Age Well Advisory Committee

Researcher's note: A City of Boulder committee of the Older Adult Services division (Housing and Human Services), not a county body. It sends a liaison to the Boulder County Aging Advisory Council. Formerly the Senior Community Advisory Committee (SCAC).

Legal basis

• Age Well Advisory Committee Guiding Principles (amended bylaws adopted by the AWAC 03/17/22; adopted by the Director of Housing and Human Services 04/07/22) (2022-04-07) · governs source

Appointed by

Older Adult Services Manager, hhs director. Members are selected by the Older Adult Services Manager and approved by the Director of Housing and Human Services (2021 city press release). Under the 2022 bylaws the Manager recruits members, and mid-term vacancies may be filled by staff and AWAC members. source source as of 2022-04-07

another source differs

The predecessor Senior Community Advisory Committee was appointed by the city manager. source source

Describes the SCAC before it became the AWAC; the 2021 press release and 2022 bylaws place selection with Older Adult Services and the HHS Director.

How

The Older Adult Services Manager recruits members of the public; recruitment begins in the fall of any year with vacancies. The Manager selects members and the HHS Director approves them. Mid-term vacancies may be filled by staff and AWAC members for the rest of the term; the appointee may then apply for a full term in the next cycle. · fall of any year in which vacancies occur · Director of Housing and Human Services source source source as of 2022-04-07

Seats

7 source source as of 2022-04-07

Seat types

• City of Boulder resident for at least six months (or an unincorporated Boulder County resident who actively uses city Older Adult Services); at most one member may be under 60 ×7 qualified

source source source as of 2022-04-07

Term

up to 3 years source source as of 2026-10-29

Term limit

six consecutive years (one renewal of a term of up to three years) source as of 2022-04-07

Staggering

unknown · 5 sources tried

• 2026-10-29 · https://web.archive.org/web/20250319011518id_/https://bouldercolorado.gov/media/7668/download?inline= · staggered terms or fixed term dates in the 2022 Guiding Principles: terms 'up to' three years, recruitment in the fall when vacancies occur; nothing on staggering
• 2026-10-29 · https://bouldercolorado.gov/age-well-advisory-committee · term dates, staggering: 'Terms are up to three years' only
• 2026-10-29 · https://web.archive.org/web/20210120204901/https://bouldercolorado.gov/older-adults/age-well-advisory-committee · term dates, staggering: 'Terms are up to three years' only
• 2026-10-29 · https://web.archive.org/web/20191215152242/https://bouldercolorado.gov/seniors/the-senior-community-advisory-committee · SCAC term rules: 'Terms are up to three years' only
• 2026-10-29 · https://patch.com/colorado/boulder/city-boulder-older-adult-services-accepting-applications-age-well-advisory · term rules in the 2021 recruitment release: three-year terms; nothing on staggering

Powers

advisory. Decides: Nothing binding. It advises Older Adult Services on older adults' quality of life and needs, strategic planning and program development, and does community outreach; it can adopt and amend its own Guiding Principles (four of seven votes).. To council: Nothing formally; recommendations go to the city via the Manager of Older Adult Services. The 2021 release says they help City Council and staff understand older adults' concerns. source source source as of 2026-10-29

Council liaison

not applicable: The AWAC is a committee of the Older Adult Services division, recruited by its manager and approved by the HHS Director; it is not one of the council's boards and commissions and has no council liaison. source

Staff liaison

Housing and Human Services (Older Adult Services) · Eden Bailey source source as of 2026-10-29

Relations

• Older Adult Services Manager appoints Age Well Advisory Committee · selection, with approval by the HHS Director source
• Age Well Advisory Committee liaison Boulder County Aging Advisory Council · one AWAC member serves as liaison to the county council source
• Age Well Advisory Committee recommends to Older Adult Services Manager source
• Housing & Human Services staffs Age Well Advisory Committee · staff support (Older Adult Services) source source

History

• 2020 · renamed · The Senior Community Advisory Committee (SCAC; page still under that name on 2020-06-07) became the Age Well Advisory Committee by 2021-01-20. The 2021 AWAC page lists the SCAC's January-March 2020 agendas as its own and its contact line still names the Senior Community Advisory Committee. The exact date was not found. source source