Commission on Veterans Affairs - March 17, 2021

Commission on Veterans Affairs Regular Meeting of the Commission on Veterans Affairs

Agenda original pdf

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Versión en español a continuación. Regular Meeting of the Commission on Veteran Affairs March 17, 2021 Commission on Veteran Affairs to be held March 17, 2021 with Social Distancing Modifications Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance (March 16, 2021 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 (March 17, 2021) 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 (March 16, 2021 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 …

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Approved Minutes original pdf

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COMMISSION ON VETERAN AFFAIRS MEETING MINUTES SPECIAL CALLED MEETING COMMISSION ON VETERANS AFFAIRS MINUTES The Commission on Veteran Affairs convened in a Special Called Meeting on March 17, 2021 via WebEx Remote meeting. Chair Doris Williams called the Board Meeting to order at 1:08PM Board Members in Attendance: Doris Williams - Chair March 17, 2021 Manuel Jimenez - Vice Chair Alfred Bingham Jose Carrasco Staff in Attendance: Tina Lee 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Jason Denny Adrenne Mendoza Pete Salazar  Chair Williams asked the Commission members to review the minutes from the special called meeting on February 10, 2021. Commissioner Salazar made a motion to approve the meeting minutes and Commissioner Mendoza seconded the motion. Motion passed with no objection. 2. OLD BUSINESS  The Veterans pocket park is to be complete and open to the public early February. Contract needs to replace the handicap ramp for the new ADA parking space and replace the plants that were lost in the freeze. Opening ceremony projected to be around Memorial Day. 3. NEW BUSINESS a) The 2021 AVAFest by Glenn Towery will move forward as planned and possibly have the event outside due to social distancing and multi-media presentations for various channels. b) Commissioner Salazar met with the City of Austin strategy officer to discuss the veteran homeless population. Next meeting to be scheduled in three weeks and will provide an update at the next meeting. ADJOURN: Chair Williams adjourned the meeting at 1:47PM without objection

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