Minutes from Steering Committee meetings on October 20, 2003 and January 20, 2004.

The results of the Training Needs Assessment will be presented and the Committee will discuss Council training needs.

A review of the Council’s DPH CARE funding decisions will be presented.

HIV Health Services will present an overview of DPH CARE funding.

The Infrastructure and Policy Committee present and discuss the revised MOU, including a Quality Management section, and request to forward to the full Council for a vote.

The Infrastructure and Policy Committee forward the Severe Need Definition to Steering for presentation at the Full Council.

The Evaluation Committee will present a Committee Proposal for discussion.

The Community Outreach and Advocacy Committee will present the draft Council brochure and request input on development.

The Evaluation Committee will present a Committee Proposal for discussion.

Discuss any issues coming up at the different Committees, communication between Committee Co-chairs, and ensure linkage of Committee activities to the Full Council.
• The Infrastructure and Policy Committee will request for all Council Committees to develop their own Polices and Procedures document.
• The Infrastructure and Policy Committee will request that the Council Support budget be reviewed in the I&P Committee, including the budget structure.
• The Planning Committee will request that the I&P Committee give a monthly report on the rebidding process a the Full Council Meeting.
• The Planning Committee will ask if anyone can participant in the ISM presentation/discussion at the Full Council meeting.

Review and finalize next Council meeting agenda- February 23, 2004.

Create a Committee Calendar using the draft Master Calendar as guide.

HIV Health Services Planning Council
730 Polk Street San Francisco, CA 94109
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San Francisco Department of Public Health, AIDS Office
25 Van Ness Avenue, 5th floor, San Francisco, CA 94102

The Mayor's Conference Room is wheelchair accessible. The closest accessible BART Station is Civic Center, three blocks from City Hall. Accessible MUNI lines serving this location are: #47 Van Ness, and the #71 Haight/Noriega and the F Line to Market and Van Ness and the Metro stations at Van Ness and Market and at Civic Center. For more information about MUNI accessible services, call 923-6142.
There is accessible parking in the vicinity of City Hall at Civic Center Plaza and adjacent to Davies Hall and the War Memorial Complex.
The following services are available when requested by Noon of the Friday before the Council meeting:
For American Sign Language interpreters, use of a reader during a meeting, or sound enhancement system, contact Leah Crask at (415) 674-4725.
For a large print copy of agenda or minutes in alternative formats, contact Leah Crask at (415) 674-4725.

In order to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products.

Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance

Government's duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people's business. The Sunshine Ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people's review. For information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact Donna Hall; by mail to Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 409, by phone at (415) 554-7724, by fax at (415) 554-7854 or by email at Donna.Hall@sfgov.org Citizens may obtain a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance by contacting Ms. Hall or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, at http://www.sfgov.org/bdsupvrs/sunshine.htm

The Planning Council has several standing Committees where Council business and creation of motions for full-Council action occur, and members of the public are urged to attend. Council procedures do not permit: 1) persons in the audience at Council meeting to vocally express support or opposition to statements by Council members or by other persons testifying, outside of public comment; 2) ringing and use of cell phones, pagers, and similar sound-producing electronic devices; 3) signs to be brought into the meeting or displayed in the room; 4) standing in the meeting room. Citizens are encouraged to testify at Committee meetings and to write letters to the co-chairs of a Committee or to Council members, c/o HIV Health Services Planning Council, 730 Polk Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94109. Agendas are available on the Internet at http://www.dph.sf.ca.us/Meetings/meetings.htm. THE AGENDA PACKET IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT HIV Health Services Planning Council, 730 Polk Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94109 RECEPTION DESK.