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Home My Public Portal AboutA 2011-02-02 - SENIOR ADVISORY COUNCIL CITY OF LYNWOOD SENIOR ADVISORY COUNCIL GENERAL MEETING tYNWOOD SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER 11329 ERNESTINE AVENUE LYNWOOD, CA 90262 AGENDA Wednesda , Februa 2, 2011 12:00 .m. — 1:00 .m. THIS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED WITH KINDNESS AND RESPECT. 12:00 p.m. Call to Order Pledge of Allegiance 17V�y ��5��'� Invocation p c C� I v C� Roll Call S� C G _ Lorene Reed, Chairperson Pamela Taylor, Vice-Chairperson ��tN 2 7 2011 Barbara Battle D. Joyce Edner CITY OF LYNWOOD Paulette Bradley CITY CLERKS OFFICE Certification of Agenda Posting �aY ;� Qv�ro��ia Approval of Minutes 1/12/11 1 - G�Y'� L�f_r � �� ( 12:10 p.m. Public Comments (2 minutes) 12:20 p.m. Clarification Regarding Senior Center Status Activities Report 1. Down Town Shopping Spree Staff Report 12:45 p.m. Board Orals (2 minutes) 1:00 p.m. Adjournment Next General Meeting on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 The Recreation Department, Senior Services Division does not discriminate on the basis of disability. Persons with disabilities may request accommodation services by calling (310) 886-0425 two-weeks in advance of the meeting. The facility providing this service is wheelchair accessible. � Senior Advisory Council Meeting Minutes January 12, 2011 The meeting was called to order at 12:08 p.m. by Chair, Lorene Reed. The agenda was duly posted as prescribed by the Brown Act. Pledge of Allegiance: Member Barbara Battle Invocation: Member Pamela Taylor Roll Call: Cecilia Amezquita Present: Absent: Barbara Battle Paulette Bradley D.Joyce Edner Lorene Reed Pamela Taylor Public Comments: Pearline Calderon — Regarding the posting of the scheduled canceled meeting. The Senior Advisory meeting as regularly scheduled for the first Wednesday of each month. On the 5`�' you had seniors coming to attend the meeting. So we are asking that you post all canceled meetings at the senior center. On the 6' the lunch was served before the scheduled lunch program. This should not happen as it created a waste. City Hall has discontinued the TAP program. This can be done electronically or via internet or at (866) taptogo. Compared to previous generations Yhe baby boomers represent a more diverse generation in such aspects as race, class, religion and ethnicity. The population is growing in certain age groups compared to the old generation. The City staff has not made preparation for the impact at the Senior Center. I have addressed this several times. The Area Agency on Aging is having ajoint public hearing on January 21, 201J. Athens Park Recogoition Nominee: Chair Lorene Reed — We do this every year for Black History month. We choose a nominee to attend and be ' recognized for the outstanding volunteering they do in the community. Today 1 want the council to come up with nominees so we can make a recommendation. D. Joyce Edner— I have been observing a senior here at the senior center that comes and is available to tidy " up outside and inside, he assists wherever he is needed. He doesn't seem to mind doing anything that is asked of him. My nominee is Percy Brown. Pamela Taylor —[ dodt have anyone in particular but I was going to choose Percy Brown. Chair Lorene Reed — I too was going to choose Percy Brown, he cleans out the flowerbed at anytime of the � day. He is here three times a week calling Bingo, he is also President of the Neighborhood Watch and they have a senior service group that goes out and cuts yards on Saturdays. Paulette Bradley made a motion for Percy Brown to be the Athens Park Nominee, 2" by D. Joyce Edner. By unanimous consent motion passed. LA County Older Americans Recognition Nominee: Chair Lorene Reed — The nominee will be recognized for their dedication to community services. They _ must 65 years of age. ' Paulette Bradley — I nominate Vera Jorquez, she is like a clock work, the sun rises & sets and she is here working in the cafeteria. She's here greeting the seniors and she knows them by name. She is a caring person. She responds to you as a family member. 1 highly recommend that LA County know about her. 1 Paulette Bradley made a motion fbr Vera Jorquez to be the LA County Older Americans Recognition nominee, 2"`� by D. Joyce Ednec By unanimous consent motion passed. Activities Report: 1. Turkey Give-Away: Chair Lorene Reed — Everything went really welL 2. Jazz & Blues Concert: Chair L,orene Reed — We did a survey following the event, we surveyed 75-80 people. They all enjoyed it and would like to have another Jazz & Blues Concert. 3. Christmas Gala: Chair L,orene Reed — It went extremely well, we had live entertainment. We had a really good time. 4. Spot light 29 Casino: Chair Lorene Reed — Mrs. Battle went on the trip and lost her money like the rest of us. We had a lot of fun. lt was a small casino �but the machines were the kind we like. They make a lot of noise and keep you hyped up like you're winning a lot of money. Active Clubs: Marisa Cordova — There is room for more groups and clubs. If you have ideas or you want to form any other type of group, even if iYs just a social group that geYs together to crochet. This is your center. IYs � ideas that you want to bring forward. LeYs geY more things going on in our Senior Center. Staff Report-Marisa Cordova: Activities/Participants December November Bingo I50 290 Computer/Library 30 46 Exercise Room 1 19 148 Health & Fitness 199 246 ' Meals Program 921 935 Sewing 3 18 Line Dancing 11 58 Card Club 98 106 E�CTI V IYIOS: . I. Friday, January 14, 2011 — Honoring Martin Luther King, Zelda Hutcherson will be doing a presentation introduction into a movie we will be providing for everyone "We Shall Overcome" from 1 1:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 2. Friday, February 4, 201 1— African Fashion Week from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 3. Tuesday, February 15, 201L — Viejas Casino Fee: $20.00, you get $5.00 casino credit and $5.00 towards food. 4. Thursday, February 17, 2011 — Poetry Reading 5. Sunday, February 27, 201 1— Black History Celebration from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Board Orals: Pamela Taylor — Happy New Year to everyone. Barbara Battle — Happy New Year to everyone. 1 am looking forward to us having a prosperous New Year and let's make sure we all get involved and work together and try to make this Senior Center as good a center as we can possibly make it. D. Joyce Edner — Happy and blessed New Year to each and every one of us and let us count on looking forward to this year being prosperous. 2 I Paulette Bradley — Happy New Year to everyone and 1 wish that everything you want this year you obtain and particular{y good health. I am a member of the Bio-ethics at St. Francis. At last Monday's meeTing I heard some devastating statistics about our community. I was shocked to hear of the poor health in this community and the average age oP the people who died at St. Francis last year was 40. I am sharing this with you because we need to get orc the ball and star[ celebrating our lives. We are walking ourselves to the end by not being responsible. Our exercise classes should be bursting at the seams. We have two knowledgeable instructors that are dedicated to us. If you think you don't have ideas for your center go to other centers and steal some ideas. Chair Lorene Reed — You're right Mrs. Calderon, we did not post the cancelation and 1 apologize for that. In the Newsletter we had the wrong date for the meeting because we have a standard first Wednesday of the - month but at the November meeting we had voted to change it to the second Wednesday of the month due to people going out of town. [f you didn't attend the meeting you would have not known that we changed it. That is an error that will not happen again. In regards to the flyers, we have a process that they have to be approved, we are trying to streamline the process and hopefully we can speed it up a little bit. I wish everyone a Happy New Year. Hope that everyone will try to come up with some ideas to promote and grow the center. We want the attendance to improve. We need things to do in the evening. Adjournment: Member Paulette Bradley made a motion to adjourn, 2n by D. Joyce Edner. By unanimous consent the meeting adjourned at 12:43 p.m. 3