(Public Comment Period)
1.
Board of Supervisors matters.
2.
Presentation given by Roland Hill,
Assessor/Clerk-Recorder regarding the Williamson Act.
3.
Public Comments.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed
Items)
4.
PUBLIC HEARING: Request from Resource Management Agency
to hold a Public Hearing to certify the Environmental Impact Reports, as being
in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the
State CEQA Guidelines, including CEQA findings, and adopt the Mitigation
Monitoring Reporting Program for the following projects: A. Strathmore
Community Plan Update – GPA 15-007: i.Strathmore Zone Code Redistricting/Mixed
Use Overlay – PZ 15-004, ii. Strathmore By-Right Zoning – PZ 15-005, iii.
Strathmore Complete Streets Program; B. Tipton Community Plan – GPA 15-006:
i. Tipton Zone Code Redistricting/Mixed Use Overlay – PZ 15-006, ii.Tipton
By-Right Zoning – PZ 15-007, iii. Tipton Complete Streets Program; C. Pixley
Community Plan Update – GPA 14-002: i. Pixley Zone Code Redistricting/Mixed
Use Overlay – PZ 15-010, ii. Pixley By-Right Zoning – PZ 15-011; and D.
Derrel’s Mini-Storage – GPA 14-007: i. Change of Zone No. PZ 14-001. Adopt one
General Plan Amendment, consisting of the following projects: A) Strathmore
Community Plan Update – GPA 15-007; B) Tipton Community Plan – GPA 15-006; C)
Pixley Community Plan Update – GPA 14-002; and D) Derrel’s Mini-Storage – GPA
14-007. Adopt the findings of approval set forth in Planning Commission
Resolution No(s). 9081, 9082, 9083 and 9084 (CEQA), No. 9085 (Derrel’s
Mini-Storage), No(s). 9086 and 9087 (Zoning Ordinance), No. 9088 (Community
Plans) and No. 9089 (Complete Streets Program – Strathmore & Tipton).
Adopt the entirety of all the above findings and actions as one General Plan
Amendment No. 2015-B; the second General Plan Amendment of 2015. Waive the
final reading and adopt an amendment to the Tulare County Zoning Ordinance 352
pertaining to the Mixed-Use Overlay Combining Zone, Zoning District Map Changes
and an amendment to Zoning Ordinance Section 16 for the following projects: A)
Strathmore Community Plan Update – PZ 15-004, PZ15-005; B) Tipton Community
Plan – PZ 15-006, PZ 15-007; C) Pixley Community Plan Update – PZ 15-010,PZ
15-011; and D) Derrel’s Mini-Storage – PZ14-001. Authorize the Chairman to
sign any and all necessary zoning changes under Ordinance 352, and specifically
changes to Sections 18.9 and Section 16 to add the communities of Strathmore,
Tipton and Pixley to include Mixed Use Overlays and By Right Zoning. Direct
the Clerk of the Board to publish once in the Visalia Times-Delta newspaper the
summary of the ordinance amendments and amended zoning map with the names of
the Board of Supervisors voting for and against the amendment and to post a
certified copy of the full ordinance amending the Tulare County Zoning
Ordinance with the names of the Board of Supervisors voting for and against the
amendment, within fifteen (15) days as required by Section 25124 et. seq.
Direct the Environmental Assessment Officer, or designee, of the Tulare
Resource Management Agency to file a Notices of Determination with the Tulare
County Clerk. Authorize the Director of the Resource Management Agency, or
designee, to make appropriate technical revisions to the General Plan
Amendment, Community Plans, and associated project documents. Approve more
detailed findings contained in Exhibit "A" incorporated by reference
herein.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Number 5 through 45)
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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.
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Auditor-Controller/Registrar of
Voters/Treasurer-Tax Collector
5.
Approve the purchase of 49
replacement vehicles for the 2015/2016 Fiscal Year. Authorize payment for those
vehicles with a loan from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fund.
Board of Supervisors
6.
Approve the $95,000 in funding
awards as recommended by the Tulare County Youth Commission from the Step Up
Youth Activities Grant Program as follows: District 1: Pesticide Action
Network of America for the El Quinto Sol de America ($5,000), Courage to Change
Ranch ($5,000), Boys and Girls Club of the Sequoias ($5,000), and Tulare County
Symphony Association ($5,000); District 2: Tulare Athletic Club ($10,000), and
Grandma’s House ($10,000); District 3: ACT for Women and Girls ($10,000),
Christ Lutheran Church ($5,000), Sequoia Riverlands Trust ($5,000); District
4: American Youth Soccer Organization ($5,000) and Proteus, Inc ($10,000); and
District 5: Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs (SEE)/Wildplaces ($5,000),
Porterville University Women’s Scholarship Fund ($5,000), YoungLives of Tulare
County ($10,000).
7.
Appoint Nicole Riley, County
Administrative Officer (or designee) to the Solid Waste Technical Advisory
Committee to serve at the Pleasure of the Board.
Child Support Services
8.
Approve an agreement with the
California Department of Child Support Services regarding the use of an extra
help attorney in an amount not to exceed $27,521, effective July 1, 2015
through June 30, 2016.
Cooperative Extension
9.
Approve an agreement with Kings
County to share the expense of one (1) full-time Community Program Specialist
for providing coordination of services in support of Tulare-Kings Master
Gardener Program, retroactive to July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2016. Find that
the Board had the authority to enter into the proposed Agreement as of July 1,
2014, and that it was in the County’s best interest to enter into the agreement
on that date.
County Administrative Office/General Services
10.
Approve a lease agreement with
Family F.O.C.U.S. for a county owned property at 5911 S. Mooney in Visalia
retroactive to April 6, 2015. Find that the Board had authority to enter into
the proposed agreement as of April 6, 2015, and that it was in the County's
best interest to enter into the agreement on that date.
11.
Approve the bid documents for
the Animal Control Remodel and Expansion Project. Authorize the advertisement
of bids for the subject project. Set the bid opening for the project at 2:00
p.m. on Thursday, July 30, 2015.
12.
Reaffirm the emergency action
to replace three (3) failed County wells located at the Bob Wiley Detention
Facility and Mooney Grove Park taken on June 2, 2015. Determine that the
failure of these three (3) wells is a continuing emergency (4/5ths vote
required).
District Attorney
13.
Ratify and approve an agreement
with the California Office of Emergency Services in the amount of $283,862 to
provide continuing funding for the Violence Against Women Vertical Prosecution
Program for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. Ratify and approve
the Chairman’s signatures on the Grant Award Face Sheet and the Certification
of Assurance of Compliance. Ratify and approve the signatures of the County
Administrative Officer on the Certification of Assurance of Compliance.
Health & Human Services Agency
14.
Approve an amendment to
Agreement No. 26111 with Orchard Software Corporation to add the Business
Associate Agreement for providing service and maintenance support of the Lab
Information Systems, retroactive to September 1, 2014 through June 30, 2017. Find
that the Board had authority to enter into the proposed amendment as of
September 1, 2014, and that it was in the County’s best interest to enter into
the amendment on that date.
15.
Approve an amendment to
Agreement No. 21965 with Addiction Research and Treatment Inc., d.b.a Bay Area
Addiction Recovery and Treatment to update Exhibit B which will increase this
three-year agreement by $3,686,000 from $5,511,000 to $9,197,000 ($1,843,000
annually for Fiscal Year 2014/15 and 2015/16) for the provision of a
Drug/Medi-Cal Methadone Maintenance Program, retroactive to April 1, 2015
through June 30, 2016. Find that the Board had authority to enter into the
proposed amendment as of April 1, 2015, and that it was in the County’s best
interest to enter into the amendment on that date. Approve the necessary budget
adjustments (4/5ths vote required).
16.
Approve an amendment to
Agreement No. 26646 with Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified School District to increase
the maximum amount of the agreement from $101,167 to $119,217 for delivery of
Family Transitional Supportive Services Program to at-risk families,
retroactive to April 1, 2015 through June 30, 2015. Find that the Board had
authority to enter into the proposed amendment as of April 1, 2015, and that it
was in the County’s best interest to enter into the amendment on that date.
17.
Approve an amendment to
Agreement No. 25609 with Allied Barton Security Service LP in an amount not to
exceed $1,621,035 to provide security guard services, effective July 1, 2015
through June 30, 2016 for Tulare County Health & Human Services Agency, the
Tulare County Library, and the Tulare County Department of Child Support
Services.
18.
Approve an agreement with
Charis Youth Center, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $460,000 for the provision
of intensive day treatment services (full day) to Tulare County minors
($200,000 for Fiscal Year 2014/15 and $260,000 for Fiscal Year 2015/16), retroactive
to January 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. 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.
19.
Approve an agreement with EMQ
Families First, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $130,000 to provide Specialty
Mental Health Services and Therapeutic Behavioral Services from July 1, 2015
through June 30, 2016.
20.
Approve an agreement with EMQ
Families First, Inc. for the Crossroads Transitional-Age Youth Housing Program
in an amount not to exceed $503,561 from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.
21.
Approve an agreement with JDT
Consultants, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $470,000 to provide therapeutic
behavioral services from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.
22.
Approve an agreement with
Central Valley Recovery Services, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $208,925 for
the provision of substance abuse treatment services to TulareWORKs clients,
effective July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.
23.
Approve an agreement with
Goodfellow Occupational Therapy for the purpose of providing occupational
and/or physical therapy services in an amount not to exceed $380,000, effective
July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.
24.
Approve an agreement with
Central Valley Recovery Services, Inc. for the Co-Occurring Disorder Program in
an amount not to exceed $1,104,171, effective July 1, 2015 through June 30,
2016.
25.
Approve an agreement with
Tulare Youth Service Bureau, Inc. for the Family Interaction Program in an
amount not to exceed $108,890, effective July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.
26.
Approve an agreement with Arieh
R. Whishenhunt, M.D. in an amount not to exceed $310,000 for the provision of
psychiatric services, effective July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.
27.
Approve an agreement with
Tulare Youth Service Bureau, Inc. for the Full Service Partnership Children’s
Program in an amount not to exceed $990,000.00 to provide mental health
services, effective July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.
28.
Approve an agreement with
Tulare County Superintendent of Schools in an amount not to exceed $370,000 for
therapeutic behavioral services, effective July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.
29.
Approve an agreement with
Tulare County Superintendent of Schools for the Children of Promise Program in
an amount not to exceed $288,227, effective July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.
30.
Ratify and approve an agreement
with Orosi Public Utility District for purchase of water for the Household Tank
Program, retroactive to May 29, 2015 through November 1, 2015. Find that the
Board had the authority to enter into the agreement as of May 29, 2015, and
that it was in the County’s best interest to do so on that date.
31.
Ratify and approve an agreement
with the California Water Service Company for purchase of water for the
Household Tank Program, retroactive to May 29, 2015 through May 28, 2016. Find
that the Board had the authority to enter into the agreement as of May 29,
2015, and that it was in the County’s best interest to do so on that date.
Human Resources & Development
32.
Approve the Memorandum of
Understanding with the Service Employee International Union, Local 521,
Bargaining Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, & 7.
33.
Approve amendments to County
Personnel Rule 6: Attendance and Leaves, Sections 6.7 Sick Leave and Section
6.16 Domestic Violence Leave and Personnel Rule 16: Extra Help Personnel to
comply with new State regulations, subject to meet and confer.
Information & Communications
Technology
34.
Approve an agreement with
Northpointe, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $25,271 for providing user
licenses and maintenance support for COMPAS for the period of June 30, 2015
through June 29, 2016.
35.
Approve an agreement with
ServiceNow in the amount of $563,814 to provide license and maintenance support
services for the period of July 11, 2015 to July 10, 2018. Delegate authority
to Peg Yeates, Director of TCiCT, to sign the yearly Order Form.
36.
Approve a lease/purchase
agreement with Key Government Finance, Inc. in the amount of $83,120.46 per
quarter, retroactive to June 5, 2015 through June 5, 2020; which includes
switches, wireless access points, new routers, improved security for data
closets and server. Find that the Board had authority to enter into the
proposed agreement as of June 5, 2015, and it was in the County’s best interest
to enter into the agreement on that date. Authorize Peg Yeates, Director of
TCiCT, to sign the Acceptance Certificate upon delivery and acceptance of the
equipment.
Probation
37.
Approve an agreement with
Earlimart School District in the amount of $44,342.92 for the Campus Probation
Officer Program, effective July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.
Resource Management Agency
38.
Approve the designation and the
installation of a One-Way STOP controlled intersection at Mountain Road 160
(Success Valley Drive) and Mountain Road 137 (Reservation Road) located east of
Porterville in accordance with the provisions of Section 2B.06 of the 2014
California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and Section 22450(c) of
the California Vehicle Code.
39.
Approve an agreement with the
State of California, acting by and through the Department of Transportation,
for the exchange of Federal Transportation project funds amounting to $887,784
for non-Federal State Highway Funds for Fiscal Year 2014/2015. Accept the
$100,000 from the State as matching funds.
40.
Authorize the filing of Notice
of Partial Non-Renewal for the following Land Conservation Contracts as
provided in the Williamson Act. The request fulfills conditions resulting from
the approval of one lot line adjustment and one tentative parcel map. PNR
15-006 – Williamson Act Contract No. 4282, Ag Preserve No. 1202 located on the
south side of Avenue 256, west of Road 180 approximately 4 miles northwest of
Lindsay (Todd Sheller–FAEC Holdings), (2.86 acres to be non-renewed as a
condition of PLA 14-038), 128.15 acres in two parcels subject to the contract
amendment. PNR 15-009 – Williamson Act Contract No. 5189, Ag Preserve No. 1998,
located on the southwest corner of Marinette and State Hwy 65, 1,300 feet north
of Exeter (Todd R. and Kimberly A. Kittinger), (a 2.11-acre portion from 18.45
acres to be non-renewed as a condition of PPM 15-004), 18.45 acres subject to
the contract amendment. Approve the execution of amendments to the Land
Conservation Contracts as a condition of approval for the aforementioned
partial non-renewals.
41.
Introduce and waive the first
reading of an amendment to Ordinance No. 352 of the Tulare County Zoning
Ordinance: a) Transitional Housing Definition; b) Family Definition; c) Second
Units; d) Reasonable Accommodation; e) Emergency Shelters; f) Density Bonus
Ordinance; and g) Small Residential Rooftop Solar Ordinance. Approve the
Ordinance Amendment Summary and direct the Clerk of the Board to publish such
Summary and to post a certified copy of the complete ordinance five (5) days
prior to the Ordinance Amendment adoption date (June 30, 2015, as required by
Section 25124 et. seq. Set the Public Hearing for June 30, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. or
as shortly thereafter as can be heard.
42.
FOR INFORMATION ONLY: Bid
opening results for the Asphalt Concrete Overlay Project Locations: Avenue 272
- D88 to Shirk Road; Avenue 256 - Road 164 to Road 180; D112A - Avenue 184 to
Rankin Avenue; and Road 208 - Avenue 112 to Teapot Dome Avenue.
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Contractor
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Base Bid +
Additive
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Calculated
Base Bid + Additive
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Agee Construction Corporation
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$ 1,599,909.30
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$1,599,909.30
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MAC General Engineering
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$ 1,658,391.70
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$1,658,391.70
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AS Dezign, Inc.
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$ 1,700,177.00
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$1,700,491.24
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Papich Construction
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$ 1,715,515.00
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$1,715,515.00
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Granite Construction Co.
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$ 1,732,081.20
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$1,732,081.20
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Lee's Paving Inc.
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$ 1,741,066.51
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$1,741,066.51
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Teichert Construction
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$ 1,777,994.00
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$1,777,993.64
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Emmett's Excavation, Inc.
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$ 1,832,970.21
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$1,832,970.21
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Engineers Estimate
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$1,662,376.30
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$1,662,376.30
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ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND
CONVENE AS THE TULARE COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT
43.
Approve the Joint Funding
Agreement with the United States Geological Survey for stream gauge operations
in the amount of $18,250.00, retroactive to November 1, 2014 through October
31, 2015. Find that the Board had the authority to enter into the proposed
agreement as of November 1, 2014, and that it was in the County’s best interest
to enter into the agreement on that date.
ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT
AND RECONVENE AS THE TULARE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Sheriff/Coroner
44.
Approve an amendment to
Agreement No. 25307 with United States Forest Service for patrol services on
Forest Service land in the amount of $33,000, and for services related to
controlled substances in the amount of $24,000, retroactive to October 1, 2014 through
September 30, 2015. Find that the Board had authority to enter into the
proposed amendment to the agreement as of October 1, 2014, and that it was in
the County’s best interest to enter into the agreement on that date.
45.
Authorize submittal of an
online application for a Fiscal Year 2015 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice
Assistance Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to fund School Resource
Officers, retroactive to October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2018. Find that
the Board had authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of October 1,
2014, 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
46.
Presentation given by Health and Human Services Agency to
approve an agreement with the Tulare County Superintendent of Schools in an
amount not to exceed $269,213 for the administration of the More Opportunities
for Viable Employment (MOVE) Program, effective July 1, 2015 through June 30,
2016.
47.
Request from Solid Waste to approve franchise agreements
with Pena’s Disposal Inc., servicing Area B; South Tulare Richgrove Refuse
Inc., servicing Area J; Tule Trash Company, servicing Area G; Miramonte
Sanitation Inc., servicing Area A; USA Waste of California Inc., servicing
Areas C & H; and Mid Valley Disposal LLC, servicing Areas D & E, to
provide waste collection and recycling for the period of July 1, 2015 to June
30, 2030.
(Closed Session)
CLOSED SESSION
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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
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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 – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant Exposure to Litigation
[Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)]
Number of Potential Cases: 4
Public Hearing to Adopt the General Plan
Amendment, certify the Environmental Impact Report and Adopt an Amendment to
the Tulare County Zoning Ordinance for the Following: Strathmore Community Plan
Update, Tipton Community Plan, Pixley Community Plan Update and Darrell’s
Mini-Storage; See Board of Supervisors Agenda June 16, 2015
ITEM B
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant Exposure to Litigation
[Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)]
Number of Potential Cases: 1
Request from Solid Waste to approve Solid
Waste Franchise agreements with the six existing licensed haulers of the Tulare
County Hauler’s Association
ITEM C
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant Exposure to Litigation
[Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)]
Number of Potential Cases: 1
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 REAL
PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
(Government Code Section 54956.8)
Property Descriptions: 5911 South Mooney
Blvd., Visalia
Agency Negotiator: Jean Rousseau and Robert
Newby
Negotiating Parties: Golden State YMCA
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of
Payment
ITEM G
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
[Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)]
Name of Case: City of Tulare vs. County of
Tulare, et al.
Tulare County Superior Court No. 261091
ITEM H
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 I
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
