A summary of significant Los Angeles City Hall decisions affecting the Westside in the last week.

CITY COUNCIL

* VENICE CANALS: Approved a motion to hold a public hearing during a regular council meeting Nov. 6 on a proposal to rehabilitate the Venice canals. The rehabilitation is expected to cost an estimated $3.95 million to line the crumbling waterways with a brand of perforated concrete cylinders called Loffelstein. Councilwoman Ruth Galanter has proposed that the city contribute $900,000, with canal property owners paying the rest. Construction could start next spring if the California Coastal Commission and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers give approval.

* WALK OF FAME: Approved adding the name of puppeteer Jim Henson to the Hollywood Walk of Fame. An installation ceremony is scheduled for Sept. 24 at 10:30 a.m. at 6631 Hollywood Blvd. Henson, the creator of Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and other Muppets characters, died of pneumonia last year.

* ALLEY CLOSURE: Approved the closure of the alley behind Yavneh Hebrew Academy at 7353 Beverly Blvd. from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, which will allow safer crossing from the school to its parking lot. The academy must get the permission of other property owners along the alley for the closure. The school must also pay for the installation and maintenance of two chain-link fence gates. It must also provide access to the police, fire, public works and utility company personnel.

* SETTLEMENT: Approved a settlement of $25,000 to a woman who sued the city after she was injured in a Dec. 16, 1989, traffic accident on the Westside. Rumee Syed fractured her kneecap and her nose was broken after she lost control of her car and struck a tree on a parkway on La Cienega Boulevard near Venice Boulevard. The streets were flooded because debris had clogged the catch basin, which the city had failed to clean after a heavy rain.

BOARD OF RECREATION AND PARK COMMISSIONERS

* LATCHKEY PROGRAM: Gave permission for its staff to submit an application to the state Department of Education for $204,411 to continue the Latchkey Child Care Program for the 1992-93 fiscal year. The program provides child-care services to children from low- and moderate-income families. There are 363 children in seven city-run programs, including one in Baldwin Hills. One hundred and forty-three participants receive subsidies.

* PARK REMODELING: Approved the final plans and scheduled a date for bids to be advertised in a park construction project. Barrington Recreation Center is to get a face lift that will include grading and landscape development. Estimated cost is $532,250.

HOW THEY VOTED

* HUNGARIAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS: Approved providing $500 as a public service toward the 35th anniversary celebration of the 1956 Hungarian uprising to be held in MacArthur Park Oct. 27. The Hungarian Freedom Fighters World Federation, Los Angeles chapter, is sponsoring the event. Passed 12-0.

Voting yes: Ferraro, Galanter, Holden, Wachs, Woo and Yaroslavsky. Braude was absent.

* ANTI-DRUG PROGRAM: Accepted $655,001 from the U.S. Department of Justice to expand the Narcotics Information Network, a coalition of narcotic officers from the Los Angeles Police Department and other police agencies throughout Southern California. The group monitors and coordinates undercover drug operations with different law enforcement agencies. The new funds will allow the group to add four additional officers and six administrative clerks. It will also be expanded from a five-day, 16-hour operation to a seven-day, 24-hour program. Passed 12-0.

Voting yes: Ferraro, Galanter, Holden, Wachs, Woo and Yaroslavsky. Braude was absent.

* WATTS ARTS FESTIVAL: Approved the second annual Watts Third World Arts Festival as a special event, waiving any fee cost and permitting the closure of certain streets for the Sept. 28 to Oct. 6 event. Passed 12-0.

Voting yes: John Ferraro, Ruth Galanter, Nate Holden, Joel Wachs, Michael Woo and Zev Yaroslavsky. Marvin Braude was absent.

* APPOINTMENT: Approved the appointment of attorney Tong Soo Chung, a Wilshire-area resident, to the Board of Pension Commissioners. Chung replaces Kenyon Chan, who resigned to take a teaching position at Cal State Northridge. The term will end June, 30, 1995. Passed 11-0.

Voting yes: Ferraro, Holden, Wachs, Woo and Yaroslavsky. Braude and Galanter were absent.

* REAPPOINT: Approved the reappointment of Julius Draznin, also a Wilshire-area resident, to the Employee Relations Board. Draznin has served on the board since 1976. His present term will end Sept. 23, 1996. Passed 11-0.

Voting yes: Ferraro, Holden, Wachs, Woo and Yaroslavsky. Braude and Galanter were absent.

COMING UP AT CITY COUNCIL

* DUNES: On Friday, the council will consider a proposal by Councilwoman Ruth Galanter to protect 200 acres of the El Segundo dunes. The dunes are at the end of Los Angeles International Airport and is the home of the endangered El Segundo blue butterfly and a number of other species near extinction.