CONTRA COSTA COUNTY  
Committee Meeting Minutes - Final  
Advisory Council on Aging  
1:30 PM  
Wednesday, April 9, 2025  
400 Ellinwood Way, Pleasant Hill, CA  
Room 303 (Third Floor)  
Technology Workgroup  
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1:30 Open meeting: Steve Lipson - Called the meeting to order 1:39 pm  
Roll Call  
Cate Burkhart, Denise Kalm, Carol Kehoe, Jill Kleiner, Steve  
Lipson, and Sharon Sakai-Miller  
Present  
1:32 Approve March 2025 Draft Minutes  
Tech.03.12.25DraftMinutes  
25-1237  
Tech.03.12.25DraftMinutes  
Attachments:  
Motion:  
Kehoe  
Kalm  
Second:  
Aye:  
Kalm, Kehoe, Kleiner, Lipson, and Sakai-Miller  
Abstain:  
Result:  
Burkhart  
Passed  
1:34 Public Comment:  
Stroke Sense - Glenda spoke to the developers of an app to educate the public about strokes. She  
will forward info to Steve Lipson for review.  
1:35 Tech/AI Corner: Manus/Gemini 2.5/Chat GPT 4.5/Midjourney 7.0/Claude 3.7  
The Committee discussed AI, machine learning, and the danger of these systems.  
2:00 Legislative Update Information Hearing SB239/SB707/CSAC/ABAG/Cal Cities/support  
advocacy/AI Applications:  
The committee discussed SB 239 and SB 707. Both would amend the Brown Act and are moving  
through the legislative process.  
The Committee discussed a future proposal to revise Older Adult education through public  
health code to reinstate enrichment programs.  
2:30 Break  
2:40 Web Development - CCC Website:  
The County showed the Executive Committee mockups of improvements to the ACOA website.  
ACOA should get hard copies for review sometime soon. Website should comply with Web  
Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).  
3:00 Technology Work Group Handout - Artificial Intelligence and Older Adults:  
The Committee discussed ideas for an infographic: Pros/Cons of AI, Google's AI Studio (which  
takes you through screen tutorials), etc.  
3:25 Items for next meeting: None discussed.  
Next meeting is scheduled for May 14, 2025 at 1:30 pm.  
3:30 Adjourn: Meeting was adjourned at 3:27 pm.  
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available for public inspection at 400 Ellinwood Way, Pleasant Hill, attention Glenda Pacha during  
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