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1.
Election of the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board of
Supervisors for the year 2020.
2.
Board of Supervisors matters.
3.
Public comments.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed
Items)
4.
PUBLIC HEARING: Request from the Resource Management
Agency to allow members of the public to comment on the proposed project and
funding for the Sequoia Commons II Apartments, a 60-unit affordable rental
housing facility for low-income households, including six units for regularly
homeless households, to be located in the unincorporated community of Goshen.
Adopt the Resolution approving the issuance of tax-exempt Bonds in a principal
amount not to exceed $25,000,000 by the California Municipal Finance Authority
for the Sequoia Commons II Apartments Project.
5.
PUBLIC HEARING: Request from the Solid Waste Department
to consider an increase to the Franchised Hauler’s maximum collection and
ancillary rates for Service Areas A, B, C, D, E, G, H, and J in accordance
Section 11.3: Special Circumstances Rate Adjustment set forth in Tulare County
Franchise Agreements Number 27185-A, 27186-A, 27187-A, 27188-A, 27189-A, and
27190-A. Approve the recommended maximum collection and ancillary rates per
Exhibit "A", effective January 7, 2020.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Numbers 6 through 23)
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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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Board of Supervisors
6.
Approve the 2020 Board of
Supervisors Committee Assignments.
7.
Appoint Supervisor Eddie Valero to the following Boards,
Commissions and Committees:
Upper Kings Basin Integrated
Regional Water Management Authority - Board of Supervisors Representative to
serve at the Pleasure of the Board
8.
Reappoint Erin Brooks to the Seat 6-At Large; Gail Jones to Seat
7-Consumer; George T Allen to Seat 8-Family on the Tulare County Mental Health
Board for terms ending December 31, 2022.
District Attorney
9.
Approve a Memorandum of
Understanding between the Office of the Tulare County District Attorney, Tulare
County Sheriff’s Office, Tulare County Health & Human Services Agency/Child
Welfare Services, Tulare County Probation, Family Services of Tulare County,
and identified Human Trafficking Task Force non-Tulare County agencies to work
collaboratively using a victim-centered and multi-disciplinary approach to
prevent and combat human trafficking, retroactive from January 1, 2020 through
September 30, 2022. Authorize the District Attorney, Sheriff-Coroner, Tulare
County Health & Human Services Agency Director, and the Chief Probation
Officer to sign the Memorandum of Understanding.
General Services Agency
10.
Award the architectural design
services agreement for the Dinuba Library Remodel Project to Chas Rhoads
Architecture in the amount of $205,000.
11.
Authorize the Chairman to sign
the Notice of Completion for the Bob Wiley Detention Facility Housing Unit No.
2 Roofing Project. Direct the Clerk of the Board to record the Notice of
Completion for the Bob Wiley Detention Facility Housing Unit No. 2 Roofing
Project with the office of the Clerk-Recorder.
Health & Human Services Agency
12.
Approve an agreement with
Sierra Vista Pharmacy to provide prescription drugs at a discounted rate to
patients of Tulare County Health Care Centers, retroactive from January 1, 2020
through January 1, 2023.
13.
Approve an agreement with
Compumed, Inc. for rental of an electrocardiograph (ECG) machine and associated
overread services in an amount not to exceed $20,000, retroactive from July 1,
2019 through June 30, 2021.
14.
Approve an agreement with
Courage to Change to provide services on behalf of Tulare County Child Welfare
Service’s foster children for the care and placement of foster children through
cooperation, collaboration, and sharing of appropriate information, retroactive
from October 15, 2019 through June 30, 2022. There are no costs associated with
this agreement.
15.
Approve an amendment to
Agreement No. 29123 with the California State Department of Health Care
Services for Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System waiver, to provide
Substance Use Disorder services in an amount not to exceed $24,339,784,
retroactive from June 28, 2019 through June 30, 2021.
16.
Authorize the submission of a
grant proposal to the National Association of County and City Health Officials
for the implementation of a program aimed at preventing congenital syphilis in
an estimated amount of $25,000, effective March 1, 2020 through February 28,
2021. Authorize the Tulare County Health & Human Services Agency Director,
or designee, to electronically submit the grant proposal.
17.
Authorize the submission of a
grant proposal to the California Department of Public Health for the
implementation of the Adolescent Family Life Program (AFLP) in an annual
estimated amount of $480,000, effective July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023.
Authorize the Tulare County Health & Human Services Agency Director, or
designee, to electronically submit the grant proposal.
Resource Management Agency
18.
Accept the work for the
construction of the Traver Jacobs Drive Improvements Project as complete by
R.J. Berry Jr., Inc. of Selma, California. Authorize the Chairman to sign the
Notice of Completion. Direct the Clerk of the Board to have the Notice of
Completion recorded with the Clerk-Recorder.
19.
Accept the work for the
construction of the Woodville Sidewalk Improvement Project as complete by DOD
Construction of Bakersfield, California. Authorize the Chairman to sign the
Notice of Completion. Direct the Clerk of the Board to have the Notice of
Completion recorded with the Clerk-Recorder.
20.
Approve the Indemnification
Agreement with SE Land, LLC in connection with an application for an
encroachment permit to place an underground irrigation pipeline within County
rights-of-way of Road 88 between Avenue 56 and Avenue 64, effective January 7,
2020 through January 7, 2045. Adopt the Categorical Exemption prepared pursuant
to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the State CEQA
Guidelines Section 15303 New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures for
the placement of the underground irrigation pipeline. Authorize the
Environmental Assessment Officer, or designee, to sign and file the Notice of
Exemption with the Clerk-Recorder.
21.
FOR INFORMATION ONLY: Bid opening results for M348 over South
Fork Kaweah River Bridge Project.
CONTRACTOR BID
AMOUNT
Granite Construction Company $4,204,248.00
Engineer’s Estimate $2,111,831.21
Sheriff/Coroner
22.
Approve the purchase of new
duty firearms from Sig Sauer Inc. to support day-to-day operations of the
Sheriff’s Office in an amount not to exceed $365,220. Approve the trade in of
Sheriff Offices worn or damaged duty firearms that are nearing their lifecycle
to Sig Sauer, Inc. who will credit the Sheriff's Office approximately $208,559
towards the purchase of the new firearms. Waive the formal bidding process and
authorize the sole-source purchase with Sig Sauer Inc. Authorize the necessary
budget adjustments (4/5ths vote required).
23.
Approve the Grant Award
Agreement with the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Division of
Boating and Waterways for partial funding for the purchase of a new patrol boat
and accompanying trailer in an amount not to exceed $109,523, which includes
$92,633 from grant funds and $16,890 will come from the Sheriff's FY 19/20
Operating Budget, effective January 7, 2020 through September 30, 2034. Approve
the necessary budget adjustments (4/5ths vote required). Approve the
procurement process in FY 2019/20 for Capital Asset purchase of one patrol boat
and accompanying boat trailer to be received and paid in FY 2019/20 or FY
2020/21.
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be taken in
any order
24.
Request from the County Administrative Office to approve
a Memorandum of Understanding and Intergovernmental Agreement (“MOU”) with the
Tule River Indian Tribe and Tule River Tribe Gaming Authority for the
relocation and expansion of the Eagle Mountain Casino to Porterville. Find that
approval of the MOU does not constitute the approval of a “project” for
California Environmental Quality Act purposes under Title 14 of the California
Code of Regulations, Section 15378, because it involves the creation of government
funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve
any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially
significant physical impact on the environment. Direct the Clerk of the Board
to provide copies of the executed MOU to the Tule River Indian Tribe and Tribe
Gaming Authority, the Governor’s Office, U.S. Department of the Interior, and
state and federal legislators. Authorize the County Administrative Officer and
designees to take such actions as may be necessary to implement the terms of
the MOU.
BOARD MEMBER REQUESTS
25.
Board members may make a referral to staff to have a matter of
business be considered for 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 hearing Agenda Item
regarding Sequoia Commons II Apartments.
ITEM
B
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 hearing Agenda Item to
consider an increase to the franchised hauler’s maximum collection and
ancillary rates for services areas A, B, C, D, E, G, H and J.
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: Sheila
Howland v. County of Tulare
Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board No.:
ADJ9600067
ITEM
E
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING
LITIGATION
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1))
Name of Case: Service
Employees International Union Local 521 v. County of Tulare, Public Employment
Relations Board, Unfair Practice Charge No. SA-CE-1092-M
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.
