Lawndale Tribune 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 - October 20, 2016 Leuzinger Rolls Past North Torrance with Explosive Offense The Leuzinger High School football team scored early and often in a 68-28 win over North Torrance last Friday. The Olympians improve to 5-2 overall on the season and 2-0 in Pioneer League play. Leuzinger will play Torrance Friday at 7 p.m. Photo by Dirk Dewachter Parks and Public Works On Agenda at City Council By Haleemon Anderson the same vein as Charles B. Hopper Park. The Lawndale City Council opened its “These two individuals died in office,” said meeting this week with a nod to global Kearney. “It’s only appropriate… [to designate goodwill, before turning to local parks and their full name]. After the discussion, the public works projects. council moved the request for funds transfer, The council proclaimed October 24, approving it unanimously. United Nations Day in the City of Lawndale. The council heard a report from the new Representatives of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority director of public works, detailing plans to were on hand to represent the United Nations get underway the Inglewood Avenue widening Association. UNA-USA chapters across the project. Mayor Robert Pullen-Miles thanked nation are celebrating the 71st anniversary the director for creative problem solving of the United Nations, with the theme of in getting the project moving after it had “One Humanity, Shared Responsibility” languished for over four years. focused on bringing awareness to the global refugee crisis. The consent calendar contained six items for routine approval. Five of the six were passed unanimously with little discussion, including minutes of the previous council and successor agency meetings, municipal code revisions and accounts payable in the amount of $177 thousand. An additional item, however, came under scrutiny. Several community members questioned the approval of funding. Randall Abram noted there are various parks around the city in need of serious overhaul. He objected to $11 thousand being used to replace park signs, and added that the youth center is in need of funding. Pam London also raised objections to the signage and expressed alternate ways those resources could be used. City Manager Steve Mandoki clarified that due to plan modifications, the youth center would not be on target to open until next year. Mayor Pro Tem Pat Kearney expressed the intent of the sign re-fabrication is to formalize the name of the park as Larry R. Rudolph Park, using the full name of the honoree, in The construction project will provide easements to increase traffic capacity and freeway access at three locations and is slated to begin road work next October. Phase one will involve Manhattan Beach Boulevard to the 405 freeway entrance. Phase two will move to the intersection of Inglewood and Marine avenues. The final phase, between Rosecrans and Marine, is projected to end construction in February of 2018. Expect delays. The elaborate project requires coordination between the city, Caltrans and So Cal Edison, as well as local businesses. Electrical poles will have to be relocated and both Lawndale High School and the El Tarasco Restaurant at Inglewood and Marine will be impacted. City Manager Steve Mandoki said the desired outcome is to help with congestion in that stretch of Inglewood Avenue. Mayor Pullen-Miles reported on seminars he attended at the League of Cities conference. He noted useful information on the consolidation of elections mandated by the state, which will impact Lawndale in the June primary. As a result, small municipalities like Lawndale must coordinate their elections with general elections. The goal is to increase voter turnout. He also noted the potential impact of Proposition 64, on the November ballot. The measure legalizes marijuana use for adults and allows sales, cultivation and taxation. Lawndale has banned dispensaries, but has yet to decide on its position on cultivation within the city limits. Public comments made note of complaints of loud music from a church on 147th that persisted all day past midnight. Council Member Bernadette Suarez asked Mr. Mandoki to look into the complaint. At the council meeting of October 3rd, the council approved seven of nine applicants to serve on the Lawndale Youth Advisory Committee. The following were appointed: Katie Barrios, Kobe Cuevas, Sarah Gomez, Kaleb Hafner, Amy Madrigal, Melanie Morales and Emily Vargas. Announcements included the inaugural Wall of Distinction Induction Ceremony on Saturday, October 22, 2016, at 10 a.m. at the Harold E. Hoffman Community Center and the annual Halloween Haunt October 28 from 4-8 p.m. at Civic Center Plaza. Council Member Dan Reid requested the meeting be adjourned in honor of longtime resident Max Walters, who passed away recently, just shy of his 93rd birthday. The next meeting of the Lawndale City Council will be held Monday, November 7 at 6:30 p.m. • The council heard a report from the new director of public works, detailing plans to get underway the Inglewood Avenue widening project. 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