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Senior Advisory Committee

Town of Morrisville · Senior Advisory Committee
Thursday, September 10, 2026 at 4:30 pm

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What is in the packet

The packet carries the August minutes in full, which is where the substance is. The town manager told the committee the senior center expansion has changed direction: an agreement to take two neighboring suites, which would have grown the center from just over 3,000 square feet to about 5,500, is blocked until 2028 because those tenants' leases run that long and a new business is taking the former Harris Teeter space. Staff are instead negotiating for the Petland building in the same shopping center, close to the same size, possibly available in autumn 2027, with closer accessible parking, an open layout and room for another classroom. The committee also voted 8-1 to forward one charter proposal clarifying decision rights and unanimously to forward a second describing the council as the decision-making body. A resident used public comment to press for a published start date for the space-planning work, noting insurance changes at the aquatic and fitness center may push more seniors toward a center already at capacity.

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What's on this agenda

Morrisville's Senior Advisory Committee returns to space planning on 10 September, the item that has run through its meetings all summer. The senior center holds just over 3,000 square feet and is at capacity. A plan to expand into two neighboring suites collapsed in August when the shopping center's manager told the town those tenants' leases run to 2028, so staff are now negotiating for the Petland building in the same center, which is close to the same size and could be available in autumn 2027.

The rest of the agenda is committee business. Staff will present on the Cedar Fork Community Center, the committee takes up work plan assignments, and it notes three seats: Seat 4 vacant, and two more expiring 30 November. Nine senior programs running from mid-September to early October are listed, most of them at the senior center.

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Agenda items (12)

Procedural · 5Discussion item · 2Staff or committee report · 2Minutes approval · 1Presentation · 1Appointment · 1
  1. 1 Call to Order
    Procedural
    The chair opens the meeting and staff conduct a roll call.
  2. 2 Adoption of Agenda
    Procedural
    The committee adopts the agenda for the meeting.
  3. 3 Approval of Minutes - August Minutes
    Minutes approval
    Approval of the minutes of the committee's 14 August meeting, which are attached to the packet.
  4. 4 Presentations - Cedar Fork Community Center
    Presentation Parks and recreationPublic facilities
    A staff presentation on the Cedar Fork Community Center. The committee heard a comparable briefing on town athletics in August, at which staff said senior athletic programming would grow as space allows.
  5. 5 Public Comment
    Procedural
    The committee takes comment from the public.
  6. 6 Old Business - Space Planning; Work Plan Assignments
    Discussion item Health and human servicesPublic facilities
    The committee returns to planning for more senior center space and to its work plan assignments. In August the town manager reported that the earlier plan to take two adjoining suites was pushed to 2028 by existing leases, and that staff are instead pursuing a lease on the Petland building in the same shopping center, with closer accessible parking and an open layout. Early estimates put that space at autumn 2027.
  7. 7 New Business
    Discussion item Health and human services
    Open discussion of future programming. Staff invited members in August to bring ideas for programs the added space could carry.
  8. 8 Staff Comments
    Staff or committee report
    Staff report to the committee.
  9. 9 Committee Comments
    Procedural
    Members' closing comments.
  10. 10 Upcoming Term Expirations
    Appointment Appointments and personnel
    Seat 4 is vacant. The terms of Seat 6, held by Chair Samantha Warren, and Seat 11, held by Vice Chair Patricia Cedzidlo, expire 30 November 2026.
  11. 11 Upcoming Events
    Staff or committee report Health and human servicesParks and recreation
    Nine programs between 16 September and 2 October, most at the Morrisville Senior Center: a skin care talk, an estate planning session, a falls prevention class, a senior resources fair on 24 September, a PACE briefing on home-based care, and the International Festival at Indian Creek Trailhead on 19 September.
  12. 12 Adjournment
    Procedural
    The committee adjourns.

Agenda changes

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