MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

 

KUYLER CROCKER

District One

 

PETE VANDER POEL – Chair

District Two

 

AMY SHUKLIAN – Vice Chair

District Three

 

EDDIE VALERO

District Four

 

DENNIS TOWNSEND

District Five

 

County Seal b&w

 

Board of Supervisors

 

Agenda

 

JASON T. BRITT

County Administrative Officer

 

DEANNE H. PETERSON

County Counsel


MELINDA BENTON

Chief Clerk

 

 

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2800 W. Burrel Avenue

Visalia, CA  93291

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FAX (559) 733-6898

 

April 21, 2020

 

9:00 A.M. Board Convenes

 

Board of Supervisors Chambers

2800 W. Burrel Avenue

Visalia, CA 93291

 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Moment of Silence

 

 

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

 

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors as soon as possible during office hours at (559) 636-5000 or at clerkoftheboard@co.tulare.ca.us. Reasonable requests made at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting will help to ensure accessibility to this meeting.

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: Members of the public may comment on any item not appearing on the agenda.  Under state law, matters presented under this item cannot be discussed or acted upon by the Board at this time.  For items appearing on the agenda, the public is invited to make comments at the time the item comes up for Board consideration.  Please complete and submit a comment card indicating your interest in that particular agenda item. Any person addressing the Board will be limited to a maximum of three (3) minutes so that all interested parties have an opportunity to speak, with a total of fifteen (15) minutes allotted for the Public Comment Period.  At all times, please use the microphone and state your name and address for the record.

 

Documents related to the items on this Agenda are available for public inspection in the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors Office, 2800 W. Burrel Avenue, Visalia, CA during normal business hours, 7:30 a.m – 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday and 8:00 a.m -12:00 p.m. on Friday.  Such documents are also available online, subject to staff's ability to post the documents before the meeting, at the following website: bosagendas.co.tulare.ca.us.


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1.             Board of Supervisors matters.

2.             Receive an update from Health & Human Services Agency on COVID-19 status and response efforts in Tulare County.

3.             Public Comments.

 

 

9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS

 

 

(Timed Items)

4.            PUBLIC HEARING: Request from the Health and Human Services Agency to consider proposed fee adjustments for the Public Guardian, Public Health, Health Operations, and Environmental Health Divisions for Fiscal Year 2020/2021. Adopt the recommended fees and implement the fees effective July 1, 2020.

(Consent Calendar)

CONSENT CALENDAR (Numbers 5 through 13)

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

Board of Supervisors

5.            Appoint Kevin R. Day to the District 4 Seat on the Fish and Wildlife Commission for a term ending September 4, 2020.

County Administrative Office

6.            Approve a letter opposing the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s issuance of an Incidental Take Permit impacting water exports in the San Joaquin/ Sacramento Delta and water deliveries from the Central Valley Project and State Water Project.

Fire Department

7.            Approve a capital asset purchase of an Onan Quiet Diesel Generator for the Mobile Fire Command Bus, in an amount not to exceed $15,000. Approve the necessary budget adjustments (4/5ths vote required).

 

 

 

Health & Human Services Agency

8.            Approve the acceptance of funds from the California Department of Public Health for the COVID-19 crisis response in an amount not to exceed $475,258, retroactive from March 5, 2020 through March 15, 2021. Approve the necessary budget adjustment (4/5ths vote required). Authorize the Tulare County Auditor to establish a Sub-Fund for the deposit of Public Health Emergency Preparedness funds.

9.            Approve the acceptance of the County allocation award from the State of California, Department of Housing and Community Development, for the Housing Navigators Program in an amount not to exceed $64,635, effective April 21, 2020 through June 30, 2020. Approve the necessary budget adjustment (4/5ths vote required).

10.         Approve the acceptance of the County allocation award from the State of California, Department of Housing and Community Development, for the Transitional Housing Program in the amount of $44,000, effective April 21, 2020 through June 30, 2020. Approve the necessary budget adjustment (4/5ths vote required).

Probation

11.         Approve an amendment to Agreement No. 29411 with the PAAR Center to increase the value of the agreement by $350,000, for a total amount not to exceed $800,000, to provide offenders recently realigned under state legislature with residential treatment, training services, and outpatient services, and extend the term through June 30, 2021.

Resource Management Agency

12.         Approve the Plans, Special Provisions, Proposal and Contract Bid Documents for the construction of the Earlimart Sidewalk Improvements Project. Approve the advertisement for bids for the Earlimart Sidewalk Improvements Project. Affirm the Categorical Exemption filed on October 30, 2017 prepared pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the State CEQA Guidelines General Rule Exemption per Section 15300.4 Application by Public Agencies and Section 15301 Existing Facilities, respectively, for the Earlimart Sidewalk Improvements Project.

Sheriff/Coroner

13.         Authorize the submission of an online grant application on April 30, 2020 to the California State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways for Fiscal Year 2020/21 to purchase two inflatable boats for the Sheriff’s Swiftwater Dive Rescue Team in the amount of $16,437.

 (Items Not Timed)

BOARD MEMBER REQUESTS

14.         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

 

 

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.

 

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

Public Hearing for Adoption of Fee Adjustments; see Board of Supervisors Agenda April 21, 2020.

ITEM B

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION

Significant Exposure to Litigation (Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2))

Number of Potential Cases: 1

ITEM C

THREAT TO PUBLIC SERVICES OR FACILITIES:

(Government Code Section 54957)

Consultation with: Tulare County Sheriff Staff

ITEM D

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.