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04-26-2021 SAM Senior Advisory Board Minutes April 26, 2021 Present: Kay Yoch, Al Barkeim, Connie Dahl, Julie Jensen, Dave Husfeldt, Mike Becker City Staff: September Jacobsen, Jenni Behrendt, John McRaith, Lynn Neumann Absent: Jeannette Meyer, Rhonda Schwarze I. The meeting was called to order at 10:01 a.m. by Chair Kay Yoch. II. Secretary’s Report: The minutes from last month’s meeting were reviewed. No corrections were brought forward. Connie made a motion to approve the minutes with a second from Mike. The motion passed. III. Monthly Sales Review: September reported that card sales are beginning to pick up again now that we are getting a little traffic at the Center. This past month card sales brought in $42.60 and dish cloth sales brought in an additional $10. IV. Old Business A. Senior Center T-Shirt- September presented a few options for a t-shirt design promoting the Senior Center. Discussion followed about colors and whether seniors would be interested in purchasing something like this. As support for investing money in this project was lacking, Al made a motion to table the idea for the time being. Mike seconded the motion and the discussion was tabled. VI. Business A. Senior Center Tours- Julie presented a little recap of the tour program which she began volunteering for back in the year 2000. In the twenty years since, the tours program has raised over $19,000 while keeping fees much lower than any other entity providing tours. She added that tours will begin again in August with a trip to Lake Minnetonka for a boat ride and will include a stop at some flower gardens in Orono. The St. Paul Saints will be the focus for a September th tour and October 15 will be the rescheduled trip to the Chanhassen Dinner Theater to see their rendition of “The Music Man.” B. Program Updates- September reported that the Center is hosting a knitting workshop on Monday afternoons. Mike Becker has agreed to teach a group the rules to the card game Sheephead. Book clubs are up and running and bingo is happening on Fridays in the large meeting room. The movie for April was “Always” while the movie for May will be “North Country.” Participants would like to get yoga classes going again but the current covid guidelines make that challenging. September would also like to get the Fellowship Dinner back as soon as restrictions become more relaxed. C. New PRCE Director- Lynn Neumann, who joined the PRCE staff in mid-March as its new director, was introduced to the board and answered some questions regarding senior programming. D. Other Items- Mike brought up the idea of having an American flag at the Center either indoors or outdoors. The board agreed that this should be investigated. VI. Adjournment: Connie made a motion to adjourn at 10:57 am with a second from Dave. The motion passed. The next scheduled meeting of the Senior Advisory Board th will be Monday, May 24 at 10:00 a.m. John McRaith, Secretary