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Consent
Item No. 5.
MEETING DATE: 08/05/2024
 
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS
 
FROM: JIM SADRO, CITY MANAGER
By:  Gabriella Yap, Assistant City Manager

 
SUBJECT:
APPROVE DENIAL OF LIABILITY CLAIM OF MR. SALVADOR BORJA LUNA

RECOMMENDATION:


That the City Council deny the claim of Mr. Salvador Borja Luna in order to set a definite six-month Statute of Limitations date.

DISCUSSION:

On March 25, 2024, an attorney representing Mr. Salvador Borja Luna, a City of La Habra resident, filed a bodily injury claim in the amount of $600,000. The claim alleges that on September 23, 2023, Mr. Borja Luna was riding his bicycle traveling southbound on Idaho Street in the bicycle lane, when he was struck by a vehicle traveling westbound on Highlander Avenue. 

FISCAL IMPACT/SOURCE OF FUNDING:

None.

GENERAL PLAN RELEVANCE/CITY COUNCIL GOALS & OBJECTIVES:

This recommended action achieves the following goal of the La Habra General Plan:
ED 9.1 Balanced Fiscal Practice

This recommended action is consistent with the following City Council FY2023-24 Goals and Objectives:
Goal 2- Management of Public Revenues and Fiscal Assets/Objective A