The Weekly Newspaper of Inglewood Daily News on a Weekly Basis - Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 - September 22, 2016 Rogers Park Gets a Colorful Make Over Architect Chris Mercier is very involved in the redevelopment of Inglewood. Last year he did a wall mural for Rogers Park in Inglewood with a group of Inglewood youth. The studio is based in Inglewood which is the epicenter of a new wave of urban renewal and restoration. The architecture firm is part of a surge of urban explorers (and intrepid investors) including many writers, artists, designers and entrepreneurs who have discovered the city in their search for affordable live/work spaces and brick-and-mortar retail storefronts. Photo provided by Lori De Wall Public Hearing Set For Public Input Regarding City’s Master Fee Schedule By Cristian Vasquez city’s first effort to establish a MFS dates Mayor James Butts and members of the back to Sept. 18, 2007, when the council Inglewood City Council approved to set Sept. approved an increase to selected fees, but 27, at 2 p.m., as the date of a public hearing tabled the ordinance to establish a MFS, as to accept public comments regarding plans to well as other fee changes. amend the city’s Master Fee Schedule, based “There is no record of the last time that in the Consumer Price Index [CPI] for the fees were modified citywide but selected Los Angeles Region-All Urban Consumers fees have been modified on a case by case reflecting the June 2015-2016 time period. basis, as necessary, over the years,” states a “This adjustment for 2016 is the adjustment staff report signed by Fields and presented proposed by the City’s Department of Finance to the council on Oct. 22, 2013. “Most City and is calculated on a CPI adjustment from fees, including development fees, go directly June 2015 through June 2016 of 1.80 percent,” into the General Fund and are used to cover indicates the staff report signed by City Manager a portion of the cost of city services and Artie Fields. “The attached Comprehensive operations. Development fees are collected Master Fee Schedule (Attachment No. 1) for projects related to physical development provides a list of all user fees which were within the community such as building and/or previously transferred from various city infrastructure improvements. Those fees are ordinances, resolutions, and department policies authorized for a variety of services provided to the City’s Master Fee Schedule.” to individuals, businesses, and organizations In order for a city to impose a raise in fees that require City plan review and approvals, or charges, California Government Code 66018 permits and the like.” requires that a public hearing take place in The notice for the public hearing will be order for oral and written presentations to for at least 10 days and must be published be made. The public hearing must be part of twice with a five day separation. With Sept. a regularly-scheduled meeting; and within 13 being the meeting date that established the no more than 10 days the local agency must public hearing, Sept. 15 was set as the first make public all information detailing the cost day of public notice in a local publication. By [estimated cost] required to provide the service Sept. 16 the city was required to provide fee that requires the imposition of said fee. data to the public and by Sept. 22 the second As recent as October 2013 the City of publication in a local paper must take place. Inglewood had not established a process With the public hearing set for Sept. 27, the by which it could update its user fees in a staff report identifies Nov. 28, 2016 as the systematic fashion; hence, fees could only date to implement the new fees. be updated and adjusted via ordinances, “The change in fees shall be effective 60 resolutions or through the electorate’s approval. days after the final adoption of the council, However, that month the city council adopted unless passed as an urgency measure to protect Resolution No. 13-110 to set a master fee the public health, welfare, and safety,” states schedule that would streamline the process the staff report. of annually reviewing and updating city fees Council Approves Resolution to with the adoption of the annual budget. The Appoint Inglewood Representatives to Governing Board of the Icrma A recommendation to appoint Councilman Eloy Morales, Jr., City Attorney Kenneth R. Campos and Risk Manager Sara Nazir as City of Inglewood Representatives to the governing board of the Independent Cities Risk Management Authority [ICRMA] was approved by the city council. “The City of Inglewood is a member of the Independent Cities Risk Management Authority (ICRMA) for General Automobile, Property and Worker’s Compensation Insurance coverage,” states the staff report signed by Campos. “ICRMA provides that the city council of each member city may appoint a member of the city council as the city’s representative to the ICRMA Governing Board and also authorize the appointment of an alternate representative, and a substitute alternate representative to represent the city’s interest in the absence of the city council appointee.” ICRMA has 18 Southern California member cities, including the cities of Alhambra, Baldwin Park, Bell, Downey, El Monte, El Segundo, Fullerton, Glendora, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Huntington Park, Inglewood, Lynwood, Manhattan Beach, Monterrey Park, Redondo Beach, San Fernando and South Gate. Since 1980, under a Joint Powers Authority [JPA], ICRMA members have pooled their resources to support their individual selfinsurance programs. With the mission of developing risk management programs to efficiently control and finance members’ exposure to losses arising out of Tort Liability, Workers’ Compensation, and property ownership, the ICRMA has grown from five to 18 members. ICRMA’s Governing Board monitors eight programs and ensures that the partnership and program structures offer members the best benefits possible. • Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................4 Classifieds............................3 Food.......................................5 Hawthorne Happenings....3 Legals............................2, 6-7 Looking Up...........................7 Pets........................................8 Police Reports.....................3 Sports....................................4 Weekend Forecast Friday Partly Cloudy 75˚/63˚ Saturday Sunny 82˚/66˚ Sunday Sunny 84˚/68˚
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