Page 16 March 2, 2017 EL SEGUNDO HERALD Looking Up Does Our Solar System Have an Undiscovered Planet? You Can Help Astronomers Find Out Based on Press Release from Arizona State University, Provided by Bob Eklund Arizona State University astronomer Adam Schneider and his colleagues are hunting for an elusive object lost in space between our Sun and the nearest stars. They are asking for your help in the search, using a new citizenscience website. Astronomers have found evidence for a ninth planet in our solar system. The evidence comes from studying the orbits of objects in the solar system’s Kuiper Belt. This is a zone of comet-like bodies orbiting the Sun out beyond the orbit of Neptune. The Kuiper Belt is similar to the asteroid belt that circles the Sun between Mars and Jupiter, but it lies dozens of times farther out. This hypothetical Planet 9 could be similar in size to Neptune, but it may orbit up to a thousand times farther away from the Sun than the Earth does. So while astronomers can see its effects on the Kuiper Belt objects, no one has yet observed Planet 9 directly. “If it exists, Planet 9 could be large—maybe 10 times the mass of Earth but orbiting far out beyond the Kuiper Belt,” says Schneider, a postdoctoral researcher in ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration. In addition to searching for a distant planet orbiting the Sun, this new project will help astronomers identify the Sun’s nearest neighbors outside of our solar system. “There are just over four light-years between Neptune and Proxima Centauri, the nearest star, and much of this vast territory is unexplored,” says the lead researcher for Backyard Worlds: Planet 9, Marc Kuchner, an astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Astronomers expect the Sun’s neighborhood will contain many low-mass objects called brown dwarfs. These emit very little light at visible wavelengths, but instead glow dimly with infrared—i.e., heat—radiation. So how do astronomers find such objects in space? That’s where you can contribute, using a website that enlists the help of citizen scientists. It’s called Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 [http://backyardworlds.org], and it uses images taken by NASA’s WISE space telescope. WISE, which stands for Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, was launched in late 2009 and it has mapped the entire sky several times during the last seven years. WISE detects infrared light, the kind of light emitted by objects at room temperature, like planets and brown dwarfs. This sensitivity to infrared light makes WISE uniquely suited for discovering Planet 9, if it exists. But there’s a snag: Images from WISE have captured nearly 750 million individual sources in the sky. Doubtlessly among these lurk the elusive brown dwarfs and possibly Planet 9. The question is how to sift through the data and identify them. The trick to finding these needles in haystacks of WISE data is to look for something in motion. Planetary objects and brown dwarfs roaming near the Sun can appear to move across the sky, leaving other celestial objects such as background stars and galaxies, which lie immensely far away, apparently fixed in place. So the best hope for discovering these worlds is to systematically scan infrared images of the sky, searching for objects that move. Automated searches for moving objects in the WISE data have already proven successful, but computerized searches are often overwhelmed by image artifacts—visual noise—especially in crowded parts of the sky. As Schneider explains, “People who join in the Backyard Worlds search bring a unique skill to the search: the human ability to recognize movement.” For instructions on joining the program, see the Backyard Worlds website, http:// backyardworlds.org • This diagram shows the orbits of several Kuiper Belt objects that were used to infer the existence of Planet 9. If it exists, Planet 9 may reveal itself in WISE infrared images. Visit us online: www.heraldpublications.com PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF ORDINANCE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO ORDINANCE NO. 1523 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 8 OF THE EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE TO CREATE OVERNIGHT PARKING LIMITS FOR OVERSIZED VEHICLES, RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND TRAILERS, TO ESTABLISH A REGISTRATION AND PERMIT PROCESS AND TO PROHIBIT THE PLACEMENT OF ELECTRICAL CORDS, HOSES, CABLES OR OTHER SIMILAR ITEMS BETWEEN SUCH VEHICLES AND PROPERTIES. SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE: On February 7, 2017, the El Segundo City Council introduced Ordinance No. 1523. The Council adopted the ordinance on February 21, 2017. The ordinance (1) regulates the parking of oversized vehicles, recreational vehicles, and trailers; (2) establishes a registration/ permit process; and (3) prohibits the placement of electrical cords, cables and similar items between such vehicles and nearby property. The parking of recreational vehicles, oversized vehicles and trailers on City streets has been a source of concern and increasing complaints from El Segundo residents and business owners for several years now. In response to these complaints, the ordinance prohibits the overnight parking of oversized vehicles, recreational vehicles and trailers between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. on all streets and highways within the City, unless such vehicles have either been registered and/or received a permit from the City, as applicable. Under the ordinance, residents may apply for and receive a limited number of permits which allow them to park on the City streets during the above-referenced times. A copy of the ordinance is available for viewing in the City Clerk’s office, 350 Main Street, El Segundo, California. To be published in the El Segundo Herald on Thursday, March 2, 2017. El Segundo Herald Pub. 3/2/17 H-25487 NOTICE OF ORDINANCE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO ORDINANCE NO. 1547 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 15 OF THE EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING REGULATIONS FOR PROPERTIES IN THE SINGLEFAMILY RESIDENTIAL (R-1) ZONE, DEFINITIONS AND THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR SINGLEFAMILY RESIDENCES. SUMMARY OF ADOPTED ORDINANCE The Ordinance amends Title 15 of the El Segundo Municipal Code (ESMC), modifying ESMC Chapters 15-4A regulating Single-Family Residential (R- 1) Zone Site Development Standards; 15-1 Definitions; and 15-15-6A, parking requirements for single-family residences. Specifically, the amendment achieves the following: 1. Replaces or deletes certain diagrams in the aforementioned Chapters; 2 .Deletes the modulation requirements, and deletes the building wall modulation using architectural features requirements for lots 40-feet wide or wider; 3. Creates a maximum floor area ratio (FAR) for lots wider than 25-feet, with standards that include a maximum overall FAR of 0.6, limits the size of second stories to 0.25 FAR, and defines the areas that constitute floor area on R1 zoned properties; 4. Deletes redundant language by expressing numbers as digits, rather than a combination of using digits and writing out the number in words; 5. Increases the threshold for requiring a 3rd parking space, from 3,000 square feet of floor area to 3,500 square feet of floor area; and, 6. Updates certain existing definitions, and creates new definitions for residential areas, features, structures or improvements found in the R1 zone standards. El Segundo Herald Pub. 3/2/17 H-25488 NOTICE INVITING SEALED BIDS FOR THE FIRE STATION 1 APPARATUS BAY DOOR REPLACEMENT PROJECT IN THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO PROJECT NO.: PW 15-23B The City of El Segundo is accepting sealed bids in the City Clerk’s office, 350 Main Street, El Segundo, California 90245, until 11:00 a.m. on: TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 2017 at which time they will be publicly opened. Bids will not be accepted after that time. As described in the Bidding Documents, the bids are for a public works project (“Project”) which consists of the replacement of three apparatus bay doors at Fire Station 1 and related work as shown on the plans on file with the City’s Public Works Department. Fire Station 1 is located at 314 Main Street, El Segundo, CA 90245. Work on the Project must be performed in strict conformity with Specifications No. PW 15-23B: Fire Station 1 Apparatus Bay Doors Replacement Project which is filed with the Public Works Department. Copies of the Plans, Specifications, Contract Documents and Engineer’s estimate are available from the Engineering Division of the Public Works Department, City of El Segundo, 350 Main Street, El Segundo, California, 90245. Plans And Specifications are alternately available electronically via http://www.elsegundo.org/depts/works/ project_request_contact_form.asp A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 14, 2017, at 10:00 am, at the Fire Station #1, 314 Main Street, El Segundo, CA 90245. Bidders’ attendance at this meeting is mandatory. Questions regarding the bid shall be submitted by 6:00 pm on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 to http://www.elsegundo.org/ depts/works/project_request_contact_ form.asp. The terms and conditions for bidding on the Project are described in the attached Bidding Instructions. This project requires payment of State prevailing rates of wages for Los Angeles County. The contractor must post copies of the prevailing schedule at each job site. Copies of these rates of wages are available from the State of California Department of Industrial Relations Prevailing Wage Unit, Telephone No. (415) 703-4774. The website for this agency is currently located at www.dir. ca.gov. Note that the Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by California Department of Industrial Relations. Pursuant to California law, the City must find bids failing to comply with all applicable Labor Code requirements including, without limitation, Labor Code §§ 1725.5 and 1771.4 to be nonresponsive. The contractor to whom the contract is awarded must assist in locating, qualifying, hiring and increasing the skills of minority group employees and applicants for employment, as set forth in Executive Order 11246 and 11375. Any contract entered into pursuant to this notice will incorporate the provisions of the State Labor Code. Compliance with the prevailing rates of wages and apprenticeship employment standards established by the State Director of Industrial Relations will be required. Affirmative action to ensure against discrimination in employment practices on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, or religion will also be required. The City of El Segundo hereby affirmatively ensures that minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this notice and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, or religion in any consideration leading to the award of contract. Prevailing Wage: Federal Labor Standards Provisions, including prevailing wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts will be enforced. In the event of a conflict between Federal and State wage rates, the higher of the two will prevail. The Contractor’s duty to pay State prevailing wages can be found under Labor Code Section 1770 et. Seq. and Labor Code Sections 1775 and 1777.7 outline the penalties for failure to pay prevailing wages and employ apprentices including forfeitures and debarment. Five percent (5%) will be deducted from each progress payment and retained by the City. The remainder less the amount of all previous payments will be paid to the Contractor. Pursuant to Public Contracts Code (“PCC”) § 22300, the Contractor may substitute securities for retention monies held by the City or request that the City place such monies into an escrow account. The Contractor is notified, pursuant to PCC § 22300, any such election will be at the Contractor own expense and will include costs incurred by the City to accommodate the Contractor’s request. In entering into a Public Works contract, or a subcontract, to supply goods, services, or materials pursuant to a public works contract, the Contractor, or Sub- Contractor, offers and agrees to assign to the awarding body all rights, title and interest in, and to, all causes of action it may have under Section 4 of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. Section 15) or under the Cartwright Act (Chapter 2 [commencing with Section 16700] of Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code), arising from purchases of goods, services, or materials pursuant to the public works contract or the subcontract. This assignment shall be made and become effective at the time the awarding body tenders final payment to the Contractor, without further acknowledgment by the parties. Bids must be prepared on the approved Proposal forms in conformance with the Instructions to Bidders and submitted to the Public Works Department, 350 Main NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the City of El Segundo Police Department has had $78,110.82 in its Bail/Evidence account for three or more years and has declared the funds unclaimed. Per Government Code Section 50051, these unclaimed funds will become the property of the City of El Segundo on May 3, 2017, unless a claim is filed pursuant to Government Code Section 50052. El Segundo Herald Pub. 3/2, 3/9/17 H-25491 Street, City of El Segundo, in a sealed envelope plainly marked on the outside: “SEALED BIDS FOR PROJECT NO.: PW 15-23B FIRE STATION 1 APPARATUS BAY DOORS REPLACEMENT PROJECT IN THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO DO NOT OPEN WITH REGULAR MAIL” No bid will be accepted from a Contractor who has not been licensed in accordance with the provisions of the State Business and Professions Code. For these projects, those acceptable classes of license shall be “A,” or “B,” or “C-61/D-24” and “C-61/D-28”. The successful Contractor and his Sub- Contractors will be required to possess the correct license for their project classifications, and valid City Business Licenses from the City of El Segundo. The City of El Segundo reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any irregularity, and to take all bids under advisement for a period of ninety (90) calendar days. Any contract entered into pursuant to this notice shall become effective or enforceable against the City of El Segundo only when the formal written contract has been duly executed by the appropriate officer(s) of the City of El Segundo. DATED this 2nd day of March , 2017 . CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA Tracy Weaver, City Clerk El Segundo Herald Pub. 3/2, 3/9/17 H-25490
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