(Public Comment Period)
1.
Board of Supervisors matters.
2.
Present Proclamation to approve the month of August 2016
as Child Support Awareness Month on behalf of the Tulare County Department of
Child Support Services and the California Department of Child Support Services.
3.
Public Comments.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Numbers 4 through 27)
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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 member or member of the public on any item, that item
will be removed from the Consent Agenda.
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Board of Supervisors
4.
Appoint Steve Tsuboi, School
and College District to the Tulare County Treasury Oversight Committee for a
term ending Tenure.
5.
Approve sending a letter of
opposition for AB 2691 (Holden), Monthly Property Tax Payment Program.
County Administrative Office/General
Services
6.
Ratify actions by the County
Administrative Officer during the month of June 2016. Find that the activities
funded pursuant to the good works funding agreements are necessary to meet the
social needs of the residents of Tulare County.
7.
Approve submittal of a letter
to the Board of State and Community Corrections requesting a project scope
change in response to the restored project funding.
8.
Accept the Blue Ridge Tower
Project as a completed project. Approve an amendment to Agreement No. 27543
with P&R Tower Company, Inc. to increase the contract amount by
$17,613.89. Authorize the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors to sign the
Notice of Completion and Agreement Amendment, subject to review and approval as
to form by County Counsel. Direct the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to
record the Notice of Completion for the Project with the office of the Tulare
County Recorder. Approve the necessary budget adjustments (4/5ths vote
required).
County Counsel/Risk Management
9.
Authorize the closure of County
agencies within the Tulare County Superior Courthouse on August 18, 2016 from
Noon to 4:00 p.m.
Fire Department
10.
Approve the submission of a
grant application for a Firehouse Subs Grant to purchase an East Coast Rescue
Solutions Forcible Entry Door Simulator and All-In-One Prop in the amount of
$9,250. Authorize the Fire Chief, or his designee, to electronically submit
the grant application.
11.
Approve the submission of a
grant application for a United States Department of Agriculture Rural
Development Grant to purchase emergency fire and personal protective equipment
in the amount of $40,000. Authorize the Fire Chief, or his designee, to sign
and submit the grant application.
Health & Human Services Agency
12.
Reaffirm the Proclamation of a
Local Emergency due to drought in Tulare County Resolution No. 2014-0090.
13.
Reaffirm the Proclamation of a
Local Emergency due to tree mortality in Tulare County Resolution No.
2015-0850.
14.
Approve the Non-Supplantation
Certification for Public Health Emergency Preparedness, General Fund Pandemic
Influenza, and Hospital Preparedness Program funding for Fiscal Year 2015/2016,
retroactive to July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. Find that the Board had
authority to execute the Non-Supplantation Certification as of July 1, 2015,
and that it was in the County’s best interest to execute it on that date.
Approve the Non-Supplantation Certification for Public Health Emergency
Preparedness, General Fund Pandemic Influenza, and Hospital Preparedness
Program funding for Fiscal Year 2016/2017, retroactive to July 1, 2016 through
June 30, 2017. Find that the Board had authority to execute the
Non-Supplantation certification as of July 1, 2016, and that it was in the
County’s best interest to execute it on that date.
15.
Approve an agreement with Davis
Guest Home, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $150,000 for the provision of
resident care facility, retroactive to July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017.
Find that the Board had authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of
July 1, 2016, and that it was in the County’ best interest to enter into the
agreement on that date.
16.
Approve an agreement with the
California Department of Public Health to accept the award for supplemental
funding for Ebola Preparedness and Response in an amount not to exceed $73,304,
effective upon approval of this award through June 30, 2017. Approve the
necessary budget adjustments (4/5ths vote required).
17.
Approve the Tulare County Child
Abuse Prevention Council’s request for their annual funding in an amount not to
exceed $88,320 from the County’s Children’s Trust Fund for Fiscal Year
2016/2017 to allow for intervention and treatment, training of professionals in
the detection, treatment, and prevention of child abuse and neglect, promoting
community support for child abuse and neglect programs, and maintaining a
community presence.
Resource Management Agency
18.
Approve Program Supplement No.
F095 with the California Department of Transportation in the amount of $353,000
for the Preliminary Engineering phase and Right-of-Way phase for the Road D39
over Traver Canal Bridge Project.
19.
Approve Program Supplement No.
F094 in the amount of $80,000 with the California Department of Transportation
for the Preliminary Engineering phase for the Avenue 376 over Traver Canal
Bridge Project.
20.
Approve Program Supplement No.
F092 in the amount of $80,000 with the California Department of Transportation
for the Preliminary Engineering phase for the Avenue 108 over Lakeland Canal
Bridge Project.
21.
Approve Program Supplement No.
F093 in the amount of $80,000 with the California Department of Transportation
for the Preliminary Engineering phase for the Avenue 428 over Sand Creek Bridge
Project.
22.
Approve an agreement with Blake
and Aubrey Mauritson in connection with the application for encroachment permit
to place an irrigation pipeline within County road right-of-way of Avenue 328,
Sandridge Road (LR 248) and Avenue 326.
Sheriff/Coroner
23.
Approve the purchase order for
capital assets and minor equipment in an amount not to exceed $549,611 for
Fiscal Year 2016/2017.
24.
Ratify and approve an amendment
to Agreement No. 25630 with the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Success
Lake Recreation Area for law enforcement services at Success Lake Recreation
Area in an amount not to exceed $62,771, retroactive to April 24, 2016 through
September 7, 2016. Find that the Board had authority to enter into the
proposed amendment to the Agreement as of April 24, 2016, and that it was in
the County’s best interest to enter into the amendment to the agreement on that
date.
25.
Ratify and approve an amendment
to Agreement No. 26176 with the United States Army Corps of Engineers for law
enforcement services at Lake Kaweah Recreation Area in an amount not to exceed
$37,000, retroactive to April 22, 2016 through April 23, 2017. Find that the
Board had authority to enter into the proposed amendment to the Agreement as of
April 22, 2016, and that it was in the County’s best interest to enter into the
agreement on that date.
26.
Approve an amendment to
Agreement No. 26188 with the Visalia Unified School District to extend the
agreement to provide a School Resource Officer for Charter Alternatives Academy
until June 2, 2017, and to increase the budget in the amount of $83,210.
Solid Waste
27.
Approve an amendment to
Agreement No. 27048 with the City of Porterville to extend the term of the
agreement to July 31, 2017 in order to secure tonnage and provide for a more
predictable Enterprise Fund revenue stream.
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be taken in
any order
28.
Request to consider, modify as needed, and approve the
responses to the 2015/2016 Tulare County Grand Jury Final Report entitled:
“Tulare County, Are We Ready for El Nino?” Authorize the Chairman to sign the
response letter.
29.
Request from Health and Human Services Agency to approve
an agreement with the California Department of Public Health for the Nutrition
Education and Obesity Prevention Program and accept the award for funding in an
amount not to exceed $3,328,638, effective October 1, 2016 through September
30, 2019. Approve the Personnel Resolution to add 2.0 FTE – Health Education
Specialist to the following allocation: Nutrition Education and Obesity
Prevention Program – Health & Human Services Agency.
(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 closed session will be
made in accordance with Government Code section 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 – EXISTING LITIGATION
[Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)]
Name of Case: City of Exeter v. County of
Tulare, and Does 1-10,
Tulare County superior Court Case No. 262516
ITEM B
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant
Exposure to Litigation [Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)]
Number of Potential Cases: 1
ITEM C
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant
Exposure to Litigation [Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)]
Number of Potential Cases: 1
Closure of County agencies within the Tulare
County Superior Courthouse on August 18, 2016 from Noon to 4:00 p.m.; see Board
of Supervisors agenda for July 26, 2014.
ITEM D
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant
Exposure to Litigation [Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)]
Number of Potential Cases: 1
Request to consider, modify as needed, and
approve the responses to the 2015 /2016 Tulare County Grand Jury Final Report
entitled: “Tulare County, Are We Ready for El Nino?” See Board of Supervisors
agenda for July 26, 2016.
ITEM E
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant
Exposure to Litigation [Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)]
Number of Potential Cases: 1
A Notice of Violation was received from the
San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District.
ITEM F
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
[Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)]
Name of Case: Freitas, Rikki, Angel Wirth,
Raegan Wirth, by and through her Guardian ad Litem, Rikki Freitas v. County of
Tulare, et al.
Tulare County Superior Court – VCU264450
ITEM G
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
[Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)]
Name of Case: Albert Brockman v. County of
Tulare
Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board No:
ADJ10092016
ITEM H
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant
Exposure to Litigation [Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)]
Number of Potential Cases: 1
ITEM I
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR
NEGOTIATOR
(Government
Code Section 54957.6)
Agency Designated Representative: Rhonda
Sjostrom, Michael C. Spata
Employee Organization: All Certified Employee
Organizations
Unrepresented Employees: All Unrepresented
Employees.
