Final Actions: April 7 2009 AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS(2)

AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS

                           Board of Supervisors, County of Los Angeles  

                                                           

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                        April 7, 2009              

 

Final Actions: April 7 Agenda Highlights

(Unless otherwise indicated, vote was 4-0. Knabe was absent.)  

 

Board honors College of the Canyons hockey team for winning the Pacific Collegiate Hockey Association title.

 

Approval asked of schematic design of the Civic Park project in downtown Los Angeles and to allow the Chief Executive Office to coordinate the relocation/removal of existing plaques, monuments and artwork currently in the County Mall.  (Item S-1, 11 a.m.) APPROVED 3-0, WITH ANTONOVICH ABSTAINING

 

Report scheduled on the financial status of the Department of Health Services.  (Item S-2, 11:30 a.m., cont. from 3/17) APPROVED ANTONOVICH MOTION REQUESTING A REPORT IN 30 DAYS ON STRUCTURE OF NEW FEDERAL WAIVER PROPOSAL BEING FORMULATED

 

Report to be given on status of the state budget.  (Item S-3, noon) RECEIVED AND FILED

 

$193,493 proposal would fund additional landscape architectural services as part of five-acre park in unincorporated area near La Puente, bringing total budget to $530,418.  (Item 1-D) APPROVED

 

Approval requested to repay $1 million in administrative fees to federal government due to failure to recertify some Section 8 housing participants in FY 2004-05 and 2005-06.  (I-H) APPROVED

 

Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich requests plan within 90 days to eliminate backlog in Section 8 housing voucher program.  (Item 4-H)  APPROVED

 

$350,000 proposal would add playground equipment at Library Park in Monrovia.  (Item 1-P) APPROVED

 

Supervisors asked to cancel the May 5 Board meeting due to annual trip to Washington, D.C. to meet with federal officials.  (Item 2) APPROVED

 

Proposal would identify law enforcement surplus property, such as bulletproof vests, that could be donated to Mexico to fight the escalating war against drugs.  (Item 8) APPROVED

 

Supervisor Gloria Molina asks efforts be made to temporarily modify eligibility limits for welfare programs to assist those impacted by recession who do not qualify.  (Item 9) APPROVED WITH AMENDMENT BY ANTONOVICH FOR REPORT IN 14 DAYS ON STIMULUS-FUNDED SERVICES AVAILABLE. VOTE ON MOLINA MOTION WAS SEPARATED. FIRST PART OF MOTION TO SEEK FEDERAL WAIVER OF ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS WAS APPROVED 3-0 WITH ANTONOVICH ABSTAINING.  VOTE ON SECOND PART DEALING WITH  ASSISTING  WITH HOUSING WAS APPROVED 4-0. 

 

Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas proposes feasibility study of creating a demonstration project in South Los Angeles that would allow public and private health providers to electronically exchange patient medical records.  (Item 10) APPROVED AS REVISED BY RIDLEY-THOMAS TO MAKE THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT A COUNTYWIDE EFFORT INSTEAD OF JUST SOUTH LOS ANGELES

 

Appointment of 22 hearing officers requested to handle property assessment appeals, which increased from 16,054 in 2007 to 49,554 in 2008.  (Item16) APPROVED

 

Approval requested to establish new regional water management group to pursue funding and implement Antelope Valley Integrated Regional Water Management Plan.  (Item 19) APPROVED

 

Acceptance of $900,000 grant would fund program to help drug offenders with serious mental illnesses transition out of the jail system into residential and outpatient treatment.  (Item 25) APPROVED

 

Proposal would terminate contract for water bus services in Marina del Rey and begin solicitation for new contractor.  (Item 28) APPROVED

 

Public Works asks to spend additional $74,193 to increase buses and days of service for summer beach buses in Altadena, Antelope Valley, Charter Oak and Topanga Canyon due to higher demand, bringing total budget to $229,000.  (Item 31) APPROVED

 

Sheriff’s Department requests authorization to provide pre-packaged meals to Glendale jail and to any other cities that might request the service.   (Item 41) APPROVED

 

$395,000 settlement, plus assumption of $213,196 Medi-Cal lien, proposed in lawsuit arising from treatment received by patient and his mother at Olive View Medical Center.  (Item 46) APPROVED

 

Recommendation calls for $525,000 settlement, plus assumption of Medi-Cal lien and any related County hospital medical bills, in lawsuit filed by patient at Harbor/UCLA Medical Center.  (Item 47) APPROVED

 

Board asked to support temporary ban on large trucks on State Route 2 and more traffic enforcement along Angeles Forest Highway and SR2.  (Item 51-A)  APPROVED

 

Supervisors meet in closed session to discuss lawsuit arising from injuries sustained by Blake Dupree while in custody.   (Item CS-2)

 

Supervisors meet in closed session to consider appointment of executive director of Community Development Commission.  (Item CS-5)