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Senior Affairs Commission Page 3 <br /> Minutes of Thursday,July 12,2001 <br /> ITEM 5 - COMMITTEE WORKPLAN UPDATES <br /> -Transportation <br /> Commissioner M. Walsh will report on the Foster City shuttle service at next <br /> month's meeting. <br /> -Housing <br /> Commissioner Borgens spoke about the need for affordable housing for <br /> seniors and the recent meeting of housing groups concerned about this issue. <br /> The Senior Center is looking for people to participate in "Community <br /> Conversations on Housing". Please contact 780-7274 if you are interested. <br /> -Public Awareness & Access to Services <br /> The Commissioners discussed applying for a grant from Sequoia Hospital <br /> District to fund programming and preparing a proposal requesting program <br /> funding from Council. Commissioner Grove agreed to contact Manager <br /> Griffith about preparing a proposal outline. <br /> The Commissioners discussed the planned survey and Manager Griffith <br /> reported that Canada College would not be able to provide any assistance in <br /> tabulating the survey results. The Commissioners discussed preparing a staff <br /> report to ask Council to provide funding to assist with the survey tabulation <br /> process. <br /> Commissioner Grove stated she felt the educational videos presented by <br /> Manager Griffith at the May meeting were well received and asked what <br /> Manager Griffith wanted to come out of this presentation. Manager Griffith <br /> stated the videos were to educate the Commission on what types of services <br /> are offered in other cities and to determine if we need more of these <br /> programs in San Mateo County. Currently, the only other program like the <br /> ones on the videos is Senior Focus in Millbrae. Manager Griffith stated that <br /> we need information from the community about what types of senior services <br /> are needed. Commissioner Grove suggested getting local newspapers to <br /> write about the problems seniors have in accessing services. Chairperson <br /> Harrison, Commissioner Grove and Manager Griffith will meet to discuss this <br /> matter further. <br /> -Senior Luncheon <br /> This matter will be discussed at the August meeting. <br /> -Strategic Planning Committee <br /> No report at this time. <br />