REGULAR MEETING AGENDA

Tuesday, February 08, 2022 – 6:00 pm

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IKRAM MANSORI, PRESIDENT

STEPHEN MARTIN-PINTO, VICE-PRESIDENT

JOSEPH BABA, WILLIAM BARNICKEL, MATTHEW BRAUER, DOUGLAS BULLARD,

HANLEY CHAN, JASON CHITTAVONG, DEBORAH DACUMOS, JEFF MARSHALL, CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD,

COURTNEY MILLER,  VICTOR OLIVIERI, NICHOLAS RUSANOFF, RAYMOND WONG

 

CALL TO ORDER

 

ROLL CALL

 

COMMUNICATIONS

 

Officers’ Reports

 

• Vice President Martin-Pinto

 

Committee Reports

 

Legislative Committee

Finance Committee

Communications Committee

Events Committee

Rules Committee

            Ad Hoc Committee (SF Veteran Center)

Ad Hoc Committee (Veteran Justice Court Funding)

Ad Hoc Committee (Below Market Rate program)

Ad Hoc Committee (Parks Legislation)

 

Supervisor Liaison Reports

 

District 1: Sup. Chan – Commissioner Baba

District 2: Sup. Stefani – Commissioner Miller

District 3: Sup. Peskin – Commissioner McDonald

District 4: Sup. Mar – Commissioner Barnickel

District 5: Sup. Preston – Commissioner Dacumos

District 6: Sup. Haney – Commissioner Wong

District 7: Sup. Melgar – Commissioner Chan

District 8: Sup. Mandelman – Commissioner Marshall

District 9: Sup. Ronen – Commissioner Mansori

District 10: Sup. Walton – Commissioner Martin-Pinto

District 11: Sup. Safai – Commissioner Bullard

 

APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES

 

January Regular Meeting Minutes

 

AGENDA CHANGES

 

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• Amos Gregory from Veterans Alley Mural Project – Resolution Urging Acknowledgment of the Service Disparities of Transgender and Repatriated Veterans and Building of Strategies that Address these Disparities [Discussion]

 

NEW BUSINESS

• Update from Alfred Sims, County Veterans Service Office (CVSO) [Information/Discussion]
• Presentation from MSG Melody Pavur from the Army Soldier for Life Program [Information/Discussion]
• Training [Discussion]
  • Ethics Training – Brown Act, Sunshine Ordinance
  • Communication, Emails
• Events Planning for 2022 [Discussion]
  • VSO Outreach at War Memorial – April or May
  • Policy Roundtable – August
  • Retreat for Commissioners and Public - TBD
• Return to In-Person Meetings [Discussion]

 

GOOD WELFARE

This is the opportunity for members of the Veterans Affairs Commission to share special thanks and congratulatory remarks for the good welfare taking place in the veterans community.

 

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 two 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 the Administrator of the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force.

 

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.