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A Town - County Task <br />additional space for se: <br />Chapel Hill where their <br />citizen representatives <br />held five meetings, one <br />significant issues were <br />EXECUTIVE SMRMY <br />Force was formed in August 1990 <br />aior citizens in Southern Orange <br />growth has been dramatic. Made <br />from Orange County, Chapel Hill <br />a public forum attended by almo <br />identified: <br />to examine needs for <br />and especially in the Town of <br />up of elected officials and <br />and Carrboro, the Task Force <br />at 150 persons. Three <br />• Older adults, and especially those 80 and older, represent the fastest growing <br />population segment in this area. (Chapel Hill's older adult population will more <br />than double by the year 2000.) <br />• Public and private services ( e.g. leisure /education programs for seniors) have <br />grown rapidly and many have had to compete for limited public space. <br />• Activities and services are now scattered in several locations, making it difficult <br />for people to know where to go for particular needs. <br />These are some maior needs of_older_c itizens: <br />a A highly visible " focal paint " facility to access varied services. <br />• Adequate space for activities in Chapel Hill and reliable - available space in <br />Carrboro. <br />• Mechanisms to deal effectively with seniors' issues and concerns. <br />• A place to go at any time for support and friendship. <br />Recognizing these led the Task Force to conclude that it is vital to plan a <br />comprehensive service delivery model. The goal should be to establish a senior <br />citizen center network for the delivery of high quality services to all older adults. <br />Such a network must address three critical planning considerations: (1) basic designs <br />for senior center facilities,(2) the diversity of the older population and services <br />needed, and (3) various types of senior center programming. <br />After their review of materials and visiting senior centers in this part of the <br />state, and especially after listening to the November public forum input, the Task <br />Force decided upon both short term and long term recommendations for the Southern <br />Orange area: <br />Short term s_t_rateaies_ are to renew leasing space with the ArtsCenter in Carrboro <br />and to lease additional space (4000 -6000 sq ft) in Chapel Hill. Both of these would <br />offer programs for active seniors; and the existing Northside Chapel Hill Center would <br />be converted into an extended nutrition site and /or adult day health care facility for <br />frail older persons. Staffing arrangements for the recreational components of the new <br />Chapel Hill Center would be coordinated between Orange County and the Town of Chapel <br />Hill through an inter - governmental performance agreement for both short term (next <br />year) and long term programming. <br />Long term recommendations are these: <br />• Orange County will construct at the already- approved Southern Orange Human <br />Services Center a comprehensive Multipurpose Senior Resource Center (to be 15,000 <br />sq ft) to serve both well and frail seniors: this will be the hub of the network <br />for seniors. <br />• Chapel Hill will add a section (10,000 sq ft) to the Community Center on Estes <br />Dr., designed to be the satellite Chapel Hill Senior Center. <br />• Carrboro will construct a new community center to include a 5,000 sq ft section to <br />be designed as the satellite Carrboro Senior Center. <br />o Funding could be derived from both public and private sources. <br />FN:TFSC- ESI.DOC <br />