September 6, 2000
To: Supervisor Gloria Molina, Chair
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, Chair Pro Tem
Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky
Supervisor Don Knabe
From: David E. Janssen
Chief Administrative Officer
On July 5, 2000, your Board instructed the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) to appropriate $3.07 million from the Department of Health Services= Enterprise Fund Designation Account to fund a supplemental architectural agreement and other related costs associated with revising and completing construction documents for the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Surgery/Emergency Replacement Project on the condition that the funding could not be spent until specifically authorized by your Board. You further instructed the CAO to provide your Board with reports on the financing issues related to the project and on the appropriateness of the planned improvements based upon the projected demand/need for such services in the future. These reports were provided to your offices on July 20, 2000.
Your Board then continued until September 12 the recommendation to establish a capital project to account for project expenditures and to authorize the Director of Public Works to sign the supplemental architectural agreement. It is now recommended that your Board defer a decision until the Department of Health Services and the CAO can provide your Board with additional information regarding any impact that the Department=s efforts toward Aself sufficiency@ under the 1115 Waiver and requirements under the SB 1953 Seismic Retrofit Program may have on the financial feasibility of the proposed project.
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c: Executive Officer, Board of Supervisors
County Counsel
Director of Health Services
Director of Public Works