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Home My Public Portal AboutA 2009-04-27 - VETERANS AFFAIRS COUNCILCITY OF LYNWOOD VETERANS AFFAIRS COUNCIL APRIL 27, 2009 5:00 p.m. CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS 11330 BULLIS ROAD LYNWOOD, CA 90262 »>VETERANS AFFAIRS COUNCIL«< CHARLES WOOD, CHAIRPERSON JOE BATTLE, VICE CHAIRPERSON ~C APR 2 3 2009 CITY OF LYNVVOOp »>BOARD MEMBERS<« ITY CLERKS OG JULIO MENDOZA LOUIS FORD MANNY PEREZ FRANK CALDERON /a' WILLIE WILLIAMS Cam/ »>RECREATION STAFF«< PERRY BRENTS, DIRECTOR ROZIE CARRILLO, RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT II ANN LLANAS, MINUTES CLERK I. CALL TO ORDER II. INVOCATION III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IV. ROLL CALL: CHAIRPERSON WOOD VICE CHAIRPERSON BATTLE BOARD MEMBER MENDOZA BOARD MEMBER CALDERON BOARD MEMBER PEREZ BOARD MEMBER FORD BOARD MEMBER WILLIAMS V. AGENDA POSTING VI. APPROVAL OF MINUTES VII. SCHEDULED MATTERS A. ADVERTISEMENT FOR VETERANS AFFAIRS COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP VIII. PUBLIC ORALS IX. BOARD MEMBER ORALS X. ADJOURNMENT - The Veterans Affairs Council will adjourn in a moment of silence in memory of the late Mr. John Beimer, former Chairperson of the Veterans Affairs Council. The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held at 5 p.m. on Monday, May z5, zoo9. CITY OF LYNWOOD VETERANS AFFAIRS COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH z3, zoo9 I. II CALL TO ORDER: The meeting for March z3, zoo9 was called to order at 5:07 p.m. INVOCATION: The Invocation was led by Board Member John Beimer. III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by Board Member Frank Calderon. IV. ROLL CALL: Present Absent BOARD MEMBER CALDERON BOARD MEMBER WILLIAMS BOARD MEMBER BEIMER VICE CHAIRPERSON BATTLE BOARD MEMBER FORD BOARD MEMBER MENDOZA CHAIRPERSON WOOD BOARD MEMBER PEREZ V. AGENDA POSTING: The agenda was duly posted by the City Clerk for the March zoo9 meeting. VI. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Chairperson Wood calls for a motion to approve the minutes for February zoo9. Board Member Mendoza makes a motion to approve the minutes. Board Member Ford seconds the motion. All Board Members vote in favor and the motion is passed. Ayes: b Noes: o VII. SCHEDULED MATTERS: A. Recruiting New Members - Vice Chairperson Wood stated that he hopes to have more info on membership at the next meeting. Ms. Rozie Carrillo, Recreation Superintendent II stated that she will provide a copy of the press release that she provided to the Media Services Department for inclusion in the local papers. Ms. Carrillo stated that the Media Services Manager is out for a month and the press release will have to be resubmitted to the appropriate person in her absence. VIII. PUBLIC ORALS: Kim Battle, daughter of Vice Chairperson Joe Battle read a letter written in response to comments made about the health and well-being of Deacon Battle during the February meeting. Please see attached letter. Chairperson Wood stated that Vice Chairperson Battle is a valuable member of the Veterans Affairs Council and everyone wishes him a full and speedy recovery. Lynwood resident Irene Garcia, z737 tt`h Street, respectfully requests that the next Veterans Day Program be started and conducted on schedule whether or not dignitaries are present on time. Chairperson Wood stated that the Veterans Day Program normally starts promptly at io a.m. The reason the program started late this past November was not due to waiting for dignitaries. We were waiting on a new group of students from Hosler Middle School to join us for the program. IX. BOARD MEMBER ORALS: - BEIMER - No comment - FORD - No comment - WOOD - No comment - PEREZ -Stated that he hasn't been feeling well. He had surgery last Wednesday. He has many meetings to attend and his wife won't let him drive yet. He hopes to attend more meetings soon. - CALDERON - No comment - MENDOZA - No comment - WILLIAMS -Absent - BEIMER - No comment - BATTLE -Absent X. ADJOURNMENT -The Veterans Affairs Council will adjourn to the next regularly scheduled meeting to be held at 5:0o p.m. on Monday, April z7, zoo9 in the Lynwood City Hall Council Chambers. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Information: Rozie Carrillo Recreation and Community Services City of Lynwood Office: (310) 603-0220 ext. 319 www.lvmvood.ca.us Veterans Wanted For Veterans Affairs Council The City of Lynwood Veterans Affairs Council is looking to find any and all Lynwood residents that have served in the Military or have family members that are currently serving in the Military. The Veterans Affairs Council would like to enhance the present Council with new members. Members meet to discuss Veterans Affairs and to plan a Veterans Day program that is conducted on an annual basis. The Veterans Affairs Council meets monthly on every fourth Monday at 5:00 P.M. in the City of Lynwood Council Chambers located 11301 Bullis Road, Lynwood, CA 90262. There is no meeting in the month of December. If you are an interested Veteran of any branch of the Military, feel free to contact Rozie Carrillo, Recreation Superintendent II at (310) 603-0220, ext. 319 or drop- in to one of the meeting dates. We look forward to seeing you at one of these very worthy meetings. MEMORANE~UM Date: MARCH 21, 2009 To: Veterans Affairs Council Lynwood, CA From: Battle Family Subject: Veterans Affairs Council Meeting Minutes Dated Feb. 23, 2009 Public Orals We were quite dismayed and saddened to read the answer that was given Ms. Garcia when she inquired about the health of Mr. Battle. According to your minutes it was stated that ".....when this was attempted before, when Vice Chairperson Battle was still in the hospital, it was made very clear by his wife that his condition would remain a private matter." That statement nor anything like it was NEVER made to anyone by Mrs. Battle or anyone in the Battle family. Deacon Battle is very well known and loved throughout the Lynwood community as well as many of our United States. As a result, well meaning friends and relatives throughout our Country visited, called, wrote, prayed, sent cards, gifts, flowers, etc., in an unending stream until for a brief while his visits had to be monitored in order for him to build up his strength to allow him to begin to recover. Most people understood and respected that he needed to rest in order to heal. I deeply regret if someone misunderstood our concern for his health and recovery. Deacon Battle is recovering due to God' s grace. He, the family and I appreciate your inquiries, prayers and good thoughts. Major strokes heal in God's time and in God's way as we are reminded every day and we are so grateful that God is with us as he heals. Please continue to keep him in your prayers. MAY GOD'S PEACE BE WITH YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!