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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 16, 2000 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. _ 5- a <br />SUBJECT: Proclamation for Older Americans Month and Senior Center Week <br />DEPARTMENT: Aging PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Orange County Advisory Board <br />on Aging <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Proclamations Jeny Passmore , ext 2009 <br />Florence Soltys, Chair <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732181 <br />Chapel Hill 968501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To join Federal and State governments in designating the month of May as Older <br />Americans Month, a time to honor older citizens for their contributions to society. Also to <br />designate the week of May 14 through May 21 as Senior Center Week in Orange County. This <br />is a time for Orange County to recognize its local senior centers as focal points for providing <br />opportunities and services to our older citizens. <br />BACKGROUND: For a number of years, the Orange County Commissioners have issued <br />Older Americans Month and Senior Center Week Proclamations. In the year 2000, there are <br />approximately 14,363 Orange County residents who are sixty (60) years of age and older, and <br />2,614 residents are over eighty (80) years old. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board designate May as Older <br />Americans Month and May 14 through May 215` as Senior Center Week in Orange County and <br />authorize the Chair to sign the proclamations. <br />