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J U L 2 7 1982
Santa Monica, California
TO' Mayor and City Council
FROM: City Staff
SUBJECT: Reallocation of $100,000 in COBG Funds for 1982-83 Program Year
and Allocation of 53,000 in Contingency Funds
Introduction
This report presents recommendations for the reallocation of $100,000 in COBG
funds initially recommended for street improvements in the Pico Neighborhood.
Background
At the April 27, 1982 Council meeting, staff recommended that $100,000 of the
1982-83 CDBG entitlement be designated for street improvements in the Pico
Neighborhood. After discussion on the desir~bility of using CDBG funds for
such improvements, Council asked staff to review alternntive proposals and to make
recommendations on the reallocation of the $100,000 for projects benefitting
the Pico Neighborhood.
On June 3, 1982, City staff met with community members in the Pico Neighborhood
to discuss the use of funds. From this discussion and a review of other proposals
submitted to the City for 1982-83 grant funding, staff determined that the following
projects would be of substantial benefit to the residents of the Pica Neighborhood:
Traffic Signal - 11th & Michigan
At the June 3rd meeting, residents of the Pico
Neighborhood indicated their desire to see the
traffic signal installed A brief project
description is attached to this report. (This is
in addition to the traffIc signal to he installed
at 14th and MIchigan.)
Los Angeles Childbirth Center
This project would provIde funds for renovation
of a facility to house an Alternative Bjrth
Center, including a Latina ~aternity Care Program.
The Idea Statement submitted by the Los Angeles Child-
birth Center is attached for review by Council.
$65,000
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Mayor and City Council
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July 27, 1982
Staff recommends that $10,000 be set aside
to cover CDBG-eligible renovation costs for
the Alterative Birth Center, contigent upon
the following conditions:
o That the building is located in a CDBG
target area (the tentative location is
on Pico and 20th) or that procedures are
in place to ensure that the ~ajority of
the Alternative Birth Center's clients are
low and moderate income residents.
o That the term of the Center1s lease be a
minimum of three years and preferably for
the economic life of the improvements to the
building (with City option to assume the
lease or transfer to another community
agency if the Center terminates the lease
prior to the expiration date).
o That $10,000 is the maximum available for
improvements -- the actual amount to be
determined after specific renovation needs
are assessed and CDSG eligible construction
costs are determined.
Public Service Grants
28,000
In previous Council action, $28,000 in
CDBG funds were allocated for additional public
service projects: The Neighborhood Adult Parti-
cipation Project and Ocean Park Community Center1s
Child Abuse Project. Staff recommends that these
funds be allocated from the $100,000.
$103,000*
Discussion
These recoMmendations benefit the residents of the Pico Neighborhood by
(I) addressing the traffic safety needs at JJth and Michigan as identified by
residents of the Pico Neighborhood, (2) providing direct social services and
advocacy to the Pico Neighborhood by NAP? neighborhood workers located at an
office in the Pico Corridor, (3) locating the Alternative Birth Center at a
tentative site in the Pico area and providing at the Center maternity care
*The $3,000 in excess of $100,000 may be allocated from the CDBG Contingency Fund.
Mayor and City Council
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July 27, 1982
services to the latina community, and (4) providing bilingual child abuse counseling
services through Ocean Park Community Center to Santa Monica residents including
residents in the Pico Corridor.
Recommendat ions
Staff recommends that the Council allocate CDBG funds to tbe projects specified
above from the SlOa,OOO of previously unallocated 1982-83 CDBG monies and $3,000
from CDBG Contingency funds.
Prepared by: Barbara Stinchfield
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We are requesting a four way traff~c s~qnal, w~th pedestria~ l~Sh~s, for
the ~ntersect~on of 11th st. and r~~ch~ga~ Ave. Accordl~g to Clty ~raf~lc
Eng~neer ~ay Davls, a trafflC slgnal ~s warrantee for th~s ~ntersect1Qn.
11 th St. 15 one of the I:la]Or cross streets ~n Santa Hon~ca, and :Cas be-
come an unwa~ted barrler ln the ~e1ghborhood. The lntersectlon lS a
major outlet for re51dents llvlng ln the nelghbnrhood between 9t~ St. and
14th st. The safety or bot~ pedestrlans ane rr-otorlsts wlshl~S to cross
11 th St. on r11ch1gan 15 put into ]eo?ardy cue to the large volu!T"Le of
traff~c on 11th St. 3very day local reslcent5 wltness acc~dents and hear
accidents at th1S ~ntersect1on.
~uch of the crosstown tra~flC and the proDlexs at thlS lntersectlon have
been generatec by the freeway through ~he nelghborhocd. I~ was DO COlnCl-
dence that the iree~ay was put through Santa !~onlca's low and ~ociera~e
inco~e ne~ghborhood. ?he dange~ous 1ntersectlon at lith anc ~11c~~ca~ 15 a
legacy of 1nc.eference 1n lack 0: concern fer C..lr nel.gh:Corhood ~ 7he l.nter-
5ectlcn l1es ~lth~~ the CDSG target area and 15 used ~y the tarcetpocula-
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I DSA STATEtlENT FlJR USE OF COJ-IMUN 1 TV DEVElOPtlEIJT BLOCK
To be considered for staff analysis ond reco~nend~tion,
the DEADLP:E for submission of this IDEA STATEMEIH is~
Apri 1 1, 1982
Project Title:
Gecgraphic Target Area:
Santa ~!on:.ca
Program
Name and Address of Agency or
Organization:
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Latina l1aternit".y Care
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Santa Monica latina community (P~co
Corr~dor, Ocean Park. and-other area~)
Contact:
Na~e Norma Alicia P~no
Los Angeles Ch~ldbirth Center
757 Pier Avenue
Santa Monica) CA 9C40S
Ti tle Proj ect Adminis trator
Telephone
392-3931
Project
Beneficiaries:
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Relationship to other CDSG projects or
programs, if any:
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income pers~ns ':0 be lR.e~:..es:ed $26 ~500
served:
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SUMMARY OF p~apOSAL - Briefly describe the proposed project or progrnm, explaining
the need for, the project, the target popu?ation, the project objectives and impTe-
mentation ~ethadolcgy. USE ONLY THE SPACE PROVIDED ON THIS PAGE, PLUS T~O OTHE?- PAGES
IF NEEDED. Additional material sub~itted should be referenced in the proposal and
will be held for distribution to City Council on reques~.
The objective of the Los Angeles Ch~ldb1rth Ceneer's Latina Xatern~ty
Care Progra:< (L~lCP) is to establish a maternJ.ty care system that ],5 afford-
able, b~lJ.ngual. b1cultural, and located ].n Santa Monica. It w].ll serve a
medically low risk population who desire to del].ver in a free standJ.ug
alternacive birt~ center attended by a nurse m].d~~fe w~t~ hos?Lt~l backup.
The Los An~eles ChildbJ.rth Center ~s a nouproflt f~ve year old com-
munlty health center which ~n 1981 provided to commun~ty residents 2000
prenatal and postpartum visits, 1500 gynecologlcal v~sits. 500 family
health visits, and slightly over 120 home blrths. Since Septenber 1981.
the Center has coumJ.tted in excess of 1000 hours of staff tl~e In devel-
oping plans for the Ll1CP and has hJ.red }l'orma Pina, a latJ.ua health educator,
to admlClster th~s new program.
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The Childbirth Center is seeking CDBG funds of $26,500 to rent a '
suitable bU1lding 1n the P1CO Corridor for a free standing alternative
b1rth center and to provide medical equ1pment and modest furnishings
and renovation. The Childbirth Center has app11ed for General Revenue
Shar1ng Funds of $98,630 to pay for b11ingual fulltime staff (nurse
midwife, IMCP director, two community health workers) and a part-tice
nedical director and pediatric nurse practitioner. Within 24 months,
the LMCP is projected to be self-sufficient with patient fees equal~ng
program expenses.
Progra~ Need and Target Population
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The factors making this program an urgent necessity at this time
include the following:
· San~a Monica has a latina population of 11,485 accord1ng to 1980
census reports; local community leaders estimate the true number
at ap?roximately 17,000 or just under one 1n five. Problems 1n
mater~al and infant health are accentuated because of poverty and
denogra?h~cs -- over 4000 latino fam~lies have incomes below 150%
of poverty leVel and over 3500 latlnas are of childbearing age.
· L.A. Cou~ty has a~ru?t1y reduced prenatal care services on the
West3~de WIth the closing of Venice and Culver City health depart-
ment maternity services and severe reductIon of personnel at Uest
(Sacta Monica) Health Department. High fees for prenatal care
have also been i=~tiated, resulting in a decrease in utilizatIon.
The ~u~ber of p~egnant women entering Harbor General Hospital
without any preaa~al care increased 77% between August 1980 and
ALg~st 1981; a ~e?ort just released by the State Department of
Hea:~h est~ma~2S ~hat a quarter of all women in California will
receIve Inade~~a:~ prenatal care in 1982.
· The~e is a dra~a~~c association between lack of prenatal care and
low birth weight, prematurity, and higher infant mortality rates.
The seriousness of this situation is reflected in the recently
released 1980 infant mortality rates for Cal~fornia: for the
first tine in years, infant mortality increased 2.7% with non-white
infant mortal~ty up 3.8%.
· Inacequate naternal health care is part of a cycle with far-re2ch~n~
consequences. Low birth weight and prematurIty are assOCIated w~th
subsequent child abuse, birth defects and lowered intelligence. The
fam~ly and social problems thus produced lead again to poor health
and well-being for the entire fam11y.
· There is an increasing orientation by the health care system toward
expensive high risk, ~i~h tec~nolo~y maternity care in large med~cal
centers. Th~s leaves poorer iam~l~es wltnouc reasonaoly pr~cea
humane care focused on prenatal care and natural childbirth for low
risk women.
· A combination of expensive delivery services and lack of health 1n-
surance has left many latlno fa~11ies w1th very high hospital bills
after delivery. A survey taken in March 1982 by LAce staff revealed
the following costs for mater~ity care at the three hospItals serv-
1ng a major1ty af Santa Mon~ca lat~no families: $2300 (UCLA Medical
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Canter), $2000 (Santa ~onica Hospital), and $1900 (Harbor General
Hosp1.tal).
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· T~ere exist virtually no ?ro~rams to solve the maternal and infant
care crisis designed w1th the latina community as a major focus.
Object~ves and Im?lementation
1. Developoent of a c~mmunity outreach program to educate Santa
Monica lat~nos about the importance of fam1.ly health and the availability
of the Latina Maternity Care Program and other maternity options. Trained
commun~ty health workers and other staff will work with schools, churches,
commun~ty organi~ations and local health facilities in order to provide
families with information about prenatal care, nutrition, birthing choices~
and fa=ily planning.
2. Del~very or high qual1.ty prenatal care services and childb1.rth
and ?a=anting education to latino families participating in the LMCP.
These serv~ces will be provided by bilingual, culturally sens~tive nurse
midW1.ves a~d healt~ educators, with physician consultation.
3. Establ~sh2ec~ of a free standing alternative birth center to pro-
vide de~~ve~y services for medically low risk latinas. attended by a
bilin5~cl nurse ~idw~=a with obstetrical backup available.
4. P~cv~sio~ 0= a=fordable maternity serV1ces to Santa Monica resi-
dents. =~e conp~e~e~E~~e fee for low income participants in the LXCP
will b~ ~~ =~e r~~;~ 0= $800-$1200 -- between one third and one half of
local ~os~~tal watern~=y fees.
5. J~velop=a~: a~d implementation of a program to provide training
in S?a~~5~ :an~ua~~ a~= latino culture to current LACC clin1cal and adm1ni-
strat.:L"'= s:a:Ef, so :::'2: they may becone integrated into the LMCP.
Benefl: ::c the Co~~u::.~:: and City
T~e LXCP will be~e=1t the residents of Santa Monica in the fOllowing
ways ~
· Fill a critical unmet social and health care need by providing afford-
a~le and humane family centered maternity serv~ces to low and moderate
i:lcome fanilies.
· Provide affirmative act10n 1.n hiring to minorities, fenale heads-of-
household and low and moderate income enployees.
· Reduce the cost to the C1ty of services for sick children, sick
mothers and d15r~pted fa~il~es by prov~d~rrg.preventiva health cara.
· C~eate an alternative b1rth center facility in the City's lowest
income area.
· Help a Santa Mon~ca non-profit
services to latino residents.
com~unlty health center expand its
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ll-D CDBG Reed asked for record to reflect somethIng about her vote...
REED: I will vote no because I am concerned at the degree to which
the Pico Neighborhood IS being shorted from the original committment
that was IndIcated In the April staff report. I believe they are
being subject to a budgetary shell game, and I would like the
record to reflect my concerns.