College Park Seniors Committee

Age Friendly College Park Workgroup Monday, January 27, 2025 - 1:00 pm Virtual over Zoom Approved Minutes 1. The meeting was called to order at 1:05 p.m. by Janeen Miller, Age Friendly College Park (AFCP) Lead. Workgroup members present were Mary Anne Hakes, Kathy Baer, Gail Lovelace, Carol Gray, and Bonnie McClellan. Robert Thurston and Darlene Nowlin joined later. Guests: De Lacy Paisley and Vinze Laurden. 2. Item #4, Review of the January 16 meeting with UMD representatives re Age Friendly University, will be moved to the end of the agenda when Mr. Thurston has joined the meeting. The amended agenda was approved, Lovelace/McClellan, 5-0. 3. The meeting minutes of November 25, 2024 were approved with one spelling correction, McClellan/Baer, 5-0. 4. Review of budget requests: Ms. Miller reviewed the FY ’26 budget requests that are being submitted to the City Manager: a. $100,000 to continue the Habitat For Humanity Aging in Place home repair program. This should fund approximately 3 projects. b. $48,000 to continue the AFCP Lead position. c. An unknown amount in the Communications budget to add a page in the College Park Here and Now Newspaper on a quarterly basis for the Age Friendly initiative. d. Whether any/how much funding will be requested for additional senior activities will be discussed with Ms. Barber at the Seniors Advisory Committee meeting next week. 5. Domain updates: a. Communications – Did You Know articles will start back up. Clarification on content parameters has been provided by Communications. Articles will be sent to Ms. Miller for editing and proofing. Ms. Miller will check with Communications on deadlines. Updated content for the next issue of the Resident Information Guide is being developed. Ms. Miller will find out that deadline as well. The group is undertaking a website review and will provide feedback. b. Health Services and Community Support – Ms. McClellan reported that the Concentra Urgent Care facility in north College Park is focused on employer/employment contracts but that anyone can go. She asked if the City should advertise that it is an option available to residents and if we should arrange a tour. c. Housing – Ms. Miller updated the group on the Housing Match concept and reported on her meeting with the CEO of Nesterly. They operate on a monthly subscription basis with an application fee due from the clients only when a match is made. The community partners pay the subscription fee. She will circulate the proposal when she gets it. d. Social Participation – Discussion of the March 28 Hyattsville Library tour. Details need to be determined in conjunction with YFSS and advertising is needed. Discussion of programming at the College Park Woods Clubhouse. Ms. Lovelace requested feedback on the list of ideas from the domain subcommittee she sent by email yesterday. Then that list will be finalized and provided at the next Seniors  Advisory Committee meeting. What about a monthly walk? Prince George’s County offers a lot of programs in the area that people might not know about. e. Transportation – Ms. Hakes, Ms. McClellan and Mr. Thurston met with Dr. Riem El Zoghbi from the Urban Studies and Planning department in the UMD School of Architecture about a “15-minute neighborhoods” project her students are undertaking this semester. They will look at 4 neighborhoods: Lakeland, Calvert Hills, Hollywood and Old Town. Discussion about getting an update from the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee on their projects and to use their initiatives in our progress report. Ms. Miller will arrange a meeting with Mr. Thurston and Planning to learn more. 6. Review of January 16 meeting re UMD becoming an Age Friendly University: Mr. Thurston reported on the meeting attended by he, Ms. Hakes, and Ms. Miller with Tania Mitchell, Gloria Aparicio Blackwell, and Josanne Francis from the University of Maryland, and Doug Jones and Michael Stein from the Golden ID program. The UMD provided a presentation showing that they are already doing many things that fit within AFU designation. Discussion of expansion of the Golden ID program and the Housing Match/Home Share program concept. The UMD is in the process of applying for the Carnegie Certificate to be designated as a community engaged university. The UMD representatives will float these ideas up the chain and schedule another meeting with this group in late March. 7. New Business: a. The Senior Art Show (a CPAE event) is March 28 at the College Park Airport from 4 – 7 p.m. b. Interest in long term planning for the 6- and 12-month time frames so we look forward in an intentional way. Ms. Miller will begin an outline. c. Plan for the annual progress report to City Council. The last one was July 2024. Send your notes on items to include to Ms. Miller with the subject line “Progress Report.” She will begin a draft. The meeting concluded at 3:10 p.m.