Oct.5, 2010 AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS.doc

AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS

                           Board of Supervisors, County of Los Angeles  

                                                           

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

 

        Oct. 5, 2010

               

Oct. 5, 2010 Agenda Highlights

(Meeting is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m.)

 

Authorization sought to issue $8 million in bonds to assist developer finance site acquisition and construction of 62-unit multi-family housing project in West Athens/Westmont.  (Items 1-H, 25)

 

Housing Authority asks rule change to require owners to repay overpaid housing assistance payments in two months instead of 12. (Item 4-H)

 

Action would allocate $2 million to renovate the Arcadia Park pool and pool building, and establish $8.5 million budget for the project. (Item 1-P, 28, cont. from 9-21)

 

Recommendation calls for allocating $10.69 million to improve El Cariso Park in Sylmar.  (Item 3-P)

 

Supervisor Don Knabe asks that County use lessons learned during the recent Gulf Coast crisis to update its emergency oil spill contingency plan.  (Item 3)

 

Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich seeks Board support to rescind state law exempting trial courts from paying retiree health insurance benefits for sheriff’s deputies assigned to the courts.  (Item 7)

 

Approval sought for reduced County Holiday Celebration Program on Dec. 24 due to $150,000 decrease in funding for the program, which is now budgeted for $332,000.  (Item 10)

 

Action would provide $10.1 million to refurbish Acton Rehabilitation Center and upgrade its wastewater treatment plant. (Item 11, cont. from 9/28)

 

$750,000 grant would implement portions of Countywide Gang and Violence Reduction Initiative, providing in-home intervention, prevention and mental health services to incarcerated probation youth and their families.  (Item 12)

 

Approval sought to spend $1.1 million, the majority of which would be federal grant funds, to upgrade power systems at Mount Lukens, San Pedro Hill and the County’s fire command and control center on Eastern Avenue in preparation of voice and data radio system that will allow emergency responders throughout region to communicate with each other.  (Items  15,  16)  

 

Acceptance of $190,000 federal grant would allow County to identify community needs and most feasible recreational features/improvements for Charles White Park in Altadena.   (Item 27)

 

Board asked to approve San Gabriel Trench Project, which would lower the Union Pacific Railroad tracks within a below-grade trench and eliminate four at-grade crossings, and authorize the Public Works Department to do engineering review of the project, with reimbursement of approximately $500,000 by the Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority.  (Item 31)

 

Revised list of road improvement projects totaling $190.5 million proposed in Districts 1-4. (Item 34)

 

Acceptance of $2.7 million in federal grants would allow Sheriff’s Department to evaluate unsolved missing persons cases using DNA technology, reduce its forensic DNA backlog, and reduce backlogged sexual assault kits DNA analysis.  (Items 45, 46, 47)

 

Report scheduled on plan to hire staff to improve services for youth in probation camps, including timetable, tracking system, and how to avoid problems identified in the use of $79 million for the Department of Justice settlement on juvenile halls and program enhancements.  (Item 53)

 

Board meets in closed session to consider appointment of health services director.  (Item CS-1)

 

Supervisors discuss in closed session a lawsuit challenging the County’s discretionary funds expenditure process.   (Item S-2)

 

Board in closed session discuss lawsuit concerning dedication to the County of public hiking and equestrian trails within Altadena from the La Vina Homeowners Association.  (Item CS-3)

 

 

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