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 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 of innovation, for those of you familiar with cms, you may wonder what that means, but theyve pointed out they loosened up the reg from 10 or 15 years ago. So well see, ill be reporting back on that in the coming months. We also heard from lance robertson, the newly confirmed secretary for aging and a adaad administrator. One of the things that we do at this meeting that i find interesting is we go region by region, so each region across the country kind of reports in about what the challenges are that theyre seeing and how theyre dealing with the challenges. But one of the biggest things to emerge, obviously was housing. Nobody would be surprised by that. But the second biggest thing to emerge was really challenges with respect to foworkforce. I see those as two different things, one being the workforce that supports people to live in community safely. And the other is just making sure there are opportunities for employment and Employment Opportunities for older adults and adults with disabilities. Thats one of the things we came up with across region 9 as a challenge and something we need to figure out. So did other regions. It was a big issue this year. I havent heard it mentioned at this level yet. I wanted to talk next about the reframing aging initiative in San Francisco. I guess i think all of you should have received an invitation to an event were having on january 23rd. Its at the koret room of the library. If you havent, let bridget know. If you didnt, its not because we left you out on purpose, its because something happened to the invite. Thats the meta fund and department of aging and Adult Services are cosponsoring the event. And there is Organization CalledFrame Works Institute that has done work on reframing policy conversations across the country and across the world. One of the things they took on is aging. We know that ageism is rampant in your society and they kind of wanted to look at what people would respond to with respect to aging. How do we reframe the conversation around aging, so that people care about it differently. This is a database approach to reframing the conversation about aging in the united states. And so we thought it would be a really good thing to do in San Francisco and were having a big event january 23rd, the library, from 2 30 to 4 00. I hope all of you can there. This will be a level setting conversation, where we can all come to the conversation from the same framework. The second day, were going to have workshop by invite only, because we have limited capacity. That is 3540 people meeting at meta fund all day to figure out, how do we carry the conversation farther . What should we do as a city . I think its a real opportunity. I want to say that one thing that is great is people who are Communications Experts be there. So were asking the nonprofit partners who weve also invited to bring communications, their Communications Specialists if they can. I think its going to be a great opportunity. And im really very happy that the meta fund has reached out to work with us on this. Bridgett also sent out a notice, hopefully everybody got it, but we have changes in terms of meeting times. Just general meeting, wanted to make sure everybody knows. On january obviously today is a meeting. You guys are all here. Got that memo. On january 8th, from 3 30 to 5 00 at the borne auditorium, theyll hold a budget forum, Community Budget forum with the public. And what we do, trent comes in and gives overview. Dan kaplan, deputy administrator for administration will talk more specifically about the mayors budget instructions and then trent and jarrett who is the head of the administration, will talk about the plans for the department. So its kind of its really focused on what the budget instructions are. There is not a lot of detail in the budget at this point, because we havent gotten there yet, but if youre interested please join us. On january 23rd, from 11 a. M. To 2 p. M. , its here in this room, the finance committee will meet and well be presented with the daas budget. And the initial planning efforts. And then the regular scheduled february 7 daas commission dating date was changed to tuesday, february 13th, 2018, that will take place in this same room, beginning at 1 00 p. M. At this that meeting the second reading of the daas budget will take place and theyll vote to accept the staff budget proposal. And obviously all meetings are public. And public is welcome to attend, but were hoping, not sure yet, if were going to have them televised. We hope we are, because we generally televise our meetings. I think thats it. I wanted to end by saying, i think all of us as mayoral appointees were shocked and saddened to learn of mayor lees death. Weve each worked with him in different ways. I know many of you were very, very close to him, so this has been a really difficult time. So we just wanted to acknowledge that. And i also wanted to say that were right now here to support acting mayor breed in whatever way we can and i know that all of you take that very seriously. And i thought maybe, i dont know commissioner papas, but maybe we want to end the meeting im looking at you maybe end the meeting with a moment of silence for mayor lee. Thank you. Any comments or questions. For shireen . Any comments or questions from the public . Seeing none, moving on. Employee recognition. The department of aging and Adult Services commission and executive director Shireen Mcspadden recognize joseph formentos from the daas office of Long Term Care and operations. [applause] director mcspadden joseph, congratulations. Thank you. Director mcspadden were here to recognize joseph formentos today. Did i pronounce your name right . Great, just checking. What id like to do today, and we dont do this often, but id like the people who support the daas stand. Because joseph is among some fantastic people. So the daas administrative folks do all kinds of things. They do they check on Building Supplies for us, when we have complaints about the building itself, which are pretty frequent. Probably daily. They handle those. They handle the front desk. They do copying, they make sure that what else do you do . You guys do everything. They decorate the building when we have things happen. They make sure rooms are cleaned. They just kind of are the backbone of the organization when it comes to our building use in particular. So then, we also have people from the cqa unit who are part of the administration and they help with safety manuals and making sure staff are trained well and going out and seeing clients when there is a problem. Its a bit of a mix, but theyre really a great group of people and joseph is a star. And hes our star for january, 2018. Our first one of 2018. So i got a chance to ask a couple of people this morning, what is one word that represents joseph for you . And i got a couple of different ones. One is dependable and that is certainly true, joseph is on time, hes here, willing to step in and help, very dependable. One is hes very genuine. 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 time. When daas needed community support, joseph stepped up to the challenge and supports several work groups,. Joseph approaches all tasks with openness and humility to support daass goals. Nothing is above or beneath him as he embodies team work, professionalism. His desire to learn, thoughtfulness and patience make him an essential component of what makes daas successful. His kindness and generosity is what makes daas shine. So, joseph, on behalf of the department of aging and Adult Services, i present you with this plaque and congratulations on being employee of the month for january. [cheering] [applause] president serina i normally stream these commission meetings, so i understand there is a lot to cover and presenters are anxious, but i wanted to thank the people that i love, starting with my parents who were supposed to be here. I hope theyre dvring this, but my beautiful wife camille. She completes me, my better half. Next, my work family. Everyone on the fifth floor, including the ooa crew, thank you, ooa. Melissa, tom nolan, hes like a mentor to me. Bridgett, thanks, bridgett. Where is valerie . Valerie, ive worked closely with her recently and shes taught me so much, ive learned so much from valerie, shes amazing and im trying to learn as much as i can before she goes on maternity leave. Thank you to the deputy cindy and jill. I dont know a better duo. Theyre like baumgartner and posey of the fifth floor. And thank you, shireen, thank you so much, shireen for your support. I have the deepest respect for you. This vision for the department, im here every step of the way for you. Now to my longterm care, i first want to thank adriana, when i first was on board, she taught me everything in the beginning, she was there when i was answering the phone, nervous. And she told me it will be ok. And its ok. Thank you to rea, shes on vacation right now. Duane and larry. My nurses, i love my nurses, angela, luba, sue. I run down three flights of stairs and run up, i deliver one folder, and i just im dedicated to them. Its all the exercise i get for the day. The next two people i want to thank. Im going to use a sport analogy. I like sports. But, fanny, thank you so much. Fanny is like klay thompson. You know him of the golden state warriors, he can rebound, shoot, he does it quitely and efficiently and thats fanny. When you need a bucket you pass it to clay. Heres my mom. [applause] my mom made it in time. You know, with clay, you have the splash brothers, but this case, its the splash sisters. Carrie is steph curry of daas. She is mvp, makes me better. And shes the best Program Manager in the city. Thank you, carrie. Thats steph carrie right there. Last but not least, i want to thank my direct supervisor. I had no Office Experience when i first started, but she gambled on me, put all her chips in and it paid off, right ophelia . The reason why is because she allows me to fail, i learn from my mistakes and thats how i improve. For january 2018, im the employee of the month, but ophelia is my employee of the month every month. Im humbled and thank you very much, i appreciate it. [applause] president serina the Advisory Council report is the next item on the agenda. Leonschm leonschmid. Happy new year to all of you, well have a report next month. Thank you. President serina thank you, leon. Diane lawrence, joint legislative committee report. Happy new year, we didnt have a meeting, but i worked with Cindy Kaufmann and weve begun planning what is happening coming forward and so i do have a bit of a report to kind of lay out where things are. I reached out to the senior, who is our representative from California Senior Legislature so i have their top 10 for the year, plus their three federal and ill provide those to bridgett. But i wanted to go over a couple of things that are coming up. And level sets since there are new commissioners. 17 bills were signed of the ones we were tracking last year, signed by the governor and chapterered by the secretary of state. Two were vetoed, ill get back to those and 15 had no action taken at the end of the session. Many of those can come up again. The two that were vetoed elder and dependent adult abuse and care, which would have added preponderance of evidence, that was vetoed by the governor, but the legislature has 60 days to possibly bring that up over the governs veto and put that into law. Well be looking at that. The second was the registration of home care aides, which would have required registered home care aides to opt out of allowing their names and phone numbers to be shared with labor organizations. This again was vetoed and there is the 60day time frame, so well be reporting out on those. The bills where there was no action, they could come up again, but today is the first day to the legislature reconvenes. So we dont know what bills theyre going to bring up or what new ones they may add. Senator weiner has a bill, sb 1103, on bicycle yielding, similar to the legislation we have here in San Francisco where you can yield the rightofway. You can yield and dont have to come to a full stop. The joint ledge committee has been opposed to that and thats in suspense at the moment, so well see what happens there. Today is the first day of the legislative session. Next monday, the budget has to be submitted by the governor. One of the things ive added to my report is what the legislative calendar is by quarter to kind of levelset what needs to be done up in sacramento. The 12th is the last day for the policy committees to hear and report to the fiscal committees and vice versa on anything that came up in the odd numbered years, so thats in the regs. And the 19th is the last day for any committee to hear and report on floor bills that were in the house last year. They have a tight time frame over the next couple of days. The 19th is also the last day to submit requests to the office of legislative council. And the end the month is the last day to pass bills introduced in the house last year. And february 16th is the last day for bills to be introduced at all. So well see a flurry of activities over the next 67 weeks. So the Senior Legislature met in november, theyve issued a press release. They have two bills that are two areas theyre supporting that have come up before and we talked about over the last couple of years. One is on Prescription Drug labelling and this measure would require physicians and surgeons to indicate why the medication is being given and what its for. So that easy to and then the second one is to increase the medical needs allowance. That would be things like, personal supplies that someone on medical may need to pick up. Most of the others are around housing, tax contributions, a lot on housing, hunger. Elderly financial abuse, grab bars in public rest rooms and toilet heights. There is three bills. One is Fall Prevention and grab bars. Adopt regulations to the Medicare Program and the third is california Chinese Railroad workers memorial day, memorializing the congress and president to enact legislation that would recognize may 10 as a federal holiday of remembrance to honor Chinese Railroad workers who labored from 1865 to 1869. So im sure there will be more than these 13, but well report on those in coming months. President serina thank you, diane. A quick question, im asking this question out of naivety. Its the joint legislative committee, do they deal with regulations or strictly legislation . Strictly legislation. I was concerned a little bit when i heard that the current administration, federal administration scaled back an obama era policy on levies fines against residents in nursing homes. I didnt know where that fits. We can take a look. A thank you. President serina did the governor explain his reason for vetoing the elder abuse bill . I dont remember, but ill check that out. I can put an addendum when i send my report to bridgett. President serina thank you. Any other comments . Commissioner lang question, on all the bills that youre presenting, is the joint council in support of all of them . Not necessarily. We will i will usually report if weve sent so we have in the case of senator weiners bill, weve sent a letter i believe of opposition and one of our Council Members, dr. Marcy edelman has spoken with the senator staff about why were opposed. In terms of safety. To the bill. But if we take if we