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<br />Continuing Projects <br />Yvette Missri reported that the fourth Project EngAGE class is in its 10th week of advocacy training. One <br />of this semester’s enrollees is Aging Board Member Vibeke Tally. Ms. Missri stated that the PE Senior <br />Resource Teams recently sponsored End-Of-Life document education workshop, conducted an outreach <br />program for residents and families of Signature Health Care, and developed a guide for forming <br />neighborhood connections groups. <br />Mary Fraser stated that OPT is in the process of installing the 18 bus stop seats purchased with the AARP <br />mini-grant awarded in September. <br /> <br />New Business <br />Mary Fraser and Marie Dagger presented an overview of the OC CARES Project to date. Lorenzo Mejia <br />asked about the types of in-home coaching activities the project team has developed for caregivers. In <br />all 170 families have been served by OC CARES and 30 providers have benefited from paid caregiver <br />training. The largest number of Dementia Friendly Business training attendees has been from financial <br />services. Seventy-five different businesses have completed the training (800 individuals). Each business <br />must re-enroll after two years. Volunteers are being recruited to continue the training. Ms. Fraser <br />summarized the lessons learned through this Project as it enters its final year of grant funding. <br />The OC CARES Advisory Committee will be meeting soon to consider which grant activities should <br />continue after the federal dollars have been exhausted and how they will be funded. Peggy Cohn asked <br />if more local newspaper coverage of this and other worthwhile programs is possible. Janice Tyler stated <br />that she recently met with McClatchy Newspapers to discuss our current arrangement to print the <br />Senior Times and insert it in 4,000 home deliveries. Additional print coverage and other social media <br />options are being negotiated in addition to the current monthly column in the Chapel Hill Herald. <br /> <br />Committee Progress Reports <br />Alex Castro announced that the DCHCMPO long range plan is out for public comment. The 2045 <br />Metropolitan Transportation Plan will list the highway, transit, passenger rail, bicycle and pedestrian projects <br />to be implemented in the region over the next 30 years. <br /> <br />There being no further business the meeting was adjourned. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br />Janice Tyler, Secretary <br />