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' 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMIVIISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. S-ik <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 5, 1997 <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 /> -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): Proclamations INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Passmore <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: <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 11 through <br /> 17 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 11 through 17 as Senior Center Week in <br /> Orange County and authorize Chair to sign proclamations. <br />