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. 45 - October 27, 2016 Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................8 Classifieds............................4 Crossword/Sudoku.............4 Film Review..........................2 Legals.................................4,9 Pets........................................6 Real Estate...................10-11 Sports.............................. 5,12 TerriAnn in Torrance..........7 Weekend Forecast West Torrance Shuts Out South The West Torrance High School football team remained undefeated in the Pioneer League after a 28-0 win over South Torrance last Friday. The Warriors improve to 6-2 overall on the season and 3-0 in league play. West will travel to Leuzinger Friday for a 7 p.m. kick off. For more photos see page 5 and 12. Photo by Dirk Dewachter. • License Agreement Approved For Union Carbide to Monitor Groundwater Wells By Cristian Vasquez A recommendation by the Community Development Sue Key Explains the Grant Monies for STEM Education By Cristian Vasquez Members of the Torrance School Board approved the participation of J.H. Hull in the Girls Build LA [GBLA] Challenge during the 2016-2017 school year. Girls Build LA is sponsored by LA Promise Fund and was created with the intent of empowering teams of young women throughout Los Angeles County. The teams will be challenged and prepared to identify issues they consider to be of major significance in their school and community; the young women’s leadership program also prepares them to take action addressing the issues they identify. “The J.H. Hull GBLA team will compete in a challenge addressing STEM Education & College Access,” states the staff report presented to the school board members. “The Challenge that the team will address looks at the fact that in ten years there have been three times as many new jobs created in STEM related fields than in any other field.” Girls Build LA, a three-year program designed to reach girls in public schools throughout L.A. County, has been inviting middle and high school girls to be part of the Girls Build LA Challenge. Girls Build LA will in turn provide students with resources and support to address the issues they identify. During the very first Girls Build LA Challenge 43 teams Director Jeffery W. Gibson to approve a license agreement with a local contractor, Union Carbide Corporation, was approved by the Torrance City Council. The agreement is for two groundwater wells to be monitored for the former Union Carbide Corporation facility, located at 19500 Mariner Avenue. “The California Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC) has directed Union Carbide Corporation, as former owner of the property located at 19500 Mariner Avenue, to install two (2) monitoring wells,” states the staff report signed by Gibson. “The purpose of the wells is to monitor for possible hydrocarbon migration contamination, which may have migrated from the site.” The request to install two groundwatermonitoring wells came from Union Carbide Corporation since they will be located in the public right-of-way. A report by the DTSC highlights the need to monitor plume migration west of the site; hence why the wells to be installed will be in Mariner Avenue and Voyager Street. Plans place the wells for installation in the parking lane of both streets, causing minimal disruption to current traffic. “The drilling, installation and development of the proposed wells will take approximately four (4) days,” states the staff report. “The boreholes will be ten (10) inches in diameter and approximately 60 feet deep. The monitoring wells will be four (4) inches in diameter. A traffic vault well lid will be set flush with ground surface and contain a locking watertight gap.” The agreement required a $20,000 bond, along with a $673 license fee and a $1 million liability insurance policy, were Union Carbide not be self-insured. The agreement does exempt the city from all financial and legal obligations tied to the construction, operation and relocation based on the data results from both wells. The agreement is for 10 years and can be renewed at the city’s discretion. “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,” states the staff report. “Staff is in the process of gathering information to create a database for monitoring wells to track location, reporting requirements, status and number of wells located with the City boundaries.” Council Approves Premium Adjustment of Excess Workers’ Compensation Insurance An adjustment to the Excess Workers’ Compensation Insurance premium from the California State Association of Counties [CSAC] Excess Insurance Authority [EIA] in the amount of $14,198 was approved by the city council under the recommendation of Finance Director Eric E. Tsao. The City of Torrance has been with CSAC EIA since Jul of 2002. The EIA, a joint powers authority established in 1979, has a Friday See City Council, page 2 Partly Cloudy 67˚/59˚ Saturday Partly Cloudy 66˚/59˚ Sunday AM Clouds/ PM Sun 65˚/56˚ See School Board, page 8
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