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Local and Regional Meeting Summary 6-28-17

STRATEGIC ACTION PLANNING GROUP ON AGING
LOCAL AND REGIONAL IMPLICATIONS AND PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE
June 28, 2017

 

Participants: Steve Childs (Co-Chair), Dave Norman (Co-Chair), Clair Anderson, Wade Buchanan, Dale Elliot, Jean Nofles, Donna Rohde, Jayla Sanchez-Warren, Elizabeth Garner, Lisa Carlson (facilitator)

Desired Outcomes:

  • Get an update on subcommittee recruitment progress
  • Present and clarify the AARP‚Äôs Livable Communities Initiative
  • Develop and agree on next steps including next meeting and agenda items

Agenda:

Welcome, introductions, agenda review 9:00

AARP’s Livable Communities Initiative 9:10

--Roberto Rey, AARP Colorado

Recruitment Assignment Progress 9:45

--See meeting summary from May

Next Steps and Subcommittee Work Plan 10:15

--Next meetings few meeting agenda topics/actions

--Google docs

Identify relevant upcoming events 10:45

-Western Slope Legislation Roundup, August 25, 2017

Grand Junction

-Other new business

Adjourn 11:00

AARP’s Livable Communities Initiative (Roberto Rey, AARP Colorado)

[A power point presentation is available upon request]

  • An age-friendly city is an inclusive and accessible urban environment that promotes active aging.
  • On April of 2012, AARP launched the AARP Age Friendly community Network ‚Äì serving as the US Affiliate for the WHO program
  • AARP has found that the Livable/Age Friendly work provides an umbrella for most of the community-level work AARP has traditionally done. By bringing the work under the umbrella of a strategic plan and with community partners, AARP‚Äôs work is more systematic and impactful.
  • The strategic framework of the network is based on the eight domains. Each of the domains influences the health and quality of life of older individuals.
  • The domains fall into three broad categories: The built environment, the social environment and cross-cutting in nature.
  • The eight domains include: Outdoor spaces and buildings, Transportation, Housing Range, Social participation , Respect and social inclusion , Civic participation and employment, Communication and information, Community support and health services
  • Communities in the Network participate in a process of self-directed planning, implementation, and evaluation of improvements that make sense to that community.
  • There are 4 phases encompassing a 5-years cycle: enrollment, planning , implementation and evaluation. Upon conclusion of the initial 5-year period, the community should have made tangible and meaningful progress against its action plan indicators and be in a position to revise the plan accordingly, then the next cycle begins.
  • The entire process is community based‚Äîthe local community sets it‚Äôs goals, implements them, and evaluates its self.
  • To enroll in the Network, the mayor or community chief executive writes a brief letter requesting membership from AARP and commits to meeting the World Health Organization‚Äôs criteria which are:

--Establish mechanisms for involving older people in all stages of the age-friendly cities and community process (e.g., create an advisory citizens’ committee)

--Conduct a baseline assessment of the age-friendliness of the community (survey or CASOA)

--Develop a three-year community-wide action plan based on assessment findings

--Identify indicators to monitor progress against this plan

  • At the end of the Planning Phase, the community creates its action plan. (AARP has created a committee to review and provide feedback on the Action Plans.)
  • The content of the plan should outline the indicators to be used to measure implementation, the goals and the responsible agency or organization.
  • AARP created a sample survey tailored to the 8 domains which are make available to every community enrolling in the Network ‚Äì it can be customized or communities can use other age-related surveys such as the CASOA as the basis for their baseline assessment.
  • AARP also provides sample action plans to facilitate the community effort. (AARP has learned that communities can get bogged down in trying to figure out how to do things so examples of plans benefit them.)
  • Five communities currently engaged in this process include Denver, Larimer County, Colorado Springs, Boulder County and Pitkin County. Mesa County or the Cities in the County are in the process of coming online.
  • AARP is interested in finding out how to bring this model to rural communities in Colorado and will learn more about this in Pitkin and Larimer Counties.
  • AARP Network provides an opportunity to share best practices with each other
  • Upon development of the action plan, a community begins a three-year period of implementation. At the end of this period the community submits a progress report to AARP outlining its progress against the indicators in the action plan.
  • The AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities is AARP‚Äôs most comprehensive platform for engaging leaders to improve their community‚Äôs quality of life for all residents in 8 Domains of Livability that range from transportation to housing to civic engagement.
  • AARP leads this work through partnerships with the World Health Organization‚Äôs Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities and serves as the institutional affiliate here in the U.S.
  • AARP established the Network in April 2012 and have now grown to over 144 communities representing more than 51 million constituents
  • Some communities opt not to officially join the Network formally but are still doing some work with AARP (Like DRCOG‚Äôs Boomer Bond for livable communities)
  • Website for more information: AARP.org/Livableaarp.org/age friendly (direct link to the AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities Tool Kit)
  • There will be an Early October conference on housing affordability and look forward to working with SAPGA

Comments:

  • SAPGA‚Äôs recommendation #9 for local and regional plans need to look at the fiscal implications. The Livability Plans do address fiscal implications but each community is different. Boomer Bond has been working closely with the State Demographer‚Äôs Office, economists at DRCOG (e.g. The economic value of an older adult living in the community) and got a grant from DOLA to address this in smaller communities. Have at the next meeting?
  • Other planning efforts have been happening in other places--would be interested to identify any areas that do not have any ‚Äúlivability‚Äù plans

Committee Recruitment Progress:

  • Colorado Counties, Inc. (Steve got Gigi (lobbiest for CCI to join subcommittee)
  • Colorado Municipal League ‚Äì (Donna will follow up with them)
  • Club 20 --Dave is setting up meeting and will talk to them
  • Action 22 -- Donna is trading calls with Sarah Blackhurst
  • Chambers of Commerce ‚ÄìJohn will reach out to Statewide Chamber to preferably get an aging business and Wade has contacted the Denver Chamber but has not heard back)
  • Associations for home health care, nursing homes, hospital providers (Markey Butler ‚ÄìSteve has contacted ‚Äìshe is an ally but has not committed)
  • Need cultural overlay ‚Äì the Committee needs to follow up with Latino Community Foundation (Carlos Martinez) for input but they do not have the bandwidth to participate on the committee per Lisa‚Äôs conversation with Tony Tapia (but we need to be aggressive about this)
  • Black Chamber of Commerce ‚Äì Jean Nobles will contact

Next Steps:

  • Elizabeth will have State demographer‚Äôs identify statewide efforts in terms of livability plans (Mid- to end of July to start) and will check with our planning group. Cities such as Centennial are have planning efforts as well.
  • Economic team at DRCOG can present to SAPGA re: the Value of having older adults in the community. (Lisa will get to Sinergie for possible agenda item)
  • Lisa will post final report of State Demographers facilitate it being put on Website
  • Can we find someone to compile all of the information to find out what is available around the State‚Äîa summary of efforts and a list of best practices? Here are the communities that are doing something and here is what they are doing. Then a list of best practices. Interns, contract?

Get someone on this by August to begin the work to inform the subcommittee and the SAPGA

  • AARP has a number of surveys for Colorado and Roberto will get them to Lisa.

Additional Comments:

  • Possible Recommendation: Build and maintain a network of people across the State to share efforts and resources (Boomer Bond has this‚Äîcan it be replicated?)
  • Dave and Steve will be attending August 25th regional meeting
  • There is a Transportation Committee of Club 20 for Innovation Subcommittee (Moffitt county Commissioner Ray Beck‚ÄîLisa will let Technology Committee know)

--Statewide funding issues

--Multi-modal

Next meeting July 26th:

  1. Have Sinergie come to get input on regional meeting
  2. Have survey data available from AARP before the July or August Meeting for possible presentation
  3. Have a Boomer Bond Update, what was implemented and the resource directory and identify areas that can replicate (Have them look at Recommendation #9 to see how we can help) (Jayla will contact)
  4. Steve will be giving an update to Club 20 (Healthcare Committee) and will report back in July to Subcommittee