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. 18 - May 4, 2017 Inside This Issue Calendar of Events.............3 Certified & Licensed Professionals.....................14 Classifieds............................4 Community Briefs...............3 Crossword/Sudoku.............4 Entertainment......................6 Food.....................................15 Legals............................12-13 Real Estate................8-11,16 Sports....................................5 Weekend Forecast Crowds Come Out for 26th Annual Run for Education The El Segundo PTA Council’s 26th Annual El Segundo Run For Education took place on April 22. The 5K/10K courses are USATF-certified, with award medals presented to the top three finishes in each age group. In this shot, Ronald McDonald starts the Kids Fun Run. For more photos see page 7. Photo by Maria Barden. • El Segundo City Council Bids Fond Farewell to Tree Musketeers By Brian Simon The El Segundo City Council on Tuesday night said goodbye to Tree Musketeers, the youth-led nonprofit that ceased operations at the end of April after 30 years in the community. Planning Commission Tackles “Granny” Units, Boeing and Rosecrans Projects By Liz Spear With several substantive items on their agenda, including Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), a Boeing proposal to add a new building, and a request for a revision to Continental Development Corporation’s planned retail project to construct three restaurants and a bank on Rosecrans Avenue, the El Segundo Planning Commission had a heavier agenda than usual (and a larger audience in attendance) at its regularly scheduled meeting on April 27. The meeting also went longer than most, clocking in at more than four hours, with 17 people addressing the commission. The meeting’s biggest issue was ADUs, also known as granny flats, and a new state law that requires cities to approve such units in single-family residential zones when part of existing homes or existing structures such as rec rooms, offices, pool rooms and studios without requiring any new parking accommodations on the property for the additional new people who would move into the ADUs. It was the third time the Planning Commission deliberated on the law, aimed at creating more affordable housing in a heavily populated state and opening the door to having separate spaces adult children or older parents can move into on one property to live close to other family members. ADUs typically entail living facilities that include a bathroom and kitchen and have their own entrance. The commission’s first tangle with the new See Planning Commission, page 14 A special presentation and commendation included video highlights of the organization’s achievements ranging from the Trees to the Sea plantings to the Memory Row dedications. Tara Church, longtime Tree Musketeers board chair and one of the group’s 13 original founders in 1987, addressed the audience and remembered appearing before the Council 30 years before. Clad in a Brownie Scout uniform and a third grader at the time, she asked the then-City leaders for permission to plant a single tree on Imperial Avenue. Scared by then-news of a hole in the ozone layer, acid rain and reports that the human race may need to move underground to survive damage to the planet, she and her friends aimed to make a difference and spur other kids to do the same. Marcie the Marvelous Tree was the first project of many over the next few decades. “I didn’t know Tree Musketeers would grow into much more than an environmental group,” Church said, pointing to the organization’s longstanding program of training kids to become community leaders. While calling it “the right time” to wrap things up, Church said Tree Musketeers’ legacy “will go on forever” and she proceeded to thank the many volunteers, board members, community supporters and sponsors who have been “the heart and soul” of the group’s work. She especially credited her mother, Gail Church, for serving as executive director throughout the organization’s history. Looking into the future, Youth Manager Fernando Aguilar told those in attendance that he and his team “didn’t take the news [about the closure] lying down.” He indicated that LEAD courses will continue, local projects will forge ahead under the direction of Recreation and Parks, and that “this isn’t the end.” He spoke of going forward with a next-generation organization “as it was 30 years ago” with volunteers leading the way—and invited the community to join in the effort. Another presentation proclaimed May 12 as Ed! Gala Day in recognition of the El Segundo Education Foundation’s largest annual fundraiser. Established six years ago, the event draws about 800 attendees to Chevron Park. Friday See City Council, page 4 Partly Cloudy 66˚/58˚ Saturday AM Clouds/ PM Sun 64˚/52˚ Sunday AM Showers 60˚/53˚
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