11-13-13 Newsletter.indd - Bureau of Engineering

No. 14-5
November 13, 2013
Grand Opening of Community Bldg at Culver
Slauson Recreation Center
On October 1, 2013, Councilmember Mike
Bonin led the celebration for the grand opening of the Youth Community Center at Culver
Slauson Recreation Center, 5072 South Slauson Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90230.
The project consisted of design and construction of a new 2,875 square-foot Youth
Community Center building to replace an
existing facility with basketball/volleyball
courts, parking lot re-striping to increase parking from 13 spaces to 15 spaces, landscaping,
irrigation, security lighting and basketball/
volleyball court lighting.
City Engineer Gary Lee Moore said, “I
tasked my people to design not only a neighborhood recreation center, but a recreation
center that the neighborhood will be proud
of. And I think we can all agree that they
delivered!”
The new facility has a big multipurpose
room for community meetings and neighborhood gatherings. There’s a kitchen, an office
for the rec center director and plenty of storage. Local basketball and volleyball players
should be pleased with the new courts. There
is also plenty of room for families to picnic
and just enjoy the outdoors.
The designers took inspiration from Ballona
Creek, which is just a stone’s throw away. The
old recreation center fenced out the creek.
Councilmember Mike Bonin cuts the ribbon to officially open the new community building at
Culver Slauson Recreation Center.
Photos by JuanCarlos Chan, Recreation & Parks Department
Moore noted, “There’s an old saying, fences make good neighbors. That may be true, but
they don’t make very good parks. We saw a
lot of possibility in taking the fence down…
The possibility to create a more connected
l to r: Mike Marischal, Marina Quinonez, Willis Yip, Deborah Weintraub, Mahmood Karimzadeh, Mike Bonin, Joan Kaplan, Gary Lee Moore, John Reamer, Ethan Wong, Ben Gaetos,
Robert Lomelin, Mel Agagas
and welcoming space.”
The design opens the center to the creek
and invites the walkers, joggers and bikers
who use the Ballona creek path to stop and
enjoy this green space too.
What was once an isolated area has been
opened up to more community members
and connected to a much larger recreational
network.
This project has been four years in the
making and it is the product of many talented
hands. Design was by the BOE Architectural
Division and construction was performed
by Nile Advance Construction, Inc. Funding
came from Quimby and Proposition K.
Congratulations go to Mahmood Karimzadeh, Program Manager, and his staff from the
Architectural Division: Reza Bagherzadeh;
Robert Lomelin; Project Manager Willis Yip,
design team staff: Marina Quinonez, Ben
Gaetos, Steve Murata, Joan Kaplan; as well as
the staff from the Construction Management
Division, Jose Fuentes, Division Engineer, and
his staff, Ethan Wong, Richard Chang, Victor
Parra, Construction Managers; Jose Beristain,
Geotechnical Group; Damon Hill, Survey
Division. And from the Bureau of Contract
Administration: John Reamer, Jr., Inspector of
Public Works, and Robert Venzor, Greg Pifer,
and John Rothwell, construction Inspectors.
Ribbon Cutting Opens North Hollywood Multipurpose Center at Tiara Street
The community turned out to celebrate the
grand opening of the North Hollywood
Multipurpose Center, 11480 Tiara St., North
Hollywood, CA 91601, on October 31, 2013.
Among the speakers were Councilmembers
Paul Krekorian and Tom LaBonge, Recreation
& Parks General Manager Jon Kirk Mukri, and
City Engineer Gary Lee Moore.
The new ADA accessible 2,200 square foot
intergenerational center includes a multi-purpose room, meeting areas, a staff office/ranger-substation, and public restrooms, a new
playground with shade structure, a jogging
path, outdoor exercise equipment, picnic and
game tables, lawn areas for open space play
and seating, and a new parking lot. A little
over two years ago this was a vacant lot from
the old North Hollywood Police station, for
which a new facility was constructed by the
BOE at another site at Burbank Boulevard,
near the 170 freeway.
The design and location of the building
was the result of several meetings between
the Bureau of Engineering, the staff and
Councilmembers Paul Krekorian and Tom LaBonge lead the ribbon cutting for the North Hollywood Multipurpose Center at Tiara St.
Photos by JuanCarlos Chan, Recreation & Parks Department
& Cultural Facilities/Prop. K Group and construction management
was provided by the Construction Division. The artwork inside the
lobby of the building was completed by Ramon Ramirez who was
commissioned by the Department of Cultural Affairs.
Congratulations go to Neil Drucker, Recreational & Cultural
Facilities Program Manager; Rebecca Abano, Project Manager;
former Project Managers Gary Lam, and Carmelo Sabatella, retired; Mahmood Karimzadeh, Principal Architect; Ada Fernandez
DelaRosa, Project Architect; Curtis Gee, Geotechnical Engineering
Group; Mel Agagas & Massoud Tayyar, Structural Engineering Division; Joanne Zhang, Construction Manager; Ethan Wong, Senior
Construction Manager; and Jose Fuentes, Division Head, from the
Construction Management Division, and everyone else who was
involved in this project.
City Engineer Gary Lee Moore
Councilperson of the prior district in which
this project is located, 4th Council District,
Recreation and Parks staff, and input from
the community through the Local Volunteer
Oversight Committee (LVNOC) to provide a
building that was centrally located within the
park and provided supervision to the parking
lot and the play area and picnic areas.
The center was designed to run parallel to
Lankershim Avenue to have a pleasant looking
building along the street. The curved barrel
roof blends in with the nearby community
learning center and the North Hollywood
Metro station. And the curve of the roof also
complements the park’s winding pathways
and gentle slope of the grassy knoll.
BOE Architectural Division designed the
building, assisted by Survey, Geotechnical,
and Structural divisions. The contractor was
Landshapes. Prop K and Quimby provided
funding. Recreation & Parks Department staff
completed the landscape design. Project management was performed by the Recreational
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Councilmembers Tom LaBonge and Paul Krekorian with project team.
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Groundbreaking for New Pool, Bathhouse and Splash Pad at 109th St. Rec Center
On October 2, 2013, the groundbreaking was
held for a new pool, bathhouse and splash
pad at the 109th St. Recreation Center, 1431
E. 110th Street, L.A., 90059. Councilmember
Joe Buscaino, Recreation & Parks General
Manager Jon Kirk Mukri, and City Engineer
Gary Lee Moore were featured speakers.
Since the 1930s when it was built, the
109th Street Pool has helped generations of
Angeleno kids and their families cool off.
Over 70 years is a long time for a pool to be
in service and the deteriorated pool will be
replaced with a 45 x 75 foot new pool. There
will also be a new 860 sq. ft. activity pool
(kidney-shaped splash pad) so young children
can enjoy the water safely.
The old bathhouse will be replaced with a
new 2,500 sq. ft. bathhouse
City Engineer Moore said, “After much
waiting, a lot of planning and a lot of input
from the community, today we’re going to
put our shovels in the ground on a brand new
pool and bath house for the neighborhood.
The drawings were originally completed in
2009, and the project awaited funding. A
year ago it was reactivated, and our designers
had to address new building codes, new LA
County health codes, and the new LA Green
Building codes.”
He also noted that in the last five years,
the Bureau of Engineering has been part of
bringing eight new and rehabilitated pools to
Los Angeles communities, with an additional
twelve pools anticipated in the next 5 years.
Design was by BOE Architectural Division,
Sparano and Mooney Architecture provided
pool design and site improvement services
and construction will be done by SIMGEL
Co. Inc.
Kudos go to Mahmood Karimzadeh, Program Manager/Principal Architect, and staff
from the Architectural Division, Reza Bagherzadeh, Robert Lomelin, Bill Lee, Project Manager Willis Yip, lead designers Zohra Akhter,
and Marina Quinonez, as well as the staff
from the Construction Management Division,
Jose Fuentes, Principal Civil Engineer, and
Hamid Navid and everyone that contributed
to reaching this project milestone.
Rendering of replacement pool and bathhouse.
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Councilmember Joe Buscaino led the groundbreaking for the new pool & bathhouse.
Photos by JuanCarlos Chan, Recreation & Parks Department
Groundbreaking attendees waved from inside the soon to be gone old pool.
Rendering of bathhouse.
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LA BOE Plays SF Engineering in 13th Annual Softball Match Up
October 12, 2013 - A beautiful, sunny southern California morning greeted the softball
players for the annual game between the
visiting San Francisco engineering team and
the host team from the Bureau of Engineering.
Following the national anthem, performed by
Dominic Buenaventura (who also played in
the game) and his daughter, the game, which
was played at the Sepulveda Basin Sports
Complex, started out very well for BOE. In
the top of the first inning, with Phil Wilson
pitching, shortstop Alfred Mata stopped two
ground balls resulting in two outs. After a
double, Mike Kouyoumdjian caught a fly ball
hit to left center field by the fourth batter to put
an end to the inning. BOE continued to shine
in the bottom of the inning. Four walks, two
errors by SF, a base hit by Alfred Mata, and a
long fly ball past left center by David Ventura
catapulted LA to an early 6-0 lead.
SF continued to struggle in the top of the
second inning. This time two fly balls in a
row caught by shortstop Alfred Mata and a
ground ball stopped by Gary Lee Moore at
third base yielded another 1-2-3 outs in row
for Los Angeles. LA picked up another run
in the bottom of the second. With two outs
and no batters on base, Mike Kouyoumdjian
reached second base by hitting a double to
the outfield then scored on a fly ball to left
field hit by Tim Haug. A third out brought an
end to the second inning with a score of 7-0.
After getting no hits in the first two innings,
SF began to turn to the tide in the third inning.
A series of solid base hits and an error by LA
brought in 5 runs. Fly balls caught by Tim
Haug and Mike Kouyoumdjian in the outfield
as well as Johny Sosa at second base finally
brought an end to the top of the inning. LA
picked up one more run at the bottom of the
third when a base hit by Phil Wilson brought
LA Team (after game) Front Row: Phil Wilson, Maria Rongavilla, Gary Lee Moore, Johny Sosa,
Dominic Buenaventura, Alfred Mata. Back Row: Dan MacNeil, Tim Haug, Ted Allen, Rick
Andelin, Bert Moklebust, Mike Kouyoumdjian. Not Pictured: David Ventura.
in a run. LA’s lead began to shrink as the third
inning ended 8-5.
The next four innings were tense for the
players and fans alike. Competitive batting
and fielding by both teams, including a fly ball
caught by BOE’s Maria Rongavilla at second
base, kept the score close. SF continued to
bring on the heat, gaining the lead for the
first time in the top of the fifth inning with a
score of 10-8. BOE responded in the bottom
of the fifth. Mike Kouyoumdjian provided a
strong start to the inning for BOE by getting a
double on a fly ball to the outfield. Tim Haug
followed with a sharply hit triple into right
field, bringing in Kouyoumdjian. After two
fly outs, Alfred Mata hit a double to left field,
scoring Haug, with Mata ending up at third
on a throwing error. A walk by Dan MacNeil
put two BOE players on base, with two outs.
David Ventura stepped up to the plate and got
a base hit to right field, scoring one of the two
runners and bringing BOE back into the lead,
11-10. A fly ball caught by SF’s third baseman
ended the inning. In the top of the sixth inning,
SF scored 2 runs to retake the lead, 12-11, but
LA was enthusiastic to have brought the game
San Francisco Engineering and Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering teams lined up before the game.
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to a 12-12 tie in the bottom of the sixth inning.
In the top of the seventh, SF got two on
base with two singles while ground balls stops
stopped by shortstop Alfred Mata and pitcher
Phil Wilson racked up two outs for LA. With
two outs and two on base, BOE was hopeful to
put an end to the inning. Unfortunately, a twobase error by BOE allowed a run to be scored,
and with two base hits by SF, each with an
RBI, SF regained the lead by three runs. BOE
geared up to take back the lead with the top
of the line-up, Mike Kouyoumdjian, first at bat.
Kouyoumdjian started out the inning with a
double, and following his lead half of the team
made a strong performance at the plate. Tim
Haug hit a double, Rick Andelin hit a single,
Alfred Mata hit a double, Dan MacNeil hit
a single David Ventura hit a single, and Phil
Wilson hit a triple. LA’s stunning performance
brought them back into the lead, 17-15.
LA took the field in hopes of holding on
to their lead, but SF would not allow it. With
base hit after base hit, SF players rounded the
Dominic Buenaventura and his daughter sang
the national anthem before the game.
Ted Allen gets a hit at bat
bases. LA could not stop the onslaught until
every one of SF’s ten players had come to bat
and six runs had crossed the plate. LA wearily
left the field and looked towards the bottom
of the eighth and ninth innings in hope of
overcoming SF’s four run lead, 21-17.
BOE was disappointed in the bottom of
eighth when only one of four batters, Bert
Moklebust with a single to left field, made it
on base. BOE entered the ninth inning knowing it would take some top notch playing to
walk away this year’s winner.
The top of the ninth went as hoped for
BOE. A ground ball stopped by shortstop
Alfred Mata followed by a fly ball caught by
Johny Sosa at second base quickly brought
SF up to two outs. SF’s third batter hit a single
and LA responded with Mike Kouyoumdjian
catching a fly ball in right center field to end
the inning. BOE had held SF to no additional
runs and was poised to end the game on a
strong note, hoping for a repeat of its strong
batting performances in the first and seventh
innings.
LA started strongly with the top of its line-
Alfred Mata presents the MVP trophy to Phil Wilson.
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up: a single from Mike Kouyoumdjian. But,
a double play followed. With two out, Ted
Allen singled and scored on a double from
Rick Andelin, but this would be the last LA run
scored as the final out followed, bringing the
inning to a close. The one run would not be
enough to bring victory to LA and the game
ended 21-18.
Following the game, the BOE team hosted
a lunch at the field, where the traveling trophy
was presented to SF. Rick Thall was named the
most valuable player for SF as he turned in a
solid hitting and fielding performance. For
his outstanding pitching, allowing no bases
on balls, and solid performance at the plate,
Phil Wilson was declared LA’s MVP.
SF now leads the series that began in 2001,
having won 7 games, while LA has won 6
games. Thanks to the BOE team for all the
early Saturday morning practices, all the fans
that rooted for the team and a special thanks
to Julia Moye and Jeannie Park for their help
in planning and organizing the events for the
game. Next year’s game will be in San Francisco on October 11, 2014.
San Francisco Team (after game)
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ASCE LA Section Awards
The Bureau of Engineering received two American Society of Civil Engineers Los Angeles
Section awards held at the Annual Meeting, Installation of Officers and Awards Luncheon
held October 5, 2013 at the Caspian Restaurant in Irvine.
Mina Azarnia received the Outstanding Civil Engineer in Community Service Award,
and Julie Allen accepted the award for the Echo Park Lake Rehabilitation Project in the
Outstanding Government Civil Engineering Project category.
Julie Allen and Mina Azarnia with their plaques.
Julie Allen at podium
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WLA’s Patonai, Bragin &
Munoz Commended
This letter was sent to Deputy City Engineer
Michael Kantor:
October 21, 2013
Dear Mr. Kantor:
On behalf of Southern California Gas Company, I would like to extend a sincere thank you
and express our appreciation for the assistance
we recently received from your team with
securing Utility and Peak Hour Exemption
Permits to help us complete an important
pipeline safety project.
My staff shared how Mike Patonai and his
staff, Dennis Bragin and Anthony Munoz,
went above and beyond in providing excellent
guidance and service to help the SoCalGas
team maintain the project schedule and minimize disruption to the community.
Safety is a top priority for SoCalGas and our
pipeline safety projects are guided by federally
mandated regulations that require extensive
planning, logistical coordination and equipment. Your team’s efforts were invaluable in
getting the job done effectively while fostering
a cooperative relationship that benefits our
community and the citizens of Los Angeles.
Once again please accept our thanks and
sincere appreciation. We look forward to
working cooperatively in the future.
Sincerely,
DENNIS V. ARRIOLA
President and Chief Operating Officer
South California Gas Company
BOE team, l to r: Mina Azarnia, Julia Moye, Julie Allen, Kendrick Okuda, Naushin
Kamal.
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ControlPanelLA Provides Access LA’s Financial Data
Controller’s press release:
Los Angeles (October 23, 2013) - Controller
Ron Galperin today launched an open data
website that reveals details of the City of Los
Angeles’ revenues and spending – and makes
them accessible, searchable and downloadable by the public.
ControlPanelLA is accessible at https://
controllerdata.lacity.org/.
This first phase of ControlPanelLA includes
data detailing billions of dollars of City
transactions – with specifics on nearly 1,000
revenue sources, 600 expenditure accounts
and bi-weekly payroll for nearly 50,000 City
employees. The tool also opens up the City’s
“checkbook” via CheckbookLA, an application allowing users to search tens of thousands
of payments to external vendors by department, vendor name, or expenditure type.
“Knowledge is power – and this initiative
is about providing both to the people of Los
Angeles,” said Controller Galperin. “This is the
start of a new way to think about transparency
at City Hall - not just reactive transparency, but
proactive transparency and the road to a truly
open government for an informed public.”
Galperin’s new open data and transparency
initiative is the first step in his efforts to bring
cutting-edge technology and an innovative
approach to managing the City’s finances.
“The purpose is not just to provide transparency,” said Galperin; “the goal is to revolutionize financial reporting and the City’s
budget process with big data – and, even more
importantly, smart data. Open data at its best is
about helping identify issues, questions, problems and opportunities to do things differently.
Transparency is not an end in and of itself - it’s
a means to make government work better.”
With ControlPanelLA, the public will have
for the first time direct, centralized access to a
wealth of financial and other data which can
be reviewed, searched, analyzed, visualized,
downloaded, and shared online and anytime.
“This is exactly where City Hall should go,
using innovation and technology to increase
transparency and accountability. LA residents
have a right to know where their tax dollars
are going and today we’re making sure the
info is online for everyone to see,” said Mayor
Garcetti.
“I want to thank the Controller and Mayor
for this long overdue, next step for greater
transparency. This new website will help not
only our staff in making the best decisions for
Angelenos, but will allow all stakeholders to
cut through City hall red tape and get the answers they need quickly and efficiently,” said
Councilmember Paul Krekorian, Chair of the
Budget and Finance Committee. “As Budget
Chair, I look forward to continuing to work
closely with the Controller, the Mayor and my
colleagues on the Council to develop more
innovative ways to make information about
the City’s finances even more accessible to
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the people who have entrusted us with them.”
“Today’s announcement is a great example of government harnessing technology
to do more with less. Open data will make
Los Angeles more accountable, accessible
and efficient and as Chair of the Innovation,
Technology and General Services Committee
I will continue to work with the Mayor and
Controller to open more data sets,” said Councilmember Bob Blumenfield.
The information and features of ControlPanelLA include:
• CheckbookLA - A virtual City “checkbook”
that enables users to search payments to
external vendors by department, vendor
name, or expenditure type;
• The Data Catalog - A treasure trove of the
City’s financial data at the public’s fingertips including revenues, appropriations
and expenditures of the General Fund,
audits, and more than 57,000 payments
to City vendors;
• Search tools - Multiple ways for the public,
researchers, and civic leaders to explore
and view the data line-by-line, or in the
form of charts, graphs and other visualizations.
• Developer tools – Interactive options for
techies to create their own apps, and to
save or to share them on the site with
others.
The data provided on ControlPanelLA includes
information about General Fund revenues, expenditures and appropriations dating back to
July 2011, when the City launched its current
Financial Management System.
The ControlPanelLA and the CheckbookLA
were developed in record time in partnership
with the City’s Information Technology Agency
(ITA) and Socrata Inc., a Seattle-based cloud
software company dedicated to democratizing access to government data. Socrata has
launched open data services for the federal
government, counties and cities across the
United States, as well as for organizations
including the World Bank and Medicare.
“Open data” commonly refers to data that
is accessible, discoverable and usable by the
public. It is also free from restrictions and is
released in a format that can be retrieved,
downloaded, searched, shared and put to use.
Galperin’s office is also collaborating
with the Mayor, City Council, City Attorney,
Information Technology Agency, City Administrative Officer and others towards a broader
vision of open data in the City of Los Angeles.
“The Information Technology Agency is
proud to partner with Controller Ron Galperin who has moved the City of Los Angeles
forward with an open data strategy that shows
transparency,” said General Manager of the
City’s Information Technology Agency, Steve
Reneker. “ControlPanelLA will provide the
foundation to expand accessible City information to both Angelenos and internal City
departments.”
Mayor’s First Executive
Directive to Launch Great
Streets Initiative
Mayor’s press release:
October 10, 2013 - Mayor Eric Garcetti today
announced the creation of the Great Streets
Program focusing on specific improvements
to defined corridors throughout Los Angeles.
“Today, I issued my first Executive Directive - establishing the City of Los Angeles
‘Great Streets’ program – creating jobs and
making city government work better. We are
taking another big step towards a fundamental change in how we perceive, interact, and
build around us. A great neighborhood needs
a great street as its backbone, and, as city
leaders, we need the backbone to make the
bold changes necessary to build great streets,”
said Mayor Garcetti. The Great Streets Program is formally created through an executive directive, which
creates a working group composed of the
following departments:
Department of City Planning
Department of Cultural Affairs
Department of Transportation
Department of Public Works
• Bureau of Engineering
• Bureau of Street Services
• Bureau of Street Lighting
• Bureau of Sanitation
Economic & Workforce Development
Department
The working group is expected to closely coordinate with the Los Angeles Department of
Water and Power as well as the Los Angeles
County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
(MTA).
“Their first priority will be to make sure
streets projects are coordinated. No more
Bureau of Street Services paving a street on
Monday, DWP digging it up on Tuesday,” said
Mayor Garcetti. “Let’s also combine a DWP
pipe project with some street furniture funds
and with a sidewalk repair project all at the
same time.”
1. The Great Streets Working Group will be
tasked with the following deliverables:
2. Criteria and strategy for identifying streets
to be included in the Great Streets Program
3. Candidate list of 40 potential streets
4. Comprehensive matrix of project elements
and associated costs
5. Strategy for the coordination of city services to Great Streets
6. Project implementation timeline
7. Funding strategy
8. Metrics and benchmarks to evaluate and
track project impacts
“There are two essential elements to a strong
city: a thriving economy that creates opportunity and pays the bills and a city government
that delivers the core services that improve the
quality of our life – safe streets, clean streets,
and streets in good repair,” added Garcetti.
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Mayor Garcetti Issues Executive Directive on Cyber Security
Mayor’s press release:
(October 30, 2013) Mayor Eric Garcetti today
signed an Executive Directive creating a City
of Los Angeles Cyber Intrusion Command
Center to lead cybersecurity preparation and
response across city departments. The Center
will be led by the Office of the Mayor and will
include assistance from the FBI and Secret
Service.
“I’m creating this Cyber Intrusion Command Center so that we have a single, focused
team responsible for implementing enhanced
security standards across city departments
and serving as a rapid reaction force to cyber-attacks,” Mayor Garcetti said. “Today,
our traffic lights, our routing system for trash
pick-up, and so much more are electronic.
Cybersecurity means protecting the basic
services at the core of city government, and
it means protecting our critical infrastructure
like our port and airport, which we know are
top targets.”
Mayor Garcetti’s Executive Directive, calls
on the center to do the following:
• Facilitate the identification and investigation of cyber threats and intrusions against
City assets;
• Ensure incidents are quickly, properly, and
thoroughly investigated by the appropriate
law enforcement agency;
• Facilitate dissemination of cyber security
alerts and information;
• Provide uniform governance structure
accountable to City leadership;
• Coordinate incident response and
remediation across the City;
• Serve as an advisory body to City departments;
• Sponsor independent security assessments
to reduce security risks; and
• Ensure awareness of best practices.
All departments must contribute personnel,
resources, and data to the Cyber Intrusion
Command Center. Per the Executive Directive,
every department will:
• Establish and maintain permanent liaisons
with the Cyber Intrusion Command Center;
• Report information about significant
cyber-related events occurring in its departments;
• Identify personnel who require notification
about distributed threat information;
• Provide resources for cooperative actions
as situations may require.
“As the City’s CEO, I’m working to make
sure we break down silos between city
departments. This makes us more efficient,
more cost effective and in this context, more
secure,” Mayor Garcetti said.
Please see the full text of the Executive
Directive on this page.
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Executive Directive No. 2
Issue Date: October 30, 2013
Subject: Cybersecurity
Introduction
The health, safety, and welfare of the residents
of the City of Los Angeles are paramount
among the responsibilities of city government.
Increasingly, we rely on local and global computer networks to maintain services for our
community. The City’s electronic infrastructure
is vital to the proper functioning of the city
and the ability of the City departments and
personnel to serve the residents of Los Angeles. The City must be able to defend against,
and quickly recover from, any disturbance,
whether it is a natural or human-caused
disaster, and whether it be an accidental or
intentional incident.
One aspect of the City’s strategy for reducing the opportunity for attack is to make our
systems more resistant to penetration. Pursuant to this Executive Directive, department
heads, including all Board and Commission
members, General Managers, Directors
and Administrators of departments, offices,
bureaus, and agencies shall implement the
following instructions. Business partners, contractors, vendors, and consultants shall also
be bound by this Directive while conducting
business with the City.
Collaboration will be the key to the City’s
successful strategy. A new level of collaboration is necessary among City departments, between every department and the Information
Technology Agency (“ITA”), and between the
City and other levels of government. Together
we become stronger, and can become more
resilient to address this emerging threat.
Background on Cybersecurity Developments
In his February 12, 2013 Executive Order,
President Obama declared the cyber threat
as one of the most serious economic and
national security challenges we face as a
nation. America’s economic prosperity in the
21st century will depend on cybersecurity.
Foreign governments, criminal syndicates,
and lone individuals are probing our financial,
energy, and public safety systems every day.
The President further stated that through an
environment of collaboration and partnership
we can create a cyber environment that promotes safety and security, while promoting
business, innovation and efficiency.
In March and April of 2013, James Clapper,
the Director of National Intelligence, testified
before Congress noting that:
1) It is difficult to overemphasize the significance of cyber threats.
2) Increasingly, state and non-state actors are
using cyber techniques and capabilities to
achieve strategic objectives by gathering
sensitive information from public and
private-sector entities.
2) Some terrorist organizations are interested
in developing offensive cyber capabilities.
4) Some digital technologies are being applied faster than our ability to understand
the security implications and mitigate
potential risks.
5) Foreign intelligence and security services
have penetrated numerous computer networks of the United States Government,
business, academic, and private sector
entities.
6) Highly networked information technology provides opportunities for foreign
intelligence and security services, trusted
insiders, hackers, and others to target and
collect sensitive United States national
security and economic data.
In October 2012, then Secretary of Defense
Leon Panetta made the following observations.
1) The Internet is a battlefield of the future
where adversaries can seek to do harm to
our country, to our economy, and to our
citizens.
2) A cyber attack perpetrated by nation states
or violent extremist groups could be as
destructive as the terrorist attacks on 9/11.
Such a destructive cyber-terrorist attack
could virtually paralyze the nation.
3) Foreign cyber actors are probing America’s
critical infrastructure networks; targeting
the computer control systems that operate
chemical, electricity, and water plants and
those that guide transportation throughout
this country. Intruders have successfully
gained access to these control systems,
seeking to create advanced tools to attack
and cause panic and detraction, and even
the loss of life.
Cybersecurity Collaboration
All City departments, including all proprietary
departments, shall participate in a collaborative effort known as the Cyber Intrusion
Command Center, which shall consist of all
City departments, led by the Office of the
Mayor, and shall incorporate assistance from
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), the
United States Secret Service, and any other
federal or state agency that will join in this
collaborative effort. The City of Los Angeles
is very appreciative of the FBI and Secret
Service for their demonstrated commitment
to this collaborative project, and for offering
assistance to the City in this effort. The cybersecurity goals of this group are to:
• Facilitate the identification and investigation of cyber threats and intrusions against
City assets;
• Ensure incidents are quickly, properly, and
thoroughly investigated by the appropriate
law enforcement agency;
• Facilitate dissemination of cybersecurity
alerts and information;
• Provide uniform governance structure
accountable to City leadership;
• Coordinate incident response and
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• Serve as an advisory body to City departEngineering Newsletter - 11/13/13
ments;
• Sponsor independent security assessments
to reduce security risks; and
• Ensure awareness of best practices.
All departments must contribute personnel,
resources, and data tot he Cyber Intrusion
Command Center in order for it to succeed.
The nature and extent of each department’s
involvement will depend on the nature and
extent of their cyber assets, with those deemed
to have the most critical assets being more
heavy involved in the collaborative effort. It
is not acceptable for any City department to
withhold information from the Cyber Intrusion
Command Center regarding cybersecurity
issues. In addition, every department will:
• Establish and maintain permanent liaisons
with the Cyber Intrusion Command Center;
• Report information about significant
cyber-related events occurring in its department;
• Identify personnel who require notification
about distributed threat information;
• Provide resources for cooperative actions
as situations may require.
Appropriate members of the Cyber Intrusion
Command Center will report to the Mayor
and Council, as directed by those offices,
regarding the issues being addressed by the
group The existence of this collaborative effort
does not eliminate the need for departments
to perform their required reporting to federal
or state agencies, as required by law and/or
regulation. Further, this order is not intended
to supersede, replace, or interfere with the
applicability of all relevant federal, state, and
local laws relating to privacy and the confidentiality of personal information.
Within 10 days of the date of this Executive Directive, the Office of the Mayor will
organize a working group of key City departments that will propose a more detailed organizational structure for the Cyber Intrusion
Command Center. The working group will
present the proposed structure to the Office
of the Mayor for approval within 30 days of
this directive.
City Department Responsibilities
In addition to participating in the Cyber Intrusion Command Center, each department must
enhance its own cybersecurity. Each department in the City of Los Angeles plays a unique
role in securing its departmental information,
personal data of its users, and residential
information. Each department is responsible
for the City network usage by its employees
and contractors. All City departments should
review and comely with the related citywide
policies established by the ITA and the Information Technology Policy Committee (ITPC).
The policies may be found on the City intranet
at: http://ita.ci.la.ca.us/ITManagers/ITPC/
CitywideITPolicies?index.html.
Departments are responsible for keeping
up-to-date with all City cybersecurity policies.
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Furthermore, departments are encouraged to
present their recommendations for new cyber
policies to the General Manager of ITA, to the
ITPC, and to the cyber Intrusion Command
Center.
All departments must adhere to the following minimum standards:
Prevent Unauthorized Access: Limiting
data and network access to authorized individuals is a primary means for securing the
City’s information technology assets. This
includes:
• Physical, wireless and virtual access to
City workstations, systems, networks, and
e-mail must be limited to authorized City
employees or contractors.
• Departments must deactivate all passwords and network access for employees
who have left City service. Departments
must deactivate all access for employees
who have not accessed their network
within 60 days, unless on a pre-approved
medical leave or other authorized leave
approved by the General Manager.
• Implement physical security measure for
City computers, servers, and network
ports to physically separate them from
unauthorized users. This could include
moving them behind locked doors and
into restricted areas. Computers dedicated
for public usage should include security
restrictions to ensure they are logically
separated from City networks and data.
• Responsible Wi-Fi Network Access:
City departments choosing to use Wi-Fi
services must abide by the ITA Wireless
Network Access Policy.
Promote and Enforce Password Security:
All systems, networks, e-mail, and screensavers must be password protected. This includes
all personal, or confidential information. In
addition,
• Password protected screensavers shall be
set to activate after 15 minutes of workstation inactivity.
• Passwords must meet the City’s minimum
password requirements and shall be
changed every 90 days.
• Passwords shall contain a combination of
upper and lower case letters, with numbers
and symbols, so that they are considered
to be “strong” passwords.
• Passwords must be used on all devices that
are used for City business, including hand
held deices such as smart phones, tablets,
etc.
Maintain Anti-Virus Software: Servers,
laptops, desktops, and other appropriate devices must have anti-virus software installed
and updated at all times. Departments must
ensure that anti-virus software is installed at
every workstation and virus definitions are
updated periodically.
Promote a Culture of Cybersecurity
Awareness: Departments must periodically
remind their employees and contractors of
City cybersecurity policies and best practices.
Furthermore, cybersecurity considerations
shall be incorporated into all new department
systems or projects when applicable.
Plan for Business Continuity and Disaster
Recovery: Departments must assess their
mission critical systems and plan for both
continuity of operations and disaster recovery
in the event of a successful cyber attack. This
includes an annual update of the department’s
Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP), which
should include a listing of mission critical
systems and planned responses in the event
of a cyber attack. Additionally, each department shall establish a data backup process
for mission critical systems to allow system
restoration with the loss of significant data.
City Employee and Contractor Responsibilities
City employees are our first line of defense
in ensuring that City systems are protected
from intruders. Employees are in the best
position to protect the systems, and are in the
best position to report problems at an early
stage before the issue impacts the City more
broadly. All City employees are encouraged
to promote a culture of cybersecurity within
their departments and to report issues that
they identify. It is also incumbent upon City
employees to act ethically and with integrity
when using and accessing the City’s computer systems. Additionally, employees have a
responsibility to protect these systems from
disruption, intrusion, or attack. With these
principles in mind, employees should engage
in the following practices:
Prevent Unauthorized Access: Limiting
data and network access to authorized individuals is a primary means for securing the
City’s IT assets. City employees are in the best
position to ensure that all City IT assets are
protected and that only authored individuals
have access to these important City assets.
Promote Password Security: Every employee’s user ID and password provides
critical protection from unauthorized cyber
attacks. Employees shall not share this information with anyone else, including other City
employees. Employees should:
• Set their computers to automatically
require password protected screensavers
after 15 minutes of workstation inactivity.
• Change their passwords every 90 days.
• Use passwords that contain a combination
of upper and lower case letters, with numbers and symbols, so that they are considered to be “strong” passwords (please
refer to the Information Technology Policy
Committee, Password for City’s Network
and Internet Accessibility for further details
on the minimum password requirements
that must be followed).
• Use passwords on all devices that are used
for City business, including hand held
devices such as smart phones, tablets, etc.
“Smart” Usage of Internet and E-mail
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Cybersecurity continued from page 7
Attachments: Internet usage and e-mail are
primary methods used to install malicious software onto computers and networks. Employees and contractors must practice vigilance
in the usage of the Internet and e-mail (plea
see the ITA Internet Acceptable Usage Policy).
Practices that should be employed include:
• Never entering personal or sensitive City
information into untrusted websites.
• Deleting e-mails and e-mail attachments
from unrecognized sources;
• Never downloading material from untrusted sources; and
• Maintaining Internet browser security
settings of medium or higher.
Prevent Usage of Unauthorized Devices:
Cyber attackers are looking for “points of
entry” into the City network or a department’s
systems. Employees should not connect personal or unauthorized devices into their work
computer. Such devices include flash/thumb
drives, external rives, music devices, smart
phones, untrusted CDs or DVDs, or other
simmer devices.
Use Systems Only for City Business Activities: Employees shall not use computers for
non-business related access to audio and/or
video Internet sites to listen to music or watch
video clips. The network traffic created by
accessing these audio and video sites places
an enormous burden on the City’s networks,
negativeness affecting the ability of other
employees to access the Internet for legitimate
business activities.
Responsibilities of ITA
The City’s Information Technology Agency, as the unifying technology department
throughout the City, will be key to ensuring
the success of our City’s technology security
strategy. ITA is responsible for all firewalls,
intrusion detection systems, application
control engines, annual security audits and
penetration tests, and validating to the Cyber
Intrusion Command Center that departments
are diligent in their security practices. As such,
ITA shall ensure that:
• All cyber technology policies are up-todate, and they are easily accessible to all
city employees for use and reference.
• All City departments have proper technology to ensure that they can comply with
this directive. This shall include, but not
be limited to:
- Developing mechanisms to determine
whether dormant e-mail accounts have
been deactivated.
- Providing all departments with the
technology or software needed to automatically prompt employees to change
and update passwords every 90 days.
• All City employees receive annual training
on cybersecurity.
• All software is maintained, including updates and patches, as recommended by
the manufacturer.
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Notice No. 14 Consultant Billing Rates Adjustment
Notice No. 14 dated October 8, 2013, titled Bureau of Engineering (BOE) Policy:
Fiscal Year 2013/14 Annual Adjustments to
Consultant Contract Billing Rates states that
many, if not all, active BOE consultant contracts include provisions for the consultant to
request adjustments for themselves, and their
subconsultants, to the contractual “Billing Salary Rates” and/or “Hourly Billing Rates” that
are used in cost reimbursement compensation
methods. These provisions are found in the
“Compensation” Article (generally Article 10)
of the contract. Typical language would state
that any adjustments are subject to approval
of the Engineer and that they shall be in accordance with the established BOE policy existing at the time the adjustment is approved.
Additionally, contracts would typically state
that adjustments are limited to once per year,
per employee, on the anniversary date of the
contract execution.
It is the BOE policy to base allowable rate
adjustments on the cost of living adjustments
(COLA) received by BOE employees. The
COLA for BOE employees in 2013/14 are
shown in Table 1 below:
MOU
Group
EAA
SEIU
MOU
Numbers
1,19,20,21
8, 17
Coalition 3,13,36,37
Table 1
No. of BOE
Employees
209
382
112
(% COLA)
FY 2013/14
1.5%
4.5%
1.75 to 7.25%
Considering the range of COLA’s across the
BOE, an allowable adjustment of up to 1.5
percent for consultant salary rates and their
subconsultants is appropriate.
Requests for Billing Salary Rate Adjustments
It is the responsibility of the consultants to
apply for rate adjustments if they so desire
under the terms of their contract.
Cost Reimbursement - Billing Salary Rate
Effective July 1, 2013, for Fiscal Year (FY)
2013/14 (July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014),
Program Managers may approve adjustments
to consultant and subconsultant Billing Salary Rates up to 1.5 percent, subject to the
following conditions and only if no other
rate adjustments were previously negotiated
for this period:
1. The adjustment must be requested in writing by the consultant.
2. Written requests must be received during
this fiscal year period, and if approved,
will become effective on the anniversary
date of the contract’s execution or the approval date, whichever occurs last, unless
contract language specifies otherwise.
3. Retroactive adjustments for prior years or
any period prior to when the consultant’s
request is approved, are not allowed.
4. The consultant’s request must reference
the applicable contract article that allows
such an adjustment.
5. The consultant must provide documentation of the actual COLA that the subject
employees have most recently received.
Merit and other bonuses are not to be
considered in determining the COLA.
6. Adjustments to Billing Salary Rates for individual employees are limited to the lower
of their actual cost of living adjustments
or the 1.5 percent limit. In no case shall
the Billing Salary Rates exceed the actual
salary rates paid to the employee.
7. The practice of distributing the aggregate
value of the increase among employees
at varying rates, is no longer allowed. In
no case shall an individual’s Billing Salary
Rate increase exceed 1.5 percent.
8. For each Billing Salary Rate increase
approved by the Program Manager, a record of the approval shall be provided to
the consultant and a copy placed in the
contract file.
All other provisions of the City’s contract with
the consulting firm still apply. For instance,
this does not limit or prevent rate adjustments
due to promotions. Historical allowable billing salary rate adjustments are provided in
Table 2 for reference purposes:
Table 2
Historical Allowable Rate Adjustments
FY 2008/09
FY 2009/10
FY 2010/11
FY 2011/12
FY 2012/13
FY 2013/14
3%
0%
0%
0%
0%
1.5%
Cost Reimbursement - Hourly Billing Rate
Adjustments to the Hourly Billing Rates will
not be allowed under the current policy.
This Notice is hereby provided to set
the current BOE policy regarding these rate
adjustments, and it supersedes any and all
previous policies.
Please contact Ted S. Allen, Division Engineer, Project Award and Control Division
at (213) 847-0577 if you have any questions
regarding this policy.
Thanks to Mata
This e-mail was sent to Alfred Mata, head of
the Sixth Street Viaduct Division:
Date: Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 12:05 PM
Alfred,
I just wanted to send you this quick note to
express my great appreciation for your participation at CCEA’s annual meeting yesterday,
and for the preparation that went into your
presentation. As you could tell by the fact that
you were the only one of all our speakers to
elicit questions from the audience, the 6th St.
Viaduct project is of significant importance to
our members. Ours was not the easiest event
for you to absorb into your busy schedule, but
it was the highlight of our program (as I knew
it would be) and I am deeply grateful for all
that you did to be available to come.
Cordially,
Estela Lopez, Executive Director
Central City East Association (CCEA)
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CMAA Seminars
The Construction Management Association
of America Southern California Chapter is
offering the following seminars.
Downtown LA Developments on Thursday,
December 5, 2013, at the Hyatt Regency
Hotel, 333 S. Figueroa, Los Angeles, 5:30 pm
Registration, 6:30 pm Dinner & Presentation.
Bringing Back Broadway is a multifaceted 10year plan initiated and chaired by Los Angeles
Councilmember Jose Huizar, focused on the
revitalization of the Historic Broadway Theatre
District in Downtown. Goals and projects of
Brining Back Broadway range from historic
preservation to economic development, urban
planning and a new streetscape design to
transportation systems, public improvements,
cultural arts, entertainment, marketing, retail
development, capital finance and public policy. Another central aspect of the initiative is
the plan to bring a modern streetcar system
back to the streets of Downtown.
The Downtown L.A. Streetcar is planned as
a modern fixed-rail streetcar system that will
offer an easy to navigate and convenient mode
of transportation connecting many of Downtown’s bustling locales. The Streetcar will provide access to the Civic Center, Broadway and
the Historic Core, the Fashion District, South
Park, L.A. Live and the Convention Center, the
Financial District, and restaurant row through
the Jewelry District. The project is proceeding
through its environmental review with plans
to begin construction in 2014-15.
Guest speakers: Honorable Jose Huizar,
City Councilmember; Jessica Wethington
McLean, Executive Director, Bringing Back
Broadway, Office of City Councilmember
Jose Huizar; Shiraz Tangri, General Counsel,
LA Streetcar Inc.
Bid Protests – The “need to know” for the
Owner, Selected Bidder, and Protester on Friday, January 17, 2014, 8:00 am Registration,
8:30 am Seminar, at The Grand Conference
Center, 4101 E. Willow St., Long Beach.
This is an advanced level analysis of a Bid
Protest. Experienced Owner and Contractor
representatives will explain the ins and outs
of the protest, the defense, and the Owner’s
rights and responsibilities.
Appearing on behalf of the Selected Bidder: Michael Baker, Esq., Atkinson, Andelson,
Loya, Ruud & Romo.
Appearing on behalf of the Owner: Kevin
Collins, Esq. – Alston & Bird LLP
Appearing on behalf of the Protesting Bidder: Bernard Kamine, Esq. – Kamine Law, P.C.
Moderator: Chip Ossman Project Management Consulting, Inc.
Cost: Register by January 10 $70 members,
$110 non-members. After January 10 $85
members, $135 non-members.
For additional information please go to
www.cmaasc.org.
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Notice No. 15 Project Delivery Fundamentals Training
Notice No. 15 dated October 18, 2013 titled
Project Delivery Fundamentals Training 2014
– Accepting Applications, states that the Bureau of Engineering (BOE) is preparing for the
next session of Project Delivery Fundamentals
training, focusing on the BOE’s Project Delivery Manual. Employees who would like to be
considered for this training may now apply
by completing the BOE Project Management
Training Application online form, available on
the BOE’s Intranet homepage. This online form
is available in the Forms Library application
under Training titled “Project Management/
Project Delivery Fundamentals.” Employees
who previously completed the Project Delivery Fundamentals training program are
eligible to re-take this training class. The
application form must be submitted through
the intranet by Friday, November 1, 2013
(Note that the deadline has already passed).
Applicants who have been accepted will be
notified by email through the BOE’s training
coordinator.
The Project Delivery Fundamentals training
program includes the following major subject
areas:
• Introduction to Project Management
• Project Planning and Pre-Design
• Project Design
• Utilizing Consultants
• Managing Money
• Construction Management
• Scheduling
• Negotiation Skills
• Presentation Skills
• Client Relations
The program is expected to commence on
January 15, 2014. A tentative schedule was
attached to the Notice. The four-month long
program will generally be comprised of
weekly, four-hour long sessions. You should
be able to schedule your time so that you can
attend all of the sessions. An examination will
be given at the end of the training program.
Taking the training program and successfully passing the exam is one of the ways to meet
the qualification requirements in applying for
a position as a “bonused” Project Manager.
For consideration to participate in this
training program, a BOE employee:
• Must have a minimum of three years with
the City, and
• Must be in an engineering, architectural,
landscape architecture, geotechnical or
environmental classification (Other classifications will only be considered on a
case by case basis).
Because demand for this training program
often exceeds capacity, every effort will be
made to combine students who have diverse
experiences and backgrounds. The selection
will take place with input from select BOE
Senior Managers. The applicants’ Division
or Group Managers may also be consulted.
The BOE intends to continue to offer this
training once a year as long as a sufficient
number of people are interested in participating. Questions regarding this notice should be
directed to Maziar Malek of the Administration Division at (213) 485-5331.
Notice No. 16 Emergency
Appointment – Architectural Assoc I
Notice No. 16 dated October 25, 2013, titled
Emergency Appointment – Architectural
Associate I – Bureau of Engineering (BOE)
– Architectural Division (1 Position) was
addressed to all candidates employed within
the Department of Public Works Bureau of
Engineering Who Qualify for the Position of
Architectural Associate.
Application Deadline: Friday, November
1, 2013 (Note that the deadline has already
passed).
The BOE has an opportunity to hire one
Architectural Associate I on an emergency basis. See attachment for details. The emergency
appointment will be contingent upon approval
by the Personnel Department.
How to Apply
The BOE candidates who are interested in
applying for this position should contact Mark
Nakata at (213) 485-4385. A Departmental
application and resume must be submitted
to Mark Nakata at the Architectural Division,
1149 S. Broadway Street, #830, Los Angeles,
CA 90015, or by email mark.nakata@lacity.
org by the application deadline.
(Note: Should you be granted an interview
and require a special accommodation for the
interview, please indicate when you respond
to this Notice)
Special Order No. 02-0913
Standardized E-Mail Signature Block
Special Order No. 02-0913 dated October
21, 2013, titled Bureau of Engineering (BOE)
Standardized E-Mail Signature Block states
that as part of the BOE’s Strategic Plan to
increase public awareness, the Bureau has
adopted a standard e-mail signature block
template that should be used in every outgoing e-mail. The signature block template will
allow the public to easily distinguish BOE
staff by our unique logo, and also provide our
e-mail recipients a convenient reference for
our contact information.
Attached to the Special Order was a 6
page tutorial titled, “How to: Setting Up Your
Bureau of Engineering Standardized E-mail
Signature Block”. There are two options for
employees to choose from as described in
Step 2a (Standard) and Step 2b (Extended) of
the tutorial.
By October 31, 2013, every BOE employee
is required to have implemented either the
Standard or Extended e-mail signature block.
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Transfer Opportunity
The following transfer opportunity is available.
If you are interested, contact the office below
by Tuesday, November 19, 2013:
Civil Engineer
Central - Jeannie Park
(213) 485-5109
Arrivals
Shirley Lau, Sr Civil Engineer, BID; Bradley
Atwell, Architectural Associate II, RCF; Megan
Whalen, Planning Assistant, LAR.
Departures
Peykan Abbassi, Civil Engineer, retired, SSD
Promotions
James Moralez, Office Engineering Technician
II, CEN; Meghan Aldrich, CE Associate III, BID.
Internal Transfer
Nur Malhis, CE Associate III, from PAC to BID.
Department Head Update
Fire Department - Fire Chief Brian Cummings
will be retiring and James Featherstone has
been named Interim Fire Chief beginning
November 1, 2013. Featherstone, the head of
the Emergency Management Department will
return to that department when a permanent
replacement is found.
Transportation - General Manager Jaime
De La Vega will be leaving December 1, 2013,
and Recreation & Parks General Manager Jon
Kirk Mukri will be Interim General Manager
until a permanent replacement is appointed.
Recreation & Parks Assistant General Manager
Michael Shull will be Interim General Manager of Recreation & Parks in Mukri’s absence.
Change of Address
Bureau employees are reminded that it is their
responsibility to notify their group/division office of any change of address and/or telephone
number. This information can be updated by
completing a “Change of Employee Address”
form. It is important that employees inform
their division of any changes to ensure that
the information in their Personnel files are
kept current.
New BOE Intranet Site!
After much hard work and testing, a new
Bureau of Engineering Intranet Site has been
designed and implemented at http://boe.ci.la.
ca.us/. The new site provides a fresh look and
aims to provide comprehensive access to most
frequently used links by BOE employees. The
site includes six major categories: BOE Home,
Professional, Project Management, Project
Delivery, References, and Permits & Approvals.
Additional links can be accessed by clicking
at each of these focus area headings. You
can leave your comments/feedback online at
http://boe.ci.la.ca.us/feedback.cfm. A big
thanks to Nadir Shah (EED) and the Systems
Group for their efforts in designing and rolling
out the site!
Message from the City
Engineer
Date: Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 4:09 PM
Dear BOE employees,
Today the members of the Board of Harbor
Commissioners voted to appoint me Interim
Executive Director of the Port of Los Angeles. Effective November 10, 2013, Deborah Weintraub will lead the bureau in my absence as
Interim City Engineer. I am able to take this assignment because
of the Bureau’s reputation for delivering outstanding projects and services. This reputation
is a direct result of the great work that you do.
Thank you for your hard work, your professionalism and your dedication to the bureau
and our mission of transforming Los Angeles
into the world’s most livable city.
I wish you and your families a happy
Thanksgiving.
Sincerely,
Gary Lee Moore, City Engineer
Mayor Garcetti Announces Leadership Change at Port
Mayor’s press release:
LOS ANGELES (October 3, 2013) - Today Harbor Department General Manager
Dr. Geraldine Knatz announced she will be
retiring at the end of the year. City Engineer
Gary Lee Moore will serve as Acting General
Manager until a permanent GM is appointed.
“I thank Dr. Knatz for her service to Los
Angeles. My agenda for the Port is focused
on maximizing its economic impact and
minimizing its environmental impact to build
stronger neighborhoods in the Harbor area
and across Los Angeles,” Garcetti said.
Nearly 900,000 regional jobs, and nearly
3 million jobs nationwide, are related to trade
at the Port of Los Angeles, which comprises
7,500 acres and 43 miles of waterfront.
Knatz will continue to work at the Port of
Los Angeles through the end of the year to
ensure a smooth transition. Chief Deputy City
Engineer Deborah Weintraub will serve as the
Interim City Engineer.
Moore is City Engineer and General Manager of the Bureau of Engineering, leading
more than 800 engineers, architects, surveyors and technical support staff. He manages
and designs the construction of all municipal
facilities and infrastructure. Moore has also
worked for the Department of Sanitation and
was Interim General Manager of the Information Technology Agency last year.
Newsletter Submissions
We are always pleased to receive submissions
for the Newsletter. There are a few tips that
we’d like to be kept in mind. If you have photos, please send them in their native format,
i.e., jpg or tif. Do not place photos in a word
processing document. Also, it’s appreciated if
you could provide the names of any people
in the photos. Again, thanks to everyone for
their contributions.
Thanksgiving Holidays
Thursday & Friday, November 28-29, 2013,
are City holidays. Remember to mark your
timesheet for each day as HO 8.0. Since the
holiday is only for eight hours, those of you
on the 9/80 schedule must adjust your hours
accordingly within the same pay period.
(Non-FLSA exempt employees can only adjust
their hours within their defined work week.)
Check with your division timekeeper if you
have any questions.
Jones Retirement
Luncheon
Deputy City Engineer
Vi n c e Jo n e s h a s a n nounced that he is retiring after 31 years of City
service. A luncheon in his
honor will be held 11:30
am, January 23, 2014 at
the Double Tree Hotel,
120 S. Los Angeles St.
Cost is $45 for lunch and
gift. Please RSVP to either Karen Dacres at
(213) 485-4924, [email protected], or
Candice Arnold (213) 485-4933, candice.
[email protected]. Please make checks payable to Bureau of Engineering Association
Fund. Please RSVP and send your check by
January 9, 2014 to Karen Dacres at PW/BOE
1149 S. Broadway, Suite 700, Los Angeles, CA
90015, Stop 490. Indicate Chicken, Salmon,
or Vegetarian dish.
Passing of Robertson
We are very sorry to report that former Director of Street Services William (Bill) Robertson
passed away on October 30, 2013. Funeral
services were held November 10, 2013 at
Forest Lawn, Glendale. His family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations be
made to Bill’s memorial fund. Please see the
link below:
http://www.youcaring.com/memorial-fundraiser/william-a-robertson-memorialfund/102345?utm_source=first- email&utm_
medium=email&utm_content=a&utm_campaign=congratulation
We’d Like to Hear from You
If you have any articles for the Newsletter,
please e-mail them directly to [email protected]. Also cc: Myrna Braithwaite
([email protected]) Administration
Division. Deadline for the next issue is Thursday, December 5, 2013.
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