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Senior Advisory Board Meeting Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - Hopewell Valley Senior Center
Attending: Lawrence Mansier, William Farmer, Severino DiCocco, Tom DiMuzio, Jean Harrington, Joel May, Virginia Silliphant, Nils Stout Call to Order: Chairman Mansier called the meeting to order at 2:03 PM. Notice was made of meeting the Open Public Meetings Act requirements. Minutes: The Minutes of the July 21st meeting were read and approved. Movie: The Board viewed a short film produced by Generations United and entitled How We Live Our Lives. The subject was the benefits of intergenerational community centers. Senior Services Coordinator's Report: Events and Programs: A meeting was held to plan the Artists' Choice show (for the month of September) and reception (scheduled for September 15th). Also, speakers are being lined up for the rest of 2010. Finance: Ms. Waugh has prepared the 2011 Senior Services budget proposal and she presented it to the Board for their review. Social Services: Ms. Waugh met with several residents who are preparing to retire to discuss Medicare benefits. She also made a number of visits to homebound residents. Transportation: Questionnaires were sent to users of Hopewell Valley Rides. Ms. Waugh will report the results next month. Volunteers: No responses have yet been received to the email sent to all school district principals with information on potential older adult volunteers. Chairman's Report: Meeting with Kim Bruno: Chairman Mansier reported on a meeting he had with Ms. Kim Bruno of the Youth Advisory Group. The subject was progress on the building on West Franklin Ave. She noted that they were moving ahead on building renovations and site improvements, but she was uncertain about an opening date. She announced that the youth group would be required to pay property taxes of between $1200 and $1500 per year to Pennington Borough and that the Y would provide supervisory personnel. Planned Meeting with Y Personnel: Chairman Mansier said that a meeting has been planned with himself and Mr. Farmer meeting with Phil Volpe and Steve Wood, President of the Y. Planned Meeting with Capital Health System: Chairman Mansier has, to date, been unable to schedule a meeting with Capital Health System personnel as suggested by Mr. DiMuzio at the July meeting. Committee Reports: Explorations: Planning is complete for the fall session and publicity has been distributed via the web site, posters and the up-coming September issue of Senior Spirit. In addition, an emailing has been sent to all previous participants. Stan Saperstein will offer a course on Civil War, a Living History which will run for eight weeks at the Pennington Presbyterian Church. Cindy Saperstein will teach Amazing Women Characters in American History at the Wellington Manor Club House; Larry Mansier will offer Enjoying Shakespeare III and Nancy Nelson and Carol Sheaffer will offer Genealogy: Researching and Preserving Your Family History, both at the Pennington Presbyterian Church. All three of these courses are six weeks in length. Ian Burrows will teach Archaeology: Our Search for the Past as a four-week course at the Hopewell train station. There are already seven people registered for the courses which will begin on October 4th. Old Business: Ms. Johnson announced that the Hopewell Township Committee work session originally scheduled for July 26th to discuss strategies for raising the funds necessary to match those available from Mercer County to construct a new senior center was not held. Current plans are to hold the session shortly after Labor Day. Considerable discussion among the Board members elicited feelings of both frustration and concern and the hope that the parties involved could reach an agreement on a reasonable and doable course of action, with consideration of both short-term and long-term community needs. Public Input: Mr. Potter asked about the results of Seniors' Day at Cream King which took place on August 9th. Mr. Farmer responded that he had not yet heard anything about the results but would contact them. Mr. Farmer moved for adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 4:00PM Next Meeting: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 2 PM at the Senior Center.
Respectfully Submitted,
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