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DA THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on July 8, 1997, by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Rogers, Uilkema, Gerber, Canciamilla and DeSaulnier NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None SUBJECT: Departmental Performance Report Susan G. Laughlin, Contra Costa County Director, Cooperative Extension Service, provided the Board with a departmental performance report for the 1996/1997 Fiscal Year. Subsequent to the presentation by Ms. Laughlin, the Board took the following action: 1. ACCEPTED departmental performance report from Susan G. Laughlin, Contra Costa County Director, Cooperative Extension Service. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown. ATTESTED: July 8. 1997 Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County Administrator 4C ' e Wampler, Deputy Clerk cc: County Administrator Cooperative Extension Service SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL ADVISEMENT FORM AGENDA DATE: 7 9 7 ITEM NO.:- [Y' O:[Y ADDITIONAL MATERIALS AVAILABLE IN THE MINUTES ❑ ITEM CONTINUED TO: ❑ ITEM DELETED ❑ PUBLIC COMMENT - NONE ❑ CONSIDERED CONSENT ITEMS PREVIOUSLY REMOVED - SEE SUMMARY FOR CHANGES; OTHERWISE APPROVED AS LISTED ON THE AGENDA THIS SECTION FOR PLANNING TIEMS ONLY ❑ ADDITIONAL MATERIAL AVAILABLE IN FILE (NAME): � 2 RECORDING REQUESTED BY: Building Inspection Department 651 Pine Street, 4th floor Martinez CA 94553 RETURN TO: Building Inspection Department 651 Pine Street 4th floor Martinez CA 94553 FOR BENEFIT OF COUNTY D.2 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on July 8, 1997 by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Rogers, Uilkema, Gerber, Canciamilla, & DeSauhtier NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None SUBJECT: Abatement of Structures at ) RESOLUTION 97/352 41 Sanford Ave. Richmond CA ) Contra Costa County Code Div. 712; Sec. 712-4.006 OWNER: OCWEN Federal Bank FSB ) APN: 409-032-018 ) The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County Resolves That: It appears from evidence presented by the County Building Inspector the above subject property has a substandard uninhabitable structure that constitutes a hazard to and endangers the health, safety and welfare of the public. The structure is hereby declared substandard and a public nuisance. The owner of the subject property is hereby ordered to demolish the structure and clear the site of all debris and leave it in a clean graded condition, or abate the nuisance by repair and alteration. If the subject property has not been cleared as ordered within thirty (30) days from the date of this hearing, the Board hereby grants authority to the Building Inspection Department to contract for the clearing of the subject property. In the event the County must contract for the work to be done, a lien shall be placed against the subject property for the cost of the abatement. The Building Inspection Department is directed to post and mail notices of this resolution directing abatement of the nuisance in the manner required by law and for the period required prior to any actual abatement. I hereby certify that this is a true end correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Bow'd Orig. Dept.: Building Inspection of Supervisors on the date shown. cc: Building Inspection (8) ATTESTED July 8. 1997 Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board 'Su -'so Su -'so s n County Adminis RESOLUTION 97/352 BY Barbara S. ret , eputy Clerk THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Resolution on July 8 , 1997, by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Rogers, Uilkema, Gerber, Canciamilla, DeSaulnier NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None Resolution No. 97/354 SUBJECT: Tabulation of Mail-In Ballots, Confirmation of Diagram and Assessment and Levy of Landscaping Assessments for Zone 38 of the Countywide Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District 1979-3 (LL-2) , Rodeo The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County RESOLVES: 1. On May 6, 1997, the Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution No. 97/225 directing the filing of the engineer' s report for Zone 38 of Countywide Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District 1979-3 (LL-2) . As directed by the Board, the Engineer of Work has filed the engineer's report. 2 . On May 6, 1997, the Board adopted Resolution No. 97/226 declaring the Board' s intention to levy and collect assessments to continue park, trail and recreational facilities and services within Zone 38 for fiscal year 1997-98 and setting a public hearing for July 8, 1997. Notice of the hearing was given in the time and manner required by law. 3 . Resolution No. 97/226 directed the Engineer of Work (Public Works Director) to cause to be mailed to property owners within Zone 38 the notices and ballots required by Section 4 of Article XIII D of the California Constitution (Proposition 218) . 4. The notices and ballots have been mailed to property owners and the returned ballots are ready to be tabulated. NOW, THEREFORE, the Board FINDS, DETERMINES and ORDERS that: I. A public hearing was held before this Board on July 8, 1997 at 11: 15 a.m. At the hearing, the Engineer of Work presented to the Board all ballots received from property owners within Zone 38 and a proposed tabulation of those ballots. The Board heard and considered all protests against the proposed assessments and tabulated the returned ballots according to the proportional financial obligation of the affected properties. The Board also afforded to every interested person an opportunity to make a protest to the engineer's report, either in writing or orally, and the Board considered each protest. 2 . A majority protest, as defined in Section 4 (e) of Article XIII D, does not bxist. 3 . The Board hereby confirms the diagram and assessment as set forth in the report of the Engineer of Work and hereby levies the assessments set forth therein in Zone 38 for fiscal year 1997-98. Contact: Skip Epperly, (510) 313-2253 Orig. Dept: Public Works (ES) cc: Public Works 1 hxaby weM no mb Is a aoa and eonasta Igo action taken and entered on Me Hnutea M tlN County Counsel lord of supe :son on the dat drown. Count Administrator so County PHIL TC L C:»rk N".»:card Auditor-Controller dsu iso and County Administratal Assessor - 7-1-97 D. 3 CONTRA COSTA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS CERTIFICATE OF RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF THE DISTRICT ELECTION RETURNS COUNTYWIDE LANDSCAPING DISTRICT (LL-2) - RODEO AREA BENEFIT ZONE 38 State of California } } ss. County of Contra Costa } I, J. Michael Walford, Public Works Director, of Contra Costa County, State of California, do hereby certify that I did canvass the returns of the votes cast at the July 8, 1997 Special Election. I further certify that the statement of the votes cast, to which this certificate is attached, shows the whole number of votes cast in said County, and the whole number of votes cast for and against the measure in said County and that the totals of the respective columns and the totals as shown for and against the measure are full, true and correct. WITNESS my hand and Official Seal this 8' day of July, 1997. J. Michael Walford, Public Works Director Department of Public Works (Seal) BY J. Michael Walford Public Works Director COUNTYWIDE LANDSCAPING DISTRICT (LL-2) RODEO AREA BENEFIT ZONE 38 OFFICIAL CANVASS The Election was conducted by Landowners of the effected area. Each Landowner was allowed one vote for each assessable parcel of land therein. Total Landowner Vote Voted Yes No Undeliverable 2,551 1,113 763 277 Cumulative Total* Weight (Dollars) $23,433.12 $8,689.86 73 72% 26% 2% * Results as of 5:00 p.m. July 7, 1997 SEas g gsvclpdst\boVWy\ZMCa vs LONSID91 WITH VJ Contra Costa County Public Works Department PRESS RELEASE For further information contact: Requested PRESS RELEASE ran date J. Michael Walford, Director during the week of May 11, 1997 or Mitch Avalon Assistant Public Works Director (510)313-22J I On May 6,the Board of Supervisors approved the mail-in ballot for the Rodeo Landscaping District. This mail- in ballot is needed to satisfy the requirements imposed by the Right to'Vote on Taxes Act passed by California voters in November, 1996. IMPORTANT BALLOT INFORMATION • During the week of May 23rd a mail-in ballot will be sent to you. • Your vote will decide if the Landscape Assessment District,Zone 38 (Rodeo)will be continued at it's present rate of$32.04 per single family home. This assessment will a continued only if more than 50%of the returned ballots weighted by the assessment vote"YES". WHY IS THERE AN ASSESSMENT: The assessment allows the Landscape Assessment District to maintain and improve parks and recreational facilities used by the community of Rodeo. This assessment is used to fund the upkeep of the Lefty Gomez Ballfield Complex, Parker Avenue street tree maintenance the Gateway entry stgn area(at the junction of Parker Avenue, Old Highway 40 and Willow Avenue) an�the future Rodeo Creek Trail improvements. Without this Landscape District assessment maintenance of these facilities will be significantly reduced or eliminated. TO CAST YOUR VOTE: • Complete the mail-in ballot. • Mail your ballot in the self addressed postage paid envelope enclosed with your ballot. • Or deliver it in person to the Contra Costa County Election Department, 524 Main Street, Martinez. BALLOT DEADLINE: • Mail-in ballots must be received by the Contra Costa County Election Department by 11:15 am on July 8, 1997 • Or you may hand carry your ballot to Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors Public Hearing to be held on July 8 1997 at 11:15 am in the Board of Supervisors Chambers,County Administration Building, 651 Pine Street,Martinez,CA. 1 PUBLIC TOWN HALL MEETING: This meeting will be held on: Wednesday,June 25 1997 7:OOpm Lefty Gomez Recreation Building 470 Parker Avenue,Rodeo Public comment will be accepted at this meeting but no action on the assessments will be taken. PUBLIC HEARING: The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors will hold a Public Hearing on: Tuesday,July 8, 1997 11:15 a.m. Board of Supervisors Chambers, County Administration Building, 651 Pine Street,Martinez. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Call the Contra Costa County Assessment Information Line at(510)468-0533 or call toll free at(888)766- 7288. Z38psa.t4 2 SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL ADVISE ENT FORM A(ENDA DATE: 7 9 7 rm4 NO.: J LY ADDITIONAL MATERIALS AVAILABLE IN THE MINUTES ❑ ITEM CONTINUED TO: ❑ ITEM DELETED ❑ PUBLIC COMMENT - NONE ❑ CONSIDERED CONSENT ITEMS PREVIOUSLY REMOVED - SEE SUMMARY FOR CHANGES; OTIIERWISE APPROVED AS LISTED ON THE AGENDA TM SECTION FOR PLANNING HENE ONLY ❑ ADDITIONAL MATERIAL AVAILABLE IN FILE (NAME): DA THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Date: July 8, 1997 Matter of Recoil SUBJECT: Public Comment Chairman Mark DeSaulnier read the attached letter into the record stating that East Bay Hospital had announced their intention to close on July 15, 1997. THIS IS A MATTER FOR RECORD PURPOSES ONLY NO BOARD ACTION WAS TAKEN -SA ex-C� atam �R JUL-07-1997 16;37 FROM TO CLERK OF BOARD P.01i01 C- 0---6MA0.9zf- (04) facsimile TRANS M I TT A L to: Members of the Board of Supervisors fax #: re: East Bay Hospital date: July 7, 1997 pages: 1, including this cover sheet. I just received word from Donna Wigand, County Mental Health Direutur, that East Bay Hospital has announced their intention to close their doors. Their last day of uperation will be July 15, 1997. Donna expressed mild concern that East Bay may throw some rocks in our direction because we have not been more supportive. l believe we have had only two or three patients there at any one time for most of the past year. Phil Batchelor Cc: Dr. William Walker Donna Wigand, Mental Health Director Press Basket From the disk of... PAM DetWullor County A& nwhetor Contra Costa county 661 Pine 9trok EktaMh Floor Martinez,CA 903FLI (610)336.1066 Fps(510)335.1098 DS� THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Resolution on July 8 . 1997, by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Rogers, Uil.kema, Gerber, Canciamilla, DeSaulnier NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN:None Resolution 97/355 SUBJECT: Tabulation of Mail-In Ballots, Confirmation of Diagram and Assessment and Levy of Landscaping Assessments for Zone 37 of the Countywide Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District 1979-3 (LL-2) , Clyde The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County RESOLVES: 1. On May 6, 1997, the Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution No. 97/223 directing the filing of the engineer' s report for Zone 37 of Countywide Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District 1979-3 (LL-2) . As directed by the Board, the Engineer of Work has filed the engineer's report. 2 . On May 6, 1997, the Board adopted Resolution No. 97/224 declaring the Board's intention to levy and collect assessments to continue park, trail and recreational facilities and services within Zone 37 for fiscal year 1997-98 and setting a public hearing for July 8, 1997. Notice of the hearing was given in the time and manner required by law. 3. Resolution No. 97/224 directed the Engineer of Work (Public Works Director) to cause to be mailed to property owners within Zone 37 the notices and ballots required by Section 4 of Article XIII D of the California Constitution (Proposition 218) . 4 . The notices and ballots have been mailed to property owners and the returned ballots are ready to be tabulated. NOW, THEREFORE, the Board FINDS, DETERMINES and ORDERS that: 1. A public hearing was held before this Board on July 8, 1997 at 2:00 p.m. At the hearing, the Engineer of Work presented to the Board all ballots received from property owners within Zone 37 and a proposed tabulation of those ballots. The Board heard and considered all protests against the proposed assessments and tabulated the returned ballots according to the proportional financial obligation of the affected properties. The Board also afforded to every interested person an opportunity to make a protest to the engineer's report, either in writing or orally, and the Board considered each protest. 2 . A majority protest, as defined in Section 4 (e) of Article XIII D, does not exist. 3. The Board hereby confirms the diagram and assessment as set forth in the report of the Engineer of Work and hereby levies the assessments set forth therein in Zone 37 for fiscal year 1997-98. Contact: Skip Epperly, (510) 313-2253 Orig. Dept: Public Works (ES) cc: Public Works ihaf°by M*that this is a""a W my"tcopy of i1a actbn taken and entered en the mtnuM af Me County Counsel now O Supe pla On tate,eheNn. County Administrator Pitt, T ,, tk of the heard Auditor-Controller of se a ucoentr.dmw.a w, Assessor 7- 9-97 -D. S CONTRA COSTA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS CERTIFICATE OF RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF THE DISTRICT ELECTION RETURNS COUNTYWIDE LANDSCAPING DISTRICT (LL-2) - CLYDE AREA BENEFIT ZONE 37 State of California } } ss. County of Contra Costa } I, J. Michael Walford, Public Works Director, of Contra Costa County, State of California, do hereby certify that I did canvass the returns of the votes cast at the July 8, 1997 Special Election. I further certify that the statement of the votes cast, to which this certificate is attached, shows the whole number of votes cast in said County, and the whole number of votes cast for and against the measure in said County and that the totals of the respective columns and the totals as shown for and against the measure are full, true and correct. WITNESS my hand and Official Seal this 8's day of July, 1997. J. Michael Walford, Public Works Director Department of Public Works (Seal) By: J. Michael Walford Public Works Director COUNTYWIDE LANDSCAPING DISTRICT (LL-2) CLYDE AREA BENEFIT ZONE 37 OFFICIAL CANVASS The Election was conducted by Landowners of the effected area. Each Landowner was allowed one vote for each assessable parcel of land therein. Total Landowner Vote Voted Yes No Undeliverable 288 136 105 24 Cumulative Total* Weight (Dollars) $4,008.96 $772.56 7 83% 15% 2% * Results as of 5:00 p.m. July 7, 1997 SE:.a g\ai w\spdntbo\ ay\ZPCmm Contra Costa County Public Works Department PRESS RELEASE For further information contact: Requested Press Release run date: during the week of May 11, 1997 J. Michael Walford,Director (510)313-2389 or Mitch Avalon Assistant Public Works Director (510)313-22J I On May 6,the Board of Supervisors approved the mail-in ballot for the Clyde Landscaping District. This mail- in ballot is needed to satisfy the requirements imposed by the Right to Vote on Taxes Act passed by California voters in November, 1996. IMPORTANT BALLOT INFORMATION • During the week of May 23rd a mail-in ballot will be sent to you. • Your vote will decide if the Landscape Assessment District,Zone 37 (Clyde)will be continued at it's present rate of$41.76 per single family home. WHY IS THERE AN ASSESSMENT: The assessment allows the Landscape Assessment District to maintain and improve parks and recreational facilities used by the community of Clyde. This assessment is used to fund the upkeep of the Clyde Park and Marie Porter Park and the future development of Maybeck Nature Park and Big Oak"free. Without this Landscape District assessment maintenance of these facilities will be significantly reduced or eliminated. TO CAST YOUR VOTE: • Complete the mail-in ballot. • Mail your ballot in the self addresntra sed postage paid envelope enclosed with your ballot. • Or deliver it in person to the CoCosta County Election Department, 524 Main Street, Martinez. BALLOT DEADLINE: • Mail-in ballots must be received by the Contra Costa County Election Department by 2:00 pm on July 8, 1997 • Or you may hand carry your ballot to Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors Public Hearing to be held on July 8 1997 at 2:00 p.m.. in the Board of Supervisors Chambers, County Administration Building,651 Pine Street,Martinez,CA. 1 PUBLIC TOWN HALL MEETING: This meeting will be held on: Wednesday,May 21, 1997 7:00 P.M. Clyde Community Center 109 Wellington Avenue, Clyde Public comment will be accepted at this meeting but no action on the assessments will be taken. PUBLIC HEARING: The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors will hold a Public Hearing on: Tuesday,July 8, 1997 2:00 p.m. Board of Supervisors Chambers, County Administration Building, 651 Pine Street,Martinez. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Call the Contra Costa County Assessment Information Line at(510)468-0533 or call toll free at (888)766-7288. #### Z37psa.t4 2 SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL ADVISEMENT FORM AGENDA DATE: 7 9 7 ITEM NO.: J� E( ADDITIONAL MATERIALS AVAILABLE IN THE MINUTES ❑ ITEM CONTINUED TO: ❑ ITEM DELETED ❑ PUBLIC COMMENT - NONE ❑ CONSIDERED CONSENT ITEMS PREVIOUSLY REMOVED - SEE SUMMARY FOR CHANGES; OTHERWISE APPROVED AS LISTED ON THE AGENDA TM SECTION FOR PLANNING HUGS ONLY ❑ ADDITIONAL MATERIAL AVAILABLE IN FILE (NAME): D , 7 F&HS - 03 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM: FAMILY AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Costa k ' June 23, 1997z -.. County DATE: SUBJECT: STATUS REPORT ON THE AVAILABILITY OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)6 BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. DIRECT the Health Services Director to undertake discussions with the State Department of Health Services and in other appropriate venues in an effort to discontinue the use of the term "Standby Emergency Room" for hospitals in Contra Costa County and report the outcome of his discussions to the Family and Human Services Committee on September 22, 1997. 2. CONCLUDE that there has been a reduction in available critical care beds (ICU and CCU beds) in Contra Costa County over the past several years when the beds at both Los Medanos Hospital and Kaiser-Richmond are factored into the data. 3. REQUEST the Hospital Council of Northern and Central California to provide data gathered regarding the number of licensed, physically available and staffed critical care beds to the Health Services Director in a form which allows comparison of regional and individual hospital needs. If this is not possible for confidentiality reasons, REQUEST the Health Services Director to obtain this same information directly from the hospitals and provide it to the Family and Human Services Committee on September 22, 1997 in a form which allows comparison of regional and individual hospital needs. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _.YES Sh)NAfURE: —RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR _ _RECOMMENDATION OF ROARD qZrMITTEE /7 _APPROVE —p.�OTHI ' `_ - MARK DeSAUL IER DONNA GE R SIGNATURES ACTION OF BOARD ON _ APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED — OTHER X The following persons addressed the Board of Supervisors relative to the issues: Joan Webber; Kay McVay, C.N.A.; Ruth Daniels; Lynn Baskett, Hospital Council; and Kevin Reilly, C.N.A. The Board REFERRED Recommendation No. 2 back to the Family and Human Services Committee for further review and clarification; and APPROVED the balance of the Recommendations, as set forth in this Board Order. VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE _UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: J. I I. III and IV NOES: V AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. ATTESTED July 8 1997 Contact: PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF cc: S ORS AND COUNTY AD STR OR See Page 4 BY Y - rhricti no Wamn ar F&HS - 03 4. REQUEST the County Counsel to provide an opinion to the members of the Board of Supervisors and Health Services Director on the extent to which the Health Services Director or Board of Supervisors have the authority to impose on other hospital facilities transfer guidelines which provide that a patient who needs to be transferred from one facility to another will be transferred to that facility which is closest and can meet the medical needs of the patient, rather than to another facility in the same health maintenance organization or managed care system which may be farther away. 5. DIRECT the Health Services Director to work with the hospitals in Contra Costa County and other hospitals outside the County which may need to be involved to develop transfer guidelines and policies which provide that a patient who needs to be transferred from one facility to another will be transferred to that facility which is closest and can meet the medical needs of the patient, rather than to another facility in the same health maintenance organization or managed care system which may be farther away, taking into account the patient's rights and choice to the extent that it is medically/legally possible to do, and report on the results of his negotiations to the Family and Human Services Committee on September 22, 1997. 6. DIRECT the Health Services Director to survey what other jurisdictions have in place regarding policies governing the transfer of patients between facilities and report his conclusions and recommendations to the Family and Human Services Committee on September 22, 1997. 7. DIRECT the Health Services Director to provide a report to the Family and Human Services Committee on September 22, 1997 on the extent to which the John Muir Medical Center-Mt. Diablo Hospital merger has resulted in discussions with the County's Emergency Medical Services relating to the availability of emergency and critical care resources at the two facilities. 8. DIRECT the Health Services Director to provide a report to the Family and Human Services Committee on September 22, 1997 on the availability of ambulances for transfers between facilities and if a shortage of ambulance resources is noted to provide recommendations to the Committee on what actions the Board of Supervisors could take to address the situation. Request the Health Services Director to suggest a definition of the term "shortage" when reporting to the Committee. 9. DIRECT the Health Services Director, in conjunction with the Office of Emergency Services, to provide a report to the Family and Human Services Committee on September 22, 1997, on what assessment or preparation has been made for an earthquake in the range of 6.0 to 7.0 in terms of assessing the likely impact of such an earthquake on the availability of hospital beds in the County. 10. DIRECT the Health Services Director to respond to the author of the questions that were raised in writing at the meeting of the Family and Human Services Committee on June 23, 1997 and provide a copy of his response to the Family and Human Services Committee on September 22, 1997. 11. DIRECT the Health Services Director to continue to monitor the availability of hospital critical care resources and report to the Family and Human Services Committee again on September 22, 1997 regarding any observations he has made as a result of that monitoring. -9- 0, F&HS - 03 12. CONTINUE to have the Emergency Medical Care Committee (EMCC) serve in an advisory capacity to the Board of Supervisors and REQUEST the EMCC to submit a report to the Family and Human Services Committee on September 22, 1997 on its assessment of hospital critical care capacity and its recommendations regarding the availability of critical care for County residents. 13. DIRECT the Health Services Director to continue to monitor legislative activities and other developments at the State level in this area and report his observations and recommendations to the Family and Human Services Committee on September 22, 1997. BACKGROUND: On May 6, 1997, the Board of Supervisors approved a report from our Committee on this subject which directed that our Committee consider this subject again in June 1997. On June 23, 1997, our Committee met with the County's Health Services Director, William B. Walker, M.D., members of his staff, representatives from the Hospital Council of Northern and Central California, Kaiser-Permanente, Brookside-Doctor's Hospital, and a number of nurses from facilities in the area. Dr. Walker presented the attached report to our Committee and reviewed it with us in some detail. Lynn Baskett, from the Hospital Council of Northern and Central California, reviewed the results of the survey they had conducted, which is attached as a part of the report from Dr. Walker. Dr. Walker noted that one of the concerns had been whether the long waits in emergency rooms for transfer to another facility was due to the availability of critical care beds in the County. The survey data tends to show that this is not the case. The problem is not with the availability of beds system-wide. He noted that the County does not have a policy regarding the transfer of critical care patients between facilities in terms of where they are transferred. He suggested that one question that should be answered is whether there should be a policy requiring that a critical care patient be transferred to the closest facility which is equipped to meet the medical needs of the patient. Bob Eisenman, Ph.D., Director of External Affairs for Kaiser-Permanente, noted that Kaiser has successfully passed its Medicare review by the State and Federal governments. Gary Sloan, Administrator of Brookside and Doctor's Hospital commented on changes they have made in their facilities in order to better serve emergency patients. In response to a question from Supervisor Gerber regarding what was meant by a "staffed" bed, Lynn Baskett noted that these were beds which, according to the policy of the facility, could be staffed if there were a patient in the bed. She indicated that it would be possible to simply look at the daily census in the facilities for purposes of defining "staffed" beds. In response to a request from Supervisor Gerber for the raw data by hospital from which the summary report was prepared, Ms. Baskett indicated that the hospitals had been told that the raw data would be kept confidential and therefore she did not -3- F&HS - 03 feel she could release the data without getting the permission of the individual facilities. EMS Director Art Lathrop noted that his office could probably get the same information by facility but that it would take a little longer because of the need to get releases from each facility. In response to a question from Supervisor Gerber, Ms. Baskett noted that the data does not include the fact that eight critical care beds were closed down when Los Medanos Hospital closed. She noted that the data includes the four beds that Kaiser-Richmond had in 1995 and that the eight critical care beds which were closed down when Kaiser-Richmond closed its inpatient facility are shown as physically available but not staffed since the policy of Kaiser prevents these beds from being used at this time. Supervisor Gerber noted that when the Los Medanos beds are taken into account, there has actually been a reduction in available critical care beds in the County over the past several years. Mr. Sloan indicated that there are no plans to change the availability of the critical care beds at Doctors Hospital in Pinole. The use of the emergency room, however, is subject to further study when a new emergency room director comes on board July 1 , 1997. Dr. Eisenman indicated that there are still four critical care beds in operation at Kaiser-Martinez (as well as 20 at Kaiser-Walnut Creek) and that he did not expect any change in the availability of these beds before September 30, 1997. Kaiser is looking at their Richmond facility but will give the Board of Supervisors as much notice as possible of any pending changes. A number of questions were raised by the audience, including some which were to be submitted to staff in writing. We have asked that these questions be responded to in writing. There was also a good deal of anecdotal testimony about staffing problems at Kaiser-Walnut Creek, which was attributed to the closure of Kaiser- Martinez. There was also testimony about similar delays at Mt. Diablo Hospital. As a result of all of the testimony and responses to our questions we have formulated the above recommendations. We will provide further information to the Board of Supervisors following our September 22, 1997 meeting. cc: County Administrator Health Services Director Emergency Medical Services Director Director, Office of Emergency Services Sara Hoffman, Senior Deputy County Administrator Lynn Baskett, Regional Vice President Hospital Council of Northern and Central California 7901 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 500 Pleasanton, CA 94588 Gary Sloan, Chief Executive Officer Brookside Hospital 2000 Vale Road San Pablo, CA 94806 Bob Eisenman, Ph.D. Director, External Affairs Kaiser Permanente 1425 S. Main Street Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Assemblywoman Aroner -4- Contra Costa County D ', The Board of Supervisors HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR Jim Rogers,1 st District ..... William B.Walker, M.D. Gayle B.Ullkema,2nd District Donna Gerber,3rd Distrix / Director&Health Officer W rk De9aulnler,4th District ,• 20 Alien Street Joseph Canclamllla,5th Districts Martinez,California 94553-3191 County Administrator P¢ (510)370 5003 FAX(510)370-5099 Phil Batchelor County Administrator Rme 19, 1997 TO: Family and Human Services Committee FROM: William B. Walker, M.D. SUBJ: Hospital Emergency and Critical Care Resources Recommendations It is recommended: 1. That the HSD continue to monitor the availability of hospital critical care resources and report to the Board periodically via the Family and Human Services Committee. 2. That the Emergency Medical Care Committee (EMCC) continue in its current capacity as advisory to the Board of Supervisors and submit a report to the Board by September 30, 1997 on its assessment of hospital critical care capacity and recommendations regarding the availability of critical care for county residents. 3. That HSD staff continue to monitor legislative activities and other developments at the state level in this area. Background On May 6, 1997, the Board of Supervisors accepted the report of April 28, 1997 from the Family and Human Services Committee on Emergency Medical Services dealing with concerns which had been raised by the Board concerning the adequacy of hospital emergency and critical care capacity within the county. At its May 6th meeting, the Board agreed to leave the issue on referral to the Family and Human Services Committee for review in June 1997 and agreed to have the Emergency Medical Care Committee report, at least temporarily, to the Board of Supervisors. Actions previously taken by the Board and by the Health Services Department included: (1) requesting a temporary freeze on closure or downsizing of hospital emergency and critical care facilities, (2) sending letters to the State MW lM MrnmWIW0W&HvaMC4MM • Pudb HOM • MmWt*W • Subs Abw • EnvkWwW H@WM Cohn Caw HmO Pim Emwgmy MqM Smrbr • Ham H Apw,ty • Goftbft A-345 (2187) Family and Human Services Committee June 19, 1997 Page 2 Department of Health Services and Department of Corporations, and (3) exploring the County's authority and options with respect to hospital services. The April 28th Family and Human Services Committee report also outlined other actions being taken or under consideration, including an assessment by the Emergency Medical Care Committee of hospital emergency and critical care capacity. Current Status 1. Most of the hospitals (including all hospitals about which there was concern) have responded to the Board's request by agreeing to a temporary freeze on emergency and critical care facility downsizing. At this point, there has been no further closing or downsizing of emergency departments or elimination of critical care beds. 2. Staff from Contra Costa, Alameda, and San Mateo Counties have met to discuss mutual concerns related to hospital downsizing, use of the "standby" emergency facility designation, and regulation of interfacility transfers. As a result, the issue was referred to the statewide EMS administrators' association. At its June 17th meeting, the EMS Administrators Association of California (EMSAAC) agreed to appoint a task force on this issue. Contra Costa EMS Director Art Lathrop will serve as a member of the task force. 3. Responses (attached) have been received to letters sent to the State Departments of Health Services and Corporations. a. Assistant Deputy Director Brenda Klutz responded that DHS shares our concern over the adequacy of emergency services, concurs with our observation that what is happening in Contra Costa may well occur in other parts of the state, and will consider our concerns and seek our input as DHS evaluates State policies regarding emergency services. b. Chief Deputy Commissioner Brian Thompson responded that DOC's ability to review operations of health maintenance organizations is governed by the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1997 and that our concerns would be thoroughly reviewed by DOC to make sure that there is compliance with the Act. DOC will apprise us of the outcome of the review. 4. The Assembly Health Committee apparently will be scheduling hearings on this matter in July. Staff have been in contact with Assembly Health Committee consultant Marjorie Hart. b.1 Family and Human Services Committee June 19, 1997 Page 3 5. The EMCC Facilities and Critical Care Committee met June 17th to review the results of a survey of hospital critical care unit resources, to review work done to clarify the availability and capability of various transport resources available to hospitals for interfacility transfers, and to review design of a survey to be conducted in July of hospital emergency department resources. The EMCC Facilities and Critical Care Committee: a. Accepted the conclusions of the Hospital Council Critical Care Resources report (attached) that: - there has not been a reduction in critical care beds over the past three years, - there appear to be an adequate number of beds in the county, - hospitals have mechanisms in place to staff all available beds, - hospitals will continue to monitor critical care census to determine whether the 1996-97 winter peak census was an anomaly or a trend, - staffing will continue to be a challenge during peak seasons and hospitals will investigate individual and collective strategies to support their current staffing procedures to prepare for the 1997-98 winter season, and - additional areas of study to be done in conjunction with the EMS Agency include emergency department capacity and inter- hospital transfer procedures. b. Recognized that, despite the above findings, there are anecdotal reports of emergency physicians at Kaiser-Richmond having difficulty locating available critical care beds for transfer of critical patients. C. Approved matrices developed by representatives of hospitals, American Medical Response ambulance, and EMS to facilitate identification and procurement by hospital personnel of appropriate transportation resources for inter-facility transters. d. Reviewed survey instrument to be used for hospital emergency department survey to be conducted by Hospital Council in July. Family and Human Services Committee June 18, 1997 3 Page 4 6. The Health Services Department has received a copy of and is reviewing the federal Health Care Financing Administration report on its April 2, 1997 survey of the Kaiser Oakland/Richmond facilities. attachments cc: James Fajardo, EMCC Chair Bev Jones, EMCC Facilities and Critical Care Committee Chair Lynn Baskett, Regional Vice President, Hospital Council of Northern and Central California Claude Van Martex, Assistant County Administrator Art Lathrop, EMS Director 4 jr~ Hospital Council -� DATE: .lune 17, 1997 TO: Beverly Jones, Chair, EMCC Facilities Committee FROM: Lynn H. Baskett, Regional Vice President SUBJECT: Critical Care Resources In order to address the County Board of Supervisor's question about the adequacy of the critical care facilities in Contra Costa County, a survey of the number of critical care beds and occupancy was conducted by the Hospital Council. Number of Beds 1995 * 1997 Licensed Beds Critical Care 152 156 Neonatal 11 I I Burrs 7 7 Physically Available Beds Critical Care 149 156 Neonatal 1 I 11 Burn 7 7 Staffed Beds Critical Care 149 148 Neonatal I I 11 Bum 7 7 Telemetry Beds 144 167 ' Based on a survey, using April 1995 and 1997 data, conducted by the Hospital Council, there were 152 licensed critical care beds in April of 1995 and 156 licensed critical care beds in April 1997 plus an additional 7 burn unit beds and 1 I neonatal intensive care beds which were constant throughout the study period. Telemetry beds, used for patients needing cardiac monitoring but not the full range of services in a critical care unit, have increased from 147 in April 1997 to 167 as of June 9, 1997. Telemetry beds are used as a stepdown unit to help keep Critical Care Unit (CCU) beds available. Of these licensed beds, 149 and 156 were physically available in 1995 and 1997 respectively. We defined staffed beds as those licensed beds physically available and not otherwise limited by individual hospital policies. There were 149 and 148 staffed critical care beds available in 1995 * April data ** 167 as of June 9, 1997 Hospital Council of Northern and Central California 7901 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 500•Pleasanton,California 94588-3600- Fax 510-460-5457•Phone 510.460.5444 Critical Care Resources June 17, 1997 Page 2 and 1997 respectively. All hospitals schedule and have capacity to staff all licensed, available CCU beds on short notice. In extreme situations, hospitals use the post anesthesia recovery room and Emergency Department when there are more patients requiring a CCU bed than the licensed number of CCU beds until triage, the patient is stabilized and transferred to a higher level of care, or a bed becomes available. Variable which effect the number of staffed beds: 1. Needs vary by season,by shift and by day, depending on admissions and discharges. 2. Hospitals set core staffing at the anticipated census and call in extra staff as needed. On days when the census is low, hospitals offer vacation time, use staff to support other departments, or send nurses home. 3. During peak winter seasons (October-April, especially December to February) when all hospital experience high demand for CCU beds, staffing can be difficult as multiple hospitals are calling overlapping pools of part time and per diem nurses and the same registries. During holidays, registry and per diem staff are less available because of their own personal plans and commitments. There has not been a significant change in the number of available CCU beds, regardless of how they are defined. Adequate Number of Beds We then asked the question: are the number of critical care beds adequate? To do this we surveyed the occupancy rate of the critical care units for each month from April 1995 to April 1997. AVERAGE MONTHLY OCCUPANCY-APRIL 1995 - MARCH 1997 Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. I Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 1995 63.1% 59.4% 58.5% 53.0% 56.9% 55.0% 55.1% 50.3% 53,7% 1996 56.7% 55.6% 53.3°l0 54.4°f° 41.7°l0 49.4°l0 45.$% 49.5% 48.6% 46.1% 51.6°/a 55.5°l° 1997 59.0% 59.1% 542% As expected, we found that the highest occupancy occurred during the winter months. During the two year period there were only 4 months, 2 in 1995 and 2 in 1997, when the CCU census at any one hospital averaged 90 percent or greater. During these 4 months, there was never more than one hospital with the average census of 90 percent or higher. In order to further investigate the adequacy of the number of critical care beds, we further surveyed the daily occupancy of a sample of high and low volume months, January and July, for 1994-1997. The midnight census is the only consistent and reasonably available data so this was used even though the census can change by shift. Critical Care Resources D June 17, 1997 Page 3 JULY JANUARY 1994 1995 1996 1995 1996 1997 Number of days with CCU bed occupancy at 25 13 5 18 10 16 100% Number of days with CCU bed occupancy over 3 1 0 11 4 3 100% at any one hospital Number of days when 2 hospitals had CCU bed 6 3 1 7 2 1 occupancy of 100% or more at the same time Based on the survey, there were never more than 2 of the 10 hospitals with CCU occupancy of 100% or more at the same time. We also found hospital emergency department diversion to be infrequent, not correlated to high CCU occupancy and no more than one hospital was ever on emergency department diversion at a time. Efforts were made through the Health Care Advisory Board, a research firm, to identify benchmark standards for the number of critical care beds for similar populations. Their literature search has, to date, not provided any studies with applicable data. Conclusion Based on our survey, there has not been a reduction in beds and there appears to be an adequate number of critical care beds in Contra Costa County for the population served. Hospitals have staffing mechanisms in place to staff all available CCU beds. Hospitals will continue to monitor the CCU census in the future to determine whether the 1996- 97 winter peak census was an anomaly or a trend. Staffing will continue to be a challenge during the peak seasons and hospitals will investigate individual and collective strategies to support their current staffing procedures to prepare for the 1997-98 winter season. Additional areas of study include the emergency department capacity within the county and the inter-hospital transfer procedures. These studies will be done in conjunction with the efforts of the EMS Agency. Ebhoemsk,=bed s,uvey rcpt JUN-17-199^ �9:3U HEALTH SEP1110E'= AWN. 510 370 5p9E P_O3 133 D. STATE OF CALIFORNIA—.HEALTH AND WELFARE AGENCY PETE WILSON, rewnw� DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION 19W MILD STREET, SUITE 210 P.O. SOX 942772 , USACRAMENTO. CA 94 2 147 920 \916) 445-7184 May 13, 1997 ILSS (U" �{ ylylt j�j�Jj}i MAY 15 1997 William B. Walker, M.D. Director and Health officer CONTRA COSTA COUNTY Contra Costa County HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Health Services Department 20 Alien Street Martinez, CA 94553 Dear Dr. Walker: Thank you for your letter of April 18, 1997, to Ms. S. Kimberly Belshe, Director of the Department of Health Services. Your letter has been referred to me for response. We share the concern of the Contra Costa County Board of supervisors and yourself over the adequacy of emergency services in your county. As you know, our Berkeley District Office has been our focal point on this issue in terms of reviewing the appropriateness of changes in services proposed by Kaiser and other hospitals. They have also been investigating problems reported as a result of alleged inappropriate emergency services care. On April 30, 1997 , we were notified by Kaiser that, at the request of Representative George Miller, they had agreed to a 90-day moratorium on changes in health care delivery at their Richmond Campus. we also understand they do not plan any changes at their Walnut Creek-Martinez Campus during this timeframe. We concur with your observation that what is happening to emergency services in Contra Costa County may well occur in other parts of the state. I will be meeting with other state agencies to discuss the broad issue of the provision of emergency services and to evaluate our state policies regarding emergency services. As we proceed in our deliberations, we will consider your concerns and seek your input. if you have further questions, please feel free to call me, at (916) 445-7184 , or Mr. John Hagerty, Chief, Field Operations Branch, at (916) 327-4306 . sincerely, Brenda G. Klutz Assistant Deputy Director TOTAL P.03 JUN-18-1997 09.30 HEALTH SER!UICES ADMIN. 510 3"0 5098 P.02,03 STATE STATE OP CALIFORNIA—BUSINESS,TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING AGENCY PETE ON, Gormor / DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS OFFICE OF THE CHIEF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER 7=WUMM DOMMAM.wrre ma M tM ANIMAS.GLLSr�.MA 9MIo IN REBLY REM TO: Pa8 No; ALPHA BY FACKNUE A_NM U.S. MAIL May 1, 1997 Dr. William B. Walker Director and Health Officer Health Services Department Contra Costa County 20 Allen Street Martinez, California 94553-3191 Subject: INTENSIVE CARE UNITS IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY Dear Dr. Walker: Receipt of your letter to Commissioner Keith Paul Bishop dated April 18, 1997 is acknowledged. On behalf of the Commissioner, I would like to thank you for bringing these concerns to our attention. The ability of the Department of Corporations to review the various operations of health maintenance organizations operating in California is governed by the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975. The concerns that were expressed in your letter will be thoroughly reviewed by the Department to make sure that there is compliance with the Act. I will apprise you of the outcome of this review. Again, thank you for bringing them concerns to our attention, If you have any additional questions or comments regarding this matter, do not hesitate to contact me. Very truly yours, 7 BRIAN A. 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Contra Costa County Health Services Department Emergency Medical Services Agency AMBULANCE RESOURCE PROCUREMENT MATRIX FOR HOSPITALS (ei97) LEVEL OF RESOURCE PERSONNEL EQUIPMENT HOW OBTAINED f TRANSPORT NEEDED., AVAILABILITY PROVIDED BY PROVIDED BY PHONE NUMBER$ HOSPITALHOSPITAL BLS AMBULANCE 24 hours/day rile n/a RN/BLS AMBULANCE)? ambulance as above, RN any equipment not RN dependent on on BLS ambulance hospital staffing e.g., IV pump RN W/ACLS& BLS ambulance as above, RN w/ACLS any equipment AMBULANCE RN dependent on needed to monitor hospital staffing patient or administer meds EMT-P AMBULANCE 24 hours/day for only if RN only for meds or critical time sensitive necessary for equipment beyond transfers when other meds/skills beyond paramedic scope of means not available paramedic scope of practice practice CCT AMBULANCE 24 hours/day Technicians for If applicable, IABP, IABP's transvenous pulse (Response standard is generator, BiPap one hour or less 80% machines, mist. of the time) meds. CHILDREN'S 24 hours/day Children's Hospital Children's Hospital Call Children's TRANSPORT TEAM provides necessary provides meds & Hospital at (40 minutes for team staff to care for pt. equipment to mobilize & leave necessary to care CHO + travel time to for pt. requesting facility) CODE 3 AMBULANCE I 24 hours/day for Hospital MUST Any monitoring Call local provider and for immediate critical situations: provide personnel equipment or request Code 3 transport of a critical ; ` depending on (RN, MD, or RT) medications needed ambulance for patient to the nearest< availability, either necessary to or anticipated immediate transfer to higher level of care, paramedic or EMT-I maintain appropriate needed for patient higher level of care. staffed ambulance. level of care for during transport. Ten minute response unstable patient. 95% of the time. Patient and appropriate hospital staff must be ready for transfer on arrival of ambulance. VOLUNTARY SIGN-IN SHEET FAMILY AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Emergency Medical Services Program JUNE 23, 9997 You are not required to sign-in or otherwise identify yourself at this meeting. However, if you wish to be placed on the Commission's mailing list, we must have your name and complete mailing address, including city and zip code. NAME - (Please Print) COMPLETE MAILING ADDRESS C - 1 A44 20oc VIL � � �Q QEa brie c.— e (f, / Aj 3&7 C 'v;c De, ( H- le � 14illX652 t�`� tom.-Lr,c�iJ7 1� h� De-L /W yc ma y:actt q waY Hol 1—N c, a'cAc, CF' NAME - (Please Print) COMPLETE MAILING ADDRESS rs� t n4- 1 } lcli c'SAClssv� Ec�, ctSb'L J}hJt4 et6 4-t �3 t3 c,�etl r. u7r p2dD l�c� t SP1 yz a G err Sim C4?T- (`�f JUL 08 '97 09s=4AM CALIF. NURSES ASSOC CONSIM M P7p RECEIVED TABLE IH-2 j F [CLEREKBOAR JUL - 819977 CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION DdFSUPERvfSgRSLAST FOUR QUARTERS ONTRA CQSTA Co. Capacity and utilization data for the current quarter are displayed in this table. Outpatient and inpatient data are also included in this table. Inpatient data include discharges, occupancy rates, and number of beds. Two descriptions of beds are used: • Licensed beds - the number of beds stated on the facility license as of the last day of the reporting period, excluding the beds placed in suspense_ • Available beds - the average number of licensed beds physically existing or that can be set up and available for patient care within 24 hours, regardless of staffing levels. Footnotes for this tattle Existing law does not require prepaid health plan, State, Shriners, and specialty hospitals, and psychiatric health facilities to report comparable data Data from those hospitals (designated with an asterisk) are included in the following table but the same data are not included in County or Statewide totals. See Appendix E for selected data on these hospitals. #� Hospital has not submitted comparable information for all quarters. Kaiser Foundation has two regional centers, Kaiser Foundation Southern Region and Kaiser Foundation Northern Region, which report operating expenses for 27 Kaiser hospitals. References to the regional centers will appear in the data tables of Volume 2 and Volume 4 of this publication, but not in Volume 1, Volume B, nor Volume i. Refer to Appendix-C, Hospitals Reporting Noncomparable Data, for a complete listing of hospitals reporting operafing expenses through these regional centers. 2- 1 Attachment: A JUL ©C '97 FF09:54AM CALIF. 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NURSES ASSOC7off= f The Empty Bed Syndrome: a t ` . .. tpe`Ilr hours In tilt tied And thin dl ICIIAIIe II lac iMlulte,\:ai»tl a r gnnr homc iYAA shut Imi empty of Correct,hosl5nar should or marc ti. nccupiad'f Thr neem report would t prahtbtufrhayhnelaighsto.cu- • r show rat empty- parleyIntro.lugber SrfuW,ant[i+ig A CNA Survey of sc:fdng chat is dr lengths of stay. muws ere snd a for The Kaiser pamuntnm lwsplul in bell direct l.nk between aecilnmg n• fs�+ Oakland compared consul coums ce,um and nii»g nutpatienl vir,�s Mt a . ay k tai a made midt Th id-day Wim midnight counts data fate to wh<unt;ata tri\ �T : a a•rrl m early 199S.Over a 19 day period, 378 Three of crY mi retell<. a $ duart was an if%Jitfrtercr, • \a four Califo ' patients who were in the beds during hospitals arc profitable.They are the,dofay,but nor inchamd m the i- "long money jloi mux ai dee)t L. dal eesisus count That was an five, deagsancy rales,long;hs at stuy,All age of 2.0 par day,or 7,262 full dacbroq ar rising census numoVix days for an entre year'Ihe hospital or outptuenl vi>irs. Imparted a necrosed bed Occupancy .Hospital,olat:,:r prdfirabie >�. . . i .•;,c,',t little of 44,6%and an available bed '. =it to have highah accuiwmy ratt�i a,avpanty rate of 59894 for 1994.It but Vow'rs icngrhs of star titan tom UndCMIIOZAmdn m parrs frequently delbnataiy keeps fsnienLi the 7,262 dols had Isom,addrd back tt,ls that are lasing money.Iiosph uiar,the Argument mu lin.;. out Of Inpatient bads,and if they get in,file nec•uluncy mut,woutd have tiwt arc losing money chow greater orals aro being ilia old ecOL m,often forcibly tains them is, lumped respectively IO$0.4%will inpaP$ts in amus And dotpatido nornmalll'by A surplus or hear has sooner Than s alien safe.lhr is Ine V'SCA stilt$Ovtr de praioos ycat than W01110 sortsalhing n!A n;anr,A in basic premise of Ir Mlai efl;art— liven$onto it the timb or mid. hospital,Thi(are pmfitabc. uit heath cart indusrr) cost conmintneru which genrrntes night would not lus C beets counted From a statistical standpoint, Qm,rn"ounl I,Wum espoused I higher rrvrnur and profit. restricted in the official census.This hospital, there is no significant conalation by the hu,pital inciuftry,indust, I a(ortit ions,ftpar t detial of need. I like a number ofothets,has a hasp" bcrween Increasing numbers of oar .onstetonn,anal embraced by man,, ed tests or procedures,premature du- 1111 observation wart of up aro 20 bads. patient visna and panni ar 4100 in the media holds that hospitals ata i charges,and other rias to cut it u used fox snort sur parietis,i* at der:.sato ctm'is,further,utter in ccslromtc peril due to demands patient aeons to care, emergency MOM ox pact surg;cai son aplurem cnntlation tAKw•ten for cwt cutting by health munte- i Hospiwls bid for HMO contracts ptihcnu who Art eiaodrdrtd a>kept ' rsaapiui size And i ontLrgr,sonoo oznce org-vn.Y,ons and"Ise ri',et by providing lawtr cu,u for up to 24 hours.If the pniiats stay: and nicio of diad nottln„11 are all Compania who are leading clic race provided.For example,a hospital nest than 24 hours.he or ant is not soaking money. raw^rTdt managed C:uc and by!asses which lowers its charges for Coster- formally admitted,is given a otifer• 2.A report in the Las Ange that art reput,aly a direct result of nes cart regardless of the effects or. { ant Coding,Ann is not murlmd in the ' tea!twin,,journal May 20 excess capacity and underumtleaadn pattern care by replacing aunt'a its I corisus,teen whto m the bad At mid- "hews occupancy rata acid of hospital faclllues.Excess capacm registered nurses w......—pain amgb'. lengths of stays deellatag for —cmpr)beds—is demonstrated unlicensed stall old by using naw, i Finolly,moot reports lot occu. las AAtgelel Ores,hospitals;—b pnma,aIy by declining tongths of ptogrenls imenOed to Sharply noir piny rate's on the bash of liecrsed gros hdtpitei mvanuet+icing.we uay,of"oking bid clecupuiev mots, use hoslNul suv$for new n,tHhtrs beth,not available beds,lacea$ad ly the paint. and a stiff(of care delivery LP aulta:.. i and babies H mare iiktly 10 ISM an beth OR the number stared on a 3,studies by the Institutor L runt 51ssu and other settings. HMO Contract run annusor hospits) facility license.Available beds are the for Health&Soeiafwuusuic Debate on this topic can be bio- in is geographic eta which al number of Deo$a facility actually policy shoat kers down inm three tomes:1)If longer stays send has a sister suff.ng j us4A In 14104,use stilt average for -pcvenuts and profits are ar there,in bo,a genuine Surplus of mix. i nelpanl$rates wet 55.4%for n'ui• i record uvW for ho,paab while two"!Ti is direr t reina ship 1 2.ManEpsawl of daw able beds,but Only 47.9%far 1 Occupancy rains son Iengt is of tial/ istiwevil empty be ti and M;mcial I Ito]bed utilization is much higher Licensed beds, aw declyding. 17tis aswssmtm eaa.9 (milldi int the hospital industry?3)Is flout the sxavpuncy aces cited by f losses with the CNA study.Hosp is the cloture of beds,of entire hOspl. f the industry'and the media. i Empty 1116116 and we not falling money utcausr nn tali,(nirabie health care or social Occupancy rates loss based an Financial Health , declining VLi6$,li1l» policy) census,the dumber of trays trips- j The industry tlatms teat tto$pi. � •If hospital chains tare so wot- menu an hospitalized an A deny Yla fast financial milt bInno a of i heal about dmihring utilization,whe Ties Surplus II DA4is.tensors Hunts Are usually I empty ulcus. ! are they an the greatest purchasing: Argument eastern At mid»ig111 'ki et'reflect the L A rtmeat CNA andoorlul binge in the history of the lndustry> A.Yea that aur wmr empty I number of P think in those boll at saintly on 2%Callforda bassist. � Agein,empty bad;do not corrtleta Wads.Vsrtty this is dart w advances in i midnight who trier beets formally i testsbell the state coal)comparing with malting a totplul less attract! technology and medicine,wt far«x) I adsnuuad for an ovtmi8lr stay.nut, I ^",nor to moUlAtion fes 814111 year to a corporate speculator.The aggr i often it s dad to the arbitrary denser do not include any numoer of ! 199+1995 basad oar esu esu gate purchase prier of s to;,,bvrei _ of nerdeu tare that is a characteristic patienn who may have been m the (Office of Suuwlde Hauth Illaruung oil nlugass tad acquisitioiu of oder of malraged cast. ! alai tat,rest of the toy i.r,a patient end Development)tesud that chests pitafs.equateo to 5356,01ia par bed D.Three tine not n many empty who canto in for o seheduiail ,op,- Arid found. i"Fotenwl Community impact.Cao- iltr industry Outlet, tient"Appointment tot clumosomrx •There h no de8nhive telaaon• Sure of Killer Oakland Facluty,`IHSF 1 6atekeaptng.The In(tudR' pt'or all AnglOgra❑1 w'hd CoA\'hate uuis bCtwectn is lizition and proba March. t9$u1. I (lnil0 a,. ;n n;. rii ,r;i •.-vet, ..ry Attachment D - page 1 JUL 06 '97 09t5SAM CALIF. NURSES ASSOC P.6/E: ;diagnosis of a phony aliment L This arptment sacs nothing Iarletched7 To 1991, patients at home who should of iris. facility,"MSP,March.1976). about why the boil is empty,Only t:olumINAllifA shut down.as the Piulized Kuser has failed to explain how Ihar Ilse Iva and Ad its slicers awl "annttrsclry"only hospih.l in Dr'r Are nranh Carr profcssiunnij in its 167 000 members In Oakland will broilers in tilt hMphal with it,pre tin,H.because it chnnl three hospl. Comm wish ptemb makin5 dm- be assured continuing access fo has. an cxncmeW wluabk commodity t tats In nearby towns.A year later, . .ions about whore or what are is petal se.VmesOf how it will serve she despite declining utilization and the Humane Ona)hu will)I15-mile per delivered an the basis of the Indlvid- 61.000 yvrients who ups:the Oakland so-calltd poverty of the hospital hour h'm&and 1 s.fol waves ha, I ural needs of patlenes.or simply on emergency room annually.In addi- industry. wasnlhg Out the roads no rhe other the buil rfcols and HMO rttlt. tiontoinregularmembers,theOak- In short,nnanhal I*dl.like i hosphalsand endsmgenng more titins and generic thddeline7 I land Implied also provides margin). everything else In health are LOday, Than Inn pnsplr who nevile'I timer. ! Haallh care it a major industry, i c)'and Estate service for kaiser an a commodity.to he nought and gency care. the most profitable in d:e nation mit patients in vVestem Contra Costa Acts!,c'mvencA to other purpme, Closures Invariably mean fes.er dttade.Decisions—including do- rrarnh and other who will now also and menipulattel in all lmb of man• services for the cbmmumry as a some,other service reductlnns,and Iw sel adrift. net,for market basal goals. whole,higher costs,and fewer choic• reengineering the delivey of air— Thus is no evidence that the s{ es for consumem are made by corporate speculatorsrio"muing hospitals can accommo- i Closure of Hospitals -nit vintage txsmp)c is 'Their main final is not to insprove date an influx of Kaiser patients who 1 I% Desirable, or is It? COlombin/HCA.Coltnnbin/IiCA Clip. ! ptlimt are or realign services to may wall get Inst In the shuffle.Gil. The cast for closure can be lolly[ries to corner en initis nurkct ! mete the needs of communities or drenls hospital in Oskond,for exam. bolted down to three arguments. by hufTng up a,many hospu all As Incilvldual patientsbut how to Turn pie,was turning away pceimoci i -federal prdicies in tin Tun toe,Can in one ams p'eq...;n0y,it i the quick'raT Profit and expand mar. enmuragnl oveicodnruVinn rl hut. will Then rinse Some Of rill'Fatilitiea, ket share. peals.Underutillraslon demmnssuses evt,l p,ofTank•(,neS.In it r;an charge 'There is simply nn nsdmee that the cm h'Inpatient Ixds art not highee es in HMOs,innrer0.and move saved from closures any, ® , \'"^""' -"-�•' _.`,. � --• p. prix Y ncOded, consumers through mafkat conbnl. where has been employed to expand -I ligl+hrahh"Ar,east,are the Similarly,a McArm Hreitheam survey access,enhance quality or better •t se>•:h of td:mach p:uii r demand two vnn ago documented that cswrui late rpm deliver'in the inter- and own.se e)r iervivn. mcrgcls'ttl to higher,not lower. iso of ppntnt,or communitie,Clo- -Heakh care woirrl arc bang healthcare costs.(Af vfmu Hrntthcme. sure$,other se ice cub,and rarma apprapnokl iNrmi out of the acute Dec 5, 1574) Turing,in fact,coincide with the . ..... �.tJ ore Femng.Cimure of underusdlud 2.Patient dernand for greatest profit taking In the history e:.:rir,,. ''f• s.. :ell.:aili ho'l,mis will!n"On health cmc expensive,raw.-Mmij xr- or heath c?tc galgJntvan execuuve mussy chat c,n tic pat to better •ices ore often portrayed as the compensation packages and critical• use elsewhere and rationalize the :. printery cause of high heakh !nation of wa:th and powet in the deltvny of('art. arra Doris. hands of a fell•. 1.Regardless of how much In fact,the C.S."Ells moat other UtImately those-,he embrace construction or overcall C. industrialised nations in unfizatirn closures at desirable health of at ial Mon wall dont in heNth Pro And use of servicesuch as physician policy vldan examine tyle human .. the l.'.5.is sn!I net mtt!ing the Visits M capita and average lengths eCsdsequoixes Of thnsf rlosuras. bralth care nmll of the pni wh lar, of stat.(1Tysiciaos to,a National Kil used tate argumnu of'enlply 42 millirm people•arc uniow"dIlealtit Program,1996 C:hanbuokl. beds"at Kalser and nearby hospitals Millwni wore aro unticnnaonxi.Tlie Tht•bigy;t•at rt'Lxml for nigh health- to)us UN-the pending shut down of need for hnspisnl beds is liftly m .are cpuS are enonnnus industh. I its Oakland hospital rather than grow,not ahnnk,due fu se„eral fisc- proms and axecutive oninpensatina t rebuild or sculpturally refurbish the tors,meloeling:the aging or rot troy pl rkagts,30-Moislretivr wasteand facility. boom grnerenon and problrms aux. billing Froud. II, Howtve,many of those beds palNnit this Minter due to madtr ciated with the widening dtspar!ty of 3.In many Paris,annuPuy are actually used eery•day(see quite space,and Summit end Alis weahh In the L'.S.such u urban vlo- approprlete care may be delle- tbova.Additionally,Ihefe is fee• I Bates are now both looking at pomn• More.nonlNKmes<,nngding gmwm red oueNde the acute ore Eel• ! quentiya shaiage of specialty area tial expansions of the emergency of the AIDS pandemic and tilt re- Hng.to luny cases,it is not.Osseus beds,such as for heart monitored i menu,which even than may not he emegencc of public health epi- I tient settings am kin,epilated and I patleriv. I blovgh to met the loss of Kaise, dMIcs like n and even cholerahast lower pndllary costs,ftbtil l the Kaiser Oakland model s Onspitr he pelwom of mhrr Additionally,many amus arc ! chnrgn For Medleam uutpawfor M. demonstrate the problem of the hnspiuls nurby,the total Malta Mtallv,nnpreparen for natural ditaw Viet,aft also Tess rlguleted than for empty bed theme.Reviewing social j are needs of Alameda County are sirs,The tial vranci.sm Cl mnicle inMllenl Me--(New Yn'k lime. effecn,the Instihiu tot palth& unmet and the county,hospitals and reported fur veer the hulln arc July 1.19961. Sdstio-gtbmmsic Puhq�has projhted clinics arc under horded and assn fax taperu believe a major gav Arel Matoctomlo and other corm- that even A Partial CImure of the i Ing pohrairl Closure m pdwl+unon. earthquake could lave thousands of plea pmmlures ace increastngh- Oakland hospital would result in the To thimnee rhe problem of"empty people-Iiij acme to hospital Wife door As outpatient surgmrc I tots at up to 2,000 healthcare and Desk,"Kaiser Wilfch has rllnir litany rare.a problem that would bend+ nalicnts an sent home with IV tub ancillan•IoM and a loss of it=S28 14 billion in prohcs the pest four F(, stpribally exaccPoatcd by major nidi- j Ing and citainage bogs attached with ! to$12 million in local,state,and years,is setting the stage for a poten llonal Closures.TSF ChrordAe,Mach inadequate instruction on their sec ! federal revenues.laPmenhal from- i TIM hrohh cart calamity in Alamedatl 20.1995) Home health nurses NEC seeing mustier impact.Closure of Oakland Call'.h.a ATTACHMENT D — PG. 2 0-0 JUL 07 '97 07:10RM CALIF. NURSES ASSOC P.2,6 NLWES ASSC)CLAMON ShOT,:QTg :a.t i:Grt:;tt Cie July 8, 1997 TO: Contra Costa Board of Supervisors FROM: California Nurses Association SUBJ: Hospital Emergency and Critical Care Resources The following comments concern the Hospital Council Critical Care Resources Report and the current situation involving critical care services in Contra Costa County. 1. Statistics cited by The Hospital Council in its report are at variance with data the hospitals themselves present to the Office of Stateside Health Planning and Development (OSHPD). For example,the Hospital Council report finds virtually no numeric distinction between"licensed beds" and "physically available beds,"and only a slight variance in the number of what it terms"staffed beds."The use of"physically available beds"vs. "staffed beds" appears to be a meaningless distinction. OSHPD,the generally accepted state agency for collecting and monitoring information from health providers, only uses two categories (Attachment A): -- "Licensed"Beds, defined as"the number of feds stated on the facility license,"and --"Available"Beds, "the average number of licensed beds physically existing or that can be set up and available for patient care within 24 hours regardless of staffing levels." Available beds are what hospitals have available to staff,and house patients. This is the meaningful statistic for determining access to care. OSHPD data shows a much greater distinction between the number of licensed beds and the number of available beds in Contra Costa County. For Calendar Year 1996, OSHPD cites 1,937 total licensed beds and 1,825 available beds (Attachment B). For some facilities,notably Brookside Hospital, Mt. Diablo Medical Center, and Kaiser's Martinez and Walnut Creek hospitals,the gap is especially wide. Brookside: 326 licensed beds, 286 available beds. Mt. Diablo Medical Center: 273 licensed beds,206 available beds. Kaiser Martinez: 204 licensed beds, 80 available beds. Kaiser Walnut Creek: 309 licensed beds,211 available beds. These numbers refer to total beds, including critical care. It can be presumed that the disparity between licensed and critical care beds is less due to their higher utilization and state regulations on safe staffing,but it seems unlike the difference between licensed and available beds is as minimal as suggested in the Hospital Council report. OSHPD data for 1994 (Attachment C) shows 190 more available beds than in 1496,county wide,2,015 vs. 2,107 licensed beds. Brookside and Kaiser hospitals continued to have a wide disparity. t1.ti•nq•>M..,.nwn,o CNA SM FtantLpF t f.a..t,iu..,,,.. nn.et., Adle:aon�tiw CdCtee JUL 07 '97 07: JoGP1 CALIF. NURSES ASSOC R.3/6 Brookside: 326 licensed beds, 286 available beds. Kaiser Martinez: 204 licensed beds, 149 available beds. Kaiser Richmond: 74 licensed beds, 41 available beds. Kaiser Walnut Creek: 194 licensed beds, 158 available beds. 2. Regardless of the disparity on total beds, the Hospital Council report on critical care beds remains implausible. The largest single difference in the OSHP report from 1994 to 1996 is the closure of Los Medanos Community Hospital. As of December, 1994,Los Medanos had 231 total beds. That closure does not appear to be reflected in the Hospital Council report. Kaiser Richmond reported 41 available beds, 74 total beds in December, 1995, With the opening of its new hospital,Richmond was placed on Kaiser Oakland's license, and thus its numbers are not reflected in the 1996 OSHPD figures. However,there are 8 ICU beds in the Richmond hospital that have never been opened. That bed loss is not reflected in the Hospital Council report. Two years ago, Kaiser Martinez and Kaiser Walnut Creek both had 24 critical care beds. Subsequently,both were reduced to 12 beds. With the near total closure of Martinez, it now has 4 critical care beds open. Walnut Creek has expanded from 12 to its previous total of 24. However, the combined total of 28 beds today for the two hospitals is still 20 fewer than before. That bed loss is also not reflected in the Hospital Council report. 3. Occupancy rates determined by census counts, as done in the Hospital Council report, are not a genuine reflection of the actual usage of the beds. The Hospital Council concludes that access to critical care beds is not a problem because of occupancy rates that never exceeded 100%, In fact there are many ways to manipulate census data. Occupancy rates are traditionally determined,as noted in the Hospital Council report, by a midnight bed check, Only patients who are in the bed at midnight,and only "inpatients,"those who have been formally"admitted,"are included in the count. That excludes large numbers of patients, including anyone who may have been in the bed for part of the day,transferred to a lesser staffed unit,or discharged. A CNA survey of Kaiser Oakland staffing charts in early 1995 found an 11% difference over a 19 day period,378 patients who were in the beds during the day, but not included in the official census count, an average of 20 patients per day (Attachment D). Additionally, occupancy figures are driven down by a variety of techniques,including gatekeeping mechanisms common to managed care. Critical care patients have a particular problem when patients are prematurely transferred to lesser staffed, lesser regulated units or even discharged home. A big concern is the use of Transitional Care Units as a surrogate Critical Care Unit, an issue described in detail in the Health Care Financing Administration report on Kaiser's Oakland hospital. The HCFA report found that while Kaiser operates the TCU under a medical/surgical license, "it functions, in fact, as another critical care area"with patients routed to TCU who should be in critical care beds. As a result,the RNs in the TCU were forced to 2 D- 7 provide care far in excess of safety standards. The report found RNs expected to carry up to 115- 152%of their patient assignment,"a physical impossibility," according to the report. Those percentages are determined by calculating the number of patient care tasks an RN must provide for each patient based on the illness of each patient. An RN with a 152%assignment must provide more than 12 hours of care during an 8-hour shift. At Kaiser Walnut Creek, this problem is continuing. Because of the understaffing of critical can beds, when a new patient arrives,or needs to be transferred from a medical or surgical floor in the event of a code or other problem, some patients in those beds are shifted to the TCU even if they should remain in a critical care bed. 4, The hospital Council report claims that Contra Costa County hospitals"have staffing mechanisms in place to staff all CCU beds."If that is so,those mechanisms are clearly not working, Many hospital administrators are electing to limit access to those beds by failing to provide sufficient RN staffing and inappropriate placement of patients, California law requires at least 1 licensed nurse for every two patients in a critical care unit. However, Kaiser and some other hospital employers are making staffing decisions on the basis of budgetary priorities, not patient need, while RNs have been laid off by Kaiser, Mt. Diablo and other hospital employers, That leads to frequent problems of inadequate staffing. Among the results, a dramatic rise in: - Understaffing -- Mandatory overtime -- Excessive use of registry nurses or travelers who do not have the familiarity with the facility or the patients. -- Extensive use of"float" RNs,nurses who work in hospital units that are outside their primary expertise and that may exceed their training Kaiser's own records show it had 1,100 unstaffed shifts in one month in Walnut Creek that it was unable to fill. Mt. Diablo is hiring travelers, reportedly 30 in the past two weeks.Many are being told that only 16-hour shifts are available. The rest are all 12 hour shifts.Doctor's Hospital in Pinole is also routinely working RNs in 16-hour shifts. Doctor's hospital utilizes RNs from medical and surgical units for critical care to cover when adequate regular staff is unavailable, often on weekends and holidays. During holidays, weekends, and some weekday nights,registries often have no critical care unit RNs available. The results of these problems are often unsafe conditions for patients,as well as for the staff: -- Higher levels of fatigue and stress. Some RNs report that it now takes them as much as 10 minutes to perform tasks that Should take only a minute. — Heavier burdens on regular RNs, especially in critical care units when they have to cover for shortages or inappropriate personnel. --Inadequately trained RNs do not recognize problems as quickly as the appropriate staff person would. —Not enough RNs to provide appropriate clinical supervision of LVNs and aides. --Longer delays in response to codes and other care problems. 3 JUL 07 '97 07: 12PN CALIF. NURSES ASSOC P.5.,6 D - 7 5. Obviously,the Hospital Council report is a political document. When it says "there has not been a reduction in beds and there appears to be an adequate number of critical care beds in Contra Costa County for the population served,"the real message is a plea to avoid badly needed oversight and regulation. Clearly there is a continuing problem. To cite just a few examples: --Following 17 complaints in a three month period at Kaiser's Martinez and Walnut Creek hospitals,Department of Health Services investigators recently found serious problems at Walnut Creek. One of many was the case of a couple who experienced a 15-hour emergency room delay at Martinez (Contra Costa Times, June 11, 1997, Attachment E). --Ongoing large scale placement of West County Kaiser patients in Brookside and Doctor's Pinole that has limited capacity for patients of those hospitals. --Continuing problems of availability of critical care ambulances. On one day in early May,past the date in which Kaiser had filed its correction plan with DHS and HCFA,two separate patients faced delays of up to 3 hours for the arrival of critical care ambulances needed to transport them from Kaiser Walnut Creek, one to Mt. Diablo,the other to Sohn Muir. -- Substantial problems in safe RN staffing as cited above. b. Questions. There are several follow up questions from the first hearing that CNA believes must still be addressed. A. Kaiser has claimed low inpatient utilization at Richmond as the justification for their decision to reduce critical care services,and ultimately close the hospital, Specifically,Kaiser has claimed a daily average of 3 patients at Richmond and stated that does not provide sufficient economic justification to maintain the hospital and the ICU. Yet both Doctor's and Brookside Hospital are overflowing with Kaiser patients. The influx has been so great that Tenet officials have postponed plans to close the Emergency Room at Doctor's and move all of Doctor's acute care services to Brookside? Where are all these Kaiser patients coming from?If there are so many Kaiser patients that need to be housed elsewhere in West Contra Costa County, why doesn't Kaiser reopen its Richmond hospital,including all the ICU beds in Richmond? B. With the continued delays in access to care with the present capacity,how prepared are the providers for a major disaster? The San.Francisco Chronicle reported June 27 that the Hayward Fault, already considered the most dangerous fault in Northern California, is "building up stress"and"moving ominously again"toward a major quake that"could kill hundreds to thousands of people in the East Bay." Accidents at local refineries have increased in recent months.A large scale emission or other accident could create a significant crisis for the community. Socio-economic factors point to increased future need for acute care services. These include resurgence of public health epidemics,the aging of the population;and continuing problems with homelessness and lack of health insurance for mullions. 4 � 7 JUL 07 '97 07:12PM CALIF. NURSES ASSOC. P.6/6 C. What are the actual staffing patterns in the critical care and transitional care hospital units, including the use of nursing registries and requirements for double shifts and mandatory overtime?Are the staffing mechanisms based on averaged annual census data,or do they recognize much higher occupancy rates in the winter months? How often do the hospitals limit access to critical care beds because they are unable to actually staff the beds?What steps are the hospitals taking to ensure that all existing critical care beds are staffed,on the basis of patient need,not budgetary priorities? What are the staffing mechanisms the hospitals have in place to staff all available beds,as claimed in the Hospital Council report?Do the hospitals believe a dependence on 16-hour shifts and over utilization of inappropriate staff are appropriate mechanisms to ensure patient safety? Are the hospitals in compliance with current California Title 22 regulations on use of unlicensed staff and floating of RNs? D. What policies do the hospitals have in place regarding placement of patients in subacute units or subacute facilities? Are there safeguards to ensure that patients are not inappropriately transferred to open up space in existing critical care beds? E. What does recent patient outcome data on such factors as post-discbarge readmission rates, code blues,patient falls and accidents, and morbidity rates show about availability of services and access to care? F. What are the current response times from all facilities for critical care ambulances?Are there an adequate number of critical can ambulances available at all times? 5 Ta: 60 ROOF SUPER'--TORS /^�,�,�} D,6 ti lC.# tetra FROM; WARREN PF, Sheriff \,JtJ.7ta By: dr J. . Gackowski, Field Operations Bureau C�" '*I DATE: J e 24, 1997 SUBJEe eal to the Board of Supervisors by Mrs. Sheryll L. Post to request suspension of the enforcement of Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Ordinance, 95-2 SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) R BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION 1. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the Sheriff to proceed with enforcement of County Ordinance 95-2 requiring the removal of two (2) inoperable vehicles and parts thereof from private property, located at 173 Heather Dr., San Pablo. The Sheriff requests the Board deny the appeal and direct the Sheriff to proceed with the abatement action as scheduled. II. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: On March 15, 1997,our Department received this vehicle complaint outling two(2)junk, inoperable cars parked in the front yard. On April 11, 1997, two (2) inoperable vehicles were identified for abatement action, a 60 Cadillac and a 68 Chevrolet Impala. On May 6, 1997, Ms. Post requested an Appeal Hearing before the Zoning Administrator. The Appeal Hearing before the Zoning Administrator was held on June 9, 1997, the appeal was denied in abstenia, and Ms. Post was given until June 19, 1997 to comply with the abatement action. On June 13, 1997, Ms. Post requested a hearing in front of the Board of Supervisors regarding this vehicle abatement action. III. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS: Copies of all memos, letters and copy of Ord. 95-2. orb CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: �-RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOM NDATIO OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE �.OTHER SIGNATURE(S) ACTION OF BOARD ON July 8 1997 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER X IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that Recommendation No . 1 is APPROVED, and the Sheriff ' s Department is AUTHORIZED to enforce vehicle abatement Ordinance 95-2 , with a delay of action for 45 days for appellant ' s VOTE OF SUPERVISORS omp1iance . ,X .,_ UNANIMOUS (ABSENT - - - ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: ATTESTED July &, 1997 Mas21T-Ss BY . DEPUTY -7 BLDG INSP INQUIRY -- ENTER PARCEL NBR 405 - 151 - 027 PCL NO 405-151-027-1 SITE 173 HEATHER DR SNPAB USE CODE 11 100.0% T OWNR WHITE WILEY F NOTF 145 MARGUERITE DR 94806 ETAL SAN PABLO CA BUILDING INSPECTION SITE DESC MONTALVIN MANOR 12 IAT 522 NTC TO FROM SCHOOL FEE ACRE **** TRA 85029 **** PARK DED CEN-TRT 3640.01 CONSOLIDATED FIRE DRNGE FEE ZONING R-6 WEST CO WASTEWATER _ SEISMIC ZN FLD HZD ZN EL WEST CC UNIFIED SUP DIST 2 TRACT -AOB WEST COUNTY **PERMITS** AG DP AR NUMBER CD TYPE SP ISSUED LAST ACT ST CLASS LIC NO CC BI 5 RF960072 RF 02/14/96 12/30/96 C CC BI 5 RF930453 RF 09/27/93 09/28/93 C CC BI 5 RV920093 RV 08/19/92 10/05/92 C 04/30/97 LFF2765 SL`$ Aa OFFICE OF THE SEER..F I ,RRM IL RUFF Contra Costa County Sheriff Robert R. Henderson Patrol Division Undersherifr (510)313-2500 Date: June 4, 1997 To: Harvey Bragdon, Director, Community Development Zoning Administrator, Community Development From: Captain L. Sim,"' trol Division Commander By: Al Snell, Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program Subject: 173 Heather Dr., San Pablo, APN: 405-151-027 Sheryll L. Post, - Vehicle(s) Owner BackLyround & Action Taken: We received this vehicle complaint on March 15, 1997, outlining two (2)junk, inoperable cars parked in the front yard. These vehicles had reportedly been parked on the site for several years. On April 11, 1997, two inoperable vehicles were identified for abatement action, a 60 Cadillac and a 68 Chevrolet Impala. On May 6, 1997, Mrs. Post requested an appeal hearing before the Zoning Administrator. Authority Section 22660 of the California Vehicle allows the County to adopt an ordinance establishing procedures for the abatement and removal, as possible nuisances, of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, and/or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof from private property. Contra Costa County adopted County Ordinance 86-58, establish local abatement procedures for the removal of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, and/or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof from private property. The ordinance was amended under County Ordinance 95-2 to make the Office of the Sheriff the agency responsible for the enforcement of the provisions of the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program. RRmmmendation Allow the Sheriff's Office to proceed with this abatement action because Ms. Post has been previously contacted regarding these inoperable vehicle. She has had several years to resolve the issue and get the vehicles in an operable condition. AS:new ORDINANCE NO. 95. 2 + . (Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Ordinance Amendments- Administration and Enforcement) The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors ordains as follows (omitting the pareptheikai footnotes from the afficlai text of the enacted or amended provisions of the County Ordinance Code): SECTION L SUMMARY. This ordinance amends County Ordinance Code Division 430 to designate the Sheriff to administer and enforce the provisions of the Abandoned Vehicle Ordinance, and to Glorify the provisions on entry onto private property. SECTION Q Section 4304.014 Is added to the County Ordinance Code, to define the term 01anforcement officer" to rood: 430.4.014 Enforcement Officer. 'Enforcement Officer"refers to the Sheriff as the official )responsible for administering and enforcing the provisions of this division. (Ord. SECTION AI. Chapter 430.6 of the County Ordinance Code is amended, to designate the Shertrf as the County official responsible for administering the provisions of Division 430, Abandoned Vehicle Ordinance, and to delete all references to the Director of Building Inspection, to read: CHAPTER 430.6 ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT 430.6.002 Enforcement Authorityy. The Sherif .Is designated the enforcement officerfor this division.The Sheriff and his regularly satarled futt-time employees shait be responsible for enforcing and administering this division pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22853. In the enforcement of this division, such employees and other pentons duty outhortzed by the Sherif may enter upon private or public property to examine a vehicle or parts thereof,obtain Information as to the identity of a vehicle and to remove or cause the removal of an abandoned vehicle. (Ords. 95-23, 06.58 ;3, 77-112.) 4306.004 Abatement The enforcement officer may have abandoned vehicles aboted and/or removed In accordance with the procedure prescribed In this division. (Ords. 116-.L.;3, Ofr58 §3, 77-112.) 4306.006 Notice orntention, (a)Notice. The enforcement officer sholi moil a ten- day notice of intention to abate and remove an abandoned vehicle es a public nuisance, by registered or certified mail, to the owner of the land, anyone known to be In possession of the land and the owner of the vehicle, unless the vehicle N in such Ondhion that Identification numbers are not available to determine ownership,or unliass the property owner and the vehicle owner have signed releases auttalzing removai and waiving further interest In the vehicle or parts thereof. S (b) Contents. The notice shaft contain an estimate of the cost of abatement (Mcluding administrative and removal costs) and a statement that this Cost may be Ievied as a "clot assessment on the landowners land (parcel). n shall contain a statement of the possessor, property and vehicle owners hearing rights and notice to the property owner that be or she may appear In person at a hearing or may submit a sworn wrtften statement denying responsibility for the presence of the vehicle on his or her land,with reasons for such denial, in Bou of appearing. (Ords. 95..L.§3, 116.5813,77.112.) 4304.008 inopembie r4n4w4bleVshk*L (a)'ihis chapters notice of intention Is not required for removal of a vehicle or part thereof which is Inoperable due to the absence of a motor,transmission or wheels and Incapable of being towed, and Is valued at less than two hundred dollars by a person specified In Vehicle Code Section 22855; provided,that the property owner has signed a release authorizing removal and waiving further Interest In the vehicle or pari thereof. Prior to final disposition under Vehicle Code Section 22662 of such a low valued vehicle or pari for which evidence of registration was recovered,the enforcement officer shall provide notice to the registered and legal owners of Intent to dispose of the vehicle or part, and If the vehicle or part Is not claimed and removed within twelve days atter the notice Is mailed from a location specified In Vehicle Code Section 22662,final disposition may proceed. The County,the enforcement officer or any contractor thereof shall not be liable for damage caused to a vehicle or part thereof by removal pursuant to this section. (b) This section applies only to Inoperable vehicles located upon a parcel that Is: (1) zoned for ogricuiturat use: or(2)not Improved with a residential structure containing one or mors dwelling units. (Ord&. 95- 3, 86-58 j3. 84-64 $2: Vehicle Code 122861.) SECTION IV. Chapter 4308 of the County Ordinance Code Is amended to delete all references to the Director of Sulding Inspection and to substitute to substitute Chapter 4308 hearings and appeals. CHAPTER 430.0 HEARINGS AND APPEALS 430.8.002 Nearing Requests. (a) Request.Within tan days after the mailing date of the notice of intention to abate and remove,the vehicle owner,landowner or possessor of property may request the zoning administrator for a public hearing on the question of abatement* and removal and the estimated cost thereof. (b) fDbftrge. If, within this ten day period, the hredowner submits a sworn written statement denylng responsibility for the presence of the vehicle on his land with his lessons for such denial, said statement shall be construed as a request for a hearing which does reef require his presence. Ir (c) Noft.The zoning administrator shall knmedlately notify the enforcement officer of any rich requests or disclaimer. (Orris. 95-.2.P. 86.58 $3, 77.112.) ' 43041.004 No Roaring. If no disclaimer or request for hearing is received within the ten day period,the enforcement officer or any person he or she authorizes shall abate and remove the vehicle or parts thereof. Thereafter, the costs of abatement shall be cWected pursuant to Chapter 430.12. (Ord$. 95. 4, 111"S $3, 77-112.) 4304.006 Rearing Notice. Whon a hearing is requested,the zoning administrator sholi mail notice of the hearing at least ten days before the hearing date, to the enioroement atficer,the landowner,qny known possessor of the parcel,and to the vehicle owner tatiess the vehicle is in such condition that tdenti ication numbers ate not available to determine ownership. (Ord&. 05-,,2..14, WSW 13, 77-112.) 43044.008 Hearings. AN hearings under this division shall be held before the zoning administrator who shall receive all evidence he or she deems material, including the condition of the vehicle or parts thereof, the circumstances of its abandonment and location and the astimsted cost of the abatement. The zoning administrator shall not be limited by the technical rules of evidence. The landowner may appeatr in person or present a mom written statement, In time for consideration at the hearing, denying responsibility for the presence of the vehicle on his or her land with reasons for such denial. (Orris. W.L.J4, WSS 13, 77.112.) 4304.010 Decisions. (a)The zoning administrator may Impose such conditions and take such other action as he or the deems appropriate under the circumstances to carry out the purpose of this division. He or she may delay the time for removal of the vehicle or parts thereof, if In his or her opinion, the circumstances Justify IL At the conclusion of the public hearing, the zoning administrator may find that there Is an abandoned vehicle and order it abated and/or removed as a public nuisance and disposed of as hereinafter provided and determine the cost of abatement to be charged against the landowner. The order requiring removal shall Include a description of the abandoned vehicle and the correct Identification number and tioense number of the vehicle 2 avaliable. (b) If it is determined at the hearing that the vehicle was placed on the land without the consent of the landowner and that he or she has not subsequently acquiesced In Its presence,the zoning administrator shall not assess the cost of abatement(administration and removal)against the property upon which the vehicle Is located or otherwise attempt I* collect such costs from such landowner. (Orris. 95•- Z a4, WN $3,77.112.) 43048.012 Notice of Decision. if an Interested party makes a written presentation to to zoning administrator but does not appear, he or she shall be notified in writing of to decision. (Orris. 95-J..P, f16-S8 §31 77-112.) 43011.014 Appeals, (a) The enforcement officer, the landowner, any known �iossossor of the parcel or the vehicle owner may appeal the zoning administrator's decision by tiling s written notice of appeal within ton calendar days after his or her recision.The zoning administrator shall promptly transmit the proceedings to the Hoard j �a supenbors. (b) The Board's dark shall promptly give written notice of the time and place of the hearing to the appellant and those persons specified In Becton 4304i.006(a). (c)The Bard shag promptly hear such appeal, and may affirm, amend, or reverse the order, cr take other action it deems appropriate. It shalt not be umned by the technical odes of evidence. (Ords. 95•�Z$4, 66-55 $3, 77-112.) SECTION V. Section 430.10.OD4 of the County Ordinance Code Is amended to delete ft reference to the "Director of Building inspection" and to substitute "enforcement cftuxr,"to read: 430.10.004 No!!ty D.M.Y. Within five days after removal of an abandoned vehicle, the enforcement officer shall to notify the Department of Motor Vehicles, Identifying the vehicle or parts, and send it any evidence of registration available including registration certificates, certificates of title and license plates. (Orris. 95-J.65, 66-56 $3, 77.112: Vehicle Code $22661). SECTION Vi. Section 430.10.006 of the County Ordinance Code Is amended to delete the reference to the "Director of Building Inspection" and to substitute "enforcement officer",to read: 4300.10.006 Cost Record. The enforcement officer shalt prepare an itemized written account or his or her expenses Incurred to abate the nuisance where it is proposed to collect costs pursuant to Chapter 430-12. Until such report Is completed,no abatement costs(Including administration)wtit be placed as a special assessment against the parcel of land. (Ords. 05-.L.17, 66-56 $3, 77-112.) SECTION Vii. Section 430.12.004 of the County Ordinance Code is amended to delete the reference to the *Director of Building Inspection" to "enforcement officer,"to read: 430.12.004 Notice of Assessment. The enforcement officer shalt record at the office of the county recorder and deliver to the auditor-controller,a arilricate substantially In the following form: "NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT AND ABATEMENT LIEN" (Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Cast) ii muent to Vehicle Code $22660, Government Code $25645, and Ordi. mnce Code $430.12.002, Contra Costa County abated an abandoned vehicle nuisance on the parcel of real property described below,of which t1» named person(s) Is the owner on the east equalized assessment roll and taxed the below-shown amount as the cost thereof and hereby, claims a special assessment against said parcel for this amount. 1. RECORD OWNERS) t LAST KNOWN ADDRESS:»»».» ------- Z : POSSESSOR(S) (F different from owner):......w..._»_»».. LAST KNOWN ADDRESS:. !�. GATE ABATEMENT ORDERED:. .4. DATE ABATEMENT COMPLETED:...„.,... ..,..,,...,».,.,........ & PARCEL: Real property In Contra Costa County, Callfornia:Cotm(y, Assessors parcel 8.....,...+.10ther description where needed* & AMOUNT OF ABATEMENT (ASSESSMENT) COST:f. .. Gated:._.. Contra Costa County By:. , ....** Enforcement Officer" (Ord&•-95-.!.jT, 111"S 612, 86-58 $3, 77-112). SECTION VIII.EFFECTIVE DATE.This ordinance becomes effective thirty(30)days alter passage, and within fftesn (15) days alter passage shall be published once with the names of the Supervisors voting for and against it in a newspaper published In this. County. PASSED an January 10, 1995 , by the following'vote: AYES: Supervisors Rogers, Smith, DeSaulnier, Toriakson and Bishop NOES: Bone ABSENT; None ABSTAIN: None ATTEST: PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of 8upervison; and County Administrator r • Oapuly Chairps son of the Board law tea, �� ' r3gt f- x Cvuntg of Ovittra (Gost Offire of toe *rrif£ Wamm E.Rupt srwtm NOTICE OF INTENT TO ABATE ABANDONED VEHICLES Sheryll Lasa Post May 1, 1997 173 Heather Dr. RVS: 97-58 San Pablo, CA 94806 APN: 405-151-027 ADDRESS: 173 Heather Dr.,San Pablo, CA Vehicle(s) were observed by this Department, (see attached inventory on property owned by you or are under your control, in an abandoned condition. County Ordinance 95-2 requires the removal, as a public nuisance, of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicle(s), or parts thereof from public or private property. Said vehicles(s) are in violation of this Ordinance and must be removed. The cost will be billed to you, Failure to pay the bill will result in a special assessment to the owner of the land as shown on the last equalized assessment roll. HEARING RIGHTS If you contend that these vehicle(s) are not subject to abatement you are entitled to a hearing. you may request a hearing by contacting the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office in writing, stating the reason for the denial, within 10 days of the postmarked date of this notice. Your presence is not required at the hearing. If you do not own the vehicle(s) and they were placed on our property without your consult they will be removed by the Sheriffs Office at no expense to you. If you wish to remove the vehicie(s) yourself, contact the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program. If you have questions regarding this letter contact the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement program at (510)313- 2796. Sincerely WARREN E. R Sheriff 41 Nan erry White, Sr. Clerk ABANDONED VEHICLE ABATEMENT PROGRAM AStapw 1080 Muir Road"Martinez,Catifomia 945534800 (510)313.2500 CONTRA COSTA COUNTY OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF IM Muir ltd. Martb=s CA 44553 Date: Rofevenced Vehicle-sherifft: Ire " S9 Assessor's Parcel Number: has- /S7/ - Dz'7 (11 Emma Description: Location /93 4LC� d)7 . y Desciption ' azJ 2) Owner: Property Owner Address 1416 -ZlLaL VEMCLE DESCRIPTION (I I Year Gt CP Gkc''ylrC 6 Address-, I 7 7 Lggal Owner: Hu=: 121 Ym Ma Model color . address• - - L ad Owner: - Buyer: (1) year Make Model Color IAC,# VIN Lie, Exp Date: Iteeistered Owner* .—a.irrQc• — LAW OwWr4 �yver• - - (21 year Make Model or jic 4 VIN L-ic. Exp. Date: jostered Owner- Awress- L w Owner-, BU=g - — =p r-3197 a Caunty of Clam (Mosta (Office of t t p crtf{ Warren E.Rupt awm NOTICE OF INTENT TO ABATE ABANDONED VEHICLES Wiley F. White ETAL May 1, 1997 145 Marguerite Dr. RVS: 97-58 San Pablo, CA 94806 APN: 405-151-027 ADDRESS: 173 Heather Dr.,San Pablo, CA Vehicle(s) were observed by this Department, (see attached inventory on property owned by you or are under your control, in an abandoned condition. County Ordinance 95-2 requires the removal, as a public nuisance, of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicle(s), or parts thereof from public or private property. Said vehicles(s) are in violation of this Ordinance and must be removed. The cost will be billed to you. Failure to pay the bill will result in a special assessment to the owner of the land as shown on the last equalized assessment roll. HEARING RIGHTS If you contend that these vehicle(s) are not subject to abatement you are entitled to a hearing. you may request a hearing by contacting the Contra Costa County Sheriffs Office in writing, stating the reason for the denial, within 10 days of the postmarked date of this notice. Your presence is not required at the hearing. If you do not own the vehicle(s) and they were placed on our property without your consent they will be removed by the Sheriffs Office at no expense to you. If you wish to remove the vehicle(s) yourself, contact the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program. If you have questions regarding this letter contact the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement program at(5 10)313- 2796. Sincerely WARREN E. RUPF, Sheriff Nancy Perry White, Sr. Clerk ABANDONED VEHICLE ABATEMENT PROGRAM AS/npw 1980 Muir Road•Martinez,Calwomis 54553.4900 (510)313.2500 1 ! h Couxtq of Contra Costa Offict of t4v A4rriff Waren E.Rupt OWN NOTICE OF INTENT TO ABATE ABANDONED VEHICLES Resident/Tenant May 1, 1997 173 Heather Dr. RVS: 97-58 San Pablo, CA 94806 APN: 405-151-027 ADDRESS: 173 Heather Dr.,San Pablo, CA Vehicle(s) were observed by this Department, (see attached inventory on property owned by you or are under your control, in an abandoned condition. County Ordinance 95-2 requires the removal, as a public nuisance, of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicle(s), or parts thereof from public or private property. Said vehicles(s) are in violation of this Ordinance and must be removed. The cost will be billed to you. Failure to pay the bill will result in a special assessment to the owner of the land as shown on the last equalized assessment roll. HEARING RIGHTS If you contend that these vehicle(s) are not subject to abatement you are entitled to a hearing. you may request a hearing by contacting the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office in writing, stating the reason for the denial, within 10 days of the postmarked date of this notice. Your presence is not required at the hearing. If you do not own the vehicle(s) and they were placed on our property without your consent they will be removed by the Sheriffs Office at no expense to you. If you wish to remove the vehicle(s) yourself, contact the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program. If you have questions regarding this letter contact the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement program at (510)313- 2796. Sincerely WARREN E. RUFF, Sheriff l Nanoy Perry White, Sr. Clerk ABANDONED VEHICLE ABATEMENT PROGRAM AS/apw 1980 Muir Road•MarUriez,Caldomia 94553.4800 (510)313-2500 M7 To:Warren E.Rupf,Contra Costa County Sheriff Nancy Perry While,Sr.Clerk,Contra Costa County County of Contra Costa Office of ON Shem 1880 Muir rad Martinez,CA 946532/00 (510)313-M Dear Sir i Madame, 1 just recieved your letter cogyeaft abalemept of mer inoo drie vehicle.Wheras I sincerely appreciate your Oft me the opportunity for a headrg comm rg this matter,I must tell you,that 1 fat as it I on beteg harassed by Contra Costa County over these ato's. I have rived it this same residence atmosl eleven years and have had these vehicles ail of this time.One of the ears is a 1868 Chevrolet hp"it which 1 have been hying to bviply restore,little by little.This car has been written about in the West Courtly Times and once belonged to my Om ndtather and my Father,both of whom are knrg dead This car is all that I have of than Since I an on social securityldisabdity,I havent alot qJ money to buv orfs with.This is why it is taking so krg to restore.Since it is neither up on jacks and the but system has been dismantled,for the time being,it is neither an Injury or a fire hazard. As for the other vehicle,the 1800 Cadillac,it is regstered in my name and had current tags and was"driven unto the transmission went out.I have since filled out the non- operational form with the department of motor vehicles and have paid the appropriate fees and keep il on fry property(where I once thought it would be sak from authoritive rano*, undo I could find a tr m mission that I could afford or until I could save for one when 1 find one.The car is 37 yeas okLA is a bit diNUN to find arts for. 1 truly feel that camig onto my property and removing my possessions is a violation of my Constitutional Right's.I crowd understand you coming round to remove my auto's it they were parked on the public sheet,but this Is my own Ism f nde ar'!WrAK from being as m In -1 1 1 ask you to have a hearing on this.l understand that 1 do not have to be present at the hearing,but,sarnehowLf dont believe that wether or not l actually were present,it woUkkd do any good Ido tot...a much faith In the dealings of this cot. _1 and its odd laws.This is why I am also going to oordaet,my state representative,the Attorney Oenerat's office and as many Federal agencies as possible,until I achieve the desired resuits...which are to be able to keep my classic vehicles and continue with the right and the ability to restore than,at my own pace. I know that t an not the only one who taps that coming onto my property and raroving my vehicles is a violation of my rights.I have talked with several people in the past few weeks,since the notifying officer cane to my door...everyone t spoke with urges me to obtain legal assistance in this matter.b:gause thev all feel it is a giatant violation of my right's,at well.. I m going to locate an attorney as soon as I finish this letter and have it mailed to you.I on planning on leaving my ado's exactly where they are at,for the time bang.I would Ike you to know,as well.I plan on corp im pre teoorter whp did ilii story on nw car and a friend 1 have in the media in Los Angeles,who does investigative reporting for a National, syndicated tekwision program.B I dont get rtaft there,I will continue with this until it becomes a blistering headache for all concerned.Please,I am you..!an!tot"tttrowing around threat's".I an merely informing frau of whd to expect shoul%I this traitedv should w on any further then your hearing.AN 1 wart a to retain my right to own what I with to own.I m not hurting anyone.I m neither a drug abuser,alcoholic,convicted aminal and I dors bother my neighbors.The only hobby I have is restoring my classic cis.Orart it,it is taking a great deal of titlre...but.since#wV.co.s art.on mor property.I Id that I have had the One to do it d my own pace.I neva world have tbogld that fascism was alive and well in Contra Costa County,but,apparently,it ia. Again,I apprecide the fad Vud you ars,d hast,willing to afford me the ptiveledge of being head But 1 wagt to keen ow cos.l an yore that sornethim to be worked out bdweerr us. Please kap me iniamed of your decisionls).as I morst have the opportunity to keep all of those people that I am about to involve informed,a$wen.7rMK trorr. Pat 173"W On San Paulo CA OW-1107 (510)7584877 (Ianttty of Contra 11aeta (Office of toe 1664erif f Warren E.Rupf eewe May 12, 1997 Sheryll L. Post 173 Heather Dr. San Pablo, CA 94806-1107 RE: Abatement Appeal Hearing 173 Heather Dr., San Pablo, CA APN: 405-151-027, File # 97-59 Dear Ms. Post: As requested by you, an appeal hearing has been scheduled to appeal the vehicle abatement action on property under your control at 173 Heather Dr., San Pablo. The hearing is to be held in front of the County Zoning Administrator on June 9, 1997, 1:30 p.m:, Room 107, 651 Pine St., Martinez. Should you need further information, my telephone number is (510)313-2796. Respectfully, WARREN . RUPF, She ' f •f N y Perry White, Patrol Division Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program cc: Zoning Administrator Wiley F. White, ETAL 145 Marguerite Dr. San Pablo, CA 94806 1980 Muir Road•Martinez,Califonnia 94553.4800 (510)313.2500 y QIauntg of (Qantra QIastn Offirr of tht 166' 4rriff Warren E.Rupf SnNAI June 9, 1997 Sheryll Post 173 Heather Dr. San Pablo, CA 94806 Regarding APN: 405-151-027 Dear Ms. Post: Your appeal hearing in front of the Zoning Commissioner on June 9, 1997, was denied in abstentia. You have 10 days from this date to complete one of the following courses of action: 1. Remove the 2 inoperable vehicles from your property. 2. Get the 2 inoperable vehicles operational and call for an inspection within 10 days. 3. Request an appeal to the full Board of Supervisors by contacting the Clerk of the Board within 10 days. If one of the following is not done within 10 days we will proceed immediately with the abatement. For further information contact Nancy White at (510)313-2796. Sincerely, WARREN E. RUFF, Sheriff Capt. L. Simmons, Patrol Division Commander AS/npw 1980 Muir Road•Martinez,California 94553-4800 (510)313.2500 CONTRA COSTA COUNTY Clerk of the Board Inter-Office Memo TO: Zoning Administrator Community Development Department DATE : June 17, 1997 FROM: Jeanne Maglio, Chief Clerk Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By Ann Cervelli, Assistant Clerk SUBJECT: Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Appeal On June 13 , 1997, this office received from Sheryll L. Post a request for an appeal hearing from the decision of the Zoning Administrator on the proposed abatement of abandoned vehicles . Ms . Post ' s appeal has been scheduled for Tuesday, July 8 1997, at 2 P.M. If Ms . Post ' s appeal is not timely or there is any other reason the appeal should not be heard by the Board of Supervisors, please notify me immediately. If the appeal is timely and should be heard by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, July 8, 1997, at 2 P.M. , please advise this office in writing by June 24 , 1997, and provide a list of people to be notified along with their addresses . Material to be considered by the Board on should be provided to this office by July 1, 1997 . Thank you. ac CC : County Counsel-D. Silver Sheriff-Coroner-Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Office-Nancy White County Administrator-John Gregory Sheriff-Coroner-Warren Rupf RECEIVED ,ItlFt � 31997 June'IORh, 1997 CLERK BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONTRA COSTA CO. To the goad of SWervisors of Contra Coate County: I am Wiling this letter to request an appeal on the hearing that was held on Qty bdW, Yesterday,Jule 9th,regarding APN:405451427/vehide abatement. 1 mut fist explain that this is the second Mater old I have written ithe fist one 1 have decided not to said,for it is a very angry letter).I an upset over the fad that 1 mud endure this caltiraus 7nu awragt over the tnro.gM cars feintpunrc in fqy driveway,Tleae cars arel fret"nbsnwl�a!lel"v '� ai13ti�ntl+ete;in my driveway,for the 11 years lhal f have'I vel here,in this b*W t leve wri teh permission from the lei homeowner to have them here,because 1 work on then when 1 have the money to buy the parts. The 1960 Cadillac is a car that I purchased in 1996,before 1 moved into this county's jurisdiction.k hod always been opaabk lad ftul two years ago,when the transmission wad out.Can you imagine how difficult it has been for an to even find a transmission for an auto this old?Yet,I love my classic car's and have even been a member of the CarWlac- USalle ebur of North America(udil 1 could no longer afford the dues).I have finally fount a place to obtain a transmission and Even someone to get the old one out and the now one 4 but its going to cost almost 700 dokm Thais slot of money for a single mom who's trying to make ends meet.I am having to save for the wort to be done,but,in the meadine,I an ` `ttiVittjllhei�Irnty itdlills�b0lt#C'Sre t1[ 't �*��+*a�,�+� raw Yn ' The oft or,ro"Cl." doag my best at restore it.This auto a much,munch more tlnali'�ilat i car'..,SS almost dike a part of my family.My grandlather bough 9 in 1970 and drove it until he died,in 1974.Thets when my father acquired iL My father died in 1977 and my mother took It over..,she is the one who put 9 in the shape it is,now.K you only look d its mechanical condition,there's not really that much wrong with iL I have to either fed a f 4wk intake manifold for the 211cu in.,or find another two bbl carbarrator.Please dont say that getting Intl r cartx will be easier,because Its not,when you dont leave aloe of money to spall. As a matter of fact,you will we jut how much 1 love Hiles old car d you go into the Wed r:nxdy renes m wgx4w•mhht"IM"the date Sty Yh,1trY6 An endue ertide hwh" a photo of me and my camp v there. I really dont think I is un masonabh to ask that you have we and my cars alone.Ia not tike they am'abaWoned",becaupe they are qO.kjps(,ta"aM of tine to do what 1 have to do with than mW it seam like,when I get something finally done on one,there's another state law that says what I have Ng done is wrong and t have to go back arid fix it,all over again. Also,I have read and m dread my 4th arrnendment right hander the United States Consituhon,wxler'search and arra!warrants",that clams that I an to be sale against Regal seizure`.I have committed no crime and I cannot understand why I an haft to endure this harrassment over something that is dgitiuly mine and getting op tale prrppenty that 1 am paying for.I just dont understand it.Nat at all. 1 am going through slot of grief and tomnennt over this.I had always thought that what was on my property and was not harming anyone could not and would not be taken km no.As I have said...I have not committed any crines.l have not bgthered anfo m I singly have something the county can to and they do not Ike I and want to take t from me.1 thought this was a free country?Nay Christ...them are people walking around the streets,selling drugs and carrying guns...and I am being harrassed over taking nqh tine fixing up a couple of classic cars!1 know Cm not"crazy'in thinking this is a little"wield mvsryone I have spoken with concerning this matter{friends on the iter net,people who work for the California Highway Pstrol,a friend who is an investigative reporter for NKdCopy in Los Angeles,a few frierxls around town and in LA and New York,an aftaM friend to ldakudey),all believe that this_is"lot rtglt',vs ULP.I bwI amjrpt*my*,Ilial I an the only one who thinks this isjo tts71.d& in the middle of all of this,I have been trying to write a childrers book..m book of campfire ghost atonia (sort of Ike the"GooseWrnps'books)and a Mtie"nwnkfte" entitled"HprpyCat:The only Cat in the wwld vdth a bdybutfon ,about children who tease another for a dillerem in thner appearance and a lesson to team that we are al the mm, underneath.But I am having a Okuk tme,hying to make the deadline Mich is this wedneXkY),because of having to fight the county that I have lived in Y of my Ile and even z Dorn neve(Merritthew''WWAOMpttaD for What islfghtfully mp"—The Politicians want me off of welfare and i want to go...but how an I supposed to concentrated on doing that when my own county is causing me unnecessary grief?I cannot fix my classics without money. I either have to save it or find a way to get it.That takes6.I wrderstand that writing books brings in a 7weabk"income.However,l jwier thouahf that l IW'lo"to fix my cars, because 1 have always lived under the belief that,as lag as they were on my own property, they were safe from being taken from me.Now,I find that is wrap.Now,what do I do?I have to find some way to hung up and get than going because the county wants them gone. I dont feel that this is right,but I also feel that the county couldgrejess about my plight.I W that,no matter what I do...lrearirgs,appeals,atcetera...wN do tee no good.That,no matter what it is that I do,the county will rule against me,anyway,As I have stated before,I am not the only one who feels that this is very wrong, bul I do not know how to fight this type of what 1 consider Jo be an injustice,betaine this is somethina I wouklve never dreamed could happen...the law being able to cane ado my property and take my thugs away from me when I have done nothing wrap. These cars are a hobby, a true love of mine and sarrething that l want to do that is not illegal, lf it wouldjmke ypu IyipPier,I coulg*ays opega drug Iab...like the residents at 1277 Lettia road have done...and they arent being bothered or harrassed...tlrere are several "drug houses*in Mordalvin Manor",but 1 dont see thier rights being violated.They are never even bothered.I once watched an officer drive by and wave at a known neighborhood n - thief,standing directly in from of his Wwwarage the peyee)WA fop(a of obviously stolen property.The oilcan rcwldrrt iitop afitl"arta�fioZy ' t �# eaetrol/r _ <; have been violating the crook's rights.Yet,I have two classic autd's parked in rriy own driveway that have always belonged to me,that I did not steal,that I paw good money for and 1 am having to"beg"the county to allow meso keep.ts"dont understand it A I am truly sorry,but I lord. I love my cars.They am gd abandoned.I beg you to reconsider.I had had than covered I rig with car covers...twice..but that"neighborhood thief"that I spoke of,eafier,stoled than both 0 caught him doing d).Even after 1 madq the first,police report and the officer tow me to spray paint the vehicles ID number on the second set,the second ad was stolen.(As have some of the parts that I have purchased in the past and stupidly left inside the car). pgatn, i beg of you to leave me be with my carm i am not hunk anyone anti t could not bear to lose them They are very special possessions of mine.J Wa these cars.And, someday,they wig be back on the road and looting just gorgeous,as thby were meant to look.Its just that parts are so very expensive_please...l beg you.-On my hands and knee,s...dord take my cars kay iwf hw Plflu.These rtre td wehkks who wee just parked and left...0reyyelorr9 to me and I war ,therm.I ward to say that,sit=I an a United 0ta<es cdizen,that I have the right to have thein,but this just is not the case,any longer. Pluse....do not take my can away from me.It would,literally,break my heart in two to lou them Thank you for the right to be heard...I hope you will all have the heart to allow me to keep my prized possessions. BAefyi L Post 173 Neather drive San Pablo CA 91MI107 (510)7514{71 OFFICE OF THE SHER"F V IMN E. RUFF Contra Costa County Sheriff Robert R. Henderson Patrol Division undersherifr 510-313-2500 Date: June 23, 1997 To: Jeanne Maglio, Chief Clerk Clerk of the Board of Supervisors Attn: Ann Cervelli, Assistant Clerk From: Nancy Perry White, Sr. Clerk, Patrol 12w Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program Subject: 173 Heather Dr., San Pablo, APN: 405-151-027 On June 19, 1997, I received your memo regarding 173 Heather Dr., San Pablo. The appeal request was received in a timely manner and we will prepare for the hearing, July 8, 1997. The following individuals need to be notified of the hearing: 1. Wiley F. White 145 Marquerite Dr. San Pablo, CA 94806 2. 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In fact, a century ago, when Charles Duryea opened up his Duryea Motor Wagon Co. in Springfield, Mass., people thought he had a rather novel idea—building automo- biles for profit.That year,he sold 13 cars,but his enterprise was an inspiration to other would-be auto moguls, and the American automobile industry was born. And,while profit quickly became a motive, the industry continued to tap into the dream- er in all of us to sell vehicles. Why else would we have bought tail fins in the'50s or rich Corinthian leather in the'70s? But it isn't just fins and upholstery that WALLACE SHELBY,who sweated to buy his first Model A in 1958,passed his Iot keep t dreams alive.It's also cars e i a con- Chris. They show their cars at vintage car shows in Clayton. sept—the freedom,the romance,the illusion that a full gas tank is your ticket outta here, the allure of the open road. Necksaw hot rod junk to a fast pile of junk. And then, there are the memories. Like many teens whose lust was automo- Since the top looked really bad, Chances are,between steamed windows and tive,Paul A.Eddy had little money to invest in haw and cut the roof off,making cross-country vacations, some of your most a set of wheels. it was 1951 and Eddy man- verhble that would not convert back t significant moments involve cars. aged to scrape together 50 bucks tobuy a top' The doors would not stay sht Actually, car talk can launch some pretty blue, hand-painte8 with house paint, 1940 there were no side braces,so 1 tied it interesting reminiscences, something we Ford coupe that had endured a rollover with rope.After the first hard rain,I found out when we asked readers to celebrate He tinkered with the oil burner and rebuilt upholstery out,replacing the front s the 100th anniversary of the American auto- the engine with all sorts of speed equipment. two wooden chairs. 1 had cut the le mobile by sharing memories with us. "My car had gone from a smoking pile of Please see CARS, F Sunday, May 5, 1996 Cars to of"Time went by and hi wrong that can happen to a ami,_ with six children, plumbing, etc. FROM PAGE 1 H wrote to her and apologized an( suggested she keep the$10 and set it to lse.A few so your head would not be over the r' a small mone one esack with a shs lain *indshield.This worked fine as long r- i 1 letter } 4.s you did not step on the gas very P' tag ne veil s my desk.A letter ex hard. If you did, any passenger to have that she wanted Chris and would ti over into the back." "'4 o have her car.She had enclosed th( P - original pink slip in the original 193 Satisfied with the body work,Paul V DMV envelope. She lowered the turned his attention back to the en price to$50 and said I could pay th gime and came up with a unique car- other$40 any time as long as h woul ¢uretor design with a single flaw— come and take the car. That hap 1?e fuel line squirted gas on the hot pend the following Saturday." engine. The result was an engine fire in But even though Wallace and hi Qhe middle of what is now I-5. one family still have the old Model P now restored, it is not the car the Wf block from my house.White my .Uly:T- remember as much as they do th �uddy and I were urt$uccess 1w— to beat the fire out with a blgn• elderly woman. kei, a fire truck came to the rescue. 7hey became fast friends with th We pushed the car back home, 89-year-old woman, and remaine (`leaned it up and repaired the dam- HERMAN auSTAMAnTE Jc/tlmes so until she died several years late Ike. Gas mileage dropped to about TESS,a W Impala, holds a Crory special place in the heart of her Motoring was a contact sport gmiles per gallon, but was that ca, owner, Sherry Post of San Pablo. $est. Lois Bestor has some semi-fon 'Of course the car had some�' memories of her father's 1919 For &Tiwbacks. When it rained, every ' ' �- -"` -« . and how driving was a bit more con one got wet. With the higher com � µ plicated in those days. pression,the six-volt battery didnot i ll7ut Crit tbliltelxa�tltsi #a oreanty0t°frre .+ Then, there were the excidn want to start the car,so I would push tithes in winter when the oil lint mobile's century atavic in America, collection.AlVicn Ott rot at gt(two if down the street,jump in (which would freeze and dad would dip here are some good plaose In Clot% as k was M»n a A meant jumping over my door,which corncob in kerosene and set it on fn oras tied shut), and pop the clutch. ranging from a Sunday strive awry owned i4#0 collect of both ex- and hold it under the frozen line If-i had a date, her job was to steer to a bus weekend • otltx lead.W melt it. the car while I did my fancy foot- EThe Goo0C�uy$y NMI*"" Ahrough7m 'I remember vividly dad deft work to get it started. This method 8 MweM Gr,WVIr,�I B hj10 plat rf l i to)one of our cars and the asp lost me several girlfriends. tsllt p"m.4gpsy at the Alamedar4unty b0ld ar6 5 caught fire.I can still see Dad bet "By far,the worst thing was that Nfor in PteasentomAhri al rp,afy ing at the flames with his hat at f had taken the fan off in order to s hat rods and�tom a m . yelling for water. In those days,to get more horsepower,which meantassortment c4 llama kept a teakettle of hot no the car would not idle for more than a ale +�the wood stove to pour into tl pvo minutes without overheating. I for senlpry - radiator to thaw out the ice.Dad&- would have to turn the motor off and �g -- an old bearskin rug which hpp then push it to get it restarted.I did over the radiator every night to 1 not make many friends at stop lights Plera, Danvae tb prevent the radiator fronalme grin traffic jams." 1,m ing,but it was pretty ineffeRlve Stilt the car,or perhaps Paul,had „dpecd 6ltereet Cafe Wlwfftetraafi minus 20 degrees. 1970x, a certain appeal: He met his wife of weft on for wb.Tgers are mds "There were no heaters, so v now 38 years while he was driving it. ayra-mlkxn YrbOtrtF han of *6000WKI carried blankets and once we hac 10*7 _ A 000 toot warmer'This was a contain d -y of vlrAW about 18 inches long and perhaps Ike ft�s'4arM shades fyp QW9 inches wide and covered with wo to stn. It was a container of charcoal b ' ' 4ta..2M. quettes.You set the briquettes on fi �Nitloned and it warmed up the foot wairm 10laka Street b •` Juid kept your feet warm. PF advantage was that the — of course,turning -colored just ,tf+of the charcoal wereaoj)dU 1 t1e i81e Ol a ' Although currently inept (read inoperable) in front of Sherry Post's San Pablo home, Two-ton Tess,a 1968 Chevy Impala,is still a highly regarded member of the fam- ity. Sherry's love for Tess goes back .to 1968, when her grandfather in the driveway,smiling contentedly' bought the car, and drove it several - __. a of cow'°+r""'g"'�""-`"'"'�+••-• =w..�---.- a�s>,r below her knees. ire s roost had to e w indoor times from the Bay Area to his home- lied IS the CObr of my IOYe a Care town in West Virginia before he died "We were quite near the school d down to(seep from dying of in 1970. It was the summer of 1941, and by then and with teats running down carbon monoxide poisoning." although war had yet to break out Sally's face,we entered the gym by if(knew thea After his death, Tess went to for the United States,Mary Frances a little-used side door near the ladies Sherry's dad,who used her to haul Draper already noted wartime short- room.For the next hour,I stood out- Ray Egbert's 1932 Chevrolet con- the family on vacations all over Cal- ages. side like a faithful Labrador;await- -v%We sports coupe is now only a ifornia. By this time, the odometer 'We were already feeling short- ing developments. My ever-helpful faad memory. It had a six-cylinder )ad probably turned over once. ages of gasoline, of can, and of spies told me not to die yet,at Mast eine, leather upholstery and a :. "In 19M,Tessie's brakes went and young men."Then she met and even. until Salty had a chance at me.How- sug ible scat. she was parked. I was back living tually married a man who was draft- ever,it seems&te gods were with me 11 bough!the car in 1940 and sold with my mom at this time, and nei- exempt because he worked as a mil- because, with lots of help from the Itir 1942, when I entered the U.S. ther of us had the money for the itary explosivea yngittaer. Adw girls,Safly was=sed om-a-"'— tUyiR'GY I used the car around parts to fix her, so she was parked "It was several years after the war dried over a large steam pipe, and San Diego and Los Angeles (girls —for the last time. before new cars were available,and we finished the patty in each other's Loved the cart). 1 would have loved I bought her from my mom for by then, we were raising two chil- arms. to be able to store it during the war �+ L had to lie,con,borrow and .Bien and buying a house,and could "Funny thing'I havent seen�. and be able to have it now,fully re. ]foagle to get that money so my mom :�T afford a new car. Red the Pon- since that night." stored." yuldn't sell Tess to strangers.We '-tiac drove us around the country on There were other girlfriends and tkdved from that house in '86 and I job transfers, brought our babies other adventures before Don, en- i ,Wed her right along with me and home from the hospital,lugged gro- listed in the Army Au Corps and put Cher in the place of honor in the ceries.And we mended and patched Roger up for sale at the Shell station 3siveway" Red until we could do so no longer. where he'd worked. "-4t hasn't been easy.Sherry has in- 'But red was my fust love's car "My ex-boss,a kindly gentleman, nested quite a bit of money to move and the car I first loved." had made a sign which he hung mss around when the Contra Costa Romancing Wfth ROM around Roger's hood, which said, �,+etucle Abatement people have been "For Sale —Good Friend— Needs ;Mier her. Once,they claimed Tess Don Houser was a 17-year-old in love."A few weeks later,while en- NWft a fire hazard,but,so far,the old• Portland when he bought Roger, a during the wear and tear of Army biev'y has survived. 1:? Ford roadster, for$65. It was basic training,I received a note say- l9 jll and Roger quickly became one ing,'He's got a good home,'together "No words can ever express how If Does best friends. with a check for$125." '1 feel over this car.She's been a part of my life for 26 years, ever since I Warm memories of a few inci- The (Model A lady met her when f was 10 years old.She tents with Roger remain with him Wallace Shelby went to a sale at carries the spirits of long-gone fam- 3day.One was the senior ball,held a store in Oakland during the sum- :il members and members of four t the school gym. His date for the Y mer of 1957, and ended up helping `-generations.She's carried us out and vemng was"a very well turned-out an elderly woman get her Ford carried us in,being the family car in londe named Sally,whom I had met Model A started.As is the habit with funerals and bringing babies home my two weeks before at another many car fanciers,Wallace told the from the hospitals. arty woman he'd like to buy the car if she "Maybe I'm a bit odd for becoming "We picked her up at 8 on a rainy ever wanted to sell. so attached to this car. You know Portland evening and started out.All About six months later,she sent what?I don't care.When other peo- three of us were in fine form;Roger me a letter asking if 1 was still in- ple are looking at their old home vas on his best behavior, I thought, terested in her'little cold car.' " movies,standing in front of that old ad was purring like a sleepy kitten. Wallace and his son,Christopher, '57 Bel Air, or that '62 Buick,won- Suddenly,Roger plowed into a large then 4, sped over to her house and dering, 'Gosh. Remember that car? puddle and we were deluged from gave her a$10 deposit to buy the car Yeah,we use to have such fun in that below with muddy water through the for$85. old car!'I'll be looking out at old Tessie floorboards. I still he* a horrible 1 recollection of Sally's town, white or JUN-23-1997 10:14 CONTRA COSTA CC SHERIFF 510 313 22750 F.02.102 U141471;L; OF '1'm bnk;xur WARREN E, xUrr -Contra Costa County Sheriff Robert R Etendersan Patrol Division Undersherirr 510-313-2500 Date: June 23, 1997 To: Jeanne Maglio, Chief Clerk Clerk of the Board of Supervisors Attn: Ann Cervelli, Assistant Clerk �i�,W� From. Nancy Perry White, Sr. Clerk, Patrol mI� �' Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Progra Subject: 173 Heather Dr., San Pablo, APN: 40-151-027 On June 19, 1997, I received your memo regarding 173 Heather Dr., San Pablo. The appeal request was received in a timely manner and we will prepare for the hearing, July 8, 1997. The following individuals need to be notified of the hearing: 1. Wiley F. White 145 Marquerite Dr. San Pablo, CA 94806 2. Sheryil Lisa Post 173 Heather Dr. San Pablo, CA 94806 I will send materials to be considered by the Board within the next couple of days. Should you need any further information, please call me at 3-2796. Thank you. TOTAL F.02 The Board of Supervisors Contra Phil Batchelor Clerk of Board County Administration BuildingO C} and J L County Administrator 651 Pine Street, Room 106 (510)335-1900 Martinez, California 94553-1293 County Jim Rogers,1St District Gayle B.Uilkema,2nd District Donna Gerber,3rd District Mark DeSaulnler,41h District Joe Canclamilla,5th District C� June 23 , 1997 Ms . Sheryll L. Post 173 Heather Drive San Pablo, CA 94806-1107 Dear Ms . Post : Pursuant to Ordinance No. 95-2, Section 430-8 . 014 (b) , you are hereby notified that your appeal from the decision of the Zoning Administrator relative to vehicles which you own will be heard by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, July 8, 1997, at 2 P.M. in the Board Chambers located at 651 Pine Street, Room 107, in Martinez, California. Very truly yours, PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and Count Ad ' nist r By o —ow puty Clerk CC : County Counsel Sheriff ' s Office-Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Zoning Administrator-Community Development BOARD OF SUPERVISORS , CONTRA COSTA COUNTY , CALIFORNIA AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING In the Matter of ) Abandoned Vehicle Appeal Hearing Notice ) ) ) ) I declare under penalty of perjury that I am now, and at all times herein mentioned have been , a citizen of the United States , over age 18; and that today I deposited in the General Servic(Postal Service in Martinez , California , postage to be determined and paid through General Services , a notice for the hearing specified above to the following : Ms. Sheryll L. Post 173 Heather Drive San Pablo, CA 94806-1107 Wiley F. White 145 Marquerite Dr. San Pablo, CA 94806 P 21,8 943 1151 Receipt for a under penalty of perjury that the foregoing Certified Mail ct. No Insurance Coverage Provided Do not use for International Mail (See Reverse) at Martinez , California . $ Annell" , putyClerk 00 Cl) E 0 LL n a G The Board of SuperVisirs Contra Phil Batchelor Clerk of the Board Cour.�iAdministration BuildingCosta and County Administrator 651'Pine Street, Room 106 (51 0)33 5-1 900 Martinez, California 94553-1293 County Jim Rogers,1st District Gayle 0.Uilkema,2nd District Donna Gerber,3b District Mark DeSaulnler,4th District •, � l Joe Canciamilla,5th District !s June 23 , 1997 Tq----UA'( Ms . Sheryll L. Post 173 Heather Drive San Pablo, CA 94806-1107 Dear Ms . Post : Pursuant to Ordinance No. 95-2, Section 430-8 . 014 (b) , you are hereby notified that your appeal from the decision of the Zoning Administrator relative to vehicles which you own will be heard by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, July 8 , 1997, at 2 P.M. in the Board Chambers located at 651 Pine Street, Room 107, in Martinez, California. Very truly yours, PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County Ad ' nist tor By o D puty Clerk CC : County Counsel Sheriff ' s Office-Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Zoning Administrator-Community Development CONTRA COSTA COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO: Ann Cervelli, Assistant Clerk DATE: June 19, 1997 Clerk of the Board of Supervisors �� 1 FROM: Debbie Chamberlain, Acting Zoning AdministratoY�(I� / SUBJECT: Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Appeal, Sheryll L. Post, Appellant. The appeal of Sheryll Post of the County Zoning Administrator's decision of June 9, 1997 was filed within the ten day appeal period and is a valid appeal. I see no reason why the Board of Supervisors should not hear the appeal as scheduled. Background materials for the appeal along with a recommendation will be provided by the Sheriff's Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program. Should you need further assistance, I may be reached at 335-1213. cc Sheriff-Corner-Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Office - Nancy White CONTRA COSTA COUNTY Clerk of the Board Inter-Office Memo TO: Zoning Administrator Community Development Department DATE: June 17, 1997 FROM: Jeanne Maglio, Chief Clerk ' Clerk of the Board of SupervisorsQli By Ann Cervelli, Assistant Clerk SUBJECT: Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Appeal On June 13 , 1997, this office received from Sheryll L. Post a request for an appeal hearing from the decision of the Zoning Administrator on the proposed abatement of abandoned vehicles . Ms . Post ' s appeal has been scheduled for Tuesday, July 8 1997, at 2 P.M. If Ms . Post ' s appeal is not timely or there is any other reason the appeal should not be heard by the Board of Supervisors, please notify me immediately. If the appeal is timely and should be heard by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, July 8, 1997, at 2 P.M. , please advise this office in writing by June 24 , 1997, and provide a list of people to be notified along with their addresses . Material to be considered by the Board on should be provided to this office by July 1, 1997 . Thank you. ac CC : County Counsel-D. Silver Sheriff-Coroner-Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Office-Nancy White County Administrator-John Gregory Sheriff-Coroner-Warren Rupf RECEIVED JUN 1 3 1997 June 10th, 1897 CLERK BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONTRA COSTA CO. To the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County: 1 an writing this letter to request an appeal on the hearing that was held on my behalf, yesterday,June 8th,regarding APN:405-151-0271vddcle abdm*M. I must first explain that this is the second letter that i have written Itlre first one I have decided not to send,for it is a very angry letter).I am upsd over the tad that I must endure this continonn 7grrassnnenf ager ffis tyro ole!4as dW-1hM is FW druveway,,These cars wea&trepert{( j" rtloiied"�' a 'l ?{iliBNtr e,h► my driveway.for the 11 yeas that I Mire'lived kut�e,iri ibis Tiouae.i here wrtleh pemeiasion from the legal homeowner to have them here,because I work on them when I have the money to buy the parts. The 1880 Cadillac is a car that I purchased kr 1986,before I moved into this county's Jurisdiction.I hyd dwayAbm operable Wrt6 abgut two years ago,when the transmission ward out.Can you KM=how ddficut it has bean for no to even find a transn fission for an auto this old?Yd,I love my classic car's and have even been a member of the Cadillac- LaSalle club of North America(until I could no longer afford the dues).I have finally found a place to obtain a transmission and Even someone to gat the old one out and the new one 4 but its going to coal akrnod 700 dollars.Thats dot of money for a single mom who's trying to make ends meet.I am having to save for the work to be done,but,in the mewdi ne,l am IMM"'the County rideme atrartfhe W''pg ` +. me other car,rror twChevy tmpda�' r,'1pj doing my best at'lowngy restore it.This Edo is much,much more Om INS!A="-As almost Ike a part of my f mniy.My grandfather bought t in 1970 and drove it until he died, in 1874.Thats when my father acquired it.My father died len 1877 and my mother took it arer...sle is the one who put it in the shape it is,now.N you only look at its mechanical condition,there's not really that much wrong with t.I have to ether find a four-hale inlate manifold for the 283cu len.,or find another two bbl carbeerator.Please dont say that getting another carb.will be easier,because its not,when you donl have aid of money to spend. As a matter of fad,you A we just how much I love do oltcar if you go into the West e•.nmty r*res nwwapap.r shtAh Pa imrbw the dare May 51+,1886 An ej*e srfide incMatieg a photo of me and mars,are there. I nilly dad think it is unreasonable to ask that you leave me and my cars alone.Its not like they are"abandoned",becauye they are ill$.k jus(,taldng am of time to do what I have to do with than and d seams like,when I yet something finally done on one,there's another state law that says what I have jUg done is wrong and I have to go back and fix it,all over again. Also,l have read and re-read my 4th amendment rigid under the United&des Constitution,under"search and arrest warrants",that claims that 1 am to be safe against 'illegal seizure".I have committed no crime and I cannot understand why 1 am having to endure this harrassn ent over something that is rightfully mine and letting op the pr9Perty that I am paying for.l just dont understand it.Not at all. I am going through aM of grief and torment over this.I had always thought that what was on my property and was not harming anyone could not and would not be taken from M.As I have said...I have not committed any crimes.I have not bgthaed anyope.I simply have something the county can We and they do not Ike it and want to take I from me.I thought this was a free country?My Christ...there are people walking around the streets,selling dugs and carrying gunns...ad I am being harrassed overtaking my One f xing up a couple of classic carsl I know h'm not"crazy"in thinking this is a little"wie fd"...everyone I have spoken with concerning this matter(friends on the irternet,people who work for the California Highway Patrol,a friend who is an investigative reporter for HordCopy in Los Angeles,a few friends around town and in LA.and New York,an attorney friend in Berkeley),ail believe that thighs"trot right",a4 S,Ro.I know I am j*"crazy".that I arm the only one who thinks this s)&M&l& In the niiddk of aI of this,I have been trying to write a chldrers boot a book of 'Campfire OW stories"(sort of Ike the QGoo eb1aW books)and a iltle"novelette" entitled l ppyCd:The only Cat in the world Yplh a~an ,about children who tease acether for a Ma encs in theer appearance and a lesson to lean that we we all the same, underneath.But I an having a difficult time,trying to make the deadline Welch is this wednesday),because of having to fight the county that I have geed in all of my Ile and even z Dornhere{Merritthew MernV at,hospitali for ydtat is,Xightful y mine.The politicians want me off of welfare and Ant to go...but how am i supposed to coca,__ntraled on doing that when MY own county is causing Be unnecessary grief?l cannot fix my classics without money.i either have to save N or find a way to get N.That takesUe.l understand that writing books brings in a"kveabk'income.However,Iiiever thought that I haO to hurry to fix my cars, because h have always lived under the belief that,as long as they were on my own property, they were safe from being taken from me.Now,I fired that is wrong.Now,what do I dol I have to find some way to hurry up and get them going because the county wants them gone. I dont feel that this is right,but I also feet that Ilia county could amjess about my plight.I W that,no matter what I do...hevirgs,appeals,etcetera...will do no no good.That,no matter what it is that I do,the courtly wig rule against me,anyway.As I have stated before,I am not the only one who feats that this is very wrong,but I do not know how to fight this type of what 1 consider Io be an injustice,becau2e this is somethina I wouldve never dreamed could happen...the law being able to come onto my property and take my things away from me when I have done nothing wrong. These cars are a hobby, a true love of mine and something that I want to do that is not illegal.Bit wouldlneke yqu hapjuler,I could ahyays opega drug lab..like the residents at 1277 Leftia road have done..And they arerd being bothered or harassed.-there are several "drug houses"in lif ontalvin Manor",but I dont we th ierer rights being violated.They are never even bothered.I once watched an officer drive by and wave at a known neighborhood th iet,standing directly it halt of his gp raga tlt fav Ied: l r Y cf abvflpusfy $tokn property,The ollicer count iitoo s 'atte$t t ,*R-Ahim + have been vi*ft the crook's ftM&Yet,shave two classic sub's parked in my own driveway that have always belonged to me,that I did not steak,that t paid good money for and I am having to"beg"the county to allow 109.110 keep.tsimply dont Understand B III.I m truly sorry,but I dont. I love my cars.They am gat abandoned.t beg you to reconsider.h had had than covered up with car covers.„iwhse...but that"neighborhood thief”that 1 spoke of,earlier,$told than both(I caught him doing it).Even after I madq the first,p o report and the officer told me to spray paint the vehicles ID number on the second set,the second set was stolen.(As have some of the parts that 1 have purchased in the pest and stupidly left inside the car). Again, i bey of you to leave me be with my cars, i am not harming anyone and i could not bear to lose them They are very special possessions of mim..l love these cars.And, sorneday,they will be back on the road and looking just gorgeous,as thly were meant to look. Its just that parts are so very expensive.-plem-1 beg you...on my hands and knee's...dottt take my cars away frare'kne.Mise.These are W WWles who vete just �'parked and left..they-belog to me and I waq„the n,l wand to say that,since I an a United States citizen,that I have the right to have them, but this just is not the can,any longer. Please—do not take my cars away from me.M would,literally,break my heart in two to lose than Thank you for the right to be heard...I hope you will all have the heart to allow me to keep my prized possessions. Sbef ll L Post 173 Heaffm drive San Pablo CA IM-1107 (510)758477 RECEIVED .NN 1 3 1997 June 10th, 1997 CLERK BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONTRA COSTA CO. To the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County: I am writing this letter to request an appeal on the hearing that was held on my behalf, yesterday,June 91h,regarding APN:405-151-027/vehicle abatement. I must first explain that this is the second letter that I have written(the first one I have decided not to send,for it is a very angry letter). I am upset over the fact that I must endure this continous'harrassmerit'over the twoQkl.Cars that I have in my driveway,These cars are lL I repeat jm"abafidofied"vehicfe TSy ;4Y r #hd f haE haA?iair lfeere,in my driveway,for the 11 years that I have fixed here,in this house.I have writteh permission from the legal homeowner to have them here,because I work on there when I have the money to buy the parts. The 1960 Cadillac is a car that I purchased in 1986,before I moved into this county's 1 jurisdiction.It hUd always,been operable Until abgul two years ago,when the transmission went out.Can you imagine how difficult it has been for me to even find a transmission for an auto this old?Yet,I love my classic car's and have even been a member of the Cadillac- LaSalle club of North America(until I could no longer afford the dues).I have finally found a place to obtain a transmission and gven someone to get the old one out and the new one in, but its going to cost almost 700 dollars.Thats slot of money for a single mom who's trying to make ends meet.I am having to save for the work to be done,but,in the meantime, I am Having the County ride me ibout,the car bo g th8r4' The other car,my 19t$Chevy:lmpala Cu9tgm,i-04 at,pSor ,fmftti'baf"lam doing my best at lovingly restore it.This auto is much,much more than"just a car"...its almost like a part of my family. My grandfather bought I in 1970 and drove it until he died,in 1974.Thats when my father acquired it.My father died in 1977 and my mother took it over...she is the one who put it in the shape it is,now.If you only look at its mechanical condition,there's not really that much wrong with d. I have to either find a fouratole intake manifold for the 283cu.in.,or find another two bbl carbeurator.Please dont say that getting another cart.will be easier,because its not,when you dont have alot of money to spend. As a matter of fact,you will see just how much I love this old car if you go into the West rminly TiFM5 nnwcparpr arrhivnc undar fhe date May 5fh,1996 An entire article inchuling a photo of me and^•cars,are there. I really dont think it is unreasonable to ask that you leave me and my cars alone.Its not like they are"abandoned",becau;e they are qW. hosLtaking alot of time to do what I have to do with them and it seems like,when I get something finally done on one,there's another state law that says what I have gg done is wrong and I have to go back and fix it,all over again. Also,I have read and re-read my 4th amendment right under the United States Constitution,under"search and arrest warrants",that claims that I am to be safe against "illegal seizure".I have committed no crime and 1 cannot understand why I am having to endure this harrassment over something that is rightfully mine and;etting op tits property that I am paying for.I just dont understand it. Not at all. I am going through alot of grief and torment over this. I had always thought that what was on my property and was not harming anyone could not and would not be taken from me.As 1 have said...I have not committed any crimes.I have not bgthered anyone.I simply have something the county can see and they do not like lt and want to take it from me.I thought this was a free country?My Christ...there are people walking around the streets,selling drugs and carrying guns...and I am being harrassed over taking my time fixing up a couple of classic cars! I know I'm not"crazy"in thinking this is a little"wield"...everyone I have spoken with concerning this matter(friends on the internet,people who work for the California Highway Patrol,a friend who is an investigative reporter for HardCopy in Los Angeles,a few friends around town and in L.A.and New York,an attorney friend in Berkeley),all believe that thisjs"Trot right",a;WSLIJU.I know I ampgt"crazv",that I am the only one who thinks this is jus<not right In the middle of all of this,I have been trying to write a childrens book...a book of "campfire ghost stories"(sort of like the"Goosebumps"books)and a little"novelette" entitled"HappyCat:The only Cat in the world vtith a bellybutton",about children who tease another for a difference in thier appearance and a lesson to learn that we are all the same, underneath.But I am having a difficult time,trying to make the deadline(which is this wednesday), because of having to fight the county that 1 have lived in all of my life and even z born here(Merritthew Memprial hospital)for*at is fightfully mine.The Politicians want me off of welfare anc^iant to go...but how am I supposed to ck �.entrated on doing that when my own county is causing me unnecessary grief?I cannot fix my classics without money. I either have to save it or find a way to get it.That takes t me. I understand that writing books brings in a"liveable"income.However,I pever thoughtthat I had,to hurry to fix my cars, because I have always lived under the belief that,as long as they were on my own property, they were safe from being taken from me.Now,I find that is wrong.Now,what do I do?I have to find some way to hurry up and get them going because the county wants them gone. I dont feel that this is right,but I also feel that the county could yarejess about my plight.I feel that,no matter what I do...hearings,appeals,etcetera...will do me no good.That,no matter what it is that I do,the county will rule against me,anyway.As I have stated before, I am not the only one who feels that this is very wrong,but I do not know how to fight this type of what I consider to be an injustice,becauje this is something I wouldve never dreamed could happen...the law being able to came onto my property and take my things away from me when I have done nothing wrong. These cars are a hobby, a true love of mine and something that I want to do that is not 1 illegal.If it wouldlnake ypu happier,I could ahyays opeRa drug lab...like the residents at 1277 Lettia road have done...and they arent being bothered or harrassed...there are several "drug houses"in Montalvin Manor",but I dont see thier rights being violated.They are never even bothered.I once watched an officer drive by and wave at a known neighborhood thief,standing directly in front of his Wakgarage that revealed.a forgo Wu of obviously stolen property.The officer couldnt stop atid`arrest IrhiuWhy xta .ff of icefwot t have been violating the crook's rights.Yet,I have two classic auto's parked in my own driveway that have always belonged to me,that 1 did not steal,that I paid good money for and I am having to"beg"the county to allow me to keep. L simply dont understand it all. I am truly sorry,but 1 dont. I love my cars.They are not abandoned. I beg you to reconsider. I had had them covered up with car covers...twice...but that "neighborhood thief"that I spoke of,earlier,scold them both(I caught him doing it). Even after I madq the first,police report and the officer told me to spray paint the vehicles ID number on the second set,the second set was stolen.(As have some of the parts that I have purchased in the past and stupidly left inside the car). x J Again, i beg of you to leave me be with my cars. i am not harming anyone and i could not bear to lose them.They are very special possessions of mine...I love these cars.And, someday,they will be back on the road and looking just gorgeous,as they were meant to look.Ns just that parts are so very expensive...please...I beg you...on my hands and knee's...dont take my cars Away frortflne.Pose.These ire ddt Vehidles who vete just parked and len...theypelony to me and I wan them, I want to say that,since I am a United States citizen,that I have the right to have them,but this just is not the case,any longer. Please....do not take my cars away from me.It would,literally,break my heart in two to lose them. Thank you for the right to be heard...I hope you will all have the heart to allow me to keep my prized possessions. / Sheryll L. 'Illy 173 Heather drive San Pablo CA 948061107 (510)7584877 , AM t / 10. r s.Ts Ar ' k7 ' " -r r S r...rw� _/rte a�� r