As a result of their interaction with the organizations listed above, the Intergovernmental Affairs Directors communicated with the following officials by phone or in person:

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - WESTERN REGION

• Dee Allen, City of Los Angeles
• Karen Brust, City of Gardena
• Mike Camino, City of Agoura Hills
• Joe Dawidziak, Mayor, City of Redondo Beach

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - EASTERN REGION

• Bob Bartlett, Mayor, City of Monrovia
• Kim Changer, City of Whittier
• Margaret Clark, Council Member, City of Rosemead
• David Feinberg, City of Arcadia
• Larry Galvan, Council Member, City of Cudahy
• Sylvia Glazer, City of Burbank
• Edric Guise, Assistant to Nell Soto , Council Member, City of Pomona & AQMD Governing Board Member
• Carl Holm, City of Whittier
• Debra Johnson, City of Lynwood
• Richard King, City of Commerce
• Paul Krueger, Planner, City of Burbank
• Nabar Martinez, City Administrator, City of Bell Gardens
• Melanie McCann, City of Santa Ana
• Barbara Messina, Council Member, City of Alhambra
• Deborah Moraza, City of El Monte
• Maureen O’Connor, City of Covina
• Bill Paggett, City of Bell Gardens
• Charles Redden, City of Covina
• Paul Richards, Mayor, City of Lynwood
• Robert Rizzo, Chief Administrative Officer, City of Bell
• Raul Romero, City Manager, City of Huntington Park
• Monique Shaeman, City of West Covina
• Kelly Tong, City of West Covina
• Jack Wong, Planning Director, City of Huntington Park
• Gregg Yamachiac, City of Baldwin Park
• Jack Yoshino, City of Walnut
• Larry Zarian, Council Member, City of Glendale & MTA Chair
• Fred Zohrehviand, City of Glendale

ORANGE COUNTY

• Zai Abu Bakar, City Planner, City of Brea
• Rich Barnard, Assistant City Manager, City of Huntington Beach
• Ron Bates, Mayor, City of Los Alamitos
• Walt Bowman, Council Member, City of Cypress
• Art Brown, Mayor, City of Buena Park
• Patricia Campbell, Council Member, City of Seal Beach
• John Collins, Council Member, City of Fountain Valley
• Tom Daley, Mayor, City of Anaheim
• Bob Dominguez, City Manager, City of Los Alamitos
• Joan Hoestery, Planning Director, City of La Palma
• Alice Jempsa, Council Member, City of Los Alamitos
• Dan Keen, City Manager, City of La Palma
• Diana Kotler, Administrative Assistant, City of Anaheim
• Pat McGuigan, Council Member, City of Santa Ana
• Eva Minor-Bradford, Council Member, City of La Palma
• Bev Perry, Council Member, City of Brea
• Miguel Pulido, Mayor, City of Santa Ana
• Mike Spurgeon, Council Member, City of Orange
• Keith Till, City Manager, City of Seal Beach
• Mike Uberauga, City Manager, City of Huntington Beach
• Bob Wahlstrom, Council Member, City of Los Alamitos
• Helen Wilson, Mayor, City of Lake Forest

RIVERSIDE COUNTY

• Lyle Alberg, Council Member, City of Hemet
• Gary Bosworth, Council Member, City of Desert Hot Springs
• Steve Brown, City of Perris
• Juan DeLara, Council Member, City of Coachella
• Bonnie Flickenger, Council Member, City of Moreno Valley
• Linda Garza, Interim City Manager, City of Coachella
• Jimmy Gutierrez, City Attorney, Cities of Coachella & Chino
• Deyna Hodges, Council Member, City of Palm Springs
• Jeff Holt, Mayor, City of Indio
• Jerry Johnson, City Manager, City of Norco
• Dick Kelly, Mayor Pro Tem, City of Palm Desert
• Al Landers, Mayor, City of Perris
• Denise Lanning, Field Representative to Riverside County 5th District Supervisor Tom Mullen
• Lenwood Long, Council Member, City of Perris
• Marcos Lopez, Council Member, City of Indio
• Robin Lowe, Mayor, City of Hemet
• Dick Macknicki, Mayor, City of Coachella
• Ron Oden, Council Member, City of Palm Springs
• Jerry Pisha, Mayor, City of Desert Hot Springs
• Gilbert Ramirez, Council Member, City of Coachella
• Elizabeth Scott-Donnelly, Council Member, City of Desert Hot Springs
• Doug Sherman, Mayor Pro Tem, City of Desert Hot Springs
• Walt Snyder, Council Member, City of Palm Desert
• Marge Tandy, Council Member, City of Hemet
• Lori Van Arsdale, Mayor Pro Tem, City of Hemet
• Bill Vaughn, Council Member, City of Norco
• Allyn Waggle, City Manager, City of Indio
• Bill Wilborn, City Manager, City of Desert Hot Springs
• Virginia Wyatt-Denny, Mayor Pro Tem, City of Perris

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY

• Bill Alexander, Mayor, City of Rancho Cucamonga
• Bob Christman, Mayor Pro Tem, City of Loma Linda
• Carl Freeman, City Engineer, City of Montclair
• Rich Holdaway, City Attorney, City of Loma Linda
• John Longville, Mayor, City of Rialto & MSRC Chair
• Tom Minor, Mayor, City of San Bernardino
• Bob Nolan, Mayor, City of Upland
• Floyd Peterson, Mayor, City of Loma Linda
• Margaret Riley, Planning, City of Big Bear Lake
• Mike Wickman, Council Member, City of Chino Hills
• Diane Williams, Council Member, City of Rancho Cucamonga

OTHER

Chris Carlson, Fire Chief, City of La Mesa & Member of League of California Cities Board of Directors

Intergovernmental Affairs Directors also met or had contact with the following local and state agency, business and community representatives regarding air quality related issues:

• Catherine Alvarez, EST, Inc.
• Kim Barrone, Region Manager - Public Affairs, Southern California Edison
• Helen Chu, Accountant, Thompson, Cobb, Bazilio and Associates
• Lillian Conroe, Assistant Director, Business Revitalization Center, Los Angeles
• Annabel Cook, Assistant to the Executive Director, SCAG
• Susan De Santos, The Planning Center
• Barry Dee, Inland Empire Division, League of California Cities
• Gil Delgado, SCE
• John Dyer, Cordova Corporation
• Charmaine Ford, Solis Group
• Ann Geraghty, Air Resources Board
• June Greek, Riverside County Division, League of California Cities
• Sylvia Gronados, SCE
• Mark Habberman, L.A. Police Department
• Eric Haley, Director of Government & Legislative Affairs, San Bernardino Associated Governments
• Steve Malloy, Caltrans
• Cindy Miscikowsk, L.A. City Council Candidate
• Brad Mitzelfelt, Director of Government Relations, BIA - Baldy View Region
• Sam Olivito, Contract Cities Association
• Rick Price, Jr., The Gas Company
• Greg Ramirez, Los Angeles League of Cities
• Gene Ritchey, Los Angeles County Library Foundation
• Israel Rodriquez, Pepperdine University
• Dolores Sanchez, Southeast Community Development Corporation
• Steve Scholl, Director, Pupil Transportation Cooperative
• Sarah Siwek, Consultant
• Terry Solis, Consultant, Solis Group
• Cossette Stark, MTA
• Sue Steffen, Riverside County Division, League of California Cities
• Jeff Stone, Riverside, League of Cities
• Carmen Suarez, Consultant
• Larry Torres, Manager, MTA
• Frank Williams, Executive Officer, BIA - Baldy View Region
• Jerry Young, President, Chaffey College

The Intergovernmental Affairs Directors continued to provide administrative oversight for the AB 2766 Discretionary Fund and Subvention Fund programs. The IGA Directors also attended/ participated in the following activities:

• AQMD Administrative Committee
• AQMD Governing Board Meeting
• AQMD Legislative Committee
• AQMD Clean Air Ambassador Program
• AQMD Hearing Board Workshop
• AQMD Mobile Source Review Committee
• AQMD Ethnic Community Advisory Council
• Presentation to Visiting Korean Local Government Delegation
• South Whittier School District/Pupil Transportation Cooperative Electric School Bus Rollout

SECTION III - SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES

The Clean Air Ambassador Program has been highlighted below. The annual statistical report for 1996 and the statistical report for the month of February 1997 are also included.

Contact Lee Lockie, Director, 909.396.2390

The Clean Air Ambassador Program

Background

On September 13, 1996, the Governing Board adopted a comprehensive program to enhance the AQMD’s outreach to the business community. This was developed in response to recommendations by Assemblymembers Escutia and Napolitano.

As part of this program, which included the recent Legislative Summit, the District initiated a Small Business Outreach Pilot project. The purpose of this program is to establish a more direct line of communication with small business owners, identify our overall effectiveness with the business community, and identify ways to improve our communications.

The Process

The office of Assemblywoman Martha M. Escutia and the District organized a series of face-to-face meetings with business owners/operators in Huntington Park, Bell, Commerce, South Gate, Bellflower, and Maywood to develop and test this pilot outreach project.

The businesses were contacted by telephone and by mail to determine their interest in participating. Of the 77 businesses contacted, 43 agreed to be interviewed at their worksite. The remaining 34 businesses selected the option of completing a mail-in survey. The face-to-face interviews were conducted on February 28, 1997. Seven teams were developed; each team consisted of two AQMD staff; one communications and one technical person. Directors, managers, supervisors and non-management staff participated. Two representatives from Assemblywoman Escutia’s local office accompanied one team.

The Results

Following this outreach, a de-briefing of the team members was held to determine if the survey process accomplished the Governing Board’s objectives. Team members made the following general observations:

1. Most of the businesses commented that they were surprised and pleased that "government" was there just to listen to them.

2. Working through local office of elected official increased responsiveness.

3. During the interviews, the District received constructive observations/suggestions for improvement in its communications with business.

4. Many business people have witnessed noticeable improvements in the responsiveness of AQMD over the past several years.

Next Steps

Staff is presently revising the questionnaire and reviewing the process for identifying potential business participants. The pilot program and proposed approach for future interviews will be agendized for future Legislative, Stationary Source, and Administrative Committees.

It is expected that Legislators throughout AQMD’s four-county area will be invited to participate in this type of outreach.

ATTACHMENT 1

February 7, 1997

AN INVITATION

TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY

As you know, air pollution is a real health problem in the Los Angeles area. To solve the problem, we must quickly find inexpensive and easy ways to reduce emissions from the processes that create air pollution.

AQMD requests your help and your ideas on ways to clean the air without harming local businesses. A team of AQMD "clean air ambassadors" will be visiting a number of businesses in our neighborhood, including yours, on Friday, February 28, 1997. They need to speak directly to you about the air quality in your neighborhood and how current air quality programs affect your business. This is a very important project for the community. We are asking you to speak freely and to give the team your opinions. These meetings are not enforcement inspections. Our goal is to reach a mutual understanding on the appropriate path to economic and environmental well-being.

Following our personal review of the results of these meetings, a report will be prepared. This report will be presented to the AQMD Governing Board at a public meeting in April of this year. We will see that a copy of the report is sent to you.

If you are not available on Friday, February 28, but wish to meet with the team another day, please contact the AQMD Small Business Assistance Office at (800) 388-2121 and ask for Al Baez.

For the benefit of the community, we hope you can participate. We are very interested in hearing your opinions and using them to make decisions in the future. Many thanks for your time and ideas!

(al dorso en español)

7 de febrero, 1997

UNA INVITACIÓN A LA COMUNIDAD EMPRESARIAL

Como usted sabe, la contaminación del aire en el área de Los Ángeles es un grave problema para la salud. Para resolver el problema, tenemos rápidamente que encontrar maneras económicas y fáciles para reducir emisiones de procesos que crean la contaminación del aire.

El Distrito para la Administración de la Calidad del Aire de la Costa Sur (SCAQMD) le solicita su ayuda e ideas acerca de maneras para limpiar el aire sin dañar las empresas locales. Un equipo de embajadores del AQMD aire limpio de nuestra comunidad, visitará varias empresas en su área, incluyendo la suya, el viernes, 28 de febrero, 1997. Este equipo desea hablar directamente con usted acerca de la calidad del aire en su vecindad y sobre cómo los programas de la calidad del aire vigentes afectan su empresa. Le pedimos que háble libremente y que le de al equipo sus opiniones. Estas visitas no son inspecciones. Su propósito es crear una colaboración para el bienestar ambiental y económico de nuestra comunidad.

Éste es un proyecto de suma importancia para la comunidad. Después de una revisión personal de los resultados de estas sesiones, un informe será preparado y será presentado a La Junta Gubernativa del SCAQMD en una sesión pública en abril de este año. Nosotros nos encargaremos de que una copía de este informe le sea enviado.

Si usted no va a estar disponible el viernes, 28 de febrero pero desea reunirse con el equipo otro día, por favor comuníquese con Al Baez de la Oficina de Asistencia Para Empresas Pequeñas del SCAQMD al 800.388.2121.

Esperamos que usted pueda participar en este importante programa para el beneficio de la comunidad. Estamos muy interesados en escuchar sus opiniones y en utilizar éstas en futuras decisiones. ¡Muchas gracias por su tiempo e ideas!

(English on Back)

Figure 1

The numbers above each bar depict the total number of service requests and not the total number of businesses assisted in each service category.

Definitions

Rule Interpretations - assistance in interpreting whether permits are necessary and/or whether a business is operating in compliance with AQMD rules.

Permit Applications - assistance in completing permit applications and calculating fees.

Clearance Letters - state law prohibits Building Departments from issuing a final certificate of occupancy unless all requirements of the local air quality agency are met.

On-site Consultations - technical consultation provided at one’s place of business.

Financial Assistance - screening businesses planning to purchase air pollution control equipment to determine eligibility for loan guaranties.

New Business Roundtables - attending multi-agency meetings with new or expanding businesses.

Outreach activities - participating in meetings/conferences on small business concerns (includes Chambers of Commerce, local governments, technical seminars). This includes assisting businesses to become involved in rule development.

Bilingual Assistance - providing all or part of our services in languages other than English.

Figure 2

* The numbers above each bar depict the total number of service requests and not the total number

of businesses assisted in each service category.

Definitions

Rule Interpretations - assistance in interpreting whether permits are necessary and/or whether a business is operating in compliance with AQMD rules.

Permit Applications - assistance in completing permit applications and calculating fees.

Clearance Letters - state law prohibits Building Departments from issuing a final certificate of occupancy unless all requirements of the local air quality agency are met.

On-site Consultations - technical consultation provided at one’s place of business.

Financial Assistance - screening businesses planning to purchase air pollution control equipment to determine eligibility for loan guarantees.

New Business Roundtables - attending multi-agency meetings with new or expanding businesses.

Outreach activities - participating in meetings/conferences on small business concerns (includes Chambers of Commerce, local governments, technical seminars). This includes assisting businesses to become involved in rule development.

Bilingual Assistance - providing all or part of our services in languages other than English.

SECTION IV -

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & BUSINESS RETENTION (EDBR) ACTIVITIES

Highlights of the activities conducted during this reporting period are described below.

Contact: La Ronda Bowen, Public Advisor, 909.396.3235

Larry Watkins, EDBR, 909.396.3246

Roberta Rigg, EDBR, 909.396.2659.

ACTIVITIES

During this reporting period, assistance was provided to various facilities wanting to expand or consolidate their operations. Companies were informed of emerging new pollution reduction technologies as well as technology transfer opportunities. EDBR staff also participated in 4 public outreach meetings by making a presentation and providing information to interested parties. The total number of participants reached through these meetings exceeded 80 people.

Open Items (business development and retention efforts in process) 31

Completed Items (decision to stay, expand, etc.) 8

(This represents 211 jobs/jobs retained in California)

Outreach and meetings with companies 9

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

A biofilter designed and constructed by a team consisting of university and engineering scientists is being tested at a local fiberglass fixture manufacturer. EDBR staff recommended Lasco Bath to act as a test host for the biofilter. University of California at Riverside engineering department personnel believe that the biofilter can be used to control styrene emissions coming from the coating of bath fixtures with resin. If successful, this technology could provide a very inexpensive means of controlling emissions from the fiberglass industry. After this test is concluded, the biofilter may be used in other facilities such as furniture stripping operations.

GULFSTREAM

The corporate decision has been made to go ahead with their facility expansion plans, including construction of two 300,000 sq. ft. hangers and the renovation of an existing hanger at the Long Beach airport. This is the first new airplane painting facility in a decade in southern California dispelling the myth that it cannot be done due to tough environmental regulations.

SANTA BARBARA AEROSPACE

Santa Barbara Aerospace has executed a lease for at least four hangars at what was known as Norton Air Force Base. This marks the beginning of an aggressive new expansion for the company’s airplane refurbishing/reconditioning and painting business. Santa Barbara Aerospace acts as a subcontractor to major air carriers and is predicting a 100% increase in its business. Their takeover of the Norton facilities include a control system once owned by Lockheed for its painting of airplanes. With the base closure, Lockheed moved out and essentially abandoned the system. This is expected to bring 130 jobs to the San Bernardino area.