08-17-2026 Senior Advisory Commission - Aug 17, 2026

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What items are on the consent calendar and how are they approved?

Unknown 0:04

I don't know if Yeah.

Jennifer 0:09

Thank you. We're just about to start. Okay. This is Attila. Ay, mira, Hello back. This is Chris. So we have a few commissioners that aren't here, but we'll go ahead and start and then if they join us, they'll join us, okay? Good evening. Welcome to the Senior Advisory Commission for Monday, August 17th. This meeting will be recorded. The Zoom application will notify you that this meeting is being recorded. Please press continue on the Zoom application to stay in the meeting. Use your use the raise your hand feature in Zoom when you would like to speak on an item and to also lower your hand when you're finished speaking. Please unmute when called to speak and mute yourself when you're done speaking. If you're calling in by phone, identify yourself by name before speaking on an item.

Jennifer 1:05

Press star nine on your phone to raise and lower your hand, and press star six if you're participating by phone to unmute. Thank you. Turn it over to Chair Andrews.

Rick Andrews 1:16

Now call to order the senior advisory commission meeting of August seventeenth, twenty twenty six. Got five oh four. Yeah. Uh roll call. Commissioner Andrews present. Missioner Capatia. Commissioner Sadak.

Unknown 1:35

Present.

Rick Andrews 1:37

Minister Schmidt. Commissioner Selden is

Unknown 1:41

present.

Rick Andrews 1:43

Commissioner Soto.

Unknown 1:45

Sure. Commissioner Vos, absent.

Rick Andrews 1:58

Welcome to the senior advisory commission meeting. Our first meeting our first item on the agenda is our consent calendar. This is this month is there's one item on the consent calendar, it's for June 15th, 2026 with minutes. Any comments or suggestions? We're headed.

Unknown 2:22

If none I would entertain a motion to an extent or Move to approve the minutes.

Unknown 2:34

We have a second. Commissioner Sullivan, thank you.

Rick Andrews 2:41

Andrews, yes. Oh, calling for. That's what we're saying. Yes. Commissioner Caponia? Yes. Commissioner Saddam North. Yes. Bishop Schmidt? Yes. Yes. Commissioner Sheldon. The other two are absent. So they go. So the motion passes. Public comment. Here's we don't our public comment is not present.

Jennifer 3:07

Uh sorry, public comment for the minutes. Uh oh

Rick Andrews 3:10

public comment for the minutes, I'm sorry.

Jennifer 3:12

Um that I see none online.

Rick Andrews 3:15

Okay. We will now move forward with public presentation section. of our meeting. This part of the meeting is re reserved for persons to address the senior advisory commission on any matter not on the agenda and within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. The law does not permit action on or extended discussion of any item not on the agenda except under special circumstances. The commission or staff may briefly respond to a statement made or questions posed, and the committee may request staff to report back at subsequent meetings. As a reminder, comments can be mailed to Clerk at Santa Clara, CA Doc Joshman. Is there any member any member of the public that would like to make comments or fill out a

Rick Andrews 4:07

Still a speaker's card. We don't To accommodate all speakers, request to complete your comments within one minute. Staff, do we have any members of the public that would like to speak?

Jennifer 4:18

Um, I do have one person online.

Unknown 4:25

Oh wanda

Jennifer 4:25

go ahead, Wanda. Is this uh is this for public presentations?

Wanda 4:29

Yes. I I just I just want to welcome the new member and s as a past member and say thank you all for serving and I want you to know I'm here enjoying watching you. Thank you. Bye bye.

Rick Andrews 4:44

It's wonderful.

Unknown 4:53

That are.

Jennifer 4:55

Um our Publixworks is not here yet, so. Mm. Maybe we go ahead and go on to the next one and then

Rick Andrews 5:07

So item two. Our agenda is to elect a chair and a vice chair for this next year.

Unknown 5:17

We have any Any comments? Anybody? Maybe Do

Jennifer 5:24

you

Unknown 5:24

wanna

Jennifer 5:25

do you wanna explain? Just for our new commissioners, kind of what we've what we do, how we how we go about doing this?

Rick Andrews 5:32

How we go about doing this? Okay. So Could you explain it please?

Jennifer 5:38

Sure.

Rick Andrews 5:39

Thank you.

Jennifer 5:39

Um, so each year it's there's an opportunity for um the commission to elect the chair and uh vice chair. Um it is up to the commission if they want to do so. And so the commission does that by a vote, by a um They make a nomination to nominate somebody. Uh that person would need to accept the nomination. And then if that person accepts, then the group would vote.