EL SEGUNDO HERALD April 5, 2018 Page 3
Letters Community Briefs
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El Segundo Business Financial Center
Rich Heisen
Vice President, Manager
Email - rjheisen@cbbank.com
275 Main Street, El Segundo, CA 90245
310-322-2222
Specializing in Commercial
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Calendar of Events
Deadline for Calendar items is the prior
Thursday by noon. Calendar items are $1 per
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THURSDAY, APR. 5
• SPRING BREAK!!!! NO SCHOOL for
ESUSD Students!!
• El Segundo Farmer’s Market, 3:00 PM.
– 7:00 PM., located on Main Street, Downtown
El Segundo.
• El Segundo Historical Committee Meeting,
7:00 PM. – 8:00 PM., El Segundo Public
Library, 111 W. Mariposa Ave., Call: 310-
640-8923.
FRIDAY, APR. 6
• SPRING BREAK!!!! NO SCHOOL for
ESUSD Students!!
• Bingo, 1:00 PM. - 3:00 PM., 50 Plus, $3.00
minimum, Senior Club of El Segundo, 339
Sheldon St., Call Diane: 310-640-9577.
SATURDAY, APR. 7
• Saturday Night Dance, 7:00 PM. – 9:45
PM., Cost: $3.00 Per Person, Adults of all
Ages Welcome, Senior Club of El Segundo,
339 Sheldon St., Call: 310-524-2705.
SUNDAY, APR. 8
• Bridge & Pinochle Groups, 11:30 AM. –
3:45 PM, Senior Club of El Segundo, 339
Sheldon St., Call Pam at: 310-318-2856.
MONDAY, APR. 9
• Canasta Group, 12:00 PM. – 3:00 PM., 50
Plus, Free, Senior Club of El Segundo, 339
Sheldon St., Call Pam at: 310-318-2856.
TUESDAY, APR. 10
• Pinochle, 11:30 AM. – 3:30 PM., Senior
Main Street Needs a Boost
I’d like to commend Scot Nicol and other
City Council members and candidates for trying
to generate more business and vibrancy
for our Main Street.
I have the good fortune of working with
community developers and traffic engineers
all across America, and it’s a proven fact
that angled parking and reduced speeds in
a downtown district create more opportunities
for shoppers, diners and pedestrians to
enjoy more time—and spend more dollars.
This approach will add more parking spots,
and it’s safer for everyone, too.
I’ve seen angled parking work wonders in
downtown Boulder, Scottsdale, West Palm
Beach and even Manhattan Beach. It will
work in El Segundo, too.
Please don’t equate this concept to the
poorly implemented road diet on Vista del
Mar. That street is a high speed thoroughfare,
and there is no retail or businesses along that
ocean stretch that could have benefitted in
the way our Main Street will.
I know our downtown businesses agree
Main Street needs more vibrancy and an
economic boost. Angled parking will be a
big step in the right direction.
– Jay Hoeschler
Response to Robert Grant’s
School Walkout
You clearly have not had teenagers. They
don’t usually do what “adults” tell them to
do (not in the huge numbers of those joining
protests) unless they ask for help. I suggest
you try watching real news and not the “talk
shows” who are just entertainment. I apologize
if I am insulting you (not my intent) I just
think you are a little misguided.
I can understand why kids don’t want to
have to worry about being killed at school
and I wholeheartedly support them all.
– Jan Gove
28 year El Segundo resident and
mother of a former teenager •
See Calendar of Events, page 4
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
CITY COUNCIL
Volunteers Needed!
The City Council is currently accepting applications for the
following Committees, Commissions and Boards (CCB) positions.
Immediate Openings
Arts and Culture Advisory Committee
One position
Technology Committee
Two positions
Investment Advisory Committee
One position
Capital Improvement Program Advisory Committee
One position
Senior Citizen Housing Corporation Board
One position
Terms Expiring Soon
Recreation and Parks Commission
One position expires May 30, 2018
Arts and Culture Advisory Committee
Two positions expires June 30, 2018
Environmental Committee
One position expires June 30, 2018
Library Board of Trustees
One position expires June 30, 2018
Planning Commission
One position expires June 30, 2018
Senior Citizen Housing Corporation Board
One position expires June 30, 2018
Technology Committee
Two positions expire June 30, 2018
If you are interested in applying and would like more information,
please log onto the City’s website at www.elsegundo.org or email
Mishia Jennings at mjennings@elsegundo.org. Applications are also
available in the City Council Office at City Hall, 350 Main Street.
EIR Public Review of
Potential Desalination Project
The draft environmental impact report (EIR)
for West Basin Municipal Water District’s (West
Basin) propossed ocean water desalination
facility is available for public review and
comment for a 60-day period through May 25.
The report is available online at www.
westbasin.org/desal with two public
meetings scheduled at Richmond Street
Elementary School (615 Richmond St.,
El Segundo) on April 25 from 6 p.m.
to 9 p.m. and May 12 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The desalination project would produce 20
to 60 million gallons per day of drinking water
from the ocean. The proposed project site is
an existing 33-acre industrial-zoned location
within the El Segundo Generating Station at
301 Vista Del Mar. The project consists of a
desalination facility with membrane filtration
and reverse osmosis technology; an ocean
water intake system to deliver ocean water to
the facility; a brine discharge system to return
concentrated seawater back to the ocean; and
a drinking water delivery system to distribute
the drinking water produced to the local and
regional water supply systems.
The draft EIR describes potential direct, indirect
and cumulative environmental impacts of
the project. The report examines potential impacts
on aesthetics, lights and glare; air quality;
terrestrial biological resources; cultural resources;
energy; geology and soils; greenhouse
See Community Briefs, page 4