[0:00] to see what they could do to help
[0:02] seniors.
[0:03] So, she took this on.
[0:05] Yeah, she's she's very very nurturing.
[0:08] >> So, there's not like a title or anything.
[0:11] >> No, and she's the one that created that
[0:12] website that she's been that Suzanne's
[0:14] been sharing with us.
[0:15] >> Oh, she's the creator of that.
[0:19] » Okay.
[0:20] That means that the YouTube's working
[0:22] and you are free to start your meeting,
[0:24] ma'am.
[0:25] >> Okay.
[0:26] I'd like to call this meeting to order
[0:28] at 1:52.
[0:31] And we have in attendance
[0:34] um
[0:36] Jordy
[0:37] and Sherry Major
[0:40] Aaron Berry
[0:42] Pat Loss, Suzanne Martin,
[0:45] Charlotte Mates
[0:47] Charlotte and Melody
[0:50] McCanless and Ken Sherwood.
[0:56] And
[0:58] have you all had a chance to review the
[1:02] minutes from the last meeting?
[1:12] » [clears throat]
[1:16] » I hear a motion to approve the minutes
[1:18] when you're I approve.
[1:20] >> Ready.
[1:20] >> Okay.
[1:21] >> I second.
[1:21] >> Suzanne motions and Pat seconds. All in
[1:26] favor?
[1:27] All right, the eyes
[1:30] Okay, um moving on. We have 40 minutes,
[1:34] so we're just moving this through.
[1:35] >> Oh, no, she went through this.
[1:37] >> Oh, she went through the whole Okay,
[1:38] good.
[1:39] >> Yeah.
[1:40] >> All right, um
[1:42] activities report. So, Pat, is that what
[1:44] you're going to be doing?
[1:45] >> Yeah.
[1:46] >> Okay.
[1:47] >> Um
[1:50] it's more or less the same. We're
[1:53] everything's uh
[1:56] well attended. We're going to
[2:00] have a coming up. We're going to have a
[2:03] salsa tasting and table scaping.
[2:08] And crafts is coming up and then a
[2:11] luncheon at Elsie's
[2:14] at noon.
[2:16] So, we're going to go try out the new
[2:17] restaurant. It's on the 25th.
[2:21] We're going to We have a tea party on
[2:23] the 26th.
[2:25] >> I want to hear about it. Okay.
[2:26] >> So, it hasn't been announced much. How
[2:29] come?
[2:31] >> Yeah, [laughter] she put it on there.
[2:33] >> Are we going to do that?
[2:34] >> I don't know.
[2:35] >> Okay, we'll see.
[2:37] >> [laughter]
[2:40] [clears throat]
[2:41] >> I think everything's about the same. Is
[2:44] there anything else that anybody can
[2:46] think of?
[2:48] >> Just regular activities.
[2:49] >> Yeah, regular activities.
[2:51] >> Well, you have the yoga, the chair yoga.
[2:53] >> Yeah, that's on Tuesday.
[2:55] >> And then [clears throat]
[2:56] >> That's the Tai Chi.
[2:57] >> Tai Chi?
[2:58] >> Yes. On Wednesday
[3:01] » [clears throat]
[3:01] >> at 10:30.
[3:04] Keep going.
[3:05] at 1:00, 1:30 in the afternoon on
[3:07] Tuesday.
[3:08] >> And bingo every Monday morning.
[3:12] The writers group
[3:14] We have that on Mondays in the
[3:16] afternoon.
[3:19] Um
[3:22] chair yoga
[3:24] book club
[3:26] will be coming up on the 24th
[3:29] for our book Wild Built.
[3:33] And
[3:35] coffee tea
[3:37] We've had some really good discussions.
[3:40] We had a Paula with Air
[3:43] AmeriCorps.
[3:46] And we're going to have Cecilia
[3:49] >> [clears throat and cough]
[3:50] >> um
[3:51] Armijo
[3:53] on wellness
[3:56] coming up on this Tues- tomorrow.
[4:01] So,
[4:04] and the salsa
[4:06] tasting contest will be on the 11th.
[4:12] I think that's about it on that.
[4:14] >> Thank you. Thank you.
[4:16] Okay. Um,
[4:18] Council on Aging District meeting.
[4:21] A short and sweet as usual.
[4:24] >> [laughter]
[4:25] >> Sorry, I missed.
[4:26] >> Uh, well, the the same people were
[4:29] there, Dwayne and
[4:30] >> Yeah.
[4:33] » Dwayne's wife.
[4:35] >> Oh, I think I would have known, but did
[4:37] he hadn't asked me?
[4:39] >> [laughter]
[4:39] >> Anyway, that was just the the
[4:42] contingency from Emery County and from
[4:44] Grand County.
[4:46] And so, we had a short meeting and
[4:48] adjourned to have lunch at the Paris.
[4:50] So, that was good.
[4:52] Um, not much to discuss
[4:56] with that. Um,
[4:58] >> I think they're um,
[5:00] still working on the acoustics at the
[5:02] new senior center in um,
[5:05] >> Huntington?
[5:06] >> Yeah, they're having a real issue with
[5:07] the acoustics like we do here.
[5:10] >> [laughter]
[5:10] >> I don't know why they haven't solved
[5:11] that.
[5:13] >> Cuz it's expensive to solve.
[5:14] >> I know, but they you know, when they saw
[5:17] ours, they should have known that it
[5:20] there's issues with it
[5:21] and fix it.
[5:23] They at theirs.
[5:25] >> They do a um, they also have like a
[5:28] dance, a band and dancing.
[5:31] And uh, they take a bus trips up to do
[5:35] theater and concerts and stuff. I'm
[5:37] assuming to Salt Lake. Salt Lake, yeah.
[5:41] >> [clears throat]
[5:52] » Melody
[5:53] >> So the last two, you know, the last few
[5:55] county commission meetings have been
[5:56] pretty
[5:57] mellow as far as anything I think that
[5:59] would affect um
[6:01] Council on Aging and I yield my time to
[6:03] Melissa when we get to the update on you
[6:05] know, we've got the update on the uh
[6:08] older adult assessment as well as the
[6:09] map maps project.
[6:11] >> separate.
[6:11] >> on that or you can when we get there.
[6:13] So.
[6:56] There's the
[6:57] >> There she is. Okay. We lost you for a
[6:59] minute.
[7:01] Could you still see us or were were we
[7:03] gone?
[7:06] Oh, she's muted.
[7:07] >> How do I unmute her?
[7:09] >> Sorry, the host got switched or
[7:11] something, but it's back now. Magic
[7:14] happens.
[7:18] » All right. Um
[7:22] Uh we'll table not table, but we'll
[7:25] delay the assessment needs assessment
[7:27] report and the maps project report for a
[7:30] special you know,
[7:31] item on the agenda.
[7:34] So, moving on, we can talk about
[7:37] uh Grand Center director's report.
[7:42] >> Okay. As some of you may or may not
[7:44] know, June is the elder abuse awareness
[7:49] month.
[7:50] So, we will have a presentation by
[7:53] somebody
[7:55] from the Department of Justice. She
[7:56] comes in on [clears throat] the 25th to
[7:58] do a presentation in the main hall.
[8:02] Last name's Hollyoak.
[8:04] Don't be mad at me on outside of
[8:05] Southern. You taught us some.
[8:08] But, she will do that and we'll probably
[8:09] do some other things on elder abuse.
[8:12] Um I think
[8:15] we're keeping busy.
[8:18] I think our activities are doing good. I
[8:20] think they're playing
[8:22] Mexican Train Dominos two or three times
[8:24] a week instead of just once a
[8:26] twice a month, yeah.
[8:29] So,
[8:30] that seems to be
[8:32] a popular thing.
[8:34] We also have a group
[8:36] that meets in
[8:38] Yeah.
[8:39] >> The activity room.
[8:40] >> In the
[8:41] >> Yeah.
[8:42] >> And we And we really appreciate the use
[8:44] of the the room for our
[8:46] uh group.
[8:47] >> So,
[8:48] >> there's enough of us in that are of the
[8:50] age that we can sponsor.
[8:51] >> [laughter]
[8:54] » Um
[8:56] I think yeah, that's about
[9:00] all we have.
[9:02] >> Okay.
[9:03] Thank you.
[9:05] Um so, we've got things set up for the
[9:08] Zoom meeting. So, I think that that's
[9:10] working really well and I hope we can do
[9:12] that continue to do that.
[9:15] So, I'd like to get down to the update
[9:17] on the older adult needs assessment.
[9:22] And Melissa, do you have something with
[9:23] that?
[9:25] >> Uh sure.
[9:26] Uh
[9:27] So,
[9:28] I'm I'm I'm hesitant to use specific
[9:31] language here, but essentially it's
[9:34] final. Meaning, we have achieved enough
[9:37] for us to get the assessment standard
[9:40] that's required for us to use for
[9:42] funding.
[9:44] And we received 368 responses so far.
[9:49] And that gives us
[9:50] plus or minus 4.7% margin of error with
[9:54] a 95% degree of confidence. So that's a
[9:57] little bit more than what's required for
[9:59] us to be able to seek funding.
[10:01] The reason why I'm hesitant to say that
[10:03] is that there could still be surveys
[10:05] that are outstanding and people still
[10:08] may want to submit surveys. Yeah, I can
[10:11] see. And I want to make sure that we
[10:13] don't exclude any feedback that we've
[10:17] been given. So on one hand what I'm
[10:20] saying is is that we have a number that
[10:21] we need now in order for us to
[10:23] accomplish what we need to accomplish.
[10:25] On the other hand, we never want to
[10:27] close off those voices. So we want to
[10:29] make sure that we get those in.
[10:31] So what
[10:31] >> going to ask you
[10:33] if there was a deadline in getting the
[10:35] surveys in.
[10:36] Because we're still getting them.
[10:38] >> Yes, totally. And so what I was going to
[10:41] ask of the group and this is a question
[10:44] not necessarily
[10:44] >> Is she frozen?
[10:45] >> Question.
[10:47] What was that, Yordi?
[10:49] >> Oh, I didn't
[10:50] >> she froze. Yeah, so
[10:52] >> Sorry.
[10:52] >> I didn't hear your response.
[10:54] >> Sorry. Okay, so this is a question not
[10:56] necessarily a suggestion. But what I was
[10:59] going to ask is
[11:01] do we think that we could get the
[11:02] remainder of the paper surveys online by
[11:05] Friday? And then what I would do is
[11:08] compile all of the summary data to share
[11:11] with this group
[11:12] that includes all of those surveys. So
[11:15] that's kind of up to you guys. I held
[11:17] off doing the summary
[11:20] to send to everyone until we get all of
[11:22] those paper surveys in because I hate to
[11:24] lose the voices of those folks that
[11:27] participated.
[11:29] >> I've entered 31 so far and I got one
[11:31] more.
[11:32] >> Yay.
[11:34] >> And and I have all mine entered and it's somewhere around 30 as well. I got
[11:39] them all done that this weekend. So,
[11:41] you've got all the ones that I have in.
[11:44] >> Fantastic. I noticed that
[11:46] big surge.
[11:47] >> I don't know who else is working on it
[11:49] or collecting the surveys, so that's
[11:51] where I'm kind of
[11:52] in the dark a little bit. So, I have no
[11:54] idea who all's, you know, inputting and
[11:57] collecting surveys.
[11:59] >> You were the only two that I had
[12:01] outstanding that were gathering those
[12:02] paper surveys that I was going to check
[12:04] in with to see if they had been entered
[12:06] online. So, if you feel confident that
[12:09] we've got them all, then we can start
[12:10] compiling this data.
[12:12] >> I just have the one that I got today.
[12:16] >> Yeah.
[12:16] >> Melissa?
[12:18] >> Oh, yeah.
[12:19] >> Did you How did we do with the Castle
[12:21] Valley?
[12:23] >> We did amazing with Castle Valley. So,
[12:26] we over indexed. So, I'll share with the
[12:29] group what I sort of shared with you is
[12:31] there's some positive things and some
[12:33] things that I wish had gone differently.
[12:36] Some things we can kind of control, some
[12:38] things are completely out of our
[12:40] control.
[12:41] So, um I'm sure it comes as no surprise
[12:43] to anyone that we over indexed on
[12:45] responses from women.
[12:47] Um typically higher educated, higher
[12:50] income, you know, that seems to be that
[12:53] pocket of really active groups that
[12:56] responded to the surveys.
[12:58] We were doing not so great at first with
[13:00] men and with those paper surveys and a
[13:03] lot of the interviews that uh came in,
[13:05] we really were able to close that gap.
[13:07] So, it's still not equal, but we were
[13:10] able to close the gap a little bit.
[13:12] The gap that we did not close
[13:14] successfully
[13:16] is the non-white um typically Hispanic
[13:20] group. And the reason why I say we
[13:21] didn't necessarily close the gap is
[13:24] because ideally what I would have liked
[13:26] to have seen is I would have liked to
[13:27] have seen the percentages represented
[13:31] for the percentage of population in
[13:32] Grant County. So if for example our
[13:34] Hispanic population makes up 4% of the
[13:37] county, would like to have seen 4% of
[13:40] the surveys returned represent that
[13:42] group.
[13:43] So we worked with the Multicultural
[13:45] Center. We talked to Rihanna about it
[13:49] and
[13:50] basically what it is is just the reality
[13:52] of those folks being fearful of
[13:54] answering or responding to anything or
[13:57] being counted anything. So it's going to
[13:59] be this survey, it's going to be any
[14:02] survey, they're fearful to do that. So
[14:06] that's something that I would still like
[14:08] to continue to work on. So there are
[14:10] some places where I could be happier and
[14:12] then some places where I feel like it
[14:14] went really well.
[14:17] » [clears throat]
[14:19] » Okay.
[14:21] Um thank you.
[14:25] Do we have anything to report on the
[14:27] maps project?
[14:29] >> Yeah yes. So the maps project uh the
[14:33] RFPs are due at the end of this month,
[14:35] which is great. I know that we've
[14:37] received at least two.
[14:40] There are some questions that have been
[14:42] submitted. They were submitted to the
[14:43] clerk auditor yesterday.
[14:45] >> Breaking up.
[14:47] >> Oh shoot.
[14:49] >> Yeah, hold on a second.
[14:50] >> Yeah.
[14:51] >> She has it on
[14:53] Wi-Fi.
[14:54] >> Oh.
[14:56] >> So it should be working.
[14:58] Well, we're not Obviously it's not.
[15:00] >> Obviously it's not, but it wouldn't
[15:02] direct We can't get it to directly go in
[15:04] there.
[15:05] >> Oh.
[15:06] >> So hmm.
[15:07] >> [clears throat]
[15:08] >> But it looks like it's a headache, so I
[15:10] don't know what the problem is.
[15:12] >> She's frozen.
[15:16] » I can hear you guys.
[15:32] » Oh.
[15:33] >> Yeah, through
[15:35] to be able to go through all those. I
[15:37] think that they have five that have been
[15:39] submitted so far. So, they have five
[15:41] proposals that have been and I think
[15:42] there's a couple more companies that
[15:43] have reached out and they're all great
[15:44] if it's extended till the 30th. Um
[15:47] and I think we we have a meeting this
[15:49] Thursday and we will ratify that that extension. And then have a June
[15:56] July meeting where we will select
[15:59] um
[15:59] the proposals, interview, or go through
[16:01] the proposals, interview, and and do
[16:03] selection that way. So, it's coming
[16:05] along. And it's great to have so many
[16:07] people respond.
[16:08] >> Yeah, so we're going to be meeting on
[16:10] Thursday, this Thursday?
[16:12] >> This Thursday is our is our meeting, I
[16:13] think.
[16:13] >> Yeah, so I just haven't gotten any kind
[16:15] of notice on it, just wanted to
[16:17] make sure.
[16:18] >> So, it's probably an it's it's probably
[16:20] a um
[16:22] an invite that's that you have to accept
[16:24] and it's
[16:25] that's
[16:26] reoccurring. So, I'm not sure what that
[16:28] is, too, but it's a reoccurring invite.
[16:31] >> Okay.
[16:32] >> Yeah.
[16:33] >> I'm not aware of what the MAPS project
[16:35] is. Can you give a quick overview?
[16:38] >> It's the Moab Area Senior Project right
[16:41] over over here, the the land that's back
[16:44] there, the eight acres that are back
[16:46] here. It's so the Canyonlands Health
[16:47] Care Special Service District owns that
[16:49] land and so they put out a proposal for
[16:51] a a planning
[16:53] um
[16:55] to to plan that specific area with
[16:57] housing for seniors and possibly
[16:59] assisted living, so it's an independent, so.
[17:05] It's the start of the
[17:06] >> Do you have a projected date for that?
[17:10] >> No.
[17:10] Well, the Canyonlands
[17:13] the Care Center is going to be expanded
[17:14] first.
[17:16] And then we have to wait for that I
[17:17] think, before we start the end of that
[17:19] year.
[17:19] >> Yeah, I mean the end of the year is the
[17:21] projected date for that plan to be
[17:24] completed, for us to get the actual
[17:26] plan. So, we have to select the planner,
[17:28] they do the planning, then they'll get
[17:29] it back to us by the end of the year.
[17:31] That's that time frame on that plan. And
[17:34] then what we do with that plan
[17:36] will vary very very on that health care
[17:38] district, whether they
[17:40] move forward with a contractor or they
[17:43] decide to do it on their own or you
[17:45] know, but
[17:46] this is the first step to getting
[17:48] anything to happen.
[17:50] But the care center, they did um
[17:52] you know, the care the current care
[17:54] center that we have is set to be paid
[18:04] to wait for it to get paid off to go
[18:06] ahead and
[18:08] get the next piece of it going. So, I
[18:10] think that that we're going to start
[18:12] that probably be a topic of
[18:13] conversation. I haven't seen the agenda
[18:14] for this meeting, but that we're going
[18:16] to get a planning grant for that, our
[18:18] planning for that, the care center, and
[18:21] hire architect and move forward with the
[18:23] expansion of the care center within the
[18:25] next hopefully groundbreaking in the
[18:27] next 2 years.
[18:28] >> So, where are they expanding?
[18:31] it?
[18:33] So, this hall and this hall it'll be a
[18:36] complete it'll be a closed off. So,
[18:38] right now it's a U.
[18:39] >> And so, the idea when they first got it
[18:42] when they first did it was so that it'd
[18:43] be prepared for expansion and it would
[18:46] be that closed out. So, the center will
[18:47] still be a courtyard to go outside, but
[18:50] it'll be like a closed
[18:51] >> Okay.
[18:52] >> loop.
[18:52] >> I just wasn't sure. Thank you.
[18:54] >> Yeah, they talked about doing upstairs
[18:55] like upstairs downstairs also, but it's
[18:57] expensive and then really the upstairs
[19:00] would only be useful elevators aren't
[19:02] good. It'd be it'd be for food cuz I
[19:04] think that's their thing that's the idea
[19:07] behind it is that it will we do our own
[19:09] kitchen if it's the care center is that
[19:12] big and not you have a hospital do the
[19:14] food. So, there's a a lot of things that
[19:16] will
[19:16] have to be discussed to take place. I
[19:18] think laundry and food are two things
[19:20] that the hospital takes care of right
[19:21] now that would be needed to be moved to
[19:24] be independently over to the care center
[19:26] to take care of.
[19:27] That that will come with that planning.
[19:31] >> Is there a written document that will
[19:33] let the public know what's going on? I
[19:35] have known many many people through some
[19:37] of the meetings I go to, dementia
[19:40] support, and different neighbors and all
[19:43] that are
[19:44] just chomping at the bit to have their
[19:47] loved ones cared close by. And I'm just
[19:49] wondering if there's a way to get it to
[19:51] the public in a way that they can
[19:53] understand
[19:55] the logistics of it.
[19:57] Do we have a Do we have a public
[19:59] relations person at the county level?
[20:01] >> Well,
[20:02] that's Melisa.
[20:12] » Maybe they could say that.
[20:14] >> That was terrible timing.
[20:15] >> where we are
[20:16] with it and this is where we're going
[20:19] and be patient
[20:22] and perhaps, you know, I mean, I know
[20:25] you can't give deadlines, I know you
[20:27] can't give dates, but you can give the
[20:29] ideas that are being discussed in a
[20:32] format
[20:34] that people
[20:36] can understand. Maybe uh
[20:39] what do they call that? An editorial in
[20:41] the newspapers?
[20:42] I don't know.
[20:44] I'm not I'm not the one doing it, but I
[20:46] just know there's a lot of concerns out
[20:49] there for people that are desperate.
[20:52] >> I think we are also waiting for the
[20:54] needs assessment to get back and to look
[20:56] through that and see what people are
[20:57] saying and address some of that, too.
[21:00] >> And how is that going to be reported to
[21:03] the people who took their time and
[21:04] energy
[21:06] to
[21:07] >> There's going to be a report coming out.
[21:08] >> Yeah, Maliece said do you have a
[21:09] >> And where will the report be shown?
[21:11] >> Hold on one second. Let's Maliece is
[21:12] going to Maliece, how are we going to
[21:14] get that information out to the
[21:15] community?
[21:17] >> So, as soon as we are confident that we
[21:20] have those surveys in, which it sounds
[21:22] like before Friday will work from a
[21:23] timing standpoint, and I really
[21:25] appreciate your input and your comments
[21:28] because I couldn't agree with you more.
[21:31] Spoiler alert because I'm not I'm sure
[21:34] that it's not going to come as a shocker
[21:35] to you guys, but in terms of what are
[21:37] both the
[21:38] biggest concerns and then also the
[21:41] largest service gaps, affordable housing
[21:44] and dementia and memory care support are
[21:47] at the absolute top of the list by a
[21:51] long shot.
[21:52] So, I feel like what I would like to do
[21:54] in terms of a communications strategy is
[21:57] and I'm sorry, I can't remember your
[22:00] name.
[22:01] Um
[22:02] >> Colette.
[22:03] yes. Yes. So, Colette.
[22:07] Oh, perfect. Um I think you're
[22:10] absolutely spot-on. We need to be able
[22:12] to give the community first all of the
[22:14] information about thanks for taking your
[22:17] time, here's what we learned, here's
[22:19] what the assessment taught us, here's
[22:21] the stage that we're in with the MAPS
[22:25] project, some information about the
[22:28] expansion of the
[22:30] care center,
[22:31] and I think to be able to lay out some
[22:33] kind of a strategic roadmap so that
[22:36] citizens know and they understand and
[22:38] you know, specifically in your
[22:40] direction, Commissioner McCandless,
[22:42] what is the view and what is the vision
[22:44] of
[22:46] the commission and the county on taking
[22:48] care of our older adults, what's the
[22:50] roadmap, what do we understand now that
[22:53] we didn't understand as well before,
[22:55] and how we plan to get there, and I
[22:58] think that having that ongoing
[22:59] communication strategy is going to be
[23:01] incredibly helpful.
[23:04] >> Thank you.
[23:06] >> Yeah, and and I I am thinking and I want
[23:09] to circle up with Commissioner
[23:10] McCandless on this because we haven't
[23:12] had a chance to talk about it, but I
[23:14] feel like this would merit again another
[23:16] one of those two-page spreads as a
[23:18] follow-up in the advertiser
[23:21] and then press releases to the rest of
[23:23] the media. So the people do know what
[23:25] were the results of the survey and then
[23:27] what are we going to do with those
[23:28] results
[23:29] and what comes next.
[23:33] » I think the timeline is really important
[23:35] here or other or people are going to
[23:37] start thinking that this is happening
[23:39] and get really excited about it when we
[23:42] know we've got four or five years out,
[23:44] you know, out there before anything
[23:46] really
[23:48] is solid.
[23:50] >> Yeah, and that's something we can talk
[23:52] about with
[23:54] the Canons Health Care Special Service
[23:55] District. They're ultimately the ones
[23:58] currently that are in charge of like
[24:01] Karen is on there.
[24:05] Um
[24:06] and
[24:08] they don't have a
[24:09] information officer and I don't know
[24:11] that they have a clear plan yet. They
[24:14] have me and Karen pushing them. So they
[24:17] have
[24:18] >> Yeah.
[24:18] So they and they all have the
[24:20] desire and want. I mean it's just a
[24:22] matter of it's it takes it's a lot lot
[24:23] of work to get this kind of stuff out.
[24:25] And and I don't think the county hasn't
[24:26] necessarily prioritized it to be honest
[24:28] with you. I prioritized it. But I have a
[24:31] six other commissioners, you know, it's
[24:33] not just myself and everyone has their
[24:35] own priorities in this community and so
[24:38] trying to get it So as far as the county
[24:40] goes, we don't have a a senior
[24:43] initiative, but that's what I'm working
[24:45] towards, so.
[24:48] >> So it's helpful if you get a group of
[24:49] seniors to come to a citizens to be
[24:51] heard in mass?
[24:53] >> Well, I think it's always helpful. I
[24:54] mean that's helpful. But I mean I think
[24:56] that the commissioners know that it's
[24:57] there. It's just not the most
[25:00] you know, it's not the most noteworthy
[25:02] or exciting thing I mean on their
[25:04] agendas to talk about, but we're going
[25:06] to keep on forging along. So.
[25:09] >> Thank you for your support.
[25:10] >> You know, I have the patience of a
[25:12] 3-year-old toddler. So, if you asked me,
[25:15] I would say, "Let's do it today."
[25:25] » Okay, we'll ask.
[25:27] >> [laughter]
[25:29] >> All right. Anything else that you want
[25:32] Do you want to add anything else,
[25:33] Alyssa?
[25:34] >> No, not unless you have questions.
[25:38] >> Okay.
[25:41] Anything else that we have the questions
[25:44] on or want to be discussed?
[25:49] I do appreciate
[25:51] >> One thing I can comment on is so
[25:54] Sorry, so I I'm on a
[25:57] the 10-year planning for as far as the
[25:59] budget goes for the K and L healthcare
[26:00] special service district because the
[26:02] healthcare tax I think that healthcare
[26:04] tax that got passed last elections I go
[26:06] was key to all of the things that we're
[26:08] talking about, you know. And so, making
[26:10] sure that the county
[26:13] continues [clears throat] to designate
[26:14] that money to the healthcare district is
[26:17] the one thing that we need to make sure
[26:18] happens going forward. And And so, by
[26:21] creating this plan and this plan now
[26:23] shows that we want to do the care center
[26:25] in the next 2 years and that that will
[26:27] help the commissioners
[26:29] to know that that is a priority to the
[26:30] community and that we need to keep
[26:32] giving that healthcare money to the
[26:34] healthcare district. So.
[26:36] That's the That's the only other piece I
[26:38] can say that that, you know, as far as
[26:39] the commission has control over to make
[26:42] sure that that happens at the healthcare
[26:44] district side.
[26:45] >> And this was tax money that you saved
[26:47] with that
[26:47] >> Yeah.
[26:48] >> .1% or .01%?
[26:50] >> It was
[26:50] >> There was three agencies that were
[26:52] involved in it. And the healthcare
[26:54] center was one of them.
[26:55] >> Yeah. So, currently there's a 1%
[26:58] tax on sales tax that's imposed, and
[27:01] that money stays in Grant County, and
[27:03] it's split up between the fire
[27:05] department, EMS, and the healthcare
[27:08] district.
[27:12] » So, all of them get a share of the 1%?
[27:15] >> They all
[27:22] district. So, now it's 1% and it's
[27:24] between those three three. But, other districts could get the SMS to
[27:28] other districts could get that money,
[27:30] are entitled to that money if there was
[27:31] a cause for it. So, me showing the cause
[27:35] of this is the need is is where we want
[27:37] to keep that focus.
[27:39] >> Okay.
[27:41] >> And then, Charlotte, just for your
[27:42] input, you know, so the Camas Healthcare
[27:44] Special Service District meetings are on
[27:48] Zoom, but I don't think that they're on
[27:49] YouTube. And then, if this is on
[27:51] YouTube, it's going to make it for a lot
[27:52] easier for people to be able to look go
[27:55] online and watch these. Do you ever Have
[27:57] you ever watched the County Commission
[27:58] meetings online?
[27:59] >> Yes.
[28:00] >> Yeah. So, you'll be able to watch these
[28:02] meetings online, too, which I think is
[28:03] helpful to get the word out what's going
[28:05] on. And I do agree with you that having
[28:07] something written on our timeline, but
[28:08] we don't have that really clear right
[28:11] now. But, as it gets clearer
[28:12] >> open meetings?
[28:13] >> Yeah. Yeah.
[28:14] >> And when do the uh
[28:17] When?
[28:17] >> Healthcare Special Service District is
[28:19] the
[28:21] second Saturday of every month at 5:30
[28:24] at the EMS
[28:26] chamber.
[28:27] >> Oh, what's the EMS?
[28:29] >> Yeah.
[28:33] » Larson's building was too small.
[28:35] >> too small.
[28:36] >> It was kind of crowded.
[28:37] >> Well, I'm getting more We are getting
[28:38] more people coming, you know, so cuz
[28:40] it's something something's happening.
[28:42] So,
[28:42] And it was over at the at the EMS. It's
[28:44] every other month. It's not every
[28:46] Thursday, but sometimes lately it's been
[28:47] every every month. It feels like a
[28:49] Thursday. Yeah.
[28:51] >> So, when is the next one?
[28:52] >> This Thursday.
[28:53] >> Second Thursday, did you say?
[28:55] >> Right. Second Thursday of every month at
[28:57] 5:30.
[28:59] Of every other month.
[29:01] >> [clears throat]
[29:01] >> At the EMS building.
[29:07] Thank you.
[29:09] >> And you can also go on to the state
[29:10] website and and sign up where it'll send
[29:12] you agendas when they're posted. You
[29:14] know, get a reminder, too, but
[29:18] » That's up by Rock Ridge.
[29:19] >> Yeah.
[29:23] » What do you do for people that don't
[29:25] have computers
[29:27] and aren't technologically astute?
[29:35] » That is an issue we're having to deal
[29:36] with. And it is, and the QR codes,
[29:39] nobody even knows what they are.
[29:41] >> Well, I finally figured them out.
[29:44] I just picked them.
[29:47] » I finally got a Venmo account that has a
[29:48] QR code on it, and I go, "Now I don't
[29:50] know how to use it."
[30:26] » through my computer far away from the
[30:29] Wi-Fi router, but
[30:30] >> I know, but it should have been able to go directly
[30:33] from
[30:35] It should be ethernet kind of cord. It
[30:37] should.
[30:38] >> Do we need a booster?
[30:38] >> It doesn't seem to be liking it.
[30:40] >> We should do a practice. We'll have to
[30:41] try to do practice run day.
[30:43] >> Huh.
[30:44] >> Is she out of it?
[30:45] >> We should talk to Matt.
[30:51] That's Narrows. He's our Yeah, yeah.
[30:53] He's our IT person.
[30:55] Yes, it's Narrows. Sorry.
[30:58] We appreciate you joining us a lot.
[31:01] It's like real helpful.
[31:04] Is there anything you can give to us as
[31:05] far as what we can do to help you out?
[31:08] >> You know, I feel like this was a big
[31:10] undertaking and you guys were absolutely
[31:13] amazing. I will tell you that absolutely
[31:15] after doing this, I know even more so
[31:18] how this is going to translate into
[31:19] resources for our older adults.
[31:22] So, it was absolutely worth doing and I
[31:25] think that when it comes time for the
[31:28] state legislature sessions next year,
[31:31] I feel like your representatives are
[31:33] going to be a lot more
[31:35] uh
[31:35] informed to be able to advocate for us.
[31:40] >> Okay, good. At some point I'd like to
[31:42] talk with you about the actual
[31:43] questionnaire cuz I have a few comments
[31:45] on that. You know, feedback.
[31:48] >> [laughter]
[31:49] >> Absolutely.
[31:53] » Okay, anything else?
[31:56] >> Suzanne, you asked a question about a
[31:59] law house bill that had been passed.
[32:01] >> Yeah, I just wanted to know about I I
[32:04] actually
[32:05] um
[32:06] copied everything down that um I was
[32:09] curious about and the one thing I
[32:12] couldn't figure out was
[32:14] that they had passed it eight to one,
[32:16] but when did they do that? Was that in
[32:19] February or was that May 7th?
[32:21] >> I didn't see it on
[32:22] >> What was the What was the bill?
[32:24] >> It's It's the elder care bill.
[32:26] >> Oh.
[32:27] >> And it's huge.
[32:29] >> I knew that some of it was
[32:32] Melissa said it's a scam. She looked it
[32:35] up.
[32:35] >> Okay.
[32:37] Cuz I didn't I didn't see. The only one
[32:40] I did
[32:40] >> Thanks, Melissa. Yeah, the reason why
[32:42] you didn't see cuz I researched it, too,
[32:44] and when I got that from Suzanne,
[32:47] um I thought this is really important.
[32:49] We should be aware of this.
[32:50] >> Yeah.
[32:51] >> The one thing that came up that was kind
[32:53] of close to it was the uh care givers
[32:57] per resident ratio that did
[33:01] talk. But, what she was talking about is
[33:04] a Supreme Court ruling that was eight to
[33:06] one, whatever.
[33:07] And there there were a couple of YouTube
[33:10] videos. They were scams for seniors.
[33:15] Which is really annoying.
[33:20] » I understand much better now.
[33:22] >> Okay.
[33:23] >> That's why you couldn't find it. It
[33:24] wasn't you. It was them.
[33:31] » Park McCurley, who is and he is our
[33:34] representative from District 69.
[33:36] >> Mhm.
[33:37] >> And he was talking about how they have
[33:41] passed
[33:42] uh the feds have given
[33:45] $500,000
[33:46] to the Health and Human Services, and we
[33:48] will be getting a portion of that money.
[33:51] And I think we just need to pay really
[33:54] good attention to what's going on with
[33:56] that.
[33:57] Because if we're entitled to some of
[34:00] that money, I think we need to try to
[34:02] capture that.
[34:03] Because when you look at I can't
[34:06] remember if it's a fourth, fifth, or
[34:08] sixth of our population in Grand County
[34:11] are I believe the statistics say it's 60
[34:14] and over.
[34:15] >> 20% of our population. 20%. So, that's
[34:18] 1/5 of our population.
[34:21] And it's growing, you know, the baby
[34:23] boomers are getting older, and I just
[34:27] I'm just putting that out there because
[34:29] that was a topic that he brought up
[34:32] at that one hour at Rotary Park City.
[34:34] >> So, what was the money for?
[34:35] >> It was $500,000 and I it
[34:38] >> 500 million, I think. It's like he's
[34:39] another money.
[34:46] Rural health care initiative.
[34:49] >> Yes, rural health care initiative. And
[34:51] so, like 197
[34:53] million is coming to Utah.
[34:58] And it's so
[35:00] >> Logan Wason sits on the board that the
[35:02] appropriation work for that. So, it's super complicated. He sent me an
[35:05] email the other day explaining more
[35:07] about it, but I mean, no money's been
[35:09] disbursed. I've been to a couple
[35:10] listening sessions where the human
[35:13] the health and human services have
[35:15] presented. And the hospital has a grant
[35:19] has an application, EMS has an
[35:21] application, but there it's it's really
[35:23] narrow as far as the scope. It can't be
[35:26] used for buildings. It can't be used for
[35:29] infrastructure. It can't be It's got to be something that's
[35:33] sustainable. I mean, I'm just like
[35:35] the person that thinks of what it fits
[35:37] in this little tiny tiny box for this
[35:39] big amount of money, you know, and so
[35:41] >> Can it be used for people?
[35:44] >> Well, it's got to be able to be
[35:45] sustainable. So, I think there's a lot of people
[35:50] working on how to use this money in the
[35:51] parameters that it that it is that it
[35:54] He said stay tuned. So, I definitely
[35:56] have it No, I'm just going to see if I
[35:58] can find his email, but he did
[36:00] I've I've like I said, I've been to the listening sessions. I think that
[36:04] they're
[36:05] Yeah, we want to be able to capitalize
[36:07] on this money where we can, but he said
[36:09] Um they the
[36:11] Department of Health and Human Services
[36:13] is administering the program.
[36:15] There's an oversight committee set up,
[36:17] but that is just getting going.
[36:19] Um
[36:20] He said the most up-to-date information
[36:22] types of grants available will be found
[36:24] on he sent me the website.
[36:26] And then he said that when it gets
[36:28] going, it's going to be fast and furious
[36:30] project with tight deadlines, but it is really an interesting
[36:35] It's really an interesting program, and
[36:37] I can forward this link to you guys if
[36:40] you want to check out the
[36:41] >> That'd be good.
[36:42] >> Yeah.
[36:43] >> Thank you.
[36:44] >> And I to echo what Commissioner
[36:46] McCandless said, one of the reasons why
[36:49] we need this needs assessment and why we
[36:51] need to do all of this planning is if
[36:53] you look at their website right now,
[36:55] they do have a couple of RFPs that are
[36:58] out,
[36:59] and it depends on how good your program
[37:02] is.
[37:02] So,
[37:04] we won't be able to submit an
[37:05] application and get a chunk of that
[37:07] funding. What they do is they fund
[37:09] really good initiatives that we can show
[37:11] are going to have an impact with our
[37:13] older adults.
[37:14] And that's why we're doing all of this
[37:16] really important work now. We need to be
[37:18] prepared.
[37:20] Whereas if we weren't doing it, we
[37:22] wouldn't have the data, we don't have
[37:23] the information, we haven't identified a
[37:25] program, we haven't set up budget,
[37:28] which is where my impatience comes into
[37:30] play a little bit, is you know, we need
[37:33] to really architect the vision and we
[37:35] need to know where we're going so that
[37:36] when opportunities like this pop up, we
[37:39] are absolutely ready to write a grant
[37:41] application for one of five projects
[37:43] that we have in the hopper.
[37:49] » Yeah.
[37:49] >> Okay, thank you.
[37:55] Anything else? Any other questions,
[37:57] comments, concerns?
[38:01] Yeah, I'd like to adjourn the meeting at
[38:03] 1:30.
[38:05] Thank you everyone for coming.
[38:07] Appreciate your input.
[38:09] And if there's anything we can do to
[38:11] help,
[40:50] » Mhm.