 Okay. Welcome. I'm using the microphone because this session is being live streamed which means it's being shown on the internet so people who are not here tonight with us and join this light dinner can also give us their feedback. I want to thank you for making your time today in this cold winter day. My name is Lisa Rodriguez and I'm with AARP here locally in San Antonio and it's a pleasure to be with you here in the community at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. For those of you who maybe come to church here or just live nearby, I welcome you. Today we're going to be, we're here in the community to really get your input. We're going to be speaking first and foremost about a designation that San Antonio has received and that designation is called an age-friendly designation. What does it mean to be an age-friendly city, an age-friendly community? So you're going to hear about that today. And then myself, my colleague Jo Sanchez and also our executive, our executive council member Julia Castaneda Hoyt along with Gloria Davila, she's also a lead volunteer for us. We'll be having a discussion with you around what do you think can make San Antonio an even better city. But before that we want to give you some context as to what an age-friendly city is, what it can be and perhaps maybe where San Antonio is currently and particularly for those that are 50 plus. As many of you all know AARP is a membership organization but we're a membership organization and it starts at 50. A lot of people don't know that, they think it's 65 but it's not, it's 50. And so this designation affects everybody, not just people who are 50 plus but their families as well. I'm sure many of you have relatives, friends, grandchildren and a lot of other younger people in your lives. So again this designation is about everyone in the city. I'm going to go ahead and turn it over to our executive council member Julia Castaneda Hoyt who's going to begin covering our presentation and again throughout this presentation if you have questions you have remarks please just let us know and we want to make sure because this is a two-way street, we want to hear from you. Julia? Hi, as Lisa said I'm Julia Castaneda Hoyt and I have been an AARP volunteer for a little bit more than 13 years going on in 14 years. I have enjoyed every moment of being an AARP volunteer and you will find that a lot of the work that gets done with AARP is done by volunteers. We are very proud as Lisa said that the mayor signed the resolution that made our city an H-friendly community. We are one of eight communities in Texas that have now been declared H-friendly. What do we mean by H-friendly? By that we are experiencing a profound change in this country in terms of our population. Our population is aging. As you can tell every day you have 10,000 people in this country turn 65. That has a lot of implications because what the workforce is going to be retiring. The younger folks aren't having as many children as perhaps our parents did and in 15 years, 2030, 2030 it sounds like it's a long time but it's not. In 15 years the United States is going to have twice as many people age 65 and over. So we are going to be the in-group. All of us 65 and over. We are going to be the majority bet on that. And what does that say about cities? What does that say about infrastructure, housing? It's going to involve so many things in this country. It's going to change things. Survey after survey finds that all older adults would like to remain in their homes. How many of you would like to remain in your home? Obviously. Unfortunately for many of us that is not always possible. If we have a two-story house we can't climb up the stairs anymore. If we have bathrooms that are too small to get a wheelchair in, that's another issue. How far is it to the nearest drug store? Most of us over 65 are on medications and we know that. And drug stores, I think in this city there's only one or two drug stores that will actually deliver your medicines to your house. There's many implications, many issues. In fact, most houses, as we talked a little bit earlier, have not been designed to adapt. Americans almost have been traditionally built and designed for folks 35 and younger. So it's not just our homes but a lot of homes are going to have to be modified. Survey after survey finds that older adults want to stay in their community. We don't want to leave. We don't want to move across country. But you know what's happening? Many of us have kids that don't live near us anymore. Many of us have children in California and I have a grandson in Georgia. It's not the way it used to be where we stayed close to family. So that is going to also impact this whole bunch of people. They're to give me turning 65. The 85% of adults plus 45 in age agree with the statement. What I'd really like to do is stay in my current community for as long as possible. And that's understandable. You know your friends, your neighbors, you don't want to move. Another thing is for the past 50 years, community have developed around what? Cars. And getting around. And what happens when we get to be around 70, 75? Our reflection is that drugs aren't what they used to be. And if you're like me, my poor, I do not drive anymore. My poor husband who's sitting over there has to drive me everywhere I go. And I am, and I'll admit it, the world's worst backseat driver. You're going to fast. Slow down. Use your turn signals. See that truck? Yes, I see that truck. So I'm going to drive. So I'm not the only one, right, ladies? But what has happened? Okay. This whole, our whole universe revolves around cars and motor vehicles as our principal form of transportation. And then we'll need to be addressed. I think that's our last one, right? Okay. Do you have a point? I'm sure that's a wave of the future, but I don't think you could pay me to get into one. That is not the AARP position. Thank you. Thank you, Julia. And thank you all again for coming out. You know, I'm still cold. So I have my jacket on. So I apologize. And I'm drinking the iced tea. Anyway, Julia was talking about a livable community. So, you know, what are some of the things that make a community livable? You know, a livable community is a community that has affordable and appropriate housing, supportive community services, adequate mobility options, which all these together facilities and personal independence and engagement of residents in civic and social life, which is really important for everyone in our community. You know, some of the related initiatives include combating isolation and providing resources and support to caregivers, encouraging social inclusion through volunteerism. And, you know, AARP is always looking for volunteers. So, you know, we're always looking for volunteers. So, if you want to volunteer, make sure you let us know before we all leave here. Demonstrate and respect for cultural and ethnic diversity and promoting the use of personal technology. I don't know if any of you all have had the opportunity to participate in any of our tech events, technology, education knowledge, which is the information we provide on smartphones and tablets, which is really important because we provide on smartphones and tablets to be able to get you to be able to use them a lot more. I hope you all have been able to participate in that. So, you know, why is AARP creating a network of age-friendly communities? The AARP network of age-friendly communities encourages communities like San Antonio to prepare for the rapid aging of the U.S. population by paying increased and special attention to the environmental, economic, and social factors that influence the health and well-being of older people, but not only of older people, but of people of all ages. This network serves as a catalyst to educate, encourage, promote, and recognize improvements that make communities more supportive, not only for their older residents, but as I said, for people of all ages. So, what are the eight, we have eight domains. No. Yeah, you did, but it's okay. No, it's okay. So, you know, there are eight domains, as you can see on the screen. You know, the eight domains are in two different sections. One is the built environment, and the other one is the social environment. The first is outdoor spaces and buildings. This is accessibility and availability to recreational facilities. That's the first one, and these are not in any special order. Transportation, safe and affordable modes of private and public transportation. Housing, we want a wide range of housing options for older residents aging in place, as Julia said, and other home modification programs. We have social participation, which is access to leisure and cultural activities. Opportunities for older residents to participate in social and civic engagement with other peers, younger people and older people. Respect and social inclusion, which are programs to support and promote ethnic and cultural diversity, along with programs to encourage multi-generational interaction and dialogue. We're looking for civic participation and employment, promotion for paid and volunteer activities for older residents, and opportunities to engage in the formulation of policies relevant to their lives. We want to be able to have a voice in what's going on in our community. Communication and information, promotion of and access to the use of technology to keep older residents connected to their community, friends and family, both near and far, and the eighth, one of the eight domains, is community support and health services. Access to home care services, clinics and programs to promote wellness and active aging. You know, these domains you have much in common with ARPs policies and initiative, particularly those that contribute to our definition of a livable community. That's all I have. Lisa or you? Yes, ma'am. Sure. I didn't know what was one, what was two, three, four, five, six, seven. That's okay. You have a booklet in your, I'm sorry, in your back, or in your recycle bag. And in that booklet, if you did get it, we'll get it for you. We have some at the, and in that booklet, and we apologize for that, but in that booklet, you'll have the eight domains of livability. And we can go back to that slide if you wish. Okay, we'll get you one. We'll get you one. We have one. Go back real quick. Go back one, yeah. So we'll go back to that. And again, this is a framework that the age-friendly community framework, it's a framework in which the age-friendly designation works from. So in other words, when we were putting this together, AARP and the World Health Organization they carefully studied what does it take to have a really good quality of life. And if you look at these, they're really no different if you're familiar with the San Antonio 2020 plan. Because most plans, and particularly as you're planning for your city going forward for people to have a good quality of life, it really is inclusive of these categories. So what I'm saying is if you look at the SA 2020 plan, you look at the age-friendly plan, they really do compliment one another very, very well. However, the difference between what we're proposed, between this, it's not a proposal anymore, it is reality. The difference between SA 2020 and age-friendly, if there was a difference, it's just that we are focused on the 50-plus population and their families. Again, it includes children, right? Because you, like I said, you have relatives, you have younger children, you have grandbabies, whatnot, or you babysit someone perhaps. Anyhow, you have, we just have a focus in that particular age group. And because of our expertise, AARP's expertise in working with older populations, it's something that we thought would be really beneficial to San Antonio. And as Julia had mentioned, seven other communities in Texas. And we wish we could have everybody be part of the network. So some of the benefits, and we're still talking about what are the benefits, why would we want to be part of this AARP network of age-friendly communities? When you're organized and you have a framework you can speak with and you get the pulse of the community and you have statements from the community, it's really easier to get things, to make a change, if you will. So for example, in this particular center, where the center sits Councilman Ray Saldania is the councilman of this particular district, which by the way, he was present when the city, when it was announced the city was becoming age-friendly. He, it would be good if we went to him, right? Let's just say some of his residents felt, well, we want, and I'm just making this up, we want a park where we could you know, the lights are on at six in the morning and we can walk and we can be safe and we want something that's close to where we live. We don't want to have to travel 20 miles to go to a really nice park. That's an example. Well, okay, why are you saying that? Well, this is why we're saying that. We're saying this because in order for us to be age-friendly and to live up to that, we must have places where we can age in place and exercise for health health reasons. So again, it gives you this organizing around age-friendly really gives you an opportunity to perhaps change. And that was just, you know, a small example of so many things that are possible. There's also a connection to global national networks. Age-friendly communities, that's just not San Antonio, that's just not in Texas. We're going to give you a list of other communities that are part of this network. So all of a sudden now you're speaking about the New York's of the world and you're looking at Washington, D.C., they are to some of those communities are age-friendly. And through them, we work back and forth as what's going on there, what worked there, what ordinance that you passed that helped, you know, older communities, maybe that's something we could utilize here vice versa. What did San Antonio do? Maybe some of you are aware that San Antonio has a complete streets ordinance and what that means, and it was adopted in 2011, I believe enforced in 2011 as well in September 2011. What that means is that forward people and particularly developers must build sidewalks a little bit wider than they were. They must actually look at building and incorporating the citizen and incorporating the pet, making sure that there's places that, you know, it's not all about just where to park the car. So that complete streets ordinance is very helpful. That's just to give you another example. That's one little thing. We also have access to news, information, and guidance, best practices and research. You know, for example, a third of San Antonio's population is 50 plus. When we brought this to the mayor and we asked for his input surely we said it's his complimentary to SA 2020, and this is Mayor Castro before he left. But we also said, did you know that San Antonio, a third of San Antonio is 50 plus. That's a huge piece of the population. That's why it's important we said to ensure that San Antonio was on this path. Opportunities for partnership with other communities, like we just mentioned whether it's in New York, whether it's in Atlanta, it's in Atlanta, Georgia, or other places in the country that might have a similar problem that we do. Maybe there's, you know, lack of adequate transportation. I'm not suggesting that's the key. That's just an example that that is the issue. And we also get recognition by ARP, which is a national organization, but also the World Health Organization and that there's a commitment because we have this designation that the city is committed to ensure that the 50 plus population has a voice. So some of the criteria for membership, and we explained and this will tell you a little bit where we're at in the process. First and foremost, when a community wants to become an age friendly community, it's just not ARP saying okay we're age friendly. Not at all. The city leader actually has to write a letter to ARP requesting that the city become age friendly. And then in that letter they state a promise. And that letter was written back in March of 2014 this year by then Mayor Castro, who in turn sent it to our director, our ARP Texas director, Bob Jackson and asked that San Antonio be considered. And listed some accomplishments but also listed a promise to ensure that there was a group made of 50 plusers that would come together, write a plan, and that it would be presented to the city council for consideration going forward of what it would take to make San Antonio an even better city to continue age friendliness. So there was a commitment a group of folks that might be interested in continuing to ensure. In other words, making sure that the city is definitely being age friendly. And it's not just the city of San Antonio like the city organization. It's also partners. It's also neighborhood groups, churches. When we say the city, we mean all the people in the city, the partners. Go ahead. The member list. This is just to give you an example. These are not all our members. We have actually been, I believe we're to 38 communities now but this is just to give you an example of different states and some of those cities that are designated age friendly. That doesn't mean their job is done by all means. That means they're committed to making some changes that's going to help people 50 plus. So there you have it. In Texas, of course, we listed San Antonio. But just to give you just an idea, Houston just became age friendly. Dallas, Fort Worth Brownsville. Austin was the first city I'll have to say and then San Antonio and El Paso is very close. So just to kind of give you an idea. So again, we didn't really tell you what is it we're going to do because it's not us, it's you all that have to we're seeking input as to what you would think would help make this city an even better city to live in. And particularly from our perspective of a 50 pluser. And if you're not 50, that's okay. We still want to hear from you. But here if you wanted to learn more, there's a website arp.org slash livable. We'll go back there. Yeah. Go to from beginning. Yeah, there you go. Okay, that's good enough. You can go to arp.org forward slash age friendly. If you don't have a computer not a problem. That's why you have your booklets. And then you can also go to arp.org slash San Antonio because on the San Antonio site we're going to make sure you can link to the age friendly site. But also if we have a discussion here and let's just say there's something, you know, there's one or two things that it's kind of a consensus that might be an issue that we could address. We're going to try to get you some information on our website so that you'll know okay what happened after that meeting we talked about let's just say sidewalks. Well, we're going to go back onto our website and we're going to have some information about issues that you brought up here tonight. And really this part I'm going to turn over to Gloria Davila. Some of you might recognize her from the commercial. She is she's a movie star and we created a star. She's going to lead up a conversation because she really would like to hear about what you think we could do to make San Antonio even better. We'll get you one. We'll get you one right now. I'll go get you one right now. Well, good evening everyone. Can you hear me? Who else needs a booklet? Again, my name is Gloria Davila. I've been an AARP volunteer for about five years and I really, really have a lot of fun being an AARP volunteer because I get to go out and meet wonderful people like you. I get to talk to you and visit you and find out what your issues are. And so that's one of the things that we're going to do tonight during my section this is a fun part for me. It's a lot of fun to talk to you and to listen to you and have a community conversation with you. So just think of the eight domains of livability. You have them in your little booklet. And when you start looking at all of those, those are things that those are the improvements that we want in those sections because we're getting older. I'm a baby boomer. How many of you are baby boomers? And so that means that we were born from 1946 on to about 1964. So we baby boomers are taking over the nation pretty soon. We have a lot of power in the baby boomer generation. But anyway, those eight domains of livability that they're called, those are things that are very important to us. For example, you heard about the outdoor spaces and buildings. How many of you have to go to a park for Easter or for July 4th? And then you find that it's not very good for people our age. We might fall. I know that my husband Alex Davila, he's been a volunteer for about 22 years and he used to be able to get around very, very well. But now we have to be careful of the sidewalks. We have to be careful where you cross the street, the curves. We have to be careful where those barriers are, where you park. We have to be careful because he may fall easily. And that's what's happening to a lot of our senior citizens. So think of a way, think of something that has happened to you or to your friends, your neighbors, your relatives, where we need to improve these outdoor spaces and buildings. I mean, can you go out to the parks? Just like that? Some parks you can't. So think about that because I'm going to ask you for examples of places where we can improve this particular section. Transportation. How many of you ride the bus? A few of us ride the bus. Most of us don't. However what are some of the things that you face when you have to ride the bus? Think about that. And then in a little bit when I ask you for examples then you can tell us what kind of barriers you face because it's just something that we have to live with every day. Yes ma'am? It's like climbing. Yes. My mother broke her wrist. Oh my gosh. Getting on a bus. She didn't come down far enough. She's very short. She broke her wrist. Wow. That's one very good example. The other thing that Julia was talking about is housing. What kind of housing do we need? Well some of us need very special kinds of housing. My husband and I sold our house that was two-story because his knees couldn't go upstairs anymore. And pretty soon I'm not going to be able to go up the stairs either. So that is one example. The housing I want to age in place. I'll be very frank. I'm 67 and ever since I turned 50 I know that I've been suffering from some form of arthritis. I think we all do. And so what are the things that an age friendly city like San Antonio can do for us. So think about that and I'm going to ask you a question about that. Civic participation and employment, whatever it is that you're getting out to, to cultural events, cultural activities, all different kinds of city events what kind of barriers do you face? What do you think would make that a better place for you? Wherever it is you go, whatever people that you deal with, any events, any activities, movies where you go, just think about that. Because that's what is important to us. That's what they're talking about, the eight domains of livability. Those are the things that we face as we go out in San Antonio. I think there's one more. Which I think AARP is doing a lot about and that is the technology. I think Joe just came from one of those technology workshops at the Walupe Cultural Arts Center. And it is an excellent, very professional workshop in technology. So if you see that on the website, sign up for it because they have a little, a small table and they have the teacher up front and they have the techie right here in front of you. And so you sit there and if you don't understand, they're right there to tell you. So think about how, what kind of age friendly community could do for you in regard to technology. So think about all those things because as a volunteer as a volunteer I go out and meet hundreds of people. And especially with this TV ad that I was asked to do, I get to meet a lot of people and many of them have concerns and issues. And I'll never forget, I'll give you an example of one person they came that lives in a part of town where every time that it rains a lot there is a flood. And they can't get out or they can't get in and they have to wait for the city to do something. They're still waiting, some of them. So that's an example, housing. How do we face that in an age friendly community? There was another one that lived on a part of town that did not have very quick and efficient access to healthcare. For those of you that don't drive or that need to depend on somebody else how far do you have to go? That's one of the factors here in the age friendly community, the livable community. So think about all those things because that's why we're here tonight. We explained to you exactly what we're talking about, what AARP is partnering with the city of San Antonio to improve all these indicators. And so now that we're here and I hope that you've understood what it is that we're trying to do, that you start thinking about your example, tell us what is going to make your neighborhoods your communities a better place to live. So does anyone have another example? Yes, ma'am. Right outside my door. I can't walk for a very long. I need to sit down and then walk again. So there isn't enough seating there isn't any seating in the park. There's some in the play area where only children are allowed but not adults. And then again there's no shade at all. Oh my gosh, yes. And the walking trail is enough for two people to pass but if I'm with my husband and he needs help walking we have to dodge the runner coming the other way. Oh my gosh, yes. So to improve those barriers you would want wider, and more benches to sit on. And probably some trees for some shade especially during the summer. Do you know what it is? This gentleman had his hand up already. About technology, these technology classes, I was trying to enroll them back in the summer. Anyway, there's such a high demand to get in these classes. And I've already called AARP about it but I think they need to, especially for people who do have some knowledge, technology like a computer, to have these things offered where you can take it online as well. That way it will lessen the demand of having people be in class. Plus you don't have to travel to wherever it is that they're offering the workshop. We are developing that, that is going to be something that we'll be able to get access to. So we are working on that right now. The library has a free program for anybody that wants to learn computers or iPad, free for three hours every other day. Is it a one-time thing that you go for one time or you can go more than once? For instance, I went for three weeks I had to stop going because I had to go to the doctor and interfere. So I stopped and now I'm going back. It's all the time. They have a young lady there that teaches computers. Her name is Monica and she's wonderful. Is that it? All the library is just one library? Twelve months of the year. I don't know if it is one library or not but it's the library of San Antonio. Is the one that is downtown? No, Johnson Library. Johnson. It is a branch. And that's some information too that we can post on our website for those who may be interested, like the aarp.org or slash San Antonio. We could possibly put that information for you there so that you know where there's some additional classes for you to attend. So the San Antonio Public Library. And also they have a program especially for children. After the school children, your mother brings them and leaves them there and they teach them computer and research and think, oh, they are wonderful. Just wonderful. Good, good. I experienced it first time. Well, my grandson gave me an iPad and when I saw it I said, this is Chinese to me. Now, can I use it? You can. And then I took it to the young lady and I said do you know anything about this? Yeah, she said sit down, missionaries. Her son taught me. Oh my gosh. The little boy came and said, I can't feel. What was it, 14, 15? Yeah, I was very happy. I was from five o'clock in the evening to seven. Every other day. And how far is that library branch from where you live? She has to be in a car. No, I cannot walk because it's too far. Tony, I am 89. I'm not a spring chicken. And there's no way to walk. I wrote a fort tent to get there. For the realism. And tell you what, I hope that when I'm 89, I'm as spry and as talkative and good looking as you. That is great. That's a good, good age to be. I think this lady had her hand up. Talking about going to the library, you can get a right to a doctor or whatever else but going to a library or something that is not designated like medical they don't take you there, they don't pick you up. You can get to it, you can drive it. You are in the library that I write because you don't need your no culture doing that. I think, remember? Anyone else have any examples? So think of your communities. In regard to these eight educators here, what would improve your community? Yes, ma'am. A comment regarding the technology that they have maybe have them in different areas of the city, so everybody for me would be kind of hard to go to the quality person. Right now we offer the two sites at the Pearl Brewery and at the Guadalupe. And for 2015 we are working on different sites to be able to provide access to people in different parts of the city. Thank you. Is there a program yourself? A whole or a portion of adding chairments to the Story House? I think that would be the city. I know the VA does better. Like I know the VA, I believe has a program and someone here as a veteran, they could probably stick to it more than I can, but I had an uncle and that was the case so they didn't provide that. Other than them, I'm not sure, I don't know if that's here. I don't know if they provide that. Maybe if the city can come up with something? Yes, ma'am. Schedules of all the routes because when I want to go somewhere, I have no idea how to get there and I can't drive. Are you talking about the bus routes? Yes. You can get online. Do you have access to a computer? Yes. VA has a map of all the bus routes and they go to the VA center on San Pedro Chicago. Do you have a phone number that you can call? You can call and say, I have to get from the VA center only. I bet you they would. But for that particular place that you have to go, you can say, this is where I live and how do I get to that next place? I understand that they're pretty good about that. How many of you have done that? Go online. You can do it yourself by going through VA's website, www.vianfo.net and then you enter where your starting point is and where you want to get to and it will give you directions about what buses to take to get there. It's www.vianfo.net And we can also post that on our website. Just make sure you get the link. In other words, we'll have their community conversation and again, I'm looking at mine and she just walked out. But I'm looking at my colleague, Nicole, because she can post something as a follow-up of what the things we spoke about today. So via being that there's some interest, we can continue that. Yes. I have a question on this area. We have a lot of churches. I saw that. But we don't have a place to walk. If you would like to walk, we have access to going to bays. My husband and I and we walk inside, but I feel okay but he was military, but I see them running and doing all this kind of things and I feel like I better come later on. So there aren't any walking trails. Well, they have sidewalks. And they have an area where you can only walk. The ones in the middle, they can, you know, kind of run a little bit. In the end, they can run. But I'm saying here, we don't have a place to walk and we don't have sidewalks. And so it's already a bike park? Just that one over there. That was my name. My way, you would have to go and get in the park. There's a park down here of realism, too, but it's not very accessible. Accessibility. Another issue, I mean, bring out the vehicle. Is there a road here? You can talk about sidewalks. Is there any noise? I have a question. When y'all mention lack of accessibility, what do y'all mean to the parks? Like, you can't get to them or you have to go a long way to get to them? What do y'all... Anybody who said... You would need a car to get in a car. You would need a car to get in a car. Yeah. And I think that's really important. Of course, with parks, the realization that you need space and so you're probably kept out of the area. But that doesn't mean that you can't keep trying. You can't keep looking for those opportunities. And then another thing is like, is everybody aware where there is a park? I know sometimes I'm driving and you see a park. Like, in a neighborhood, you're like, oh, I didn't know that was there. So maybe there's some opportunities for us to give you information about what parks are available, but not just stop there. Maybe that's also an opportunity to talk to your representative about maybe future plans that we don't know of, right? Because bonds are passed every four years. Mr. Moore had a park now. How accessible is that to some of you? I'm not sure. Because I want to say it was on the other side of Ray Ellis Center. There was a high pool where it used to be up to years ago that's been unutilized for... So there might be an opportunity. There's been an opportunity there. It's been unutilized for almost 30-some amount of years. But if you have a park, maybe you put a bus stop there. So that's good to hear. We wrote that down because these are real issues that we could take to the council manor. And to speak to him or her about... This is what the community said. They're actually acquiring about a prospective area. This is the kind of stuff that these discussions really contribute to. We wrote that down and that's a really good point because these notes that we're making Joe and I, these are notes that we're taking to City Council. So we're going to be able to say, Councilman Ray Saldania, this is what people in your community said. And even if you don't live here, don't worry, because we've got comments for District 3. We're fixing on District 2, but we've got comments for 6, 7, 8. And we're going to keep going. And this won't be the only time that you'll have the opportunity for input. But this is all being fed to our age-friendly plan. Go ahead. Yes, ma'am. Do you have your hand up? Ray Saldania, he should know about the Old Valley High Park. He should know about it. That area has been open. Are you talking about the pool or the park? It used to be a park. The whole area is not utilized. I'm sure the pool was not there when Saldania was a councilman, but somebody should know about it. But it's been here, I've been here 50 years, and it was there when we came. Yes, ma'am. You know, they have a park over here in Rainbow Hill area, which is on the other side of 90, in that community. They have a very nice little community field. They have the trail views that you can walk. They have the pavilion where the kids can play basketball. It's very, very nice. And I always see people there walking in the kitchen. And you live close by? No, I live over here. Oh, anything. But I go through there and I see it and I'm going like, how can they build this one over here where the people and the kids, because the kids are out in the street. There's no activity. There's nothing in this area. We've been here, I've been here 40-something years and they haven't done anything to our neighborhood. And we just, I don't even know because I have told them before. And our sidewalks are like, hey, you can't even take the, you can't walk on them because they're all ugly. And my neighbors down the street, he had a stroke and his wife wanted to take him out when it's sunny and whatever. But they can't because the sidewalks are so ugly, she can't do it with the wheelchair. Right. And there's no fun to do the sidewalks. That's what we're told when we ask, you know, to correct the sidewalks, there's no funding to correct the sidewalks. Well, I don't know why they did it. In the corner where I live, they did a deal for a handicap, you know. But the sidewalks, you know, nobody can work for them. So there was money spent without money. I told the guys, are you all going to make this sidewalk? They said, oh no, it's going to be the view. Nobody uses it. They can't. Well, there's a few that use it because then the sidewalk is, you know, good. So it doesn't get any good. Yes, employment. Employment is getting up to date with current technology. You're being employed again. You know, I would love to get back into the workforce because I've still grasped a lot of brain in me. But there's nobody hiring it, you know. In all these customer service places that are in abundance, which I've got 30 years of, because I may not be as fast as the 25 year old ones, they're going to hire them first before me. So that's a very big disadvantage. I've got the experience, but they don't want to hire me. Where is AI going to do for us to be retrained? Or is there a program out there for us to go to? And also, if there are employment centers that can cater to that age group that we're discussing now in this vicinity or in each district, or do we always have to go downtown? Which is, you know, at our age, we don't want to go through that. How many buses do you have to chase? Exactly. I have gone to interviews and everything and they keep saying oh, you're overqualified, which means you're too old. And I keep saying I've got work that would put these young people to shame because they tell when they want to. I just wanted to say back to the growth of the career transitions, or first of all you have one of these in your back, which is a choir and on here, you have listed a career transition workshop. And actually, Incoma CS is going to be meeting it for us in partnership with another partner that's going to talk about what do people from what are people looking for? What are those buzz words? You always have to match, but the job description is to match your resume and it's a lot of work. You're right. There's a lot of work in getting a job and getting work. However the technology piece is important as well as you stated. People on Twitter now are doing it on Facebook. I don't know if my sons are more savvy than I'll ever be. I don't know if I can ever catch up. But the point is that we are starting to at least convene partners that can help address particularly like, okay, what is a Twitter hand learner? What is Facebook? And how do I get on there and post for a job? Or what is it that I should be using? It's not the same. It's changed so much. And a lot of things are happening online. Some of the tech classes address that but there's so much more than you can actually learn. We're trying to address that and then we also have ARP has a list of employers that are H20. They have been given the honor of being on the list because they have hired or a big piece of their portion of their employment population is 50 plus. And you probably know some of those who they are. I don't think that they are on our ARP website but that's another way because we are being diligent about who's hiring the 50 plus because you're right. You have to really change the conversation. There's actually a piece and I'm not qualified to give it but there's actually something, there was a session in which it addresses how do you get over that over qualified piece? What is your, how do you change that conversation for me over qualified to be the best qualified for the job? So just to let you know we are going to hopefully roll out more of that in 2015. One thing I want to bring up about this, I've experienced some too in the same manner. About six months ago I had an interview for a job and one of the interviewers I went through about four asked me, would you think you can stand up long term to work? I said of course. I do it now and my current other line of work. Anyway, he was sort of, I could tell by the way he's asking the question, doubting. But I think one of the things that needs to happen is to, part of the reason why this is becoming prevalent is due to weakness in aged discrimination laws that's been put upon us by Supreme Court, that there's a certain provision that they, that's not recognized with aged discrimination that there is with others forms of discrimination. And it was a case signed back in 2009, 2010, some time back in that timeframe. So until we get Congress to come in and reverse this decision, it's going to be this way. And you know, I think that one of the advantages for AARP handling this type of massive project is that we might not, just AARP by itself might not have all the answers and might not have everything that you want to hear. But we're making our partners and we're making all communities aware of these type of barriers that we have and these types of issues because I think it's very important that we have all these baby boomers getting older and everybody is retiring in that era, those born in that era so that now, what are we going to do with them? I mean really, what are we going to do with them in regard to housing, in regard to employment and all those things. That's why this project right here brings those issues to the forefront and we can talk about them. And AARP is coming out to the community. We're coming to you instead of you coming to us so that we hear what your concerns and what your issues are. And that's why I am volunteering for AARP because they are trying to help people, senior citizens in my age bracket. You were talking about housing and could they do like garden community where they would have affordable for people like myself that are down fighting and are eventually going to move somewhere else to a smaller place. I don't need the big house. But I would like a comfortable little, and also if we have activities for the people that are there. Activities for that little house. Like a little village feel kind of like a complex of small home. Safe. Safe. Where you have access to transportation and medical services. That would be the ideal. Yeah, because I go to the nursing homes and I go to, I work as a hairdresser. So I'm working right now at retirement. It's not quite the same. But that is a nursing home, you said. It's assisted living and nursing home. And we have it. I go to all of it. So I see how it is, but the people there they don't have no activities. They just stay and they hang out. And that's why I told my daughter that no one to look at me anyway. I want an agent place in my house. We have one daughter I told her don't you dare put me in one of those when it's too old to stay by myself. And what I want to mention about what I'm looking into now for myself, since it's hard to find full-time work is to look into these certifications and I'm trying to find a whole slew of certifications and then go through an occupational outlook can book online to find out which of these certifications are in high demand. And I'm going to sort of put pieces together. It's like shopping for a car and sort of build a base as to how it would be best for me to try to go after to get certified and then use this as a employee to try to get something working for me financially. I think that's a great idea. And you have access to computers. You have your own computer. I have a computer. And your technology savvy. And so we not only have to worry about like this gentleman that is pretty, pretty good in using a computer, but what about those that don't have access to a computer that don't know how to use it. So I think that issue right there is too prompt because we have to figure out what we can do with both in regard to employment. And also one other thing I want to bring up something I heard on Kins 5 a few weeks back about education for people that can't afford it and don't want to go to classes. There's a website called www.EDX.org www.EDX.org Anyway there's a growing number of colleges universities all across the world including some here in Texas like Rice University that has education on here that you can get training online. And that's what I'm going to do with these certifications by deciding what I want to do. I'm going to go to this webpage and type it in and see who offers this. I understand. I think that's a good idea. Is there also a program that is informing the employers about this dilemma of the aging? They also have to be we're working our hardest just to stay alive you know. Why are we having to work extra harder to have that person on the other side of the desk to believe in us? Is there things out there to have them know that hey. So is it happening? Is it formal? I'm not sure. All I can tell you is that there are opportunities so we're an age friendly designated city right? So could we bring together could AARP maybe in partnership with the chamber because the chamber is probably the place where you're going to find a lot of business folks right? Particularly your large businesses or larger businesses that have hopefully jobs to offer. To bring them and maybe grab a speaker or get someone because we do have a center up in DC that works on age discrimination cases. We have lawyers that don't work on that and you don't necessarily want to be with employers and threaten age discrimination by all means. You don't want to do that. So the point is to have a conversation about what a 50 plus year meet brings to the table. That's it because you don't want to ever say oh don't hire the 18 year old because we all have or don't hire the 23rd 3 year old but what is that a 50 plus year meet bring to the table? So I think that's a great opportunity through our age friendly network to convene that group and get feedback and then post it and make it open to the public. So great thought. Again this is how we start addressing some of those issues. Yes sir. Can we get someone? We don't send you statements anymore. You want you to go online and there's people that don't have computers. I know I went for a long time with computers. Where you going? There's no privacy there. For banking information. You going to senior service? No privacy there? So you're going to get a privacy and you're going to go back to the people. They're all saying hey we're going over there and we're going to save money. You know that has happened to us and my husband is the financier in our family and he refuses, absolutely refuses to do any online banking. He doesn't pay anything online because there's so much fraud and so much hacking in your accounts that he refuses to have an ATM card because he's of the old school so he, Alex can you stand up please? That's my husband back there. He's a World War II Korean War veteran Yeah sure. He's not shy. But he is of the old school. He's 85 years old. He's of the old school. And he refuses to do any of that because you know something like what you're talking about that we have to have computer technology or knowledge of that. So he just went through six weeks of computer training for the babies that you know want to learn about computers. But anyway he's one of the ones that you're talking about that the security services of Frostbank, he doesn't do anything and you know what he doesn't care. So he calls Frostbank and he asks for his balance. He doesn't use a computer. Just one minute. Well I did take a class in computers at Oasis and I think I learned a little bit. Now I'm waiting for her to buy me a computer. I need a computer. I need to practice on it. But you know there's so much risk. I heard someone say that there's no privacy in doing your banking at senior centers or wherever. There's no privacy doing it at your home either because when you do it on the computer people can get into it and get your information out. We were told that by the instructor who's been a computer instructor for a long time. So you got to be very careful about doing financial business on the computer because the risk of having someone tap into it and get your financial information. They call that ID fraud and you know all that other stuff. Yes ma'am. I was going to say you know fixed income for our age group who can afford to buy these computers or even the iPad for that. What are the technology in the future going to be? How are they going to recognize those people that cannot afford or just don't want to change because they're fixing on the old school. I mean I'm all for technology too. But it's so happy that I can afford a computer. There's still a lot of people out there that cannot. So what are they going to be doing that people have to still bank because they're getting their social security cut. They have come down for a bit. I can afford one computer bank one. Here's the thing. I study electronics. I have an instructor years ago that used to say this about technology. Technology is a constant evolving thing and it's constantly updating and changing. So the thing is you may have something today in electronics but it may be outdated down the road and it goes for many things in electronics. Look at CVs now. Before we had VCRs so this is how technology is affecting us and as technology changes prices of things that was produced in the past starts to come down. In regards to the question that that gentleman had about not having an option not to use a computer or being online, Alex has gone to security service and he's told them I'm not going to do it online. You send me the bill through the slow mail. Frostbank, the same thing. He's done another business that he says I'm not going to do it online. I can't. CPS, the City Public Service Board. They wanted us to do online and they took away his access to slow mail and he called and he says no mail. You take that off and you send it to me slow mail. I'm hoping that they do listen but that's a very good point about all these businesses that are not giving you the option of using slow mail. I have great news. ARP has come out with a real pad which is stuff that you can do online and it's almost like an iPad but it doesn't cost a fifth of what an iPad costs so you can look at it online and you may want to go ahead and get one of those. That's a paid commercial by the way. When you did one, the real pad, there was online. You could buy one. I think there was 149 and you could win one. You could win one. I have not gone back to them. Yes ma'am. My name is Rosalind and it's a couple of things I want to share. First of all, I was going to mention that real pad but the question is, are there instructions to teach them how to use the real pad and is there a phone number that they can call 1-800 to use the real pad? That's really what's critical and we need to find that out. I can almost guarantee that there is because ARP is so concerned about technology and the people that are 15 older being let out of the technology loop so it's really critical for ARP and that's why we're doing the tech events because we want to make sure that people are aware of the technology that's out there and how to use it. I mean it's great to have all kinds of great information but if you don't know how to use them, I've got people that have told me they've gotten, they've had iPads given to them by their kids and all. They're still in the boxes because they're afraid to take them out, afraid to break them, they don't know how to use them, turn them off or on. ARP is really committed to making sure that people have access to technology so I can almost guarantee that there is very useful user friendly information. If that's true, everybody needs that number. One other thing is for is the real pad, if anything happens to it, if it breaks, whether they send it, I think those three things need to be answered for them. In addition to that, I have another point just off the technology question. Today at Holy Weekend, I'm going to Holy Weekend church and today at Holy Redeemer, I spoke to the seniors about ARP caregivers and you know, what a caregiver should expect and what you should expect if you have a caregiver. The biggest question that came up was this. So many times I'm sick and my sister is taking care of me or my daughter is taking care of me. Can they be paid? And when I said yes, they can be paid, they were shocked. Because these people need money. And when I explained that and they didn't know and it came from an ARP presentation that I was handing out to them. So I just wanted to share that piece of information and if there's a way for seniors to get that, I think it's real important. They need some checklist that says, you know, I can get funding for somebody to help me. Here's some important things that I need to have. Some way, my social security number, my insurance card, all of those things in a safe place. So if anything happens to me, my daughter knows what to do with it. And let me tell you, I experienced this two weeks out of the month. I drive on I-10 to Houston, Texas to take care of my mother who now has dementia and I still work and she can't walk. But all of those things, I found an ARP, I put aside. So when my mother goes to the hospital, everything's in my hand. So I just want to share that little bit of information. I have a comment to make about people that don't want to go online and pay bills most of the time. If you have a checkbook, they will deposit withdrawal from your bank account. So you don't have to go online. You don't have to do anything. You get the bill in the mail and they'll take it out of your bank account. So it's pretty safe. My second comment is we're talking about all of this, but grocery shopping, if you cannot drive, if you can't go anywhere, you can go to the grocery store, but you can't offer it or you can't, but through the new AKB, you know, troll around and try to find something up there. So some service that either brings when you come calling the list and they'll bring it to you, as people get older grocery shopping is a lot easier. I thought there was a large store that was going to start doing grocery delivery, but we'll have to look into that. Well, there's also been announced recently that the US Postal Service is going to get involved in that. They're looking for an edge. One of the things, as far as shopping goes, there's two web pages that I like going to online shopping. One is Amazon and the other is bizrate.com and in both of these circumstances what I'll do is go to one of these websites and if I'm looking for something, I'll type in what it is and see all sorts of things pop up and can find all sorts of bargains by doing this. That is very savvy on the computer because otherwise it doesn't help much at all. That's true. And Amazon is a shipping fee or $99 a year membership fee before you even get anything. It's not free. Well, I've never signed up as a member with them. I haven't had no problem. Stories or examples, again, in your booklet, this is what this is about is really trying to figure out what are some issues that you think might make San Antonio an even better city. But what is something that you identify with that you think might make San Antonio an even better city? And in your bag you should have one of these cards. Some of you have already completed them, but we really want you to write down, even if it's sidewalks, even if you want to write a paragraph, whatever you think, this is really important stuff and I continue to stress that because we're not just going to ignore myself and my colleague, Joe, we're going to put this together. We're going to categorize it. We want to be able to meet with the official of this area and talk intelligently about what the constituents have said. And we really want it it's going to be utilized and it's really going to filter into the friendly plan that should be coming to council into the year early 2016. Because we have time, we have to complete that plan. We're doing these discussions all over the city, but we're also doing a phone survey. So some of you might get phone calls. Joe and I could not control who gets those phone calls. It is actually a professional survey that's being done out of Texas Tech University. And then we're going to have what they call a mail survey. Some of you will be getting that mail survey. Again, we don't choose to kind of take the universe and then they divide how they're going to take their sample they call it. But that too will tell us what people are thinking of what makes your city a better, even a better city. But right now you have an opportunity. One moment. Yes ma'am? Yes. I would like to mention, you know, since you all mentioned city public service, I wish you a meeting, a public meeting last week on your smart media controversy. There were many people there who spoke up and were very concerned about having city public service install a smart media at their home. I personally had one and I asked for the meeting about two months ago. There had been people who had reported. Some of the people attending were also like electrical engineers and so forth. So they had the means to measure the electromagnetic radiation that emanates from that and they're concerned about the high voltage from that. Also, apparently there was a comment that city public service plans to do this for San Antonio and really it's done all over the United States and its global and there's a lot of concern about the energy control. So that it behooves us to inform ourselves as to what these options are or whether we have it. Now according to what was said, and please, you know, take what I say with a grain of salt until you read it or hear it yourself, that city public service is going to require this and if we do not agree, then they will charge us $20 per month so that they can send someone to read the meter. So that's a concern I feel for seniors also as to because of the energy so forth. What I experienced was that when I returned it all, at a certain time they would turn it back on and I would turn it off again. So it's just something to inform ourselves on. I have an additional comment on it. ARP was concerned about smart meters some years ago and it was also about the health issues but something that really is important, you know, Alex mentioned that he doesn't like to get online and do stuff. You know, with these smart meters one of the things that they do is they keep track of everything you do. So when you wake up, when you turn your TV on, what channel you're watching, the concern that ARP has had is that a lot of older people are very trusting and so let's say that I as Joe have a company and I send you something saying, you know what I want to save you some more money because you have smart meter and now you know what you're spending your money on so let me sell you some really great light bulbs and so what you do is just like when we get on the computer I do it all the time. You agree to these things on the computer so you can get the hat. People don't agree but they just say I agree. Once you agree that you're in for life quite frankly. And so what happens with these smart meters is I would get a contract with you saying you agree to buy this light bulb at 5 cents and you're going to save $100 in the first month and so what happens is that information then is not controlled. It's given out to people. Anybody can buy that information and so they would know what time you're home, when you get up, when you leave and what you're doing also. It would provide somebody the opportunity to come in and steal from you, rob you, or do whatever they want because they get that information. It's because the Public Utility Commission is not controlling this information. Once you give that information they're okay then anybody can have it and so that's one of the major concerns that ARP has had on that. Privacy issues. We have in our house we have a smart meter and we control it. I don't care if I have to change that thing ten times a day and now it's dust. And so with that little smart meter you can manually change everything and I programmed it on the computer at 7 o'clock during the heat part of the year. I have it at 80 but when it's really really hot and I think that the usage of electricity in San Antonio is so high, then they bring it up to 83. And so we go back and we change it back down to 76 or 78 whatever. So even though it is kind of a nuisance, we do go in there. We have two smart meters on this side of the house and one on the other side. But I can understand how the older senior citizens that have that, they're not going to be able to do that. So there they are during the July and August in the summer. They have it at 83 because CPS has chosen to change your designation on the computer. And you do it on the computer and that's how they do it. But that's also invading the property. You had a comment? I love this area. My people are communicating. But one thing that I see when it rains, now when I was younger and my kids were going to school, I would drive them to school even though it's closed. Because when it rains, it doesn't have enough rain. And when it rains, I can see people older than me with walkers and they have to go through the street. Because we do have, in some parts we have a sidewalk. But the sidewalks are very different. And we asked people that were doing sign language. And they said, that's what requires. I just had a question. You were talking about a smart meter. Is that the thermostat? Yes, that's the thermostat. A new kind of thermostat. It's like the old thermostat that you have lower or raise when you want it colder or hotter. But now it's all, you know, yes you do, manually you do. My question is, I understand that I don't have the smart meter, the thermostat, that I have a programmable one that was installed. But aren't the outside meters smart meters too? Well, they are converting to digital meters outside. Well I have one, I mean mine was switched, so that means CPS can control that one? I don't think so. I wouldn't think so because you program it with your computer. You go in and they designate a certain area. But if you don't have that smart meter, then if you have the old kind of thermostat, this lady can tell you because she went back to the old thermostat. They have to change the outside meter and inside because it's radio frequency. They control the time. It's a signal. You have a smart meter outside from a known side dog. But I know that they came and changed the sign up. We live outside of San Antonio. They came and changed all the meters outside. You should call them and ask them. This is the trend because now even the water meters have been changing. That's the area where we live. They've come in and taken out all the old kinds of meters and they have new water meters that people don't have. I'm reading on it right now and I really haven't thought about it because I've noticed something is happening with my temperature and I think it's in the morning. Bearing your house. I need a programmable thermostat that I control. It's not computer control. I didn't notice the AC that much. I've noticed it with these warnings. I've got it at 7 o'clock but then all of a sudden it's hot. It's in the morning when I get up. I think you need to call. One other caution about PPS is that when you call, you never get a live person. If you sit there and wait and wait and wait and have to wait 20, 25 minutes, whatever it is, then they say would you like for us to call you back? You need to say yes because then can I call you back at 11 and they will call you right on the dot at 11. I know that there's been also some improvement to their customer service. At least that's what we were told and the public was told that it was newspaper article that came out. They're trying to improve their customer service and that might be one way that even if they can't get to your call right away, that they will get to you when you're designated time. Hopefully you're available to answer the call. I guess that's the other piece. The other thing about CPS, in my apartment where I live, I saw them about a year and a half, two years ago, come change those meters out. I spoke to someone about what's the purpose behind this. Well, we want to get it where we can take a scanning device in a general area and wave it around like this and it gets all these meters within a certain distance of that picked up and it's put into a computer where they don't have to go check it. Well, that's the oldest we got. I got a big note from my door that when that meter outside work was replaced that that's the way it was going to start being read, not by a person, but that we needed to read accessibility anyway, like my privacy game has to have access to that meter for adjustments and things like that. So yeah, I already knew that. That's the way it's going in the picture. If you think about 20, 30 years from now, we're going to have any kind of that. So kind of just recapping some of the comments and again where this is, by all means, if someone has other comments to make, we are open to right and to here. But it sounds like in this general area, if you're in this general area, drainage is absolutely a problem. Access to parks. Well, where are the parks? Right, to the questions around parks, period. Lighting is another issue. Also, we've heard a lot about the smart meter issue and really when you think about smart meters and people will say, well, how does that fall under one of your domains? You can probably really look at the affordability of housing because that's a piece of your housing, right? How much you're going to spend on electricity. So we should, we'll see if we can maybe post some information on our website and if you don't have any Peter, we will, hopefully we have your information and we can get ahold of you somehow. But we will try to get you information that the CFCPS is having more of these outreach into the community when they want to explain what the smart meter is. Because again, we should thank you for that information and for the sharing, but maybe others could go to that same type of meeting that you attended. If not, you could always ask your city rep. Guess what? We met it in the hall. Now we want to come back here if he wasn't coming back. And we want to invite CPS. We want to invite Pat's organization. We want them to tell us where the parks are. We want to tell, we want to learn more about smart meters because we've got to hear the information firsthand. That's how we start to work in the community to make some changes. Yes, sir. I've heard all of this, but I know we need to get AOP to talk to the city. Now what I think would be helpful is we could have a city representative or an accountant person that represents this district to meet with seniors at least once, every quarter of a year or half a year, so that we could discuss some of our issues because we're seeing a lot of the problems presented here. And we know that you're not going to go and represent us there. But it would be good if they would come and actually meet with us at a local place where they could actually hear us firsthand. So if y'all could relate that, that would be a good comment. Great. Now that's a great comment. And I will disclose that he and his office were invited. He did have a hectic schedule, but his office may or may not be online watching us. But he has expressed an interest and perhaps that is one of our follow-up meetings that we can have in here. But quite honestly this conversation really needed to take place without having the representative, whether it's, you know, Councilman Sodani or Councilman Marca, you know, without them in the room so that you can feel free to talk. It's a close phone. Or they'll direct all questions to him and then we can't talk to you about H-Friendly. So now we have a framework. That's the beauty of it. We can say we're at H-Friendly City, and this is some of the issues we came up with where we think we can improve. What district is this? This here where this particular church is at is District 4. So Councilman Ray Salana. Well, because I'm in 6th and you're saying Ray that's okay. That's Lopez. And you know, the lines aren't as we all know. It's like you can live next door, right? Hopefully not in being a different district, but just so now we're talking to all of them. So it just, you know, when you pick us like a parish and you're like okay, it's in your district, but we realize there are people outside of the district as well. We want to make sure that people understand San Antonio is already a great place to live. But we're looking at ways to improve it even more for everybody. People of all ages. So we're not out here trying to nitpick and trying to find out how we can say hey Councilman, you're not doing your job. We want to be able to improve the city even more and make sure that people can really have a better quality of life. And then particularly around the H-Friendly framework. Now that it exists, now that the city is part of it, we have another reason to go and talk to Councilman, Councilwoman, whoever it is to tell them this is a real concern and to continue to be H-Friendly. We need to fix the drainage so we don't have to worry about drowning right after a huge storm. I would suggest that you take this little pamphlet. It's a real short read. Look at it, read it, and really think about the eight factors here that they're looking at about, you know, livability in San Antonio. And write down your ideas or write down the issues that you have, perhaps in each one of those. And then the next time we get back together again, then you have some very, very concrete things that you would like to tell us about. Yes, ma'am? Maybe having some more senior students where we can go and have, you know, exercises, that can help us, you know, to grow mentally and physically like double degrade. I heard there's going to be one opening there, Ingram. Yes. It's going to be real nice. Old Marvettes. Old Marvettes for the shoppers in the room. I just want to thank AALP for some of the activity that they're doing for the seniors. I mean, I'm happy to join them. Excellent. You know, in fact, on that note, you know, how many of you all know about the movies we've grown up so we have on the community? Good. You all know about the tech events where Gloria is our star. We're talking about different things that are going on. There's one more thing that you can keep up to date on information that is going on on a regular basis. If you have a cell phone and if you text, how many of you all text? Okay. Then what you all can do is you can pull out your cell phone right now. Oh, it's on. It's on the sheet that they gave you, but if you pull out your cell phone now and I can walk you through it. Okay. I can walk you through it. Okay. Everybody get their cell phones out. If you have a texting plan because there are ways that will apply. If you don't have one, the texting plan, then don't do it. Okay. So if you go to the texting thing where you text, is everybody ready on that? It's not online, Alex. Okay. Ready for the texting? If you put in this number, nine, seven, seven, seven, nine. That's nine, three, sevens, and another nine. And then on the message that you want to send. That's all. Then for the message you put, add me. You want to be added. So add me and then hit again. And then you will get a confirmation. And then what will happen is you will be able to get all the information, up-to-date information of the things that are going on in your community here in San Antonio on a regular basis. Okay. The most times is four, is it four times a month? We can text you up to five times a month. But it's, sorry, I'm jumping in. Go ahead. But it's a way for us to kind of keep in contact with you guys, letting you know about things that are going on in the community. So I'm signed up for it, you know, just to let, you know, see what we're communicating to our members. And I got a little message reminding me that there was a community conversation happening today. So we like to do it just kind of as reminders or sometimes if we have fun things, opportunities, we have a great partnership with the Spurs, context going on. So little things like that could be used, the text messaging to update you off. Yes. And also on the brochure, which was in your bag, if you didn't get one, we'll hand those out. You have a 1-800, now 1-8, a toll free number, 1-877, to get more information as well. If you're not comfortable with the taxi, if you're not comfortable with the computer, there is a number that you could call to get more information about what's going on in your city. And that's fine, that's great. Yeah, where's the movie? Where do they have the movie? They have them at the Royal Cinema. We haven't got the Regal Cinema. We've had them in a few places. The Regal Cinema is the one off of 410 in Ukraine and then we've had one at the cinema I think it's called on the south side, where you take a military drive in I-37. We're going to be having the next movies for grown-ups will take place in January. If you're signed for texting, you will get a notice. If you're on the computer you'll get a notice if not call the 1-800 number. It's not on here, there's a number that you can call. And the movie will be shown is called Selma. So it's a great movie. We'll be showing that one closer to the south side. And we just sort of rotate where we go. Yeah, as long as you, for the movies I will tell you, do you want to call in and register? The reason we want you to call in and register is because a lot of people want a free movie. And it's a great time, right? Get a free movie and depending on which theater we act sometimes there's a if you're at a regal theater, as Gloria said, you get a special on your popcorn because you're an ARC member. But if we're not at a regal then sometimes they'll have specials for our members, sometimes they won't. But Selma is the next movie that we will be showing and it is a civil rights movie and it's a great opportunity because it leads up into Hollywood King and it's a celebration. That's going to be January 5th. But January 5th is what's coming on my mind right now. But again, the texting will give you that date you can call the number, you can get online. The date and all of the information will be on there probably coming within the next couple of weeks. Nicole where should we have the Selma stuff up on the website? The Selma stuff will probably be up on the website probably in the next couple weeks. So if you go to the aarp.org you can check this calendar of events that we have coming up so this lists some of the events that we have through the end of the year but we constantly have our website being updated. We're going to be sending another one out more events in January, February and March at the beginning of the year so you can keep an eye out for that if you're an ARC member. But if not you can go online and we'll always have updates coming up of our events. We really do appreciate your time tonight. Is there any closing remarks? One thing I want to suggest in terms of when it comes to opportunity for older people, I think that this is something ARB should take up as well is to develop in regards to the eight domains of livability four through eight could be applied here by getting organizations and set up to help people assist in getting established names like freelance work for freelance opportunity and places that can offer freelance opportunity. Well there's a lot of things coming to freelance these days because technology is being able to happen. Yes ma'am? Does ARB which substance and insurance do they find out more about? So ARB is not an insurance company but it does sponsor So the partner is UnitedHealthcare and in your back there's an ARP card and on there is one ARR toll free number that you call ARP and they can connect you to someone to speak about that in particular. Out here in the trenches if you like to call them we're not really cross out products and services but we can just let you know that you can call that number and they'll give you more information and they can get you to someone who knows a lot more. They're calling me from our many and that but I want to know if it's different You may want to come see those other options and we always encourage our members to shop around because at the end of the day it's what's best for you. Please leave your cards behind We're encouraging you to please leave your card to ask you what would you do to make San Antonio an even better city. And does anybody need one? Sure, yes. In my readings I've read that the next 20 years in the United States over 77 million people will turn 65. That's a very large percentage of our community We have a lot of work to do and we're very I think we still have a lot of we're very connected and a lot of wisdom and hopefully keep ourselves balanced with what we need to do to serve our families, our friends and our community and our young people So let's keep ourselves healthy Take our vitamins I've heard recently about it's also beginning to affect older people and it's becoming a big problem that people and nearing retirement or already in retirement would have student loan debts and they say that this is growing leaps and bounds just it's crash of 2008 and now the cost of debt of people in this category has increased by That is an issue, just him. What are you concerned with all the sheets? Well, I mean this is your personal, I mean would like to get your card out of the battery because when we're speaking with the representative we can say it's better to hold a stack of 15, 20 than it is told to because they'll think we wrote it but see it's just really thoughtful there's a variety of examples and it's just helpful So we'll be picking these up myself, Gloria and so I'm going to pick two up so again we'll be collecting them Does anybody have any other questions or concerns or something else they might want to say?