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January will not necessarily be where you are maybe mid year in terms of trying to contract with Wheelchair Services or get the appropriate clearances . And i think i heard you say youre trying to work that through to do that. So were starting that process. It takes about a year. Weve been focused on trying to get this up and running since january 1. Now that were there, theyre starting the process to add the benefit. Theyre working with the current vendor to see if they could add it. That would be an easy fix, but we also have to get the systems up to speed to meet the requirements of cms. So...

House, and the main work that we did was with the native american community, and at that time it was with the 558 federally recognized tribes was one group, but there was also a special group that they talked about, and that was urban indians. Those that lived in urban centers that were not recognized, that were not on the map. So we went out of the way with president clinton. We hosted the First National conference for native americans with president clinton, so thats something that i carrie with me to this day. So i really appreciate supervisor ronen, supervisor brown, addres well as the ent...

Chance of a major seismic event in 30 years. They could restore gas Service Within approximately six months after the seismic event in the order of the 1906 earthquake and fire. Electricity could be restored in approximately one week. It is in that context that we have today if you apply for a permit today existing requirements if you build a residential building there are numerous screen building requirements no additional efficiency requirements if you build an all Electric Building with gas that needs to be 10 more efficient. This body has previously voted to Carry Forward those requirement...

The additional 1 million will allow us to recapitalize the loan program. This will allow us to provide lowinterest rates to invest in corridors. Were looking at about 3. 5 rate. But the loan is also available to citywide businesses or businesses across the city. The last time we actually provided resources to this Revolving Loan fund was in 2013, under mayor lee. And main street lounge is our partner in administering the loan. Were currently actually amending their contract, so we can add the additional dollars. Next piece is the 2 million allocation for the next two years to expand the s. F. ...

Conversation. I want to thank the department odepartmentof building inspectir staff. They are amazing. This is not easy. Our office works very closely, particularly with tom. I want to reiterate we have the Disability Access fund, which we are working with small businesses, and we do work with small Property Owners who are financially challenged in achieving access. That is from in helping the Property Owners comply for those that have limited income and working with the businesses as well. I think it is, you know, we are still dealing with many Property Owners who have had properties for a lo...