Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />ADVISORY BOARD ON AGING <br /> <br />Minutes <br />September 10, 2008 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />PRESENT: Leo Allison, Heather Altman, Alvonia Baldwin, Peggy Cohn, Alice Gordon, <br />Diane Henderson, Jerry Kruter, Steve Lackey, Ellen Ozier-Hayes, Thelma Perkins, Fred <br />Schroeder, Miriam Settle, Don Wilhoitt <br /> <br />EXCUSED: Jan Wassel <br /> <br />STAFF: Myra Austin, Kate Barrett, Kathie Kearns, Jerry Passmore, Kathy Porter, Al <br />Terry, Janice Tyler <br /> <br />Meeting was called to order by Vice-Chair Fred Schroeder at the Seymour Center. <br />Following introductions it was announced that Leo Allison, Steve Lackey, Thelma <br />Perkins, and Miriam Settle were appointed to this Board by the County Commissioners <br />during their work session the previous evening. Jerry Passmore informed the Board that <br />the tape of the June 16 Legislative Update held at the Seymour Center will be aired on In <br />Praise of Age on September 13 and 20. Plans are being made for a similar session to be <br />held in late 2008. <br />Mr. Passmore also announced that an Aging and Disabilities Resource Connection grant <br />has been awarded to the Orange/Chatham project. He expressed his appreciation to <br />Miriam Settle, Heather Altman and Kate Barrett for their work on the grant application. <br /> <br />At this time Al Terry was asked to present an overview to the Board of the Orange Public <br />Transportation (OPT) program. Mr. Terry began with a description of the public shuttle <br />that connects Hillsborough to Chapel Hill. He reviewed the new proposal from Triangle <br />Transit Authority (TTA) that Chapel Hill Transit would operate the peak hour shuttle <br />service, using a larger bus to accommodate the increased ridership. OPT would continue <br />to run the off-peak hour route with a shuttle stop added at the new Durham Tech campus. <br />Mr. Terry also noted the new, copper-colored OPT bus that began service in May of this <br />year. Alice Gordon commented that the OPT Hillsborough/Chapel Hill shuttle has been <br />successful since its first day of operation. She cautioned that OPT might not be <br />recouping the total cost of operation since its rates are significantly lower than <br />surrounding systems. Mr. Terry added that the proposed restructuring of the public <br />shuttle operation could result in a $60,000 reduction in revenue. Jerry Passmore stated <br />that the change in the public route operation will be included in the Manager’s Memo to <br />the Board of County Commissioners on Friday. <br /> <br />The minutes of the June 11 meeting were approved upon the motion offered by Diane <br />Henderson and a second by Peggy Cohn. <br />