HIV Health Services Planning Council

Milton Marks Conference Center
455 Golden Gate Ave. (Between Larkin & Polk St.)
Lower Level, San Diego Rooms B&C
July 11, 2005
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
DRAFT AGENDA

Call to Order

Roll Call

Review and Approval of Agenda

Review and Approval of June 27, 2005 Council Meeting Minutes

General Announcements

Public Comment

Alternative Funding Streams Presentation

Jeff Byers, California Department of AIDS, CARE Section
Council Member Jeff Byers will present a report on alternative funding streams, including TItle II, ADAP, and other state funds. Council Members will have an opportunity to ask questions.

Public Comment on this item

HIV/AIDS Provider Network Presentation

Mike Smith, HAPN
Council Members will be presented with an update from HAPN, and have an opportunity for discussion and to ask questions.

Public Comment on this item

Dinner Break

Service Categories Presentation - Discussion - VOTE

Laura Thomas and Don Soto, Planning Committee Co-Chairs
Proposal from Planning Committee regrading Service Category Definitions

Public Comment on this item

Needs Assessment Update

Catherine Geanuracos, Needs Assessment Working Group Co-Chair and Harder + Co.
An update on the Needs Assessment Process.

Public Comment on this item

XVI.

New Business/ Next Agenda

Council Members will have an opportunity to complete Meeting Evaluation Forms

XVII.

Adjourned

HIV Health Services Planning Council

730 Polk St, 3rd Floor, 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 Milton Marks Conference Center 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) 674-4768.
For a large print copy of agenda or minutes in alternative formats, contact Leah Crask at (415) 674-4768.

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, Shanti, 730 Polk Street. 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, Shanti 3rd Floor,, 730 Polk Street. San Francisco, CA 94109 RECEPTION DESK..