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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM <br />Appropriation <br />Agenda Date Requested:February 8, 2021 <br />n/a <br />Requested By:Corby Alexander, City Mgr.Source of Funds: <br />Department:Administration/CMO <br />n/a <br />Account Number: <br />n/a <br />Amount Budgeted: <br />ReportResolutionOrdinance <br />n/a <br />Amount Requested: <br />Exhibits:Foundation Information, Proclamation, <br />Budgeted Item:YesNo <br />Photo & Diagram of Monument, Photos of Five <br />Points location & Aerial <br />SUMMARY& RECOMMENDATION <br />La Portian U.S. Army Private First Class Matthew Keith Guyon tragically passed away <br />on June 4, 2020. He was stationed at Ft. Carson, Colorado. <br />Matthew was born May 16, 2001 in Omaha, Nebraska to John & Milissa Guyon. He <br />was survived by his parents of La Porte and his brother Nicholas Guyon & fiancé’ <br />Katelyn Pacheco of Ft. Campbell, Tennessee. He had a precious girlfriend, Joselyn <br />Salcedo of Aurora, CO, whom he was building a beautiful relationship with. Also, he is <br />survived by his grandmother, Marlene Guyon of Universal City, TX and a host of aunts, <br />uncles and many cousins. <br />While growing up, Matthew was an active volunteer. He received multiple Presidential <br />Volunteer Service awards including the Gold award. He was co-recipient of the <br />American Red Cross Rising Star award. He volunteered with the La Porte Police <br />Department Explorers, Office of Emergency Management, La Porte Animal Shelter, <br />Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), Pipefitters Local Union 211, and <br />more. He had a passion for cooking. He was incredibly excited to enter the US Army <br />as a cook and was promptly invited to join their competition culinary team. His passion <br />was BBQ. He loved to gather with friends and coworkers for a BBQ. Matthew lived life <br />to itsfullest and had fallen in love with the awe of Colorado. When he wasn’t at work <br />he could likely be found surrounded by God’s beauty in the nearby mountains. <br />As a way to pay tribute and honor the legacy of US Army Private First Class Matthew <br />Keith Guyon,the parents of Matthew began a fund raising campaign to bring a new <br />Gold Star Families Memorial Monument (GSFMM) honoring the families of servicemen <br />and women who sacrificed their lives while serving in the military to La Porte. Milissa <br />and John Guyon areHonorary Board Members for the Gold Star Family Memorial <br />Monument, Hershel Woody Williams Medal of Honor Foundation (HWWMOHF). The <br />Guyon family and local monument committee members have begun the fund raising <br />campaign for the monument by the hosting of the PFC Matthew K. Guyon Golf <br /> <br />