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 - April 20, 2017 South Bay Cities Spark Interest in Going Solar During last Saturday’s Inglewood Earth Day Jazz Festival, the South Bay Cities Council of Governments (SBCCOG) unveiled a new program designed to encourage area residents to go solar. Known as Renewable South Bay, the program will connect residents with resources, education and materials about how to add renewable energy to their homes. In this photo, the crowd listens to the announcement of the new initiative. (Photo by Jamie Bando, Renewable South Bay) Council Agrees To Submit Grant Application for Paratransit Services By Cristian Vasquez to cover part of the gap. The remaining 10 After a short public hearing regarding the percent ($83,000) would become the City’s plan to apply for Federal Transit Administration financial responsibility. (FTA), the Inglewood City Council voted “TDC are not money--they are similar to unanimously this week to authorize the Parks, waivers of permission slips that allow federal Recreation and Library Services Department funds to be used at a higher reimbursement to submit the application for grant money to rate,” states the staff report. “Based on the replace existing fleet vehicles used to provide eight vehicles the City is seeking to replace, paratransit services. As part of the requirements the City’s total project cost is $843,000, which to apply for the application for Federal Section reflects the grant request amount ($759,800) 5310 Program, the City of Inglewood was and the City local share match.” required to reach out to nonprofit agencies in It is estimated that $18.37 million is available the community to apply for the grant itself. in federal funds through Metro, from the FTA, However, with no nonprofit representatives for both private and public agencies that serve present at the public hearing, the Council senior citizens or disabled residents in the city. voted to move forward with the application The Parks, Recreation and Library Services process and manage the funds itself. “The grant that we are seeking is available for public agencies--however, it is first available to nonprofit agencies and through the public hearing it is required that they are offered the opportunity to apply,” said Parks, Recreation and Library Services Director Sabrina Barnes. “With a successful application, the City seeks to replace a total of eight vehicles. We have gone after this application before and we were successful in expanding our fleet, but with this application we will be able to replace those vehicles.” At the moment, the City provides 8,000 rides each year through a fleet of eight paratransit buses and three vans. The current vehicles operate through funds provided by the Los Angeles County Transit Authority (Metro), Prop A and Prop C. If approved, the grant would enable the City to fund the replacement of eight vehicles with Metro providing 80 percent of the funds needed for the task. The City would then have to apply for 10 percent Transportation Development Credits (TDC) Department is a public agency transportation service provider and as such has determined that the current fleet is insufficient for service. Furthermore, the department’s transportation section has to constantly decline requests for paratransit services because vehicles are out of service and in need of repair. The Department believes it is time for the City to replace its existing fleet with compressed natural gas vehicles and considers the grant to be the most appropriate funding source. “Since 1976 the City of Inglewood has provided paratransit services to the City of Inglewood, as well as the City of Hawthorne Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................2 Classifieds............................3 Community Briefs...............3 Finance..................................6 Food.......................................5 Hawthorne Happenings....3 Legals................................ 6-7 Pets........................................8 Police Reports.....................2 Sports....................................4 Weekend Forecast Friday Sunny 77˚/59˚ Saturday Sunny 76˚/59˚ Sunday Sunny 74˚/57˚ See Paratransit Services page 8 Free Digital Delivery Herald Publications is now offering to send you a link to your favorite community newspaper every Thursday morning! The emails will also include a list of upcoming local events. Just email us at: web@heraldpublications.com and tell us which local community newspaper you’d like. Simple as that and free!!!
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