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1.
Board of Supervisors Matters.
2.
Present a Proclamation recognizing March 2020 as Social Work
Month in Tulare County.
3.
Public Comments.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed
Items)
4.
PUBLIC HEARING: Request from the Resource Management
Agency to conduct a public hearing regarding Building Code Enforcement
Abatement Cost Recovery regarding the Fancher property, Campbell Creek Drive,
Springville. Confirm the accounting, in the amount of $86,772.95. Order that
the costs as confirmed be recorded in the office of the Tulare County Recorder.
Order that the Tulare County Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector place
such costs on the County tax roll as special assessments against the respective
parcels of land: APN 284-360-047, unless said amount is paid in full prior to
being placed on the tax roll. Order the Tulare County Resource Management
Agency to prepare and record a Notice of Abatement Lien for the parcel(s)
listed in Exhibit “C,” stating, with respect to each parcel, the date the
abatement was ordered, the date the abatement was complete, a legal description
of the parcels, and the amount of total abatement costs.
5.
PUBLIC HEARING: Request from the Resource Management
Agency to introduce and waive the first reading of an Amendment to Ordinance
No. 352, the Tulare County Zoning Ordinance, for Change of Zone No. PZC 19-018
(McCowan/Visalia) to change the zone from AE-20 (Exclusive Agriculture - 20
acre minimum) to “C-3-SC” (Service Commercial – Scenic Corridor) on a 6.93-acre
parcel located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Avenue 296
(Mineral King Avenue) and Road 158, east of Visalia. Accept the Categorical
Exemption as the appropriate environmental determination, consistent with the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the State CEQA Guidelines,
pursuant to Title 14, Cal. Code Regulations Section 15061 (b) (3), Class 3, the
Common Sense Rule. Direct the Environmental Assessment Officer or designee to
file a Notice of Exemption with the Clerk-Recorder as provided by CEQA. Adopt
the findings of approval, as set forth in Planning Commission Resolution No.
9703, and approve Zone Change No. PZC 19-018. Waive the final reading and adopt
the amendment to Ordinance No. 352, the Tulare County Zoning Ordinance for PZC
19-018. Direct the Clerk of the Board to publish the adopted Ordinance and
Amended Zoning Map.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Numbers 6 through 36)
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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
6.
Approve the amended Internal
Audit Charter, in compliance with professional standards and current business
practices.
County Administrative Office
7.
Approve a resolution opposing
the State of California lawsuit concerning water deliveries from the Central
Valley Project and State Water Project.
District Attorney
8.
Approve an agreement with the
California Office of Emergency Services for an award amount of $142,964, with a
$35,741 county match, for a total of $178,705, to provide continuing funding
for the Child Advocacy Center Program, for the period April 1, 2020 through
March 31, 2021. Authorize the Chair and the County Administrative Officer 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 Child
Advocacy Center 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.
General Services Agency
9.
Approve an amendment to
Agreement No. 27808 with DLR Group to increase the contract amount by $58,000
from $2,862,300 for Sequoia Field Programming Facility architecture and
engineering services.
10.
Award the architectural design
services agreement for the Board of Supervisors and County Administrative
Office Remodel Project at 2800 W. Burrel Ave., Visalia to AP Architects, Inc.
in the amount of $153,750.
11.
Approve the bid documents for
the Visalia Courthouse Electrical Project located at 221 S. Mooney Blvd.,
Visalia. Authorize the advertisement of bids for the subject project. Set the
bid opening for the project at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 23, 2020.
12.
Approve an amendment to Lease
Agreement No. 26988 for space located at 5711 Ave. 378, Dinuba, for the London
Library, with Cary Joslin, retroactive from February 3, 2020 through February
2, 2025.
Health & Human Services Agency
13.
Approve an increase of
three-member seats on the Tulare County Task Force on Homelessness to include
the Lived Experience community representative, the Health Care Sector
representative, and an At-Large City, Tribal, or Unincorporated Community
representative. Approve the deletion of four vacant seats on the Tulare County
Task Force on Homelessness, including the Farm Bureau representative, the City
of Lindsay, City of Exeter, and the City of Woodlake representatives. Adopt the
revised By-Laws of the Tulare County Task Force on Homelessness.
14.
Terminate the Proclamation of a
Local Emergency due to Livestock Deaths, Resolution No. 2020-0071.
15.
Approve the annual
Certification Statements for California Children’s Services and Child Health
and Disability Prevention programs to receive funding in an amount not to
exceed $7,050,469, retroactive from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020.
16.
Approve the grant agreement
with the California Department of Public Health Office of AIDS for STD
surveillance activities to receive funding in an amount not to exceed $227,545,
retroactive from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2024.
17.
Ratify the Capital Asset
purchase of a Qiagen EZ1 Advanced XL needed to perfom essential laboratory
tests in an amount not to exceed $59,863. Approve the necessary budget
adjustments (4/5th vote required).
18.
Ratify a Proclamation of Local
Emergency issued by the County Coordinator of Emergency Services on March 11,
2020 due to COVID-19.Ratify a Proclamation of Local Health Emergency issued by
the County Health Officer on March 11, 2020 due to COVID-19.
Human Resources & Development
19.
Approve the Side Letter of
Agreement between the County of Tulare and the District Attorney Criminal
Investigators Association of Tulare County, (DACIATC) Bargaining Unit 22
expanding the eligibility of Career Development to the Supervising
Investigators, effective March 29, 2020.
20.
Approve an amendment to
Agreement No. 29253 with Relias LLC to increase the agreement amount by
$36,477.28, for a total not to exceed $591,477.28 for online learning services,
effective March 17, 2020 through June 30, 2022.
Information & Communications
Technology
21.
Approve a renewal of Proofpoint
licenses and maintenance from SHI International Corporation in an amount not to
exceed $276,829, effective March 17, 2020 through March 17, 2023.
22.
Approve a Memorandum of
Understanding between the Superior Court of California, County of Tulare
through the Tulare County Information and Communication Technology (TCiCT)
Department for the Pretrial Pilot Program, in the amount of $30,000,
retroactive from October 1, 2019 through December 31, 2021. Approve the necessary
budget adjustment (4/5th’s vote required).
Library
23.
Approve an increase of $50,000
to the capital asset request to purchase a Library and Literacy Vehicle for a
total amount not to exceed $180,000.
Resource Management Agency
24.
Adopt that the County
maintained mileage of County roads was 2,972.82 miles as of December 31, 2019.
Direct the Clerk of the Board to return to the Resource Management Agency a
certified copy of the resolution to be filed with the State of California Department
of Transportation.
25.
Approve the grant of real
property to the City of Tulare in accordance with Agreement No. 26688.
Determine that the limits of maintenance of Akers Street, as shown on Exhibit A
of Tulare County Agreement No. 26688, is as described in the letter from City
of Tulare dated January 17, 2018. Approve a Common Sense (General Rule)
Exemption consistent with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and
the State CEQA Guidelines pursuant to Title 14, California Code of Regulations
(CCR), Section 15061(b)(3). Find there is no substantial evidence that the
proposed activity will have a significant effect on the environment and
determine the Common Sense (General Rule) Exemption is consistent with CEQA and
the State CEQA Guidelines pursuant to Title 14, CCR, Section 15061(b)(3) that
was prepared for the project reflects the independent judgment of the County
and completed in compliance with the CEQA of 1970. Authorize the Environmental
Assessment Officer, or designee, to sign and file the Notice of Exemption with
the Clerk-Recorder. Direct the Clerk of the Board to return an executed and
notarized Grant Deed to the Resource Management Agency for transmittal to the
City of Tulare.
26.
Approve Program Supplement
Agreement No. F113 with the State of California Department of Transportation
for design of the countywide Bridge Preventive Maintenance Program Group 1 Project
in the amount of $210,878.
27.
Approve Program Supplement
Agreement No. F114 with the State of California Department of Transportation
for design of the countywide Bridge Preventive Maintenance Program Group 5
Projects in the amount of $795,619.
28.
Approve Program Supplement
Agreement No. T96 with the California Department of Transportation for the
preparation of Tulare County’s Local Road Safety Plan in the amount of $72,000.
29.
Accept the Special Event Permit
Application for the "Jeff O’Neal Remembrance Treat and Beat Cancer 7.5K
Run" to be held on Saturday, March 28, 2020 from 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
near the city of Exeter. Approve the "Jeff O’Neal Remembrance Treat and
Beat Cancer 7.5K Run" to be an on-going event for future years until such
time as conditions of the event and/or the location change, and subject to
timely submittals of complete application for each annual event.
30.
Accept the Irrevocable Offer to
Dedicate Real Property per Board of Supervisors' Resolution No. 95-0956 along
Road 204 near the City of Woodlake, recorded as Document No. 95-050378, Tulare
County Official Records, and accept the Irrevocable Offer to Dedicate Real
Property by certificate on Parcel Map No. 4234, recorded in Book 43 of Parcel
Maps at Page 38, Tulare County Records, for the bridge replacement project on
Road 204 over the Wutchumna Ditch, southwest of Woodlake. Direct the Clerk of
the Board to cause a certified copy of the resolution accepting both
irrevocable offers to dedicate real property to be recorded with the
Clerk-Recorder.
31.
Approve the Joint Use Agreement
with American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) to acknowledge prior rights
for removing their facilities from Caltrans right of way and placing into
County right of way in connection with the State Route 99 Tagus 6-Lane Widening
Project, effective upon approval by the Board of Supervisors.
32.
Review and approve the submittal
of an application for $150,000 in grant funding to the Strategic Growth
Council, Governor's Office of Planning and Research, and the Department of
Conservation funded by Proposition 84, Chapter 9, Sustainable Communities and
Climate Change Reduction for a Wildfire Resilience and Recovery Planning Grant.
Approve and sign the Letter of Commitment.
Sheriff/Coroner
33.
Approve an agreement with the
California State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways for financial aid for
Fiscal Year 2020/21 in an amount not to exceed $256,932, effective July 1, 2020
through June 30, 2021. Authorize the Sheriff, or designee, to sign the
California State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways Financial Aid Program
reimbursement claims.
34.
Adopt the Statutory Exemption
prepared pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the
State CEQA Guidelines per Section 15303 and Section 15601(b)(3) for a Sheriff's
Office Training Site. Authorize the Environmental Assessment Officer, or
designee, to sign and file the Notice of Exemption with the Clerk-Recorder.
35.
Approve a Memorandum of
Understanding with the Tulare County Agencies Regional Gang Enforcement Team
for a multi-agency task force for gang suppression, retroactive from September
1, 2019 through August 31, 2021.
Solid Waste
36.
Approve an agreement with EBA
Engineering to provide Construction Quality Assurance services during
construction of the Visalia Landfill Phase 4 Cell Expansion Project in an
amount not to exceed $981,059, effective March 17, 2020 through December 31,
2021.
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be taken in
any order
37.
Request from the Tulare County Employees' Retirement
Association to take action on one of the following options regarding employer
and employee retirement contribution rates: Option 1: Approved
implementation of the employer and employee retirement contribution rates from
the Tulare County Employees’ Retirement Association Actuarial Valuation Report
dated June 30, 2019, as approved by the Board of Retirement on November 6,
2019, and directed that the rates be adjusted effective with the pay period of the
fiscal year that includes July 1, 2020 (2020 pay period 14). Option 2:
Approved implementation of employer and employee retirement contribution rates
from the Tulare County Employees’ Retirement Association Actuarial Valuation
Report dated June 30, 2019, as approved by the Board of Retirement on November
6, 2019 and directed that the rates be adjusted “not later than 90 days after
the beginning of the immediately succeeding fiscal year” as permitted under
California Government Code Section 31454. The changes to the employer and
employee contribution rates could be delayed until pay period 20 (September
2020), the last pay period before the end of the 90-day limit.
38.
Request from the Health and Human Services Agency to
accept the donation of a fully outfitted and modified modular Veterinary Clinic
with surgical equipment for the purpose of operating a spay and neuter clinic
and providing vaccination services. Approve placement of the facility at the
County's Animal Services location. Approve the Personnel Resolution to add the
following allocations: (1) FTE Veterinarian; (1) Veterinary Technician; and
(3) Animal Care Technicians, effective March 29, 2020.
39.
Request from Board of Supervisors' staff to provide
direction on one of the following options regarding potential sale of the
Tulare County Flag. Approve changes to the color and material of the Tulare
County Flag. Option 1: Direct staff to allow the sale of the flag to the
general public, and direct the General Services Agency to establish an
appropriate sales price/fee. Option 2: Choose not to allow the
sale of the flag to the general public.
BOARD MEMBERS REQUESTS
40.
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 regarding Building Code
Enforcement Abatement Cost / Administrative Fee Cost Recovery Actions.
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 regarding the Amendment
to the Tulare County Zoning Ordinance No. 352 for Zone Change No. PZC 19-018 -
McCowan-Visalia.
ITEM
C
CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
(Government
Code Section 54956.8)
Property Description:
16756 Avenue 168, Woodville, CA (Woodville Fire Station Property)
Agency Negotiators: Dan Richardson, Brooke
Sisk, Laura Silva
Negotiating Party or Parties: Woodville Union
School District
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment
ITEM
D
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING
LITIGATION
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1))
Name of Case: Amy
Byers v. County of Tulare
Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Nos.:
ADJ8563753, ADJ8703859
ITEM
E
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING
LITIGATION
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1))
Name of Case: James
Howell v. County of Tulare
Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board No.:
ADJ11137748
ITEM
F
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING
LITIGATION
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1))
Name of Case:
McKinney, Elsa, et al v. County of Tulare and Florante Clemente Bambao
Tulare County Superior Court Case No. VCU278663
ITEM
G
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING
LITIGATION
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1))
Name of Case:
Resendez, Alexis vs. County of Tulare, et al.
United States District Court, Eastern District
of California 1:19-cv-01123-LJO-SKO
ITEM
H
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING
LITIGATION
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1))
Name of Case: Tulare
County Deputy Sheriff’s Association & Tulare County Professional
Firefighters Association Local 4757 v. County of Tulare
Public Employee Relations Board, Unfair
Practice Charge No. SA-CE-1042-M
ITEM
I
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
(Government
Code Section 54957.6)
Agency Designated Representatives: Rhonda
Sjostrom, Jason T. Britt
Employee Organizations: All Certified Employee
Organizations
Unrepresented Employees: All Unrepresented
Employees.
