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July 07, 2010 Agenda
1:15 p.m.
Gallatin Room, City Hall, 121 N. Rouse Ave.
Item 1. Public Comment
Item 2. Old business
A) Continue discussion regarding important
senior issues to address by our Board.
We will look at any information that has been collected by the survey form we prepared as a start.
Item 3. New Business
Thoughts from member
Ken Tiahrt to consider:
Senior issues to get priority consideration:
Walking within Bozeman,
Availability of safe places.
Giving pedestrian considerations priority over automobiles.
Perhaps
some flashing lights on N Tracy Ave by the Centennial Park, ie, the Senior Center crosswalk.
Parking in shopping areas,
Seniors often do not walk fast or well, convenient parking
places
need to be designated throughout town,
Perhaps we should have an "imitation event" where various city and government people walk about town with some moderately handicapped seniors.
(parking garage, across streets,etc)
Some more effort to get the Fairgrounds parking open (almost
always) to Senior Center extra parking, with related flashing light crosswalks on Tamarack
Street
Senior health considerations
More publicity on availability of reliable information on
insurance choices.
Better publicity on preventive health care events. (could
special transportation
be offered to flu shots, etc)
Senior financial considerations
Effect of tax increases in the face of inflation and fixed
retirement income.
Could senior homes be exempted from city
utility rate increases.(possibly by application)
Low Income Housing
I'm sure there are folks looking to recover financial costs related to the trailer court on Bridger Drive. However,
would
it be possible to organize some sort of non-profit housing authority to take over the property and re-develop
the trailer court and/or other low cost housing on that site? Being a sort
of low-key Democrat could the city (or a
another government unit) confiscate it and turn it over to a quasi government not-profit using some sort of big dollar
grant to pay off the current
delinquent owners and move forward with low-cost housing for qualified residents?
Item 4. Adjourn
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