CONTRA COSTA COUNTY  
Committee Meeting Minutes - Final  
Advisory Council on Aging  
10:00 AM  
Wednesday, January 15, 2025  
500 Ellinwood Way, Pleasant Hill  
Boardroom  
General Meeting  
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10:00 Call to Order/ Introductions: Jim Donnelly, ACOA President  
Meeting was called to order at 10:07 am.  
10:01 Roll Call  
Francisco Benavides, Roger Boaz, Cate Burkhart, Deborah Card,  
James Donnelly, Kevin Donovan, Marilyn Fowler, Alan  
Present  
Goldhammer, Michelle Hayes, Denise Kalm, Carol Kehoe, Jill  
Kleiner, Shirley Krohn, Thomas Lang, Steve Lipson, Nicola  
Lopez, Lori Magistrado, Kathryn Monroy-Dexter, Richard  
Morisky, Brian O'Toole, Julie Ortega, Logan Robertson, Sharon  
Sakai-Miller, Lorna Van Ackeren, Michael Wener, and Dennis Yee  
Eric Britz, Candace Evans, and Terri Tobey  
Absent  
10:05 Approval of December 2024 minutes  
GEN 12.18.24 Draft Minutes  
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GEN 12.18.24 Draft Minutes  
Attachments:  
Motion:  
Second:  
Kalm  
Van Ackeren  
Aye:  
Benavides, Boaz, Burkhart, Card, Donnelly, Donovan, Fowler,  
Goldhammer, Hayes, Kalm, Kehoe, Kleiner, Krohn, Lang,  
Lipson, Lopez, Magistrado, Monroy-Dexter, Morisky, O'Toole,  
Ortega, Robertson, Sakai-Miller, Van Ackeren, Wener, and  
Yee  
Absent:  
Result:  
Britz, Evans, and Tobey  
Passed  
10:10 Area Agency on Aging Report: Tracy Murray, director, Aging and Adult Services  
Director Murray made a presentation on the Local Master Plan for Aging.  
The AAA Management Team Introduced themselves.  
Master Plan on Aging Advisory Council on Aging PPT  
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Master Plan on Aging Advisory Council on Aging PPT  
Attachments:  
10:35 ACOA Member Introductions: All  
ACOA Executive Committee members introduced themselves. Other ACOA members will  
introduce themselves at the February ACOA meeting.  
10:50 ACOA President's Report: Jim Donnelly  
Funding this year may be challenging. ACOA members should advocate/educate for our  
seniors/adults with disabilities.  
11:00 Break  
11:10 Committee and Workgroup Reports: Chairs  
Membership: Julie Ortega/Logan Robertson  
12 vacant seats and several applicants in the pipeline.  
Planning: Jill Kleiner  
Thank you to Committee members who assisted with RFP Review Panels.  
Health & Elder Abuse Prevention: Terri Tobey/Michael Wener  
Tom Lang presented on osteoporosis and osteopenia.  
Housing: Kevin Donovan  
At the January meeting, Joseph Villarreal, Executive Director, Contra Costa Housing Authority  
provided a presentation covering a number of affordable housing types the Housing Authority is  
involved with and the need for additional funding to address the housing shortage.  
No Place to Call Home has been presented to 9 groups. The Committee's goal is to present this  
presentation throughout the County.  
Our February meeting will be held on Monday, February 24, 2025 from 10 am to noon. The  
focus of this meeting will be to discuss 2025 areas of interest relative to both discussion topics  
and potential presenters.  
Legislative: Shirley Krohn  
California Senior Legislature is working on senior issues.  
Technology: Steve Lipson  
The Committee discussed AI software.  
Transportation: Jim for Candace Evans  
Seamless Bay Area, who advocate for Bay Area wide transportation system, will make a  
presentation at the next meeting.  
11:25 City Report Brentwood: Eric Britz  
Eric Britz was absent.  
City Report Martinez: Kathryn Monroy-Dexter  
Martinez Senior Center offers fitness, creative arts, senior nutrition, events, community  
partnership.  
Health Equity Summit Update: Lorna Van Ackeren  
Lorna attended the Scan Foundation Health Equity in September.  
11:30 Regional Coalition Update: Debbie Toth  
The Regional Coalitions are focused on implementing Master Plan for Aging and incorporating  
the voice of lived experience.  
They are also working to design a program for new legislative staff on Aging and Disability  
issues.  
11:45 Consent Item: None  
11:46 Public Comment/Announcments:  
Marilyn: Concord Senior Center Sock Hop scholarship Fundraiser - Sat, March 15, 2025 from  
4pm - 7 pm.  
May 6, 2025 - virtual Senior Rally Day.  
May 2, 2025 - Pleasant Hill Senior Center - Live Laugh Learn Love.  
Proactive Planning for Aging in Pleasant Hill, Thurs, February 20, 2025 from 1:30pm -3pm.  
Richmond Commission on Aging developing a transportation workshop (details to come)  
Mobility Matters - fundraiser on Feb 1, 2025, Campbell Theater in Martinez.  
Jim's goals for the ACOA over the next couple of years:  
Educational Workshops for the public.  
Website updated to include info about work of the committees.  
All ACOA seats filled.  
ACOA proud of what we accomplished.  
Debbie C.: more of us involved on front lines in community  
New Business for next meeting: Wednesday, February 19, 2025  
12:00 Adjourn: Jim adjourned the meeting at 11:50 am.  
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business hours. Staff reports related to items on the agenda are also accessible online at  
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HOW TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT:  
Persons who wish to address the Advisory Council on Aging during public comment on matters within  
the jurisdiction of the Council that are not on the agenda, or who wish to comment with respect to an  
item on the agenda, may comment in person, via Zoom, or via call-in. Those participating in person  
should speak when called upon by the chair. Those participating via Zoom should indicate they wish to  
speak by using the “raise your hand” feature in the Zoom app. Those calling in should indicate they  
wish to speak by pushing * 9 on their phone. All public comments will be limited to 2 minutes per  
speaker.  
The Contra Costa County Advisory Council on Aging is appointed by the Board of Supervisors to advise  
the Area Agency on Aging on all matters related to the development and administration of the annual  
Area Agency Plan and operations conducted thereunder, in accordance with mandates from the Older  
Americans Act. Any comments or recommendations made by the Council or its individual members do  
not represent the official position of the County or any of its officers.