(Public Comment Period)
In compliance with the
Americans with Disabilities Act, requests for disability-related modification
or accommodation needed in order to participate in the meeting must be made to
the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors (559) 636-5000 no later than Monday at
9:00 a.m.
1.
Board of Supervisors matters.
2.
Presentation by Randy Dodd, Director of Business Development to
provide an update on the reopening of the Tulare Regional Medical Center.
3.
Present Proclamation designating October 21, 2018 through
October 27, 2018 as National Retirement Security Week.
4.
Public Comments.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Numbers 5 through 32)
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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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Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer
5.
Approve an agreement with the
California Department of Food and Agriculture for providing State subvention in
the amount of $329,670.58 to offset costs of providing Asian Citrus Psyllid
bulk citrus regulatory activities, retroactive from July 1, 2018 through June
30, 2019. Find that the Board had authority to enter into the agreement as of
July 1, 2018, and that it was in the County’s best interest to enter into the
agreement on that date.
Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax
Collector
6.
Authorize the Tax Collector to
sell by agreement parcel 090-041-002-000, to Self-Help Enterprises on December
31, 2018, for low-income housing purposes.
7.
Authorize the Tax Collector to
sell by agreement parcel 175-242-004-000, to Self-Help Enterprises on December
31, 2018, for low-income housing purposes.
Board of Supervisors
8.
Appoint Lucy Hernandez to the District 5 Seat on the County Parks
Advisory Committee for a term ending June 30, 2019.
9.
Appoint Melynda Metheney to the District 4 Seat on the County
Parks Advisory Committee for a term ending June 30, 2019.
10.
Approve the Memorandum of
Understanding with the Lower Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency for
Groundwater Sustainability Plan coverage in the Tule Sub-basin.
11.
Approve a resolution supporting
Proposition 3 Water Supply and Water Quality Act of 2018.
12.
Approve a resolution supporting
the Success Reservoir Enlargement Project.
County Administrative Office
13.
Ratify actions by the County
Administrative Officer during the month of September 2018. 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.
14.
Approve an agreement with the
Allen Law Firm, as Contractor, and Marcus Torigian, as Contingency Contractor
for Conflict Public Defender services in an amount not to exceed $2,791,337
from January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019.
District Attorney
15.
Approve the Grant Award
agreement to accept grant funding from the Insurance Commissioner of the State
of California for the Workers Compensation Insurance Fraud Prosecution Program
in an amount not to exceed $540,309, retroactive from July 1, 2018 through June
30, 2019. Find that the Board had authority to enter into the proposed
agreement as of July 1, 2018 and that it was in the Countys best interest to
enter into the agreement on that date. Authorize the District Attorney to sign
the Grant Award agreement for the Workers Compensation Insurance Fraud Program.
Direct the Clerk of the Board to prepare a certified copy of the resolution for
the District Attorneys Office. Agree that any liability arising out of the
performance of the Grant Award agreement, including civil court actions for
damages, shall be the responsibility of the grant recipient and the authorizing
agency, and acknowledge that the State of California and the California
Department of Insurance disclaim responsibility for any such liability.
16.
Approve the Grant Award
agreement to accept grant funding from the Insurance Commissioner of the State
of California for the Automobile Insurance Fraud Prosecution Program in an
amount not to exceed $180,000, retroactive from July 1, 2018 through June 30,
2019. Find that the Board had authority to enter into the proposed agreement as
of July 1, 2018 and that it was in the County’s best interest to enter into the
agreement on that date. Authorize the District Attorney to sign the Grant Award
agreement for the Automobile Insurance Fraud Program. Direct the Clerk of the
Board to prepare a certified copy of the resolution for the District Attorney’s
Office. Agree that any liability arising out of the performance of the Grant
Award Agreement, including civil court actions for damages, shall be the
responsibility of the grant recipient and the authorizing agency, and
acknowledge that the State of California and the California Department of
Insurance disclaim responsibility for any such liability.
17.
Approve an agreement with the
California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services to provide continuing
funding for the Human Trafficking Advocacy Program in an amount not to exceed
$187,500, award amount of $150,000 with a $37,500 county match, effective
January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019. Authorize the Chairman to sign the
Grant Subaward Face Sheet, the Certification of Assurance of Compliance, and
the Subrecipient Grants Management Assessment. Authorize the County
Administrative Officer or designee, to sign the Certification of Assurance of
Compliance. Authorize the Project Director, Financial Officer, and their
signature designees to sign the Signature Authorization form. Recognize the
Chair of the Tulare County Board of Supervisors as having authority to submit
the application for the Unserved/Underserved Victim Advocacy and Outreach
Program to the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, and as
having authority to execute on behalf of the County of Tulare the Grant
Subaward, including any extensions or amendments thereof. Agree to provide all
matching funds required for the project, including any extensions or amendments
thereof. Agree to abide by the rules and regulations of the California
Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. Agree that grant funds received
hereunder shall not be used to supplant expenditures controlled by this body.
Fire Department
18.
Authorize the submission of a
grant application for a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance
to Fire Fighters Grant to purchase ballistic personal protective equipment in
the amount of $90,000. Authorize the Fire Chief, or his designee, to sign and
electronically submit the grant application.
19.
Approve a capital asset
purchase of One (1) Hurst Extrication System to provide first responders with
effective extrication equipment, in an amount not to exceed $35,000. Approve
the necessary budget adjustments (4/5ths vote required).
General Services Agency
20.
Accept the Evidence and
Forensics Building as a substantially completed project. Approve an amendment
to Agreement No. 28422 with Forcum Mackey to increase the contract amount by
$63,025.40 from $3,602,643 to $3,665,668.40. Authorize the Chairman to sign the
Notice of Completion. Direct the Clerk of the Board to record the Notice of
Completion for the project with the office of the Clerk-Recorder.
21.
Approve a Portable Hangar Lease
Agreement for space at Sequoia Field Airport with Gary and Joann Truitt, for a
month-to-month term, at a rate of $50 per month.
22.
Approve a Portable Hangar Lease
Agreement for space at Sequoia Field Airport with Kenneth Pierson, for a
month-to-month term, at a rate of $50 per month.
Health & Human Services Agency
23.
Approve the co-applicant
agreement between County of Tulare and the Community Health Center Board to
maintain compliance with the Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alike
programs governing board requirements, effective upon Board approval and
signature.
24.
Approve an amendment to
Agreement No. 28586 with Family Services of Tulare County to add a Pre/Post
Activities Charge of $18.00 per visit to the contract payment amount and fee
schedule, revise the estimated outcomes and population served to a minimum of
250 adults and 325 children, and adjust the total amount of hours allocated for
Fiscal Year 18/19 from 4,637 hours of supervised visitations for Child Welfare
Services to 3,837, to more accurately reflect expected services to be provided,
retroactive from July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2018. Find that the Board had
authority to approve this amendment as of July 1, 2018, and that it was in the
County's best interest to enter into the amendment on that date.
25.
Approve the annual closure of
Tulare County Health & Human Services Agency, Animal Services Division to
the public on the Saturday following Thanksgiving. Direct staff to annually
post notices on this closure at the shelter and on the Animal Services website.
26.
Approve an agreement with
Sierra View Medical Center to allow trainees to gain field experience through
training program within the Tulare County Health & Human Services Agencys
Public Health Branch, effective upon Board approval and signature through June
30, 2021, in the amount of zero dollars.
27.
Approve an agreement with
Tulare County Superintendent of Schools for the Primary Intervention Program,
in an amount not to exceed $451,095, retroactive from July 1, 2018 through June
30, 2019. Find that the Board had authority to enter into the proposed
agreement as of July 1, 2018, and that it was in the County's best interest to
enter into the agreement on that date.
Information & Communications
Technology
28.
Approve an agreement with
VMware, Inc. for Enterprise Licensing in an amount not to exceed $1,200,185.55
from October 23, 2018 through October 23, 2021.
Resource Management Agency
29.
Affirm the finding that the County
received less than one-half of the foregone property tax revenue pursuant to
Government Code Sections 16142(e) and 16142.1(d) for the 2017-2018 Fiscal
Year. Affirm implementation of AB 1265 pursuant to Government Code Sections
51244(b) and Section 51244.3 for a reduction of property tax benefits by ten
percent, and also pursuant to Government Code Section 51244(b) a related
reduction of the term of the contracts to nine years (eighteen years for
Farmland Security Zone contracts).
30.
Approve the Fiscal Year
2018-2019 Williamson Act Subvention Application Report.
31.
Approve and award the contract
to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, Lees Paving, Inc. from
Visalia, California, in the amount of $251,801 for construction of Spacer Drive
(D134) Safety Improvements Project. Authorize the Chairman to sign the contract
after review and approval as to form by County Counsel and upon receipt of
certificates of insurance, bonds and evidence that the contractor possesses a
valid State Contractors License. Allow funds for contingencies in the amount
$25,090 to cover unexpected construction conditions. Authorize the Director of
the Resource Management Agency or his designee to approve contract change
orders up to the amount of allowed funds for contingencies.
Workforce Investment Board
32.
Approve the budget adjustment
of $604,282 resulting from an Employment Development Department (EDD)
modification to Subgrant Agreement Number K8106694/Tulare County Agreement
Number 28301 to provide employment and training services to dislocated workers
in Tulare County (4/5ths vote required).
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be taken in
any order
33.
Request from the Assessor's Office to authorize an
increase in the minimum assessed value standard, allowed under Section 155.20
of the Revenue and Taxation Code and established by Board of Supervisors
resolution, as follows: Beginning with the 2019-20 Fiscal Year and all
succeeding fiscal years; exempt from taxation all real and personal property
with a full value of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less, except that this
limitation shall be increased to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in the case
of a possessory interest, for a temporary and transitory use, in a publicly
owned fairground, fairground facility, convention facility, or cultural
facility. Pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code section 52, this resolution
will apply to all the aforementioned with the exception of the following:
Property which is enforceably restricted; Property restricted to timberland
use; Property used exclusively for nonprofit golf course purposes; Property
owned by a local government which is located outside of its boundaries.
Supersede Board of Supervisors Resolution No. 1984-17, which set the minimum
taxable value at $1,000.
34.
Request from the County Administrative Office to
introduce and waive the first reading of an ordinance amending Sections
1-19-1205 of Article 5 of Chapter 19 of Part 1, of the Ordinance Code,
pertaining to Mileage and Per Diem of Grand Jurors.
35.
Receive a Presentation from Board of Supervisors’ staff
regarding Measure H for the purpose of reopening the Tulare Regional Medical
Center. Approve a resolution in support of Measure H.
(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 REAL
PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
(Government
Code Section 54956.8)
Property Description: 420 N. Burke Street,
Visalia, CA
Agency Negotiators: Michael C. Spata; Jason
T. Britt; John Hess
Negotiating Party or Parties: City of
Visalia
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of
Payment
ITEM B
CONFERENCE WITH REAL
PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
(Government
Code Section 54956.8)
Property Description: NE Corner of N. Main
St. and W. Olive Ave., Porterville.
Agency Negotiators: Michael C. Spata; Jason
T. Britt; John Hess
Negotiating Party or Parties: Cornerstone
Main Partners, LP
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: Robert Carter v. County of
Tulare
Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Nos.:
ADJ8380388, ADJ8380355, ADJ843056, ADJ8581703, ADJ9898982
ITEM D
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
[Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)]
Name of Case: Scott Mock v. County of Tulare
Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board No.:
ADJ10584324
ITEM E
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE
APPOINTMENT/EMPLOYMENT CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT
(Government
Code Section 54957)
FOR THE POSITION OF: HEALTH & HUMAN
SERVICES AGENCY DIRECTOR
ITEM F
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR
NEGOTIATOR
(Government
Code Section 54957.6)
Agency Designated Representatives: Rhonda
Sjostrom, Michael C. Spata, Jason T. Britt
Employee Organizations: All Certified
Employee Organizations
Unrepresented Employees: All Unrepresented
Employees.
