Aging Advisory Board Minutes 011414

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ORANGE COUNTY ADVISORY BOARD ON AGING Minutes January 14, 2014 PRESENT: Leo Allison, Heather Altman, Virginia Brown, Cindy Bucy, Alex Castro, Ed Flowers, Lorenzo Mejia, Donna Prather, Jeane Suddarth STAFF: Lara Balian, Mary Fraser, Lance Hendrix, Kathie Kearns, Beverly Shuford, Janice Tyler The meeting was called to order by Chair Heather Altman. Alex Castro offered a motion for approval of the December 2013 minutes after the correction to the December minutes regarding the number of meals delivered by CH/CA Meals-On-Wheels. Leo Allison provided the second. Motion carried. The Chair recognized Cindy Bucy, a representative of Cardinal Innovations, Inc. The Department Director announced that applications for outside agency funding from the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro, along with Orange County Government, are being prepared for a January 24 submission deadline. Ms. Tyler announced the upcoming 5th Anniversary of the Central Orange Senior Center and the Chinese New Year Celebration at the Seymour Center. She also informed the Advisory Board that former member Peggy Cohn has been nominated for Board of County Commissioner re- appointment. Mary Fraser announced the kick-off session for Project Engage had been held the previous day with 15 representatives in attendance. Advisory Board members are invited to attend future sessions. The geographic spread of the team was reviewed. Ms. Fraser reviewed the mid-year progress report for the Year 2 MAP Goal Implementation Plan. She noted that upcoming housing-related events include continuation of the Aging In Community series and a universal design workshop for builders co-sponsored with the OC Planning Department. Discussion followed on the future of transportation and the ½¢ sales tax. Alex Castro asked if a mid-course review of the Implementation Plan would be appropriate to evaluate the impact of external factors such as Sequestration. Ms. Fraser suggested a June meeting of the MAP Steering Committee for this review. Mr. Castro requested a meeting of the MAP Management Team prior to that time. Janice Tyler announced a new initiative to reach the Latino community – a women’s exercise class on Saturdays. Leo Allison suggested recruiting representation from both the Latino and Chinese communities for this Advisory Board. Mary Fraser concluded by announcing that the grant writing subcommittee for the 2014-15 UNC Capstone Project application will meet following this meeting. A presentation on the new Department on Aging website format and content was given by Beverly Shuford and MAP social media consultant Lara Balian. In her editing Ms. Balian has reduced the number of department website pages by 50%. Orange County will launch a new platform within the next few months. An outside vendor is assisting with search engine optimization. Cindy Bucy suggested incorporating user tips for increasing the font size. Ed Flowers added that a mechanism for user-history would be helpful. Ms. Shuford is the website manager for the Department.