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Public Works reports LED retrofits, pole repairs, EV charging and litter pickups
Summary
Public Works presented May–August maintenance: LED retrofits at Mary Van Dyke Park (7 lights completed July 17), repairing leaning poles at the senior center, new traffic controls at South El Monte High School, a single EV charger pole with two ports at the transportation yard, and 264 items removed in illegal dumping pickups.
Josefa Yeroa, Public Works maintenance supervisor, reviewed the department’s quarterly projects and maintenance work covering May through August.
Yeroa said seven lights at Mary Van Dyke Park were retrofitted to LEDs and completed on July 17. The city completed phase 1 footing work to replace several leaning poles at the senior center and will continue with fencing replacement in a subsequent phase. Street striping and traffic control device installation in front of South El Monte High School were complete and credited with improving drop‑off and pickup flows.
A single EV charging pole with two charging ports was installed at the transportation yard’s northwest corner; Yeroa confirmed the unit is one pole with two chargers, allowing two vehicles to charge simultaneously. She said the city will alternate charging schedules because more than two electric vehicles are used across the fleet.
Yeroa also presented data on illegal dumping and graffiti removals, saying crews collected about 264 items at identified locations. She reported progress on reported street lights (four street lights and two safety lights reported to Edison and Bear) and that Central/Santa Anita signal box repairs were on schedule with timing adjustments to provide separate school and non‑school cycles.
Council members asked clarifying questions about funding sources for LED retrofits and the scale of the EV deployment; Yeroa said the Mary Van Dyke work was part of a broader retrofit program and confirmed the specific seven‑lamp count for that park.
