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Home My Public Portal About03-28-2005 VETERANS AFFAIRS COUNCIL . � Y CITY OF LYNWOOD � � � � •. •. k.: ,•,. �/ - ; ;� . �i IL. L: •< .� ,� . f� ; VETERANS AFFAIRS COUNCIL �? C!T}'C'•FLYhIti'OOD T";": .�" , �. ^c MARCH 28, 2005 r,, � 5:00 P.M. A'y �AR -2`2�2005' � � � CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS �� 8 �� z �� `A�`'�=��L. �� 11330 BULLIS ROAD �� . LYNWOOD, CA 90262 �� »>VETERANS AFFAIRS COUNCIL«< JOHN BEIMER, CHAIRPERSON DALE JONES, VICE CHAIRPERSON »>BOARD MEMBERS«< JULIO MENDOZA CHARLES WOOD HAWN REED MANNY PEREZ LOUIS FORD FRANK CALDERON ANN FIELDS WILLIE WILLIAMS »>RECREATION STAFF«< JIM GIVEN, DIRECTOR ART HERNANDEZ, RECREATION COORDINATOR ANN LLANAS, MINUTES CLERK , AGENDA I. CALL TO ORDER II. INVOCATION I III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I IV. ROLL CALL: � CHAIRPERSON BEIMER VICE CH,AIRPERSON JONES ' BOARD MEMBER MENDOZA BOARD MEMBER WOOD i BOARD MEMBER REED BOARD MEMBER PEREZ ! BOARD MEMBER FORD BOARD MEIVIBER CALDERON � BOARD MEMBER FIELDS BOARD MEMBER WILLIAMS � V. AGENDA POSTING VI. APPROVAL OF MINUTES VII. INFORMATION.ITEMS I VIII. SCHEDULED MATTERS ' IX. PUBLIC ORALS I X. BOARD MEMBER ORALS i XI. ADJOURNMENT - THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED � MEETING WILL BE HELD AT 5:00 P.M. ON MONDAY, I APRIL 25, 2005. � � , --- I CITY OF LYNWOOD VETERANS AFFAIRS COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 28, 2005 I. CALL TO ORDER: Chairperson John Beimer called the Veterans Affairs Council meeting to order at S:oS p.m. II. INVOCATION: Board Member Charles Wood gave the Invocation. III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Board Member Mendoza led the Pledge of Allegiance. . IV. ROLL CALL: CHAIRNERSON BEIMER- Present VICE CHAIRJONES - Presen� BOARD MEMBER MENDOZA - Present BOARD MEMBER WOOD -Present BOARD MEMBER REED - Present BOARD MEMBER PEREZ - Absent BOARD MEMBER FORD - Absent BOARD MEMBER CALDERON - Present BOARD MEMBER FIELDS -Absent BOARD MEMBER WILLIAMS - Absent V. ' AGENDA POSTING: Chairperson Beimer confirmed that the agenda was . posted by the City Clerk for the February zoo5 meeting. VI. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Chairperson Beimer requests a vote on the minutes for the January zoo5 meeting. V ice Chairperson Jones motions that the minutes be approved. Board Member Mendoza seconds the motion. All members vote unanimously for approval of the minutes. VII. INFORMATION ITEMS: ' Mr. Art Hernandez reported the following events: • The Lynwood Kenjutsuryu Karate Federation Invitational Championship ' will be held at Lynwood Middle School in the gymnasium on March 5, zoo5 I from 9:3o a.m. to 5 p.m. There are 50o par[icipants including 5o from � Hawaii. This event has been held in the community for the past 3o years. This is the first year Lynwood has hosted the event. ' • Once again the Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce will assist the City oE L"ynwood in hosting its annual Easter Egg Hunt in Lynwood City Park (Baseball Diamond #3) on March zb, zoo5 at u:oo a.m. There will be candy � and prizes for all age categories and the Easter Bunny will be on hand for � photos. , � � � � ' i I ;� �" . VIII. SCHEDULED MATTERS: • Veterans Day Event - Chairperson Beimer inquires about the status of the annual Veterans Day Event. Mr. Hernanaez stated that Mr. Perry Brents has assigned the Veterans Affairs Council to Nathaniel Johnson, Office Assistant I at Bateman Hall. The Veterans Affairs Council members made various surprised comments; overall they were not pleased with this decision. They feel that since Mr. Hernandez has worked closely in the • recent past with Mr. Rodriguez that he would be much better suited for the job of conducting the Veterans Day event. Not to discredit Mr. Johnson, they just feel that his background is mainly in administrative work and for this reason replacing Mr. Hernandez with Mr. Johnson does not make sense. They feel that Mr. Hernandez is well qualified for this position. • Veterans Memorial Monument - The Board Members share their ideas for a Memorial Monumentr ➢ Wood - Stated that they should downscale the size of the desired memorial and put up a small display in the same general area of the proposed larger project. The memorial dedication ceremony could then serve as the main attraction of this year's Veterans Day event. ➢ Beimer - He stated that a plaque should be designed that includes all military service emblems this should then be encased in cement to ' prevent theft The United States flag along with flags from all � branches of the military should Ue on display along with an � appropriate slogan. He thinks the Mayor would approve something � on this scale. ; ➢ Jones - Mentions memorial f7ame on Tweedy Blvd. in South Gate � Park. I ➢ Hernandez - Stated that he will attempt to find out the cost of the i Cesar Chavez memorial and do a cost analysis for this project. He will come up with a proposal on the memorial monument for the next � meeting. IX. PUBLIC ORALS: None I X. BOARD MEMBER ORALS: � ➢ JONES - Inquired as to why Council meetings have been changed from 6 p.m. � to 5 p.m. He was informed that any type of presentation starts at 5 p.m. ➢ WOOD - He would like to know where the teachers for the new elementary school at Carlin/Long Beach Blvd. are coming from. He stated that the � students will come from other communities. j ➢ FORD - Absent � ➢ FIELDS - Absent � t ➢ PEREZ - Absent • � � I I :,, - � BOARD MEMBER ORALS: Continued — ➢ CALDERON — Stated he was puzzled as to why the city of Lynwood doesn't. obtain federal government grants for projects such as the Senior Center and the Veterans Memorial Monument. He stated that city projects are started and left incomplete because the city is too busy with Sister Cities in Mexico. i MENDOZA - Advised everyone not to try to get a hotel room in Palm Springs during tournament time; they are too expensive and hard to find. He also commented that a Washington Mutual Bank is going up near the health center. ➢ REED - No comment ➢ WILLIAMS - Absent ➢ BEIMER - Reminds everyone that there is a City Council meeting the following evening (3/i/o5). XI. ADJOURNMENT - The Veterans Affairs Council will adjourn to the next regularly scheduled meeting which will be held at 5:0o p.m. on Monday, March z8, zooS. i recrea�n�veterans affairn council zoo5 I I I� I I � > I I � I I I I I i