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Janice Tyler informed the Advisory Board that the Board of County Commissioners is considering including the <br />living wage requirement in all subcontracts. This will have an impact on the in-home service contracts for this <br />Department and DSS. There being no further business the meeting was adjourned. <br /> <br /> Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> Janice Tyler, Secretary <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Nursing Home Committee Report <br /> <br />After several weather related delays, the last Nursing Home Site visit for the first quarter was completed on <br />March 20th. Two committee members conducted this visit. <br /> One committee member attended the BOCC transportation update meeting on March 17th. <br /> Two committee members attended a dementia workshop on March 18th. The focus of this event was to <br />strengthen the CAC leadership role as related to nursing home residents with dementia. The workshop was <br />held at the at the Triangle J Area Agency on Aging in Durham. <br /> An updated 2014 OCNHCAC annual report was presented to the Board of County Commissioners by the <br />chairperson on March 19th. <br /> <br /> As of April 1, 2015 new chairperson for the OCNHCAC is Teri Driscoll. Ed Flowers is taking the required <br />“year off” after serving on the committee for seven years. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted <br />Ed Flowers <br /> <br />April 14 2015 Committees Progress Reports submitted by Alex Castro Jr. <br /> <br />Chapel Hill Carrboro Meals on Wheels <br />A total of 3249 meals delivered in March 2015 versus 2761 in 2014. A long time volunteer, Mary Alice <br />Eckman was selected by the Governor’s Office as the 2015 Orange County Governor’s Medallion Award for <br />Volunteer service. An example of what volunteers do for their clients beyond delivering meals is the effort <br />made to find help for a needy senior who has problems with a kitchen sink and failing water heater. The Project <br />Engage Senior Hunger SRT continues to pursue with OCIM the expansion of meal deliveries into the northern <br />parts of the county. <br /> <br />Orange County Unified Transportation Board <br />The BOCC approved on March 17, 2015 the Orange Public Transit (OPT) Americans with Disability Act <br />(ADA) Implementation Plan. Included in this plan is a greatly expanded OPT service involving the <br />Hillsborough circulator route revamp and the initiation in May/June 2015 of service into the northern parts of <br />the county and out to Efland. The Efland service will complement the new Go Triangle (formerly Triangle <br />Transit) ODX route by providing service between Hillsborough and Efland during the 10 AM to 2 PM <br />timeframe. Triangle Transit held a Light Rail Transit open house on March 18 at the UNC Friday Center which <br />provided the details of the current status and alternatives being considered for station locations, routing and the <br />repair facility.