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A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to <br />adopt and authorize the Chair to sign the resolution of Commendation for the Master Aging Plan <br />Task Force as stated below: <br />Resolution of Commendation <br />To <br />The Master Aging Plan Task Force <br />WHEREAS, Orange County's older population is expected to experience a rapid <br />growth, more than doubling (131.6%) by the year 2020 compared to only <br />a 38.1 % growth in the total county population; <br />WHEREAS, the County Board of Commissioners established a goal to develop a Master <br />Aging Plan (M.A.P.) that would respond to the service needs of this growing <br />older population over the life span; <br />WHEREAS, over ninety volunteers willingly accepted the Board of Commissioners' <br />appointments to the Master Aging Plan Task Force to help make Orange <br />County a better place to live for older persons; <br />WHEREAS, over a ten month period the M.A.P. Task Force members helped identify <br />issues, develop goals and objectives to address the aging issues for the next <br />five years for Well-Fit, Moderately Impaired, Severely Disabled older <br />persons and the aging "Baby Boomers;" <br />WHEREAS, the Master Aging Plan Task Force has completed the Plan for the Board's <br />consideration and adoption in a timely manner; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF <br />COMMISSIONERS, hereby commends and thanks the M.A.P Task Force members for their <br />community spirit, expertise and dedication to improving the quality of life for all older residents <br />now and the future. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />b. Resolution Transferring Control of a Cable Television Franchise from Time <br />Warner, Inc. to America Online, Inc. <br />The Board reviewed a report on the transfer of ownership and control of Time Warner <br />to AOL and considered adopting a resolution consenting to transfer ownership and control of <br />Time Warner to AOL and Media One to AT&T. <br />John Link recognized Michael Patrick, Chair of the Cable TV Advisory Board, and <br />commended him for all the work he did to facilitate the transfer of ownership and control of Time <br />Warner to AOL. <br />Michael Patrick said that the resolution has to do with the requirement under federal <br />law when a franchisee is transferring ownership of a franchise, the local franchising authorities <br />are called in to act to approve the franchise. This came about by the proposed merger of Time <br />Warner and AOL and AT&T and Media One. He explained that in June the advisory board <br />brought before the Board a resolution seeking to approve this transfer, contingent upon a number <br />of conditions. At that time, the advisory board proposed that the Board postpone action on this. <br />He said that the resolution was in the context of Time Warner/AOL's merger proposal that says <br />they would voluntarily provide open access to the Internet over the cable systems. This is not a <br />condition of approval, but only in the context of the resolution. The resolution also places <br />conditions on Time Warner to live up to the existing franchises. The Cable TV Advisory Board is <br />asking the Board to approve this resolution that conditions the transfer of the franchises upon <br />Time Warner acknowledging the provisions of the old franchises as well as the recommendation <br />that we expect Time Warner to live up to its voluntary undertaking to provide open access to the <br />Internet over the cable system. He said that the merger would go through even if this resolution <br />