Page 2 May 11, 2017 EL SEGUNDO HERALD Calendar of Events Deadline for Calendar items is the prior Thursday by noon. Calendar items are $1 per word. Email listings to marketing@heraldpublications. SBA loans. Business credit lines. Cash management services. Commercial RE, construction and equipment loans. Ed Myska Senior Vice President 310.321.3285 emyska@grandpointbank.com 1960 E. Grand Avenue, Suite 1200 El Segundo, CA 90245 grandpointbank.com Five-Star Superior Rating by BauerFinancial com. We take Visa and MasterCard. THURSDAY, MAY 11 • El Segundo Farmer’s Market, 3:00 PM. – 7:00 PM., located on Main Street, Downtown El Segundo. FRIDAY, MAY 12 • Bingo, 1:00 PM. - 3:00 PM., 50 Plus, $3.00 minimum, Senior Club of El Segundo, 339 Sheldon St., Call Helen at: 310-416-9181. • 2017 Ed! Gala, 6:00 PM., Chevron Park, for ticket info: 310-615-2650 Ext: 1705, www.esedf.org/gala. SATURDAY, MAY 13 • Saturday Night Dance, 7:00 PM. – 9:45 PM., Cost: $3.00 Per Person, Adults of all Ages Welcome, Senior Club of El Segundo, 339 Sheldon St., Call: 310-524-2705. SUNDAY, MAY 14 • HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!! • Bridge & Pinochle Groups, 11:30 AM. – 3:45 PM, Senor Club of El Segundo, 339 Sheldon St., Call Pam at: 310-318-2856. MONDAY, MAY 15 • Canasta Group, 12:00 PM. – 3:00 PM., 50 Plus, Free, Senior Club of El Segundo, 339 Sheldon St., Call Pam at: 310-318-2856. TUESDAY, MAY 16 • El Segundo Kiwanis Club Meeting, 12:10 PM., The Lakes at El Segundo, 400 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Contact: elsegundokiwanis. org. • ESMS PTSA Meeting, 7:00 PM., ESMS Library, 332 Center Street, Call: 310-615- 2690. • City Council Meeting, 7:00 PM., City Hall, 350 Main Street, Call: 310-524-2306. WEDNESDAY, MAY 17 • Bowling, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, 50 Plus, Senior Club of El Segundo, Gable House Bowl, 22501 Hawthorne Blvd., Torrance, Cost: $8.00 for 3 games, Call Joyce at: 310-322-7621. THURSDAY, MAY 18 • El Segundo Farmer’s Market, 3:00 PM. – 7:00 PM., located on Main Street, Downtown El Segundo. • Drop-In Lobby Events: Growing Up in a Frank Lloyd Wright House, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM., All workshops are free and include supplies, El Segundo Public Library, 111 W. Mariposa Ave., Call: 310-524-2728. • iMusic Spring Recital – 6:00 PM. – 8:00 PM., ESMS Bulldog Hall, 332 Center Street, Call: 310-615-2690. FRIDAY, MAY 19 • Bingo, 1:00 PM. - 3:00 PM., 50 Plus, $3.00 minimum, Senior Club of El Segundo, 339 Sheldon St., Call Helen at: 310-416-9181. • Free Computer Class: Microsoft Word 2013 Basics, 8:30 AM. – 10:00 AM., free, seating is limited, registration required, El Segundo Public Library, 111 W. Mariposa Ave., Call: 310-524-2728. SATURDAY, MAY 20 • Saturday Night Dance, 7:00 PM. – 9:45 PM., Cost: $3.00 Per Person, Adults of all Ages Welcome, Senior Club of El Segundo, 339 Sheldon St., Call: 310-524-2705. • Concerts in the Library: Richard Bernard’s Oy! Stars – Klezmer Music, 2:00 PM., free, El Segundo Friends of the Library Room, 111 W. Mariposa Ave., Call: 310-524-2770. • Free Computer Class: Photo Basics, 3:00 PM. – 4:30 PM., free, seating is limited, registration required, El Segundo Public Library, 111 W. Mariposa Ave., Call: 310- 524-2728. SUNDAY, MAY 21 • Bridge & Pinochle Groups, 11:30 AM. – 3:45 PM, Senor Club of El Segundo, 339 Sheldon St., Call Pam at: 310-318-2856. MONDAY, MAY 22 • Canasta Group, 12:00 PM. – 3:00 PM., 50 Plus, Free, Senior Club of El Segundo, 339 Sheldon St., Call Pam at: 310-318-2856. TUESDAY, MAY 23 • Board of Education Meeting, 7:00 PM., District Administrative Offices, Board Room, 641 Sheldon Street. WEDNESDAY, MAY 24 • Bowling, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, 50 Plus, Senior Club of El Segundo, Gable House Bowl, 22501 Hawthorne Blvd., Torrance, Cost: $8.00 for 3 games, Call Joyce at: 310-322-7621. THURSDAY, MAY 25 • El Segundo Farmer’s Market, 3:00 PM. – 7:00 PM., located on Main Street, Downtown El Segundo. • City of El Segundo Posts Objections to Proposed LAX Projects By Brian Simon Back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, rarely a month went by in these pages without some article or update on the latest news regarding Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), plans to modernize the airport and the then-contentious relationship between Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and the City of El Segundo. But a 2005 legal settlement between the two parties ensured a cap on airport gate capacity to limit growth at LAX, while also providing dollars for local residential sound insulation. Meanwhile, the tragic events of September 11, 2001 prompted a substantial drop in passenger traffic well below previous levels. As a result, LAX has not been quite as major a topic in El Segundo news for the last decade-plus. That may be changing, however, as the 10-year settlement agreement expired and LAWA is now in the midst of a major modernization effort that has City officials concerned about potential adverse impacts on the community. With its multii-billion-dollar Landside Access Modernization Program (LAMP), LAWA seeks to enhance the passenger experience by relieving traffic in the Central Terminal Area (CTA) as well as nearby streets and roads by providing travelers with new, faster and more efficient pick-up/drop-off options geared to decrease private vehicle trips to LAX—and at the same time improve air quality via reduced vehicle emissions. The key components of LAMP include an Automated People Mover (APM) system, two Intermodal Transportation Facilities (ITFs), a Consolidated Rent-a-Car Facility (CONRAC), improvements within the CTA, and a connection to the Metro rail system. More details on the project can be found here: http:// www.connectinglax.com/files/LAX.Landside. Access.Modernization.Program_Fact.Sheet.pdf The City of El Segundo last week posted a comment letter about the project on its website. “We believe that LAMP is a needed project for the region, but have strong concerns about its growth-inducing nature and the impacts that this airport growth will create,” said City Manager Greg Carpenter. “Increased activity at the airport has the potential to increase vehicle traffic on our streets, and also create parking impacts and noise.” The City expressed similar feelings about a second project at the airport—Delta’s $1.9 billion plan to upgrade and connect Terminals 2 and 3 over the next six to seven years. The move entails the airline’s relocation from Terminals 5 and 6, with plans to provide a variety of amenities to modernize Terminals 2 and 3. More information on the Delta project can be found here: http://www.lawa.org/uploadedFiles/ OurLAX/pdf/LAX_T2_3_Mod_Project_NOPIS_ Initial_Study_SECURE.pdf City officials made their positions on both projects known in recent months through meetings with LAWA staff. El Segundo Mayor Suzanne Fuentes presented a list of objections at the Board of Airport Commissioners (BOAC) meeting when that group certified the LAMP environmental impact report (EIR). She did the same at a Los Angeles County Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC) meeting. “Protecting the quality of life for El Segundo’s residents is always one of my top priorities as mayor, which is why I’ve been personally involved in discussions with Los Angeles World Airports about noise, pollution, and traffic caused by LAX,” Fuentes said. “While we know that the airport will continue to grow, my focus is making sure that the impacts of that growth are dealt with as much as possible. In particular, I want to make sure that the City is protected from people using El Segundo to park and then ride-share to the airport. We will not be a dumping ground for LAX impacts.” Mayor Pro Tem Drew Boyles outlined the City’s concerns at the joint BOAC/Los Angeles City Planning Commission. The City filed an appeal of the LA Planning Commission’s action on LAMP with plans to appear at the Los Angeles City Council meeting in June at which time the project could receive final approval. “Our environmental laws are about accountability--making sure that when an airport project impacts our city and our residents, that agency is responsible for lessening those impacts,” Boyles said. “While we understand that Los Angeles World Airports is working hard to make LAX a better airport, those improvement projects could have negative effects on El Segundo, and our [city] council is 100 percent focused on ensuring that our residents are protected. We’ve been engaged with LAWA in active discussions and we’re confident that our city will be better for that engagement.” According to Coby King, President and CEO of High Point Strategies, LLC, the firm the City of El Segundo retains for governmental advocacy on this matter, LAWA and the City have fundamentally different viewpoints on the projects. “The California Environmental Quality Act [CEQA] dictates that when a government agency takes on a project, it is required to provide analysis and a mitigation plan if environmental impacts are discovered,” King said. “The main disagreement is whether or not this project—by making the airport much more efficient— will not only move people in and out faster, but also improve the airport since one of the main things people dislike about LAX is the poor customer experience. Through these projects, we feel the airport will attract new passengers who might not have otherwise come to LAX. However, LAWA officials believe that the projects will not generate new growth, but will only accommodate growth that’s already coming and so they are not required to provide impact mitigation.” Statistics showed passenger traffic at LAX at almost 81 million in 2016 (it was as low as 56 million in 2009, but then began a precipitous yearly rise and exceeded the all-time volume in 2014 with 70.6 million going through the gates), with estimates that the number will swell to 96 million by 2030. The 2005 legal settlement that created a maximum passenger gate cap meant to constrain annual traffic to the airport’s then-capacity of 78.9 million travelers per year. The gate cap provision runs through 2020, though the other elements of the settlement expired in 2015. “LAWA acknowledges the significant increase in future growth, but its argument is that the growth is coming anyway and that the facilities proposed are just to handle that growth,” King added. “Our position is that the facilities will in fact cause some of that growth.” With LAMP, the current entryway into the airport from Sepulveda Boulevard will go away, as activity moves further east with new access points on Aviation Boulevard to the remote facilities designed to get people to the airport without using personal vehicles. “The idea is to relieve congestion in the Central Terminal Area, but the impacts are not theoretical—they will lead to traffic, air quality and noise issues that will directly affect the lives of El Segundo See LAX, page 15 Obituaries Jeanine Van Drie 1961 – 2017 Jeanine Van Drie, 56, of Roseville, CA., daughter of Gerhardt and Charmion Van Drie went home to the Lord on April 5th after a bout with ovarian cancer. Survivors left to cherish her memory are her parents, three siblings: Gary, Mary Kay, Alan and many relatives, friends, students, and co-workers. She attended El Segundo schools (1st through 12th graduating in 1979), El Camino, Long Beach State (vocal performance) and Northridge (teaching certificate). She moved to the Roseville area where she was an excellent teacher. She also taught Jr. High Math for an American School in Ulan Bator, Mongolia for 3 years. Jeanine was a strong woman of faith and lived a very abundant life. •
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