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The next meeting of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is set for Tuesday, April 2, starting at 9:30 a.m.

The meeting will be streamed live here.

Among the agenda items, the Supervisors will act on a motion by Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Shiela Kuehl to send a letter to the LA County Congressional Delegation expressing support for HR 1708, the Rim of the Valley Preservation Act introduced by Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) on March 13, which would add more than 191,000 acres of the Rim of the Valley Corridor to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

Agenda highlights follow (see the full agenda here):

Presentations & Proclamations:

  • Arts for LA, in recognition of Arts Month, a series of events throughout the month of April supporting and promoting the arts and artsmakers
  • Dave Mitchell, in recognition of his retirement from the Probation Department
  • 2019 Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (ICAN) poster art contest
  • Papayans Family Foundation, in recognition of their contributions to the Armenian community in Los Angeles County
  • Araksya Karapetyan, in recognition of “Armenian History Month”
  • South El Monte High School Girls Soccer Team, in recognition of winning their first CIF-Southern Section Championship and State Division V Regional Championship
  • Antoinette Harris, in recognition of becoming the first female skill position player to earn a college football scholarship
  • Department of Public Health, in recognition of Public Health Week
  • Proclaim the month of April as “Arts Month” (Item 2)
  • Proclaim April 2019 as “Fair Housing Month” (Item 4)
  • Proclaim the month of April 2019 as “Child Abuse Prevention Month” (Item 6)
  • Proclaim the month of April as “Armenian History Month” (Item 9)
  • Proclaim April 1 through 5, 2019 as “Public Health Week” (Item 12)

Special District Agendas:

  • Housing Programs Funding Agreements (1-D)

Board Motions:

  • Reducing Utility Costs and Improving Energy Efficiency of County Buildings through Public-Private Partnerships (Item 3)
  • Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act (Item 5)
  • Photo: Dianne Erskine-Hellrigel

    Photo: Dianne Erskine-Hellrigel

  • Improved Communication and Homelessness Data Sharing with Cities (Item 8)
  • Devil’s Gate Reservoir Restoration Project Air Quality Monitoring (Item 10)
  • Reducing Food Insecurity for Seniors and People with Disabilities through Reversal of the SSI/SSP Cash-Out (Item 11)

County Operations:

  • Modernization and Replacement of the Voting System (Item 20)

Children and Families’ Well-Being:

  • Residentially Based Services Sole Source Contracts (Item 22)
  • County Area Agency on Aging Fiscal Year 2019-20 Area Plan Update (Item 23)

Health and Mental Health Services:

  • Provision of Temporary Personnel Services Master Agreement Work Order (Item 27)
  • Comprehensive HIV and STD Testing and STD Treatment Services Contracts (Item 28)
  • Black Infant Health Services Contract Amendment (Item 29)

Community Services:

  • As-Needed Water Quality Monitoring and Related Services Agreements (Item 30)
  • Old Topanga Canyon Road Improvement Project Construction Contract (Item 31)
  • Santa Anita Dam Spillway Modification Project Construction Contract (Item 34)
  • Mint Canyon Channel Miscellaneous Transfer Drain 1868 Project Agreement (Item 35)

Public Safety:

  • Donation to Offset Adoption Fees for Cats (Item 38)
  • Fire Suppression Camp Services Contract (Item 39)
  • As-Needed Security Guard Services Amendment (Item 40)

Miscellaneous:

  • Settlement for Matter Entitled, Alvior Corozon v. County of Los Angeles, et al. (Item 43)

Separate Matter:

  • Bond Anticipation Notes (Item 51)

Closed Session:

  • People of the State of California v. ConAgra Grocery Products, et al. (CS-1)
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