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Lawndale 09_12_13.pdf

AND LAWNDALE NEWS The Weekly Newspaper of Lawndale Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 - September 12, 2013 Inside South Bay’s Endless Summer This Issue Calendar...............................3 Classifieds ...........................3 Food ......................................5 Hawthorne Happenings ...3 Legals ............................ 2,6,7 A lone longboard surfer pauses to admire another majestic sunset. Photo by www.christopherbarnesphotography.com. Pets .......................................8 Homeless Housing and Low- Moderate Housing Approved Police Report ......................3 By Nancy Peters and present the job specifcations, and make fnes from $5,000 to $25,000 for disturbance The Tuesday, September 3, Lawndale City a decision, after submitted bids are opened of the peace, illegal distribution of alcoholic Politically Speaking ...........2 Council meeting, held on an off-day due to publicly in the City Clerk’s Offce. Ultimate beverages to minors, illegal gathering of more the Labor Day observance on Monday, was decision-maker will be the City Manager, persons than are allowed in a specifc space, conducted around a sparse agenda of items. based on Public Works staff recommendations. and also charging for the time that one or Council member James Osbourne was absent This short-cut bid process will eliminate more sheriffs spend in response to complaint Sports ...................................4 from the evening’s proceedings. the need for published notices on any every to report any parties that are of a suspiciouscalls for illegal parties. The citizens are urgedproject, regardless of size, and allow theAn ordinance was proposed and read into the record for the frst time, amending the three-month process to be shortened to two or nature and request sheriff’s to show up at Municipal Code to include state-mandated three weeks and still comply with the Uniform a location. A recent illegal party included defnitions for supportive housing, transitional Public Construction Cost Accounting Act. invitations to more than 5,000 teenagers via housing, single-room occupancy housing, and All bids will still require to be sealed and several social media networks. emergency shelters within the city of Lawndale. a minimum of three bids for each job will The week of September 21-29 is designated Weekend comply with State defnitions for the low to Extensive discussion was held on this proposed garage/yard sales without permits can be heldas Lawndale Clean-up Week. Curbsiderecycling can be done on regular trash days andneed to be submitted by vendors that meetall qualifcations for the job scope of work.The California State Senate Bill 2 mandatedthat cities adopt their Housing Element to Forecast housing for persons with disabilities as well. to require approval by the City Council. done at the Public Works Yard on Sunday,during that week. Disposal of all electronics,furniture, lumber, and any sized items can benew fast-track bid process. Projects that arebetween $10,000 and $175,000 will continuemoderate housing types, which no longer canbe zoned by the city. The defnitions include The supportive and transitional housing In the consent calendar, Mayor Harold E. September 22 and Saturday, September 28 is designed to assist homeless individuals Hofmann abstained from voting for the item from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. No hazardous waste and families to move beyond emergency involving the denial of claims against the city will be accepted. City Clean-Up Day on Friday shelters, considered temporary housing, of Lawndale to avoid any conict of interest. Saturday, September 28 will commence at Mostly situations that are meant to assist occupants Financing Authority was held prior to the City Boulevard and volunteers will be dispatched9 a.m. at Wienerschnitzel on HawthorneThe annual meeting of the Lawndale Publicto more permanent affordable residential Sunny in maintaining healthy status, helping with Council meeting where the bond payment status to areas to clean up sidewalks and vacant 76˚/65˚ services to ease the citizens back into a City Council elected offcials. Also held was participants in the City Clean-Up Day afterwas approved by the members, who are thelots. Free hotdogs will be available for allwork in the community, and offer support productive lifestyle and eliminate the need the regular meeting of the Lawndale Housing the work is completed. Saturday for continued assistance. records are authorized to be destroyed. The on Friday afternoons at 1 p.m. through OctoberInterested parties can Garden with a LibrarianAuthority and the destruction of obsoleteSingle Room Occupancy housing must AM Clouds/ be found within the city to met the needs of regular meeting of the Successor Agency winter and new plantings. Adult volunteersas the Library Youth prepare the garden forto the Lawndale Redevelopment Agencyextremely low, very low, low, and moderate PM Sun income households to meet the mandates of was called to order in order to approve the are needed to assist the young volunteers in 78˚/65˚ Zoning Code will be amended to allow for with the city and approve the Administrative their tasks.The Lawndale Jazz and Blues FestivalAmended and Restate Cooperation AgreementState Assembly Bill 2634. The Lawndale this type of housing in the C-1 restricted Budget for the biannual report of fnancial will be held on the Civic Plaza on Saturday, Sunday business zone. Redevelopment Agency. September 14 at 1 p.m.On Wednesday, September 11, the Mayorobligations for the Successor Agency to theThe second reading of the ordinance will AM Clouds/ take place at the next meeting of the City The Sheriff’s Department Safety Report and City Council placed a wreath at the Council. included a warning to any teenagers who memorial at City Hall in memory of the events PM Sun The City Manager’s Offce presented a may be contemplating using social media to of 9/11/2001. At the September 3 meeting a 78˚/64˚ that are below $10,000. These projects will alcohol and/or drugs. The recent spate of illegal who lost their lives as a result of 9/11/2001Moment of Silence was observed for all thoseinvite others to any illegal parties involvingshort-cut bidding process for any projects be bid out by the Public Works Department parties held in Lawndale has resulted in the and surrounding events. who will determine qualified contractors Sheriff’s Department being on the ALERT The Lawndale City Council will meet again from the city’s master list of vendors, call to locate these illegal gatherings and impose on Monday, September 16, at 6:30 p.m. ·


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