PROPOSAL: Report of the Public Advisor, Local Government,
Small
Business Assistance and Economic Development Offices
SYNOPSIS: This report highlights the activities of
the Public Advisor, Local Government, Small Business Assistance
and Economic Development Offices for the month of November, 1995.
Comprehensive reports on these efforts are included
as
Attachments I, II and III, respectively.
COMMITTEE: None
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Receive and file this report.
James M. Lents, Ph.D.
Executive Officer
LVB:DDR
Attachments
ATTACHMENT I.
PUBLIC ADVISOR'S REPORT
NOVEMBER 1995
Highlights of the activities of this reporting period are listed
below. A statistical report of these activities is also included.
Contact La Ronda Bowen, Public Advisor at (909) 396-3235, if you
have any questions.
BUSINESS OUTREACH & PUBLIC EDUCATION
During the month staff participated in the following activities,
programs and events:
BUSINESS CLEAN AIR PARTNERSHIP - The Public Advisor's Office was
involved in the following activities involving the Business Clean
Air Partnership:
Amnesty Expanded To Include 10-Ton Sources - Public Advisor
worked closely with large industry to agree on language that allowed
10-ton sources to participate in the Amnesty program for most
of their small equipment. We achieved consensus and had industry
support for the revisions to Rule 310 that were adopted on November
13, 1995.
Amnesty Outreach - During November the Public Advisor's
Office mailed special notifications to 15,000 businesses announcing
the Amnesty program. The notices were specifically written for
each type of industry (SIC code) and included a list of typical
equipment each industry might have. These notifications, more
than any other outreach effort, resulted in hundreds of calls
from businesses requesting further information. Additional mailing
are scheduled through February.
REGULATION VII OUTREACH - The Public Advisor's Office recently
wrote letters to area child care referral centers about the proposed
changes in Regulation VII, emphasizing the effort to expand the
agency's notification procedure of unhealthful air quality forecasts
to include all educational facilities, including day care centers
and preschools. Staff has coordinated efforts with these referral
centers to schedule 10 meetings through Spring, 1996. An article
has been produced for publication in newsletters of several resource
and referral centers. Public education materials also have been
provided for the upcoming Health Awareness Week program to be
put on by the Pomona Unified School District in January.
ASTHMA AND ALLERGY FOUNDATION MOBILE TREATMENT UNIT - The District
is cosponsoring a mobile treatment unit offered by the Asthma
and Allergy Foundation that will provide asthma treatment, education
and information to low-income children at their school sites.
The service will be provided by physicians from the Los Angeles
County/USC Medical Center and nurses from the Los Angeles Unified
School District. AQMD publications will be distributed from the
vehicle to parents, teachers and students on health effects of
smog, how pollution levels are monitored and how to minimize exposure
to air pollution.
Events
LOS ANGELES BUSINESS OUTLOOK CONFERENCE - November 29, 1995 at
the Biltmore Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. AQMD was a cosponsor
of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce's 47th Annual Business
Outlook Conference. In return for the cosposorship, AQMD was mentioned
in all pre-conference press releases, announcements, conference
programs and other promotional materials, including the Chamber's
monthly newsletter that has a circulation of 45,000. The Public
Advisor's Office provided staffing, an information table and business
outreach materials for attendees.
BUSINESS FINANCING WORKSHOP - November 14, 1995, at Chino City
Hall. The Public Advisor's staff gave a presentation on AQMD's
business assistance programs and the District's new Amnesty program
to local businesses attending the workshop, sponsored by the Inland
Empire Small Business Development Center. Information and brochures
on the AQMD's Business Clean Air Partnership, Customer Bill of
Rights and other business assistance programs was also distributed.
VISITING DIGNITARIES - The District was visited on November 9,
1995, by Henrik Sandberg, a Swedish attorney researching transportation
control programs in the United States; and on November 16 by a
delegation from the Korean Ministry of Environment interested
in compliance issues.
(PA1095)
PUBLIC ADVISOR'SMONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT1995
Business Outreach
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
TOTAL
Business Meetings
3
19
11
5
11
6
6
14
7
7
11
100
Speakers Bureau
4
2
2
5
2
5
5
1
2
5
2
35
Events/Conferences
3
3
4
2
5
3
2
3
1
4
2
32
Chamber Meetings
4
4
9
9
4
4
4
2
2
4
2
48
Fee Review Requests
5
5
16
6
0
10
6
6
5
9
14
82
Customer Surveys
7
15
42
32
32
24
12
47
112
27
28
378
Public Workshops
3
2
5
5
0
11
4
6
4
4
13
57
Public Notices
2
2
8
1
7
4
5
5
5
22
2
63
Public Education
Community Meetings
7
5
12
8
1
6
5
0
2
8
3
57
Speakers Bureau
6
5
12
15
11
6
2
1
11
12
3
84
Events/Conferences
9
3
12
14
7
5
1
3
6
2
1
63
AB2588 Meetings
0
2
5
3
l
0
1
0
0
0
0
12
Dignitaries Hosted
1
1
7
3
6
4
3
3
3
5
2
38
District Tours
4
3
5
4
9
4
0
3
5
4
2
43
Public Info. Center:
Materials Requested
537
901
985
873
954
956
1068
974
708
606
577
9149
Calls Per Day (Live) Avg.
175
175
175
250
250
260
290
275
250
126
160
2260
Calls Per Day (*IVR) Avg.
1053
932
640
823
2808
* IVR = Interactive Voice Response system.
This automated phone system provides callers with self-service
access to information on meetings, workshops, air quality readings
and forecasts by simply entering their zip codes. Callers can
also request rules or publications, and obtain updates on District
programs. The system is operational 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week.
August is the first full month that data from the IVR has been
available
ATTACHMENT I (cont.)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT REPORT
(Intergovernmental Affairs)
NOVEMBER 1995
Highlights of the activities of this reporting period are listed
below. Contact Intergovernmental Affairs Directors Larry Rhinehart
at (909) 396-2898 or Oscar Abarca at (909) 396-3242 if you have
any questions.
LEGISLATIVE OUTREACH
Intergovernmental Affairs Directors met with the following legislators
and/or their staffs to provide presentations on AQMD, the Business
Clean Air Partnership, and to discuss air quality related issues:
Congressman Esteban Torres
State Senator Ruben Ayala
State Senator Charles Calderon
State Senator David Kelley
State Senator John Lewis
State Senator Richard Polanco
State Senator Hilda Solis
Assemblymember Martha Escutia
Assemblymember Martin Gallegos
Assemblymember Grace Napolitano
Assemblymember Bruce Thompson
Assemblymember Antonio Villaraigosa
LOCAL GOVERNMENT OUTREACH
Intergovernmental Affairs Directors made presentations on AQMD,
the Business Clean Air Partnership, and other AQMD programs to
the following city councils, and attended/ participated in meetings
with the following governmental organizations:
Alhambra City Council
Arcadia City Council
Artesia City Council
Azusa City Council
Calabasas City Council
California Contract Cities
Calimesa City Council
Canyon Lake City Council
Compton City Council
Covina City Council
Fontana City Council
Independent Cities Association
La Canada Flintridge City Council
La Habra City Council
Laguna Beach City Council
Lake Elsinore City Council
Lancaster City Council
League of California Cities
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Omnitrans Board of Directors
Orange County RAPC
Placentia City Council
Rancho Cucamonga City Council
Rialto City Council
San Bernardino Associated Governments
San Gabriel Valley Cities & Commerce Consortium
San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments
SCAG Regional Council and Committee Meetings
SELAC Mayors Meeting
Temecula City Council
South Gate City Council
Upland City Council
Intergovernmental Affairs Directors also met with the following
local government officials and/or their staffs to provide presentations
on the AQMD and discuss air quality related issues:
Bill Alexander, Mayor, City of Rancho Cucamonga
Detrich Allen, City of Los Angeles
Eileen Ansari, Councilmember, City of Diamond Bar
Jim Bagley, Mayor, City of Twentynine Palms
Wayne Baglin, Councilmember, City of Laguna Beach
Pat Barrett, City of South Gate
Ron Bates, Councilmember, City of Los Alamitos
Melinda Bell, City of Irvine
Frank Benest, City Manager, City of Brea
Lara Blakely, Councilmember, City of Monrovia
Phil Bostley, Mayor Pro-Tem, City of Indian Wells
Walt Bowman, Councilmember, City of Cypress
Art Brown, Councilmember, City of Buena Park
Talmadge Burke, Mayor, City of Alhambra
Louis Byrd, Mayor, City of Lynwood
Gene Carlstrom, Councilmember, City of Grand Terrace
Ed Chavez, Mayor Pro Tem, City of La Puente
Bob Christman, Mayor, City of Loma Linda
Boyd Condie, Councilmember, City of Alhambra
Cynthia Crothers, Councilmember, City of Moreno Valley
Juan DeLara, Mayor, City of Coachella
Lou Delgado, City Manager, City of South El Monte
Greg Devereaux, City Manager, City of Fontana
Terry Dipple, Mayor, City of San Dimas
Paul Eaton, Mayor, City of Montclair
Dave Eshelman, Mayor, City of Fontana
Bonnie Flickenger, Councilmember, City of Moreno Valley
Agnes Flor, City of Palm Desert
Carl Freeman, City Engineer, City of Montclair
Julio Fuentes, City Manager, City of Alhambra
John Giardinelli, Mayor, City of Canyon Lake
Rick Gomez, Community Development Director, City of Rancho
Cucamonga
Ed Graham, Councilmember, City of Chino Hills
Janine Gregory, City of Pasadena
Rex Gutierrez, Mayor Pro-Tem, City of Rancho Cucamonga
Candy Haggard, Mayor, City of San Clemente
W. Woodland Hastings, Environmental & Planning Deputy
for Councilman Richard Alarcon, City of Los Angeles
Judy Hathaway-Francis, Mayor, City of La Habra Heights
Joan Hevley, City of Azusa
Herman Hilkey, Councilmember, City of Grand Terrace
Ron Hoffman, County of Los Angeles
Nancy Hooper, Councilmember, City of Fontana
Tom Hunt, Mayor, City of Indio
David Johnson, City of Paramount
Dennis Johnson, Councilmember, City of Highland
Vicki Kasad, City Clerk, City of Lake Elsinore
Dick Kelly, Councilmember, City of Palm Desert
Norm King, City Manager, City of Moreno Valley
Jack Lam, City Manager, City of Rancho Cucamonga
Greg Lantz, Economic Development, City of South El Monte
Frank Laszlo, Councilmember, City of Seal Beach
Eloise "Dolly" Lewman, Mayor Pro-Tem, City of Montclair
Wally Linn, Mayor, City of La Palma
Lenwood Long, Councilmember, City of Perris
John Longville, Mayor, City of Rialto
Marcos Lopez, Councilmember, City of Indio
Ron Loveridge, Mayor, City of Riverside
Dick MacGregor, Councilmember, City of Norco
Pete MacKay, City of Azusa
Byron Matteson, Mayor, City of Grand Terrace
Lee McDougal, City Administrator, City of Montclair
Pat McGuigan, Councilmember, City of Santa Ana
Barbara Messina, Councilmember, City of Alhambra
Jon Mikels, Supervisor, San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors
& AQMD Governing Board Chairman
Tom Minor, Mayor, City of San Bernardino
Darren Morrow, Field Deputy for Councilmember Nate Holden,
City of Los Angeles
Shirley Morton, Councilmember, City of Calimesa
Bob Nolan, Mayor, City of Upland
Art Olmos, Councilmember, City of South El Monte
Ron Parks, Councilmember, City of Temecula
Frank Parrott, Councilmember, City of Beaumont
Leonard Paulitz, Councilmember, City of Montclair
Mark Paulson, Councilmember, City of Alhambra
John Pena, Mayor, City of La Quinta
Bev Perry, Mayor, City of Brea
Mike Poland, Director of Community Development, City of La
Puente
Sam Racadio, City Manager, City of Highland
Dorothy Ramirez, Councilmember, City of Maywood
Emmanual Ramirez, Assistant to the Chief of Staff for Councilmember
Mark Ridley-Thomas, City of Los Angeles
Ray Ramirez, Economic Development Manager, City of Commerce
Charles Reddin, City of Covina
Amadee Richards, Councilmember, City of South Pasadena
Mark Ridley-Thomas, Councilmember, City of Los Angeles
John Roberts, Councilmember, City of Fontana
Ron Roberts, Councilmember, City of Temecula
Dawn Robinson, City of Burbank
Pat Rolfe, City of Orange
Jim Ruth, City Manager, City of Anaheim
Linda Ruth, City Clerk, City of Chino Hills
Lori Sassoon, City of San Bernardino
Tom Schwab, City Manager, City of Grand Terrace
Kim Shultz, Transportation Projects Manager, City of Ontario
Jim Singley, Councilmember, City of Grand Terrace
Chuck Smith, Mayor, City of Westminster
Paul Talbot, Vice Mayor, City of Alhambra
Jim Thalman, Councilmember, City of Chino Hills
Kristin Thalman, Environmental Manager, City of Anaheim
John Tooker, City Manager, City of Yucaipa
Lorry Torres, Project Manager, City of Lynnwood
Sam Torres, Councilmember, City of Perris
Bob Van Nort, City Manager, City of Chino Hills
Bill Vaughan, Mayor, City of Norco
Lupe Vela, Aide to Mayor Richard Riordan, City of Los Angeles
Gary Washburn, Mayor, City of Lake Elsinore
Bea Watson, Councilmember, City of Fontana
Ray Wellington, City of Canyon Lake
Mike Wickman, Mayor, City of Chino Hills
Diane Williams, Councilmember, City of Rancho Cucamonga
Roosevelt Williams, Councilmember, City of Banning
Roy Wilson, Supervisor, County of Riverside Board of Supervisors
Judy Wright, Councilmember, City of Claremont
Greg Yamachica, City of La Puente
Jack Yoshino, City Manager, City of Walnut
Intergovernmental Affairs Directors also met with the following
local agency, business and community representatives to provide
presentations on the AQMD and discuss air quality related issues:
Deborah Barmack, Program Director, SANBAG
Barbara Bersbach, Executive Director, Covina Chamber of Commerce
Hector Castillo, President, Society of Hispanic Professional
Engineers
Kim Chudoba, Executive Director, League of California Cities,
Los Angeles Division
Michael De La Torre, Vice President, Foothill Transit and
Chief of Staff for Los Angeles City Councilmember Richard Alatorre
Rene Flores, Vice President, The Seville Group
Roy Gifford, Administrative Director, Citrus Valley Health
Partners
Hank Gray, Executive Director, Artesia Chamber of Commerce
John Guerra, The Gas Company
Roman Gwin, Consultant, Loyola Marymount
Darryl Halls, Program Administrator, Orange County Division,
LCC
Charles Hayden, Jr., Member of Board of Trustees, College
of the Desert
Janet Huston, Executive Director, Orange County Division,
LCC
Allen Lo, Owner, Swashbuckler Restaurant, South El Monte
Al Lopez, SR Consulting
Wes McDaniel, Executive Director, SANBAG
Rudy Medina, Area Manager, Southern California Edison
Kevin Michel, LACMTA
Mark Pisano, Executive Director, SCAG
Richard Powers, SCAG, SELAC Contractor
Durand Rall, General Manager Omnitrans
Bob Sassaman, Assistant Director, California Department of
Transportation District 7
Sandra Steele, March Air Force Base Joint Powers Authority
Sue Sundell, Assistant Superintendent, Chaffey Joint Union
High School District
Ron Trujillo, Project Manager, Southern California Edison
James van Loben Sels, Director, California Department of Transportation
Michael White, Manager Editor, World Trade Magazine
A.J. Wilson, Executive Director, Western Riverside Council
of Governments
Dr. Robert Zwieg, AQMD Hearing Board Member
The Intergovernmental Affairs Directors continued to provide administrative
oversight for the AB 2766 Discretionary Fund and Subvention Fund
programs and also attended/ participated in the following activities:
Guest Lecturer for Masters in Public Administration Class - Cal
State San Bernardino
SunLine Transit Agency Grand Opening of Clean Air Center, Indio
Inland Empire Alternative Fuel Working Group
California Alliance for Advanced Transportation Systems (CAATS)
Annual Meeting
New Business Breakfast, City of Downey
International Trade Conference on the Americas
City of South El Monte Economic Development and Ted Levine Drum
Company Joint Meeting
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