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Receipt and Filing of the Report Regarding the Culver City Age-Friendly Needs Assessment.
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Meeting Date: February 4, 2025
Contact Person/Dept: Francisca Castillo/PRCS
Phone Number: (310) 253-6645
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No []
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: [X]
Public Notification: (E-mail) Meetings and Agendas - Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission (01/31/2025); (E-mail) Parks, Recreation & Community Service Department Updates (01/31/2025)
Department Approval: Ted Stevens, PRCS Director (01/31/2025)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Parks, Recreation and Community Services (PRCS) Commission receive and file the report regarding the Culver City Age-Friendly Needs Assessment.
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
As a member of the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities, the City of Culver City has made an ongoing commitment to be more livable for people of all ages and abilities. The arriving force behind this commitment has been the Age-Friendly Action Plan Initiative, which began in 2019. Nancy Frank, Age-Friendly Consultant was hired to work alongside staff to support the city's efforts in developing and implementing an action plan, as well as analyzing the community's needs. As part of the initiative, the city conducted a community-wide survey and two community listening sessions, using the results to help form the development of the action plan. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the needs assessment, action plan and the implementation phase were postponed. It was relaunched in 2024, starting with the needs assessment. The goal of the needs assessment is to collect relevant data and research which will guide the development of the action plan. The purpose of the needs assessment is to identify the community's needs with regards to the eight domains of livability:...
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