5. Allocation of Year XVIII Funds for Urban Hennepin County Comm Dev Block Grant 1
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FROM: Paul Krauss, Planning Director "° D""c'__`-
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I SUBJ: 1992 Community Development Block Grant Funding - Public Hearing to
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Each year at this time, the City Council is asked to allocate the coming year's Community
Development Block Grant funding allocations. The CDBG program is operated by
1 Hennepin County, on behalf of the City of Chanhassen which, makes us an "entitlement"
community. In other words, by handling this program through Hennepin County, we have
an annual entitlement of funds as opposed to all other communities in Carver County which
I must compete for grant applications, often unsuccessfully. We are able to do this since a
portion of Chanhassen is actually in Hennepin County.
1 The program requires that we make our official request, by Council resolution, to the Block
Grant Program through Hennepin County. In some instances, due to program requirements,
I we may be asked to reassign funds, particularly since block grants heavily favor capital
expenditures rather than payments for services. In addition, eligible projects for block grant
funding are extremely limited. In our case, most eligible projects would either have to do
I with senior citizens or serve to make facilities more handicapped accessible. In other
communities, eligible activities would include programs for individuals and families residing
below the poverty line; however, in our case, we have few that would qualify under this
1 criteria. The block grant funding year runs from approximately July to June.
Staff has held discussions on the block grant with the Chanhassen Senior Commission and
I with our Park and Recreation Coordinator, Todd Hoffman. Initially, Hennepin County
informed us that a preliminary estimate of our grant for the coming year would be
$41,511.00. I have recently been notified that overall grants for all the communities in the
I program have been reduced slightly and our grant allocation would be for $40,744.00. Even
so, this represents an increase over the $37,543.00 we received last year. This reflects the
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Mr. Don Ashworth
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city's growing population, as well as minor increases in program funding by the federal
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Based upon communications with the Senior Commission, with our Park and Recreation
' Coordinator, and correspondence we received from Senior Community Services and Sojourn
Adult Day Program (see attached information and letters), I am proposing the following
allocations for block grant funding. These allocations will be described in further
detail below.
South Shore Senior Center $ 4,000
Chanhassen Senior Coordinator through
Senior Community Services $ 8,736
HOME Program through Senior Community Services $ 5,830
Sojourn Adult Day Program $ 2,700
Lake Ann Park Facilities $ 8,000
Senior Housing Feasibility Study $11,478
TOTAL $40,744
South Shore Senior Center Funding
1 The city has traditionally allocated funds to support ongoing programs for the South Shore
Senior Center. Our city residents are significant users of this facility and have benefitted
from its operation. In the past, our funding level in recent years has been in the range of
$7,000 to $8,000 per year. In light of the upcoming construction of the Chanhassen Senior
Center, the proposal calls for starting to phase down our support of South Shore, proposing
' that $4,000 be allocated this year. We note that the South Shore Senior Center provides
congregate dining, which will not be available in Chanhassen for some period of time.
1 Chanhassen Senior Coordinator
As the Council is aware, we have contracted with Senior Community Services for the part-
1 time services of a Senior Coordinator. Judy Colby is very ably filling this role and is
available at City Hall 12 hours per week. She is quite busy planning and coordinating
programs for our seniors, concurrent with their activities designed to promote the
1 development and use of the Senior Center. The $8,736 requested for this position
represents a nominal 4% increase over the previous year's monthly rate: I feel that
contracting through Senior Community Services for Judy's time gives the city the best of
' both possible worlds. We have a highly competent and interested person working directly
for us in our City Hall, but we do not have the expenses of a full time position.
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HOME Program
The HOME Program assists senior residents in offering services designed to help them to
remain in their homes. This could include construction renovation, in -home cleaning
assistance, lawn care assistance, and anything else that can be thought of. The $5,830
requested represents a nominal 4% increase over the monthly rate used during the past
year. As with the Senior Coordinator, I believe that the city is well served by contracting
through Senior Community Services for this program, since we are able to piggyback onto
a much better developed and professionally managed program. This funding allocation;
however, bears some watching and should be potentially contracted for on a six month basis,
with a renewal in six months. I raise this concern through the fact that to -date, our residents
have not availed themselves of the program to any great extent. I am not certain that it has
been given a fair trial yet. Spring is one of the more heavily utilized periods and we have
only begun to advertise it over the last few months, so I want to be able to give it the
benefit of the doubt. I think it would be prudent, however, to reassess our funding for this
at the end of six months and possibly seek reallocation of remaining funds if utilization rates
do not improve.
Sojourn Adult Day Program
Last year was the first year in which we were able to channel funds to the Sojourn Program. 1
This program operates out of the Holy Cross Lutheran Church in the northwest corner of
the community. It is a senior day care program, wherein, families taking care of senior
adults are able to drop them off during the day and have them thrive in a structured
environment. .I note, speaking for the staff, we have been very impressed with their
operation and with the commitment of the church itself to senior programming. In fact, this
church has also begun operation of a day care center that is being organized in conjunction
with the senior program to offer intergenerational support for both groups. Last year we
were able to fund some minor building improvements, acquire a dishwasher, signage and
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lawn furniture. This year, Sally Hebson, the Program Coordinator, has requested a total of
approximately $2,700. This would be used to acquire a medicine cart that is needed to
comply with state regulations, so that medications and medical supplies may be safely
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secured, a Wander Guard Alarm System to help in client management, and various medical
supplies to meet state licensing requirements requiring monthly nursing assessment of each
client's health status. I think the $2,700 is a nominal amount that will be well spent in
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support of this program.
Senior Housing Feasibility Study
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Over the past few years, the idea of senior housing has come up on a number of occasions.
It initially began with the Senior Needs Study conducted several years ago. Last year, the
City Council had allocated approximately $20,000 to allow the undertaking of a very
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March 17, 1992
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comprehensive feasibility study. The study would be designed not only to assess the market
' demand for senior housing but also to get specific answers to questions regarding where it
should be located, how big should it be, what sort of facilities should be involved, what size
and rents are supportable, and related data. This information is really useful before
' significantly larger expenditures are sought for actual construction if it is determined that
it is warranted to proceed with this idea.
' Although we had allocated $20,000 to it last year, we reallocated those funds to pay for
architectural services and other programs undertaken during this ongoing year. The
architectural services were undertaken relative to the Senior Center design. I continue to
1 feel that approximately $20,000 is required to do this study adequately. In conversations
with the Assistant City Manager, I have been assured that it is possible to fund the
difference between what we are proposing for the allocation and what the study ultimately
1 requires through the offices of the Chanhassen Housing and Redevelopment Authority. We
would envision that this would be a competitively bid request proposals and would only
allocate as much funds as were required to get the job done. Hopefully, we could bring this
in at a lower cost. The $11,478 level of funding was derived by first allocating funds to all
other programs mentioned in this report and seeing what was left over. It is not a very
scientific process but since we have some flexibility to fund the balance through the HRA
we felt it was reasonable.
1 Lake Ann Park Facilities
Todd Hoffman, Park and Recreation Coordinator, requested $8,000 be allocated to support
the refurbishment of the play area near the ball fields at Lake Ann Park. Work includes
installation of bituminous access transfer points and rubber matting. These modifications
would be of service to all residents in the city but are fundable under the CDBG program
1 since they are making park facilities handicapped accessible.
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. I believe the package being good requested represents ood use of available funds. I think we
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get a lot of "bang for the buck "due to the manner in which this is structured since the
funding is spread not only amongst active senior programs, but also for seniors needing
higher levels of service, as well as any residents who use the park facilities. Due to the
timing constraints and the way in which funding requests are received, the Senior
1 Commission was unable to act on the total request. The Senior Commission did, however,
recommend approval of the HOME Program, Senior Center Coordinator, South Shore
Senior Center, and Senior Housing Feasibility Study funding proposals. At the time they
1 made these proposals, we had not yet received the request from Sojourn, but I am certain
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that given their past support for this program, they would encourage your looking favorably
on meeting their requests.
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council approve Year XVIII 1992 CDBG Funding as follows:
South Shore Senior Center $ 4,000
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Chanhassen Senior Coordinator through
Senior Community Services $ 8,736
HOME Program through Senior Community Services $ 5,830
Sojourn Adult Day Program $ 2,700
Lake Ann Park Facilities $ 8,000
Senior Housing Feasibility Study $11,478
TOTAL $40,744 1
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Senior Commission Meeting
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Jeanne Strauss: Yes, CART will be exhibiting. Southwest Metro, I don't
remember but we'll contact them. And Judy's name is on the list to be
contacted for an exhibit. - don't know, have you been contacted?
Colby: No, nob-yet.
Jeanne Strauss: Okay. So she will be contacted. If you have other ideas,
let Judy know. So yes, very good idea.
1 Montgomery: Well thank you very much. We appreciate it. Sounds like a
. great program coming up.
1 Colby: I am hoping that we can get together a plan for the exhibit that
you are represented here as a Commission. I'm hoping also by the time
we'll have the Advisory Board so we can have accommodations... I think
it's a great opportunity for us.
CDBG FUNDS - PRESENTATION BY PAUL KRAUSS, PLANNING DIRECTOR.
1 Krauss: We've got some late breaking stuff here. The City's block grant
allocation increased somewhat. Not as much as I would have helped but
somewhat. Up to $41,511.00. Now this is a preliminary number. It's going
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to be refined somewhat but in past years it's pretty reliable. What I need
to do is to put together the package for the City Council to approve. Now
in recent years we've been devoting a greater and greater percentage of
this to senior related activities. Originally our primary focus was on
South Shore Senior Center and in discussing this with JoAnn and Ron Block,
who's the financial person over there, I think for a long time we've told
I them that as we develop a facility here we're not looking to totally
abandon South Shore. That they offer some services that we won't. At
least at the outset and that a lot of our residents go up there but we
couldn't fund it at the same level we've been funding it at. What we
' funded them, I think we gave them about $8,000.00 last year. I'm proposing
that we give them about $4,000.00 this year. The balance of the funds, in
talking to Ron. What we've done in the past, in the past year. We funded
' Judy's position and the H.O.M.E. program. Now because of the way the block
grant money is given out, we didn't fund a full year. Their year runs from
June to June. So it was like 6, well maybe a little more than 6 months• It
' was like 7 or 8 months that we funded last year because Judy came on in
December.
• Montgomery: Does it go through June or July 1st starts the-next?
Krauss: Yeah, I think that's true. So what Ron did on the H.O.M.E.
program and the senior coordinator was annualized it. Instead of having a
7 month, he made it 12 months and he added 4% over what we had from last
year to cover inflation which I felt was reasonable.' And that came out to
those two figures. The 5830 and the 8736. Now I asked Ron for some
information on how well the H.O.M.E. program is going. We've heard that
people are calling but we're not certain how many people are using it yet.
There's a letter that outlines a little bit of that that I passed out to
you that talks about the activities that they've been doing. We're going
1 to contact the H.O.M.E. program to get some more specific information. At
this point it will be my recommendation to go ahead and fully fund it for
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next year because as our center hits the ground, as the PR effort takes
place, I think there's a momentum that you have to leave some time for it
to build. And we just want to make sure that the funds that we've been 11
giving them are being used appropriately for activities in Chanhassen.
They're good folks and I'm pretty comfortable they are. Right now my
preference or my recommendation would be to give it the benefit of the
doubt and let's let it go through the coming year and hopefully it will
take off like we think it should. One of the goals I think that we had
established for this year is a delayed goal from last year which was to ge
a real solid senior housing feasibility study done. You know we've talked
to Judy about that. We'd have to go out for bid on it so you'd get other
bids as well but we had thought initially that that would have cost about
$20,000.00. We had that money reserved this past year for it but we took
it and we spent it on Bert for the senior center. So what I'm proposing i
thy, we need about $20,000.00 of reserve, about that amount to get a
fe study done. The problem comes about that I've got an $8,000.0
request for handicapped accessible recreational facilities over at Lake Anil
Park. You may be aware that our Parks Department has been making all our
.recreational facilities more fully accessible and we just built a very nic
facility out here by the grade school. It's pretty expensive. I think it
was about a $30,000.00 effort with some city funds a some locally raised
donations and some supporters of the school but it's a real neat completely.
handicapped accessible facility for the kids. So we want to keep that '
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stuff going. So that was $8,000.00. Now the problem came up with was
that I overspent our $41,500.00 by about $5,000.00 to get all these things
done. Fortunately though I think we can still pull it off. Our tax
increment district plan, our tax increment plans were revised to outline a
senior housing as one of the eligible projects. In fact we just got it
app -roved at the Planning Commission the other night. And in talking to
. Todd Gerhardt, who's our Assistant HRA Manager, he felt that we could come'
up with the extra $5,000.00 that we needed to complete that senior housing
study out of tax increment funds. So what you see here, that proposal that
I have laid out on that sheet is, it totals up to the $41,511.00. At leas
it totaled up that way to me at 8:00 this morning and I wasn't quite awake
but it should work out. And what that leaves us is $14,945.00 towards that
$20,000.00 study and we'll make up the difference for tax increment. So I
put this on the table for your comment and review and if you agree with it
hopefully your approval or if you have some other suggestions, we can still
• incorporate that. We did not receive a request from Sojourn this year.
You also have to keep in mind that we're going a little bit far on this onil
in terms of the amount that we're paying towards services. You know we
have that service cap. Normally 15% of your money max can go to services
and we've got much more than that. Now the $15,000.00 for the senior
housing study, it doesn't count. I mean they don't count that as a
service. That's okay. But the H.O.M.E. program and the senior coordinator
and the South Shore Senior Center are services. That's about $18,000.00
out of $41,000.00. So we're probably pushing that cap but it's figured
over all of the eligible communities of Hennepin County. We'll probably be
okay but what this is is all the communities submit this to Hennepin
County. They gel it out and they say, they see if they meet their 1
guidelines and if they don't, .they come back to the cities and say you've
got to alter your request. We haven't had to do that in the past but
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Montgomery: go ery• If that happens Paul, then what is the recourse? Then what do.
you do?
Krauss: Well they'll come back and tell us that you've got to lower the
amount you're spending on services and increase your capital
' or your planning budget on something else. How we'll juggle that at this
point I'm not sure.
' Bragg: We've never had the H.O.M.E. program before have we so this is an
estimate.
Krauss: That's a contract.
Montgomery: If we got into trouble, could we lower the amount that goes to
the Lake Ann Park facilities?
' Krauss: Well in fact you'd have to raise that if we got in trouble.
That's a capital expenditure. That's the kind of stuff that is okay.
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St. John: You have to lower all the services. What are these dates from
when to when then?
Krauss: This is from June of 1992 to June of 1993.
Howard: There is something for South Shore Center but nothing for our
center here.
' Krauss: Well there is. I mean we have Judy and we're spending more than
we ever spent on South Shore Center on Judy's position. Also keep in mind
too that I have some money in my budget and Todd has some money in his
' budget that is completely outside of this. Together we had about
$13,000.00 for a variety of things that we can, I mean I paid Judy_Marshek
to do the stuff for her assistance on getting the survey together. Todd
has money for programming. I think Todd might have front ended the cost on
the trip to the Ice Palace. Yeah, so we do have the ability to do things
like that. I think we're in pretty good shape. There's certainly going to
come a point though with the senior center and it should, that if you want
' things like, and Judy and I were talking about you know, maybe there's a
need for a wide screened TV or there's always the possibility the Council
might trim back something like the display cases to save money. That's
where the volunteer effort comes in to raise the funds for actually
outfitting it.
Bragg: Actually they have more of a sense of it belonging to them if they
do participate in raising some funds.
St. John: I would just like to see about the South Shore. There's so many
of the Chanhassen areas that are serviced by the South Shore and that is
not forgotten with the dining and the van and some of the other programs.
And there's a lot of them that come over and take advantage of that which
is good and hopefully that until the Chanhassen center is in full swing for
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all of those things, that they will consider helping supporting the South
Shore.
Krauss: Yeah, I think this does that and this is consistent. I mean I
talked to Ron when we started getting into this about 5 months ago and let'
him know that we never had intended to abandoned it but we probably were
not going to be able to fund it at the levels we were. And realistically'
as soon as our center is open, apart from congregate dining. Senior
centers are obviously much more than just facilities and programs. They'r,
social relationships and they're friendships and where you're comfortable
and you don't just snap your fingers and say everybody come over here.
Everybody will go over there for lunch. But over time realistically, if
we're doing our job, a lot of the stuff that people go up there for, except
for the dining, they'll probably start coming here and that's by design.
Bragg: I think that they feel eventually more and more have been coming I
this way but in the meantime they will be utilizing that space.
Montgomery: One thing occurs to me. If we do fundraising and channel
those funds through the Senior Community Services, it can only be for the II
center. We wouldn't be able to raise any money for.,housing or anything
else using that route.
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Krauss: Right. No, and you're not looking to raise funds to build housing
or anything else. That's going to.
Montgomery: Or something outside the center. Okay.
Krauss: And we're in much better shape than we were last year too because,
of, Todd and I were able to sell the City Council on actually starting
funding. Normal city revenues, starting to fund senior programs and
projects so we have some access into money that we didn't have before and
it's not subject to the whims of bureaucrats in Washington. Just subject
to the whims of bureaucrats here.
Montgomery: Anybody have any more discussion? Do you need to have us do
anything?
Krauss: Yeah, I would need a motion to take forward. '
Montgomery: Okay. Would somebody like to make a motion that we approve
the allocations for the Community Development Block Grant proposal?
Howard: I make a motion that we accept them as proposed.
Billison: I second the motion. '
Montgomery: Okay, it's been moved and seconded that we approve the
Community Development Block Grant proposal as presented.
Howard moved, Billison seconded that the Senior Commission recommend
approval of the Community Development Block Grant funds proposal as
presented by the Planning Director. All voted in favor and the motion
carried unanimously.
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March 16, 1932 adult day program
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To Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
' City of Chanhassen
690 Coulter Drive
Chanhassen., MN 55317
1 Sojourn Adult Day Program is beginning its eighth year of
serving seniors in Western Hennepin and Carver Counties.
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Sojourn Adult Day Program addresses the problems and issues
facing the frail elderly in the far west, suburban, Hennepin
and Carver County area. These include social and physical
1 isolation, fear of institutional placement and burdened
families and caregivers.
Sojourn provides a professiopally supervised social,
1 recreational adult day program. Each participant has an
individual plan of care, with therapeutic objectives to meet
his or her individual needs. The program offers life
affirming activities enhancing social, spiritual and
emotional well being. Family members and caregivers are
offered support, counseling, education and referral in order
I to assist them to continue to care for the elderly at home.
Sojourn serves a large number of low income-older persons.
Sixty -two percent of Sojourn's participants receive financial
assistance in order to attend day care. Sources of income
which provide assistance for adults include:
* Alternative Care Grant funds through Carver and
Hennepin Counties
1 :4: Medicare Alzheirners Demonstration Project
#: Private Pay
1 :4: Contributions
Sojourn was very pleased to be awarded funds through
Chanhassen's Community Block Grant in 1991. The money was
used to purchase wheelchairs, outdoor furniture, a portable
dishwasher, directional signs and a door to secure the
program area.
C/O Holy Cross Lutheran Church
4151 Highway 7
Excelsior, MN 55331
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Sojourn respectfully presents the following items for your N�
review and consideration for the 1992 budget:
* In compliance with State and Federal regulations all N�
prescription medications and medical supplies must be
safely secured for the safety of clients and staff.
In order to be professionally in compliance with these
regulations we are requesting: »�
1 Multi-treatment Medicine Cart $ 620.00
* In order to provide maximum safety and security for.
those participants with memory loss who may have a
tendency to wander we are requesting: N�
The Wander Guard Alarm System. This is an electronic
alarm system that signals when a wanderer wearing a
trigger tries to exit a monitored door.
1 Single Door Sensor $1200
1 Signal Tester at $ 150 N�
10 Signal Devices with Wrist Band
at $24.95 each $ 249.95
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�1599.95
* The Adult Day Care Licensing rule requires a monthly
nursing assessment of each client's health status. In
order to provide the most accurate results we are
requesting:
' 1 PhysicianS Office Scale - Health-O-Meter $ 210.00 ~~
1 Sphygmomanometer $ 25.95 N�
1 Electronic Thermometer $ 207.00
1 Box of Probes for Electronic Thermometer $ 33.95 N�
Total Request $2696"B5 N�
Sincerely,
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Sojourn Adult Day Program
C. Chanhassen City Council Members
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Iiihnif SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES
I 1600 South 2nd Street, Hopkins, Minnesota 55343 933.9311 Fax 933.2101
I BOARD of DIRECTORS February 12,1992
Walter Levesque
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Tom Timm Mayor Dort Chmiel and City Council Members
tit vlca President CITY OF CHANHASSEN
690 Coulter Drive, P.O. Box 147
Bob Millar Chanhassen, MN. 55317
Ind Vise President
- I Linda Stokes Dear Mayor Chmiel and Council Members:
Secretary
Carla Pavone Senior Community Services is very pleased, and we hope that
' Treasurer the City of Chanhassen is satisfied, by the progress made in the
two recent areas of cooperation between us; the planning and
John Siaser organizing of a new Chanhassen Senior Center and the
Past President marketing and local start -up of the HOME (Household &
" Derelyn Palter Outside Maintenance for Elderly) Program. The City of
M•rn er•et•Larye Chanhassen is providing $ 4,900 for the Senior Center and $3,270
Ryan Schroeder for the HOME Program through its share of County -wide
Afember•et•Lerge Community Development Block Grant (CDBG Year XVII) funds.
I These amounts are designated for the seven month period that
Tonl Anderson began December 1, 1991.
Karl Density
Robert DeQhetto
' Alison Fuhr Senior Conununity Services is requesting support levels of
Marty auritz $8,736 for the Senior Center and $5,830 for the HOME Program
Commissioner Ted Judo in CDBG Year XVIII. These figures are derived by annualizing
I Con nerd Kopp th current fundin levels and factorin in a 4% cost- of -iivin
Connie McCullough g $ g
John Nelson increase.
Senator Oen Olson
I Steve Rood We are confident that City fficials are aware and
Russ W Zagaros ro ress made on the Senior pleased r Center and the work done by Judy
Bob Zaparos P � y � y
Colby. Because she has an office in the Municipal building and
II Benjamim F. Withhart has attended numerous meetings, she and her efforts are highly
Executive Director 4 c.E,O. visible. Progress on marketing and start -up of the HOME
Program has also been progressing. Betty Crouch, HOME
r - - -. Program Director, has been coordinating most of her efforts with
(4401 Sharmin Al -jaff, Assistant City Planner for Chanhassen. Judy •
Colby has also been promoting the HOME Program as she
' identifies this need in the seniors she is contacting.
A United Way
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February 12, 1992
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I have enclosed a brief report on the HOME Program. I
po ogram. Judy Colby is available to
report, if desired, on the Senior Center. All of the programs operated by Senior
Community Services, including Senior Centers and HOME are aimed at helping to 1
maintain people's independence in their respective communities for as long as
possible. On behalf of the seniors, who are the real beneficiaries of your funds,
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many thanks for your support. If you have any questions, or if the City Council
would like to have art informational presentation, please let me know.
Sincerely. '
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HOME PROGRAM - CITY OF CHANHASSEN REPORT
February 12, 1992
Significant marketing activities to date include;
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Article on HOME Program in Chanhassen Villager
1 * Article published in City newsletter
Direct mailing, with a HOME Program insert, sent from the
City to all seniors
' " HOME Program video presentation at Chanhassen SeniOr
Commission meeting
* HOME Program informational flyers distributed in area
1 including Carver County Municipal offices
Brochures sent to individuals in Chanhassen in response to
' requests /calls made to the HOME Program office
In the first two months three Chanhassen residents have signed up with
Betty for snow .removal service (one of the Chore services offered by the
Program) and she has recruited local volunteers to provide that work
when needed. Betty has also been successful in recruiting homemakers
and a skills bank worker from the area. Winter months, as is typical for
the whole construction /rehabilitation industry, are generally the
slowest for the Program. With the advent of warmer weather, people
will once again become more cognizant of needed home repairs and
' chores like lawn mowing.
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1600 South 2nd Street, Hopkins, Minnesota 55343 933 -9311 Fax 933 -2101
February 11,1992 ;
BOARD of DIRECTORS Mayor Don Camile and City Council Members
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
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Walter Levesque 690 Coulter Drive, P.O. Box 147
President
Chanhassen, MN. 55317
Tom Ticen I
lst Vice President Dear Mayor Camile and Council Members:
Bob Miller
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2nd Vice President The City of Chanhassen provided $ 7,573 for the past year
through its share of County -wide Community Development
Linda Stokes Block Grant (CDBG Year XVII) funds to support the Southshore
Secretary Senior Center. With the City now working to open a Center on
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Carla Pavane its own premises, Paul Krause has suggested that it will no
Treasurer longer be possible for Chanhassen to sustain Southshore support
John Glaser at the same level. Senior Community Services would then, on 1
Past President Paul's recommendation, like to request an intermediate amount
to be determined by your funds available for the 1992 -93 fiscal
Daralyn Peifer year.
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Member -at -Large
Ryan Schroeder Chanhassen, along with the other cities that support the
Member -at -Large Southshore Senior Center, provides a very valuable service to 1
its elderly residents. The Southshore Center serves more elderly
Toni Anderson Chanhassen residents than any other program. Dining,
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Robert DeGhetto transportation and the meeting with friends, helps maintain the
Alison Fuhr independence of the Center's participants in the community for
Marty Guritz as long as possible.
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Commissioner Tad Jude
Leonard Kopp .
- Connie McCullough On behalf of the seniors, who are the real beneficiaries of your
• John Nelson funds, many thanks for your on -going support. If you have any
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Senator Gen Olson q uestions, or if the City Council would like to have an
Steve Rood
• Russell Weinstein informational presentation, please let me know.
Bob Zagaros
• Sincerely,
. Beniamim F. Withhart ��
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Executive Director & C.E.O. , I
_ : en'amin F. Withhart oAnn Kvern
`4' Executive Director Center Director I
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A United Way • cc..Paul Krause, City Planner RECEIVED 1
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690 COULTER DRIVE • P.O. BOX 147 • CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA 55317
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MEMORANDUM
1 TO: Paul Krauss, Planning Director
1 FROM: Todd Hoffman, Park and Recreation Coordinator
DATE: March 17, 1992
I SUBJ: Play Area Project
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1 By this memo, I am requesting Community Development Block Grant funds to refurbish the
play area near the ball fields at Lake Ann Park. The project would include the installation
of a bituminous access, transfer points, and resilient rubber matting. These modifications
I will bring this play structure in to compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act
(ADA). By providing access to the play structure in conjunction with the installation of
adquate transfer points, persons with disabilities vali be able to access the play equipment
I in a reasonable and dignified manner. The estimated project cost is $8,000.
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