bedbugs in sro's, and if you do the math, that is about 1 per building -- 550 or 500 complaints of bedbugs. for all certified pest control to report this, you would be able to see the scope of the problem and how often the bedbug eradication is a parallel process. so with that, i will pass it over to christine to talk about some of the new policies. supervisor mar: thank you much for your great work, too, sir. >> in five, that is where there is more detail, but just for the sake of time, i am going to breeze through it. and you have heard many of them during the public comment period. the new policy that we were proposing would be to enforce the use of putting grab bars in

bathrooms. on lower floors or in buildings with working elevators. one of the things i did want to kind of repeat is some of the seniors you have heard from seem pretty satisfied with their living situation. there are two that our senior only buildings, and one is direct access to housing building. another will definitely be able to answer more to that. adequate security, access to nutritious food, which is a very broad statement. we could get more specific over the next few months. desk clerks, present in each sro, and they apparently haven't eight week program that trains people to be desk clerks, and their curriculum includes

strategies used in support of housing, professional boundaries and harassment law. it includes harassment issues, a universal safety technique. it seems they have a pretty comprehensive program. as you heard from some of the speakers, it is hard to sometimes access these residents who live in the private sro's. it is sometimes hard to get in there. off-site options. home supportive services. affordable housing. we talked briefly about service and about coming up with some kind of an outreach program,

working collaboratively. hopefully they can engage in something with seniors. and local access to community mental health, unfortunately we did not have the time to survey the case management, but we did do this with the tenderloin. many of them wanted to come to speak. they are on the frontline. a lot of them had a thanksgiving dinner today, so they could not make it out, but some of the issues, again, public safety. they measure -- mentioned mental health issues around the depression, isolation. some singers, issues with dementia.

those are some of the issues that came of that the case managers raised, and food access was another one, i believe it was in the survey where it is mentioned that sro should really be incorporated into the city's disaster planning. again, these are really huge things. the senior action network, we are totally committed to continuing this work and to get to more of the detail to make some of these things happen with the folks that are here. briefly, before closing down, i wanted to thank karen babbitt for creating this report. there were a lot of late-night hours, because i think there were a lot of sloppy hours. thomas who spoke, in the senior

action board, who were really helpful in pulling this together, as well. i wanted to bring up commissioner walker real quick, because finding is obviously an issue that we have to look at. how do we pay for this. >> supervisors, think you for putting your attention to this important and vexing issue, when i have been dealing with for 10 years on the building commission. in collaboration, the sro collaboration is funded completely by the department of building inspection. it was initially with public health, but we now find this every year for the code enforcement. the issue was complained driven.

i have always been a fan, and we have problematic buildings. we know where they are. i sit on the litigation committee. we send our inspectors out. they sort of fix it, to the point where it is a result case. the next week, the problems are back, so the issue of having inspections on a routine basis would be good. we have, however, at least as far as i know right now, five housing inspector positions on hold. we have a need for many more. we have a need for training. we have a need for better collaboration between dbi and the health department on who is leading and the protocol, and we also need more money for this, for all of our enforcement

efforts and for increasing participation by our collaborative. i think a good idea would be a targeted sr. outreach program through our collaborative and in addition to what we have. i think that the problem is only going to accelerate, and i think we have to get our arms around it. i would also point out the seismic and mitigation issues and preparing for an earthquake. we had a bond on the ballot-year that was going to fix 38 of these residential hotels out of the 50 that need to be seismically strengthen. we still need to do that. i encourage you to revisit that, the seismic bond. and expand its to include some of the smaller rental buildings and personally owned property in the city so we can withstand an earthquake. so i want to thank the senior action network for taking the lead on this. christina olague has been

important in this. hopefully, we can all work together. i know dbi is really willing to help this. this has been helpful in resolving this. we just need more people and more money. thank you. and i just wanted to mention that viera has been working beyond belief on these issues for years on issues that relate to seniors and disability. there were some concerns about when the code enforcement issues take place. sometimes there is displacement of people with disabilities and seniors, and we want to make sure that it does not encourage when they going to make these improvements are upgrades that it does not lead to the evictions and that some sensitivity should be given to that. supervisor mar: colleagues, i

want to thank others for stain for the entire period, and we hope that the grouping of senior and non-profit groups have come up with recommendations that we continue to look at implementing all suggestions. i knew implementation plan was something we talked about in the beginning, but i know that will take time, and i really applaud you for involving the residents themselves and during this survey, which i know was tremendously hard work for people with disabilities and seniors, but i think all of the voices that have been here. for funding sources, have you considered an effort that would look at fees from the private and nonprofit itself, that would generate more money for better enforcement as one option? and then other options for funding streams. people were talking about a different bond measures or different ways of ensuring an adequate strain, because this is

60%. 90% more by 2030. this is adding to the existing population. it is a huge number, and a huge percentage is going to be in sro's and need clean and decent housing, as well. >> we have a feet currently for hotels, but i am for those with serial violators, that is always your call. >> i wanted to know if i could read briefly the long-term goal? >> i know that laurence kornfield had come up with a good document that encouraged relatively inexpensive improvements to housing to make them more aging friendly, and maybe his ideas can be implemented at the sro level, as

well. >> i will read this and race through it. buildings not attended by management. people on a fixed income. knocks on the door, wellness checks, a voluntary program with "i am ok" door hanger signs. individual locking mailboxes. having an ombudsman person to deal with complaints, on-site staff that includes maintenance and janitorial and increases -- end of life planning actually came up a lot. a lot of people to pass away alone in their rooms, and community kitchens. that is kind of our wish list. commissioner torres: -- supervisor mar: thank you. any further comments? i will make sure that nick and i

will move forward with the recommendations. >> another was with us from the start. >> -- supervisor mar: but thank you very much for being here. let's close this meeting. ms. miller, is there any other item prove clerk miller: -- item? clerk miller: what action would you like? supervisor mar: let's continue this. meeting adjourned.

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>> ok. meeting is called to order. >> [roll call] thank you. item two," of minutes for the october 25, 2011 meeting. -- approval of minutes. >> motion to approve as submitted. >> second. >> motion is submitted. all in favor? minutes are approved. >> item 3, public comment on executive session. item four, executive session. >> is there a motion? >> so move. >> second. >> we will be in executive session.>> aye. k. of a vote not to disclose the closed session we just had a few

minutes ago. i so move. >> all those in favor of the motion? >> please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers, and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at the meeting. by the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person responsible for the reading of or use of cell phone, pager, or similar sound- producing electronic device. please be advised that a member of the public has a to 3 minutes to make part of public comments on each agenda item unless the port commission adopts a shorter time on any item. 7a, executive director's report. >> i see we have five items on the executive director's report. the first item are wanted to introduce -- as you know, the port has an annual legislative agenda that we used to focus on our priority projects.

the special projects manager is responsible for that effort, and he has a couple of key introductions and acknowledgements that he will present. >> special projects manager representing a special project group. this year was a banner year for the port of in sacramento. it was really due to the efforts of assembly member ammino -- ammiano who cared for two

critical bills this year, one that allowed the poor to capture additional tax increment financing associated with america's cup sites to be able to help finance the cruise terminal project, which is our leading project right now. it was an extraordinary ask in a difficult year and tom and his staff navigated the process to get that bill over the finish line. and then we had ab 418, which was a bill initially to help pier 70, a project that many court staff were pouring their hearts and souls into. a 65-acre site at the foot of petraeus hill -- of potrero hill. there were some very complicated public trust issues that needed state legislative action in order to let that development will forward. tom and his staff carried that

and late in the day helped us to work through some public trust issues associated with the america's cup as well. you may not all know, but i was staff to tom. he had to put up with me for seven years. [laughter] but i wanted to say to you, you are a dear friend, a mentor to me. it means so much for me to be able to work with you, even now while you are up in sacramento. on behalf of all ports staff and i'm sure the commission as well, i want to thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much. i do want to tell you that in sacramento, the port is held in high regard, particularly because of people like mr. bentsen who come up and argue the case.

sometimes -- republicans always professed love for san francisco, but when it comes down to it, they are quite different in their support. on this one, they came around, and we really felt good in it. i think what makes this a little specialist our previous governor vetoed the affixed bill rather poetically, and i rejected his veto and has offered. being a good san franciscan, like we all are, i came right back with the same bill. it has been my honor to continue to work with the port. this is truly a treasure of san francisco. it has been overlooked for a long time, and i know all of you are dedicated to making this a world-class port, and you do have the staff that can help you do that. thank you very much. >> before you disappear, we have a plaque. hope you have some room on your

wall for one from us. in recognition and appreciation for uncurl of commitment to the port and 34th america's cup effort. as brad alluded, it really goes back more years than just this past year. i think we're very fortunate that when we sent you up to sacramento, we brought brad over here so you too could continue to collaborate. you have really been the dynamic duo as far as giving us so many more errors in the quiver. we really are grateful. >> thank you so much. it means a lot. >> [inaudible] [applause]

[laughter] >> the thanks do not stop there. you know, at the port, we are working with a complex set of laws and policies that are really designed to make sure that we maintain a public waterfront, that it is here for not just san franciscans, but people are around the state to enjoy in a variety of capacities, whether that is recreational or maritime or the other endeavors along the port -- but people around the state to enjoy. there are two agencies with whom we have to work most with in order to accomplish our goals. they are the california state lands commission and, of course, the bay conservation commission. we have here today representing the california state lands commission grace kato,

representing the executive director and the remainder of the staff. i want to emphasize that if we worked on ab 418 and looked at the issues pertaining to the pier 7 development and also the america's cup and how we could pull off the deal that america proposed to enter with the hosting the new agreement, we confronted some public trust issues related to the san francisco waterfront that were really new and different than we had ever encountered before. the creativity of state land staff, their commitment to help us to come up with solutions that would help the waterfront, the ability to help us navigate the legislative process -- they are really trusted by the legislative staff of in san francisco -- up in sacramento. really amazing and remarkable.

we cannot thank you enough. grace, i would like to have you up here. so -- [applause] >> apologize for my voice. i am actually losing it on the drive down here today. but on behalf of curtis and jennifer, we would like to commend port commissioners and staff in regards to having a wonderful relationship with the state lands commission. we really chairs that relationship, especially in scenarios like ab 418, where there are some very difficult issues that come up for us, but i think our history shows that our relationship of respect and open communication has actually fostered some early positive development and redevelopment of the san francisco waterfront. we look forward to many more opportunities to work with the commission and with the ports staff and again would like to commend staff for all of the

hard work that they have put into all of the issues around the waterfront and thank you. >> thank you. do not go away. we are an equal opportunity plaque-giver. in recognition specifically approved for jennifer and yourself for extraordinary creativity and waterfront stewardship. again, we also look forward to continued cooperation and collaboration with you. i think we all have the same goal, and it is very rewarding and satisfying to have that kind of partnership, so thank you.