HomeMy Public PortalAbout90-028 (03-06-90)RESOLUTION NO. 90 -28
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD
AUTHORIZING THE RENAMING OF LYNWOOD PARK TO MERVYN
M. DYMALLY CONGRESSIONAL PARK
WHEREAS, The City Council of the City of Lynwood
Is desirous of renaming Lynwood City Park to Mervyn M. Dymally
ongressional Park;and
WHEREAS; Congressman Mervyn M. Dymally has been a long
standing civic leader since 1961 to the present; and
WHEREAS, he has served as Lieutenant Governor of the
State of California from 1975 to 1979 heading such commissions as
the State Commission for Economic Development and the Commission
of the Californias. He served on the Board of Regents of the
University of California and the Board of Trustees of the State
College and University System. He organized the Council on
Intergroup Relations, the California Advisory Commission on Youth
and the Commission on Food and'Nutrition; and
WHEREAS, after four years as a California Assemblyman,
he was elected to the California Senate in 1966. A State Senator
for eight years, he was Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus
and chaired several committees: Social Welfare, Military and
Veterans Affairs, Elections and Reapportionment, and the
Subcommittee on Medical Education and Health Needs. He headed
the Select Committees on Children and Youth, the Joint Committee
on Legal Equality for Women and the Joint Committee for Revision
I f the Election Code; and
WHEREAS, he is currently serving as a United States
Congressman representing the 31st District; and
WHEREAS, he presently serves on the Foreign Affairs
Committee, the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and the
Committee on the District of Columbia where he chairs the
ubcommittee - on Judiciary and Education. He also chairs the
Congressional Caucus for Science and Technology and the Carribean
Task Force of the Congressional Black Caucus; and
WHEREAS, he has and presently serves as a member of
various organizations relevant to community interests such as the
American Civil Liberties Union, Urban League, California_
Democratic State Central Committee, Asian Democratic Caucus,
Mexican - American Political Association, Jewish Labor Committee,
Arab American Affairs Council, National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, etc.; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lynwood has decided to honor his
outstanding accomplishments and dedication to public service.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT
f Lynwood does hereby resolve
section on I. That the name of
formally established as Mervyn
RESOLVED, that Council of the City
as follows:
Lynwood City Park shall hereby be
M. Dymally Congressional Park; and
Section II. That this resolution
immediately upon its adoption.
shall go into effect
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
ss.
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood,
do hereby, certify that the foregoing resolution was passed and
adopted by the City Council of the City of Lynwood at a regular
meeting held on the 6th day of March, 1990.
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS HEINE, REA, RICHARDS, WELLS, HENNING
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
City Clerk, City of Ly wood
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
ss.
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned City Clerk of the City of Lynwood,
and Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is a full; true and correct copy of
Resolution No. 90 -28 on file in my office and that said resolution
was adopted on the date and by the vote therein stated.
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City Clerk
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this Fth daY of
March 1990.
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