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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 01041994 - 1.87 1.84 through 1.90 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted. this Order on January 4, 1994, by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Powers, Smith, Bishop, McPeak and Torlakson NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ SUBJECT: Correspondence Item No. 1.84 LETTER dated December 10, 1993 , from C. Erickson, 216 Riverside Drive, Bay Point 94565, expressing concern with the delay in opening the Salvation Army Senior Home (Silvercrest) located on Appian Way in El Sobrante pending the final inspection on the property. ***REFERRED TO DIRECTOR OF BUILDING INSPECTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR 1.85 CLAIM dated December 6, 1993, from William R. King, Controller, GTE Mobilnet of California L/P, 245 Perimeter Center Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30346, requesting refund of property taxes levied for the 1989-1990 fiscal year. ***REFERRED TO COUNTY COUNSEL, ASSESSOR, AND TREASURER-TAX COLLECTOR 1.86 LETTER received by the Clerk of the Board on December 16, 1993 , from Roger K. Patterson, Regional' Director, U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation 2800 Cottage .Way, Sacramento 95825, advising of procedures in progress for the preparation of a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the implementation of Title 34, the Central. Valley Project Improvement Act, and encouraging input on the EIS. ***REFERRED TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR V1.87 LETTER dated December 2 , 1993 , from State Senator Daniel E. Boatwright, 1001 Galaxy Way, Suite 210, Concord 94520, advising of his commitment to identifying funds for Poison Control Centers. ***REFERRED TO HEALTH SERVICES DIRECTOR 1.88 LETTER dated December 14, 1993, from Brent Aasen, Chairman, Board of Deacons and Rick Moe, Senior Pastor, Brentwood Evangelical Free Church, P.O. Box 766 Brentwood 94513, requesting that parcel No. 010-120-002 be excluded from a proposal to rezone this parcel as a part of the exclusive agricultural district (A-40) zone. ***REFERRED TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR PLEASE REPLY TO: MEMBER: ` • V _ BANKING,COMMERCE O SACRAMENTO ADDRESS: &INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMITTEE ROOM 3086,STATE CAPITOL BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW SACRAMENTO,CA 95814 COMMITTEE TELEPHONE:(916)445-6083 Ayy yy�� ELECTIONS AND REAPPORTIONMENT COMMITTEE D CENTRAL COUNTY: REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE 1001 GALAXY WAY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE SUITE 210 .r P'' .r CONCORD,C A 94520 atifoxnt �- -stature CHAIRMAN: TELEPHONE(510)6$9-7973 {. �l BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE NO.4 EAST COUNTY: ON LEGISLATIVE,EXECUTIVE, 420 W.THIRD STREET BUSINESS,TRANSPORTATION, APHONE:,51 94509 DANIEL E. BOATWRIGHT HOUSING,AND GENERAL TELEPHONE:(51 O)754-301 1 CHAIRMAN GOVERNMENT CHAIRMAN: va COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON SPORTS CHAIRMAN: SELECT COMMITTEE ON "CA" STATE PROCUREMENT AND December 2, 1993 EXPENDITURE PRACTICES REPRESENTING: SEVENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT The Honorable Tom Torlakson Chair, Board of Directors Contra Costa County 651 Pine Street, Room 106 Martinez, CA 94553 Dear Tom: Enclosed please find the response I received from Dr. Joseph Morales, Director of Emergency Medical Services Authority, regarding the San Francisco Regional Poison Control Center (SFRPCC) . It appears as if SFRPCC's reasons for imposing -the new service fees are not much different from the reasons which Contra Costa County is unable to make this fee payment -- cutbacks in funding. There is just no simple solution; unfortunately, it's the public who eventually suffers the brunt of these policy changes. As you know, Tom, I opposed the $2.6 billion property tax shift from local governments to schools, and voted against the budget proposal when it was brought before the full Senate. You can be sure that I will once again be working towards making substantial and necessary cuts in our bloated state bureaucracy. Hopefully, these changes will free up funds for vital services such as the Poison Control Centers. Thank you again for apprising me of this situation. erely, ss RE�EO�E® DANIEL B0ATWRI T DEB: la Enclosure DEC 10 1993 CLERK BOARD OF SUPERVISOR CONTRA CC?� ,a CO. 11 v 1 L %P IJJJ STATE OF CALIFORNIA—HEALTH AND WELFARE AGENCY PETE WILSON, Goverwr EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AUTHORITY 1930 9TH STREET, SUITE 100 SACRAMENTO, CA 95814-7043 (916) 322-4336 FAX (916) 324-2875 November 22, 1993 Senator Daniel. Boatwright Room 3086 State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95814 Lear Senator Boatwright: This is in response to your letter of November 8, 1993, regarding the San Francisco Regional Poison Control Center (SFRPCC) and Contra Costa County. The background on this issue is that the SFRPCC has operated out of San Francisco General Hospital for more than 10 years. During that time, the funding for the center has been provided almost entirely by the budget of the City and County of San Francisco, with some State General Fund contributions (this year, $138,000) and some voluntary hospital donations. It provides services to nine other counties which account for 50,000 calls, 80% of the center's total call volume. Last year, there were 11,f,>OE} calls from Contra Costa county, 17% of the center's call volume. Until recently, most of the counties had contributed some money to the center, but not enough to match usage by their residents. This year the center's budget was cut by the City, and some poison inforrnation providers were laid off. The center administrators were unable to continue to provide services at the same level to all the. counties. To rehire the providers, the center decided to again request contributions from the counties, this time with the threat of cutting off service. They requested contributions at the rate of approximately $11.60 per call based on the 1992 call volume from each county. 'Phis is significantly below the national and state average for cost per call. All the counties but Contra Costa agreed to contribute some amount, and all counties but Contra. Costa have continued to receive services. Public callers from Contra Costa now receive a recorded message advising them to call 9-1-1 if they have a poisoning emergency. The 9-1-1 operators continue to have access to the San Francisco center, and advice is giver: to the individual caller, Physicians in hospitals which have signed contracts with the center are able to access the poison center if they need advice on poisonings. Thus, services are not completely cut off to the public. As you know, a significant ;alue of poison centers is that they prevent unnecessary emergency room visits. In fact, 80% of all calls to a poison center are handled at home. One of the fears from this reduction in service was that emergency calf and emergency visits would increase dramatically. In the short time since the Contra Costa access has been less available, there has been a slight increase in 9-1-1 calls regarding suspected poisonings, We do not have information regarding emergency room visits and whether they have increased. 1� - Senator Daniel Boatwright November 22, 1993 Page 2 The EMS Authority is continuing to work very closely with all the centers not only to effect efficiencies of operation but also to work out some of the funding problems and to find other funding mechanisms. The Fresno regional poison center has just begun to bill the counties that it serves, and I anticipate that other centers will do the same soon. I believe that counties which are served by regional centers will have to bear some of the cost of service which is being provided to their citizens.. If I can provide other information to you, I would be happy to meet with you or your staff. Sincerely, HE. 6�4� A44,3Morales, .MD, MPA Director