The Weekly Newspaper of Torrance Herald Publications - Torrance, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hawthorne, Lawndale, & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 7, No. 2 - January 12, 2017 Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................2 Classifieds............................6 Crossword/Sudoku.............6 Food.......................................5 Legals....................................7 Police Alerts........................3 Real Estate...........................8 Sports....................................3 TerriAnn in Torrance..........4 Weekend Forecast Friday Mostly Sunny 61˚/49˚ Saturday Sunny 69˚/49˚ Sunday Partly Cloudy 68˚/50˚ Wintertime in Torrance A view of South Torrance High in the foreground and snow-peaked Angeles National Forest/San Gabriel Mountains in the background. Photo by Peter Thornton. City to Apply For Water, Energy Efficiency Grant By Cristian Vasquez Mayor Patrick J. Furey and members of the Torrance City Council approved a recommendation How Are You Doing on Those Resolutions? By Rob McCarthy New Year’s resolutions are a chance to hit the reset button and make a fresh start, yet the 9 to 5 routine at work can derail these annual goals that many adults set for themselves every January. It’s natural to reboot personal and career goals at the start of a year, says Dr. Julie Armstrong, a psychologist with an occupational practice in Marina del Rey. People plan their lives using patterns, starting with the sunrise and sunset. The annual rite of making resolutions is a healthy pattern even though four in five people will fail, according to a recent poll done ahead of January 1. “Every single year there’s this opportunity to start fresh, and it speaks to us about hope and change at a personal, internal level. Because what we couldn’t follow through or finish last year, we now get to start again,” Dr. Armstrong said. Nearly 40 percent of Americans make New Year’s resolutions, and the most common promise they make to themselves is to lose weight and eat a healthier diet. No other goal--to quit smoking, manage finances, find love--comes close to Americans’ pledges to be fitter, trimmer and more selective about what they eat. Yet, according to a Statisticbrain.com poll of Americans’ success with resolutions, less than 10 percent of adults said they achieved their goals last year. The failure See Resolutions, page 4 by Public Works Director Robert J. Beste to adopt a resolution that would allow the City of Torrance to apply for the Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART Grants: Water and Energy Efficiency Grant. Through the program, cities receive grant monies to fund projects dedicated to the improvement of stormwater capacity, increase water supplies, reduce energy consumption, and allow for habitat restoration. “This item is to approve a resolution to allow us to apply for a Bureau of Reclamation Grant for the Walnut Storm Project--this is one of the projects that we put together to address stormwater regulations in the City of Torrance,” Engineering Manager John Dettle from the Public Works Department told the Council during his staff presentation. “The application is for a $450,000 grant to complement a Prop. 1, $450,000 grant that you have already received notification of.” Due to its membership with the Machado Lake watershed, the City is bound to abide to the Machado Lake Nutrient Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL), as well as the Machado Lake Toxics TMDL that have been adopted by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board). In 2012, the City of Torrance contracted Carollo Engineers for the preparation of a combined Machado Lake Nutrient and Toxics TMDL Best Management Practices (BMP) Implementation Plan to allow 30 percent design level plans and cost estimates necessary to apply for grants. “Carollo Engineers prepared a citywide Stormwater Quality Master Plan that included conceptual designs for diverting stormwater for groundwater recharge,” states the staff report signed by Beste. “The plan has been reviewed by the Regional Board staff and updated twice to be the Machado Lake Enhanced Watershed Management Plan, and was recently approved by the Regional Board.” Through the Machado Lake Enhanced Watershed Management Plan, three projects would divert stormwater for groundwater recharge, including the Airport Basin Project, underground retention basins to be located at the Torrance Airport (grant funding for design pending); Torrance Baseball Field Basin, to divert stormwater to an underground basin beneath Plaza Del Amo Boulevard, west of Western Avenue (remains unfunded); and the Walnut Basin Project, which will divert stormwater to an existing basin (grant funding pending). See City Council, page 6
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