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COMMUNITY ACCESS ADVISORY BOARD
October 19, 1987
City Hall Council Chambers
5:30 p.m.
AGENDA
I. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
A. CALL TO ORDER
B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
C. ROLL CALL
D. MINUTES - September 21, 1987
II. SCHEDULED MATTERS
A. "History of Lynwood" Video
Comments:
Representatives from Hintz & Balvin will be on hand to
discuss the status of the project and collect additional
information.
III. PUBLIC ORALS
IV. ADJOURNMENT
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COMMUNITY ACCESS ADVISORY BOARD
Minutes for the Meeting of
September 21, 1987
Chairperson Mary Wright called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
Members in attendance were Mary Wright, Rev. C.C. Coleman,
Randy Williams, Ann Fields and Bill Cunningham. Staff present
were Don Fraser, Debbie Coulter and Carol de Jesus.
It was moved, seconded and carried to approve the Community
Affairs Commission minutes of July 20 & August 17, 1987.
SCHEDULED MATTERS
A. History of Lynwood Video
The board was shown tapes from two consultant firms for the
purpose of review and selection of the firm to produce a
video on the history of Lynwood.
Hintz & Balvin (H &B) showed 3 video tapes they have done
which are as ff:
1. San Mateo County "Welcome Home" Housing Home Sharing
2. Changes in Half -Moon Bay
3. The Raiser Organization
Commissioner Wright inquired about a ballpark figure for a
separate short video (3 - 5 minutes presentation) for
promotional purposes. H & B cannot determine the cost as yet
because a whole new script has to be written and shooting
days will have to be considered.
Ms. Debbie Coulter then showed the tapes done by the Video
Dimensions on:
1. The Department of Water and Power
2. Fair Housing in Redondo Beach
Commissioner Cunningham finds the Hintz & Balvin's tape more
professional and has more flow. He is impressed that the
staff of H & B showed a caring attitude by coming out to show
their project.
Commissioner Fields wanted to hear from the City of Lynwood
staff as to their preference. Mr. Don Fraser stated that he
has met with both firms, both of them are professional, and
both can do the work. Hintz & Balvin has a lower bid but
either way, the City will be willing to work with either firm.
The motion was made by Commissioner Williams and seconded by
Commissioner Cunningham to select the firm of Hintz &
Balvin to produce a video of the history of Lynwood. All in
favor. Motion passed.
The board instructed the staff to issue the contract with
the firm but not to give them the go signal to start the
shooting. Ms. Coulter will invite the H &B firm for the next
meeting so the board members can give them direction on how
they wanted the video done. In the meanwhile, the board can
provide them with telephone numbers and contact persons for a
starter.
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B. Graffiti Tape:
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The graffiti tape produced by Rogers Cablesystems was shown to
the board.
Next board meeting is set for October 19. The meeting
adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
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DATE: October 19, 1987
TO: Honorable Chairman & Members of the Board
FROM: Deborah Coulter, Adm. Analyst��
SUBJECT: HISTORY OF LYNWOOD VIDEO
DISCUSSION
Attached you will find a status report on the research work done
by Hintz and Balvin for the History of Lynwood video. Also
included is a scripting idea for the first few minutes of the
tape. Lynn Weiss and Barbara Walter will be visiting Lynwood on
Monday, October 19, 1987 to seek out resource people and
historical artifacts. They will be attending your meeting in the
evening of October 19th.
If you have additional information you wish to share, please
bring it to your meeting.
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671 SOUTH CATALINA AVE.
PASADENA. CALIFORNIA 91106
Community Acces Advisory Board
City of Lynwood
C/0 Deborah Coulter
Administrative Analyst
11330 Bullis Road
Lynwood, California 90262
Dear Board Members:
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Hintz ct Balvin
First of all, we want to thank you for the package of material
regarding Lynwood's history and also for the names of resource
people in the community
We have begun the process of creating the video on Lynwood's
history You will find attached a Status Report on what we have
done so far.
We have begun doing research and creating a chronology of the
historical events that effected Lynwood since the time of the
Spaniards and even before We have put together scripting
Ideas for the first few minutes What you have attached to this
letter is only to give an idea of the direction we are taking.
These ideas will be developed, refined and checked with
historians and yourselves before they become our final shooting
script.
We already have a good idea what visuals we can use in certain
Instances - of course, many more will be found We have
discovered some wonderful material in the Southwest Museum.
Before we meet with the Board on Monday, we are planning a day
of location scouting and speaking to resource people in
Lynwood. I am sure that we will have interesting things to
report. And we may have questions to ask you, as well.
It appears that we will probably be ready to start videotaping
at the end of November or early December. This assumes that a
completed and approved shooting script will be done in mid
November.
We are looking forward to meeting with you next Monday at 5 30
PM.
Cordially,
Barbara Boyer Walter
Video Producer
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PUBLIC RELATIONS PUBLICITY
(818) 792 -6463
671 SOUTH CATALINA AVE.
PASADENA. CALIFORNIA 91106
PROJECT: LYNWOOD VIDEO
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STATUS REPORT 10/15/87
- 'Materials received from Debbie Coulter 10/8 and 10/13.
- Contacts made at
• Chamber: Bernie Lake
Meeting set for 10/19
• Library: Lena Sparks
Meeting set for 10/19
• Lynwood Press Doris Cleland
Meeting to occur in near future
- Calls made to various university libraries for historical
consultant.
- Call made to LA Main Public Library, historian.
- List from Mary Wright of individuals to contact received 10/13.
More detail needed on some names. Checking out contact with
some individuals now.
- Visits to SouthWest Museum.
• Checking out photographing artifacts.
• Researching library materials.
- Intended scouting trip for Monday, October 19.
• Check out city boundaries and key geographical
features.
• Check out historical buildings accessible.
• Check out key community businesses where time,
e.g. St. Francis Hospital.
- Meeting with City Council, Monday, October 19, 5:30 p.m.
L.V. Weiss
PUBLIC RELATIONS PUBLICITY
(818) 792 -6463
A History of Lynwood
Draft Script Ideas
and Event Chronology
NARRATOR: (VO)They were here first.
but no one knows precisely
where they came from. Speculation
has it some wandered down from Asia
across the Bering strait and through
Alaska fallowing the caribou, musk
oxen and mammoths during the breaks
between glaciers in the ice age
up to 36,000 years ago Other
Indians, it is believed, meandered
out of Mexico.
By the time the first Europeans made
their way here, there were probably
over 150.000 Indians in California.
They were hunters and gatherers and
fishermen. Peaceful, living in
communities of around 1000 where
ever food was available.
It wasn't until 1542, 50 years after
Columbas' momentous voyage, that the
Portuguese explorer, Juan Rodrigues
Cabrillo, claimed for Spain the land
as far north as Monterey and now
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known as California
37 years later, in 1597. Sir Francis
Drake explored the San Francisco Bay
Area and claimed it for England's
Queen Elizabeth.
The first European settlement in
California was in 1769. It was
headed by the Spaniard Galvez and
included military men and mission-
aries from Mexico
These were a racial and cultural
mixture of people with heritages
from Spain, Mexico and to a lesser
extent Africa
By 1771 the Franciscans had founded
the missions of San Gabriel and
San Antanio
It was at this mission in 1775
that a man whose name was destined
to be linked with Lynwood was born --
Don Antonio Maria Lugo
He received one of the 25 rancho
grants awarded by the Spanish crown
for service rendered.
It was 29,000 acres of willlows
and marshland!
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It is on the South West corner of
this rancho that most of today's
Lynwood stands.
What was life like there?
It was certainly very simple.
Even though it was only a mere
10 miles from the early Pueblo
of Los Angeles ..it was far
from the coastline routes
traveled by the padres and the
soldiers during the times of
the missions and early
conquests
Don Antonio and his family
lived mainly in the Pueblo de Los
Angeles but he also had a home
on the Rancho so that he could
supervise his cattle and servants
The ranch did large trade in
hides for leather goods and tallow
for making soap and candles
During this period many
settlers began to drift into the
area from other parts of the United
States
Life was changing for the Ranchos.
The Mexican American War of1846 -48,
ended with the Treaty of
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Guadelupe Hidalgo which ceded Calif-
ornia to the United States for
15 million dollars. It obligated
the United States to honor the
Spanish land grants but soon
other forces were to break up the
huge Rancho.
The Gold Rush of 1849 -57 was a
profitable time for the Rancho but
beef prices fell in 1857 That was
followed by drought. Herds dwindled
and the cattle era was closed.
California achieved Statehood in
in 1850 and soon after, Governor
Peter Burnett initiated a land
tax of 10 cents an acre in a move
to force the breakup of the Ranchos
and open them up to settlers.
When Don Antonio Maria Lugo died in
1860, the year the Civil War began,
he divided the Rancho
between his five children.
The part that was to become
Lynwood was deeded to his daughter,
Guadalupe Lugo.
She sold it to Mr Heldman.
It was in turn sold to:
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Mrs. M.A. Shields, then
Mr. Slauson
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On May 10, 1869 something happened
at Promontory Point, Utah that was
bound to have an effect on Lynwood
as it did on all of California...
the Central Pacific and the Union
Pacific Railways were ,joined with a
golden spike. This ,joined the East
and the West coasts and transformed
the course of California's history -
bringing an influx of people to
the state and ending
twenty years of isolation.
In 1885 Charles Sessions
bought about 400 acres of the
former Rancho and ran a dairy there.
He named it Lynwood
Dairy after his wife's
maiden name Lynne Wood.
The dairy barn was
located very near where the
Security Bank stands today,
on Sanborn Avenue and Long
Beach Boulevard.
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