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Home My WebLink About09-21-23 Commission packetIf you will need disability related accommodations to participate in this program or event, please contact LaTasha DeLoach at latasha-deloach@iowa-city.org or 319-356-5225. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs. Senior Center Commission Thursday, September 21, 2023 4 PM Iowa City Senior Center Agenda 1. Introductions/Welcome—A. McConville 2. Minutes (August 17, 2023) 3. Public Discussion for items not on the agenda 4. Operational Overview—L. DeLoach  Senior Center programming update  Senior Center facility update 5. Commission Discussion— A. McConville  Senior Center master plan discussion  Johnson County Board of Supervisors Presentation  Commissioner’s report of community correspondence  Future agenda Items 6. Adjourn **Next meeting is Thursday, September 21 at 4 PM ** Meeting Packet Contents: 1. Agenda: Thursday, September 21, 2023 2. Minutes: Senior Center Commission, Thursday, August 17, 2023 Preliminary Minutes August 17, 2023 1 MINUTES SENIOR CENTER COMMISSION August 17, 2023 Room 308, Iowa City Senior Center Members Present: Lee McKnight, Warren Paris, Jay Gilchrist, Nancy Ostrognai Members Absent: Susan Mellecker, Tasha Lard, Angela McConville Staff Present: Kristin Kromray, LaTasha DeLoach Others Present: None CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by Gilchrist at 4:00 PM. RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL: None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE JULY 20, 2023, MEETING: Motion: To accept the minutes from the July 20, 2023. Motion carried on a vote of 4/0. Warren/McKnight PUBLIC DISCUSSION: None. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW: DeLoach reported the September/October program calendar will be out next week. The Senior Center will have two interns and at least two work study students this fall. The Elders of Color group has changed their name to the Original Mature Grooves. They are working on a number of projects including a Black History Gala on February 3rd, a legal topics series, and a tour of the underground railroad locations in Iowa. The Senior Center will be partnering with the Downtown District with the various promotions like Elf on a Shelf and Where’s Rusty. DeLoach is also working on a concept called Café 28, which will partner with various downtown restaurants to cater a lunch once a month at the Senior Center. Lunches would be available for a nominal fee and the idea would be to have conversation starters at each table. The Senior Center Ambassadors Preliminary Minutes August 17, 2023 2 volunteer program will be launching soon. The coffee and conversation program will start again in September. Jessi Simon resigned from the Development Specialist position. Candidates are being interviewed. DeLoach reported some new lights have been installed on the ground floor and by the elevator on the first floor, improving visibility in these spaces. The resistance training room wallpaper has been removed and the space has been painted. DeLoach noted the bids for the exterior renovations will be occur soon. COMMISSION DISCUSSION: Gilchrist reported the International Day of the Older Person will have a speed friend-shipping event. Paris thought the idea of the Café 28 was a great way for people to meet and get together. Gilchrest asked about the feasibility study. DeLoach noted it had been completed and that there were useful recommendations for how to move forward. Commissioners discussed the policy updates. Motion: To approve the Low-Income Membership Program, Marketing, Medical Emergency, Membership Program, and Non-Medical Emergency Response and Prevention Policies. Motion carried on a vote of 4/0. McKnight/ Ostrognai DeLoach noted that the Senior Center has received a Quality-of-Life grant from the county that needed to be applied for each year. Moving forward the Senior Center has a written agreement with the County instead. Part of the requirement for this is to give a presentation to the Johnson County Board of Supervisors each year. McConville has worked on this in the past, but DeLoach asked if there would be interest from other Commissioners to assist or attend that presentation. Ostrognai noted she has missed seeing Senior Center members in the program calendar. DeLoach reported that it is the hope that the Senior Center will have a senior photo shoot with participants to make our own stock photos. She noted that it is hard to get quality photos of participants, especially since COVID. DeLoach let commissioners know that the local state issued identification office (driver’s license station) had been moved out to Coralville in a location that is not on a bus line. Commissioners discussed talking with people in other groups they belong to on making sure that information gets disseminated since ID’s are now a necessity in voting. Preliminary Minutes August 17, 2023 3 Future agenda items include an update on Café 28 and inviting the City’s Climate Coordinator to meet with the commission. Meeting Adjourned. Preliminary Minutes August 17, 2023 4 Senior Center Commission Attendance Record Name Term Expires 9/15/22 10/20/22 11/17/22 12/15/22 1/19/23 2/16/23 3/16/23 4/20/23 5/18/23 6/15/23 7/20/23 8/17/23 Jeannie Beckman 12/31/22 X O/E NM NM -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Jay Gilchrist 12/31/25 -- -- -- -- NM NM O/E NM O/E X X X Douglas Korty 12/31/24 O/E O/E -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Tasha Lard 12/31/24 O/E X NM NM NM NM X NM X O X O Angela McConville 12/31/24 X X NM NM NM NM X NM X X X O/E Lee McKnight 12/31/24 -- -- -- -- -- -- X NM O/E X X X Susan Mellecker 12/31/23 -- -- -- -- NM NM X NM X X X O/E Nancy Ostrognai 5/18/23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- X OE X X Karen Page 12/31/23 O/E X -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Warren Paris 12/31/25 -- -- -- -- NM NM O NM X X X X Paula Vaughan 12/31/22 X X NM NM -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Linda Vogel 12/31/23 X X NM -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Key: X =Present O =Absent O/E =Absent/Excused NM =No meeting -- = Not a member