executive director shireen mcspadden presented. and diane lawrence, who will or has presented on the aaa council. so i will not repeat that. she also will present later on the joint legislative committee, so i won't go over that either. we had site visits as part of our task to visit nutrition programs and other programs for the departments and reported on a visit to two restaurants, who are part of the champs program. the champs program permits restaurants and other vendors to prepare meals that are approved by the department on aging. so they presented what sounded like a delicious meal to the green bamboo restaurant. and then patty spanyak presented on another champs' program. there was some discussion, more pertaining to the internal working of the advisory council, what are our responsibilities with meal sites. we'll discuss that later. we had lgbt updates. we stand with seniors for input from the lgbt community's perspective and the means to address the needs. there was a brief discussion of setting up a nominated committee f

please note that executive director shireen mcspadden is present. >> president serina: can i have a motion to approve the agenda. >> second. >> president serina: all in favor. any opposed? thank you. motion carries. and i would like to point out a couple of things regarding the agenda. the -- there's been a slight change in that we will take public comment -- general public comment at the end after all of the other motions have been voted on and all of the other issues have been voted on. public comment following each action item will continue as it has been. and secondly, i have been advised that when we as