Submitted By
Ahmad M. Zayyad, Deputy Village Manager / Interim Director of Development Customer Services
Reviewed By
LKS
Agenda Item Title
Title
An Ordinance Amending Chapter 2 ("Administration"), Article 36 ("Aging in Place"), Section 2-36-1 ("Establishment; Composition; Definition") and Section 2-36-2 ("Duties") of the Oak Park Village Code
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Overview
Overview
The Village of Oak Park Aging in Place Commission is recommending multiple changes to the enabling ordinance (Chapter 2, Article 36 of the Village Code) that originally established the Commission. The recommended changes include a name adjustment for the Commission, the removal of the current requirement that all Commission members be fifty-five years of age or older and making other wording changes that utilize and support the term, "aging in communities."
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Recommendation
Recommendation
The Aging in Place Commission voted to recommend the proposed changes to Chapter 2 ("Administration"), Article 36("Aging in Place") of the Village Code.
Background
The Aging In Place Comissions' initial establishing ordinance (Chapter 2, Article 36) was developed by Village staff in preparation for the Aging in Place Commission to begin its work in early 2018. The Ordinance, as written, helped to guide the Commissions work through public educational efforts, obtaining the Dementia Friendly Communities designation etc., for the first two to three years of the Commissions existence.
In 2023, following the prolonged impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Commission was re-invigorated with new leadership and several new Commission members. The Village's Development Customer Services staff worked with the Commission over multiple meetings as it discussed and decided upon the recommended changes to Chapter 2, Article 36. Now, the Commission is staffed by the DEI Officer in the Village Manager's Office.
As a part of the Commission's new start, the current Commission voted to recommend amending the language a...
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