At this time we ask that you please silence all sound producing devices for the duration of the meeting. Thank you. May have a motion to approve the agenda . Thank you, any comments or questions . All in favor . Any opposed. Thank you, the motion carries. Item 3, approval of the december 6, 2017 meeting minutes, motion to approve . Any comments or questions . To the public . Hearing none, all in favor . Any opposed . Thank you. The motion carries. Item 4, reports, the director report, thank you, shireen. Director mcspadden thank you, commissioner, and i want to extend a special welcome to commissioner papas very happy to have you working with us. I was at the National Association on aging board meeting. I mentioned before, but for those of you who havent heard, im one of two representatives from california to this National Association. And its a Great Organization, theyre focused on building the capacity of aaa so we can help older adults. It supports initiatives such as Livable Commun
The elder index, it is a complicated form to use. Especially as mike said, because it is selfreported. This is a much more straight forward its easier quite frankly, for people that are doing the intake form to kind of indicate. And more often than not, a lot of the clients served do fall within that sort of range anyway. Sure, its definitely not lost through the contracts, that we are look agent 200, 300 . Thank you. President serina any other questions regarding 7b . Any comments or questions from the public . Hearing none, call the question, all in favor . Any opposed . Thank you, the motion carries. 7c. Requesting authorization to enter into a new Grant Agreement with Bayview Hunters Point Multipurpose Senior Services for the provision of Community Services Program Pilot during the time period beginning january 1, 2018 and ending on june 30, 2020 in an amount of 526,075, plus a 10 contingency of 52,608 for a total amount not to exceed 578,683. Thank you, tiffany. Ok, can i do light
Item 4, reports, the director report, thank you, shireen. Director mcspadden thank you, commissioner, and i want to extend a special welcome to commissioner papas very happy to have you working with us. I was at the National Association on aging board meeting. I mentioned before, but for those of you who havent heard, im one of two representatives from california to this National Association. And its a Great Organization, theyre focused on building the capacity of aaa so we can help older adults. It supports initiatives such as Livable Communities and dementiafriendly america. They advocate for funding for services for adults and adults with disabilities and provide tools such as the elder care locater. Theyre a Great Organization to belong to. Very supportive of the aaa, the area agencies on aging across the country. At the meeting we heard from cms officials talking about feature initiatives and opportunities for aaa and our cbo partners. They promised that theyre moving into an era
Any opposed . Thank you, the motion carries. 7c. Requesting authorization to enter into a new Grant Agreement with Bayview Hunters Point Multipurpose Senior Services for the provision of Community Services Program Pilot during the time period beginning january 1, 2018 and ending on june 30, 2020 in an amount of 526,075, plus a 10 contingency of 52,608 for a total amount not to exceed 578,683. Thank you, tiffany. Ok, can i do lighthouse first . I think we skipped over that one. Sorry, that was my fault, because i side tracked everyone. President serina yes, of course. Commissioner lang very good. I wanted to set the stage [laughter]. Ok. The first Grant Agreement presented for approval is the standalone adult with disability pilot and it is for lighthouse for the blind and visually impaired. Their programming includes the start of three new weekly classes, quarterly wellness retreats and outdoor excursions on weekends all designed to appeal to an adult with disability population that is
Hes a genuine person. And he is what you see is what you get with joseph. Hes a wonderful person, very friendly, very outgoing and caring. The third is flexible. So he has to do a lot of different things. Hes been asked to back up the front desk, take minutes, make copies, decorate, building issues and a number of other things and he does it with a smile. So, thats why his coworkers wanted him to be employee of the month for daas. So im going to read what your coworkers have said about you, joseph. Since joining long term operations in 2015, joseph formentos has been implemental in supporting the daas family. He has a variety of duties to support the clinical and Quality Assurance unit, daas reception and administration. His attention to detail, responsiveness and accuracy lends confidence in Performance Measures and reports. From ordering supplies, providing coverage, he is able to work with effectively with people from all different background and executes tasks independently and on