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ORANGE COUNTY ADVISORY BOARD ON AGING <br />UNITED WAY SENIOR ISSUES TEAM <br />JOINT SESSION <br /> <br />Minutes <br />June 27, 2007 <br /> <br /> <br />PRESENT: Cathy Ahrendsen, Jeanie Arnel, Myra Austin, Jack Chestnut, Peggy Cohen, <br />Diane Henderson, Jerry Kruter, Steve Lackey, Jane Paulson, Lauren Proctor, Fred <br />Schroeder, Florence Soltys, Jan Wassel <br />STAFF: Bob Jones, Kathie Kearns, Jerry Passmore, Angie Welsh <br />EXCUSED: Alice Gordon <br /> <br />The meeting was called to order by Co-Chairs Jack Chestnut and Steve Lackey. The <br />minutes of the April meeting were approved as distributed. Following the tour of the <br />Seymour Center Mr. Lackey requested brief agency reports. Jeanie Arnel stated that a <br />new volunteer is providing arts and crafts to Meals on Wheels recipients once a week. <br />Angie Welsh stated that Blue Cross/Blue annually conducts community impact tours for <br />its top executives. One of the four tours this year will be for Orange senior services. The <br />tour will take place August 1. <br /> <br />Jerry Passmore recapped the events marking the opening of the Seymour Center. He also <br />noted that the groundbreaking for the Central Orange Senior Center/Day Health <br />Center/Sportsplex expansion project was held on June 19. He added that the Central <br />Orange location will have more options for service for frail older adults as well as <br />intergenerational opportunities. Discussion followed on the size of the program space in <br />the expanded facility. <br /> <br />Mr. Passmore reported that, at the previous night’s Board of County Commissioners <br />meeting, the Commissioners adopted a proclamation thanking the 100+ staff and <br />volunteers involved in the MAP update process. Jack Chestnut added that, in keeping <br />with the reasssessment of the role of community centers in aging services, Lisa Berley <br />and the programs she administers are being transferred to the Dept on Aging, effective <br />July 1. Mr. Passmore distributed a legislative bill tracker forwarded by the Triangle J <br />Area Agency on Aging. Florence Soltys voiced her concern about the bill that requires <br />all facility volunteers to be funneled through a home health agency. Another bill she <br />noted was the rating system for adult care homes. <br /> <br />After the joint session’s adjournment the Advisory Board on Aging was called to order <br />by Chairman Chestnut. Jerry Passmore asked that a request from Board of Elections <br />Director Barry Garner to use senior center for one-stop voting sites be added to the <br />agenda. <br /> <br /> <br />