R21-100 1 RESOLUTION NO. R21-100
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3 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA
4 REAFFIRMING THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH'S SUPPORT OF
5 COMPANY D, 2ND BATTALION, 327TH INFANTRY REGIMENT OF
6 THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION AIR ASSAULT, A.K.A. "DELTA
7 DEMONS",AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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9 WHEREAS, America Supporting Americans (ASA) began its work in 1967 when
10 Sergeant Joe Artavia wrote his big sister from Vietnam asking her to do something to
11 help raise the morale of his unit, and
12 WHEREAS, believing that a strong, supportive connection between young men
13 and women of our armed forces and the civilian communities they are ready and willing
14 to serve is crucial to morale, ASA has committed itself to building and strengthening
15 this link; and
16 WHEREAS, the centerpiece of ASA's work is the Adopt-A-Unit Program which
17 facilitates the adoption of many units by towns and cities across the country; and
18 WHEREAS, by coordinating with both civic and community groups, ASA facilitates
19 "adoptions" between towns, cities, or counties and individual military units throughout
20 the country and works with all branches of the armed forces, including the National
21 Guard, establishing adoptions between communities and units that have no previous
22 connection with each other; and
23 WHEREAS, in some cases, a city is already "home" to a particular unit, and the
24 municipality and unit may want to solidify this relationship in unique, personally
25 meaningful ways; and
26 WHEREAS, The City's partnership with Company D, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry
27 Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division Air Assault (Delta Demons), based in Fort Campbell,
28 Kentucky,was originally formalized by Resolution in 1991, reaffirmed in 2003 and is once again
29 being reestablished.
30 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
31 BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA THAT:
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32 Section 1. The foregoing "WHEREAS" clauses are hereby ratified and confirmed as
33 being true and correct, and are hereby incorporated herein and made a part hereof.
34 Section 2. The City Commission hereby reaffirms the City of Boynton Beach's support
35 of Company D, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division Air Assault, a.k.a.
36 "DELTA DEMONS".
37 Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective on passage.
38 PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of August, 2021.
39 CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA
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41 YES NO
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43 Mayor— Steven B. Grant ✓
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45 Vice Mayor—Woodrow L. Hay
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47 Commissioner—Justin Katz
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49 Commissioner—Christina L. Romelus
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51 Commissioner—Ty Penserga
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53 VOTE 510
54 ATTEST:
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57 stal Gibson, MMC
58 City Clerk
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60 (Corporate Seal)
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AMERICA SUPPORTING AMERICANS; ADOPTION AGREEMENT FORM FOR CITIES REAFFIRMING AN ADOPTION
Congratulations on your community's decision to reaffirm your adoption of a unit through the ASA program! We are delighted you
have chosen to reactivate your membership the ASA adoptive family. Of course, we believe you could not have found a more
wonderful way to support the men and women of our armed services, and we expect you will find it just as rewarding to your
community as it will be to the members of the unit,ship,or squadron you have adopted.
In order to finalize this process,we ask that you fill out,sign,and return this form to the following address:
Linda Patterson
America Supporting Americans
44976 Saint Helena Court
Indian Wells,CA 92210
If you have any questions, please direct them to Linda Patterson, President& Founder, at (310)463-9634. Linda's email address is
artavia101@earthlink.net.Thank you!
It is hereby agreed that (city/state): the City of Boynton Beach is reaffirming its adoption of the following unit, D Co 2-237 Delta Demon
Company, through the AMERICA SUPPORTING AMERICANS(ASA)Adopt-a-Unit Program. It is further agreed that our community will regularly
engage in activities designed to support this unit. We have chosen a primary and secondary contact person for this program. We
understand that at least one of these people must be a city employee who can receive information, mailings, phone calls, and email
through city hall,or a comparable official administrative location for our community.
The primary contact person in our community for this program will be:
Name: Lori LaVerriere
Address: 100 East Ocean Avenue
City: Boynton Beach State: FL Zip: 33435
Phone: (561)742-6010 Email: LaVerriereL@bbfl.us
X_This person is a city employee whose contact information,as listed above,corresponds to an
administrative office for our municipal government.
Our secondary contact person will be:
Name: Candace Walls
Address: 100 East Ocean Avenue
City: Boynton Beach State: FL Zip: 33435
Phone: (561)742-6013 Email: WallsC@bbfl.us
_X_This person is a city employee whose contact information,as listed above,corresponds to an
administrative office for our municipal government.
The name(s)of our local newspaper(s)is(are)_Palm Beach Post,Coastal Star,Sun Sentinel. Local News Stations-WPBF25,WPTV5,
WPEC12,and WFLX29
The name(s)of our local radio stations(s)is(are)
We agree to remain in contact with ASA, providing ASA with any changes in the above information, and returning to ASA the Adoption
Update Forms which will be sent to us by ASA on a semi-annual basis. ASA may include the name of our community in the list of adoptive
communities on the ASA website. In promoting or publicizing this adoption or adoption related activities, through whatever media, we
will, if possible, include the fact that we adopted this unit through AMERICA SUPPORTING AMERICANS. We also agree that at least one of the
two contact peo le for this optio • ays be a city employee who can be reached as described in the printed paragraph above.
Signed: Printed name: Mayor Steven B. Grant, Esq.
ayor(or compar ivic official)
Date: O v/ 1'1/ - i 1 Accepted:
/ For AMERICA SUPPORTING AMERICANS
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CITY ATTORNEY