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TO: ' Board of Supervisors
FROM: INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE ig
DATE: June 19, 1989
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SUBJECT: ENDORSEMENT OF ADVISORY COUNCIL ON AGING'S SURVEY OF
SENIOR CITIZENS HOUSING NEEDS IN RICHMOND AND PLEASANT HILL
Specific Request(s) or Recommendations(s) & Background & Justification
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Endorse the plans by the Housing Committee of the Advisory Council on Aging to survey a
representative sample of senior citizens in Richmond and Pleasant Hill to determine the housing
needs of senior citizens in preparation for a broader sample of all senior citizens in the County
and authorize the Chairman to provide the Housing Committee of the Advisory Council on Aging
with a letter to this effect.
2. Remove this item as a referral to our Committee.
BACKGROUND:
On May 23, 1989 the Board of Supervisors referred to our Committee a letter from the Housing
Committee of the Advisory Council on Aging indicating that the Committee wants to survey the
housing needs of senior citizens in Richmond and Pleasant Hill as the first step in surveying the
housing needs of senior citizens in the entire County. The Committee requested that the Board of
Supervisors endorse their plans.
On June 19, 1989 our Committee met with staff from the AreaAgency on Aging;Barbara Thompson,
Chair of the Housing Committee;Florence Pierson,an intem with the Advisory Council and Muriel
Clausen from the Richmond Commission on Aging.
Continued on attachment: YES Signature:
Reco mendati of unty Administrator Recommendation
ooff Board Committee
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Signature(s): TOM POWERS SUNNE WRIGHT MC PEAK
Action of Bord on: June 27, 1989 Approved as Recommended x Other
Vote of Supervisors 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
x Unanimous (Absent ill ) AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
Ayes: Noes: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN.
Absent: Abstain:
cc: County Administrator Attested o?'1 /989
Social Services Director it Batchelor, Clerk of the Board
Office on Aging of Supervisors and County Administrator
City of Richmond____
City of Pleasant Hill By ���a-cel-� Deputy Clerk Advisory Council on Aging CLVM:eh(io-3bo)
Ms. Thompson indicated that the Housing Committee wants to do an assessment of the housing
needs of senior citizens throughout the County,but is starting with a sample survey of senior citizens
in Richmond and Pleasant Hill. The results of the survey will be used to present factual data to city
and County Planning Commissions and City Councils regarding the extent and type of senior
housing which is needed in the County. The data will also be shared with developers who would
be interested in building senior housing in the County to describe the specific types of housing
arrangements which senior citizens have identified.
Our Committee agrees that there is certainly a pressing need for more housing which meets the
special needs of senior citizens and that factual data on these needs would be of great assistance to
policy making bodies which have to make decisions on development applications. We are,therefore,
strongly recommending that the Board of Supervisors endorse these efforts on the part of the
Advisory Council on Aging and authorize the Chairman to provide the Housing Committee with a
letter to this effect.
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