(Public Comment Period)
1.
Board of Supervisors matters.
2.
Presentation given by Paul Yoder, Shaw/Yoder/Antwih, Inc.
regarding an update on State legislation.
3.
Public Comments.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed
Items)
4.
PUBLIC HEARING: Request from Resource Management Agency
to certify that the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Bear Creek Road over
Rancheria Creek Bridge Project (State Clearinghouse #2016031049) is complete
and adequate and has been completed in compliance with the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the State CEQA Guidelines. Find that the
Project is accurately described in the Mitigated Negative Declaration. Approve
the Project is accurately described in the Mitigated Negative Declaration.
Find that significant impacts could result from the Project, but are mitigated
to a level that is less than significant by Project features or deliberate
mitigation measures. Approve and adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration,
including the accompanying Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program.
Authorize the Environmental Assessment Officer, or designee, to sign and file
the Notice of Determination with the County Clerk.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Numbers 5 through 9)
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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
5.
Appoint Rosie Machado, Trustee
to the Tulare Public Cemetery Board for a term ending January 2, 2017.
6.
Appoint Elizabeth Holliday,
Seat 1 to the Kings/Tulare Area Agency on Aging for a term ending December 31,
2019.
Information & Communications
Technology
7.
Approve the Memorandum of
Understanding between the State of California Department of Motor Vehicles and
the County of Tulare through its Information & Communications Technology
Department.
Resource Management Agency
8.
Authorize the filing of Notices
of Partial Non-Renewal for the following four (4) Land Conservation Contracts,
as provided in the Williamson Act. The request fulfills conditions resulting
from four (4) tentative parcel maps. Approve the execution of amendments to
the Land Conservation Contracts as conditions of approval for the
aforementioned Partial Non-Renewals:
WAN 16-016 – Williamson Act
Contract No. 02369, Ag. Preserve No. 00092, located at the northeast
corner of Avenue 380 and Road 208 alignment, northeast of Elderwood (APN
055-020-016) (Jose E.A. Rivera and Helen Renee Rivera) (4.60 acres to be
Non-Renewed as a condition of PPM 16-005) (20.38 acres subject to contract
amendment)
WAN 16-019 – Williamson Act
Contract No. 04681, Ag Preserve No. 01576, located
at 9979 Road 224, on the west side of Road 224, approximately 2,310 north of
Avenue 96, west of Terra Bella (APN 302-330-018) (Lawrence E. & Marilyn
Bamber and Marsha E. Lemoine) (4.00 acres to be Non-Renewed as a
condition of PPM 16-019) (61.07 acres subject to contract amendment).
WAN 16-020 – Williamson Act
Contract No. 00398, Ag. Preserve No. 00601, located on the north side of
Avenue 396, between Road 88 and Road 92, south of Dinuba (APN 030-150-009)
(Ross Williams) (1.97 acres to be Non-Renewed as a condition of PPM 15-042)
(40.35 acres subject to contract amendment).
WAN 16-021 – Williamson Act
Contract 06826, Ag. Preserve No.
02253, located at 6988 Avenue 404, on the
north side of Avenue 404, approximately 2,400 feet east of Road 66, southwest
of Dinuba (APN 029-140-030) (Donaldo & Asuncion Arreola) (3.70 acres to be
Non-Renewed as a condition of PPM 16-017) (14.63 acres subject to contract
amendment)
9.
FOR INFORMATION ONLY: Bid
opening results for the Earlimart Neighborhood Park Improvement Project.
CONTRACTOR BID
AMOUNT
JT2, Inc. dba Todd Companies $1,978,564.30
C.S. Legacy Construction $2,351,624.50
WABO Landscape & Construction, Inc. $2,384,600.00
American Paving Company $2,452,188.00
Sierra Range Construction $2,800,331.87
Engineer’s Estimate $1,767,428.00
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be taken in
any order
10.
Presentation given by Human Resources & Development
on the Fiscal Year 2016/2017 County Wellness Program and activities. Direct
Human Resources & Development staff to continue to research areas of
interest or priorities of the Board relating to wellness and health
initiatives.
11.
Request from Human Resources & Development to amend
Resolution No. 2011-0572 regarding Services Employees International Union Local
521 (SEIU) represented employees in Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 6 and 7 to
replace and supersede paragraphs 4 and 5 with the following paragraphs: 4.
FLEXIBLY-ALLOCATED CLASSIFICATIONS. Restore all classifications within
flexibly allocated class series in accordance with Addendum B of the 2009-2011
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SEIU at the beginning of the first full
pay period after expiration of the MOU, and impose suspension of Personnel Rule
3.1.1 immediately thereafter; and 5. MERIT INCREASES. Restore all merit
(step) increases in accordance with Addendum C of the 2009-2011 MOU with SEIU
at the beginning of the first full pay period after expiration of the MOU, and
impose suspension of all merit (step) increases immediately thereafter.
(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 – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant
Exposure to Litigation [Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)]
Number of Potential Cases: 1
Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the
Bear Creek Road over
Rancheria Creek Bridge Project.
See Board of Supervisors open session public
agenda October 11, 2016
ITEM B
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – INITIATION OF LITIGATION
[Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(4)]
Number of Potential Cases: 2
ITEM C
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – INITIATION OF LITIGATION
[Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(4)]
Number of Potential Cases: 1
ITEM D
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
[Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)]
Name of Case: Seguin, Henry v. County of
Tulare
United States- California Eastern District:
1:16-cv-01262-DAD-SAB
ITEM E
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
[Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)]
Name of Case: County of Tulare v. Public
Employment Relations Board
5th District Court of Appeal Case No. F071240
ITEM F
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE
APPOINTMENT/EMPLOYMENT
(Government
Code Section 54957)
FOR THE POSITION OF: COUNTY COUNSEL
ITEM G
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR
NEGOTIATOR
Agency Designated Representative: Rhonda
Sjostrom, Michael C. Spata
Employee Organization: All Certified Employee
Organizations
Unrepresented Employees: All Unrepresented
Employees
