(Public Comment Period)
1.
9:00
a.m. Introduction of Dr. Bill Scroggins, Superintendent/President for the
College of Sequoias.
2.
9:00
a.m. Legislative update regarding the end of the State session given by Brian
Haddix, County Administrative Officer.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed Items)
3.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from Resource Management Agency to approve
the Tentative Map for Tract 776/PSR, submitted by DCM Enterprises, Inc. for a
single family residential subdivision of 67 acres into 40 residential lots in
the PD-F-M (Planned Development - Foothill Combining - Special Mobilehome) Zone
on property located 1,600 feet north of Avenue 176, one mile west of Road 320,
southwest of Springville and adopt the Findings, subject to the conditions
recommended by the Planning Commission Resolution No. 8168. Certify the Mitigated Negative Declaration
prepared for Tentative Map 776/PSR and find that although said subdivision map
may have a significant cumulative effect on the environment, there will not be
a significant effect in this case because the mitigation measure described in
the conditions of approval have been incorporated into the application. Adopt the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting
Program. Direct the Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors to return the Notice of Determination to the Resource Management
Agency for future filing with the County
Clerk.
4.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from Resource Management Agency to deny the
appeal filed by Mr. Farshad A. Tafti for Violation No. V199-032, located at
5390 Avenue 308, Goshen
and uphold the terms of an original Code Compliance Agreement agreed upon at
the August 18, 2004 Administrative Hearing.
Further, uphold all liens, fines, and interest on said properties.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Number 5 through 29)
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NOTICE TO THE
PUBLIC
Background
information has been provided to the board on all matters listed under the
Consent Agenda, and these items are considered to be routine by the
Board. All items under the Consent
Agenda are normally approved by one motion.
If discussion is requested by any Board members on any item, that item
will be removed from the Consent Agenda if separate action is required.
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Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer
5.
Approve
an agreement with the California Department of Pesticide Regulation in the
amount of $54,416 in state subvention funds for electronic submittal of
pesticide use report records, retroactive to July 1, 2006 through June 30,
2007. Authorize the Chairman to sign the
Certification Form.
6.
Approve
an agreement with the California Department of Food and Agriculture in an
amount of up to $221,291 for state subvention funding to offset costs of pest
detection trapping and scientific evaluation trapping for exotic insect pests,
retroactive to July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
Board of Supervisors
7.
Reappoint
Phyllis Coring to the Agricultural Advisory Committee, Cities Seat for a term
ending June 30, 2010.
8.
Reappoint
George Serpa, Member 3 and Walter Bricker, Member 2 to the Tulare County Flood
Control District for terms ending September 1, 2010.
County Administrative Office
9.
Approve
and ratify the County Administrative Officer's delegated actions regarding
Contracts and Personnel/Payroll changes for the month of August 2006.
Health & Human Services Agency
10.
Reaffirm
Declaration of State of Emergency in the Tulare County Winter Storm.
11.
Reaffirm
Proclamation of Local Emergency executed on July 20, 2006 due to the high
number of livestock deaths and an associated reduction in available rendering
services.
12.
Approve
an amendment to agreement No. 22004 with the Tulare County Superintendent of
Schools for the Friday Night Live Program and the Safe and Drug Free Schools
Grant Program, retroactive to July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
13.
Approve
an amendment to Agreement No. 21968 with A.S.T.E.P., Inc. for the provision of
an Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program for adults in Tulare County, retroactive
to July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
14.
Approve
an amendment to Agreement No. 22015 with Fresno Community Hospital and Medical
Center d.b.a. Community Behavioral Health Center for the provision of
short-term inpatient psychiatric services to Tulare County residents,
retroactive to July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
15.
Approve
an agreement with the Academy of the Sierras, a Healthy Living Academy,
retroactive to July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007. The Academy is a boarding school for morbidly
overweight adolescents ages 13-18 and focuses on long-term weight control.
16.
Authorize
the Director of Health and Human Services Agency to submit a Letter of Intent
to participate in the Outreach Enrollment, Retention, and Utilization
Project. Authorize Health and Human
Services Agency to proceed in the development and submission of the Outreach,
Enrollment, Retention, and Utilization Plan and Budget to the State Department
of Health Services. Health and Human
Services Agency will return to the Board of Supervisors on or before December
12, 2006 for approval of the Outreach, Enrollment, Retention, and Utilization
Plan and Budget along with all necessary agreements to implement the project.
Human Resources & Development
17.
Accept
and approve to offer the Blue Shield $0, $500, and $1,000 deductible PPO plans,
moving from a fully insured model to a shared-risk model offered through the
California State Association of Counties - Excess Insurance Authority
(CSAC-EIA) in Plan Year 2007. Renew the
agreement with Delta Dental.
Resource Management Agency
18.
Affirm
the Annual Veterans' Day Parade to be held on November 4, 2006 in the community
of Cutler/Orosi.
19.
Affirm
the Annual Springville Apple Festival to be held on October 21 & 22, 2006
on State Route 190 in the community of Springville.
20.
Approve
the plans and specifications for the Asphalt Overlay Project to construct Road
80 from Avenue 126 to Avenue 334 and from Avenue 358 to Avenue 376. Approve the advertisement; set the Bid
Opening date for Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at 2:00 p.m.; and concur the
project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act requirements.
21.
Approve
an amendment to Agreement No. 22699 with Key Government Finance, Inc. to amend
language concerning the "Ownership and Title" transferring the title
of the equipment to the County for the specific purpose of avoiding an increase
in cost to the County Wide Copier Program of approximately $70,000 over the
five year term.
22.
Approve
an agreement with the City of Dinuba for the operation and maintenance of Road
70 between Avenue 412 (Sierra Way) and Avenue 416 (El Monte Way), subject to
review and approval as to form by County Counsel to insure consistency with the
action taken by the Local Agency Formation Commission.
23.
Approve
an agreement with the State of California, Department of Transportation, in the
amount of $108,000 for cost reimbursement to purchase a Compressed Natural Gas
Transit Bus. Authorize the Chairman to
sign the reimbursement request upon purchase of the Transit Bus.
Sheriff/Coroner
24.
Approve
the purchase of four (4) All-Terrain Vehicles in the amount of $31,390 and four
(4) Ski-Doo Snowmobiles in the amount of $57,412 to be used for search and
rescue missions in the rugged mountains on federal land. Approve the necessary budget adjustments and
request the Auditor-Controller to adjust the 2006/2007 Fiscal Year budget to
reflect the purchase of the fixed assets with reimbursements from HR 2389 Title
III, Safety Net funds. (4/5ths vote)
25.
Approve
an agreement with the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, National Park
Service, U.S. Department of Interior for cooperative law enforcement services
for crimes committed with the proprietary jurisdiction areas of Sequoia and
Kings Canyon National Parks.
26.
Approve
an agreement with Global Tel*Link to provide the Inmate Telephone Services at
the Jail Facilities for the Tulare County Sheriff's Department. The agreement will be for three (3) years
with two one-year renewable options.
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically
timed may be taken in any order
27.
Request
from Resource Management Agency to allow a request from Ms. Donna Shamley of
Roberts Engineering for Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Kurz, GPI 05-007 (Kurz) to file a
General Plan Amendment application to change the Strathmore Community Plan Land
Use Designation from Low and Medium Density Residential to Industrial on three
parcels located at 19560 Taylor Road, on the southeast corner of Taylor Road
and Avenue 196, Strathmore with the requirement of a traffic study to determine
the impacts of trucks on surrounding roads and that the zone change includes
the Site Plan Review overlay zone.
28.
Request
from Resource Management Agency to approve the formation of Assessment District
No. 05-764-Cutler to pay for the continuing cost of maintaining the storm
drainage system improvements located within Subdivision Tract No. 764 in
Cutler. Approve the Engineer's
Report. Declare the Board's intention to
levy and collect assessments. Accept the
ballot and waiver of public meetings and hearings, including notice thereof,
provided by the property owner. Approve
an agreement with Freedom Homes Real Estate IV to collect the assessments for
Fiscal Year 2006/2007 upon first conveyance of each lot.
29.
Request
from Resource Management Agency to approve the Final Map for Subdivision Tract
No. 764 located on the north side of Avenue 404, east of Nancy Road in
Cutler. Approve an agreement with
Freedom Homes IV to complete all required public improvements for Subdivision
Tract No. 764. Accept the Road
Right-of-Way Dedications for Subdivision Tract No. 764 as shown on the Final
Map, subject to completion of road construction and acceptance of public improvements. Accept the Grant Deed for the one-foot
reserve strips identified on the Final Map for Subdivision Tract No. 764 as
Lots A and B.
30.
Public
Comments.
31.
Board
of Supervisors matters.
32.
1:30
p.m. Strategic Business Plan presentation and adoption.
33.
1:30
p.m. Budget Hearings
(Closed Session)
Introduction and
Overview
PUBLIC HEARING: Citizens’ Option for Public Safety
(COPS)
Review
proposed expenditure of funds allocated from the California State Legislature
for the Citizens Option for Public Safety (COPS) Program. Authorize the Auditor/Controller to
distribute the monies, per the spending plan, as modified by public input and
Board of Supervisors direction.
Enterprise Funds - Consent Budgets
Transit
C
Funds – Fund C15 Lemon Cove Water
L
Funds – Assessment Districts
L01 Orosi Lighting/Landscape L65
Earlimart Storm Drain
L05 Orosi Storm Drain L75 Teviston Storm Drain
L10 Orosi Storm Drain L80
Earlimart Storm Drain
L16 Earlimart Storm Drain L85 Orosi
Storm Drain
L60 Tipton Storm Drain
Enterprise Funds – Individual Discussion and Action
Solid Waste
County Service Areas #1 and #2 Zones of Benefit - Consent
Budgets
El
Rancho Delft Colony Sewer Delft Colony Water
Seville Tonyville Tooleville
Traver Yettem
Sewer Yettem
Water
Wells
Tract Water Wells Tract
Sewer
Redevelopment Agency and Special Districts - Consent
Budgets
Cutler/Orosi Cutler/Orosi
Remediation Earlimart
Goshen Ivanhoe Pixley
Poplar-Cotton Center Richgrove Traver
In-Home Supportive Services
Terra
Bella Sewer District
Tulare
County Flood Control District
Internal Services Funds – Consent Budgets
Information Technology
Insurance
Worker’s
Compensation
General
Liability
Property
Insurance
Medical
Malpractice
Resource Management Agency
Building
Maintenance
Communications
Custodial
Services
Grounds
Maintenance
Mail Services
Motor
Pool
Photocopier
Print
Services
Utilities
Operating Funds – Consent Budgets
Aviation
Fund
Building
Debt Service
Child
Support Services
Equipment
Debt Service
Fish
and Game
Health
Realignment
Indigent
Health
Library
Mental
Health Realignment
Pension
Obligation Bond
Road
Fund
Social
Services Realignment
Tobacco
Settlement Proceeds
Workforce
Investment Department
Operating Funds – Individual Discussion and Action
Capital
Projects Fund
Fire Department – Structural Fire
Fund
General Funds – Consent Budgets
Agricultural Commissioner
Assessor/Clerk-Recorder
Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax
Collector/Registrar of Voters
Board of Supervisors
Capital
Acquisitions
Central
Telephone Services
Citizens’
Option for Public Safety (COPS)
Cooperative
Extension
County
Administrative Office
County Counsel
Debt
Service – Bond & Interest
Drug
& Alcohol Abuse Testing
Gang
Task Force – Multi-Agency
General
County Revenues
Health
and Human Services Agency
Human
Resources and Development
Juvenile
Justice Crime Prevention Act
Miscellaneous
Administration
Miscellaneous
Criminal Justice
Probation
Public
Defender
Purchasing
Resource
Management Agency
Rural
Crime Prevention
Rural
Crime Technical Grant Action Project
Sheriff-Coroner
Position
Allocation and Classification Schedules:
Approve changes to position allocations, reclassifications, and
classification specifications.
General Funds – Individual Discussion and Action
District Attorney
Final Actions to Balance – General Fund
Contingency
Others
as Needed
Direction and Authorizations
- Authorize
Auditor-Controller to make necessary minor adjustments in order to bring
the Fiscal Year 2006/2007 Budget into final balance.
- Other direction as needed.
Budget Adoption
Upon conclusion of Final Budget Hearings, adopt
budgets for all funds and activities as modified during hearings.
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NOTICE TO THE
PUBLIC
CLOSED SESSIONS
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 the closed session will be made in accordance with Government Code
sections 54957.1
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CLOSED SESSION
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 - EXISTING LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(a).)
Name
of Case: Doreen Caetano-Jungk, Diana Gruber vs. County of Tulare, Tulare County
Board of Supervisors, and Western Milling, LLC (Real Party in Interest),
Superior Court of the County of Tulare Case No. VCU-220509-06
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ITEM
B
CONFERENCE
WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(a).)
Name
of Case: Carranza, Susan v. County
of Tulare
Workers
Compensation Appeals Board No. FRE 226201 and FRE 226600
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ITEM
C
CONFERENCE
WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
Significant
Exposure to Litigation Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(b)
Number
of Potential Cases: 1
Appeal
filed by Mr. Farshad A. Tafti regarding Violation No. V199-032
Site:
5390 Avenue 308, Goshen, CA
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ITEM
D
CONSIDER
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION FOR THE POSITION OF:
Details
Title:
County Counsel
(Government
Code Section 54957)
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ITEM
E
CONFERENCE
WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
Details
(Government
Code Section 54957.6)
Agency
Designated Representative: Tim Huntley, Brian Haddix
Employee
Organization: All Certified Employee Organizations
Unrepresented
Employees: All Unrepresented Employees except Elected Officials
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Sitting as the Tulare
County IHSS Public
Authority Board
ITEM
F
CONFERENCE
WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
Details
(Government
Code Section 54957.6)
Agency
Designated Representatives: Tim Huntley, Brian Haddix
Employee
Organization: All Certified Employee Organizations
Unrepresented
Employees: All Unrepresented Employees
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