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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-19-2013 Senior Center CommissionThe Center IOWA CITY/JOMNSON COUNTY SENIOR CENTER Agenda Thursday December 19, 2013 4 p.m. — 5:30 p.m. Room 209 Time 4-4:05 p.m. 1. Introductions—Honohan 4:05 —4:10 p.m. 2. Minutes (October 24, 2013) 4:10-4:20 p.m. 3. Public Discussion 4:20-4:25 p.m. 4. Commission Assign ments—Honohan ✓ Commission Visits Board of Supervisors—???? Call in advance to be placed on the agenda 1. Thursday December 26, and January 2, and 16 at 9 a.m. City Council—???? All meeting dates are tentative and should be checked prior to attending 1. Tuesday, January 7 at 7 p.m.--???? 4:25 —4:35 p.m. S. Steering Council Report —Mitchell 4:35 —4:50 p.m. 6. Discussion and Approval of Draft Senior Center Alcohol Pol icy—Honohan 4:50-5:15 p.m. 7. Operational Overview—Kopping ✓ FY15 Budget Update ✓ NHB Changes ✓ Discussion Complaints of Inadequate Personal Hygiene among Participants and Action to be Taken ✓ Staff Reports 5:15 — 5:30 p.m. 8. Commission Discussion—Honohan ✓ Board of Supervisors Report — City Council Report—Honohan Meeting Packets: 1. Agenda: Thursday, October 24, 2013 2. Minutes from Thursday, October 24, 2013 3. Staff Reports 4. Draft alcohol policy Preliminary Minutes October 2013 MINUTES SENIOR CENTER COMMISSION OCTOBER 24, 2013 ROOM 209, IOWA CITY/JOHNSON COUNTY SENIOR CENTER Members Present: Jay Honohan, Chuck Felling, Kathy Mitchell, Mark Holbrook, Margaret Reese, Rose Hanson Members Absent: Staff Present: Michelle Buhman, Kristin Kromray Others Present: Jack Hobbs RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL: None. CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by Honohan at 4:00 PM. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 19, 2013 MEETING: Motion: To accept the minutes from the September 19, 2013 meeting. Motion carried on a vote of 6/0. Felling/Mitchell. PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA: COMMISSION ASSIGNMENTS: Honohan will attend a November City Council meeting. STEERING COUNCIL REPORT DISCUSSION: Honohan expressed his appreciation for receiving the draft minutes from the September Steering Council meeting in the commission packet. Preliminary Minutes October 2013 DISCUSSION ON DEVELOPING REGULATIONS FOR SERVING ALCOHOL AT SENIOR CENTER EVENTS: The commission discussed various options for how to structure alcohol rentals. Options include allowing rentals to serve alcohol only if served by a caterer, allowing renters to serve alcohol without a caterer, requiring security at events, and allowing use of the kitchen. Kopping expressed concern over rentals using the kitchen or for larger events due to time constraints created by the meal program. DISCUSSION OF SUMMER 2013 SURVEY RESULTS: Kopping stated she would like representatives from the commission and steering council working to form a committee to review the survey results and develop specific action steps. Commissioners Felling, Honohan and Holbrook agreed to serve on the survey committee. The survey results showing a minority of Senior Center participants are low income was discussed. Kopping indicated this was of great concern to her and she believes steps need to be taken to find out how The Center can better serve low income seniors. The commission discussed other survey findings including a desire for more evening and weekend programs and the remarkably high rate of satisfaction among current participants. Motion: To accept the 2013 survey results. Motion carried on a vote of 6/0. Holbrook/Mitchell OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW: Kopping has been working on the FY15 budget. Funding for a professional, comprehensive survey of the needs and interests of low-income and minority adults has been submitted. Kopping is seeking a partnership with another aging service provider who might be interested in the outcomes a survey of this sort is likely to produce. A request was made for a part time temporary employee to provide fitness and other classes in neighborhood locations targeting low-income and minority seniors. The temporary employee would be responsible for coordinating and partnering with other area organizations to better serve low income participants. Preliminary Minutes October 2013 Many of the spaces in the Senior Center are in need of updates. The wallpaper, paint, flooring covering and window treatments are 20-30 years old on the second floor and mezzanine and a couple of areas on the first floor. In total this is a large project that will be divided into multiple fiscal years. In FY15 (this year) funding for a design team to put together an overall, multi- year design plan is available. For the FY16 budget, requests have been submitted to move forward with these plans and paint and re -floor room 103 and remove wallpaper, skim -coat and paint rooms 205 and 210. These two rooms are a "test' to evaluate the condition of the underlying plaster and determine if skim -coating and painting will work. If the underlying plaster has deteriorated beyond the point of skim -coating, we will need to return to the use of the more expensive option --wallpaper. Audio visual upgrades for rooms 202 and 208 have been included in the FY16 budget request with funding coming out of the gift fund. The gift fund currently has about $32,000 in it and these audio visual upgrades will cost about $16,000. A request for new classroom tables has been submitted. Pending approval, funding for this purchase of approximately $13,000, will come from Friends of The Center. Kopping pointed out that the Gift fund is rarely used for donations because they are either given directly to Friends of the Center or to the operational budget. There is very little, if any, activity in the Gift Fund. Motion: To authorize the use of the gift fund for AV upgrades. Motion carried on a vote of 5/0. Hanson/Holbrook STAFF REPORTS: Buhman reported that the Mac and Cheese fundraiser was on October 4th. The fundraiser made $1900 and served 115 people. The number of people attending this event has gone down each year and Buhman indicated that she was looking into other fundraising opportunities. Buhman noted that the last gallery walk was very successful. She indicated she is already scheduling programs for spring. Kopping reported that the Johnson County grant proposal is due on November 15t . She is still working on the final details and trying to identify an equitable funding request. COMMISSION DISCUSSION: Preliminary Minutes October 2013 Felling and Holbrook will serve as a nominating committee for the vice chair spot that is currently open. ADJOURNMENT: Motion: To Adjourn. Motion carried on a vote of 5/0. Holbrook/mitchell. 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Recent committee outreach engagements include a presentation to the Johnson County Elderly Consortium (a monthly meeting of service providers in the local aging network) and staffing a Senior Center information table at the ACT Wellness and Benefits Fair. Monthly articles submitted to the Press Citizen by Senior Center members continue to be published. Additionally, a reporter from The Gazette wrote a positive article about The Center's Gay -Straight Alliance Movie Series earlier this month (see attached). Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) Welcome to Medicare Seminars In 2013, our SHIIP counselors provided eight Welcome to Medicare seminars at The Center, a 2-hour class that provides a thorough introduction to the Medicare program. Six of these were led by Gary Schwartz, and two were led by Erin Droll. A total of 201 community members attended the Welcome to Medicare seminars this year. The class is offered in the evening, and many of the attendees are non-members who are visiting The Center for the first time. SHIIP counselors intend to continue offering 8-10 Welcome to Medicare seminars per year. The next one is scheduled for January 30, 2014. Medicare Open Enrollment Period for 2014 During this year's Medicare Open Enrollment Period (October 15 — December 7, 2013), SHIIP counselors provided 212 appointments at The Center to assist seniors with drug plan and Medicare Advantage plan comparisons. Additional clients were served by our SHIIP counselors performing comparisons by phone and through off -site visits. Please thank our SHIIP counselors for their hard work and dedication next time you see them. They are: Elsie Foerstner, Gary Schwartz, Del Long, Jo Hensch, Bob Lower, and Erin Droll. Emily Light, Community Outreach Specialist 319-356-5224 • emily-light@iowa-city.org 28 South Linn Street, Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Honoring Your Wishes In 2013, The Center's 8 certified Advance Care Planning facilitators provided 138 facilitated discussions on individual wishes for medical care at the end of life. Facilitators include Dianne Day, Martha Lubaroff, Merce Bern-Klug, Alexa Romans, Sarah Pederson, Clancy Vinchattle, Jane Dohrmann, and Emily Light. The facilitators offered 11 informational programs on Advance Care Planning this year, and 89 participants attended. Participants in facilitated discussions completed 71 satisfaction surveys, and 95% of participants indicated a high level of satisfaction with advance care planning services at The Center. Participant Comments from Satisfaction Surveys: Helpful information. Realistic about knowing or not knowing the answers to my questions. Listened to my thought process and helped me make some tough decisions :) My facilitator was very kind and easy to talk to. She went through the information very clearly and made sure that 1 understood everything. 1 am very happy that I came. Amazing service, my facilitator helped me explore my wishes and was very sensitive and understanding of what 1 wanted! Could not have gone better! A very well designed process. Very helpful to have a trained facilitator! Thank you! 1 am happy I had the chance to do this. 1 think everyone should have an advance directive no matter the age. 2013 Outstanding Volunteer Award At the Volunteer Recognition Dinner on November 7, Jay Honohan was awarded The Center's 2013 Outstanding Volunteer Award. Jay is the longest serving Commissioner in the history of The Center. He was appointed in December 1998 and has served continuously ever since. As a member of the Commission he has annually approached the City Council to request additional staff and facility improvements. He also has supported expanded member access on evenings and weekends. Jay was instrumental in advocating, planning, and fundraising for the skywalk to the Tower Place parking ramp. When funding from the county was significantly reduced in 2003, Jay led the Commission in the implementation of membership fees and the low-income discount program. While controversial at the time, the introduction of participant cost sharing programs helped keep The Center financially sustainable. Jay led the creation Friends of The Center, and helped establish The Center's Endowment and Charitable Giving accounts with the Community Foundation of Johnson County, which now provides significant revenue to The Center's annual operating budget. Jays tireless efforts as a dedicated volunteer will have a major and lasting impact on the Senior Center. Thank you, Jay! Emily Light, Community Outreach Specialist 319-356-5224 • emily-light@!owa-city.org 28 South Linn Street, Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Movie series in Iowa City breaks down bardem for LGBT sepia citizens 11beG ede �L 3 A ftA Monday, Dec 9,Illp I log in Subscribers Deals I Contact ,`•I J] `vr `vr Weather 3° ' Jobs Classifieds KCRG Autos Homes Deals Milestones NEWS OBITUARIES SPORTS OPINION LIVINGrff_ WEATHER I NATION/WORLD NEWS TIME MACHINE DAILY CONVERSATIONS CORRECTIONS LINN COUNTY CASINO WE CREATE HERE top stories Iowa City Iowa launches Movie series in 1 woman public Iowa City sentenced to awareness breaks down 25 years for campaign for barriers for vehicular STEM LGBT senior Alison Gowans/Iowa SourceMedia Group Updated: 9 December 2013 1 8:00 am in Life & Accent, Local News, People and Places, Uncategorized Movie series in Iowa City breaks down barriers for LGBT senior citizens Series, senior citizen center aims to educate, end discrimination of gay seniors amongst service providers Tweet !This oa[ion of the 267 Access Blocked - Content Alert The URL: http7//aoocileads.ci.doubleclick.net/paciead/ads? was blocked When Elsie Gauley Vega was growing up on farm north of Sheffield in the 1930s and '40s, she knew she was different from many of her peers, but she didn't have a word for why. Except for a single clandestine high school relationship with another girl, she didn't have anyone to talk to about the fact that she was attracted to women instead of men. She married a man, with whom she had four children, but eventually divorced him because she felt she wasn't being fair to either of them. Now 85-years-old, she's spent the last several years making up for those years of silence. Gauley Vega has become a vocal activist for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. She broke up with a partner because the other woman wanted to keep their relationship Elsie Gauley Vega shows off her collection of LGBT-Chemed books in her Iowa City apartment. 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"It's really important to us that people know the Senior Center is open and welcoming to all," Light said. "We hope this sends that message." It sent that message to Larry Rogers, 70, a gay man who took over the movie series from Gauley Vega about two years ago after she had a health scare. He had been living in Minneapolis and was considering moving to Iowa to be closer to family. But he wasn't sure he would be accepted if he left the city. Reading about the movie series convinced him to give Iowa City a chance. "We need exposure," he said. "A lot of gay people have felt there's no place for them." He said he knows gay couples who weren't allowed to be together when they moved into nursing homes. Others spent their whole lives hiding who they were or faced persecution when they tried to come out. Gauley Vega said she sees much greater acceptance among young people than within older generations. A 2013 Pew Research poll found 36 percent of respondents born before 1945 favored gay marriage, compared with 66 percent of respondents born after 1981. Gauley Vega and Rogers both live in Ecumenical Towers, an apartment building next to the senior center, which is reserved for people over age 62. "There are several people in the building who don't approve," she said. "But that's their problem." It just means her work isn't done yet. If you go: • What: Gay -Straight Alliance Movie Series • Where: Room 208, Johnson County/Iowa City Senior Center, 28 S. Linn St., Iowa City • When: Sundays at 1 p.m. • Cost: Free and open to all. Throughout December, in honor of World AIDS Day, the series will focus on HIV/AIDS. A full schedule of upcoming movies can be found in the senior center's guide, available online and at the center. Access Blocked - Content Alert Access Blocked - Content Alert • The link you are accessing has been blocked by the Barracuda Web Filter because it matches a blocked category. The name of the category is: "advertisements- po pu ps" The URL: http://cioocileads.ci.doubleclick.net/paaciead/ads? was blocked http://thegaze .c/2013/12/09/movie-series-in-iowa-city-b�aksdown-banies-for-Igbt-seni¢-ci&ens/[12/9/20135:15:46 PM] 'P,r—"P- -Qpvx $exi4. Q. Memorandum To: Senior Center Commission From: Michelle Buhman, Program Specialist Re: Program Report Date: Dec. 18, 2013 Program Update: Tom Pickering suggested creating a program called We All Have a Story To Tell. Seven interested community members meet to discuss various ways to record individual stories and how the group could create something unique at the Senior Center. The group discussed ways in which Senior Center Television and Iowa City Hospice have been recording stories as well as the well-known program on NPR, Story Corps. Participants were asked to think about the ideas discussed at the meeting as well as other ideas to record personal stories and bring their ideas back to the group at the next meeting, Jan 8, 2014 The project connected the Peter Feldstein photographs of Senior Center members is moving forward. The Images project will include an art show of the images in the Old Post Office Gallery (Assembly Room) during the spring 2014 Gallery Walk., a video presentation featuring the subjects in the photographs, an open house and reception and a guest speaker, Colin Milner. Colin Milner is scheduled to be at the Senior Center on March 25. We are still putting together his itinerary; however we will be sure to make the most of this visit. For your information I have included his bio: Colin Milner is an award -winning author, public speaker, and leading expert on the health and wellbeing of the older adult. For the past four years, The World Economic Forum has invited him to serve on its Network of Global Agenda Councils, recognizing Milner as one of "the most innovative and influential minds" in the world on aging -related topics. An author of more than 250 articles on aging related issues, Milner has delivered speeches to thousands of business and governmental leaders, industry professionals, and older adults throughout the world. Some of the agencies and initiatives that have sought his advice include the US Department of Health and Human Services, US Administration on Aging; 2010 Vancouver Olympic Committee; and White House Conference on Aging. Milner's efforts have inspired a broad spectrum of leading -edge publications, television networks and radio stations to seek his insights. Among these outlets are: Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The National Post, Globe and Mail, CNN, CBC Radio, AARP, Newsweek, Parade Magazine, and Dow Jones Market Watch. Promoting Optimal Aging for Johnson County 28 South Linn Street, Iowa City, Iowa 52240 • 319-356-5220• www.icgov.org/senior The Program Committee meeting for December was cancelled due to a lack of a quorum. However, committee members have been submitting program proposals and suggestions for Spring 2014. The complete list of programs will be submitted to Linda Kopping on January 6, 2014 for inclusion in the next Program Guide. The current director of the Linn Street Band, Erin Wehr, announced unexpectedly that she was moving the Linn Street Band to West Music in January. I met with Wehr and invited her to reconsider, however we were not able to come up with a satisfactory agreement. I informed Wehr that she was welcome to start her own adult band at West Music and that I would conduct a search for a new Linn Street Band director immediately. Visibility Action Team The Visibility Action Team had a very productive meeting December 10, 2013. Several new volunteers and community partners attended the meeting and agreed to join the effort in creating a SAGE affiliate in Johnson County. The SAGE organization is making some structural changes to the SAGE affiliate process and is currently not accepting new applicants. The VAT will continue to create a work -plan at the local level and submit a letter of intent to apply as an affiliate in Jun 2014. �ro O O. 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DATE REQUESTED: 5. ESTIMATED ATTENDEES: 6. CATERER :2 PHONE: ADDRESS OF CATERER: 7. ROOM: TIME: 8. ALCOHOL TO BE PROVIDED: 9. RESPONSIBLE PARTY3 ADDRESS OF RESPONSIBLE PARTY Dated this Day of , 201. Signed: Print name: PHONE: 1 Describe the nature of the event. 2 Attach a copy of the license of the Caterer to this application. 3 An individual must be designated as responsible for any damage to the facilities or any breach of the application. Handed out at 12/19 meeting CITY OF IOWA CITY SENIOR CENTER ALCOHOL PERMIT GUIDELINES PROCESS 1. Request application: tentatively reserve requested date. 2. Submit application for review. (Allow at least 30 days prior to requested date. APPLICATIONS AND APPROVAL All applicants wishing to reserve a room in the Senior Center and serve wine or beer must complete and submit the application form. Applications must be submitted at least 90 days prior to the date requested All applications must be approved by the Coordinator of the Senior Center and the City Manager. In the event of concurrent requests, priority will be determined on the basis of the time of filing of a completed application with the Coordinator. PURPOSES AND APPLICANTS Use of the rooms at the Center allowed for alcohol use shall be limited to entities which are approved by the Internal Revenue Service as 501 C (3) organizations. Use of the rooms shall be allowed for a) Gala's. b) Fund Raising Events c) Other events approved by the Coordinator. CATERER A licensed liquor permit holder must be retained to serve wine or beer at the event. A copy of the license and dram shop insurance of the Caterer must accompany the application. FEE AND DEPOSIT The fee for the use of the Senior Center facility and a damage deposit as set by the Coordinator must accompany the application. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION If needed, contact the Coordinator at the Senior Center at (319) 356-5225.