MAY 18 2010 AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS

AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS

                           Board of Supervisors, County of Los Angeles  

                                                           

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

       May 14, 2010

               

May 18 Agenda Highlights

(Meeting begins at 9:30 a.m.) 

 

North Hollywood’s Harvard-Westlake Wolverines girls basketball team honored for winning its first state championship.

 

Sheriff’s Deputy Freddy Brown recognized for his courageous action when confronted with a violent suspect in the City of Hawaiian Gardens.

 

Report to be given on the financial status of Health Services Department. (Item S-2, 11:30 a.m.)

                                

$154,800 proposal would fund construction of exercise path at Campanella Park in Compton, and award contract to Bravo Concrete Construction Services, Inc.  (Item 1-D)

 

Action would launch employee fitness challenge.  (Item 2)

 

Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich requests report on feasibility of putting power transmission lines underground as part of the Countywide/Antelope Valley General Plan update.   (Item 3)

 

Approval sought to transfer ownership of three County parks and five undeveloped County parcels to the City of Santa Clarita.  (Item 4)

 

Board asked to support federal legislation which would allow the County to provide competitive low-interest loans to property owners for renewable-energy/energy-efficient improvement projects.  (Item 11)

 

Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas requests study on feasibility of developing employee housing projects at Athens Sheriff’s Station and Martin Luther King, Jr. Medical Center sites. (Item 12)

 

Approval sought to declare official the results for the Pasadena Unified School District Special Parcel Tax Election, held May 4.  (Item 19, cont. from 5/11)

 

Pilot program would use community-based groups to work with General Relief  recipients to qualify them for federal Supplemental Security Income.  (Item 21)

Board asked to approve one-time use of $9 million of Measure B Special Tax reserve funds to partially offset uncompensated emergency/trauma care provided by County hospitals.  (Item 22)

 

Acceptance of $1.9 million in new funds would support projects to prevent obesity and reduce smoking in County.  (Item 26)

 

Agreement with operator of Altadena and Eaton Canyon county golf courses would reduce rent by half and provide for the repayment of past due rent except for late fees.   (Item 28)

 

Board asked to approve settlements for three lawsuits, totaling $680,000, arising from automobile accidents involving public works employees; Public Works Department asks to transfer funds from services and supplies fund to pay for settlements.  (Items 41, 53, 54 and 55)

 

Board asked to approve $1.4 million settlement, plus assumption of $1,147 Medi-Cal lien, in medical negligence lawsuit arising from treatment that patient Michelle Schroeder received at LAC+USC Medical Center. (Item 56)

 

Recommendation calls for issuing up to $1.5 billion in tax and revenue anticipation notes to meet fiscal year cash flow needs of the County General Fund in 2010-11.  (Item 64)

 

Supervisors meet in closed session to discuss litigation involving breach of contract allegations arising from agreement between the County and King-Drew Medical Foundation. (Item CS-1)

 

Supervisors meet in closed session to discuss the findings of the quality assurance reviews related to the provision of care at the Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. (Item CS-4)