Aging Advisory Board Minutes 051413

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Road area to accommodate persons on the waiting list for transportation to the Central Orange Senior Center. Ms. Fraser also reported on the recent co-housing forum convened with the help of Charles House Director Paul Klever at the Seymour Center and attended by 60 people. This forum will be repeated at the Central Orange Senior Center in June. Another forum on development of pocket neighborhoods will be held at Seymour this evening with a nationally recognized expert in the field as the presenter. Other upcoming MAP events include a mental health forum, an LGBT organizing reception, and the first meeting of the LTC Learning Collaborative. Heather Altman commended all involved in the Master Aging Plan during the past year for all that has been accomplished. Janice Tyler promised to see that all Advisory Board members are included on the Senior Center listserv that promotes upcoming events bi-weekly. She also expressed her appreciation to Orange County’s first Director of Public Affairs, Carla Banks. A question was raised about sequestration’s impact on funding for the upcoming fiscal year. Janice Tyler responded that the funding reductions have yet to be finalized. Discussions with the Orange County Manager’s staff about the Department’s proposed budget have been favorable and a position has been transferred from Asset Management to better coordinate facility maintenance. A representative of the UNC aging research community, Cheryl Zimmerman, is interested in serving on the Advisory Board as an ex-officio member. The Chair suggested that she be invited to the meetings on a quarterly schedule to share information on research developments within the University. After discussion about changing the location of next month’s meeting to co-locate with the housing forum at Central Orange it was decided to adhere to the published meeting schedule. Heather Altman announced that her enrollment in a doctoral program at UNC has created a schedule conflict due to a required 4:00 class. Staff will survey the Advisory Board members electronically to see if the 3:30 to 5:00 meeting time could be adjusted. During Committee Progress Reports the Chair stated that Carolina Villages hopes to officially launch in the Fall of 2013 and is still accepting charter members. Janice Tyler reported that the Friends of the Central Orange Senior Center held their annual meeting the previous week; Seymour Friends’ annual meeting is scheduled for Thursday. The Chatham-Orange Community Resource Connection now counts more than 30 agencies as members and is concerned about future funding for the project manager. The Songs for Seniors project was officially launched at the Resource Fair. Richard White has been formally nominated as an Orange County delegate to the Senior Tar Heel Legislature. Alex Castro reported that the Chapel Hill/Carrboro Meals On Wheels program is currently delivering 128 meals per day. The expansion into Bingham Township has been postponed temporarily. The Advisory Board may have to consider assigning someone to Keith Cook’s role as MAP liaison with the Orange County Housing community. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Janice Tyler Secretary