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1.
Board of Supervisors matters.
2.
Present a Proclamation honoring the League of Women Voters on its
100th Anniversary.
3.
Present a Proclamation recognizing February 2020 as Black History
Month in Tulare County.
4.
Recognize Sergeant Patrick Warner upon his retirement from the
Sheriff's Department for his many years of County Service.
5.
Public Comments.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed
Items)
6.
PUBLIC HEARING: Request from the Resource Management
Agency to deny the appeal filed by Julianna Seligman, et al, and affirm the
Planning Commission's approval of Special Use Permit No. PSP 19-019 to allow an
Assemblages of People for Educational and/or Entertainment Purposes and
associated Guest Ranch on approximately 2.5 acres of a 190± acre parcel,
requested by Redwood Ranch, located in the AF (Foothill Agricultural) Zone, at
48808 South Fork Drive, outside the Three Rivers Urban Development Boundary.
7.
PUBLIC HEARING: Lemon Cove Community Plan Update. Request
from the Resource Management Agency to approve the findings and recommendations
of the Planning Commission. Adopt the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative
Declaration (IS/MND) and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan (MMRP) (SCH#
2019119031) prepared for the 2019 Lemon Cove Community Plan consistent with
Planning Commission Recommendation Resolution No. 9692. Adopt General Plan
Amendment (GPA No. 17-007) for Amendments to Part III of the Tulare County
General Plan to establish a Community Plan for Lemon Cove and to Part I General
Plan Amendment to the Planning Framework, Land Use, Environmental Resources
Management (Open Space), Transportation and Circulation Elements, consistent
with Planning Commission Recommendation Resolution No. 9693. Amend Section
18.9 (PZC 19-016) of the Tulare County Zoning Ordinance No. 352 establishing
the Mixed Use Combining Zone within Lemon Cove, consistent with Planning
Commission Recommendation Resolution No. 9694. Amend Section 16 of Ordinance
No. 352, the Zoning Ordinance, to allow additional by-right uses within the
Lemon Cove (PZC 19-017), consistent with Planning Commission Recommendation
Resolution No. 9695. Amend Ordinance No. 352, the Zoning Ordinance, as set
forth in the Zoning District Ordinance Maps for Lemon Cove (PZC 17-007),
consistent with the 2019 Lemon Cove Community Plan to rezone certain
properties, consistent with Planning Commission Recommendation Resolution No.
9696.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Numbers 8 through 21)
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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
8.
Adopt the Order of Adjournment of the Board Supervisors meetings
to specified times and locations as follows:
March 31, 2020 – District 1
The Regular Meeting will convene for purposes of Closed
Session at 3:00 p.m. in the County of Tulare Board Chambers located at the
Administration Building, 2800 W. Burrel Avenue, Visalia and then reconvene for
purposes of Open Session at 6:30 p.m. at the City of Farmersville Council
Chambers located at 909 W. Visalia, Farmersville.
April 21, 2020 – District 2
The Regular Meeting will convene for purposes of Closed
Session at 3:00 p.m. in the County of Tulare Board Chambers located at the
Administration Building, 2800 W. Burrel Avenue, Visalia and then reconvene for
purposes of Open Session at 6:30 p.m. at the Earlimart Elementary School
District Board Room located at 785 East Center Ave., Earlimart.
July 14, 2020 – District 3
The Regular Meeting will convene for purposes of Closed
Session at 3:00 p.m. and then reconvene for purposes of Open Session at 6:30
p.m. in the County of Tulare Board Chambers located at the Administration
Building, 2800 W. Burrel Avenue, Visalia.
August 18, 2020 – District 4
The Regular Meeting will convene for purposes of Closed
Session at 3:00 p.m. in the County of Tulare Board Chambers located at the
Administration Building, 2800 W. Burrel Avenue, Visalia and then reconvene for
purposes of Open Session at 6:30 p.m. at the City of Dinuba Council Chambers
located at 405 E. El Monte Way, Dinuba.
October 13, 2020 – District 5
The Regular Meeting will convene for purposes of Closed
Session at 3:00 p.m. in the County of Tulare Board Chambers located at the
Administration Building, 2800 W. Burrel Avenue, Visalia and then reconvene for
purposes of Open Session at 6:30 p.m. at the Carl F. Smith Middle School
Cafeteria, located at 23825 Ave. 92, Terra Bella.
9.
Approve a resolution in support
and alignment with Kern County’s efforts to protect the central valley’s local
oil and natural gas industry and its diverse workforce.
10.
Appoint Sarah Smigiera to the County Education Representative
Seat on the Tulare County Treasury Oversight Committee for a term ending at the
Pleasure of the Board.
11.
Reappoint Candace Hilvers to the Resident- District 3 Seat on the
Health Advisory Committee for a term ending February 1 2023.
12.
Reappoint Sonia Duran-Aguilar to the Resident- District 5 Seat on
the Health Advisory Committee for a term ending February 1, 2023.
Clerk of the Board
13.
Approve the request by the
Board of Trustees of the Eshom Valley Cemetery District to increase the number
of board members from three to five members. Set the terms of the new board
members so that one new board member will serve a short term expiring in 2022,
and the other board member will serve a full term expiring in 2024. Accept the
resignation of current Trustee Joni Jordan. Direct the Clerk of the Board to
post the appropriate notices to fill the vacancies.
ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND CONVENE AS THE PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION
County Administrative Office
14.
Adopt Amended and Restated
Bylaws of the Tulare County Public Facilities Corporation. Authorize and direct
the County Administrative Officer or designee to file an updated Statement of
Information with the California Secretary of State to reflect the
newly-designated officers of the Tulare County Public Facilities Corporation.
Authorize and direct the County Administrative Officer or designee to take such
further actions as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of the requested
actions.
ADJOURN AS THE PUBLIC FACILITIES
CORPORATION AND CONVENE AS THE TULARE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
General Services Agency
15.
Approve an amendment to
Agreement No. 26311 with the Board of State and Community Corrections for the
South County Detention Facility to replace the Project Time Table and the
Budget Classification Schedule.
Health & Human Services Agency
16.
Authorize the submission of a
grant application for funding from the Mental Health Services Oversight &
Accountability Commission for Fiscal Years 2020/2021 through 2023/2024 in the
amount of $4,000,000 for the Mental Health Student Services Act.
17.
Approve an amendment to
Memorandum of Understanding No.29083 with Fresno Pacific University to allow
field placement of Bachelor of Science in Nursing students to gain field
experience through the internship program within the Tulare County Health and
Human Services Agency retroactive from April 2, 2019 through June 30, 2022. The
purpose of this amendment is to establish an additional program at the
University under the same terms and conditions of the original Memorandum of
Understanding.
Information & Communications
Technology
18.
Approve the Capital Asset
purchase of a Cisco Firepower Threat Defense and Malware Appliance Bundle to
enhance the Wide Area Network (WAN), in an amount not to exceed $300,000.
Approve the necessary budget adjustments (4/5th vote required).
Resource Management Agency
19.
Approve Bureau of Reclamation
Interim Renewal Contract No. 14-06-200-8293A-IR18 to allow the County of Tulare
water services from the Central Valley Project to the Cross Valley Canal for
the period of March 1, 2020 through February 28, 2022. Authorize the Resource
Management Agency and Dennis R. Keller, Keller and Wegley, Consulting
Engineers, to do all things necessary and proper to comply with the interim
renewal process. Direct the Clerk of the Board to return a certified copy of
this Resolution to the Resource Management Agency for transmittal to the Bureau
of Reclamation. Determine that the Interim Renewal Contract is exempt from the
California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to the adopted State of
California CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 and the Environmental Assessment
Officer is directed to sign and file a Notice of Exemption with the
Clerk-Recorder.
Sheriff/Coroner
20.
Approve an agreement with U.S.
Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration for the Tulare County
Sheriff's Office to provide staffing for the eradication of illicit marijuana,
in an amount not to exceed $543,500, retroactive from October 1, 2019 through
September 30, 2020.
21.
Approve an agreement with Data
Ticket Inc. to provide parking citation remittance services to the Sheriff's
Office for a minimum monthly service fee of $300 or percentage, or a
combination of both, of each fine collected for their services, effective
February 25, 2020 through February 24, 2025.
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be taken in
any order
22.
Presentation given by the Assessor/Clerk-Recorder's
Office regarding an overview of the department.
23.
Presentation given by the County Administrative Office
regarding an update on the 2020 Census Complete Count Outreach.
BOARD MATTER REQUESTS
24.
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 agenda item pertaining to the
appeal of the Planning Commission’s grant of a special use permit for Redwood
Ranch.
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 agenda item pertaining to the
adoption of the Lemon Cove Community Plan (General Plan Amendment 117-007).
ITEM
C
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING
LITIGATION
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1))
Name of Case:
Rodriguez-Mason, Caridad vs. County of Tulare and Kent Henry
Tulare County Superior Court Case No. VCU277520
ITEM
D
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.
Sitting as the Tulare County In-Home Support Services
Public Authority
ITEM
E
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
