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i. 2 new drivers added, lost 1 long-time driver, total of 7 drivers (including <br /> Transportation Specialist) receiving requests in Q3. <br /> ii. 94 ride requests received from 70 riders. <br /> iii. 14 new riders registered to request rides. <br /> b. Transit Provider News <br /> i. Orange County Transportation tweaked some bus schedules, Hillsborough <br /> Circulator runs from 7am-5pm (was 8am-5pm) and Orange-CH Connector stops <br /> at Seymour Center on both northbound and southbound routes. <br /> ii. GoTriangle fixed routes fare-free through June 2024 <br /> iii. Chapel Hill Transit real-time bus tracking returned in March. <br /> Committee Progress Reports if needed: <br /> 15.Senior Tar Heel Legislature — Dick White/Vibeke Talley <br /> a. Very successful 35t" Anniversary Meeting. <br /> i. Dick reported there is no funding budgeted for hosting the annual meeting which <br /> costs —$30k. Currently the funds are scraped together from multiple budgets. <br /> Suggest asking senators if they can get a last-minute request in for including this <br /> in the DHHS budget. <br /> ii. Cobbling together the funding means that the STHL can't book a hotel and <br /> negotiate for a second place for the meeting. Currently the meals and meeting <br /> are in one place and hotel in another. Getting back and forth is a concern with <br /> many of the delegates. The goal is to get a budget line item to keep the meeting <br /> and the lodging at one place. <br /> iii. The new group is invigorated and interesting. Ninety out of one-hundred counties <br /> were represented at this year's annual meeting. There is a subsidy for those <br /> counties attending from the far reaches of the state. <br /> 16.Nursing Home Community Advisory Committee — Jackie Podger <br /> a. The State approved the merger of the NH & ACH committees as did the BOCC. <br /> Triangle JCOG ombudsman, Autumn Cox, is researching whether the merger should <br /> happen or not. The Nursing Home Committee voted no; the Adult Care Home <br /> Committee voted yes. Jackie asked, "Is a vote necessary on the committee level since <br /> the overarching boards approved merging the CAC committees?" <br /> b. Jackie shared that merging the committees would mean longer meetings and more <br /> facilities to visit. Still, it would be more enriching and interesting. Everyone should see <br /> the differences between adult care homes and nursing homes, this would help both the <br /> CAC committees and the facilities. <br /> 17.Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee — No report <br /> 18.Friends of the Passmore Center <br /> a. The Friends of Passmore are not having the Las Vegas night in the Fall. They feel they <br /> do not have enough volunteers to host this large fundraising event. Passmore Friends <br /> feel that they need some younger folks in their group to be able to go forward. Garden <br /> Clubs looking for help support the plant sale benefiting senior programs. We need to <br /> connect and reach out to recruit members and volunteers to share the load. <br /> 19.Friends of the Seymour Center— No report <br /> Adjournment <br /> Next meeting: August 8, 2023, from 1 - 3 pm — Passmore Center & Virtual 2nd Tuesday of the Month <br />