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1.
Board of Supervisors matters.
2.
Receive an update from the Health & Human Services Agency on
COVID-19 status and response efforts in Tulare County.
3.
Public Comments.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Numbers 4 through 14)
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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
4.
Approve a resolution in support
of delaying Vehicle Miles Traveled requirements, thereby increasing economic
recovery from the effects of COVID-19.
Health & Human Services Agency
5.
Approve an agreement with
Family Services of Tulare County in an amount not to exceed $230,931 for the
provision of supervised visitation services to families whose children have
been placed in out-of-home care, effective July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021.
6.
Approve an agreement with Santa
Cruz County acting as the host entity of the Local Government Agency Consortium
over County-Based Medi-Cal Administrative Activities to update the fee structure
retroactive from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2022.
7.
Approve an agreement with
Plumlee's Board & Care for the provision of augmented residential services,
in an amount not to exceed $680,500 ($133,000 allocated for Fiscal Year
2019-2020 and $547,500 for Fiscal Year 2020-2021), retroactive from May 1, 2020
through June 30, 2021.
8.
Approve an amendment to
Agreement No. 29171 with Turning Point of Central California, Inc. to extend
the term of the agreement through June 30, 2021, for providing mental health
services to children of TulareWorks and to increase the maximum amount of the
agreement from $450,000 to $500,000 for Fiscal Year 2019/2020 and $500,000 for
Fiscal Year 2020/2021, for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,000,000.
Resource Management Agency
9.
Approve the Plans, Special
Provisions, Proposal and Contract (“Bid Documents”) for the construction of the
Harvest Avenue Improvements Project, in the community of Goshen. Approve the
advertisement of bids for the Harvest Avenue Improvements Project. Adopt the
Categorical Exemption 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
(c), respectively, for the Harvest Avenue Improvements Project. Authorize the
Environmental Assessment Officer, or designee, to sign and file the Notice of
Exemption with the Clerk-Recorder.
10.
Accept the Irrevocable Offer to
Dedicate Real Property along Avenue 232 near the City of Tulare per Board of
Supervisors' Resolution No. 90-0296, recorded in the Office of the Tulare
County Clerk-Recorder. Direct the Clerk of the Board to cause a certified copy
of the resolution accepting the Irrevocable Offer to dedicate real property to
be recorded with the Clerk-Recorder.
11.
Approve a Joint Use Agreement
with Southern California Edison for relocation work to provide additional
vertical clearance below Pole No. 289086E for the Avenue 280 Widening
Project-Segment 1, from State Route 99 to Road 100 in Visalia, effective upon
approval by the Board of Supervisors.
12.
Approve a Utility Agreement No.
3.01 with Southern California Edison, for relocation work to provide
additional vertical clearance below Pole No. 289086E for the Avenue 280
Widening Project- Segment 1, from State Route 99 to Road 100 in Visalia, in an
amount not to exceed $81,000, effective upon approval by the Board of
Supervisors.
13.
Adopt the Categorical Exemption
prepared pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the
State CEQA Guidelines per Section 15302 Replacement or Reconstruction and
Section 15300.4, Application by Public Agencies, for the Road 64 Improvement
Project, near the community of Goshen. Authorize the Environmental Assessment
Officer, or designee, to sign and file the Notice of Exemption with the
Clerk-Recorder.
Sheriff/Coroner
14.
Authorize the submission of a
grant application by June 16, 2020 for funding from the U.S. Department of
Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Fiscal Year 2020 Prosecuting Cold Cases
Using DNA grant program, up to the maximum award amount of $470,000. The period
of the grant will be from October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2023.
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be taken in
any order
15.
Request from the Health and Human Services Agency to
approve an allocation from the California Department of Public Health for the
California Home Visiting State General Fund Expansion for Grant Allocation
number 19-54 in an amount not to exceed $2,591,664, retroactive from March 1,
2020 through June 30, 2023. Ratify the Chair's signature on the Agency
Information Form. Approve the necessary budget adjustments for the California
Home Visiting Program (CHVP) (4/5ths vote required). Approve a Personnel Resolution
adding one (1) Lead Public Health Nurse, and two (2) Health Education
Specialists to the Health and Human Services Agency effective June 9, 2020.
16.
Request from the Resource Management Agency to approve a
Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with the Yettem-Seville Community Services
District (“YSCSD”) for the completion of the Yettem & Seville Water System
Improvement Project and the transfer of the Yettem Water System and the Seville
Water System from the County to YSCSD. Approve a Grant Deed for the transfer of
the Seville Well Site (APN 050-163-004) to YSCSD (4/5ths vote required).
Approve a Grant Deed for the transfer of the Seville Tank Site (APNs
050-053-006, 007 & 008) to YSCSD (4/5ths vote required). Approve a Grant
Deed for the transfer of the Yettem Well #1 Site (APN 050-230-013) to YSCSD
(4/5ths vote required). Approve a Grant Deed for the transfer of the Yettem
Well #2 Site (APN 050-200-028) to YSCSD (4/5ths vote required). Approve an
Assignment of Easement Rights to YSCSD for rights under thirty-four County
easements for water utility facilities (4/5ths vote required). Assign to YSCSD
all of the County's interest in Agreement No. 29331 for the Seville Water
System's crossings of an Alta Irrigation District ditch. Assign to YSCSD all
rights, obligations, and responsibilities under Agreement No. 17311 for the
Yettem Water System’s crossing of Alta Irrigation District facilities.
Authorize the Resource Management Agency Director (RMA), or designee, to take
steps as necessary to effectuate the terms of the MOU and the transfer of the
Yettem Water System and Seville Water System to YSCSD. Authorize the RMA
Director, or designee, to apply to the State Water Board to recover
extraordinary costs related to the County serving as Receiver of the Seville
Water Company at the time the system is transferred. Waive reimbursement of any
outstanding Revolving Fund Loans to the Yettem Water upon transfer of the
Yettem Water System to the CSD (4/5ths vote required). Approve the necessary
budget adjustments (4/5ths vote required).
17.
Request from the Resource Management Agency to approve
the Fiscal Year 2020/2021 operating budget for the Seville Water Company
(4/5ths vote required). Approve the necessary budget adjustments (4/5ths vote
required).
18.
Request from the Resource Management Agency to approve a
revolving fund loan of up to $35,000 to the Z91 Yettem Water System in County
Service Area #1 for the prepayment of obligations under Certificates of
Participation (the “COP”) with the United States Department of Agriculture
related to the 1994 Yettem Water Project. Approve the repayment of the COP for
the Z91 Yettem Water System in accordance with the payoff demand letter from
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Approve a Termination Agreement
between the County of Tulare, the Tulare County Public Facilities Corporation,
and the County of Tulare Treasurer-Tax Collector as Trust Administrator related
to the 1994 Yettem Water Project and the COP upon payment in full of any and
all outstanding balance by the County on the 1994 Certificates of Participation
with the USDA. Authorize the Chair to sign the Termination Agreement upon
payment in full of any and all outstanding balance by the County on the 1994
Certificates of Participation with the USDA. Authorize the Treasurer-Tax
Collector as Trust Administrator to sign the Termination Agreement upon payment
in full of any and all outstanding balance by the County on the 1994
Certificates of Participation with the USDA. Authorize the Treasurer-Tax
Collector as Trust Administrator to take all other reasonable steps as
necessary to effect payment to the USDA of outstanding balances and terminate
the related trust for the 1994 Yettem Water System Certificates of
Participation. Authorize the Resource Management Agency Director, or designee,
to take all other reasonable steps as necessary to effect payment to the USDA
of outstanding balances and remove any leasehold interests and other
encumbrances on the Yettem Water System related to the 1994 Yettem Water System
Certificates of Participation.
ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND CONVENE AS THE PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION
19.
Request from the Resource Management Agency to approve a
Termination Agreement by and between the County of Tulare, the Tulare County
Public Facilities Corporation, and the County of Tulare Treasurer-Tax Collector
as Trust Administrator related to agreements providing for the financing of the
1994 Yettem Water Project upon payment in full of any and all outstanding
balance by the County on the 1994 Certificates of Participation with the United
States Department of Agriculture. Authorize the Chair to sign the Termination
Agreement upon payment in full of any and all outstanding balance by the County
on the 1994 Certificates of Participation with the United States Department of
Agriculture.
ADJOURN AS THE PUBLIC FACILITIES
CORPORATION AND RECONVENE AS THE TULARE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
20.
Request from the County Administrative Office to provide
direction to staff regarding participation in the Cutler Orosi Surface Water
Treatment Plant Project for water supply for communities and residents in the
north County.
BOARD MEMBER REQUESTS
21.
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 Items [16 -18] on today’s agenda regarding
the Yettem and Seville water systems/projects/financing.
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 agenda item pertaining to
participation in the Cutler Orosi Surface Water Treatment Plant Project for
water supply for communities and residents in the north County.
ITEM
C
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED
LITIGATION
Significant
Exposure to Litigation (Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2))
Number of Potential
Cases: 1
Threat of litigation against the County
expressed in letter dated May 20, 2020 from Latham & Watkins LLP on behalf
of the Wonderful Company concerning the Aro Pistachio Inc. processing facility
at 19570 Avenue 88, Terra Bella, CA.
ITEM
D
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – INITIATION OF
LITIGATION
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(4))
Number of Potential
Cases: 1
ITEM
E
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED
LITIGATION
Significant
Exposure to Litigation (Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2))
Number of Potential
Cases: 1
ITEM
F
THREAT TO PUBLIC SERVICES OR FACILITIES:
(Government
Code Section 54957)
Consultation with:
Tulare County Sheriff Staff
ITEM
G
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING
LITIGATION
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1))
Name of Case: Tori K.
Phipps v. County of Tulare
Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board No:
ADJ10892355
ITEM
H
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING
LITIGATION
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1))
Name of Case: Harold
Hoehn v. County of Tulare
Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Nos.:
ADJ4373140, ADJ2012984
ITEM
I
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
(Government
Code Section 54957.6)
Agency Designated
Representatives: Tony Stevens, Jason T. Britt
Employee Organizations: All Certified Employee
Organizations
Unrepresented Employees: All Unrepresented
Employees.
Sitting as the Board of the Tulare County Public
Facilities Corporation
ITEM
J
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 Request
from the Resource Management Agency to approve a Termination Agreement by and
between the County of Tulare, the Tulare County Public Facilities Corporation,
and the County of Tulare Treasurer-Tax Collector as Trust Administrator
