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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: December 6, 2004 Action Agenda Item No. 5.- j SUBJECT: Active Seniors Project Agreement with TJCOG DEPARTMENT: Health PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): Agreement Grant Proposal INFORMATION CONTACT: Rosemary Summers, ext 2411 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To approve an agreement with the Triangle .l Council of Governments (TJCOG) for the services of a regional planner and other project costs to determine the walkability of trails surrounding the Southern Human Services Senior Center site. BACKGROUND: The Orange County Health Department was awarded one-time competitive fronds totaling $19,710 for FY 2004-2005 from the NC Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to support a project that would increase physical activity far seniors. Ellen Young, the Health Promotion Coordinator and representative to the Active Living by Design Grant Project awarded to the town of Chapel Hill, pulled together a planning group that included the Orange County Department on Aging and the Triangle J Council of Governments. This project will bring together public health educators, land use planners, recreation planners, and senior services professionals to work with senior citizens and other local residents to promote physical activity in the neighborhood surrounding the planned new Southern Orange County Senior Center, the existing Southern Human Services Center, and Homestead Community Park. Other agencies and organizations such as Cooperative Extension may participate as the project develops further. Project outputs as detailed in the attached proposal submitted to DHHS include the formation of community residents' project teams, walkability/bikeability assessments, development of a Walking Trail Map, development of a toolkit for project replication, and a demonstration Project Report with recommendations and findings. TJCOG will be responsible for the following project outputs: • Conducting a review of all relevant local plans and preparing a summary document of findings by .January 2005. • Preparing a GIS-based map of current and planned facilities and potential physical activity sites in a radius to be determined around the planned Southern Senior Center by January 2005.