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Recommendation to receive and file a copy of the 2016 Updated Long Beach Strategic Plan for Older Adults. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On October 6, 2015 the City Council requested that the City Manager direct the Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department) to update the Long Beach Strategic Plan for Older Adults (Plan), creating an action plan to highlight and address priority areas. The City Council also requested that the Health Department look into the feasibility of creating a City of Long Beach Office on Aging.
The 2005 Strategic Plan for Older Adults provided a framework for addressing the needs of older adults, including safety, transportation, housing, health and improving their quality of life. Based on studies conducted by California State University, Long Beach and St. Mary Medical Center in 2012, and the Older Adult Case Management Summit hosted by the Health Department in October 2015, the Health Department, in collaboration with Parks, Recreation and Marine and the Long Beach Senior Commission, updated the original 2005 Plan. The update identifies current resources for seniors at the City and County levels, outlines next steps, and presents the feasibility of creating a City Office on Aging in the Health Department to coordinate senior programs across the City and to address the priorities in the revised Plan.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Robin ZurSchmiede and by Budget Management Officer Victoria Bell on May 4, 2016.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action on this item is not time critical.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with the recommendation to receive and to file a copy of the 2016 Updated Long Beach Strategic Plan for Older Adults. However, it is estimated that the creation of a City of Long Beach Office on Aging will cost $493,088 annually to provide the staff and technological needs to lead efforts to implement the recommendations of the Plan and to oversee and coordina...
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