(Public Comment Period)
1.
Board of Supervisors matters.
2.
Designate the month of November 2016 as Adoption
Awareness Month in Tulare County. Support the goals and ideal of National
Adoption Awareness Month, including raising public awareness of children in
foster care waiting to find permanency and celebrating and honoring all
families who adopt.
3.
Public Comments.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed
Items)
4.
PUBLIC HEARING: Request from the Resource Management
Agency to adopt, find, determine, declare and resolve as follows: a) The
Project for the Avenue 280 Widening Project is consistent with the environmental
documents adopted for this project and is in conformance with the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); b) The public interest and necessity require
the Project; c) The Project is planned and located in the manner that will be
most compatible with the greatest public good and the least private injury; d)
The property is necessary for the Project; e) The offer required by Section
7267.2 of the Government Code, together with the accompanying statement of and
summary of the basis for the amount established as just compensation, was made
to the owner or owners of record and the offer and accompanying statement and
summary complied with the requirements of Government Code Section 7267.2; and
f) County Counsel is authorized to commence an eminent domain proceeding to
acquire the Subject Property. This Acquisition of Property by Eminent Domain
is for the Avenue 280 Widening Project Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure
Section 1245.330; Gilbert and Enedina Marroquin (4/5ths vote required).
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Numbers 5 through 15)
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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.
Ratify the Proclamation
honoring Captain Rick Haskill for his dedication and service to the County of
Tulare.
County Administrative Office/General
Services
6.
Approve the bid documents for
the Tulare County Central Yard Well Project, subject to review and approval as
to form by County Counsel. Authorize the advertisements of bids for the
subject project. Set the bid opening for the project at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday,
December 8, 2016.
7.
Accept the Porterville Wellness
and Recovery Center Project as a completed project. Approve an amendment to
Agreement No. 27580 with Dale Atkins Contractor to decrease the contract amount
by $29,710.14 and to extend the completion date by 10 days. 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.
8.
Approve payment in the amount
of $623.36 to Autoglass Central Inc. for invoice from Fiscal Year 2015/16.
Health & Human Services Agency
9.
Approve an agreement with The
Regents of the University of California, on behalf of its University of
California Davis Health System, to provide a Student Internship Training
Program in the public service organization to commence as of the date of the
last signature of the parties and shall continue through August 31, 2019.
10.
Approve an agreement with
Family HealthCare Network for the Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention
Program, retroactive to October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017 to promote increased
fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity among Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program eligible population in an amount not to exceed
$74,500. Find that the Board had authority to enter into the proposed agreement
as of October 1, 2016, and that it was in the County’s best interest to enter
into the agreement on that date.
11.
Approve a Memorandum of
Understanding between the Tulare County Health & Human Services Agency,
Child Welfare Services Division and Aspiranet Foster Family Agency to provide
services on behalf of Tulare County Child Welfare Service’s foster children
through cooperation, collaboration, and sharing of appropriate information
effective upon signature through June 30, 2019.
Information & Communications
Technology
12.
Approve an agreement with CVIN
Vast Networks to provide business ethernet service to the County Road Yard in
an amount not to exceed $52,000, retroactive to October 24, 2016 through
October 31, 2021. Find that the Board had authority to enter into the proposed
Agreement as of October 24, 2016, and that it was in the County’s best interest
to enter into the agreement on that date.
13.
Approve the Capital Asset
purchase of three (3) routers in the amount of $35,073. Approve the necessary
budget adjustments (4/5ths vote required).
Probation
14.
Approve an agreement with the
County of Inyo to provide facilities and services for the detention and/or
commitment of juvenile offenders, retroactive to July 1, 2016 through June 30,
2017. Find that the Board had the authority to enter into the Agreement as of
July 1, 2016, and that it was in the County’s best interest to enter into the
Agreement on that date.
Resource Management Agency
15.
Approve a Developer Agreement
with AAA Quality Services, regarding the conditions of approval associated with
General Plan Amendment No. 13-002 and Change of Zone No. PZ 13-003, east of the
City of Farmersville.
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be taken in
any order
16.
Request from the County Administrative Office to approve
an amendment to Agreement No. 27554 with Allen Law Firm, Inc., and the Law
Office of Marcus Torigian, to provide the following: a) Conflict Defender
Services in the amount of $195,292.47 per month for the period covering April
1, 2016 through December 31, 2016; b) Conflict Defender Services in the amount
of $199,278.03 per month for the period covering January 1, 2017 through
December 31, 2018; c) Ancillary Services in the amount of $400,000 annually
for the period covering April 1, 2016 through December 31, 2018; d) Services
for Special Circumstances Cases and Capital Cases in an amount not to exceed
$100,000 for the period of April 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016, and
$100,000 for the period of January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2018; and e)
Services rendered for the Red Sol case in the amount of $500,000. Authorize
the necessary budget adjustments (4/5ths vote required). Authorize the
addition of a separate expense line to be associated with services performed in
connection with the Red Sol case. Authorize the Chairman to sign amendment
upon review and approval as to form by County Counsel. Find that the Board had
authority to approve the proposed amendment retroactive to April 1, 2016, and
that it was in the County’s best interest to amend the agreement on that date.
(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
Marroquin - Resolution of Necessity Hearing;
See Board of Supervisors Agenda Item on November 1, 2016
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 – EXISTING LITIGATION
[Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)]
Name of Case: Phillip Deal v. County of Tulare
Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board No.:
ADJ2098515
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 – EXISTING LITIGATION
[Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)]
Name of Case: County of Tulare v. Public
Employment Relations Board
California Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate
District, Case No. F071240
ITEM F
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
