[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.

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