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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.
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