Placement: Proclamations and Special presentations
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Approve the Proposed POW/MIA Chair of Honor Monument at Veterans Memorial Park
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Submitted By: Brad Keen, Assistant Director, Parks & Recreation Department.
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Executive Summary (General Business): Rolling Thunder, Inc., is a non-profit organization dedicated to keeping the memory of all prisoners of war and those missing in action (POW/MIA) in the public realm so as not to forget their sacrifice. A simple granite chair etched with the POW/MIA symbol, is proposed for placement at Veterans Memorial Park. The empty chair is symbolic of those U.S. military service members who went to war, did not return, but who are not forgotten.
Presentation Information: The special presentation will take no more than 10 minutes. Brad Keen, Assistant Director, Parks & Recreation Department, will present a brief Power Point presentation and introduce a member of Rolling Thunder, Inc., to briefly address the Council.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council approve the placement of the proposed "POW/MIA Chair of Honor" at Veterans Memorial Park.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and approve the placement of the proposed "POW/MIA Chair of Honor" at Veterans Memorial Park.
2. Move that the Council provide staff direction.
Background: Members of Rolling Thunder, Inc., Florida Chapter 6, are requesting authorization to place a POW/MIA Chair of Honor within the City's Veterans Memorial Park. The "mission of Rolling Thunder, Inc. is to publicize the POW/MIA issue: To educate the public that many American prisoners of war were left behind after all previous wars, and to help correct the past and to protect future veterans from being left behind should they become prisoners of war-missing in action." The proposed monument will be in the form of a chair, made of gran...
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