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VIII. SPECIFIC STRATEGIES FOR A NETWORK OF SENIOR CENTER <br />FACILITIES <br />A. SHORT TERM RECOMMENDATION. Until approved long term <br />solutions are implemented, short term strategies for <br />meeting the current senior center space needs should be <br />addressed. Naturally, one short term strategy would be <br />to remain as is and use the existing facilities. Listed <br />below are the proposed short term strategies based on the <br />Task Force findings and public forum responses. (Survey <br />responses at Forum- Appendix 14) <br />1. Current Carrboro Senior Center space (300G E. Main St) <br />-renew space lease with the ArtsCenter (with clarification on <br />additional shared space) until a final decision is reached on <br />the proposed Carrboro Community Center that might include a <br />Senior Center. (Renew for 5 years with option to extend or <br />shorten) <br />2. New „Chanel Hill Senior Center space (To be identified) <br />-lease additional space (3,000 -5,000 sq.ft.) in Chapel Hill <br />for consolidating the Dept. on Aging, JOCCA and Chapel Hill <br />Recreation & Parks senior program efforts. The leased space <br />would serve as a temporary facility until the programs can be <br />transferred to the County's new Southern Orange Human Services <br />Center (to be constructed by 1993) and until.a Senior Citizens <br />addition is made to the existing Chapel Hill Community Center <br />on Estes Drive. Ideally, the selected lease space should be <br />conveniently located to Seniors, in a public visible area, <br />accessible to both the handicapped and bus service. A senior <br />Center Space Subcommittee has been formed by the Task Force to <br />further investigate and recommend specific rental space and <br />service design for leasing by July, 1991. <br />3. Current Southern Qrange Human Services Center space <br />(Caldwell St.)- convert the limited Chapel Hill Senior Center <br />space at Northside into extended nutrition or adult day health <br />program for the frail elderly in southern Orange. (The <br />existing activity space would accommodate approximately 20 <br />adult day health clients out of an estimated 300 in need of <br />the service in Southern Orange.) The current Department on <br />Aging administrative staff should be moved to new Chapel Hill <br />Senior Center leased space for more visibility and to free up <br />space at the Northside facility for other agencies' pressing <br />space needs such as the Orange County Dept. of Social Services <br />or Mental Health Center. <br />10 <br />