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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />AGTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 3, 2007 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. „~ ~~ <br />SUBJECT: Presentation of the Orange County Master Aging Plan: 2007-2011 <br />DEPARTMENT: Aging/ Advisory Board on Aging PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />MAP Task Force <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Final MAP Report: 2007-11 <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Pat Sprigg, MAP Task Force Co-chair <br />Florence Soltys, MAP Task Force Co-chair <br />Alice Gordon, MAP Task Force Member <br />Barry Jacobs, MAP Task Force Member <br />Jerry Passmore, MAP Project Manager <br />TELEPIiONE NUMBER: <br />(919) 732-8181 <br />PURPOSE: To present the completed Orange County Master Aging Plan (MAP) update <br />covering the period 2007-2011 for future adoption. <br />BACKGROUND: At the request of the Orange County Advisory Board on Aging, on June 23, <br />2005, the Orange County Board of Commissioners approved updating the Master Aging Plan <br />(MAP) for the Years 2006-2010. This timeframe was later changed to 2007-11. On October 18, <br />2005, the Board of County Commissioners approved the recommended MAP Task Force <br />charge, structure, membership and time frame -including the designation of two Commissioner <br />board members, Barry Jacobs and Alice Gordon, to serve on the Steering Committee. The <br />MAP Steering Committee was formed, and guided the activities of the three functional <br />subcommittees: (1) Well/Fit Older Adult, (2) Disabled /Moderately Impaired Older Adult and (3) <br />the Severely Impaired /Institutionalized Older Adult and the four identified broad issues <br />subgroups (Information/Access, Housing, Transportation and Transitional Care) in identifying <br />the issues and arriving at the final goals, objectives and strategies. <br />Pat Sprigg and Florence Soltys, co-chairs of the MAP Steering Committee, guided the planning <br />process from the kick-off orientation meeting held in December 2005 to the final MAP Steering <br />Committee meeting on January 31, 2007. Throughout this period, the BOCC has received <br />update reports, the last report being on September 19, 2006, in which the BOCC approved the <br />preliminary MAP goals and objectives, the proposed Bill of Rights for Older Persons and the <br />new initiative in "Building Aging-Friendly Communities on Orange" for public comment. <br />Since the last MAP update report to the BOCC, the Steering Committee (in partnership with the <br />Aging Advisory Board), held over 30 public presentation meetings from September to January, <br />2007 to receive community input and buy-in. The input meetings included presentations to all <br />