College Park Seniors Committee

DRAFT Agenda Senior Advisory Committee City of College Park AARP Livable Communities Workgroup Monday May 23, 2022 Location: Virtual meeting 1:00 P.M. PRESENT ABSENT 1. Mary Anne Hakes X 2. Bonnie McClellan X 3. Arelis Perez X 4. Carol Gray x 5. Darlene Nowlin x 6. Woei-Nan Bair x 7. Robert Thurston X 8. Carissa Janis x Staff Present: 9. Kiaisha Barber x 10. Terry Schum- joined 2pm x 11. Angie Burns x 12. Miriam Bader X 13. Ryna Quinones- x Consultants: Erin Garnass (MNCPPC) x Karen Mierow (MNCPPC) x Edythe Kelleher X Agnes Artemel x  Call to Order 1. Approval of Agenda 05/23/2022 a. Mary Anne Hakes moved to approve minutes; seconded by Arelis Perez 2. Approval of Minutes 04/25/2022 a. Bonnie McClellan requested to amend the portion of minutes discussing who may participate and/or vote at Senior Advisory/AARP subgroup meetings b. Arelis Perez requested to amend spelling out the abbreviation for Senior Advisory Committee c. MaryAnne Hakes moved to approve minutes with amendments; Arelis Perez seconded. Motion passed Old Business 3. Community Visioning Workshop-Overview a. consultant work update and timeline i. Review of presentation given by consultants ii. Terry Schum confirmed meeting date; Consultants will be presenting virtually at 6/7/2022 Council meeting; Committee members are encouraged to participate in person 4. 5/13/22 Kickoff recap a. Mary Anne Hakes thought it went well, Robert T. thanked members who mingled with the crowd; Bonnie McClellan praised the signs/visuals for the event and prizes/drawing/stickers provided opportunities to discuss initiatives b. Six people signed up to participate in future activities; some people also signed up to receive Senior Newsletter by mail; c. People of all ages were participating in event d. Discussion on having smaller presence at upcoming Friday Night Lives; Kiaisha B. will check on possibility and report to group  e. Discussion on how to engage people further i. Discussion about what happens after consultants present/propose action plan (Robert T. provided information that City has until May 2023 to submit plan to AARP) ii. After consultants provide plan, one option is post plan, receive feedback and then make a recommendation to Council to adopt. iii. Robert would like to stay visible and have ways to continue to engage people. 1. Discussion of different events a. Discussion on hosting a listening session at city hall on consultant action plan i. Miram B. suggested also providing people with an option to provide feedback even if cannot attend meeting in person Terry Schum suggested putting signs from Kickoff at consultant presentation. New Business  Arelis Perez moved to adopt logo prepared by Darlene Knowlin for future publications; seconded by Bonnie M. o Discussion about if AARP should be on the logo o Kiaisha will inform Ryna Q. and inform if there are any issues o Meeting schedule Discussion: Arelis P. raised question about the meeting schedule for the coming months  discussion of meetings over summer; Kiaisha explained that City wants schedule of meetings; if quorums meets and discusses committee business then it is considered a meeting and should be public; City needs 3 days to post meetings. June/July, skip August and convene in September was discussed  Robert T. suggested not rushing instead planning to present in fall to Council after getting more engagement in plan   Bonnie M. moved to keep scheduled meetings in June/July then resume in September. Arelis amended motion to exclude August and December. Seconded by Mary Anne Hakes. Motion carried.  Robert assigned for committee to come up with two people or organization who can benefit from hearing the AARP Livable Community initiative information.  Robert asks Committee members to bring it to next meeting; after discussion, suggestions will be emailed to Robert and Kiaisha as soon as possible.  Bonnie suggests advertising presence at all of the Friday Night Lives: June 10, July 15, August 12 and September 9- Kiaisha B. will check on if a table will be available. Adjournment Next scheduled meeting 06/27/2022