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COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT: Jackie Campeau, Nina Else, Susan Enney, JoAnn Furay,
Walt Heindenfelder,
Roice Horning, Jean Kyle, Bill Minard.
CITY COUNCIL: Cheryl Wise
STAFF: Edie Richey, Tami Fischer
CULTURAL DIVERSITY COMMISSION LIAISON: Harry Cullis
Roice Horning, Chairperson, called the meeting to order at 4:10.
I. Approval of Minutes; Agenda Review and Announcements
a. JoAnn moved to accept the minutes and Bill 2nd; the minutes were accepted
as written.
b. Agenda was reviewed and announcements held until further into the meeting.
II. The Ombudsman Program presentation was cancelled due to an emergency of the presenters.
III. The Commission still feels it is important to present the state and local financial information to Lakewood citizens. Because of the diminishing services caused by Tabor, Gallagher and Amendment #23, LSCAC would like to assist in the education of Lakewood citizens. Commission members feel the Bell Policy Center and Independence Institute both have excellent information and presentations. Since the mayor denied the initial request for a presentation on Channel 8, we would like to readdress the issue through another platform.
a. We would like to build an alliance with the Jeffco League of Women Voters
b. Ask JoAnn and Susan to work with the Jeffco League of Women Voters. They
will update us at the next meeting.
c. Define the purpose of the education/presentation for citizens
d. Represent request to Mayor/City Council
IV. Roice and Susan updated the group on the Citizens for Lakewood's Future forum to be held in February 2004. The group's goal is to appeal to a broad range of people and educate citizens on how to deal with the next steps in one's life. Floyd Ciruli may be a guest speaker as well as Joni Sievirt. The forum would have a general session, breakout groups and possibly a luncheon. Further details will follow as plans progress.
V. Jackie announced that she would be leaving the Communication sub-committee and that Ellen Reese would be replacing her in that committee. Ellen was not able to attend this meeting but JoAnn brought up Ellen's idea about starting a medical sub-committee. JoAnn reminded everyone that the Commission had established a "Criteria for Commission Projects" and that before any new sub-committee or project was established, it must meet the defined criteria. JoAnn will meet with Ellen prior to the next meeting to discuss these issues. Jackie had also expressed interest in establishing a new sub-committee to evaluate all the projects suggested from Lakewood citizens after a presentation from the Commission. She will review the criteria before requesting to move forward.
VI. Committee, liaison and event attendee reports are as follows:
a. Walt indicated there was not much going on legislatively.
b. Harry provided an update on the Cultural Diversity Commission (CDC) including
4 new members bringing their total to approximately twenty members. They are
developing their website and working on a questionnaire for the Hispanic population.
Lakewood's Hispanic population is approximately 15% and the CDC would like to
discover their needs.
c. Cheryl Wise had been to several meetings with citizens and some of their
concerns could actually become a LSCAC project.
i. The bus stops at Colorado Mills Mall are too far from the stores. Greg Stevenson
and RTD need to know that the current system is not senior/disabled friendly.
ii. Crosswalks on Colfax are too quick. Seniors are not able to cross safely.
iii. Channel 8 only uses on-line for information resources. Many seniors do not have access to computers therefore a telephone line should be provided.
d. City Staff
i. Tami stated there were 1028 vouchers available for public housing but 1200
plus applications requesting assistance. There is a big shortage of affordable
housing available in Lakewood and throughout the metro area.
ii. Edie provided three handouts
1. Updated Name/Address listing
2. Invitation to the Senior Open House on 10/10/03
3. August/September 2003 service report
e. Transportation - No announcements made since Cay was not present
f. Housing - Bill stated Willow Glen should be opening in December.
g. Communications - Jackie deferred to Susan. Communication committee will
do a larger presentation at next meeting.
h. Website Update - Susan is working with the Webmaster for Lakewood and they
are making progress.
i. Cheryl Wise invited everyone to her place of business, Copperfields for our next meeting. The Committee voted and agreed to meet there on Wednesday, November 12, 2004 from 4-7 pm. This is one hour longer to accommodate for all the information we need to cover including presentation materials, our plans for the future and the Commission's focus for 2004.
Meeting adjourned at 6:10 p.m.
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