Santa Monica Daily Press, June 22, 2015

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Santa Monica Daily Press MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2015

Volume 14 Issue 190

Bus paint, Expo parking, and drug tests on $2M consent

Remembering Siena Ly FAMILY ‘DEVASTATED’ BY TRAGEDY AS FRANKLIN DEDICATES ART CORNER TO LATE STUDENT

BY DAVID MARK SIMPSON BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN

Daily Press Staff Writer

Daily Press Staff Writer

MONTANA AVE. One day Siena Hayden

Ly was a Franklin Elementary School student who loved arts and crafts and storytelling. The next day she was in the hospital, clinging to life. “She was a healthy child,” said her mother, Hue Ma. “That’s part of the shock of everything. She was completely healthy.” It’s been about three months since Siena went into septic shock, and her family members — Ma, her father Anthony Ly, and her twin 2-year-old sisters — are trying to find peace as they come to terms with her passing. “You live your life for your kid, and when your kid’s taken away you lose your purpose and your desire to live,” her mother said. SEE FRANKLIN PAGE 8

LIONS CLUB NEWS SEE PAGE 5

Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing series that tracks the city’s expenditures appearing on upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agendas. Consent agenda items are routinely passed by the City Council with little or no discussion from elected officials or the public. However, many of the items have been part of public discussion in the past.

workers. John M. Cruikshank, Inc. is set to get $109,968 for engineering design services related to the new parking lot. DRUG TESTING

City Hall drug tests many of its employees and Collections Plus does the job. Council will consider a two-year extension of the contract in the amount of $81,000.

CITY HALL City Council will consider

ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES

approving $2,057,789 in recommended spending on contracts related to parking near Expo, painting Big Blue Buses, and drug testing. With the coming of the Expo Light Rail, city officials are recommending the addition of parking options 17th Street Station. A portion of Colorado Yards would become a surface lot for Memorial Park users. The rest of the yards will remain in use for city

With about 3,000 electrical work orders coming in each year, City Hall needs to get its electrical supplies fast. Electrical Supply Connection, a local company, is slated to get $100,000 for a year’s worth of electrical supplies.

Industries is expected to get a oneyear, $100,000 contract to supply HVAC materials. PLUMBING

About 90 percent of City Hall’s 1,500 annual plumbing-related jobs are performed by in-house workers, city officials said, but larger jobs often require contractors to step in. The Lighthart Corporation is slated to get a contract for a year of that extra work at $200,000. PONDS

City Hall has six water features throughout the city to keep up to snuff. California Waters is expected to get a $117,162 contract extension for “water feature and pond maintenance services.”

HVAC SUPPLIES

City workers do about 600 heating, ventilation, and air conditioning repairs each year. Howard

ARCLIGHT PLANNING

Council is scheduled to consider allowing an ArcLight movie the-

ater to replace one of the public parking structures on Fourth Street. Allan D. Kotin & Associates is slated to get a $130,000 contract extension to serve as a financial consultant on the project. BOOSTER PUMP MAINTENANCE

Both General Pump Company and Tri County Pump Company are expected to get $176,000 contracts to keep booster pumps at the Charnock, Arcadia, and San Vicente booster stations up and running. “Booster pumps require periodic maintenance and repair including pulling and repairing of the pumps currently in place and machining and fabrication of wear rings, line shafts, and bowl assemblies,” city officials said of the work that will sometimes need to be done quickly and after hours. SEE CONSENT PAGE 5

Rec and Parks Commission eyes parkland BY DAVID MARK SIMPSON Daily Press Staff Writer

CITYWIDE With City Council sched-

uled to consider a $1.1 billion twoyear budget on Tuesday, the Recreation and Parks Commission sent its recommendation. Surprise, surprise: More parks. They’re happy, they said in a letter to council, with the proposed allocation of funds to craft a plan for the 12-acre expansion of Airport Park but they have several

FRONTIER FUN Matthew Hall editor@smdp.com

The Santa Monica Jaycess organized Frontier Day on June 20. The Western themed day of activities included pony races, water balloon toss, face painting, live music and prizes for kids. For more information visit www.facebook.com/SantaMonicaJaycees.

SEE PARK PAGE 7

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