Senior Advisory Committee

12300 Forest Hill Blvd Village of Wellington Wellington, FL 33414 Action Summary Senior Advisory Committee Howard Trager, Chair Veronica McCue, Vice Chair Mary Kastner Sharon Lascola Sally Schwartz Sampson Nebb Jose Soto Thursday, January 11, 2018 3:30 PM Village Hall I CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 3:30pm Members present: Howard Trager, Veronica McCue, Sharon Lascola, Sampson Nebb and Jose Soto Members absent: Sally Schwartz and Mary Kastner Village Staff: Paulette Edwards, Scott Campbell and Geneeka Morris II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mr. Trager III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Approval of the Agenda as presented A motion was made by Mr. Nebb, seconded by Ms. Lascola to approve the Agenda as presented. IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approval of the Minutes as presented A motion was made by Mr. Nebb, and seconded by Ms. Lascola to approve the Minutes as presented. V. STAFF UPDATES Mr. Cambell gave an update on recent and upcoming programs and events. Mr. Campbell also informed the Committee about the response he received from the Green Market and Food Truck event that the Senior Advisory Committee would like to attend and have a table, then gave the Committee a status on the Newsletter. Ms Kastner was not in attendance, but did send information in about the senior Village of Wellington Page 1 Senior Advisory Committee Action Summary January 11, 2018 survey. Mr. Trager asked if the survey could be similar to the survey that was done in 2006. Ms. McCue informed Mr. Trager that Ms. Kastner would draft a survey, making the Senior Advisory Committee similar to the Senior Task Force. Mr. Nebb mentioned that everything on the original senior task force survey distributed by the Village was never addressed. The only thing that was passed from the survey was the Senior Transportation. Mrs. Edwards informed the Committee that there is a new council since 2006 and the Committee should still follow through with what was stated at a prior meeting which was to let Ms. Kastner complete a draft of the survey and present it to the new Council. Ms. Lascola asked if at the next Senior Meeting, papers could be passed out and have a heading on it, What would be your interest, to be able to help Ms. Kastner in creating the senior survey. Mr. Trager would like the senior survey to be added in to the newsletter. Mr. Nedd explained that he didn't see the purpose of the senior survey since the old survey was never honored. Mr. Trager agreed with Mrs. Edwards in giving the new Council a chance. Ms. McCue made a motion to have a vote for a three to four question survey to help guide the direction of Ms. Kastner's survey not to take the place of the final survey. The Senior Advisory Committee could distribute the survey to the Senior Club or at the symposium to get feed back on what the seniors want to see implemented that would help seniors. Ms. Lascola seconded the motion. The Committee then discussed the motion. Ms. Lascola was no loger present in the discussion. Ms. McCue asked that the motion be tabled. VI. OLD BUSINESS Ms. McCue suggested that Mr. Soto would be a wonderful resource and should be apart of the committee that is over the Senior Wellness Fair. Mr. Soto accepted Mr. Trager asked Mrs. Edwards about the HomeGrown Heroes Mrs. Edwards informed the Committee that she spoke with the Communication Department and needed to know what the selection criteria would be. Mr. Trager suggested that Ms. McCue could come up with the criteria for the HomeGrown Hero. Village of Wellington Page 2 Senior Advisory Committee Action Summary January 11, 2018 Ms. McCue asked about the senior round table discussion and suggested that Ms. Lascola could help with it. VII. NEW BUSINESS Mr. Trager wanted to table the discussion of changing the meeting time until the next meeting. VIII. PUBLIC COMMENT There were no Public Comments. IX. BOARD COMMENTS Ms. McCue explained her disappointment with the energy of the meeting and felt the Committee needed to let go of the past and look towards the future. Mr. Nebb expressed how he felt about the boardwalk project. The Village should have decided and not brought it before the Senior Advisory Committee with this project. Mr. Trager explained how there were days the Senior Task Force made presentations and worked long hours to be told it's not going to be done is disheartening, but did agree with Ms. McCue that the Committee need to take two steps forward and one step back to get to the future. Ms. McCue would like to get parking for 55 and older and restaurants to host for the seniors for free. Ms. McCue would like people to say Wellington is the best place to live because Wellington takes care of everybody from students, young families, and seniors. Mr. Trager asked if the Senior Advisory Committee is an action committee or committee that make recommendations? Mrs. Edwards responded by explaining the Senior Advisory Committee is a committee that brings back recommendations. X. CLOSING COMMENT XI. ADJOURNMENT Motion was made by Ms. McCue and seconded by Mr. Nebb. Meeting was adjourned at 4:30pm NOTICE Village of Wellington Page 3