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CC RESOLUTION 3726RESOLUTION NO. 3726 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, IN CONCERN FOR POW /MIA MEMBERS WHEREAS, the United States is nearing the twentieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War; and WHEREAS, over 2,200 members of the United States Armed Forces are still unaccounted for; and WHEREAS, animal bones and miscellaneous pieces of material sent back as remains do not constitute adequate verification of the fate of those Americans designated as missing -in- action; and WHEREAS, the Defense Intelligence Office, charged with the responsibility of researching and verifying information on missing Americans, may not have pursued such activities with the diligence expected by the American People; and '• WHEREAS, the United States Senate may appoint a special committee to study the entire issue of those Americans missing in Vietnam; NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the City of El Segundo and its citizens do hereby: Section 1: Support and encourage the United States Senate to form a special committee to investigate the issue of American citizens missing in Vietnam. Section 2: Request a complete accounting by the Defense Intelligence Office to the families of those missing and the people of this nation as to the actions and process used over the last twenty years to locate or verify the fate of those Americans missing in Vietnam. Section 3: Request the President of the United States, George Bush, to commit the necessary resources to ensure that all missing Americans are accounted for and this unfinished business of the Vietnam War be once and for all laid to rest. • PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 17th day of September, 1991. of the El Segundo, /�alifornia li Ll 1..I STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) CITY OF EL SEGUNDO ) 6X.1 I, Ronald L. Hart, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is four; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 3726 was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council held on the 17th day of September, 1991 and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Mayor ProTem Dannen,Councilmen Wise and West. NOES: None ABSTENTIONS: Mayor Jacobson WITNESS MY HAND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this 26th day of September, 1991. RONALD L. HART City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California (SEAL)