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298 <br /> AGENDA (continued) ACTION TAKEN (continued) <br /> PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) <br /> 2. (continued) Education and Welfare, which operates the Fair <br /> Oaks Senior Center, 2555 Middlefield Road, and <br /> commented on the services provided to east <br /> Redwood City and the Fair Oaks area senior <br /> citizens of various ethnic backgrounds. He <br /> asked that the funds be restored to the level <br /> recommended by the Housing and Human Concerns <br /> Committee. <br /> Shea Muller, 989 Ronald Street, Half Moon Bay, <br /> advised that she represented the San Mateo <br /> County Area Agency on Aging, that the FOCC <br /> Senior Center is one of the few that targets <br /> for that particular group, and asked that funds <br /> be restored to $20,000. <br /> Robert Gamble, 425 Fuller Street, spoke of the <br /> momentum gained by the Senior Center and asked <br /> that Council change the allocation to $20,000. <br /> Mayor Biagi pointed out that the funds for the <br /> Center had in fact not been cut, but had been <br /> increased from $9,000 in 1979-80 to $12,000 <br /> this year. <br /> Frank Sheetz, 1903 E. Bayshore, spoke of the <br /> valuable services offered by the Senior Center <br /> that are offered nowhere else, and of the de- arm <br /> pendence on those services by many senior citi- <br /> zens, and indicated that the majority of people <br /> using the Center are Redwood City residents and <br /> therefore the responsibility for providing funds <br /> is the City's. <br /> Frank J. Esposito, 2434 Oregon Avenue, commented <br /> on the long process of obtaining approval for a <br /> senior center as an addition to the Veterans <br /> Memorial Building under a grant from HUD; the <br /> objections raised by individuals from the Fair <br /> Oaks area who thought a second senior center <br /> was not necessary; and stated that senior citi- <br /> zens west of El Camino are equally in need of <br /> programs and services as those in the Fair Oaks <br /> area. <br /> Ted Adcock, 760 Vasquez, Half Moon Bay, Chairman <br /> of the Senior Center Committee of the Commission <br /> on Aging, asked for an additional $8000 alloca- <br /> tion for the Senior Drop-In Center. <br /> Comments by Council related to the sense that <br /> there seems to be a competitive attitude be- <br /> tween the two centers; that Council should use <br /> what funds are available to provide meaningful <br /> and effective service to seniors in both areas; <br /> that it was hoped that all could join together <br /> and develop programs that will serve everyone. <br /> Cliff Boxley, 670A Warrington, spoke of the wig <br /> early efforts to start the nutrition and other <br /> programs for older citizens, and expressed his <br /> Reg.Mtg. <br /> 7/14/80 <br /> Page 2 <br />