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, April 14, 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 March 10, 2015 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

1. President’s Report; President Stephen Noetzel to report on various issues including (but not limited to),
   >  Introduction of 3 newly appointed Commissioners and status of new  BOS Vacant Seat #3.
    
2. Vice Presidents Report;  Vice President Michael Maffei to report on various issues.
    
3. Secretary’s Report;  Sec’y Dwane Kennedy to report on recent correspondence/communications, etc.

3.   NEW Business

1. Veteran Mental Health Issues.  Continued discussion and potential appointment to specific Research Team to study additional areas including, (but  not limited to) Depression, Suicide, PTSD, etc.
    
2. Decline of the San Francisco Veterans Day Parade: Prognosis and Potential.  Discussion and potential appointment of Research team or committee to examine History and current Sate of subject Parade, and potential alternatives.

4.   OLD Business

1.  Restorative Justice for Port Chicago Sailors.   Reports by Research team leader Comm. A. Jenkins and Ad hoc advisor S. Noetzel. Discussion will include appointment opportunity, should another Commissioner indicate interest.
    
2. VAC letter Requesting for Support for Establishment of a Veterans Affairs Commission in City of San Jose, CA. In the absence of Veteran Sam Pandy, V.P. M. Maffei to report on distribution of Commission Letter and response.
    
3. Development of Veterans Advocate Position in City Government
   In the absence of Veteran Sam Pandy, Comm. J. Marshall (Research Team Leader on this initiative), to report on potential for a Veterans Advocate and/or development of a permanent Administrative position within city government.
    
3. VAC Research Team on Moral Injury.  Commissioners B. Smith and D. Guy to report and disseminate information.
   Potential Action Item to endorse/support Community Discussion event on this issue
    
4. Potential for Veterans Issues Panel at U.S. Mayors Conference, in S.F., June, 2015.  Comm. J. Marshal to report.
    
5. Protocols for Equitable Assignment to Veterans Housing  Comm. S. Noetzel and J. Gallagher to report.

5. Veterans Related LEGISLATION.  Commissioners invited to inform Commission on new or potential Legislation regarding Veterans or Veterans Community.

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. Honors Report and Moment of Silence:

In memory of American Armed Service members who have made the ultimate sacrifice in all wars and conflicts, plus the passing of homeless veterans and veterans who died while waiting approval of benefits requests and suicides within the veterans and armed services community.
 

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 (5^th 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.