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Commissioner mondejar. Commissioner antonini. Second item on the agenda it is the approval of the minutes can you hear a motion to approve the minutes. Its been moved and seconded all in favor. The item 3 the directors report good afternoon, commissioners i wanted to note some sad news we lost ron smith he passed away last night we got on email this afternoon and im sure youre aware of ron has been really helped us lead our Respite Center helped us through the process i wanted to honor him then ...

Sxhooernd p supervisor wiener and supervisor yee and supervisor mar pr if were joined by our chair supervisor avalos we will have to reconvene at the special board today. I want to thank jim smith my jonathan from sfgovtv that makes our 0 reports on line. I want to give the floor to your colleagues our vice chair thats one of the first members of the vision zero its an oversight body for the work the cities committed to having traffic fatality to zero theres a lot of things about the timeline es...

Understood] jenkins and im here to support the nomination of Angela Jenkins. Shes actually my sister. And the reason shes in San Francisco is when she was serving in the gulf war, what she said, we have a Family History of service, both military and community service. And having a sister in the war was just such a difficult thing. But she actually had to leave to go to war a week after we lost our mother. And my sister taught me something. She said, [speaker not understood] to serve, i have to g...

Patient that are injured on tour streets im going to turn it over to now to dr. Rochelle dicker of the San Francisco general whos going to share things about the cost of injuries thank you directors my appreciate thank you for the opportunity to speak im wear my surgeon hat first pedestrians injury in our beloved city a a Public Health crisis and staring at thirty percent of our populations and admitted going straight city of Attorneys Office to the icu people get struck in the legs and flipped ...

Work. Thank you thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. calling names . Mr. Lawrence. Nothing like getting two minutes on something that needs more time. Ive spoken before this committee im a medallion taxi holder. I drive a taxi i know exactly whats going on for ramp taxis. All the rules are based on fines not anatomy rational you pick up. We pick up any wheelchair whether its a paratransit or not but the fact is m b mobile and San Francisco pickup about 85 percent of the wheelchairs they g...

And San Francisco pickup about 85 percent of the wheelchairs they get 58 a piece of for them. Two we cant find drivers that refuse to drive the ramp taxis because they cant pay the tax. And sometimes the ramp taxi no longer goes out because theyre not certified because they cant make any money our repair bills are high. And its a number one commercial vehicle used for commercial purposes. 3 engines in 3 and a half years and rear act ills. This is a vehicle that can pickup any heavier duty load y...

Treatment. And the Pedestrian Safety task force formerly the Pedestrian Safety task force is the zero task force the goal by 20024 no more traffic dedicates in San Francisco. There is a collaborative effort so other departments working with the department of Public Health and they will have the task force perpetrate to the full commission my invite other agencies in the collaborative efforts commissioners any other questions. Yes. Im particularly pleased are the transgender reports. I wanted to ...

Before you ever to have ask a question directly to the person and it narrows down the time you have to weve through people get the personal care that you have to do. I really appreciate this. Thank you. We are very excited about this. Its something that is very much within our wheel house and something we have very strong competency in. All of our providers know what they are doing and they are expensed and have passed or graduated from a Training Program and you nailed it on the head, being abl...

And the reason shes in San Francisco is when she was serving in the gulf war, what she said, we have a Family History of service, both military and community service. And having a sister in the war was just such a difficult thing. But she actually had to leave to go to war a week after we lost our mother. And my sister taught me something. She said, [speaker not understood] to serve, i have to g. All of us tried to get her not to leave. And she did. So, one of the things i bribed her with when s...

Prior years weve now worked with pay roll to correct w 2s back to 10, 11, 2012 and 2013. I think with the Wellness Team we have a health coach every wednesday now taking appointments for people in the civic center area. The shape up walking challenge is going strong and i think eap has been very busy and enjoying the new location. It gives them a little more room to do counseling sessions. I think thats it for my highlights. Did you want to add anything . We want to encourage our commissioners a...