Archive for 2004
Supervisor Knabe Announces Completion of Adventure County Park Gymnasium
Monday, July 26th, 2004Supervisor Knabe announced today that Adventure County Park will celebrate its Grand Opening Ceremony on Wednesday July 28, 2004 at 3:30 p.m. The $4.2 million project, which commenced in June 2003, both expanded and renovated the current park to include new recreational facilities, additional parking as well as a kitchen designed to accommodate a Meals [...]
Traffic Signal To Be Installed In Rowland Heights on Fullerton Road At Sunrise Drive
Wednesday, July 7th, 2004Supervisor Don Knabe announced today that a new traffic signal and curb ramps will be installed in Rowland Heights at the intersection of Fullerton Road and Sunrise Drive. This will be part of the County’s ongoing road construction and maintenance program, and is expected to improve conditions for motorists and pedestrians. The new addition is [...]
Knabe Funds Peninsula Transit Shuttle
Tuesday, June 15th, 2004Chairman of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Don Knabe, today announced the funding of $405,000 of his Fourth District Proposition A funds for the Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority’s Shuttle Service. Despite tough budget times, it is important to continue to fund important projects such as the shuttle in Palos Verdes, said Knabe. [...]
New Storm Drain Planned for City of Industry and Hacienda Heights
Tuesday, April 20th, 2004Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Don Knabe has announced plans to contract for construction of reinforced concrete box and pipe storm drains and related structures in the vicinity of Industry and Hacienda Heights. The contract will also provide for the reconstruction of asphalt concrete pavement, curb, gutter, sidewalk, and driveways as needed as [...]
Street Improvements Planned For Whittier
Tuesday, April 13th, 2004Chairman of the County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors Don Knabe announced plans to contract for improvements to Scott Avenue, between Mulberry Drive and Leffingwell Road, in the vicinity of Whittier. Improvements will include reconstruction of roadway pavement, curb, gutter, sidewalk, driveways, and cross gutters; construction of curb ramps and masonry retaining walls; root [...]
Streets To Be Slurry Sealed In Whittier
Tuesday, April 13th, 2004Chairman of the County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors Don Knabe announced plans to slurry seal various County streets in the vicinity of Whittier. Slurry seal is a mixture of asphalt and sand applied to existing pavement to seal minor cracks and extend the life of the roadway. This project is part of Public [...]
Stormwater Discharge Improvements Planned for Redondo Beach
Tuesday, April 13th, 2004Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Don Knabe announced plans to contract for construction of flood control improvements in the Cities of Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach. Improvements will include construction of a device to divert low water flows in the existing storm drain along Herondo Street between Monterey Boulevard and Valley Drive, a [...]
Stormwater Discharge Improvements Planned for Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach
Tuesday, April 13th, 2004Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Don Knabe announced plans to contract for construction of flood control improvements in the Cities of Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach. Improvements will include construction of a device to divert low water flows in the existing storm drain along Herondo Street between Monterey Boulevard and Valley Drive, a [...]
Knabe Opens Long Beach Multicultural Health Education Center
Monday, April 12th, 2004Supervisor Don Knabe was on-hand to help open the City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) new Miller Family Health Education Center (FHEC) located at 3820 Cherry Avenue in Long Beach. The building’s completion marks the culmination of a six-year, public-private partnership. The City of Long Beach has taken a leadership [...]
County Plans To Install Solar-Powered Bus Stops
Tuesday, April 6th, 2004Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Don Knabe has announced Board approval of a $1.3 million contract with LNI Custom Manufacturing, Inc., of Hawthorne, for the installation of solar-powered bus stop shelters at various bus stops around the County, including in the vicinity of Whittier. Work will include the installation of non-advertising solar-powered bus [...]
Palm Trees to be Trimmed in Hacienda Heights
Tuesday, April 6th, 2004Chairman of the Los Angeles County Supervisors Don Knabe has announced Board approval of $71,045 contract with Orozco Landscape and Tree Co., of Pomona, for the trimming of 2,528 palm trees along various County streets in the vicinities of Hacienda Heights, Pico Rivera, and Covina. This is part of the County’s ongoing program to keep [...]
Prop 13 Grant to Fund Water Quality Improvement Project at Marina Beach
Tuesday, February 24th, 2004A $1.75 million Coastal Nonpoint Source Program Grant from the Proposition 13 Clean Beaches Initiative has been authorized for the Marina Beach Water Quality Improvement Project. Grant funding follows completion of Phase I of an intensive study aimed at addressing chronic bacterial contamination at Marina del Rey’s only beach. It has always been our goal [...]
