HomeMy WebLinkAbout15 SR. ADV BD APPT 04-15-96DATE:
April 3, 1996
NO. 15
4-15-96
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In t e r- C o m
TO: WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
FROM: COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
SUBJEC~ SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENT CONFIRMATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Confirm Josephine Christoff, Doreen Henson, Martin Gelband,
Evelyn Olsen, and Janis Pasqualin as members of the Senior
Advisory Board as recon~nended by the current Members of the Board
and the Senior Center staff.
BACKGROUND'
The Senior Advisory Board was created to advise staff on programs
for the health and well-being of senior citizens, and to insure
that seniors are always a part of the program planning. Terms
for membership on the Board are two years. Maintaining an active
Board is a requirement of the Senior Center Bond Act which
provided a $450,000 grant to help fund the construction.
Qualifications for membership on the Advisory Board include
involvement with Tustin Senior Programs or Community Services
programs, residing in the Tustin area (Tustin Unified School
District boundaries) a minimum of two years, and being at least
fifty-five years of age. These qualifications were adopted by
the City Council when the SeniOr Center Operating Plan was
approved.
Because the involvement and interest in Senior Center programming
were the main qualifications for membership, the'Operating Plan
suggested that the existing Committee (Board members) and the
Senior Center staff interview interested applicants and recommend
to the Council 'the most qualified candidates. The Senior
Advisory Board was not established by ordinance. It was to
function more like a committee, to provide' input and feedback to
staff regarding programs.
Requests for applicants were solicited through various senior
groups at the Senior Center, announcements in the "Compass" (the
Senior Center bi-monthly newsletter), press releases and flyers.
Twenty letters of interest were received by the Center staff in
response to the three positions available. With this tremendous
response, and additional programs and services being added to the
program curriculum at the Center, the existing members recommended
increasing the size of the Board to nine members with staggered
terms.
Ail of the proposed candidates met the criteria and are involved in
the programs and services offered at the Senior Center.
With the Council's confirmation of new members, the next meeting of
the Senior Advisory Board will be scheduled for May 23, 1996, at
3:00 p.m. at the Tustin Area Senior Center. The Board meets bi-
monthly on the fourth Thursday.
Jim'Box
Manager, Human Services/
Tustin Area Senior Center
, . u~n%ty Services