VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION

City and County of San Francisco

1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

San Francisco, CA 94102

 

 

ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES

Tuesday, January 9, 2019 – 6:00 pm

San Francisco City Hall, Room 416

 

 DAVID CHASTEEN, PRESIDENT

WILLIAM BARNICKEL, CHRISTINE BORGOGNONI, MATTHEW BRAUER,    DEBORAH DACUMOS, MARGO ELLIS, KIM FLAHERTY, GEORGE ISHIKATA,        JEFF MARSHALL, KEVIN MILLER, VICTOR OLIVIERI, RAYMOND WONG

 

 

CALL TO ORDER

 

Meeting called to order at 6:02 pm

 

ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

 

COMMUNICATIONS

Officer’s Reports

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Vice President

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Veterans Related Legislation

 

 

APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES

Approval of the November 14, 2018, Commission Meeting Minutes.

 

 

AGENDA CHANGES

 

 

REGULAR AGENDA

1. Election of new Officers.

 

Election results:

President: David Chasteen

Vice President: Victor Olivieri

Secretary: George Ishikata

 

 

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

 

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

 

 

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 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.

 

 

ADJOURNMENT

Meeting adjourned at 6:47 pm

 

 

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.