Veterans' Affairs Commission - October 8, 2019 - Agenda

Meeting Date: 
October 8, 2019 - 6:00pm
Location: 

VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION 

City and County of San Francisco 

1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place 

San Francisco, CA 94102 

 

 

MEETING AGENDA 

Tuesday, October 8, 2019 – 6:00 pm  

San Francisco City Hall, Room 416 

 

VICTOR OLIVIERI, VICE PRESIDENT, PRESIDING 

 

GEORGE ISHIKATA, SECRETARY 

WILLIAM BARNICKEL, CHRISTINE BORGOGNONI, MATTHEW BRAUER, HANLEY CHAN, GEORGE CHEWNING, DEBORAH DACUMOS, MARGO ELLIS, KIM FLAHERTY, IKRAM MANSORI, JEFF MARSHALL, STEPHEN MARTIN-PINTO, CHRISTOPHER McDONALDMYLES 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 

Veterans Summit 

Treasurer’s Veterans Benefits Seminar 

Veterans Month resolution – building support 

Fleet Week 

 

NEW BUSINESS 

Veterans Day Parade 

The State of Veterans in SF 

Miguel Guerrero (Field Rep for Congresswoman Pelosi) - district impact of the Veterans Employment Through Technology Education Courses (VET TEC) program 

 

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. 

 

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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. 

 

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. 

 

 

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