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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.
Receive an update from the Workforce Investment Board regarding
the COVID-19 Business Assistance Program.
4.
Presentation given by Rural County Representatives of
California (RCRC) to provide an update and overview of their organization.
5.
Public Comments.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed
Items)
6.
PUBLIC HEARING: Request from the Resource Management to
approve an application for funding from the State Department of Housing and
Community Development 2020 Community Development Block Grant - Coronavirus
Response Round 1, in the amount of $490,166 for the provision of Subsistence
Payments. Adopt the Resolution to approve the application for funding.
Authorize and approve the use of Program Income funds not to exceed $600,000.
Authorize and direct the County Administrative Officer to act on the County's
behalf in all matters pertaining to this application. Authorize and direct the
Resource Management Agency Director and Associate Director to sign Funds
Requests and other required reporting forms. Designate the Resource Management
Agency Director to act as the Environmental Certifying Officer in all matters
pertaining to this grant. Direct the Clerk of the Board to provide certified
copies of the resolutions.
7.
PUBLIC HEARING: Request from the Resource Management
Agency to hold an evidentiary administrative appeal hearing regarding The
Wonderful Company's appeal of the Resource Management Agency's issuance of
Building Permit Nos. A2000938 and A2001028. Deliberate and make a tentative
decision on whether to grant or deny the appeal, and direct staff to prepare
written findings in support of the Board's decision, to be presented for Board
consideration on September 15, 2020.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Numbers 8 through 22)
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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.
Reappoint Eva Bruce to the Seat 7 - Relative Provider Seat on the
In-Home Supportive Services Advisory Committee for a term ending June 30, 2023.
County Administrative Office
9.
Ratify actions by the County
Administrative Officer during the months of May and June 2020. Find that the
activities funded pursuant to the good works funding agreements are necessary
to meet the social needs of the residents of Tulare County.
General Services Agency
10.
Award the contract for the Bob
Wiley Detention Facility Housing Units #3 & #4 Roofing Project to the
lowest responsible and responsive bidder, Absolute Urethane, Inc., in the amount
of $579,000.
11.
Approve the application for
grant funding for two (2) electric utility vehicles for the Parks and Grounds
Divisions through the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District New
Alternative Fuel Vehicle Purchase Program. Approve a capital asset purchase of
two (2) electric utility vehicles, in an amount not to exceed $50,000, if the
application is selected.
12.
Approve the Southern California
Edison (SCE) Generating Facility Interconnection agreement for the Solar
Project at Government Plaza, 5959 S. Mooney Blvd. Visalia, CA 93277.
Health & Human Services Agency
13.
Approve an agreement with Star
View Behavioral Health, Inc. to provide Community Treatment Facility and
Psychiatric Health Facility beds and related mental health treatment for Tulare
County Mental Health consumers in an amount not to exceed $300,000, retroactive
from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021.
14.
Approve an agreement with
Turning Point of Central California, Inc. for the provision of specialty mental
health services for Tulare County adolescents and children in an amount not to
exceed $14,300,000, retroactive from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021.
15.
Approve an amendment to
Agreement No. 29688 with Community Services and Employment Training, Inc. for
administration of the Housing Support Program to increase the agreement by
$1,000,000 for a total amount not to exceed $1,635,489, and to update the Scope
of Work to establish eligibility and expenditure parameters for funds as
outlined by the CARES funding regulations, effective September 1, 2020 through
June 30, 2021 .
16.
Ratify a Proclamation of Local
Emergency due to Animal Mortality issued by the Director of Emergency Services
on August 19, 2020.
Probation
17.
Approve an agreement with BI
Incorporated to provide electronic monitoring equipment to adult and juvenile
offenders in an amount not to exceed $250,000, retroactive from July 1, 2020
through June 30, 2021.
Registrar of Voters
18.
Approve the consolidation of
the Local Contests/Measures, listed in Appendix A, with the General Election
and any other election, which may be held within the jurisdiction of said
districts on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Approve the procedures to be used in
the conduct of the consolidated election, and said consolidation shall adhere
to the provisions set forth in Section 10400 and following of the Elections
Code. Authorize the Election Official to perform all necessary and required
services to the aforementioned districts relating to the conduct of the Local
Contests/Measures and General Election. Agree that each individual District
shall reimburse the County in full for the services performed in connection
with these elections, upon presentation of a bill from the Election Official to
the District. Agree that the Election Official will prepare a certified
statement of the results of the election and submit it to each governing body
within 30 days of the election.
19.
Approve an amendment to
Agreement No. 29133 with Dominion Voting Systems, Inc. for the purchase of
eighteen (18) Oki Data 712 Ballot Printers including laptops, consumables and
warranty fees in an amount not to exceed $160,000. Approve the necessary budget
adjustment (4/5ths vote required).
Resource Management Agency
20.
Approve and award the contract
to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, R.J. Berry Jr., Inc., from
Selma, California, in the amount of $751,127 for construction of Harvest Avenue
Improvements Project, in the community of Goshen. Authorize the Chair to sign
the contract after review and approval as to form by County Counsel and upon
receipt of certificates of insurance, bonds and evidence that the contractor
possesses a valid State Contractors License. Allow funds for contingencies in
the amount $50,056 to cover unexpected construction conditions. Authorize the
Director of the Resource Management Agency, or designee, to approve contract
change orders up to the amount of allowed funds for contingencies.
21.
Approve invoice payment to the
Labor Consultants of California for the State prevailing wage monitoring
services for the water system improvements of the Yettem & Seville Phase I
project, in the amount of $850, retroactive from July 1, 2020, through August
30, 2020.
22.
Authorize the submittal of
Federal Transit Act Section 5311 “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
Security Act” Cares Act grant application to Caltrans, in the amount of
$1,654,568, to offset increased transit expenses and reduced revenues related
to COVID-19 conditions. Authorize the Resource Management Agency Director, or
designee, to sign the Application Certification and submit the grant
application through the Caltrans BlackCat system. Direct the Resource
Management Agency to take the necessary steps and actions required under this
grant program to return with an agreement for future consideration and
approval.
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be taken in
any order
23.
Request from the Auditor-Controller Department to select
the highest cost-of-living factor to be used in the 2020-21 Gann Appropriations
Limit calculation from these two options. Option 1: The change in California
per capita personal income, which was 3.73% for the calendar year 2019. Option
2: The percentage change in the jurisdiction's assessed valuation attributable
to local non-residential new construction, which was 4.76% for 2019-20.
BOARD MEMBER 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
Please see today's agenda item pertaining to
RMA 20-068, Community Development Block Grant Program – Coronavirus Response
Round 1
ITEM
B
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED
LITIGATION
Significant
Exposure to Litigation (Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2))
Number of Potential
Cases: 1
Please see today's agenda item regarding the
Wonderful Company's appeal of the Tulare County Resource Management Agency
issuance of Building Permit No's A2000938 And A2001028 to ARO Pistachio Inc.
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 – ANTICIPATED
LITIGATION
Significant
Exposure to Litigation (Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2))
Number of Potential
Cases: 1
ITEM
E
THREAT TO PUBLIC SERVICES OR FACILITIES:
(Government
Code Section 54957)
Consultation with:
Tulare County Sheriff Staff
ITEM
F
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING
LITIGATION
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1))
Name of Case: Paula
Salyer v. County of Tulare
Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board No.:
ADJ2247699
ITEM
G
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED
LITIGATION
Significant
Exposure to Litigation (Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2))
Number of Potential
Cases: 6
ITEM
H
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED
LITIGATION
Significant
Exposure to Litigation (Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2))
Number of Potential
Cases: 10
ITEM
I
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
(Government
Code Section 54957.6)
Agency Designated
Representatives: Jason T. Britt
Employee Organizations: All Certified Employee
Organizations
Unrepresented Employees: All Unrepresented
Employees.
