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Leadership Committee for Senior Services
Meeting Minutes FEB 0 8 2011
City Hall
Thursday, November 11,2010
CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE
► A quorum of members were present and the meeting was called to order at 3:41 p.m. by Dotson Lewis,
Chairperson.
"Roll Call
Roll call was conducted by Patricia Byrd. Hubert Hall, Ida Hobbs, Arnold Villarreal were absent. Patricia Byrd,
Lindsey Edwards, Vicki Garza, Gloria Gooding, Cecilia Huerta, Dotson Lewis, Hope Lopez, Clarissa Lopez,
Adelfa Martinez, Donna Rodriguez, and Billy Sayles were all present.
"Attendance Issues:
Mr. Lewis advised the committee that he had spoken with Arnold Villarreal whom would be submitting his letter
of resignation. Mr. Lewis asked if there were any Biographical Information Forms submitted from people who
were interested in serving on the committee. Ms. Munoz stated there have not been any forwarded to our office
but would check with the City Secretary's Office to see any have been submitted to them.
"Approval of Minutes
Cecilia Huerta made a motion to approve the minutes as written.Adelfa Martinez seconded the motion and it
was unanimously approved.
"State of the Senior Center Address:
Mrs. Hope Lopez reported that the Lindale Site Council has been doing very well. She mentioned that the site
council had started with nothing at all in their bank account when she took over as president. Ms. Lopez reported
on the Lindale Senior Center"day"dance which is sponsored by local agencies in the community. The Lindale
Site Council has raised a little over$3,000.00 in one year. Lindale recently celebrated their 35th Anniversary. Mrs.
Lopez said that she was pleased with all the support from all centers and all the staff that helped and joined in on
their celebration. One of the dance groups stayed and joined the celebration as well. Mrs. Lopez shared that
Mary Ann Mondragon, Lindale Senior Center Supervisor, had been on leave for about 4 months. There were
several supervisors that had come in and helped keep the center running during Ms. Mondragon's absence. Mrs.
Byrd asked if they have their Breakfast Club every morning or only on certain days. Ms. Lopez mentioned that
the Breakfast Club cooks every Monday—Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. and they have different types of food
for breakfast. Mrs. Lopez reported that their dances are a big hit at Lindale. Mrs.Adelfa Martinez mentioned that
Lindale will be hosting a Super Bingo coming up soon. Mrs. Lopez explained that the Super Bingo offers prizes
that are$5.00 or more. Mr. Lewis asked what Lindale's hours of operation are. Mary Ann stated that Lindale is
open Monday—Friday from 8 a.m.—4 p.m. and there are 3 nights Lindale stays open until 9 P.M. Mrs. Byrd
asked when the Lindale Senior Center members play Wii. Mary Ann reported that they just recently started
playing the Wil in the mornings in the dining area.
"New Business: None
'Subcommittee Reports:
Funding and Resource/Special Events Subcommittee:
Mrs. Huerta reported on the Holiday Dinner.There will be various committees needed in ordered to get all the
tasks completed for the Holiday Dinner. Ms. Huerta stated that Physician's Health Choice will be donating bags
to be given to each member that attends the Holiday Dinner. Ms. Edwards and Ms. Gooding would be
sponsoring the bingo prizes this year. Mrs. Huerta announced that the sub-committee is working on getting the
music for the same amount as last year ($100.00). Ms. Huerta stated that the itinerary for the Holiday Dinner
would be the same as the year before.
Ms. Munoz asked if there would be a Christmas Tree Forest this year. Mrs. Huerta said yes. Ms. Garza asked
when and where the Holiday Dinner would be this year. Mrs. Huerta announced that the event would begin at
12:30 p.m. at the American Bank Center on Thursday, December 16, 2010. Ms. Edwards then asked who would
be printing the programs for the Holiday Dinner. Ms. Munoz stated that the programs are printed in house at City
Hall every year. Ms. Edwards began asking about the center pieces for the event. Ms. Munoz advised that
traditionally the AT&T Pioneers donate the center pieces for the Holiday Dinner. Ninfa Chavera, Northwest
Senior Center Supervisor,would be in contact with them to secure that donation again for this year. Ms. Edwards
stated that she was thinking of possibly wrapping empty boxes and putting them on tables since the theme is
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"The Gift of Sharing"to have as the center pieces. Ms. Munoz stated that would be a good idea in addition to the
center pieces from the AT&T Pioneers.
Mrs. Huerta reported that Northwest Senior Center and Oveal Williams Senior Center had sold all 200 popcorn
bags issued to them to sell. Sales at Lindale Senior Center were also good. Ms. Chavera announced that there
were popcorn bags for the Committee Members that had not already picked up their bags to sell.
Mrs. Huerta displayed a sample gift basket that would be used for the raffle at the Holiday Dinner. She
mentioned that she would be in contact with some local cupcake shops in hopes that they would donate
something to be placed in the gift baskets. Mrs. Huerta also passed out a draft sponsorship letter that will be
sent to local businesses requesting donations for the gift baskets. Ms. Munoz asked about the deadline to turn
in items for the Gift Baskets. Mrs. Huerta stated that November 29, 2010 would be the last day to get items that
will be donated for the baskets. Lindsey will be arranging the gift baskets. Mrs. Huerta requested that Ms. Medina
print the Gift Basket Raffle Tickets.
Program Qoeratlons Subcommittee:
Mr. Lewis reported on the Senior Center Site Council Summit to review implementation of the new standardized
by-laws. Ms. Munoz mentioned that it was surprising to see the amount of feedback from the site councils. She
advised the committee that there were a few grammatical corrections made and a few other corrections that
were made for consistency reasons (i.e.—senior center members in lieu of participants). She also expressed the
urgency and significance of having these by-laws adopted. Mrs. Huerta asked what would happen if one site
council did not wish to implement these by-laws. Ms. Munoz stated a site could elect not to adopt the By-Laws.
However, the LCSS is strongly encouraging these By-Laws for adoption by all site councils. Mrs. Byrd made a
motion that the LCSS Committee adopt the standardized by-laws and have a copy distributed to all the senior
centers. Ms. Garza seconded the motion and it was unanimously approved.
Ms. Garza reported on the trip to San Antonio,Texas.The Leeza's Place at the Bob Ross Senior Center was the
first site that was visited. She explained how beautiful the site is and how impressed she was with the variety of
activities that were being conducted at that site. Ms. Garza stated that the last place they visited was the Elvira
Cisneros Senior Center, which was double the size of the other one. There were at least 200 senior center
members there and many of them were on treadmills and they also had a food pantry. It was about 2:30 p.m. in
the afternoon and there were that many people still at the site. Ms. Garza mentioned that the Elvira Cisneros
Senior Center gets approximately$340,000.00 a year from the City in funding for that site. Ms. Garza explained
that it would be in the best interest of City of Corpus Christi to have a senior center similar to the ones they had
been able to visit. Ms. Munoz advised that the LCSS Committee had endorsed plans to bring a Leeza's Place
here in Corpus Christi at the November 2009 meeting. Ms. Munoz stated that they will be processing a Letter of
Agreement with WellMed for this project. The Lindale Senior Center Library has been recommended as the sire
location for the Corpus Christi Leeza's Place. Ms. Edwards stated that Physician's Health Choice's parent
company is WeIIMed. Ms. Gooding asked if we have a Grant Writer. Ms. Munoz stated that Lisa Oliver, Leticia
Ochoa and she do the entire grant writing for our program. Ms. Gooding stated she has some experience with
grant writing and offered her expertise and support for securing additional grants.
Ms. Munoz mentioned that the City is facing the same problem regarding the FY 2010 budget when it was
recommended that Zavala Senior Center be closed. She mentioned that we have not been told that our division
would be impacted at this point, but we still don't know anything for sure. Ms. Munoz stated advised that she has
discussed a public/private partnership for the Zavala Senior Center with Mr. Morris. Ms. Garza asked for a status
report on the Broadmoor Senior Center. Ms. Munoz reported that a preliminary walk through had been
conducted. There were some items that needed to be addressed, but she did not foresee us accepting the
building until early next year. Ms. Munoz advised that we are proceeding with the selection of furniture and Tanya
Lara, Broadmoor Senior Center Supervisor, has initiated discussions with the Broadmoor members on what
programs and attributions they want to have in the senior center and what they want to do for a Grand Opening
Celebration.
Mrs. Huerta announced that the Veteran's Association will be building a new facility here in Corpus Christi and a
Veteran's Cemetery. She asked about the possibility of a partnership with the Veteran's Association to create
something like the Elvira Cisneros Senior Center. Mr. Lewis mentioned that he is a member of the Veteran's
Association Lobbyist Group and there are a number of issues right now with funding, so the probability of a
partnership right now would be out of the question.
Mr. Lewis reported on the Senior Center Directors Summit. He mentioned that there was a discussion on Senior
Center Accreditation. Mr. Lewis stated that there is a manual that he has been reviewing and will be developing
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a report to determine if accreditation would be an asset to Corpus Christi. Mrs. Huerta asked which one of the
eight senior centers would be accredited if they are able to secure the accreditation. Ms. Munoz recommends the
Lindale Senior Center as the first center for accreditation.
Mr. Lewis asked that each Sub-committee start a summary on their accomplishments for this year and are to be
turned into Ms. Byrd by the end of November 2010.
Program Evaluation Subcommittee:
Ms. Ochoa reported that 85 comments cards were received with 2 unsatisfied with the enchiladas from the Ethel
Eyerly Senior Center. There also have been some comments regarding parking at the Garden Senior Center.
Senior Center Satisfied Unsatisfied Total
Ethel Eyerly B 2 10
Garden 2 0 2
Greenwood 0 0 0
Lindale 0 0 0
Northwest 36 0 36
Oveal Williams 37 0 37
Zavala 0 0 0
TOTAL 83 2 85
Ms. Ochoa reports that they are working on revising the evaluation tool for the menu to work with the dietician to
create a new menu or add a little more variety to the current menu.
►SCS Division Program Report:
Ms. Munoz reported that we have received the results from a recent state monitoring visit.There are some
administrative issues that needed to be corrected. The fiscal part of the monitoring was satisfactory. Ms. Munoz
states that a corrective action plan was submitted to the state agency.The State is now requiring that we
conduct background checks on all employees.
Ms. Munoz announced that we have received the Notification of Intent to Contract from the Area Agency on
Aging and from the Texas Department of Agriculture for Fiscal Year 2011.
►Items to be placed on the next agenda:
Retreat
• FY 2010 Subcommitte Accomplishment Report for FY 2011
• FY 2010 Program Performance Review
• Identify Key Strategies and Goals
New Business
• LCSS Member Reappointments
• New LCSS Member Endorsements
'Old Business:
Cecilia Huerta announced that the 2011 meeting schedule does not coincide with the October minutes. Ms.
Munoz advised that is due to the New Year's Holiday the attendance of the members in the past has been very
low therefore,we have traditionally met on the second week following the holiday.After some discussion Mrs.
Byrd made a motion to meet January 13, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. Ms. Edwards seconded the motion and it was
unanimously approved.
Ms. Huerta expressed the importance of all the committee member's attendance is for this annual retreat. Ms.
Munoz mentioned that Rosario Medina,Administrative Assistant, would be sending a reminder regarding the
January Retreat.
*Public Comment: None
►Adjournment: Meeting adjourned at 5:10 p.m.
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