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North -Andover Council on
Aging
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Councill on s
Monthly Meeting
Activity Room 1
A.M.
Minutes,
Present: nnif r Ab -ez 1Joyce Fiocca, BoldfVice Chair , Dorothy ConsigliolTreasurerf, Quentara Costa,,,
John Graham,JoseMcCarthy, ricia Riley,. Mairia Rosati,,Joseph Sergi {Ch,airl,Tracy Sheaf S cr t r
Lind Lawrence
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Staff:
Irene, " r ,Adele Johnson
Associate Members,-, Larry Smith, David,Vanarsdale
l lliam Callaihan,,Johnney, Lois Dinapoli,Gaill r r yin
Jean Enright, l r
Secretarys
The Minutes from the June I Ith were accepted unanimously by a motion made by Dorothy Consiglio and ascended by
Joyce Fiocca Bold
Treasurer"s
report l reviewed r
Monthly Statistics,,.,
The Statistics were discussed and' reviewed board
Call to order -0 MS
Joe Sergi let the board know that Linda Lawrence is,no longer are active board member and he will be speaking with the
Boardf Selectmen have one of the current Associatehers moved into the position f full Board Mem r.
Joe,Sergi stated that theutilized for our treasury funds will,be changed this ,.
Jean Enrightpresented the grow and update of the new N.A., Senior Center. She made note that there were some
Special i r meeting's regarding speci t r its..She gave an overview and pas,sedlayout of the
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new senior center. She mentioned there would be a mu,Iti-family development with approximately '136 units with
parking underneath. 'There,are still' many permitting requirements,to be f ulfilled and:Jean hopes that they,will break
,ground in spring of 202,0.
e Joe McCarthy mentioned that he has reservations about the new design being senior friendly. Jean had
replied that the architect chosen for this project was,very well known,and praised for work on this type of project. Two
recent,facilities were, built in Walpole and Wellesley and, members of the board are welcome to go visit those,sitles for
material reference.
Ir rien made mention that the new Senior Center may have an MVTRA Route added and that,is currently is
discussion with the, Board of Selectmen.
A long time Board Member and Senior Center,friend, Betty Poiner passed away., Irene r ilence
and Joe Sergi stated that flowers were sent from the, board to her services.
Irene O"Brien mentioned that with FY 2020 the Board of Selectmen have hired a social worker who i's handling
community outreach programs. Irene mentioned thatthey are,working to,see,what changes will impact their day to day
operations of forward with this new added positon.
Irene made note,that the Fresh Table Program i's explocling, the spots fill,up very quickly each week.,
Adele Johnson from the Senor Center joined the meeting to go over the upcoming,events.She also let,us know that at
the reception areathere is al!ways a monthly calendar of activities.,
Joe Sergi mentioned that he will talk with N.A Cam to,see about airing highlights from the recent concert'to use for
advertising and promoting the senior center
o, Dorothy Consiglio added that we should see if they can film anyof the events we,have at the,Senior Center to
use for advertising the great activities re provided.
Joe McCarty used the open mic session to discuss reducingthe,tax.liability of our seniors. He and his guest John Tierney,
mentioned they would like to implement some plans that will give some,resident seniors of N�,orth Andover,a tax relief.
More specifically,John mentioned he,would like to,see N.A. adopt some of the, processes,that the Governor signed into
law'. Many questions arose from the material pre isitor ierney,mentioned that he would like to corne,
back to the board next,month with a written plan for review in hopes,the,Board would support the initiative and help
to the next step with the Board of Selectmen.
A motion to adjourn was, made at 10:04 A.M. by Maria,Rosati and seconded by,Jennifer Abou- i and passed,
unanimously.
Respectfully,Submitted to the Board,,
Tracy A.Shea, Secretary
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