I'm confirming that a quorum is present. I would like a motion to open the meeting. >> And a second. >> Yeah. Second. >> And we'll do a roll call of voting members. Why don't we start with Chuck and go around?
>> Chuck, we have to go. John Ferrar, >> Jerry De >> and Damon Jesperson, and our non- voting member and illustrious leader, >> Cindy Courier. >> So, uh, the first order of business is
to approve the meeting minutes from 3:23 26. I'd entertain a motion. >> So, move with the correction that John was here. >> Uh, get a second and then we can do the direction. Second. >> Second. >> Any discussion?
>> John was president. >> John was president. >> All right. So, who are we saying seconded? >> Just cuz there's no one here doing minutes. >> Ah. >> Oh, I >> We'll give you the second. >> We'll give Jerry the second. Okay. >> Why not? >> And then Janine, you're saying >> note that >> motion will approve as amended.
>> We give a second to that. >> Second. >> Any other discussion? All those in favor? I >> uh so chairperson's report the first order of business is that we do have an election coming up. I encourage everyone
to vote and encourage your neighbors, friends, enemies to vote. Um hopefully the neighbors and enemies are not the same people, but you never do know. Uh and we also have a town meeting coming
up. So, it is imperative to attend. And the reason that I bring this up is because we will have a item on the warrant related to funding for a study for
uh a potential new home for the COA. So, we need people who are concerned and ideally supportive to come to the meeting. So what we are looking for is money to do a study to confirm
uh or basically expand on what the report that we give to the select people was. So they can do the environmental studies on sites. they can do the other engineering and things that were beyond the scope of what we were able to do and
come up with a recommendation and a budget for uh building on various locations. And so uh that is the ask that has been put on the warrant and I think we need people there who can speak to the value of the
COA and uh vote in favor of it. So I would ask that we as a group push that out to other people. Um and I've had a lot of meetings about
that in the last month. The other thing that I wanted to return to, oh >> yes, as its own item is, um, in the past we have gone around at these meetings and talked about what it is that we have
done in the last month with the COA to try and get all of our members actually actively engaged. So, I'd like to return to everyone trying to find something they can attend and talk about at the meetings because I think, you know, you're very active and you're very
active and I know you come by, but I think getting that out there to the people who watch the meetings is really important and knowing what actually happens inside this building. A lot of the community doesn't know and so we don't talk about it, they don't hear it.
>> So, it's exactly right. I've had fielded a few questions myself. What do you actually do? What read the newsletter? Go show up. >> Yeah. So, I think us attending and us dragging
people kicking and screaming is important. So, >> you bring a new >> I do my level best to get my parents up to events. >> That's where the kicking and screaming comes from. Um, so I just wanted to put that out
there that next meeting we will go around and talk about what we've been able to do and who we've been able to bring and and that is that. So I think that about covers it. Is there anything I forgot that I should move forward?
>> Question for you for the for the group. How active are the farmers in town business? Oh. U not as active as I'd like them to be, but it's not because I don't urge them. I keep put everything on the bulletin board and I talk to them. I mean, I'm advocating for this place all
the time. >> Okay. >> So, uh >> there is a small group that comes to um some art classes. >> They come to some of them, but um >> boys or girls? >> Uh women. Well, we had people from here who came to do uh yoga
>> and and I told the people there, why are you paying for it? You can get it for free. I mean, you're all paying for it anyway. So then you're paying twice. But I don't know if she's still going to do that anymore anyway because so few people showing up there, >> you know, but I'm telling this all the
time, you know, when I go around and talk to these people, I tell how wonderful this is, how great it is for them. But you know, >> I would say particularly at the fieldhouse with exercise programs, this winter was tough.
>> It was very tough. And we had to cancel a lot of classes. >> Well, parking lot itself was tough, >> right? So, we had to cancel a bunch of classes because it was that's the last priority for DPW. You know, they're clearing the roads and safety, >> right? Um, recreation like that is is last.
>> But people don't want to go out either. I mean, they >> No, but even when the the driveway is clear, and you can probably speak to this. So, it's a gravel driveway, so if there's any bit of ice, it's it's been pretty treacherous there over the winter. It's very I mean I I didn't even one time I think
>> I didn't know if there was going to happen but I noticed there was a police car parked at the entrance. I think he was telling people don't it was a sheet of ice sheet and when the ice melts it's a sheet of mud. >> Yeah. >> So that's just another challenge for us
having our exercise programs over there. We had to cancel. It was fine to come here you know but over there it was not. So, it's it's a little bit of a challenge, but >> Cindy, I I work out online at the Y. >> So, I bring my computer down and that's how I work out.
>> So, >> and that works for some people. Some people don't want to go to a group class. Other people, like myself, I need someone to tell me what to do when to do it. So, that works for me. >> Class, but and I don't have to go anywhere. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. So, >> be to get out and walk right now. I
mean, it's been a horrible winter, >> right? So that's definitely >> well a little Catholic Malone and I go to pretty faithfully to the UNICE strength class cuz I need it. I need strength at this point in my life core. >> Yeah.
>> And um and u I haven't been going as often to the yoga yoga because they need more core. >> Yeah. >> But then other people love that yoga class don't go to the or we have a a She's
>> pretty good group that attends the Tai Chi group now, but they attend Tai Chi. They don't attend the other things. So, it's why we offer different >> and pickle ball each. >> Pickle ball will start in June. That's a big draw, big one. >> Um, ping pong has not been such a big draw,
>> but there's usually about four or five people that attend that, but it works for those four or five people. So, we collaborated with the recck department on that. So, >> this is Majong Hill >> in Maong. I mean, I'm here on Tuesday. I'm going to tell
those nine young people to recruit more people to come in because we you can barely fit me. That's what so many people. >> Depends on the day. Last week it was >> Sorry. >> It um it depends on the day for every program,
>> right? I mean, some weeks we're just full up and other weeks >> Yeah. >> you know, only a few people show. So, it just life happens for people. Correct. We still we still operate. So >> do you want me to start with mine? >> Uh no, I was going to do the liaison
report. >> Um the meeting for the friends is Wednesday. Yes, they they follow right after you. So I don't have it until next time. >> That's a very long and thorough report. I
>> They did have a meeting last month, but we did not. We were >> not not to attend. So yeah, >> um >> we'll hopefully we'll have something to share next time. >> Yes. >> All right. Okay. So we have several uh upcoming
events. First I did want to speak about Jerry's class. Uh Spanish 101 is starting this week. Right now I think you have six students. We are taking up to eight. I think you had said eight. She said yeah we talked about it and I totally don't.
>> What time is the class? So that's at hold on the one thing I didn't write down in here. >> Do you remember >> 1:00 1:00? So it's four it's it's a four week session but they're not right in a row. >> No.
>> So it's April 15th and 29th and then May 13th and 27th. I'll just finish is very useful in the society today but I would love to do French if they were interested but okay good to know. All right.
>> I would join your French group. >> French group? Oh, yeah. That would be awesome. >> I spent six years in high school studying French and four years at Auburn and one entire year speaking 90% French in Vietnam because the Vietnamese language school
was pitiful. >> Well, actually, when Bill was in Vietnam, get Papa >> because the French have been there. this. >> Well, no, the French themselves the military. >> That's good. I just It's a second
language in Vietnam. >> Well, we will talk to you about that. Okay. Um Okay. Our tech class with Kevin is coming up the end of this week, too. He is here on Thursday the 16th at 1:30. This class is staying in touch using phone message and FaceTime. So, he's
just going to review how you use your phone app, how you use your text messages, how you use FaceTime. >> Okay. I have Did you hear from any of those people in that class? >> In the uh >> in the tech class? >> No. >> Well, they talked in um
in the stretch class and they think he goes really fast. >> Fast. Okay. >> Yeah. But they should stop. >> They should. But I appreciate the feedback. You can tell Kevin to slow down a little bit. >> Yeah. >> Um >> because they're coming in basics. >> Okay. Yeah. Cuz that's it. We're going
very we're we're taking basic steps here. But if he's going too fast, then that class has grown. >> Good. >> So some people >> some people catch on right away. I know he's talking about other people. It's taken him a little bit of time. >> So that could be the problem is he's
moving on based on those people that know him. >> All right. So we'll talk to him about that. >> He was living in my house. >> I he was at my house many times. So he will do home he does do home visits if someone has an issue with their home computer or whatever you know it's a
charge to you but it's >> he's available I can't bring my TVs here so >> he's really >> Kevin's very good but technology moves faster much faster than my brain does.
>> It's but he's here to help. So you're you did you grow up with it >> with technology? >> Yeah. their computers. >> Well, I mean, we had a fax machine. >> Yeah. >> Used to hand. >> I mean, you know, it came to us, had to
come to and later when I went back to public school, I had to, right? >> So, I had to take >> Yeah. And I'm talking basics. But you did it. Oh, yeah. I had to, right? Everything was online. >> Yeah. >> The only the only technical material in
my youth growing up was a slide. What was it? I hit a roll. All right. Um, Animal World Experience will be back next week, Thursday the 23rd. That is school vacation week around here. So, we're encouraging people to bring their grandchildren.
>> That is Thursday the 23rd at 1:30. So, um, he comes with usually five or six live animals. Usually, you can touch all of them. if he brings the kinkaju, which is this little monkey thing. Um, which I don't think he's in the monkey
category, so to speak. I feel like he's a squirrel or something different. Like, we were all kind of surprised at what family he's in, but he, you know, brought him around on his shoulder. You can get close to him, but you couldn't touch him. But everything else usually you can touch. >> Reptiles.
>> Yeah. But he keeps the scorpion in a box >> and the tarantula in a box. But like the turtle and the lizards and like all that kind of stuff organization >> animal world experience. >> I've never seen him before. The hotel
>> I don't know. It's a one guy. He's uh it's Matt Gabriel. I don't know if you recognize him. >> He's a oneman show. These are all his animals that he has somehow >> I would be rescued >> rescued adopted. Other people have these
animals and they can't take care of them anymore. That's why he has his alligators and stuff like that. So >> um but that's a pretty program. So we are um excited to have him back. Dinner club is a new thing we're doing. That's on Tuesday the 28th of April at 400 p.m.
It's just dinner. We're just serving dinner. There's no games afterwards. No, anything like that. It's just come and have dinner with us. >> Who's cooking? >> Uh, we haven't decided it yet. I think we're going to go with Italian. >> 24 424. >> That's the 28th. >> 28th. Thank you.
>> Yep. Our Mother's Day tea is on Wednesday, May 6th at noon. That's here. Um, we will get little sandwiches and pastries and um it'll be a nice lunch. So, if people are interested, please
sign up for that. We are doing a senior CPR and AED class with the fire chief on Thursday, May 7th. That class is filling up. It is not a certification class. It is just to get people to sort of remind them what to do. It's funny. I saw a
news report this morning. There was a small child hit by an automobile in a town. And the neighbor who the um the reporter was interviewing, he said nobody knew what to do. >> And then he said the police arrived and
they started doing CPR. The child unfortunately died. >> But I was like, what do you mean you didn't know what to like? Nobody started CPR on this child. So it's to get people to react whether you're here or you're out at a restaurant or you're home with
your spouse, whatever. It's not to train you in, you know, medical level CPR. It's to at least um also there is a new AED over at the fieldhouse which matches all the AEDs that we have in the other town departments. Um so people who are taking
exercise classes at the fieldhouse, we're suggesting strongly that they attend this class. That way you know what the AED is, how to use it. If someone points to you and says, "Joe, go get the AED." And we don't even know what that is. We've had those classes that go off, huh? >> Yeah, it's important to at least know
what time, >> you know, but it's good to it's good to have a review. >> It is, especially when you panic straight. >> 10:00 a.m. >> on Thursday, May 7th. >> Yep. At what time? >> 10:00 a.m. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Um, so that's an important uh class. We
will try to do this annually, if not more, with the fire department depending on um their availability and um appetite for it. But um we think it's important. I I personally learn from repetition. So I think the more you do it, the better.
>> Yeah. >> Um game night is on Tuesday, May 12th at 400 p.m. We figured y'all will be out voting anyways. You can stop in and have dinner and play games. Um the travel group with the new report
COA, that's the trip I talked about last month. Uh they're going to the Boston Public Library for high tea and then the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum that is coordinated through the Newport COA. They've opened it up to our seniors. So if anyone's interested, they should call the New Report to San
Francisco. >> What's that? >> That the Isabella Stewart Gard Museum. Yeah. >> Oh yeah. >> Oh yeah. Coffee with a cop is on Wednesday, May 13th at 10:00 a.m. at the police station. We will bring the coffee and donuts and
then um we'll chat with the police over there. Tech class with Kevin in May is on Thursday, May 14th. At that class, he's going to be talking about using your calendar and reminders and your iPhone, how to set reminders. Um our veterans lunchon, I posted this
on our Facebook page. That is on Wednesday, May 20th. This would be a great thing. There you go. for your dad and your mother to come as as guests. So, new veterans um are >> are we're encouraging them to bring a a
guest with them. They do the guest does not have to be a veteran. Could be your spouse, whatever. Um >> grandchild and pranksters, >> whatever. If that's going to get the veteran to come here because they feel uncomfortable coming by themselves, bring someone that you're comfortable
with. So, the best thing about not the best thing, one of the great things about this um event is we have a a gentleman coming from Honor Flight to talk about Honor Flight New England and their their program that they offer, the flights, volunteer opportunities, just their mission in general, so our vets
can learn about that. Um maybe it's something they want to involve themselves in in terms of volunteering. Um or it could be something that maybe they would like to take a flight. So, uh, and we did talk to Mike at the best he can. He will be, um,
>> yes, we'll have a barbecue. >> Our traveling chef in May is on Thursday, May 21st. That is a pasta sauté. We are collaborating with the library again on a social security program. There is an error in the newsletter. I think I wrote Tuesday, May
25th. It's Tuesday, May 26th, and that's at 5:30 at the Newbury Town Library. It's how to optimize your social security. We're trying to hit that sort of just before group um to get them to understand what their uh options are.
Everyone is welcome to come, but that's sort of the group we're trying to hit. If people come early, we will have the Biffield uh by Cocoa coffee truck there at 5:00. We'll also have little treats for people. Get a nice cup of coffee or whatever, have a treat, and then listen
to the program. Uh we have two foot care clinics in April. Both of them are full. That's catching up from the storm. >> And then uh our May clinic has one opening. June is already full. So it's a very popular program. We suggest people Yep. um to schedule that.
Uh there are two upcoming events for veterans that Steve Bond dropped off the flyers for. So I did not get these in time to put in the newsletter. I'll put the um fishing trip in the newsletter. There's a golf um a golf outing on Monday, May 11th at the Browley Country Club. I'll put these on our Facebook
page. And then there's a fishing trip on June 15th. That's going to be out of Gloucester. So, these are two free events for veterans that are coordinated through Eastern Essex Veterans. So, I will make sure that those go on >> um on our Facebook page with all this
information. But to RSVP, you just call um Eastern Essex in Ipsswitch. >> Uh the Friends calendar raffle is in this edition of the newsletter. So that is for people to it's a fundraiser for the friends if anyone's interested in
participating in that. Upcoming holidays, next Monday the 20th is Patriots Day. The office is closed. There are no exercise programs or anything that day. And then Monday, May 25th, is Memorial Day. We are closed for that day as well. I just wanted to review
code red. If anyone has not signed up for code red notifications through the town, this is the I think the easiest way for the town to communicate with residents. So you sign up for this and then anytime there's an emergency situation, whether it's
weather or something town related, fire department, whatever, there's a road closure, you will get a phone call on the number that you indicate. So when I signed up for it, it's my cell phone and my email >> and my text too. >> Okay. So yes,
>> so it's online. There is a way to text to sign up for it and we can certainly go through that or you can go on the website under code red. There's a way for you to sign up that way. >> They can call or text. >> Yeah, I actually get >> I actually get the text too. I get like every
>> Yeah. So but it's a great way to stay informed. A lot of times, um, people say, "Oh, I didn't know there was a burglary. I didn't know about this. I didn't know about that." But when the police say, "Oh, are you signed up for code red?" >> They're like, "No." So, it's a great way
to stay informed about things that are going on in town. So, we are encouraging people to do that. Our Shine Counselor obviously is available year round. um open enrollment isn't until the fall. But if people are turning 65, we suggest you reach out to the shine counselor
five to six months ahead of time to talk to him about your options or if you're having questions, you can always call him and um call us. We will connect you with him and he can help answer your questions regarding Medicare. >> Uh always in need of volunteers to drive
for the need program. >> Um and then lastly was I just wanted to mention the town meeting. So, I did put together a little flyer for people that I will give to each of you. It just talks about where we are now, why we want to move. Um, and then the back page
just tells you what the programs and services are of the Council on Aging. So, I will put this up on our Facebook page. We're starting to hand them out here uh to folks that are >> um >> interested. >> Yes. And learning a little bit more. So
that's just saying that article 11 is our article in the town warrant and that's it. >> All right. Is there any new business and we should put on the agenda for next meeting
and I touch on one point that covers a very very good deal. We, the fire department has had three major house fires in 3 weeks. >> Now, they were on side roads, so no
major alleyways were interrupted. But if it was, shut the road right down. You need to know that. Um, also, if we steal all the water, people need to know, you know, that
that's going to happen. Don't panic and all of this stuff. Um, lost two houses, saved one. There was a kitchen fire east of Morning and one >> took those kitchen.
>> Yeah, it it was sad. It was really good. >> But thank God for the fire department. They were there hot work. So kudos to them. Thanks. And as I say, super duper. Thank you, jugger.
Hearing nothing else, I would entertain a motion to adjourn. >> Establish the next date. >> Oh, yes. >> We should do that. >> So, the third week is the 18th of May.
I would entertain a motion to set our next meeting May 18th at 900 a.m. >> So, second. >> All those in favor? Now I guess we're so >> Is there a second?
>> Second. >> All those in favor? I >> thank you all for attending. We'll see you next time.