[Mayor’s Advisory Commission on Senior Living 06-24-26] [00:00:09] >> TONIGHT IS JUNE 24TH, 2026. WE ARE HERE AT 543-- 5:33 P.M. FOR OUR COMMISSION ON SENIORS LIVING. TONIGHT,-- I JUST WANT TO DO A BIT OF A REVIEW, AND AN UPDATE ON ALL THE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN THE-- WORKING FOR AND TOWARDS. SO I WILL GET STARTED BY JUST SAYING IN OUR LAST MEETING, WHICH WAS NOT A PUBLIC MEETING, WE HAD A CONFERENCE FOR OUR MEMBERS OF OUR SENIOR COMMISSION. AND WE CAME UP WITH SOME OF OUR PRIORITIES FOR THE ARP PLAN F FOR-- ACTION PLAN, TO SUBMIT TO AARP. WE WERE WELCOMING OUR SPEAKER THAT DID THE COMMISSION. THAT WAS PHIL ANDERSON, WHO CONDUCTED OUR MEETING. AND I ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE DAVE SANDERS, WHO IS IN OUR AUDIENCE. DAVE-- YOU WILL KNOW WHY DAVE IS HERE IN JUST A BIT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR CONFERENCE IN THE FALL. SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE MET DAVE LAST YEAR. BECAUSE HE TOOK OVER FOR ME WHEN I WAS UNABLE TO GO TO THE CONFERENCE. AND HE COVERED A LOT OF THE REGISTRATION, WHICH HE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO DO AGAIN THIS YEAR. SO WE ARE WELCOMING DAVID, AND WE WILL BE TALKING TO DAVE A LITTLE BIT LATER, AS WELL. SO I THOUGHT WE WOULD GET STARTED WITH, NUMBER 1, I THINK I'M GOING TO-- I WILL DO THE FUN THINGS FIRST AND THE EASY THINGS FIRST, AND WE WILL GET IN TO OUR ACTION PLAN AND GO THROUGH SOME OF THAT. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH TONIGHT IS THAT WE GET THAT ACTION PLAN SORT OF IN FINAL FORM SO THAT WE CAN GET IT SIGNED BY THE MAYOR AND GET IT SUBMITTED. MY GOAL OF OUR CONFERENCE WAS TO HAVE IT APPROVED BY THIS TIME, BUT IT'S A MUCH BIGGER PROJECT THAN WE THOUGHT. BUT IT IS ON IT'S WAY. IT HAS BEEN ALREADY HANDED TO THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT WITH THE CITY, AND THEY ARE WORKING ON PUTTING THAT IN TO A FORM, A BOOKLET FORM. IT WILL HAVE OUR APPLICATION, IT WILL HAVE OUR RESULTS OF OUR SURVEY. AND IT WILL ALSO HAVE OUR ACTION PLAN. AND IT WILL BE IN BOOKLET FORM, IT WILL BE FULL OF PICTURES AND ILLUSTRATIONS. SO IT IS GOING TO BE-- I THINK THAT YOU WILL BE PLEASED WITH THE REPORT WHEN IT COMES OUT. I THINK IT WILL BE THOROUGH, AND IT WILL BE A DOCUMENT THAT CAN BE USED THROUGHOUT-- IN OUR COMMISSION, AS WELL AS OTHER COMMITTEES HERE IN THE CITY. AND I ALSO THINK THAT IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE WILL USE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS. AND, AS JOHN IS NOT WITH US TONIGHT, BUT HE IS ON TRANSPORTATION, AND HE HAS ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED A LOT OF THINGS WITH TRANSPORTATION. SO, HAS BEEN FOR PROJECTS AND THINGS GET COMPLETED, WE CAN PUT THAT IN OUR PLAN OF ACTION, AT THE END OF OUR THREE-YEAR EVALUATION PERIOD WE WILL SUBMIT THAT TO AARP AND KEEP THAT MOVING. AS WELL AS WHEN WE HAVE NEW MEMBERS OR COMMITTEES, OR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, WE CAN JUST KEEP MOVING. SO I AM GOING TO LET YOU-- AFTER OUR CONFERENCE, PHIL AND I MET SEVERAL TIMES TO TRY TO FORMALIZE OUR REPORT. DO YOU HAVE ANY OPENING COMMENTS, PHIL, THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? >> YES, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS... RIGHT HERE? THAT ONE? OKAY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TO LOOK AT WITH THE AARP FRAMEWORK IS IT TREATS COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION AS A SEPARATE SECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY. AND FROM MY EXPERIENCE, THAT DOES NOT WORK, BECAUSE EVERY THING THAT WE DO REQUIRES COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION. SO IT BECOMES MORE OF A HUB, RATHER THAN A SECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY. SO WHETHER IT IS HOUSING, OR TRANSPORTATION, OR WHOEVER IT [00:05:01] MAYBE, THOSE ARE COMMUNITY SECTORS. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW WE ATTACK THE MUNICATION AND INFORMATION. BUT IT IS GOING TO STAND-- IT DOES NOT STAND ALONE. IT STANDS IN THE MIDDLE. IT CONNECTS EVERYTHING TO-- TOGETHER. AND THAT IS A BIT OF A DIFFERENT APPROACH THAN THE WAY THE AARP DOES. AND THAT AFFECTS HOW WE ARE TRYING TO DO THAT. WE COULD HAVE THE GREATEST PROGRAMS, THE GREATEST SECTORS, EVERYTHING HAPPENING AND IF EVERYBODY KNOWS IT DOES NOT MATTER. SO AS WE GO THROUGH AND YOU LOOK AT THE VARIOUS SECTORS, WE SET THAT ASIDE. WE WILL HANDLE COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION, BUT NOT YET. IT WILL GET THERE, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT APPROACH BECAUSE IT WILL WORK BETTER IN OUR COMMUNITY HERE. WE HAVE SO MUCH STUFF. THE QUESTION IS HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE AND KEEP PEOPLE INFORMED? >> AND I THINK THAT WE CHANGED SOME OF THE TITLES A BIT TO JUST CLARIFY. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE REPORT THAT I SENT YOU, WE TOOK EACH-- LET ME START BY SAYING THAT THE AREAS THAT WE IDENTIFIED IN OUR CONFERENCE, OR AT OUR RETREAT WAS HOUSING, HEALTH SERVICES, EDUCATION, TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION AND OUTDOOR. SO WHAT PHIL AND I TRIED TO DO WAS TO NARROW IN ON THOSE AND THERE IS STILL A LITTLE WORK WE NEED WITH EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES, BECAUSE I STILL HAVE TO DEVELOP THOSE A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT WE TRIED TO INCLUDE OUR TOP PRIORITIES, AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE LATER ON WILL BE TOWARDS THE BACK AND ARE LEFT BLANK A LITTLE BIT. SO THESE ARE OUR PRIORITIES, THE ONES WE IDENTIFIED IN OUR CONCRETE-- CONFERENCE, THE ONES WE WILL FOCUS ON THE MOST. OTHER ONES WILL COME ALONG AND BE A PART OF THAT AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS. AND WHAT WE TRY TO DO AS WELL IS TO DEVELOP EACH ONE OF THOSE AREAS, WE TRY TO DEVELOP SOME CATEGORIES SO THAT EVERYONE IS FOLLOWING THE SAME SEEM. THE SAME FORMAT. AND I WILL GO THROUGH THOSE. WHAT DOES THE HOUSING GROUP SEE AS THEIR VISION? I TOOK THE RESEARCH FINDING STRICTLY AND WORD FOR WORD FROM THE SURVEY RESULTS WE HAD SO WE KNEW WHAT THE RESEARCH FINDINGS WERE. WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE FROM THE REPORT, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE WILL BE WORKING ON, WHAT ARE THE TACTICS? WHAT WILL WE DO TO SEE IF WE CAN ACHIEVE THAT? AND SOMETIMES THOSE ARE SUBCATEGORIES, AND YET THEY HAVE MORE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED AS TO WHY WE ARE ZEROING IN ON THAT. SO EACH ONE OF THOSE SECTIONS. THEN WE HAVE POTENTIAL ASSESSMENT PARTNERS, AND THAT IS GOING TO BE OUR STAKEHOLDERS. WHAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN WE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS SO WE GET THEIR INPUT AS WELL. WE HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES IN THE COMMITTEE. AND WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THEM ON THE COMMITTEE BUT WE WANT THEIR INPUT. AND THEN WE HAVE THE METRICS AND THE OUTCOMES. AND THAT IS GOING TO BE HOW DO WE MEASURE WHETHER WE ARE ACCOMPLISHING WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH? AND, OF COURSE, THE LAST THING IS COMMUNICATION. AND THAT IS THE BIG ONE. THAT'S WHAT PHIL WAS SAYING. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT AS A HUB FOR ALL OF THOSE THINGS. HOW DO WE GET THE WORD OUT AS TO WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THAT? SO I TRIED TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THOSE AREAS AND TRY TO AT LEAST BEGIN TO IDENTIFY THOSE FIVE STEPS, OR FOUR STEPS THAT WE HAD. DOES THAT COVER IT? IS THEIR QUESTIONS? ARE THEIR CONCERNS OR ANY SUGGESTIONS AS TO HOW YOU THINK WE COULD DO THIS? HOW WE COULD APPROVE THIS REPORT? OKAY. SO WHAT I AM DOING IS CONTINUING TO WORK ON THIS AND GET IT FINALIZED. I HAVE A MEETING WITH THE MAYOR IN TWO WEEK SO I CAN PRESENT THIS REPORT TO HER AND GET HER INPUT AS WELL. [00:10:01] IT WAS MICHAEL TO GET YOUR INPUT FIRST. IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER, I WOULD BE WILLING TO DO THAT. KNOWING THAT I WILL BE MEETING WITH HER, AND GET HER APPROVAL, OR HER SUGGESTIONS, AND I WILL PROBABLY COME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING AND HAVE A FINAL APPROVAL WITH BOTH THE MAYOR AND FOR US. AND WE WILL BE PRETTY READY. I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO BE ENTHUSED ABOUT THE FORMAT OF HOW THIS BOOKLET IS GOING TO COME TOGETHER, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING WE CAN USE FOR YEARS TO COME AS WELL. AND DEVELOP ON THAT. PHIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM YOUR WORK WITH US ON THE COMMISSION? >> A COUPLE THINGS. LET ME SEE IF I CAN PULL UP AN EXAMPLE. ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, WE HAVE NOT CHANGED THE TITLE OF THIS YET, BUT THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE GET-- TRANSPORTATION INCLUDES INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT THE CITY OR REGION DEALS WITH. AND THAT IS NOT WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AS IT RELATES TO SENIORS BEING ABLE TO NAVIGATE. SO IT'S ABOUT MOBILITY AND ACCESS. SO THAT WILL BE CAPTURED IN THE REPORT. ANOTHER ONE IS-- COME ON. OKAY. OKAY. SO, ANOTHER ONE IS WORK AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. THAT IS NOT A CATEGORY THAT AARP HAS. AGAIN, IT IS JUST-- MAYBE IT'S SEMANTICS, MAYBE IT IS NOT. BUT WE LOOKED AT IT AND SAID WHAT PEOPLE ANT TO DO IN A CIVIC SPACE IT MAYBE VOLUNTEERISM, BUT THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN WORK AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. THEY DON'T CLASSIFY ENTREPRENEURSHIP. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THIS FOR WORK TO MAKE MONEY, FOR SUSTAINABILITY, OR THEY HAVE A BUSINESS THEY ARE BUILDING. AND IT CAN BE COMMERCE, ALL THOSE THINGS. AND WE FELT THAT IT FELT BETTER THAT THAT HOLES CIVIC SIDE OF VOLUNTEERISM FITS INTO SOME OTHER CATEGORIES. SO WE RETOOLED IT. NOT SURE WHY IT'S... OKAY. WE CHANGED THIS ONE INTO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT YOU SEE THERE IS LIFELONG LEARNING. THAT WAS A KEY PART THAT WE LIKED. COMMUNITY SERVICE, CIVIC PARTICIPATION. VOLUNTEERING, ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. HOW DO WE STEP OUT AND BE INVOLVED. SO WE ARE GRABBING SOME PIECES TO MAKE THAT FIT. A FRAMEWORK THAT WE THINK WORKS FOR US. SO THERE'S A FEW PIECES LIKE THAT. WE LEFT OUTDOOR LIVING AND AMENITIES. WE LEFT OUT ALONE. WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT GETS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ALL THE TIME, DON'T RECOGNIZE THAT. FIND WAYS WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. SO IT'S THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SO THAT THE WORDS ARE RIGHT, THE DIRECTION [00:15:01] IS RIGHT, AND THEN WE CAN PUT ALL THE ELEMENTS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT. EACH CATEGORY IN THERE. SO THAT'S A BIT OF THE NUANCE WE'VE TRIED TO CAPTURE. >> ENDIVE THINK WE ALSO PUT IN SUSTAINABILITY AND EMERGENCY PREPARATION. BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE CITY, AND I'VE HAD A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR OLDER PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE WEATHER BEING REALLY BAD, OR TORNADOES OR COLD-WEATHER, AND WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR OLDER PEOPLE DURING THAT. I THINK WE SORT OF ADDED THAT WHEN IN ADDITION TO AARP, BECAUSE WE THOUGHT THAT WAS IMPORTANT. WE HAVE THAT FALL PROGRAM THROUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO I THINK WE ADDED THAT ONE. >> RIGHT. SO THEY WERE ORIGINALLY, THE AARP HAD EIGHT DOMAINS. WE TOOK ONE AWAY BUT WE ADDED ONE IN. THE PERFECT EXAMPLE IS CLEVELAND. THAT'S ONE OF THE PLACES WE LOOKED AT. AND CLEVELAND HAS LATE CURIE. SO THEY ALWAYS HAVE ISSUES WITH THE WINTERTIME. SO WE WENT OKAY, WHAT HAPPENS HERE, AND TEN PEOPLE GET AROUND? OR ARE THEY STRANDED. SO IF WE WERE IN SOUTH BEACH IT WOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE. BUT HERE IT IS. SO WE ARE MAKING-- AND WITH THE WEATHER WE HAVE HAD, WHAT HAPPENS? WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT KIND OF STUFF. BETSY DOMAIN WE HAVE ADDED. >> AND OUR SENIORS WANT THAT. THEY REQUESTED THAT AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT. >> AND EVEN THOUGH AARP SETS UP SOME STANDARDS, THEY ALLOW US TO MAKE CHANGES ACCORDING TO OUR CITY. LIKE I SAID, I THINK CARMEL IS AHEAD OF A LOT OF AREAS, ON THE AR-- AARP HAS IDENTIFIED THAT. SO WE NEED TO TAKE IT ONE STEP FURTHER GOING FORWARD. SO THAT'S WHAT WE WILL TRY TO DO, AND GET THIS FINISHED UP, BUT AS YOU LOOK AT THIS DOCUMENT, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS, FEEL FREE-- I WANT YOUR INPUT AS WELL. ANYTHING THAT WE MIGHT HAVE OVERLOOKED OR FORGOT OR DID NOT DO COVERED IN OUR CONFERENCE, LET US KNOW. WE CAN ANSWER THIS. I THINK THE-- AND WE WILL GET THE MAYOR'S INPUT. BUT IT'S COMING ALONG. WE WILL GET THAT DONE AND SUBMITTED, AND WHO KNOWS, FAIRLY FAIRLY SOON. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON OUR-- ON THAT ACTION PLAN? I WILL SAY, AND JOHN IS NOT HERE, I THOUGHT HE WOULD BE BACK FROM VACATION, BUT HE'S BEEN ON VACATION, MAYBE HE STUCK SOMEPLACE. I'LL GIVE YOU A SHORT REPORT. HIS IS TRANSPORTATION. AND I KNOW WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, IF ANY OF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ONE PARTICULAR AREA OF THIS REPORT, AND SAY I WANT TO DO MORE WORK, LET ME KNOW. I WILL JUST GIVE IT TO YOU AND SAY GO. IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT YOU FIND INTERESTING. MY TARGET WAS TO HAVE IT APPROVED BY AARP BY FOURTH OF JULY, BUT I DON'T THINK WE WILL MAKE IT. THE MAYOR HAS BEEN ON VACATION AS WELL. SO THERE ARE A COUPLE LITTLE THINGS THAT HAVE SLOWED US DOWN. IT WILL BE CLOSER TO FALL. BUT DIDN'T WE HAVE SORT OF A DATE THAT WE WANTED THE FINAL REPORT TO BE COMPLETED? I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. THE EARLY FALL? WE WILL STILL BE WORKING ON ALL THESE THINGS AS WE GO. IT'S NOT LIKE WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING IN EACH OF THESE AREAS. >> THE OTHER THING IS, IF IT'S DONE RIGHT, IT BECOMES A DOCUMENT WHERE IT'S LIKE OH, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT AND WHAT IS DRIVING THE AGENDA. THERE SHOULD NOT BE A AGENDA SEPARATE FROM THIS. SO WEGOVY THAT, IT'S GOT PRIORITY NOW. AND YOU FIND THESE OTHER THINGS, IT'S MOVING. WE NEED TO MOVE THAT. SO IT BECOMES THE LIVING DOCUMENT FOR THIS ADVISORY. >> WE CAN USE IT ON A DAILY BASIS TO SAY THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO AND WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT WE NEED ACCOMPLISHED, AND THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO CHANGE. IF SOMETHING ELSE COMES UP WE HAVE TO PUT THAT IN IT'S PLACE. AND IF ANY OF YOU HAVE AREAS OF THOSE INTEREST THAT YOU SAY I WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH THIS? LIKE ONE OF YOU IS REALLY INVOLVED IN HOUSING. AND SHE HAS BEEN ATTENDING THOSE MEETINGS AND SO FORTH. AND I ATTENDED THE LAST MEETING. [00:20:05] I SPOKE ABOUT OUR PROJECT. I REALLY WANT TO SEE THIS COMMITTEE GET INVOLVED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT CITY COMMITTEES, AND COMMISSIONS AND SO FORTH. SO IF THERE IS INTEREST THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. AND PHIL, I WILL THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. HELPING US GET THIS COMPLETED AND THROUGH THE HARD PART HERE AND THE ORGANIZING AND HELPING ME. SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT. OKAY. LET US SEE HERE. THE NEXT BIG AGENDA ITEM IS OUR FALL CONFERENCE. I KNOW THIS IS JULY. BUT IT COMES FAST. SO I HAVE HAD A GREAT IDEA FOR OUR FALL CONFERENCE. AND I HAVE WRITTEN A PROPOSAL. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN EXACT NAME FOR SOME THINGS IN THE CONFERENCE IN THE FALL. IT'S NOT BEEN APPROVED YET. SO I CAN'T DO THAT. BUT IT'S CALLED AN INTERGENERATIONAL CONNECTION CONFERENCE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO PARTNER WITH SOMEONE. THAT'S WHAT I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW. I WAS HOPING TO HAVE AN ANSWER BY TODAY, BUT I WAS NOT ABLE TO DO THAT. BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO FOCUS ON-- THAT'S ONE OF OUR WORK GOALS THAT WE WANTED. AND I THINK WE CAN DO IT. I THINK I HAVE A GREAT IDEA. AND IF IT GOES OFF AS PLANNED IT'S GOING TO BE EXCITING. I WAS INTRODUCED-- I READ THIS BOOK A COUPLE YEARS AGO. CALLED FOR YOU, WHEN I AM GONE. IT'S ABOUT WRITING YOUR LEGACY. IT WAS WRITTEN BY A RABBI, AND I HAVE BEEN READING AND LISTENING TO A LOT OF HIS STUFF. HE HAS GOT SOME PODCASTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS. AND HE IS VERY GOOD. SO I REACHED OUT TO HIM TO BE OUR MAIN SPEAKER. THE REASON I LIKE HIM IS THAT HE SAYS WE CAN WRITE OUR LEGACY, BUT IT'S REALLY THE WAY WE LIVE NOW, AND OUR YOUNG PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW, AS THEY ARE GROWING AND GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE, WHAT THERE GOING TO DO WITH THEIR LIVES, AND THEY ARE WRITING THEIR LEGACY NOW. SO MY IDEA IS TO-- AND I DON'T THINK ANOTHER CITY HAS DONE THIS. THERE IS A LOT OF RESEARCH GOING ON FOR INTERGENERATIONAL THINGS RIGHT NOW. I'D REALLY LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS CONFERENCE IN CONJUNCTION WITH PARTNERS AND REALLY FOCUS ON INTERGENERATIONAL. WE TALKED ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS, MAYBE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE COULD TEACH US HOW TO USE CELL PHONES. THERE ARE A LOT OF IDEAS WITH THAT. THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT DAVE IN. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY INSOFAR AS GETTING OUR MARKETING OUT EARLY, AND I THINK THAT LAST YEAR WE HAD 175 PEOPLE ATTEND OUR CONFERENCE. AND I THINK IF WE CAN GET THIS GOING, WE WILL HAVE MORE THAN THAT THIS YEAR. AND I THINK IT WILL BE WORTHWHILE. AND OCTOBER IS GOING TO COME REALLY, REALLY FAST. SO DAVE AND KATE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON GETTING THE REGISTRATION, PLANNING OUT SOME MARKETING FOR THAT EVENT, BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET THAT. WE GOT SOME SPONSORS LAST YEAR. IF MY IDEA WORKS OUT I'VE SOMEONE WHO WILL HELP FUND IT. SO WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY AND IT WILL BE A GREAT CONFERENCE. IF YOU HAVE, I DIVIDED IT UP INTO SOME CATEGORIES. I FEEL LIKE I AM DOING ALL OF THE TALKING TONIGHT. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. I KNOW YOU CANNOT DISCLOSE THE POTENTIAL PARTNER. BUT IF IT'S INTERGENERATIONAL, DO YOU PLAN TO HAVE DIFFERENT GENERATIONS AT THE CONFERENCE? >> ABSOLUTELY. IT WILL BE, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A LOT OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, I ALSO HAD, FROM THE MAYOR, WE HAD MET WITH LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND HER NAME. HER NAME IS SADIE. AND SHE IS RUNNING FOR-- I HOPE I SAY THIS RIGHT. I THINK SHE'S IN THE MISS INDIANA PAGEANT. BUT SHE HAS A-- HE STARTED AN ORGANIZATION WHERE SHE IS USING [00:25:06] MUSIC AND DANCE FOR OLDER PEOPLE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE HER TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS AS WELL. AND WE CAN HAVE MUSIC, THERE IS ON THEM DID THINGS WE CAN HAVE. TO INVOLVE YOUNG PEOPLE. IT WILL BE BOTH YOUNG AND OLD. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? OKAY. SO I SORT OF BROKE IT DOWN IN TO SOME CATEGORIES WHERE I NEED SOME HELP. DAVE WILL TAKE CARE OF MARKETING AND REGISTRATION. AND LAST YEAR THAT WAS A BIG PROBLEM. BECAUSE OUR OLDER PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THEIR PHONES REAL WELL. SO THAT SHOULD RUN MUCH EASIER THIS YEAR. AND SINCE HE HAS ALREADY GOT A SYSTEM ALREADY IN PLACE AND HE'S GOT ALL THE NAMES OF EVERYONE THAT ATTENDED LAST YEAR, WHO BETTER TO HANDLE THAT. BUT I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU HELP THEM WITH THAT. OKAY? IN MARKETING. I WOULD LIKE-- I NEED SOME HELP IN ESTABLISHING OUR PURPOSE FOR THE CONFERENCE, WHAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE, WHAT OUR GOAL IS, WHAT WE WANT TO DO. I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO HELP WITH-- SINCE WE ARE PARTNERING WITH SOMEONE THAT IS MAYBE-- THIS MAY MEAN CONTRACT WITH THEM. I'M NOT SURE YET. I'M THINKING OF SOMEONE THAT WOULD HELP WITH THAT. MARKETING AND REGISTRATION. I WOULD LIKE TO GET ALSO A COMMITTEE OR SOMEONE INVOLVED WITH VOLUNTEERS. I THINK WE WILL NEED SOME VOLUNTEERS. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THEY COULD DO AND THAT WAS A REQUEST FROM OUR SURVEY THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN THINGS. SO WE NEED SOMEONE FOR OUR VOLUNTEER WORK. AND MAYBE JUST THE FORMAT. I'M THINKING WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A KEYNOTE SPEAKER. BREAKOUT SESSIONS WHERE WE CAN PAIR UP WITH SOME YOUNGER PEOPLE AND HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS, HAVE SOME DEMONSTRATIONS ON THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT DO. THAT KIND OF THING. AND THEN OF COURSE WE ALWAYS NEED A CLEANUP CREW. BECAUSE WE NEED TO PUT-- I THINK IF THIS WORKS OUT WE WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT TOO MUCH. BECAUSE IT WILL BE TAKING CARE OF. AND WITH THE EVALUATION, YOU DID ONE LAST YEAR AND SUMMARIZED THOSE FINDINGS. SO WILL HAVE AN EVALUATION. IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO HELP ME WITH THAT. >> WHAT IS THE DATE? >> WE ARE SHOOTING FOR-- IT WILL DEPEND ON OUR PARTNER. BUT WERE THINKING OF OCTOBER 16TH OR THE 23RD. >> I'M HAPPY TO HELP WITH THE PURPOSE PART OF IT. >> OKAY. OKAY. >> MAYBE THE FORMAT. >> SOME OF THESE, I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU FOR THE PURPOSE. DAVE, I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU WITH PLANNING. THE ACTUAL DAY. AND MARKETING WILL BE A BIG THING. BECAUSE WE WANT TO DO IT EARLY. AND PAN THIS THING OUT. IF YOU WOULD HELP ME WITH CONTRACTS AND THE LEGAL STUFF, THAT SEEMS KIND OF IMPOSSIBLE WITH THE EVALUATIONS. AND THERE MAYBE MORE COMMITTEES. >> CAROL? WHEN YOU CONSIDER WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO WITH THE PLAN, ONE THING THAT STRIKES ME IS HOW DO YOU GET YOUNG PEOPLE TO NOT ON OUR TERMS, BUT HOW TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH THEM ON THEIR TERMS. THAT'S A CRITICAL THING. BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEY FEEL LIKE-- I FEEL LIKE WE ARE PREACHING BACK TO THEM AGAIN. IS THERE A GROUP YOU ARE THINKING OF? HOW TO IDENTIFY THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE? IS THAT THROUGH THE SCHOOLS? IS THAT THROUGH ORGANIZATIONS? WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? >> I THINK WHEN I GET A "YES" FROM THE ORGANIZATION IT'S GOING TO BE A NATURAL COMBINATION OF THAT. IT'S GOING TO BE WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE MEETING, HOW WE WILL BE INVOLVED. LUNCH, ALL THOSE THINGS. A NATURAL WORKING TOGETHER. AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE IN OUR [00:30:07] SUBJECT MATTER WE WILL GO BACK TO THEM AND SAY WHAT DO YOU WANT? BECAUSE I KNOW MY GRANDSON WROTE A BIG TERM PAPER ON INTERGENERATIONAL KINDS OF THINGS. I FOUND THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN THE ELDERS. AND IF WE CAN GET THIS WORKING THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO, IT WILL BE A NATURAL WAY TOGETHER. >> DO WE KNOW THE LOCATION YET? >> IT WILL BE IN CARMEL. AND PARKING WILL BE VERY EASY. PARKING IS NO PROBLEM. THE MEET UP WILL BE NO PROBLEM. THERE ARE CLASSROOMS. I JUST ABOUT GAVE IT AWAY. THERE'S AREAS FOR BREAKOUT SESSIONS. THERE ARE AUDITORIUMS. WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED. WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE NUMBERS. HAS WE APPLY NAMESPACE. >> DO WE CHARGE FOR THE CONFERENCE? >> WE DON'T CHARGE FOR THE CONFERENCE AND OUR SENIORS GET FREE COFFEE AND DOUGHNUTS IN THE MORNING AND A FREE LUNCH. >> ARE WE BUDGETING FOR IT? OR IS IT JUST SPONSORS? >> WHAT I HAVE DONE, I MADE MONEY LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE HAD SPONSORSHIPS, AND WE DID NOT SPEND ALL THE MONEY. IT WILL DEPEND ON IF OUR SPEAKER COMES THROUGH AND WHAT HIS COST WILL BE. LAST YEAR WE SPENT-- WE DID NOT HAVE TO SPEND FOUR SPEAKERS BECAUSE IT WAS ALL SITTING. AND PEOPLE THAT WERE INVOLVED WITH THE CITY. SO COST US NOTHIN. LAST YEAR WE MADE A LITTLE MONEY. WHICH WE ARE SAVING FOR THIS YEAR. AND JIMMY JOHN'S ALWAYS GAVE US A FREE LUNCH. FREE SANDWICHES. BUT IF WE GET A LARGE ROOM, THEY PROBABLY WON'T GIVE US ALL SANDWICHES. AND ACTUALLY, DAVE MADE COOKIES EVERY YEAR FOR US. BUT THAT CORRESPONDED WITH OUR THEME-- LAST YEAR IT WAS CITY SERVICES, AND HE DID FIRE TRUCKS, HE DID-- WHAT ELSE. NURSES, DEPARTMENT HEADS. AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE A HEALTHY LUNCH. SO HE MADE COOKIES IN THE SHAPE OF APPLES. [LAUGHTER] >> VERY HEALTHY COOKIES. DAVE, YOU COMMITTED TO THIS YEAR, COOKIES, RIGHT? [LAUGHTER] >> SO WE HAVE THAT AND THEN SOME WATER AND SNACKS IN THE AFTERNOON. FOR SENIORS, THEY LOVE IT. AND LAST YEAR YOU GOT A LOT OF COMMENTS, DID YOU NOT? THEY REALLY APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY, AND HAVING THE CONFERENCE, IT FOCUSED ON RESOURCES AND SO MANY PEOPLE ARE JUST NOT AWARE OF ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY HAVE HERE IN CARMEL. SO IT WAS REALLY GOOD. >> I THINK MOST OF OUR EVALUATIONS CAME BACK VERY POSITIVE. THE REGISTRATION PROCESS WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR SOME. BUT THEY ENJOY THAT DAY. THEY GET A FREE MEAL. AND FOR SOME OF THEM IT IS A BIG DEAL TO HAVE A FREE SANDWICH FOR LUNCH. AND AS PART-- THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO HAVE THE PARADE-- I KNOW IT'S NOT THE MOST EXCITING THING, BUT I WANT OUR CITY TO REALIZE THAT WE HAVE SENIORS, AND I FOUND-- I FOUND SOME BALLOONS THAT SAY-- WHAT DOES IT SAY? WE LOVE OUR SENIORS? YES. I THINK THAT WOULD BE FUN TO HAVE. AND THAT WOULD BE AN INTRODUCTION TO OUR CONFERENCE AS WELL. >> WHAT TIME IS THE PARADE? >> IN THE MORNING. I THINK 1045. MAYBE 11 SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ANY OF YOU THAT WOULD WANT TO DO THAT WITH US. >> IT'S JUST SHOWING FOR YOU? ALL RIGHT. I WILL TELL YOU WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF I GET THE OKAY ON ALL OF THIS. I WILL SEND YOU AN EMAIL. I AM VERY HOPEFUL. AND WE WILL HAVE A VARIETY OF [00:35:04] OPPORTUNITIES TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS THAT DAY. IT WILL NOT JUST BE LECTURING. WE WILL HAVE TO BE HANDS-ON. OKAY. THE LAST THING IS THE PARADE. I HAVE A TRUCK AND TRAILER AND ALL THE DECORATIONS. NOT A LOT, BUT A FEW DECORATIONS TO MAKE A FLOAT. SOME BALLOONS. AND WE WILL JUST GET IN THE PARADE AND RIDE IN THE PARADE. SO IF YOU CAN JOIN US, GREAT, IF YOU CANNOT, THAT'S OKAY TOO. WE WILL JUST GET WHOEVER WE CAN. AND IT IS NOT THAT MUCH TO DECORATE. SO I DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. AND HOPEFULLY IT DOES NOT RAIN. AND IT'S NOT 110 DEGREES. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL THE BUSINESS-- OH, I DID WANT TO-- LET'S SEE. I WANTED TO MENTION AS WELL THAT PHIL AND I MET WITH A GENTLEMAN WHO HAS GOT A PLATFORM FOR COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE ARE INVESTIGATING. SO IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD USE ON THE CITY WEBSITE, ANNOUNCEMENTS, THINGS ARE HAPPENING, WEATHER REPORTS. SO WE MET WITH HIM ONE TIME, AND WE WILL BRING HIM AND WHEN WE ARE CLOSER TO MAKING A DECISION. >> I WOULD OFFER AS WELL THE KEY THING IS THAT IT IS NOT DESIGNED-- IT'S NOT A SYSTEM THAT IS DESIGNED TO BE HOUSED ON THE WEBSITE OF THE COMMUNITY. IF THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION-- THEY OWNED THEIR INFORMATION. IT'S NOT THE JOB OF THE CITY TO SAY, WE WILL TAKE IT, WE WILL SHARE IT. NO. IT WILL BE SHARED, BUT IT COMES FROM THE SOURCE. SO, LET US SAY THEY HAVE A FACILITY AND THEY NORMALLY HAVE CLASSES AND THEY HAVE A WATER BREAK AND HOW DO THEY NOTIFY PEOPLE? THAT IS NOT THE CITY'S JOB. THAT'S WHAT THIS PLATFORM DOES. SO IF IT'S MY FACILITY AND I'M SAYING WE DON'T HAVE CLASSES ON THAT DAY, WHO PUTS OUT INFORMATION ON? I DO. WHERE DOES IT GO? EVERYWHERE. SO THAT'S THE GOAL OF THE PLATFORM. BUT WE WILL DO A LOT OF DISCUSSION WITH IT AND WE WILL INVOLVE A LOT MORE PEOPLE. SO THOSE WILL BE INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS. >> I THINK THAT'S WHERE OUR STAKEHOLDERS COME IN TOO. I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO KATE AS WELL. I DON'T KNOW IF ALL YOU HAVE MET KATE, BUT SHE HAS BEEN SUCH A GREAT HELP TO ME. SHE HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS OUR CONTACT PERSON AND OUR PERSON THAT ATTENDS OUR MEETINGS AND KNOWS WHAT WE ARE DOING. IT'S BEEN SO MUCH EASIER TO GET THINGS DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER, AND I'M GLAD TO HAVE YOU JOIN US. ARE THERE ANY-- ANYTHING THAT ANY OF YOU WOULD BRING UP TONIGHT THAT I HAVE NOT INCLUDED? OKAY. NO? THIS IS RECORD TIME, ISN'T IT? I GET ALL THESE EMAILS THAT SAY WE DON'T WANT TO BE THERE THAT LONG. I'M VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT UNCONCERNED ABOUT EACH OF YOUR TIMES, AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HELP WITH WHAT WERE TRYING TO DO, AND I CAN ALWAYS ISSUE SOME VOLUNTEERS. SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO BRING TO MY ATTENTION MAKE SURE YOU DO IT. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.