City of Roseville donates to Lincoln veterans' memorial

Roseville City Council agreed to donate $1,000 on April 20 toward the Placer County Veterans Monument in Lincoln. The monument is at McBean Park, 65 McBean Park Drive. According to Roseville City Clerk Carmen Avalos, the city of Roseville received an application from the Lincoln Veterans Memorial Coalition for council discretionary funds to help provide funding for the Placer County Veterans Monument. "The monument is built and established in Lincoln. However, it does include Roseville veterans," Avalos said during the Roseville City Council meeting. Avalos added that the Lincoln Veterans Memorial Coalition did not ask the city of Roseville for a specific amount but the coalition is looking to raise $100,000 to add more names to the monument. Lincoln Veterans Memorial Coalition President Don Witt and board member Gary Berns spoke at the meeting on April 20. "The organization that was formed to build the monument is the Lincoln Veterans Memorial Memorial Coalition," Witt told the Roseville council. "The monument is actually the Placer County Veterans Monument. So it includes Roseville. We'd like to see Roseville on a donor pedestal, so that the people who visit will appreciate your (the council's) contribution." At the meeting, Berns added, "This is a living memorial where people that have passed away and living can honor each other and it's growing. It's growing in Placer County." Roseville City Councilman Tracy Mendonsa said that he was the one who emphasized this item on the agenda for the April 20 meeting. "I'd like to see if there is a willingness to contribute to this fund to help with the maintenance and future upkeep of this wall, which will include veterans from all throughout Placer County, including those here in Roseville," Mendonsa asked the other council members. Mendonsa then proposed that the council donate in the amount of $1,000. Roseville City Councilman Scott Alvord added that he would support a $1,000 donation. "That puts the city of Roseville on the (public) donor list," Alvord stated. "I think that's a good thing." Roseville City Council members unanimously agreed to donate $1,000 to the Lincoln Veterans Memorial Coalition to help provide funding for the Placer County Veterans Memorial Monument.