A summary of selected City Hall actions last week affecting central Los Angeles. : CITY COUNCIL

POLICE SUBSTATION: Authorized the Department of General Services to accept as a gift from the Bank of America the building at 1819 S. Western Ave., which will be used as a police substation. The Koreatown and West Adams Public Safety Assn. will finance the renovation and reconfiguration of the vacant, former bank building that will eventually house 34 police officers. The substation will take up half of the building space with the remainder to be used as a community safety center that will provide education on crime prevention. The center will act as a base for the many neighborhood associations based in West Adams and Koreatown, enabling the groups to exchange information. “This is a new concept--a joint partnership between the LAPD and the community,” said Yohng Sohk Choe, the secretary general of the association. “With a city as varied as Los Angeles, it may be what it needs.” The police substation is expected to open by the end of the year.

* SENIORS EMPLOYMENT: Approved the Los Angeles Department of Aging’s application for state funding that will provide part-time jobs for up to 400 city residents who are at least 55 years old and have an annual income at or below the federal poverty level. The state has already indicated it will approve the program, whose goal is to help the participants obtain the experience needed to get unsubsidized jobs in the private sector. The jobs will be at community service agencies and pay a minimum of $4.82 an hour.

* SENIOR CITIZEN PROGRAMS: Approved a Department of Aging plan that will appropriate more than $10 million in state and federal funds for seven programs for senior citizens. The primary aims of the programs are to provide nutrition, transportation, in-home services and legal assistance to low-income and frail seniors. The programs that will receive funding are: congregate meals ($4.8 million); social services ($2.7 million); home-delivered meals ($2.9 million); preventive health ($192,000); in-home services ($100,000); elder-abuse prevention ($53,000); and citizen complaints against government agencies ($36,000).

* BUILDING VIOLATIONS: Accepted several properties into the city’s Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP), which is designed to encourage landlords to quickly repair and better maintain their buildings. Once a building is placed into REAP, the tenants place their rents into a city account; the city keeps $50 of every rent payment and the remaining money is turned over to the landlords once the repairs are made. Housing Department officials stated that landlords whose properties have been accepted into REAP have failed to make the required improvements. A list of properties added to REAP and the reasons for their inclusion: 322 Edgeware Road, for waterproofing, stairway and cleanliness violations; 1117-21 E. 108th St., for plumbing and gas violations; 1213 E. 51st St., for heating violations; 2214-32 W. 8th St., for electrical violations; 1648 S. St. Andrews Place, for plumbing and gas violations.