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/4/744/f /.q//,s-/r7 G/rte ----OE-7TV 24 ivOtkela Statement for the Public Hearing on the Proposed Capital Improvement Plan for Orange County, held December 15, 1987, in Chapel Hill North Carolina, by Betty H. Landsberger, Chair, Orange County Advisory Board on Aging. The Advisory Board on Aging (ABA) at its meeting December 10, 1987, directed me 1) to convey to the County Commission their reactions to the group of items contained in the CIP which relate to facilities for senior services; 2) to request that further consideration be given to two items submitted for the CIP but not included in the document; and 3) to make a request regarding the calendar for developing plans and budgets. 1. The ABA is very pleased with the inclusion of the projects for building the Central Orange Human Services Complex (pp. 41-45) and the Southern Orange Human Services Complex (pp. 72-78), both of which will contain much-needed space for the multitude of activities which go on in Senior Centers. " These include the social, educational and nutrition programs; a room for health-related activities (screening, counseling, health promotion); adult day care (for which increasing need has been noted); _. space necessary for administring the ) n"" with office g programs and coordinating with other agencies; and auxiliary space for reception room, bus-waiting areas, etc. The Computerized Information System for County Services (pp. 111-113) will make a great addition to our capability for Information and Referral service throughout the county and presents an opportunity to increase attention to health education and improve citizen access to a variety of services. 2. The ABA regret that two of the projects submitted by the DoA were not in- cluded in the Proposed CIP. We wish to state briefly our reasons for re- questing that further consideration be given to those project requests. A. The JOCCA Efland-Cheeks Multipurpose Center presently houses the nutrition program for older persons in that area. Though this site is not a Senior Center and not administered by the DoA, it serves as a community center and staff from Aging and other county departments as well as other agencies do go there regularly for activities and services. The building is presently leased from a private owner. It is in poor condition and is inadequate as a site for, among other things, the Senior activities going on there. The ABA agrees with the JOCCA project that the improvements needed are far greater than can be handled by addressing this (as the County Manager suggested) in the Public Works budget. Apparently one possibility would be to put a building on some county-owned land alongside the school property close to the present Center location where the County Recreation and Parks Department plans to develop a Community Park. We realize that the ABA is not directly involved in this matter. Never- theless, it appears that some means needs to be found to provide services in that community and township. We urge that the Commission explore the possibility of including in the CIP facilities to provide services to the people in and around Efland.