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Agriculture Related Project Requests for Fiscal Year 2011

The California State University, Fresno Foundation, Agricultural Research Federal Funding Initiative (FFI) - $ 3,000,000
401 Golden Shore, Long Beach, CA, 90802-4210

This project requests $3 million annually in federal funding support to partially fund the applied research, education, outreach, and technology transfer activities of the California State University Agricultural Research Initiative (ARI).  It focuses the collective expertise of the CSU’s four colleges of agriculture at: California State University, Fresno; California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; and California State University, Chico.

 

Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Project Requests for Fiscal Year 2011

  • Cal Poly Pomona Police Communications Equipment:  $300,000

The entity to receive funding for this project is California State Polytechnic University – Pomona located at 3801 West Temple Avenue, Pomona, CA 91768. 
The funding would be used to purchase police communications equipment for the campus police department. The department’s current communications system is outdated and they are in desperate need of new equipment to meet new federal and state standards.

  • Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Recruitment for 38th District - $350,000

The entity to receive funding for this project is Los Angeles County Court Appointed Special Advocates located at 201 Centre Plaza Dr. #3, Monterey Park, CA 91754.

This funding will enable CASA to recruit, train and supervise additional Hispanic and bilingual community volunteers to provide advocacy for 120 additional foster children solely in the 38th Congressional District. CASA provides assistance to children who are under the supervision of the Los Angeles County Dependency Court. These children have been removed from their homes because of physical or sexual abuse and neglect, and are in the process of going through legal proceedings against their own parents or guardians. Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteers provide counseling to the children, discuss the circumstances with the child’s relatives and assist the judge in determining the child’s future.  There are 3,263 children in the 38th Congressional District that are in the Dependency Court System. This is the most of any Congressional District in California. This request would fund 120 Spanish speaking volunteers for the 38th Congressional District, which CASA is in desperate need of.

  • Foothill Family Service’s Teen Family Services Initiative:  $100,000

The entity to receive funding for this project is Foothill Family Service located at 2500 E Foothill Blvd, Ste 300, Pasadena, CA 91107.

Foothill Family Service’s Teen Family Services is a comprehensive case management and mentoring program that proposes to serve at least 100 pregnant or parenting teens in the communities of Pomona, Valinda, Hacienda Heights and La Puente each year. The overarching goals of the Program are to 1) promote the health and well-being of pregnant and parenting teens and their babies by linking them to existing resources, and 2) save public funds by mitigating the costly problems often associated with teen pregnancy, including medical care for preterm births and babies with low birthweight, as well as poverty and long-term welfare dependency resulting from school failure/dropouts.  Teen Family Services case management effectively assesses and addresses the risks and resources of the pregnant and parenting teens, and assists the teens in accessing resources and services necessary to raise healthy babies, complete school, and make healthy life choices.
           
Teen Family Services case managers work closely with participants to ensure 1) access to prenatal care or well-baby check-ups, 2) healthy behaviors, e.g. good nutrition and not smoking to prevent poor birth outcomes, 3) access to resources to prevent subsequent teen pregnancies, and 4) high school completion or equivalent. Each teen participant is assigned a case manager who develops an ongoing relationship with the teen and works with her to identify the teen’s goals for the future, assess the resources needed and currently available, and develop an individualized plan of action for having a healthy pregnancy and baby, academic success, economic self-sufficiency, healthy family and social relationships, developing good parenting skills and becoming a productive member of his/her community.  Case managers visit or talk to their participants at least once a month, and have an in-home visit at least once every three months; however, case managers often interact with the participants much more frequently given their high-risk situations.

  • Los Angeles Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse after-school youth enrichment services: $50,000

The entity to receive funding for this project is Los Angeles Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse located at 11015 Bloomfield Ave., P.O. Box 3205, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670. 
The funding would be used to enhance after-school youth enrichment services at the Life Center for Youth in Norwalk, California at 11701 Firestone Blvd.  The funding would purchase materials, equipment, and start up costs for after-school classes in crafts, recreation, tutoring, and counseling.

  • Montebello Police Department Automated License Plate Reader Systems: $125,00     

The entity to receive funding for this project is the City of Montebello Police Department located at 1600 West Beverly Blvd., Montebello, CA 90640.

The requested funds will be used to purchase and install license plate recognition systems in 5 police cars. The systems will include the necessary hardware, software and wireless connectivity and integration with our mobile digital computers.

Auto theft is one of the major crimes occurring in Montebello in significant numbers as well as other vehicle related crimes. The proposed technology has proven to be a successful and cost effective tool in combating auto theft and related crimes. The city’s current budget situation does not permit the Police Department to purchase this new technology without grant assistance. Staff believes that acquiring this new technology can impact the crime rate in the city and do so in a most cost effective manner.

  • Norwalk City Facilities Security/Surveillance System:  $250,000

The entity to receive funding for this project is the City of Norwalk, CA, located at 12700 Norwalk Blvd. Norwalk, CA 90651. 

The system is based on security cameras being placed within City facilities at entrances and common areas as well as throughout parks. The system will be web based allowing Public Safety and Norwalk Sheriff Station personnel the ability to monitor any activity at any time. The greatest benefit of such a system will be to allow law enforcement to view a live feed when responding to any crime in progress within a city facility as well as have the ability to preserve video footage of a crime as evidence. Additionally, the security/surveillance system will be tied into Public Safety’s Computer Aided Dispatch/Records Management System (CAD/RMS) which our office received $170,000 for 2 years ago.

  • Phoenix House Substance Abuse Treatment and Mental Health Services for Women Program Santa Fe Springs, CA - $630,000

The entity to receive funding for this project is Phoenix House at 11015 Bloomfield Avenue, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670-4601

Phoenix House proposes to enhance and expand mental health and recovery management services, including case management and counseling for impoverished, minority women who have completed the residential program and are returning to the community. The goal is to assist women in regaining control of their lives so that they may reunite with their families, as well as succeed in maintaining housing, employment, healthy family relationships, and their personal health and well-being.

Phoenix House seeks to achieve this goal by providing a comprehensive array of services, such as mental health and family counseling, assertive case management for mothers and children, support groups, and referrals to specialized health and human service agencies.  In helping formerly incarcerated women reestablish themselves as productive members of their communities, Phoenix House will work in cooperation with numerous community partners, including social service, employment, counseling, mentoring, and faith-based organizations, as well as law enforcement and government agencies.

  • Pomona and Los Padrinos Juvenile Courts School Court Liaison Program:  $150,000

The entity to receive funding for this project is Los Angeles County Office of Education located at 9300 Imperial Highway, Downey, CA 90242. 
The funding would be used to operate the school court liaison program which facilitates open and continuous communication between school districts and juvenile justice personnel in an effort to develop an educational plan for each adjudicated minor.  The liaison works directly with judges in assisting students in enrolling in a structured educational setting, plus complying with other conditions set by the court such as counseling, mentoring, tutoring, community service, or other development programs. 

  • Pomona Police Department Field Operations Technology Enhancement Project: $900,000

The entity to receive funding for this project is the City of Pomona Police Department located at 490 W Mission Blvd, Pomona, CA 91766.

The City of Pomona Police Department’s Field Operations Technology Enhancement project consists of purchasing new in-car Mobile Data Computers (MDCs) and a Gunshot Locator System (GLS) for the City.

The Police Department’s present Motorola MW 800 MDCs are reaching end of life with Motorola not being able to guarantee parts availability after December 31, 2010. The next generation of mobile data computers will incorporate many new enhancements to law enforcement.  These include Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) which uses the Global Positioning System (GPS) to report unit position location to the dispatch center, the City’s Graphical Information System (GIS) with the various information layers can be available to the officer in the car and provide valuable information on a suspect’s location, and the system can be used with the new advanced Gunshot Locator System (GLS) to respond to gunshots.

Gunshot Locator System (GLS) technology detects, classifies, locates and alerts first responder law enforcement officers to gunfire and other explosive events in near real-time.  The current state of GLS technology is limited in terms of area of coverage, which can range between 1 – 4 square miles as a target area of deployment. Once deployed, the GLS technology can be integrated into the Police Department’s computer system and the City’s Graphic Information System (GIS) to provide field officers with a near real-time visual display of GLS incidents on their MDC video screen in the field.

These two inter-related components will significantly improve law enforcement performance capabilities and public safety for the citizens of Pomona.

  • Pomona Parents in Action Project to prevent child maltreatment and gang involvement:  $450,000

The entity to receive funding for this project is Parents Anonymous Inc. located at 675 West Foothill Blvd., Suite 220, Claremont, CA 91711.

This funding would go towards training staff, renting space, transportation of families, program materials, publications, and supplies in order to expand the program to 300 new parents, children and youth that will be reached through this targeted effort.  Pomona Parents in Action uses a research-based model to demonstrate effective interventions to strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect.  Parents, relatives, non-relative extended family members, legal guardians, foster parents, grandparents or adoptive parents are welcome to attend the Parents Anonymous group for 2 hours while their infants, young children and teenagers attend the Parents Anonymous Children and Youth Groups. These groups are led by trained staff that assists families with issues such as teen pregnancy, gang involvement, special needs, mental health, delinquency, and substance abuse.

 

Defense Related Project Requests for Fiscal Year 2011

Cal Poly Pomona Advanced Educational Laboratory Upgrade for Material Sciences and Aeronautics
The entity to receive funding for this project is Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, Inc. located at 3801 West Temple Avenue, Pomona, California 91768<

$3,909,000 is requested for the Advanced Educational Laboratory Upgrade for Material Sciences and Aeronautics program. The Propulsion Directorate at Edwards Air Force Base and Cal Poly Pomona are in the process of upgrading and modernizing their engineering laboratory facilities. The funding will be used to construct, purchase, and install the following items: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Laboratory and Equipment, Flight simulation laboratory equipment and peripherals, Inter-Disciplinary Spacecraft Laboratory and equipment, High Performance Digital Spectrometer cryoprobes, microprobes and MAS probes for decoupling and solid state experiments, an X-ray diffractometer, Atomic Force Microscope, a confocal microscope system, time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometer, and a field emission transmission electron microscope.

This new equipment will be used to conduct applied research to benefit the Air Force in the fields of mechanical engineering, chemical/materials engineering, aerospace engineering, chemistry, biological sciences, and physics.

This project supports the Propulsion Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Edwards AFB in its mission of research, modeling and simulation of vehicle-level aerodynamic and control characteristics of various rocket and air-breathing vehicle designs.

National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program
The entity to receive funding for this project is the Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos, located at Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos, Los Alamitos, CA 90640.
$1.5 million is requested for facility improvements at the Sunburst Youth Academy at Los Alamitos which serves disadvantaged youth from Los Angeles and Orange counties. The funding will create 7 new classroom wings with computer rooms, bathrooms, and administrative offices at the Academy.  This will allow the program to grow in size and admit more students.  The Academy provides at-risk high school students the opportunity to succeed in a disciplined environment that leads to a diploma. 

Veterans and Families TBI Initiative: Promotion of Family Stability for Service Members with Traumatic Brain Injury
The entity to receive funding for this project is Casa Colina, Inc., located at 255 East Bonita Ave, Pomona, CA 91769-6001.
$500,000 is requested for this project to continue the Survive and Thrive program initiated by Casa Colina. This is a one-week intensive interventions program for Iraq/Afghanistan Deployment service members with mild to moderate Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and their families. The camps provide a framework that uses neuropsychology, education about brain injury and PTSD, one-on-one counseling, and group experiential learning focusing on communication and problem solving techniques, plus “free time” for families to regroup and put into practice the techniques exposed in the sessions.  Children are involved in a parallel, all-day program of group and individual activities. These elements build toward the goal of assisting these service members and their family members to be more successful and functional living together. Parallel with the families’ camp experience, a research program will probe the needs of the service members and their families, and evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention.  The experience of the first session showed that for some participants, referral to specific rehabilitation or other services was needed.

 

Energy and Water Development Related Project Requests for Fiscal Year 2011

City of Norwalk Water Infrastructure Reliability Program- $1,500,000
12700 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90651

To upgrade the City’s water facilities to provide a more reliable water supply, particularly in the event of an emergency such as a major earthquake.  The allocation would prepare a master plan to upgrade the water system; replace existing water pipelines; construct new, high-capacity water wells; improve groundwater treatment; and design and build the Norwalk Park Reservoir. 

Green Campus Green Collar Jobs Initiative at Rio Hondo College - $750,000
3600 Workman Mill Road, Whittier, CA 90601

Rio Hondo College is initiating the “Green Campus – Green Collar” jobs initiative (GCGC), a multi-year initiative to reduce the amount of energy it consumes from the grid and reduce its carbon footprint at its campuses.  GCGC will reduce the amount of harmful pollutants Rio Hondo College contributes to the atmosphere and groundwater, reduce water consumption on campus, and reduce the amount of fossil fuels consumed to power the College’s campuses.  The initiative will create job training and development and offer replicable models to others in our surrounding community.

San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority Restoration Fund - $10,000,000
1720 West Cameron Ave., Suite #100, West Covina, California, 91710

To design, construct, and operate water projects to contain and treat the spreading of groundwater contamination in the San Gabriel and Central Groundwater Basins.  The plume of contamination in these two groundwater basins, which serve as the primary source of drinking water for almost 3 million people in Los Angeles County, is spreading at the rate of several miles per year.  The San Gabriel Groundwater Basin covers more than 160 square miles in Los Angeles County and is the primary source of drinking water for over 1.2 million people.  The natural groundwater flows from the San Gabriel Basin are allowing the contamination to spread into the Central Groundwater Basin, a 277 square-mile underground aquifer that provides drinking water to over half of Los Angeles County. 

South Montebello Irrigation District Well Upgrade Project - $500,000
864 W Washington Blvd, Montebello, CA 90640

To upgrade existing wells in the South Montebello Irrigation District service area to bring them into compliance with current requirements of the California Department of Public Health. Additionally, funding is needed to complete the siting and design of a new water supply well near the District’s existing storage tanks to improve water quality and reliability. This well will meet all current state requirements for health safety.

Whittier Narrows Dam Feasibility Study Update – (Raising the Water Level) as requested by Water Replenishment District and Los Angeles County Drainage Area (LACDA) - $166,000
U.S. Army of Corps of Engineers, 915 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 980, Los Angeles, CA 90017

To allow the Corps of Engineers to complete the required environmental documentation and update the Whittier Narrows Dam Feasibility Study and receive formal management/command approval to change operations of the conservation pool. Capturing additional local storm water for up to 2,200 households each year (almost 9,000 people annually) will help reduce local reliance on imported water from the Sacramento and Colorado rivers. 

 

Financial Services and Related Agencies Project Requests for Fiscal Year 2011

  • Fairplex Education Foundation, located at 1101 West McKinley Avenue, Pomona, CA 91768.

$1 million is requested for the Small Business Employee Development Center which is focused directly on providing employee training to assist small business owners in the Southern California area with educating their workforce. 

The program is already working with small businesses to train employees to their exacting standards: upon graduation these workers are added value to their employers. With the proposed funding, the Small Business Employee Development Center would better serve the needs of small business by expanding courses in a variety of vocations and developing mutual agreements with small businesses to create a sustainable funding model – one that would not rely upon public funding in the future.

The curriculum is centered around “career clusters,” in rapidly-growing fields in the greatest need of trained, qualified employees and that attract the greatest interest among prospective students.  Those clusters are: Agriculture, Arts, Automotive, Business, Construction and Environmental & Regenerative Studies. CTEC also covers subjects that are typically neglected in contemporary schools: technical careers are explained; and for each career path, information is provided on the technical pre-requisites, the knowledge expectations and educational requirements, the job responsibilities and opportunities for advancement.  Additionally, there is training for hotel and restaurant management, the construction trades, electrical installation, marketing, horticulture/agriculture, and other skilled occupations -- all of which can be learned and demonstrated on the Fairplex campus.  For example, hotel and restaurant management can be demonstrated at the Fairplex Sheraton Suites; and auto repair is taught on our own fleet of trucks and vehicles The aim is to give young people –including many whose confidence has been undermined by failure in academic programs – the renewed ambition, the work habits and other tools to achieve success and make a good living.

 

Dept. of Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Project Requests for Fiscal Year 2011

California State University Water Resources Policy Initiative (WRPI) - $1,200,000
401 Golden Shore, Long Beach, CA, 90802

The California State University system, with its 23 campuses including Humboldt State University, CSU Sacramento, CSU Fresno, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CSU San Bernardino, and California State Polytechnic University Pomona will provide the necessary technical capabilities, the trained workforce, and the on-going research efforts required to successfully support the State’s goal of managing finite water supplies to achieve the state goal of 20% per capita reduction in urban water use by 2020.

City of Montebello Sewer Main Lining - $500,000
1600 W. Beverly Blvd., Montebello, CA 90640

Funds for this project would be used to encompass the lining of the sewer main which is currently collapsing and failing.  The project will include the lining of both an 8” and 10” pipe, the reinstatement of various lateral lines and conduct permanent repairs to preserve the sewer mains in the future. 

City of Pomona Construction of Storm Drain Facilities- $ 1,000,000
505 S. Garey Avenue, Pomona, CA  91767

Citywide construction of new storm drain systems, drainage studies, rehabilitation of existing drainage system, and upgrading existing storm drainage facilities.  Work would entail installation of new main lines, laterals, catch basins, removal and replacement of existing catch basins, upsizing of main lines and/or laterals, replacement of dry channels with catch basins and new storm drain connections, pavement removal and replacement.

City of Whittier Sewer System Reliability Program - $ $500,000
13230 Penn Street. Whittier, CA 90602

Funds for this project would be used to replace and upgrade the City’s aging sewer system infrastructure which is 90 years old in sections to meet City standards.  The pipelines will protect local surface and groundwater resources from sewage contamination, including the San Gabriel River.

Pico Water District Water System Infrastructure Program - $500,000
4843 South Church St., Pico Rivera, CA 90660-0758

Funds for this project would be used to upgrade the Districts’ water facilities to provide a more reliable water supply, particularly in the event of an emergency such as a major earthquake or severe drought conditions. The project will rehabilitate water transmission and distribution mains to ensure that the water distribution system can provide the ability to shift water across the system in the event of system shutdown due to seismic damage or major emergency operational outages.

South Montebello Irrigation District’s water system upgrade - $ 550,000
864 W Washington Blvd, Montebello, CA 90640

To provide for the design and construction of water transmission pipelines, distribution system pipelines, valves and fire hydrant installations to increase the reliability of domestic and fire protection water system capabilities within the South Montebello Irrigation District service area.

 

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Project Requests for Fiscal Year 2011

Amigos de los Rios: Emerald Necklace Green Infrastructure & Environmental Job Training

The entity to receive funding is located at 3244 Santa Anita Ave. in Altadena, CA 91001.

$200,155.48 is requested for the Emerald Necklace Green Infrastructure and Environmental Job Training that will engage forty unemployed residents from the Cities of La Puente, Montebello and Pico Rivera in planning for and in implementing green infrastructure projects in their cities. The program will train residents to help their cities meet federal and state mandates regarding water quality protection & conservation, air quality protection, climate action planning, heat island mitigation and energy demand reduction through green infrastructure. Part and parcel of protecting natural resources, green infrastructure encompasses a focus on public health and on increasing access to open space, developing active transportation corridors and quality outdoor spaces to ensure "no child is left inside."

Casa Colina: Casa Colina Language and Learning Center

This entity is located at 255 East Bonita Ave, Pomona, CA 91769-6001.

$200,000 for Casa Colina’s Language and Learning Center (LLC) comprehensive learning and language diagnostic and treatment center in Pomona.  Students will receive assistance with reading, writing and cognitive learning disabilities such as dyslexia.  Funding will be used for therapy equipment, facility improvements, and to institute a scholarship program. The scholarship will benefit 15 underserved children who need LLC services but whose parents are unable to pay for all or part of these services out-of-pocket.

Casa Colina: Electronic Health Record for Medical Rehabilitation Services at Casa Colina Hospital

This entity is located at 255 East Bonita Ave, Pomona, CA 91769-6001.

$1,000,000 for Casa Colina Electronic Health Record for Medical Rehabilitation Services at Casa Colina Hospital.  This request is for funding to assist Casa Colina in implementing an Electronic Health Record system for its continuum of medical rehabilitation services.  The project will implement a coordinated, integrated, and comprehensive EHR system that will replace the current paper medical record, link orders, services, and record keeping entity-wide and make information available over time, over separate medical episodes, and across levels of care. 

Cerritos Community College District: Culinary Arts Demonstration Lab/Classroom

This entity is located at 11110 Alondra Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650.

$191,881 to upgrade and modernize the kitchen and classroom equipment in the Culinary Arts lab at Cerritos Community College. This includes converting a classroom into a culinary specific lecture and demonstration classroom which will serve as a multi-purpose room for visual demonstrations, production, and topic specific learning.  The new facility will better prepare the culinary students to work in the hospitality industry, increasing likeliness of securing employment, and will increase the student capacity available per semester.

City of Pomona: City of Pomona Workforce and Education Learning Labs (WELL)

This entity is located at 505 South Garey Ave., Pomona, CA 91766.

$92,500 to establish Workforce and Education Learning Labs (WELL) at two community centers in the City of Pomona - Kennedy Park Teen Center and Washington Park Community Center. The facilities will be equipped with computers, printers, projectors, and educational software. These computer labs will aid in addressing the following predetermined key risk factors: Community Disorganization, Academic Failure and Favorable Youth Attitudes Towards Antisocial Behavior, by offering college and career preparation, gang prevention, academic assistance and other educational programs.

Eastmont Community Center: After-School Learning

This entity is located at 701 Hoefner Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90022-3319.

$73,762 for the After School Learning Program at Eastmont Community Center which provides education enrichment services to over 60 low-income, predominately Spanish-speaking students, referred by local elementary schools in East Los Angeles.  A broad range of educational services provided include homework assistance and tutorial services, computer lab instruction, educational activities, social skills and personal development projects, parent-student involvement projects, nutrition,  and community involvement in public service projects. These programs provide the educational support, personal and social growth opportunities, family strengthening activities and community involvement needed for long-term success.

Foothill Family Service: School Readiness Program for Students in Pomona and La Puente

This entity is located at 2500 E. Foothill Blvd, Ste 300 Pasadena, CA 91107.

$150,000 for the School Readiness Program, a program in the cities of La Puente and Pomona that will provide 20 vulnerable children ages 0 – 5 with mental health treatment services and 40 parents with parenting education that supports the treatment services provided to the children. The children are referred by preschool staff, parents, pediatricians and community health clinics due to risk for further developmental delays, preschool expulsion, and/or future school failure. The program will also provide parent education groups.

Foothill Family Service: Foothill Family Service’s Teen Family Services

This entity is located at 2500 E. Foothill Blvd, Ste 300 Pasadena, CA 91107.

$100,000 is requested for Foothill Family Service’s Teen Family Services, a comprehensive case management and mentoring program that proposes to serve at least 100 pregnant or parenting teens in the communities of Pomona, Hacienda Heights and La Puente each year. The program promotes health and well-being of pregnant and parenting teens and their babies by linking them to existing resources.  The program will help to save public funds by mitigating the costly problems often associated with teen pregnancy, including medical care for preterm births and babies with low birth weight, as well as poverty and long-term welfare dependency resulting from school failure/dropouts.

Foothill Family Services: Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in the Schools (CBITS)-

This entity is located at 2500 E. Foothill Blvd, Ste 300 Pasadena, CA 91107.

$70,000 is being requested to expand the program to the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District (HLPUSD) and reach at least 25 children. Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in the Schools (CBITS) is an evidence-based model that provides screening and treatment to children who have been exposed to trauma; post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, or general anxiety which can then result in diminished interest or participation in certain activities, disruptions or outbursts in the classroom, or disturbed sleep patterns.  Developed through collaborative effort by the University of California Los Angeles and the Rand Corporation, CBITS is most commonly used for children, grades six to nine who have experienced some form of violence or trauma.  The children who complete CBITS demonstrate and improved self-esteem, an increase in positive mood, increased concentration and the ability to face the fears which once preoccupied them.

Helpline Youth Counseling: Access to Health Care

This entity is located at 12440 E. Firestone Blvd, Suite 1000, Norwalk, CA 90650.
$43,332 is being requested to expand Helpline’s Access to Health Care program that provides health insurance enrollment assistance (new and renewal applications) and community resource linkage for low-income families in programs such as Healthy Families, Kaiser Permanente Child Health Plan (KPCHP), Medi-Cal, and AIM.. Families are assisted with health care access, coverage enrollment, re-enrollment, and navigating through health care barriers in a culturally competent manner.  The Outreach Specialist also works diligently to provide information referrals for health care and link children and their parents to other community agencies when appropriate.

Helpline Youth Counseling: “Just for Us” Gender Specific Program

This entity is located at 12440 E. Firestone Blvd, Suite 1000, Norwalk, CA 90650.
$172,184 is requested to expand the “Just for Us” program to provide gender specific services to at-risk and probation female youth ages 12-18 within the cities of Santa Fe Springs, Norwalk, Pico Rivera, and Whittier. Through this program a continuum of youth centered activities and social supports such as group counseling, life skills development, gang prevention/intervention, self-esteem and self awareness workshops, mother daughter activities, and enrichment projects are offered.  This curriculum is expected to help youth develop a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging, and empowerment with the goal of providing a continuum of services and opportunities that youth need to grow into happy and healthy female adults.

Intercommunity Child Guidance Center: Families First…Primero Familias

This entity is located at 10155 Colima Road, Whittier, CA 90603.

$191,656 is requested to expand current services to specialize in assisting children and families of veterans experiencing PTSD and other diagnostic issues, through short-term mental health treatment. The program would specialize in this population of children and families because they are an at risk population.  There are an increasing number of veterans returning from the Iraq War who are experiencing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression Anxiety Disorders as well as other diagnostic issues and are experiencing difficulty with functioning within their family systems and community as a result.  This adds to severe stress on the family and children who are being severely impacted due to the emotional stress that the veteran is experiencing and displacing onto the family system.

Intercommunity Child Guidance Center: Families First…Primero Familias School Based Mental Health Services

This entity is located at 10155 Colima Road, Whittier, CA 90603.

$350,369 is requested to continue expansion of school based mental health services within the 38th Congressional District in the cities of Whittier, Montebello, and Pico Rivera.  Expansion of services would be within the school districts of South Whittier, Los Nietos, La Puente, and Norwalk. Funding is needed to address the Medical state budget cuts of $1.2 million that goes towards funding the Child Guidance Center’s ability to treat children who would normally qualify under this funding stream.  A partnership has been made with the Montebello School District Safe Schools/Healthy Students grant of $125,000 to provide school based mental health services.

JWCH Institute, Inc.: Norwalk Regional Health Center Health Outreach and Enrollment Program and Computer Upgrades

This entity is located at 12360 Firestone Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650.


$100,000 funding would provide for health outreach for enrollment for Medicare participants who are uninsured and computer equipment upgrades for electronic health record implementation to improve appointment system and call center. Norwalk Regional Health Center program provides for health outreach/enrollment to the uninsured for Medicare. The project will also include computer equipment updates for electronic health records implementation to improve appointment system and call center.Services include assistance to populations needing care and assistance with applying for Medicare and publicly funded medical programs, including the Children’s Health and Disability Program (CHDP), Comprehensive Pre-natal Services Program (CPSP), Medi-Cal and Healthy Families and Family PACT, as well as assistance with enrolling in Patient Assistance Programs for medications, referrals to mental health and substance abuse treatment programs.

Los Angeles Communities Advocating for Unity, Social Justice, and Action, Inc. (LA CAUSA): LA CAUSA Green Community Building Initiative

This entity is located at 1117 Goodrich Blvd., 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90022.

$535,000 would provide training for 55 at-risk youth to participate in the rehabilitation of 10 low-income family residences in East Los Angeles and surrounding communities within the 38th congressional district. Six “Green Team” Leaders (graduates of the program) will gain advanced construction skills and management experience within the construction field known as Green Building by leading the group. With an onsite charter school, LA CAUSA provides individualized, group, and culturally relevant instruction for high school diploma completion and GED preparation. Participating youth will also receive NCCER and HBI certification, solar installation and weatherization training, and will be co-enrolled and earn college credits.

Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP): LAUP Effort to Sustain Early Childhood Education for 4-Year Olds in Pomona, CA

This entity is located at 750 N. Alameda Street, Ste. 200, Los Angeles, CA 90012.

$669,844 to maintain high-quality preschool for students in Pomona, CA. LAUP’s mission is to make access to a high-quality preschool education available for every 4-year-old in Los Angeles County by 2016. LAUP has focused its efforts in zip codes with the fewest number of preschool spaces and highest concentration of low-performing schools, or Areas of Greatest Need (AGN), in order to realize the greatest impact. This request will be distributed among twelve sites in Pomona to maintain a preschool education for 188 students which will prepare them for K-12 success and lay the groundwork for these children to become well-educated, successful, and productive members of society.

Pacific Clinics: Latino Suicide Prevention Program

This entity is located at 800 S. Santa Anita Ave., Arcadia, CA 91006.

$633,803 is requested to continue services and expansion of the Latina Youth Suicide Prevention Program.  The program provides prevention and early intervention services with particular emphasis on middle school youth and families residing in the 38th Congressional District who are at-risk of gang involvement, substance abuse, unprotected sex, suicide, and other depressive/mood disorders with the aim of educating, supporting, and addressing unmet needs before they develop into at-risk behaviors.  In the coming year, Pacific Clinics will expand the program by introducing additional evidence-based practice interventions including Functional Family Therapy, Incredible Years, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy – Trauma Focus, and Dialectic Behavioral Therapy.  The program will also be expanded to elementary schools and to parents who will be offered classes in anger management, conflict resolution, substance abuse education, and safe sex practices.

Pacific Clinics: Electronic Health Records System

This entity is located at 800 S. Santa Anita Ave., Arcadia, CA 91006.

$1,500,000 is requested to improve efficiency, treatment accuracy and patient care by creating a seamless medical records system for mental and physical health providers - allowing real-time access to pertinent patient information. The implementation of this project will take place in eight phases - Requirements & Planning Phase; Installation Phase; Design Phase; Project Team Training & Table Building Phase; Final Develop, Set-up & Build Phase; Testing Phase; Pilot Phase; and Rollout Phase. Federal funding will be used to implement the Rollout Phase, which includes the most critical component of the project implementation - training.  The increased efficiencies and productivity as a result of the EHRS will have a significant impact on lowering the cost of services for the local and state governments -thereby relieving the taxpayers.

Pacific Clinics: Expansion of Employment Services for Californians w/ Mental Illness

This entity is located at 800 S. Santa Anita Ave., Arcadia, CA 91006.

$1,000,000 is requested to assist mentally ill persons in obtaining and maintaining employment by providing fully integrated employment services: Education; Pre-Employment Services; Employee Development/Work Adjustment Services; Job Development and Placement; On-Going Support and Career Development; and Benefits Counseling. The program goal is to ensure that each at-risk mentally ill patient is provided the opportunity to maintain a job that is reflective of their skills. By providing a complete range of employment services, Pacific Clinics ensures that at-risk mentally ill patients, no matter where they may be in their recovery, are able to explore the world of work and begin setting goals that will eventually lead to a more meaningful life. 

Pivot Learning Partners: Improving Systems and Building Leadership Capacity in Pomona Unified School District

This entity is located at 181 Fremont Street, Second Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105.

$325,000 for Pivot Learning Partners, a nonprofit organization seeking funds to continue their partnership with Pomona Unified School District in providing professional development and coaching to administrators at the school and district level. In the past three years, Pomona Unified staff members have made significant strides in focusing their work on student achievement, aligning systems, and clarifying messages with the help of Pivot Learning Partners. Providing support for Pomona Unified’s continued partnership with Pivot Learning Partners will increase education quality, teacher and administrator effectiveness, and will improve PUSD’s efforts to reach NCLB standards.

Pomona Unified School District: Student Assistance Program- Intervention Team (SAP-IT)

This entity is located at 800 S. Garey Ave., Pomona, CA 91766.

$677,873.05 is requested to sustain the Pomona School District Student Assistance Program-Intervention Team (SAP-IT) on-site service delivery program that identifies students at risk of developing an array of behavioral problems and provide intervention early through an identification, referral and follow-up process (crisis intervention, anger and grief management).  The program is run by one Mental Health Coordinator and seven Intervention Specialists (Master Degree level or higher), who are trained to identify warning signs and risk factors that help assess a student’s safety level.  Of these, a Crisis Intervention Team was established to directly address the high suicide referrals being made.  The SAP Program has helped to increased state student test scores in Math and English and reduced school absence rates. 

National Projects

Reach Out and Read

This entity is located at 56 Roland Street, Boston, MA 02129.

We are requesting $10,000,000 for Reach and Read, a national program that promotes literacy and language development in infants and young children, targeting disadvantage and poor children and families.  To close the achievement gap, the federal government provides funding for a variety of literacy programs and strategies that reach children and parents, and the professionals who interact with them.  ROR has proven to be one of the most effective strategies to promote early language and literacy development and school readiness: pediatricians and other health care providers guide and encourage parents to read aloud to their children from their earliest years of their life, and send them home from each doctor visit with books and a prescription to read together.

 

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Project Requests for Fiscal Year 2011

  • Alameda Corridor East Nogales Street Grade Separation Project, Industry, CA - $10,000,000 – FHWA Transportation & Community & System Preservation Account

The entity to receive funding for this project is the Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority located at 4900 Rivergrade Road, Suite 120A,  Irwindale, CA, 91706.

The Nogales Street Grade Separation Project involves constructing a six-lane roadway underpass and double-track railway bridge to completely grade separate Nogales Street with the railroad (Los Angeles Subdivision) between San Jose Avenue and Gale Avenue/Walnut Drive North.  Gale Avenue and Walnut Drive will be widened in the vicinity of Nogales Street to two lanes in each direction to ease a traffic chokepoint prior to use as a temporary detour route during construction.  Environmental approvals have been received and acquisition of right of way has commenced.   Project design is being updated.  A construction contract is anticipated to be awarded in Fall 2010.  The majority of the project has been funded by state and local sources. The overall cost is estimated at $83.8 million.

  •  Foothill Transit CNG Buses - $5,000,000 - FTA Bus and Bus Facilities Account

Foothill Transit is requesting $5 million to assist in the agency’s aggressive efforts to continue the conversion of the entire 314-bus fleet to cleaner burning compressed natural gas (CNG) buses.  To date, Foothill Transit’s fleet consists of 232 CNG buses and 82 diesel buses.  The funds requested here would be utilized for the purchase of both 40-foot buses, and additional 60-foot articulated buses.  All of these busses will be housed in the Pomona Bus Depot.

  • Hacienda Heights, CA Hillgrove Community and Recreation Center  - $1,000,000 – HUD EDI

The entity to receive funding for this project is the County of Los Angeles, CA located at 822 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, Los Angeles, CA 90012.

The project would construct a new community and recreation center on a 9-acre property located in the Hillgrove area of Hacienda Heights adjacent to the Puente Hills landfill.  The new center will include an approximately 15,000 square foot community building, recreation fields, parking and other site amenities based on further community input and available funding.  The center will also include environmentally sustainable landscaping and design elements and the proposed building will be certified LEED Silver, in accordance with the Los Angeles County’s Green Building policy.  The new community and recreation center will provide facilities and community services to improve and enrich the quality of life of the Hacienda Heights Community.

  • Heart of Compassion Distribution, Freezer and Refrigerator unit - $220,000 – HUD EDI

Currently, Heart of Compassion distribution in Montebello keeps it perishable foods in refrigerated trailers.  This earmark would provide complete design/ build services for a new 1,430 sq. ft. 28° F holding cooler and a 500 sq. ft. -10° F holding freezer, both units to be constructed for outdoor weather conditions. The new refrigerator would hold 96 pallets of food, 144,000 pounds of food while the freezer would hold 32 pallet or 64,000 pounds of food.

  • Hermosillo Park Renovation in Norwalk, CA - $3 million – HUD EDI

The entity to receive funding for this project is the City of Norwalk, CA, located at 12700 Norwalk Blvd. Norwalk, CA 90651

Hermosillo Park, located at 11959 162nd Street, was built in the 1970’s and serves South Norwalk. The area is largely comprised of high-density, old stock housing and is plagued by crime. The Hermosillo Park Project would consist of a complete overhaul of the Park to include lighted sports fields, a multi-use community center, outdoor amphitheater, handball courts, playground, water play area (e.g., “spray pool”), walking path, picnic facilities, benches and barbecues, and pedestrian lighting. A complete renovation of Hermosillo Park will result in an increase in park users, a decrease in anti-social activities by local youth, an improvement of the quality of life for residents in the surrounding neighborhood, and an increase in property values and neighborhood pride. This project is being considered by the City of Norwalk as part of its 10-year Capital Improvement Plan.

  • I-5 Widening from the I-605 north to I-710 Environmental Phase - $1 million – FHWA Interstate Maintenance

The entity to receive funding for this project is the I-5 Joint Powers Authority located at 12700 Norwalk Boulevard, Norwalk, CA 90651.

The project proposes to continue the Interstate 5 (I-5) improvements in southeast Los Angeles County north of I-605.  An environmental document and preliminary engineering is needed for this section, between I-605 to I-710, and funding is requested to prepare the necessary documents in building these two freeway-to-freeway interchanges.

  • Montebello, CA Potrero Heights City Park Lighting Upgrade - $250,000 – HUD EDI

The entity to receive funding for this project is the City of Montebello located at 1600 W. Beverly Blvd., Montebello CA 90640.

Potrero Heights Park, a highly-utilized community park in the City of Montebello, has parts that have significantly deficient lighting and other parts that are without appropriate lighting.  The replacement and upgrade of the park lighting system is needed to provide for public safety for the general community recreation and a variety of youth activities, as well as before and after school child care.  The City of Montebello is desirous of a lighting program utilizing “green” lighting, which reduces energy consumption and cost of operation by an estimated 50% and provides for flexible control and management of the lighting system, due to state-of-the art computer technology.  

  • Montebello Bus Lines and Norwalk Transit Agency Bus Replacement Project - $500,000- FTA Bus and Bus Facilities Account

The entities to receive funding for this project are Montebello Bus Lines located at  400 S. Taylor Ave., Montebello, CA 90640, and Norwalk Transit Agency located at 12650 E. Imperial Hwy. 1st Floor, Norwalk, CA 90650.

This request would allow Montebello Bus Lines and Norwalk Transit to continue to replace their diesel buses, which are at the end of their useful life as defined by FTA, with natural gas and gas/electric hybrid buses.  

  • Pico Rivera Bicentennial Park Regional Recreation Center - $1,300,000– HUD EDI

The entity to receive funding for this project is the City of Pico Rivera located at 6615 Passons Boulevard Pico Rivera, CA 90660.

This project will include the development of three multi-use lighted ball fields, a parking lot, trails, a passive recreation area, and family and group picnic areas for regional use. This park is on 75 acres of unutilized land owned by the Army Corp. of Engineers and leased to the City. 

  • Rosemead Blvd. Underpass Repair Project, Pico Rivera, CA - $1.5 million– FHWA Transportation & Community & System Preservation Account

The entity to receive funding for this project is the City of Pico Rivera located at 6615 Passons Boulevard Pico Rivera, CA 90660.

In Fall 2004, heavy storms damaged the underpass on Rosemead Boulevard at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railroad tracks.  Concrete slope walls were undermined by storm runoff and the roadway was partially closed for weeks.  The City paid for short-term repairs in 2005; however, long-term repairs are urgently needed.  The proposed renovations include designing and constructing new holding walls and a drainage system. 

  • Temple Avenue Improvements La Puente, CA  - $1,440,000 – FHWA Transportation & Community & System Preservation Account

The entity to receive funding for this project is the City of La Puente, CA located at 15900 E. Main Street, La Puente, CA 91744.

Temple Avenue is a secondary east-west arterial street through the City of La Puente paralleling the I-10 and I-60 freeways. The deteriorating AC pavement, damaged curb and gutter, drive approaches and sidewalk, outdated traffic signals, blighted block walls, non-standard curb ramps and painted islands, lack of street lights are in need of improvements.  Landscape and beautification treatments and city sign monuments are also needed.  The proposed improvements would repair Temple Avenue from the West City Limit to the East City Limit.

  • Valley Boulevard Improvements Project, La Puente, CA - $1.6 million– FHWA Transportation & Community & System Preservation Account

The entity to receive funding for this project is the City of La Puente, CA located at 15900 E. Main Street, La Puente, CA 91744.

Valley Boulevard is a major east-west arterial street through the City of La Puente as well as northern Los Angeles County paralleling the I-10 and I-60 freeways. Valley Boulevard has also been designated by the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments as one of the major arterials to be redeveloped to enhance public transportation and a sustainable community.

This section of the Valley Boulevard is in dire need of improvements from safety, economic and aesthetic considerations.  The existing retaining block walls are blighted and unsafe, some caused by standing flood water during and after heavy rains.  The proposed improvements on Valley Boulevard from West City Limit to East City Limit include resurfacing the roadway pavement, traffic signal upgrades, reconstructing retaining block wall, constructing screen wall and precast concrete rail fence, reconstructing and expanding median islands, storm drain improvements, constructing new sidewalk, city monument signs, installing curb ramps, and signing and striping.

 

  • Valley Boulevard Street Rehabilitation, Pomona, CA - $3,800,000 – FHWA Transportation & Community & System Preservation Account

The entity to receive funding for this project is the City of Pomona located at PO Box 660, Pomona, CA 91769.

Valley Boulevard from Temple Avenue to West City Limit is a significant link for the City of Pomona to adjacent Cities to the east (City of Walnut, City of Diamond Bar, and City of Industry). This route of travel throughout the region connects light industrial, business centers, health facilities, and educational institutions such as Cal Poly Pomona from the west side of Pomona to the region thereby providing a major benefit to the region of enhanced vehicular commerce.  The roadway is deteriorated to the point of needing major rehabilitation. 

  • 57/60 Confluence Project: Westbound Slip On-ramp, City of Industry  - $2,500,000 – FHWA Transportation & Community & System Preservation Account

The entity to receive funding for this project is the California Department of Transportation located at 1120 N Street P. O. Box 942673 Sacramento, CA 94273-0001.

When the existing freeway interchange connecting SR-57 with SR-60 was designed, the underlying “Valley-shaped” terrain forced both freeways into a common alignment for a distance of 2 miles in the vicinity of Grand Avenue. The location of the Grand Avenue Interchange in between the two freeway junction points causes multitude of traffic weaving between the two freeways and the on and off ramp traffic from Grand Avenue Interchange. The heavy weave movements create a serious bottleneck on both freeways and show a higher than normal traffic accidents.  In fact, this freeway confluence has been designated as the #1 highway congestion segment in Caltrans District 7 (Los Angeles and Ventura Counties) and the #3 congestion segment in the entire State of California, according to the Caltrans Highway Congestion Monitoring Program.  This funding would be matched with state and local funding to construct the new off-ramp at Grand Avenue.

 

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Transportation Bill Requests from 38th District

  • ACE Final Grade Separations - $354 million

Funding is requested for design, right-of-way and relocation activities, utility relocation and construction of the final 10 grade separation projects scheduled by ACE.

  • Montebello Grade Separation, City of Montebello
  • Fairway Drive (Union Pacific) Grade Separation, City of Industry
  • Fairway Drive (former Southern Pacific) Grade Separation, City of Industry
  • Puente Avenue Grade Separation, City of Industry
  • Turnbull Canyon Road Grade Separation, City of Industry
  • Rose Hills Road Grade Separation, City of Industry
  • Ramona Street Grade Separation, City of San Gabriel (part of San Gabriel Trench project)
  • Mission Road Grade Separation, City of San Gabriel (part of San Gabriel Trench project)
  • Del Mar Avenue Grade Separation, City of San Gabriel (part of San Gabriel Trench project)
  • San Gabriel Boulevard Grade Separation, City of San Gabriel (part of San Gabriel Trench project)

As the most comprehensive grade crossing/rail corridor safety improvement project in the Nation, the ACE-SGV Project has been designated by Congress as both a National High Priority Corridor and a Project of National and Regional Significance because the Project will further the national transportation policies and goals outlined in TEA-21 and SAFETEA-LU.  The ACE-SGV Project connects the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to a nationwide goods movement network, creating a faster, more efficient method for distributing an estimated $314 billion worth of trade by the year 2020.  The ACE-SGV Project also contributes to improving air quality in the worst non-attainment area in the country by eliminating 221 tons of pollutants annually.  The project also contributes to continued growth in the national, state and local economy through job creation (192,000 jobs growth projected for the project area by 2020).  The 10 grade separations in Phase I of the ACE/SGV Project are completed, under construction or will commence construction this year.  Funds are requested to support the next 10 grade separations in Phase 2 of the ACE/SGV Project. Total estimated combined costs of Phases I and II is $1.4 billion.

  • Foothill Transit Alternative Fuel Buses - $30 million

Foothill Transit is requesting $30 million in federal funding over the fiscal years included in the federal surface transportation authorization bill for alternative fuel buses.  This funding will enable Foothill Transit to continue its aggressive efforts to convert its entire 314-bus fleet from diesel to alternative fuels.  The conversion of transit fleets to alternative fuel sources multiplies the benefits that transit service already offers our region in terms of helping reduce congestion, saving energy and contributing to better air quality.  In making our communities more livable, this project also meets the authorization goals of the Administration.

  • Gateway COG Regional Goods Movement Transportation Coordination in Southern California - $2,400,000

This funding request will be used by Gateway Cities to plan all the projects that will address freight movement through the region.  The 27 cities in the Gateway Cities are the center for goods movement for the entire country.  With the leadership already provided by Gateway Cities, additional planning and coordination with other agencies is needed to plan freight movement improvements throughout the region (e.g., railroad grade separations and rail yard improvements) and coordinate with other entities (both public and private). 

  • Gateway COG Congestion Mitigation Planning and Design for the SR-91/I-605/I-405 freeways - $2,400,000

The request would plan and design congestion mitigation projects on the SR-91/I-605/I-405 freeways.  First the money would be spent to identify congestion mitigation projects. These could include freeway improvements or arterial highway improvements, as well as transit or ITS projects to be determined and selected following the completion of a feasibility study.   The remaining funding would be used to prepare planning and environmental documents for these prioritized projects.

  • Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority – $10 million and authorizing language

The request is to include language that would allow Gold Line to use the local funds spent on construction of phase one of the Gold Line to Pasadena as a match for future federal funds that could be appropriated. The language would authorize the project in federal law so that it could receive future appropriations.  The request also is for $10 million in engineering funds to design Phase 2 from Pasadena to Montclair.

  • I-5 JPA - Prepare Environmental Document and preliminary engineering for widening I-5 to 10 lanes and Improve Corridor Arterials between I-605 and I-710 - $16 million

Funding is requested to prepare the environmental document and preliminary engineering that is needed to continue the Interstate 5 (I-5) improvements in southeast Los Angeles County between I-605 and I-710. 
I-5 is one of the most congested corridors in California.  Designed to carry 175,000 vehicles a day, I-5 vehicle volumes are now over 275,000 per day and will exceed 500,000 per day by 2030.  This heavy volume has caused traffic flow, economic and health issues for the cities of Downey, Commerce, Norwalk, Santa Fe Springs, Buena Park, and La Mirada and affected goods movement and commerce throughout the region.
The project will widen the highway from existing 6 and 8 lane portions to 10 lanes, or 5 lanes in each direction, including a High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane, relieving traffic congestion and helping respond to the #1 public health issue raised at community meetings.

  • 57/60 Confluence Project - $155 million

The existing freeway interchange connecting SR-57 with SR-60 forces both freeways into a common alignment for a distance of 2 miles in the vicinity of Grand Avenue.  The location of the Grand Avenue Interchange in between the two freeway junction points causes multitude of traffic weaving between the two freeways and the on and off ramp traffic from Grand Avenue Interchange. The heavy weave movements create a serious bottleneck on both freeways and show a higher than normal traffic accidents.

The 57/60 Confluence Project is the initial phase of improvements designed to reconfigure the existing Grand Avenue interchange and significantly reduce the traffic weaving by building dedicated on and off freeway bypass lanes.  The existing Grand Avenue overcrossing will be replaced with a wider, longer structure and improvements will be made to the 57/60 mainline, including the construction of dedicated off and on-ramps to and from Grand Avenue bypassing the SR-60 west junction with SR-57 and the SR-60 east junction with the northbound SR-57.

  • La Puente - Valley Boulevard Improvements - $4,800,000

This project will design and construct improvements to Valley Blvd. on the southern border of the City to encourage multi-modal transportation, particularly walking, bicycling, and transit access.  This principal arterial road at 16301 Valley Boulevard to 17300 Valley Boulevard is roughly bounded by the City of Industry on the south, the La Puente downtown area on the west, Azusa Boulevard on the east, and adjoining residential areas on the north.  Valley Boulevard is considered a major transit route for large delivery trucks and regular commuters on a daily basis. 

The request will design and construct improvements to Valley Blvd. that include creating safe, lighted, and well-marked pedestrian crossings; installing landscaped median islands; and improving signage.  The existing street width allows for intelligent traffic-calming measures.  Potential traffic calming measures will be analyzed.  Additional traffic lights may need to be installed.  The project area could be made more walkable by installing street furniture such as benches for seniors and adding more attractive landscaping and public art.  Street lanes could be reconfigured and bicycle lanes added.  Design and development guidelines will preserve and enhance the existing street scale and character. 

  • Fullerton Road (LA Subdivision) Grade Separation Project in Industry - $6 Million

The project is a grade separation project at Fullerton Road at the Union Pacific Railroad LA subdivision crossing in the City of Industry.  The project would design and construct the grade separation.

  • L.A. MTA – Gold Line Eastside Extension - $31,669,000 for preliminary engineering and $462,331,000 for construction of this project

The project would extend the existing Los Angeles Gold Line Eastside Extension to the eastern portion of Los Angeles County from its current terminus at Atlantic/Pomona Boulevard station in East L.A.  Currently, there are four alternatives being analyzed; 1) The State Route 60 Alternative would extend the light rail system from Atlantic/Pomona Boulevard station primarily along SR-60 with up to 6 stations and up to 8 miles of new light rail;  2)  The Beverly Boulevard Alternative would add an additional 8 miles of light rail primarily at grade on Beverly Boulevard with up to 6-8 stations; 3) The Beverly/Whittier Boulevards Alternative would add an additional 8 miles of light rail  primarily at grade on Beverly and Whittier Boulevards with up to 6-8 stations; 4) The Washington Boulevard Alternative would add an additional 9 miles of light rail primarily aerial on Washington Boulevard with up to 7-9 stations.  The project is expected to add 8-9 miles of light rail to the system. 

  • Metrolink - Positive Train Control Implementation throughout Metrolink system - $20,000,000

Positive Train Control is a predictive collision avoidance technology system designed to stop a train before an accident occurs. This project request would design, build and install the PTC system on the Metrolink commuter rail network throughout Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside and Ventura counties.  

In Los Angeles, the Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA) is developing an accelerated strategy to have this critical safety enhancement operational on all Metrolink train equipment by 2012, in conjunction with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union Pacific railroads’ goal to complete the installation of wayside PTC equipment along their rights-of-way in Southern California by 2012.  Metrolink’s objective is to have the full PTC system in place on its operating properties in advance of the 2015 federal mandate. 

  • Montebello Bus Lines – Bus Replacement Project - $11.7 million

Montebello Bus Lines (MBL) will replace 26 of their diesel fueled buses that have surpassed their useful life with new CNG buses.  The CNG buses will meet South Coast Air Quality Management District regulations for low emitting buses that provide patrons with cleaner, quieter running buses. 

  • Norwalk Transit System Alternative Fuel Expansion Bus Purchase – $9,977,941

The City of Norwalk-Norwalk Transit System (NTS) requests an allocation of $9,977,941 from the FTA Section 5309 appropriation to assist in the purchase of gasoline/electric hybrid technology buses to replace old diesel buses and provide additional service to the cities of Whittier and Santa Fe Springs, CA.

 

  • Norwalk - Studebaker Road Rehabilitation - $1,020,000

This project would rehabilitate existing asphalt pavement on Studebaker Road from Cecilia Street to Imperial Highway and install approximately 2,200 linear feet of storm drain improvements along Studebaker Road from Kenney Street to Firestone Boulevard.   Design has been completed and City of Norwalk is requesting additional $1,020,000 funding for the construction phase.

  • Norwalk - San Antonio Drive Rehabilitation - $1,200,000

This project would rehabilitate existing asphalt pavement on San Antonio Drive from Imperial Highway to Rosecrans Avenue.  Planning and preliminary design are underway and the City is requesting $1,200,000 funding for the construction phase.

  • Pico Rivera - Telegraph Rd. and Median between Paramount Blvd. and the San Gabriel River Spreading Grounds Bridge - $4 million

The request will repave and rehabilitate the entire roadway surface including landscaped median of Telegraph Rd. between Paramount Blvd and the bridge over the San Gabriel River Spreading Grounds. They will install traffic signal equipment upgrades, including software and hardware, median landscaping and city monument sign enhancement.

  • Pico Rivera - Lakewood-Rosemead Blvd. @ Telegraph Rd. - $ 3.0 million

The request will repave and rehabilitate the full intersection of Rosemead-Lakewood Blvd. @ Telegraph Rd. by widening the roadway and constructing upgraded traffic signal equipment, including software and hardware.

  • Pico Rivera - Rosemead Blvd. Pavement Rehabilitation and Median Landscape project between Washington Blvd. and Telegraph Rd. - $5.0 million

The request will repave and rehabilitate the entire roadway surface including landscaped median of Rosemead Blvd. between Washington Blvd and Telegraph Rd.. They will install traffic signal equipment upgrades, including software and hardware, median landscaping and city monument sign enhancement.

  • Pomona - State Route 71 Freeway Conversion Project Design - $6.4 million

The State Route 71 Freeway Conversion Project (SR 71 Conversion) Design phase is a project that will convert a regional expressway into a full limited access freeway.   This 2 mile long expressway is a 4 lane highway (2 lanes in each direction) with three “T” intersections and one fully signalized intersection.  An obsolete and aged pedestrian bridge also spans the northern segment of this highway.  The project limit is from Mission Boulevard to the north to just north of the SR60 freeway.   The City is requesting funding to assist in starting the Environmental Study and Preliminary Design of this SR 71 Conversion to a full freeway.   This project is currently included in both the State’s TIP and Metro’s regional TIP.  The latest MTA Board approval date was in November 2008.   The State TIP and MTA TIP both consider this project as a freeway gap closure/freeway improvements or the “missing link” to this region’s freeway needs.  The total estimated design cost is $8 million.

  • Rio Hondo College - Workman Mill Road Mass Transit Plaza -$1,480,000

This request will construct the Workman Mill Mass Transit Plaza at 3600 Workman Mill Road (Whittier, CA).  Creating a new entry/bus drop area from a major vehicular transportation artery for the Campus – Workman Mill Road -- will promote and increase the use of public transportation to our campus. The Workman Mill Mass Transit Plaza will offer an improved shelter for riders, a new information/guard booth center with a security command post that will monitor outdoor campus areas through patrols and the implementation of a closed circuit camera system.

The Workman Mill Mass Transit Plaza will funnel all transit bus traffic to a safe, semi-circular driveway rather than have Northbound traffic intermingled with the transit buses in the Northbound right-hand lane of Workman Mill Rd.  This new, distinct location will decrease the risk of bus/car accidents in front of campus and relieve the congestion that often forms on Workman Mill Rd.  By increasing the ease with which mass transit buses can access and exit the campus, more bus lines will serve the campus, which will increase ridership, eliminate cars from local roads, and reduce the number of traffic accidents.

 

  • Rio Hondo College T.R.A.N.S.I.T. Project – The Regional Alliance of Neighboring Colleges and Students to Improve Transportation (GO RIO on a Regional Basis) - $2,172,000

T.R.A.N.S.I.T. is a proposed demonstration project to 1) extend the success of a well-established community college mass transit program; and 2) to replicate the success of this award-winning mass transit program by launching new mass transit programs at two other campuses.  Rio Hondo College, through its nationally-recognized GO RIO mass transit program is seeking SAFE-TEA-LU reauthorization funding to maintain this popular program and Cal State University Dominguez Hills & El Camino College seek to implement similar new mass transit programs.  GO RIO has shown demonstrable results in increasing the number of students enrolled in college by making college more accessible – both logistically and economically -- to students via free or dramatically discounted transit programs that provide public transportation to and from campus.  The cost of transportation is often the biggest economic burden standing in the way of a student’s decision to pursue higher education.  By creating a demonstration program to promote the use of public transportation on additional campuses, T.R.A.N.S.I.T. will also take cars off the streets, which will decrease the use of fossil fuels, decrease the release of air pollutants, and decrease the number of cars congesting roadways. 

  • Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs Transportation Center - $2,125,000.

The project is requesting funding for the design, engineering and construction (paving, lighting, striping, security, landscaping) of 150 additional parking spaces for the patrons of the Norwalk Santa Fe Springs Transportation Center.

The City of Santa Fe Springs recently acquired a 4.94 acre site (Parcel A and Parcel B) adjacent to the Transportation Center to provide additional parking.  A combination of federal and local dollars totaling $3.1 million was allocated to the right-of-way acquisition and construction of 250 parking spaces on Parcel A.  The development of an additional 150 parking spaces on Parcel B will cost $2.6 million. The City of Santa Fe Springs has received an FTA grant of $475,000 to fund the environmental remediation phase.  The City of Santa Fe Springs is requesting $2.125 million to construct the 150 additional parking spaces on Parcel B.

  • Whittier - Norwalk Boulevard at Whittier Boulevard Realignment and Widening – $525,000

The project would widen Norwalk Boulevard at Whittier Boulevard (State Route 72) to create a new southbound through travel lane to reduce congestion and provide increased intersection capacity.  Currently, Norwalk Boulevard only has one (1) through southbound travel lane which creates a bottleneck and traffic back-up that results in excessive delay and congestion.  This occurs during peak hours and is especially aggravated when accidents take place on the nearby and parallel San Gabriel Valley (I-605) freeway, which results in freeway traffic utilizing Norwalk Boulevard as a bypass route.  

Transportation - HUD

Alameda Corridor East and City of Industry –Sunset Avenue Grade Separation

The entity to receive funding for this project is the Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority/San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments located at 4900 Rivergrade Road, Suite 120A, Irwindale, CA, 91706.

$2 million is requested to complete the Sunset Avenue road underpass project which will construct an underpass below the Union Pacific Railroad line at Orange Avenue and Sunset Avenue in the City of Industry. This project will allow drivers and pedestrians to cross the railroad without having to wait for trains to pass. This is very important to reduce congestion and speed up commuting times for residents and businesses in the region. It also reduces the safety problems caused by the current railroad crossing that exists at this location.

Chet Holifield Park lighting Renovation

The entity to receive funding for this project is the City of Montebello located at 1600 W. Beverly Blvd., Montebello CA 90640.

$250,000 is requested for Chet Holifield Park lighting. The replacement and upgrade of the park lighting system is needed to provide for public safety for community recreation and a variety of youth activities, as well as before and after school child care. The City of Montebello is desirous of a lighting program utilizing “green” lighting, which reduces energy consumption and cost of operation by an estimated 50% and provides for flexible control and management of the lighting system.

Hacienda Heights Hillgrove Community and Recreation Center

The entity to receive funding for this project is the County of Los Angeles, CA located at 822 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, Los Angeles, CA 90012.

$500,000 is requested for this project which would construct a new community and recreation center on a 9-acre property located in the Hillgrove area of Hacienda Heights adjacent to the Puente Hills landfill. The new center will include an approximately 15,000 square foot community building, recreation fields, parking and other amenities.

The center will also include environmentally sustainable landscaping and design elements and the proposed building will be certified LEED Silver, in accordance with the Los Angeles County’s Green Building policy. The new community and recreation center will provide facilities and community services to improve and enrich the quality of life of the Hacienda Heights Community.

The request was submitted to my office by Supervisor Don Knabe and is strongly supported by the County.


I-5 Widening from I-605 north to I-710

The entity to receive funding for this project is the I-5 Joint Powers Authority located at 12700 Norwalk Boulevard, Norwalk, CA 90651.

$5 million is requested to continue the Interstate 5 (I-5) improvements in southeast Los Angeles County north of I-605. The funding would specifically go towards preparing the environmental review and preliminary engineering that is needed for the I-5 between I-605 to I-710.


I-605 at Firestone Blvd. Off-Ramp Traffic Buffer Enhancements

The entity to receive funding for this project is the City of Norwalk located at 12700 Norwalk Blvd. Norwalk, CA 90650.

$1 million is requested to install landscaping improvements, irrigation, and amenities that will enhance vehicular and pedestrian safety in the area encompassing the circular off-ramp and adjacent on-ramp for the northbound I-605 at Firestone Boulevard.


La Puente City Hall Heating and AC System Upgrade

The entity to receive funding for this project is the City of La Puente, CA located at 15900 E. Main Street, La Puente, CA 91744.

$1,200,000 is requested for upgrading the Heating and Air Conditioning System (HVAC) for City Hall which is over 50 years old and is in desperate need of replacement. The entire building experiences daily issues with the HVAC system due to lack of cooling during summer months and lack of heating during winter months. A new HVAC system for City Hall is needed to provide a more cost effective heating and cooling system and that meets today’s energy efficiency standards.


La Puente Park Lighting

The entity to receive funding for this project is the City of La Puente, CA located at 15900 E. Main Street, La Puente, CA 91744.

$500,000 is requested to construct lighting towers for one softball field as well as upgrade the existing lighting throughout La Puente Park to an energy efficient system. The City envisions employing energy saving components to the design of the lights.

Montebello City Park Fitness Center

The entity to receive funding for this project is the City of Montebello located at 1600 W. Beverly Blvd., Montebello CA 90640.

$650,000 is requested to construct within the Montebello City Park, a fitness center at the Senior Citizens Center and a rubberized recreational walking/running track. The fitness center will promote public health within the community and encourage a healthy lifestyle for all ages. The recreational walking/running track will be composed of green, recycled products by using recycled tire-derived products. These rubberized surfaces have been proven to be lower-impact and easier on joints than hard concrete surfaces. The project will result in the integration and interaction of senior citizens with all age segments of the community and improve the quality of life for Montebello residents.


Municipal Transit Operators Coalition Bus Replacement Project

The entity to receive funding for this project is the Municipal Transit Operators Coalition located at 20500 Madrona Avenue, Torrance, CA 90503.

$3,000,000 is requested by the MTOC coalition, which includes Norwalk Transit and Montebello Bus Lines, to replace their diesel buses, which are at the end of their useful life as defined by FTA, with natural gas, gas/electric hybrid, and other alternative fuel busses.


Hermosillo Park Renovation

The entity to receive funding for this project is the City of Norwalk, CA located at 12700 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650.

$2 million is requested for Hermosillo Park Project which would consist of a complete renovation of the Park to include lighted sports fields, a multi-use community center, outdoor amphitheater, handball courts, playground, water play area (e.g., “spray pool”), walking path, picnic facilities, benches and barbecues, and pedestrian lighting. A complete renovation of Hermosillo Park will result in an increase in park users, a decrease in criminal activities at the park, an improvement of the quality of life for residents in the surrounding neighborhood, and an increase in property values and neighborhood pride.


Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs Transportation Center Improvements

The entity to receive funding for this project is the City of Santa Fe Springs located at 11710 Telegraph Rd., Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670.

$1 million is requested to add 250 parking spaces for Transportation Center patrons. Currently there are a total of 365 parking spaces at the Transportation Center which are at capacity. These additional parking spaces are desperately needed to address the increase in Metrolink ridership and traffic on the I-5.


Pico Rivera Reclaimed - Recycling Facility

The entity to receive funding for this project is the City of Pico Rivera located at 6615 Passons Boulevard, Pico Rivera, CA 90660.

$1 million is requested to upgrade facility plumbing and electrical systems, new lights, HVAC system to service the entire recreational building. Refurbish maintenance areas for use of modern technology and tools for storage and repairs of equipment and materials. Major renovation to existing reclaimed –recycled facilities, including buildings and structures, to include upgrade to fire safety systems, appliances, service counters, seating areas and other amenities. Renovate restrooms to include new plumbing fixtures, and partisans. Replace flooring throughout the building, refurbish interior decor, make exterior structural repairs, and new paint.


Potrero Heights Park lighting renovation

The entity to receive funding for this project is the City of Montebello located at 1600 W. Beverly Blvd., Montebello CA 90640.

$250,000 is requested for the Potrero Heights Park lighting project. This park is a highly-utilized community park in the City of Montebello that’s lighting is significantly deficient. The replacement of the park lighting system is needed to provide for public safety as the park is used for community recreation and a variety of youth activities, as well as before and after school child care. The City of Montebello will utilize “green” lighting, which reduces energy consumption and cost of operation by an estimated 50% and provides for flexible
control and management of the lighting system.

Rosemead Blvd. Underpass Repair Project

The entity to receive funding for this project is the City of Pico Rivera located at 6615 Passons Boulevard Pico Rivera, CA 90660.

$1.5 million is requested to repair the underpass at Rosemead Blvd. which was heavily damaged during storms in the Fall of 2004. Concrete slope walls were undermined by storm runoff and the roadway was partially closed for weeks. The City paid for short-term repairs in 2005; however, long-term repairs are urgently needed, including installation of surface and sub-surface drainage systems. All proposed storm drainage improvements will be designed to accommodate a 100-year storm event and in accordance with current National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) stormwater regulations.


Santa Fe Springs Quiet Zone

The entity to receive funding for this project is the City of Santa Fe Springs located at 11710 Telegraph Rd., Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670.

$1,700,000 is requested for construction of traffic and railroad signal improvements, median, signing and striping improvements needed to implement a Quiet Zone at the Union Pacific grade crossings at Pioneer Boulevard and Florence Avenue. The rail line runs adjacent to homes and apartment complexes as well as a Church and an elementary school. The installation of the aforementioned improvements will reduce or eliminate the blowing of the train’s horn adjacent to these noise-sensitive areas.


SR-71 expansion from SR 60 to I-10

Entity receiving funding is Caltrans District 7 located at 100 S. Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012.

$5,000,000 is requested for this project which will ultimately add 2 lanes to the current four-lane expressway and create a full freeway for SR 71 from State Route 60 to Interstate 10. Funds would be used to update the initial preliminary engineering effort, including preliminary right-of-way and environmental studies as well as alignment alternative studies which would be used in preparing a final environmental document.

This project has been identified as one of the four high-priority projects by the Four Corners Transportation Group consisting of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Orange counties and the cities of: Anaheim, Brea, Chino, Chino Hills, Corona, Diamond Bar, Fullerton, Industry, Norco, Ontario, Orange, Placentia, Pomona, and Yorba Linda.


South Montebello Irrigation District’s Community and Operations Center

The entity to receive funding for this project is the South Montebello Irrigation District located at 864 W. Washington Blvd., Montebello, CA 90640.

$1.5 million is requested to provide for the design and construction of a District Community and Operations center proposed to be located at the Districts Corporation Yard facility in the City of Montebello, CA. At present the District’s response command post is centered at the District’s headquarters building, an outdated facility that has multipurpose use and is in need of replacement due to seismic vulnerability and an unsecured location.

 

Commerce, Justice, and Science

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Recruitment for 38th District

The entity to receive funding for this project is Los Angeles County Court Appointed Special Advocates located at 201 Centre Plaza Dr. #3, Monterey Park, CA 91754.

$300,000 is requested to recruit, train and supervise additional community volunteers to provide advocacy for approximately 250 foster children in the 38th Congressional District. CASA provides assistance to children who are under the supervision of the Los Angeles County Court system. These children have been removed from their homes because of abuse and/or neglect, and are in the process of going through legal proceedings to determine their future.

Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteers provide counseling to the children, discuss the circumstances with the child’s relatives and assist the judge in determining the proper course of action for the child. This funding is desperately needed for the 38th District because it has over 3,200 foster children, which is the highest of any district in Los Angeles County.


Montebello Police Department In-Car Digital Video Systems

The entity to receive funding for this project is the City of Montebello Police Department located at 1600 West Beverly Blvd., Montebello, CA 90640.

$259,800 is requested for purchasing much needed In-Car Digital Video Systems. The Police Department currently uses old video cameras and VHS tapes in their police cars to document their patrols. The old system forces police officers to use valuable time cataloging and researching video tapes when they could be using that time policing the community. This request will purchase new digital video equipment in the police cars and provide wireless access features to drastically reduce handling time and improve the outdated system.


Montebello Police Department Training Equipment

The entity to receive funding for this project is the City of Montebello Police Department located at 1600 West Beverly Blvd., Montebello, CA 90640.

$217,500 is requested to purchase and install equipment used for police officer training that includes computer systems, software packages, and electrical upgrades. The training equipment will be placed in their training room and their shooting gallery for a computerized system of shooting displays and targets. This equipment will assist the department in meeting the increasing demands for training technology. It will also assist the department in meeting State requirements for police officer training.


Phoenix House Outpatient Treatment

The entity to receive funding for this project is Phoenix House at 11015 Bloomfield Avenue, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670-4601.

$500,000 is requested for Phoenix House in Santa Fe Springs to expand job training opportunities; provide a range of culturally-sensitive re-entry programming; ensure the availability of appropriate post-treatment alternatives including follow-up and support groups; and broaden the network of community collaborators to help women rebuild their lives. These programs are needed because major cuts in State funding have caused Phoenix House to shorten the length of their programs and limit the services they provide to women after they leave Phoenix House. This request would retain those valuable services to ensure that the women continue to succeed once the re-enter society.


Pomona Parents in Action Project

The entity to receive funding for this project is Parents Anonymous Inc. located at 675 West Foothill Blvd., Suite 220, Claremont, CA 91711.

$500,000 is requested to go towards training staff, renting space, transportation of families, program materials, publications, and supplies in order to expand the program to 300 new parents, children and youth that will be reached through this targeted effort. Pomona Parents in Action uses a research-based model to demonstrate effective interventions to strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect. Parents, relatives, non-relative extended family members, legal guardians, foster parents, grandparents or adoptive parents are welcome to attend the Parents Anonymous group for 2 hours while their infants, young children and teenagers attend the Parents Anonymous Children and Youth Groups. These groups are led by trained staff that assists families with issues such as teen pregnancy, gang involvement, special needs, mental health, delinquency, and substance abuse.


Pomona Police Department Microwave Loop Protection Communications Tower

The entity to receive funding for this project is the City of Pomona Police Department located at 490 W Mission Blvd, Pomona, CA 91766.

$250,000 is requested to construct a critical communications tower in Pomona to reinforce and protect critical lines of long distance communications. Currently there is substandard communications equipment in Pomona that makes the system vulnerable to potential outage. Constructing this new tower in Pomona will minimize system failures across the Police Department’s communications network. It will also assist the police department as they communicate with other police, fire and first responder agencies in the region.


Rio Hondo College Regional Homeland Security Training Center Initiative

The entity to receive funding for this project is Rio Hondo College located at 3600 Workman Mill Rd, Whittier, CA 90601-1699.

$370,000 is requested for the Regional Homeland Security Training Center Initiative project. The Department of Homeland Security recently selected Rio Hondo College as a homeland security regional training center to serve Los Angeles County and deliver training to all of the first responder agencies in Los Angeles County. Over 115 police, fire, and EMS agencies train at Rio Hondo College facilities.

This funding will be used to purchase training equipment for their underground search and rescue training facility, lighting for nighttime training, and a classroom trailer. The Center will continue to bring together federal, state and municipal law enforcement and fire agencies for joint training opportunities.

 

Defense


Buoyancy Assisted Lift Air Vehicle
The entity to receive funding for this project is Aeros Aeronautical Systems Corp., located at 1734 Gage Road, Montebello, CA. 90640.

$5 million is requested for Aeros Corporation who is working with the Defense Department to build a blimp sized cargo airship that will transport military personnel and equipment. The research and development for this project has been ongoing with the Defense Department for the past 4 years. The work is performed in Montebello, CA.

The Defense Department strongly supports this project because it is the future of their airborne military transport system. This project will also have great applications in the commercial sector as an environmentally friendly transportation system for freight.


Cal Poly Pomona Aerospace Lab Equipment Upgrade

The entity to receive funding for this project is Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, Inc. located at 3801 West Temple Avenue, Pomona, California 91768.

$1.5 million is requested to complete the upgrade of aerospace engineering laboratory facilities at Cal Poly Pomona. While much of the basic hardware for the aerospace lab has been obtained via previous appropriations through my office, the effective use of the equipment for teaching, for support of student projects and for implementation of applied research by both faculty and students, requires a variety of additional research and testing items. These items include a rocket laboratory and equipment, an unmanned aerial vehicle laboratory and equipment, a model shop and an aerospace structures laboratory.


Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) Airfoil Capability Enhancements

The entity to receive funding for this project is Goodrich Corporation, located at 11120 S. Norwalk Blvd., Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670.

$4.5 million is requested for Goodrich Corp. in Santa Fe Springs to manufacture ceramic composite parts (vanes and blades) for military jet engines. Currently jet engines use metal parts which are very heavy and easier to break. Ceramic composite parts would increase power, engine efficiency, allow higher operating temperatures and drastically reduce fuel consumption over currently used metal components. This project would save millions of dollars in fuel consumption and would reduce greenhouse gas emissions from jet engines by 70%.


H2Store Reversible Hydrogen Storage System

The entity to receive funding for this project is Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, Inc. located at 3801 West Temple Avenue, Pomona, California 91768.

$2 million is requested to research and develop clean and efficient alternative energy storage using hydrogen. The purpose of this research and design is to identify a solution to the alternative energy need for safe, compact, and lightweight hydrogen storage systems that meet both Defense Department and Energy Department requirements. This alternative energy storage system can be used on future Department of Defense vehicles and in commercial vehicles to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.


National Guard Sunburst Youth Challenge Program

The entity to receive funding for this project is the California National Guard, located at Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos, Los Alamitos, CA. 90640.

$3 million is requested for facility improvements at the Sunburst Youth Academy at Los Alamitos which serves disadvantaged youth from Los Angeles and Orange counties. The funding will create 2 new classroom wings with 9 classrooms, a computer lab, bathrooms, and administrative offices at the Academy. This will allow the program to grow in size and admit more students. The Academy provides at-risk high school students the opportunity to succeed in a disciplined environment that leads to a diploma.


Agriculture


California State University Agricultural Research Federal Funding Initiative (FFI)

California State University, Fresno Foundation is located at 4910 North Chestnut Ave., Fresno, California 93726.

$7,000,000 to partially fund the applied research, education, outreach, and technology transfer activities of the California State University Agricultural Research Initiative at California State University, Fresno; California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; and California State University, Chico, by focusing on the collective expertise of CSU’s four colleges of agriculture.

 

Energy & Water


Central Basin Municipal Water District Water Quality Protection Project (WQPP)

Central Basin Municipal Water District located on 6252 Telegraph Road, Commerce, CA 90040.

$1,832,909 to continue the project that has prevented the migration of contaminated water from the San Gabriel Valley (Superfund site). The underground aquifers supply water to 2 million people within the 24 cities in the Central Basin service area. Since 2000, the Superfund site treats water supply for the cities of Santa Fe Springs, Pico Rivera and Whittier to name a few, and assures residential drinking water is free from cancer producing contaminants. WQPP accounts for more that 60 percent of the water used in the region.


City of Norwalk Water Infrastructure Reliability Program

City of Norwalk located on 12700 Norwalk Blvd.,
Norwalk, CA 90651.

$400,000 to upgrade the City’s water facilities to provide a more reliable water supply, particularly in the event of an emergency such as a major earthquake and fire suppression. The City’s fire suppression capabilities are limited to 2 hours with the existing infrastructure. The allocation would prepare a master plan to upgrade the water system; replace existing water pipelines; construct new, high-capacity water wells; improve groundwater treatment; and design and build the Norwalk Park Reservoir.


City of Pico Rivera, Los Angeles County – Recycled/Reclaimed Waterline Project on Mines Avenue – Installation of Mainline Feeder System

City of Pico Rivera located at 6615 Passons Blvd.
Pico Rivera, CA 90660

$3,300,000 for a water pipeline project that will deliver cleaned recycled water provided by the Central Basin Municipal Water District to be used for irrigation for city parks, facilities, and parkways, and reduce the demand on drinkable water. Mines Avenue is a major collector street and a thoroughfare through the city connecting two Los Angeles County Flood Control District storm water spreading grounds. The San Gabriel and Rio Hondo Coastal Basin Spreading Grounds are situated downstream of the Whittier Narrows Dam. Partners are: City of Pico Rivera, Los Angeles County and the Central Basin Municipal Water District.


Los Angeles County Flood Control District - San Gabriel River Watershed Environmental Assessment and Restoration (Reconnaissance and Feasibility Studies)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District located at 915 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 980, Los Angeles, CA 90017.

$200,000 for the Corps of Engineers to conduct a Reconnaissance Study to investigate opportunities for demonstration projects for ecosystem restoration, flood control, water quality, water supply storage, and outdoor recreation enhancements for the San Gabriel River Watershed in order to transform the river into a valuable resource for residents in Los Angeles County. Due to the increased urbanization of the San Gabriel River, the habitat has deteriorated and limited public access.


San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority Restoration Fund

San Gabriel Water Quality Authority located at 1720 West Cameron Ave., Suite #100 West Covina, California, 91710.

$10,000,000 to design, construct, and operate water projects that contain and treat the spreading of groundwater contamination in the San Gabriel and Central Groundwater Basins since 2001. The plume of contamination in these two groundwater basins, which serve as the primary source of drinking water for almost 3 million people in Los Angeles County, is spreading at the rate of several miles per year. The San Gabriel Groundwater Basin covers more than 160 square miles in Los Angeles County and is the primary source of drinking water for over 1.2 million people. Partners are: San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority and Los Angeles County.


South Montebello Irrigation District Well Upgrade Project

South Montebello Irrigation District located at 864 W. Washington Blvd., Montebello, CA 90640.

$500,000 for the Irrigation District serving the Montebello area, will upgrade existing water wells to bring them into compliance with current requirements of the California Department of Public Health and complete the design of a new water supply well near the District’s existing storage tanks to improve water quality and reliability to the area.


Whittier Narrows Dam Feasibility Study Update

Water Replenishment District of Southern California located at 4040 Paramount Blvd Lakewood, California 90712

$300,000 for the Corps of Engineers to complete the environmental documentation and update for the Santa Fe- Whittier Narrows Dam Feasibility Study. The Whittier Narrows Conservation Pool allows for the storage of storm water runoff water behind the Whittier Narrows Dam for groundwater recharge purposes. The water captured in the conservation pool is later released and recharged in the Montebello Forebay Spreading Grounds, which replenishes the groundwater basin serving south Los Angeles County. Partners include: Los Angeles County Flood Control District and the Water Replenishment District. Requested by Water Replenishment District and Los Angeles County Drainage Area (LACDA)

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Interior - EPA


City of Norwalk Water Infrastructure Reliability Program

City of Norwalk located at 12700 Norwalk Blvd.,
Norwalk, CA 90651.

$400,000 to upgrade the City’s water facilities to provide a more reliable water supply, particularly in the event of an emergency such as a major earthquake and fire suppression. The City’s fire suppression capabilities are limited to 2 hours with the existing infrastructure. The allocation would prepare a master plan to upgrade the water system; replace existing water pipelines; construct new, high-capacity water wells; improve groundwater treatment; and design and build the Norwalk Park Reservoir.


City of Whittier Pumping Plant and Station Replacement Design and Environmental Review

City of Whittier (Whittier Utility Authority) located at 13230 Penn Street, Whittier, CA 90602.

$500,000 to design an engineering and environmental review for the replacement of two water system pumping stations. Pumping plant #2 is the main pump station that provides the City of Whittier with a population of 80,000 with all its water. It also delivers water to Pico Rivera with a population of 60,000 and the city of Santa Fe Springs with a population of 25,000. It maintains the Central Basin Water District ground water clean up project that protects the water supply for 2 million people. Partners Include: City of Whittier, Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs, Central Basin Water District.


Pico Water District Water System Infrastructure Program

Pico Water District located at 4843 South Church St.,
Pico Rivera, CA 90660

$500,000 will upgrade the districts’ water facilities and improve quality within the Pico Water District system, particularly in the event of an emergency such as a major earthquake or severe drought conditions. New high capacity water supply wells will be built to provide water to the District’s transmission and distribution system and reservoirs to help assure that water demand requirements are met for normal and emergency operating conditions. Water treatment facilities will also be provided to treat groundwater. Partners include: Pico Water District and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works.


South Montebello Irrigation District’s (SMID) water system upgrade

South Montebello Irrigation District located at 864 W. Washington Blvd. Montebello, CA 90640.

$550,000 to design and construct new water transmission pipelines, distribution system pipelines, valves, and fire hydrant installations to increase the reliability of domestic and fire suppression water system capabilities. Development and implementation of this project will increase the water supply reliability in the event of a major earthquake helping to assume water supply reliability and water quality to South Montebello Irrigation District within the City of Montebello.

 

Labor and Health

 

AltaMed Health Services; The ¡Toma Control! Initiative

This entity is located at 500 Citadel Drive, Suite 490, Los Angeles, CA 90040.

$250,000 to help individuals with diabetes by teaching them how to manage their condition, as well as providing them with coordinated care between a primary care practitioner, case manager, other health professionals (e.g. dietician, dentist, optometrist). ¡Toma Control! Targets Latino communities, in which diabetes is a prevalent problem.


• Cerritos Community College District; Alternative Fuels Lab - Technology Division

This entity is located at 11110 Alondra Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650.

$293,800 to expand the current automotive training in hybrid, alternative fuels and renewable energies with new tools and to more students at Cerritos College. This will provide specialty tools, diagnostic equipment (electronic and mechanical), demonstration and training aids, a dynamometer and specialty racks and stands for technical training.

The new training facility will expand and support the movement towards a green economy while also creating new, well-paid, unique job opportunities and long term growth in these advanced technologies.


• Eastmont Community Center, Academia del Pueblo, After School Learning Program

This entity is located at 701 So. Hoefner Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 20022.

$61, 575 to increase academic achievement and strengthen family participation in their children’s academic lives. It provides education enrichment services to over 60 low-income, predominately Spanish-speaking students including a broad range of educational services incorporating: homework assistance and tutorial services, computer lab instruction, educational activities, social skills and personal development projects, parent-student involvement projects and community involvement public service projects.

This program provides the educational support, personal and social growth opportunities, family strengthening activities and community involvement needed for long-term success and the achievement of educational goals needed for self-sufficiency, employment readiness and self- pride. It will also continue to lay the groundwork for and enthuse children and their parents to learn together and to continue educating themselves.


Foothill Family Service; Early ESTEEM

This entity is located at 2500 E. Foothill Blvd, Ste 300
Pasadena, CA 91107.

$200,000 is requested for the Early ESTEEM Program, a new program in the cities of La Puente and Pomona that will provide 70 vulnerable children ages 0 – 5 with mental health treatment services; and 70 parents with parenting education that supports the treatment services provided to the children. The children will be referred by preschool staff, parents, pediatricians and community health clinics because the child’s behavior is putting them at risk for further developmental delays, preschool expulsion, or future school failure. Early ESTEEM will also provide Parent Education Groups.


JWCH Institute Norwalk Regional Health Center

The JWCH Institute is located at the Norwalk Regional Health Center at 12360 Firestone Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650.

$197,952 is requested for the Norwalk Regional Health Center, the only Federally Qualified Health Center in California’s 38th District, and serves over 1,500 residents of the 38th District. This funding will support an outreach/eligibility worker who will assist residents of the 38th District in applying for publicly funded medical programs, including the Children’s Health and Disability Program (CHDP), Comprehensive Pre-natal Services Program (CPSP), Medi-Cal and Healthy Families and Family PACT. It will also support the part-time salary of a physician assistant that will be able to provide initial visits to patients qualifying for these programs.


• Los Angeles Communities Advocating for Unity, Social Justice, and Action, Inc. (LA CAUSA); LA CAUSA Green Community Building Initiative
This entity is located at 1117 Goodrich Blvd., 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90022.

$725,040 is requested to provide training for 40 at-risk students to participate in the rehabilitation of 10 low income family residences in East Los Angeles and surrounding communities within Congressional District 38 over a one year span. 10 “Green Team” Leaders will gain advance construction skills and management experience within the construction field known as Green Building. The requested $725,040 will help pay for salaries, benefits, trainee stipends, and cost of rehabilitating the homes, travel and support services.


• Los Angeles Universal Preschool; Early Childhood, High-Quality Education

This entity is located at 750 N. Alameda Street, Ste. 200, Los Angeles, CA 90012.

$147,540 requested to provide 24 children with a high quality, preschool education at Options Preschool in La Puente. Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) is an organization whose mission is to make access to a high quality preschool education available for every 4-year-old in Los Angeles County by 2016. This request will help prepare 24 underserved preschoolers in La Puente for K-12 success which will lay the groundwork for these children to become well-educated, successful, and productive members of society.


Pacific Clinics; Latino Youth Suicide Prevention Program

This entity is located at 800 S. Santa Anita Ave., Arcadia, CA 91006.

$498,323 to continue and expand the Latina Suicide Prevention Program which is in its 8th year and serves 5 middle schools, 1 elementary school and 1 high school in the 38th District. This program provides education, peer support, and specialized mental health and substance abuse counseling for at-risk youth


Rio Hondo College; Regional Allied Health Occupation Training Center Equipment

This entity is located at 3600 Workman Mill Road, Whittier, CA 90601.

$499,000 to expand the number of seats available to students to pursue nursing and allied health degrees and to procure state-of-the-art simulation mannequins and IT systems, which will allow nursing students and allied health students to train separately or side by side in a “real life” environment.
This project will help amend the nursing and allied health worker shortages in LA County by addressing the shortage of training capacities at the college level and will increase the quality of nurse training at Rio Hondo College.


• Springboard for Improving Schools; Raising Achievement in Pomona Unified


Located at: 181 Fremont Street, Second Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105.

$200,000 is requested for Springboard Schools, a nonprofit organization seeking funds to continue their partnership with Pomona Unified School District. Springboard provides professional development and coaching to administrators at the school and district level. In the past two years, the district’s leaders have made significant strides in focusing their work on student achievement, aligning systems, and clarifying messages with the help of Springboard. Providing support for Pomona Unified’s continued partnership with Springboard Schools will increase education quality, teacher and administrator effectiveness, and will improve PUSD’s efforts to reach NCLB standards.

 

Financial Services


Fairplex Trade and Conference Center

The entity to receive funding for this project is the Los Angeles County Fair Association, located at 1101 West McKinley Avenue, Pomona, CA 91768.

$1 million is requested to construct the Fairplex Trade and Conference Center which is a state of the art business development building that will host domestic and international trade and commerce programs, expositions and trade symposia, as well as events that provide education in traditional trades. This building will assist Pomona businesses in marketing their products on the international market.

The economic impacts of construction on this project are expected to generate approximately $58.7 million in new economic activity, and the annual recurring impacts from the operation of the Center are anticipated to generate $30.3 million in output. The report estimates that construction of the Center will support just under 492 full-time equivalent jobs with earnings of more than $18 million. Direct operational expenditures are forecast to support 280 full-time equivalent positions associated with annual operations on site, with earnings of more than $8.8 million.

 

Homeland Security

Rio Hondo College Regional Homeland Security Training Center Initiative to Counter CBRNE Threats

The entity to receive funding for this project is Rio Hondo College located at 3600 Workman Mill Rd, Whittier, CA 90601-1699.

$370,000 is requested for the Regional Homeland Security Training Center Initiative project. The Department of Homeland Security recently selected Rio Hondo College as a homeland security regional training center to serve Los Angeles County and deliver training to all of the first responder agencies in Los Angeles County. Over 115 police, fire, and EMS agencies train at Rio Hondo College facilities.

This funding will be used to purchase training equipment for their underground search and rescue training facility, lighting for nighttime training, and a classroom trailer. The Center will continue to bring together federal, state and municipal law enforcement and fire agencies for joint training opportunities.

 

National Projects


Reach Out and Read

This entity is located at 56 Roland Street, Boston, MA 02129.

We are requesting $10,000,000 for Reach and Read, a national program that promotes literacy and language development in infants and young children, targeting disadvantage and poor children and families.  To close the achievement gap, the federal government provides funding for a variety of literacy programs and strategies that reach children and parents, and the professionals who interact with them.  ROR has proven to among the most effective strategies to promote early language and literacy development and school readiness: pediatricians and other health care providers guide and encourage parents to read aloud to their children from their earliest years of their life, and send them home from each doctor visit with books and a prescription to read together.

Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)

Reading Is Fundamental is located at 1825 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20009.


$28,000,000 to help RIF enhance child literacy by providing millions of underserved children with free books for personal ownership and reading encouragement from the more than 18,000 locations throughout all fifty states, Washington, D.C., Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. RIF enhances child literacy by providing millions of underserved children with free books for personal ownership and reading encouragement from the more than 18,000 locations throughout all fifty states, Washington, D.C., Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

WRDA 2010 Requests For 38th District

  • Gateway Integrated Regional Water Management JPA – San Gabriel River Pollution Prevention Project – $14,812,500

The project will eliminate trash from storm drains in the lower San Gabriel River Watershed by retrofitting approximately 12,500 storm drain catch basins with connector pipe screens and automatic retractable screens.  This is necessary because each year hundreds of thousands of pounds of trash end up in the storm drains and wash out into the San Gabriel River and the Pacific Ocean.

  • Los Angeles County Flood Control District – San Gabriel River Watershed Environmental Assessment and Restoration - $50,000,000

The project would prepare a feasibility study in addition to developing and constructing demonstration projects for ecosystem restoration, flood control, water quality control, water supply storage, and outdoor recreation enhancements for the San Gabriel River Watershed.  Using a watershed systems approach, this study will provide a detailed analysis of the current state of the San Gabriel River and how the river can be transformed into a valuable resource despite the urbanization of the watershed.  The study will emphasize methods to enhance the ecosystem, water quality, open space, recreation, water resources, and habitat of the watershed.  Ultimately, the feasibility study will identify demonstration projects for construction and restoration of the San Gabriel River Watershed.

The San Gabriel River Watershed covers 640 square miles with a population of 2.8 million residents.    As part of the integrated reservoir management of the San Gabriel River Watershed, there are six dams and three major spreading grounds that currently require improvements. This reservoir system is vital to the San Gabriel Valley residents, since 80 percent of its residents rely on this integrated river and reservoir system for water. New and effective projects are also needed in this watershed to improve the overall quantity and quality of the resources and infrastructure for the County of Los Angeles.  Using the watershed systems approach, various projects must be developed and implemented to make the watershed a greater resource for its residents.

  • Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Quagga Mussel Research and Demonstration Project – $20,000,000

The project would perform a comprehensive survey of mussel colonization of the Colorado River and adjacent waterways and prepare a cohesive response, mitigation and long range planning activities for affected and potentially affected areas of the Western States.   There will be coordination with affected agencies such as the Bureau of Reclamation, the Colorado River water users, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, Fish and Game and National Park Services.

  • Pomona City Groundwater Cleanup – Perchlorate, VOC and n-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) Treatment for Chino Basin Wells - $14,542,000

The City of Pomona is seeking funding to provide for the cost of perchlorate, Volatile Organic Compound (VOC), and n-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) removal from 17 of its Chino Basin wells that pump to the Anion Exchange Plant at the City’s Reservoir 6 site.  Due to the presence of perchlorate, the City has stopped pumping at 9 of the 19 wells, resulting in a loss of production of up to 10,920 acre feet of potable water per year. 

If the City is unable to fund the removal of the VOC and NDMA contaminants, production in all of the 17 wells will have to be discontinued. By additional treatment chains for perchlorate (perchlorate specific resins), VOC (Ultra Violet), and NDMA (Advanced Oxidation Process) at the City’s Anion Exchange Plant, the City’s operational reliability is enhanced while the spread of contaminants to other Chino Basin wells is minimized. 

  • Pico Rivera and Central Basin Bicentennial Park Pipeline Project - $2,500,000

Central Basin Municipal Water District will construct a 10,000 linear feet recycled water pipeline to provide approximately 300 acre-feet per year of recycled water to a major park expansion project for the City of Pico Rivera, in conjunction with the Army Corps of Engineers.  The Pico Rivera Sports Arena/Bicentennial Park Complex project will turn an existing campground/recreation area into a series of modern sports fields with new public facilities for local and regional benefit. 

  • Pico Rivera Water Quality Authority – Water System Regional Inter-tie Project - $350,000

The project would renovate inactive inter-ties and build new inter-ties which would enable the City to deliver or receive water with adjoining water systems, especially during emergencies.  The Pico Rivera Water Authority (PRWA), which operates the City of Pico Rivera's water system, has 11 existing inter-ties with six other water agencies, including the City of Whittier and the San Gabriel Valley Water Company, and the Water Quality Protection Plan (WQPP) Project. Seven of those inter-ties are currently inactive, including connections to the cities of Santa Fe Springs, Montebello, and Downey.

These existing inter-ties are in need of significant renovation. More importantly, the Pico Water District, which serves 1/3 of Pico Rivera residents, has no inter-ties with any other water agency.  Thus, this project would also include construction of two inter-ties between the PRWA and Pico Water District, enabling water to be exchanged during emergencies or during periods of high demand.      

  • Pico Water District - Water System Infrastructure Program - $7,500,000

This project will provide greater reliability and improve quality within the Pico Water District system. The District has an aging water system, serving 5,300 customers and a population of 27,000 persons.  The water system requires extensive rehabilitation and replacement of several of the most critical elements, including: water transmission and distribution pipelines, water supply wells, treatment facilities, and a key reservoir and pump station facility. The program will entail the preparation of planning level documents for the program’s projects, followed by the development of a program for the design and subsequent construction of projects developed in the original planning documents.

  • Santa Fe Springs - Zone 1 Water Supply Reliability Project - $8.5 million

The project calls for the installation of a new well and a 3 million gallon at-grade reservoir and booster pump station with two booster pumps on City-owned land in the Northern area of the city.  A 2006 Water System Master Plan completed by the City recommended this new well to fully utilize the City’s annual groundwater pumping rights of 4,035 acre feet per year.  The 2006 report identified a current water storage deficiency in the city that will increase to 2.66 million gallons by 2025. The new 3 million gallon at-grade reservoir and booster station would eliminate the deficiency.

  • Water Replenishment District of Southern California – Groundwater Reliability Improvement Program - $20,000,000

The project will increase the sustainability of the local water supply by increasing the treatment of recycled water in Whittier, Pico Rivera, Industry, Baldwin Park, South El Monte, Irwindale, and unincorporated portions of East Los Angeles County by 46,000 acre-feet per year (nearly 15 billion gallons annually), which is enough water to meet the needs of 460,000 residents.

GRIP is multi-agency, multi-regional advanced water treatment facility that will utilize tertiary treated recycled water from CSDLAC’s San Jose Creek Water Reclamation Plant and further treat it to offset imported replenishment water demands in the Central, the West Coast, and the Main San Gabriel Basins.

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