Re: Opening and Welcome

Commissioner Doug Bly called the meeting to order at 10:09 a.m.

Re: Approval of Minutes

Commissioner Bly asked if there were any additions, deletions or corrections to June’s minutes.  There being none, the minutes were approved as written. 

Commissioner Bly introduced John and Mary Jane Salerno, Rockville residents, who had come by the meeting to view first hand the workings of the Senior Commission.

Re: Club Reports

Pete Sante, reporting for the Triple F Club advised that there had been no meeting this month however, the Triple F Club is working on a trip to the Toby’s Dinner Theater in conjunction with the Young In Heart Club to see “Kiss Me Kate”.

Stu Crump, reporting for the Willing 3 C’s, said there would be no more meetings until September.

Stuart said he had attended an “Aging in Place Seminar” on June 21st where there were several presentations on topics such as home construction, adult day care, homecare, geriatric care management etc, noting that the whole program was very good.

Audrey Beck, reporting for the Young In Heart Club, said there would be no more meetings until September.

Jonathan Triandafilou, reporting for R.S.I. said their primary order of business at their last meeting (July 18th) had been the budget that was approved at $93,000.00.

Doug Bly, reporting for the Bethany House Club, said there had been no meeting this month.

Re: Montgomery County Commission on Aging

 No report.

 No report.

Re: Chair Report

No report.

Re: Old Business

Audrey Beck spoke briefly about the Aging In Place Committee meeting that was held July 13th with Kathy Neale, Pete Sante and Lorraine Schack.  She advised that the committee has been working on ideas to help Rockville senior residents with the difficulties of remaining in their homes such as lawn care, snow shoveling, plumbing repairs etc.  Often these become either too difficult to handle alone or cost prohibitive.  As the committee gathers ideas they have spoken with Sylvia George of  Elderly Ministries to assess that organization and their funding that runs their programs for the elderly.  Audrey noted that a program has been scheduled for November 2, 2006, 12:30 – 4:00 pm entitled “Seniors: Live Better at Home” that will have a significant amount of information that should help seniors who wish to remain in their own homes.  The speakers will include representatives from the Senior Beacon, the Community Partners, state and county Departments on Aging, National Aging in Place, etc.  In closing it was noted that the Senior Commission would be a co-sponsor of the event with refreshments and gifts.

Re: New Business

Lorraine explained that she and Jill Hall have been working with the Communications Team at City Hall in an effort to develop new and different ways to ‘get the word out’ to Rockville residents about all the programs and services that are available to Rockville seniors.  She went on to explain that one idea that has surfaced is to try ‘live feeds’ on the Rockville Cable Channel that will broadcast some of the speakers and events held at the Senior Center.  Another possibility will be a four-page insert in one of the fall Rockville Reports.  During the discussion it was recommended that the Senior Center ask that a listing of services and a calendar of events be included in Rockville’s church and neighborhood association newsletters.

Kathy Neale said she would be glad to work with the King Farm Neighborhood Association as there is currently a program scheduled and there are several senior friendly residences and activities already in existence or planned.

Kathy also advised the Commissioners that the Long Range Plan for Senior Services Task Force had their final meeting last week.  They now have a summary of all their recommendations and the Commission will receive copies of their plan prior to its distribution to the Mayor and Council.

Re: Staff Report

Lorraine said the Center has received information and flyers on the new free Ride-On bus service for seniors and there is a large supply of applications for identification cards for the Ride-On and Metro services in the front office.

She went on to say that the new Chinese speaking Outreach Worker position has been approved and she hoped to be able to hire someone quickly.

Lorraine also mentioned that the Computer Lab Manager position is open and that she will be doing interviews.

In closing she advised that Attorney General Curran would be coming to the Center August 10th to talk about the state of affairs in Maryland. 
       
There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 11:10 a.m.