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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. .5-- L <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 6, 1998 <br />SUBJECT: Older Americans Month and Senior Center Week Proclamations <br />-------------------------------------- - - - - -- --------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- <br />DEPARTMENT: Aging PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT YES: NO: X <br />ATTACHMENT (S): Proclamations INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Passmore <br />PURPOSE: <br />TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br />Hillsborough <br />-732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill <br />-968-4501 <br />Mebane <br />-227-2031 <br />Durham <br />-688-7331 <br />To join federal and state governments in designating the month of May <br />as Older Americans Month, a time to honor our older citizens for their <br />contributions to society. Also, to designate the week of May 10 through <br />16 as Senior Center Week, a time to recognize our local senior centers as <br />focal points for providing opportunities and services to our older citizens. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />For a number of years, Orange County Commissioners have issued an <br />Older Americans Month and Senior Center Week Proclamation. <br />Approximately 13,000 Orange County residents are sixty years of age <br />and older, with this population projected to increase to more than 14,000 <br />by the turn of the century. <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Manager recommends that the Commissioners designate May as Older <br />Americans Month and May 10 through 16 as Senior Center Week in <br />Orange County and authorize Chair to sign proclamations. <br />FN:H\ABSTRAC1W506A.D0C <br />1 <br />