VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION

City & County of San Francisco

Mailing Address: S.F. Veterans Affairs Commission,  City Hall #1 Goodlett Place, Room 051, San Francisco, CA 94102

Tuesday, December 8, 2015, 6:00pm

MEETING AGENDA

Meeting LOCATION: Room 206, War Memorial Veterans Building

401 Van Ness, San Francisco, CA 94102                   

President Stephen S. Noetzel, Presiding 

> Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance    

> ROLL CALL (Please Sign-In on Attendance Sheet)  

> REVIEW of Current Meeting AGENDA for approval (Action Item)

> REVIEW of Draft Meeting MINUTES for VAC Meeting of November 10, 2015   for changes and/or Approval (Action Item)

1.    Call for Public Comment. (Time reserved for introduction of guests and general comments by guests). 

2.    Officers REPORTS:

       A. President’s Report;  President Noetzel to report on misc. issues.

      B. Vice Presidents Report;  Vice President Michael Maffei to report. 

      C.  Secretary’s Report;  Sec’y Dwane Kennedy to report.

3. Opened NOMINATIONS for VAC Officers for 2016 Term (Round 2 of 2).  

A.  Secretary to REVIEW Nominations to date:

> For the Office of VAC SECRETARY: Comm. B. ROGERS

> For the Office of VAC VICE PRESIDENT: Comm. D. KENNEDY

> For the Office of VAC PRESIDENT: Comm. M. MAFFEI

B.   President to re-open floor for NOMINATIONS, for each of the 3 Officer Positions of the SFVAC, in accordance with

              current Bylaws.  Secretary to Record all Nominations.

3.   NEW Business  

A. Shall future VAC Meetings be held in City Hall, or Veterans Building?  (Discussion & Vote – Action Item)

Commissioners will have full opportunity to discuss Pros & Cons of each location, including Public Comment, 

Prior to vote.

       B.    Appropriate Signage and Banners to Identify the Veterans Building. 

Discussion after introduction by Comm. W. Levin. Potential issue for 2016 Term.

4.   OLD Business 

A. Restorative Justice for Port Chicago Sailors.  Update by Research Team leader Comm. A. Jenkins, including 

       report on recent progress. 

        B.   Veterans Mental Health .  Reports on two recent important events on this subject.

C.    Veterans Day Parade at Fisherman’s Wharf .    Update by Parade Director, Comm. R. Wong.

D.    SERVICES GUIDE for Bay Area Veterans: 

        Discussion and Consideration: Shall the SFVAC Sponsor, and have input into development? Endorse? Support?

6. Veterans Related LEGISLATION.  

    Commissioners invited to Report on report on new developments in the area of Veterans Legislation. 

7.  WAR MEMORIAL VETERANS BUILDING 

    Commissioners invited to Report on report on new developments regarding WMVB.

8.  ANNOUNCEMENTS:  Floor opened for short announcements of veteran related events and/or activities

9.  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.

10.  AJORNMENT  

Note: Commissioners who are unable to attend this meeting are asked to notify Commission President S. Noetzel prior to the meeting.  Email <noetzelder@gmail.com>  (Cell) 415.378.8214

This Document is Official Business of the VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION, City and County of San Francisco. As such it is part of the official PUBLIC RECORD of the City/County of San Francisco.

PUBLIC ACCESS: 

Public records are covered under that State of California Brown Act, as well as the SUNSHINE ORDINANCE of the City of San Francisco. These acts insure that deliberations of City Business are conducted “before the people”, and that City 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 telephone # 415-554-7724.

VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION MEETINGS

General Meetings of the VAC are scheduled for 6:00pm (on) the SECOND TUESDAY of every month, (with rare exception), and are generally held in ROOM 416 in CITY HALL

MEETING CONFIRMATION, and Specific Announcement of General Meetings are made via public Posting of MEETING AGENDAS as required by law, some 72 hours prior to scheduled meetings. Agendas for Commission Meetings (and archive of Meeting Minutes) are available on the VAC Pages of the City of San Francisco WEBSITE, and are also available for Public View and inspection at the (5th Floor) Government Information Center of the San Francisco (Main) Public Library, at 100 Larkin St., San Francisco 94102. (Documents Librarian Telephone 415-557-4472)

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.