1993/09/16 Senior Citizens Advisory Commission Minutes CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION MINUTES
September 16 , 1993
The Senior Citizens Advisory Commission of the City of
Rohnert Park met this date in regular session
commencing at 1 : 00 p .m. at Codding Center, 6800 Hunter
Drive, Suite A, Rohnert Park , with Chairman Chase
presiding .
Call to Order Chairman Chase called the regular session to order at
approximately 1 : 00 p .m. and led the Pledge of
Allegiance .
Roll Call Present : (5) Commissioners Chase, Jennis, Jurgiel ,
Kennedy and Lyons
Staff present for all or part of the meeting :
Recreation Supervisor, Mary Hanlon; Program Specialist ,
Wendy Audiss ; Senior Scheduler , Vicki Wilkerson ; and
Councilwoman Linda Spiro .
Approval of
Minutes A motion to accept the minutes for the meeting of July
15th as written was made by Commissioner Kennedy ,
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approved .
Acknowledging
Posting of
the Agenda Chairman Chase stated that the Secretary/Supervisor had
posted the Agenda as required by law in three ( 3)
public locations within the time period required.
Unscheduled
Public
Appearances Liz Cochran, Coordinator for the Petaluma Office of the
Sonoma County Volunteer Center , described the agency ' s
purpose and function .
Hazel Brubaker , Senior Nutrition site manager , stated
that she was expecting City Manager Joseph Netter and
asked if this portion of agenda could be delayed until
his arrival . The Commission concurred .
Communications Chairman Chase read past letters that he had written to
the Council and the responses the Council had given
regarding the Commission ' s request to expand the Senior
Center into the C.O.Y.F. portion of Codding Center .
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411 Chairman Chase also gave tips on how to best write a
letter to an elected official .
Program
Specialist
Report Program Specialist , Wendy Audiss , reported on the
following : Drop- In Center ' s attendance for July and
August , 2 , 304 & 2 , 404 respectively; the barbecue and
auction ( $100 profit plus $700 of paper products ) ; Baja
Cruise; Alaskan Cruise; Indian Bingo ; attendance of all
August events at the Senior Center ( 40 different
programs with 4 , 610 participants ) ; sing-a- long
following today ' s meeting; and a Social Security
informational meeting to be held on October 15 at 1 : 30
p .m.
Senior
Scheduler
Report Senior Scheduler , Vicki Wilkerson , reported on the
following: tea dance proceeds ($632 for July , August
and September) ; upcoming Moonlighters ' tea dance;
baking committee update; and decoration committee
update .
Matters from
Commissioners Commissioner. Lyons introduced Councilwoman Spiro who
described her role as it pertains to the Senior
Advisory Commission . She also announced the Rotary ' s
garage sale and stated some items that might be of
410 interest to seniors had been donated .
Hazel
Brubaker There being no further business , Hazel Brubaker
requested that since the City Manager was still not at
the meeting if Councilwoman Spiro would contact the
City Manager so that the meeting could be rescheduled .
Hazel declined to discuss her issue until the City
Manager was in attendance .
Discussion followed on the issue of the Senior Center
expansion and what the next course of action should be .
A sign-in sheet will go around with a request that the
meeting with the City Manager be rescheduled .
Councilwoman
Spiro Leaves At 1 : 25 p.m. , Councilwoman Spiro called City Hall to
follow up on the City Manager ' s whereabouts as he had
stated to her as well that he would be at today ' s
meeting .
Councilwoman
Spiro Returns At 1 : 30 p .m. Councilwoman Spiro stated that City Hall
said the City Manager had left word that he was
planning on being at the meeting as well .
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III Meeting
Adjourned There being no further business to discuss and no one
further desiring to be heard, Commissioner Jennis made
a motion for adjournment at 1 : 32 p .m. which was
seconded by Commissioner Jurgiel .
Chairman
ATTEST :
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Mary Hanlon, ecreation Supervisor
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