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a <br />important social time for many seniors, and for some the only meal of <br />the day, this facility will ensure a better quality of food service as well <br />as food that mare specifically meets the nutritional needs of the <br />seniors. The inclusion of a commercial type kitchen in the new <br />center may also provide employment opportunities for seniors hired <br />to assist with meal preparation. <br />Funding request (include amount of request and indicate other funding <br />sources): <br />Orange County is requesting $230,000 to allow for the constn~ction of <br />commercial grade kitchen facilities at the planned new Southern <br />Orange Senior Center, Constnaction projects nationwide are <br />experiencing an increase in construction costs, driven in part by <br />escalating steel, concrete and fuel prices. However, according to the <br />most current estimates provided by our architect, the construction <br />cast of the designed program is $4,9 million, which includes the <br />commercial grade kitchen. The County will have to make up for all of <br />the increased costs. The project is planned for funding through $3 <br />million in bonds approved by Orange County voters in 2001 and <br />private placement funding obtained by the County. <br />Project location, scope and impact of program for North Carolina (indicate <br />nearest municipalities, counties and congressional districts): <br />The new Southern Orange Senior Center will be located on property <br />owned by Orange County on Homestead Road within the town limits <br />of Chapel Hill, NC. The property is in close proximity to the town <br />limits of Carrboro, NC, which adjoins the Town of Chapel Hill. <br />Siting the new Center on the County's Homestead campus, which <br />includes the Southern Human Services Center and its resident <br />Departments of Social Services, Health, Housing and Community <br />Development, and Child Support Enforcement, offers an additional <br />opportunity far seniors to address numerous health, nutritional, and <br />personal needs convenient to the resources provided by the Senior <br />Center. <br />The site is served by Town of Chapel Hill Public Transit, which is <br />fare-free. Building plans include a main entrance drop off/pick up for <br />Center patrons. <br />A Master Aging Plan prepared by a 100-member Master Aging Plan <br />Task Force and adopted by the County Commissioners indicates that <br />by the year 2020, the number of persons age 65 and alder in Orange <br />County will increase by 131.6 percent ar 21,533 persons. <br />Opportunities for socialization, service to the community through <br />volunteerism and a wide variety of programs offered at the Center will <br />