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City Employees Club of Los Angeles • Alive! APRIL 2015 35 Public Works Los Angeles Public Library Photos by Dalila Vielma, Club Counselor Library’s 35 Goodbye, Charlie Charlie Mims retires as Chief Construction Inspector after 47 years of City service. TOP riends, family and coworkers threw Fa retirement dinner and reception Feb. 7 for Charlie Mims, Chief Construction Inspector, Public Works/Contract Administration. 10 The event was held at the J.W. Marriott at L.A. Live. Here’s what LA was Charlie began his career at the DWP as reading, watching and part of survey crew and then as construc- listening to in February. tion inspector of the Second Los Angeles Aqueduct Program. Lists are courtesy Los Angeles He went to school at UC Santa Cruz Public Library, Central library and them went to work at Public Works/ downtown and 72 branches Contract Administration in 1970. He was combined. promoted from Construction Inspector to Chief Construction Inspector, and then headed the Valley’s Wastewater, Environmental Projects and Metropolitan Construction Divisions for 29 years. Books loaned: Charlie worked on various projects, 1. The Burning Room, including the rebuilding of the Hyperion Michael Connelly Treatment Plant; the Echo Park Lake reno- Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn vation projects in 1984 and 2012; the $80 2. million Zoo construction program; and 3. The Fault in Our Stars, John Green many others that have benefitted the 4. Personal, Lee Child people of Los Angeles. 5. The Maze Runner, James Dashner He served as commissioner on Los 6. Divergent, Veronica Roth Angeles City Employees Retirement 7. Yes Please, Amy Poehler Board from 1998 to 2003. He was a Fifty Shades of Grey, E.L. James Commissioner on the Charter Reform 8. Private Vegas, James Patterson Commission in 1998-99. He was elect- 9. Charlie Mims, Insurgent, Veronica Roth ed president of American Construction Retired Chief 10. Inspectors Association in 1990. He served as president of the Greater Construction Inspector Griffith Park Neighborhood Council, vice DVD’s loaned president of the Los Angeles City Historical 1. Guardians of the Galaxy Society, Chairman of the Franklin Hills 2. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Residents Association, 3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Chairman of The Judge the Federation of 4. Transformers: Age of Extinction Hillside and Canyon 5. Associations. He was 6. Maleficent awarded the presti- 7. Sex Tape gious Career Service 8. 22 Jump Street Award in 2009 by 9. Divergent Personnel. 10. American Hustle He was the co- founder of the Los Angeles Professional Books downloaded Managers Association, (e-books) and he serves on the executive board at 1. Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn SEIU Local 21. 2. All the Light We Cannot See, Congratulations on Anthony Doerr a great career, Charlie, 3. Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn (e-audiobook) and the Club wishes 4. The Girl on the Train, you all the best in your Paula Hawkins retirement. 5. The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt 6. Fifty Shades of Grey, E.L. James 7. Yes Please, Amy Poehler 8. The Burning Room, Michael Connelly 9. Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand 10. The Husband’s Secret, Liane Moriarty Download-and-Keep songs* 1. Uptown Funk, Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars 2. Take Me to Church, Hozier 3. Elastic Heart, Sia 4. Heartbeat Song, Kelly Clarkson 5. Outside, Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding 6. Time of Our Lives, Pitbull & Ne-Yo THE CRACK OF THE BAT 7. Chandelier, Sia 8. Stuck on a Feeling, Prince Royce featuring Snoop Dogg Means it’s time for great Club baseball discounts! 9. Stonemilker, Björk 10. Lips Are Movin’, Meghan Trainor – Go to the Club Webstore for details: * “Freegal” music via the Library lets users download and keep up to five songs a month – cityemployeesclub.com it’s seriously free and legal! Check it out at http://lapl.freegalmusic.com.

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