Versión en español a continuación. Special Meeting of the Commission on Veteran Affairs September 23, 2020 Commission on Veteran Affairs to be held September 23, 2020 with Social Distancing Modifications Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance (September 22, 2020 by Noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the Commission on Veteran Affairs Meeting, residents must: •Call or email the board liaison at 512-974-3306 AND tina.lee@austintexas.gov no later than noon, (the day before the meeting). The information required is the speaker name, item number(s) they wish to speak on, whether they are for/against/neutral, and a telephone number or email address. •Once a request to speak has been called in or emailed to the board liaison, residents will receive either an email or phone call providing the telephone number to call on the day of the scheduled meeting. •Speakers must call in at least 15 minutes prior to meeting start in order to speak, late callers will not be accepted and will not be able to speak. •Speakers will be placed in a queue until their time to speak. •Handouts or other information may be emailed to tina.lee@austintexas.gov by Noon the day before the scheduled meeting. This information will be provided to Board and Commission members in advance of the meeting. •If this meeting is broadcast live, residents may watch the meeting here: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch- atxn-live la Reunión del Commission on Veteran Affairs FECHA de la reunion (September 23, 2020) La junta se llevará con modificaciones de distanciamiento social Se permitirán comentarios públicos por teléfono; no se permitirá ninguna entrada en persona. Todos los oradores deben registrarse con anticipación (September 22, 2020 antes del mediodía). Todos los comentarios públicos se producirán al comienzo de la reunión. Para hablar de forma remota en la reunión, los residentes deben: junta en 512-974-3306 AND • Llame o envíe un correo electrónico al enlace de tina.lee@austintexas.gov a más tardar al mediodía (el día antes de la reunión). La información requerida es el nombre del orador, los números de artículo sobre los que desean hablar, si están a favor / en contra / neutrales, y un número de teléfono o dirección de correo electrónico. • Una vez que se haya llamado o enviado por correo electrónico una solicitud para hablar al enlace de la junta, los …
COMMISSION ON VETERAN AFFAIRS MEETING MINUTES SPECIAL CALLED MEETING September 23, 2020 COMMISSION ON VETERANS AFFAIRS MINUTES The Commission on Veteran Affairs convened in a Special Called Meeting on September 23, 2020 via WebEx Remote meeting. Chair Doris Williams called the Board Meeting to order at 1:02PM. Board Members in Attendance: Doris Williams - Chair Manuel Jimenez - Vice Chair Alfred Bingham Jose Carrasco Staff in Attendance: Tina Lee 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Elizabeth Rosenberg- Collura Josephine Hinds Adrenne Luna Pete Salazar Chair Williams asked the Commission members to review the minutes from the special called meeting on July 6, 2020. Chair Williams suggested a few cosmetic and sentence structures to be amended. Commissioner Hinds made a motion to approve the meeting minutes after the corrections and Commissioner Collura-Rosenberg seconded the motion. Motion passed with no objection. 2. OLD BUSINESS a) The City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department updated the Commission on Veteran Affairs on the current status of Veterans Park. Progress has been made and trees are scheduled to be planted in the following week. Monuments on sight were damaged with graffiti and has been fixed. Project Veterans Pocket Park located on Veterans Drive will be in front of American Legion Post 76. The project started in mid-November 2019 with the anticipation of completion in late summer 2020 prior to COVID. The project is slated to be completed by the end of October and in time for Veterans Day. Currently there is no plan for a ribbon cutting ceremony but would like acknowledgement sent out regarding the completion of the park. b) A meeting for the guidance on the Veterans Court referral policy is scheduled for September with Pete Valdez, Judge Coffey from Community Court and Council member Renteria. Discussion and new updates will be provided after the meeting of this specific policy. COMMISSION ON VETERAN AFFAIRS MEETING MINUTES c) The Commission has decided to table the discussion of the proposed (TAP) Transition Assistance Program pilot program. d) The City of Austin Purchasing Department provided an update on the pilot program of the Veteran Business Enterprise initiative. This program started in 2017 as an interim program to provide 3% preference to SDVBE program (Service Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise) and Request for Proposal (RFP) projects over $50,000. The program has not grown and the department will look into alternative certifications such as opening it up to others such …
