Page 6 September 22, 2016 TORRANCE TRIBUNE School Board from front page they bring to the district on a daily basis. “A lot of the times we know the folks that are out there; we know the quality of their work, we know their value and we appreciate that,” Dr. Liberati said. “It is very, very difficult and we have to narrow it down. It is a very difficult selection to make and we take it very seriously, and at the end of the day it gives us an opportunity to honor people for the work that they do.” • City Council from front page report. “The Design-Build process is expected to achieve completion of Phase 3 approximately one year earlier, which ultimately will save the city on the costs of imported water.” Since the predesign and design of the abovementioned facilities and systems require expert and/or specialty design services, the city issues a Request for Proposals to five firms in April of 2010. Four of the five engineering firms responded to the city’s RFP for the predesign as follows: MWH, $378,665; Black & Veatch, $385,600; AECOM, $437,416; and PSOMAS, $511,199. “An in-house committee of four staff from the Engineering Division and Water Operations Division evaluated the proposals,” states the staff report. “The evaluations were based on understanding of the scope of work, experience with similar projects, and qualifications of staff for work to be done, efficiency of project schedule and proposal fee and cost effectiveness.” On Aug. 10, 2010 the city council approved a contract for AECOM USA, Inc. to conduct predesign services at NTWFP. The contract was amended to AECOM Technical Services and extended for six months in November of 2010. By August of 2011 the council approved a second amendment to obtain additional environmental reports. By Jan. 14, 2013 the city manager approved a separate contract with AECOM to conduct an inundation study on the water tank and complete the CEQA process. Said services have been completed. In addition, the State of California approved grant funding in the amount $3,068,305 for the construction of NTWFP Phase 3. This includes grant agreements to be approved by separate council actions, for a project with a price tag of $12 million. City staff has reviewed Phase 3 of the NTWFP, with all relevant city departments, as well as Caltrans and the Department of Drinking Water. All needed design requirements have been met to move forward with the final design and construction of Well No. 10, the 3-million gallon reservoir, pump station and treatment systems. “Soliciting a new RFP is not considered cost-effective because staff does not expect to find a more qualified firm, nor time-effective because staff does not expect to find a firm that could avoid many hours learning the project and reviewing the plans and reports and, therefore, cause a delay to the project and higher costs for importing water,” states the staff report. Funding for the agreement will be provided through the Water Enterprise Fund, Infrastructure Action Plan [IAP] North Torrance Well Field Project, I-108. • Each school is responsible for nominating an employee. When a site decides on a nominee, that nomination application goes to a committee, which consists of various administrators, people who have been selected in previous years, PTA members and other constituents. Along with the application, supporting documents are submitted validate the nomination. “Whether we are talking about a teacher or a custodian, whomever it may be, both certificated or classified, they must go above and beyond and be innovative and bring in new ideas,” Senior Director Human Resources Dr. Mario Liberati said. “In addition to their responsibilities, they must take on other rolls, such as a working with students. For instance, we have lots of custodians that take students under their arm and will kind of guide them; we have teachers that look at new projects and take on additional responsibilities in order to bring the word to the classroom, or better yet, take those students out into the world.” Each school is allowed to submit more than one nominee application but ultimately the committee is responsible for selecting the strongest candidates. Nominations are at times anonymous, and at least this year, one winner doesn’t know whom to thank for the nod but is grateful for the quality of support provided by coworkers and the Torrance Unified School District. “I feel like the district and my colleagues have been a great support,” Merlos said. “Just from talking to teachers from other districts, I tell them where Torrance Unified is as far as rolling our Next Generation Science Standards and they can’t believe how far ahead we are. I have actually been able to help other teachers from other districts come up with a year plan for their standards and their year. “We have two amazing science resource teachers [Amy Argento and Marissa Stillittano]. They run PDs [professional development], they provide advice and I feel we are very lucky to have great support throughout the district,” said Merlos. 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