Veterans' Affairs Commission - November 12, 2019 - Agenda
VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102
MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 – 6:00 pm
San Francisco City Hall, Room 416
DAVID CHASTEEN, PRESIDENT, PRESIDING
VICTOR OLIVIERI, VICE PRESIDENT
GEORGE ISHIKATA, SECRETARY
WILLIAM BARNICKEL, CHRISTINE BORGOGNONI, MATTHEW BRAUER, HANLEY CHAN, GEORGE CHEWNING, DEBORAH DACUMOS, MARGO ELLIS, IKRAM MANSORI, JEFF MARSHALL, STEPHEN MARTIN-PINTO, CHRISTOPHER McDONALD, MYLES TUCKER, RAYMOND WONG
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
COMMUNICATIONS
Reports on Bilateral Assignments
Officer’s Reports
- Vice President
- Secretary
Veterans Related Legislation
APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES
AGENDA CHANGES
REGULAR AGENDA
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS
Annual report assignments
Elections
Veterans month AAR
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Communications
Legislative
Events
Rules
Finance
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 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:
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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.
SFVAC commissioners often meet for drinks immediately following the meeting. The location is announced at the conclusion of the scheduled meeting. Members of the public are welcome to attend.
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.