HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2003-051 Resolution in Support of a "Senior Wellness Campus" Concept Plan for the SHSC - Carolina North Site~~s ~~ao ~- a~~
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Orange .County Board of Commissioners
RESOLUTION
~n Support of a
"Campus on Senior Wellness and Longevity"
Concept Plan
For the
Southern Human Services -Carolina North Site
WHEREAS, according to the latest population figures, there are more than 16,200,
persons over 60 years of age in Orange County, a number which may more
than double by the year 2020; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners approved on March 6, 2001 a Master
Aging Plan (M.A.P.) the purpose of which was to anticipate and begin to
prepare a response to the service needs of this growing older population
over the life span; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners through its Department on Aging
is now initiating planning phases for developing two new multipurpose
Senior Centers for the 21St Century -one in Chapel Hill (Southern Orange)
and one in Northern-Central Orange County; and
WHEREAS, the University of North Carolina, UNC Hospitals, Carol Woods and other
groups have expressed an interest in identifying unique and mutually
beneficial ways to partner with the County to provide services to seniors;
and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners concurs with the concept that senior
programs can be offered most effectively if facilities can be co-located in a
campus environment as envisioned for the Southern Human Services-
Carolina North site.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the ORANGE COUNTY BOARD
OF COUNTY CONIlVIISSIONER5 encourages the establishment of a Campus on
Senior Wellness and Longevity with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that
would together foster research, education and direct services through the planned Senior
Center for Southern Orange and yet-to-be-determined University facilities, and
encourages the University in its current deliberations on the development of Carolina
North, to grant favorable consideration to this objective.
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This the 26~' day of June, 2003.
Margaret rown, Chair
Board of Commissioners