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Home My WebLink About2013-01-16 VAC MINUTESVETERANS ADVISORY COMMISSION CITY OF CHULA VISTA MINUTES Wanuary 16, 2013 Chula Vista Veterans Home ednesday, 6:00 P.M. 700 E. Naples Court 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. ROLL CALL Alex Galicia P Stephen Sprenkle P, John Acosta E, Virgil Whitehead P, Keith Blum P, Terry Jensen P Tony Stewart P 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Terry Jensen made a motion to approve November minutes as written and was seconded by Stephen Sprenkle. The minutes were approved unanimously. ACTION ITEMS Veterans Activities Presentation -Virgil Whitehead (see attached). Veteran of the Year -More publicity is needed in order to receive more nomination applications for the Chula Vista Veteran of the Year. Tony Stewart and Virgil Whitehead will work on this project. Virgil Whitehead will submit information on the Veteran of the Year to the Star News. Tony Stewart will look into possibly setting up the application to be available online via the City of Chula Vista's website and also update the Veteran's Advisory Commission page on the city's website. Information will also be forwarded to other Chula Vista veteran organizations and to the city's PIO to be submitted to Nixie. • Veterans Home update -Virgil Whitehead stated there are currently 302 residents with 82 on the waiting list. The Christmas party was a success and had over 1000 attendees. Volunteers consisted of Marines from MCAS, Naval Hospital, VFW and Marine Corp League. Golf tournament is scheduled for May 02, 2013 at the Eastlake Golf Course. The golf tournament raises approximately $25,000 to support the Veterans Home. Golf club_ s are needed for the tournament. Volunteers for the event are also needed. • Southwestern College Procurement Policy -New president of Board of Trustees, Humberto Peraza recently met with Winston McCall, Director of Procurement with the County of San Diego. Mr. McCall donated his time to Southwestern College to ensure Southwestern College feels comfortable with what their promoting. The new controller at Southwestern College does not feel comfortable moving forward with this. Mr. McCall volunteered to help explain the procurement policy if requested by the college controller. Terry Jensen made a motion to recommend Chairman Alex Galicia to speak during public comments at Southwestern College to support the procurement policy on behalf of the Veterans Advisory Commission. • Strategic Plan of the City of Chula Vista -Captain Gary Ficacci gave an overview of the citywide strategic plan initiative. Captain Ficacci stated one of the goals is to ensure the citywide priorities are clear to all employees and holds all employees on all levels accountable. All departments will be responsible for monitoring their work and feedback. The main goal of the strategic plan is Quality of life. Five citywide goals are Operational Excellence, Economic Vitality, r Healthy Community, Strong & Secure Neighborhoods and Connected Community. Captain Ficacci encouraged commissioners to review the handout and contact him with any feedback or questions. The feedback will be presented to Council in February. In February/March all departments will be responsible to align their goals and objectives with the citywide goals. Final strategic plan presented in April, which will help devise the budget process. CHAIR'S COMMENTS ADJOURNMENT: Next meeting scheduled for Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at the Chula Vista Veterans Home, 700 E. Naples Court Chula Vista at 6:00 pm. • Mari z Zeped 1 r- 1 VETERANS ACTIVITIES JANUARY 2013 Item Description Remarks 1 HOMELESS VETERAN TENT IN PLACE HOMELESS CAN BE FOR 150 HOMELESS VETERANS. 1,765 FOUND IN NUMBER AT HOMELESS VETERANS IN COUNTY. 16TH AND MARKET NATIONALLY, THERE ARE 62,000. SAN DIEGO COUNTY THERE IS 10,000 TOTAL HOMELESS. 2 QUALCOMM, PARKER HANIFIAN, THE COMPANY HAS A GENERAL ATOMICS ARE HIRING PROGRAM SET UP FOR VETERANS SPECIFICALLY CATERING TO VETS 3 YMCA PASSES FOR RESIDENTS LOOKING FOR CONTACTS 4 GOLF TOURNAMENT IS SCHEDULED VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR MAY 2, 2013 5 VA NOW HAS 2,100 EMPLOYEES TRAINED VA HAS NOW REACHED IN PROCESSING CLAIMS 900,000 CLAIMS --800,000 2 ELECTRONICALLY MONTHS AGO 6 PROTESTORS AT MILITARY FUNERALS STATE LAW SB 661 WILL HAVE TO KEEP THEIR DISTANCE -- 300 FEET -ONE HOUR BEFORE AND ONE HOUR AFTER 7 VETERANS WHO SUCCESSFULLY STATE LAW AB 342 COMPLETE COURT ORDERED COUNSELING CAN PETITION TO HAVE THEIR CONVICTION ERASED MAKING IT EAISER TO FIND A JOB 8 CHULA VISTA ELKS CLUB DONATED 40 PICKED UP 1 DECEMBER CHRISTMAS TREES AND $50 GIFT CERIFICATES TO THE WOUNDED WARRIORS 20 TO CAMP PENDLETON AND 20 TO BALBOA 9 MARINE COPRPS LEAGUE OF CHULA VISTA 250 AT LOCATION ASSISTED IN THE DONATION OF TOYS FOR A CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR CAMP PENDLETON AND BALBOA WOUNDED WARRIOR 10 VETERANS BEING TRANSITIONED OUT OF STATE LAW AB 2478 4 4 4 SERVICE WILL BE EXEMPT FOR ONE YEAR FROM PAYING NON RESIDENT FEE 11 WALL OF HEROES AT LIBRARY HAS FOUND AN MEETING WILL BE ARTIST AND LIBRARY MANAGEMENT IS SHORTLY WITH ALL SUPPORTING IT INTERESTED PARTIES 12 DISPLAY CASES SENT LETTERS TO LOCAL COMPANIES REQUESTING DISPLAY CASES-- IF NO RESPONSE WILL INITIATE CORRESPONDENCE TO CITY FOR GRANT MONEY 13 SUCIDE RATE IN MILITARY IS INCREASING MARINES 48 2012 NAVY 60 2012 ARMY 177 2012 14 VET OF YEAR DISCUSS 15 VET HOME NEWS: A) CHRISTMAS PARTY HAD OVER 1000 PEOPLE. VOLUNTEERS CONSISTED OF MARINES FROM MCAS, NAVAL HOSPITAL AND CLINICS, VFW, MARINE CORPS LEAGUE B) SECURITY IS NOW CIVIL SERVICES AND NOT CONTRACT C) CURRENT CENSUS IS 302 D) WAIT LIST IS 82 16 MARTIN LUTHER KING/NATIONAL DAY OF PASS OUT FLIER-- SERVICE EVENT -AMERICAN LEGION POST 434 IN COMMISSIONER PARTNERSHIP WITH PRESIDENTIAL STEWART TO BRIEF INAUGURATION COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA F- L L FOR A COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENT ON 1-21-13 SUPPORTING PAINTING AND REPAIRS AT THE CHULA VISTA VETERAN HOME 17 AMERICAM LEGION POST 434 CONDUCTED A PASS OUT FLIER DINNER AT NAVY MEDICAL CENTER ON COMMISSIONER DECEMBER 12 FOR US ARMY WOUNDED STEWART TO BRIEF WARRIOR TRANSITION UNIT AND WILL RETURN FOR OUR ANNUAL OPERATION COMFORT WARRIORS BBQ ON 1 FEB 2013. THIS IS AN ANNUAL EVENT AND CONDUCTED OUTDOORS. 18 AMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL COMMANDER KOUTZ, DEPARTMENT COMMANDER KRAMLICH, AND ENTOURAGE TOURED CHULA VISTA VETERANS HOME DECEMBER 15, 2012 19 FLEET RESERVE BRANCH 61 AND AMERICAN COMMISSIONER LEGION POST 434 WILL CONDUCT THE STEWART TO BRIEF WOUNDED WARRIOR GOLF TOURNAMENT ON MARCH 30, 2013. 20 CHULA VISTA CHRISTMAS IN OCTOBER HOME COMMISSIONER REPAIR PROGRAM STARTS MEETING AND STEWART TO BRIEF PLANNING THIS YEAR IN FEBRUARY 2013. THE COMMITTEE IS SEEKING STRATEGIES TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF VET HOMES SUPPORTED BY THE PROGRAM. THE COMMITTEE IS SEEKING GRANTS AND PARTNERSHIP WITH BUSINESS'S TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM.