MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

(Public Comment Period)

DISTRICT 1 - Supervisor Allen Ishida
NAME	DEPARTMENT	SERVICE YEARS
Yesenia Alvarez	Child Support Services Department	15
Jody Jones	Probation Department	15
John Lira	Probation Department	15
Brad Minton	Sheriff's Department	15
Michele Price	Sheriff's Department	15
Cyrena Robles	Sheriff's Department	15
Ken Allen	Resource Management Agency	20
Gerardo Calderon	Sheriff's Department	20
Sue Gunderman	Sheriff's Department	20
Harold Smith	Probation Department	20
Tracye Peck	Probation Department	25
Byron Smith	Information Technology	35
Ronald Moore	Solid Waste Department	40

DISTRICT 2 - Supervisor Pete Vander Poel
NAME	DEPARTMENT	SERVICE YEARS
Liz Lujan	Child Support Services Department	15
Randy Dysart	Resource Management Agency	20
Cory Jones	Sheriff's Department	20
David Case	Ag Commissioner/Sealer	25

DISTRICT 3 - Supervisor Phil Cox
NAME	DEPARTMENT	SERVICE YEARS
Carol Beers	County Library	15
Sharon Castellini	County Counsel	15
Duane Cornett	Sheriff's Department	15
Gene Fernandez	Probation Department	15
Mark Hays	TC Association of Governments	15
Luis Huerta	Human Resources & Development	15
Linda Vasquez-Kaiser	Child Support Services Department	15
Jacilyn Long	Probation Department	15
Kimberly Malin	Child Support Services Department	15
Kevin Ray	Information Technology	15
John Sampietro	Resource Management Agency	15
Paul Spencer	Sheriff's Department	15
Janet Wise	District Attorney's Office	15
Frank Zaragoza	Sheriff's Department	15
Anne Bernardo	Law Library	20
Lisa Bertolino	Public Defender	20
David De La Cruz	Sheriff's Department	20
Melissa Estes	Child Support Services Department	20
Tate Rankin	Probation Department	20
Tim Wall	Child Support Services Department	20
Christopher Wenzinger	Sheriff's Department	20
Thomas McGuire	Public Defender	25
John Rozum	County Counsel	25
Ed Villalobos	Sheriff's Department	25
David Winters	Sheriff's Department	25
Ben Smukler	Public Defender	30

DISTRICT 4 - Chairman Steve Worthley
NAME	DEPARTMENT	SERVICE YEARS
Art Gasca	Probation Department	15
Karen Madrid	Sheriff's Department	15
Sarah Martinez	Sheriff's Department	15
Ylma Neal	Sheriff's Department	15
Travis Shaw	Sheriff's Department	15
Deanna Sullivan	Child Support Services Department	15
Nancy McCamey	Sheriff's Department	20
Denise Cardoza	Child Support Services Department	25
Norman Neufeld	Solid Waste Department	25
Delia Huerta	Probation Department	30

DISTRICT 5 - Supervisor Mike Ennis
NAME	DEPARTMENT	SERVICE YEARS
Jose Martinez	Probation Department	15
Patricia Negrette	Health and Human Services Agency	15
Jonathan Price	Information Technology	15
Katherine Reim	Probation Department	25
Valerie Simonich	Child Support Services Department	25
Jerry Dunlap	Resource Management Agency	30
Silvia Nacianceno	Health and Human Services Agency	30

3. Public Comments.

(Consent Calendar)

CONSENT CALENDAR (Number 4 through 14)

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

Background information has been provided to the board on all matters listed under the Consent Agenda, and these items are considered to be routine by the Board. All items under the Consent Agenda are normally approved by one motion. If discussion is requested by any Board members on any item, that item will be removed from the Consent Agenda if separate action is required.

Board of Supervisors

4. Cancel the Board of Supervisors regularly scheduled meeting on May 12, 2015.

5. Reappoint George McEwen, Director to the Tulare County Pest Control District for a term ending April 23, 2019.

County Administrative Office/General Services

6. Proclaim May 11 -15, 2015 as Juror Appreciation Week in Tulare County.

7. Approve the capital asset purchase of a cooling tower in the amount of $15,000 for the cooling tower replacement project at the Tulare Hillman Health Complex.

8. Approve an amendment to Agreement No. 26724 with Castle Air Museum Foundation, Inc. for the lease of space at Sequoia Field Airport to extend the term of the lease to July 18, 2015.

Fire Department

9. Ratify and approve the submission of an online application of a Federal Emergency Management Agency Fire Prevention and Safety Grant to purchase a Bullex Smart Fire Safety Training Trailer in the amount of $141,000.

Health & Human Services Agency

10. Approve the credit application agreement with McKesson Pharmaceutical to allow for full implementation of the 340B Program with Rite Aide and CaptureRX.

11. Approve an agreement with the California Department of Education in the amount of $6,000 for the Summer Food Service Program, from June 15, 2015 to September 14, 2015.

Resource Management Agency

12. Authorize the filing of a Notice of Partial Non-Renewal for the following one Land Conservation Contract, as provided in the Williamson Act. The request fulfills a condition resulting from the approval of one tentative parcel map.

PNR 15-001 – Williamson Act Contract No. 4307, Ag Preserve No. 1288, located on the west side of Road 176, between Avenue 278 and Avenue 264, west of Exeter (Frank H. Pinkham [deceased] and Sherry Lee Pinkham [Pinkham Family Revocable Trust of April 4, 2005]) (1.25 acre to be non-renewed as a condition of PPM 14-054), 46 acres subject to contract amendment.

Approve the execution of an amendment to the Land Conservation Contracts as a condition of approval for the aforementioned partial non-renewal.

Authorize the Chairman to approve the execution of an amendment to one additional Williamson Act Land Conservation Contract as required by a condition of approval for the following project:

PPM 13-042 – Williamson Act Contract No. 5787, Agricultural Preserve No. 1528, located at the southeast corner of Avenue 256 and Road 188, northwest of Lindsay (APN 153-180-010) (Acevedo) 118.22 acres subject to contract amendment.

13. FOR INFORMATION ONLY: Bid opening results for the HSIP Reservation Road (M137) Safety Improvement Project.

Contractor	Proposed	Calculated
Witbro Inc., Seal Rite Paving & Grading		$1,018,932.00
Lee's Paving, Inc.	$1,063,960.25	$1,063,960.25
MAC General Engineering, Inc.	$1,229,886.35	$1,229,886.35
Doug Ross, Inc., DBA Central Valley Asphalt	$1,242,376.00	$1,242,376.00

Engineers Estimate		$728,412.50

Sheriff/Coroner

14. Approve an agreement with United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration, retroactive to January 1, 2015, and extending through December 31, 2015, in the amount of $200,000. Find that the Board had authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of January 1, 2015, and that it was in the County's best interest to enter into the agreement on that date.

(Items Not Timed)

ITEMS NOT TIMED

Items not specifically timed may be taken in any order

15. Request from Resource Management Agency to direct staff to calendar the next meeting when discussions have concluded to consider the proposed Cooperative Agreement with the California High Speed Rail Authority.

(Closed Session)

CLOSED SESSION

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

CLOSED SESSIONS

As provided in the Ralph M. Brown Act, Government Code sections 54950 et seq., the Board of Supervisors may meet in closed session with members of its staff, county employees and its attorneys. These sessions are not open to the public and may not be attended by members of the public. The matters the Board will meet on in closed session are identified below or are those matters appropriately identified in open session as requiring immediate attention and arising after the posting of the agenda. Any public reports of action taken in the closed session will be made in accordance with Government Code sections 54957.1

It is the intention of the Board to meet in closed session concerning:

Sitting as the Tulare County Board of Supervisors

ITEM A

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION

[Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)]

Name of Case: State of California Vs. Amy M Miller; Tulare County Assessor’s Office; Amy M Miller, Daryl C Nicholson and Victoria M Nicholson Trustees of the Daryl C Nicholson and Victoria M Nicholson Trust el. al

Case No. 260188

ITEM B

CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS

(Government Code Section 54956.8)

Property Descriptions: 5911 South Mooney Blvd., Visalia

Agency Negotiator: Jean Rousseau and Robert Newby

Negotiating Parties: Family FOCUS

Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment

ITEM C

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION

[Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)]

Name of Case: Veal, Eric & Rebecca vs. Domingo Flores, Jr. et al.