Aging Advisory Board Minutes 121316

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ORANGE COUNTY ADVISORY BOARD ON AGING Minutes December 13, 2016 PRESENT: Heather Altman, Mary Altpeter, Colin Austin, Peggy Cohn, Teri Driscoll, Winston Liao, Lorenzo Mejia, Yvonne Mendenhall, Donna Prather, Dick White EXCUSED: Keith Cook STAFF: Mary Fraser, Kathie Kearns, Yvette Missri, Janice Tyler The meeting was called to order by Chair Peggy Cohn. The minutes of the November 8 meeting were approved as distributed. Director’s Report Janice Tyler announced that the National Senior Center Accreditation Site Visit was conducted on November 30 and December 1. The reviewer indicated to staff that Orange County’s Senior Centers will be awarded accreditation. Currently there are only 120 senior centers with this designation nationally. Discussion followed on the subjects discussed during this review process, including partnerships, facilities, programming and fundraising. Department on Aging staff have been meeting with Triangle Sportsplex representatives as part of the Field House expansion planning process. Requests for a senior walking track and pickle ball courts are being considered. The Homestead Road sidewalk extension from the Seymour Center driveway to Weaver Dairy Road is under construction. All Orange County Government departments are developing business continuity plans in response to the disruption of service due to last summer’s fire at the OC Tax Office. Ms. Tyler and Mary Fraser were presenters at last week’s Triangle J CoG Smart Growth Committee meeting. New Business Janice Tyler asked Advisory Board members for additions or corrections to the draft Annual Report/Work Plan for the Board of County Commissioners. Following suggestions for BOCC goal activities the motion was made by Dick White and seconded by Terri Driscoll to submit the report as edited. The Chair asked for feedback on the request for inclusion of more content in the Nursing Home and Adult Care Home monthly Committee Progress Reports to the Advisory Board. ACH Chair Teri Driscoll explained the challenge of meeting this request given the current reporting process with the Regional Ombudsperson. Mary Fraser noted that written committee reports had been requested to ensure that the Advisory Board was made aware of the affiliated Committees’ activities. Following further discussion it was recommended that the Advisory Board will receive verbal reports from these two committees as a separate agenda item on a quarterly basis. The Chairs will take this request to their next committee meetings.