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Santa Monica, California
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TO: Mayor and ~ity Council
FROM: City Staff
SUBJECT: Information Regarding R~lease o~ State
Checks for In Home Supportive Services
Program.
Introducti.on
At the July 17 m~eting the City Council requested that staff
provide information on the release of State checks for In Home
Supportive Services (IHSS) workers who provide care for disabled
seniar citizens.
Background
The In Home Supportive Services Program is a component of the Los
Angeles County Department of Public Socia~ Services. In Home
Supportive Services wnrkers provic~e a variety of home care
services to elderly and/ar non-elderly people with disabi].ities
and health prob~.ems.
Due to the State budget impasse,IHSS warkers, along with numeraus
categaries of State employe~s, have not received their regtatlar
pay checks since the beginning ot this fiscal year. State
payments due in July have not been paid except by court order,
Last week a Federal court order mandated that IHSS workers must
receive pay checks for the month of Juiy; pay Ch~CkS were mailed
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on Friday, July 2oth and should have been received by Monday,
July 22nd. Other court ordered payments include those to AFDC
recipients and payments to medical providers,
I~ should be not~d that Santa Monica social service agencies do
not directly place IHSS workers with their clients; rather, the
agencias assist clients with acCessing this service through the
County's DPSS programs. Agencies may provide information
assistance, halp with forms and interviewing/hi.ring t~chniques as
we21 as other client related assistance. Therefore, locaZ
non-profit agencies ar~ not directly impacted.
Informa~ion regarding specific numbers of Santa Monica residents
using IHSS workers is not readily avazlable. An informal spot
check af Iocal agencies was made revealing that most Santa Manica
clients using IHSS workers have cantinued to receive ess~nta.al
home care services during this interim period.
The Governor has requested a meeting with the legislative
leadership today to reach a compromise on the budget, Staf€ and
the Cit~'s Sacramenta lobhyist will continue to monitar State
actian.
Budget/Fiscal Impact
None.
Recammendation
City Staff recommends ~hat ongoing manitoring of the State budget
negotiations be undertaken and a latter ba sent ta the Governor
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and State legislative leadership urging prompt adaption of the
State budget.
Prepared By: Kate K. vernez, Sr. Management Analyst
Audr~y Parker, Coord. Office of the Disabled
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Council Meeting: September 12, 1989
STAFF REPORT
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Santa Monica, California
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T0: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Recreation and Parks Commission
SUBJECT: REGULATTONS AND/dR RESTRICTIONS ~N REMOTE C4PiTR~L
MODELS
INTRODUCTION
During the past several months, City Council and City Staff have
received numerous compiaints regarding the use of zemote control
operated madel helicopters and airplanes in City parks, primarily
Stewart Street Park. The complaints and concerns cite noise,
~ocation and safety issues. This report responds to a request by
the City CounciZ to investigate the need ~or reg~lations and/or
restrictions on the use of remote control models.
DISCUS524N
At the meeting of the Recreation and Parks Commission on August
17, 3.989, staf~ e~ressed its view that the operation of remote
control model aircraft of any kind is not compatib~e with heavy
park use. These working madels generate excessive noise
impacting both the park patrons and nearby residents. They also
pose a potentia~ safety hazard.
Given the space requirements necessary for a safe flying and
landing take-off area, staff expressed the view that such a
designated area wauld be poor utilization of already limited park
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open space. Sant~onica has 1.6 acres of op~n space far every
~,000 persans residinq in the City.
At the Recreation and Parks Commission meeting on August 17,
1989, the Recreation and Parks Commission voted to approve
staff's recommendation that the City Council ad~pt an ordinance
restricting tha use af remote control madels.
BUDGETARY/FiNARTCIAL IMPACT
There is no budgetary/financial impact associated with this
request.
RECOMMENDATTON
The Recreation and Parks Cammission recammends that the City
Council direct the City Attorney to prapare an ordinance
providing that: "No person shall land, take off ar release any
balloan (except chiZdren toy balloons not inflated with any
flammable material}, helicopter, parakite, hang glider, aircraft
or powered models thereof, except in designated areas."
Prepared by: Barbara Frank~in-Maran
Director, Cultural and Recreation Services
John Lynd
Parks Superintendent, Cultural and Recreation
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PETITI4N
Since approximately January 1, 19$9r a group of about 12 men,
sa~oae of which are customers of Copter Service, a Wilshire
Boulevard business in the City of Santa Monica, have been present
on -0f Stewart Park fram 8:00--9:00 a.m. to b:00-7:OD
p.m. every Saturday and Sunday and saveral times during th~ week,
f~ying remote control, Iarge madel helicopters. Stewart Park is
situated in the 1900 bloak af Stewart Street, Santa Monica,
between Olympic aiid Pico Boulevards. Anyone who phones this
bnsiness will hear the answering machine's message, "You've
reached Capter Corner...we are TEST FLYING NEXT D~OR." It is the
undersigned's opinion that ~te~t flying next door" means
demonstrating modei helic~pter~ to customers (as has been
observed) and/or f~.yinq modal helicopters in Stewart Park.
The follawing people are af the opinion that the operation of any
~totorized hohby such as airp~anes, helicoptex~s and go carts,
etc., is potentia~ly dangerous and health undermina.ng noisy.
Since approximately January 1, 1989, we have cansidered this city
park unsafe and toa noisy for 1) Our childran ta play and 2)
our friends and families to wa~k, exercise and rest. We want ta
emphasize that the tax gaying residents in the im~ediate
neighborhood should be allowed to enjoy the nearby Stawart Park.
It is irresponsible to allow a few persons who do not live in the
immediate neighborhaad to bring in abrasively noisy and obviously
dangeraus (PSpec~allv ~ar sma.~l chil,dxen) hobbies, and it is
unreasonab3.~ to allow this annoyance ta persist lonq hours every
weekend and so3neti.mes during the week. The undersigned
respectfulZy request that the City Cauncil and Department of
Recreation and Parks, City of 5anta Monica, completely ban any
and ail operatian of such motori~ed habbies on the Stewart Parlc
premises.
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Council Chaml~ers
1&85 Main Street
Santa Manica, CA 9a401
RE: Flying of noisy remote-controlled model helicoptErs
in Stewart Park
Dear Honorable Council~en:
This letter is tn express the extreme discamfort caused by the
above-referenaed NOISY LARGE MaDEL HELICOPTERS, S4METIMES F~UR AT
ONE TIME, WHICH FLY IN ST~~iART PARK EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
FROM 8:00-9:00 A.M. UNTIL N~ON OR LATER (SEVERAL TIMES THEY FLEW
THEIR PLANES AT•L• DAY LONG SATURDAY UNTIL 8:00 P.M.) AND MOST
EVENINGS BETWEEN 5:30 P.M. AND 8:30 P.M. SINCE JAN[JARY, 1989.
Every time I see the madel he].icapters I have to leave my mobile
home. I have not spent one Saturday or Sunday in my mab~le home
since January, 1989. I cannot prepare breakfast, lunch or dinner
or relax or work in my yard or in my mobile home. 2~ind it
physiologica].ly impossible to eat when the planes are
discharging blue exhaust and makinq such grating naise. I have
developed a heart condition since January, i989 which my medical
doctor feels is caused by the exhaust and searing noise of the
mode~. helicapters.
These planes have been circiing abaut t~n feet off the ground
withi.n ten feet of my mobile home and yard. Some of these p].anes
discharge a thick b3ue "smokeft which DOWNWINDS direct~y across my
yard and into my windaws. It is impossible for me to breathe; I
must close all my wi.ndows; I cannot work inside my mobiZe ho~e; I
cannot relax in my yard; even inside my stesl. mabiZe home the
noise vibrations cause such extreme pressure on my hea~rt, kidney
and v~ins and arteries that I must leave.
Specia~ists on noise vibrations have told me that the steel wal~s
of my mobil.e home are conducting the planes~ destructive naise
vibrations throughout the entire mobile home, and that I will
become ill if I stay while the helicopters are flying. Also
please refer ta the attached extract fram Dr. David M. Lipsc~mb's
book, N0I5E, THE UNWANTED SOUNDS, wherein he quates Dr. Samuel
Rosen of the New York Mt. Sinai Haspital, "You may learn to
ignare nois~, but your body wi~I never forgive you."
Other camplaints from neighborhood residents are documented in
signed petition farms which have been given to the cauncil
members' administrativ~ secretary. One further complaint
observed by nearby residents which recently occurred is that one
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of the helicoptars landed on the roaf of the apartment at Stewart
and Expasition where children live - needless to say, the tenants
camplained.
I HAVE NQT SPENT ONE SATURDAY QR SUNDAY ON MY M4BILE HOME SPACE
SINCE JANUARY, 1989. AS SOON AS I SEE THE MODEL HELICOPTERS
ARRIVE, I MUST GATHER MY BELQNGINGS AND T•FAVE MY M~BILE HOME
SPACE. I have not been able to prepare meals, rest or work in my
mobile home sxnce January, 1989.
I trust you wi1.I. consider the urgency of this matter for
the neighborhood's health and direct the city attorney to prepare
an ordinance accarding to the Department of Recreation and Parks'
recent recommendation. IF THERE IS ANY WAY T~ STOP ~~DIATELY
THE FLYING OF THE HELICOPTERS BY AN ADMINISTRATIVE RULING 4R
PaST2NG A NOTICE, I WOULD BE MOST APPRECIATIVE.
Respectful].y,
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Violet M. Vincent
193fl Stewart Park, #X2
Santa Monica, CA 90404
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as an abnormal entity dfffering from other narma! or pathologf-
cal body states." Here the cancept of naise as a source of tech-
nogenic disease can becazne confusad, far no single group of
symptoms far u disease can be attributed to nolse axposure, per
se.
A person exposed to unnecessarily loud sound over an
extended psriod ma,y davelop internal physical prablems; he
may become stresaed, w~th resultant peraonality maladjust-
ment and interpersonal problems; his productivity and thought
activities are likely to bocama disrupted. All or any of lhese
untow~rd probl~ms ~re potantfat aftereffects of distressfng noise
ex~osure.
BDDY R~SPONSE
Cantinuous exposurs to naise disrupts the keen balances main-
tafned in body physialogy. Thfs disfurbance fs made knawn at
the conscions level as the feeling of annoyance ar atresa. Yt
generatly ho2ds #hat the $nnoyance characteristlcs of a sound
increase with tha loudness level of #he sound, but there is a
frequencq-dependen,# aspect as well. Those sounds whose
energy is in the frequencies at ~nd above 2,OUQ Hz are usually
rnare annoying than ers sounds whose spectrum contafns
mostiy law-frequency energy. Because of the great range of
ind~vidual variance dtscussed earlier, these responses are
highly unpredictable.
Numerous st~dies have been undertaken to observe the
internal reaction of the human in exposure to intenae sound for
long duratlons. 5ome resu~ts are sti~l to be supgorted and
strengthened by further researck~; other data will be found inac-
curate and wiIl be either modified or dtscaF~ed. The trend,
however, ~eads one to fee~ that potent~ally bady functlon under-
goes a very dramatic change during noise exposure.
One indicatinn of physiaZogic reactior- to nolsa is constric-
tion of veins and srteries. In Germany Dr. Gerd )ansen at the Max
Plenck Institute has £ound thet measurable decreases in blood
flow through the veins and arteries of the hand can be noted very
soon aftar the onset of loud sound. This reaction also can be seen
by shining a sUrong light through the earlobe as the persan ia
exposed to noise. Qften a gradual whitening wi11 be noted,
indicating that tha 61aod supply to that area of the skin has been
reduced. We noted eazlier that constrictions also are sesn in tiny
' capillaries af the inner ear.
~+ ~ These chenges in blaod f]ow signal a reactian of the total
,` card~ovascuiar syatem. When the diamEter of the ~laad pas-
sageways is reduced, back pressure is sat up, ceusing an incxease
in btoad pressure---a reaction measured in exper~menial sub-
. jecta who have undergo~a specific noisa exposure. When the
supply of avaflab2e axygen-catryfng bload is cui, the breathing
bacomes deeper and so~newhat mora tabored in order to provid~
- more richly oxygenated blood to the body.
~lher body reactions to noiae stimulation include dfgestive
'~ systern upsets, which in eame ceses might lead to such severe
~ sympta~ns as stress ulcers. Skeletal musculature tends to in-
'~ crease ~n tension and may affect motor control, especially in fine
~ manual tasks. Dr. Jansen has also observ9d that noiae stimula-
' tior~ causes dilation of the gupils. Sonc-e reports have noted that
. tnardinate pupillary dilation may cause a fnrm of color-
blindness, which may be a cause of some cancern about safety
, ~from a perceptual standpoint.
During the restive candition tha skin of£ers a certain amaunt
, af resistance td the passage of electricity from one point to
another. Thia resistance can be measured with a galvanameier,
, When sqmething happens to cause a stress reaction, perspira-
tion appears quickly on or near the surface o£ the skin. These
~ briny beads have the effect of alIawing eIectricity to travel more
efficiantly across the surface of the skin, thus Caustng a notice-
abte deflectian of the recording dev[ce on the galvanvmeter. The
principle forms a part of the lie detector, a long-used police
~ device nnw creeging into politics as candidates offer !o "take a
' lis detector test" to prove apponents' rntsstatemenks. In the
j presence flf dtsturbing noise the gaIvanometerlndtcates a stress-
related reaction by detecting e naticeable change in skin re-
' sistance-a positive indicatian that atterntions in same aspects
, of bady function have taken pjace.
i Endocrinalogists have noted that the adrenal glands be-
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coine quite active in the pr~sance of noise as low as fi8 dBA. The
many forms the endocrine glands can take to alter the chemical
content of blood pravides another area af concern about the
physialogicalZy damaging irupacts noise may have on tne body.
Essentially, reaction to nnise Ieads to a condition in which
the counterrelevant forces within the hoc~y campete for controt,
altering the emotions and the general health and stability of
human organisms. Such reactions contribute to feelings of
fatigue, irrifability, or tensiaz~. Confinuoua exposure to noise
that has an irritating quality cannot facllitate good health. It
remains to he proven whether it is as deleterious to health as
some have sugg~sted, hut no support exists for any natian that
noise is good. F~cpnsure may not culminata in a definable illness,
b~t it rxeates atress in the body, aften withoat ane's consciaus
awaren~ss of being stressad.
Cau#ian fn khese interpretatious is $ssential. As shall be
seen in Chagter 5, many are wiliing, even anxious, to hap onto
the cry-walf bandwagon and rant abaut all of the grave prpblems
that noise ar other environrrier~tal conta~ninants w~i2 cause,
A much-quoted comment that bears repe~ting herB is the
warning from Dr. Samusl Rosen of the New York ' ai
,~„~;, Ho~ spital, "You may learn to ignpra nofse, but our bod~+ w~ill
never for i~va,y,Qu," That observat~an rema ns to be proven in the
ut~ e~ but meanwhile ft is ~n appropriate wrxrning to approuch
noise stimulaUon with caution in antiaipation of its ad~erse
Bffecta on the bady.
STR~SS ANA EAR DAMAG~
It is interesting to pander the interrelationships tha# may exist
between stress reaction and ear dasnage. It certainly is nvt wise
to propose a direat causaleffect situation in which ear damags
will occur eaah time a person becomea upset. More than a
chance correlatfon sxists between tha #wo aspe~ts, hawever.
There are soma confusing findings about the hearing status
of same individuals who engage in extremoly noisy accupa-
tions. Although the damage-risk criteria would lead us ta b~-
lieve that they shvuld have remarkable hearing deficits, they do
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noi. A1though at this ~oint it is mere speculation, eventually it
may 6e disco~ered that the less stressing n sound is, the less
prone is the recipient of the acoustic signal to develop a hearing
shlft.
Latar we shal! discuss the growth and impact af highly
amplified rock-and-roll music. Amid a general expression of
concern for the haaring health of persons who engaga in these
muslcal flfghts into the never-nevar land of sudioeuphoria,
statistfcs indicate that rock musiciens as e group do not exhibit
heartng damage commensurake with the type of saund expos
they are receivin$ Remember that the high-level sound fs t~
babyl They have nurtured and produced it. The pulsing, thr
bing, screeching axpression of their innermost baimg cames
6ack to thefr ears as a baim (not boinb). If any bodily stress occurs
it is moat likeiy frarn unadulterated ecstasy. Make no mistake
about it, eame ear destruction prabably accurs, but the additive
effacts of extrema internal distress are nat there. Conseguently,
since the musicians are not negatively stressed their ears may
nat ba sa extremely f eopardized as they would be were they
forced to endure a sound they could not tvlerate. If this theory is
ultimately borne out it will be another indication of tha
farethought that must har+e gone into creation of the humezx
body. Thispleasure principle simply adds another dimensianto
tt~~ alrQady crowded list of ~~ctors that boar on the human re-
sponse to souttd and the prospocts of ear damage from immex-
sion in high-l~vel sound environments.
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Medicine recently has become much more aware o#the geriatric
patient as physicia.ns suddenly are confronted with ~ld people
in e~er larger num5ers. Most of thesa persons present a compiex
s~t of symptoms tl~at have motivated medical scfence toward
~ concertea attempts to unlock same of the sacrets of tho aging
pracess
t' According to Dr, Hans Selye, a baby is born with a raservoir
of stress-combatrng ability. The amountof this mystical capabil-
ity ~aries; therefore some age more rapidly and e~cpire aonner