HIV Health Services Planning Council

Milton Marks Conference Center
455 Golden Gate Avenue (Polk & Larkin)
Lower Level, San Diego Rooms
Monday, October 23 rd , 2006
4:30 - 7:30 PM

DRAFT AGENDA

I. Call to Order
4:30pm

II. Roll Call
4:32pm

III. Review and Approval of Agenda
4:37pm

IV. Review of September 25 th, 2006 Minutes - VOTE
4:39pm

V. General Announcements
4:45pm

VI. Public Comment
4:50pm

VII. Update on Grant Application by the Department of Public Health HIV Health Services 5:00pm

Public Comment on this item.

VIII. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Policies and Procedures Manual – VOTE
5:05pm

Public Comment on this item.

IX. Notice of Proposed Bylaws Change:
ARTICLE V, Section 1. – Leave of Absence
5:20pm

ARTICLE XI- AMENDMENTS

Section 1. These Bylaws may be amended by the Council at any Regular meeting by a majority (two-thirds) vote, following thirty (30) days notice of any proposed changes.

Public Comment on this item.

X. Proposed Bylaws Change: ARTICLE VI, Section 1. – Meeting Attendance/ Termination - VOTE
5:25pm

This item was noticed for thirty (30) days, and was, therefore, placed on the September 25, 2006 regular Council agenda as per the Bylaws, revision January 24, 2005.

Public Comment on this item.

XI. Update on the Board of Supervisors’ Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Housing Work Group Laura Thomas, Council Member and Work Group Representative 5:35pm

XII. Review of 2006 Prioritization and Allocation Summit
5:40pm

Public Comment on this item.

XIII. Dinner Break
6:00pm

Meeting Evaluation Forms will be distributed to Council Members during the Dinner Break.

XVI. Presentation and Discussion on the Evaluation and Process of Planning Council Meetings
Mary Lawrence Hicks, Evaluation Committee Co-Chair
6:30pm

Public Comment on this item.

XV. CARE Act Reauthorization Update
7:00pm
Laura Thomas, Co-Chair, Planning Committee

Public Comment on this item.

XVI. Discussion of December 2006 Meeting Schedule
7:10pm

December 25 th is the fourth Monday of the month and Christmas Day. The Steering Committee recommends its meeting be moved to Monday, December 11 th; the Full Council meeting be moved to Monday, December 18 th, and that the Membership Committee decide when to hold its December meeting in committee.

Public Comment on this item.

XVII. New Business/Next Agenda
7:20pm

Public Comment on this item.

XVIII. Adjournment
7:30PM

Note: Agenda items are subject to change, postponement, or removal. Meeting agendas are considered to be in DRAFT form until reviewed and approved by Committee attendees.

HIV Health Services Planning Council
730 Polk Street 3 rd floor, San Francisco, CA 94109

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 information on 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. 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, call (415) 674-4768. For a large print copy of agenda or minutes in alternative formats, call (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 Frank Darby; 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 Frank.Darby@sfgov.org Citizens may obtain a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance by contacting Mr. Darby 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.sfcarecouncil.org. THE AGENDA PACKET IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT HIV Health Services Planning Council offices, 730 Polk Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94109.