Transcripts For SFGTV Entertainment Commission 4417 20170407

Meeting and the first order of business is the first order of business is gen. Public comment. Members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of that commission with respect to agenda items, members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes at each time such item is called. So this is gen. Public comment for items that are not otherwise on our agenda. Item number two if you just want to do seeing none and then close it so that then we know its close. Seeing none. Thank you. The next item is approval of Meeting Minutes. These are the Meeting Minutes for march 21. Any comments, changes, corrections from the commissioners . If there are no changes or corrections i entertain a motion to approve. Are you still reading . Yeah. Motion to approve the minutes of march 21, 2017. All right, is there a second . I second. [roll call vote] alright the meetings are approved. Moving onto item number three. Reports from the executive director. I will try to be short i been so long winded lately. So this is a report under legislation and policy i will get to what is the second number eight later on this evening on your agenda about the amplified sound legislation. Moving to staff and Office Update i wanted to update the Commission Based on last meetings request to work on organizing the quarter a little bit in terms of operators we schedule meetings so that april 10 is opening day but whatever and that is at 1 00 pm so if one of them get a quorum any of the commission is invited to attend and it will be fun and work. And we do it outlook invite to see if we can get some attendance. But we can try to work one getting everybody there. So, that is happening. Just to reiterate to the commission the retreat is scheduled for april 15 which is saturday from 9 00 am to 1 00 pm and i think we said the address, didnt we . No, we will do that tomorrow. Okay, so were going to do a proper agenda item within our 10 day window so we just have and been able to get to it so put that on your calendar and if you have a conflict, please tell me. We did choose that date within our google polls and i hope everybody can be there especially commissioners have never been to one before. We are going to be moving our offices this is a discussion that has been in discussion for a long time. City hall space is premium and as you know we share an office with labor and standards enforcement and we have grown a bit ourselves and they are growing and so, we have been able to hopefully stay for a while and move into a space that is just us down on the ground floor and they dont like when i called the basements of the call the ground floor. And, that is not a bad thing. So i just wanted to let the commission know that are being from two weeks to four weeks before we actually physically move but we will be having to change every bit of paper and your business cards and Everything Else so when we get there we will have to make sure he reissue everything. Yep, and the last couple items are on the heading of corrective actions which i havent done this much of lately unfortunately but there was an incident at the grand after, you know, an incident not very long ago and it was called to our attention obviously through the inspectors as well as the Police Department so we had a meeting last week with the captain and the permit officer again, at which time we tried to again figure out what exactly was not working in terms of their security plan. So this is typically when we see violence or inattention that results in violence and some kind of an amendment of the security plan that were looking for. We have had conversations about this a few times and have got an email back in terms of their changes. Again, were writing a revision to the security plan which will include id scanners at the door and more exterior security personnel and their assistance in i guess putting them in yellow security jackets in order to promote their visibility and the communication amongst each other should be increased and internal incident reports incident reports need to be written immediately after an accident happens. So weve reiterated this and were going to watch very closely because the capt. And i both agree that we should changesome things or more things will occur. Some other things that are happening is we had an important meeting with hue. And there was a variety of sound complaints that we were getting. I wanted to sort of know what, what was going on and how it was going. So i think it was productive i hope, and then, i think the inspector may touch on the sound test that he did do relative to the neighbor thats consistently complaining about the sound at the side door over there. Moving along in terms of correction of action hopefully we will see some changes well. And happy to take any questions. Any questions from commissioners . No . Ari, thank you. The next item on the agenda is im sorry to keep interrupt you but there is Public Comment offered on every item. Is there any Public Comment one the executive directors report . Seeing 99 that item is closed thank you. Our next item is a item number four is report from the Senior Analyst community and cultural events dylan rice provides updates on efforts to foster, sustain, and promote outdoor events. Good evening my name is dylan rice and media events are done i want to mention to sfgtv that we finished this one friday or saturday this weekend to get these things done. And i like to say that we promote these community and cultural events that are assets and raising quality of life in San Francisco as a result. Anecdotally, im getting some responses from different people and there has been a lot of interest in a couple of key recommendation that hub and spoke organizational moller model and this isand this make sure that all the spokes the fire andwater and all that would be connected and this idea of a shared, digital platform so increasing transparency and conductivity and being paperless and being able to track applications initially. The project is going to inform their report as much as it will inform hours. We will be in charge of the controllerss office and the department of Entertainment Management and whenever you have a large gathering you have to have medical resources and there was a process to, you know, for the city to approve those plans from local resources. And so, the good news is they do the same thing and ive found that [inaudible] centralization problem across the problem and the spoke and that digital [inaudible] here it is promoting the city reports with the other city departments and judy and i with your support will be sharing our reports with the Mayors Office and making the recommendation that there is a task force developed in key departments that are going to improve the process of the hub and spoke model and other key processes. That is more longterm implementation. One of the recommendations of the report is to create a centralized roadmap for event producers. I think i talked about this last time. And so, i am in the middle of creating the content for that. And so, when i have the draft done i will share with other departments but the point of it is its really a better position thats in power and to have successful outcomes we need to have this be more transparent and more clear. As far as content itself if you have, you no, if you have process maps then im creating a calculator c to know what your fees are before you get deep, deep in the planning. And, the best practices like do people have a Business Plan mother doing an event for the first time. And then when it comes to Public Safety and Public Health. To wrap this up 2017 for me is about convening funders and thinking of ways to haves Responders Fund his resource and the second provide Pro Bono Services and they cant give money because they provide to these culture events. Also, the idea of doing mixtures and trainings to increase the network and share knowledge. That is the update. Im going to be doing these updates for the commission. If there any questions, please let me know. Any questions . Commissioner leewhen you do the walkthrough map are you make a chart like lets say if you start off then the next thing is you to get a room such and such are you have to go to the Police Department any have to have a walking one here because there is people learn differently as much. Leave as many online commissions as possible. This having like one, two, three, four, five, steps and other kind of visual tools can be a huge. The room number is going to be do you want to go through or do you want it to put the link in there . Yeah, the actual direct line as the person but [inaudible] the challenge is not over sharing. I want to make sure it doesnt scare people away from the process because theres so much information. The other piece of this is just knowing which jurisdiction has which property. People dont know for example that Civic Center Plaza is so here is the different agencies and a tool to look up the mapping tools and stuff like that. If this church once of a sweet fair i could just say well, if you go there you got your little chart and this is the procedures and you can do your research from there, right . Yeah. And on the reporting, since summers coming now, there will be a lot maybe after festival that we could see here we could get your take on it. Im sure. Well right now, dm and the Police Department will do an after action report that doesnt cover all of them and i think thats a really good idea. I will check in with the producer at the end of the season. Yeah with the crowd and all. It is a Public Safety issue. Great, cool. Any other questions or comments . Any Public Comment on this agenda item . Seeing none. Oh, yep Public Comment. You have three minutes. Julie milano i just want to say that having the book events at places like the golden gateand the presidio each system has its own way of getting through this and it might seem like that butwell and other thing we saw is garbage and i found that theres never been enough trash receptacles in public areas for the crowds that show up to even the crowd and obviously weve dealt with the trash but obviously lumping in the any other Public Comment . With that, this item is close. Moving on to item 5. Who wants to go first . That evening commissioners this is sean burke i am one of your two inspectors i had a ive been working with a permanent offer in the Mission Statement that was a restaurant and its now open up as a pizza place the speakers have applied for an llp and it leads us to the new complaint about the knockout ill be working with inspectoror polly as thee sounds i have been in touch with the complainant, ive been in touch with the operator, and were working together to ensure that they are thin c code and, were gonna let another permanent officer here on ingleside at 4653 mission this is a complaint that came through 311 and then was the Supervisors Office was cced on some Communication Services in all hands on deck because i will be reciting that this password weekend and i just want to show you. Not this past weekend but the weekend before they received a complaint for the house eontheir planning extensions to that for midnight in the first time that i visited themhis issues with doors to complete all around. I spoke with the head of security and managements make sure that the city solution that i dont have to have any given. Thats all i have for you. I hope it doesnt that again. Any questions commissioners . Are they going to have an Afternoon Party . Was that the Afternoon Party . Yes its sunday its an Afternoon Party. We had complaints come in over the last six or so and i dont know any residential just yet and not getting any Contact Information with the plaintiff i just want to make sure that i can hear anything past you earn 50 feet which are determined to be the highway overpassyou know i try to get as close to that party as possible and when i dont get the next steps. In the afternoon a freeway actually is louder but once they go by that personi guess there might be a missing session that i can raise it higher on that. I know from my experience that they had been wrapping up like 8 oclock or 9 oclock. But what time is it after sixers at like 2 oclock in the afternoon . Unfortunately, do not write down the time that complaint came as but i will research toswhen the ncomplaints are coming in and that way we can get some kind of consensus on this shawn, just a point of clarification if i might. Is sunday a backyard as opposed to friday, saturday and sunday night . They are setting up outdoor amplified crop sides on the and thats what their mentoring because it doesnt really touch it. So everything they do on the inside thatis good but then only have thoughts of some there outdoor anything we hardly get any day parties. This is something that is a change. That level does go up on theres more traffic but i dont know. I will see if i can trackback as to what time those tracks are being put in and i will look back in the notes and put together some of the history as to when those things came in and keep a close right. Certainly, thanks. Thank you. Any other questions . All right. Good evening commissioners. Several items to report to you about. Start with or questions so carmen langue we had this issue on a friday night a couple months ago and iwould say looks like a nightclub anddavid dj and i will talk to the guys about it is officer the station we talked about it shortly and he took control the issue and it seems like it issue and it seems like it should be fine theres no complaints at this time. The red tavern is a complaint we gota couple years ago where they throw complaint to crystal stewart. Talking to the complainant about the operation and i told him i would go out anyway and double check and i did a walkthrough this weekend it basically confirms that theyre not doing anything i talked a little bit to management about the history of the complainant for the management there but thats not an issue for the Entertainment Commission and that item has been afforded to the richmond station permit office. New complaints is swank 444 per perpresidio avenue. Im gonna stop by just remind them to keep the door shut. Its not a hard thing to manage we managed it periodically depending on the weather and sorts of things throughout the year. We should have that wrapped up relatively soon. Another complaint came up about 155 fells st. This is about noise on or even after events or maybe even before. It wouldnt take much for the patrons to bother neighbors in the neighborhood so again its a situation where i will stop by and talk to management and hopefully get them to knock it off. I did a sound test in support of their limited live permit and basically, they can handle a sound in their given space and the distance to neighbors and and so forth and so on but they dont do anything really particularly loud so they were issued a sound limit and everything looks fine. There may be some residual complaints to deal with but we are handling that. On the 26, a follow up with hue nightclub we were getting complaints from a neighboring complaining about the sound and we decided we should do an interior noise test so thats what i performed and the details are in the memo theres a memo attached to your notes and basically, on that particular night there was a lot of stuff going on. There was a venue that was connected to the residents and they were in operation and again, when youre talking about that type of texture you usually talk about one venues impact but nevertheless the venue sound was still within the threshold. Not to say that they do not experience sound issues because there is a side door right there and if its open for any period of time its going to increase the sound level and some nights if there is a disturbance and security is coming in and out of the door then the door may be open and they made experience some impact that is not compliant. But nevertheless, thats not what the particular test that i did revealed. And when they came and we talk to them about the side door and in talking with the executive director im probably going to put a little more pressure on them to make sure that they stay on the side door issue to give the neighbors as much relief as we can. And, that is basically that issue. We will be following up and monitoring im always on broadway sort something out look into pretty much every weekend. Another sound test was hawthorn and they received a couple complaints and they receive these complaints from a particular complainant and that complainant did not want to participate in it and they didnt want to participateand this happened twice and we talked to them before maybe about a year ago and it was the same issue. The plaintiff did not want to participate in the sound test. The reason why is it would be good to do an interior sound test for from the block is not much of a sound impact in the venue is downstairs so you dont hear that it much. But they might hear the venue downstairs but nonetheless the residence getting into that particular residence nonetheless it has to stay in compliance. So its basically our determination that they are in compliance. If you have any questions, i be happy to answer if not, see next time. You know, the side door has that problem a lot. Have you asked him about a sound curtain or anything . Vs about a sound curtain or anything . For which one . Hue. They have doors and i would say theres always people coming inthroughout the night. Usually though close the doors if its less busy but usually theyll be packed to about 12 15 am and 12 30 am. Oh, as far as the side door i do believe they do not have a curtain that something will mention p will make a note about that. I have a question. For swank it says 12 oclock noon. Was that during the day . Sometimes we get an email and i would just write down the time that i got the complaint if it says inspection or sound check that is whatever time that i went. Right. Any other questions . Any Public Comment on this item . Seeing no Public Comment the item is closed. Police department comments and questions but i dont think that we have a lieutenant here. So moving onto item number seven hearing and possible action regarding possible permits. Okay thank you. Our first permit application for this evening is a limited live permit and this is forec1399 yalcin, irfan, cha cha cha on mission, 2327 mission st. , limited Live Performance permit, change in ownership. The new owner wants to continue to have Live Entertainment its a restaurant and they plan to have live cuban bands perform probably about four times a month but they do want to have the flexibility to do this during the days of the week and they will end at 10 00 pm and currently theyre just looking at sundays. I have received seven letters of support that are in your file and two of them are are from supervisor rohen and another from mission station and they approve this with no added conditions and for a little bit more here is the owner mr. Yalcin. Good afternoon my name is mr. Yalcin and i am the owner of the chachacha restaurant on mission street. The mission is very live and very colorful and multiethnical place and they have musicians mostly from the Central America and the caribbean andpeople come and they are looking for the place and this is the perfect chance to provide this for them and it would also be like the neighborhood place that , needs that culminate with all of them. I talked with all the neighbors and everybody is fine. And just because they have planning in the daytime in the future will be in the nighttime around six or 8 00 pm and everybody will be happy to do it and it will be a great idea. Commissioners, any questions . I can say that i own one establishment on either side of chachacha currently and previous music has never been an issue and the new neighbor has been theres been a great neighbor so far. All right, thank you. Any other discussion from commissioners . Any comments . Alright so it is a limited Live Performance change in ownership and i will make a motion im sorry, Public Comment first. Any Public Comment on this item . No Public Comment. Public comment is closed. Commissioners . I make a motion to approve. Drive a second . Second. [roll call vote] congratulations. Okay are seconds and the final application is for Sunset Reservoir Brewing Company and it is onnoriega st. In sunset and they want to have a limited Live Performance permit they wont have live bands and they want to be able to do this throughout the week up until 10 00 pm. I have seen many letters of support i counted 140 today from patrons and neighbors i didnt see any letters of protest. I do not think that i put it in your file my apologies but i did receive a letter of report as well. So they approved this permit and they asked that no live music happen after 10 00 pm monday through thursday but the nature of the services that it wouldnt be. So here to talk more about the application is owner hilary passman. Yeah, that about says it all. We have a restaurant on sunset and we want to have live music and in the outer sunset after 10 oclock we dont really have people going out to dinner much so that wont be an issue with that. Thank you. Any questions from commissioners . Ari, thank you. Any Public Comment . All right, seeing no Public Comment Public Comment is closed. Ne a discussion or conversation . I would like to say that this is exactly what i think that we need more of in the outer avenues is culture and entertainment. There is very, very little to do and we go to the reservoir brewing often but this is exactly what we need nightsupported. Okay is that a motion. I will make a motion. Great, do you i have a second . Second. [roll call vote] congratulations. Next item is item number eight review and possible action to review and change the conditions on the place of Entertainment Permit ec1377 place of entertainment and extended hours premises permit for halcyon. Do we have anything from staff that you want to say . Amiim happy to review but ive know that you guys have been here for the last few meanings and we intended to do this a few weeks ago and the owner that house asked for the continuance of the item based on this just to follow up today regarding the found complaint and here we are soso ms. Milano is here this evening. Great, and i know weve heard from a number of different neighbors as well as the operator of the venues and a number of her experts and weve had a number of conversations and i think we are particularly interested in figuring out where we go from here and what we can do not necessarily to make everyone happy but to at least move everything forward so that everyone is able to continue on in the same neighborhood. So with that, miss milano if you want to come up and talk about where you are and what might be changing and what your plans are. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening commissioners and director kane the last time that we were here i talked about the venue and the noise complaint at the currentstructure we received a revised recommendation falter and associates andthe contractor Andrew Mckeith and theyre having an hvac meeting on april 5 tomorrow at 2 30 pm to discuss the scope of work. The equipment will be delivered and work will be completed on april 9. It will take proximally six weeks to complete the work. Our goal is to complete one section per week and open first scheduled operations on friday and saturday night. The skylight an hvac treatment will include working on the prescribed ceiling area and painting the prescribe ceiling area and painting this area and this will go on for six weeks and easter week is a short week so this is the contract making sure that we have an ample number people working that week because we want them to work a full work week and the ceiling is very complicated its not just a plain ceiling theres a lot of beams and a lot of our lighting is already on the ceiling. So the work could go as long as six weeks and the work will go as quickly as possible and its going to take longer than the indicated for weeks why we asked for six and we will measure our progress and hopefully the commission will find this satisfactory. Any questions from commissioners . I do have a question, on weeks five and six, monday and thursday vespers to be fourthquarter ceiling work completed . Yeah, it says third im sorry. Its basically the same thing over and over again but just to keep it simple each quarter is different but to keep it simple we just worded like that. So thank you for coming back andletting us know about the timeline i its good to see something concrete and to be able to measure the progress with this will be helpful so thank you for coming back and we appreciate you coming back. Is there anything else that we want to ask . I mean, we havent seen anything above your interior ambien obviously but this is a painful deal but have you had any customers complain that its not loud enough . Yes and people say its not loud enough. There was an article that came out on the nightclub and people actually complain that the club was not loud enough. Maybe you can go higher without going outsides were talking about like, 120 now, maybe. So when he comes tomorrow were going to ask him work can be done and the dba levels father doing the work. And, i guess is starting out . Yes or. These are all Specialty Materials to that had to be ordered from crazy places that are hard to pronounce. No i understand thank you. Anything else . I just want to check to you have the necessary permitting to start work . The work prescribed is not require a permit its just a spending a second sealing off of the existing ceiling. And this is i mean in terms of the scope of work and what the engineers look at the should be sufficient to help the sound leakage thats coming from the roof. It is a 100,000 deal so i hope it is. But yeah, its supposed to be with all right, great. So looking at your schedule here, you know, if the work is completed by 6 may that you have 1,2,3, for five six nights here are and as the work progresses will you behaving music all is nice . Yes. But we can continue that until the work process. All right. Okay, thank you. And then were gonna take Public Comment have some more discussion about this but thank you for coming back with this. And so with that, i want to open a Public Comment. A c both of you here so welcome and come on up one at a time and you will have three minutes. Iso i just want to say that im really happy about the progress and the people are happy and theres a plan in place for the progress and the goal in the wish here is thatthere are structural improvements so she can operate as loud she wants and as loud as the people that go there want it to operate and party and in the future we are so looking at how do we do that so that they can operate after 2 00 am when its quieter in the neighborhood and we dont hear it nextdoor to them because the reality is that sound leaks and we have a dba of 110 right now were still hearing it. We are still hearing the low frequencies they are much better but were still hearing the base. So i would recommend the commission to find a way from 2 pm and beyond that we get balance that a lot more when the neighborhoods a lot quieter. Thats my ask as you go through this process and if theres anything else that can be done in the meantime period when it is completely done but again were still hearing the base and low frequencies. I would be happy to answer any questions. When was your building built . It was built in 2003. Is it double pane windows . Yes and theyre very structurally sound. Any Public Comment . No. Okay them Public Comment is closed. Commissioners, we were asked from the neighbors that we measure the ambient noise after 2 am in the future. Weve got a plan from the club owner a which is what we asked for. Is there any other discussion or conversation or action that you would like to make . Sorry, i just want to give you a little direction. The item is here to review and change conditions to the permit and i think that we have to consider if there are changes we want to make between now and then and then we will reassess the new sound levels. Weaver very expensive plan that is before her right now but i would be hesitant to make and he changes right now until we see the results of this plan and what they are we retest this because we dont know what it is yet that is my thought. Yeah, i think, you know, you have to give them the chance and theyve already done the Due Diligence and the cost and the contracts that your sending to do the sound check and they will have a new sound check because they want to know if they can go higher or lower so theres a lot of things to go with it. They are working under their 100 or 110 dba limit. Its not going to catch every single frequency but as long as they stay in their compliance of what it says, i dont see any reason that we have to do anything major until after the soundproofing is finished and then we can determine whether we need to recondition or not because it might work really well and it might not work. But theyre also taking a risk of spending 100,000 to do something so i think they were all here and we been here for a while and they are part of sticking to their part of the bargain and lets just give them a chance as long as they stick at the compliant level. They should be okay with itbreaking the law here. I think that everything that needs to be said has been said i just hope that with the changes in the schedule that the poe stays in the timeframe with the commission and that they just respect the neighbors. I think is a very sensitive time period between now and when this is completed. This complies absolutely the letter of the law in this period especially because a letter of action can deftly complicate the final solution. All right so, do you want me to make a motion to continue . I dont think we need a motion. Should we continue a review in six weeks . You can certainly pick up that way for sure. For sure, that seems like the cleanest way to do it so we should never review in six weeks . I make a motion to continue from six weeks from this hearing and six weeks from this hearing to get an update review and a preliminary test from the inspector to see where we are at. All right, there is a motion on the table is there a second . I second. [roll call vote] all right so, this is been moved forward. So, thank you for coming in with the plan. Everyone please stay in touch and neighbors have also heard what the plan is and when we will be continuing this conversation and we look forward to hopefully having some good intermission at the next hearing on this item so thank you all. With that, the item is closed and the next item is discussion and possible action regarding a draft ordinance amending the police code to revise and permit requirements, procedures and filing fees for outdoor amplified sound and sound truck permits. The last time the discussion was postponed to allow commissioner ben bleiman to review because he was not sitting as a commissioner when i did the presentation and he wasnt prepared to participate in what im looking for essentially is a motion for the commission to recommend to the board of supervisors to adopt this ordinance on the condition that any it revisions or City Attorney issues or anything that they would come back to you again. In the end, i would like to follow up with some sort of letter that will create from a motion like this and so anybody who does spons want to move it along add the board knows this commission is in support. Commissioner ben bleiman, have you had a chance to review . I have had a chance to review and it seems its cleaning up the police code in a way that has additional all meaning than what we are doing now and this will help us to better permit events and help us to lump them into permits that may or may not have been created for the purpose of this am very much in support of this. So, i am willing to support the motion move forward with the directors recommendation on the commissions that she stated. [laughing] well then to reiterate this it would be a motion to recommend the board of supervisors to adopt this ordinance under those conditions. Do i have to say all that . No, you can say yes. Okay. [laughing] okay so theres a motion on the floor, is there a second . Second. All right there were support from members that arent here but is there any Public Comment on this item . Any discussion from commissioners . All right, lets move forward with a vote on this. [roll call vote] all right, you have our approval dr. Green. Keep us informed us that moves forward and you find our support and im sure that will likely hear better as it moves forward with thank you for coming up with that. Item number eight is closed and item number nine is commissioner comments and questions. Anything from the commission . I just have a clarifying question for the commission from the last hearing where bryant tan offered a timeline foor the commission and that was about a section of the police code. This is sort out order but i think we can do this. President bryant tan had amended a section of the police code and it sort of confusing but i think the action that was taken tonight likely supersedes that action because that action would only begin counting towards another notice period towards a fullblown suspension hearing. Does that make any sense to you because a lot of this is offline. So he found an old section of the code that doesnt necessarily jive with what the commission was doing this evening so in any event, i believei mean, the action that was taken tonight was approved and id be happy to go back and show you the efficacy of the section that he planned out and its totally not what you would think it is so i went review that with the City Attorney and had to explain why that was probably not the best actionor motion forward and this was probably going to be more effective what were doing here, okay . Yes, i would encourage you to get in touch with the Commission Staff after the meeting to resolve any questions you might have on that. And im sorry for taking things out of water. And the thing is they are doing something about it and if they didnt come back like they didnt come back the last meeting because they didnt have the information and then they didnt come back again, then we have some recourse maybe with that. But since they are making the effort and they have the consult you know soundproof saying in order to get it right it takes a few weeks already so in order todo it right we have to give them a little leeway and they are Good Neighbors so we should talk to the director and get that part cleared up but i think it sounds a good deal to me. That was an agenda item that weve closed we can bring it up later but are there any commissioner comments or questions or other items that were not already covered on the agenda . All right seeing none the meeting is adjourned. [gavel] good morning, and im sitting in on edna is no longer on the dos commission and sarina is on vacation and so i am going to sit in as an interim. And i think that we need to formalize that in some way and i am going to take the guidance from the secretary. With he need to open a nomination. All right. Correct. And i nominate commissioner sims to be the interim president for todays meeting. I second. All in favor . Aye. Thank you. So roll call . Vice president is excused, itani. Present. Loo. Ow. Here. Roy. Here. Interim president , sims snchlt present. Please note that executive director is present and we are asked that all phones and Electronic Devices are turned off. Thank you, next is approval of the agenda for todays meeting, i understand that there are a couple of changes if i am correct, we are deferring the consent calendar, is that . Right. Correct. We should vote for the agenda to be approved first. With amendments . Yes. All right, so i need a motion to approve with amendments. So moved. Second. Open to discussion. Is that appropriate . You dont have to do that. Dont have to . Do we have to make the amendments. Yes. You have to make the amendments. So we are going on to propose that we eliminate or defer the consent calendar and we are also going to defer the Commission Officers nomination for object sus reasons, because of absences today. So all in favor of the amended agenda. Aye. Second. Second. Opposed . Approved . Yes. And all right. Passed. And now it is time to look at the minutes for the february meeting. We have a motion to accept them. So moved. Second. All in favor . Aye. Opposed . Passed. All right, we are on and we are through all of the complicated stuff. Reports . Director . Good morning. Yes, it is on. Good morning commissioners, so i just want to start by saying that i just got back from washington, d. C. Last night i was at the National Association of area agencies on aging Board Meeting as i think that you know, i am the alternate to california for the board and banks from la is the board member. And so we go together to these meetings and represent california. It was an interesting time to be in washington. And i think you know a lot of what we at the Board Meeting and then at the policy briefing which i attended for the last two days, we talked a lot about you know kind of what is the aappropriate for advocacy at the national level, given all that is going on right now. And really, we focused on holding the line on things like the Older Americans act and really advocating for the importance of medicaid for older adults. And so i was fortunate to have tom nolan with me, he is fantastic and has a lot of great connection and it was really, really helpful to have him there with me and we visited a number of office and our local offices and some that were other california offices as well. But we focused on ours because of course, people like to hear from their own constituents and so we were able to go to visit with jackie spears office and we visited her staff together, but yesterday, tom was able to get a meeting with her, herself after i left. And we visited with anna eshu and because i was there with my colleague, also we visited Diane Finestein and she popped in for a few minutes and we got to see herself and not just her aids. And then after i left, tom met with linda primus is who is the key person who works for nancy pelosi. And so we covered quite a bit while we were there about getting the words about importance and we know that they are supportive of the Older Americans act and of medicaid, i think that it always helps for them to hear from us and remind them that older adults are a huge part of their constituencies and so it was, you know, it was a little bit mixed because there is a lot of uncertainty right now about what the federal budget is ultimately going to look like as you all know. And so, a little bitter sweet. But certainly, i think that it is important work. And i just brought a couple of copies of the policy priorities for 2017 that n4 a puts out every year and i dont have enough copies for everybody and i can get copies if you are interested and i have three right here and i can get some more for you. On the state level and i am fwo going to defer to dan if you have specific questions. There is a battle going on between the counties in the state about what is going to happen with the ihss, effort and we dont have a clear picture yet about what is going to look like, but dan is spending like it has become a second job for him to go to sacramento and fight for this, because it has huge impacts on the county, and you know, if the mle completely goes away without another solution and so dan, if you want him to talk about specifics, he can do that, but it is still in play. Locally, i guess most important thing that has happened is that we have been working on the fund of the 6 million, allocation and as you know we have 6 million of the new money in the budget to allocate and we have an over side and an Advisory Committee and the department together we have been working very hard to figure out the allocation process, and plan, and so, i submitted a plan to the oversight Advisory Committee i guess a month ago or so, and they have been kind of playing around with it and they asked us to come up with different ideas which we did, and they compared those ideas and ultimately voted on monday to go ahead and recommend to us, the plan that we originally gave to them. And i think that you know, what we were thinking about is dividing things into six buckets, and trying very hard not to come up with brand new ideas, because you know, we are going to have this whole Community Needs assessment that is going to happen over the next two years and we are going to be finding out if we need to develop brand new programming or what. But at this point, we think that it is really important to get this 6 Million Dollars out the door and we know that there are seniors and people with disabilities that need that and need those services and we know that there are providers who are hoping to get money into their budget so that they can serve more people. So, we divided it into six buckets. Care giver support, and kind of Innovative Community Service Centers and activities, and housing retention, and Legal Services and Financial Planning and nutrition and wellness, and support for veterans. And in addition, actually what they did is they voted to recommend to us that there are two plans, and so, one of them includes a cost of doing business line item, because we think that if we are adding new programs in, we are boeing to have to find a way to fund them in the future, i can go into detail on any of these, and so the care giver support is for the respite and then also for a new data base, that is a resource directory for care givers and the service, and the Community Service centers and activities are funds to develop new and expansion models of our existing Community Services and so for instance, if we have an issue where most of the people who are attending our Senior Centers are 70 or older. We are hoping that the Senior Centers could find a way to build a pipeline of younger seniors that can come in and maybe just by expanding their hours or doing something different. But utilizing the buildings that they already have. We are also needing to add transportation there. And probably there could be some food added. There as well. Because when you bring the people together in a center you need to have some of those things to get them there and keep them there. Housing retention is for the housing subdy and that will increase the current budget that we have for subsidies by 580,000, in one model, and around, 500 in the other, and Legal Services and Financial Planning and one of the things that we have is that we have through the older americas act we have Legal Services for seniors and a lot of our Legal Services providers are serving people with disabilities who are under the age limit, and they dont have a way to fund that and we really want to make sure that there is parody there and so we are looking at adding in attorneys so that or attorney physicians so that they can serve younger adults with disability and we are also looking to respond to do more of the recommendations from the lgbt task force, and one is for planning for the population and legal and life planning, and for lgbt people as well. And then, moving on to nutrition, and wellness, we are looking at a pilot to develop the linkage between positive Nutrition Status and out comes for chronic illness and we are looking at supporting technology at home, and which is there is actually several models out there technology at home and one of the things that we know from other places one of which is when i visited the netherlands is that there are a number of models where people learn to use Technology Particularly with tablets. And then there are able to interact in ways that they cant understands whether they are home bound or dont get out as much as they used to. And we know that the senior isolation is a huge issue and isolation is a big issue for the people with disabilities as well. And so the technology and there is really Innovative Technologies out there where the people can remain, engaged in the community and so when we start thinking about health and the people tracking their own health out comes and all of that and it is really hopeful for them to have all of the technologies and the knowledge around that so that they can do that as well. And then we are looking at Health Promotion to continue a Diabetes Program for older adults and adults with disabilities as part of that as well. And then we are looking at a bucket for veterans and we have the county Veterans Service office. With he have focused on doing some of the work with the veterans through the office on the aging but we really wanted to make sure that we made a clear statement that we are expanding programs for our older veterans and veterans with disabilities in San Francisco. And so there is a bucket for that. And i can have brig et send this out to you, so that you have copies, and if you have any questions, feel free to contact me. But i will be submitting this to the Mayors Office, this week. Yes, i do okay, the Veterans Office, how many people, how many workers are there now . Today . Well the veterans so this is this funding is not for the Veterans Office itself. This funding is actually for Community Based organizations, so there is a couple of Different Things, one of them is that we would add to the meals the meals that we currently have for veterans in the veterans housing sites and then in the other it is that we have worked with some of the veterans organizations who are very interested in having connecters at the veterans housing sites. So that they can help to the people get service and we are seeing a lot of times what happens in those sites is that the people dont know what to trust and so that they dont actually accept service and if there is someone on the site that who help to make sure that they get linked to the services that they need that they will be successful in staying in the home safely, that is what i am talking about right now. We have how many staff do we have in the Veterans Office right now . Positions . We have 7 positions in the Veterans Office right now. They are not all filled, unfortunately. You have six buckets and then you have one bucket pay some attention to the veterans. How many people do you expect to hire to in this office . How would that veterans bucket we are not going to hire any more people, these dollars will all go out to the Community Based organizations. Oh, so i see, there is no place in those maam, no. Not with this money, no. Not with this money, we have the people in dos for the Service Office but this is specifically money for the Community Based organizations and i also want to say that we are just also not serving the veteranwise these dollars, there are veterans in all of our programs and so we no he that we hope that they are Getting Services in many different ways, but these dollars are specifically to go to these organizations that serve veterans so basically you have this 6 million for the next budget, right . Correct. And you are not going to hire not one single new person. Not in dos. Not in dos. No. These are for the xhupt based organizations i see for the nonprofit. Right. Once we do that and that is when we will figure that out, right . But we are just saying that we want to get these dollars out in the community and we know that the communities are effective at serving their populations and so we have to go through the whole process. I have one more last yes, and this year, 6 million next year will be three million and that will be nine million . That is right. Questions from the commissioners. And the 6 Million Dollars, in six buckets are they. We have gone through a lot of exercises to figure out what the best way to do this is. And we based it both on the democratic side but also using all of the research that our Planning Team put into, putting together well our Planning Team of one, put into the needs assessment, and you know, so we are using that data that we currently have to make good decisions about where we put our dollars, and we are thinking about with which bucket what would be meaningful and so we are not split out evenly at all, we are thinking where will it be the most impactful in each of these areas . It will be allocated according to the needs that you folks have done . That is right. That is right. Thank you. And the other questions, and for, for the nutrition, and the oneness and so are we introducing like the Health Medicine into this process . No, i think that we are just looking to one of the things that i think is important with all of our programs and we are going to be doing this with all of our programs. But it is looking at the impact of what we already know works. And but really being able to measure it. And so, we wanted to just introduce that element into our nutrition budget. Our nutrition portfolio. I didnt hear the mention of memory care or any cognitive priority in the six buckets, does it fit somewhere. Well, it fits in a few different places and certainly it could fit, if it certainly fits in the care giver support and that is where we see a lot of the need for i guess more support and the care givens are struggling and working with the people with dementia and they need the resource and so that is one thing that we have put into the care giver support and also the respite and we know that all of the programs are adaptive of serving people with dementia and it is something that we will be looking at with the Community Needs assessment and we know that we are going to have a growing population. One more question, so the money will be given to the Nonprofit Agency that we have been contracted with. No, there will be no rfps and we are trying to work out that now, but our Contract Office assured me that we will have to have the rfp for some of these things. Okay, maybe not all of them. Okay. But yeah. Thank you. I am pleased to be in this chair, but we will honor peterson of the Human Services agency. This is super bitter sweet for me and everybody in this room. Because martha is incredibly special to us and has provided support for dos for i dont know, how long. Many, many years. And she has been, but she has been here for 14 years, right . And so before i talk about martha, i just really want to recognize the budget team from hsa. Derrick, dont, yeah. Derrick. Everybody else from the budget team here, or you guys, stand up for a minute. I think that Everybody Knows that it is part of the Human Services agency and we are really, really fortunate to have a greadministrative team and th work under dan and without their support we would not be able to do the things that we do. And sometimes we dont see what they do sometimes it is sort of invisible to the people in the public but without their support we will not be able to do anything right, lets put it that way. So martha, i want to read a little bit about what the people have said about you, but i want to just talk about our relationship, because we have worked very closely together. And i think that almost since we merged or maybe right when we merged and martha knows so much about our budget and she has not been hesitant to say to me that does not really work. And shi also has been really, innovative with trying to figure out ways to support us. And so if i say to her, gosh we have to find money for this thing, this 20,000 here or 20,000 there, how can we make that work . Or is there some creative way that we can do this . She is always, always, been able to figure it out. She says that she does not know the budget to the penny, she is like no i dont, but she does. And you know, it is such and it has been such a great pleasure to work with you martha, and it is really sad for me that you are leaving. And at the same time i am so happy for you. Because i know that you have been looking forward to this for a long time. I want to read what your colleagues have said about you, and you have to bear with me and listen to it. For 14 years, martha has been a part of the San Francisco Human Services agencies incredible budget team. As the lead budget analyst for the department of aging and Adult Services martha has worked closely with the staff across the programs that made the significant contributions to the departments work and on behalf of the senior and adults with disabilities. Her support has made it possible for the initiative and sure we have adequate resources for the ongoing, programs and able to effectively meet the needs of our clients, on both the professional and personal efrl, her positive and authentic generous nature signs through, she has developed, the strong relationships with the staff and managers at dos as well as our partners in planning, fiscal and the contracts in community and helped us to Work Together as a team. She always is willing to pitch in and help out even with the task and projects that go beyond the budget realm although her work is primarily focused on numbers and funding amounts her dedication is always, evident, and martha is thinking about the clients that we serve and helping us strat guys best. And so, maybe your other colleagues said that you were brilliant, and you have a fantastic way of remembering wherever dollar is used. Why it has been moved. And you have this incredible institutional knowledge, which is true. Like we have the joke about the fund. You always answer the phone and you always call back immediately and you respond with patients and kindness and try to help. And if you dont know the answer to something you figure it out. Really quickly and get back. And you are a variable library and Program Related knowledge. Your amazing. You are super friendly. You always know how to make something work. And you are a true team player. Somebody that we always want on our team. So, thank you martha. We are so fortunate to have had you and i dont know if some of the commissioners want to say anything, but i know that they are grateful, i know that they have been able to call you as well any time that they need anything, so any way. Thanks so much and good luck to you. And i guess that i should give you this. Thank you all so much for this honor, i want to say that i am the one who is grateful to have been in this role for so long and to have met so many wonderful people and i cant say enough about i am going to miss all of you so much, so thank you. Next on the agenda is the report from the Advisory Council. Good morning, commissioners. Good mortganing commissioners i presenting this report for leon schmid our president who could not be here. The Advisory Council, proceeding the council, we had an executive Committee Meeting much of it devoted to internal matters for the Advisory Committee such as the number of times that the people can attend and possibly the new members but it was also decided that in the future, we would have, and the Advisory Council would have a retreat. Dates are not specified and we just discussed further areas in which we would be like to informed, especially the housing for seniors the issues to people with disabilities. So all of us well, not all of us, were present and absence were mcdonald who was ill, paric, russo and warren. And concerned with expressed about mr. Mcdonald and discussions of ways to reach out. And or if he is ill, the need to row place him. Guests included melissa and the das, legislative lee a response, rick apple by, and we approved the february 15th minutes, and correcting the names, and spelling. President schmid presented the council with a gavel and a block and a book of rules of order. And he introduced melissa, and i didnt think that they were that disorderly myself. And miss mcgee gave a summary of the first meeting, on february 24th of the fund over the committee because this was a meeting in with march. And the discussion was at 6 million, will be available and on march 6, eas presented itsal location, proposal for the moneys. Spending the review which is now completed and the Program Evaluation of anything that happened will be built into any proposal. And in the future, the over seat Advisory Council will formulate the by laws and we have and you know the first of monday of every month, actually that has been changed to the third monday of every month, and at 3 00 in the 5th floor, Conference Room at 1650 mission. And of course, the public is always welcome and it is important to be there. Our news secretary is alegra, and she talked about the members getting in the application to review their participation in the Advisory Council. And everyone has done so now except for cathy. And some concern was expressed for cathys health and it was decided to contact her. Juliet, has turned into her application to fill the district three seat appointed by eric peskin. And miss fortunani is going to visit the offices of the remaining supervisors to urge them to make nominations in districts one, 6, 8, 9, and 10. And reported that the commissioner of aging nominating committee has moved all of the appointments and applications. But they are still looking for replacements for who is i think, very ill. And just will not come back. And she will address this stipend situation which is a technical matter. Director mcfadden, she is visiting and Supervisors Office. And talking about dem graphics and services. Within each district, and the aaa plan is due may first and it needs to be approved by the council. And the plan is to make a presentation in april. Which will be a couple of weeks. And approve it in may. And it was noted that april third and fourth is the National Association of Areas Council meeting which director mcfadden has reported on. And there is a National Conference in august, director remind td the members that if we make the comments as individuals we are not speaking for the entire group or the department and that is presents ourselves as such. Rick the captain of the des training to be on may 12th, at mission hall on the lgbt demen shall care given project hosted by the Alzheimers Association. And our Advisory Council member patty, gave us a summary on friday, december, 17th meeting on the elder abuse which she attended. And miss lauren who chairs the joint legislative committee or cochairs it will make a report later. So i will leave that part to you. And the Council Moves seconded and unanimously passed to send a letter urging retention of funding in a coordinated care and initiative. And the plan is to meet with senators warner and ting and to send it to the subcommittee in the hel and this Human Service to continue this funding. I move that we send a letter to pelosi and sphere, and the healthcare act, which needed to consider, the equity and funding in healthcare, and federal funding for medicaid and the council who seconded unanimo unanimously, regarding the healthcare act and rick app le be, drafted a letter on this subject and we are pleased of course, with the merp healthcare act in its present form did not pass. Also allowing the bicyclists to roll through stops and we discussed the need to oppose this legislation because of accidents and near misses, with the seniors and adults or the people with disabilities. And it makes traffic unpredictable. If you dont know where someone is coming toward you on a bicycle is going to continue or not. And the council moved seconded and passed this proposal to send a letter in opposition to this legislation, bill, 1103. And this letter also was variably drafted by mr. App elby. If you wish i could submit copies of these letters. On site visit and patty, and visited and reported on the heights, neighborhood center, and a month to month, sign up sheet was passed around from the member and the site visit reports. And for the lgbt task force, marcy, reported on the legislation, and establishing a california state lgbt bill of rights, that supported by the state senator weiner. Mr. App leby also sent a level to the City Attorney in the Ethics Commission after the request of james to clarify the authority of the aging Advisory Council and to endorse or oppose legislation independently. And there was an announcement on the presentation this coming thursday of the director of homelessness and supportive housing. I think that i perhaps i skipped this part that the delegates from the Advisory Council to the oversight and Advisory Council for the dignity fund and include myself and marscy, and befery tailor. And then i will show after that we adjourned. So would you like to ask any questions . Questions . Thank you very much. You are welcome. Now we will have a report from cochairman diane law ens on the joint legislative commit. Good morning i will be fairly brief, although in your minutes there will be a long list, thanks to mr. Apple by of all of the legislation that we are tracking but i will summarize quickly what the big buckets are. So there was no action items from february meeting. And we did not meet in march. So there was no reports. So i have combined the two together. And again, at the state level, california is looking at healthcare. Given the program on our own, but there is no clarity around it, and i reported that if february. And there is still no updates but we will keep tracking that as we move forward. And obviously healthcare as she said and as you will see in the list of priorities state wide, and from director mcfaddins report, it is going to be an ongoing issue that we will be tracking them and watching this current year and we are continuing to work on our meeting with the local representatives. A subcommittee was formed by myself and mr. Apple beto put together the talking points, commissioner al recommended that we identify five key areas which we are still working on when we meet with our local representatives we want to have a cohesive plan and our top five priorities so that we can use their time and our time to the best. So we will probably have a little bit more to report in the next month or so. We are continuing to work on the bylaws and bringing in an alignment the Advisory Council, and the commission, and the joint legislative committee. And so that they are clear. And where we are not clear, we are gain some clarity. So those are have been sent to the City Attorney, and as mrs. Lori mentioned, commissioner james who attended our meeting recommend that had we also send those to the Ethics Committee or commission so that we are make sure that we are in alignment and so that we will continue to report on that as we move forward. As of our meeting two weeks ago, we had heard nothing back from the City Attorney. So a new business, there is still uncertainty at the federal level around the various programs and healthcare, while the American Healthcare act was defeated there is ongoing work. There is no additional impact on the Older Americans act. But now we have some direction moving forward from the director mcfaddins meeting in washington and so we can look at that and in light. And again, also, the funding to the coordinated Care Initiative, and so as we mentioned, as mrs. Lori mentioned, we did send a letter of support for retaining that money and funding moving forward and that has gone out. And the day that we met, there was the assembly budget, subcommittee on health and Human Services met and we got the minutes that were shared with us following the meeting. And all of the items that impact our areas of interest, adults with disabilities and older and seniors are all on hold. They are, and they have moved forward. And they have been put were held open. And so moving for ward and so we will continue to track them and they didnt say no. But they didnt say yes, either. And there was on one issue the funding for the California Senior Legislature and they asked director with chl to develop a funding plan to insure its survival and until the tax revenue can come up to make csl selfsupporting again and on the city level, we got a report on a hearing that is supervisor yee held regarding the department of age and Adult Services audit and the services to seniors and adults with disabilities. And director mcfaddin had responded and discussed dos services athe that hearing. Parks and rec also described their senior programs. Hearing was well attended and there was a lot of community input. And we are tracking a number of bills and again, thanks to mr. Apple, by the chart that you will see in the minutes is thanks to him and most of the legislation resolves around alzheimers and alzheimers care supported by the Alzheimers Association and other groups and housing, health issues, and as mentioned by mrs. Lori, senate bill, 162, excuse me, senate bill, 219 is state senator weiners bill on the lgbt Long Term Care bill of rights. And we also were seeing requests again for increases in sfi benefits and burial benefits and care giver, tax credits and a number of things that we discussed last session as well. So we will continue to monitor those and if there are any in particular that you want us to look at, in more detail, please let me know. Questions from the commission . We just like to say that i am tremendously encouraged to hear that the csl funding is in discussion until the bridge until the tax funds are available. Thank you. Thank you. Long term care koor nading council, good morning. Good morning. Mark burns and the executive member and i am here your april representative for your march updates, like everybody else in the city, we are spending a tremendous amount of time trying to process and divine the impact of all of the state and federal legislative and executive actions that are occurring. And understand how best to turn those back into policy recommendations. For the past several months we are engaged in revitalizing the process of bringing the ideas from the work groups off to the full council and then forward into the budget asks into the board of supervisors and Mayors Office and we just finished our first round of this new policy process, and it worked wr well for us and we are actually in front of the budget this time and i hope that next year to be further in front of the budget process and we identified three priority and they are in terms of inpriority number one, we are from our housing work group, we are seeking housing subdies for 200 seniors and people with disabilities and 100 of whom are currently housed but experiencing housing insecurity, and another 100 who are currently homeless and also from the housing work group, we are supporting the retention, pilot which is designed to revitalize the workforce among the Workforce Program where they are having a difficult time attracting and retaining workers. And then, the third Budget Priority from our hiv and aging work group is a grant to ucsfs Golden Compass Program which is a Medical Clinic for aging and hiv population and it is specifically developed the social Service Programming within that clinic. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Tech report. I dont see cathy russo. So we will pass that today. Case report . Our board has been busy prepare and continuing our advocacy campaign, we are in the midst of collecting upwards of 3,000 post cards which we will be delivering to the city supervisors as well as the mayor, which will take place over the next four to six weeks. Along with the email campaign. We also have the board has been actively ramping up strategy with the two new Board Members how we can improve and increase our advocacy, so that we can better support our Member Agency and our con ststituents and the seniors and the younger adults with disabilities in San Francisco, so that our advocacy is really a year round effort. Two of the steps that we have taken thus far is representation on budget justice coalition. Which is across the Board Coalition of agencies doing advocacy work. And then also we have a board member who is attending the Dignity Fund Coalition meetings and the oversight meetings and will also have a representative on the Service Providers organization which will be, or which is in the process of being formed. And so, very busy, and good stuff coming up. What questions can i answer for you . Questions from the commission . Very clear, thank you very much. Thank you. And we will have a report of someone of a brief report from the nominating committee commissioner . Good morning, and as mentioned earlier, by commissioner sims we will table the nomination for president and Vice President until a future date. Can i have a motion to reappoint the Advisory Council members dr. Marcy etelman, hammon, heinz. , and parini and smith . So moved. Second. And motion has moved and seconded. And are there any questions . Second. Any questions from the or questions or concerns from the commission . Any questions or concerns from the general public . No concerns . All in favor. Aye. Aye. Aye. All opposed . The motion carries. Thank you very much. General Public Comment . Hearing none we will move to old business, none, new business . Prepared for new business. Item a. Requesting authorization and modify the Grant Agreement with the institute on aging for provision of the Community Living fund during the period of july 1, 2014, to june 30, 201 9, in the amount of 50,000 for a grand nottoexceed, 23 million. And introducing carry wong. Good morning, commissioners. Director. And so i am here to please and i am here to present about the Grant Modification for the living contract, and in collaboration with the Mayors Office on housing and community developme development. So a brief background, in july of 2015, collaborated with dos on the institute of aging for the health and medical consultation to survey the real time life care needs of residents in five res denial care facilities for chronically ill and here after i will call them rcfci in San Francisco. And i will use this expertise with the Community Living model and in the focus to focus on the level of care assessments and the community of Care Transitions to determine that the required level of care as well as the potential support systems when they transition in the community. And so the results of the report summarized the level of care assessments as well as the tenants that were moved to a lower level of care and fl by, freeing up the spaces continuing these assessments we will support the individual choice and optimize the resources in the rcfci in the units that we and that what we have there. And now in collaboration, with the dos and ioa will conduct level of care assessments, in rcfci residents. And we will be identified by the rcfci, facility managers for the potential candidates that could move to a lower level of care. This includes recommendations for the type of housing. Wrap around services and transitional care, management to reduce institutionalization post placement. In in addition, ioa will provide the base Line Assessments for individuals that are prioritized on the cds new plus housing weight list. Historically there was not a lot of movement on that weight list, for many reasons. And mohcd revamped their housing wait list based on the 2014, five year plan for the housing wait list and one of the changes of this was to include a base Line Assessment to help and inform and facilitate a placement and this is only, with no Case Management services for this for the wait list assessments. They will provide the funds for the work under the contract. And it is not utilizing any of the clf current summarize the presentations if you have any questions . From the commission . Yes. And the funding will be a completely by the city and county and you are going to serve the 26 patients and so there are there will be the funding is from mohcd, and it is to provide the level of care assessments, for two populations. One is the rcfci folks that the people that are living in the facility that can move out and this is for 12. And there is the plus housing weight list, and they are doing a base Line Assessment of 14 people. What they might need to match with the Housing Needs that they have. So the total number of patients will be 26 . Yeah. And the city is spending approximately 3000 per person. No, 2100. Yeah, the total amount is 55. The 12 clients that we are doing the transition for, the rate is 3750. And then for the 14 clients that are under the plus housing and under, 357. Thank you. The total of 50,000 and then for the whole piece. Other questions, motion to accept . So moved. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor. Aye. Aye. Opposed . Thanks, motion passes. Thank you. And item b, requesting authorization to renew the Grant Agreement with the family care giver alliance for the support program of during the period of july, 1, 2017, through june, 30th, in the amount of 415,000, and plus a ten percent for the total grant amount nottoexceed, 456,000 introducing monte muno and i i think that i need a motion to accept. So moved. Second. Good morning, commissioners my name is chamino and i am a Program Analyst and we seek your approval for i one Year Contract extension for the family care giver association. And the family care giver association in collaboration with three subcontractors, and selfhelp for the elderly, provide assistance for the San Francisco residents who are in formal care givers through the quality home care and support groups and counciling and xhund education. Respite care, a brief period of rest. They can help with inhome personal care and heavy house or yard work and super vice out of home care programs. Or even over night care. And we request your approval for this grant extension and i am happy to answer any questions that you might have. Questions from the commission . Yeah. Just wondered that is the different, activity that you fund three different agencies. Correct. One of the activity is the care giver support group, how come selfhelp does not have this activity. I will call alia up to help to answer the question. Good morning, commissioners, and director mcfaddin. I am the director of operations for the care giver alliance and the question that you asked. Commissioner lu, is that they selfhelp but because of the flat funding for nine years now and they use other funding outside of this contract to support that group. This is their contribution to the program. Thank you. Any other questions . I will be recusing myself. All aye. Opposed . Carries. Announcements . Commissionersvy one, and that is that the next meeting of this commission, we will be presenting the area plan up date for your approval. It is that time of year and we will be reviewing the up date. Before i go to general Public Comment i would like to invite dan to come and maybe just give us a quick up date on this state discussions around ihhs. As you know, the ihhs program is referred tos athe mant nens of Effort Funding plan. And since 12, 13, fiscal year, 1213, and what that says in he sense in the county point of view is that there is a fixed county contribution which is increased every year by 3 and a half percent. And it is further increased if a local Public Authority negotiates a change in wages and benefits and over the years since the moe went into effect, there have been a number of actions between counties and states to further define what is covered and not covered. By the mle, and we have established that inflationary increases in medical costs, for provider benefits, is not something that triggers a change in the moe. And that local and state minimum wage changes are not something that triggers a cost in the mle. And that change is in federal and regulations or the entertation of the federal regulations like those who have led to the over time payments for ihhs workers. Do not trigger a change in the mle and that the state policy changes that cause increases in costs do not change. They are the most, the most significant of which is the restoration of a 7 percent cut in hours that was made during t swarts neglecter administration, and so this has been a funding mechanism that has been beneficial for counties and it is part of the cci or the coordinated Care Initiative and engabling legislation, requires the director of the department of finance at the state level to make an annual determination of the cost effectiveness of cci and if it is determined to be not cost effective, to end the program. And that happened this january. In the governors budget. And the biggest impact to counties in that, was that the ihhs mle was ended by that action. So what that amounts to is the 623 million cost shift from the state to the counties. Because it returns the funding of the ihhs program to its precci rules. Which in essence were that counties would cover, 35 percent of all wage and benefit costs that are nonfederal. And that they would have an Administrative Allocation and within the Administration Allocation would cover, 15 percent of the cost and over the allocation would cover, 50 percent of the cost. And so counties were as you would expect, shocked. And fell collectively that they would have a very, very, hard time absorbing those costs. And the speaker of the assembly, responded to that, and made a proposal that was meant to be a compromised proposal. And what it said in essence was that the ihhs, mle would be increased by 623 Million Dollars. But it would be kept in place. And so that would give the administration an increase in county contributions for in the budget year. But but, having it be an mle Going Forward would hold down the increased for counties, and part of the speakers proposal was a reaffirmation that the collective bargaining would be handled at the state level. And so counties responded to it and they felt there was an obligation. The important part that i left out is that the speaker said that if his proposal went into effect, a fund would be kree alted at the state level, which would in essence pay the 623 Million Dollars. And that would being reduced in the growth of in 1991, realignment revenue and that is why it is impossible to describe it simply. So 1991, realignment revenue is a stream of the sales tax licensing fees that come to counties to pay for a number of Different Things but among them are the county sheriff and the caseload cost and they have grown state wide at 100 Million Dollars a year give or take. This would be funded with 523 Million Dollars of internal borrowing at the state level, and in the second year it would be funded by 423 million of the internal bore ring at the state level and what it did is that it said, and the continued to be diverted to this fund, and until it was big enough to cover the full costs and on the annual basis and then after that, it would be used to pay back the borrowing that happened. And in the speaker analysis took about 15 years and so by the time that it was fully paid back would be 15 years. And so, the sales tax growth would be diverted for that purpose during that time period. Which means that no sales tax revenue would be available for the Public Health growth or mental Health Growth but it would be available to cover so the counties had a number of objections some are technical and some are directed to those points. And basically they said, we dont think that this mechanism works at this level. That would cover the full, and there is a negotiation going on between the counties represented by the association of counties and the administration represented by the state department of finance to see if they cant get to a place where on the rebasing of the mle but keep the structure primarily in place. That is where we are today. And from a timing point of view, i think that everybody would like to get this agreement wrapped up in about two to three weeks. Because that is when the governor needs to be revising. And it is a tight fiem frame and a lot of people are giving a lot of time and energy for this and so the conversations are happening every day. Thank you, what is the and there are two different estimates on that and one is a county estimate and one is a state estimate and they are relatively close, and the county estimate is the impact in the year will be 40 million, and in the state estimate is that the impact in the budget year will be about 36 million. Thank you. And other questions from the commission . Yes. We are talking about ihhs, that is the home care workers, right . It is the whole ihhs. Okay, well that is so much money of the home care worker gets on the federal money so much of it, the state money. And soy much of it is the money that can you tell me roughly, percentage wise, how much is the federal government giving or dollar and cents of before i asked that question, maybe i can ask you, how much is the San Francisco home care workers getting in that, for per hour. And so, at the present time, the San Francisco ihhs workers are receiving the minimum wage, which in San Francisco is 13 dollars an hour. And it will go to 14 dollars an hour on july first and then to 15 dollars an hour the subsequent july first. Plus the healthcare right . Also, for the vacation money, there is not vacation money, but there is no health and dental. How much are we subsidizing now for the city and the share of the home care workers . So the city under the moe has a contribution, 80 million and they will grow by 3 and a half percent so lets call it 82 and a half million or so. Okay, at this time, before they increase, and they are getting 13 an hour and the homework workers and how much is of the city is putting in . A couple of dollars in roughly . So the city share and so the federal share is now under the Affordable Care act. 54 percent, and i think that the county share comes out to about, 20 percent, so the state would be whatever the difference is. 260 or something. Yeah. And 20 percent of the city. Thank you, thank you. Any other questions . Thank you. For this spur of the moment up date. Any other Public Comment . If not i will entertain a motion for, so moved. Second. All in favor . Aye. Aye. Okay. 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