Veterans' Affairs Commission - January 13, 2015 - Agenda
VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION
City & County of San Francisco
Mailing Address: S.F. Veterans Affairs Commission, City Hall #1 Goodlett Place, Room 051,
San Francisco, CA 94102
Tuesday, January 13, 2015, 6:00pm
MEETING AGENDA
Meeting LOCATION: Room 416, City Hall, San Francisco, CA
President Stephen S. Noetzel, Presiding
> Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance
> ROLL CALL (Please Sign-In on Attendance Sheet)
> REVIEW of Current Meeting AGENDA for approval (Action Item)
> REVIEW of Draft Meeting MINUTES for VAC Meeting of December 9, 2014 for changes and/or Approval (Action Item)
1. Call for Public Comment. (Time reserved for introduction of guests and general comments by guests).
2. Officers REPORTS:
A. President’s Report; President Stephen Noetzel to report on various issues including (but not limited to),
Current Vacancies on the VAC, Re-Appointments, and recruiting potential applicants.
B. Vice Presidents Report; Vice President Michael Maffei to report on various issues, including (but not limited to),
Formal Presentation of initial DRAFT of the 2014 ANNUAL REPORT as written by V.P. Maffei
in accordance with VAC Bylaws Article IV, Section 8: PRIMARY DUTIES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.
Note: This is a Potential Action Item for Adoption and Ratification of the Annual Report.
C. Secretary’s Report; Sec’y Dwane Kennedy to report on recent correspondence/communications, etc.
3. NEW Business – Election of VAC Officers for 2015 Term.
A.Review of Nominations Secretary to REVIEW Nominations to date:
For the Office of VAC SECRETARY: Comm. Dwane KENNEDY
For the Office of VAC VICE PRESIDENT: Comm. Mike MAFFEI and Comm. Jeff MARSHALL
For the Office of VAC PRESIDENT: Comm. Angela JENKINS and Comm. Stephen NOETZEL
B.Candidate Statements. All Nominated Candidates will have adequate and equal FLOOR TIME to announce their ‘Platform’, or Administrative Plans, Goals, and Vision for the VAC, if elected. (Estimate 8- 10 minutes each for contested positions, and 3 – 5 minutes each for uncontested).
C . Election. President Noetzel to administer Election of Officers by Written Ballot, for all 3 offices, including
description of additional run-off vote procedures in the event of a tie. Note: Elections are by Public Ballot.
President shall appoint neutral individual to read aloud (from individual Ballots), each individual vote.
D. Installation. As his last act as 2014 President, Comm. Noetzel will verify election results, then preside over formal
installation of New Officers, for the 2015 Term, after which the Chair (for the balance of the meeting) will be
turned over to the newly elected PRESIDENT.
From this point forward; Newly Elected President, Presiding
4. Goals and Plans for 2015 Administrative Year
Newly elected Commission President to preside over Open Discussion Goals and Plans for the Commission for the 2015
term. No specific ACTION is anticipated at this point however each Commissioner will be asked to present their individual ideas on what they would like the Commission to concentrate on and hopefully accomplish, in 2015.
5. Veterans Related LEGISLATION. (Commissioners invited to present/discuss recent developments in this area)
6. WAR MEMORIAL VETERANS BUILDING (Commissioners invited to present/discuss recent developments in this area)
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Floor opened for short announcements of veteran related events and/or activities
8. Moment of Silence and Honors Report:
9. ADJORNMENT
Note: Commissioners who are unable to attend this meeting are asked to notify Secretary Kennedy well prior to meeting, at email dwanekennedy@gmail.com or telephone 415-401-9300
This Document is Official Business of the VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION, City and County of San Francisco. As such it is part of the official PUBLIC RECORD of the City/County of San Francisco.
PUBLIC ACCESS:
Public records are covered under that State of California Brown Act, as well as the SUNSHINE ORDINANCE of the City of San Francisco. These acts insure that deliberations of City Business 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, please contact: Mr. Chris RUSTON, Administrator, Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, at telephone # 415-554-7724.
VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION MEETINGS
General Meetings of the VAC are scheduled for 6:00pm (on) the SECOND TUESDAY of every month, (with rare exception), and are generally held in ROOM 416 in CITY HALL
MEETING CONFIRMATION, and Specific Announcement of General Meetings are made via public Posting of MEETING AGENDAS as required by law, some 72 hours prior to scheduled meetings. Agendas for Commission Meetings (and archive of Meeting Minutes) are available on the VAC Pages of the City of San Francisco WEBSITE, and are also available for Public View and inspection at the (5th Floor) Government Information Center of the San Francisco (Main) Public Library, at 100 Larkin St., San Francisco 94102. (Documents Librarian Telephone 415-557-4472)
DISABILITY ACCESS
CITY HALL of San Francisco is wheelchair accessible via all entrances. There is wheelchair accessible public parking nearby, including the underground garage at the north side of City Hall. The nearby BART/MUNI station (Civic Center) is wheelchair accessible as are nearby city bus lines and stops. For more Public Transit information services, call 415-923-6142.