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Senior Affairs Commission Page 4 l tinutes of Thursday,August 9,2001 M/S Borgens/L. Walsh: To accept the revisions adding Commissioner Marie Walsh to Transportation Committee, adding Commissioner Leo Walsh to Public Awareness & Access to Services Issues Committee and including "legislative issues" in description of that committee. Motion passed. - Transportation Manager Griffith presented for Commissioner M. Walsh in her absence. Menlo Park, Palo Alto and Stanford have shuttles. Federal Grant #5310 allows communities up to $65,000.00 for shuttles. The City would need to match 20% of the Federal Grant of $65,000.00 and the Senior Center would need to supply the rest of funding necessary for a shuttle service. Menlo Park's shuttle is business-provided, transporting workers from the train station to businesses in the morning and back in the evenings. It is available for public use between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Manager Griffith reported that Paul Wirthlin, a VMSC patron, was involved in implementing the Menlo Park shuttle service and has informed her that Federal funds were used for such a program. Foster City has the "Senior Express" which provides low cost, wheelchair accessible transportation to Foster City residents age 55 and over from their homes to the Foster City Senior Wing, then to shopping and errands and back home. The Veterans Memorial Senior Center Advisory Council plans to provide funding for five weekdays of van service. There is limited van use now with 22 riders scheduled. Transportation is currently provided on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and the cost is $1.00 round trip, from home to Center and back. A Van Pass is now available to riders which provides 42 rides for $20.00 including 2 free rides. The van seats eight people and group scheduling and coordination is currently difficult. Commissioner Carpe left newsletter transportation materials for the Commissioners' review. Commissioner Moran reported that to her knowledge, no Redwood City funding is currently available for a shuttle. The Commissioners discussed that Redwood Shores is a test site for a new shuttle and inquired about applying for shuttle funds from the Housing and Human Concerns Committee. Committee member John Dempsey thought that capital funds for a bus would be available to the City or the VMSC Advisory Council. Susan Houston reported that Rediwheels transports 18 riders daily at Fair Oaks Senior Center. The paperwork is cumbersome and schedules were difficult initially, but have improved. Fees are $1.00 or $1.50 one way. - Housing Commissioner Borgens stated that Mr. Dempsey had sufficiently addressed Housing issues for this meeting. She added that statistics are needed in order to make housing progress. She reported that according to her research, it is not illegal for a city not to have designated senior housing. There is no law regarding "Senior Housing" and such arrangements are made between the city and developer. Mr. Dempsey stated that HUD has Federal