Any comments, questions, or corrections . Hearing none, call the question. All in favor . Any opposed . I abstain since i was not here. Yes, the motion carries. And now, item 4, the directors report. Good morning, commissioners, and welcome, commissioner spears. It is great to have you here and its also great to have a full commission. I think its been several years, so very excited to work with all of you. I think i want to start with kind of the National Level stuff. I just came back from the National Association of area agencies conference on ageing and board meeting, im a california representative for n4a. It was in new orleans, and you know that meeting in new orleans in the summer was a little harsh. I was talking about our approach to ageing in San Francisco. In addition, we had Katrina Williams who works in the Human Resources division who came and did a training on implicit bias and equity and inclusion, and it was really well received by participants in that workshop. The other news, and i may have mentioned this early because we knew about it earlier is we were the recipients of an award because of the partnership that we have with Community Center and with Senior Centers with the older adult Choir Program. So Community Music center was with us to receive the award. It was really exciting for them, and theres been some press in San Francisco about this. But its really its such a great intervention, and the people who are involved in the choirs report regularly that they feel more healthy and more engaged and all the things that we hope for when they are involved in a choir. At the state level, i think we talked a little bit about this earlier on when we met in june about what the budget was shaping up to be, but we did ageing and Disability Services did well in the budget, and there were in addition to, you know, some of the medical enhancements, some of the things we focus on are our community services. We did very well on nutrition at the state level. A. D. L. Got funding for the first time ever. This is really a way for ageing Services Providers and the independent living providers to Work Together to really think about how we serve people with disabilities and older adults together, so we have an adrc in San Francisco, and there are seven others across california. And hopefully what this means is well actually get some state funding for the first time instead of funding this solely with local funds. Ombudsman also got some much needed funding, which was really excited. When you think about what the ombudsman does is go out and look at the quality and the care in Skilled Nursing and assisted living facilities and theyre much understaffed and underresourced, and so this was really exciting. And then, we also got, for the first time, some money for falls prevention, we all know that falls are so hazardous and quite often put people in the hospital and they often dont come out. So falls are bad. This is the first time that the state has put money into this. Locally, we had, on monday, something really exciting happen, and that was we had an older adult and disability work fair. And the office of economic and Workforce Development along with the Community Living campaign and the anything any time Fund Coalition put this together. We also had some Funding Partners who were really helpful in making it happen. But we had i dont know what the final count was, but it was really successful, and i think it showed to some people what the need and the appetite is for work for older people and adults with disabilities. It was, i hope the beginning of a much stronger relationship with us along with our Community Partners and funders to think about, you know, what does this look like moving forward . How do we ensure that were continuing to advocate for people with disabilities and people in the workforce . And also including diverse age and ability when what that does to the workforce and how that enhances it, and i think we just need to keep hammering that home. We are, through the Community Living campaign, our community partner, are continuing to work with a creative agency, and theyve come up with some ideas for us. And our work group has looked at all of them and weve kind of gotten down to one idea, and so now, the agency is talking about how to get the reframing ageing campaign out into the community. So hopefully in the next few months, well be seeing the fruit of that labor out and about town. Im hoping when people see those things, they can photograph things that they see in town. For those of you that use social media, i think its going to be really exciting, and i think theres going to be community engagement, and i think thats going to be really crucial. And then, im going on and on. Ill take any questions if you have any. Thank you, shireen. Any comments or questions . Not a question, but a comment. I was able to attend the workshop on monday. It was great to see so many different departments working together on this effort. It was crowded. It was the folks there were enthusiastic, both on the job seekers side, but also the employers who were there, they were doing onsite interviews, and you could just feel the excitement in the room, so l congratulations for the effort. Thank you. And i do have one thing on my list, and i just skipped over it. I talked a little bit about the name change for the Department Early on, and i just wanted to give you an update as to where that is right now. So president yee introduced the name change to the full board. It then, the proposed name change went to rules committee and passed out of rules committee and then was signed on by the full board. So the board is in the process of putting the proponents argument on to the ballot . And so then, theres some activity that needs to happen after that, but then, well see what happens. One of the things is it does is it changes the name to department of disability and ageing services . So the fact that the department serves people with disabilities clearly, clearly in the name. And the second thing it does is it specifies the makeup of the commission to ensure that theres a person with a disability on the commission and that theres a veteran on the commission, and older adult, which having an older adult on the commission has never been an issue, and weve always had that, but it specifies the other two, as well. So thank you. Any other questions or comments for shireen . Thank you. The next item is the employee recognition. The daas department and shireen will honor people from the department of adult protective and ageing services. [applause] so i dont think weve honored anyone from Adult Protective Services, so could everyone from Adult Protective Services stand . [applause] so we all know Adult Protective Services is such a Critical Service in counties and San Francisco is no exception. Our Adult Protective Services program is particularly wonderful. I hear this all the time when im going around the state how well established our Adult Protective Services program is, how weve really started using our data as to what the best practices are. I always tell the Adult Protective Services people are when i see them, what you do is really hard works. It takes putting your education into practice and figuring out ways to take care of yourselves, so we are so pleased to have you as are the people that youre working for all the time. So sayer,. Sarah, this is so well written, im going to read what they wrote about it. Sarah has served as a protective Services Worker for the past 12 years. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist and has extensive experience with and knowledge of developmental stages and how the ageing process can affect ones ability to maintain ones independence, safety and protect oneself from abuse and neglect while living in the community. She utilizes her skills to set boundaries while working with complex family dynamics, and she recognizes a persons ability to engage while accepting services. Shes a strong advocate for her clients and applies during her years at Adult Protective Services, sarah has mentored two interns from u. C. Berkeley. This allowed her to further devel develop her leadership skills when helping many adults and elders resolve abuse and neglect issues. Under her tutoring, the individuals gained skills to become important social workers in the community. She has participated in two aps retreat committees. Sarah worked tirelessly on scheduling the monthly officer of the day schedule for the last three to four years. These are just a few of sarahs attributes for making her an asset to the aps team. We commend her for protecting our ageing and adults in San Francisco. [applause] s so sarah, on behalf of the department of ageing and adult services, you are the employee for the month of august. Thank you. Thank you. Here. I think you should take this. Thank you. Next is diane lauren with the Advisory Council report. Good morning, diane. Good morning. Welcome. Thank you. Commissioners, the Advisory Council met in june and again in july. We did not take a summer break. Well take that in december, and that was a decision of the council because we discussed whether we wanted to take july off, and they felt that the momentum was moving well, so why take a break. So my report is a june and july report. So basically, what one of the changes is the dignity fund and Advisory Oversight Committee meets six times a year, so we have them on the agenda after the meeting rather than put them on the agenda and say theres nothing to report. Theres nothing to report in june, but in july, they reported that the additional 3 million thats allocated in the dignity Fund Legislation has been allocated. And at their september meeting, the dignity Fund Coalition will have a special discussion on the master plan on ageing. We had senior plan on action speaking to us at the june meeting regarding the Pedestrian Safety committee, and im not going to go into a lot of detail, but basically, he gave us a bit of history on vision zero, the goal of achieving a no death by 2024. Doesnt look like were on target to do that. Things started out well, but over time, theres much more of a collaborative effort amongst the various groups in San Francisco. While there was a decrease initially in these, this has not been substantive over time. The coalition was a result of some of his collaborative work in the early 2000s, and it meets quarterly, and its led by the sfmta, the department of safe streets for seniors, and people with disabilities program. And there were problem that still exists, a topdown approach, a high risk ability plan. He did say that in the community where presentations are made, changes are being made, and he specifically mentioned the excelsior, although he didnt mention anything specific. He did say there needs to be the removal of bus shelters, but then, thats an impact to seniors and adults with disabilities, designated bike lanes, some of the slow improvements that have been agreed upon. Theres been a current increase in pedestrians fatalities, and our nonaccessible streets and sidewalks at construction sites, and we see a lot of that as we go to 1650 mission. And president is serene, if could clarify that, seniors with disabilities for action. Yes. I will make so we the lgbt updates, again, theres no report in june, so were going to continue to work on our pedestrian discussions. We had meeting with executive shireen about that. And then next, our lgbt updates, there was no report in june, but dr. Adelman advised us that the facility will be opening in september, and open house and unlock will be working together in a hybrid approach. Because dr. Adelman also serves on the state commission on ageing, we had her give us a report on the latest commission meeting. She told us the group meets sixes times a year in various parts of the state and they do that so that they can go to different senior facilities in the area where the meetings are held. The number one issue coming out of the meetings this year is housing. The commission itself had put together a master plan on ageing as did justice and ageing, and both groups found the same thing. Justice and housing and economic security, housing information, and workforce. Our Membership Committee gave a report. We have a number of openings. Weve reached out to the five supervisors for their district. We have a call with one, from supervisor yees district, district 11, on friday and we are or not district 11, district 7, and she will be attending our august meeting to get a feel, and the responses are cycling back in. There were no site visit reports given in june, and that was deliberate because were trying to do more give them time to do site visits every other month. So july was our site visit report month. We had two site visits. We had about two more that we needed to do, but we ran out of time because we had quite a bit of discussion on one of them. So that was the stanford hotel, which is the meal program, and then, also the west portal clubhouse, which is a fairly new nutrition site in the west portal area. And then, we had a guest presentation by building together on their build the block program. And then, our meeting this month will be a presentation on the area plan for 2021 to 2025. Six members of the council attended the workforce job fair on monday. It was excellent. The energy and the it was nice to see the Public Sector and the communitybased organization and collaborative effort, and then, two supervisors were there, supervisor brown and supervisor fewer, as well as the mayor, and i think that gave it a lot of extra energy. Okay. Thank you, diane. Diane, just a question on the Pedestrian Safety issue. I understand the logical focus on automobile accidents and streets and with the bike lanes, but the city keeps approving additional motorized vehicles. Often, they are on you can sidewalks, and often, there seems to be very poor enforcement of bicycles on sidewalks. The sidewalks as you pointed out are treacherous enough without these motor vised vehicles, and when you add the motor vised vehicles coming up behind you, its as much a danger as crossing the street. I was thinking of that when i was walking here and a scooter almost knocked me down, and there were horns honking as an on call Ride Sharing Service was blocking a lane. Yeah, that has come up. Were not quite sure what to do about it. Weve spent a lot of time talking about safe streets. I actually am on the safe my sidewalks in front of my house have now been targeted for work under the safe street program, so im a case study for the Pedestrian Safety group, but we have talked a lot about that. And that is an issue that keeps coming up in all these groups, so yeah, that is a concern. Commissioner knutzen. I attended all of these meetings myself because i kind of nominated myself as Pedestrian Safety. What weve described it as a movement that is really taking shape here. A lot of movement of sf walk and a lot of other groups that have been in existence for a while, theyre all part of the coalition commissioner, can you please speak into the mic . Yeah. Im sorry. And we do have good Staff Members that participate in these meetings as well as advisory committee, so all of these things we are participating in and giving a voice to. What i am releasing is pedestrians, it is a movement in evolution. You might have always known what the Bicycle Coalition was doing, and in many ways, theyre a model for us. But whats happening around Pedestrian Safety is as things are designed, its all about getting into the design of the work plans, and the design of bike lanes, and the design of construction plans. So, like, everything you get into, its always drilling down into the details and knowing how you can effect change. And im really heartened by the fact that some of these Pedestrian Safety groups are really getting involved in making those changes. And its like when you build a park in San Francisco, and everybody gets involved, and give people get involved in the park so it meets many things. So the pedestrians people are engaged in that and thats a good example of how theyre trying to make sure that how pedestrians can stay safe, were i feel like theres a role that were sort of all playing, and that theres a role in the advocacy around this, but a lot of it is just drilling down to these details and how you get a voice to m. T. A. When theyre designing something. That helps a little bit, but all of those things when people start to talk about it, theyre all being brought up. But its being integrated into Public Policy is what i think is happening. And i think the thing that weve found is the work that was done on the vanness corridor, which i know commissioner surena and commissioner knu