Hawthorne Press Tribune The Weekly Newspaper of Hawthorne Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 - March 3, 2016 Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................6 Classifieds............................3 Film Review..........................2 Food.......................................4 Hawthorne Happenings....3 Legals................................ 6-7 Looking Up...........................4 Police Reports.....................3 Seniors..................................5 Sports....................................5 Weekend Forecast Friday Cloudy 65˚/57˚ Saturday Mostly Cloudy 66˚/57˚ Sunday Showers/ Wind 63˚/52˚ Inglewood Sentinels Fall to No. 1 Team Inglewood High’s Terrell Gomez goes up for a basket during last week’s CIF-Southern Section Open Division boys’ basketball playoff action against Chino Hills. Photo by Joe Snyder Inglewood City Hall Elevators Scheduled for Modernization Project By Cristian Vasquez from Cypress and Fujitec in Torrance, whose A bid to modernize the City of Inglewood’s price tag was $2,335,000, with a maintenance elevators at city hall at a price tag of $1,568,850 cost of $61,810 and no bid offering a twoyear has been approved by the mayor and members warranty. of the city council. The approved contract The project will be developed in three agreement also includes a 10 percent contingency steps: modernizing all four elevators first; then fund worth $148,200, putting the total cost of undertaking the modernization maintenance, the project at $1,717,050. and lastly providing the two-year maintenance “The four (4) elevators servicing Inglewood warranty. One of the four elevators is scheduled City Hall are 30 years old and in need of for completion during the 2015-2016 fiscal year modernization,” states the staff report signed by and the other three will be finished during the Public Works Director Louis A. Atwell. “The 2016-2017 fiscal year. modernization of these elevators is necessary Park Projects Priority List to provide reliable service for the public and Approved by Council staff. Modernization is also required to ensure compliance with applicable state codes and standards, and to enhance the efficiency of operations.” Of the total amount allotted to the project $1,482,000 will be used to fulfill the construction efforts, while $29,250 will be spent on maintenance and another $57,600 will cover a two-year warranty. As of Aug. 5, 2014 the City of Inglewood reached an agreement with HKA Elevator Consulting, Inc. that would provide engineering and design services for the city hall elevator modernization project. By April of 2015 HKA had completed all design and technical details regarding the modernization of all four elevators. “The project scope of the work includes the removal and replacement of existing door packages, hoist machines, controllers, and fixtures, and the refurbishment of the elevator cabs,” details the staff report. “Upon completion of work, the elevators will have complete new door packages with new door operators; new wall paneling, flooring and drop ceiling with LED lights; and upgraded hoisting system with new efficient A/C gearless hoist machine and new controller.” The competitive bid was advertised on Aug. 27, 2015, attracting 10 bidders to the Sept. 9, 2015 pre-bid meeting and job walk. Of the 10, two bidders submitted proposals by Oct. 28, 2015 including Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc. The mayor and council approved a staff recommended Park Projects Priority List as part of the Los Angeles County Countywide Parks Needs Assessments [CNPA]. A countywide CNPA was kicked off in March of 2015 by the county in an attempt to study park and recreation facilities, and better understand methods of improving and expanding access to parks in all communities. CNPA goals include: engaging all communities within the county in a collaborative process designed to gather information and input to be used in the decision-making process for parks and recreation; increasing the county’s ability to understand current park and recreation assets; to determine the best method of improving, expanding and making accessible said resources; and identifying in order to prioritize and outline all costs associated with potential park projects in the study area. More than 30 community members were reported to have attended a Community Engagement meeting hosted by the Parks, Recreation and Library Services Department on Jan. 14 2016. The meeting was designed to allow members of the public to review a list of potential park projects as part of the CPNA list. CPNA requirements mandate that all projects must take place at a single location, unless it involves specific infrastructure projects. In addition, projects must be categorized as: an effort to repair existing amenities within a park, or to repair general infrastructure amenities of all types within the study area; it must involve the addition or replacement of an “amenity type” to an existing park or and an existing general infrastructure in all parks within the study area; lastly, the construction of a new park. “All projects were recorded to voting forms which were posted on the walls for use during the prioritization exercise,” states the staff report signed by Parks, Recreation and Library Services Director Sabrina Barnes. Participants used colored dot stickers and placed them on the provided voting forms of each project listed in order to state their preference. The top 10 projects were as follows: upgraded restrooms in all parks, installing a security cameras system in all parks, upgrading/ refurbishing ball fields/turf at Darby and Rogers Parks, upgrading lighting and replacing signage as well as furniture and fencing at Darby and Vincent Parks, refurbishing tennis courts at Vincent Park, a new irrigation improvement project and amphitheater improvement project at Vincent Park, and refurbishing tennis courts at Rogers Park. Other projects listed but not ranked the top 10 included construction of a football field, a dog park, as well as Wi-Fi access at all parks and a free library at all parks. When necessary and possible, the funds for the top 10 projects listed will be made available; in addition, the projects not ranked in the top 10 will be funded after they have been revisited, prioritized and funds made available. “Exact project costs are not required for the CPNA or known at this time,” states the staff report. “Following approval of the priority list by the Mayor and Council Members and submission of the Parks Project Priority List to the County, County staff will develop cost estimates. The cost estimates will be derived from City/County staff evaluations of park conditions, site visits and research completed by landscape architects, economists and professional costs estimators.” •
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