Inglewood News AND LENNOX CITIZEN The Weekly Newspaper of Inglewood Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 - September 10, 2015 Volunteers Rally for Coastal Cleanup Day Heal the Bay is calling for volunteers of all ages and physical abilities for the next Coastal Cleanup Day, happening September 19th. No special abilities are necessary. Coastal Cleanup Day participants have collected more than 1 million pounds of trash in Los Angeles County since 1990’s inaugural event, equaling roughly the weight of a fully loaded Boeing 747 jumbo jet. Volunteers will work at fifty sites, including Ballona Creek and Arroyo Seco. For more information, visit healthebay.org/ccd Photo courtesy of Heal the Bay. City Moves Forward With Senior Citizen Development On North Locust Street By Cristian Vasquez Mayor James T. Butts and the Inglewood City Council approved an amendment to a current agreement [Agreement No. 13-090] in order to increase the maximum compensation for preconstruction services with regards to the construction management services for the development of a senior center at 111 N. Locust St. The amendment will also corrects specific sections of the agreement and it allows City Manager Artie Fields, or his designee, the authority to change orders. With the approval of the amendment change, order requests from Gwynne Pugh Urban Studios [GPUS] for more pre-construction consulting services to be performed have been set at $141,465. However, the city approved a maximum additional expenditure of $200,000 and amended the 2014-2015 fiscal year budget to reflect the changes. The previous amount approved for the GPUS contract was $958,216 and broke down into three “not to exceed” amounts: $323,155 for pre-construction [design assist services], $608,478 for construction administration services and $26,583 for post-construction services. On Aug. 28, 2012 the city council and its successor agency board approved the implementation of the design-build construction delivery method in order to build a new senior center. Almost one year later and after the request for qualifications and proposal process for architectural, engineering and construction services, the council approved the selection of GPUS to provide consulting services in the design build process. “Working with staff, other consultants, and the Senior Advisory Committee, GPUS developed detailed project specifications, criteria, and an illustrative design concept for the new Senior Center (Design Criteria) to be used by a Design-Build Entity once selected by the city,” states the staff report signed by Fields. “GPUS was retained by the City to handle, on its behalf and as its authorized representative, all design and construction issues, payment processing with the Design-Build Entity, construction progress, scheduling, inspections, and compliance with all applicable rules, regulations, ordinance, and laws through conclusion of the project.” The staff report also indicates that on Dec. 16, 2014 the city council and Successor Agency Board agreed to approve a designbuild agreement with Pinner Construction Co., Inc. as the best qualified bidder, at the lowest cost. By January 2015, Pinner and its design partner gkkworks, began working with GPUS, city staff and other consultants as part of the collaboration process to begin developing the design for the center, which by March 2015 was reviewed by the Senior Advisory Committee. “During the performance of GPUS pre-construction services to date, City representatives have determined that additional services in the amount of $141,465 are needed,” states the staff report. “Therefore, staff is recommending that the original ‘not to exceed’ pre-construction services amount of $323,155 be increased by $200,000 to $523,155.” On April 6 the design-build entity received the notice to proceed and begin work on the schematic documents pertaining to the project. Through the notice to proceed, the design process can finally establish a Guaranteed Maximum Price [GMP] for the new senior center. Construction on the new facility cannot begin until the GMP and final project design are approved; the completion date for both is set to occur during Spring 2016, while completion of the project and grand opening of the new senior center are anticipated to take place in the Fall of 2017. Inglewood Downtown Renovation Efforts Continue In response to residents’ requests to have Downtown Inglewood revitalized, the City of Inglewood and several consultants continue to reach out to the community and will host Community Workshop No. 2 on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. The community workshop will take place at St. John Chrysostom Church’s Parish Hall, located at 546 E. Florence Ave. The community workshops seek to gather input from residents in order to gain direction with regards to turning Downtown Inglewood into a vibrant location where accessible gathering locations are available and that will allow the city to further develop its character. During the workshop residents will be presented with, and will be allowed to discuss conceptual alternatives to reach the goal of revitalization. The city also seeks communitybased alternatives for the surrounding area at the new Fairview Heights Metro Station. • Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................7 Classifieds............................2 Community Briefs...............3 Film Review..........................2 Food.......................................8 Hawthorne Happenings....3 Legals................................ 5-7 Pets........................................4 Police Reports.....................3 Sports....................................5 Weekend Forecast Friday Sunny 91˚/73˚ Saturday Sunny 90˚/72˚ Sunday Partly Cloudy 86˚/70˚
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