MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

 

ALLEN ISHIDA

District One

 

PETE VANDER POEL

District Two

 

PHILLIP A. COX

District Three

 

J. STEVEN WORTHLEY –  

Chairman

District Four

 

MIKE ENNIS – Vice Chairman

District Five

 

 

Board of Supervisors

 

Agenda

 

 

 

 

JEAN M. ROUSSEAU

County Administrator

 

KATHLEEN BALES-LANGE

County Counsel


MICHELLE BALDWIN

Chief Clerk

 

ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

2800 W. Burrel Avenue

Visalia, CA  93291

(559) 636-5000

FAX (559) 733-6898

 

May 5, 2015

 

9:00 A.M. Board Convenes

 

Board of Supervisors Chambers

2800 W. Burrel Avenue

Visalia, CA 93291

 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Moment of Silence

 

 

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

At this time, members of the public may comment on any item not appearing on the agenda.  Under state law, matters presented under this item cannot be discussed or acted upon by the Board at this time.  For items appearing on the agenda, the public is invited to make comments at the time the item comes up for Board consideration.  Any person addressing the Board will be limited to a maximum of three (3) minutes so that all interested parties have an opportunity to speak with a total of fifteen (15) minutes allotted for the Public Comment Period.  At all times, please use the microphone and state your name and address for the record.


(Public Comment Period)

 

1.             Board of Supervisors matters.

2.             Service Award Presentations.

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.

Los Angeles Superior Court No. MC024654

ITEM D

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION

Significant Exposure to Litigation [Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)]

Number of Potential Cases: 1

ITEM E

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - INITIATION OF LITIGATION

[Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4)]

Number of Potential Cases: 1

ITEM F

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION

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

Name of Case:  SEIU Local 521 v. County of Tulare 

PERB Charge No. SA-CE-748-M

ITEM G

CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR

(Government Code Section 54957.6)

Agency Designation Representative: Rhonda Sjostrom, Jean M. Rousseau

Employees Organization: All Certified Employee Organizations

Unrepresented Employees: All Unrepresented Employees