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 - July 7, 2016 YMCA Receives Donation for Facilities and Youth Programs BET/AEG Youth Basketball Clinic at Crenshaw YMCA featured a one-hour youth basketball clinic for 100 kids from the Crenshaw YMCA. Councilmembers Herb Wesson and Marqueece Harris-Dawson joined BET/AEG to present a check of $5,000 to the Crenshaw YMCA, which will be used to support the facilities and youth programming initiatives. Photo provided by Jennifer McCann Funds Appropriated to Senior Nutrition Program By Cristian Vasquez well as an extension until Sept. 30, 2015 that A resolution to amend the 2015-2016 fiscal would provide meals for the Senior Nutrition year was approved by the Inglewood Mayor Program. On Sept. 29, 2015 the mayor and and City Council in order to illustrate the council approved a fifth amendment in order funds being appropriated to the city’s Senior to extend the term of the original agreement Nutrition Program. with TLC until Sept. 30, 2016 at a cost of For 41 years the City of Inglewood has $699,667. used federal funds awarded to it by the Los “At the time Amendment No. 5 was Angeles County Agency on Aging [AAA] presented to the City Council a resolution from the Older Americans Act [OAA] grant amending the Fiscal Year 2015-2016 budget of 1965, Titles III B and III C and the United was needed to appropriate all the funding States Department of Agriculture [USDA] to provide a Senior Nutrition Program. The funds are also derived from their association with the California Wellness Foundation, Community Development Block Grant [CDBG] and other special funds that allow for the operation of a nutrition program for senior citizens in Inglewood, Lennox, Hawthorne and Ladera Heights. “The nutrition program consists of specifically for TLC,” states the staff report. congregate meals at four senior centers and “The City Council only acted to approve home-delivered meals to the frail, home-bound the agreement because a budget amendment seniors throughout the service areas,” states was not submitted, and therefore, a deficit the staff report signed by Parks, Recreation resulted in the budget appropriation. As and Library Services Director Sabrina such, it is necessary to amend the budget Barnes. “Until 2006, the City operated a to increase the contract services account by Central Kitchen in the former Senior Center an additional $140,998.” building at 111 N. Locust Street, which was Council Rejects Bids for Century demolished as part of future plans for a new Boulevard Mobility Improvements Senior Center.” The mayor and council approved a Since the beginning of the construction recommendation by the Public Works efforts the city has relied on catering services Department to reject all bids submitted for the to deliver the meals associated with the Century Boulevard Mobility Improvements nutrition program. As of June 18, 2013 the Project-Project 3 per Bid no. CB-16-04. The council said yes to Agreement No. 13-071 recommendation also included authorizing with Tender Loving Care Catering [TLC] staff to rebid the project. with the option to renew the agreement every “The Century Boulevard Mobility year for the following three years. Each year Improvements Project-Project 3 (Phase II) the city has approved annual amendments to consists of the reconstruction of Century increase TLC’s scope of services and pay, as Boulevard from Doty Avenue and Inglewood Avenue,” states the staff report signed by Public Works Director Louis A. Atwell. “The project will improve the roadway surface condition, bring all traffic lanes and signals to current codes an standards, improve traffic and pedestrian safety and reduce congestion along Century Boulevard.” Work for the project includes a full-depth reconstruction of the street, signal and light modifications, improvements that will fall in compliance with the American with Disabilities Act [ADA], which includes curb ramps, sidewalks and driveways, storm water improvements and landscape and green street improvements. Currently the project is in phase I, which began November of last year, and includes construction from La Cienega Boulevard to Inglewood Avenue and from Doty Avenue to Van Ness Avenue. Phase II is scheduled to begin during the winter of 2016-2017 and be completed by summer of 2018. The city received three bids in response to Phase II: bid one was from Sully-Miller Contracting Co. with a price tag of $16,420,629.44; bid two was presented by All American Asphalt worth $16,695,000; and PALP dba Excel Paving Co. worth $19,333,174.78. “Public Works staff reviewed the bids submitted by all three contractors. The lowest bid received with a contingency of ten percent exceeds the overall project budget by approximately $1,000,000; therefore, staff recommends that the City Council reject the bids and authorize staff to rebid the project,” states the staff report. “The Public Works Department staff and City’s consultant team are currently investigating ways to reduce project costs without impacting the quality of the improvement.” • “The nutrition program consists of congregate meals at four senior centers and home-delivered meals to the frail, home-bound seniors throughout the service areas.” Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................5 Classifieds............................2 Legals................................ 6-7 Film Review..........................2 Finance..................................3 Food.......................................4 Hawthorne Happenings....3 Obituaries.............................2 Pets........................................8 Police Reports.....................3 Seniors..................................4 Sports....................................5 Weekend Forecast Friday Sunny 74˚/64˚ Saturday Partly Cloudy 75˚/65˚ Sunday Partly Cloudy 74˚/64˚
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