The Weekly Newspaper of El Segundo Herald Publications - El Segundo, Torrance, Manhattan Beach, Hawthorne, Lawndale, & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 106, No. 10 - March 9, 2017 Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.....................14 Classifieds............................4 Crossword/Sudoku.............4 Entertainment......................6 Legals............................ 12,13 Obituaries.............................2 Pets......................................15 Police Briefs........................3 Real Estate................8-11,16 Sports....................................5 Weekend Forecast Friday Sunny 72˚/56˚ Saturday Partly Cloudy 74˚/59˚ Sunday Mostly Sunny 74˚/59˚ Raytheon Provides Engineering Lessons During “Girl Day” On February 23, El Segundo’s Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems treated over 50 middle school girls at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Los Angeles Harbor to a hands-on lesson in engineering. The activity was part of National Engineers Week’s spotlight on Girl Day. The girls assembled “Wigglebots” from a Solo cup, a battery and a motor for a useful exercise in robotics. Helping girls experience engineering is one way that Raytheon hopes to increase the number of women in the engineering profession, which is currently only 13 percent. Photo Courtesy of Raytheon SAS. • City Council Approves Software Agreement, Gets Police Update By Brian Simon For Tuesday night’s El Segundo City Council Groundbreaking for $1.6 Billion Midfield Satellite Concourse at LAX Marking another milestone in the modernization of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and airport officials, using gold shovels, broke ground at the end of last month on phase one of the new Midfield Satellite Concourse (MSC). The $1.6-billion state-of-the-art, five-level facility and an associated new baggage system will provide the nation’s second busiest airport with 12 new gates, a greatly enhanced guest experience, and additional flexibility to accommodate aircraft while other terminal upgrades at LAX are underway. “LAX means so much to L.A.’s economy — it’s an incredible job-creator, employing more than 50,000 people. A record 47.3 million tourists visited our city last year — that’s why we’re investing billions to make it one of the premier airports in the world,” said Mayor Garcetti. “The Midfield Satellite Concourse is a transformational project that will put thousands of people to work and help extend L.A.’s worldwide reach even further. Designed as an extension of the Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT), the new 750,000-square-foot concourse will be located west of TBIT and connected by a 1,000-foot-long underground pedestrian tunnel with moving walkways. Buses will also be used to transport passengers between the concourse and other terminals. In addition, the facility will feature an early-bag storage and baggage See LAX, page 12 meeting, members of Boy Scout Troop 762 were in attendance to fulfill one of eight requirements to earn their citizenship merit badges. Their objective was to listen for topics in which the Council members expressed differing opinions—and then at a later time explain why they agreed or disagreed with a particular viewpoint. It turned out that the Scouts were out of luck on an evening featuring a light agenda with only one discussion item that quickly passed by a 5-0 vote. Said item was approval of a three-year agreement with Insight Public Sector to provide Microsoft software support and upgrades at a total cost not to exceed $225,987 ($75,329 annually). The matter also came before the Council two weeks ago, but the group opted to put the decision on hold to learn if the City could proceed on a six-month or one-year deal to avoid the larger budget hit—and also to allow for the Technology Committee to weigh in on the deal. However, staff learned that Microsoft licensing agreements with government entities require a minimum three-year term. The City currently uses Microsoft software for the bulk of its server systems—covering operating systems, email, databases and other related applications. The company requires client access licenses for each City employee who accesses the servers. The old license agreement expired at the end of January, necessitating a renewal. Insight offered the lowest of three bids for the licensing (with the other candidates coming in at $250,065 and $300,890 respectively for the three-year period). Police Captain Brian Evanski, who continues to head information services while the City searches for an IT director, reported that the Technology Committee unanimously recommended moving forward with the Insight contract. He added that the agreement provides the City with flexibility to transition into Microsoft Office 365, which will involve an additional $100,000 budget allocation. However, Evanski said this software’s “benefits are very great.” During a report on department recruitment and succession planning, Police Chief Mitch Tavera had some good news: Part 1 crimes in El Segundo are down by five percent so far in 2017 as compared to last year. This after a 33 percent increase between 2014-2016 that featured notable upticks in the categories of theft, burglary and robbery. Still, the crime numbers last year were their highest since 2007. Tavera attributed much of the problem to state legislation (i.e. Prop 47 and AB 109) that put more criminals in the streets—and he pointed out that the majority of South Bay communities also experienced double-digit crime increases. See City Council, page 13
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