[Mayor’s Advisory Commission on Senior Living 09-23-26]
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>> OKAY. I'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER, THIS IS WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 23RD THE MAYOR'S ADVISORY COMMISSION ON SENIOR LIVING. I'M CAROL APPLEGATE.
I HAVE STOUT SCHULER AND O'DONNELL HERE.
WELCOME TO OUR MEETING TONIGHT. FIRST OF ALL I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR OLD BUSINESS THAT WE HAD.
AND I'M GOING TO START WITH I GOT A COUPLE THINGS ON THE AGENDA WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE ACTION PLAN AND ALSO REVIEW OF THE COMPLETED APPLICATION THE SURVEY RESULTS AND OUR ACTION PLAN ARP AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACT ON AND APPROVE OR ACTION PLAN TONIGHT BUT I'M GOING TO MOVE OVER TO IF CAMERA AND AT LEAST SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE THIS AND WE WILL GO.
HI DAVE. DAVE MORGAN IS JOINING US AS WELL. GLAD TO SEE YOU DAVE.
I'M GOING TO MOVE OVER HERE AND SHOW YOU WHAT WE HAVE AND WE ARE
GOING WITH IT. >>' I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE THIS IS OUR ACTION PLAN THAT WE HAVE WORKED ON SO DILIGENTLY THE LAST FEW YEARS AND I THINK YOU'LL BE HAPPY AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE. WE HAVE WORK TO DO.
IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT, HARD, AND IF ANY OF YOU KNOW WE HAVE HAD A FLOOD IN THE MEANTIME HERE IN CARMEL SO THAT'S TAKEN A LOT OF OUR STAFF TIME TO WORK WITH THAT, BUT SO, I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS. YOU I THINK, KATE DID SEND THIS OUT TO EACH OF YOU IN YOUR EMAILS BEFORE YOU CAME TONIGHT BUT THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE LOOKING LIKE.
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE REAL PLEASED WITH THIS.
WE HAVE ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE ARE REALLY CONCENTRATING ON. THEN WE HAVE A LETTER FROM THE MAYOR HEY, DID WE GET -- YEAH. ALL RIGHT.
SO THIS IS OUR MAYOR'S SUMMARY FROM THE MAYOR AND I DID DO THE SUGGESTION OF DAVE TO DO THE SUMMARY OF THE PROCESS WE WENT THROUGH AND HOW WE CAME UP WITH UP WITH WHAT WE DID.
SO THAT'S OUR ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT.
AND THEN, I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS IN GREAT DETAIL BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE IT AND IT'S A CONTINUATION OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT SAYS, THE IMPORTANT THING IS THIS IS OUR GOAL IS TO ADD LIFE TO OUR, TO THE YEARS THAT OUR SENIORS HAVE HERE, SO WE ARE NOT JUST ADDING YEARS BUT WE WANT TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO WORK ON AND THEN OUR MISSION STATEMENT.
AND THEN WE GO INTO EACH ONE OF THE AREAS AND I YOU REALLY THINK THAT A LOT OF PICTURES I TRY TO GET SPECIFIC TO WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AND EACH SECTION OF THIS IS FOLLOWING THE SAME FORMAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT ALWAYS EXACTLY THE SAME ON EVERY SINGLE PAGE BECAUSE I WANTED SOME VARIETY.
I WANTED SOMETHING THAT'S INTERESTING TO LOOK AT.
SO WE HAVE THE HOUSING. AND I'VE TRIED TO BACK IT UP WITH WHAT WE OUR STATISTICS FROM OUR SURVEY AND WHAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE AND OUR TACTICS AND POTENTIAL STEPS AND POTENTIAL PARTNERS AND DIDN'T GET TO LOOK AT THAT CLOSELY SO I PUT A LOT OF THESE IN HERE FOR POST.
REMEMBER THIS ACTION PLAN IS A WORKING DOCUMENT, IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE GOING TO FINISH AND WE WILL GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT ARE OUR MEASURES OF SUCCESS.
HOW DO WE KNOW WE ARE BEING SUCCESSFUL IN THIS.
SO, JUST GOING THROUGH SOME OF THESE OUR TRANSPORTATION I THINK
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YOU'LL LIKE OUR EXPRESS BUSES. ENTRE ENTRE ENTRE ENTREPENEURSHIP, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR SENIOR CENTER SO I PUT THAT IN THERE AS WELL SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THAT, OUR RESPECT, FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WHICH WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT OUR CONFERENCE AND I THINK ONE WE MAY WANT TO LOOK ABILITY ESPECIALLY AFTER WE'VE HAD THE FLOOD AND I ADDED SUSTAINABILITY IN OUR EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AS THAT WAS BROUGHT TO LIGHT WITH OUR FLOOD AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING A LOT WRITTEN ON THAT YET BUT I THINK THAT'S ONE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TRY TO TAKE A LOOK AT.SO, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? COMMUNITY FOR THE LIFETIME. ANY COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK THIS, HOW YOU LIKE IT? AND AGAIN, HE'S GOT ONE IN YOUR EMAIL SO YOU'LL WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SO YOU'VE HAD, THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF DRAFTS COME THROUGH SO THIS IS THE LATEST ONE. JUST OFF THE PRESS, CAME IN THIS AFTERNOON. I YOU THINK YOU HAD A QUESTION.
>> YEAH, LOOKS GOOD WITH THE MORE READABLE FORMAT.
LOOK ING BETTER AND BETTER CAROL.
>> I WANTED TO BE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT BE EASY TO READ AND IT'S NOT JUST PAGE AFTER PAGE OF READING.
SO. OKAY, AS I YOU SAID, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS AND I WILL REPORT THAT OUR APPLICATION TO THE AARP WILL BE SUBMITTED AND BE I'VE TALKED TO AARP THIS WEEKEND AND IT WILL TAKE THEM PROBABLY 2, 3, 4 WEEKS TO GET APPROVED BECAUSE IT GOES TO WASHINGTON AND THEY REVIEW IT THERE AS WELL. MY HOPE WAS TO GET US DESIGNATED AS A AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY OR AT THIS CONFERENCE BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. THE TRYING REALLY HARD BUT IT'S HARD TO GET ALL THESE ADDITIONS AND ANDY THINGS IN HERE.
SO, OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ON THE ACTION PLAN? YOU'VE GOT THAT, AND I WOULD ASK THAT YOU REVIEW THAT AND WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO THE FINAL REVISION AND TRY TO GET THAT DONE PRIOR TO OUR COMMENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO? OKAY. I WANTED TO THANK OUR FIRE CHIEF, JOEL THACKER BEING ABLE TO ENTERTAIN YOU LAST MEETING AT THE FIRE STATION, AND FROM I HEARD IT WAS A VERY BENEFICIAL VISIT TO THE FIRE STATION AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ATTENDED THEY DO A LOT DOWN THERE AND IT WAS VERY EDUCATIONAL FOR YOU.
SO, I HAD THINK UNDER OLD BUSINESS, JOHN, COULD YOU GIVE US JUST A SHORT REVIEW ON WHERE WE ARE WITH TRANSPORTATION?
>> HAPPY TO. I ATTENDED A MEETING LAST WEEK CITY AND HAMILTON COUNTY EXPRESS AND I'M HAPPY TO NOTE THAT FROM THAT MEETING I HAD A MEETING WITH [INDISTINCT] SURE.
HOW'S THAT? AND IN NOVEMBER ROGER MCMICHAEL PRESENTED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD OUR REQUEST TO FUEL THE BUSES AT THE FUEL DEPOT, THERE ON 126TH STREET HAPPENED HE FEELS LIKE THAT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF OBSTRUCTION AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE RUNNING INTO WITH THE WHOLE
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HAMILTON COUNTY EXPRESS, IS THE BUSES ARE REALLY AGING.THEY'VE GOT 3 OR 4 BUSES NOW. THEY HAVE 265,000 MILES ON IT, AND THE REPAIR CONTINUES TO INCREASE, AND A NEW BUS IS $165,000. SO, THEY DID TALK ABOUT IT AND MARK SAID HE WOULD BRING IT UP AT THE NEXT COMMISSIONER'S MEET TO GO SEE WHAT THEY HAD CAN DO. MEANTIME I TALKED TO ROJ ER ABOUT THE SCHOOL BUS ELSE AND WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE AND WE ACTUALLY KEEP THE CARMEL BUZZ F -- BUSIES FOR 12 YEARS, AND AT 12 YEARS WE DON'T HAVE TO MANY MILES, 265,000 MILES SO WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PURCHASE SOME OF THOSE BUSES ESPECIALLY THE SMALLER ONES CAROL THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ONLY HOLD 15 OR 20 PEOPLE TO HELP INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF BUSES THEY HAVE AVAILABLE AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER MEETING TO GO TO, I BELIEVE ON HOKT THE OCTOBER THE 14TH BUT I GUESS WHAT I'M WAITING ON NOW IS THAT OUR ARTICLE IN A PAPER THAT WILL TALK ABOUT HAVING THE HAMILTON COUNTY EXPRESS AVAILABLE FOR SENIORS AND ONCE THAT KICKS IN, WE WILL BE ABLE TO FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF NUMBERS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO USE THEM. COMING HERE THIS EVENING I COULD SEE WHERE BUSES WAS CERTAINLY HELP WITH THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC WE ARE INCREASING EVERY SO OFTEN HERE IN THIS CITY AS POPULATION CONTINUES TO GROW. SO, WITH THAT I HAVE MET WITH AND WE CONTINUE TO MEET WITH THEM.
WE ARE MAKING HEAD WAY. THEY WILL HAVE A BUS AVAILABLE ON OCTOBER 16TH AT OUR CONFERENCE AND OUR [INDISTINCT] WILL BE SPEAK ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COUNTY BUT THE RIDERSHIP IS INCREASING DRAMATIC IKTDLY NOT ONLY FOR SENIORS OR PEOPLE GOING TO WORK, SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYE ON.
>> THANK YOU JOHN. BECAUSE I THINK THANK YOU JOHN.
I ASKED JOHN ABOUT PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION FOR OUR CONFERENCE FOR THOSE THAT WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ATTEND AND YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT IT WAS THEY'RE SO BUSY THEY'RE NOT
CERTAIN THEY CAN. >> WELL, THE THING IS THAT BE ANYBODY THAT IS INTERESTED IN GETTING TRANSPORTATION TO THIS MEETING JUST CALL HAMILTON COUNTY EXPRESS AND THEY WOULD CERTAINLY ACCOMMODATE ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO RIDE BUT THEY HAVE THEIR REJECTIONS ON SERVICE AS INCREASING BECAUSE OF JUST THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO USE IT SO IT'S FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SET ASIDE FOR THAT PARTICULAR DAY, BUT IF YOU CALL AND REQUEST A RIDE, THEY WILL CERTAINLY ACCOMMODATE YOU.
>> I ALSO GOT A CALL FROM A LOCAL CHURCH THAT ASKED ME IF IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR HAMILTON COUNTY EXPRESS TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR SERVICES ON SUNDAY WHICH WE ARE LOOKING INTO AS WELL. SO, I THINK ONCE THE WORD GETS OUT, I THINK IT WILL BE USED MORE AND MORE AND BE A REAL ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU JOHN.
GREAT REPORT. IS THERE ANY YOU OTHER OLD BUSINESS MIGHT HAVE THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO BRING UP THAT'S HANGING OUT THERE FROM LAST TIME? ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE NEW BUSINESS WHICH IS HEAVY ON MY MIND HAND HEART WHICH IS THE CONFERENCE. WE ARE GETTING TOWN.
WE HAVE GOT P GOT ANOTHER 3, WE HAVE JUST GOT 3 WEEKS SO I REALLY WANT TO ZERO IN ON THIS AND WE REALLY NEED EACH OF YOUR HELP IN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS TO GET THIS ALL PUT TOGETHER AND
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ORGANIZED. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE AGENDA AND WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO AND HELP US AND WE WILL GO FROM THERE SO YOU'LL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING AT THIS CONFERENCE AS WE GO.NEXT YEAR WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT DIFFERENT.
WE'RE GOING TO START PROBABLY THE 17TH OF OCTOBER THIS YEAR SO THAT WE CAN PLAN NEXT YEAR AND KEEP IT GOING.
SO FIRST OF ALL AS I TOLD YOU OUR THEME THIS YEAR IS INTER GENERATIONAL CONNECTION, AND IT'S EXCITING BALLS THINGS ARE HAPPENING WITH. THIS THE FIRST YOU OF ALL IT'S GOING TO BE AT UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M GOING TO GO OVER AGAIN AND PUT ON THE SCREEN A LITTLE OUTLINE, A MAP OF WHAT UNIVERSITY IS, AND SO YOU ALL KNOW WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING. SO IF YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR WE DID IT AT THE LIBRARY AND WE HAD 185 PEOPLE AND IT GOT TO BE A LITTLE BIT CROWDED SO THIS YEAR WHEN WE CHOSE OUR THEME AS INTER GENERATIONAL CONNECTION I WAS VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS, AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SORT OF THE OUTLINE OF THE SCHOOL SO THAT YOU KNOW SO THERE'S GOING TO BE PLENTY OF PARKING. THERE'S GOING TO BE PLENTY OF SPACE AND THERE'S GOING TO BE PLENTY OF SPACE FOR LUNCH, ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, SO THAT'S, WHY AND THEY'RE VEHICLES SIGHTED ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE AS WELL, FROM THEIR END.
SO UNIVERSITY MOST OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW WHERE IT IS, IT'S ON 1 16TH STREET. IT IS ACTUALLY TWO BUILDINGS.
SO THIS IS FAIRBANKS HALL, AND THIS IS WHERE ALL THE CLASSROOMS ARE. THEY HAVE A SECOND FLOOR.
SECOND FLOOR IS MUCH LARGER ROOMS BUT THEY HAVE STEPS TO GO TO SO ON THE FIRST FLOOR THE ROOMS WILL ACCOMMODATE 24 PEOPLE AND EXTRA CHAIRS IT GOES UP TO 30.
SO THIS IS THE FAIRBANKS HALL IF YOU GET ON 116TH YOU'LL SEE THAT THE THERE'S PARKING ALL ALONG ON THIS SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
THERE'S ALSO PARKING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE OTHER BUILDING, SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PLENTY OF PARKING BUT IT'S ALL FLAT LAND AND THEY CAN JUST WALK RIGHT STRAIGHT INTO THESE BUILDINGS. THEY ALSO HAVE A MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING AND SO THEY HAVE A LARGE GYMNASIUM, AND THEY HAVE AN AUDITORIUM THAT HAS VERY COMFORTABLE NICE SEATS IN IT AND SO, AS PEOPLE ARRIVE AND THEY PARK, THEY CAN GO RIGHT IN HERE IN THE ENTRANCE AND BE I THINK WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO, WE ARE GOING TO DIVIDE THIS CONFERENCE INTO TWO AREAS.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A MORNING SESSION AND A AFTERNOON SESSION SO WHEN ARRIVE THEY'LL BE COMING INTO THE GYMNASIUM WHERE THEY WILL REGISTER FOR THAT AND THEN THE COFFEE AND SWEETS AND US THINGS WILL BE THERE IN THE GYMNASIUM AND THEN THEY'LL GO AROUND AND GET A NICE SEAT IN THE AUDITORIUM WHERE THEY'LL HEAR THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER. THEY HAVE TWO OF THOSE IN THE MORNING AND THEN DEPENDING ON OUR ATTENDANCE, THEY WILL COME BACK AND GO TO THE GYMNASIUM FOR LUNCH AND THEN FOR THE AFTERNOON SESSION THEY'LL JUST WALK A FEW STEPS ACROSS THE OTHER BUILDING AND FIND THE BREAKOUT SESSION. NOW, THIS FAIRBANKS ALSO HAS A LARGE LOBBY YOU HERE THAT WE CAN ALSO USE FOUR OR VENDORS TABLES AND THAT KIND OF THING AND OUR FINAL ACTIVITY WILL BE IN THE LOBBY YOU SO THAT TELLS YOU WHY I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PLACE FOR THE. YOU KNOW ONE OF THE EVALUATIONS MANY OF THEM SAID THEY DON'T LIKE TO SIT FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. WELL THIS SOLVES THAT PROBLEM AS WELL SO NEIL BE ABLE TO GET UP, MOVE AROUND, GET SOME FRESH AIR AND THAT KIND OF THING. SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LAY
OUT OF OUR CONFERENCE? >> SCHOOL WILL NOT BE IN
SO, MY DILEMMA WAS IF WE HAVE IT IN OCTOBER THAT IS THEIR FALL BREAK, AND SO WE GET THE ENTIRE BUILDING AND THE FACILITIES FOR
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OUR THING. MY OTHER OPTION WAS HAVE IT WHEN SCHOOL IS IN SESSION BUT THEN WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH ROOM.THEY ARE WORKING ON GETTING US SOME STUDENT VOLUNTEERS SO WE WILL HAVE BETWEEN 20-25 STUDENTS THAT REGULAR GOING TO HELP AND BE INTERACTIVE WITH OUR SESSIONS DIRECTING TRAFFIC HELPING PEOPLE AROUND THAT KIND OF THING SO THAT'S OUR LAY OUT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE LAYOUT AND THE SET UP OF WHAT WE HAVE GOT GOING THAT DAY. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. I NEED? HELP WITH SETUP AND TAKING DOWN AND THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A WHOLE LOT OF THAT, BUT I HAVE SOME HANDOUTS HERE, SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN DOING THIS, LET ME KNOW.
I'LL SEND IT DOWN BOTH WAYS. BASICALLY, IF WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF ATTENDEES, WE WILL HAVE LUNCH IN THAT CAFETERIA, YOU KNOW IN THAT GYM AREA, WHICH WILL MEAN WE WILL NEED TO GET SOME CHAIRS AND WE NEED TO GET A SETUP.
THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF ALL THE CHAIRS, ALL THE TABLES, PROVIDING TABLE CLOTHS, EVERYTHING WE NEED FOR THAT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
OKAY? THERE IS A COST TO THE TABLES BUT WE ARE RENTING THOSE THROUGH THE HIGH SCHOOL AND SO THEY'RE TAKING CARE YOU OF ALL THAT, BUT IF WANT TO HELP WITH SETTING UP AND TAKING DOWN, BASICALLY, YOUR RESPONSIBILITY WOULD BE TO BE THERE A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ON THURSDAY, MAKE SURE THE TABLES GET THERE AND SET UP THE WAY YOU WE WANT THEM AND JUST SORT OF LOOK FOR TRASH AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS AFTER THE COFFEE AND AFTER THE AFTERNOON SESSION. ON THURSDAY, IF WE AS DESIGNATE A TIME, IT'S EXTRA COST. SO, I SAID LET'S NOT DO THAT.
THEY CAN CALL ME, AND I CAN CALL WHOEVER IS GOING TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE. THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE TO TAKE THE TABLES DOWN. WE DON'T HAVE TO LOAD THEM.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING SO YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES IF YOU'RE ON THAT COMMITTEE WOULD BE CLEANUP AFTER LUNCH THOSE KINDS OF THINGS MAKE SURE THE TRASH IS OUT AND THEY'LL HAVE STUDENTS THERE AND SO FORTH. ALL RIGHT.
ANY VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT ONE? JOHN, YOU DID THAT LAST YEAR.
YEAH. YOU'LL HELP ME? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
AND IT'S NOT DIFFICULT. I'LL GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU, AND WE WILL DISCUSS IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
BUT I THINK IT TAKES A LOT OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OFF OF US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE IT THAT WAY. COFFEE AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE COFFEE IN THE MORNING AND SWEETS AND LUNCH IS BEING TOTALLY DONATED BY TRADITIONS AT SOLANO, SO THEY'RE BRINGING IN A BOX LUNCH, AND THEY'RE YOU KNOW TAKING CARE OF U TENSILES, THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF DRINKS WHOLE THING SO THEY'LL JUST BRING IN IT WE SERVE IT EVERYTHING IS TAKEN CARE OF THERE SO THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO THIS YEAR AS THEIR YOU DONATION AND SO WE HAVE TLAIVEN CARE OF, WE HAVE COFFEE TAKEN CARE OF AND OF COURSE IN THE AFTERNOON I ALWAYS LIKE A LITTLE SNACK SO WE WILL HAVE SOMETHING ON THE TABLES AT THAT POINT.
>> SO THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF THE LOGISTICS, PASSING IT OUT AND
THE COFFEE? >> WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE SOMEONE JUST TO BE STAND, IN THAT GYMNASIUM THERE WILL BE TABLES AND THE UNIVERSITY OF FIX THOSE TABLES UP AND SET THAT DOWN AND PEOPLE CAN COME UP AND PICK UP THOSE THINGS AND GO BACK.
THEY'LL BE NICE TABLES AND THEY'LL HAVE TABLE CLOTHS ON AND SO FORTH. I MAY WANT SOME HELP WITH, I ALWAYS THINK IT'S NICE TO HAVE SOME FLOWERS OR SOME KIND OF DECORATION ON THE TABLES SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING CAN YOU HELP US DO ANNA AS WELL, TO DESIGNATE THAT.
OKAY, I'M GOING TO PASS KIND OF THE TENTATIVE SCHEDULE.
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YOU GOT THEM ALL? OKAY? SO AT THE CONFERENCE THE REGISTRATION WILL START AT 9:00 IN THE MORNING. THAT WILL BE WHEN THE COFFEE AND SWEETS ARE AVAILABLE. AT 9:30-10 WE WILL HAVE OPENING REMARKS FROM THE MAYOR AND OUR COUNCILMAN RICH DAY OR.11:00 WE HAVE THE KEYNOTE DR. TURNER, PROFESSOR AT IU SCHOOL OF BUSINESS. SHE'S ENTHUSED ON THIS CONFERENCE AND DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON INTER GENERATIONAL CONNECTION AND ONE THING SHE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IS WHAT CAN YOU DO AND HOW CAN YOU ACCOMPLISH THINGS AND HOW CAN I ACCOMPLISH THINGS BUT BETTER YET, HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER AND ACCOMPLISH MORE WHAT EYE YOU THEY ARE ONE OF US CANNOT DO.
SO SHE'S REALLY ENTHUSED ABOUT THIS AND I THINK SHE ACTUALLY WANTS TO STAY FOR AN AFTERNOON SESSION HAND IN HER AFTERNOON SESSION SHE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT LONELINESS AND HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER FROM YOUNGER GENERATION AND OLDER GENERATION TO LONELINESS. BOTH GENERATIONS SUFFER FROM LONELINESS AND WE ALL KNOW THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE LONELY AND WE KNOW THAT THEIR SUICIDE RATE IS VERY HIGH, SOMETHING THEY DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOL A LOT AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT IT'S TRUE IN OUR OLDER POPULATION AS WELL.
SO SHE'S GOING TO CONCENTRATE ON SOME OF THOSE KINDS OF AREAS.
SO, SHE WILL BE IN ONE BREAKOUT. SHE WANTS TO SPEND THE ENTIRE DAY WITH US FOR EACH OF TO YOU MEET HER AND SHE ALSO WANTS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE FUTURE WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING UP HERE WITH OUR SENIOR POPULATION. SO SHE SHOULD BE A GOOD ASSET FOR US. AT 11 I'M GOING TO HAVE DR. BOUSTANI AND IS NOW HE'S MEMBER OF OUR COMMITTEE.
DR. BOUSTANI IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THEY WILL THEY LIVING BUT ON A DIFFERENT NOTE, WE DON'T START LIVING A HEALTHY LIFE WHEN WE GET TO BE 75. WE NEED TO START THAT WHEN WE ARE YOUNG SO HE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT.
SOME OF US MISSED THAT. TOO LATE FOR US AND SO I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE IN FOUND SO I'M GOING TO PUT HIM IN THERE.
THEN WE WILL HAVE LUNCH AND OUR VENDORS AND I'LL TALK ABOUT KNOWS IN A MINUTE AND WE WILL BREAKOUT SESSION ONE AND BREAKOUT SESSION 2 AND FROM 36-4 P.M. I WANT TO HAVE SORT OF A SUMMARY OF SOME STORY TELL AND FOR EXAMPLE, I MIGHT HAVE SOMEONE HERE'S THE ONE THING I LEARNED ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS I'VE BEEN LEARNED THROUGHOUT MY LIFE AND HAVE A YOUNGER PERSON TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW, WHAT DO THEY, AS THEY'RE GETTING THEIR FINAL PREPARATION FOR COLLEGE AND I HAVE HAD A GRANDSON WHO IS GOING TO BE LEAVING NEXT YEAR FOR COLLEGE AND WHAT HE'S GOING THROUGH AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME AND HOW HE'S TRYING TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AND WE ALL, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STARTING THEIR LEGACY AND PASSION IN LIFE AND JUST SO HAPPENS THE SCHOOL'S THEME THIS YEAR IS HOW DO YOU FIND YOUR LOVE HOW DO YOU FIND YOUR PASSION FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IN YOUR LIFE SO IT SORT OF FITS TOGETHER WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING. SO, THAT'S KIND OF OUR -- OKAY.
>> HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE YOU ANTICIPATING ATTEND SOMETHING.
>> SO I HAVE ASKED THE SCHOOL AS ASSIGNED ONE STUDENT TO WORK WITH ME AND TO RECRUIT SOME STUDENTS FROM THE SCHOOL, RECRUITED AND I'VE ASKED FOR BETWEEN 20-25.
I'M ALSO INCLUDING AND YOU'LL SEE AS I GO THROUGH THIS, I'M ALSO INCLUDING TRYING TO GET CARMEL TO GET? STUDENTS OVER TO HELP THAT NIGHT WANT TO DO THAT AS WELL.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT AS MANY AS WE WOULD LIKE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LEAVE ON FALL BREAK AS WELL.
SO IT'S KIND OF YOU KNOW HARD TO GET WHAT WE NEED BUT WE TRY.
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I GOT THE SCHEDULE OF THE DAY. LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR BREAKOUT SESSIONS AND I'M STILL KIND OF WORKING ON THOSE BUT LET ME PASS THOSE OUT AND WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE. SO, THIS WAS REALLY HARD AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE, IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO PUT A COUPLE MORE PEOPLE IN HERE.I HAVE DON BARTEMIS AND HE HAS BEEN PASTOR OF THE CHURCH.
HE IS TEACHING A CLASS ON GRAND PARENTING.
>> HE'S A GOOD SPEAKER. SHOULD BE INTERESTING.
>> SO HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF GRANDPARENTS IN THE LIVES OF THEIR GRANDCHILDREN AND WE KNOW IN THIS DAY AND AGE WE HAVE A LOT OF GRANDPARENTS WHO ARE RAISING GRANDCHILDREN SO I THINK HE'S REAL ENTHUSED ABOUT DOING.
THIS HE'S SO EXCITED ABOUT COMING AND TALKING ABOUT GRAND PARENTING. FROM OUR HOUSING COMMISSION WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM OUR HOUSE AND THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT INTER GENERATIONAL LIVING.
THERE'S BEEN STUDIES ANNA, YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED.
IT'S GOING TO BE MORE THAN HERE'S WHAT WE HAVE GOT PLANNED FOR CARMEL. IT WOULD BE WHAT WOULD ATTRACT YOU TO CARMEL TO COME BACK HERE TO LIVE AND WHAT KIND OF PLIFG WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO IN THIS AIR SO THEY'RE REAL ENTHUSED ABOUT THIS AND SO THEY'LL BE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING.
YOU THEN WE WILL HAVE JOHN MORIARTI.
I DON'T KNOW IN YOU GOT TO MEET HIM LAST TIME.
JOHN IS A RETIRED FIREMEN MAN. HE'S VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT YOU GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. WHEN YOU'RE RETIRED, WHERE DOES IT STOP WHEN YOU RETIRE BUT IT SHOULD CONTINUE AND I WANT HIM TO TALK ABOUT HOW DID HE GET INTO FIRE FIGHTING AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY, AND THE PROBLEM WITH JOHN WE HAVE TO LIMIT HIM ON TIME. HE'S SO PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT HE DOES AND GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
THEN I HAVE MARK HARBRANT YOU RIB O -- REMEMBER OUR SURVEY, HW DO WE GET INVOLVED IN COMMISSIONER, HE'S GOT A REALLY INTERESTING STORY AND I THINK HE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW HE GOT INTO IT. GOVERNMENT AND SERVEING THE POPULATION, AND BE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND THAT KAIVEND THING. THEN I TALKED ABOUT DR. CAROLINA TALKING ABOUT LONELINESS. I'M ALSO TRYING TO GET SOMEBODY FROM THE NEURAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE BECAUSE THEY DO A LOT OF RESEARCH IN THE AREA OF BRAIN AND THEY HAVE SO MUCH TO OFFER AND THERE'S OTHER THINGS WE CAN GIVE TO OUR SOCIETY BEING SAUBT FOR RESEARCH AND THAT KIND OF THING.
RENÉE IS GOING TO DO A CLASS. SHE'S THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS TEACH AREA THE UNIVERSITY AND IT'S INTERESTING PAUSE I YOU RECEIVED A PHONE CALL THIS WEEK FROM SOMEONE WHO SAID ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE ANY EXERCISE, WE WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT EXERCISE AND I SAID I'VE GOT THAT COVERED.
LEDAY IS A GREAT PERSON AT THE SCHOOL AND DAVE VESPER IS THEIR PROFESSOR AT THE SCHOOL HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT A.I. AND HOW IS THAT AFFECTING OUR SOCIETY RIGHT NOW.
HOW THEY ALLOW THEIR STUDENTS TO USE A.I. AND HOW WE CAN BRIDGE OR GAP BETWEEN OUR GENERATIONS WITH A.I.
THAT'S GOING A REALLY INTERESTING TOPIC AS WELL.
SO, I'M HOPING THAT I CAN, I THINK ALL THESE ARE EXCITING.
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DO ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER IDEAS OF SOMETHING THAT I HAVE NOT THOUGHT OF THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL?>> I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD BE RELEVANT AND I'M HAPPY TO PUT IN TOGETHER BUT DISCUSSION ABOUT SOMEBODY WITH MEMORY LOSS, YOU COME ACROSS SOMEBODY WHO IS A FRIEND OR RELATIVE AND JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT JOURNEY IT THE OTHER THING WE DO SOMETIMES IS TALK ABOUT LIKE HOW DO YOU ENCOURAGE FAMILY GATHERINGS AND COMMUNICATION AMONG YOUR EXTENDED FAMILY YOU SO THAT CAN BE AN INTERESTING TOPIC AND I'M HAPPY TO WORK ON OUR CONTACTS IF YOU WANT A COUPLE MORE. I CAN PROBABLY FILL IN ONE OR TWO MORE FOR YOU, IF YOU WANT BREAKOUT.
>> YEAH, IT'S HARD, BECAUSE WE ONLY GOT 40 MINUTES FOR A BREAKOUT SESSION AND GETTING EVERYBODY BUT I AM SHOOTING FOR 8-10, BREAKOUT SESSIONS. IN CARE GIVING ONE THINK WE HAVEN'T TOUCHED ON IS CARE GIVING AND THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILIES WE ARE GOING TO SEE THIS WITH INTER GENERATIONAL HOUSING WHERE PARENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE WITH EACH OTHER AND THERE'S GOING TO BE GRANDKIDS AND OLD PEOPLE LIVING TOGETHER AND COMMUNICATION IS AN IMPORTANT THING, HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE WITH THEM. IT'S A GOOD TOPIC.
OKAY. AND THEN, DURING LUNCH, ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS ON THAT?
>> CAROL, HOW MANY TOTAL PEOPLE ATTENDEES CAN WE ACTUALLY
HANDLE? >> A GOOD QUESTION, BECAUSE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS. BECAUSE THIS IS AN AREA I'M CONCERNED WITH. RIGHT AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE GOT DAVE, YOU CAN GIVE ME THE -- 35. 35 REGISTERED.
WE CAN GO UP KNOW, 200, 300. NOW, LAST YEAR WE HAD 185 WHICH WAS REMARKABLE. WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING LAST YEAR HOW MANY WE HAD REGISTERED AT THIS SAME TIME FOR THE CONFERENCE BECAUSE OUR REGISTRATION WAS NOT LIKE IT SHOULD BE. BUT THAT'S MY AREA OF CONCERN AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT.
WE NEED TO GET THIS OUT. WE NEED TO GET THE WORD OUT.
WE HAVE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD SPEAKERS AND THIS IS A VALUABLE SUBJECT AND IF YOU REMEMBER IN OUR SURVEY, OUR SENIORS SAID WE WANT MORE INFORMATION. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION. WE ARE PROVIDING THEM EDUCATION AND WE ARE PROVIDING THEM A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION THAT THEY CAN USE AND WE HAVE GOT TO HERE. WE HAVE GOT TO GET THEM IN THIS CONFERENCE SO THEY KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.
>> 35 HAVE SIGNED UP. HOW DID THEY FIND OUT ABOUT IT? AND WE GOT SOME FROM THAT AND DAVE, MAY HAVE YOU SPEAK TO THIS, BUT YOU I'VE GOT THESE HANDS OUTS NOW, THOSE ONE PAGERS AND I ALSO HAVE CARDS THAT CAN BE SENT OUT.
I HAVE AN INTERVIEW WITH THE CURRENT TOMORROW, SO IT WILL BE A SFLI THE PAPER. IT'S JUST ANY WAY THAT KATE IS THERE ANYTHING WE HAVE DONE FOR MARKETING ON THE WEB SITE?
>> YES. >> THE MAYOR HAS MADE A NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT. [INDISTINCT]
>> STORY, CAN I INTERRUPT? COULD YOU GO UP THERE AND SORT OF WALK US THROUGH THE QR CODE AND WALK THE REGISTRATION PROCESS THROUGH? BECAUSE IT'S NOT THAT DIFFICULT.
>> HOW LONG DID WE PROMOTE IT LAST YEAR? DO YOU REMEMBER HOW WE DID WITH ATTENDANCE LAST YEAR?
>> IT'S ABOUT THE SAME THIS YEAR.
KATE AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT TODAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S AN ELECTION YEAR.
>> IT IS. >> IT'S A CHANGE OF WHERE WE WERE HOLDING IT. I DON'T KNOW.
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BUT, DAVE, TELL US ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW THE QR CODE WORKS.>> YEAH, IN TALKING ABOUT A NUMBER OF THE FOLKS AT PRIME LIFE AND I GAVE THEM ONE OF THOSE SMALL CARDS AND THEY'RE NOT SURE HOW TO DO IT. YOU KNOW YOU TAKE YOUR CAMERA, YOU PUT YOUR CAMERA OVER THE QR CODE AND IT POPS UP A LITTLE LINK AND I JUST HAD TO PHYSICALLY SHOW THEM AND SO WHAT I FOUND IS PEOPLE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU CAN THEM THROUGH IT RATHER THAN BE SAYING JUST SIGN UP ON THE QR CODE AND OPEN UP YOUR PHONE, JUST WALK THROUGH, ACTUALLY SHOW THEM HOW TO DO IT SO IT'S KIND OF AN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS OF GETTING USED TO IT BECAUSE THAT'S BECOMING A COMMON WAY OF DOING BUSINESS NOW, BUT I THINK PEOPLE KIND OF NEED TO BE HAND HELD TO GO THROUGH THAT PART OF THE PROCESS SO THEY DON'T LET THAT AS A BARRIER FOR NOT SIGNING UP. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> HAVE ALL OF YOU REGISTERED? OKAY.
SO, WE NEED TO YOU REGISTER. AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO DO IS BE RESPONSIBLE TO GET AT LEAST TEN OTHER PEOPLE TO COME.
OKAY, SO THAT WOULD PUT US UP TO 90, 120.
WE STILL HAVE SOME WAYS TO GO. >> IF I COULD ALSO SUGGEST THAT HELP NEED TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE CONFERENCE WAS ABOUT AND WHAT THE TOPIC IS ABOUT, EXPLAIN WHAT IS GOING ON AND SHOW THE MISSION OR THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE CONFERENCE WOULD BE I THINK PEOPLE APPRECIATE THAT AND MAKES THEM YOU UNDERSTAND AND THEY CAN START SEEING THE APPLICABILITY IN THEIR OWN LIVES AND I THINK
THAT WOULD HELP. >> WHAT WILL BE THE LIST FROM
LAST YEAR? >> THAT HAS BEEN SENT OUT.
YOU SENT IT OUT TWICE, DAVE, ALREADY ABOUT THOSE WHO ATTENDED LAST YEAR AND THE UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS HAS A GRAND PARENT DAY YOU, AND WE HAVE GOT A LOT OF EMAILS FOR THEY'RE
GRANDPARENTS. >> SO WE SEND B SENT EMAIL TOVSH THAT REGISTERED LAST YEAR AND ON USING THE SOFTWARE APPLICATION THAT WE ARE USING CALLED RRSVP AND WE SENT ININVITATIONS OUT THROUGH THAT THE NOW IF A PERSON, THERE IS PEOPLE THAT WERE REGISTERED UNDER ONE COMMON EMAIL ADDRESS THAT'S BECAUSE MAYBE IT CAME FROM THE BARRINGTON OR ANOTHER SENIOR LIVING FACILITY SO THEY HAD ONE CONTACT PERSON WITH ONE EMAIL SO MAYBE FIVE PEOPLE GOT REGISTERED THAT WAY.
BUT WE ARE KIND OF LIMITED AND HOPEFULLY THE PERSON THAT RAN THAT PROMOTION AND THE FACILITIES WILL ENROLL THE
PEOPLE AS WELL. >> SO, IF YOU WILL ALL TAKE SOME OF THESE. I THINK DAVE WE SENT THE QR CODE OUT TODAY TO AWFUL YOUR ADDRESSES SO YOU CAN FORWARD THAT ANNOUNCEMENT TO PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW.
I FIND IT EVERYBODY IS DOING IT ELECTRONICALLY NOW, SO IF THERE'S AREAS THAT YOU WANT TO SEND IT TO ELECTRONICALLY, I'M OLD-FASHIONED, AND I DID ELDER LAW FOR A LONG LONG TIME AND I COULD NEVER GET MY CLIENTS TO USE YOU KNOW, THE PHONES AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING. SO THAT'SY GO BACK TO THESE KIND OF THINGS BECAUSE THEY LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING, THEY LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING IN THEIR HANDS. SO, AND BACK TO YOUR QUESTION, DAVE. WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THAT WE DID LAGS YEAR IF NOT MORE AND I DON'T KNOW WHY WE ARE JUST NOT -- WE JUST GOT TO GET THE WORD OUT.
>> IS NICK TEXTABLE, ARE WE TABLE TO TEXT PEOPLE THAT HAVE PHONE NUMBERS FROM THE LAST CONFERENCE ATTENDEES?
>> WE NEVER USE TEXT. KATE, CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT HAD A LITTLE BIT FROM THE LEGAL POINT? THERE'S SOME LEGAL ISSUES ON
THAT AS WELL I THINK. >> OKAY.
>> ARE YOU ABLE TO TEXT PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED LAST YEAR AND REMIND THEM ANY FILE LIKE THAT'S A HOT EASIER WAY TO RECEIVE INFORMATION. OKAY.
WE'LL LOOK NIGHT. >> WHEN WE HAD THE SURVEY, WE HAD TROUBLE WITH THAT BECAUSE LEGALITY.
>> ALSO, WHOSE PHONE NUMBER TO USE IN TEXT [INDISTINCT] WE SENT
BUT I THINK WE JUST, I REALLY WOULD LIKE FOR TO US CONCENTRATE THE NEXT FEW WEEKS ABOUT GETTING THE WORD OUT TO, AND AGAIN, IT
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WILL BE AN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER TO DO ONE AD IN THE PAPER WAS LIKE $1200 SO THEY'RE NOT CHEAP TO DO AN AD.THEY'LL DO A STRIMT SO THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO GET MEDIA AND WE SEND IT OUT TO TV STATIONS, RIGHT.
SO, IF WE CAN GET ON A TV STATION BUT WE HAVE TO BE INVITED TO DO THAT AND SO IT'S REALLY --
>> CAROL, I THINK THAT WHAT YOU SAID DAVE, PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW SPECIFICALLY, THIS IS PRETTY GENERIC.
SO WHEN YOU ARE TALKING TO PEOPLE, IT'S GOOD THAT NOW WE EVEN KNOW TO SAY WE ARE DOING THESE SPECIFIC THINGS.
I THINK THAT HELPS. >> THAT HELPS YEAH.
>> IT'S BEEN INTER GENERATIONAL AND IF YOU LOOK THROUGH OUR ACTION PLAN, WE MADE REFERENCE TO BE INTER GENERATIONAL.
BUT IT'S NEW. IT'S A NEW CONCEPT, AND IT'S NOT -- I THINK THAT'S WHAT CARMEL HOW WE CAN SET CARMEL APART FROM A LOT OF THE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE DOING THE AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY. BECAUSE MANY, YOU TAKE SOME OF OUR SURROUNDING CITIES, ARE JUST NOW BUILDING THEIR PARKS AND THEIR LIGHTING AND THEIR SAFETY ISSUES AND ALL THOSE.
WE HAVE ALREADY GOT ALL THAT, AND SO WE'RE MOVING INTO A REALM OF MORE OF THE EDUCATIONAL, THE INTER GENERATIONAL, SOME OF THE NEWER THINGS A LOT OF THESE CITIES DOWN HAVE WHICH WILL SET CARMEL APART FROM THE OTHERS AND OUR ACTION PLAN IS GOING TO BE BEYOND SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES. YOU IT IS NEW AND I REALIZE, THAT MAYBE PART OF THE PROBLEM, WHAT IS THIS INTER GENERATIONAL? WE HAVE TO START? WHERE AND I THINK IF WE CAN GET PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS AND THEY CAN SEE WHERE THIS IS HELPFUL, I MEAN EVEN FROM YOUNGER GENERATION,THEY'RE NOT WHAT THIS IS AS WELL BUT IF WE CAN HAVE A REAL SUCCESSFUL CONFERENCE AND WE START GETTING GROUPS OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THIS, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD.
YOU CAN TELL I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
BUT WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. >> IS THERE A CRITICAL NUMBER LIKE IF WE DON'T GET 50 PEOPLE SIGNED UP IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO DEWPOINTS OR IS THERE CRITICAL MASS? I KNOW WE WANT TO GET AS MANY AS POSSIBLE.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO GET 150. >> RIGHT.
>> I THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE. WE CAN ALSO, IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH, I DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE EXPENSE OF GETTING TABLES AND CHAIRS, 200 IF WE ARE ONLY GOING TO HAVE 90 PEOPLE.
IF WE ONLY HAVE 90 PEOPLE, THERE'S ROOM IN THAT ONE BUILDING THE LOBBY AREA WE CAN GET ABOUT 90 PEOPLE IN THERE.
>> OKAY. >> THAT WOULD SAVE US AND I'M GOING TO TALK A POLITICAL BIT ABOUT BUDGET HERE.
THAT WOULD SAVE US A LOT OF MONEY.
SO FAR I HAVEN'T AND I'LL GO THROUGH THAT WITH YOU.
I HAVEN'T SPENT THAT MUCH MONEY BUT THERE'S GOT TO BE A POINT WHERE WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
>> RIGHT. >> THIS IS THE WAY AND THE MARKETING THAT MORE INFORMATION COULD BE WRITTEN DISCUSSED ARTICULATED FOR SPECIFICS, BECAUSE THIS CONNECTING GENERATION ENRICHING LIVES, WE GET THAT.
BUT MAYBE SOME CATCH OF WHAT IS GOING ON AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUILDING COMMUNITY AS WELL.
>> I THINK TOO, THE ARTICLE IN THE PAPER.
I THINK I'LL GO INTO GREAT DETAIL WHAT THIS IS GOING TO MEAN WHAT THIS MEANS AND WHAT QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED ABOUT THAT. SO IF I CAN I DO THE CURRENT AS
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WELL AS THE HAMILTON COUNTY REPORTER I'VE BEEN WATCHING THEM REAL CAREFULLY TOO THEY USUALLY DONATE A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT IN THEIR ARTICLES, SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A HELPFUL THING.I HAVE TO SAY, BACK TO YOUR QUESTION, DAVE.
I THINK PART OF OUR ISSUE WAS THE FLOOD.
>> PEOPLE SHOW UP WHO AREN'T REGISTERED IS THAT.
>> THERE WERE SOME. >> MOSTLY PEOPLE WHO REGISTERED?
>> I'LL SAY LAST YEAR WE HAD PRIME LIFE WHO WERE TRYING TO CREATE ISSUES ABOUT COMING TO OUR CONFERENCE, SO I DON'T NODE WHETHER THAT HELPED. SO THERE WERE SOME THAT SHOWED UP THAT WERE GOING TO BUT THEY WERE GOING TO BOYCOTT THAT.
>> OKAY. >> SO THAT ISSUE HAS BEEN RESOLVED. I DON'T KNOW.
BUT THERE ARE SOME WHO COME THAT DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM. LAST YEAR WE WERE SHORT ON
SPACE. >> THE CITY COUNCIL IN THEIR ANNOUNCEMENTS WITH THEIR MEETINGS THAT THEY HAVE, THEY CAN ALSO, THEY CAN MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT WHAT IS GOING
ON WITH THIS COMMITTEE. >> WELL, KATE AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS AS WELL AND WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO GET THE HOUSING TO SEND IT OUT ON THEIR WEB SITE AND I HAVE FOUND THAT OUR SENIORS ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY USING THE CITY WEB SITE.
IT'S JUST HARD FOR THEM. >> HOUSING WILL BE DISCUSSING THIS TOMORROW. IT'S ON THE AGENDA.
I THINK IF WE CAN GET MORE CITY DEPARTMENTS, DONE A GREAT JOB WITH ATTENDING HOUSING AND OUR COMMITTEES ARE WORKING TOGETHER, BUT I REALLY DO REQUEST YOUR HELP IN TRYING TO GET THIS REVVED UP AND I'LL BE TALKING ON INDIVIDUAL BASIS.
THE CONVENIENT OR TABLES WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE AS MANY VENDOR TABLES BECAUSE THAT'S NOT OUR PURPOSE THIS YEAR, BUT I'M GOING TO HAVE A BOOK CLUB FROM CARMEL THAT HAS OLDER PEOPLE, THEY CHOOSE A BOOK AND THEN THEY SHARE WITNESS A YOUNGER PERSON AND THEY READ THE BOOK AND THEN THEY GO AND DISCUSS IT AND SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THEM AT A TABLE.
AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS DOING A LOT OF THINGS FOR OUR SENIORS AND I WANT THEM TO HAVE A FORUM WHERE THEY CAN TALK ABOUT THAT, AND THEN WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A TABLE FOR CITY FOR THE VOLUNTEERS. THE CITY WANTS US TO VOLUNTEER, THE PUBLIC TO VOLUNTEER A LITTLE MORE.
SO I'LL HAVE SOME ONE VOLUNTEERING FROM THE CITY, AND MAYBE SIGN UP SOME PEOPLE. THAT WAS ANOTHER THING IN OUR SURVEY IF YOU REMEMBER THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO VOLUNTEER MORE. A GENTLEMAN CONTACT ME, THEY'RE DOING THEIR YOU CHEF AND THEY SENT HIM OUT INTO OLDER PEOPLES HOMES AND DO COOKING FOR OLDER PEOPLE.
AND SO HE WANTED TO GO AND I THOUGHT THAT WOULD GO ALONG WITH HEALTHY LIVING. HE ACTUALLY WANTS TO BRING HIS CHEFS WITH HIM AND PREPARE SOME FOOD FOR SOME SAMPLES THAT GO
ALONG WITH GOOD DIET. >> THAT WOULD BE A FUN BREAKOUT SESSION TO HAVE THEM UP THERE TO HAVE LIKE A CHEF SHOW.
I ALSO HAVE JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, SOME BUDGET POSITION THAT SO FAR, WHAT WE HAVE GOT.
>> LAST YEAR, I TRIED TO GET AS MUCH DONATED SO IT DOES NOT COST THE CITY TO PUT ON THIS CONFERENCE.
LAST YEAR, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT AMOUNT THAT WE SPENT.
IT WAS VERY, VERY LITTLE AND WE HAVE A REMAINDER OF $5400 FROM LAST YEAR'S CONFERENCE. THE CITY, WE HAVE A $10,000
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BUDGET THIS YEAR FOR THIS COMMISSION AND WE HAVE ONLY SPENT SO FAR THIS YEAR WELL, WE HAVE ALMOST $7800 LEFT FROM THAT AND $5400 FROM SPONSORSHIP FROM THIS YEAR.I TRIED TO COMPENSATE DAVE FOR THE COOKIES HE'S BEEN SO YOU KIND AND GENEROUS TO BAKE US EVERY YEAR AND SNACKS AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS AND I PAPER SUPPLIES THAT KIND OF THING SO YOU CAN SEE WE KEEP OUR EXPENSES TO THE MINIMUM.
THERE MAY BE A SMALL EXTENSION FOR A.V. EQUIPMENT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. THAT CAN GET EXPENSIVE BUT THEY MAY WANT A SMALL FEE FOR THAT. THEY'RE NOT CHARGING US TO USE THE ENTIRE SCHOOL FACILITY FOR THIS.
SO I WAS PLEASED. I GOT FIGURES THIS AFTERNOON SO WE DO HAVE MONEY BUT I THINK THAT I WOULD LIKE SOME HELP WITH TRYING TO GET SOME SPONSORSHIPS AS WELL BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT YEAR.
I THINK OUR COMMISSION, I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THE CONFERENCE.
DID I THAT WHEN I HAD MY OWN BUSINESS BUT I THINK IT'S A WAY OF REACHING OUR SENIORS AND I YOU THINK ANNA YOU MIGHT SPEAK TO THAT FROM LAST YEAR. EVERYBODY REALLY SEEMED TO ENJOY THIS CONFERENCE, SO I THINK IT'S A WAY WE CAN GET OUT BE KNOWN AND BE A VALUE TO OUR SENIORS AND I WANT TO CONTINUE IT.
SO, WE WILL NEED SPONSORSHIP. HEALTH CASE, I YOU KNOW YOU KNOW A LOT OF THEM IN HEALTH CARE. WE ALSO HAVE BUSINESS IN THIS CITY AND I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE FOR SOME OF OUR BUSINESS PEOPLE TO STEP UP AND SAY WE WANT TO SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I COULD GO INTO ENTREPENEURSHIP AND THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE WE CAN PUT INTO THIS CONFERENCE SO I WANT TO GET ENTREPENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS CONNECTIONS AS WELL SO THAT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR BUDGET.
LET'S SEE IF I HAVE COVERED EVERYTHING.
IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? >> PARDON ME?
>> IS THAT A POSSIBILITY, SOME TYPE OF BUSINESS WITH THIS?
I'VE LOOKED AT THAT. I CONTACTED JUSTIN MOFFETT BECAUSE HE BUILT AN EMPIRE IN CARMEL AND I THINK HE DOES MENTORING WITH YOUNGER PEOPLE AND I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM HIM. I HAVE CONTACTED HIM.
THE OTHER REQUEST IS FINANCIAL. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 529S FOR GRANDPARENTS FOR KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL.
I ALSO THINK FINANCES ARE MUCH DIFFERENT NOW THAN THEY WERE WHEN WE WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL. SO HOW CAN YOUNGER PEOPLE YOU SAVE FOR THEIR FUTURE? HOW CAN WE HELP SAVE THEM HOW TO SAVE? FINE HAPPENS IS ALSO ANOTHER AREA I'VE THOUGHT BIT. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO COME UP WITH TOO MANY. SO, WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE THAT I HAVE NOT COVERED? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MY MAIN HELP IS GETTING THIS PROMOTED AND TAKE THESE TO NIGHT, AS MANY AS YOU NEED.
YOU HAVE A LINK TO THIS. >> IN TERMS OF SPONSORSHIPS, ARE
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THERE LIKE PACKAGES OR DOLLAR AMOUNTS WE SHOULD ASK FOR?DO WE HAVE DIFFERENT TIERS? >> I DON'T HAVE TIERS.
>> OKAY. >> I WILL TELL YOU, ONE OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE SCHOOLS GIVING US $2500.
>> THAT'S GREAT. >> HE SAID HE THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT THING TO DO AND HE SAID I WANT MY BUSINESS -- HE'S A TRUSTEE OF THE SCHOOL PLUS HE HAS HIS OWN BUSINESS.
HE'S GIVING US 2500. RIGHT NOW THAT'S GOOD.
IT'S THE KIND OF SUPPORT WE WOULD LIKE TO GET.
OKAY. I NEED YOUR HELP WITH SPONSORSHIP AND WITH GETTING PEOPLE TO SIGN UP AND GET THEM IN THERE. WE GOT THE BUILDING, WE'VE GOT THE SET. THERE'S NO LIMIT ON THE FOOD SHE SAID SHE COULD DO IT FOR 100 HERE SO THAT'S GREAT.
WE WERE REALLY WANTING TO GET A LOT OF PICTURES SO WE CAN ALSO ADD THAT TO A PLAN. WE GOT ONE PICTURE NOW FOR THE FLOW WE WANT TO PUT IN FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY.
THAT WOULD BE A DAY THAT WE COULD GET SOME GOOD PICTURES AS WELL KIND OF PUT OUR OWN PICTURES IN HERE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS YOU WANT TO BRING UP? OKAY. I HAVE ONE OTHER THING.
IF YOU REMEMBER WE WERE OFFERED SOME TICKETS, AND HE GOT SICK AND DIDN'T GO. I HAVE ONE EXTRA TICKET ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE ONE? THERE'S STILL -- SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE TO SOME OF THOSE WHEN THEY WERE OFFERED, SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED LET ME KNOW AND I DON'T HAVE TO GO SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS MY TICKET -- OKAY, ANY OTHER BUSINESS? MEETING ADJOURNED AT
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