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ORANGE COUNTY <br />ADVISORY BOARD ON AGING <br /> <br />Meeting Summary <br />March 15, 2016 <br /> <br />PRESENT: Mary Altpeter, Alex Castro, Peggy Cohn, Keith Cook, Dan Daniel, Ed Flowers, Donna <br />Prather, Dick White <br />Excused: Teri Driscoll, Lorenzo Mejia, Yvonne Mendenhall <br /> <br />The meeting was held at the Seymour Center. The February minutes were approved following <br />the motion made by Dick White and the second by Ed Flowers. <br /> <br />Alex Castro distributed a draft of the letter to the CH Transportation Connectivity Board <br />addressing safety improvements needed in the Seymour Center area and will accept comments <br />through next Tuesday. <br /> <br />Director’s Report <br />• Re-naming of the Central Orange Senior Center to the Jerry M. Passmore Center Report <br />from the North Carolina Association on Aging Conference - Yvette Missri won the Rising <br />Star award <br />• Won the American Society on Aging 2016 Award for Excellence in Multicultural Aging <br />• State Alzheimer’s Plan released on March 8 <br />• Human Services Departments’ Informatics projects – Food Insecurities/Transportation <br />• TJCOG Annual Monitoring visit – April 6-7 <br />• UNC School of Public Health Pitch for a Capstone Team to work on 2017-22 Master <br />Aging Plan <br />• Orange County Government Expo – University Place – April 8 <br />Janice Tyler stated that the OC Cares Project was mentioned in the State Alzheimer’s Plan. She <br />outlined the Food Insecurities and Transportation initiatives of the Human Services <br />Departments of Health, DSS, Housing and Aging Informatics project. Information will be shared <br />with OCRA. She stated that the UNC Capstone team assignments will be announced April 1. <br />She concluded by announcing that both the Seymour generator and outside storage shed have <br />been scheduled for delivery. <br /> <br />New Business <br />• Board Orientation – April 5, 10 a.m. <br />• Outside Agency Funding Applications Review – March 16 or 17 <br />• UNC School of Public Health Capstone Team board presentation – April 18 <br />The Board Orientation date for members Daniel, Driscoll and Mendenhall was confirmed. <br />Board members were recruited to review the outside agency funding applications. All Advisory <br />Board members were invited to the current Capstone Team luncheon presentation on April 18 <br />at Carol Woods.