City and County of San FranciscoVeterans' Affairs Commission

Veterans' Affairs Commission - February 11, 2014 - Meeting Agenda

Veterans' Affairs Commission - February 11, 2014

San Francisco Veterans’ Affairs Commission

Mailing Address: S.F. Veterans Affairs Commission 

1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 051, San Francisco, CA 94102

MEETING AGENDA

Tuesday, February 11, 2014, 6:00pm

Room 416, City Hall, San Francisco, CA

Commissioners Baldonado, Caldera, Dacumos. Gallagher, Guy, Ramirez, Towers, Weeby, Wilkerson, Wong

Secretary Burnette, V.P. Maffei, and President Noetzel

 

1. Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance   

 

6. Officers’ Reports:

A.President’s Report President Noetzel to report on various issues including (but not limited to), an opened, transparent & Democratic VAC year, with shared respect for all.  Plus report on misc. correspondence & communications.

B.Vice President’s Report Vice President Maffei to report on various issues.

           

C. Secretary’s Report Secretary Burnette to report on recent correspondence/communications.

 

7. Old Business

  1. Commissioner Towers to present initial DRAFT of the 2013 ANNUAL REPORT. (Potential Action Item) 

             Discussion on potential revisions as voted by Commission, and potential ratification vote. 

 

8. New Business  

  1. Discussion of recent mis-application of Street Artist Vendor Fees Law exempting Veterans from such fees. (Hyperlink) (Comm. Ramirez, Lead)
  2. Discussion of Emailing Agenda, Minutes. Also the adding of Commissioner’s biographies and Commission tasks on the VAC Website. (Comm. Burnette)

 

9. Veterans Related Legislation

  1. Sitting Commissioners invited to Report on report on new developments in the area of Veterans’ legislation.

 

10. War Memorial Veterans Building

  1. Sitting Commissioners invited to report on new developments building construction and/or management.

 

11. Announcements

 

12. 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 Veteran’s and Armed Services communities.  

 

13. Adjournment   

Note: Commissioners who are unable to attend this meeting are asked to notify the Commission Secretary Lee Burnette prior to meeting at: SFVACSecretary@Gmail.com or telephone 619.888.8987.

 

This Document is Official Business of the Veterans’ Affairs Commission for the City and County of San Francisco. As such it is part of the official Public Record of the City and 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:

Sunshine Ordinance Task Force 


City Hall, Room 244 


1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place 
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689 


Phone: (415) 554-7724, Fax: (415) 554-5784 


Email: sotf@sfgov.org


Copies of the Sunshine Ordinance can be obtained from the Clerk of the Sunshine Ordinance 
Task Force, at the San Francisco Public Library, and on the City’s website at 
http://www.sfgov.org.

 

 

VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION MEETINGS

General Meetings of the VAC are scheduled for 6:00pm on the Second Tuesday of every month but July, and are held in City Hall Room 416.

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 Veterans' Affairs Commission 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. (Contact the Documents Librarian at telephone number 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 “Civic Center” BART/MUNI station is wheelchair accessible as are nearby city bus lines and stops. For more Public Transit information services, call 415-923-6142.