Veterans' Affairs Commission - April 10, 2018 - Agenda

Meeting Date: 
April 10, 2018 - 6:00pm
Location: 
Room 416, San Francisco City Hall
San Francisco, CA
Related Meeting Content:
Minutes

VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION

City and County of San Francisco

Mailing Address:  S.F. Veterans Affairs Commission, City Hall

1 Goodlett Place, Room 200, San Francisco, CA 94102

 

TUESDAY, April 10, 2018, 6:00 PM

MEETING AGENDA

Location: Room 416, San Francisco City Hall

 President Dwane J. Kennedy, 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 Minutes of SFVAC meeting of March 13, 2018 (action item)

 

  1. Call for Public Comment (Introduction and general comments by guests) (please keep comments to 2 minutes)
     
  2. Officers’ Reports:
    1. President’s Report, SFVAC President Dwane Kennedy
    2. Vice President’s Report, SFVAC Vice President David Chasteen
    3. Secretary’s Report, SFVAC Secretary Tristan Wyatt
       
  3. Old Business:
    1. Follow-up discussion and potential action item to create a “Candidates Forum”

focused on the affairs of San Francisco veterans (action item)

 

  1. Report on issues affecting the movement of the WWI Memorial Stone from Golden Gate Park to the grounds of the Veterans Building  (discussion only)

 

  1. New Business:
    1. Nomination and Vote to appoint Commissioner Barnickle  as VAC Liaison Commissioner to the  County Veterans Service Office  (action item)
    2. Discussion and Vote on VAC participation in the September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance (action item)

 

  1. Communications:  Commissioners report on Communications with the Mayors Office

and/ or Board of Supervisors.

 

 

  1. Veterans Related Legislation:  New or possible legislation affecting Veterans or Veterans Community
     
  2. 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.
     
  3. Adjournment
     

Note: Commissioners who are unable to attend this meeting or expecting to be late are asked to notify Commissioner Kennedy as early as possible and prior to the meeting via dwanekennedy@gmail.com or call/ text message at 415-832-9658.

 

 

 

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.