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Home My WebLink About17-Parks and Recreation - - - - . l...CITY OF SAN BEWNARDINcP- MEMORANDlnII To Mayor and Common Council From Annie F. Ramos, Director Parks, Rec. & Comm. Svcs. October 14, 1985 Subject Report/Study on Need of Senior Citizen Cente6s throughput the City/Continued from ctober Zth meetlno Date Approved Date At their Meeting of August 26, 1985, the Mayor and Common Council directed the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department Staff to do a study of the need of senior citizen centers throughout the City and report back to the Council at the first meeting on October. The report was not ready on October 7th and this item on the Agenda was continued to October 21, 1985. The reasons this report was not ready are: 1. The report was not anticipated and the timing for the report was too short to adequately gather the data. 2. It was hoped that this information could be collected during the needs assessment survey, however; data gathering is more complex than anticipated, and with a lack of computer capability, work has been hindered. ~?7Z- DIRECTOR-PARKS, RECREATION & COMMUNITY SERVICES e.rY' Oil rH.;;M~.y. /7 '- - - - - - , C I T Y 0 ~S A N B E R ~ R DIN 0 INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM 8510-1003 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL FROM: ANNE RHODES, SUPERINTENDENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES SUBJECT: CITY WIDE NEED FOR SENIOR CENTERS DATE: October 14, 1985 (6497> COPIES: CITY ADMINISTRATOR; ANNIE F. RAMOS - DIRECTOR OF PARKS, RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ------------------------------------------------------------- For the purpose of this report a Senior Center is defined as a center providing services solely for senior citizens, open fulltime and providing services including, but not limited to, nutrition, information and referral, health screening, consumer education and other social and recreational programs on a regularly scheduled basis. In addition a senior center should be located in an area that is considered safe, easi Iy accessible and provides a sense of community. This study was approached with the assumption that senior citizen service centers do provide needed services for the elderly population. The primary question is: Are there sufficient senior centers in existence or in the planning process to adequately serve the elderly of the City of San Bernardino? To determine this, a number of factors were exp I ored: 1. The location of existing centers. 2. The location of P'"oposed senior centers. 3. The location of sen i ors as they relate to existing or proposed centers. The optimum service radius for a senior center is 1/2 mile to 1 mile. However, nationwide studies show the it is not financially feasible to provide centers on a less than 1 mile radius. In urban areas where publ ic transportation is more readily available, a 1 to 2 mile service radius is considered feasible. Considering that San Bernardino has some publ ic transportation including Dial-A-Ride and Dial-A-Lift, a one mi Ie service radius is considered appropriate for this study. - -- . r \" INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM~8510-1003 CITY WIDE NEED FOR SENIOR CENTERS October 14, 1985 Page 2 ~ ." For the purpose of this study the City was divided into 5 areas encompassing existing and proposed senior centers and areas with no senior center. The attached map shows the following: 1. The Central part of the city is presently wel I served by the Senior Citizens Service Center at 600 West 5th Street. The center is avai lable to at least 2,444 elderly. 2. The Northeast corner, Highland/Del Rosa area is adequate- ly served by the Highland/Del Rosa senior center. The center is available to at least 926 elderly. 3. The northern section of the City However, the proposed Perris Hi I I once estab I i shed. That center will 3,760 elderly. is not currently served. site wi I I meet this need be avai lable to at least 4. The West San Bernardino area has an elderly population of at least 2,572 who are not being served by a senior center. 5. The Shandin Hills of the City, has at center. area, located in the least 2,788 elderly northwest corner not served by a SUMMARY In planning for the West San Bernardino area, a senior citizens center should be considered in conjunction with the overal I development plans for the area. In the Shandin Hi 115 area, attention should be paid abundance of older homes as elderly live. as p I ann i ng proceeds, part i cu I ar to the areas where there is an this is where a majority of the Based upon the criteria establ ished for senior citizens centers, it is clear that both West San Bernardino and the Shandin Hi 115 area are in need of senior centers. However, based on the economic data compi led for the West San Bernard- ino Area and the Shandin Hi I 15 area, there appears to be a greater immediate need in the West San Bernardino area. - '-" INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM: 8510-1003 CITY WIDE NEED FOR SENIOR CENTERS October 14, 1985 Page 3 , ~bQ~8b~_~8~8~QQ~~_QE_88~8~_~II~_~~I~II~2~ e8QEQ~~Q_Q8_~~~Q~Q_~~~IQ8_~~~I~8~_I~_I~~_~II~_QE_~8~_~~8~88QI~Q Over the age of 65--There are more seniors in each census tract 60 years plus. This data is for seniors 65 plus only. City average of seniors is 121.. Census tracts and total senior population served in each are: ~13h!!n1LQ~!_822! 121!! EHHn1!H 74.02 74.01 75 926 101. EHt:lL~l!! 53 54 55 62 63 3,760 171. ~~n12L~~n1H 47 48 49 55 57 58 59 2,444 131. ~~21_~!n_~~~n!~11n2 41 42 43 47 38 2,572 111. ~h!n11L~l!!2 45 51 61 46 2,788 101. - - -- .~,..,,,, INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM:~8510-1003 ,~ CITY WIDE NEED FOR SENIOR CENTERS October 14, 1985 Page 4 Income status of areas which lack an existing or proposed senior center within the City of San Bernardino. ~!!~_~!n_~!(n!(~ln2 41 42 43 47 38 Med i an Fami Iy Income 11,994 11,417 17,737 11 ,500 25,467 ~!l!n~lL!:!l!l! 45 51 61 46 22,271 24,709 23,678 20,948 City Median: 16,965 / ~HODES ~~~~~U~ITY SERVICES SUPERINTENDENT AR:mg 1,., ," '. '-" .~ ,"".# C~TY 0'."'- 't H il SAti\l [8[EL~H\U.:\RD~~\jO Census Tracts 1980 - 1 ~IILE RADIUS OF EXISTIilG OR --- PROPOSED SENIOR CEfITERS. ~REA OF Ui~MET NEED FOR THE -. "EVELOPi1Ern OF A SENIOR CENTER. -- ,(",i' f" J ,---"', " , , t' I ',..! ----I -'- ,-, ,-, ......__. 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