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 21, 2016 Teacher Runs Across America in Support of NYRR Mighty Milers New York City elementary school teacher and NYRR Ultrarunner of the Year Award winner Keila Merino will attempt to become the fastest female to cross the United States by foot according to the Guinness World Records, as she runs across America and raises awareness and funds for New York Road Runners’ flagship free youth running program, Mighty Milers. The record-breaking attempt began July 1 in Los Angeles, with a goal of finishing in less than 69 days in New York City, just ahead of the first day of the new school year. Merino is on the steps of City Hall in L.A. right before she begins her Run Across America. Photo by David Wiskowski City Terminates Paying, Reporting Value of EPMC as Additional Compensation By Cristian Vasquez CalPERS is one of the nation’s largest The Inglewood mayor and city council public pension funds and is dedicated to approved a resolution to amend the city’s ensuring that earned retirement benefits by contract with CalPERS that will end the its members endure throughout their post payment and reporting of the value of Employer workforce years; contributions are made by Paid Member Contributions [EPMC] as employees and employers to the CalPERS extra compensation for the Inglewood Police funds during every payroll period. Officers Association [IPOA] and Inglewood “With the salary increase of July 21, 2016, Police Management Association [IPMA] these employees will now be required to pay bargaining groups. the full nine percent of the employee rate At the time of the vote the city had a and three points of the employer’s CalPERS Memorandum of Understanding [MOU] rate,” states the staff report. “This provision with members of the IPOA and IPMA that will eliminate any Employer Paid Member made it a requirement to increase salaries Contribution (EPMC) premiums paid by the by July 12 of this year. Simultaneously, City for IPOA and IPMA members.” members classified as “classic” were to Through CalPERS a wide range of benefit begin contributing an extra 1 percent of the programs and services are administered employee CalPERS rate. for retirees, including: postemployment “The total CalPERS rate to be paid by the benefits, death benefits for surviving family classic members will now be nine percent, members, deferred compensation plans to help which represents the full (e.g. 100%) employee supplement income, disability benefits, health CalPERS contribution,” states the staff report benefits [including HMOs, PPOs, and EPOs signed by Human Resources Director Jose to more than 1.3 million public employees, O. Cortes. “Additionally, the IPOA and retirees and their families], as well as longterm IPMA members will also pay three points care and retirement benefits. of the employer’s CalPERS rate, bringin the “This requirement will go into effect upon total employee CalPERS payment by unit adoption of the Salary Ordinance and the employees to twelve percent.” attached Resolution,” concludes the staff In June of 2014 the mayor and city council report. “However, in order for CalPERS to approved a new MOU for the IPOA and recognize these changes, a resolution amending IPMA members requiring “classic members” the City’s PERS EPMC contract must be of both bargaining groups to little by little approved, so as to incorporate these changes.” pay their entire CalPERS employee rate. By Century Boulevard Mobility August of that same year both bargaining Improvement Project Bids Rejected groups began to contribute 4 percent of the Three bids submitted to the City of employee CalPERS rate; a rate that would Inglewood for the Century Boulevard Mobility have to be doubled by August of 2015 and Improvement Project were rejected by the put the total paid at 8 percent of the 9 percent mayor and city council, which also directed employee CalPERS rate, hence reducing city staff to rebid the project. EPMC to one percent. The Century Boulevard Mobility Improvement Project-Project 3 is on Phase II, which involves reconstructing Century Boulevard from Doty and Inglewood Avenues. Reconstruction will include the improvement of street surfaces, updating all traffic lanes and signals to current city standards: in addition to enhancing safety for pedestrians [complying with Americans with Disabilities Act requirements] the efforts will improve traffic conditions by reducing congestion along the Boulevard. The second phase also includes storm water improvements and landscape/green street improvements. “Phase I is currently under construction and includes the following limits of construction: from La Cienega Boulevard to Inglewood Avenue and from Doty Avenue to Van Ness Avenue,” states the staff report signed by Public Works Director Louis A. Atwell. “Phase I began in November 2015 and is estimated to be completed by late summer 2017; whereas, construction for Phase II is expected to begin in winter 2016-2017 and end in summer 2018.” The city clerk’s office distributed bid invitations to five construction trade publications on Feb. 25; by April 6 the office received three bids from three southland contractors: Sully-Miller Contracting, Co. [$16,420,629.44], All American Asphalt [$16,695,000], and PALP dba Excel Paving Co. [$19,333,174.78]. However, all three bids were over the city’s available budget, with the lowest bid being more expensive by $1,000,000. “The Public Works Department staff and the City’s consultant team are currently investigating ways to reduce project costs without impacting the quality of the improvement,” concludes the staff report. • Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................4 Classifieds............................3 Community Briefs...............3 Film Review..........................2 Hawthorne Happenings....3 Legals................................ 5-7 Obituaries.............................2 Police Reports.....................2 Seniors..................................8 Sports....................................8 Weekend Forecast Friday Sunny 84˚/68˚ Saturday Sunny 86˚/69˚ Sunday Sunny 83˚/67˚
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