(Public Comment Period)
1.
Board of Supervisors matters.
2.
Public Comments.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed
Items)
3.
9:30 A.M. PUBLIC HEARING: Request from the Resource
Management Agency to consider water service fee adjustments for the Yettem Zone
of Benefit Water System in County Service Area #1 and the Seville Water System
for which the County is the court-appointed receiver and determine the official
number of written protests received on proposed water service fee adjustments
effective September 1, 2019. Close the Public Hearing and, if the number of
valid protests is below 50% of the number of property owners, adopt the
proposed service fee adjustments effective September 1, 2019.
4.
1:30 P.M. PUBLIC FORUM: Conduct a public forum in
accordance with Government Code Section 7283.1(d). Receive a report from the
County Administrative Officer regarding local law enforcement agencies
interaction and communication with the United States Immigration and Customs
Enforcement in 2018 and receive public comment.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Numbers 5 through 18)
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
These items are
routine and usually approved by one motion. Before action by the Board, the
Chairman will ask the Board Members and the public if they wish to remove any
item from the Consent Calendar for separate consideration. Items removed from
the Consent Calendar may be heard immediately before or after the approval of
the Consent Calendar, or may be set aside until later in the morning.
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Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax
Collector
5.
Approve the purchase of 28
Sheriff replacement vehicles, 4 Probation replacement vehicles, and 1 Health
and Human Services Agency replacement vehicle. Authorize payment for those
vehicles through the utilization of the County's Vehicle Internal Borrowing
Program which is made possible by a loan from the General Fund, not to exceed
36 months.
Board of Supervisors
6.
Appoint Norberto Lara to the District 1 Seat on the Tulare County
Veteran Advisory Committee for a term ending January 1, 2022.
District Attorney
7.
Approve an agreement with the
United States Department of Justice to participate in the Federal Equitable
Sharing program and to allow continued access to Equitable Sharing funds in an
amount not to exceed $7,121.55, retroactive from July 1, 2019 through June 30,
2020. Authorize the District Attorney to electronically sign the agreement.
8.
Approve an agreement with the
California Office of Emergency Services in an amount not to exceed $822,829,
award amount of $724,077 with a $98,752 county match, to provide continuing funding
for the Victim/Witness Assistance Program, effective October 1, 2019 through
September 30, 2020.
General Services Agency
9.
Approve "South County
Detention Facility" as the name for the newly constructed 510-bed jail
located in Porterville in accordance with County Administrative Regulation No.
12. Approve the design of the proposed dedication plaque to be installed at the
South County Detention Facility.
10.
Approve an agreement with MD
Graham and Associates, Inc., to provide real estate brokerage services to the
County retroactive from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020.
11.
Approve a Hangar Lease
Agreement for space in the North Hangar at Sequoia Field Airport with Tim and
Sharon Dickerson for a month-to-month term at a rate of $50 per month.
Health & Human Services Agency
12.
Approve an agreement with
California State University, Fresno, to provide practical experience for
student interns, retroactive from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2024. There is
no cost associated with this agreement.
13.
Approve an agreement with
Addiction Research and Treatment Inc., dba BAART for the provision of opioid
treatment program services in an amount not to exceed $4,751,000, retroactive
from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020.
Human Resources & Development
14.
Approve the tentative agreement
and authorize such changes to the Memorandum of Understanding between the
County of Tulare and the Tulare County Deputy Sheriffs Association, Bargaining
Units 13 and 15, for the term of July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2021.
Resource Management Agency
15.
Approve and award the base bid
contract to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, R.J. Berry Jr., Inc.
from Selma, California, in the amount of $532,496 for construction of Traver
Jacobs Drive Improvements Project. Approve and award the additive alternative
bid contract to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder R.J. Berry Jr.,
Inc. from Selma, California, in the amount of $38,480 for construction of Traver
Jacobs Drive 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
$41,048 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.
16.
Authorize the filing of a
Notice of Partial Non-Renewal for the following one (1) Land Conservation
Contract, as provided in the Williamson Act. The request fulfills a condition
of approval resulting from one (1) Lot Line Adjustment: WAN 19-007 Williamson
Act Contract No. 14582, Ag Preserve No. 4071, located on the northwest side of
Wutchumna Ditch and approximately 450 feet south of Avenue 336, south of
Woodlake (APN: 112-020-007) (Vincent Rex Faubel) (1.18 acres to be Non-Renewed
as a condition of PLA 19-013) (16.91 acres are subject to contract amendment).
Approve the execution of amendment to the Land Conservation Contract as a
condition of approval for the aforementioned Partial Non-Renewal.
17.
FOR INFORMATION ONLY: Bid opening results for the 2019 Road
Repair and Accountability Act (RRAA) Project 2.
CONTRACTOR BID
AMOUNT
Teichert Construction $6,263,572.00
Granite Construction Company $6,264,690.40
Cal Valley Construction $6,664,686.40
Papich Construction Company $7,110,025.68
Avison Construction, Inc. $9,518,708.40
Engineer’s Estimate $6,531,258.50
Solid Waste
18.
FOR INFORMATION ONLY: Bid opening results for the Teapot Dome
Landfill Entrance Project.
CONTRACTOR BID
AMOUNT
JT2,
Inc. dba Todd Companies $445,112.00
Bush
Engineering, Inc. $680,653.50
Engineer’s
Estimate $386,000.00
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be taken in
any order
19.
Request from the County Administrative Office to approve
the Memorandum of Understanding with the Local Government Commission for a
CivicSpark Fellow from September 10, 2019 through September 9, 2020.
20.
Request from the Auditor-Controllers Office to approve
the rate of taxation of the State and County for Fiscal Year 2019/20 to be
collected upon the taxable property of the County of Tulare, State of
California, at the rate of $1 per $100 of assessed valuation. Approve the tax
rates as shown on Schedule A and Schedule B. Approve the Special District Tax
Rates as shown on Schedule C. Approve and accept the Statement of the Valuation
of the Property in Tulare County as compiled by the County Auditor-Controller
and filed with this Board.
21.
Request from the Auditor-Controller's Office to select
the highest cost-of-living factor to be used in the 2019/20 Gann Appropriations
Limit calculation from these two options: Option 1: The change in California
per capita personal income which was 3.85% for calendar year 2018; or Option
2: The percentage change in the jurisdictions assessed valuation attributable
to local non-residential new construction which was 4.30% for 2018/19.
22.
Request from the County Administrative Office to receive
a presentation by Public Financial Management, Asset Management LLC (PFM)
regarding the Annual Report for the Millennium Fund Investment Program. Accept
the Annual Report for the Millennium Fund Investment Program.
23.
Request from the General Services Agency to receive a
presentation regarding the projects completed in Fiscal Year 2018/19 and the
proposed Capital Improvement Plan for Fiscal Years 2019/20 to 2023/24. Approve
the Capital Improvement Plan for Fiscal Years 2019/20 to 2023/24.
BOARD MEMBER REQUESTS
24.
Board members may make a referral to staff to have staff place a
matter of business on a future agenda (Gov. Code, sec. 54954.2, subd. (a)(3)).
(Closed Session)
CLOSED SESSION
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
CLOSED SESSION
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
See today’s public agenda item pertaining to
the water service fee adjustment for Yettem water system in CSA #1 and for the
Seville water system under court-appointed receivership.
ITEM B
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant
Exposure to Litigation (Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2))
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
DISCIPLINE, DISMISSAL,
OR RELEASE OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE
(Government
Code Section 54957)
ITEM E
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE
APPOINTMENT/EMPLOYMENT CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT
(Government Code Section 54957)
FOR THE POSITION OF: GENERAL SERVICES AGENCY
DIRECTOR OR
INTERIM GENERAL SERVICES AGENCY DIRECTOR
ITEM F
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR
NEGOTIATOR
(Government
Code Section 54957.6)
Agency Designated Representatives: Rhonda
Sjostrom, Jason T. Britt
Employee Organizations: All Certified Employee
Organizations
Unrepresented Employees: All Unrepresented
Employees.
