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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06111985 - IO.1 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: Contra INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Costa DATE: June 10, 1985 @ County SUBJECT: Contract with the United Council of Spanish Speaking Organizations for Transportation to County Health Facilities SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. Endorse the recommendations being presented by the Finance Committee on this subject. 2. In addition to the recommendations made by the Finance Committee, direct the staff of the Health Services Department and Community Development Department to explore the need for a contract with the United Council to transport patients from their home to the bus stop for those patients who otherwise would find it difficult, if not impossible, to make use of a fixed route transit system. 3 . Direct the Health Services Director, as a part of the above recommendation, to analyze the kinds of patients presently being transported under the United Council contract to determine how many would be unable to get from their home to a bus stop. 4. Direct the Community Development Director to request statements from the existing transit agencies regarding their ability to meet the needs of the elderly and disabled in relation to the patient' s ability to get from home to a bus stop, and return the report to our Committee prior to the expiration of the 60-day extension being recommended by the Finance Committee. BACKGROUND: On April 9 , 1985, the Board approved a report from our Committee extending the County' s contract with the United Council of Spanish Speaking Organizations until June 30, 1985 and directing that additional data be gathered and reported to the Board prior to June 30. The Finance Committee considered this matter on June 3 , 1985 and our Committee considered the matter on June 10, 1985. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR X RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE ;_-,�THER kw ����✓�t � �, SIGNATURE(S) Tom Torlakson Tom Powers ACTION OF BOARD ON Jimp 11 , 1985 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS _ 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 County Administrator OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: Health Services Director ATTESTED Community Development Director UCSSO PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR M382/7-83 BY DEPUTY Contract with UCSSO Page 2 We have had an opportunity to review the Finance Committee' s report and concur with its recommendations. We are, however, concerned that the lack of transportation services provided by the United Council may leave some patients unable to get to the hospital or clinic because they are unable to walk to a -bus stop. We are, therefore, recommending that some additional work be done by staff to determine whether there are such patients whose needs would not be met in the absence of the United Council contract, or whether other transportation systems are already in place to meet these needs. Our primary concern is that in allowing the United Council contract to expire we not leave some of our patients in a situation where they are unable to get to the clinic and will thereby forego preventive outpatient care until they have an emergency condition. It is our understanding that some of the existing agencies, such as Tri-Delta Transit, provide transportation services which should be able to meet these needs. We simply want staff to check this out and give us a report before the United Council contract is terminated to insure that the needs of our patients are being adequately met.