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time people. After the two people are laid off, Executive Director Bransford anticipates she will have to perform additional I&R duties for the center. She mentioned she has three Title 5 people available to assist, but that losing two staff people will be very difficult for the center. She said the Area Agency on Aging will still be funding $7,380 of the Center's nutrition program and $15,000 for transportation. TEWCI's total budget is $40,000 less than last year. She mentioned the Council of Elders, of which Commissioner Sharp is a member, have raised over $3,000 towards a bus fund. Director Bransford explained the Center has spent over $3,000 this year on maintenance of their two buses and have asked their seniors to donate .35 cents per trip to help subsidize the bus maintenance costs. She explained the TEWCI board is also looking for other sources of funding for I&R services. TEWCI will make its presentation to the Housing and Human Concerns Committee on April 28 and Commissioner Jordan asked that a member of the Commission attend the meeting or requested that a letter be sent to express the Commission's support of the TEWCI funding request. Chairperson Anthony said he would speak with Maria Bransford to discuss attending the meeting. ITEM 3 - Vital Concerns of Seniors Survey Tally Report Chairperson Anthony said that 90% of the surveys have been tallied and Commissioner Sharp said she has 15 surveys completed in Spanish which need to be done. Chairperson Anthony said the next step will be to read and analyze the comments written on the completed surveys. ITEM 4 - Plan for Proposed Study Session Chairperson Anthony asked the Commissioners to think about what each of them would like to speak about at the Study Session and expects assignments to be made at the May meeting. Commissioner Lloyd suggested having the Commissioners "double-up" on each subject in order to more effectively answer questions from the City Council. ITEM 5 - Transportation Commissioner Jordan said the submission of proposals to SamTrans for paratransit service has been extended to April 28. He has been advised three companies will be bidding on the proposal. The first step of the proposal process will be to pre-qualify the program and the second step will be the cost of the proposal. ROUNDTABLE -Chairperson Anthony will be participating in the Human Race to be held on May 8. He mentioned RSVP will get 75% of the proceeds from his fund raising and the Volunteer Center will get 25%. -Commissioner Lloyd said he is working on collecting supplies to help make candy-filled tray favors for the Meals on Wheels program. The regular meeting of the Senior Affairs Commission was adjourned at 11:10am to be reconvened at 9:00am on Wednesday, May 12, 1993 at the Senior Center Annex, 711 Nevada Street, Redwood City, California.