Coleading the four annual meetings. At this meeting, Melissa Mcgee from the office of Community Partnerships will be presenting on the dignity fund data and evaluation report. And then we hope to have time for a significant conversation discussion with attendees on what they want to see on the agenda for these meetings Going Forward as well as envisioning what they see this group being and becoming. So we look forward to that very much. Next month, we will have a Transportation Panel presentation with representatives from s fm ta and transit riders talking about current Transportation Resources for seniors and people with disability as well as efforts, advocacy efforts Going Forward. We are looking forward to this quite a lot as transportation has been and remains one of our primary areas of concern and effort. And in march, we will have someone from the census back again just prior to that, because we agreed it is quite important. And also we are looking forward our board is looking forward to next month a board retreat. Its been a couple years since we had one, and we are finally able to schedule most of a day to really get down and do some looking at Strategic Planning as we go forward. I want to close with a sincere thank you to director mcspadden and the commissioners and everyone that was involved in helping restore the elder Adult Classes that we were able to maintain. This will remain one of our areas of attention. We will be working with Dignity Fund Coalition about advocacy efforts towards the other classes and looking in the future. So we look forward to working with you on this very, very important topic. And that is it. Any questions i may answer . Thank you. Any comments or questions . Thank you very much. Item number 5, any old business . New business. The San Francisco municipal transportation agency, paratransit presentation, erin mcauliff. Hello, commissioners. Erin mcauliff is under the weather so i will be giving the presentation in her place. And you are . My name is jonathan chang, im a paratransit planner and i work in the Accessible Services department at San Francisco municipal transportation agency. Sorry. So it is a part of the Taxi Services division at m. T. A. We help manage several programs, including the Paratransit Program as well as the discount office, and we help oversee the m. T. A. On various aspects of accessibility projects throughout the city, including the capital projects, bike projects, pedestrian projects as well as emergeing mobility. So what is paratransit . It is the doortodoor Transportation Service as available to a. D. A. Eligible riders. Currently m. T. A. Contracts out to the administration of the daytoday service. So it is responsible for the a. D. A. Eligibility certification process. They are responsible for media sales, Service Quality monitoring as well as customer interface. We also provide transportation for the Paratransit Program. They are the provider are the access service. They also contract out to every taxi company in the city to provide taxi service to paratransit riders as well as to two nonprofits to provide service for our riders. So in order to qualify for paratransit an individual has to be unable to use the service some or all the time due to a disability. They have to First Complete an application and once they submit the application, the application is then reviewed by a certification analyst. The analyst may call the individual in for interviews to go to maybe elaborate more on their able to use the service as well as to verify some of their health conditions. Based on all this information, the analyst then makes a determination as to whether or not someone qualifies for paratransit. If the individual doesnt agree with the determination, they can appeal that decision. So s. F. Access is the prescheduled a. D. A. Van service. The van service is comparable to muni. So it has the same hours as well as the same service area as muni. So the van service operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. It serves the entire county of San Francisco, northern san mateo county, Treasure Island and the marin on the weekend. The individuals can reserve a trip up to seven days in advance. The second mode of transportation that we provide to our eligible riders is group van. This is Group Transportation for a. D. A. Eligible riders going to and from a single location like employment work site as well as d. A. S. Funded nutrition programs. All the routes are prescheduled and are done in coordination between the Service Providers and social service agencies. And we have three providers, including two nonprofits. On the third transportation mode we provide are taxis. Every taxi company participates in our Paratransit Program in acore dance to the citys transportation code. In addition to the fleet of suvs and sudans, there are 40 Wheelchair Accessible taxis available. Riders are issued a debit card which they can use to pay for the meter fare or taxi trip. The taxi trips are a subsidy. The we provide a subsidy to the user. For every 6 the rider gives we put 30 of value on to the debit card for them to use to pay for the meter fare. One of the more recent initiatives we have taken is the launch of mobility magnet center. This seeks to serve as a onestop information and Referral Center for older adults and individuals with disabilities. We understand that in the city theres a lot of transportation that can be overwhelming to anyone, especially someone who is new or who has a new doctor. So we are trying to provide for individualized, one on one training and assistance to older adults and seniors and people with disabilities. In addition to all the a. D. A. Programs, we have several programs that are administrate and provided through the Paratransit Program that doesnt require a. D. A. Eligibility. One is a shop around program. This provides transportation to and from Grocery Stores for seniors and people with disabilities. Another one is the go service which provides food transportation for seniors and people with disabilities to go to cultural and social events to help reduce social isolation. And the Third Program we provide is paratransit plus, which is a taxi program that is available to riders who may not qualify for paratransit but may have difficulties for certain trips in which taking the bus isnt the most optimal means to getting to their destination. So we do provide travel training, both Group Orientation where we talk to a group, we help, we provide an overview of the features of muni as well as trip planning tools that they can take advantage of as well as individual travel training where we work with the individual one on one to help them, familiarize them with the bus route they can take to go to frequent appointments. We are also