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Tel 562.804.1424 Fax 562.925.8660 www.belltlower.org
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Agenda Items are on file in the Office of the City Clerk and are available for public inspection during normal business hours. For your convenience, the Agenda is also posted on the City's Website at www.bellflower.orc with links to each Agenda Item (unless they are too lengthy or unavailable at the time of posting). Any supplemental material distributed to a majority of the members of the City Council after the posting of this Agenda will be made available for public inspection during normal business hours in the City Clerk's Office at City Hall, 16600 Civic Center Drive, Bellflower. (Privileged documents and Closed Session documents are exempted.)
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BELLFLOWER CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2025
11:00 A.M. - BRAVO AWARDS CEREMONY
THE MAYNE EVENTS CENTER
16400 BELLFLOWER BLVD., BELLFLOWER, CA 90706
1 CALL TO ORDER
2 ROLL CALL: Mayor Ray Dunton
Mayor Pro Tem Sonny R. Santa Ines
Council Member Dan Koops
Council Member Wendi Morse
Council Member Victor A. Sanchez
3 PRESENTATIONS TO BRAVO AWARD RECIPIENTS
Presentations to BRAVO (Bellflower Recognizes Acts of Valor & Outstanding Service) award recipients, including first responders, public safety personnel, and local citizens for extraordinary acts of heroism and outstanding service.
Bellflower City Council Special Meeting Agenda
April 24, 2025
4 PUBLIC COMMENTS
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.3(a), the public may address the City Council ONLY on matters listed on the Agenda. Those wishing to speak on a listed item should come to the podium, be recognized by the Mayor, and state your name for the record. Each speaker will be given three (3) minutes to address the City Council.
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CITY OF BELLFLOWER
I, Dakota Wallace, Management Assistant, of the City of Bellflower, do herebydeclareunderpenaltyofperjury, that the Agenda for the Special Meeting of the Bellflower City Council to be held on Thursday, April 24, 2025, at 11:00 a.m., was postedWednesday, April 23, 2025, at 9:00 a.m., at the following locations in the City ofBellflower:
City Hall Lobby and Doors, 16600 Civic Center Drive
City Website at www.bellflower.orq
Los Angeles County Fire Museum, 16400 Bellflower Boulevard Please note that this Agenda was posted at 12:10 p.m. at the Clifton M. Brakensiek Library on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, due to the library being closed in the morning.
Executed this 23rd day of April 2025 at Bellflower, California.
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Sonny R. Santa Ines
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Dan Koops
Council Member
W endi Morse
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Victor A. Sanchez
Council Member
Welcome to the City of Bellflow er's 29th Annual BRAVO Awards. BRAVO stands for Bellflow er Recognizes Acts of Valor and Outstanding Service.
Today, we are pleased to honor our first responders and com munity heroes w ho perform ed extraordinary acts of heroism and outstanding service in support of public safety in Bellflower.
We extend a sincere thank you to our m any program participants, vendors, and all of our am azing BRAVO sponsors. Your support is much appreciated and your generous donations helped make today's event possible.
Thank you for joining us in recognizing our BRAVO winners and showing your strong support of public safety efforts in our beloved City of Bellflower .
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Bellflower City Council Members
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GARY CANNON
We are thrilled to welcom e back Gary
Cannon for his third year serving as emcee
of the BRAVO Awards. Gary has been in the
com edy business for over 20 years. After
arriving in Los Angeles, he quickly became
a favorite at all the southern California
Im prov clubs. Gary's high energy and
ability to jump-start a crowd made him
an obvious choice for house emcee at not
only the Improv but other clubs, including
the Laugh Factory and the world-fam ous
Com edy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach.
Gary's high energy and likability led him to do a unique job in television called an audience warm-up comic. Anyone attending a television taping has probably met Gary. He gets the crowd excited before and during production and has worked on som e of the biggest shows in entertainment, including The Masked Singer, Conan O'Brien, James Corden, Will & Grace, The Connors and Dr Phil, to name a few. Gary is currently the audience warm-up for the Jennifer Hudson daytime talk show.
Gary is most proud of his work with the USO performing for our troops and their families. In addition to performances in Iraq, Kuw ait and South Korea, Gary served as host and emcee for the Heroes Honor Festival, an event at the Daytona International speedway with over 30,000 people in attendance celebrating our military.
Gary is proud to announce he recently began a new role performing in a ne w Las Vegas Cirque Du Soleil show called Mad Apple. Don't worry he's not doing acrobatics - just stand-up comedy.
When Gary isn't on stage performing, he is more than likely working as an animal advocate. He w orks tirelessly, saving and transporting dogs fro m the shelter to vets and forever hom es. During the pandem ic, Gary housed over twelve dogs until they were safely placed w ith new owners. To learn more about Gary Cannon, visit w ww.garycannon.com.
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Kyle Petty is a former NASCAR driver turned
racing analyst who has become one of the most
popular personalities in all of sports . Celebrating
their 75th anniversary in racing in 2024, the Petty
family has been a permanent fixture in NASCAR
since 1949, helping to define and gro w the sport
for the past seven decades. As a member of one
of NASCAR's pioneer families, Kyle is as much a
product of racing as he is of his famous father,
Richard Petty —"The King,"and grandfather, Lee
Petty . While his name will forever connect hi m
to NASCAR, Kyle has made significant strides
outside of racing in the world of philanthropy,
including raising more than $22 million through
his annual Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across
America . As one of the most successful and
popular charity events in the country, the Ride
directly benefits Victory Junction — a ca mp
created by Kyle and his family in honor of his late
son, Ada m, to provide life -changing camping experiences for children with chronic and serious medical illnesses. Since its inception, Victory Junction has provided more than 125,000 ca mp experiences to campers and their fa milies.
Additionally, Kyle is a vibrant TV personality, a talented musician, a national best- selling author and a motivational speaker . Petty can be found on screen during pre - and post -race NASCAR Cup and Xfinity coverage for NBC Sports.
Petty has also chronicled his life on and off the racetrack, including stories about his family, racing career, music, philanthropy and more in a nationally best-selling memoir, SWERVE or DIE: Life at My Speed in the First Family of NASCAR Racing. He also co -hosts the weekly radio show, "Fast Talk" on the Performance Racing Network .
Petty resides in Charlotte, North Carolina with his wife, Morgan, and young sons, Overton, Cotten and Davant.
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CITY VENTURES
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(CAROL WAIT E JEANNE KELLER)
Welcome
Gary Cannon, Emcee
Invocation
Honorable James Cody Birkey
Trustee of Cerritos College
Posting of Colors
Los Angeles County Fire Department Honor Guard
Pledge of Allegiance
Mitch Haack
Chair man of Parks and Recreation Co mmission
National Anthem
Bellflower High School Vocal Ensemble
Remarks & Acknowledgments
Ray Dunton, Mayor
Sonny R. Santa Ines, Mayor Pro Tem
Dan Koops, Council Member
Wendi Morse, Council Me mber
Victor A. Sanchez, Council Me mber
Featured Speakers
Commander Edmundo F. Torres, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Deputy Fire Chief Eleni Pappas, Los Angeles County Fire Depart ment Keynote Speaker
Kyle Petty
BRAVO Award Presentations
Closing Song
Bellflower High School Vocal Ensemble
Closing Remarks
Gary Cannon, Emcee
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Bellflo wer Unified School District
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Bellflo wer High School
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Bellflow er Unified School District
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Christopher Guillen & Marcus Guillen
The Rocio Guillen Foundation
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Captain Michael DeLelio
Firefighter Matthew Powers
Firefighter W olhan Sosa
Firefighter Paramedic Greg Bryant
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11:00 A.M.—BRAVO AWARDS CEREMONY
THE MAYNE EVENTS CENTER
16400 BELLFLOWER BLVD,. BELLFLOWER, CA 90706
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