then, we broke up in small groups to find out where we can have impact and i just want to say that our cochairs are working hard with us and make sure we think at the policy level and what's the impact that our body can have.

>> since director dearman is here, i just wanted to publicly thank president serino for proffering my name as the representative of this body to sit on the ihss public authority governing body seat number seven, the vacant seat that's representative of this body. i look forward to representing this body and serving on your board. >> president serina: i'm delighted that commissioner pappas accepted the

appointment. >> thank you, commissioner. i just have one question or comment. a lot has been happening at the public authority, so i would really welcome you all to see how -- to come and speak to you about how we're doing and where we're going. >> president serina: we will work on scheduling a presentation. thank you very much. case report. new business? old business. [agenda item read]. >> president serina: thank you. welcome, rose.

okay. good morning, commissioners. let me know if you can't hear me. my name is rose johns. i'm with the policy and planning unit at the human services agency. i'm here with deputy director kaufman today to present on the area plan update for fiscal year 19-20. okay. so just a quick agenda for what we're going to cover today. we're going to start with a quick overview of the area plan and area plan update. i know for some of you, it's old material, but for some of you, it's new, so stop me if you have any questions. we're going to spend some time highlighting the key sections in the update report and then

talk about next steps with you. okay. this is a requirement under the older americans act that daas prepare a four-year plan every four years that outlines how the department will address the needs of older adults in the local service area. the purpose of the plan is to look at demographic trends and outline needs and then look at how the department will use its older americans funding to address these needs. it's important to note that the area plan focuses only on those confidences that are funded by older americans act money and that's just a portion of what the department does. to put it in context, the department gets about $6 million from the state for

community-based services. overall, the department spends about $60 million a year on community-based services, so this is just a portion of the services that are provided. and then in the interim years between the four-year plan, we submit an update to the state that provides an update of what we're doing that sets new goals and targets for the upcoming year. we're required to submit full sections from the area plan. those are listed here, and you have them in the report that you received last week. and so i just wanted to provide a little more context for where we are in the current four-year cycle. this is the area period covering 2017 through 2020 and what we're working on is our final update in the cycle. so we are in fiscal year 18-19, as you know, and we are preparing the update for next

year. this update is due to the state by may 1. and so we've been working on this since around december, which is when the state released the instructions for this report. as eleanor noted, we presented to the advisory council last month, and they did a plan to review the update and bring it to you this month. as you see here and as i just said, the report is due by may 1. and then, we will be working with the new four-year plan, 2021 through 2024, and that is our next opportunity to get creative and mix-up what we're doing. so typically, the reports are more of an annual update to

update the frameworks that we've established already. okay. so moving onto some of the main sections in the area plan update. something at that we look at every year is the population demographics. the reason we do this is helps us identify the ageing population with the greatest need. when we look at the pie chart on the right, which is seniors living in poverty below the federal poverty threshold, we see a different story. we see that communities of color are overrepresented. for example, though asian pacific islanders are 43% of all seniors, there are almost

half of those in poverty. again it's really important that we keep track of these trends so when the department is developing its procurements and entering into contracts for services, we make sure that we are partnering with agencies that can really help us reach the populations most in need. >> president serina: rose, excuse me. it might be helpful if you told us what the definition of poverty was. >> sure. so this is based on the federal poverty flesh hold, which is annual income of about $12,000 a year for a single individual. so this is really those who are at the lowest lowest income level. >> president serina: thank you. destitute. >> yes. that is often the word that we actually use. thank you. the other -- one of the other major sections in the area plan update report is the service unit plan objectives, which is basically where we say the service levels we expect for next year.

what we've put on the slide is how the units for next year compare to what we put forward last year. and what you see is that in the main nutrition programs, we're anticipating an increase in service, and that's largely toto enhanced local funding. there are four areas where we're projecting a decrease in units and that's really because we've been looking at service trends over the last few years and we've trying to bring our anticipated levels closer to what's actually being provided. the one exception is nutrition education, and those are classes typically provided at senior centers. we're seeing a decrease here because city college has been provided education classes at community centers, and they are scaling back that program, so the department was not funding that before, but we were able to count the units.

the department will still be providing about 50,000 units of this service next year. and then the metrics. what i would highlight i guess for you there is the family caregiver support program. we are anticipating a decrease in respite care hours through this program for next year, and that's because outside of older americans act funding, daas has established a new respite care service using dignity fund money. so within the family caregiver support program funded by the state, the department is shifting those dollars to support different services in this program such as counseling and support groups. overall, daas has -- can you -- it's just a different funding

source, so those units aren't included in this report. [please stand by] . >> -- the four that have been completed, kelly mentioned a

couple of them. one was ab-1376 which was the legislation to enable raid share. the other is ageing and ablism for health care professionals as well as increasing crosswalk timing, allowing people more time to get across the street, and then the lasted is the assisted facility recommendations that was sent to the mayor, and that was part of the long-term care coordinating council's effort to support affordable living in san francisco. the next goal is to establish better coordination of services. as you know, the long-term care coordinating council is an adviso advisory council to the mayor's office. again, kelly highlighted some of these efforts. this past year, the council did a retreat to focus truly on a strategic plan going forward. they looked at mission, vision, values, core principles, and

functions, and then, from that, they identified priority areas in long-term care system. there are many things that are needed in san francisco, but the focus of this group truly is on long-term care. from there, they identified key policy areas, strategies, and they're looking at two to three action items for the coming here. the current high level policy areas include social engagement, transportation, and workforce, among others. next is to increase access to services, and we're looking at the do say benefits and re -- daas benefits and resources. in 2018-19, daas will slightly restructure operations at the hub to account for past and upcoming growth. the goal is to enhance service integration and support smooth

operations. we are moving the eligibility unit which currently is part of the ihss program. we're moving them as part of the hub both within the reporting structure, as well. the primary change will be to institute a program manager with all the programs operating at that site which includes integrated incident tack and referral unit, the eligibility unit, and the county veteran's services office. so we're hoping -- we're going

forward with -- [inaudible] >> -- in working with lgbtq community members and recording sexual orientation and gender identity data. we've seen good progress. prior to the local ordinance, 40% of clients and community base services were missing a response to the sexual orientation question. last year, that decreased to 10%. and equity analysis of service utilization by lgbtq older adults found that this population tends to access services at lower rates than the overall population. part of the department's work will be to address this disparity and to convene community leaders and service providers to ensure the lgbtq community members feel comfortable accessing services

across the city, not just those offered by the lgbtq focused agencies, and that clients feel comfortable disclosing their identity. so that -- i think now we move onto any questions. >> president serina: thank you very much, cindy. i have a few questions, rose. one, when you prepare the next four-year plan, will you be able to incorporate some of the information that's come out of the dignity fund analysis because a great deal of work that's been done there? >> yes, absolutely. we will be drawing on particularly the needs assessment that was done last year as part of our area plan submission to the state in that we will be including that content and also using -- the department is using it kind of across the board to structure its strategic planning. >> president serina: great. and then a couple of other observations. i was surprised to see the decrease in nutrition education and then also in transportation

because i know that transportation is a really big issue, and i understand that it was based on actual o utilization. do you think that's driven by not having as much need or simply lack of awareness of what's being offered? >> that's a great question. i think if you'd like me to speak further about the nutrition education classes, i can do that, but what i was just referencing regarding city college decreasing the program, it was colocating at daas services, and so that's the reason for the decrease there? with regard to transportation, i'd actually like to invite mike zaag to come up and speak on that. >> good afternoon, commissioners. mike zaag, with the transportation on ageing. our transportation services is a -- is a -- so it's a service

that ties to that. it's rides to and from the center, so that's part -- step one of it. we do think that it is -- we are working towards trying to figure out why it isn't being utilized more. we talked with the providers. we're going to start quarterly meetings with them, starting this fiscal year, to look at service levels and to try to look at that further. >> president serina: thank you. any other comments? commissioner loo? >> who are the provider of transportation and how much it decreases it for next year? >> how much -- well, we have four providers of transportation. they are kimochi, self-help for the elderly, central latino, and then trans dev, which is also the paratransit broker, so they are a for-profit provider.

and then, you spoke to decrease? >> yes. how much is the decrease? >> so we actually have not seen a decrease over the past three, four years. in fact, the numbers have just stayed really flat in that low-to-mid 30,000 rides per year range. we're decreasing it on our area plan because historically, we've tried to reach that 40,000 rides per year goal, but we haven't, so we're bringing that cap down. >> yeah. because transportation is such important for the seniors when they can go out and go to the doctor's office. it's a little bit about really the decreasing transportation fund. >> president serina: yes, thank you. and regarding transportation, the city in terms of the muni is very focused on speeding up

transit times. and with that goal, which is admirable in mind, they've eliminated many stops, which presents more problems for seniors, who have further to walk, or further to walk to their destination. i don't know how to solve that because it's something that needs to be addressed. no one wants to see the muni get slower, but at the same time, everybody needs access to it. any other questions? commissioner? >> yes. thank you for the presentation. it's really great for someone who's new to the commission to have that foundation i need? so thank you for that. and i know that a lot of people contributed to this, so i just wanted to acknowledge that. just a really minor question on the nutrition education, just returning to that, is it going to be filled from another

source or are we anticipating that? is this all because of the ccsf problems that they're having? we just want to recognize as a body that we know that that education is really important. so i didn't quite hear that, if there needs to be a plan to makeup for a deficit or sort of what's the strategy around that? >> yeah. so my sense is -- my understanding is that daas is maintaining its funding levels for this service and will be looking at how it is utilized and if this seems to be a negative effect, that people are missing this service, i don't know that daas is planning to fill -- to increase its own funding for its service? but i think keeping an eye on service utilization, more people showing up to use the service, or food security

status, that's something we'll be keeping an eye on and considering it, particularly as we prepare the next four-year plan. >> okay. great. thank you. >> president serina: thank you. and one other comment. i've been on the commission a long time, although contrary to public comment, not since san francisco and california were part of mexico. and in that period of time, i have seen the commitment to getting information about the ageing lgbtq community and delivering services to that community grow dramatically. when i joined, i was the first openly gay commissioner serving here, and i advocated, and the response has been extraordinary. and i'm really grateful and want to acknowledge that because it's a huge, huge improvement. thank you. any comments or questions from the public? thank you, cindy and rose. thank you. >> of course. so if i could, just next steps would be if you feel comfortable voting to approve today. if you would like, we can

return next month also if you need more time to sit with this. >> president serina: i don't know how the commissioners feel. are you comfortable voting and to approve the report? okay. all right. then call the question. may i have a motion to approve the report? >> i so move. >> second. >> thank you. any further comments or questions? hearing none, call the question. all in favor? any opposed? thank you again. >> thank you. >> president serina: item b, requesting authorization to modify the existing grant with senior and disability action for an additional amount of $38,855 plus a 10% contingency for a total amount not to exceed $281,233. welcome, rick appleby. >> good morning, president and

commissioners and deputy director kaufman and bridget. the modification before us right now is a wonderful opportunity to assist senior and disability action to enhance their current computer lab and make it more accessible. as you've read, one of the main focuses is buying innovative equipment to allow people with a broader range of disabilities to come in and use the computer lab, to access information on the internet and social meet i can't in a way that they may not have been able to in other places. the goal here is to have people

learn more about it. we mentioned a couple of examples of the kinds of equipment, so a closed circuit t.v. is one example that can have a large caption on it for people who may not be able to see regular caption. head pointers, voice recognition and voice activated systems all can help people with those related disabilities. i wanted to mention another aspect that didn't get full explanation. the senior and disability action will also utilize peer support trainers and volunteers. there's a recognition of course that you bring in people from the older adult and disability community to learn about the commuter lab, to learn about using this new equipment, questing equipment, and be able to train folks that come in how

to use it, troubleshoot problems, assist them to find what they're looking for on-line, along with the advocacy aspect, learning about advocacy. people just need some help novemb navigating through that complex system of finding housing, jobs, and services. so folks from the community will be there with a familiarity and to support people there. the support trainers and volunteers will in turn go out to their communities and talk about the computer lab and the accessibility there, what you can accomplish, and hopefully bring more folks in to the computer lab at senior disability action.

they want to great a community around their -- create a community around their office, the computer lab, the accessible network so that folks can support each other, be part of a way that they might not be able to in the past and go out and advocate for themselves and others. i think that's it. thank you for now and for your support on this. >> president serina: thank you. any questions? commissioner loo? >> yeah, i have a question on the budget, okay? modification and i'm just wondering -- first of all, i like you highlighting the modification. thank you. but i don't understand why the

modification indirect service is 23.55% while the others are 15%. >> is that on the -- >> on the budget. >> page one, appendix one. >> if you look at the total for the modification, it includes the equipment costs for 10,000, and the page four, as part of the indirect. that was a new recent change that we're able to provide indirect as part of the capital expenditure sequence, as well. >> okay. i know there is a reason you won't make that kind of mistake and i want to know why. thank you. >> thank you. >> president serina: thank you. any other comments or questions from the commission? >> just one question. with the rapidly changing technology, i have twins, and

they're my technology consultants. with technology changing so rapidly, how do they stay current? >> well, hopefully senior and disability actions through their consultations and understanding of computer lab innovative technology, they'll be updating their systems and the folks coming in will be continually exposed to newer and better equipment for them. also, bringing folks in from the community, they're going to let you know if there are new material out there, new innovations here. >> that's fine. this is san francisco. we moffat a rapid pace here. >> president serina: thank you. any other comments or questions? any comments from the public?

jessica. >> jessica lehman from senior and disability action. i just want to respond to that last question. thank you for the question. we do recognize that these things change so fast. we do realize it's time for that again. part of our effort here is to look at equipment that has been around for a while and we think will continue. and things like height adjustable tables are nice where those won't go out of vogue. and then part of as rick mentioned, bringing in peer trainers and making sure they have support from staff and i.t. consultants to be able to learn about changes as they come up to pass them onto our computer lab participants. and then i mentioned that we wanted to get this started

right away since it's already march. i have some job announcements for computer trainers and lab workers. i'll leave them on the side if commissioners or other folks want to take some with you, that would be great. thank you. >> president serina: thank you. any other comments or questions from the public? hearing none, may i have a motion to approve? >> so moved. >> president serina: second? >> second. >> president serina: any further discussion? motion carries. [agenda item read].

>> thank you. good morning, commissioners, president, and director kaufman. in december 2017, the department presented the supportive services and service connection program for older adults and adults with disabilities who are military veterans living in the city. i am pleased to report that the program has been very successful and swords to plow shares has been a fantastic partner in helping the department serve this population. last year, swords to plow share met the program objectives and competed the projected service for this grant. they are well on their way to doing the same this year. i'm going to provide a brief overview of the program. it is offered at swords to plow

shares five supportive housing sites. it includes one-to-one assistance to veterans aimed at supporting their independence, and it provides scheduled activities that help foster friendships, reduce isolation, and build a sense of community. veteran's academy is one of the five sites and home to 108 former hoe homeless veterans with disabilities -- formerly homeless veterans with disabilities. the veterans at the academy are very active in the services provide to this grant. about 30% of the total number of veterans last year, which equates to about 50 of them, participated in the program. all lived at the academy. the one-time-only funding add today that grant this lep swords to plow shares with maintenance and repair casts at the site. it includes new resilient

flooring and acoustic ceiling replacement in the common areas where programming takes place. it includes the installation of automatic doors and new stoves to allow swords to plow shares to offer cooking classes as a community activity. thank you, and i'm very happy to try to answer any questions that you have at this time. >> president serina: thank you, tiffany. any comments or questions from the commission? hearing none, any comments or questions from the public? lee? >> i work at swords to plow

shares, so i'm the associate director. i have no questions about what we're proposing. i just wanted to say thank you for considering the request. we are so thankful for daas working with this on this practices to make sure that it stays out on the presidio in very lush property, overlooking the golden gate, so it's more of a thank you all to considering the request and just thank you to daas for working with us as part of this pilot program. >> president serina: thank you. >> i'd just like to say, mr. president, i live and work in the presidio, so i see firsthand the services that are being provided. and this former military base is now really serving from

swords to plow shares those who served our country. and if you would allow me to move this, i would be honored. >> president serina: thank you. any other comments or questions? any from the public? okay. may i have a motion to approve? >> so moved. >> president serina: second? >> second he were certain any further discussion? hearing none, call the question. all in favor? any opposed? item d, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with self-help for the elderly for the provision of a workforce support program during the period of february 1, 2019 through june 30, 2021, in the amount of $548,935 plus a 10% contingency for a total grant amount not to exceed $603,829. thank you again. tiffany? >> thank you again, commissioners, and deputy

director kaufman. before we start, i just want to note that there is a -- [inaudible] >> -- an important component of living and ageing successfully in the communities for our clients is for them to have the supportive services available when they need them. there is a growing demand for home care, and along with that, there is a need to develop a pipeline of skilled individuals to provide quality care giving. a recommendation in the dignity fund needs assessment report is to increase the availability of training for home care workers at various levels to ensure

competent care giving and a sustainable workforce. in addition our community partners emphasize there is a high demand in the asian and limited english speaking communities. having home care services available in culturally and linguistically appropriate ways is vital to the security of our clients and support their well-being. the workforce support grant will enable self-help to provide a training program targeting the asian and pacific island community. in addition to delivering a comprehensive range of services for older adults and adults with disability, self-help has extensive experience in providing training. since the early 70's, self-help has focused on employment training and through the years has developed an array of

offerings, including personal care and home care training. for this grant, self-help will offer three types of training program. the first will be a personal caregiver training programs that included a vocational english component. the second will be a more indepth caregiver training program that will enable the caregivers to work in home care in other community based is settings, and the third will include a vocational training program including english and other skills such as customer service, cultural sensitive and training sec neeks. this fiscal year, there will be fewer individuals trained because of the midyear start. thank you, and i would be happy to answer any questions the commission may have at this time about the training

program. certain certain tha . >> president serina: thank you. commissioner? >> yeah. the training program will encompass multiple training levels for caregivers and unpaid staff, so are some of these members not paid, like family members? >> no, it's not training for respite care workers. these are people that would be hired in the community. >> okay. so it's all aimed towards people that are paid? i was curious about that phrase. and then, how do people learn about this program? >> well, self-help, we'll be doing outreach within their community in particular because it is the asian and pacific island community, they have a pretty brought reach, and they also have programs that can

feed into it internally. >> it's not a problem of not filling -- >> no. i anticipate it's going to be very successful. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you. >> i know self-help has their own inhome support staff service. is this training also open to the citywide besides their own staff? >> oh, absolutely. they'll be doing outreach to the wider community, not just their own staff. >> okay. another question i have is, like, the fringe benefit for part-time is 27%. isn't that a little bit high? i don't know -- i've been out of the workforce for such a long time. what does the 27% include? i know that when i was working, you have to pay health benefit for people that work 20 hours

and up per week, but some of them are at, like, 10%, so are they still paying the housing insurance or what? >> yeah. i mean, the way the staffing is -- i mean, some of these, they're being shared across programs, so for example, you know, the compliance officer, they're directing 10% of their salary towards this, but that officer is a full-time officer. >> so that's why they have the full fringe benefits? >> correct. >> president serina: okay. any other comments or questions? tiffany, what language will the training be provided in? >> i have the information right here. so self-help, maybe they can speak to this better, but they have capacity for cantonese,

mandarin, and vietnamese. this is winnie. >> good morning, commissioners. we have the training staff with capacity to deliver training in english, in chinese and with a career advising staff that has the ability to provide coaching services in can tonese, vietnamese, and tagalog. >> president serina: thank you. any further discuss discussion? any public comment? seeing none, call the question. all in favor? all opposed? motion carries. item d, requesting

authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with self-help for the elderly for the provision of a workforce support program during the period of february 1, 2019 through june 30, 2021 in the amount of $548,935 plus a 10% contingency, for a total grant amount not to exceed $603,829. welcome back, tiffany. >> gcood morning, commissioner. the needs assessment report confirmed that clients who are connected to daas services have positive experiences and enjoy their participation. the report also revealed that not all older adults and adults with disabilities know about the services available to them through the department, and

there is a need to boost awareness of daas funded programs and services. consumers in districts one, two, four, and 11 in particular participate less in services than in other districts, and although limited awareness is not the only contributing factor, it was a finding that was noted throughout the needs assessment support. the peer ambassador program is one of several approaches the department is using to increase visibility of our services. by using peer ambassadors and a word of mouth approach, the department will have a new way and opportunity to share information about services, and the consumers will have another way to learn about services they may need from a source they trust within their

communities. self-help for the elderly will hire four peer ambassadors to work in the districts i mentioned. at least one ambassador will be dedicated to each district to ensure continuity. they will share information about daas services within their appropriate district. they will use information tailored to the tridistricts a the communities within those districts. daas will work closely with self-help to ensure accurate information is distributed. peer ambassadors will be connected to our benefits and resource hub. they will have a working relationship with the adrcs

within the districts. the daas hub and adrcs are great resources that the ambassadors will be able to access and refer consumers to as needed. collectively, the ambassadors will provide information to at least 200 organizations and businesses annually who have connections to consumers that we serve with the specific intent of increasing awareness about daas programs and services. thank you, and i would be happy to answer any questions you might have at this time. >> president serina: commissioner pappas? >> yes, i'm joining the other commissioners in asking an entry question. when we include the programs, those include the dignity fund programming? >> yes. >> president serina: any other commissioner comments or questions? commissioner loo. >> okay. i have a question. in the table a, it said they

were going to hire five -- >> yeah, sorry. when i said that, i realized i had said four because i was not reading my notes correctly. they are actually hiring five. the minimum is four, but they're overcommitting, if you will. >> but my question here is on the salary sheet, it just says two peer ambassadors instead of four or five. >> because they're leveraging another source for the other two -- or actually, the other three. >> okay. that's what i think is really kind of nice is if they're matching, it would appear in the budget so it would make it

cli kind of clear. >> on the budget revenues, on the summary sheet, it has match three, so it has the match there. >> thank you. my apologies. >> no worries. no worries. >> president serina: thank you. any other comments or questions? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, may i have a motion to approve? >> so moved. >> second. >> president serina: thank you. any further comment? all in favor? any opposed? thank you. >> thank you very much. >> president serina: thank you. item f, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with kimochi, inc, for sustainability for nonprofit licensed residential care facilities for the elderly, rcfe, during the period of march 1, 2019 through june 30, 2020, in the amount of 175,3 #

will $4 plus a 10% contingency for a total grant amount not to exceed $192,922. well come, fanny lappitan. it's been a while. >> yes. good morning, commissioners. i'm fanny lappitan, program coordinator for long-term operations at daas. i'm seeking authorization to enter into a new long-term agreement with kimochi. rcfes are assisted living facilities that have long been preferred community alternatives for those who are able to live on their own. they provide an increased level of care in a supportive and

safe environment with 24-hour supervision for individuals aged 60 and over. in recent years, the number of rcfes in san francisco have costed due to decreasing population, and inadequate funding. the smaller facilities have accounted for the greatest number of closures, making it difficult for lower income individuals to secure care. as mentioned earlier, there's an assisted living work group that's tasked by the long-term care coordinating council which recently researched this issue and its recommendation of support for this needed service are currently being considered by the city. this grant will support the sustainability of kimochi home rcfe by providing access, and quality care service.

it's to provide care for 20 residents over the age of 60 who are able to independently walk. it is a two-story facility with eight single occupancy rooms and six double occupancy rooms. the facility is currently owned and operated by kimochi. it is currently serving a majority of residents of monolingual japanese or those who speak english as a second language. kimochi has been built from the ground up in 1983, and no major renovations have taken place since that time. the funds from this grant will be used in three areas. first is to update their safety and security measures. the second is to improve accessibility of rest rooms on the first floor and the third is to modernize the facility

which is showing 3.5 decades of wear and tear. these updates and improvements, kimmy chee home will update the rcfes ablt -- kimochi home will update the rcfes ability to support the residents. the funds through this grant will help support the long-term safety of economy owe chee home and potentially create savings in maintenance and utility costs in the near future, allowing for increase in their general reserves and helping to maintain a sustainable business plan. a kimochi business administrator will be responsible for completing the projects and will do so in such a way to minimize the disturbance or negative impact on the residents as much as possible. at this time i'd be happy to answer any questions the

commissioners may have commission scolaire de la capita capitale -- may have. >> president serina: thank you, fanny. that was a very comprehensive report? commissioners, any comments or questions? >> is the whole kimochi home taken at this point? >> i'm just going to calling shawn for more comprehensive information? >> we currently have 17 residential residents and when we have beds available, we serve those rooms for respite care, so seniors who know they're going in for surgery or have a scheduled operation can reserve an open room so that they can stay with us for a few days before they go home and make sure they're ak and reduce the risk of hospitalization. so we're currently full with 17

residents and three residenpit residents. >> so do you have a waiting list? >> we don't have a waiting list with this right now. one of the things we'll track with this is the interest in our home and full-time residency by hopefully growing our wait list so we can fill empty beds. >> i presumed kimochi owned the building. >> yes, we do own the building. >> thank you. >> president serina: thank you, commissioner. any further comments or questions? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, may i have a motion to approve? >> so moved. >> president serina: second? >> second. >> president serina: any further comment? thank you. all in favor? all opposed? thank you. motion carries. item g, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with self-help for the elderly for

sustainability for nonprofit licensed residential care facilities for the elderly, rcfe during the period of march 1, 2019 through june 30, 2020, in the amount of $302,451 plus a 10% contingency for a total grant amount not to exceed $332,696. welcome back, fanny. >> thank you. good morning, commissioners. th autumn glow provides assisted living in a unique 24 hour residential care in the hayes valley located at 654 groev

grove street. it has capacity for other cultural and language needs. the funds through this grant will be used to access safety, security, and the quality of services delivered to residents, and this includes infrastructure improvements, accessibility improvements, technology infrastructure upgrades, safety and security improvements, and there'll be training from a registered nurse and nutrition improvements from a registered dietitian. with these upgrades, they will provide upgraded safety and security measures, and providing sustainability for at least five years after the grant ends. it will help support the long-term building safety and minimize the use of reserve funds that can be used for

emergencies in unexpected business challenging. autumn glow's director of housing services will be responsible for the various services and will have oversight of the construction to ensure project completion within the deadline. they have a plan to minimize disruption or negative impact on the residents as much as possible while this is happen. i'd be happy to answer any questions. >> president serina: thank you, fanny. any commissioner questions? commissioner loo? >> autumn glow serve only chinese? >> they don't just serve chinese. they do -- let's see, the demographic at this time is 72% chinese but they also have 14%

vietnamese and 17% mandarin. >> president serina: any other questions? >> how long have they been in hayes valley. >> oh, they've been in existence for 18 years. >> oh, all right. thank you. i live near there, so i hadn't realized how long it had been there. >> president serina: thank you. any further comments or questions? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, may i have a motion to approve? >> so moved. >> president serina: second? >> second. >> president serina: any further comments or questions? all in favor? opposed? the motion carries. thank you very much, fanny. is there any general public comment right now?

>> winnie yoo, self-help for the elderly. commissioners and director kaufman, thank you very much for the self-help for the elderly to implement these pilot projects and for the opportunity to serve additional clients through the dignity fund mission population in need skpr , and we really look forward to updating on the implementation of these programs, and thank you again. >> president serina: thank you. any other comments or questions? you have a question, commissioner loo? >> since self-help is going to do the peer ambassador program, i'm just wondering if the department has updated their brochure of various kinds of services because i think we have new sorts of services added since the dignity fund kicked in. >> so we are in the process -- we