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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: April 13, 2004 Action Agenda Item No. 7"Q SUBJECT: Community Planning and Input Report: Shaping Orange County's 215 Century Senior Centers DEPARTMENT: Aging ATTACHMENT(S): Report (Under Separate Cover) PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) ND INFORMATION CONTACT: .Jerry M. Passmore, Director Jack Chestnut, Chair, Aging Board TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough Chapel Hill Durham Mebane 732-8181 968-4501 688-7331 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To present as information a new senior center planning report that includes the results of public forums held this past year and citizen and agency surveys that sought input on the programs, services and design features for passible incorporation into the new senior centers to be constructed in Chapel Hill/Carrboro and in Hillsborough, BACKGROUND: In November, 2001, Orange County Citizens approved a $4 million bond to constrict two new multipurpose senior centers: a Southern Orange Senior Center to replace the Chapel Hill Senior Center and the Central Orange Senior Center in Hillsborough. In the spring of 2003, the Orange County Advisory Board on Aging, Friends of the Senior Centers and the Department on Aging staff began gathering citizens' input on programs and services, as well as facility design for the new senior centers. This was done through public forums and surveys distributed at senior centers. The surveys were also reproduced in the Senior Times Newspaper and made available on the County website. In the fall of 2003, the Department on Aging staff held a planning meeting with invited agencies that serve older adults to gather input on their involvement in the new centers and their thoughts on services and design for the new centers. The attached planning and input report was prepared as background information for those involved in designing the new 215 Century Senior Centers. It covers the historical planning perspective, demographic of aging, definition of senior centers, their requirements and ideal characteristics, current and proposed senior center functions, community and agency input on designing new senior centers and concludes with implications for planning. It is not intended as an implementation document, but for background and reference to the formal planning process as established by the Board. FINANCIAL IMPACT: None at this time.