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26] 1 k- Pat Pellarin Chairman of the Peninsula Youth Center, Inc , policy body for Fair Oaks Community Child Care Program, urged support of services at the Center and of CEC and PROBE � Amy Lopez, stated she is associated with a bilingual program and urged Revenue Sharing funds be allocated to the Senior Drop-In Center She commented favorably on the contributions of the Center to older persons in the neighborhood. Citizen, spoke in support of the Drop-In Center services, noting that many people who attend are directed to the appropriate agencies which can assist them and acknowledged requests for financial support must also be requested from San Mateo County She thanked the Council for past support at Fair Oaks Community Center Lee Rogers, Administrator of Halfway House, requested that the $5,000 allocated to that agency in Revenue Sharing funds be increased to $10,000 in recognition of inflation and rising costs Mr Rogers also urged support of the Drop-In Center. Philip Raffael, Coalition for Economic Democracy, suggested Revenue Shar7ng funds were intended for human services only and noted that recent �nflation has caused the income of increasing numbers of people to fall below the poverty level Mr Raffael urged support of all human services. The required uses of Revenue Sharing funds �n the past and at present were briefly described to Mr. Raffael, and it was explained that the City has used the funds within all of zhe requirements of the law � E7eanor Holland, Administrator of the Senior Nutrition Program, Fair Oa<<s Community Center, advised that the multipurpose room at the cen�er is used for da�7y meal service for seniors who seem very pleased with tihe program. She urged support for services at the Certer Tom Jord an, Area Agency on Aging, observed that the goal of the Senior droo-Tn Center is to assist older persons in being inde- pendent ancf ieading more fulfilling lives. He commented on the vaiue of such Centers for seniors and on some of the programs and services provided at the Center Mr. Jordan urged Revenue Sharing �unds be a to the Center in response to question, Mr Jordan advised that it would not be possib"ie to use the multipurpose room or other rooms at the Fair Oaks Co��r�unizy Center for a senior drop-in center, because Fair Oaks is ir��ended for use by the entire commum ty and is heavily used, while sen need a place of their own where they can meet casually In fur�her response to questions, Mr Jordan advised that if funds are aliocated to the Sen2or Drop-In Center, PROBE would see that they arE used for that purpose, and that while all the other locations ana �rograms �n the City available to seniors are very desirable, some o7der persons need to deveiop confidence at a center ltke the one on Middlefield Road be�ore being able to function socially in ' atner programs Ms° �ordan advised that *_he requested amount of $9,675 is intended for operating expenses at the Drop-In Center to cover a gap until �cLCrber 1 when 7t is expected funding will be provided by the County ne adv�seci that fund raising by the seniors has generated funds to cover rerot ar�d some other costs, and that volunteers are being o�ganized to assist -3- Ad,7 Mtg. 5/Zl/77 8udget