[I. OPENING STATEMENT]
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          THE REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. APRIL 8TH, 2026. IT'S THE INTENTION OF THE BOARD TO CONCLUDE THIS MEETING BY 9:30 P.M. ANY AGENDA ITEM NOT CONSIDERED BY 9:30 P.M. 
          WILL BE TABLED UNTIL THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. ADEQUATE NOTICE OF THE MEETING HAS, AS REQUIRED BY SECTIONS THREE D AND FOUR A OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETING ACT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC AND FILED WITH THE TOWNSHIP CLERK. THE BOARD OF HEALTH IS AN AUTONOMOUS BODY APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR TO MAKE PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY FOR THE TOWNSHIP. WE OPERATE UNDER THE REGULATION OF THE NEW JERSEY STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, NOT THE TOWNSHIP, AND ARE EMPOWERED TO ENACT LOCAL HEALTH ORDINANCES FOR THE PREVENTION OF DISEASE AND TO 
          [II. BOARD MEMBERS]
IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE TOWNSHIP AND ITS RESIDENTS. WE HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. DOCTOR. 
          GRAYSON. GRAYSON. PRESENT. DOCTOR. MCGEARY. CHRISTINE. ZACHARIAH. DOCTOR. SHARMA. HE IS DOCTOR SORAYAR HERE. DOCTOR NEWMAN HERE. MR. DOCTOR PRATT HERE. DOCTOR SERENE HERE. 
          DOCTOR MANDELBAUM. BONNIE PATEL HERE. JENNIFER FOSTER HERE. PATRICIA TAYLOR. TODD HERE. 
          [III. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE BOARD OF HEALTH WELCOMES AND ENCOURAGES INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOTTED. ARE ALLOTTED ONE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING ANY NEW BUSINESS TO THE BOARD FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER. ALL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ARE TO BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD. BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND SUBJECT MATTER. BEING MINDFUL OF PRIVACY RIGHTS REGARDING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EMPLOYEES AND TO AVOID ANY POTENTIAL LIABILITY ON THE PART OF THE SPEAKER. THE BOARD DISCOURAGES REFERENCES TO SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS WHILE DIRECTING YOUR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS TO THE BOARD. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTIONS OF THE MEETING ARE NOT STRUCTURED AS QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSIONS, BUT RATHER ARE OFFERED AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH THE BOARD. THE BOARD PRESIDENT MAY NEED TO REFER AN ISSUE TO THE HEALTH OFFICER REPRESENTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. IF THE PARTICULAR ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN HANDLED THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE CHAIN OF COMMAND WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. 
          BEFORE COMING TO THE BOARD FOR A RESPONSE. RESPONSES MAY BE PROVIDED AT THE END OF THIS SESSION. HAVING SOME MUSIC ACCOMPANIMENT. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION GATHERING BEFORE RESPONSES PROVIDED. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING. RESPECT THE RULES OF ORDER. WE OPEN THE AGENDA TO AND WELCOME PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME. THAT WAS A LOT TO LISTEN TO. GOOD EVENING. MICHELLE PARIS, 325 DUTCHTOWN ROAD, SKILLMAN, NEW JERSEY. RECENTLY ATTENDED THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING, SO SOME OF YOU WHO WERE THERE HAVE ALREADY HEARD. THE CONCERN THAT I BRING TO YOU IS PRIVATE SEPTIC AND THE FEES REGARDING THE SEPTIC. NOT SURE HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE A PRIVATE SEPTIC ON YOUR PROPERTY, AND IF YOU PAY INTO AN EVERY THREE YEAR FEE, THE THREE YEAR FEE, I'VE BEEN TOLD, IS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. I PERSONALLY DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS FEE. I HAVE BEEN I'VE LIVED IN MONTGOMERY MY ENTIRE LIFE. I'VE BEEN PAYING THIS FEE WHEN MY SEPTIC GOT A REPAIR. IT WAS ORIGINALLY A STATE RUN PROGRAM. THE STATE DID AWAY WITH THE PROGRAM MANY YEARS AGO, AND THEY TURNED IT INTO A MUNICIPALITY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO. SO SOME MUNICIPALITIES IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY ADOPTED IT AND RAN WITH IT. SOME DID NOT. WE DID. 
          I DON'T AGREE WITH THIS FEE SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN WHO HAVE A PRIVATE SEPTIC, WHO HAVE NEVER HAD AN ISSUE, WHO ARE NOT PAYING ANYTHING FOR THIS. THEY ARE FLYING UNDER THE RADAR. I DON'T AGREE WITH THE FEE WHERE PEOPLE ARE PAYING. SOME PEOPLE ARE AND SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT. I'VE BEEN TOLD ADMINISTRATIVE FEE. SO IF WE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE OF $60 EVERY THREE YEARS, AND I'VE BEEN SAID, I'VE BEEN TOLD IN THE PAST YEARS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT MY FIRST TIME HERE. I WAS HERE LAST TIME I WAS HERE WITH SEPTEMBER 2024. I WAS THANKED FOR BRINGING ALL THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION. I WAS TOLD NOT TO PAY THE FEE UNTIL IT WAS FURTHER DISCUSSED INTERNALLY. THAT NEVER HAPPENED. I RECEIVED ANOTHER BILL OF $60 THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, AND I'M STILL TECHNICALLY UNDER THE 2020 FOR MY NEXT BILL SHOULD TECHNICALLY BE 2027. WHEN I HAVE TO PUMP MY TANK. PROVIDE PROOF TO THE TOWNSHIP THAT I PUMPED MY TANK, WHICH I'M HAPPY TO DO. THEN I GET ANOTHER BILL FOR $120 THIS YEAR. I'M ASSUMING IT'S A IT'S AN ERROR. I'M ASSUMING THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED. BUT IF YOU 
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THINK ABOUT IT, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN THIS PROGRAM, WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE PUMPING SEPTICS. THEY SHOULD BE AND THEY SHOULD BE DOING IT MORE SO FOR THEM THAN FOR YOU. IT BENEFITS THEM. BUT THE DILIGENT PEOPLE WHO ARE PUMPING THE SEPTIC BECAUSE IT MAKES SENSE AND IT'S SMART AND IT HELPS EXTEND THE LIFE OF A SEPTIC. WE'RE PAYING A FEE. THEY'RE NOT. 
          I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S LEGAL WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE. HOW ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU CHARGING SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE A PRIVATE SEPTIC AND NOT CHARGING OTHERS? THAT'S A CONCERN FOR ME. AND IF YOU BREAK DOWN THAT ADMINISTRATIVE FEE WHERE I'VE BEEN TOLD, MICHELLE, IT'S $20 A YEAR FOR THREE YEARS. IT'S NOT. YOU SEND ME ONE LETTER AND YOU ASK ME TO PROVIDE PROOF ONE TIME EVERY THREE YEARS. SO IF WE'RE REALLY SPLITTING HAIRS AND BREAKING DOWN THAT FEE, IT'S REALLY 20 BUCKS. WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THE OTHER $40 FOR THE OTHER TWO YEARS? YOU'RE NOT COMMUNICATING WITH ME. NO ONE COMES OUT TO MY PROPERTY, NOR DO I WANT ANYONE TO COME OUT TO MY PROPERTY. THAT'S MY YARD. RESPECTFULLY, IT'S MY LITTLE SAFE HAVEN. I HAVE DOGS. 
          I DON'T WANT ANYONE WALKING AROUND MY YARD, NOR WOULD THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE EVEN LOOKING AT. IF SOMEONE IS GETTING THEIR SEPTIC PUMPED AND THEY'RE PROVIDING YOU PROOF, THAT SHOULD BE THE END OF THE STORY. NOW, IF YOU WANT TO CHARGE A FEE FOR FOLKS WHO ARE NOT PROVIDING YOU PROOF AND CONTAMINATING POTENTIAL WATER WAYS OR UNDERGROUND OR AFFECTING THEIR NEIGHBOR'S YARD, WHICH CAN HAPPEN. OR A WELL, DEPENDING ON WHERE THEIR SEPTIC IS. BECAUSE WE HAVE SEPTICS IN THIS TOWN THAT I DON'T EVEN CONSIDER HEALTHY ANYMORE. 
          THEY'RE JUST LIKE CESSPOOLS AND WE STILL HAVE THEM. SO IF YOU WANT TO CHARGE PEOPLE, CHARGE THE ONES WHO AREN'T DOING ANYTHING, BUT DON'T CHARGE THE ONES WHO ARE GIVING YOU WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR PROOF. I'M GIVING YOU PROOF. I DO IT NOT BECAUSE OF YOU. SO YOU REALLY NEED TO REALLY TAKE A LONG LOOK AT THIS FEE. AND RESPECTFULLY, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE A BULLY. 
          I'M NOT TRYING TO BE MEAN. I'M NOT PAYING THE FEE UNTIL I GET AN ANSWER. I WAS TOLD I WAS GOING TO GET AN ANSWER, BUT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ONE. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL ME WHERE MY $60 GO, RIGHT? YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL ME THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE MY $60 GOES. AND IT'S THE PRINCIPLE OF IT. I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND. I HAVE $60. I CAN PAY YOU $60. YOU KNOW WHAT I'D RATHER DO WITH MY $60? I'D RATHER GIVE IT TO SOMEONE IN NEED. I'D RATHER GO BUY GROCERIES FOR A FAMILY AND GIVE IT TO A FOOD SHELTER. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO. I FEEL IT'S A MONEY GRAB. I FEEL YOU HAVE IT WRONG. I FEEL THAT YOU SHOULD BE GOING AFTER THE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T PAYING INTO THIS AND WHO ARE NOT PROVIDING YOU ANY PROOF. SO I'VE SAID MY PIECE. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I NEED RESOLUTION, I NEED ANSWERS, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THIS. I TOLD JENNIFER, I SAID, SEND A WARRANT OUT FOR MY ARREST. I'M NOT PAYING THE TAB. I NEED ANSWERS FIRST. AND I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S A FAIR THING TO ASK. AND IF YOU REALLY LOOK AT IT AND FORGIVE ME IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THIS ONE OTHER THING REALLY QUICK. I'VE HAD PEOPLE SAY, MICHEL, WE PAY INTO PUBLIC SEPTIC. WE HAVE BILLS TOO. YES, YOU DO, BUT ARE YOU EVER GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE YOUR PUBLIC SEPTIC? ARE YOU GOING TO COME HELP ME? ARE YOU PUTTING MY $60 INTO LIKE, A A SLUSH FUND? SO WHEN MY SEPTIC FAILS AND I HAVE TO SPEND 50, 60, 70,000 BECAUSE THAT'S ABOUT THE GOING RATE THESE DAYS. IF I DON'T NEED A MOUND, IF I DON'T NEED ELECTRONICS, THEN WE'RE TALKING UPWARDS OF MORE. SO ARE YOU GOING TO IT'S A TOWNSHIP GOING TO COME BACK AND HELP ME. SO THERE'S MY REBUTTAL TO THAT. 
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YOU'RE PAYING INTO IT, BUT YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE A SEPTIC. IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC SEPTIC, I HAVE A PRIVATE SEPTIC. I MIGHT HAVE TO SPEND AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF MONEY. 
          SO PLEASE FIGURE THIS OUT. I'M BEGGING YOU, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS. IN 2024, I JUST ZIPPED MY WALLET AND SAID, NO, I'M DONE. I'M DONE PAYING UNTIL WE GET THIS FIGURED OUT. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. SANITIZE THAT. I DO HAVE A COLD. I DON'T WANT TO GET ANYONE SICK. SO I'M LEAVING. 
          THANKS, MICHELLE. AND I JUST WANTED TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT THE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT IN THE PROGRAM THAT MICHELLE IS REFERRING TO, THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT THE BOARD OF HEALTH. YEARS AGO, WHEN THERE WAS LIKE A BOOM IN SEPTIC CONSTRUCTION IN TOWN, WHEN THEY HAD IMPLEMENTED THIS ORDINANCE, THEY HAD EXEMPTED THOSE SEPTICS FROM BEING IN THE PROGRAM UNLESS THERE WAS A REALTY TRANSACTION OR AN ALTERATION OR REPAIR. SO THOSE ARE THE THE FOLKS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM. SO IF IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, WORTH THE, MAYBE IT'S WORTH THE CONVERSATION FOR THE BOARD TO JUST REVIEW THAT ORDINANCE AND SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY SEPTICS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THAT WERE GRANDFATHERED IN BECAUSE OF THAT EXEMPTION? AND, YOU KNOW, SEE, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A WAY TO FIND THAT OUT? IS THERE A WAY TO FIND THAT OUT EASILY? SO PART OF THE PROBLEM WAS WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO HAS THOSE SEPTICS. I KNOW ONE PERSON WHO HAS ONE. WE DON'T WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A LIST OF THE GRANDFATHERED. BUT WE, YOU KNOW, THIS COULD BE MADE. YEAH, MAYBE. OKAY. MAYBE. YEAH. OKAY. I THINK WHAT YOU COULD DO IS START BY SEEING WHO'S PAYING INTO PUBLIC. WIPE THEM OUT. 
          YEAH. TAKE THEM OFF THE SPREADSHEET AND THEN WHO'S PAYING INTO IT OR WHO'S GETTING A NOTE FROM YOU. BECAUSE THE NOTE IS SIMPLE. IT JUST SAYS IT'S A SIMPLE FORM. PROVIDE PROOF THAT YOU, YOU, YOU HAVE IT. SO I DO, BUT YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK IT, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE HARD TO, TO FIGURE OUT. BUT EVEN SO, I RESPECTFULLY DON'T AGREE WITH THE FEE. IT'S THAT SIMPLE. YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE'S NOT DOING WHAT YOU ASK, IF SOMEONE'S NOT PUMPING, THAT MIGHT BE GROUNDS TO DO SOMETHING, BUT NOT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. AND LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILIES OUT THERE IN NEED. I'LL GIVE THEM MY $60 ALL DAY LONG, BUT NOT THIS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY, MOVE ON TO THE 
          [IV. CONSENT AGENDA ]
CONSENT AGENDA. ALL MATTERS LISTED HERE UNDER ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE IN NATURE AND WILL BE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION. ANY MEMBER MAY REQUEST AN ITEM BE REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. EXCUSE ME. MONTHLY REPORTS. HEALTH DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY. COMMUNICABLE DISEASE REPORT. FEBRUARY ANIMAL CONTROL REPORTS FOR FEBRUARY MINUTES UPDATES. THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH HELD ON FEBRUARY 11TH, 2026. ROLL CALL PLEASE. OH, WE NEED APPROVAL. I'M SORRY. WE NEED TO APPROVE THAT. APPROVED. 
          SECOND. SECOND. GREAT. I'M SORRY. WHO SAID FIRST? THANK YOU. DID WE JUST APPROVE? AND 
          [V. AGE FRIENDLY PRESENTATION - Emily Schreiner ]
SECOND. AND THAT'S IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT, WE'LL HAVE OUR AGE FRIENDLY PRESENTATION BY EMILY SCHREINER. 
          OH, WE CAN, I CAN. GET IT ON THE MONITOR. THE PRINTING IS VERY SMALL. OH. OH, IT'S THE. I'M SORRY. BUT. ALL THE SMALL ONES. CHRISTINE. YEAH. MAY HAVE. ALL RIGHT. HELLO, 
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EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. QUICKLY TO EMILY. YOU MIGHT JUST HAVE TO SPEAK UP AND YELL. HI. CABLE. 
          RIGHT. IT'S ON. READ THE TITLE AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN HEAR YOU. AGE FRIENDLY. MONTGOMERY, CAN YOU HEAR THAT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. HELLO, EVERYBODY. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, MY NAME IS EMILY SCHREINER. I'M THE PUBLIC HEALTH PLANNER FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SO I PRESENTED BEFORE WITH JUST SORT OF THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF OUR AGE FRIENDLY NEEDS ASSESSMENT. AND SO THESE ARE THE MORE COMPREHENSIVE RESULTS. SO JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON THE PROJECT TO REVIEW. SO WE RECEIVED A $70,000 GRANT FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO WORK TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY MORE AGE FRIENDLY, WITH A FOCUS ON ADULTS AGE 55 AND OVER. THROUGH THIS GRANT, WE CONDUCTED A NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE WHAT RESOURCES CURRENTLY EXIST AND WHAT IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE MADE FOR SENIORS, AND THE OVERALL GOAL IS TO INFORM THE TOWNSHIP AND THE COMMUNITY OF WHAT THE NEEDS OF SENIORS ARE AND DEVELOP A SUSTAINABLE PLATFORM FOR THIS PROJECT GOING FORWARD. SO A LITTLE BIT OF WHY IT MATTERS. SO ADULTS AGE 55 AND OVER CURRENTLY MAKE UP 30% OF THE POPULATION OF MONTGOMERY AND ADULTS AGE 65 AND OVER MAKE UP 14.7%. THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS AGE 65 AND OLDER IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE FROM 58,000,000 IN 20 22 TO 82 MILLION BY 2050, WHICH WOULD BE A RISE FROM 17 TO 23% OF THE POPULATION. SO WE CAN ASSUME THAT A SIMILAR TREND WILL HAPPEN IN MONTGOMERY, MEANING THAT WE'LL HAVE MORE SENIORS THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE NEEDS. SO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO CURRENTLY TO MAKE OURSELVES READY FOR THIS INCREASE. SO FOR OUR DATA COLLECTION FROM JULY TO OCTOBER OF 2025, CONDUCTED 23 KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEWS ABOUT CURRENT AGE FRIENDLY SUPPORTS AND POTENTIAL CHALLENGES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE. THESE WERE MADE WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS, DEPARTMENTS, ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY, THINGS LIKE THAT. NEXT, WE DID A COMMUNITY WIDE SURVEY FROM OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER OF 2025. WE HAD 195 RESPONDENTS TAKE THE SURVEY, 93 OF WHICH WERE IN THE TARGET POPULATION. AND THEN FINALLY WE DID THREE LISTENING SESSIONS, WHICH WERE EACH BROKEN INTO TWO DISCUSSION GROUPS THAT WERE HELD IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY. IN ORDER TO GIVE RESIDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY HAD MENTIONED IN THE SURVEY OR IN THE INTERVIEWS. TOTAL OF 55 RESIDENTS ATTENDED THE LISTENING SESSIONS, AND THEN WE ARE ADDITIONALLY DOING A FACILITIES ASSESSMENT BY AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR. THAT ASSESSMENT IS STILL IN PROGRESS, SO THE FINAL RESULTS OF THAT WILL BE ADDED INTO THE REPORT. AND THIS PRESENTATION IS A SUMMARY OF WHAT'S IN THE REPORT. 
          BUT THE FINAL REPORT WILL BE FINISHED WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH AND SENT OUT TO EVERYBODY AS WELL. SO JUST TO NOTE, SOME OF THE CONTRIBUTING STAKEHOLDERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN ADVISING ON THIS PROJECT IN INTERVIEWS, IN COMING OUT TO, YOU KNOW, LISTENING SESSIONS, GIVING US INFORMATION IN OUR RESEARCH ABOUT WHAT CURRENTLY EXISTS IN MONTGOMERY. ALL RIGHT. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SURVEY RESULTS. OVERALL, MONTGOMERY RESIDENTS IN THIS AGE GROUP TEND TO HAVE LIVED IN MONTGOMERY FOR A LONG TIME. AND THEY LIKE LIVING HERE. PEOPLE WANT TO STAY IN THEIR CURRENT RESIDENCE. THEY WANT TO STAY IN MONTGOMERY. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE ROOTS HERE. IN GENERAL. PEOPLE, AS I SAID, FEEL GOOD ABOUT STAYING HERE. THEY THEY LIKE IT HERE. THEY WANT TO STAY HERE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER, ONLY HALF OF RESPONDENTS STRONGLY AGREED THAT. OR SORRY, ONLY 18% INDICATED THAT THEY STRONGLY AGREE THAT MONTGOMERY IS AN EXCELLENT PLACE TO AGE, WHICH INDICATES THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF IMPROVEMENT TO DO AS FAR AS SUPPORTS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO LIVE HERE. SO THERE WERE MIXED OPINIONS ON THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS FOR OLDER ADULTS IN MONTGOMERY. MOST PEOPLE SORT OF FELL IN THE MIDDLE. AND THEN ABOUT EQUAL AMOUNTS DISAGREEING AND AGREEING THAT THERE WERE GOOD COMMUNITY SUPPORT. SO AGAIN, ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. THE SENIOR CENTER, ABOUT HALF 
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OF THE PEOPLE WHO TOOK THE SURVEY WERE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROGRAMS OFFERED AT THE SENIOR CENTER, BUT ABOUT 80% OF THEM DON'T USE IT AT ALL. SO IT'S NOT THE MAJORITY OF THE SENIORS IN MONTGOMERY WHO ARE USING THE SENIOR CENTER. SOME OF THE REASONS THEY STATED WERE THEY DON'T IDENTIFY AS A SENIOR. THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE OR THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF WHAT PROGRAMS ARE. SCHEDULES ARE AVAILABLE. ANOTHER STATISTIC 70% OF PARTICIPANTS DID NOT KNOW WHO THEY COULD CONTACT IF THEY NEEDED. IF THEY OR SOMEONE THEY KNEW NEEDED ASSISTANCE WITH CAREGIVING, MEAL DELIVERY, HOME REPAIRS, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, HOME SAFETY PROGRAMS, TRANSPORTATION TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, AND SOCIAL RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION ABOUT WHAT IS AVAILABLE. 42% OF RESPONDENTS AGREED THAT THEY HAVE EXCELLENT ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A GROUP THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE. BUT IN GENERAL, PEOPLE SAID THAT THEY HAVE GOOD ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE IN MONTGOMERY. AND AGAIN, ALSO MOST PEOPLE RATED THEIR HEALTH FAIRLY GOOD. 91% SAID THEY HAVE EITHER GOOD OR VERY GOOD HEALTH COMPARED TO OTHER PEOPLE THEIR AGE. TRANSPORTATION WAS A BIG TOPIC ACROSS ALL OF THE DATA COLLECTION SYSTEMS, SO MOST PEOPLE DID NOT AGREE THAT MONTGOMERY HAS EXCELLENT TRANSPORTATION. 30% OF 38% OF PARTICIPANTS DISAGREED, AND ONLY 9% AGREED. SO IT'S DEFINITELY A A WEAKNESS. ACCESS TO INFORMATION ABOUT RESOURCES, PROGRAMS, AND SOCIAL EVENTS. 
          ONLY 36% OF RESPONDENTS AGREED THAT THERE WAS EXCELLENT ACCESS TO INFORMATION FOR OLDER ADULTS, AND LOTS OF PEOPLE NOTED THAT WE COULD HAVE MORE STREAMLINED COMMUNICATION. THESE ARE THE PRIMARY WAYS PEOPLE SAID THEY GET INFORMATION, THE MOST POPULAR BEING THE MONTGOMERY NEWS, FOLLOWED BY THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE AND THE TOWNSHIP BULLETIN. AND FOR HOUSING, 24% OF PARTICIPANTS AGREED THAT MONTGOMERY HAS EXCELLENT HOUSING FOR SENIORS AND 31% DISAGREED. SO AGAIN, I THINK THERE'S SOME ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT HERE. AND THEN A LOT OF PARTICIPANTS NOTED THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WOULD DO IF THEY WERE TO DEVELOP A PHYSICAL DISABILITY. THEY SAID THEY'RE OKAY RIGHT NOW, BUT IF THEY DID, 41% SAID THAT THEIR HOME WOULD NOT BE SUITABLE FOR AGING IN PLACE, AND MANY ALSO SAID THEY WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WOULD DO FOR THINGS LIKE TRANSPORTATION AS WELL IF THEY COULD NO LONGER DRIVE. ALL RIGHT, SO JUST A SUMMARY OF THE QUALITATIVE DATA, THE TOPICS THAT WERE MENTIONED MOST OFTEN HAVE TRANSPORTATION, SOCIALIZATION AND RECREATION, MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE, COMMUNICATION AND TOWNSHIP CAPACITY. SO THESE WERE THE MOST COMMON ACROSS BOTH LISTENING SESSIONS AND INTERVIEWS. SO I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE SPECIFIC DETAILS AS I GO THROUGH THE ANALYSIS OF THE DATA. SO WE USED A SWOT ANALYSIS. SO STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND THREATS TO LOOK AT THE DATA AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE DOING WELL, WHERE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE CAN IMPROVE. 
          AND THEN ALSO SOME OF THE OUTSIDE FORCES THAT AFFECT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN MONTGOMERY. SO SOME OF THE STRENGTHS COLLABORATION AMONG TOWNSHIP DEPARTMENTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS IS TYPICALLY PRETTY STRONG. LOTS OF ORGANIZATIONS AND DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WORK TOGETHER TO GET THINGS DONE. THERE'S AN EMPHASIS ON OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION AND ENJOYING OUTDOOR SPACES. LOTS OF PARTICIPANTS MENTIONED THAT THEY REALLY LIKE THE CULTURE THAT THIS HAS CREATED IN MONTGOMERY, AND THEY LIKE THAT. 
          THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE HERE. PEOPLE ALSO LIKE, AS A RESULT OF THAT, THEY ENJOY SPENDING TIME IN THE IN THE PARKS AND THEY THINK THE PARKS ARE A REALLY NICE FEATURE. 
          COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, EVENTS AND INFORMATION SESSIONS THAT BENEFIT OLDER ADULTS. SO PEOPLE MENTIONED THINGS LIKE THE BULK PICKUP THAT DPW DID. THEY MENTIONED THE HEALTH SCREENINGS, HEARING AND BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. DOES INFORMATION 
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ABOUT TAXES AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY TARGETED AT SENIORS. AGAIN, PEOPLE SAID THAT THERE WAS LOTS OF LOCAL HEALTHCARE OPTIONS. MANY PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT THE VISION FOR INCREASED WALKABILITY. THERE WAS A LOT OF NOTING THAT RIGHT NOW, MAYBE THERE'S LOTS OF PLACES THAT ARE NOT WALKABLE, BUT THE THERE ARE PLANS TO MAKE MORE SIDEWALKS AND MORE WALKABLE SPACES IN MONTGOMERY. THERE'S A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND A DESIRE TO CONTINUE LIVING IN AND CONTRIBUTING TO MONTGOMERY. PEOPLE GENERALLY FEEL, YOU KNOW, PRETTY STRONGLY ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE, AND THEY WANT TO DO GOOD THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO WEAKNESSES, ONE OF THEM IS THE LACK OF FORMAL MECHANISMS FOR COLLABORATION ON MUNICIPAL PLANNING. SO JUST REVIEWING PLANS BY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT MIGHT BE A CONSIDERATION FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN A PLAN FOR NEW BUILDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, ALONG WITH THAT LACK OF AGE FRIENDLY STANDARDS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS, IT WAS NOTED BY MONTGOMERY EMS THAT SOME OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN TOWN ARE VERY FRIENDLY TO, YOU KNOW, COMING IN IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND NAVIGATING HALLWAYS AND DOORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN OTHER ONES ARE ACTUALLY VERY BAD. SO HAVING SOME KIND OF A STANDARD FOR THAT. AND THERE'S AGAIN, PEOPLE NOTED THERE'S TOO MANY DISPARATE AND UNINTUITIVE OPTIONS FOR RECEIVING INFORMATION. PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY SHOULD GO. PEOPLE NOTED THAT THE WEBSITE WAS SOMETIMES CONFUSING. PAGES WERE BURIED VERY DEEP, AND THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET THERE. PEOPLE NOTED THAT THE TOWNSHIP E-BULLETIN HAD LIKE ONE MAIN TOPIC, BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT HAD OTHER INFORMATION IN IT AS WELL. SO THINGS LIKE THAT, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES NOT ADVERTISED WELL ENOUGH. LOTS OF PEOPLE NOTED SINCE THEY'RE MOST PEOPLE DON'T USE THE SENIOR CENTER. SOME OF THE RESOURCES ARE OFFERED SPECIFICALLY AT THE SENIOR CENTER AND NOT VERY MUCH OUTSIDE. SO JUST SORT OF, YOU KNOW, MARKETING THOSE MORE WIDELY, A LACK OF A DEDICATED HUMAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT, THIS IS ALREADY AN ISSUE. BUT AS MORE SENIORS START TO COME INTO MONTGOMERY, IT'S ONLY GOING TO BECOME A LARGER ISSUE WHEN PEOPLE NEED THOSE HUMAN SERVICES AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO SEND THEM. ALONG WITH THIS, MUNICIPAL STAFF AND SERVICES STRETCHED BY GROWING DEMAND. YOU KNOW, THAT GOES ALONG WITH HUMAN SERVICES, BUT ALSO ANY ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED TO RESIDENTS. WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE MORE. WE HAVE MORE HOUSING COMING IN. 
          WE HAVE MORE SENIORS COMING IN, LIMITED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS. THIS WAS BROUGHT UP THE MOST OUT OF ANY OF THE TOPICS. SO AND IT DEFINITELY IMPACTS SENIORS AND THEIR ABILITY TO GET AROUND. SENIOR CENTER IS AT CAPACITY CURRENTLY. SO EVEN IF THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO USE SENIOR CENTER, THERE'S NO SPACE FOR THEM TO USE THE SENIOR CENTER. 
          AND LOTS OF PEOPLE ALSO NOTED THERE WAS TOO FEW RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTIVE OLDER ADULTS. THERE ARE A LOT OF PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE MOBILITY IMPAIRED, PEOPLE WHO ARE OLDER, WHO GO TO THE SENIOR CENTER OR SOMETHING, BUT THERE'S NOT THAT MANY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTIVE. ALL RIGHT. SO SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAY ALLOW US TO IMPROVE ON SOME OF THESE THINGS. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF GRANTS THAT ARE IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW. SO THE PLAN FOR HEALTH GRANT WILL SUPPORT HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS IN MUNICIPAL PLANNING. WE ALSO HAVE GRANTS THAT WILL ARE AIMED TO IMPROVE WALKABILITY AND CONNECTIVITY. SO BUILDING NEW SIDEWALKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, PATHWAYS AROUND HOUSING AND ALONG MAJOR STREETS THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO WALK ON. THERE'S A GRANT TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE SENIOR CENTER. IT WON'T NECESSARILY MAKE IT BIGGER, BUT IT WILL IMPROVE THE FACILITIES SO THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, EASIER TO ACCESS AND BETTER FOR THE PROGRAMS THAT TAKE PLACE THERE. WE ALSO HAVE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS THAT MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION TO PEOPLE. SO IF WE FIND OUT A WAY THAT'S EASY TO, YOU KNOW, CENTRALIZE INFORMATION, IT'LL BE EASIER TO DO THAT. AND HAVING BUY IN FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS AND BOARDS IS ALSO ALWAYS VERY HELPFUL FOR THE ADVOCACY FOR THESE PROGRAMS. SO SOME OF THE THREATS, THESE, NOT ALL OF THEM ARE SPECIFIC ONLY TO MONTGOMERY. SOME OF THEM ARE THREATS THAT ARE HAPPENING STATEWIDE, BUT THEY WILL AFFECT 
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OUR POPULATION HERE IN MONTGOMERY. SO THERE'S INCREASING SOCIAL ISOLATION AND ASSOCIATED HEALTH ISSUES. WE HAD LOTS OF PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY LIVE WITH THEIR ADULT CHILDREN, AND THAT'S THE WAY THAT THEY GET AROUND IS BY, YOU KNOW, THEIR CHILDREN DRIVING THEM. BUT THEN IF THEIR CHILDREN ARE AT WORK AND THEIR GRANDCHILDREN AT SCHOOL, THEY'RE JUST AT HOME ALL DAY BY THEMSELVES. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY WAY TO GET ANYWHERE. RISING HOUSING AND UTILITY COSTS. AGAIN, THESE AREN'T NECESSARILY SPECIFIC TO MONTGOMERY, BUT THEY ARE SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER HAVING AN IMPACT ON SENIORS. ONE THING WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT HERE IS THE HEALTH RISKS THAT ARE DUE TO SENIOR HOUSING BEING BUILT WITHOUT CONNECTION TO COMMUNITY SERVICES. SO MAKING SURE THAT WHEN NEW DEVELOPMENTS ARE BUILT THAT ARE WITH SENIORS IN MIND, THAT WE THINK ABOUT HOW CAN THESE SENIORS GET TO GROCERY STORES, MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY OF NATURAL DISASTERS ARE INCREASING. CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT, BUT IT IS GOING TO IMPACT SENIORS. MANY SENIORS SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT PREPARED TO HANDLE AN EMERGENCY THIS WINTER. MANY SENIORS WERE COMPLETELY SNOWED IN. THEY COULDN'T SHOVEL THEIR DRIVEWAYS. SO, YOU KNOW, HAVING ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS FOR THAT, RESTRICTED OPTIONS FOR CHANGE IN COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE. WE DO HAVE A FAIR NUMBER OF COUNTY ROADS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN'T NECESSARILY CHANGE, BUT WE CAN ADVOCATE TO THE COUNTY AND WE CAN DO SOME OTHER THINGS TO TRY AND GET THOSE CHANGED. THE INCREASING PERCENTAGE OF SENIORS WITHOUT A PROPORTIONAL INCREASE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THERE'S AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS IN THE ENTIRE STATE, ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS. SO NO MATTER WHAT'S HAPPENING SPECIFICALLY HERE IN MONTGOMERY, AS PEOPLE HERE GET OLDER AND MAY NEED THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THEM IF THERE'S A SHORTAGE. WE ALSO HAVE AN INCREASING RELIANCE ON TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IF SENIORS AREN'T COMFORTABLE USING THAT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO COPE WITH HAVING THAT BE THE ONLY OPTION. AND THEN FINALLY, JUST THE PATCHWORK PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NETWORK. SO MONTGOMERY IS BASICALLY NOT COVERED BY ANY OF THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS, BY ANY OF THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES. ALL RIGHT. SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE CREATED THAT ARE BASED OFF OF ALL OF THIS DATA, SOME OF THEM ARE FAIRLY EASY TO ACCOMPLISH, CAN DO THEM INTERNALLY. SOME OF THEM ARE MUCH BIGGER PROJECTS THAT INVOLVE MULTIPLE PARTNERS AND ARE MORE COMPLEX. SO THE FIRST IS TO ADVANCE POLICIES THAT SUPPORT SENIORS ALONGSIDE PROGRAMS, IN ORDER TO ENSURE LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY AND IMPACT OF THE AGE FRIENDLY MONTGOMERY INITIATIVE. SO JUST ENSURING THAT THERE'S POLICY THAT SUPPORTS IT AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAMS DON'T JUST, YOU KNOW, GO FOR A YEAR AND THEN STOP, CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING MUNICIPAL FACILITIES TO IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE AGE FRIENDLY UPGRADES, ADOPT AND ENFORCE ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS FOR ALL NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND FACILITIES IN MONTGOMERY, AND CREATE AN AGE FRIENDLY DEVELOPMENT CHECKLIST THAT ADDRESSES BOTH INTERIOR DESIGN FEATURES AND CONNECTIONS TO ESSENTIAL EXTERNAL RESOURCES. 
          ESTABLISH A FORMAL, CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL, AND CROSS COMMITTEE REVIEW PROCESS FOR DEVELOPMENTAL PROPOSALS INCORPORATING AGE FRIENDLY AND PUBLIC HEALTH CRITERIA INTO DEPARTMENTAL EVALUATION METRICS. MANY OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ALIGN WITH OUR PLAN FOR HEALTH PROJECT THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON, SO WE CAN START TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE. ENHANCE PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST SAFETY THROUGH INCREASED INVESTMENT IN SIDEWALKS, BIKE LANES, BENCHES ALONG LONGER ROUTES, AND WELL MARKED SIGNAGE SUPPORTED ROAD CROSSINGS. MANY PEOPLE NOTED THAT THEIR. WHILE THEY APPRECIATE THAT THERE ARE SO MANY TRAILS AND PARKS IN MONTGOMERY AND THEY ALL CONNECT TO EACH OTHER WHEN THEY HAVE TO CROSS A ROAD, THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY A CROSSWALK OR A ROAD CROSSING SIGN, AND THEY FEEL UNSAFE DOING SO. EXPAND AND PROMOTE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS AND COVERAGE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNTY AND STATE AGENCIES OR THROUGH TOWNSHIP LED INITIATIVES. PLAN FOR AND DEVELOP AN EXPANDED OR NEW DEDICATED SENIOR CENTER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF MONTGOMERY'S GROWING OLDER ADULT POPULATION. DEVELOP LONG TERM STRATEGIC PLANS FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES, STAFFING, AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT REFLECT DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS AND THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF RESIDENTS ACROSS ALL AGE GROUPS. ESTABLISH A DEDICATED HUMAN SERVICES FUNCTION WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP AND CREATE A SINGLE, CENTRALIZED POINT OF CONTACT FOR SENIOR SERVICES AND SUPPORT. 
          IMPROVE THE USABILITY OF TOWNSHIP DIGITAL SYSTEMS BY CENTRALIZING SENIOR FOCUSED INFORMATION, HIGHLIGHTING KEY RESOURCES, AND CREATING A UNIFIED ONLINE PORTAL FOR 
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PROPERTY RELATED FEES, LICENSES AND SERVICES. INCREASE THE FREQUENCY OF HIGH DEMAND TOWNSHIP PROGRAMS, INCLUDING BULK PICKUP, SHRED EVENTS, MOBILE DMV SERVICES, AND HEALTH SCREENINGS. EXPAND AND DIVERSIFY SENIOR FOCUSED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING BY INCREASING THE FREQUENCY OF SESSIONS ON TOPICS SUCH AS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, HOUSING OPTIONS, AGING IN PLACE, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, AND FRAUD PREVENTION, WHILE ALSO OFFERING PROGRAMS IN ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY LOCATIONS BEYOND THE SENIOR CENTER. SIGNIFICANTLY EXPAND AND DIVERSIFY RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL PROGRAMING FOR MONTGOMERY RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES AND ABILITY LEVELS THROUGH BOTH TOWNSHIP OFFERINGS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH EXTERNAL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE YMCA, INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OLDER ADULT ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY INPUT BY EXPANDING ACCESS TO VOLUNTEER ROLES, INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMS, RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, AND PARTICIPATION IN ADVISORY AND PLANNING COMMITTEES. AND THE LAST THREE PROVIDE INCENTIVES AND STREAMLINE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR HOME MODIFICATIONS THAT SUPPORT AGING IN PLACE. STRENGTHEN OUTREACH TO ISOLATED AND HOMEBOUND SENIORS THROUGH TARGETED ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS WITHIN LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, AND SUPPORT OLDER ADULTS WHO STRUGGLE WITH ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY BY EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAINING AND SUPPORT, WHILE ALSO MAINTAINING NON-DIGITAL SERVICE AND COMMUNICATION OPTIONS FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO ADAPT. SO THOSE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THE NEXT STEPS OF THE PROJECT ARE GOING TO BE TO COME UP WITH AN ACTION PLAN THAT CAN HELP US SORT OF ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. THE FINAL REPORT WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE BREAKDOWN OF WHICH OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS MIGHT BE EASIER OR MORE DIFFICULT TO ADDRESS. WE ALSO WANT TO PROMOTE A LOT OF THESE RESULTS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY AND FURTHER INVOLVE COMMUNITY PARTNERS. AS WE START TO TRY AND MAKE SOME OF THESE CHANGES. AND THEN WE ALSO WANT TO INCORPORATE THIS DATA AND THESE GOALS INTO OTHER TOWNSHIP PROJECTS GOING FORWARD. QUESTIONS. I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT. EMILY. THIS WAS AMAZING. AND IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE LOOKING AT YOUR LAST RECOMMENDATION ABOUT HELPING OLDER ADULTS STRUGGLE WITH ADVANCING TECHNOLOGIES, I WAS LITERALLY ON MY WAY OVER HERE. I HAD TO STOP OFF AT MY PARENTS HOUSE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO COPY. HOPEFULLY THEY'RE NOT WATCHING THIS COPY AND PASTE SOMETHING AND SEND IT IN AN EMAIL TO SOMEONE. THEY LIVE IN TOWN THREE MILES AWAY FROM ME. BUT QUESTION WITH THESE SURVEYS, ARE THERE GOING TO BE ANY MORE OF THESE QUESTIONS ANSWERS WITH THESE SENIORS? I'M JUST CURIOUS. 
          ONE OF THE POSTS YOU HAD WAS LIKE, AS THE SENIOR, AS THE AGING COMMUNITY GROWS IN THE NEXT GROUP OF YEARS, AND THEN HOW MANY PEOPLE WANT TO STAY HERE? HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR SO LONG? AND THEN YOU MENTIONED THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE ELDERS. HOW MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO STAY HERE ARE THEY LOOKING TO STAY IN THEIR OWN HOUSES, OR ARE THEY WILLING TO GIVE UP THEIR PERSONAL HOUSE TO MOVE TO AN AFFORDABLE, MORE AGE FRIENDLY HOME? SO I'M CURIOUS IF LIKE THAT THERE'S A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THAT. MOST PEOPLE THAT WE TALK TO WANT TO STAY IN THEIR OWN HOUSES. THEY WANT SUPPORT IN MAKING THOSE HOUSES MORE AGE FRIENDLY. YEAH. MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING INTO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ARE NOT NECESSARILY FROM MONTGOMERY BECAUSE IT'S A STATEWIDE LOTTERY. SO THOSE PEOPLE LIKE WHEN THIS NEW COMMUNITY STARTS UP IN AUGUST, WE'LL DEFINITELY DO OUTREACH THERE BECAUSE THEY'LL BE ENTIRELY NEW TO MONTGOMERY FOR THE MOST PART. 
          OKAY. YEAH. AND VERY, VERY GOOD REALLY PROJECT AND VERY NICELY ORGANIZED. ONE OBSERVATION AND ONE SORT OF COMMENT OR QUESTION OBSERVATION IS WHEN WE ARE SAYING THAT ELDERLY POPULATION IS INCREASING. IF YOU LOOK AT THE YOUR CHART, NATIONAL AND STATE, AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH IN THE SAME RANGE, RIGHT, 30% APPROXIMATELY, IT'S NOT EXTRAORDINARILY OLDER POPULATION IN MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, RIGHT? MONTGOMERY IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS IT'S NOT MORE OR LESS THAN LIKE THE STATE OR THE. YEAH. SO, SO I'M WONDERING THIS, THIS IS IT A RECENT THIS 30% IS A RECENT INCREASE OR IT HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT IN THE SAME RANGE FOR A WHILE. SO IF IT WERE TO BE IN THE SAME RANGE, THEN THAT OLDER POPULATION HAS BEEN THERE. WHAT THEY ARE EXPERIENCING NOW OR WHAT THEY ARE PROVIDING, THE FEEDBACK FOR LACK OF ANYTHING, WHETHER IT'S SIDEWALK OR ROADS OR, OR SENIOR CENTER AND ALL THAT THAT IS. I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT THE CHANGES. HAS THERE BEEN ANY CHANGES? HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH SAME FOR FOR 
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YEARS, RIGHT? WELL, THE NUMBER THE PERCENTAGE OF SENIORS HAS BEEN INCREASING AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE. THERE'S WITH THE THE BABY BOOMER GENERATION GETTING OLDER AND MORE AND MORE AND MORE OF THEM, LIKE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS LIKE AGING INTO THIS 65 PLUS GROUP, LIKE ALL THE TIME, EVERY DAY. THEN IT'S JUST, IT'S GOING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER THAT WE HAVE. AND WE'RE ALSO, SINCE WE'RE BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ADDITIONAL, WE'RE BRINGING IN MORE SENIORS SPECIFICALLY TO MONTGOMERY ALSO, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, LIKE A NATURAL GROWTH OF THE POPULATION, BUT WE ARE EXPECTING THE NUMBER TO INCREASE THE PEOPLE WHO FALL INTO THAT AGE GROUP, EVEN IF THEY ALREADY LIVE HERE, FOR THEM TO JUST LIKE AGE UP INTO THAT AGE GROUP. THE THE SORT OF COMMENT OR QUESTION IS. THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, WHO IS GOING TO IMPLEMENT THE TCS AUTHORIZED TO LIKE LOOK INTO THAT OR WHATEVER NEED TO BE IMPLEMENTED OR NOT IMPLEMENTED? WHO IS GOING? WHO IS THE BODY FOR THIS ONE WHERE, WHERE IT IS GOING FROM HERE? SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE. SO IN THE REPORT, WE'LL BREAK IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE. SOME OF THEM CAN BE ADDRESSED BY THE TOWNSHIP, BY TOWNSHIP DEPARTMENTS. SOME OF THEM CAN'T BE. SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE LIKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMUNITY TO DO THINGS. LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME PEOPLE SAID, OH, THEIR COMMUNITY HAS LIKE A WHATSAPP GROUP WHERE THEY CONTACT ALL THE SENIORS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY OR SOMETHING AND THEY HELP THEM WITH THINGS OR THEY HELP MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE OKAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT THEY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, INCREASE SENIOR VOLUNTEERS WITH LIKE GENERATIONAL PROGRAMING WITH SCHOOLS OR SOMETHING. SO IT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE THE TOWNSHIP. IT MIGHT BE LIKE A COMMUNITY BASED GROUP THAT WILL OFFER TO HELP OTHER SENIORS. IT MIGHT BE MORE PARTNERSHIPS WITH, YOU KNOW, YOUTH AND SENIORS LIKE SO SOME OF IT WILL JUST BE KIND OF A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMUNITY. AND WE KIND OF ENCOURAGE OR PROVIDE LIKE IDEAS OR RESOURCES. AND THEN SOME OF IT ARE THINGS THAT THE TOWNSHIP ITSELF COULD DO. YEAH. ANOTHER POINT IS JUST, JUST, I, I THINK IN THE BEGINNING, I NOTICED THAT THAT PART OF THE ISSUE MIGHT BE COMMUNICATION. THEY HAVE NOT EITHER HAVING ACCESS OR NOT COMMUNICATING, NOT GETTING INFORMATION. AND THAT'S WHY PROBABLY EVEN IF THE FACILITIES OR THINGS ARE EXISTING, THEY ARE NOT, THEY MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THAT. SO PROBABLY THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE ISSUES THERE. YEAH. 
          COMMUNICATION WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT WAS BROUGHT UP. PEOPLE NOT KNOWING WHERE TO GO TO GET INFORMATION. LOTS OF PEOPLE BROUGHT UP, LIKE IF WE COULD BRING BACK MAIL COMMUNICATION BECAUSE LOTS OF SENIORS WOULD PREFER TO READ THINGS THAT COME IN THE MAIL VERSUS TRYING TO FIND IT ONLINE. SO YES, COMMUNICATION WAS A BIG THING THAT PEOPLE NOTED THERE. 
          THEY WANT THINGS TO BE MORE STREAMLINED AND FOR THEY WILL FIND IT IN ONE PLACE. THIS LAST POINT. YES. OKAY. SORRY. ANY ROLE OF COUNTY AND STATE AND WHETHER IT'S FUNDING OR GRANTS OR ANYTHING IN WHAT IN RECOMMENDATIONS, IF THEY NEED IF THEY IF WE IMPLEMENT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS OR WHOSOEVER IMPLEMENTS THOSE, ANY, ANY SORTS OF ANY INVOLVEMENT AT THE COUNTY LEVEL OR STATE LEVEL. NOT AT THE MOMENT. I MEAN, WE STILL FOR THE TRANSPORTATION, FOR EXAMPLE, THE COUNTY NEEDS DATA. SO WE ARE WORKING ON THE TRANSPORTATION SURVEY SEPARATELY BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY THAT THE COUNTY WOULD ADD AN ADDITIONAL BUS ROUTE OR ANYTHING WOULD IF WE PROVIDE THEM THE DATA THAT SAYS, THESE ARE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE WANT TO RIDE THE BUS. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT'LL TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME AND EFFORT, BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO INVOLVE THOSE OUTSIDE PARTNERS, AND WE DO NEED ADDITIONAL DATA TO SUPPORT THAT. BUT YEAH, I THINK COUNTY AND STATE ARE GOING TO REQUIRE PRETTY SPECIFIC DATA. AND LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO MIGHT WANT TO USE THOSE RESOURCES TO INCREASE THEM. THE COUNTY ALSO CURRENTLY PROVIDES OUR HUMAN SERVICES AND SENIOR SERVICES. 
          SO SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A DEDICATED HUMAN SERVICES FUNCTION, WE TELL PEOPLE, OKAY, YOU CAN CALL THE COUNTY, THEY CAN HELP PEOPLE. THEY PRETTY MUCH ONLY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HELP THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THE VERY LOWEST SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL, AND THEY CAN'T REALLY DO MUCH MORE THAN THAT. AND LOTS OF PEOPLE SAID THAT THERE WAS ISSUES WITH GETTING ACCESS TO THINGS, LIKE THEY HAD TO CALL A WHOLE BUNCH OF TIMES, OR THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO GET WHAT THEY NEEDED OR, YOU KNOW, BUSSES TOOK A REALLY LONG TIME OR, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THE SUPPORTS THAT DO EXIST AT THE COUNTY ARE NOT MEETING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. YOU'RE SAYING THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BY THE WAY, IS ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH THE TOWNSHIP IN GENERAL IS THAT IT'S VERY LARGE GEOGRAPHICALLY. SO PEOPLE ARE DISPERSED THROUGHOUT. SO TRYING TO GET THE SERVICES CENTRALIZED TO A CERTAIN LOCATION WHERE THINGS 
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BECOME CONVENIENT IS VERY CHALLENGING. LIKE YOU CAN'T JUST SET UP ANOTHER BUS ROUTE NECESSARILY AND HAVE THAT BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT NEED TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM. IF YOU CAN'T DRIVE IN MONTGOMERY, YOU REALLY CAN'T GET ANYWHERE. AND THAT SPEAKS TO WHAT THE MASTER PLAN MAY OR MAY NOT BE FOR MONTGOMERY'S GROWTH GOING FORWARD. RIGHT? YOU NEED TO HAVE A WAY OF ACCOMMODATING THE AGING POPULATION IN POCKETS THAT ALLOW THEM TO BE AUTONOMOUS. 
          AND THAT DOESN'T EXIST REALLY, ASIDE FROM THE PRE EXISTING SENIOR LIVING CENTERS. RIGHT? BUT BEYOND THAT, THERE'S NO WAY THAT THESE SENIORS, AS THEY GROW IN THEIR HOUSES, ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED ON A ROUTINE BASIS, THE WAY IT'S SET UP RIGHT NOW. SO THE MASTER PLAN NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. GOING ALONG WITH THAT IS THE FACT THAT MOST RESIDENTS OF MONTGOMERY DON'T WANT THE BUCOLIC NATURE OF THE TOWNSHIP TO BE RUINED BY ADDITIONAL GROWTH. YEAH. AND ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS THAT ARE PUT IN THAT ARE GOING TO ACT AS AFFORDABLE LIVING SITUATION FOR FOR PEOPLE, SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES, AND THEN PROVIDE AREAS OF WALKABILITY, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE KIND OF ELEMENT THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE. I MEAN, YOU SEE THIS PLAY OUT CONSTANTLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE NEWSPAPER. SO THAT'S A CHALLENGE BECAUSE THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE THIS. THIS IS A LONG TERM PROJECT THAT NEEDS TO BE FOCUSED ON AT THE MASTER PLAN LEVEL AND WHAT THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE TOWN IS GOING FORWARD. AND WITHOUT THAT BUY IN AT THAT LEVEL, IT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THIS SITUATION. FINALLY, POINTS EIGHT AND 14 I THINK ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OR SEVEN AND. 14 YOU NEED THE PLAN FOR A NEW SENIOR CENTER, I THINK IS IMPERATIVE BECAUSE THE AUTO KAUFFMAN CENTER IS NOT WALKABLE TO ANYBODY EXCEPT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. RIGHT, RIGHT. AND THEY'RE NOT REALLY USING IT. IT'S ALL THE WAY OUT IN ONE CORNER OF THE TOWN. RIGHT. SO THEN YOU ALSO HAD THE WHAT I HEARD AT SOME POINT WAS THAT THE YMCA WANTED THERE WAS AN OFFER TO, TO TAKE OVER THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING SITE AND BUILD A GIGANTIC YMCA THERE. RIGHT. THAT THE, THAT THE TOWNSHIP WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE. BUT FOR SOME REASON THAT'S IN SOME SORT OF LIMBO RIGHT NOW, OR IT WAS NIXED AT THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE LEVEL BECAUSE OF SOME POLITICAL ISSUE THAT I'M NOT TOTALLY AWARE OF. 
          BUT THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED INTO A LARGE BUILDING WHERE YOU COULD CENTRALIZE A SENIOR CENTER, BECAUSE THAT'S RIGHT ON ROUTE 206, BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY DON'T USE IT. RIGHT? THE UTILIZATION ON THAT PIE GRAPH WAS VERY, VERY, VERY SMALL. BUT YET ONE OF YOUR POINTS, YOU SAY THAT IT'S AT CAPACITY. SO MORE SENIORS, EVEN IF THEY WANTED TO USE IT, CAN'T USE IT. SO THAT MEANS THAT THAT BUILDING IS NO LONGER RELEVANT IN MONTGOMERY. 
          IT NEEDS TO BE SHUT DOWN OR REPURPOSED FOR SOMETHING ELSE. THEY NEED TO BUILD SOMETHING ELSE. IF IF THE REAL GOAL HERE IS TO ACCOMMODATE A GROWING SENIOR POPULATION WHERE THE SENIORS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE A BIGGER BUILDING. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THOSE THINGS COME TO PASS, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S ABOVE THE PAY GRADE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES. IT'S MORE OF A A TOWNSHIP COUNCIL ISSUE AND MASTER PLANNING ISSUE. YEAH. 
          AND YEAH, SOME OF IT IS. YEAH. WELL ABOVE AND EVEN THE, YOU KNOW, TOWNSHIP COUNCIL, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE STATE OR ADDITIONAL OTHER THINGS TOO. BUT I THINK MOST OF IT IS LIKE JUST KNOWING THAT THESE PROBLEMS EXIST AND ADVOCATING FOR THEM. YEAH. AND THEN SOME OF IT, LIKE WE HAVE THIS PLAN FOR HEALTH GRANT THAT IS ABOUT CHANGING THE MASTER PLAN AND LIKE ADDING IN PUBLIC HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS. SO JUST LIKE HAVING SUPPORT TO, YOU KNOW, KNOW WHAT WE WANT TO PUT IN THERE CAN HELP WITH THAT IN THE FUTURE. LIKE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO CHANGE IT OVERNIGHT. BUT YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING IS TOO, LIKE YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT MORE SERVICES PROVIDED TO THEM. YEAH. 
          AND WHAT DO SERVICES, WHAT DO YOU NEED TO HAVE MORE SERVICES. NEED TO HAVE MORE MONEY. RIGHT, RIGHT. AND WHAT DO PEOPLE NOT WANT TO DO? RIGHT. THEY DO NOT WANT TO PAY MORE TAXES. SO THESE ARE THIS IS A PROBLEM. AND SO IT'S NOT GOING TO GET FIXED. ULTIMATELY I'M GUESSING BECAUSE THOSE TWO THINGS ARE DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED. PEOPLE WANT MORE BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY MORE. YEAH. SO WE'RE WE'RE KIND OF STUCK IN THE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL, WHICH HAS THE CONTROLS, THE PURSE STRINGS OF, YOU KNOW, EITHER WOULD HAVE TO RAISE TAXES, WHICH THEY'RE NOT 
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GOING TO DO BECAUSE WHEN YOU RAISE TAXES, YOU DON'T GET REELECTED. AND YOU KIND OF JUST GO AND SPIN, SPIN YOUR WHEELS HERE. YEAH. SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MORE ABOUT STARTING THE CONVERSATION AND KNOWING THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED. BUT YES, RECOGNIZING THAT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES, THERE'S FUNDING CHALLENGES. THERE'S, YOU KNOW, ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE STANDING IN THE WAY OF SOME OF THESE, BUT THERE'S SOME SMALLER ACTIONS THAT WE COULD TAKE TO LIKE, START WORKING TOWARDS THAT AND BUILD UP MORE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR LIKE BEING AGE FRIENDLY IN GENERAL. SO YEAH, COMMENT AND A QUESTION COMMENT. YOUR REFERENCE ABOUT THE EMS, SOME OF THE NEW BUILDINGS NOT BEING EMS FRIENDLY. I THINK I CAN DEFINITELY SPEAK FOR A TEST FOR THERE ARE SOME OF THESE, THESE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE NOT FRIENDLY, LIKE FOR GETTING STRETCHERS INTO TIGHT SPACES. 
          SO I DO LIKE WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING FOR HAVING LIKE CONSIDERATIONS WITH THAT IN MIND OF CAN WE GET A STRETCHER IN, MANEUVER IT AROUND THE CORNERS OF THESE, THESE HALLWAYS TO, TO EASILY GET TO THE PATIENTS? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S BEEN ONE OF MY HEADACHES WHEN CERTAIN ADDRESSES COME UP AND I KNOW I'M LIKE, OH, THAT ONE'S GOING TO BE A TIGHT ONE QUESTION FOR YOU THEN. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ALREADY HAVE THE $70,000 GRANT. YEAH. SO THIS THIS GRANT WAS TO CONDUCT THIS NEEDS ASSESSMENT. OKAY. AND THEN WE ARE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL GRANTS AND FUNDING. LIKE WE HAVE SOME STUFF THAT'S GOING TO BE AIMED AT IMPROVING THE MASTER PLAN. WE'VE APPLIED FOR OTHER ONES THAT WILL TAKE SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN ACT ON THEM. IS THE GOAL. OKAY, SO IF YOU HAD TO PICK 1 OR 2 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU'VE LISTED OUT HERE AS LIKE, WE ONLY HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING TO GET STARTED, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ARE THE, YOU KNOW, TWO THAT YOU WOULD SAY WE REALLY SHOULD HIT THIS FIRST TO GET THE BIGGEST IMPACT? I MEAN, I THINK STARTING WITH THE COMMUNICATION IS GOING TO BE GOOD TOO. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO START WITH BECAUSE WE DO HAVE COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT DO EXIST THAT ARE UNDERUTILIZED RIGHT NOW. LIKE THERE ARE SOME. SO WE CAN INCREASE THE COMMUNICATION ABOUT WHAT DOES EXIST AND IMPROVE THE THAT UTILIZATION. AND THEN ALSO LEARN MORE ABOUT LIKE WHAT PEOPLE WANT BY DOING THAT. AND THEN WORK ON CENTRALIZING INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR US TO START WITH. AND THEN ALSO STARTING, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT OUTREACH TO SENIOR COMMUNITIES IN MONTGOMERY, THERE'S SOME THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY DONE MUCH OUTREACH TO, BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE'S POCKETS OF HIGH NEED SENIORS. 
          SO I WOULD SAY STARTING WITH THOSE. AND THEN ALSO, SINCE WE DO HAVE THIS PLAN FOR HEALTH GRANT, WE CAN START WITH SOME OF THE ONES LIKE COMING UP WITH A CHECKLIST FOR SOME OF THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE COMING IN, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT THAT ARE SORT OF IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW. SO I WOULD SAY THOSE ARE THE PLACES TO START. YEAH. GREAT JOB. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE THE GOALS THAT MIGHT BE SORT OF IMMEDIATELY OR SORT OF IMMEDIATELY ACHIEVABLE, LIKE MAYBE COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OR THE TECHNOLOGY THING YOU'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT. DO YOU HAVE SUFFICIENT STAFF TO DO THESE THINGS? DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH WE WANT TO DO, I THINK, AND LIKE HOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE ONE BIG PUSH AND THEN IT'S DONE. 
          LIKE MAYBE WE CAN KIND OF GET IT DONE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. YEAH. BUT AGAIN, WE'RE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE CAN JUST DROP EVERYTHING AND DO THIS. IT'LL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR US TO GET THIS DONE WITH ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. YEAH. SO THAT'S WHY SORT OF MY CONCERN IS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SEEMS TO KEEP SHRINKING. AND THE JOBS YOU'RE EXPECTED TO DO KEEP EXPANDING. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE SOLUTION TO THAT IS MAYBE IT IS A HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, BUT SEEMS LIKE YOU GUYS GET A LOT PILED ON YOU. THAT RIGHT IS ALSO ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE YOU'RE EXPECTED TO DO. SO YEAH, YEAH. YES. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THREATS THAT WAS NOTED BY LOTS OF PEOPLE WAS THAT THE CAPACITY OF NOT JUST THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BUT MANY OTHER TOWNSHIP DEPARTMENTS TO MEET THE GROWING NEEDS, RIGHT, IS AN ISSUE. YEAH. YEAH, SURE. I HAD A QUESTION, NOT A QUESTION. A COMMENT ON YOUR RECOMMENDATION. 16 HERE. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN IMPERATIVE NEED TO INCENTIVIZE PRIVATE INDUSTRY TO CONTRIBUTE. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SAY SOMETHING SIMPLE AS MAKING SAFETY BARS FOR THESE SENIORS, YOU KNOW, 65 AND ABOVE, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN THE TOWNSHIP INCENTIVIZE PRIVATE EFFORTS INTO THE TOWNSHIP? YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I KNOW FOLKS WHO OWN CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES AND, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY WILLING TO GO OUT TO THESE, SO TO SPEAK, YOU KNOW, BRACKET OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SORELY IN NEED OF WHETHER IT'S A 
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WHEELCHAIR OR A WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE BATHROOM OR A ANTI-SLIP BAR, YOU KNOW, IN THE BATHROOMS AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, SAFETY AIDS, YOU KNOW, THIS COMES TO MIND BECAUSE BEING A PHYSICIAN, YOU KNOW, CAN WE DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, RIGHT AT THE, YOU KNOW, AT THE, AT THE BASICS OVER HERE? AND HOW DO WE INCENTIVIZE PRIVATE INDUSTRY TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THESE TOWNSHIP EFFORTS? ARE THERE PRECEDENTS IN OTHER TOWNSHIPS? YEAH. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE ONES LIKE THE DATA REALLY STRONGLY SHOWED THIS. PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT, ESPECIALLY IN THE LISTENING SESSIONS THAT THEY'RE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF I DEVELOPED A PHYSICAL DISABILITY, LIKE HOW I WOULD BE ABLE TO MODIFY MY HOUSE. LIKE, WHO DO I EVEN CALL FOR THAT? LIKE, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE BROUGHT UP. SO THIS IS IN HERE. SOME OF THESE WILL REQUIRE SOME ADDITIONAL LIKE RESEARCH TO SEE LIKE, WHAT CAN WE DO THIS? THE RECOMMENDATIONS RIGHT NOW ARE JUST BASED OFF OF WHAT PEOPLE WERE SAYING. SO SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO REQUIRE US TO LOOK INTO THEM AND SEE LIKE, ESPECIALLY THAT ONE, LIKE, ARE THERE NONPROFITS THAT WILL DO THAT FOR LOW INCOME PEOPLE? ARE THERE PRIVATE INDUSTRY PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE WILLING TO PARTNER? LIKE WE NEED TO DO SOME MORE INVESTIGATION THERE. THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SPOKE TO, THE IN THE LISTENING SESSION, THEY WERE NOT ALL LOW INCOME PEOPLE, THOUGH, I'M ASSUMING. RIGHT? LIKE, NO, IT WAS A MIXTURE OF, OF PEOPLE. YEAH, YEAH. BECAUSE I GET THE IMPRESSION THAT PEOPLE WHO WANT INCENTIVES FOR STREAMLINING THE PROCESS TO UPGRADE THEIR HOME ARE JUST LOOKING FOR SOME CASH BACK SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE THEIR DOORS 36IN WIDE TO ACCOMMODATE A WHEELCHAIR OR GET A LIFT, PUT UP THEIR STAIRS SO THEY CAN GET UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS SAFELY, OR GET A RAMP BUILT FOR THEM FOR FREE TO GET OUT OF THEIR HOUSE. I THAT THAT'SI'M READINGT READING IT AS WE NEED SOME EXTRA LIKE PULL BARS TO GET IN AND OUT BECAUSE I, I THINK THAT MOST PEOPLE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE A HANDYMAN OR A. CHILD THAT COULD OF, OF, IN THE 20 YEAR OLD RANGE THAT COULD PUT UP A, PUT UP A BAR TO HELP THEM PULL THEMSELVES UP. LIKE I, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING AT HERE. I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S MUCH MORE OF A ROBUST ASK AMONGST PEOPLE WHO ARE, WHO ARE ASKING FOR IT. YEAH, THERE WAS SORT OF A MIXTURE OF THINGS LIKE SOME PEOPLE WANTING DIDN'T REALLY KNOW, LIKE WHO, LIKE, WHO DOES THAT KIND OF WORK? IS IT A HANDYMAN? IS IT A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY? LIKE THAT WAS SOME OF THE CONFUSION IS LIKE NOT KNOWING. AND THEN PEOPLE ALSO NOTED THAT LIKE PERMITTING PROCESSES WERE DIFFICULT WITH THE TOWNSHIP, LIKE GETTING THE LIKE RIGHTS TO ACTUALLY MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THEIR HOUSE WERE LIKE SO MUCH THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT AT ALL. SO IT WAS A MIXTURE OF DIFFERENT ISSUES RELATED TO THE SAME TOPIC. YEAH. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THIS. IT'S VERY INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE AND CHALLENGING. YEAH. SO THEN AS ALWAYS, GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. I THINK IT'S WORTHY OF POSTING ON THE THE, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE. YES. 
          WE'LL POST THIS AND WE'LL POST THE, THE FINAL REPORT. IT'S NOT QUITE DONE YET, BUT YEAH, WE'LL DEFINITELY SHARE THAT OUT WIDELY. YEAH. WE'LL PUT THE ACTUAL SLIDESHOW UP THERE TOO. 
          RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH. I THINK PEOPLE CAN DIGEST THIS BETTER THAN REPORT BY FAR. YEAH, YEAH. 
          [VII. HEALTH OFFICERS COMMENTS]
OKAY. LET'S MOVE ON. ALL RIGHT. HEALTH OFFICER COMMENTS. YEAH. SO OUR OUR NEXT SPEAKER COULD NOT MAKE IT. TONIGHT'S AN HOUR ON HEALTH OFFICER COMMENTS. I JUST WANTED TO JUST PROVIDE AN UPDATE WHEN FROM WHEN THE SUBCOMMITTEE THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SUBCOMMITTEE MET LAST MONTH. YOU KNOW, WE WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE. WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE? AND THE FOCUS WAS REALLY ON, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT CAN HELP IMPROVE REPORTING, YOU KNOW, FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING A LOT OF INFORMATION AND WE'VE BEEN WE'VE HAD CHANGES IN SYSTEMS THAT WE'VE BEEN USING FOR OUR PERMITTING PROCESS. WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS DIGITIZING INSPECTIONS. SO A LOT OF THE CONVERSATIONS WERE AROUND SOME OF THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES UNDER THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, CATEGORY. AND THEN AS WE IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOW WE CAN IMPROVE ON CERTAIN PROCEDURES OR PROGRAMS OR PROCESSES THAT WOULD COME UNDER 
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THE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT UMBRELLA. SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMMITTEE SO THE SUBCOMMITTEE COMPRISES OF CARRIE ANN, WE HAD DOCTOR SORAYAR. DOCTOR. WE HAD CHRISTINE ZAKARIAH AND EMILY. EMILY. YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS IT FOR THE BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMMITTEE REQUESTED WAS FOR US TO ADD A LINE ITEM FOR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, KEY SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES ON TO THE THE BOARD OF HEALTH AGENDA. SO MOVING FORWARD, WE'LL DO THAT. I WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IN THE MEETINGS, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD NEED THE BOARD'S APPROVAL ON, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO HAVE IT HAVE IT BE ON THE AGENDA FOR YOU GUYS TO APPROVE AND VOTE ON. SO WE COLLECT THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE COLLECTING. WE ARE WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE BOARD OF HEALTH WOULD LIKE TO, TO HAVE AS PART OF OUR MONTHLY REPORTS TO YOU OR WHEN YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ARE HAVING OUR BOARD OF HEALTH MEETINGS. SO WE DO HAVE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS DISCUSSED WAS ABOUT HOW MANY LICENSES ARE ISSUED, HOW MUCH MONEY IS BROUGHT INTO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND MAYBE REPORTING ON THAT TWICE A YEAR. SO IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE DO THAT IN JUNE AND DECEMBER. OUR LICENSING AND PERMITTING IS ALREADY DIGITIZED, SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO WORK ON REFINING AND, YOU KNOW, STANDARDIZING THOSE REPORTS SO THAT YOU HAVE YOU HAVE A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE, YOU KNOW, IN THAT MONTH OR TWO MONTHS, DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, HOW OFTEN WE'RE MEETING, THERE IS A NEED FOR US TO CLEAN UP THE DATA THAT'S BEING ENTERED INTO THE SYSTEMS. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE FOR, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR SUMMER INTERNS WHO HOPEFULLY WILL WILL ON BOARD. ONE OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS ACTUALLY SEPTIC ISSUES. I THINK DOCTOR SORAYA HAD BROUGHT THAT UP. MAYBE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING MORE INTO WHAT I KNOW, SIMILAR TO WHAT MICHELLE WAS SAYING EARLIER, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SYSTEMS THAT ARE IN THE SEPTIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM RIGHT NOW VERSUS THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN GRANDFATHERED IN? SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW MANY SYSTEMS. I THINK I WOULD JUST BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE, I WOULD SAY MAYBE 20% OF ALL OF THE SEPTICS IN TOWN ARE GRANDFATHERED IN. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S WORTH TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, WHICH PROPERTIES THOSE ARE, AND IS IT WORTH REVIEWING THE ORDINANCE? AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE BOARD DISCUSS WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THOSE GRANDFATHERED SYSTEMS AS AS THEY'RE AGING. SO. I THINK, I THINK AT ONE POINT WE DISCUSSED THAT AND IT WAS NOT COST EFFECTIVE AND WAS NOT WORTH IT. 
          YEAH. YEAH, I THINK THAT THE OTHER THE OTHER QUESTION THAT HAS COME UP A LOT IS, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY SYSTEMS ARE GRANDFATHERED IN AND WHICH SYSTEMS ARE THOSE? WHAT ARE THOSE SYSTEMS? DO WE KNOW? DO WE HAVE A LIST OF THOSE? AND, YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE A GRAND TOTAL OF DO YOU KNOW THE WHOLE DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY SEPTIC SYSTEMS ARE IN TOWN? DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA? I CAN WE'VE, WE'VE TRIED TO COLLECT SOME DATA IN THE PAST. I CAN I CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION. THOSE ARE ESTIMATES. THERE'S PROBABLY ONLY CERTAIN SECTIONS OF TOWN WHERE THAT. IS THAT THE DEAL, RIGHT. YEAH. SO YOU KNOW THOSE SECTIONS OF TOWN. YEAH. SO YEAH, SO SEPTICS IS IS ON THE LIST FOR, FOR US TO LOOK AT MORE DEEPLY AND COLLECT MORE DATA. 
          AND WE, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MORE ROBUST SYSTEMS FOR COLLECTING INFORMATION IN TOWN. IT SHOULD, IT SHOULD BE EASIER. SO I'LL KEEP YOU GUYS UPDATED ABOUT THAT. THE OTHER THING THAT THE COMMITTEE WANTED ME TO LET YOU ALL KNOW IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE SHARING WHAT THE, WHAT THIS PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT KEY PLAN LOOKS LIKE. YOU KNOW, IT'S RIGHT NOW IT'S A SPREADSHEET WITH DIFFERENT TABS AND HAS VARIOUS, YOU KNOW, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ON THERE. AND ALONG WITH HOW OFTEN WE'RE REVIEWING THE DATA AND WHETHER OR NOT WE'VE MET THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE METRICS THAT WE STATED IN THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
          SO AS WE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE TO KIND OF REVIEW IT, UPDATE, UPDATE IT, AND THEN I'LL SHARE IT OUT AT THE NEXT BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING. BUT WE WILL BE TRACKING SOME OF THESE METRICS EITHER MONTHLY, QUARTERLY OR ANNUALLY. AND SO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE, YOU 
          [01:05:03]
KNOW, EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS. IT'LL BE DONE IN A WAY WHERE YOU CAN EASILY REVIEW AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH NEW JERSEY PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE STANDARDS, WHICH IS WHAT YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR MAIN ROLE IS. SO HAVING THIS INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THIS MANNER WILL BE EASIER FOR YOU TO, TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND IT WILL ALSO HELP US OPERATIONALLY IMPROVE ON OUR PROCESSES AND UPDATE OUR SOPS AS NEEDED. SO IN JUNE, I, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE SHARING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR FINANCES. THERE'LL BE ALSO A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE ANY UPDATES WE HAVE ABOUT OUR GRANTS. HOPEFULLY WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE HAVE HAD THROUGHOUT COVID ARE ENDING JUNE 30TH OR JULY 30TH. SO HOPEFULLY BY THEN WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR. AND THEN THERE'S THE PLAN FOR HEALTH INITIATIVE. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH, WITH EVERYTHING HAPPENING IN TOWN IN TERMS OF LIKE NEW DEVELOPMENT GROWTH, MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT UPCOMING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME FOR US TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS. I MEAN, WE SHOULD HAVE DONE IT YEARS AGO. BUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING PUBLIC HEALTH AND PLANNING MORE INTERTWINED, BUT THIS WILL HELP US BETTER IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS THAT WE ARE SEEING NOW. IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF LESSONS LEARNED, THIS HAS BEEN VERY VALUABLE IN HELPING US UNDERSTAND AND PREPARE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS, SIMILAR TO WHAT EMILY WAS SAYING WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING OR EVEN SENIOR HOUSING. SO WE ARE WORKING ON A PLAN FOR HEALTH COMMITTEE. YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A STRONG PUBLIC HEALTH CHAMPION OR AMBASSADOR THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED. LET ME KNOW. YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING SOME SOME GREAT WORK ON THAT FRONT. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AS UPSTREAM AS IT GETS WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY DESIGN AND COMMUNITY PLANNING. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THERE WE HAD PARTICIPATED IN A DESIGN STUDIO AS A COURSE FROM THE RUTGERS BLOUSTEIN SCHOOL, WHERE THEY'RE PLANNING. STUDENTS HAD LOOKED AT MONTGOMERY OR GEOGRAPHY, OUR DATA, AND HAD REVIEWED IT AGAINST THESE TOOLKITS. SO TRANSPORTATION TOOLKITS, HUMAN SERVICES, OPEN SPACE, RECREATION, YOU KNOW, ELEMENTS THAT HELP THAT YOU NEED WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DESIGN. AND THEY'VE PROVIDED A LOT OF FEEDBACK AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON MONTGOMERY. THESE ARE SOME THINGS YOU SHOULD BE CONSIDERING AS YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU HAVE NEW DEVELOPMENTS COMING IN OR YOU'RE LOOKING TO SEE HOW YOU SHOULD REDEVELOP CERTAIN AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY. SO THOSE STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE COMING OUT TO A FUTURE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING AND PRESENTING THAT INFORMATION. I THINK THERE'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE BLOUSTEIN SCHOOL HAVE THEY HAVE YOUTUBE VIDEOS BECAUSE THIS WAS DONE IN DECEMBER. SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I CAN SHARE THOSE VIDEOS WITH YOU AS WELL BECAUSE NOT ALL OF THE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTING, BUT THEY HAD SOME REALLY GREAT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE TOWN. SO WE'LL, WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU. AND SO THEN SEPARATELY, WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO GETTING READY AS PART OF OUR FIFA PLANNING BECAUSE IT IS A VERY, YOU KNOW, IT IS GOING TO BE A LOT IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF EVENTS, THE SIZE OF EVENTS IN THE TRI STATE AREA. AND IT IS GOING TO BE VERY TAXING ON FIRST RESPONDERS, ON PUBLIC HEALTH, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, INSPECTIONS, MUTUAL AID. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON BEHIND THE SCENES. I KNOW THAT THERE'S TWO TOWNS IN SOMERSET COUNTY WHERE THERE WILL BE HOSTING TEAMS. SO YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE IMPORTANT JUST TO JUST TO BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN CASE THERE IS MUTUAL NEED SUPPORT, NOT EVEN JUST WITHIN THE COUNTY, BUT EVEN JUST REGIONALLY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES THEY'RE GOING TO BE SEEING EVENTS EVERY DAY FOR, I THINK LIKE OVER 40 DAYS, I THINK IT'S MORE THAN 40 DAYS. THAT'S JUST LIKE JUNE TO JULY. 
          YEAH. NO, NO. AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO SEE ON AVERAGE AN ADDITIONAL, I THINK IT WAS LIKE 2 OR 3 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE TRI STATE AREA, YOU KNOW, JUST TRAVELING VANS COMING IN AND. YEAH. SO AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE 250TH FOR EVENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO ALSO BE HOSTING REGIONALLY. SO THAT'S ALL GOING TO CULMINATE AT THE SAME TIME. BUT I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED. THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS EXERCISES AND TRAININGS. WE HAD A CHEMICAL INCIDENT TABLETOP EXERCISE THAT WE DID. THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE FBI. SOMERSET COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS PLANNING ON HOSTING MORE PUBLIC HEALTH TRAININGS, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TRAININGS. SO I 
          [01:10:03]
WILL BE SHARING AND SENDING INVITES OUT TO YOU AS THEY START SCHEDULING THOSE. SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, FEEL FREE TO JUST REGISTER AND ATTEND. SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT. THERE WILL BE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING AS IT RELATES TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY EVENTS COMING UP NEXT WEEK, APRIL 15TH. WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THINK FAST AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. IT'S GOING TO FOCUS ON VAPING AND SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION. THE MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE PARTNERING AT UM'S. I THINK THAT'S APRIL 22ND FOR BEYOND THE SCREENS. THAT WILL BE FROM 630 TO 830. THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO OFFER CHILDCARE FOR FOR CHILDREN AGES FIVE AND UP. WE WE WILL BE HOSTING A BLOOD DRIVE JUNE 21ST. SO IF YOU ARE THINKING OF DONATING YOUR BLOOD, YOU CAN START, YOU KNOW, PREPARING NOW AMERICAN RED CROSS, THEY'VE BEEN THEY'VE BEEN INCREASING. AND THE NUMBER OF APPOINTMENT SLOTS EVERY YEAR BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF DONORS HERE AND THEY'VE BEEN THEY'VE IDENTIFIED AND FLAGGED THIS AS A GREAT LOCATION, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR THAT. SO JUNE 21ST, WE WILL BE HOSTING THE BLOOD DRIVE. AND WE ARE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE IS A SHORTAGE AND EVEN MORE SO, ESPECIALLY DURING FIFA, WHEN YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, ON AVERAGE A FEW MORE 2 OR 3 MILLION PEOPLE OVER WHAT WE ARE ALREADY DEALING WITH. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY NEEDED. 
          THOSE WE WILL BE PLANNING SOME POP UP OUTREACH EVENTS AT SOME OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SITES IN TOWN. AND. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO OUR HEALTH, EDUCATION, PROMOTION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES. WE WILL HAVE WE HAVE A VACANCY FOR HEALTH EDUCATOR, SO WE'LL BE POSTING THE POSITION FOR FOR THAT. SO IN TERMS OF STAFFING, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S AN UPDATE. AND. 
          I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW. THAT'S ALL I. CONTENT. THAT'S 
          [VIII. NEW BUSINESS]
IT. OKAY. ANY NEW BUSINESS TO DISCUSS. THE EMS BUSINESS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS. WELL, FOR THE COMMUNITY WE'RE WE'RE GOING THROUGH MS. OFFERS A CPR FOR THE PROGRAM EVERY MONTH. WE ARE HAVING OUR APRIL EVENT TOMORROW. BUT IF YOU GO ON TO OUR WEBSITE, IF YOU WANT CPR, WANT TO LEARN IT. IT'S A LIFE SAVING SKILL. YOU CAN FIND THE SIGN UPS ON ONLINE ON OUR WEBSITE. HOW IS THAT USUALLY ADVERTISED TO PEOPLE? IT'S NOT. WELL, THIS IS THE FIRST ACTUALLY. THIS IS, I THINK THE FIRST TIME IT'S EVER BEEN. YEAH, THIS IS THE FIRST PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. FIRST PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. YEAH. GREAT. SO, BUT YEAH, IF YOU GO ON TO OUR WEBSITE ON YOUR WEBSITE, OKAY, OKAY, COOL. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. HAVING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS THE MEETING WILL NOW ADJOURN AT 8:47 P.M. HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN MOTION. JO. SECOND. 
          OKAY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.