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 - February 4, 2016 Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................4 Classifieds............................3 Food.......................................4 Hawthorne Happenings....3 Legals............................2, 6-7 Pets........................................8 Police Reports.....................3 Seniors..................................6 Sports....................................5 Weekend Forecast Friday Sunny 72˚/48˚ Saturday Sunny 75˚/52˚ Sunday Sunny 81˚/54˚ Lawndale City Hall Building The City Council provides overall policy direction for the City of Lawndale while ensuring efficient and effective municipal services. The City Council responds to citizen issues in a proactive manner, maintaining quality customer service goals. Photo by Peter Thornton Grant Funds Approved for Aftercare Program Activities, Services By Cristian Vasquez development opportunities,” states the staff Inglewood’s Mayor and City Council report. approved an agreement with the South Bay Some of the programs and services offered Center for Counseling [SBCC] for Prevention include Neighborhood Action Councils [NAC], and Aftercare Program Activities and Services, weekly yoga classes and even deferred action which will allow for the receipt of $60,000 in [assistance with the American Immigration grant funds. The grant money will be used for Policy which allows undocumented immigrants the provision of the Prevention and Aftercare to receive work permits and exemption from Services Program [P&A]. deportation]. Approval of the agreement was Also approved by the mayor and council necessary in order to continue providing was amending the Fiscal Year 2015-2016 services through the P&A Program. budget to add $45,000 from Jan. 1-Sept. 30, “[The P&A Program] funds a staff as well as committing $15,000 for the 2016- person (Family Coach) to provide the case 2017 Fiscal Year during a three month period management and referral services to an [Oct. 1-Dec. 31, 2016]. estimated 150 Inglewood families,” states “Since 1996, the City has received grant the staff report. “The Family Coach will funds for various programs for children and implement a Family Strengthening Plan as families through the Service Planning Area agreed upon by the coach and family; contact (SPA) 8 Collaborative, of which the City high-intensity families weekly to assure and is a member,” states the staff report signed assist with achievement goals; and work to by Parks, Recreation and Library Services provide connections to program services; Director Sabrina Barnes. “The SBBCC is a and work to provide connections to program non-profit agency serving as the lead agency services.” for awarding grant programs, including the P&A, to member agencies.” In May of last year the mayor and council approved an identical agreement, also worth $60,000. Much like last year’s agreement, the grant money to be used this time will pay for a staff person, referred to as a family coach, that will be responsible for providing case management and referral services to Inglewood families and children. “The purpose of the program is to provide easily accessible community-based support services, activities and resources organized as a continuum to respond to a broad array of family desires and concerns to decrease social isolation and increase family economic City Moves Forward With More Residential Sound Insulation Work The council approved and executed an amendment to an agreement [No. 15-206] with Karabuild Development, Inc. for the service of providing residential sound insulation work on 29 Inglewood homes [RSI Phase XI]. On June 23, 2015 the city approved agreement No. 15-206 with Karabuild Development for the construction services on 29 homes, at a price tag of $1,068,293; however, an insufficient and erroneous total of $1,058,413 was listed in the original contract. “The attached contract agreement has been amended to incorporate the correct amount,” states the staff report signed by Assistant City Manager David L. Esparza. “The retention payment request for RSI 11.19J has been received on December 4, 2015, by RSI staff. However, the payment cannot be submitted to the Finance Department for payment execution because the amount encumbered was less than the correct contract amount.” Inglewood is the yearly recipient of grant monies awarded by the Federal Aviation Administration [FAA] and the Los Angeles World Airports [LAWA] in order to administer its RSI projects. The city conducts its projects through construction contracts for a wide range of residential structure groups. The mission of the city’s Residential Sound Insulation Department is to “provide an improved quality of life for those residents impacted by aircraft noise within designated noise contours” and is achieved via attaining, coordinating and managing grant funds provided by the FAA and LAWA. Those funds dedicated to the implementation of the objectives established by the Residential Sound Insulation Department. The breakdown of the funds provided via the grants are as follows: 13 unites will be covered with 80 percent FAA funds and 20 percent LAWA funds, while the remaining 16 units will be covered in their entirety with LAWA funds, using Grant Implementation Plan [GIP]. “The City of Inglewood strives to maintain solid working relationships with those stakeholders providing contract and construction services to the City,” says the staff report. More information about the RSI Program and Department available at: http://www. cityofinglewood.org/depts/airportnoise/default. asp. •
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