CONTRA COSTA COUNTY

AGENDA - PUBLISHED

Advisory Council on Aging

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

10:00 AM

500 Ellinwood Way, Pleasant Hill, CA

Ice Breaker Room (1st Floor)

Executive Committee

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PUBLIC ACCESS AND PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS:

The public may attend this meeting in person at the above location. The public may also attend this

meeting remotely via webinar. Login information is provided above. ACOA members will also be

participating from the following locations: 324 El Divisadero Ave., Walnut Creek, CA | 3014 Grey

Eagle Dr., Walnut Creek, CA | 28 Orinda Wy., Orinda, CA | 150 S 45th St., Community Room,

Richmond, CA

10:00 Call to Order/Roll Call/Introductions – Lorna VanAckeren

10:05 Approval of August 2025 minutes

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Attachments:

10:10 Area Agency on Aging Report – Tracy Murray, AAA Director and/or Alicia Espinoza, AAA

Program Manager

West County RFP

10:30 Committee Reports

Membership & Nominating Committee – Jill Kleiner/Lorna VanAckeren

Planning Committee – Jill Kleiner

Housing Committee – Kevin Donovan

Health Workgroup – Mike Wener

Legislative Workgroup and California Senior Legislature Update – Shirley Krohn/Steve Lipson

Technology Workgroup – Steve Lipson

Senior Mobility Action Council (Transportation Workgroup) – Candace Evans

10:55 President's Report – Lorna VanAckeren

Leave of Absence Form

Annual Report – Committee draft reports due by 11/14/25

Holiday Potluck

11:05 Break

11:10 AB 474 update – Tracy/Alicia

11:20 Future Meeting Presentations

11:30 Consent Items

Leave of Absences:

Sarah Green – June 2025

Candace Evans – June 2025

Roger Boaz – June 2025

Nikki Lopez – June 2025

Richard Morisky – June 2025

Terri Tobey – October 2025

Steven Freshman – September 2025

Sam Sakai- Miller – September through December 2025

Appointments:

Michael Wener - Vice President 2025 (remainder of the year)

Teresa Wright – Alternate #4

Holly Frates – Member at Large #9 (promoting from Alternate #3)

Gerry La-Londe Berg – Alternate #3

11:35 Public comment:

Next Executive Committee Meeting: Wednesday, October 1st, 2025, 10a.m. – 12p.m.

Adjourn

The Committee will provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities planning to attend

the Committee meetings. Contact the staff person listed below at least 72 hours before the meeting. Any

disclosable public records related to an open session item on a regular meeting agenda and distributed

by the County to a majority of members of the Committee less than 96 hours prior to that meeting are

available for public inspection at 500 Ellinwood Way, Pleasant Hill during normal business hours. Staff

connection malfunctions for any reason, the meeting may be paused while a fix is attempted. If the

connection is not reestablished, the committee will continue the meeting in person without remote

access. Public comment may be submitted via electronic mail on agenda items at least one full work day

prior to the published meeting time.

For Additional Information Contact: Alicia Espinoza at 925 655-0771 or aespinoza@ehsd.cccounty.us