HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2009.04.23 - 9669REPORT(MISc #09055) April 23, 2009 . BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE — Christine Long, Chairperson
RE: MR #09055 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE
NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR OAKLAND
COUNTY'S "SILVER TSUNAMI" — OUR AGING POPULATION
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having considered the above titled resolution on April
6, 2009 recommends that the resolution be adopted with the following amendments to the second
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED paragraph.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to
forward copies of this adopted resolution to County Executive L. Brooks Patterson,
George Miller (Director of Oakland County's Health and Human Services
Department), the Area Agency on Aging, the Oakland Livingston Human Services
Agency, and United Way, Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano, Macomb
County Chairperson, Paul Gieleghem and City of Detroit Mayor Kenneth V.
Cockrel, Jr..
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the acceptance of the
foregoing report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Taub and Capella absent.
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 09055
BY: Commissioners Helaine Zack, District #22, Bradford Jacobsen, District #1, Marcia Gershenson,
District #17
RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — Resolution in Support of the Needs Assessment and
Collaborative Strategic Plan for Oakland County's "Silver Tsunami" — Our Aging Population
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the first Baby Boomers, who were born between 1946 and 1964, began qualifying
for Social Security retirement benefits in 2008. This has been referred to as the "Silver
Tsunami" that is about to hit Oakland County and
WHEREAS, it is projected that Oakland County will experience an unprecedented older adult
population growth, and the number of seniors will double by 2030; and
WHEREAS, it is anticipated that by 2020, 29 of Oakland County's 61 communities will have
more seniors over age 65 than school-age children; and
WHEREAS, surveys indicate that 59% of Baby Boomers plan to relocate in their retirement
years. This could be a devastating loss to local communities, Oakland County, our region, and
the state of Michigan; and
WHEREAS, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the median annual income for an Oakland
County householder age 65 and older in 2007 was $40,598, most of which is income from
Social Security, a pension, or investment earnings that are imported into our local economy; and
on average seniors spent 92% of this $5.5 billion; and
WHEREAS, it is incumbent upon community leaders to be proactive in addressing this
impending senior population boom by being prepared to provide services and create conditions
that will encourage older adults to remain in and relocate to Oakland County and our region;
and
WHEREAS, the directors of Oakland County agencies that provide senior services, along with
business, community and government leaders, have agreed there is a need to identify current
and future older adult needs and unmet needs, evaluate the effectiveness of the existing aging
services delivery system, and create a vision of healthy aging Oakland County in the future; and
WHEREAS, Oakland County agencies and business leaders, with leadership from the Aging
and the Area Agency on Aging 1-B, and United Way of Southeastern Michigan, are willing to
work in a collaborative manner to produce a strategic plan to identify current and future senior
needs and unmet needs, and create a vision for healthy and prosperous aging for Oakland
County with the input of County Commissioners, consumers, elected officials, business leaders,
and other stakeholders; and
WHEREAS, such a plan can be produced without a cost to Oakland County.
THEREFORE BE iT RESOLVED, that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners endorses
the efforts of aging service organizations, with consumers, elected officials, business leaders,
and other stakeholders, to develop a strength and needs assessment of the Oakland County
Aging population which includes findings, conclusions, and consensus recommendations for the
enhancement of the business climate, quality of life, and health and social services safety net
for older Oakland County residents, as well as support services for their families and
caregivers.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the findings and any recommendations of the Needs
Assessment and Collaborative Strategic Plan for Oakland County's "Silver Tsunami" — Our Aging
Population shall be reported to the General Government Committee and the Oakland County
Board of Commissioners.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward copies of
this adopted resolution to County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, George Miller (Director of
Oakland County's Health and Human Services Department), the Area Agency on Aging, the
Oakland Livingston Human Services Agency and United Way.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the above-referenced resolution.
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Resolution #09055 March 5, 2009
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no
objections.
I HEREBY APPROVE THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION
April 23. 2009 Resolution #09055
Moved by Long supported by Zack the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Long supported by Zack the General Government Committee Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the report was accepted.
Moved by Long supported by Zack the resolution be amended to coincide with the recommendation in the
General Government Committee Report,
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the amendment carried.
Vote on resolution, as amended:
AYES; Hatchet( Jackson, Jacobsen, Long, McGillivray, Middleton, Nash, Potter, Potts,
Schwartz, Scott, Taub, Woodward, Zack, Bullard, Burns, Capella, Douglas, Gershenson, Gingell,
Gosselin, Greimel. (22)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution, as amended, was adopted.
ACTING PURSUANT 10 1973 PA 139
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I. Ruth Johnson, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true
and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on April 23,
2009, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at
Pontiac, Michigan this 23rd day of April, 2009.
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Ruth Johnson, County Clerk