Final Results: Jan. 13, 2009 AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS

                                      AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS

                                                                            Board of Supervisors, County of Los Angeles  

                                                           

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Agenda Highlights: http://ceo.lacounty.gov/press.htm

 

                          Jan. 13, 2009            

 

Final Actions: Jan. 13, 2009 Agenda Highlights

(Unless otherwise noted, vote was 5-0.)

 

Board presents scrolls to:

o   Mark Dwyer and Jason Sandoval for heroic efforts in rescuing two pilots whose plane     crashed in ocean.

o   Saugus High School girls cross-country team for winning third straight state championship and placing second nationally.

o   KNBC-TV anchor-reporter Furnell Chatman upon retirement.

 

Board declares Jan. 13 as Korean-American Day in Los Angeles County.

 

$275,541 maximum contract recommended to develop master plan for Hillgrove Community Center project in Hacienda Heights.  (Item 1-D) APPROVED

 

$679,463 maximum contract would complete refurbishment of Woodcrest Library in West Athens/Westmont.  (Item 2-D) APPROVED

 

Supervisor Don Knabe asks study of the practicality of offsetting minimum 10 percent of County’s annual electrical needs through use of renewable energy.  (Item 2) APPROVED AS AMENDED BY RIDLEY-THOMAS AND YAROSLAVSKY

 

Board approval requested for 69-unit condominium project in West Athens-Westmont.  (Item 8) APPROVED

 

$3.7 million agreement would hire new private firm to provide physicians for urgent care services at King, Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center.  (Item 12) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE CONT. TO 1/27

 

Mental Health Department seeks approval of $69.7 million information technology plan.  (Item 17) MENTAL HEALTH CONT. TO 2/3

 

Recommendation calls for committing $12 million in local funds to $25.6 million Nogales Street grade separation project in Rowland Heights and Industry.  (Item 23) APPROVED

 

$250 million maximum contract requested for transit needs study in Hacienda Heights and Altadena areas.  (Item 25) APPROVED WITH YAROSLAVSKY AMENDMENT TO LOWER MAXIMUM TO $222,200

 

Report scheduled on major projects most likely to qualify for federal recovery funding.  (Item 41, cont. from 1/6) APPROVED RIDLEY-THOMAS MOTION FOR REPORT IN 30 DAYS ON RECOMMENDATIONS TO STREAMLINE PROCUREMENT, CONTRACTING AND CONTRACT APPROVAL PROCESSES; AND SPECIAL INITIATIVES TO ENSURE THAT STIMULUS BENEFITS ARE DISTRIBUTED FAIRLY AND THROUGHOUT COUNTY

 

Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas asks that report be prepared in 30 days on developing comprehensive countywide approach to addressing foreclosure and real estate fraud crisis.  (Item 44-E) APPROVED, AS AMENDED

 

Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich proposes $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of person(s) responsible for death of 17-year-old Andrew Lopez, who was stabbed in Palmdale in May 2008.  (Item 44-B) APPROVED

 

Recommendation calls for state to require nursing homes receiving Medicare and Medi-Cal payments to post their rating in prominent location in plain view of patients and visitors.  (Item 44-D)  APPROVE

 

Supervisors meet in closed session to discuss lawsuit alleging medical negligence at Olive New Medical Center.  (Item CS-1)