APPROVED SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES

Tuesday, May 12, 2020 – 1800

Virtual via Microsoft Teams

 

 

VICTOR OLIVIERI, PRESIDENT, PRESIDING

MARGO ELLIS, VICE PRESIDENT (Absent)

COURTNEY MILLER, SECRETARY

WILLIAM BARNICKEL, MATTHEW BRAUER, DOUGLAS BULLARD,

HANLEY CHAN, DEBORAH DACUMOS (Absent), GEORGE ISHIKATA, IKRAM MANSORI, JEFF MARSHALL (left at 8pm), STEPHEN MARTIN-PINTO, MYLES TUCKER(left at 8pm), RAYMOND WONG, CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD

 

CALL TO ORDER

 

• Gavel Down at 6:18pm

 

ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

 

 

COMMUNICATIONS

 

Officer’s Reports

 

President

• Commissioner Resignations
  • David Frommer and David Chasteen
• Capt. Crozier passed through BOS today
• EOC – CVSO position posted, VSO position also posted
• CVSO leadership declined to attend meeting

 

 

Vice President – none

 

Secretary - none

 

 

Committee Reports

 

                        Legislative Committee

                                    Chair Myles Tucker – Capt. Crozier passed. Student Veterans COVID Relief Act. Proposed Legislation on Veterans fund.

 

                        Communications Committee

                                    Chair Matthew Brauer, 

• In process of reaching out to SFVA infectious disease clinic to get updated local figures on COVID 19. Concerned the data on the publicly facing site is not current. Also plan to attend EOC tour this coming Monday.
• Has reached out to a member of FEMA who works at Region 9 to discuss any visibility they have on Veteran needs through the lens of disaster response. 

 

 

                        Events Committee

                                    Commissioner Mansori

• No updates

 

Rules Committee

Commissioner Ishikata

• Bylaws updates

 

                        Finance Committee

                  Commissioner Marshall

• Budget distributed for review  

 

 

Liaison Reports

 

Adhoc Parks Committee for discussion of free paid park attractions in San Francisco – Commissioner Chan met with parks commission

 

Adhoc Committee for Annual Report Final – Commissioner Ellis

 

Veterans Related Legislation

 

 

APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES

 

April Special Meeting Minutes – APPROVED

 

AGENDA CHANGES

            Commissioner Ishikata  –

• By-law changes
• Adjust the mission of the commission

 

Added to unfinished business

President Olivieri

• Blue Angels Flyover
• ACLU lawsuit

 

 

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

 

Status of CVSO Office and various position searches and invitations to attend the VAC meeting

CVSO to provide semi-annual report to CalVet

Vetting of the application

Timing of two weeks

Position Description Issues

Mr. Dorian Carr provided public comment

Action Items : Write a Letter requesting the following and Full audit - PASSED

            Letter of Resignation

            Last Two CVSO budgets

            Last Two CVSO report to the VAC

            Last Four Semi-Annual Reports to CalVets

 

Emergency Operations Center Visit – Volunteer as liaison to EOC May 19/20/21

 

22 May Summit – difficult timing for attendance, reschedule

 

Added to unfinished business

President Olivieri

• Blue Angels Flyover – motion to table this action item – Passed
• ACLU lawsuit – commission write a resolution to support service members via the ACLU action. Passed

 

 

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

Commissioner Ishikata  –

• Bye law changes
  • Voted to Remove below requirements in bye laws - Approved
    • Current revision requirement to be President must have served on the Executive Board
    • To Serve in Executive Board Position must have served as a Chair on a Committee
• Expand Purpose to include Veterans Outreach
  • Motion to table this item - PASSED
  • Expanded mission beyond what the rules committee originally included a change would require adjustment to administrative code

 

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.

 

No public comment

 

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 – 8:04 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.

 

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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.

 

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 If you or a Veteran, you know is in

immediate danger to themselves or others,

please call 911 or visit your local emergency room.

 

The Veterans Crisis Line is also available by

texting 838255 or by going to their website

and chatting with a mental health professional.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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