I call the meeting of July 16th, 2026 senior commission to order.

The time is now 10 a.m.

Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance if you are able.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.

One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

Please be seated.

Mr.

Secretary Roll Call, please.

Thank you.

Chair Watchison?

Here.

Vice Chair Comelo?

Yeah.

Commissioner Dylan?

Here.

Commissioner Lopez Nacario.

Here.

Commissioner McMichael Cady.

Here.

Commissioner Brennan.

Here.

Commissioner Benya.

Commissioner Gobak Krishnan.

And Commissioner Rixen.

Here.

For the record, we have uh two excused absences from Commissioner Pena and Commissioner Kopakrishnan.

Also in attendance is Senior Commission Secretary Pedro Naranko.

Okay, thank you very much.

Announcements.

If anyone would like to attend the funeral services, they will be held on July 31st at 10 a.m.

at Assumption Church with a reception to follow.

Anyone else?

Thank you, Chair.

I have two uh announcements.

Uh one is you all have your senior commission badges now.

Um so thank you for your patience uh with that.

Feel free to wear those to these meetings and to any city events or community events that you attend or you're representing the the commission.

And then the second announcement that I have is I left for you on your packet uh a flyer uh which is um for an ice cream social that's going to be taking place next Monday, July 20th.

We have been promoting this here at the Senior Community Center with our patrons.

Everybody's super excited about ice cream.

Um it's a hot day like it's been this week.

I think it's gonna be very well timed.

And so it's gonna be in in Main Hobby uh from 2 to 4 p.m.

There's gonna be gangs, music, uh hopefully a good time for everybody.

So you're all welcome to attend if you are available and interested.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right, please silence any devices that would prove a distraction during the meeting, and also please remember to ask for a recess if you need to step out of the meeting, as that may impact the commission's ability to maintain a quorum.

Thank you.

A consent calendar, approval of the draft minutes of the senior commission meeting of June 18, 2026.

If there are no additions or corrections, I will entertain a motion to approve the draft minutes of June 18th, 2026.

To approve.

Commissioner Brennan, second, Commissioner Lopez Nacario.

Roll call, please.

Thank you.

Chair Watchison?

Yes.

Vice Chair Comelo?

Yes.

Commissioner Dillon.

Commissioner Lopez Nacario?

Yes.

Commissioner McMichael Cady.

Yes.

Commissioner Brennan.

Yes.

And Commissioner Rixen.

Yes.

The motion carries.

Thank you.

Okay.

City staff reports and announcements.

Um please hold any questions regarding any of these these items until the end of the report.

Uh we have a lot to cover today, so I'm gonna try and keep it short comments.

Okay, thank you.

Okay.

The City of San Leander, 250th independence celebration event.

I'd like to call on those that attended, Bella and Laura.

So Bella, would you like to tell us how you felt the event went?

Yeah, it was a very well organized evening.

And there was I thought there would be a lot of problems about uh parking and all that.

So you were just um thinking if there's no good parking, then we're done back and we can come home.

But everything was so smooth.

The only thing is I couldn't, I didn't want to blame up on the steps because you know of my mobility.

I didn't want to miss a step and put down or anything.

So I didn't go up, so I missed all the other commissioners.

Um was dead, and uh uh you were there, right?

And um but I met some other people down.

Um the uh city manager and uh some some other people I met down, and but everything was so very ranged, I really really good.

Thank you.

Laura, you kind of went down and circled around.

Yeah, it was fun, yeah.

I I don't know what I was expecting, but yeah, it was fun.

The VIP area was very nice.

They had our d'arbs and a bar and you could hang out top.

So we didn't stay very long, but it was fun.

Okay.

What's that?

Right.

And I was there and we had a good time.

We uh we did climb the stairs, and that was one thing a lot of us talked about was the fact that you did have to climb those stairs.

There's no lift, no no nothing to get you up to the top.

They have the bar and that on the level where you normally would go up and you know ch what do you call it when you're I don't play golf, so I don't know when you go up and you shoot your thank you.

At the top of the driving range, thank you.

Um so yeah, it was a little difficult.

Um my husband never went down again.

He he he was up there in stake.

Um but the food was really good, the drinks were great, everything was hosted, which was really nice, and it was hors d'oeuvre type food, which is great.

And I did wander around to the um different uh um booths and um you know they have a lot of a lot of different things to see and do, and the kids had uh I guess the kids had a great area to play, so it was it really was great.

Did anyone else go that I didn't see there?

Yeah, and I had to work so and Shalini came too, just for the record.

So yeah, yes, uh Pedro.

Yeah, just on behalf of the city, I want to just thank everybody for um for your attention to this event and for those of you that attended.

Um it was a great event.

I think there was a few uh thousand people at the event.

As as you all mentioned, it was good music, good entertainment, good opportunities to connect with folks, and it was a looked like it was a beautiful day.

And so uh yeah, Philip, thanks again for for participating.

And they danced on the lawn too.

They actually had a huge line dance for one of the site.

Yeah, it was really a lot of fun.

And you could see it all from the from the upper level there, so it was nice.

All right.

Okay, um the uh 4B, the 2026 annual Senior Resource Fair.

Pedro.

Thank you.

Uh so we held our 25th annual Senior Resource Fair on Tuesday, June 30th, as you all know.

Uh, and the theme was take me out to the resource fair, uh, which um which had a uh uh uh as you can see a baseball you know connotation there.

Um so there was uh folks in costume, there was decorations, uh there was fun, it was a fun and welcoming atmosphere.

Uh in total we had 61 vendors and over 200 attendees.

Uh resources ranged from health insurance agencies, community-based organizations, and city departments um to some healing uh sessions and more.

Uh we also received uh 93 completed surveys from attendees, and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive.

Of course, there was uh some additional uh feedback that's that staff is going to use to inform the um the planning uh and the implementation of future uh senior resource fairs.

Um but in all and off folks were very exc uh happy with it.

Um we're very grateful for the commission's participation, support, and we're already looking forward to next year.

I believe some of you were here on that day that you were here.

So if anybody wants to share a few words.

A lot more stuff than I expected.

Yeah, I'm used to the Castor Valley one, and I thought, well, it's not gonna be as big as the Castor Valley when it was, so you guys are competing with that.

Um I would do also if you can do health screenings and I didn't see it if there was, but that's become a real popular thing to do the blood pressure screenings.

When they did that at East Mont, the triple A, they found a lot of people really high blood pressure we did not know.

I I thought there was blood pressure, but it was down in front of the room.

It was just everything was kind of scattered throughout the whole building.

Bella?

Um yes, but some uh commissioners had who had signed up, didn't you?

And I think Jair Washington was stuck on the table for a long time.

I feel sorry for the that is what it is because uh those who had signed up didn't show up at all, I done away.

Yeah.

I don't know why either we didn't get I didn't get any feedback as to why they didn't come.

So I didn't say no.

Um can we talk about that the next yeah we have a we have a section on that down at thank you.

Um the only thing I'd have to say, uh the the resource here was good.

I love talking to people anyway.

I did not give away all my chocolate.

I took it home, but I have since given it away.

Um but the um the only thing I think I might say is that uh it I think the sign that says that the room there's more stuff in the rooms down the hall needs to be more up front, like when people come in or something.

Okay, because we put it by the by the um recruit by the little room that you use a little lounging room, and I think people just kind of walked past it and didn't, or if they came in that first door, yeah, they just circled around and went right back outside.

So we did our best when we were there to say start at the back and work your way forward.

So if there's something maybe that could direct them next time if you have a little bit of a better sign to the case.

Yeah, I just felt bad because I walked back there and there was hardly anybody back there looking, it was really pretty much up front.

Right.

Okay, good feedback, thank you.

Yeah, otherwise it was great.

All right, um 4C, the Caregiver Focus Support Focus Group.

Thank you.

Yes.

Uh so this past Tuesday, July 14th, uh, we held our first uh caregiver listening session uh facilitated by Karen uh Grimsich, uh who spent about 20 years as executive director of the Alzheimer's Alzheimer's services of the East Bay in the last 17 years as the aging family services administrator for the city of Fremont.

Uh we actually connected with Karen as part of the uh Mike and I did as part of the development of the age-friendly uh action plan.

And so um so we so good connection was made just indirectly through that process.

Uh so the goal of the sessions, um the listening sessions was to explore how uh how we can best support caregivers and individuals living with dementia uh with a long-term aim of planning and hosting uh memory cafes, which I'll talk a little bit more about later in the agenda.

Um and those the idea that those uh cafes would uh be conducted here at the senior community center, possibly at the marina community center as well.

And so um so it was a it was a great uh great start.

Um we had uh three commissioners uh in attendance along with a representative from the institute on aging.

Uh I was there uh along with um Liliana Gray, who serves as our um as our program coordinator, and uh together the group identified common challenges caregivers face, including gaps in resources and support, and uh we begin we began envisioning what an ideal more connected system of services uh could look like.

Um so great great start.

We're gonna be talking a little bit more about that later, like I said.

Uh but as you all know, this is all connected with our age-friendly plan under the health and wellness priority.

Um we um prioritize uh support for for caregivers, and so I'm really happy that that we're that we're starting this process.

And I want to thank everybody for your support, but also uh those that those that were there on Tuesday, so I'll I would like to just open it up to those of you that were there for any additional comments.

Commissioner Rexton.

Um well Karen was a great facilitator, so I thought it was a really useful activity that she took us through.

Okay.

Commissioner Dylan.

Yeah, I would echo that, and uh it was interesting to know that you know some of the themes that were brought up are universal for for you know people who are caregivers.

So that was um it was a really good um uh start.

Good.

It was very personalized, really, because it was really about individuals that do caregiving like for your parents.

Yeah, you know, children that are doing for their parents.

I think that kind of was the theme of of the exercises that we did.

It wasn't paid caregivers, it was unpaid caregivers.

Family family caregivers, right?

So yeah, it was really very good.

I hope that we um we'll get a um she was gonna do a chart or something of all of the things that we talked about, and I hope that you would please distribute that once it's received, just so that we can see what we talked about.

Sure.

That would be great.

Thank you.

Yeah.

Okay, grant application updates.

Pedro?

Yes, thank you.

So when we started age-friendly action plan initiative, right?

We said to the community and that it was the right thing to do and the smart thing to do, right?

And so the smart thing comes with having focus as we have been having focus on key projects, but it's also smart because we always knew that it was gonna position us to be able to apply for additional funding.

And so um, so I'm happy to report that we um we've uh we've applied for a few grants in the last few months and uh have recently been uh awarded uh two.

And so one of those is through uh through Kaiser Permanente, who awarded is awarding us uh $25,000 uh uh $25,000 grant through their 2026-27 community health grant program.

Uh as you know, uh senior services already provide some services in the food access area with our Mercy Brownback program and our C lunch program, which I know many of you are involved with.

Uh we've done our senior food delivery program uh as well that we started last year.

We piloted that last year.

And so um with these funds, we're gonna we're going to be able to continue the senior food delivery program.

And so um, so as a as a reminder, we're funding that program partially through our measure BB allocation, which will um which will fund the uh the transportation related expenses.

The food itself and some other costs will come out of this $25,000 on the grant through Kaiser.

And so um, so we're very happy uh and excited uh about that is that we'll continue to support our our program sustainability efforts.

And the second application is through we the area the counties uh area agency on ageing and um through uh this grant we're gonna be able to uh uh further advance our caregiver support uh services, and so currently we're in the process of uh negotiating that contract uh with the county uh uh but proposed components to that project include uh a caregiver appreciation event in 2000 uh November of 2027.

And so the reason I'm saying 2027 is because the grant would start in January of 2027, so it'd be a calendar year, and so what's uh what was proposed was uh a caregiver appreciation event.

We've been wanting to do this for a long time, as we all know it's such a difficult um uh challenging oftentimes to be a caregiver, and so we think it's really important to acknowledge and appreciate caregivers, but also provide them with additional support on that day.

So we're we're looking forward to that event.

Uh we also propose um caregiver support trainings for our staff, for our providers, for volunteers, um, and then for caregivers, obviously.

Uh we also propose memory uh cafes as well as information and referral to services, uh case management, and also um access to recreational services for caregivers that would be subsidized.

And so the idea is people need a break, they need to take care of their own health.

Uh why not, you know, also as part of increasing the utilization of the services that we provide here at the center, connect them to these services, and for folks that are uh experiencing an uh financial hardships, uh provide them with a uh scholarship or a subsidy so that they can participate in our services here.

And so um so the proposal was for a hundred uh a little bit over 112,000 a year.

Uh the great thing about this fund, this this particular funding through the triple A is that it's uh it's a one-year contract with a possible extension of up to an additional three years.

So if we're doing what we're doing and we're having an impact, uh there's a potential here for at least four years of funding to support this work.

Okay.

This was with triple A.

Triple A, yes.

Um, we're very happy about that, and um look forward to sharing more more details as we've as we finalize the contract negotiations and as we uh start the the planning process for the launch of these programs.

Yeah, thank you.

Um just I ran into someone that told me that Eden Health also has grants.

Have you and they did open the July grants?

Yes, yes.

We are we are exploring that as well.

Okay, good.

Okay.

Thank you.

Any questions?

Yeah.

You say the entire grant was for 112,000.

Is that right?

112,000, correct?

Yeah.

Any other questions?

It's needed.

Yeah.

Okay.

No.

All right.

Okay.

Um for E.

You're taking my taking my suggestions to heart to keep it short.

Okay.

Paratransit program update, Pedro.

Thank you.

Thank you.

So our fiscal year 26-27 annual paratransit program proposal, uh, which we brought to this commission, I think it was in February.

Uh we presented it and you all provided uh feedback.

Uh has been approved by the Alameda County Transportation Commission as well as the City of San Leandro City Council.

And so the next step is to execute all the contracts with our providers for all those services which we are doing uh right now.

Um these uh approvals and contract efforts will allow us to sustain the flex shuttle program, the flex rights on demand program, which is our subsidized Uber program, our senior day trips, our pilot senior evacuation program, and our ride care program, which we started last year.

Uh as you as I guess as I mentioned earlier, we we discussed uh some of these programs during our our our February meeting, so thank you so much for providing that the feedback.

And so um, and so yeah, uh we will uh uh we'll um continue to keep you informed about any updates and developments with these programs in the future.

Uh that concludes my report, and but I'm open to any questions that anybody might have.

Any questions?

All right.

Um public comments.

We do not have anyone from the public here today.

Uh presentations, we do not have any presentations.

Yes, I'm sorry, we do.

Uh no, we don't.

I just wanted going back to item five.

So want to let uh for the record um inform that the there were no e-comments uh received.

Uh the commission was advised on Wednesday, July 15th.

Thank you.

All right, so presentations there are none.

So seven action items.

Okay, and 7A commission com commission commitments and expectations.

Um as Bella mentioned, we had some some signups for our um resource fare and uh there was no show.

Um I don't believe that I received any reason why that person wasn't coming and Pedro didn't either.

It's important when you sign up to volunteer to do something with other commissioners or even by yourself that you if you cannot make it that you at least let Pedro know because he's you know he's got the list and or myself, I'm always available to to call and let me know, or text or message all of it.

I look at everything every day.

Um it gets to be a little disappointing when you show up and nobody else does.

Um so we would really appreciate if you do sign up for a commitment that you please honor that commitment.

And um uh if again, if you can't make it, let us know.

Um and if you do sign up for something, there's an expectation that if you've volunteered to um you know to help out at a table or help out by uh helping with sign-ins and that that if you don't remember what you have signed up for, that when you do come to please either see myself if I'm there or Pedro, pretty much he's there all the time, and at least ask what did I sign up for?

Um it's it just you know it it just gets a little discouraging to to be there and and you're it so I didn't sign up for the survey table, but I was told that that was already done.

Oh, did you?

Okay, very good.

I would have been happy to hang out with you if you wanted to.

That's okay, not a problem.

I understand.

I'm not I'm not slapping people's wrists.

I'm just I a notion.

No.

Okay you were not there.

Because then it worked correctly because typically the signups here tend to be on a little piece of paper.

That does not work for me.

Electronic confirmations.

Okay.

You know, like here's the list of people.

Those get so what happens is it gets on my schedule differently if I'm committed than if it's just a thing.

Okay.

Very good.

Yeah.

So I'm I'd like so what I think maybe a process would be is take the piece of paper and just spew it back to the to the commission, and that will answer the question.

Am I signed up for this or not?

Sure.

That's my only comment.

Thank you.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you for that.

Anyone else?

Yes, Pedro.

Yeah, thank you for that.

That's a that's a great suggestion.

And so it's a two-way street, right?

And so we're all busy, but we'll also need to follow through with our commitments and at least communicate.

So I think that um as Chair Watchison mentioned, uh it's really helpful when we have an event and I think I signed up for something, but I don't know what, or I was signed up for something, but I was redirected.

I what else you know should just take the initiative to ask like what what else can I do to help?

You know, uh and so I think on on that end, that would be helpful.

And then on our end, on mine in particular, what what Jen and I discussed is that um it would be helpful for me to send something maybe you know three three days before uh an event, just just as a reminder, right?

And that can be here's a copy of the of the signing sheet that that was uh passed around, or just even the email outlining here are the commissioners, here are the rows, just as a reminder.

And so I think that if we do both of those things, I think we will be in a in a better position to at the very minimum minimum communicate.

Um if I do that part, then I'm giving you a reminder.

If I get really busy and things are crazy and I don't get a chance to do that, you come and you say, hey, what can I do to help?

And I think we'll be uh we'll be in a much better place.

Right.

Also, if you if you find that you didn't sign up for something and you all sudden have it free, that you know you are welcome to come and either call or just show up.

And I'm sure we can find something for you to do.

You can walk around the network.

Yeah, right, and walk around, hand out the surveys.

I know that Shalini was busy with the um uh the America 250, is that what it is?

Yeah, she was in there doing that, so uh I know that that kept her busy.

And also when you get ready to leave, if you could let us know you're leaving, at least we're not still looking for it.

Yeah, it's like I don't I usually stay all day, even though I sign up for a certain amount of time.

Um because I just enjoy being here and talking to everyone, and so anyway, and you're welcome to stay all day.

I mean, well, we usually don't have events that are all day long, they're usually at least maybe a couple three hours, but uh yeah, you're welcome to stay past your time if you like.

Yeah, okay.

Any qu any other questions?

Like I said, I'm not chastising anyone.

I'm just yes, sir.

Yeah, just uh unrelated but related to that, uh, just as a reminder, and I want to say this commission has been really good about this, so I I don't want to I don't want to give the impression that that this is not happening, but just as a as a gentle reminder, or even just a kind of like uh context regarding like the why something is is helpful, right?

And so um similar kind of thing, you know, when we when we put out the I usually try to post the agenda on Fridays so that you have time during the weekend to review the materials and then I ask folks to RSVP on Mondays.

It's really helpful and it it makes things go a lot smoother if I can get that RSVP uh or just that the update regarding your your attendance by the end of the day Monday.

If you all say to me, better that's we need more time, like I'm happy to push it back a day or so.

Um but the reason that's helpful is that it just it just allows us to be able to stay on track with the communication and ensuring that we're gonna have a quorum, um, you know, planning for any, you know, as you saw from today, uh Chair Watchison is asking a few of you to provide some updates or share commentary, and so it just it helps us be to be able to prepare.

That said, I know that life happens sometimes, and things just sometimes that are just out of your control, and so we are we are flexible with all that, so don't feel like um that um that there's no flexibility there, but I would say worded the email differently this time, and that's why I didn't respond.

I looked at it and went, oh, but he's not asking for and it was way at the bottom when you were asking people to do it okay.

Yeah, and so in general, just know like if it goes out on Friday, which I try to do by the end of the day Monday, which would be good to hear uh a yes, no, or even a maybe, even if if that by that point you say you're you're not sure.

Lead, put it at the top, let me know.

Okay, yeah.

I I was actually thinking the same thing because it's uh it you're tagging stuff on to what you've already sent.

Uh huh.

And so sometimes it just gets buried.

Okay, I'll put it where at the top in red.

How's that?

Uh but yeah, again, again, it's you you all have been very good about that.

So uh so I'm just because we're having this conversation about this topic topic, I just felt like it would be a good time to also um provide a reminder about that, and more than anything, just context.

You know, sometimes people don't understand.

Well, why is that the end of Monday?

Like, why is that important, right?

And so um, so yeah, thank you.

Thank you.

Any other comments, questions?

Suggestions?

Okay, thank you.

All right, um, the July coffee with senior commission event.

Um, I'm going to call on Marcy and Laura to fill us in on that.

So whoever would like to take the lead.

Well, we're doing that when is it next week?

It's gonna be next Thursday, at 9 30 in that position.

Bobby and cookies and the gym to just kind of engage people who are coming through and explain what the commission is and what the age-friendly plan is.

Okay, just be available for people to come by and chat.

And you know, I mean people may not know that there are commissioners or that there is a commission.

Um, but even though they're coming to the center.

So it'll it'll I think it'll be a nice way to uh touch base with you know and where are you gonna set up?

Isn't there a name for that room in the activity room?

Activity room, yes.

Okay, it's the open kind of door one where there's tables and games and puzzles, yeah.

Just left of the entrance, right?

As you come in, it's on the left, yes.

Yes, and just remember that a quorum, can't we?

We cannot have a quorum.

So physically standing in the same room or discussing anything.

I mean, what's the rule there?

Yes, yes.

So last month we discussed having this event, and during that discussion, we all had a uh discussed these needs around or uh parameters around quorum, and so we cannot have more than four people there.

So and because of that, the idea is that if this goes well next Thursday and we decided to continue having them on an ongoing basis, maybe even just throughout the end of the year, that we would have three other commissioners or four other commissioners participate in the subsequent ones so that way everybody gets a chance to participate and the community gets to know you.

So the reason we have to uh be careful there, uh Commissioner Bennon, because uh you are there representing the commission, and as a commissioner, you will be talking to people about the work that we're doing, and so there's gonna be a conversation, uh a dialogue, and as part of that process, also there will be possibly uh input shared by the community regarding their their needs or interests, and so that becomes senior commission business.

Yes, as differentiated from Supervisor Tam's office, who were there more independently, and that we weren't discussing absolutely correct.

Yeah, absolutely.

Yeah, and so uh so uh the flyer that just went around is the flyer that's being used to promote uh next week's event.

So we have it out here on the resource wall.

We'll also be uh disseminated through um the senior services uh Facebook or electronic letter, and then also uh staff has been going around uh throughout the week and doing announcements.

So we did some announcements at during the lunchtime program of Spectrum, and I think there were some other classes where there was uh a good number of people there that uh that heard the invitation uh to come and join us next next week.

And um folks are very excited about coffee.

Folks are very excited about cookies, and they're excited about meeting their commissioners, yes.

Offer food, they'll come.

And so we'll we'll see how this first one goes, right?

That's what we agreed to last month.

We'll see how it goes.

We'll come back here, we'll share some updates, and then you all can decide whether you want to continue to have these in the future.

And um, are you gonna have some kind of signage that tells people that it's in that room?

Yes, okay.

Yeah, I think that was a recommendation that you made last week.

Okay, thank you.

And how many commissioners are signed up for this meeting?

So we have uh three that are gonna be participating.

So we have Commissioner Dylan, Commissioner McMichael Cady, and Commissioner Benya.

And as backups, I think we had Commissioner Lopez.

Um, and that's also tell you is originally, but I'll be on vacation.

Yeah, no worries.

No, no worries.

We're we're I'm still available.

So yeah, we're I think we're good with the three.

I really do.

I'm gonna put it up in my building.

I have 164 units there, and we have a lot of seniors.

So there's an area I can put things like this, so I'm gonna put it up there.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you all for volunteering and good luck.

All right.

Um the big one, 7C, age-friendly priority projects discussion.

Thank you.

Okay.

So last month we talked about uh the senior commission's uh involvement as we have now just that we have entered year three, our implementation of our implementation plan.

Who would have thought well, two years have already gone by, many years of planning, right, to get us to this point.

And so we had a fruitful conversation uh last meeting regarding some uh some ideas of how the commission can continue to be involved and potentially at a deeper level in some priority areas.

And so we as part of that um conversation we had uh a discussion regard uh regarding what kind of what kind of structure, like what would what what would that look like, right?

So I want to I want to provide actually uh first um an update uh regarding uh those priority areas uh that we discussed broadly last month uh with more details, and then we can uh also talk about uh a proposed structure that uh Chair Watchison and I have that'll hopefully get us uh to move uh on these soon.

And so as if you recall, we just talked about it right with the with the um the triple A grant funding and the caregiver listening sessions that we're doing, and some uh aligned with our age-friendly plan.

Uh so this this priority area has to do with caregiver uh support, and so there's a a few projects there that you see outlined on the on the slide where we believe the the commission can be of support.

Uh one of those areas is uh morning.

One of those areas is uh care caregivers support focus groups uh during the summer of 2026, which is which is now, right?

And so the listening session that we did this past Tuesday is connected with this.

Uh, we're looking to do um a few more focus groups.

So your your input regarding the the focus groups, your participation in those focus groups uh is how you would be involved in this area.

Uh the second project there is our uh we're gonna be piloting memory cafes during the summer of 2026, which is now.

And so our staff and uh and uh Carrie and Grimsich, who we talked about earlier, have been uh meeting and and planning for this.

And so the idea with this with these memory cafes is that we would invite uh caregivers and the uh individuals that they're caring for to come to this to the senior community center and participate in some activities.

And so the structure is one in which the um the caregivers and uh uh their family members would uh participate in activities uh together for about half of that session, and then the second half of the session, we would uh we would separate them and the caregivers would stay and um participate in discussions with other caregivers, um sort of like a social support support group, but also there could be trainings, there could be a variety of different things uh during that time that people that they care for would be um participating in some other activities here on site.

And so we're like the pace people to come and do stuff and show it, and yeah, and so we are uh we're we're partnering with a couple of different organizations uh to help to help launch this, and the long-term goal is that we build the capacity of our staff so that our staff are able to do this uh on their own.

And so that's happening now.

That's just happening.

That's gonna be happening shortly.

Where you can be involved there is as we as we roll out the program, providing input, coming and participating and supporting, like you have with uh with other events where you welcome people, maybe you help facilitate some of the uh some of the groups, and so that's that's the pilot, that's the memory cafes.

Um the third project is our caregiver support trainings uh for staff, partners, volunteers, and this would be in uh 2027, obviously, when we received the funding from the triple A.

And uh, you know, this allows us to build our capacity.

You know, we all we operate our senior services in collaboration with other public and nonprofit organizations as well as volunteers.

Um, how great is it, right?

If everybody has uh uh similar training and competence in in this area so that we can support our our caregivers, and so um and so that's what that is, and then um four is uh we're piloting the memory cafes there on in summer of this year uh with the idea that we're building a strong foundation so that we can uh implement a series of memory cafes through our triple A funding in 2027.

Uh so the commission can be in uh you know be involved in that as well.

And then um, and then uh as I mentioned earlier, um uh with eyes on a caregiver appreciation event and and resource fair in October of 2027.

Again, uh opportunity to really appreciate, recognize and support our caregivers, um uh celebration, celebratory event, but also uh combined with uh resources so that they can continue to be good caregivers.

And so this kind of these these projects fall under the caregiver support priority areas.

Questions, yes.

Do we have a um a uh target date for the summer 2026 of a pilot?

Um I think that's in the process of being finalized right now.

So yeah, as soon as I have those the specific details, I'll make sure that I share them with the commission.

Yes.

So I undervenue tracking, and how can we be involved in the CDs?

So um so at the end of this discussion, we'll talk about how you all can, you know, what kind of structure we can have so y'all can be involved.

And so um, and so it's as as just shared, um, as we get as we have dates in place, Commissioner uh Comelo, we'll share that information with you and we'll coordinate either through these meetings or offline uh regarding your participation.

Okay.

Yay, good work, right?

Yeah, good progress here.

That's one area.

Uh the second area here is under our personal protection uh priority of our age friendly action plan.

And so there, as you can see, there's also five projects here that uh we would love to have uh your involvement.

And so uh last year, as you recall, we piloted uh some cybersecurity workshops.

Uh one of those was actually done in collaboration with our IT team here at the city of Sal Leandro, uh others with nonprofit organizations.

We we receive very good feedback about this, and people continue to say that this is something that's necessary, and so we want to continue to do those do those in year three of our implementation plan.

And so we would love your feedback on the projects and um your involvement during them as well.

The second project there is our pilot senior evacuation program.

Uh so we are in the process of uh designing this program in collaboration with uh the Alameda County Fire Department, the San Leandro Police Department, our emergency services uh uh coordinator, uh some partners from the Alameda County Public Health Department and with MV Transportation, as you know, because they're the shuttle uh provider.

And so we um we're in the planning stages right now, but we're looking to uh uh to finalize um uh the plan and possibly even do uh a drill or two uh in the community with one of our senior uh living centers.

And so that's what that project is.

And so the next one is uh emergency services response workshops.

If you recall last year, we had our emergency services uh preparedness coordinator here on site providing workshops.

Um so we want to continue to do those.

Uh we need help identifying what are the topics of interest and and need, and so I think that's a great place for you all to be involved as well.

Uh last year we we uh every year we we uh recognize the Great California Shakeout, and this past year we actually did a drill, if you recall, uh, those of you that were here, and so we want to continue doing that.

We love your cooperation and support with that as well on that day.

Yeah, okay.

You've got October 2027.

That's not this year, that's next year.

Uh so that thank you for catching that, actually.

So that would be we want to do that this year, and we want to do that next year, so that should be that should be uh during October.

October every year.

It always lands on our commission for whatever reason.

It's always like on our yes, and that's why I wanted to bring it here because then we would need to decide whether that's something that we were gonna support, knowing that it was going to overlap with our time here.

Yeah.

And then the last project there is um uh we're very excited about.

I know some of you have been involved in these conversations are safe routes to senior centers pilot project.

And so the idea here is assessing and determining what supports or interventions might be needed.

It can be infrastructure, but also it can also be prevention oriented or education oriented to support the safety of people when they come to the senior center.

And when they when I say come to the senior center, I'm talking about whether they're they're walking, we have seniors that come here on their bikes, and we have seniors that come here in their cars, right?

So we want to make sure that this area is safe for everyone.

And so those are all the projects within our personal protection area.

Yes, sir.

So since Americans also walked in, the City of San Lando has comments open until July 24th on the local hazard mitigation plan.

Is our input able to be input to that as comments to the plan?

Yeah, so I'll say that the local hazard mitigation plan was is actually outlined as an activity within our age-friendly plan under the personal protection priority.

And so if some of you may recall, uh there was a time frame where we were receiving feedback from the community.

And so we actually had surveys here at the center that actually I think generated a significant amount of feedback from the communities, and particularly from uh from older adults uh regarding that that plan.

And so um, and so yeah, so check we were able to we were able to do that and contribute to that, and then as you as you just noted, um, there's still an opportunities to be able to provide for until the 24th, right?

Yeah.

And so the never mind.

I can't talk any of them.

I'm just trying to talk about trying to clear it.

Yeah, we have some water over here in the corner if you need to.

Okay, and then the the final project here that we discussed uh last month was in the area of promotion and outreach.

And so, as you know, uh uh promoting the services, the resources that are available, uh ranked as a very high priority in our age-friendly action plan.

We've been doing a lot of really good work in that area.

And these are just some examples of places where I think that the commission can be can continue to be involved or uh or start to be uh to be initiate involvement.

And so one of them is um you all have been great, you know, with the the planning process uh with the age-friendly plan to uh present to various city commissions.

So that's a wonderful, wonderful way to continue to promote uh the initiative and and promote the the services that we provide here.

Um similar to that, supporting us in some of the presentations that we do with community-based organizations is also a good opportunity.

Um item three there, as many of you know, every uh during the fall, we do a senior services expo.

Uh and so that actually came out of our age-friendly plan as well as a communication strategy to promote the services that are currently available to people at the center.

Okay, and that was uh to ensure that we are maximizing the utilization of our services here and that they are available to uh accessible to everyone.

Um community outreach, right?

We try to get out to farmers markets and you know different resource fairs out in the community, uh, charity festival, and many of you have supported us in those efforts, and we want to continue to have you involved in them.

And then the last one here, which we just had.

Uh, you all have been super involved in the annual senior resource fair.

Um, our next one obviously is gonna be next year, and uh having a table out there, talking about who you are and what you do, and specifically about the age-friendly initiative.

Um you've helped judge, I think decorating tables, and you've helped you've helped with a lot of different things.

So uh, so we want to continue to have you be involved in those in those activities.

Okay, any questions regarding this area?

No.

Okay.

So uh the next thing is chair chair watchison and I talked about I'm sorry, no, go ahead.

Oh, sorry.

So we talked about how you all can be involved, and during the last meeting, we're talking about different structures, and so after thinking about it some more and kind of reflecting on how you all have already been involved in things like the senior resource fair and the caregiver listening sessions and how we're doing the coffee with the commissioners next week.

We kind of decided that it might be good to kind of piggyback off of what we're already doing and make it less complicated and simple to engage.

We also don't want to add an extra burden or or or just um uh responsibility of having to have additional meetings, and and so what we think we can do is um leverage our time here uh during these commission meetings uh to focus specifically on some of these projects that I discuss.

And so what that also allows us is to be able to then engage you all in as many of those uh projects as possible so that you're not confined to just this particular project or this particular committee.

And so I I believe that we can structure our meetings and really um maximize our time here and have very productive meetings, um focusing on each of those projects that I talked about.

And some of them are gonna be timely, right?

Because as you saw, some of them are happening right now, they're gonna be happening in the fall, and so then we would just um uh structure our agendas in accordance to to some of those timelines.

Comments I think it's great.

I think it's a good idea.

A lot of input on things you're not necessarily part of that committee, you know, but you know, you can maybe offer something that the committee could use.

Are we going away from the committee?

Yeah, so the idea we yeah great, perfect.

Nobody needs more committees in their lives.

Okay, any suggestions on how we do this?

So I mean, wouldn't the first step be in each area, decide some targets for the outreach, and then decide what the content would need to be, and then maybe even brainstorm the content.

Okay.

So we can yeah, so if I may, so then then yeah, we would again piggyback off of the timeline.

We would we would agendize that for the wouldn't be for the there'll be some communication in between via email, right?

Because there's some things that are happening um uh before our next meeting, as you all know, we're gonna recess in August, so our next meeting is gonna be in September.

So then uh so we would structure that agenda in September to um to uh engage in the planning and and the implementation of some of those activities.

Okay, so which activities are we talking about here?

Yeah, so the ones that are coming up uh shortly are the uh the care give the memory cafe.

Yeah, so under uh the caregiver priority areas, I would say um the the piloting, the piloting of the memory cafes is one that uh that is very uh timely, and um we'll come back with some updates regarding the access of the safe routes to senior centers pilot program, right?

And then under uh uh promotion and and outreach, um we have uh before we know it, it'll be fall.

So I would say we would probably prioritize item three there, which is a senior services expo.

And then um, yeah, so I would say that's probably the one that we would prioritize.

Okay, and do you have any thoughts on how uh how we initi how we go about deciding which ones we're gonna take each person take or not each person, but we're gonna have a committee or um, yes, there would be no committees, and so then the next steps would be we would agendize this, have a conversation, and based on those conversations, we would determine who would be involved, very similar to what we just did with the coffee with the commissioners.

Okay, and so then at that point when we have a better sense of what's gonna be happening, what is needed, and then you're all availability, I think then we can hone in on those details.

I thought committees are easier too because we can meet online and less.

Well, and that dovetails with the um the communication of like telling people, reminding people like, oh, you signed up for this or something.

Yes, as things come along.

Yes, yes, yeah.

So it follows that same path that we that we discussed earlier.

Okay, so we're gonna think about these and then come back in September with uh what we just taught you your pilot my memory cafe, the safe routes to seniors and put more discussion time into them and the senior expedition.

So I'll agendize and update for each of those, and then I'll make we'll make time to have a discussion.

Okay, yes.

Um but isn't the pilot and recafe supposed to happen during the summer, so isn't it like next month?

Yeah, so some of that uh so that so some of that's already happening right now because our because our staff has been working with the the facilitator who who facilitated our listening session this past week, and so that's already underway.

And so what I'll do is as we as we move forward, we make progress with the memory cafes.

I will be updating you all.

And as part of the updating will be uh staff will identify whether our areas where you might be able to support, and I'll go ahead and communicate that to you all.

And those and these now are being talked about being here at the senior center, correct?

Okay.

Um is there a like a once a week or sorry?

Do you have any yeah, just yeah, so fill fill that out a little bit?

Yeah, so I mentioned earlier staff is in the process of finalizing that with the facilitator, and so as soon as I have those details, I will make sure that I share them with the commission.

Okay.

I don't have them right now.

Okay, no, I understand.

I'm just trying to figure it out.

Okay.

Any other comments?

Do you bring in center for a vision dependence if you can memory bring in center for elders and dependence to base the program if you can forget?

Yes, because that's a godsend for people who are you know caregiving at home.

But I know sometimes kind of hard to convince them.

So yeah, that's who we talked about in in the listening session the other day.

Yeah, the convincing of people or that you know, just the realization that people they need.

Yeah, and they have a wonderful space program, but you have to change doctors, you know.

Yeah.

Yeah, and I'll think thank you for that suggestion.

They uh they have been very um helpful with providing workshops here at the center, and then also um we interact with them through the uh Alameda County Senior Services Coalition.

Uh they're also a member there, and so um I agree.

There would be a good a good organization to engage.

There was a uh a lady that and I'm sorry, her name escapes me now, but uh while I was with the chamber um that had a memory cafe, and her husband had early dementia.

And I know that she ran that out of um the church or the school that's over on Dutton, I think.

I wish I could remember her name because she would might be someone that we could tap.

It it kind of I she I I went one time and it was really very helpful.

Okay, uh, you know, to have to to be there and observe what she was doing and all that.

So yeah, I don't know if you're referring to if this is the same person, but we have uh uh been in communication with an individual by the name of Monique.

Monique is uh the executive director of Daybreak.

Yeah, okay.

So Daybreak also they they they do a lot of work uh with around uh uh older adult services, in particular around memory cafes.

So yeah.

And and they're very they're very good, they really are.

Music is especially uh important, I think.

They find that now that with the memories that people that they sing or play music and that's something triggers in their mind, and they just know all the songs and you know, and have a you know, have more of an interaction.

Yes.

So yeah, and uh and so these all these activities are great, right?

Because I think we we know about the need around for caregivers, right?

And we know about the importance of memory cafes, and so it's once we become engaged at a deeper level that we see more needs, or we or we're able to identify additional opportunities, like wait, like the ones I or resources like the ones you're bringing up.

And so I think that's why this is such a it's such a good project for this commission to be involved with.

So I'm excited.

I'm excited about our next steps.

Yeah.

Um, and so uh thank you for the for the feedback.

I hope that was helpful.

It looks like we're we're on the on a good path here.

I'm sorry that I don't have specific details regarding the dates for the memory cafes and things of that sort, but we will we will have those for you, and as soon as we have them out I'll make sure that I share them with you.

And I look forward to our September meeting where we can structure some of these um items and have more discussion.

Okay, thank you.

Any other comments?

All right, um, on to 7D, our update discussion.

Mr.

Watcherson, I should if you want to sorry, sorry to interrupt if you want to open it up for public comment on that item.

Uh I didn't know if I needed to do it item by item.

I do.

Mayor Gonzalez.

When I when I saw the presentation, so I didn't do it beforehand.

I will say I'm excited the way that's structured.

Yeah, right.

You're you're talking about caregivers, you're talking about the individuals who receive services and really protecting people.

So one of the things we hear from seniors most often is I feel vulnerable.

Yes.

What does that look like?

It means like I feel vulnerable using the bus, I feel vulnerable walking down the street.

I feel vulnerable in my home.

So the fact that you've got this uh is a I'm gonna interpret it as a priority area.

I'm not quite sure I didn't see that that terminology, but that you're doing that.

I'm sorry, have your back to you or I'm behind you.

Um that makes me really, really happy.

Um the the one ask that I'd ask, or that I'd say is can you elevate this uh to the senior council to the city council uh with greater periodicity?

I don't know.

It seems like it's every other year, every three years or something.

Because remember, at the very core, foundational to what the senior commission does is your advising the city council.

Yeah.

And I know you've got a spokesperson through Federal.

But it's I think it's just important that we hear from you guys periodically.

Because I feel like there's not enough connectivity with all the commissions.

But I'm very excited to see what you're doing.

So thank you for all that you do as chair as commissioners.

Thank you.

This is good stuff.

Thank you.

All right.

Just finish jumping over the get you as the debate.

I'm sorry.

Are we on the next item?

Yeah, I'm sorry.

Yes, we are.

I'm sorry.

I apologize for that.

Update and discussion regarding Alameda County budget developments.

Richard.

I'm sorry.

Commissioner Brennan.

Richard PayU works.

You know.

Thank you to Pedro for uh following up on this as had been requested previously.

Um the links he sent uh in an email uh were very helpful.

Um and addressed um I think a large uh level of my concern um in the presentation, which I'd recommend anybody who's interested in that, just download the the presentation part of it and uh slides uh uh five and six are to the core of what which are not given to you.

I just have a copy here that I'm gonna read from.

So the key things I read in here, and I don't know if this is committed or proposed, but it says invest up to 19.3 million in Alameda Healthcare services to eliminate the remaining 92 proposed layoffs.

In other words, undo the layoffs proposal.

That's in the budget.

Um also extend the uh partial hospitalization uh patient behavioral health program through October 31st, um some other stuff.

But if you look at the board strategic initiatives, this warmed my heart.

Number one is strengthening county reserves.

Well, that's always a good thing.

Number two is securing sustainable funding for senior services.

We're second on the list.

So budgets are not wonderful.

City, county, state, you know.

This this is, and there's some good analysis in the back here, including kind of some pie charts on our analysis of where the budgets come from and where the impacts are.

This is exactly what I was hoping to have answered, and I think it's well answered here.

So thank you, Peter, for the work.

Any comments?

Yes, yeah, just I mean, you hit it right on the nail.

Thank you for so much for reviewing that information and from being bringing this topic to to this commission.

Um, yes, so the the I think some some other takeaways um from the recent budget hearings is that um there's gonna be about 19 million dollars for essential services out of the measure W that's gonna be set aside.

I'm sorry, how much uh 19 million dollars?

And so about six million of those I would say are uh focused on uh triple A funding, area agency on aging.

Um we previously had not been receiving any any triple A funding until now is per my for my previous update.

Uh I will say that uh some of our partnering organizations uh do uh uh receive uh funding directly from the county.

So the this funding will help us uh be able to sustain some, will help them be able to sustain some of those services, which many are happening uh here as well.

And so the other thing that Commissioner Brennan just mentioned is the commitment to senior services.

So I'm just gonna read directly from the the minutes from that meeting.

Um during the the June 25th uh budget hearing, the board of supervisors emphasize the importance of securing ongoing supplemental funding for senior services as Alameda County's older adult population continues to grow, ensuring the long-term sustainability of programs and services that support healthy aging, independence and quality of life remains a key priority.

These investments directly support uh vision to 2036's goals of creating thriving and resilient populations by helping older adults remain healthy, connected, and self-sufficient.

And so, yeah, just wanted to echo what your takeaways were as well.

Can we ask that that link be included in the minutes either directly to the presentation part or to the overall page, just so that people read the minutes, they know what we're talking about.

Sure.

Thank you.

Thank you.

So, yeah, thank you for again.

Thank you for bringing that uh this topic to our attention for um reviewing those materials.

Thank you.

Anyone any comments?

I have a comment that's sort of directed.

I just wanted to say it's great.

The grants that you guys have been getting.

Wow.

That's really good work.

So really happy about that.

That's all I wanted to say.

Yeah, thank thank you for that.

As mentioned earlier, the the Age Friendly Plan.

Like it gave us the focus that we needed, and it gave us language to uh to leverage to make a compelling case for the projects that we're proposing.

So I think those two grants definitely are uh indicative of all the good work that's happened through this process.

And much much due to a lot of the good work to all the good work that you all have done with this.

Um they are having some grant food.

So have you looked into that?

Uh from the you talking about the age friendly council?

Yes from the H Council.

Um we have it, no.

No, but it's part of this process.

We actually uh work very closely with our colleagues as well as um we have uh uh grant writers that we that we work really closely with that uh provide us with information uh about potential uh funding opportunities both at the state at the federal and state level, so we review those on an ongoing basis.

Um in addition to that, obviously we're tracking what's happening here in Alameda County and any opportunities.

Um so that one hasn't come across yet, but uh I'll we'll make sure to look out for it.

Okay, yeah, thank you.

Anyone else?

Mayor Gonzalez, did you have any comment you'd like to make on this subject?

The only thing that I'll say is that Federal's words are perfect.

Is that when we develop the the plans, whether it's a record park plan, the tree master plan, the age-friendly initiative.

It really is about the vocabulary that you're choosing and aligning it to the grantors vocabulary and philosophy.

And I think that it might have been a heavy lift at the time that it was done, but I'm very grateful that the outcome enables us to apply to grants quickly.

We literally just went through a fire rule yesterday where I was writing a letter of support, and it was because we had the language in another area of an alternative response unit that just enables a quick turn because what I'm finding is that these funding opportunities the windows getting shorter because they don't want posers.

They want people that have already thought through it, and that's one reason why they're making the windows look a bit tighter.

So very grateful for all the work that you guys did that you know, Petro's highlighting in the language shows.

Thank you.

All right.

Um other discussion?

No?

Okay.

All right.

Um, we are now at commission reports and announcements.

Um, first of all, I would like to thank Mayor Gonzalez for attending our meeting today.

Yeah.

And I hope you will come back in the future and please um address this information to the council and ask them to come and help support us as well.

Um several of us attended the coffee uh with uh on July 10th with Superintendent Tam and Senator Grace.

Um Commissioner Camello, Commissioner Brennan, um Pedro, and myself.

It was very interesting.

Um we got to meet um our senator.

Um he gave uh a nice talk.

It was not like a town hall, it was just extemporaneous or a talk.

It was really nice.

Um Supervisor Tam did not actually uh give any kind of a speech.

I think she deferred to Senator Grayson for that.

She does send uh supervisor Tam does have a um another coffee uh, I believe it's Thursday next week.

Um I'm sorry, I have it on my own personal calendar, but anyway, she does have a coffee, I understand, once a month, usually, so uh, and it's usually in the morning.

So if you'd like to go and speak to her, it'd be great.

And sometimes there's only a few people, and sometimes there's a room full.

It just exactly.

Um, so it was a good time.

Um, and the other thing that I've done uh in the last month is I've got to visit um former commissioner Claudia and former commissioner Mary Joe at their new homes in Braywood.

And Baywood is a very nice senior living facility.

They have a cafeteria, or not even a cafeteria, it's actually a restaurant, a dining area that would rival some of the dining areas that anybody can go to.

They have professional weight staff or they feel feel professional.

They take your order, so it's not like you gotta, you know, just go in and grab stuff off a buffet.

It's fresh, it's great, and it's very good.

It's not the usual no salt, no this, no that, no flavor.

It's wonderful.

The living accommodations there are really nice.

I'm not I'm not trying to really promote, I'm just letting you know.

It is a very, very nice place.

And I thoroughly enjoyed my visit.

I took a little tour, got to see uh you know the rooms, got to see the facility, it's very nice.

But uh, and we had a uh we had a very nice visit with uh my husband went with me this time, so that was nice.

Okay, that's all I have to report.

Um Commissioner Lopez Nacario.

I have nothing to report.

Commissioner Brennan.

So I also obviously was at the um Commissioner uh Senator Grayson Commissioner Tams meeting.

The topic I brought up was one we'd mentioned um earlier about uh public safety specifically, the uh the E not bikes, the ones that are over 750 watts and over 20 or 28 miles an hour, depending on the situation, and I'm calling them eMoto's because they're really electronic motorcycles, you know, right?

And so where's their license?

Where's the license of the person riding it?

Where's the helmet?

Why are they pacing me down the welling at 40 miles an hour with you know no protections, no insurance if they happen to run?

Oh, it's like would you want to bay trail?

You know, uh people walking on the bay trail have been hit by these, so um so I think we need to define a new class.

I know Danville on the city level has just passed some uh tightened regulations, so I'm looking for multiple levels of uh correct enforcement on this.

I know that the state has recently uh tried to stop the large online uh vendors from selling the illegal ones into the state, shipping them.

So uh but um kids are all you know, the same kid wants an e-bike as gun when he's older, he wants to dodge charger.

He doesn't want the he doesn't want the Toyota Corolla, you know.

So it's a mindset, and um we just need to take good precautions there.

So that was the topic I raised to uh to several of the people there, and uh they said our two laws uh two draft um bills pending.

It's on my to-do list to ask the staff whose car to have um what the status of those is, and I'll report back next uh by email since we won't have a meeting next month on what those bills are so we can track them if needed.

So that was I thought the my most hot biggest hot button at that meeting.

Thank you.

Uh Commissioner Rixen.

Rick, did I do that right?

Okay.

Uh I have nothing to report.

Does it?

Mr.

Richardson, as if there was no W, right?

Yeah.

W silent like Right or Yeah.

Okay.

Nothing.

Okay, thank you.

Commissioner Camilla.

Oh, I'm going to the the um the uh area uh the thing with uh monitor is it's a brandy fifth and fifty years of our uh country.

So why not decorated nicely with some flags and something that would be very attractive for anyone who's coming inside and the second one is um uh in uh San Francisco they had a senior uh senior promise, which is called senior prom and it is very popular.

So why not we have we try something here in our next uh next year or uh whenever next summer or um whenever it is possible that um just try out something new so seniors have something to think about and so that if they get ready with the head and uh dancing shoes and everything and there was the okay um uh most of the aging or they don't have uh uh registry for uh caregivers.

Um most of the uh the a uh area of aging or they don't have uh uh uh registry for uh caregivers.

That is the most important thing.

You know the um the low income people get their caregivers from IHSS uh from the county and the rich get the get those caregivers from the agencies, but the middle people they don't have any middle class people are the ones who are left uh without any um caregiver support who can support them at home and then they have to go to this uh um uh facilities, which was so I wish some of the uh country uh uh uh county age aging on um uh on the council on aging had had some uh some uh registry for the caregivers and that's all thank you, Commissioner Dillon.

Uh nothing to report uh Commissioner McMichael Cady.

I don't have any time today.

All right, okay.

There being no further business to come before the senior commission, I will entertain a motion to adjourn the meeting of July 28 days.

I can say that again 2026.

Move to it.

Move uh Commissioner Brennan second second, Commissioner Lopez Vicario, roll call please.

Thank you, Chair Washington.

Yes, Vice Comelo?

Yes, Commissioner Dillon?

Hi, Commissioner Lopez Nacario, Commissioner McMichael Cady, yes, Commissioner Brennan, yes, and Commissioner Rickson, yes, motion carries.

All right, uh the meeting I declare the meeting adjourned at eleven seventeen.