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ORANGE COUNTY
HOARD OF COMXXSSI0NER9
Action Agenda
I ten No. --Ly-H
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Mooting Date: May 2, 1994
SUBJECT: Orange County Senior Centers Development Planning Process
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DEPARTKNNT: Aging PUBLIC HEARING! YES., NOs X
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ATTACMCM(s) : INFORKATION CONTACT s
Jerry M. Passmore, ext 2000
(1) Proposed Procedure & Timeframe TELEPHONE NUMBER
Hillsborough - 732-8181
Chapel Hill - 968-4501
Mebane - 227 .2031
Durham - 688-7331
Extension 2000
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PURPOSE: To approve the development of an Orange county senior
centers development plan.
BACKGROUND: Orange county has established over the years four
senior centers and two community centers that provide
services and activities to senior citizens. While
there has been a 1991 Task Force that looked at senior
center space needs in southern orange, there has not
been a comprehensive long range plan for the development
of a network of senior centers.
RECOMMENDATION(S) : The County Manager recommends approval of the
proposed procedure and timeframe for developing an
Orange County Senior Center Development Plan.
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ORANGE COUNTY SENIOR CENTERS
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PROCESS: PROPOSED PROCEDURE AND TIMEFRAME
PURPOSE: To develop an updated and expanded county senior centers
development plan (SCDP) for BOCC approval.
TASKS COMPLETION DATE
1. Recruit and select SCDP Committee members May, 1994
A. Reappoint Task Force members who were on the 1991
Southern Senior Center Space Needs Committee.
B. Select additional SCDP Committee members from
central/northern Orange County.
2 . Hold SCDP Committee Meetings to review/analyze the June-August
following minimum background materials:
A. Current Senior Center Facilities: management,
budget, activities and citizen use.
B. State and national standards for center operations
developed by NC Division of Aging (NCDOA) and
the National Council on Aging (NCOA) .
C. The 1991 Report of the Task Force on Southern Orange,
The Establishment of a Senior Center Network Model:
Long & Short Term Recommendations .
D. The 1993 Report on Southern Orange Senior Centers:
Developments since the 1991 Task Force's recommendations.
E. Senior center space in the proposed new Southern
Orange Human Services Center on Homestead Road.
F. The County Aging Board's 1993 Senior Center
recommendations covering all of Orange County.
3. Establish updated policy recommendations covering the Aug. , 1994
number, design, functions, services, and location of
senior centers throughout Orange county.
4 . Prepare Senior Centers Development Plan covering Aug. , 1994
a five year period to the year 2000.
5 . Present the draft Senior Centers Development Plan to Sept, 1994
the Board of County Commissioners for review & changes.
6 . Hold public hearing at each Center to receive Sept, 1994
comments on the Senior Centers Development Plan.
7 . Hold final SCDP Committee meeting to make necessary Sept, 1994
changes in the Senior Centers Development Plan.
8 . Present the Senior Centers Development Plan to the Oct. 1994
Board of County Commissioners for final review/adoption.
(O.C. Adv. Board on Aging, Approved on March 24 , 1994 ) (SC-DP94 )