APPROVED MEETING MINUTES

Tuesday, February 11, 2019 – 6:00 pm

San Francisco City Hall, Room 416

 

 

VICTOR OLIVIERI, PRESIDENT, PRESIDING

MARGO ELLIS, VICE PRESIDENT

CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD, SECRETARY

WILLIAM BARNICKEL, CHRISTINE BORGOGNONI, MATTHEW BRAUER,

HANLEY CHAN, DAVID CHASTEEN, DEBORAH DACUMOS, GEORGE ISHIKATA, IKRAM MANSORI, JEFF MARSHALL, STEPHEN MARTIN-PINTO, MYLES TUCKER, RAYMOND WONG

 

CALL TO ORDER

 

ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

COMMUNICATIONS

 

Officer’s Reports

 

President

 

Vice President

 

Secretary

 

Reports on Bilateral Assignments

 

Veterans Related Legislation

 

APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES

 

December Minutes

 

AGENDA CHANGES

 

 

 

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

 

Annual Report

 

         BOS Resolution Limiting Presidential Powers

 

VAC Membership

                        2 vacancies and 2 renewals

                        Rules Committee

 

Retreat Dates

         March 7 or March 8

 

Annual Summit Dates

                        April 4-8, April 18-22

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

Bylaw changes

 

Veterans HUD-VASH Voucher Parcel Tax Exemption

 

Veterans Fund and Veterans Department Charter Amendment

 

CVSO

 

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

 

            Legislative Committee

 

         Communications Committee

 

         Events Committee

        

• Veteran Cannabis Summit Sac - happening on 29 Feb
• Future Veteran Cannabis Summit to be hosted in SF by VAC
  • 5 June 2020 or 21 July 2020
  • 2 parts:
    • Social event: kick off and networking
    • Educational/ panel: business, medical and mental health
• Networking with SF VA Commissioners
  • Eventbrite
  • Build our own rosters/reach
  • Invite ERGs/Key leaders
  • April or May

 

Rules Committee

 

         Finance Committee

 

PUBLIC COMMENT

 

An opportunity for members of the public to directly address the Commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission, including items being considered today which have not been considered by a Commission committee and excluding items which have been considered by a Commission committee. Members of the public may address the Commission for up to three minutes.

Each member of the public will be allotted the same number of minutes to speak, except that public speakers using translation assistance will be allowed to testify for twice the amount of the public testimony time limit. If simultaneous translation services are used, speakers will be governed by the public testimony time limit applied to speakers not requesting translation assistance. The President or the Commission may limit the total testimony to 30 minutes.

 

Members of the public who want a document placed on the overhead for display should clearly state such and subsequently remove the document when they want the screen to return to live coverage of the meeting.

 

HONORS REPORT AND MOMENT OF SILENCE

 

In memory of American service members in all wars and conflicts who made the ultimate sacrifice. We also remember the passing of homeless veterans, veterans who died while awaiting approval of benefits, and suicides within the veteran and armed service communities.

 

ADJOURNMENT

This document is Official Business of the Veterans Affairs Commission, City and County of San Francisco. It is part of the official Public Record of the City and County of San Francisco.

 

Public Access:

Public Records are covered under the State of California Brown Act, as well as the Sunshine Ordinance of the City and County of San Francisco. These acts ensure that deliberations of City Business are conducted “before the People,” and that City and County 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 (415) 554-7724.

 

Veterans Affairs Commission Meetings:

General meetings of the SFVAC are scheduled for 6:00 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month, with the exception for the month of July, when there is no scheduled SF VAC meeting, and are held in Room 416 in City Hall.

 

Meeting confirmation, and specific announcement of general meetings are made via public posting of the Meeting Agenda as required by law, at least 72 hours prior to scheduled meetings. Agendas for SFVAC meetings (and archived meeting minutes) are available on the SFVAC Pages of the City of San Francisco website, and are also available for public view and inspection at the 5th Floor Government Information Center at the San Francisco Public Library, at 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102. The documents librarian telephone number is (415) 554-4472.

 

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 or dial 311.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 If you or a Veteran, you know is in

immediate danger to themselves or others,

please call 911 or visit your local emergency room.

 

The Veterans Crisis Line is also available by

texting 838255 or by going to their website

and chatting with a mental health professional.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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