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SENIOR ADV COMM MIN 10-16-19,ACITY OF N61Federal Way Centered on Opportimity SENIOR ADVISORY COMMISSION SUMMARY October 16, 2019 @ 2:OOPM Hylebos Conference Room Commissioners Present: Lana Bostic, Sue Ellebrecht, Frank Fields (Alternate), Debbie Harvey, Lynette Karasuda, Kevin King, Dora "Pal" Leonard (Alternate), Catherine North, Cheryl Volheim Absent: Hope Elder Staff Present: Deputy Mayor Susan Honda, Jeri -Lynn Clark, Councilmember Jesse Johnson Citizens Present: Linda Kochmar 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 2:02 p.m. 2. CITIZEN COMMENTS Ms. Kochmar would like to have the Commission create a clearing house/board for seniors that are looking to rent out a room or looking to rent a room themselves. She would also love to see a job board for seniors that would keep them busy or to get additional income for those whose retirement income doesn't cover the bills. 3. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS Commissioner Fields shared that SHAG will be installing suggestion box in their mailrooms. He attended the Rental Inspection public meeting and it was informative and shared about the new program. Commissioner Fields & Vice Chair Bostic shared that they attended the Veterans meeting at the library and learned there is a Federal Way Vet Center (32020 32nd Ave S, Ste. 110) helps Veterans who have been deployed or have PTSD find jobs, get benefits and health care. They have counselors on site to help the veterans. There are 22 suicides a day by veterans and many veterans are homeless. Commissioner Volheim shared that there is a site called Silver Nest is a roommate matching site that helps seniors find roommates whether it is looking for a place to live or listing their home. www.silvernest.com "Roommates for the Modern Age" Page 1 of 5 Commissioner Leonard shared King County Retirement Connection magazine are available at the library. Commissioner Volheim shared that there a lot of ads in the magazine and maybe we can reach out and have companies pay for ads to help produce the document we design. https://retirementconnection.com/puget-sound-resources Ms. Clark stated that we can ask for sponsorships for ads and that we should reach out to the hospitals to see if they have funding to help pay for the brochures. We will have links to all of the agencies on the City of Federal Way website rather than the whole brochure on there. 4. COMMISSION BUSINESS A. APPROVAL OF 9/5/19 MEETING MINUTES Motion to approve the September 5, 2019 meeting minutes as presented by Vice Chair Bostic and second by Commissioner North. Motion passed unanimously. B. FEDERAL WAY SENIOR CENTER PRESENTATION Shelly Puariea, Exec. Director and Jamie Johnson from the Federal Way Senior Center (FWSC) shared all of the programs that the Federal Way Senior Center has to offer their clients. The Federal Way Senior Center has been in existence for more than 30 years. The Center is a 501(c)(3) independent, nonprofit organization that relies upon private support to achieve their mission. The City of Federal Way generously provides 10% of their operating budget, but otherwise, they receive no public funding. The funding received from the City of Federal Way comes from the Human Services budget to helps pay for the cook to provide the hot meal program. The Center is a busy place that serves hundreds of seniors, veterans & their families. Federal Way Senior Center provides food, socialization, education & fun. The center operates Monday — Friday 8:15am-4:OOpm. Educational classes are offered on topics such as Aging in Place, Navigating Medicare, Fall Prevention, Internet Security, Benefits & Scams. The Federal Way Senior Center is mainly ran by 60 volunteers to help with the hot food program, food bank/drivers, activities, hot food program, community garden, computer classes, thrift store, medical equipment rentals, senior rights assistance and office help. The food bank is part of the Food Life Line program and that allows their drivers to go and collect food from the local participating grocery stores. Federal Way Senior Center has almost as many clients as the Multi Service Centers food bank. Part of the Food Life Line program are foods that are about to expire, they follow the food guidelines to make sure the food is still good. One of the main resources FWSC offers is the Food Bank. They are a Grocery Rescue Partner Agency of Food Lifeline. Volunteers pick up food from Costco, Fred Meyer, WinCo, Trader Joe's and Safeway 7 days a week. Page 2 of 5 Multi -Service Center (MSC) works closely with the FWSC when they have items that they need to give away before they can distribute them. The FWSC is open on Monday and Thursday and holidays usually fall on Monday's, so they can go get items when the MSC is closed. FWSC Food Bank provides food to seniors, families with children, and individuals giving vital support to those in our community who struggle financially to feed their families. • In 2017 the Food Bank fed 12,248 individuals. • Last year in 2018, we surpassed that goal and served over 20,000 individuals. • In January over 1096 individuals received food from our Food Bank. 382 were over the age of 55, 40 were between 0-2 years old, 354 were 3-18 years old and 320 were 19-54 years old. Of all the programs and services we provide the one that has the greatest effect on the health and well-being of our participants is our buffet breakfast and hot lunch program offered 5 days per week, prepared in our newly remodeled kitchen. • In 2017 our Nutritional Meal Program served over 5600 meals. • In 2018 the Centers Nutritional Meal Program served over 10,000 meals. • The Center is feeding over 200 people per week. On holidays and special event days we have close to 100 people attend. Some of the activities are BINGO and the winners get food as prizes. Clients will receive a hot buffet breakfast, lunch and if they need an extra meal they will be sent home with a plate of food. Meal fees are $4.00 for nonmembers and $3.00 for members. There is a $25.00 annual activity fee. If you use the food bank, there is no fee for the meals. In 2018 they served 986 people. 25% social activities only, 40% social and pantry, 35% food pantry only; 75% are Federal Way residents, 25% from Auburn. Many of the citizens arrive on the Hyde Shuttle & Access Shuttles if they are in wheelchairs. HUB Veterans, Senior & Housing Levy has been awarded to the Federal Way Senior Center, Auburn Senior Center & Pacific Senior Center to share a Resource Navigator who will go around and talk to veterans and seniors what their needs are and explain to them what resources are available to them. They will be working with the South King Fire & Rescue to find seniors, disabled and veterans that are homebound and can't get out and have housing repairs needed. They are also working on transportation to help get people to the FWSC since there is no bus transportation to the center. They will also have grant administrators to help find funding. Another program will be to be able to assist the paperwork with the citizens so they can get the program help they are seeking. Page 3 of 5 The FWSC relies on volunteers, donations, funding, and days of caring to help keep the center open. For more information on the Federal Way Senior Center please go to http://www.federalwaVseniorcenter.org/ C. MISSION STATEMENT Chair Harvey shared the following mission statement: Our Mission is to help improve and enrich the health and wellbeing for senior citizens quality of life. Make safe and affordable recommendations for seniors to age in their home. Create partnerships for affordable and reliable transportation. Educate and communicate programs and services available to seniors. Partner with the community for affordable rent, activities and memberships. Commissioners had an opportunity to share their mission statements with the Commission. Commissioner Fields shared his Mission Statement and the Commission liked his proposal but felt it was better suited for the work plan. Motion to approve the Mission Statement as written by Vice Chair Bostic, second by Commissioner King. Motion passed unanimously. D. WORK PLAN Chair Harvey lead discussion on setting up the work plan and subcommittees to address each topic. The top four items are: • Transportation — Finding transportation options for seniors • Communication — Where do we place the brochure and information out in the community? What does the brochure look like? • Resources — What resources are available to seniors in Federal Way and the surrounding areas? • Help with rental renewals and increases — Who can help seniors with the rising costs of rentals and stopping them from increasing? Subcommittees: • Transportation: Commissioner Fields (Chair), Commissioner Ellebrecht, Commissioner Karasuda • Communication/Resources: Commissioner North (Chair), Commissioner Volheim, Commissioner King, Commissioner Bostic • Substitutes (fill in on either subcommittee as needed): Chair Harvey & Commissioner Elder The Commission decided to group the Communication & Resources together and to wait until the next work plan to work on rental renewals and increases due items on the ballot in this year's election. They will wait to see the results before moving forward on this topic. Page 4 of 5 Subcommittee reports are due by the November 20, 2019 meeting to discuss and finalize the work plan and prepare it to be approved at the December 18, 2019 meeting. If the work plan is finalized it will move forward to the Parks Recreation Human Service Commission meeting in December 2019 and to Council in January 2020. Staff will forward the subcommittee contact information out to the Commission. F. STAFF REPORT Upcoming Presentations: • November 2019 - Federal Way Community Center Senior Programs • December 2019 — ResCare in home care • January 2020 — South King Fire & Rescue Councilmember Johnson & Deputy Mayor Honda would like to have the Commission discuss their ideas for the Council to incorporate on the Legislative Priorities at the next Commission meeting. Please bring your ideas to the next meeting. Commissioner Fields provided a sample of his business card he made for the Commission. Staff has been directed to see if personal business cards are allowed. Staff will report back to the Commission after speaking with the legal department. G. NEXT MEETING Wednesday, November 20, 2019, @2:00 PM. H. ADJOURN — The meeting adjourned at 3:47 p.m. Attest: Jeri -Lynn Cla&,, Exec. Assistant to Council 1 'l Approved by Senior Advisory Commission: G 1 Page 5 of 5 Federal Way Senior Center/Nutritional Meals Program and Food Pantry �mor enter Who we are The Federal Way Senior Center has been in existence for more than 30 years. We currently operate a hot meal program, a food bank, a community garden, computer classes and a full complement of social and recreational activities. The Center is a 501(c)(3) independent, nonprofit organization that relies upon private support to achieve our mission. The City of Federal Way generously provides 10% of our operating budget, but otherwise, we receive no public funding. Our Mission Provide programs and services to promote the physical and social well- being of adults 55 years and older living in South King County. In addition, our Food Bank relieves hunger in our diverse community through a network of partner agencies. We acquire and distribute food to people of all ages, without judgment. FWSC MESSAGE Every year our community helps those in need. Our Federal Way Senior Center / Food Bank / Nutritional Meal Program continues to improve the lives of seniors, veterans, families, children and individuals of all ages. The Senior Center offers a warm comfortable atmosphere in our log cabin clubhouse where friends can enjoy good company, live music, singing, dancing, lunch and learn educational programs, holiday celebrations, parties and other weekly activities. They also participate in our buffet breakfast, tasty lunch, Food Bank, Community Garden, Thrift Shop, computer lab, pinochle, exercise classes, hiking trips and bingo. We could not run our center without all the volunteers who come everyday. They supervise, organize and manage the Senior Center, Food Bank, Thrift Shop and Community Garden. They volunteer in the office, front desk, kitchen, computer lab, handle facility maintenance and help run all our programs. // Page 4 OUR CLIENTS Total Clients : 986 (As 12/2018 ) TYPE OF CLIENT (%) SOCIAL ONLY ( AGE 55+ ) SOCIAL AND PANTRY (AGE 55+ ) FOOD PANTRY ONLY OUR CLIENTS Total Clients : 986 ( as 12/2018 ) i CLIENT DEMOGRAPHICS American Indian, Alaska Native& white 1 White Russian J Ukranian 003 Multi - Racial 012 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 01 28 Hispanic or Latino Black or African American 4 Asian 18 American Indian, Alaska Native 0 10 20 30 40 50 M Client Residence 23.0 0. 33 0.3 0.3 0.$ 03 03 0.2 2,0 0.2 1-2 0.7 0. 2tl. o�� Va�yQ� ���\er o\�eti s�° TA va �a c yao P�' �` o� 0 e is, o e J�a �s� �a4 �J� O fie, �S City COMMERICAL KITCHEN REMODEL New Stainless Steel Counters New Lighting, Paint, Heat, HVAC New Floor, Electrical, &Shelving New Convection Oven New Cook & Hold Oven New Restaurant Range New Sinks, Faucets &Plumbing New Walk In Cooler Refrigerators &Freezer New Sheds, Locks &Lights The Center is a busy place that serves hundreds of seniors,veterans & their families. We provide food, socialization, education & fun. The center operates Monday — Friday 8:15am-4:00pm. Educational classes are offered on topics such as Aging in Place, Navigating Medicare, Fall Prevention, Internet Security, Benefits & Scams.