MEETING AGENDA

January 14, 2020

San Francisco City Hall, Room 416, 6:00 pm

VICTOR OLIVIERI, PRESIDENT

MARGO ELLIS, VICE PRESIDENT, CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD, SECRETARY

WILLIAM BARNICKEL, CHRISTINE BORGOGNONI, MATTHEW BRAUER,

HANLEY CHAN, DAVID CHASTEEN, GEORGE CHEWNING, 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

Reports on Commissioner Assignments

Officer’s Reports

President

Vice President

Secretary

Veterans Related Legislation

APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES

December Minutes

AGENDA CHANGES

REGULAR AGENDA

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UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Annual Report

NEW BUSINESS

Attendance Policy

VAC Emails

Security, privacy, compliance issues

By-Law Changes

1. Committee structure

2. Removal of engendered terms

3. Regular Agenda Items

New Commissioners vetted in January

Legislative Priorities

1. Veterans HUD-VASH Voucher Parcel Tax Exemption

2. Affordable Housing Bond for Veterans - $300-$500 Million

3. Veterans Affairs Fund and Veterans Affairs Gross Receipt Tax

VAC Membership

Vacancies and renewals

Committee Assignments

Executive Committee

VP Ellis will project manage Committee work throughout the year and

compile first draft of Annual Report

Secretary McDonald will manage institutional logistics

Admin (cards, stationary, meeting room)

Compliance (training, reporting, Brown Act, ethics)

Formal communications (meeting notices, BOS and MYR)

Smart book (continuity)

Minutes (forward to BOS) and quarterly attendance (final report)

Legislative Committee

Chair: Tucker

Members: Wong and Olivieri

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Communications Committee

Chair: Brauer

Members: Dacumos and Mansori

Website, social media, op-eds, special engagements, listserv, events

Events Committee

Chair: Mansori

Members: Martin-Pinto and Barnickel

Annual calendar, ERG, Mayor’s Office events, SF events

Rules Committee

Chair: Ishikata

Members: Borgognoni and Chasteen

Bylaws, VAC applicants, City Attorney, parliamentary procedure

Finance Committee

Chair: Marshall

Members: Chan and Chewning

Annual Calendar

January – February: new Commissioners

Annual Retreat Dates

February 1, February 2, March 7, March 8 (No later than March for intake of new

Commissioners)

March: primary elections

April: Annual Summit Date

April 4-8, April 18-22

May : Memorial Day at The Presidio (May 25)

June: D-Day

July: 4th of July, no meeting, City budget process over

August:

September:

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October: Fleet Week

November: Veterans Month, city elections, Veterans Day Parade

December: Annual Report due, VAC elections

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Legislative Committee

Communications Committee

Events Committee

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

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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.

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