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PESOLUTION AND ADDENO{UM /W �S I Adopted by the Board of Directors , Orange County Council on Aging , Inc, April 10, 1980 14HEREAS, Orange County may establish programs and services to older residents pursuant to Article 5 , Chapter 153A-76 of the North Carolina General Statutes; and WHEREAS, the County population is becoming older as a result of lower birth rates , increased life span and older persons moving into the County in retirement, and WHEREAS, the special needs of the elderly require a comprehensive, integrated approach to the delivery of services in the fields of health, mental health, social service, recreation, employment and other programs under Federal , State and local auspices, both tax supported and voluntary, and WHEREAS, County government involvement gives permanence and con- tinuity to services for older persons and stimulates public aware- ness of conditions and needs of its elderly population, and WHEREAS, elected officials and other funding agencies need assis- tance in making appropriate financial and policy decisions about necessary services to older persons , now, therefore be it RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors of Orange County Council on Aging, Inc. , request the Orange County Board of Commissioners to: 1 . Establish a "Department on Aging" as an agency of County government to take over the operation of services and pro- grams now provided by Orange County Council on Aging, Inc. , and 2. Create a "Senior Citizens Board" to develop and recommend policy and to serve in an advisory capacity to the County Department on Aging and the Board of County Commissioners, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that in the event the County Commissioners act favorably on this request, in manner and form acceptable to the Board of Directors of Orange County Council on Aging, Inc. , then said Board of Directors will take appropriate action to dissolve Orange County Council on Aging, Inc. , and turn over its assets to Orango COU?I „v .