Really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us. Tom foreman slash science. Germany is celebrating its 30 years anniversary of reunification in 190 west germany and east germany reunited to become one nation what was it like to join us and shift today to take a virtual journey through time. This is what the berlin wall looked like and unbreachable stone obstacle on the close god dividing the city for most citizens of the g. D. Are leaving the country for west germany was not possible you had to go to extreme lengths to flee like digging underground tunnels using Virtual Reality its not possible to experience what it was like when people try to escape and one from khosla got to experience what it was like for his grandfather who dug a tunnel underneath the berlin wall. This man in this picture is tells me here from go is that hes my grandfather and in this picture you see him building a tunnel under the burden wall losing of your car goes o
And clouds as Steve Paulson has been telling us all morning long, nice, cooler weather. And sometimes it makes comfort foods even more appetizing we are celebrating one of americas favorite comfort foods today, National Mac Cheese day. In honor of the occasion there are Companies Offering special deals on twitter and stauffer is offering 10 lucky winners 10 free mac cheese products, check out their giveaway treat and noodles and company is offering awards members of free small bowl of mac cheese with the purchase of any regular entrce. Mike i will start with you, during this pandemic and even before mac cheese is a staple in the household and it is good comfort food. Kids usually like it, i know you are picky eater so are you a fan . Yeah i am definitely a picky eater though i have been opening up my palate more. I will say this, we have the craft mac cheese and they come in the many bowls and you put water and like a minute 30 in the microwave, they will not always finish them and ill
Participates in the citys planning process. Every five years theres a Strategic Plan and we also prepare annual action plans. Director mcfadden presented that to you earlier in the fall and provided an update a couple months ago. That plan covers all of the departments work, all of its programs. We also have a fouryear planning cycle that was established by the dignity fund. This includes Community Needs assessment and fouryear funding plan. That process covers all Services Eligible to serve funds from the dignity fund. Its looking at about 70 million. And then the area plan were talking about today is similarly focused on mostly Community Based services. We get 7 million from the state for those services. Thats about 10 of the budget for the office of Community Partnerships. As much as possible, we try to align these efforts, and an example of that is the Needs Assessment from the dignity fund is the primary Needs Assessment informing this area plan. Similarly, the departments Strateg
Approve the agenda. So moved. Do we have a second . Any discuss in all in favor. Any opposed . Motion carries. May i have a motion to approve the february 5th, 2020, Meeting Minutes . Thank you. Do i have a second. Second. Any discussion . All in favor. Any opposed . Thank you. The motion carries. Now i would like to introduce our newest commissioner, nelson lum, wholl tell us about his background. Thank you. Mr. Chair, fellow commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, good morning, my name is nelson lum, and im the newly appointed member of this commission. Ive been a resident since 1961, and i went to school here. Upon graduation from George Washington high school, in 1966, i was soon notified by uncle sam that he had a special interest in me. I was inducted in the army where i volunteers to be a member of the paratrooper unit, and after training, i was assigned to kentucky with 101st airborne division. In 1967, my division was deployed to vietnam. Luckily, i returned in november 1968, wit
Services. So in this one, we picked d encourage and support collaboration across providers, government agencies, and other partners. So through informal and formal partnerships, we will seek to leverage expertise and reduce duplication to best serve client populations. This includes supporting our contractors, to develop new collaborations as well as supporting other fields and Service Systems to work with older people and adults with disabilities. Some examples are the Home Safe Program that i just talked about as well as Community Based collaborations like the alzheimers association, working with open house to develop the Dementia Care training. Goal five is to support and develop and engage professional workforce prepared to work with older people and adults with disabilities. The rationale for goal five is that for older people and people with disabilities to live in Engaging Community is critical that San Francisco has a robust professional workforce trained in these issues and tr