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STUDIES & ANALYSIS
Southern California Association of Governments
- DRI/McGraw Hill TSG prepared an inventory of economic data and businesses within the Southern California study area. TSG facilitated a series of meetings with cluster groups of businesses, policy makers, utilities, government officials, and others to help businesses in the region identify solutions to keep the region successful.
County of Los Angeles Community Development
Commission TSG assisted cities coping with the downsizing of the aerospace industry and its accompanying effect on tax revenues, land use, employment, and economic revitalization. TSG identified training programs. In addition, focus groups were held with businesses to ascertain what the County could do to fashion a strategy for aerospace conversion.
Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
TSG assessed the feasibility of various small business ventures and the capacity of residents at the Mar Vista Gardens and Dana Strand Housing Projects to pursue the recommended ventures. The evaluation included gathering secondary market data and conducting surveys to gather primary market data. Additionally TSG researched data on the various small business opportunities that exist within the community such as franchises and cooperatives.
Metropolitan Water District (MWD), Los
Angeles, CA TSG is part of a team that assisted the MWD Board of Directors, staff, and its member agencies in preparing a strategic plan to guide MWD into the 21st Century. This process has been developed to address the rapid change in the water industry and to help MWD stay in the forefront of the water industry. TSG assisted the consultant team in performing stakeholder interviews to evaluate MWD’s current operating environment, and utilized this information to develop new business model options for MWD. An important component of this process included holding of public workshops to inform the public of the MWD strategic planning process and to garner feedback related to the process. TSG was responsible for the development and coordination of the public workshops that took place in the Los Angeles and San Diego areas.
Central Basin Water District, CA TSG was a part of the consultant team selected by the Central Basin Municipal Water District to assist the District in positioning itself to react to changes in the water environment and to better meet the needs of its constituents – the water purveyors and the water consumers. The District Board Members and staff, along with other stakeholders participated in the process. TSG participated in stakeholder interviews, which included personnel from the Public Affairs/Relations department at the District and coordinated related public workshops to gain garner feedback from the public. Central Basin Water District, CA TSG assisted the Central Basin Water District to study and determine the most feasible location for the District’s planned infrastructure project. The $10 million infrastructure project will ultimately provide access to reclaimed water by the Southeast Los Angeles cities. TSG determined that cities with large concentrations of industrial users would be especially hard hit during periods of drought because the MWD has instituted huge surcharges for excessive water usage during periods of water shortages. Without other sources of water, these businesses might have to shut down portions of their operations.
TSG provided technical support to develop a long-term salinity management strategy. Data was collected and assessed to formulate alternative strategies in response to the problems caused by high salinity concentrations. Salinity issues have arisen due to an increase in recycled water usage, groundwater management, waste discharge permits, industrial uses, irrigation, domestic use, and higher drinking water standards. TSG facilitated a series of meetings with member agencies and others to gather input for the study.
TSG assessed the impact on retail water utilities affected by the construction of the Mid Section of the Alameda Corridor Project. Specifically, TSG verified impacts on retail water facilities along the Alameda Corridor Mid Section and evaluated each water utility needs for existing crossing connections, including possible alternatives or “in-lieu” facilities. TSG also evaluated the water requirements during the project construction phase, provided an assessment of the design standards for in-kind replacement and new facilities, coordinated design and construction requirements, and evaluated the post construction responsibilities of all interested parties, including Central Basin, ACTA, design-build contractor and the utilities.
Integrated public input and built consensus among stakeholders in order to identify mitigation opportunities for corridor improvements via Informal Value Analysis workshops, development of media and community relations collateral, development of a telephone hotline, and conducted community forums that focused on Environmental Justice issues relative to how the I-710 study addressed unique transportation challenges facing ethnic, low-income and transit-dependent communities.
TSG conducted parking surveys in the cities of San Bruno, South San Francisco, and Millbrae to determine parking impacts resulting from BART’s rail extension in each of the cities.
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