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Goundbreaking Held for Van Nuy-Sherman Oaks Synthetic Soccer Fields

On July 12, 2014, the groundbreaking cer-emony was held for the Van Nuys-Sherman Oaks Synthetic Soccer Fields project, located at 14201 West Huston Street, Van Nuys, CA 91423. Councilmember Tom LaBonge and Sylvia Patsaouras, Board of Recreation and Park Commissioner, were there to join the celebration. Additional speakers at this event included Recreation & Parks Assistant Gen-eral Manager Ramon Barajas, and speaking on behalf of the City Engineer, Mahmood Karimzadeh, Principle Architect, of the Ar-chitectural Division.

The goal of the design is to maintain the aesthetic quality of the park. Locating the three new synthetic soccer fields in the same location as the existing soccer fields, minimized the impact on the rest of the park activities. The addition of these new synthetic soccer fields will compliment the existing activities and make it a better park for the community to enjoy. Working very closely with the community, the Department of Recreation and Parks, Mayor’s Office and Council District 4 office, the design of the three new synthetic soccer fields accom-plished that goal.

Councilmember LaBonge said, “It’s not just the millions of gallons of water saved. It’s the smiles of young people who will play

on the best soccer fields in the San Fernando Valley.”

Noting that the community had been playing on rock-strewn dirt fields, RAP Assis-tant General Manager Barajas declared, “No

more rocks! After this construction, this will be the best soccer complex in the Valley, if not Los Angeles.”

New winding pathways with sitting areas and trees in between the new synthetic soc-cer fields provide a relaxing environment. New concrete walkways will connect the new synthetic soccer fields to the existing parking lot, little league area and jogging paths. Drinking fountains, bleachers, bench-es, trash receptacles and new infrastructure for future sport field lighting will be installed.

A new irrigation system and landscaping will be installed. The construction of the field will employ the industry’s latest technology and best materials. The fields will have an intricate drainage system consisting of per-forated PVC pipes installed 18” deep, 25’ on center diagonally, to eliminate flooding. 8” of topsoil will be removed and replaced with crushed aggregate base. The finish playing surface will be installed on top, consisting of polyethylene pile blended fiber, densely weaved on permeable multilayer backing. Infill material, composed of rubber, will be distributed uniformly and evenly on top. The infill material helps the field meet the required G-Max (bounce) test for play safety.

Councilmember Tom LaBonge (CD4) leads the groundbreaking for the Van Nuys-Sherman Oaks Synthetic Soccer Field project. Photos by JuanCarlos Chan, Recreation & Parks Dept.

Mahmood Karimzadeh (BOE), alongside Councilmember Tom LaBonge (CD4), spoke to the crowd, as the event gathered much media attention.

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Funding for the project is provided by Quimby funds paid by developer fees.

This project is a joint effort by City forc-es. The Bureau of Engineering is providing Project Management, Design & Construction Management services; and the Department of Recreation & Parks is providing Grounds & Maintenance support along with input into design.

Congratulations go to Mahmood Karimza-deh, Municipal Facilities Program Manager and his staff from the Architectural Division: Reza Bagherzadeh, Senior Environmental Engineer; Guillermo Barragan, Project Man-ager/Landscape Architect; Saro Dersaroian, Electrical Engineer; and everyone who con-tributed to this project.

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Councilmember Tom LaBonge acknowledged Project Manager Guillermo Barragan at the event.

Councilmember Joe Buscaino, CD 15, Public Works Committee Chair presented a Cer-tificate of Appreciation to the Department of Public Works at the May 23, 2014 City Council meeting, in recognition of National Public Works Week 2014.

Buscaino said, “We are celebrating Na-tional Public Works Week in the City of Los Angeles. National Public Works Week is celebrated among tens of thousands of men and women in North America who provide and maintain the infrastructure and services collectively known as public works. It was instituted in 1960 as a public education campaign to call attention to the importance of public works in community life, seeks to enhance the prestige of professionals who serve the public good every day with quiet dedication. National Public Works Week is observed each year during the third full week of May and seeks to raise the publics’ aware-ness of public works issues and to increase confidence in public works employees who are dedicated to improving the quality of life for present and future generations.

“In the City of Los Angeles, the Department of Public Works is the third largest department and is responsible for the construction, ren-ovation, and operation of City facilities and infrastructure. And the Department’s five bu-reaus: Contract Administration, Engineering, Sanitation, Street Lighting, and Street Services build the city’s streets, install its sewers and public lights, constructs storm drains, public buildings, right of way and services facilities. Our Public Works employees are unsung heroes, let’s give them a round of applause for their dedication. And yes, it’s so easy to take them for granted because we’re so ac-customed to the infrastructure and services they provide.

“Colleagues, I ask you to take a minute and imagine what Los Angeles would be like if our toilets didn’t flush, our trash didn’t get picked up, storm water did not drain to the ocean, or

we had no streets, no sidewalks, no inspectors to oversee private contractors, no engineers to safely design public facilities, no street lights. Simply put, our public works infrastructure and the employees that maintain it make Los Angeles livable.

“As Chair of the Public Works & Gang Reduction Committee” and on behalf of the entire City Council, I would like to say thank you to the entire Public Works family, including Kevin James, President of the Board of Public Works; Vice President Monica Rodriguez; President ProTem Matt Szabo; Commissioner Mike Davis; and Commissioner Barbara Romero. Let’s give our Commissioners a round of applause. I also want to highlight our Directors within the Bureaus: Street Ser-vices Nazario Salcedo; Interim City Engineer Deborah Weintraub; as well as Gary Lee Moore, who’s been leading our Port of Los Angeles, incredible work that he’s doing in such a short time; our Director of the Bureau of Street Lighting Ed Ebrehemian; Inspector of Public Works John Reamer; and Director of Sanitation Enrique Carlos Zaldivar. So let’s

give them all a round of applause for their work leading our Public Works Department and most of all the men and women of Pub-lic Works who work tirelessly to make Los Angeles a great place to live, work and visit.“

On behalf of the Board of Public Works, Commissioner Monica Rodriguez said, “Thank you for recognizing the work of the Department of Public Works. We want to remind the public that our meetings occur every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 9:30 and we encourage your participation. More importantly, we are here to be partners with you, to ensure that all residents get all the ser-vices they deserve. We want to thank you for your continued support and your partnership and we stand here to work with you always.”

Buscaino said, “On behalf of the entire City Council, we want to recognize the Depart-ment of Public Works for their leadership and commitment. The theme this year is Building for Today; Planning for Tomorrow which truly embodies their leadership of planning, build-ing and maintaining the infrastructure of Los Angeles. Congratulations!”

Council Recognizes National Public Works Week

Councilmember Joe Buscaino speaking at the National Public Works Week celebration.

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Ribbon cutting, l to r: Neil Drucker, RAP Commissioner Sylvia Patsaouras, PW Commissioner Monica Rodriguez, Councilmember Tom LaBonge, RAP Interim General Manager Michael Shull, Windsor Square LVNOC member Margy Hudson, Windsor Square Association Board member Steve Tator, Chief Deputy City Engineer Deborah Weintraub, and Jaime Contreras. Photos by Steven Shack, Recreation & Parks Dept.

Grand Re-Opening Ceremony for Robert L. Burns Park Picnic Area

The new covered picnic area serves as the backdrop as Councilmember Tom LaBonge speaks at the event.

Chief Deputy City Engineer Deborah Weintraub

On July 25, 2014, Councilmember Tom La-Bonge led the ribbon cutting to celebrate the grand re-opening of a major renovation at Robert L. Burns Park, 4900 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90004. Other speakers at the event were Recreation & Parks Interim Gen-eral Manager Michael A. Shull, Recreation & Parks Commissioner Sylvia Patsaouras, Public Works Commissioner Monica Rodriguez, Windsor Square Local Volunteer Neighbor-hood Oversight Committee member Margy Hudson, Windsor Square Association Board member Steve Tator, and Chief Deputy City Engineer Deborah Weintraub.

The Robert Burns Park is a pocket park that is highly utilized by the community. Amongst the features found here are a children’s play area, a picnic area and benches along the walking paths. A deteriorated pergola-like structure has been replaced by a new shade structure with a solid roof that covers the picnic area.

To accomplish this project, the old pergola and concrete pad were demolished. A new re-inforced concrete base was constructed in its place, and a new 50’x 25” metal roof pergola and structure was erected by the Department of General Services. Care was provided to pre-serve the accessibility to this newly improved area and the landscaping around it.

To improve the walking paths and correct tripping hazards, a total of 3600 square feet of concrete was demolished and replaced. This part of the work was completed with the assistance of Recreation and Parks staff and their sub-contractors.

This project’s construction was funded by Proposition K and Quimby funds. The new picnic tables were provided by the Depart-

ment of Recreation and Parks, through their facilities budget.

Deputy City Engineer Weintraub thanked Richard Telles, Supervisor, and David Perka, Construction Manager, Department of General Services Construction Forces and Jimmy New-some, Contracts Administrator, Department of Recreation and Parks and from the Bureau of Engineering: Recreational and Cultural Facil-ities group: Neil Drucker, Program Manager, and Jaime Contreras, Project Manager.

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At the City Council meeting held June 20, 2014, Councillmember Mitch O’Farrell pre-sented certificates of appreciation to the Bu-reaus of Engineering, Sanitation and Contract Administration in recognition of their work on the Echo Park Lake Rehabilitation Project.

Councilmember O’Farrell addressed the Council saying, “It is my great honor to stand here this morning and recognize our very own City family on the cusp of the one year anniversary of the rededication of Echo Park Lake, the Department of Public Works, represented by the Bureau of Engineering, Bureau of Sanitation, and Bureau of Contract Administration. I want to acknowledge them for their instrumental role in the Echo Park Lake Rehabilitation project and on restoring the Lake to its former glory and making it a central role in the cultural like of Los Angeles. The project was funded by Proposition O, the Clean Water Bond, thus helping the City of Los Angeles meet clean water goals.

“Echo Park Lake is thirteen acres in size and receives stormwater from the 770 acre Echo Park/Silverlake Watershed. It was originally a reservoir, in 1868 Reservoir No. 4. In 1891 it became a park. It has been an incredible historic resource since those days.

“This month, as I mentioned, marks the one year anniversary of the lake since its reopen-ing. This project was completed on time and under budget. The original estimated cost was $84.3 million. At the beginning of construc-tion that cost was reduced to approximately $65 million, however, it was completed at a

total of $45.3 million. The City saved almost $20 million on this project. That deserves a round of applause!

“Removal of approximately 40,000 cubic yards of sediment from the lake’s bottom occurred, also the new lake clay bottom was installed to reduce water seepage. There was an installation of approximately 3,300 linear

feet of new lake edging and 2,000 linear feet of rock edging and vegetated slopes; Con-struction of 4 acres of new wetlands to further clean the water; Planting of 376 sacred lotuses – the lotus plants are blooming once again and the Lady of the Lake statue was restored to her original location and her hands were repaired. Landscape and park improvements include new pedestrian scale lighting, bench-es, boardwalks, educational signage, porous pavement, a brand new walking path, rain gardens at the lake’s edge, new landscaping, new grass, a new irrigation system, approxi-mately 400 existing trees were protected and 200 new trees were planted, for a net gain of many dozens of trees.

“This last year this project was recognized with numerous awards since its reopening. A few of these awards are: American Society of Public Works 2013 Best Project Award, American Society of Civil Engineers 2013 Outstanding Government Civil Engineering Project, California Water Environment As-sociation 2013 Engineering Achievement Award, Southern California Development Forum’s 2013 Urban Design and Planning Award, American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists Grand Prize for Envi-ronmental Sustainability this year 2014. Since taking office we’ve opened the café out of the Boathouse, that was also restored.

“I would like to bring forward three key people who helped make this happen, from the very beginning, among many others. First we have out interim City Engineer, the

l to r: Ken Redd, Bobby Benson (BOS), Katie Doherty, Waleed Azar (consultant for BOE), Deborah Weintraub, Julie Allen, Frank Rinaldi (BCA), Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell, Alvaro Prada (BOE), Adel Hagekhalil (BOS), Jon Ball (BOS), John Reamer (BCA), Kendrick Okuda, Robert Vega (BOS), Wing Tam (BOS), Barry Berggren (BOS).

Echo Park Lake Rehabilitation Project One Year Anniverary Celebrated at City Council

Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell presented certificates to recognize the contributions of the Bureaus of Engineering, Sanitation and Contract Administration to the successful Echo Park Lake Rehabilitation Project.

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first female to hold the position, Deborah Weintraub.”

Deborah Weintraub said, “It gives me great pleasure to be here one year after the reopen-ing of the lake. The Councilman went through all the facts and statistics, but what out team, the team at Public Works, did basically was create a community amenity that has been a catalytic project for neighborhood revitaliza-tion and it gives us no greater pleasure than to have all the technical things working well and to have the park so well used. I do want to honor my staff from the Bureau of Engineering who dedicated many hours to this project: Ken Redd, Deputy City Engineer; Jose Fuentes from our Construction Management Division; Alvaro Prada, Waleed Azar, Kendrick Okuda, Julie Allen and Katherine Doherty, if they would just raise their hands for a minute, thank you all, your dedication is really appreciated.”

Bureau of Sanitation Assistant Director Adel Hagekhalil and Inspector of Public Works John Reamer also addressed the City Council.

In O’Farrell’s closing remarks he said, “I have a few acknowledgments of my own. I worked on behalf of the Council office on this project for many years and now as Coun-cilmember, totaling 8 years of work. I just want to acknowledge my predecessor, now Mayor, Eric Garcetti, and also a former colleague of mine Alejandro Marroquin, who also did ex-tensive work on the front end of this.

“I’m an on the ground kind of guy. During the construction phase I would go and visit with the construction manager Waleed Azar.

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A big shout out to Kendrick Okuda, Propo-sition O Program Manager, for really being the brains behind this. We would conspire together over the years to see how we could help improve the outcome of this project. So it did take an army of individuals to make this work. Some are standing around me at this moment, some could not be here.

“The story of Echo Park Lake is that it was a collaboration of some of the most talented professionals in the City of Los Angeles, in conjunction with neighborhood activists, and

neighborhood participation and it’s resulted in one of the crown jewels of the City of Los Angeles. It is a park that belongs to all of us, it belongs to everyone. So I invite the public to come to the 37th Annual Lotus Festival, it’s returning to the lake after a 3-year hiatus and it will take place on July 12 & 13. And we’re also bringing back the dragon boat races. So I would like to award certificates to the Bureau of Engineering, Bureau of Sanitation and Bureau of Contract Administration. Thank you colleagues.”

The Lady of the Lake statue was a welcoming symbol to people on the day of the grand opening. The statue had been restored and returned to her original location in the park.

Overhead shot of Echo Park Lake.

Certification of Recognition signed by all Councilmembers presented at the City Coun-cil meeting.

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Sevak IsakhanyanSevak Isakhanyan joined the Structural Engineering Division (SED) as a Civil Engineering Associate I. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Cali-fornia State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) in June 2012, and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineer-ing, also at Cal Poly Pomona. Sevak will be preparing structural designs and reviewing construction submittals as part of his duties in the Wastewater and Underground Facilities Section of SED.

Prior to this appointment, Sevak was a student intern for the Los Angeles Department

Angelica ZacariasAngelica Zacarias recent-ly joined the Prop O Bond Division as a Management Assistant. She began her career with the City in 2001 as a Clerk Typist in Personnel Department in the Worker’s Compensa-tion Division. She promot-ed to Accounting Clerk I with Police Department in 2005 and Accounting Clerk II in 2007.

One of her proudest accomplishments was to graduate from Cal State LA in 2011 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Human Resource Management, while juggling a family and working full-time. She is currently in the process of enrolling with the University of La Verne to work for a Master of Science in Leadership and Management, which will begin this fall.

When not at work, She and her husband enjoy taking their two boys, ages nine and five, to baseball/basketball/football practice, the beach, or a quick weekend camping trip. When not with them, then she’s out training for one of her bucket list items: her first 10K at the Disneyland Half-Marathon weekend this August. She says she has never been one to love running, but one day soon, she will get there.

She looks forward to learning all there is to know about Prop O and the Bureau of Engineering.

Save Energy at WorkAll employees are reminded that they should do the following:Before You Leave Work• Unplug electronic devices when they are

not in use. Or plug everything into a power strip and switch it off after shutting down equipment.

• Close drapes and shades to limit the amount of heat that comes in during the Summer and to minimize heat from escap-ing in the Winter.

• Turn off all printers, copiers, fax machines, kitchen equipment and lights.

• Shut down computers when possible. Be sure to turn off monitors, too.

• Set thermostats no higher than 63°F during off-work hours.

For more ways to save energy, go to www.FlexYourPower.org and subscribe to e-News-wire - California’s energy efficiency news source.

Welcome to the Bureau of Engineering!The following information about some of our new employees illustrates that the Bureau of Engineering has hired a very diverse group of talented people.

Marcelino AscensioMarcelino Ascensio is one of the newest members of the Structural Engineering Division (SED). He will be working for the Waste-water Section as a Civil Engineering Associate I. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Struc-tural Engineering from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in June of 2008. As an undergraduate student, Marcelino partici-pated in the ASCE Steel Bridge Competition as well as community outreach with Habitat for Humanity and the Society of Hispanic Engineers (SHPE.)

Upon graduating, Marcelino was recruited by a private engineering firm where he worked on heavy civil construction projects on mil-itary installations. Marcelino then moved to Los Angeles to attend California State Poly-technic University, Pomona where he received his Master of Science in Civil Engineering. In his previous employment, Marcelino worked as a Project Manager for the Disneyland Resort dealing with the rehabilitation of attractions and general facilities. His duties included plan checking, cost analysis, RFI’s, submittals, and project scheduling.

Marcelino was born in Long Beach, Cal-ifornia and currently lives in Long Beach. In his spare time, he enjoys dodgeball, surfing, tennis, and competitive running. Marcelino’s office is on the seventh floor of the Public Works Building. He is looking forward to ex-panding his career horizons in SED and BOE.

of Transportation (LADOT), where he gained experience in reviewing traffic control plans, field investigations, writing reports and recom-mendations, and communicating with other City agencies such as LAPD, LAFD and DPW for project completion.

Sevak was born in Armenia, and now resides in the City of Los Angeles, where he indulges in his passion for playing and watching soccer at every opportunity. He also enjoys reading, watching movies, hiking, and spending time with his family and friends.

Ana Lynn RocioAna Lynn Rocio is the new Senior Management Analyst II in the Adminis-tration Division. She will have oversight over the Operations, Administra-tive Support and Training Section.

Prior to joining BOE, Ana Lynn was a Senior Management Analyst I for the newly formed Housing and Commu-nity Investment Department and managed the City’s FamilySource System. The FamilySource System is comprised of 21 community centers that assist low-income residents increase their economic resources and 15 domestic violence emergency and transitional shelters.

Ana Lynn also served for three years as the Senior Director of Community Devel-opment Policy and Programs for the Mayor’s Office. During her tenure, she worked with City Council, various Commissions and City Departments to adopt the City’s first Tran-sit-Oriented Five Year Housing and Commu-nity Development (HCD) Consolidated Plan. The new ConPlan emphasized maximizing and integrating transit, community, economic and housing development investments and established the Neighborhood Improvement and Economic Development Funds. Ana Lynn also had oversight over the development of the City’s HCD Annual Plan, which annually allocates over $130 million in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Additionally, Ana Lynn worked in various planning and program operations positions at the former Community Development Depart-ment. This included managing the redesign of the City’s human services delivery system. The redesign received the City’s 2011 Qual-ity and Productivity Award for doubling the number of residents served and promoting performance outcomes, while requiring no additional funding and reducing the number of contracts from over 80 to 16. Ana Lynn started her City career right out of high school as an eligibility reviewer for the City’s Summer Youth Employment Program.

Ana Lynn received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California Los Angeles. She enjoys traveling, exploring hiking trails in the LA area and live music. Ana Lynn can be reached at (213) 485-5083.

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Assigned City VehiclesThe Department of General Services asks that staff be reminded of Fleet Services policies governing the use of assigned and home ga-raged City vehicles.Preventive MaintenanceUsers are responsible for bringing their ve-hicles in for regularly scheduled preventive maintenance. Stickers advising users of when vehicles are due for such services are due are located on the inside upper section of the ve-hicle’s windshield. E-mail reminders will also be sent, provided that we have your correct e-mail address.Parking TicketsIt is the responsibility of the user to pay for parking citations, including late fees and penalties. As such, parking ticket notifications mailed to Fleet Services will be forwarded to the assigned user.Proper Care and UseAssigned or home-garaged vehicles should not be used to transport animals, construction materials, gardening materials, etc.Accident DamageAll damages resulting from an accident must be documented on the Accident Report pack-age that each assigned vehicle contains.

1st row, seated, l to r: August Schmid, Terry Phan, Ronald Rugamas, Art Khachikian, Thinh Dinh, Armond Badkerhanian, Rey Sison. 2nd Row: Deborah Weintraub, Joanne Zhang, Ray-mond Huang, Jaime Magana, Anagh Mamdapurkar, Sahar Mehrzad, Ingrid Reyes, Uyen Lam, Gary Lee Moore.

BOE Project Delivery Fundamentals Course Graduates Recognized

At the July 17, 2014, Management Team Meeting City Engineer Gary Lee Moore and Chief Deputy City Engineer Deborah Weintraub presented certificates to employees who success-fully completed the Bureau of Engineering Project Delivery Fundamentals course.

Congratulations go to: Samuel Ahn, Brad Atwell, Armond Badkerhanian, Thinh Dinh (ITA), Cristian Guerrero, Raymond Huang, Art Khachikian, Craig Kunesh, Uyen Lam, Jaime Magana, Anagh Mamdapurkar, Sahar Mehrzad, Celso Perez, Terry Phan, Ingrid Reyes, Ronald Rugamas, Robert Sanchez, August Schmid, Rey Sison, Amy So, Rafael Solorzano, Christine Sotelo, David Ventura, Joanne Zhang.

Notice No. 21 - Acting Director of SystemsNotice No. 21 dated July 31, 2014, titled Acting Director of Systems announced the ap-pointment of Ray Uyemura to Acting Director of Systems. Ray began his new assignment as head of the Systems Division on July 28, 2014.

Ray will be taking over for Bob Gillette, who retired on July 25, 2014. Ray was the Senior Systems Analyst II in charge of the Applications Development Section of the Systems Division. Ray can be reached at 1149 S. Broadway, 7th Floor, Mail Stop 486, Los Angeles, CA 90015. He can be contacted at (213) 485-5229, (213) 923-6025 [mobile] or via email at ray.uyemura@lacity.org.

Ray UyemuraRay Uyemura began his career with the City in June 1986. He did a short stint with the Center for Governmental Studies in 2003, a non-profit public policy think-tank, where he developed a national standard for electronic campaign finance dis-closure, consulted for the US House of Representa-tives, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and the Florida Commission on Ethics. He has led sessions on electronic campaign finance disclosure at the annual conferences of the Council On Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL) and has served as an expert witness for the Bipartisan California Committee on Internet Political Practices.

His professional experience in systems spans Systems Integration, Applications De-velopment, Communications Architecture, and IT Project Management. He is currently a standing member of the IEEE Technology Management Council and IEEE Information Theory Society.

Ray volunteers as a professional mentor for UCLA’s Easton Technology Leadership Program at the Anderson Business School. He also volunteers as the Chief Operations Offi-cer for the Japanese American Living Legacy organization.

Ray is married, lives in Orange County, and has two daughters (Caitlin - 21; Marley - 15) and a big puppy (Cleo - 7 months). He often commutes by motorcycle, plays golf poorly, enjoys cooking and plays the ukulele.

Emergency ResponseAll employees should be aware of what is stated in Mayor’s Executive Directive EP-1:City Employee Responsibilities In the event of an emergency during normal working hours City employees shall remain at work and may be assigned duties that can be performed safely to assist in the emergency response and recovery.

The Mayor has sole authority to order a general release of City employees. General Managers may release individual employees as instructed by the Mayor and/or in accor-dance with their department emergency plan.

Whenever an emergency occurs outside normal working hours, employees in public safety operations shall respond according to established departmental procedures. All other employees are directed to follow news media broadcasts and comply with instruc-tions issued for City employees or respond in accordance with established departmental procedures.

Employees who leave their assignment without authorization when emergencies oc-cur during working hours, or who fail to com-ply with instructions issued outside of normal working hours may be subject to discipline.

Take Metro for a Night on the TownDid you know that Metro trains run every 10 minutes through midnight on the Red, Blue and Purple Lines? So you can ride with Metro to shop, club-hop or make an after work stop. And on weekends, trains run until 2:00 am. Go to www.metro.net/riding/maps for more information and up-to-date schedules.

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This year’s International Bridge Building Contest was held at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), in Chicago, Illinois on May 10, 2014. The annual contest brings together students from around the world. This year was no exception with students from as far away as Indonesia competing in the event. Two Los Angeles high school students, Greg Quiroz from Robert H. Lewis High School (RLHS) and Erick Barrales from Theodore Roosevelt High School (TRHS), represented the City of Los An-geles Region in this contest that exposes high school students to the field of engineering and encourages them to pursue higher education. LA’s representatives competed along with 50 other students for the top prize of a half tuition scholarship to IIT.

Greg and Erick were the first and second place winners, respectively, of the Los Angeles Regional Bridge Building Contest held at Cal-ifornia State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) on March 27, 2013. These top students and their teachers were each awarded a paid trip to Chicago to attend the International Bridge Building Contest which included transporta-tion, lodging, and meals. A BOE mentor for the contest, Julia Moye, accompanied the group in Chicago. The students worked dili-gently leading up to the event to ensure their best possible model bridges were designed and constructed for this year’s international contest.

The contest specifications govern the de-sign of the bridge. This year, the specifications required the bridge to have a loading plane at least 100mm above the support surfaces, which created an extra challenge for the students. The International Bridge Building Committee distributed kits of 3/32-inch square cross-section basswood sticks that had been soaked in dye to each of the students. The dye was tested for on the day of the event to

BOE Mentored L.A. High School Students Participate in International Bridge Building Contest in Chicago

Los Angeles Region Representatives in attendance at the International Contest. First Row, l to r: Leo Magallon (TRHS teacher), Israel Hernandez (TRHS teacher), Kevin Elias (TRHS Student), Victor Guzman (RLHS Student), Greg Quiroz (RLHS Contest Participant). 2nd Row: Carlos Meneses (TRHS student), Carlos Balderrama (TRHS Student), Erick Barrales (TRHS Contest Participant), Agustin Noverola (RLHS Student), Harald Holcomb (RLHS Teach-er), Julia Moye (BOE Mentor)

The students got to enjoy a Chicago architectural boat tour organized by the contest hosts.

verify the material used was from the official contest kit. In constructing their bridges, the students had to account for limitations of the basswood, dimensions, and weight during the construction process. In addition, the moisture difference between Chicago and Los Angeles affected the bridge strength and weight as well. Building a bridge to compete at the international level is extremely challenging.

During the competition, each bridge was weighed, tested to failure, and ranked by its efficiency. Efficiency (E) is calculated as the

ratio of the load supported by the bridge, in grams (maximum of 50 Kilograms) divided by bridge mass, in grams. For testing, each model bridge was placed on a special apparatus. The load was applied 50.0 mm to the right side of the center of the bridge. The loading was incremental until the bridge failed or the load reached a maximum of 50 kilograms. 7 of the 52 bridges reached the maximum load of 50kg.

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Mayor appoints Ralph Terrazas as LAFD ChiefMayor’s press release:July 15, 2014 - Mayor Eric Garcetti has ap-pointed LAFD Assistant Chief Ralph Terrazas to be the next Chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Terrazas has served 30 years with LAFD, including 21 years as a Fire Officer and 14 years of major command experience as a Chief Officer

“Reforming the fire department is vital to the safety of our families and to my back to basics agenda,” said Mayor Garcetti. “After an exhaustive nationwide search, I have decided there is no better person to cut response times, improve technology, and bring reform to the Los Angeles Fire Department than Chief Ralph Terrazas.”

“I will dedicate our efforts on transforming the LAFD into a metric driven, technologically sophisticated, community-focused organiza-tion that is reflective of the communities we serve,” said Chief Terrazas. “I want to thank Mayor Garcetti, and I believe this is confirma-tion for his trust and confidence in the men and women of the LAFD.”

Terrazas established the Professional Standards Division and was responsible for all aspects of the LAFD disciplinary system. He was also instrumental in the passage of Proposition F, a $532 million bond for 19 new fire stations and holds a U.S. Patent.

He holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Public Administration.

“As Chair of the Public Safety Committee, I look forward to working with Chief Terrazas in cutting response times and instituting a data-driven culture at the Los Angeles Fire De-partment with the implementation of FireSTAT LA,” said Councilmember Mitch Englander.

“Chief Terrazas is the ideal leader to shape a strong future for the Los Angeles Fire Department through a rare combination of field experience and management skill,” said Delia Ibarra, President of the Los Angeles Fire Commission. “I would also like to thank Chief Featherstone for leading the department during a difficult time and for beginning to build a strong foundation for Chief Terrazas to build on.”

Terrazas’ nomination is subject to confir-mation by the City Council. His salary will be $292,424.40.

Erick’s bridge had a mass of 14.88 grams and failed at a loading of 50 kilograms. His bridge yielded an efficiency of 3360 and ranked 8th. Greg’s bridge had a mass of 13.63 grams and failed at 47 kilograms. His bridge’s efficiency was calculated to be 3448 and ranked 5th!

The international contest winner was Cole Bemis from Riverdale High School in Oregon. His bridge weighed 9.69 grams and failed at 49 kilograms with an efficiency of 5057! Los Angeles City Region schools did better than ever at the international level with one team ranking in the top five and both ranking in the top ten.

Besides competing at the bridge building contest, the bridge building teams took an architectural boat tour through downtown Chicago. The City’s numerous movable bridg-es were highlighted on the tour. This relaxing and informative tour afforded the students an unforgettable learning experience.

Although, the Los Angeles bridge building team did not win the competition, it was a great experience for the students. Thanks to the American Society of Civil Engineers (Met-ropolitan Los Angeles Branch - Julia Moye and Alejandro Moreno), for their generous support of the 2014 Regional and International Bridge Building contests. Special thanks go to Board of Public Works Commissioner Matt Sbazo for his encouragement and support for this program; to Shailesh “Sunny” Patel, Division Engineer, Shirish Mistry, Senior Structural En-gineer and Warren Liu, Civil Engineering As-sociate of the Structural Engineering Division, for leading this outreach event and providing day to day assistance and technical guidance to all student participants and mentors; and to BOE Council/Board Liaisons Richard Liu and Leslie Wall for their coordination of this year’s very successful program. In addition, thanks go to Public Relations Principal, Lauren Skinner for arranging the food and the prizes, CSULA Chair of Civil Engineering

Dr. Rupa Purasinghe, Donna Melendez and CSULA College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology, and the CSULA ASCE chapter.

Special thanks also go to Chief Deputy City Engineer Deborah Weintraub and City Engineer Gary Lee Moore for their continu-ous commitment to this event with the goal of motivating students from the City of Los Angeles to pursue further education leading to an engineering profession. We extend our sin-cere thanks to all participating high schools, student contestants, teachers, principals, coordinators and the following BOE mentors: Mina Azarnia, Kesavan Korand, Gary Lam, Richard Louie, Alejandro Moreno, Shashi Bhakta, Ibrahim Hafeez, and Julia Moye, for making the 2014 Contest a truly successful and fruitful event.

Erick Barrales, Roosevelt HS, places his bridge on the testing apparatus. He finished 8th.

Greg Quiroz, Lewis HS, prepares his bridge for the testing. He came in 5th

Erick Barrales & Greg Quiroz - Congratula-tions on best finish ever by a team from LA!

Mayor Eric Garcett with Ralph Terrazas

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The following article is a publication by the Port of Los Angeles that describes the impact City Engineer Homer Hamlin had on the de-sign of the Port.

By Nicholas BeyeliaPort of Los Angeles Archives

Part of being an archivist is understanding the context in which archival materials were created. When I started at the Port of Los An-geles Archives, one of my first projects was to process our collection of maps from the Engineering Division. After my initial evalu-ation, I noticed the name “Homer Hamlin” on nearly every map and blueprint we had. I knew, of course, that this meant I would have to learn who Hamlin was and what role he played in harbor development. A year later, I have become fairly proficient on the subject of Mr. Hamlin and how he factored into the history of the Port of Los Angeles. One of the more interesting discoveries I made was that Hamlin made a trip around the world for the benefit of the Port of Los Angeles.

Following the initial hurdle of Free Harbor Fight in the 1890s and the establishment of The Harbor Commission (1907) to govern the Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Harbor was on its way to becoming a fully operating commercial port. Despite these milestones, the Port still had no permanent municipal facilities that could accommodate commerce. The next step in the development of the Port of Los Angeles would have to involve the plan-ning and development of modern structures and facilities that could handle the onslaught of commercial traffic. More importantly, plans had to be in place and construction underway before the conclusion of a gargantuan project nearly 4000 miles away: The Panama Canal.

Rotterdam Harbor 1911. Image 48 from “Report Upon Investigation of Eastern and Foreign Harbors, 1912” Courtesy of Los Angeles City Archives. C. Erwin Piper Technical Center

Homer Hamlin Globetrotting Engineer: Planning Los Angeles Harbor 1907 - 1912

Municipal planning of Los Angeles Harbor would, therefore, have to be both extensive and thorough.

Homer Hamlin was the primary indi-vidual in charge of planning the Port of Los Angeles for commercial purposes. Hamlin served as Los Angeles City Engineer from 1906 through 1917 and, according to the Los Angeles Herald, was officially appointed as engineer in charge of harbor improvements on September 8, 1909 by the Board of Public Works. A 1911 amendment to the existing City Charter (Article XVI, Sect 174) formalized the responsibilities of the City Engineer to serve as ex-officio Harbor Engineer and “in addi-tion to his duties otherwise prescribed in this Charter, he shall perform such engineering and surveying necessary for the public work done under the direction or supervision of the board

[The Board of Harbor Commissioners], as said board may require.” In this particular case, it would mean that Hamlin would be required to travel to inspect, evaluate and compare the strengths and weaknesses of operating commercial harbors and their facilities.

As early as 1909, the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce suggested that Hamlin be sent abroad to study more established commercial harbors. This suggestion prompted the Los Angeles Times to joke that Hamlin’s inevitable visit to Europe was to “look over the fall styles in deep-sea harbors.” September, 1911, the Bureau of Harbor Improvement decided to ask the City Council to appropriate $1500 for Hamlin’s trip. The Los Angeles Times reported shortly thereafter that “In order that Los An-geles harbor may have the very latest in har-bor and wharf improvements, City Engineer Hamlin will be sent on a junketing trip to the principal harbors of the country.” The Times

Hamlin’s passport application, 1911. Na-tional Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Passport Applica-tions, January 2, 1906 – March 31, 1925; Col-lection Number: ARC Identifier 583830 / MLR Number A1 534; NARA Series: M1490; Roll #: 147.

Homer Hamlin, City Engineer 1906-1917

explained that his duties during the trip in-cluded determining “what improvements are necessary before the plans for the proposed wharves are completed.”

On September 30, 1911 Hamlin applied for a passport in Los Angeles that was to be

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Submittal of PapersThis is a reminder that employees must get the approval of their group manager and deputy/senior manager prior to submitting any abstract or paper for presentation at a professional conference.

“Report Upon Investigation of Eastern and Foreign Harbors, 1912” by Homer Hamlin. Courtesy Los Angeles City Archives. C. Erwin Piper Technical Center

sent to the Hotel Belmont in New York. From New York, Hamlin traveled to a number of international ports to inspect the facilities and make determinations that would ultimately be adapted to help modernize Los Angeles Harbor.

During his trip, Hamlin inspected the harbors of New York, Montreal, Boston, Baltimore, Liverpool, Antwerp, Hamburg, and Rotterdam (among others). Hamlin took extensive notes on his observations and sup-plemented them with photographs. Hamlin returned to New York from Liverpool on the infamous R.M.S. Lusitania, December 15, 1911. Shortly after his return to Los Angeles, Hamlin submitted a 38-page report to the Advisory Board for the Bureau of Harbor Im-provement and the Los Angeles City Council.

On January 15, 1912 Stoddard Jess, one of the Harbor Commissioners reported the fol-lowing: “…with the return of City Engineer Hamlin from his investigations of harbors, both in this country and abroad, and with the money that should be forthcoming next month from the sale of bonds, the time has arrived for the inauguration of an active campaign in harbor development.” It was under Hamlin’s direction that Port planning and development commenced and would re-sult in the completion of the first municipal wharf at The Port of Los Angeles in 1914.

Port of Antwerp, 1911. Image 50 from “Report Upon Investigation of Eastern and Foreign Harbors, 1912” Courtesy of Los Angeles City Archives. C. Erwin Piper Technical Center

The images and report for Homer Hamlin’s 1911 trip are held by the Los Angeles City Archives, C. Erwin Piper Technical Center, 555 Ramirez Street, Space 320, CA 90012. All images reproduced with permission. To view Hamlin’s report and photos please contact The City of Los Angeles Archives at (213) 473-2441, or visit http://clerk.lacity.org/CityArchivesandRecordsCenter/index.htm.

Nicholas Beyelia is a Student Professional Worker at The Port of Los Angeles Archives. He holds an M.A. in History from California State University, Los Angeles and is an M.L.I.S candidate at San Jose State University.

http://portlaarchives.com/2013/11/26/homer-hamlin-globetrotting-engineer-plan-ning-los-angeles-harbor-1907-1912/

Customers Give BOE’s Development Services a Thumbs Up!This e-mail was sent to all Bureau of Engineer-ing employees:Date: Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 11:35 AMSubject: BOE - Development Services

Program - Customer Satisfaction Survey Report

Dear Bureau of Engineering Employees:I wanted to share the results of the recent Customer Satisfaction Survey that was con-ducted by the Bureau’s Development Services Program staff. This is an outstanding accom-plishment. As you know, we have all been doing more with less the past five years, and growth in customer volume and the number of permits has been close to 10% per year since 2011.

The Customer Satisfaction Survey Report is available on the Bureau’s Internet under the Permits heading. The direct link to the report is below:

http://eng.lacity.org/permits/BOE_DSP_Customer_Satisfaction_Survey.pdf

The Bureau of Engineering continues to be a leader in efficiency and transparency and you should all be proud of the survey results. One of Mayor Garcetti’s highest priorities is providing outstanding customer service to residents and businesses. He has stated that he wants us all to “go the extra mile for the public, ensuring that government is reachable on the phone and internet, providing timely and useful information to the public, following through on commitments and measuring cus-tomer satisfaction.” I believe that the survey clearly demonstrates that we are going the extra mile.

Thank you to all of the Development Ser-vices Program staff, and thank you to all BOE for helping us lead the transformation of Los Angeles into the world’s most livable City!

Michael E. Kantor, P.E.Development Services ProgramDeputy City Engineer

Summary of Survey ResultsThe highlights of the customer’s responses are:• 95.6% rate their experience as satisfactory

or very satisfactory.• 98.5% rate Engineering counter staff as

knowledgeable or very knowledgeable.• 98.6% rate Engineering counter staff as

courteous or very courteous.• 95.5% report completing their transaction

in 30 minutes or less.

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The Construction Management Association of America Southern California Chapter is offering the following seminars.

Project Management Basics at The Grand Conference Center, 4101 E. Willow St., Long Beach, August 14, 2014, 8:00 am Registration, 8:30 am Seminar. Managing large scale proj-ects involves many stakeholders and can be a very rewarding challenge. There are many opportunities for success and pitfalls along the way if things are not planned, organized and managed appropriately. This seminar will provide an overview of industry best practices for effective project management and provide the key techniques owners are requiring for their projects. Learn about:• How Planning, Cost, Schedule, Scope,

Safety and Quality Management are Best Implements

• Contract Development and Key Terms and Conditions

• Overview of the 7 Key Project Manage-ment Tools

• Overview of all 5 phases of the Project Lifecycle (Pre-Design, Design, Procure-ment, Construction & Post-Construction) and Project Management Practices for Each

• Project Delivery Methods and CM Best Practices

• Dispute Resolution and Mitigation Tech-niques

Instructors: Gary Cardamone, FCMAA, PE, G J Cardamone Consulting LLC. Mr. Cardamone is the former director of construction man-agement for the Port of Long Beach and past president of CMAA National. Rick Panos, AIA, CCM, Totum. Mr. Panos has been practicing and teaching effective project management for decades.

Register by Friday, August 8: $70/member, $110/non-members. After August 8: $85/member, $135/non-member.

Storm Water Compliance Update – Re-quirements for Construction, New Project Design Standards and Changes for Industrial Facilities on Thursday, September 11, 2014, at the Hyatt, 333 S. Figueroa, Downtown LA, 8:00 am Registration, 8:30 am Seminar. Learn about:• CA NPDES Construction General Permit

- Overview of the CA General Construc-tion Permit (CGP)

- The CM’s role with respect to storm water compliance

- Different contracting approaches used by different owners/agencies

• Regional Municipal Storm Water Permits- Low impact development- Project design standards

• CA NPDES Industrial General Permit (Ad-opted April 2014)- An overview of the new CA Industrial

General Permit

- Significant changes impacting all facili-ties currently enrolled

- New filing requirements for 1000’s of light industrial facilities not currently enrolled

- Impacts to new industrial and commer-cial facility construction

• Agency and legal perspectives on local implementation and enforcement

• A project for facility owner’s risk related to compliance fees, penalties, field com-pliance, mandatory reporting

Seminar Leaders: Kathleen McGowan, PE, As-sociate, Geosyntec Consultants, Los Angeles NPDES Permit Specialist; Kathleen Harrison, PG, Associate, Geosyntec Consultants, Cur-riculum Co-Chair of the SWQCB CA Indus-trial General Permit Training Team; Christoper Wessel, PE, Geosyntec Consultants, Co-Au-thor City of LA Low Impact Development Handbook.

Register by Friday, Sept 5: $70/member, $110/non-member. After Sept. 5: $85/mem-ber, $135/non-member.

Emerging Leaders & Future Construction Managers Networking Events on Thursday, September 11, 2014, at the Nugget Grill and Pub at CSULA, 6049 E. 7th St., Long Beach, 5:00 pm Registration, 5:30 pm Networking. Come for an informative and fun social event for younger construction professionals to meet and network with one another and with sev-eral local CM industry leaders. Experienced CM firm executives will be present at the event to share their knowledge and experience regarding Construction Management and to answer questions you may have regarding career growth and development strategies. Find out what they are looking for when they are recruiting young professionals. Topics:• Open Discussion about Construction

Management Industry• CMIT Certification Process• Firms IntroductionRegister by Monday, Sept. 8: $10/member, $15/non-member.

Members Only Dinner – The Ports of Long Beach & Los Angeles Capital Program Up-dates at The Grand Conference Center, 4101 E. Willow St., Long Beach, on Wednesday, September 24, 2014, 5:30 pm Registration, 6:30 pm Dinner & Presentation. This event is also the Chapter’s Annual Meeting & Election of Officers and Directors.

Guest Speakers: Suzanne Plezia, Acting Director of Construction Management, Port of Long Beach; Shaun Shahrestani, Chief Harbor Engineer, Construction, Port of Los Angeles.

Cost: Register by Friday, Sep. 19 $70/mem-ber, After Sep. 19 $85/member.

Breakfast of Champions at Hyatt, 333 South Figueroa, Downtown L.A., on Wednes-day, September 24, 2014, 8:00 am Registra-tion, 8:30 am Presentation. Dan Feger, Exec-

Construction Management Association of America, So Cal Chapter Seminars utive Director, Burbank Bob Hope Airport, will speak about current and future projects; opportunities for construction and profession-al services; how to do business with Burbank Bob Hope Airport.

Dinner – Los Angeles World Airports – Capital Program Updates on Wednesday, October 1, 2014, the Hyatt, 333 S. Figueroa, Downtown LA, 5:30 pm Registration, 6:00 pm Dinner & Presentation. Learn about:• Upcoming projects• Opportunities for design/construction/

professional services• Working with LAWAGuest Speakers: Cynthia Guidry, Deputy Executive Director, Capital Programming, Planning & Engineering Group; Lisa Trifiletti, Director, Environmental and Land Use Plan-ning Division.

Register by Friday, Sept 26: $70/member, $110/non-member. After Sept. 26: $85/mem-ber, $135/non-member.

Design-Build Done Right on Friday, October 3, 2014, at The Grand Conference Center, 4101 E. Willow St., Long Beach, 8:00 am Registration, 8:30 am Seminar. Based on research, case studies and extensive indus-try input, DBIA has identified design-build best practices and implementing techniques that directly impact project performance. If these practices are implemented, there is an increased probability that the design-build project will be successfully, but if not, the performance of the project may be compro-mised and expectations of one or all of the team participants may not be met. This special seminar features a VIP owner panel who, collectively, are soliciting more work through design-build project delivery totaling billions of dollars in capital projects. Learn what they are expecting, their challenges and what is working well in this collaborative project delivery method that is gaining increasing use by public agencies. Learn about:• Procuring Design-Build Services• Contracting for Design-Build Services• Executing the Delivery of Design-Build

ProjectsSeminar Instructors: David Umstot, PE, CEM, Senior Vice President, design Build Institute of American Western Pacific Region; Jacob Wil-liams, Assistant Director, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works; Roger Johnson, Deputy Executive Director, Los Angeles World Airports; Jim Hoffman, Chief of Construction Management Capital Planning, Design and Construction, CSU Office of the Chancellor.

Register by Friday, Sept 26: $70/member, $110/non-member. After Sept. 26: $85/mem-ber, $135/non-member.

Breakfast of Champions on Wednesday, October 29, 2014, at The Grand Conference Center, 4101 E. Willow St., Long Beach, 8:00 am Registration, 8:30 am Presentation. Port of

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Long Beach – Meet the New Chief Executive and His Senior Staff: Jon W. Slangerup, Chief Executive; Al Moro, Acting Executive Director; Doug Thiessen, Managing Director of Engi-neering; Suzanne Plezia, Acting Director of Construction Management.

Shortlist Interview Skills – You’ve made the shortlist . . . now what? Build your presenta-tion from the owner’s perspective and win! On Wednesday, November 5, 2014, at The Grand Conference Center, 4101 E. Willow St., Long Beach, 8:00 Registration, 8:30 am Seminar. As Director of The Professional Voice, Laverne Caceres has worked with CM firms across the country, helping them win projects, attract new clients and secure contracts. Do not miss this opportunity to learn from one of the industry’s leading presentation professionals.

Laverne will present techniques that grab the panel’s attention, focus on what they want and help you team win. Following Laverne’s first hour with the group, you’ll hear an owner’s panel discuss what they expect from shortlist teams, what they like and what they don’t. You’ll have the chance to ask questions and learn how they select the winning team. Whether you’ve been through one shortlist interview or a dozen, this workshop will give you new ideas, spark your creativity and position your teams for success. Learn about:• Pre-shortlist strategies to position your firm• Shortlist techniques focused on the own-

ers’ “me” attitude• Rehearsal strategies to make good speakers

great• How to make each speaker and the team

stronger and more compelling• Specific techniques to address content,

delivery and Q&A and quick ways to encourage your speakers to change

• Direct feedback from owners on what wins projects

Instructor: Laverne Caceres, M.A., is a nation-ally recognized presentation coach who has consulted with A/E/C firms for 25+ years. As Director of The Professional Voice, she has worked with CM firms across the country, helping them win projects, attract new clients and secure contracts. Laverne and her firm have one of the highest shortlist win rates in the industry and she was recently selected as instructor for the USC XED Program. Learn more about the firm on Facebook, Linked In and www.professionalvoice.com.

Panel: Carl Newth, PE, CBO, LEED AP BD+C, Campus Building Official and Director of Engineering, UCLA and Deborah Wein-traub, Chief Deputy City Engineer, Bureau of Engineering, City of Los Angeles.

Cost: Register by Friday, Oct. 31 $70/member, $110/non-member. After Oct. 31 $85/member, $135/non-member.

For additional information please go to www.cmaasc.org.

CMAA Seminars continued from page 12 SO No. 04-2014 TAP CardSpecial Order No. 04-2014 dated July 14, 2014, titled Los Angeles Department of Trans-portation (LADOT)/DASH TAP Card Program – Bureau of Engineering (BOE) Policy states that the LADOT/DASH TAP Card Program pro-vides TAP smart cards to all BOE employees working in the Downtown Los Angeles area and from satellite offices temporarily doing City business in the Downtown area. BOE em-ployees issued these TAP cards are now able to ride the DASH lines at no cost to the BOE and without DASH tickets. The TAP Card program also eliminates the need for City departments to purchase DASH tickets for their employees and track DASH ticket usage.BOE’s TAP Card Use PolicyThe BOE will provide each eligible BOE em-ployee with a TAP smart card for City business use only. The Administration Division will provide TAP smart cards to each Division/Group Manager with eligible employees. The Division/Group Manager will be responsible for issuing the TAP smart cards to their eligible employees. Once received by the eligible employee, the TAP smart card holder will be responsible for the proper use and safety of the TAP smart card. Per the LADOT, TAP cards issued to BOE employees are not to be shared with or transferred to anyone.

Employees who lose their cards must immediately report the loss to their Division/Group Manager. Approving or disapproving the issuance of a replacement TAP smart card to the employee is the responsibility of the Division/Group Manager. If a TAP smart card is approved by the Division/Group Manager for replacement, then the Division/Group Manager must ensure the LADOT/DASH TAP Card Request/Replacement Form (available in the Forms Library) has been completed, signed, and forwarded to the Administration Division for further processing. Subsequent to receiving BOE approval for a replacement TAP smart card, the affected employee will be authorized to obtain a replacement TAP smart card from the LADOT after payment of the LADOT $2.00 card replacement fee.

The LADOT/DASH TAP Card Request/Replacement Form must also be completed and signed when Division/Group Manager is requesting a new TAP smart card for a new BOE employee or for the replacement of a non-working TAP smart card.EligibilityThere is no minimum length of City service re-quired to participate in the TAP Card program. BOE employees with a primary work site in the Downtown Los Angeles area as well as BOE employees conducting City business in the downtown area could be eligible to receive a TAP smart card.

Prior to a change of employment with the BOE, the affected employee will return the TAP smart card to their Division/Group Manager who will in turn return the TAP smart card to the Administration Division.

Diabetes PreventionThe Centers for Disease Control and Pre-vention-led National Diabetes Prevention Program is offering a program that helps you learn how to change your lifestyle to prevent Type 2 Diabetes. Have you ever been told by a health care professional that you:• Are at risk for getting diabetes?• Have prediabetes?• Have borderline diabetes?• Have high blood sugar or glucose?• Have gestational diabetes?You may be at high risk for type 2 diabetes, but there is something you can do about it. This program helps you learn how to change your lifestyle to prevent type 2 diabetes. Groups meet for 16 weekly sessions and six monthly follow-up sessions with a trained Lifestyle Coach.When: Thursday, August 14, 2013 (Every Thursday thereafter)Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pmWhere: Room SB7, Public Works Building,

1149 South Broadway Los Angeles, CA 90015Presenter: Lifestyle Coach Cynthia Oredugba

To sign-up, or for more information regard-ing the Change Your Lifestyle. Change Your Life. National Diabetes Prevention Program, please attend the above meeting or contact Black Women for Wellness National Diabetes Prevention Program, Nick Davidson at (323) 290- 5955 or nick@bwwla.com.

Although this communication is being provided by the Personnel Department, please note that neither the City of Los Angeles nor the Personnel Department is an official sponsor of this program, and the Change Your Lifestyle. Change Your Life. National Diabetes Prevention Program is responsible for the Program’s content, materials and for providing additional information.

Employees that elect to voluntarily partici-pate in the National Diabetes Prevention Pro-gram must do so on their own time.

Recycling of Confidential MaterialsThe Bureau of Sanitation, City Facilities Recycling Program (CFRP) crewmembers are only authorized to take non-confidential materials, or shredded confidential materials to the recycling center. The CFRP does not provide shredding services. The CFRP crew is not bonded and cannot meet strict levels of confidentiality, as recycling bins are not locked and CFRP trucks have open beds. Please do not place confidential materials in trash cans or recycling bins, as the items will not be treated confidentially.

To use the recycling program, place secure-ly closed bags of shredded materials next to your recycling bins for pick up.

We’d Like to Hear from YouIf you have any articles for the Newsletter, please e-mail them directly to BOENewslet-ter@gmail.com. Also cc: Myrna Braithwaite (myrna.braithwaite@lacity.org) Administration Division. Deadline for the next issue is Thurs-day, August 28, 2014.

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Engineering VisionTo lead the transformation of Los Angeles into the world’s most livable city.

Labor Day HolidayMonday, September 1, 2014, is a City holiday. Remember to mark your timesheet for that day as HO 8.0. Since the holiday is only for eight hours, those of you on the 9/80 schedule must adjust your hours accordingly within the same pay period. (Non-FLSA exempt employees can only adjust their hours within their defined work week.) Check with your division time-keeper if you have any questions.

ArrivalsTheodore Vasquez, Sr. Clerk Typist, BID; Pa-tricia Avilez, Management Analyst II, WCE; Brian Nosaka, Sr. Management Analyst I, ASD; Michael Soto, CE Associate III, LDG; Lourdes Morales, Management Analyst II, Survey; Tah-Neka Colbert, Clerk Typist, Central; Mina Tadros, CE Drafting Technician, SED; Rym-beau Rosell, Structural Engineering Associate I, EED; Markos Perez-Bran, CE Associate I, SED; Rene Carrillo and Neel Mistry, Structural Engineering Associate I, SED; Andrew Ko, Structural Engineering Associate II, Central.

DeparturesMark Oborne, Engineering Geologist I, retired, GEO; Robert Gillette, Director of Systems, retired, Systems; Linda Moore, En-vironmental Supervisor II, retired, EMG; Sean Zahedi, Environmental Engineer, promoted to Sanitation, WCE; Iraj Moussay-Afzali, CE Associate III, promoted to Sanitation, SSD.

PromotionsChristine Sotelo, Terry Phan and James Kho, CE Associate III, Central; Alvaro Prada, Civil Engineer, CMD.

Internal TransfersJoanne Zhang, Structural Engineering Asso-ciate III from Central to Exec; Richard Liu, Structural Engineering Associate III from Exec to SW.

Professional RegistrationEdmundo Asuncion, Land Surveying Assis-tant, Survey; William Knight, Land Surveying Assistant, Survey.

Notice No. 19 dated July 23, 2014, titled Employee Performance Appraisals states that it’s time again for the Annual Employee Performance Appraisals. All evaluations must be completed using the new online form by September 5, 2014 for the rating period of July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014. To access the new Employee Performance Appraisal Form, please go to the Bureau’s intranet site and click on Forms Library, then click on Personnel, then click on Employee Performance Appraisal FY 2013-14. The form is also available at the following link: http://boe.ci.la.ca.us/epas/.

Once you have accessed the Employee Performance Appraisal System intranet site for the form, you will need to login using your PAYSR ID and your current LAGEECS password. A number of menu options are available. However, it is highly recommend-ed that all Managers and Supervisors review the User Guide (click on User Guide for the PDF) prior to entering any information onto the appraisal form. The Performance Appraisal Timeline for 2014 has been attached for your convenience.

Managing an employee’s overall perfor-mance is critical to the success of reinforcing competence, teamwork, and project delivery in our customer-driven organization. This responsibility is one of the most important aspects of every supervisor and manager’s job. As a result, we must use every oppor-tunity to ensure that job expectations are made clear, and that employees are provided with feedback on their performance. Please remember to use the employee’s legal name on the Performance Appraisal Form. Our goal is to reach an even higher level of consistency than what we’ve achieved in systematically appraising our employees. The Bureau will continue to evaluate performance annually within a specific “window” for completing all annual evaluations. Supervisors and managers will adhere to the attached 2014 timeline.

As identified in the attachment, supervi-sors and managers are expected to provide an opportunity for open dialogue between supervisors/manager and employee, where both rate the performance and engage in an interactive dialogue for reaching a consensus, where possible.

This years’ Performance Appraisal Form now includes a Career Planning section that includes a rating factor for the “Status of Prior Year Goals” and “Application of Goals for Continuing Development”. The rating factors in this section have been developed from the Goals Development Process Matrix Fiscal Year 2013-14 which identifies Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely (S.M.A.R.T.) goals and is available in the Forms Library.

The supervisor should review last years’ goals to determine if the goals were met, when they were met and if the employee established

new goals independently. In addition, note that the rating guideline used last fiscal year needs to include the goals as part of the overall rating factor.

Rating guidelines: Add all the rating val-ues and divide by the number of fields. Ex. Employee was rated in 13 fields, employee’s rating value equaled 50 (11 Above Standard + 2 Standard = 50 points). The employee’s rating value is 50/13 = 3.8. The overall rating would be “Above Standard”.

Supervisors who would like to view the Performance Appraisal Forms of their employ-ees for fiscal year 2012-13, please contact the Liaison Services Bureau Group 1 located in Room 1805, City Hall. Please contact them to schedule an appointment at (213) 978-1817.

Associate I’s and probationary employ-ees are not included in this process. These employees will be evaluated in a separate evaluation process. Employees who are on a leave of absence should be evaluated upon their return.

Also, please remember the staff of the Bureau’s Administration Division is available to assist you and will provide more details concerning the process and the interpretation of the rating factors. In the meantime, if you have general questions, please refer to the User Guide or contact Robert Kadomatsu at (213) 485-4944.

Notice No. 19 Performance Appraisals

HCIDLA GM AppointmentMayor Eric Garcetti has nominated Rushmore Cervantes as the General Manager of the Housing and Community Invest-ment Department (HCID-LA). Cervantes is currently the Interim General Man-ager for HCIDLA and pre-viously was the executive officer at the Department. The appointment is sub-ject to confirmation by City Council.

Cervantes has held a number of appoint-ments at the City of Los Angeles, including Citywide American Recovery and Reinvest-ment Act (ARRA) expediter, Chief Deputy Controller, General Manager of the El Pueblo Historical Monument Authority, Assistant General Manager & Interim General Manag-er for the Los Angeles Department of Aging, Budget Analyst with the Office of the City Ad-ministrative Officer, and City Joint Labor-Man-agement Benefits Committee member.

Mayor Garcetti’s office conducted a na-tional search through the executive search firm Ralph Anderson & Associates.