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Clovis advances Hillcrest Senior Life Center projects and launches senior support volunteer program
Summary
City staff reported progress on Hillcrest Senior Life Center capital projects, said some grants are awarded but agreements are pending, and announced a new Senior Support Volunteer program with training in early May.
The Clovis Senior Services Committee heard updates on planned capital improvements to the Hillcrest Senior Life Center and approved a new Senior Support Volunteer program to increase safety and floor coverage at the center.
The Hillcrest items remain on the city’s Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan (ICIP), including a parking-lot project, a covered patio and a phase 2 plan-and-design request that staff said carries a $905,000 design estimate. Barbara Reagan, who presented the report, said the city has been awarded some vehicles and project funding but has not yet received the corresponding grant agreements. "The city of Clovis and really our community, runs on volunteerism," Mayor Morris said when recognizing committee members and volunteers.
Reagan told the committee that the parking-lot and covered-patio requests are part of a larger state capital-outlay request administered through Aging and Long Term Services; the city is waiting for bond sales and for the Legislature’s allocation timelines, which could push grant execution into next year. Committee members said Hillcrest is at or near daily capacity and that the lack of parking is a pressing operational constraint; Reagan said the projects have been approved but are waiting on state funding to be released.
Separately, staff described a new Senior Support Volunteer program for Hillcrest. Volunteers will carry two-way radios while on the floor to summon staff in the event of spills, falls, suspicious persons or other incidents, and will receive training on first aid, the center’s emergency action plan and food-safety protocols. Reagan announced volunteer training scheduled for May 5, an introductory session in early May, and a May 19 session on food safety with Summit Food Services, the center’s meal contractor.
The committee also heard that the center’s one-year anniversary open house is scheduled for Saturday, May 10, beginning at 10 a.m., with vendors, tours and a noon food service. Mayor Morris asked staff to continue pursuing state capital-outlay funding and to report back; no formal action was taken at the meeting.
Looking ahead, the Senior Services Committee’s next scheduled meeting is July 10 at 1:30 p.m.
