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nominate someone. ITEM 4 - December Meeting Schedule M/S Jordan/Lloyd: To not hold the next scheduled Commission meeting on December 9 in lieu of the Boards and Commissions Dinner on December 17. Motion passed. ITEM 5 - Election of Officers for 1993 Chairperson Anthony opened the nominations for the offices of Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Senior Affairs Commission for the year 1993. Chairperson Anthony was nominated for the office of Chairperson and Commissioners Truscelli and Lloyd were nominated for the office of Vice Chairperson. Because Chairperson Anthony was the only person nominated as chairperson, he was unanimously selected as Chairperson of the Senior Affairs Commission for 1993. The Commissioners voted by secret ballot for the office of Vice Chaiperson. The vote was: Lloyd 3 Truscelli 1 Commissioner Lloyd was elected to the office of Vice Chairperson of the Senior Affairs Commission for 1993. ITEM 2 - Transportation Chairperson Anthony announced SamTrans will be holding three public meetings to discuss their accomplishments on ADA for this year. The meetings will be held in San Carlos, San Bruno and Half Moon Bay and more than 20,000 postcards will be mailed out announcing the meeting. In addition, SamTrans has arranged to have RSVP address 800-900 postcards to their members. Commissioner Jordan said at a regional level, MTC's ADA Task Force is currently working on an ADA survey which will be tested in San Francisco. Chairperson Anthony mentioned the pilot taxi program which is in operation in northern San Mateo County is being expanded to include the entire county. The taxis will be able to go anywhere but the rider must be pre-qualified and they will be entitled to 6-one way trips per month. ITEM 6 - Future Plans Chairperson Anthony said this item was added on the agenda to begin developing a work plan for the Commission for 1993 and will be placed on the January agenda. Commissioner Lloyd said one matter the Commissioners would be interested in hearing about was the fact that many widows of veterans do not know what benefits they are entitled to and he can make a presentation to the Commission when he receives more information. Superintendent Hartman announced that Commissioner Lloyd was recently recognized by the Times Tribune in their Volunteer Recognition Program and brought the newspaper article to share with the Commission. The regular meeting of the Senior Affairs Commission was adjourned at 10:20am to be reconvened on 9:00am on Wednesday, January 13, 1993 at the Senior Center Annex, 711 Nevada Street, Redwood City, California.