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Parks, Recreation, and Community Services <br /> www.santa-ana.org/parks <br /> Item # 18 <br /> City of Santa Ana <br /> 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br /> March 7, 2023 <br /> TOPIC: Senior Citizens Commission <br /> AGENDA TITLE: <br /> Senior Citizens Commission Informational Report <br /> RECOMMENDED ACTION: <br /> Accept informational report and provide direction to staff. <br /> DISCUSSION: <br /> Flerhaps a lyetteu working till wa umnight lye the Commission on <br /> ackground,...._. .................................................................� the Status of Uder AdUts <br /> At the January 17, 2023 City Council meeting, Mayor Amezcua added the following <br /> councilmember requested item: Discuss and Consider Directing the City Manager to <br /> Direct Staff to Prepare an Ordinance Establishing a Senior Citizen Commission. There <br /> was consensus among the City Council to proceed with this item. <br /> Accordingly, staff has prepared this report outlining preliminary research of different <br /> commission structures, alternatives to a commission, and a draft ordinance establishing <br /> a Senior Citizen Commission. id they talk to the County coumrrwrnisson which has <br /> been around for decades,? <br /> Senior Citizen Commission <br /> Like all other boards and commissions, a Senior Citizen Commission is an advisory <br /> body that advises the City Council, particularly relating to matters concerning aging and <br /> older adults or senior citizens (the terms "older adults", "seniors", and "senior citizens" <br /> refer to individuals who are 55 years of age and older, and are used interchangeably in <br /> this report). Generally, a Senior Citizen Commission advises the City Council on the <br /> following matters: <br /> • To act in an advisory capacity to the City Council relating to service delivery <br /> pertaining to older adults. <br /> • To make recommendations to the City Council relating to services provided by <br /> the City to older adults. <br /> • To make recommendations to the City Council relating to policies and plans <br /> relating to older adults. <br /> 5::.. .TIhis is lbased on AN:RFI, The umno appropriate e is 62, FUI a tirernent is 67 <br />