michael zogg will be presented. may i have a motion to discuss? >>so moved. >>moved and seconded. thank you michael. >>thank you commissioner. item j is funding for two years for self help for the elderly to open a new community center in the west portal neighborhood. there's been difficulty finding a location in the west portal area so we're here today presenting an idea for a brand new community center. it's located on lennx way, about a block from there the west portal tunnel. there's a parks and rec building they'll be using. the community center is used for youth after school and then in the afternoon it will convert into a youth senter. the community center will have wellness classes, an array of other social opportunities and organized activities. as of right now the planned opening date is monday february 2. again, i'm here seeking your support for this item. happy to answer any questions. >>thank you. any comments or questions from the commission? >>i do -- >>commissioner ow. commissioner ow. >>thank you. what's the capacity. how many senior you going to serve? >>i believe

village san francisco for age and disability friendly community project youth youthout once again michael zogg is presenting. may i have a motion to discuss? >>so moved. >>seconded. thank you. michael. >>thank you commissioner. here today in support of seeking your approval for funding for the next village program. i wanted to give you a brief overview of the village model of service. it's a membership organization that provides an array of services to its members, including organizing social and educational activities transportation, in home su pofrpt, such as assistance with chores. referrals to local recommended businesses and other health and wellness opportunities such as an exercise group and things like that. the services provided to the membership are provided by the paid staff by volunteers and the members themselves. another sort of unique feature about the village model is that no oneset location is required. there's no one community center where it's housed so what that might mean for the next village program is in the past year they have had an education event on the peter and pau

this morning my colleagues michael zogg and monte will be presenting a series of new modified grants that resulted in the recent bidding process by notice of nofa 618. i want to at this time along with denice chung, we want to acknowledge and also her colleagues who helped us bring these grant awards forward. you may have noticed that we bun bundled services with the funding for projects that didn't fit into the traditional community services program funding model. we chose to create an umbrella term for ageing and disability friendly community. another distinction would be that it is much more neighborhood driven. it is in the community type approach than intends to help seniors thrive in their homes an neighborhoods. with that i will ask for your approval after your review and questions for adding on additional funding community services funding to bay view hunters point multiservice senior social security senior senior services. p as you may know, we have an existing western addition senior center in the area and there's also a rosa parks senior center that was recently added as w

village san francisco for age and disability friendly community project youth youthout once again michael zogg is presenting. may i have a motion to discuss? >>so moved. >>seconded. thank you. michael. >>thank you commissioner. here today in support of seeking your approval for funding for the next village program. i wanted to give you a brief overview of the village model of service. it's a membership organization that provides an array of services to its members, including organizing social and educational activities

this morning my colleagues michael zogg and monte will be presenting a series of new modified grants that resulted in the recent bidding process by notice of nofa 618. i want to at this time along with denice chung, we want to acknowledge and also her colleagues who helped us bring these grant awards forward. you may have noticed that we bun bundled services with the funding for projects that didn't fit into the

this morning my colleagues michael zogg and monte will be presenting a series of new modified grants that

my colleague, michael zogg talked about the village model. this is going to be a blend of a senior center with the village model in their community, in both the inner and outer portion of richmond. i'm happy to have here the representative from the center if there are questions i'm not able to answer. with this new program there is a desire to blend what is best about having a brick and mortar center with the able to go out into the community to serve those not necessarily coming to the center on gary boulevard. there's going to be a volunteer core that will be able to go out in the community and to provide friendly visiting and additional services to folks that are choosing to stay within their home, but actually do in fact want to be able to have some method of socializing or connecting to necessary services. this program is set with funding for one year at this time and as we know there has been some months that have taken us to this point but this program has been very diligent about creating their volunteer core earmarking, how to go abo