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. 28 - July 13, 2017 Inside This Issue Calendar of Events.............3 Certified & Licensed Professionals.....................16 Classifieds............................4 Community Briefs...............2 Crossword/Sudoku.............4 Entertainment......................6 Legals............................ 14,15 Pets......................................17 Real Estate........ 10-13,18-20 Sports.................................5,8 Weekend Forecast City of El Segundo Welcomes New Police Chief Bill Whalen El Segundo’s new Police Chief Bill Whalen was officially sworn-in during a ceremony at City Hall on the morning of July 5. In this photo left to right: City Manager Greg Carpenter, Mayor Suzanne Fuentes, Police Chief Bill Whalen, Councilmember Carol Pirsztuk, Councilmember Michael Dugan, Mayor Pro Tem Drew Boyles and Councilmember Dr. Don Brann Photo by Robert Cetl, City of El Segundo. Council Considers Climate Resolution, Main Street Improvements, Park Hires By Brian Simon During last week’s rare Wednesday meeting since the first Tuesday of the month was the Fourth of July, the El Segundo City Council El Segundo School Board Meets New Center Street Assistant Principal By Duane Plank “I am truly honored to be joining El Grace Long was formally approved Segundo Unified School District. I am Tuesday evening by the El Segundo looking forward to getting to know the School Board to fill the slot of assistant amazing students, families and staff at principal at Center Street Elementary for Center Street Elementary. All students the 2017-18 school year. Long, who comes deserve the best educational experience to the El Segundo Unified School District possible and I am excited to work together (ESUSD) after a 16-year tenure with the to continue the journey of providing the Lawndale Elementary School District as most optimal learning environment and an elementary school and middle school rigorous instruction possible for our teacher with her past three years spent students.” serving as a middle school language arts Superintendent Melissa Moore said specialist, is replacing Kim Jones, who in her statement to the Board about the took a position for the upcoming school hiring of Long, who received both her year in the neighboring Wiseburn Unified Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from School District as the principal at Peter UCLA, that Long was vetted by a “panel Burnett Elementary. of stakeholders” at Center Street, who Prior to the meeting, Long emailed, received a request from Environmental Committee members Tracey Miller-Zarneke (Chair) and Kevin Maggay to join 338 cities in the Climate Mayor’s Network in adopting a resolution to support the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. In a move deemed controversial, President Trump recently pulled the United States out of that international accord. Miller-Zarneke emphasized that El Segundo’s inclusion on the list of supporters would be a prime networking opportunity to share ideas with like-minded communities—and that the City could choose to pull out at any time with no financial or other obligations. The Paris Agreement aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and limit global temperature increases. Mayor Pro Tem Drew Boyles was in favor of joining the network, feeling local residents would want the Council to do so. “We’re doing it as a matter of spirit,” he said. “If it doesn’t cost us… I don’t see why we wouldn’t want to do this.” Councilmember Carol Pirsztuk agreed with her colleague, but the item did not move forward as Mayor Suzanne Fuentes voted against it—stating that it is out of her purview to take a position on a national or international agreement. Council members Don Brann and Mike Dugan abstained, leaving only two yes votes and thus causing the motion to fail. The former felt the matter was outside the City’s scope, while the latter was uncomfortable with enforcement and what aspects the City could control (though he said he otherwise supports reducing greenhouse gas emissions). The Council agreed to temporarily hold off funding various proposed landscaping improvements on Main Street so that merchants can meet and then make recommendations on their preferences for sprucing up the area. Recreation and Parks Director Meredith Petit presented an option to purchase 2,400 plants at a cost of $13,575 to fill vacant spots on Main as well as Grand Avenue. She indicated the move would improve aesthetics in the short term, but issued a caveat about inevitable damage from people opening car doors over planters or walking over flowers. Petit also brought forth the idea of buying artificial flower hanging baskets to provide color and greenery ($200 per basket, or $27,000 total). Friday Mostly Sunny 73˚/66˚ Saturday Sunny 77˚/68˚ Sunday Sunny 80˚/68˚ See City Council, page 14 See School Board, page 15
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