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