estions. >> i was asking about the tenants signage and i. >> and we get the sense there's a demand for that but not gotten to that point in being able to study it. >> perhaps some appreciable signage as it exceeds a seat belt amount perhaps that's when we'll be looking at charging for larger signs maybe if the tenant wanted you know something much larger we'll exposure. >> we've looked pier identity and saying how much is a pier would you cupping occupy before you'll qualify for that we

haven't looked at a pricing instructor but certainly expand this at the commissions interest to place it so we have that tenant so it's ton site not general advertising fits within that tenant that tenant is within the facility it goes on. >> so thank you i think it understand the commissioner commission has an interest in the sign program once we get something set. >> not necessarily (laughter). >> i was just saying like the small bloomberg sign outside the door but if bloomberg minded their name on the outside of the pier 53 we should charge of they're not a tenant. >> like having on major buildings put their name on the top of building they pay a fee

for that. >> as dan alluded to there's co-recollections to the amount of space look at the amount of space they occupy. >> i think we're him or her one the issues we have being waterborne tours most of the piers are transit shut they're not putting in the back, if you will, it will behove us to have no more identification from the waterside we're explorer that the only tenant is pier 72 hour 39 through the use of flags in the back that's on the docket we're not as evolved in our thinking as you are. >> i had is a a couple of specific questions that occurred to me i appreciate the effort to standard device this i know it's

easier for the guidelines for staff and the tenants this is also a hot bottom issue or hornet nest a couple of questions on the temporary signages and the bartenders just a wording in section 3 maybe predicament up to two temporary signs is that at a time per month this is the timing needs to be specified. >> what's included in the staff report of the current sign. >> we keep editing those but thank you. >> (laughter). >> we will be describing to you the draft we'll look at very differently and have a completely different format and everything we've discussed here today. >> and awning i think one of the parts we want to

particularly focus on the projection out from the building i notice several of the works are in violation of the current guidelines or at least if their sienlz on is that counted on the building didn't it meet the two inch or the 6 inch or the cause of the banners projecting out. >> the proposed guidelines will have the - the canopies are 5 or 6 feet out from the building a chance to provide that commercial identity and specify metal or glass for the canopies we do that with our experience working with the historic preservation officer how we can add signage and identity to a building in a light weigh so it will give specific materials how

to do that including the banners we'll be proposing a 3 foot width or 12 or 15 foot width to match the scale of the arc area. >> it's important to mention the guidelines that are quote/unquote guidelines were not adapted by the planning commission; is that correct they've been a guidance we've used in discussions with our tenants and through the various projects over the past couple of years we've tried to apply those uniformly so to speak the written guidelines needs to catch with the guidelines do you want to add something to that bryan the question are we ought in front of the commissioned approvals or not

we adapted the current guidelines. >> the commission did. >> i know the draft report contains the draft number but we've learned so much since that at this point in time about the historic district it's time to take a fresh look at those and not tweak the existing whops but a complete rewrite. >> okay if i could add diane i know from the planning and development the ideas of canopies are new elements as part of the historic preservation this highlights the need to update our sign guidelines we worked with ship and trying to find a way to have that formerly recognized in our guidelines.

>> thank you that's exciting i know its people are looking for ways to put up signage it's important we have improved and clear guidelines and restrictions some uniformity thank you. i'm looking forward to seeing what you're coming up with. >> new business. >> a number of the items on an informational basis that will come back for actions navigation i think there are 3 follow-up items another update on the south beach harbor the tier bertha rates we've discussed at length and second i'll definitely commissioner ho explorer the cyber security i assure you there's something

going on i don't know when i'm allowed to say i apologize and the third item i have was when we lock in a performer for the place making phase of 337 we call the pop up event space to bring it back for your consideration or your review. >> so those are the 3-d i mission anything. >> commissioners. >> the commissioners commissioner president katz and commissioner brandon they've been here a lot longer than can you beef us on sinbad i want to know the history i'm to be briefed if there's anything we can be doing under the executive session thank you.

>> certainly. >> okay. commissioner spoken. >> oh outlook i had the same one. >> that maybe need to be coming into the executive cigarettes that pertains to some settlement. >> we'll certainly take a look at that the best formats for bringing it back to be discussed. >> i think that. >> i move to adjourn. >> second. >> all in favor, say i. >> i meeting is adjourned thank you, everyone. >> thank you happy new year

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idea that a significant art of any kind, in any discipline, creates change. >> it is philosophy that attracted david linger to mount a show at meridian. >> you want to feel like your work this summer that it can do some good. i felt like at meridian, it could do some good. we did not even talk about price until the day before the show. of course meridian needs to support itself and support the community. but that was not the first consideration, so that made me very happy. >> his work is printed porcelain. he transfers images onto and spoils the surface a fragile shes of clay. each one, only one-tenth of an inch thick. >> it took about two years to get it down. i would say i lose 30% of the pieces that i made. something happens to them. they cracked, the break during the process. it is very complex. they fall apart.

but it is worth it to me. there are photographs i took 1 hours 99 the former soviet union. these are blown up to a gigantic images. they lose resolution. i do not mind that, because my images are about the images, but they're also about the idea which is why there is text all over the entire surface. >> marie in moved into the mansion on powell street just five years ago. its galleries are housed in one of the very rare single family residences around union square. for the 100th anniversary of the mansion meridian hosted a series of special events, including a world premiere reading by lawrence ferlinghetti. >> the birth of an american corporate fascism the next to last free states radio, the next-to-last independent newspaper raising hell the

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present. >> >>at this time i'm going to turn the meeting over to my vice president because i have asthma and i think he can carry through. thank you. >>thank you. richard, would you announce some changes to the treatment of the agenda, please? >>if you all look at page three

on the agenda please note that vice president seriina will not be calling the agenda items in that order. >>thank you. >>the items will be called in the following order: item e, item i item j item f item h and item g. with that modification i ask for a vote to approve the agenda. >>approve. seconded. >>all in favor, any opposed. thank you, the motion carries. >>i would like to also make a slight change in the agenda and move the employee recognition of after my report if that's possible. >>absolutely. any objection to changing the

agenda? thank you. item number 3 approval of a consent agenda. >>so moved. >>second. >>thank you. any discussions? any comments from the public? all in favor? >>i. >>any opposed? thank you, the motion carries. item number 4 approval of the december 23, 2014 meeting minutes. any modifications or changes to the minutes? any comments or changes from the public. hearing none motion to approve. >>approve. >>second. >>any opposed. thank you, the motion carries. . now item number 5 director's report, ann hinton. >>good morning president james, seriina and commissioners, just a few things to report. first of all i want to thank

deputy mcfadden for taking responsibility in replacing me of december in washington dc at a board meeting and having visits on the hill and that's where i want to start with my report in terms of things that have been happening since i saw you. you know that congress was able to reach a budget agreement so we are not having a continuing resolution at this point, we actually have the budget in place and that budget although not having all the things that we were certainly advocating for when the board was in dc in early december it had one thing in it that was a very pleasant surprise and that was that for the very first time congress has provided $4 million for the elder justice act initiative and this is something that's been in

place for years but has never been funded and there was a lot of concern that if there wasn't funding put into the budget at this point the act itself might go away and have to start all over with that. the president has, in his budget, asked for more money for this, in which wasn't funded to the full amount he asked for, but to have 4 million in first time funding i think is significant in the funding itself not so much in the dollar amount. 4 million for the entire country won't go very far, but will give the administration of community living additional dollars to build on the platform that they have become which is to direct data from across the country so they can start looking at what does elder abuse look like across the state and provide information to us so i think that was just really great news.

some of the disappointing news was that money for the adult and disability resource centers 10 million of the 16 million that funds that program for across the country, 10 million of that was in play since early fall. and that 10 million was not refunded so $16 million program has now gone to 6 million. it was something that wasn't funded at its maximum anyway so we're waiting to see now what fallout there will be. san francisco has been implementing an adult with disability resource model with very little of this kind of funding anyway so i think we're going to be find but i think watching what happens in the rest of the state will be important as we were really hoping for sites across the state, so no matter where an older adult or family would be they would be able to access that site and move from county to county as they needed to be.

we'll have to see what happens. i think there will be more advocacy on this issue from now until the spring so we'll have to see on that. we also -- if you remember a couple of years ago we had legislation in congress that's requiring reductions for the next ten years we're in our third year now. those cuts are still in place. we were hoping to get back to the 2010 2012 funding levels but that was not to be. but i think we had been expect that would be the case. there was a little flurry of excitement on the hill one of the day i was there. we thought that the older americans act was going to move. it looked like both senators in deep conversation over this and over the funding formula had reached a come promietdz

compromise, but things have not happened. it's interesting to be there when things are flying and fast and furious and then at the end of the day you're back to where you were. i think that's most of the life lights on the budget. the state budget we're still waiting to see what comes from that what the governor will suggest. we know our city and county budget is in better shape than it's opinion for a number of years so the mayor has issued directions tomorrow afternoon i feel think at 3:00. somebody's going to nod to me. 3:00 tomorrow there is a budget meeting, everyone's invited to that so if you want to hear more details, but at the january -- at our next meeting you will be getting all the details around

it but safe to say we won't be doing any program reductions like we have done in previous years and we're looking forward to a much better time in this year's budget. i have two other things i have wanted to report on. one is that the sheriff has convened a group of people to discuss the older adult population that's in custody and this is a meeting that he's been trying to pull people together to for a while now. kathy davis, day view hunters point, senior services was at the table. and of course members of his own team were there and i think this is one of what's going to be probably many meetings moving toward a much larger convening of people to really look at what's happening to the population there. and i say old earler adults bewe're really talking about people in their 50s and up because many

of the people coming into custody now in that age range have cognitive impairment so i think it will be a very interesting conversation with not such easy solutions, both to -- is resolutions to things while people are in custody may be easier to reach than to do when people are released but it's going to be interesting. and the last thing i wanted to talk about today is that linda lau, our nutritionist is going to join me for this part of my report. i'm going to send this around because i want you to have a chance to look at it. this was a gift from a group that was here from america samoa a couple months ago. i wanted linda to share with you what she has -- what she has been doing with this group of

folks. some time ago the regional office, the federal regional office here in san francisco asked linda if she would provide support and resource and some direction to a group of people in america samoa. the idea was that there were no nutrition programs there, no nutrition sites and how to get things up and running. and so not only did linda do that but on the recent visit that they had here to the city, they got around to visit some of our sites. as linda will tell you they now have more than one site. it is really an exciting program and i just really -- kudos to linda, but it was great to have of course, the feds ask the san francisco triple a to be part of this initiative so linda, i'm going to turn it over to you.

>>good morning commissioners. just a little background the american samoa had asked us to share some best practices and resources with them. as was mentioned, they don't have any home deliver meal programs, but they were receiving title 3c federal money for these programs and what they were doing for over 20 years was providing a food voucher which they can use in any grocery stores for anything they want so there was little control over what kind of food but in essence it didn't meet the guidelines for the older americans act. and so in july 2013 they asked and we were fortunate to have our department agree to provide that support to them and they basically -- we share best

practices. they made a visit to san francisco in january, 2014 to visit a few of our centers, including third street senior center santon latino and the samoan community development center which we offer samoan hawaiian style meals. that was one of the impetus was on how to provide that and activities for the seniors. so we did. it took them a little over a year-and-a-half to get everything together so i wanted to show you some brief slide shows that they had shared with us and a little bit of highlights of what happened during the visit. so this is the american samoa and their mission is to provide the best services with the

utmost respect in order to be perpetuate and maximize the happiness and well being of american samoan senior citizens. this is -- you probably can't see the organizational chart here but i thought it was very interesting because their organization's very different. on the very top is the governor for the american samoan government and right below that is their director and we met with him. they were the administrators and they wanted to see how it happens because there was a lot of resistance from the seniors who were very vocal. they didn't want to change the food voucher program because they were used to that for over 20 years. anyway, in may, 2014, they had a procurement meeting with all the different vendors. they look at different models how they can implement this

because resources are pretty scarce and they didn't have the type of infrastructure that we have, but they have restaurants and they have schools, they looked at schools. but finely they -- nothing that i have went with was working with caterers and having the restaurants be able to provide the food for the different senters that they will offer the new program. there are 15 new sites where they started this program in different parts of the island. interestingly they wanted to start out with a few pilot programs, but nobody wanted to start so they said oh the heck with it. this is a sample of the meals they provide, home delivered meals and they are using the menu that we have approved for the samoan community development