The Weekly Newspaper of Torrance Herald Publications - Torrance, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hawthorne, Lawndale, & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 6, No. 7 - February 11, 2016 Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................8 Classifieds............................4 Crossword/Sudoku.............4 Film Review..........................4 Food.......................................7 Legals.................................8,9 Real Estate...................10-12 Sports....................................3 Weekend Forecast South High School Spartans South High School is a public high school in Torrance, California. It is one of five high schools in the Torrance Unified School District. Photo by Osvin Suazo. • Friday Sunny 80˚/56˚ Saturday Sunny 78˚/57˚ Sunday Partly Cloudy 85˚/60˚ Summer Reading Program Donation Accepted, Appropriated by Council By Cristian Vasquez The Mayor and City Council accepted and appropriated a $27,478.97 donation made to the Summer Reading Program, along with a $5,325.25 donation made for the DVD/Blu- Ray resurfacing machine from the Friends of the Torrance Library. Funded by the Friends of the Torrance Library, the Summer Reading Program continues its efforts to serve children and teenagers by preventing the “summer slide,” which is when students’ reading skills dip due to their time away from school during summer break. The Friends of the Torrance Library, a group volunteers, is dedicated to making the city’s libraries the best possible for the community. Through the organizing of used books sales, this non-profit gathers funds to assist the library in obtaining materials not attainable to the library’s regular budget. “The Friends of the Torrance Library Continue to generously support Library programs and activities, and have voted to fund the Summer Reading Program for 2016, and the purchase of a machine that will resurface DVDs and Blu-ray discs,” states the staff report signed by Community Services Director John Jones. “This very popular seven-week program includes programs at all six libraries, incentives for tracking reading progress, and the chance to engage with Librarians over books, reading, and learning activities.” In addition to the reading activities, the donation funds will be used to purchase all of the incentive prices that readers will earn, as well as a paperback book for every child and teen that completes their reading goals. Funds will also be dedicated to the funding performers, craft supplies and other activities at the library, which are designed to encourage regular use of the library. The donation made for the DVD and Bluray discs resurfacing machine will allow staff to resurface and extend the shelf life of both entertainment formats. “The Friends also purchased the initial DVD/CD resurfacing machine, and having this machine in-house has saved thousands of dollars worth of materials from scratches and wear, enabling these popular items to circulate longer and survive heavy public library use,” states the staff report. “From thematic t-shirts for staff and all teen volunteers for this program, to decorations and promotional banners, the Friends of the Torrance Library continue to be a major sponsor of this vital library service.” Council Approves Agreement with Honeywell International for Groundwater Monitoring Wells A license agreement with Honeywell International, Inc. of Torrance was approved by the city council for two ground water monitoring wells for the former Honeywell facility on Early Avenue. “The Los Angeles Water Quality Control Board (LARWQCB] has directed Honeywell International, Inc., as former owner of the property located at 23215 Early Avenue, to install two (2) monitoring wells,” states the staff report signed by Community Development Director Jeffery W. Gibson. “The purpose of the wells is to monitor for possible hydrocarbon migration contamination, which may have migrated from the site.” LARWQCB indicated that there is the potential for plume migration to the north of the site that is to be monitored. As a result, Honeywell International, Inc. requested the installation of the ground water monitoring wells to be located in the public right-ofway. The wells are scheduled to be installed in Kashiwa Street, in the parking lane, and are expected to have a minimum impact or disruption to any traffic. “The agreement exempts the city from any financial or legal encumbrances associated with the construction, operation, or relocation of actions required as a result of test data obtained from said wells,” states the staff report. “The term of this agreements ten (10) years, subject to renewal at the discretion of the City. At the end of the term of this agreement, the proposed wells will be either abandoned in place or removed in accordance with approved standards.” Currently city staff is obtaining information necessary to create a database that will allow for the monitoring of the wells in order to track location, reporting requirements, status and the number of wells that exist within city boundaries. “The drilling, installation and development of the proposed wells will take approximately four (4) days. The monitoring wells will be two (2) inches in diameter and approximately 90 feet deep,” states the staff report. “A traffic vault well lid will be set flush with ground surface and contain a locking watertight cap. A construction and excavation permit will be required by the Community Development Department to regulate work in the public street. •
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