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<br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. q-d <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 4, 1998 <br />SUBJECT: Senior Center Update <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager Public Hearing: No <br />Budget Amendment No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Resolution <br />Rent proposal comparison <br />Map (IInder separate cover) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />John Link, ext. 2300 <br />Pam Jones, ext. 2650 <br />Telephone Number- <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />PURPOSE: To discuss options regarding future plans to develop a senior center in <br />southern Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND: As the Board is aware, the lease on the Chapel Hill Senior Center is <br />due to expire on June 30, 2001. Since the failure of the 1997 bond issue that included a <br />new senior center, County staff and others have discussed how the facility needs for <br />senior activities could best be served. In order to ensure that a full range of <br />development options was explored, a group named the Aging Resources Collaborative <br />Planning Group was formed. The group included representatives from the University of <br />North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Orange County Government, UNC Hospitals, UNC's <br />Institute on Aging, UNC's Medical School- Program on Aging, the Town of Chapel Hill, <br />the Town of Carrboro, Triangle J Council of Governments, Carol Woods and the seniors <br />of southem Orange. <br />After significant discussion about a number of locations, the group unanimously <br />endorsed the site at the Southern Human Services Center as being the most feasible <br />and the most desirable. The attached resolution reflects the recommendation from the <br />Planning Group. <br />It is interesting to note that the discussions focused not only on facilities, but also on the <br />programming to be offered by the various groups. Without exception, the group agreed <br />that senior services for the future would go beyond what was traditionally offered at a <br />senior center. This lead to a spirit of collaboration in which the University of North <br />Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Hospitals expressed a strong interest in the <br />development of a campus environment that encompassed not only a senior center, but <br />