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CITY OF CHULA VISTA
MINUTES
A?vember 20, 2013 Chula Vista Veterans Home
Wednesday, 6:00 P.M. 700 E. Naples Court
1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL Keith Blum P, Stephen Sprenkle P, John Acosta P Virgil Whitehead P Terry Jensen E Tony
Stewart P, Bob Bailey_E
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Tony Stewart moved to approve minutes of October 16, 2013 as written. Commissioner Steve Sprenkle seconded
the motion, and it carried by the following vote:
Yes: 5 —Blum, Stewart, Sprenkle, Acosta, Whitehead, Jensen, Bailey
ACTION ITEMS
• Boards and Commissions procedures discussion.
OPEN DISCUSSION
Commissioner Whitehead shared the Veteran's Activities Report for November 2013.
CHAIR'S COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT: Next meeting scheduled for Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at the Chula Vista Veterans Home, 70Q E.
Naples Court Chula Vista at 6:00 pm.
Mariluz A. peda
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CHULA VISTA VETERAN COMMISSSION ACTIVITIY REPORT
NOVEMBER 2013
"HOME DEPOT REMODELED
RESPONSE FROM HOME
OUSE ON IMPERIALAVE FOR
DEPOT
HOMELESS VETERANS ---
----OVER 130 VOLUNTEERS
2. ELKS CLUB VICTORIAN DAY -NOV
WILL GIVE $1200 IN GIFT
22,2013
CERTIFICATES
3. SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE
VERY POORLY
VETERANS DAY
ATTENDED
4. SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE,
OFFICIALLY OPENED
UCSD, SDSU ALLIANT VETERAN
LOUNGE
5. VETERANS DAY OBSERVANCE
DISCUSS
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10, 2013 AT THE
MEMORIAL BOWL 11:00
6. VETERANS DAY AND MARINE
VERY SUCCESSFUL -
CORPS CAKE CUTTING CEREMONY
NEED MORE
on 11 NOV 2013 AT 10:00 AM.
COMMISSIONERS
7. VET WALK
DISCUSS
. DAV IS SOLICITING DRIVERS
619-299-6916
. UNION TRIBUNE REPORTS ONE IN
SBA WILL PROVIDE
10 SMALL BUSINESS IS OWNED BY A
COUNCELLING AND
VETERAN
LOANS
10. TOY FOR TOT ASSISTANCE IS
NEED DROP LOCATIONS
REQUESTED BY THE MARINE CORPS
AND PICK UP OF TOYS
LEAGUE
619-410-3690
11. COMMISSION DECEMBER
DISCUSS
MEETING
12. ETHICS TRAINING
MARILUZ
13. VETERAN HOME FOUNDATION IS
BUYING THREE HOT TUBS
12. VETERAN OF YEAR
BOB BAILY WAS
RUNNER UP
13. SAN DIEGO PARADE IS NOW
NEED SPONSORS
SPONSORED BY MIDWAY AND WILL
FURNISH $15,000 EACH YEAR FOR
HE NEXT THREE YEARS
4. DEFENSE SECRETARY HAGEL
STATES THAT MILITARY PAY
SHOULD BE CUT
15. TWENTY TWO VETERANS COMITT�
SUSCIDE EACH DAY
6.VISTA JAIL IS PUTTING ALL
VETERANS TOGETHER
WILL SERVE AS A
MODEL FOR OTHER
CITIES
17. MAJOR INVESTIGATION
UNDERWAY ON SEVERAL NAVAL
OFFICERS FOR FRAUD ISSUES
DEALING WITH CONTRACTS MOSTLY
IN SINGAPORE.
18. VFW -AMERICAN LEGION -MARINE
CORPS LEAGUE ,FLEET RESERVE
ATTENDED SCHOOLS ON VETERAN
DAY
19. THERE WILL BE
VETERAN/RETIREE SEMINAR AT
MCRD ON 26 JULY, 2013
DEPOT THEATER
10:30--2:00
619-524-5732
20. SAN DIEGO CITY VETERAN
AFFAIRS OFFICER WAS FIRED.
POSITION WILL BE ABOLISHED
THE DIRECTOR BILL
RYDER STATED HE SAW
100 VETERANS IN
SEVEN MONTHS
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