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i/ 1. ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 15, 2001 Action Agenda Item No. ~~_ SUBJECT: Master Agin Plan: Approval of Ptiorit~Components and Expenditures DEPARTMENT: Aging PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): Proposed M.A.P.Budget for FY2001 MAP priorities INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeny Passmore, ext 2009 Florence Soltys, Chair, Aging Board TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 _ Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham fi88-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To review and approve expenditures for priority components of the County's Master Aging Plan (M.A.P.) for the current fiscal year. BACKGROUND: During the FY1999-2000, a Commissioner appointed Task Force prepared a plan that identified issues related to our aging population, and developed goals and objectives to address those issues. Following public presentations conducted throughout the community the County Commissioners adopted, in concept, the Master Aging Plan on March 6, 2001. In~ addition, the Board asked that the MAP Task Force prioritize the various components of the Plan and identify funding amounts and source that would be necessary to implement each component. Last spring when the current year budget was developed, the M.A.P.was not final, and the funding proposal was unclear. In anticipation of its approval, the Commissioners included a $60,000 "reserve fund" in the current year budget to address the higher priority components of the Plan. Attachment 1 is the MAP Task Force list of funding priorities for the remainder of the current fiscal year.. The recommendations cover priority categories which serve all three functional groups: the Fit, the Frail and Severely disabled. It is important to note that many of the components include one-time start-up costs in addition to on going, recurring annual costs. In addition, the Advisory Board on Aging in April prioritized all objectives each year and also prioritized the top 20 objectives in the overall MAP (Attachment 2). FINANCIAL IMPACT: The proposed funding Plan allocates all of the Commissioner approved "reserve fund" of $60,000. The attached priority list identifies both start-up and recurring annual costs. MAP funding beyond the current fiscal year will be addressed in future yeas budgets. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve funding the priority components identified by the Task Force (for a maximum amount of $60,000 currently reserved in the County's General Fund budget).