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 25, 2005
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
DRAFT AGENDA

Call to Order

Roll Call

Review and Approval of Agenda

Review and Approval of July 11, 2005 Council Meeting Minutes

General Announcements

Public Comment

Summary Sheets Presentation

Russ Zellers, Assistant Director, HIV Health Services
The Planning Council will be presented with the HIV Health Services Summary Sheets for use at the Prioritization & Allocation Summit Meeting. Council Members will discuss.

Public Comment on this item

Prioritization/Allocation Summit Preview & Mini-Training

Council Member Laura Thomas

• Preview of the proposed agenda for the August two-day summit meeting
• Introduction of facilitator, Susan Strong
• Mini-training on the difference between the prioritization and allocation processes

Public Comment on this item

Dinner Break

Update on Health Commission Budget Hearing

Randy Allgaier, Council Co-Chair
Council will be updated on the outcome of the Health Commission Budget Hearing held on July 19, 2005 and the impact of decisions on the Planning Council.

Public Comment on this item

Needs Assessment Update

Allison Weston & Erika Takada, Harder + Co.
Council Member DiCrocco will introduce Harder+Co. representatives who will provide a brief update on the Needs Assessment process. Council Members will have an opportunity to ask questions.

Public Comment on this item

Discuss Comprehensive Plan - VOTE

Laura Thomas, Planning Committee Co-Chair

Council will discuss the best approach for completion of the Comprehensive Plan (formerly “Three-Year Plan”) which is due on January 3, 2006. Council will VOTE whether to form a Comprehensive Plan Working Group.

Public Comment on this item

HOPWA Loan Committee Representatives – VOTE

Wilfredo Ortiz and Kim Pickens, Co-Chairs Community Outreach and Advocacy Committee
The COA Committee presents candidates for Council approval as representatives on the HOPWA Loan Committee.

Public Comment on this item

XIV.

New Business/ Next Agenda

• Council Members will have an opportunity to complete Meeting Evaluation Forms
• The next Council Meeting will be the two-day Prioritization/Allocation Summit on August 26-27 to be held at the San Francisco LGBT Center, 1800 Market Street

XV.

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..