SR-302-001 (10)
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Santa Monica, californ~, March 2, 1981
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Mayor and City Council
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City Staff
Senior Citizens' Produce Program
Introduction
This report requests approval from the City Council to allow
the Recreation and Parks Department to continue to provide
public building space to the Food Advisory Service for the
purpose of selling fresh produce to senior citizens at a
lower than market price.
Background
The Food Advisory Serv~ce is a non-profit CETA funded service
which currently delivers produce to sites throughout Los
Angeles County. Fresh produce is brought to the site each
Wednesday morning by the Food Advisory Service vehicle.
There is no charge for this service, All produce sold at the
site is sold at wholesale cost, with no profits realized by
the agency.
The City Council initially gave approval to this program in
March, 1980. Until now, the program has been coerdinated by
the Food Advisory Service working with the Retired Senior
Volunteer Program (R.S,V.P.) in the craft room at Miles
Playhouse, The on-site operation has been supervised by a
CETA employee of the R.S.V.P. program. The R S V P. program
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lost the CETA employee and no longer has the means for
supervising the produce program. Therefore, R.S.V.P, would
like to turn the produce program over to the Food Advisory
Service to be run on-site by their VISTA employees.
Staff has discussed this matter with the Food Advisory
Service and R.S V.P. The consensus is the program is well
received by the seniors and all efforts should be made to
continue the program. The Food Advisory service is willing
to administer and supervise the program with continued help
from R.S.V.P. volunteers.
The program would continue to operate for a two hour period
each Wednesday morning. Approximately 70-85 senior citizens
are served by the program. Scales and necessary equipment
will be donated by R.S.V.P. to the Food Advisory Service.
The Food Advisory Service has provided the City with a
Certificate of Insurance covering general liability and
producers' liability.
Recommendation
It is recommended the City Council authorize staff to continue
to provide public building space to the Food Advisory Service
for the purpose of selling fresh produce to senior citizens
at lower than market price
Prepared by
Donald T. Arnett, Director
Recreation and Parks