For Immediate Release
April 21, 2010
Contact: (661) 200-2222
Henry Mayo has undertaken a process to monitor the Valencia neighborhood adjacent to the hospital to ensure that hospital employees honor the hospital's agreement with the local community to not park on nearby residential streets.
David Hernandez, from the hospital's imaging department has been dubbed one of two "neighborhood parking patrol guys" and is stationed on the south side of McBean parkway at Avenida Navarre. His counterpart, Sevan Aghazarian also mans a similar post at McBean and Orchard Village Road. The two work a daily, 3-hour shift each morning at their temporary posts from 6:45-9:45 am before reporting to their "regular work" in the Radiology Department.
It appears Hernandez's presence in the neighborhood has already had a positive affect: shortly after David manned his post on his first morning, he was approached by a neighbor - a local resident who was out for his morning run. The neighbor thanked Hernandez for being there. "He said he respected the hospital for what we were doing to help ensure cars would not be parked on his street, and he thanked me," Hernandez said.
"I think what we're doing here is important, and it's good to know that neighbors appreciate it," Hernandez said. Hernandez has had to ask a few Henry Mayo employees to return to their cars and remove them from the local streets, explaining that it's for the safety concerns of all - employees and residents alike - and to help maintain the integrity of the hospital's Master Plan agreement with the community. "I feel bad having to ask them to move their cars, but everyone seems to understand," he said.