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8 issue is the need for more specialized information access for,job seeking and vohmfeering. This is a continuing need for seniors. The Employment Security office does not separate out jobs suitable for seniors. The last priority issue is to increase marketing of aging services..Ianice Tyler said that she is working on a County connnittee looking at this entire area for human services. This includes looking at developing a logo, securing fw~ding for Senior Times, brochures and other items for advertising. Ann .lohnson mentioned that there are senior clubs in other counties and that Orange County does need to reach out to other clubs to give them information about senior services.. Yoko Crume said that at the State level they have a new initiative to coordinate State planning and local planning which hopefully will move toward a consumer directed approach to planning which will be outcome based. They would like to have guiding principles for seniors. They will work with other elected officials and the County Managers to try to coordinate State and County agencies.. Arm .Johnson said that one of the problems is that while it is clear who is responsible at the national level. At the State level, it is whoever the Governor appoints as the agency that is responsible and in North Carolina that agency is the Division of Aging and Adult Services. The area agencies are very clear also. What is not clear is who is responsible at the local level and that needs to be clarified. Kate Barrett asked if there is some way that our process can be used with this coordinating planning process.. Yoko Crume said that information from this committee can be fed into the state planning process and then worked into the national plan. Kate Barrett said that regarding marketing, there is a real need to market boomers and to prepare for the next generation and their needs. Barry .Jacobs asked if there is a list serve and was told that there is a database but not on a list serve.. He suggested a way to generate revenue for' the Senior' Tirnes might be to sell the list serve to advertisers who advertise in the Senior Times, He said that there is legislation in the State and Congress to change the way that cable is regulated which will end any opportunity to have a free television show. There will be no public access or local control. In answer to a question from .lack Chestnut about collaborating with the Recreation Department on publications, .Janice Tyler' said that what they are looking at is combining their request for bids that go out for each publication and hope that a savings can be realized by this process. HOUSING .tack Chestnut gave this report, His Steering Committee identified eighC (8) issues. The first is affordable housing for seniors both north and west of Hillsborough. The property tax breaks was addressed earlier in the agenda, The support services in planned senior communities was what Ann .Johnson and others were talking about. Barry Jacobs said that the County has asked the Planning Board to reconstitute the way land use plan updates will take place. The original Land Use Plan was written in 1981 and amended overtime and is in need of being updated. They want to create a process which will allow advisory boards that have an interest to make recommendations that will be incorporated into the Land Use Plan. Alice Gordon said that right now we have the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan which is what is being sent back Co the Planning Board. We also have other elements and one of those has to do with affordable housing..Iack Chestnut said that what the Advisory Board on Aging hopes is that planning can be created for' "Senior Friendly Communities" like at Southern Village in Chapel Hill. There is a r°eal need to help people age in place. The next issue deals with education on how to age in place. They did have a Forum in Chapel Hill with 175 people attending. There is a need to have many more of these. The next initiative is to revise regulations and other restrictions to allow for innovative approaches to