ria mercado quality assurance director department of aging and adult services. public comment is welcome. >> item 10: information item: report from the physical access committee. >> item 11: information item. >> item 12: information item. long-term care coordinating counsel. >> item 13: public comment. items not on today's agenda. each speaker limited to 3 minutes. >> item 14: information item correspondence. >> item 15. >> item 16 adjourn. >> the next item on the agenda is public comment and first i have patrick monnet. >> i know several of you and. i've been here before and i ask your clerk to pass out these 8 copies to your counsel. i'm a report er or columnist for the observer newspaper and i've written 2 articles in the last several months about the department public health planned outsource the dialiss service to place in the lag u.n. a honda a hospital. i was shocked earlier in the fall when the department of public health e-mailed to me a copy of the rsp to outsource dialysi s. it had never been discussed or voted on by the full health commission. indeed