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Mayor's Commission On Aging
General Information

Contact the Commission for Help
portsmouthpatterson@hotmail.com
WilsonK2@portsmouthva.gov

Goals
The Mayor's Commission Aging works hand in hand with Portsmouth' Senior Station. The Commission's goals are

  1. To maintain and improve quality of life for Portsmouth City's Senior Citizens.

  2. To provide a voice and forum for announcing government and commercial challenges to Portsmouth Senior Citizen's quality of life.

  3. To convene upon and reconcile Senior Citizen concerns with related Portsmouth City interests, activities, and initiatives and to provide an opinion to the City Manager, Mayor, and City Council on individual, corporate, not-for-profit, or government proposals to for those concerns requiring new levels of support.

  4. To operate the Commission as a Project that has a defined start and stop time, a Commissioner Chair, supporting commissioners, City liaison, and measurable objectives and Commissioner participation that is defined anew each September and reported on at mid-session in January and end of session in June.

Membership
To ensure the Commission focuses on Portsmouth's Senior Citizens, its membership is limited to Portsmouth, VA residents. Each Commissioner is appointed by City Council for a three year term. Commissioners are required to attend seven of nine regularly scheduled meetings each session to remain active.

Meetings
Regular Commission meetings are convened promptly at 4PM the second Thursday of each Month, starting in September. Portsmouth residents are encouraged to attend each public meeting at Portsmouth's Senior Station, 3500 Clifford St., Portsmouth, Virginia, 23707.

Click here for the Meeting Minutes for Sept. 10.


Commission Leadership for 09/10
Chair: Christopher G. Patterson
Vice Chair: Kathleen Carlson
Secretary: Kimberly Wilson


Commissioner Attendance for 09/10

Commissioner Sept. 10 Oct. 08 Nov. 12, Jan.14, FEB. 11, Mar. 11, Apr. 8, May 13
C. G. Patterson Present
Kathleen Carlson Not present
Kimberly Wilson Present
Jack Bray Present
Robert Forbes Jr. Present
Sydney Moroney Present
Bertha Winston Present


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Want to get involved or need more information, contact:

The Mayor's Commission On Aging
P.O. Box 820
Portsmouth, Virginia 23705
(757) 391-9206
portsmouthpatterson@hotmail.com
WilsonK2@portsmouthva.gov

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