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'' Senior program will get expanded space• New Brighton seeks congregate dining program for FSC '° by Jim Schwartz - ; The New Brighton City Council agreed Aug. anywhere from 150 to 200 seniors use FSC facilities ; spend S40,000 to remodel and furnish facilities at the to weekly. Many of them walk the track, he said, while Family Service Service Center (FSC) for senior citizenothersWOE out during the day on the equipment and programs. Participate in cared games and dances. That number is r. city council also agreed to try to entice the senior increase if congregate dining is added. expected to the greg�dining program to switch from Shoreview to New Brighton Congregate dining, coordinated by " �g �ongatedining m ��' 1°0m �vl ut School District 621 and funded by RamseyAction a daily basis actually benefits the FSC by ensuring School provides and that this public facility is being used as much as possible r'1 weekday lunches to senior citizens. during its open haus,"Fulton said in a memo to the city Pians call for reconfiguring just under 1,500 square council. - 1 feet of space in four office suites an the second floor of ` 1 the FSC for senior program uses. The To finance the improvements, the city will utilize I� rentedii to senior gand Family is currently reserve funds that once were targeted for a four-city Services, which to gional has agreed to relinquish the space and renegotiate its when a possibleibl center That in Fridleydl Il apart last year lease. building site in was opposed by 6.; (-- The space would become the base for theneighbors and rejected by the Metropolitan Council. l'A senior programs. In addition to _ city's New Brighton then offered a location at Rice Creek 7, • facilities would include a social lounge and a meeting Shopping Center.But then two of the cities dropperout.out. a area. Other FSC facilities would be utilized for other ung for a senior program at the FSC, includingincluding congregate dining, is estimated at S85,600 a ve offices, senior program needs, dances and card playing recreational exercise, year.."Of this cost, $54,940 is already budgeted and ] provided for through existing funding sources,"Fulton 1 Available Oct:1 said in his memo. `"Therefore, the marginal costs of • The revamped space should be available to seniors enhancing our senior g at the FSC would 1 by Oct. 1, City Manager Matt Fulton said during last aPProximaie 5� '•: s_ Tuesday's meeting. Congregate dining could be Officials also antici t relocated to New Brighton by Jan. 1. pate that the S10,000 annual loss . . Parks and Recreationfrom the NYFS lease would be replaced with fees from Director Maury Anderson said programs. OBITUARIES Edward M. Ahlherg -'Edward M.Ahlberg Phyllis.Lanz age 66, Shoreview, died July 31. Services for Phyllis Lanz:(Koehler),.age 63, St.,.r Services were held at First Lutheran Church of White _ Anthony Village, were;held Augi.2.at.the Washburn.__ _ _Bear Lake with burial at West Elbow Lake Luther _ ------ -- - :s