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 - December 11, 2014 Cherish the Past; Embrace the Future A sign celebrating the Inglewood centennial (1908-2008) is placed in front of city hall. Photo by Osvin Suazo, ozzy.suazo@gmail.com. Inglewood City Agrees to Reduce Hours of Operation of Parking Meters at Local Libraries By Cristian Vasquez 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. The schedule applies to both The Inglewood City Council adopted an branches and the cost is $1 per hour at both ordinance to reduce the current hours of locations. However, the main library branch operation for parking meters at the city’s shares its metered parking lot with City Hall. libraries. The City’s Parking and Enterprise Services Once the ordinance is implemented the Division provided revenue statistics the new parking schedule at the Main Inglewood Inglewood Main Library to be used in the staff Library will include free parking Monday report presented to the council. Based on the through Friday between the hours of 4 to 6 findings, it was reported that the Inglewood p.m. Free parking will be provided all day Main Library generated $39,247 in meter on Saturdays, Sundays and during holidays. revenue from Oct. 1, 2013-Sept. 29, 2014. The Crenshaw-Imperial Branch Library will “A great majority of individuals utilizing provide free parking Mondays, Tuesdays, and the library lot parking meters prior to 4 p.m. Thursdays between the hours of 4 to 6 p.m. on weekdays are visitors to City Hall,” states City staff is scheduled to coordinate with the Parking and Enterprise Services Division and Public Works Department in order to allow the proper time for public notices to be distributed to inform residents and library patrons of the new parking schedule. In an attempt to increase the number of patrons visiting the City of Inglewood Libraries, the city’s leaders have taken on the task of improving programming at the libraries, their collection, inventory and appearance. During the process of determining how to better improve the library experience for patrons, it the staff report. “The Library lot does not was determined that visitations to the library serve any offices or commercial areas. The by families and other patrons is affected Department estimates that when considering negatively by the use of metered parking, at the library’s greatest use periods-late afternoon, both the Main and Crenshaw-Imperial Branch Friday evening and Saturday (24 percent of Libraries. the library’s total hours of operation), the Prior to the approval of the ordinance, the actual revenue taken in during this period is parking arrangement at both library branches less than $8,000 annually.” consist of metered parking, which is in operation In addition, the report indicated that parkingmeter Monday through Thursday and Saturday from 8 revenue at the Crenshaw-Imperial a.m. to 6 p.m. Operating hours on Fridays are Branch Library for the same dates analyzed at the Main branch was $1,774. Fiscally, both library parking lots generate less than $9,000 annually during the library’s highest use periods. In order to better provide a solution to parking issue and attracting more patrons to both branches, library staff went out to survey eight libraries in the “surrounding area to determine the availability of metered parking” stated the staff report. Of the eight libraries that were surveyed, none charged patrons for parking. The libraries surveyed included El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, and Torrance public libraries, as well as the Hyde Park and Westchester branches of the Los Angeles Public Library systems. The survey also included two Los Angeles County Library branches, one in Lennox and the other in Culver City. During the Library Commission’s monthly meeting on Aug. 28, the Library Board recommended to the Mayor and City Council that they approve adopting said parking changes. The Inglewood Main Library is now open on alternating Fridays. This Friday, Dec. 12 the Main Library will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. However, the Crenshaw-Imperial Branch Library is still scheduled to remain closed on all Fridays. More information on the library schedule is available at: http://www.cityofinglewood.org/ depts/library/location_and_hours.asp. It is also worth noting that Inglewood City Hall will be closed for the holidays for two weeks beginning Dec. 22. City hall will reopen on Monday, Jan. 5 2015. • In an attempt to increase the number of patrons visiting the City of Inglewood Libraries, the city’s leaders have taken on the task of improving programming at the libraries, their collection, inventory and appearance. 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