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11330 BULLIS ROAD, LYNWOOD, CA 90262
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JOHN BEIMER, CHAIRPERSON
DALE JONES, VICE CHAIRPERSON
***BOARD MEMBERS'"`*
JULIO MENDOZA CHARLES WOOD HAWN REED MANNY PEREZ
LOUIS FORD ANN FIELDS WILLIE WILLIAMS
RECREATION STAFF: JIM GIVEN, DIRECTOR
LEO RODRIGUEZ, RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT II
ANN LLANAS, MINUTES CLERK
AGENDA
L CALL TO ORDER
Il. INVOCATION
IIL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
IV. ROLLCALL:
CHAIRPERSON BEIMER V[CE CHAIRPERSON JONES
BOARD MEMBER MENDOZA BOARD MEMBER WOOD
BOARD MEMBER REED BOARD MEMBER FORD
BOARD MEMBER PEREZ BOARD MEMBER FIELDS
BOARD MEMBER WILLIAMS
V. AGENDAPOSTING—NOVEMBER2004
VI. APPROVAL OF MINUTES — OCTOBER 2004
VII. INFORMATION ITEMS: A. NONE
VIIL SCHEDULED MATTERS: A IDEAS FOR BLANK WALLS OF VETERANS
MEMORIAL MONUMENT
1X. PUBLIC ORALS �
X. BOARD MEMBER ORALS
Xl. ADJOURNMENT—ADJOURNFORTHEHOLIDAYS. THENEXT
REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEET[NG WILL BE HELD AT 5:00 P.M. ON
MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 2005.
CITY OF LYNWOOD
VETERANS AFFAIRS COUNCIL
MEETING MINUTES FOR
OCTOBER 25, 2004
1. CALL TO ORDER: Chairperson John Beimer called the Veterans Aft��irs Council
- meeting to order at 5:10 p.m.
IL INVOCATION: Board Member Charles Wood gave the Invocation.
11I. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Chairperson �Beimer led the Pledgc of Allegiance.
IV. ROLLCALL:
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V. AGENDA POSTING: Chairperson Beimer confirmed that the agenda was posted by the
City Clerk for the October 2004 meeting.
V1. AAPROVAL OF MINUTES: Chairperson Beimer requests a vote on the minutes for thc
September meeting. Board Member Wood motioned to approve ihe minutes. Board
Member Mendoza seconded the motion. All me�nbers vote unanimously for approval of
the September minutes and thc motion is passed.
Vll.: INFORMATION ITEMS:
A, None
VIII. SCHEDULED MATTERS:
Vetcrans Day Planning— Mr. Rodriguez stated that the program should be vcry
brief this year due to a very limited budget and the fact that it is also Election Day
and people want to get out and vote. At 5 p.m. on 1 I/2/04 the Lynwood City
Council will read a Veterans Day proclamation. Mr. Rodriguez will provide a
copy of the DVD recorded at last year's USO Salute ro Bob Hope performed at
Lynwood High School on Veterans Day. The Board Meinbers will present
Council with the DVD. Council will be available for photos. Mr. Rodriguez
states that he has a very small number of copies of the DVD and if anyone gives
their copy away they will not reccive a replacement copy. Mr. Rodriguez is
contacting personnel from all branches of the military and inviting them to come
to the Council meeting for thc Veterans Day Ceremony, espeeially those
servicemen and women that have recendy served in Iraq and aze now back in the
U.S.
VIIL SCHGDULED MATTERS: Continued
Not on A��enda: There was general discussion on the Veterans Memorial
Monument. They all agreed to come up with ideas for the blank walls. The walls
are approximately 40-50 fect in length and 10 feet high; so whatever goes on
them must be simple yet significant, in good taste and not roo cluttered. They are
to bring their suggestions to the next meeting wl�ich will be hcld on I I/22. The
November meeting will be the last Veterans Affairs Council meeting held this
year. Some of the suggestions mentioned are a collage, a historic timeline, a tree
of life listing names of servicemen and women, emblems representing all of the
branches of the military.
Mr. Rodriguer st�ted that his son is trying to record the lyrics 1nd words for
"taps" for their use.
IX. PUBLIC ORALS: None
X. BOARD MEMBER ORALS:
• Jones — No comment
• Wood — No comment
• Ford —No conunent
• Ficlds — Absent
• Perez — Absent
� • Mendoza — Attention to the Veterans Memorial Monument seems to be fading
away.
• Reed — Absent �
• Williams — Absent
• Beimer—Commented that Board Member Wood is the only one that can still fit
into his military unifonn. Hc �vill bc the only member wearing a unifonn at the
Veterans Day Ceremony at the I I/2/04 Council meeting. Everyone else will be
wearing street clothes. Chairperson Beimer also requested that the members bring
back ideas for the Veterans Memorial Monument Wall.
Xl. ADJOURNMENT—THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING WILL
BE HELD AT 5:00 P.M. ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2004.
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