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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-01-17 VAC MinutesMINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE VETERANS ADVISORY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA January 17, 2018 6:00 pm A Regular Meeting of the Veterans Advisory Commission of the City of Chula Vista was called to order at 6:02 pm in the Chula Vista Police Department, located at 315 Fourth Ave, Chula Vista, California. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Commissioners Stewart, Torres, Wynne, Vice Chair Sears and Chair Mueller ABSENT: Commissioner Perez and Wunder ALSO PRESENT: Capt. Vern Sallee Staff Liaison, Claudia Bravo 1. Approval of Minutes ACTION: Chair Mueller moved to approve minutes as written. Commissioner Stewart seconded motion and it carried by the following vote: Yes: Sears, Torres, Wynne ACTION ITEMS: a. Chula Vista Veterans Park Brick Program update. Table topic for next month's meeting b. Fallen Veteran Memorial at Memorial Park. Kristine's project and there were two designs passed around and Kristine had the documents. Kristine was working with the school or architecture and design. Currently there is nothing to pick, therefore the topic will be tabled for next month. If there is nothing for next month, strike it. Contact Kristine and ask if she has the documents. Commission Stewart will be point of contact. c. Veteran Memorial at Bay Front Park. Formalization of a letter to the city officials. Chair Mueller will send an email with and an updated draft to get everyone's input. Then formally as a group submit it. Chair Mueller will send it to Claudia and she will email to commission. Chair Mueller got response from Mayor Salas and spoke to John McCain and Patricia Aguilar. Capt. Sallee recommended letter be sent out as a group instead of only by the Chair. A letter will also be sent out to the City of Chula Vista and the Port of San Diego. Page 1 I Veterans Advisory Commission Minutes January 17, 2018 d. Fallen Heroes Banners at Chula Vista Mall. The banners were up for 30 days at the Chula Vista Mall and are to be picked up on Friday January 19, 2018. Issue with the size of the banners and the poles so out of the 15 banners only 8 were hung up. Same banners will be put up next year. Banners will be stored at the Chula Vista Police Dept. Need to revisit this topic every year. e. State of the American Veterans Program with USC in San Diego. Commissioner Stewart states that they need to go with the San Diego Veterans Coalition. Stewart will get them connected and then we will be out of it. USC needs a partnering institution and CV is not at that level. This is more appropriate for the County of San Diego. f. Veteran of the Year 2018. Commissioner Stewart indicated that Danny Carreon was happy and well received at the parade. Commissioner Stewart needs someone else help to run it and that Stewart will guide and help but not take the lead. End of June is the deadline 90 days out the project needs to be rolled out. Needs to be voted on by July and recognition should be done by September 11th. All submitted to the county by Oct I".Report next month with a timeline. Commissioner Sears will take the lead on this project. g. Chula Vista Veterans Walk update: Commissioner Stewart took on project in 30 days but still managed to get $10,000. Funds go only to the Chula Vista Foundation. Strike this topic from the next agenda and bring it back later in the year. Commissioner Stewart will still take the lead on this project. h. Veterans Activities Report: Commissioner Torres indicated there was nothing new and everything was outdated. Claudia to make sure to put VETERANS COMMISSION on the subject line to make email easier to find. (Capt. Sallee stepped out 6:50 pm). Chair Mueller and Commissioner Torres would like the members more engaged and Mueller is going to invite them to our meetings possible quarterly. Recommendation; Stewart to send out an invite for them to attend March or April meeting. The report should start going out to more people. Work on it this quarter and have a good product by March. i. Veteran's Legislative Report: Big focus on Veteran's home. Federal level there are some mental items that needs to be looked at. Commissioner Stewart will have more to follow next month. 2. OTHER BUSINESS: Staff Comments: None Page 2 1 Veterans Advisory Commission Minutes January 17, 2018 Chair Comments: Community involvement should be better. Many have no idea of the Veterans Commission and feel we are missing a huge amount of people and we are not reaching them. Possible newsletter involvement. Discussing getting events highlighted in Community Connection, will contact Diane Howell in advance so she can add it to the newsletter. Chair Mueller would like to send out an email blast to advise of upcoming events. No rules on supplying refreshments. Chair Mueller will take the lead on this. Commissioner Comments: Data- is there any data management going on right now find a similar list to help with a function. Vice Chair Sears would like to add to next agenda — Set goals for the year and calendar. Commissioner Stewart will be gone until February. 3. ADJOURNMENT At 7:18 pm Chair Mueller adjourned the meeting to the next o ary 21, 2018 in the Chula Vista Police Department, Community Conference Room 5 4th Ave Chula Vista, California. , Secretary Page 3 1 Veterans Advisory Commission Minutes January 17, 2018