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 - June 18, 2015 Making a Difference in a Dog’s Life Berto (A1504778) is a 1 year old, white & freckled, neutered male, pit bull masterpiece!! Great on the leash, attentive, affectionate, curious about the world and eager to please! Berto loves people and will make a wonderful family addition!! Please consider adopting Berto! He needs a home. You can see a video of Berto at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8zCni8m6P8. Contact Harbor Shelter, San Pedro, at 310.548.2632. Photo courtesy of Harbor Shelter. Mayor, City Council Approve Youth Employment Plan For Park Projects By Cristian Vasquez to: 10 percent of the grantee’s development to receive reimbursement funds for any Through a recommendation from the Parks, monies; or 50 percent of the total maintenance maintenance costs. Recreation and Library Services Department, and servicing funds assigned to be received In addition, the staff report indicates that the mayor and members of the city council by the city during the assessment period, as young people hired for said projects will be approved the City of Inglewood Youth determined by the district. responsible for: assisting with the cleanup Employment Plan. In addition, the council at playground and fitness equipment, help agreed to commit $18,852 from the general with transportation of “old materials” to fund to the 2015-2016 fiscal year, 2016-2017 an appropriate dump site, perform routine fiscal year and the 2017-2018 fiscal year maintenance tasks once new fitness annual budgets. equipment has been installed, carry out The projects to benefit from the Inglewood routine maintenance chores at the tennis Youth Employment Plan will be funded courts, playground areas, outdoor restrooms through Proposition A Excess Funds Grant The city’s Youth Employment Goal’s and picnic areas. Young employees will also Program, which is part of the general fund. financial cost stands at $56,555, which the be responsible for monitoring athletic fields On Nov. 3, 1992 and Nov. 5, 1996 “the staff report states is equal to 10 percent of and walking tracks, they must also help with people of the County of Los Angeles enacted the city’s total funding through Prop. A. In the cleaning of older and worn-out linoleum Los Angeles County Proposition A-Safe order to expand YEG during the next three floors, all while being accessible to provide Neighborhood Parks, Gang Prevention, Tree years, the City of Inglewood plans to spend information to the general public. Planting, Senior and Youth Recreation, Beaches $18,852 during that time period for the The Youth Employment Plan defines atrisk and Wildlife Protection [Prop A],” states the “development, maintenance, servicing and youth as a person between the ages staff report signed by Parks, Recreation and programming of facilities at eligible Prop. of 14 and 24 who is involved in or is at Library Services Director Sabrina Barnes. A excess funded projects.” risk of becoming involved in: “drug and/or “Prop A, administered by the Los Angeles The Youth Employment Plan in the city alcohol abuse, adolescent pregnancy, single County Park and Open Space District, has will require certain tasks to be carried out parenthood, physical and/or emotional abuse, provided funds to the City of Inglewood for by at-risks youth from within the city. The gang activity, violence and vandalism, poverty, the purposes of developing facilities and open plan is also required to provide a detailed family unemployment, truancy, and academic space for public recreation.” explanation of how the grantee [city] plans performance below grade level or failing to Both the 1992 and 1996 propositions to meet its Youth Employment Goal via the complete high school.” placed a strong emphasis on having local hiring of at-risk youths for the district-funded “The City of Inglewood, through the South youth employed in the park improvement park improvement projects. Lastly, the plan Bay One Stop Business and Career Center, projects. In order to meet the goal of hiring must state the strategies by which potential employs at risk youth,” states the Youth at-risk youths the district decided that it was young employees are to be recruited and hired. Employment Plan. “The youth are assigned required to adopt a requirement that “as a Through the approval of the Youth to perform various functions for the Parks, condition on the receipt of the funds under Employment Plan the city will be eligible to Recreation and Library Services Department. Prop A of 1992 and 1996” each grantee receive reimbursements for all development All youth assigned to the City assist in the city was to spend an equal amount on the costs associated with any projects that apply performance of the many maintenance and employment of at-risk youths equivalent to the Prop funds. Also, the city is eligible clerical functions performed by the City.” • Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................4 Classifieds............................2 Community Briefs...............2 Film Review..........................4 Finance..................................3 Food.......................................8 Legals............................2, 6-7 Letters...................................4 Looking Up...........................5 Police Reports.....................6 Seniors..................................7 Sports....................................5 Weekend Forecast Friday Partly Cloudy 73˚/63˚ Saturday Partly Cloudy 75˚/64˚ Sunday Partly Cloudy 77˚/64˚ The Youth Employment Plan in the city will require certain tasks to be carried out by at-risks youth from within the city.”
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