ReviewReview AdvisoryAdvisory CommitteeCommittee Ad-HocAd-Hoc SubSub CommitteeCommittee

January 25, 2007

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• Renee Chavez, Chair • Irvin Lai • Aida Bobadilla • Daisy Ma • Sherri Breskin • Mary Louise Reeves • Nadine Diaz • Rachel Santos • Susan Dickson • Diana Tarango • Rita Govea • Armando Ybarra Rodriguez • Juan Jimenez

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Gold Line Ad-HocAd-Hoc SubSub CommitteeCommittee GeneralGeneral OverviewOverview • The Ad-Hoc Sub Committee convened for the first time on February 23, 2006. Metro provided a presentation to inform the community of the history and current status. A timeline was provided, as was an update on the laboratory effort. • The Project Archeologist made a presentation on the findings to the Ad-Hoc Sub Committee at the March 23rd meeting in Boyle Heights and again at the April 27th meeting in Chinatown. • The Ad-Hoc Sub Committee has held ten monthly meetings in Boyle Heights and in Chinatown. Gold Line Ad-HocAd-Hoc SubSub CommitteeCommittee GeneralGeneral OverviewOverview

• Through the Ad-Hoc Sub Committee, Metro will work with the community to receive public feedback on a sensitive and respectful re-interment plan, ceremony and fitting memorial. • The Ad-Hoc Sub Committee, appointed by the Review Advisory Committee will meet monthly until such goals are met. Recommendations will be made through the RAC to Metro.

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A formal recommendation was made to the Review Advisory Committee at it’s January 2007 meeting for consideration of the following: • That Metro begins exclusive negotiations with the owners of the Evergreen Cemetery for the space required to re-inter all of the human skeletal remains and artifacts in individual plots adjacent to the Historical Chinese Shrine. The space required should also accommodate space for a memorial. • That Metro provides funding for the replication of select artifacts as designated by the Ad-Hoc Sub Committee after lengthy public comment on the issue. Three sets should be replicated in order to distribute as follows: Chinese Historical Society of Southern CA, Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association and the incorporation of one set into one of the Boyle Heights stations. The motion passed unanimously. Gold Line Re-capRe-cap ofof 20062006 Ad-HocAd-Hoc SubSub CommitteeCommittee DecisionsDecisions

Gold Line Ad-HocAd-Hoc SubSub CommitteeCommittee TypeType ofof Re-intermentRe-interment

The Committee considered underground re-interment, as well as an above ground structure like a mausoleum. After significant public discussion on the issue, the following decisions were made: • That all of the human skeletal remains, amputations, artifacts and excavated soil be re-interred. • That a vault/casket combination unit be used for the re- interment; and • That each set of human skeletal remains be re-interred individually.

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After much public discussion and consideration of several potential locations, the Ad-Hoc Sub Committee voted to: • Re-inter all of the human skeletal remains and artifacts at Evergreen Cemetery.

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Considerable amount of public discussion took place on this issue. The Committee voted to: • Re-inter all of the original artifacts, except for the coins of monetary value. Their disposition is to be determined. • Culturally significant artifacts, identified as all headstones and burial bricks, Lotus Blossom coffin ornament, teapot with unidentified horse pattern, Independent Order of Odd Fellow swing bail handles (manufactured upside down), Freemason swing bail handle fragments, Chinese pharmaceutical vial with pills, Opium pipe bowl, Double Happiness rice bowl, spectacles, and coins will be replicated into three sets (four sets for the coins). • The replicated artifacts will be distributed to the Chinese Historical Society of Southern CA, the Los Angeles Consolidated Benevolent Association and Metro. • Digitally archive all the artifacts and make them available through the University of Southern (USC). Gold Line NextNext StepsSteps –– 2007 2007 TentativeTentative ScheduleSchedule

Gold Line Ad-HocAd-Hoc SubSub CommitteeCommittee NextNext StepsSteps –– 2007 2007 TentativeTentative ScheduleSchedule January 2007 Evergreen Cemetery was approved as the re-interment site by the Review Advisory Committee on January 18, 2007 to recommend that Metro begin negotiations with Evergreen Cemetery. February 2007 Ad-Hoc Sub Committee begins design of memorial and ceremony planning. March 2007 Metro begins 4-week Next-Of-Kin Outreach on March 3, 2007 (after the Chinese New Year period). April 2007 Ad-Hoc Sub Committee/RAC completes recommendations for memorial and ceremony for presentation to the Metro Board of Directors. May 2007 Recommendations for re-interment plan, memorial and ceremony presented to Metro Board of Directors.

June 2007 Final arrangements for re-interment, memorial and ceremony completed. July 2007 Re-interment ceremony. Next-Of-KinNext-Of-Kin OutreachOutreach

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Begin 4-week public outreach on March 03, 2007 after the Chinese New Year festivities that take place from the eve of February 17, 2007 through March 02, 2007.

In November 2006, the Committee requested the following as it relates to the Next-Of-Kin outreach: • Provide a new proposal that considers Chinese Cable television ads only in and other Cantonese radio stations as was to be recommended by Committee Member, Irvin Lai. • Do not consider purchasing ad time in English or Spanish radio and television, but pursue options for public access. • Plans for press kick-off event.

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Mr. Irvin Lai provided several recommendations for Metro’s Media Buyer to consider for updated proposal. • Two of the recommendations were not media companies, but rather non-profit service organizations. Family Hope Line and Chinese Outreach will be considered for the postcard outreach. • The Southern CA Chinese Broadcasting Company is a Mandarin radio station, not Cantonese and can only be received via a signal box (similar to satellite radio, there is no subscription service) • KMNY is no longer in business. Its call letters have changed to KAHZ and it is a simulcast station with KAZN, but it is a Mandarin station, not Cantonese.

Gold Line Ad-HocAd-Hoc SubSub CommitteeCommittee UpdatedUpdated ProposalProposal Media Outreach Buy $32,000

Print Ads: English, Spanish & Cantonese 38 insertions Radio Ads: Cantonese & Mandarin Only 35 60-second spots

Television Ads: Cantonese Only 31 30-second spots

Pursuing public access opportunities for television and radio ads as well.

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Publications Circulation # of Insertions San Gabriel Valley Tribune 48,893 3 Eastern Group Publications 104,000 3 Los Angeles Downtown News 49,000 3 Chinese Daily News 30,000 4 Sing Tao 30,000 4 China Press 30,000 4 International Daily News 30,000 4 Zhong Guo Daily News 30,000 4 La Opinion 123,885 3 Contigo – full run 260,000 3 Hoy 77,000 3 812,778 38 Ad-HocAd-Hoc SubSub CommitteeCommittee Next-of-KinNext-of-Kin OutreachOutreach ProposalsProposals

KMRB Radio - Cantonese language radio station – total run 4 weeks

.60 second spots Dayparts # of Spots Weekly “ M-F 6am-10am 5

“ M-F 10am-3pm 2

“ M-F 3pm-8pm 5

“ M-F 8pm-midnight 5

“ S-S 6am-8pm 3

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Southern CA Chinese Broadcasting Radio Mandarin language radio station – total run 4 weeks

.60 second spots Dayparts # of Spots Weekly “ M-Su 6am-midnight 15

15 Ad-HocAd-Hoc SubSub CommitteeCommittee Next-of-KinNext-of-Kin OutreachOutreach ProposalsProposals Chinese Cable TV and Jade Channel Cantonese language programming – total run 4 weeks .30 second spots Reaches 57,500

Program Time Period # Spots Weekly

US News (Produced in LA) M-F 7pm-7:30pm 10

So’s Drama ( M-F 8pm-9pm 6 Soap Opera)

Hong Kong Satellite News M-F 9:10pm-9:40pm 10

Golden Drama (Soap M-F 9:40pm-10:40pm 5 Opera)

31 Ad-HocAd-Hoc SubSub CommitteeCommittee Next-of-KinNext-of-Kin OutreachOutreach ProposalsProposals Chinese Cable TV and Jade Channel Cantonese language programming – total run 4 weeks .30 second spots Reaches 57,500 Charter Adelphia Time Warner Champion Communications Channel 99 Communications Broadband Channel 288 Channel 64 Channel 189 Alhambra, Altadena, Arcadia, Baldwin San Marina, South Pasadena Chapman Woods, Park, Diamond Pasadena City of Commerce, Bar, Hacienda Montebello, Heights, South Huntington Park, Whittier, Pico Monterey Park, La Rivera, Walnut Flintridge, (partial), Sierra Norwalk, Pasadena, Madre, La Puente Rosemead, San Gabriel, South San Gabriel, Temple City, Walnut, West Covina Ad-HocAd-Hoc SubSub CommitteeCommittee SampleSample PostcardPostcard

Will be translated to Spanish and Cantonese on the reverse side. Gold Line MemorialMemorial andand GraveGrave MarkersMarkers DesignDesign andand CeremonyCeremony PlanningPlanning

Gold Line Ad-HocAd-Hoc SubSub CommitteeCommittee SampleSample MemorialMemorial

Dimensions: 32 ” high 42 ” wide Base 48 ” wide 14 ½ ” deep 3 ¼ ” margin

This model is available. Special orders take 3-4 months. Ad-HocAd-Hoc SubSub CommitteeCommittee SampleSample GraveGrave MarkersMarkers

The dimensions for each grave marker are not to exceed 12”x24”. Each grave will accommodate two separate caskets in vaults and two grave markers to identify each.

Each grave marker can identify the finding by providing it a personal identification number in the upper left corner, the date of their finding and final resting date on the bottom right corner; with a centered uniform saying. 24”

C0800-01

12” Rest In Peace 12”

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• Gone, but not forgotten • Forever in our hearts • Always in our hearts • Liberty, Humanity, Justice, Equality • Don’t be sad – I’m in a raindrop, I’m in the rays of sun, I’m in the sparkling of the stars • Always in our memory • Eternal in peace, forever in our hearts • May your journey continue in peace • The future belongs to these who believe in the beauty of their dreams • Now at peace Gold Line Ad-HocAd-Hoc SubSub CommitteeCommittee MemorialMemorial DesignDesign && CeremonyCeremony PlanningPlanning

At the February 2007 Ad-Hoc Sub Committee Meeting, Metro will facilitate the Memorial design and Ceremony planning process to allow the Sub Committee to review and discuss the following guidelines to ensure that the following considerations are met:

• Respectful and dignified • Cultural, Ethnic and Religious • Historical Significance • Size and Cost Limitations • Maintenance and Repairs • Access to Community

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