Senior Citizens Commission Minutes - City Council - City of Davis

Senior Citizens Commission Meeting Minutes
April 12, 2007
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Public Works Presentation on Water/Wastewater Rate Increases – Public Works Director Bob Weir
provided the commission another brief overview of the anticipated rate increases both for potential water
and wastewater services provided through the City. City Council has approved rates for this upcoming
fiscal year, and will continue to review the proposed rates each year.
Presentation on Database Capabilities – City of Davis Information Systems/Telecom Manager, Rick
Guidara, provided a brief overview of his department’s functions and capabilities in relation to vulnerable
populations. He stated that the City does have the ability to map certain data, and/or to assist in sorting
data once it has been collected, however, they do not have the current capacity to create a database and/or
maintain it adequately. Rick offered to assist the commission with database infrastructure once the needs
assessment for a database is completed.
Update on Eleanor Roosevelt Housing Project – Staff stated that the City Council had approved the
Project Based Section 8 Vouchers for the project, and that Yolo County Housing will have the
responsibility of coordinating this component of the project. In addition, the project staff is also trying to
distribute the information available to countywide social services about the project and the needs of the
residents. Current occupancy rate as of the date of the meeting was approximately 27 units out of 60.
Review Draft Agenda for May 2007 Rancho Yolo Visitation – The Commission discussed the agenda for
the upcoming May meeting at Rancho Yolo Mobile Home Park, and confirmed the various areas for
discussion, including Commissioner S. Gold (Davis Community Transit), R. Favreau (Database &
Unitrans), M. Henwood (former Rancho Yolo Mobile Owner), G. Hinkle (Healthy Aging, California
Senior Legislature, and Senior Discount Shopping Cards), and E. Musser (General Overview of
Commission). Under the New Business section of the draft agenda, the Commission requested that an
item be added regarding agendizing future discussion topics identified by the public.
The Commission chose not to present their current Work Plan or Calendar as presented in the staff report.
E. Musser distributed copies of a proposed handout for the Commission to use at the Rancho Yolo
meeting. Commission members agreed to distribute the handout as presented.
Joint Meeting with Social Services Commission – Staff announced that the joint meeting with the Social
Services Commission has been set for Saturday, June 23, 2007 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Davis
Police Department Conference Room.
Commission members are mostly interested in discussing the following three questions:
• What are the issues that each commission are currently seeing related to housing and
transportation?
• Where do we need more investigation and information related to housing and transportation?
• What type of programs or services could help get things going?
Commission briefly discussed each of these questions and will work with the Social Services Commission
to attempt to formulate answers to these questions. Commission members also requested that a copy of
the updated Transportation Flyer be included in the meeting packet for the June meeting with the Social
Services Commission, as well as on the City’s website.
New Business