Traverse City commissioners will consider a request Monday from the Grand Traverse County Commission on Aging (COA) to allow a food truck to operate at the Traverse City Senior Center.

In a memo to the city, COA Deputy Director Lori Wells explained that the Senior Center was "experiencing an increased use of our outdoor programming...by seniors in the community," and that she hoped to "explore ways to enhance our food delivery" to that demographic. While the Senior Center offers a daily noon meal delivery in cooperation with Meals on Wheels, Wells noted the program "does not meet the needs or interests of many patrons" due to only being available at noon, requiring advance registration and being packaged as a single entree option.

"Seniors are coming to the Center and staying for extended periods - having food options on-site for them will be appealing and well-received," Wells wrote. "I would see the regular beach users finding value in this option as well."

The city's mobile vending policy states that food trucks can operate on city-owned property only if approved by a resolution of the city commission.