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Had . Well add it up. 327, 312. Okay. Okay, do we have any more, any others . Any other questions, corrections . Hearing none i will call for the vote to approve it with the corrections from commissioner katie loo. All in favor . Opposes . Ayes have it so the motion is carried. O, requesting authorization to modify the Grant Agreement with bayview Hunters Point Multi Purpose Senior Service provision of Nutrition Services for seniors at congregate meal sites during the period of july 1, 2014 through june 30 2016 in the additional amount of 80,040 for a revised total grant not to exceed 190,816....

Seems to be they are serving about 50 people a day on some days. Other days its higher. I think staff from self help for the elderly might be able to give us more accurate information. I was there actually this monday after the grand opening at west portal, the senior center, our colleagues went to lunch there and we saw during an hour 25 seniors already there having lunch. But the program is definitely growing. I went there and eat myself too, okay, and i was asking the highest number they have served it was 75 or something on one day. Yeah. So it seemed like to be very, very popular. Uhhuh. ...

Generally are lower too so the size of the operation, all those things take into consideration. And, you know, we do have a cap that we kind of look at, at what point will we, you know, not sort of cap, basically. So when you look at the, even with the costs that we have recommended it still doesnt cover 100 percent of all the operates costs for the meal provider. All of them do fund raising. All of them actually they require a suggested meal donation and some of the seniors cant donate. So when the projection is lower than projected that means they have to fill in with Additional Fund raising...

In negotiating the rate based on, you know, the type of meal that will be provided, the organization structure, what type of meal, what the meal preparation situation is, are they getting it through a caterer because not all the centers have their own kitchen. Like project open hand has their own central kitchen and when they have a much higher volume of meals those costs generally are lower too so the size of the operation, all those things take into consideration. And, you know, we do have a cap that we kind of look at, at what point will we, you know, not sort of cap, basically. So when you...

Uhhuh. So we are adding additional funds to be able to hopefully accommodate more of the seniors. Is that in the sunset area . Champs. The second site. The second site is not identified yet but, yes, we are targeting sunset because currently we only have one congregate meal site that falls into that supervisor district. Yeah, its one of the lowest resource in terms of what we fund. Does this amount of funds provide a chance to rotate the menu, or is it the same menu over . Do they have. There is money in there, part of the nutrition compliance is developing the menu and making changes at least...