Senior Citizens Advisory Board  Minutes  September 4th, 2024  Calltoorder: Chair David Brenna called the meeting to order: September 4,  2024, 10:00 ati the Longmont Senior Center  1. Roll Call  Board members present: David Brenna, Lonnie Dooley, Art Quintana, Arlene Zortman, Ann Coakley, John Higgins, Erik Brack, Maria Guadalupe  Garcia, City Council Liaison Marcia Martin (Absent). Guests: Christina Pacheco, Ronnie Maynes, Bianca Acosta.  2. Approval of Agenda: Motion by Arlene to approve, Lonnie 2nd,  unanimous approval.  3.  Approval of the August 7th, 2024, Senior Citizens Advisory Board Minutes: Edits to be made are 90% of the meals made by Meals on Wheels are delivered. Next Boulder County Area Agency on Aging should say "No Report" Recommended contacting Cammi Edison for Vision Zero. Motion  by John to approve, Art: t2nd, unanimous approval. 4. Public Invited to Be Heard: No public to be heard.  5. Old Business  A. Updates from staff on city legal and financial operating procedures- Charter 7.1 General Provisions for Boards and Commissions gives distinction, LSCAB is at the policy level and needs to be advisory in character. The role of members is encouragement and recommendation of policies with data collected. Individuals are able to volunteer and take donations for organizations as civilians, not as board members in order to remain in capacity of the Charter. Though Friends of the Senior Center can bei inquired of funds concerning food distribution, conceivably, gearing support to non-profit organizations in that current role holding partnerships with the City of Longmont, would be a considerable lead. City council    approval is needed to accept money from state or federal grants Intergovernmental). As well as Appropriations, done once every 3 months  from other organizations.  6.0 Updates  a. Transportation-Arlene (See report)  b. Housing - Lonnie (see report) Meeting about attainable Housing at Heart  of Longmont (no date given). C.P Food Insecurities - Naomi Curland  Longmont Food Rescue is a non-profit organization who provides food locally grown with open pick-up events with no proof of ID or paperwork. Volunteers pick up excess food from groceries, convenience stores, farms and farmers markets with the goal of nutritional value, who also manage community outdoor refrigerators and hutches filled multiple times a week for those not able access events or fresh food. Their website includes social media, location maps and community guidelines. LFR is looking to expand regions and reestablish with LSC as a food hub, as once was prior to 2020. Carmen Ramirez and Guillermo Estrada volunteered a map showing age, financial resources and people to help identify by ward where there is outreach need, distance and barriers of resources. All this gathered to create a presentation after October (November, December) to City Manager  Harold Dominguez after the city budgetschedule.  7. New Business  A. E-mail Communication: -Whenever three or more members (or a quorum of the members, if fewer than three) of the "local public body" get together and public business is discussed, or formal action may be taken, the gathering is a meeting that the OML directs shall be open to the public. Also from the guide re email meetings: Meetings conducted by 'telephone, electronically, or by other means of communication" Technological    advancements have provided various methods for public officials to confer; conference calls and other once nontraditional forums for discussion are now commonplace with many local public bodies. In response, the General Assembly has included electronic and "other means" of communication under the statutory definition of "meeting." In adding electronic communications to the statute, the General Assembly noted the unique circumstances that the use of e-mail and the like create, and the need to balance the privacy interests of public officials with the public'sinterest in open governance. The Open Meetings Law now explicitly subjects the e- mail communication of elected officials that discusses pending legislation or B. Outreach - Suggestions of LSC attendance, are dependent on the focus and attention of events. Rather informational than programmatic, as to the presence of LSC in order to support the target demographic. At any  other public business to the statutory requirements.  opportunity outreach as a volunteer is permitted.  8. Reports: Due to time constraints, send written reports to Ronnie who A. Manager's s: See Report. Utility Billing will be working onsite the next few weeks at LSCt to help the community in navigating and registering on the City of Longmont website. Communication on dates andi times through  COL  will e-mail them to us.  web and comms department team. B. City Council Liaison - Nothing to report. C.Area Agency on Aging - See Report.  D. Friends-A5-year strategic plan of The Friends, LSCstaff and LSCAB for activities, program services and priorities are being discussed. City is in the process of renewing bids of shade canopies in parks.  E.S Sustainability - See Report.  Interactive display has been set-up in LSCI Lobby.  9. Future Agenda Items  A. Coordinated Entry Hope does Coordinated Entry in Longmont, reviewing needs and starts path for resources. Possibly attend in January. C. Mental Health and Substance Abuse- Suggested meeting with Brandy  B. Vision Zero and Micro Transit - set for October Queen, supportive staff and resource specialists.    D. Contact Sandy Seader to request her presence once before legislative starts and again after the process, preferably December and April. 10. Motion to Adjourn made by Arlene, Lonnie 2nd, unanimous approval.  Meeting adjournment at 12:06.  Respectfully submitted, Bianca Acosta    Adjournment  Board member Arlene Zortman moved the meeting to be adjourned. Board member Lonnie Dooley seconded. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 12:06 PM.  September4,2024N Minutes Approved  BOARDMEMBER, Dave Brenna Senior Center. Advisory Board Chair hik  Lobease  4  BOARDI  MEMBER,Lonniel Doley Senior Center. Advisory Board Vice Chair