AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS

                           Board of Supervisors, County of Los Angeles  

                                                           

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                          Jan. 6, 2009              

 

Final Actions: Jan. 6, 2009 Agenda Highlights

(Unless otherwise noted, vote was unanimous.)

 

Status report to be given on transition to new LAC+USC Medical Center.  (Item S-1, 11 a.m.) RECEIVED AND FILED

 

Consideration given to proposed gangs and violence reduction plan, with demonstration sites in Florence/Firestone and Pacoima areas.  (Item S-2, 11:30 a.m.) APPROVED WITH AMENDMENTS TO ADD HARBOR GATEWAY AND MONROVIA/DUARTE AREAS AS PILOT SITES AND NOT TO DIVERT EXISTING RESOURCES OR SERVICES FROM OUTSIDE TARGET AREAS

 

Recommendation calls for approving contract and $160,000 annual salary for Corde Carrillo to serve as acting executive director of the Community Development Commission and Housing Authority. (Item 1-D) APPROVED

 

$84,575 contract would hire architectural firm for refurbishment of  Lennox Library. (Item 2-D) APPROVED

 

Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky requests that Board offices be allowed to review case records of children who die and have either been in protective custody of the Department of Children and Family Services or have come to the attention of the department.  (Item 2) APPROVED

 

Supervisor Don Knabe calls for adoption of plan to improve child care and development services, saying present policies and programs at federal, state and local levels are balkanized, inefficient and inconsistent.  (Item 5) APPROVED

 

$10,000 reward proposed for information leading to arrest and conviction of person(s) who shot and killed 20-year-old Gabriel Steven Salazar as he was driving in Artesia on Sept. 29.  (Item 6) APPROVED WITH CORRECTION TO DATE AS 2002

 

Supervisor Gloria Molina recommends extension of $150,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of person(s) responsible for 2002 death of 15-year-old Brenda Sierra, who was last seen on way to friend’s house in East Los Angeles and whose body was found the next day in San Bernardino County.   (Item 9) APPROVED

 

Proposal would transfer $17.9 million to departments hit by state cuts, and redirect $135.4 million budgeted for new or expanded programs to a reserve established to help the County through the economic uncertainties.  (Item 11) APPROVED

 

Two-year $775,000 agreement would hire consultant to assist six County departments integrate  land development and permitting systems to improve efficiency and effectiveness. (Item 12) APPROVED WITH KNABE MOTION TO ISSUE QUARTERLY REPORTS

 

Recommendation calls for approving new three-year contract with Merrick Bobb to review and make recommendations regarding Sheriff’s Department, at maximum $223,000 yearly. (Item 15) APPROVED

 

$434,363 maximum contract proposed for consultant to develop a countywide bikeway master plan.  (Item 25) APPROVED WITH YAROLSLAVSKY MOTION TO DECREASE CONTINGENCY TO 10 PERCENT, MAKING CONTRACT MAXIMUM $382,239

 

Proposal calls for spending up to $8.2 million to enhance ability to replenish the groundwater in  San Gabriel and Rio Hondo Coastal Basin Spreading Grounds, reducing dependence on imported water and providing a more economical and dependable source of water.  (Item 28) APPROVED

 

$2.3-$2.6 million project would synchronize signals in Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs, Downey and South Whittier along the I-5/Telegraph Corridor.  (Item 35) APPROVED

 

Report scheduled on major projects most likely to qualify for federal funding under the economic recovery legislation.  (Item 55) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CONT. TO 1/13

 

Authorization asked to apply for state grant to help pay for replacement of 120-bed single-room housing facility at Camp David Gonzales in Calabasas.  (56-A) APPROVED AS AMENDED BY CHIEF EXECTIVE OFFICER RELATING TO COUNTY FUNDING AND RETURNING TO BOARD FOR APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT AND GRANT

 

$10,000 reward recommended for information leading to the arrest and conviction of person(s) who shot and killed Sarith Em and Vannaly Tim in Long Beach on Jan. 1.  (Motion introduced at meeting) APPROVED

 

$10,000 reward proposed for information leading to the arrest and conviction of person(s) who stabbed and killed Jean Clinton Roeschlaub in her Glendale condominium in 2006.  (Motion introduced at meeting)  APPROVED

 

Report requested in 30 days on strategy to implement a data mining technology to target fraud in public assistance programs.  (Motion introduced at meeting)  APPROVED

 

Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas asks for report in 30 days on feasibility of holding quarterly meetings in supervisors’ districts. (Motion introduced at meeting)  APPROVED