUST WENT THROUGH THE ROLL OFF OF EVERYONE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE ACTUALLY REAPPLIED.

WELL, I KNOW HE WAS GOING TO. YEAH I DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN.

IF HE DID, POSITION. OKAY

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IF WE GET APPLICATIONS IN, SAY, FEBRUARY OR MARCH, DO THOSE HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE CYCLE OR CAN THEY BE CONSIDERED MID-YEAR? WOULD HAVE TO BE AT LEAST TILL THIS IS AND ALSO, IF ANYBODY WERE TO YOU KNOW, LEAVE THE BOARD FOR WHATEVER REASON AND THEN SOMEBODY NEEDED TO FILL THAT SPACE OR IF AN EXCUSED ABSENCES OR UNEXCUSED ABSENCES, ANY OF THAT, THEN THOSE POSITIONS WOULD OPEN UP.

OKAY. ANY OTHER WE DO HAVE THE SILVER HEART CHRISTMAS PARTY COMING UP ON DECEMBER 10TH THAT VICKI IS WORKING DILIGENTLY ON.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING OR IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING AND YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY SIGNED UP WITH MS. VICKI, PLEASE LET US KNOW, BECAUSE SHE'S ALWAYS.

I WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN. OH, ARE YOU GOING? THINK ABOUT US [LAUGHTER] WHILE YOU'RE OUT THERE.

WHERE IT'S WARMER RIGHT AT THE MOMENT. NOT THAT I'M UPSET ABOUT THE COLD, BECAUSE YOU KNOW ME I LIKE COLD, BUT. YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT WARMER THERE. YEAH.

OKAY NO, JUST. YES, SIR. OKAY.

ONCE THIS IS PAST HELPING THE SENIORS WITH HOMELESS TRANSPORTATION AND HEALTH CONCERNS.

WHEN ARE WE GOING TO DO THE ACTUAL WORK FOR THE OF THE COMMITTEE? SO WHAT WE CAN DO AT OUR NEXT MEETING IS I CAN BRING TO YOU GUYS BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, IT'S BEEN PROBABLY 2 OR 3 YEARS SINCE WE LAST UPDATED THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO WE CAN BRING THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO YOU ALL FOR REVIEW.

AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT UPDATING IT IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD IS INTERESTED IN DOING.

BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE HAVEN'T UPDATED OUR GOALS.

AND LIKE I SAID, THREE YEARS OR SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED.

BUT WE CAN LOOK AT THEM AND YOU GUYS CAN DISCUSS IF THOSE ARE THE SAME GOALS THAT Y'ALL WANT TO WORK TOWARDS, OR IF WE WANT TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT METHODS OR DIFFERENT GOALS FOR THE YEAR.

COULD WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION BEFOREHAND? ABSOLUTELY.

SO WE CAN JUST SEE WHAT. ABSOLUTELY I CAN EMAIL Y'ALL THE CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN.

YES. FOR YOU TO REVIEW YES YEAH WE CAN DO THAT. WHEN DOES THE NEW CHAIR TAKE OVER NEXT TIME? YES. SHE'LL TAKE OVER NEXT TIME [LAUGHTER] NEXT MEETING.

ARE YOU LIKE READY TO JUMP OUT OF THAT SEAT? [LAUGHTER] ANY OTHER IDEAS.

IS IT INTIMIDATING I THINK WE NEED TO THANK PAT FOR YES THANK YOU, THANK YOU. VICKI, SARAH WANTS TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE CHRISTMAS PARTY DUE TO THE CHECK IN.

OKAY CHECK IN TABLE? YES THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL THANK YOU. AND ONE THING I JUST WANTED TO MENTION WITH THIS ONE.

SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SEE THIS CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL THE BOARDS THAT WE MANAGE AND AS WELL AS COUNCIL.

SO THE COMMUNICATION FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS IF YOU'VE BEEN FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, YOU'LL SEE THEM HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AS WELL.

SO AS GERI MENTIONED, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT WEREN'T ON THE AGENDA.

BUT I WILL SAY THIS STEP FURTHER, WE'RE TAKING FOR THE BOARDS FOR PARKS AND RECREATION IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO BRING THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF. SO KIND OF, AS LEON TALKED ABOUT, OF ARE THERE THINGS YOU'RE HEARING IN THE COMMUNITY? ARE THERE THINGS THAT SENIORS ARE LOOKING FOR? THERE'S PROGRAMING THAT WE'RE MISSING OUT ON.

IS THERE A HOT TOPIC RIGHT NOW OF, YOU KNOW, BACK FROM 2007 WHEN WE MADE THIS, ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT DOING WELL AND THAT DOESN'T JUST HAVE TO NECESSARILY FOCUS ON THE RECREATION SIDE OF THINGS.

I KNOW THAT SENIOR COMMISSION REALLY TIES INTO MAINLY WITH PARKS AND RECREATION, BUT WE HAVE OUTLETS WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.

AND SO THIS WOULD BE THE TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS IS THAT EACH TIME WE GO IN BETWEEN MEETINGS IS THAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY AND YOU'RE ALMOST KIND OF GIVE AN UPDATE OR REPORT ON WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY.

SO THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THOSE.

IT WILL HELP ALIGN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS.

TO KNOW WHERE DOES SOME OF OUR FOCUS NEEDS TO GO.

SO IF IT'S HOUSING IS ONE OF THEM, WE CAN WORK WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES OR MORE INFORMATION SO THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT'S OUT THERE

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LIKE WE'VE HEARD IN THE COMMUNITY, THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR. I ATTENDED THIS UNIQUE EVENT AND THERE WAS A COUPLE SENIORS THERE THAT THEY WISH WE DID MORE OF X, Y, Z. SO KIND OF JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT PLUG IN THERE THAT FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

AS WE EVOLVE, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO WORK THROUGH THAT.

BUT YOU GUYS ARE REALLY THE EYES AND EARS FOR US WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

AND, AND THIS IS THE PERFECT SOUNDING BOARD TO BE ABLE TO GO AND HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS OF THIS IS WHAT THEY REALLY WANT, RIGHT? IS THIS IS WHAT OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS, THIS IS WHAT I'VE HEARD.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP OUR PROGRAMS, TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE CITY WORK WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND KIND OF SEE WHAT THAT NEED IS THERE. I WILL EVEN SPEAK ON THE SIDE OF LIKE KAB OF, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, IS THERE A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO NEED SUPPORT IN CLEANING UP THEIR YARD TO WHERE THEY CAN'T DO THAT.

HOW CAN KAB BECOME INVOLVED? BUT IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, A SENIOR THAT NEEDS THAT SUPPORT LIKE THAT ALL TIES TOGETHER.

AND SO THERE'S DIFFERENT OUTLETS WE CAN DO THAT. SO OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, LIKE I SAID, IF YOU ALL CAN THINK ABOUT THAT AS YOU GO THROUGH AND YOU'RE IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU'RE TALKING TO SENIORS OR ACTIVE ADULTS, LIKE, WHAT IS THAT.

WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR AND WHAT ARE THEY REQUESTING? I CAN TELL YOU, VICKI WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THAT.

THEY WANT A FACILITY OF THEIR OWN. AND SO THE MORE INFORMATION WE GET, THE BETTER TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BECAUSE IT CAN STEER US TO DIFFERENT SURVEYS OR GETTING FOCUS GROUPS TOGETHER AND TALKING ABOUT THAT.

SO I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU ALL FOR THE NEXT SESSION AS WE COME IN TO THINK ABOUT THAT AS WE COME UP TO THIS SPECIFIC TOPIC OF WHAT ARE YOU ALL HEARING? SO Y'ALL ARE READY. OKAY NO FURTHER DISCUSSION MEETING ADJOURNED AT 11:58 A.M.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.