Story Published:
Feb 25, 2010 at 1:24 PM PDT
Story Updated:
Feb 25, 2010 at 1:24 PM PDT
HUNTINGTON PARK — The Southeast Mobile Technology Center, a 37-foot long remodeled recreational vehicle with 15 computer labs, has found a home here until it can return to permanent quarters in the city of Vernon.
The City Council here has agreed to rent overnight parking space for the mobile computer lab behind the Huntington Park Police Station for $1 per month under an agreement with owners of the vehicle, the Southeast Communities Development Corporation, a private, nonprofit community services group based here.
City Manager Greg Korduner said the lease agreement is through Dec. 31, 2010, although it could be extended if needed. The city of Vernon, which donated $500,000 to renovate the vehicle for computer use, will provide a permanent parking place in a new fire station under construction there, he said.
The corporation pledged to bridge the technology gap by bringing access to the Internet to low-income residents of the Southeast area.
Plans call for the vehicle to visit schools, parks, neighborhoods and community buildings to give residents easy access to learning how to use the computer. A trained technician accompanies the vehicle to sites in Bell, Bell Gardens, Cudahy, Huntington Park, Maywood, South Gate and Vernon, said Cesar Zaldivar-Motts, executive director of the Southeast Cities Technology Collaborative, based here, and executive director of the corporation.
In other action Feb. 16, the council:
• Appointed Councilman Andy Molina as the city’s delegate to the Southern California Association of Governments at its regional conference in La Quinta May 5-7. SCAG is a planning and advisory agency composed of officials from Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside and San Diego counties and the cities in those counties.
• Contracted with Christopher R. Morales, Inc. of San Dimas, the lowest of eight bidders at $146,680, to install a traffic signal at the intersection of State and Olive streets. Public Works Director Pat Fu said the project includes connecting a traffic video detection module to the traffic light so traffic flow can be monitored from the police station, along with painting the required road stripes and painting a section of the curb red (to prohibit parking) under regulations of the state Department of Transportation and Southern California Edison.
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