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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 26, 2003 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~-A <br />SUBJECT: Resolution In Support of a "Senior Wellness Campus" Concept Plan for the <br />Southern Human Services -Carolina North Site <br />DEPARTMENT: Aging <br />Advisory Board on Aging <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Resolution Endorsing the Southern Human <br />Services -Horace Williams Site - <br />November 4, 1998 <br />Report -Campus on Senior Wellness and <br />Longevity: APublic-Private Partnership <br />-August 9, 2002 <br />Resolution in Support of a "Senior <br />Wellness Campus" Concept Plan for <br />the Southern Human Services Center - <br />Carolina North Site <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Florence Soltys, Chair, Advisory Board on <br />Aging <br />Jack Chestnut, Vice-Chair, Advisory <br />Board on Aging <br />Jerry Passmore, ext. 2009 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />Chapel Hill <br />Durham <br />Mebane <br />732-8181 <br />968-4501 <br />688-7331 <br />336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To adopt a resolution in support of pursuing the concept of a "Senior Wellness <br />Campus" on the Southern Human Services -Carolina North site to include the new Southern <br />Orange Senior Center. <br />BACKGROUND: In 1998, a group named the Aging Resources Collaborative Planning Group <br />was formed. This group included representatives from the University of North Carolina at <br />Chapel Hill, Orange County Government, UNC Hospitals, UNC Institute on Aging, UNC Medical <br />School -Program on Aging, the Town of Chapel Hill, the Town of Carrboro, Triangle J Council <br />of Governments, Carol Woods, Friends of the Chapel Hill Senior Center and other seniors from <br />Southern Orange. It was agreed at that time that senior services for the future should go <br />beyond what was traditionally offered at a senior center and should encompass research, <br />education, training and direct service. <br />This prompted a spirit of collaboration and strong interest in developing a campus environment <br />that encompassed not only a future senior center, but also the possibility of a senior wellness <br />center and/or clinic and research facilities geared toward seniors. On November 4, 1998, the <br />BOCC approved a recommendation to endorse the use of a footprint on the Southern Human <br />Services Center property for a future County senior center adjoining the University's Horace <br />Williams property, now referred to as Carolina North, and passed a resolution to pursue the <br />campus concept with the University at this location (see attachment). In August 2002, the <br />Orange County Advisory Board on Aging approved a detailed report prepared by the <br />