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Home My WebLink About6-16-22 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, June 16, 2022 4 PM Senior Center Assembly Room Agenda 1. Introductions/Welcome—A. McConville 2. Minutes (April 21, 2022) 3. Public Discussion for items not on the agenda 4. Low-income senior community resource discussion – Jeff Kellbach, Johnson County Aging Specialist and Lindsay Glynn, Executive Director of Aging Services 5. Operational Overview—DeLoach  Senior Center programming update  Senior Center master plan update 6. Commission Discussion— A. McConville  Senior Center master plan discussion  Commissioner’s report of community correspondence  Future agenda Items 7. Adjourn **Next meeting is Thursday, July 21 at 4 PM ** Meeting Packet Contents: 1. Agenda: Thursday, June 16, 2022 2. Minutes: Senior Center Commission, Thursday, April 21, 2022 Preliminary Minutes April 21, 2022 1 MINUTES SENIOR CENTER COMMISSION April 21, 2022 Members Present: Angela McConville, Linda Vogel, Jeannie Beckman, Doug Korty Members Absent: Paula Vaughan, Karen Page Staff Present: LaTasha DeLoach, Kristin Kromray Others Present: None CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by McConville at 4:02 PM. RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL: None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 17, 2021 MEETING: Motion: To accept the minutes from the March 17, 2021 meeting. Motion carried on a vote of 4/0. Beckman/Vogel PUBLIC DISCUSSION: None. WELCOME FROM THE SENOIR CENTER COORDINATOR: DeLoach welcomed the Commissioners and let them know she is available to meet with any of them if they would ever like to meet one on one. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW: DeLoach reported the May and June program calendar is available now. There will still be some online programs, however many are now in person in the building or at offsite locations. She noted more people are coming into the building. DeLoach reported the Senior Center has started working with a marketing firm, Easton Designs. The Senior Center has a contract for a year with them. The goal Preliminary Minutes April 21, 2022 2 of working with them is to fine tune the Senior Center’s branding and logo. The Senior Center changed its logo about 10 years ago. At the time the trend was to move away from the word “senior” which was why the current logo does not feature it prominently. This will be something staff discuss. DeLoach stated she will bring ideas to the commission as the process progresses. The Senior Center master plan report was presented to the City Council at their work session on Tuesday. OPN did a similar presentation to what was presented to the commission in January. DeLoach noted there is currently about 6.2 million dollars in CIP funds for renovations. Three million will go to the exterior work that is necessary. The kitchen renovation will cost about 1 million. The most extensive interior building renovations would need an additional 6-8 million. The interior plan could be scaled back. The exterior work will move forward in the next year or so because it is of a more time sensitive nature. Given amount of money needed to renovate and that even renovations may not solve all of the location challenges this building presents staff will take the next 6 -12 months to investigate all possibilities including staying in this location with varying degrees of renovations, renovating an existing location, or building a new facility. DeLoach anticipates working with public policy to create community surveys to gather options from the public. Vogel asked if there would be any possibility of the new building across the street to provide parking for the Senior Center. Beckman asked if a tax incentive could be explored to incentivize the potential for Senior Center parking to be included in their plans. COMMISSION DISCUSSION: Korty noted the article in the packet was one he wrote a number of years ago. It highlighted how single seniors are at the highest risk of poverty. He provided a handout to the group with a list of resources. He wondered if these types of resources could be included on the Senior Center website. McConville noted there are some dedicated resources in Johnson County including an online resource directory managed by the county. DeLoach noted Senior Center staff often get calls and emails from members of the public regarding referrals. Often people are referred to Jeff Kellbach, Johnson County’s Aging Specialist. Korty asked how the Senior Center could get specific information, for example, about reverse mortgages. DeLoach said where the Senior Center could come in would be to do a program about a specific topic like this. Additionally, depending on the information or topic information could be included in the weekly newsletter or in a physical space, like the pantry area for additional resources related to food insecurity. McConville asked if commissioners would like to have a presentation from Jeff Kellbach at an upcoming meeting. Commissioners thought that would be a good idea. Preliminary Minutes April 21, 2022 3 McConville asked how plans for a proposed member event was coming along. DeLoach reported a member and volunteer event will be held on June 14 th from 4-6 PM at Terry True Blood. Food trucks will be available as well as time to socialize and enjoy the park. The Senior Center will have a table at the Public Works open house on May 21st. McConville reported she will be gone for the next regularly scheduled meeting and wondered if others would be available the week before or after. Staff will follow up. DeLoach reported Susan Carroll resigned from the Commission. Meeting adjourned at 5:03 PM. Preliminary Minutes April 21, 2022 4 Senior Center Commission Attendance Record Name Term Expires 5/20/21 6/17/21 7/15/21 8/19/21 9/16/21 10/21/21 11/18/21 12/16/21 1/21/22 2/17/22 3/17/22 4/21/22 Jeannie Beckman 12/31/22 X O/E X X NM X X O/E X NM X X Victoria (Susan) Carroll 12/31/24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- X NM X -- Lorraine Dorfman 12/31/21 X X X X NM X X X -- -- -- -- Susan Eberly 12/31/23 X X O/E O/E NM O/E -- -- -- -- -- -- Zach Goldsmith 12/31/21 X O/E O/E X NM X X X -- -- -- -- Douglas Korty 12/31/24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- O/E NM X X Angela McConville 12/31/24 X X X X NM X X X X NM X X Karen Page 12/31/23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- X O/E Paula Vaughan 12/31/22 X X X O/E NM X X X X NM X O/E Linda Vogel 12/31/23 X X O/E O/E NM X X O/E X NM X X Key: X = Present O = Absent O/E = Absent/Excused NM = No meeting -- = Not a member