. >> next we have director's report, executive anne hinton is not here and we will hear from the deputy director. >> so good morning commissioners and this morning i talked to anne and she is feeling under the weather and so she just sent her regrets and she did want me to talk about a couple of things and i think that the first thing that she wanted me to mention is that it looks like the older americans act is going to go to the full senate and that is big news and we have been talking about it for several years and we have been reauthorized and there is no specific date yet, but, that is, good news, we think. the second thing that she wanted media to talk about is that they had a very successful policy day, and i think that it was last week or the week before? cathy? >> yes. >> last week. and cathy ruso and anne were there together and she said that they had a chance to meet with ting's office and leno's office and david chiu's office and that they actually met with david chiu in person. so that was really nice for them. and the big push this year was the state budget was the $37 mil

season and we're grateful in terms of our constant negotiation and support from the department and anne hinton. there's an important issue we need to look at which is the minimum wage issue which has been approved by the voters and will be put into a phase of budgetary effects. i want everyone to understand that all of us are in support of that concept of increased minimum wage in san francisco, particularly in san francisco considering how difficult it is for us to live and work here. but also we the nonprofits who work here in the cities, as we adjust to that, we also need support and supplemental funding or funding that matches that kind of increase in the operational phase for us as nonprofit organizations, particularly senior centers. i just want everybody to understand that because i think it's important that we the nonprofits advocate to the mayors and the budget directors the concept that philosophically if there's going to be an increase in minimum wage how that will affect us. at the senior center many of us are constantly looking at the future in terms of how it affects us and what

. >> next on the agenda item b, director's report, executive director anne hinton. >> i have several things to report on this morning. but i wanted to start with something that came up at our last commission meeting at which i didn't feel i had enough information to report on and so wanted to start with that today. and i'm asking tom nolan to help me out here if i get into more information. but as you remember at our last commission meeting we had a report on free muni. there were a number of questions that were asked, all really great questions, some of which staff from muni were able to answer, some which they weren't and tom wasn't here at that point and i again was unsure about some of the information that i thought i had so i wanted to talk a little bit about that today. as one of the issues that came up at the commission meeting and also came up on our committee for advisory was means testing. so it has been my understanding that the cost to do means testing for this particular program would far outride what we expect to have happen in terms of the cost of the program itself. u