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Time Set # 30.
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| Board of Supervisors |
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| Receive a presentation summarizing the part played by Yolo County during the first year of the Great War and the outreach provided by the "Lest We Forget" project to County residents over the last 12 months. (No general fund impact) (Fink/Russell) |
| Recommended Action |
| Receive a presentation summarizing the part played by Yolo County during the first year of the Great War and the outreach provided by the "Lest We Forget" project to County residents over the last 12 months. |
| Strategic Plan Goal(s) |
| Thriving Residents |
| Reason for Recommended Action/Background |
| On November 8th, 2016, the Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution No. 16-103, proclaiming April 6th, 2017 through November 11, 2018 a period to recognize and honor Yolo County's services in World War I. In order to facilitate the Board's request for the County and its residents to commemorate the war, Mel Russell, Project Volunteer for the "Lest We Forget" project, has been hosting presentations throughout the County over the last year in which she describes how each community was impacted by the war. |
| Collaborations (including Board advisory groups and external partner agencies) |
| Yolo County Archives, Yolo County Library, Woodland Public Library, and Mel Russell, Project Volunteer and retired Archives & Record Center Coordinator at the Yolo County Archives |
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