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Home My WebLink About1995-04-12-COA-min.pdf LEXINGTON COUNCIL ON AGING ( BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES APRIL 12, 1995 ATTENDING Phyliss Rand Jack Fisher Eugene I ' sotti Jackie Davison Barbara Rubin Dan Fenn, Liaison, SOS Linda Crew Vine, Staff Steve Baran, Staff Diana Grammont, Staff ABSENT Clark Cowen John Curry Monica Chang Ed Grant Jackie Davison chaired the meeting in Clark Cowen's absence She discussed her visit to the Grey Nuns Adult Day Care MINUTES OF MARCH, 8, 1995, MEETING -- accepted as mailed INTERGENERATIONAL COMMITTEE -- Diana Grammont l A Senior/Senior Prom will be held May 7th from 5 to 9 p m at the Elks Hall Mary Gillespie and Diana have submitted a proposal for an inservice teachers' workshop to the Lexington Education Foundation ASSISTED LIVING UPDATE/DISCUSSION Jackie led a general discussion about the development of the Mid- dlesex Hospital grounds in Lexington The land in Lexington will apparently be developed for use as nursing home/assisted living units Legislation to be filed in late spring will cause the town to need to be prepared to respond to development plans Jackie and Linda raised the issue of a housing needs survey to address the Met State development question Beyond any survey, Dan stated that the town would have to be involved in issues such as mixed use, traffic and so forth Gene asked about providing assisted living services at existing elder housing, rather than building new housing LONG RANGE PLANNING Jackie raised the issue of a new senior center in town Dan said COA should get started as ASAP, especially regarding statistics, data, use patterns for current building to demonstrate the out- growth of current space and need for newer, larger space Linda l stated that a brain storming session re long range needs would be useful A subcommittee was established which will report back COA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MINUTES -2- April 12, 1995 ( DIRECTOR' S REPORT Linda described a grant application that, if awarded, would in- crease access to the Internet computer system Two terminals would be located in Senior Center Reports of local White House Confer- ence are available MMHC will no longer be sponsoring Senior Aide program NOMINATING COMMITTEE There is currently one vacancy on the Board and will be one more in June, 1995 The Nominating Committee is due to offer a new slate of members for May meeting Barbara made a motion to amend the bylaws to have officers serve for two-year terms Handouts included library monthly report, Article 16 summary, MMHC services description Meeting was adjourned at 5 45 p m Respectfully submitted Jack Fisher Acting Secretary