(Public Comment Period)
1.
9:00 a.m. Federal
legislative update by Charlotte Hrncir, Alcalde & Fay.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed Items)
2.
PUBLIC HEARING: Request
from Resource Management Agency to consider establishment of the following
Agricultural Preserves:
PAP
06-007 - Albitre,
Fred and Betty (480 acres, east of Fountain Springs; APNs 325-140-004 and
325-140-005)
PAP
06-008 - Turcotte,
Roger and Jean (± 240.7 acres, southeast of Kennedy Meadows; APNs 310-190-005
and 310-190-006)
PAP
06-009 - Sikora,
Aaron and Krysty (67 acres, south of Kingsburg; APNs 028-160-004 and 028-160-005)
PAP
06-010 - Riezebos,
Garry and Diane; Riezebos, Jeff and Wilma (± 117.8 acres, southwest of Visalia;
APNs 119-100-017, -018, -019, -021, -022, -023)
PAP
06-011 - McAland
Ranch/Miller (± 137.5 acres, northeast of Earlimart; APNs 318-150-011, -012 and
318-280-004, -006) – Enlarge Ag Preserve
No. 1789
PAP
06-012 - Sizemore,
Dennis and Karen (± 174.4 acres, southeast of Kennedy Meadows; APNs
310-180-003, -023, -024) – Enlarge Ag
Preserve No. 4385
3.
PUBLIC HEARING: Request
from Resource Management Agency to authorize the submittal of a 2006 Community
Development Block Grant General Allocation Application and provide citizens the
opportunity to comment on the expenditure of CDBG Program Income funds. As required by State regulations, authorize
the submittal of a 2006 Community Development Block Grant General Allocation
application for $546,250 in funding to be distributed as follows: Tooleville Water System Improvement, $90,000;
Plainview Water System Improvement, $140,000; Richgrove Well Rehabilitation,
$275,350; and General Administration, $40,900.
Authorize the commitment of local leverage for these activities as
follows: Tulare County Redevelopment
Agency, $100,000; and Staff In-Kind, $10,500.
Authorize the transfer of $100,000 CDBG Program Income funds out of the
Housing Revolving Loan Account and commit those funds as local leverage to the
Richgrove Well Rehabilitation activity.
Authorize the County Administrative Officer, or authorized designee, to act
on the County's behalf in all other matters pertaining to the application. Authorize the Chairman, or authorized
designee, to act on behalf of the County, to execute in the name of the County of Tulare,
the Standard Agreement, with the State of California,
subject to County
Counsel review and
approval, and so long as said agreement does not substantially differ from
prior grant agreements previously approved by the Board.
4.
PUBLIC HEARING: Request
from Resource Management Agency to authorize the submittal of a 2006 Community
Development Block Grant General Planning and Technical Assistance (PTA)
Application, and Economic Development PTA Application, and provide citizens the
opportunity to comment on the expenditure of CDBG Program Income funds. As required by State regulations, authorize
the submittal of the 2006 Community Development Block Grant PTA Grant
applications for $140,000 in funding to be distributed as follows: General PTA Non-Specific - Traver Park
Revitalization Study, $35,000; General PTA Project Specific - Tooleville Water
System Improvement Project, $35,000; Economic PTA Non-Specific - Business
Assistance Revolving Loan Fund, $35,000; and Economic PTA Project Specific -
CDBG ED Pre-application for Ly-Con Project, $35,000. Authorize the commitment
of local cash match for these activities as follows: Traver Park Revitalization Study - Tulare
County Redevelopment Agency, $700; Tooleville Water System Improvement Project
- CD Program Income, $700; Business Assistance revolving Loan Fund - CDBG
Program Income, $700; and CDBG ED Pre-application for Ly-Con Project - CDB
Program Income, $700. Authorize the
transfer of $2,100 in CDBG Program Income funds out of the Housing Revolving
Loan Account and commit those funds as cash match for the PTA activities. Authorize the County Administrative Officer,
or authorized designee, to act on the County's behalf in all other matters
pertaining to the application. Authorize
the Chairman, or authorized designee, to act on behalf of the County, to
execute in the name of the County of Tulare, the Standard Agreement, with the State of California, subject to County Counsel
review and approval, and so long as said agreement does not substantially
differ from prior grant agreements previously approved by the Board.
ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS AND
CONVENE AS THE TULARE
COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
5.
Authorize the
commitment and expenditure of Tulare County Redevelopment Agency funds in the
amount of $100,700 from the following sources:
Richgrove ($100,000) to be used as local leverage for the 2006 Community
Development Block Grant General Allocation grant application; and Traver ($700)
to be used as match for the General Planning and Technical Assistance
application. Find that leveraging
financial resources for studying infrastructure improvements in these
communities: a) is consistent with the
adopted Redevelopment Plans for Richgrove and Traver; b) implements the
affected Redevelopment Plans by assisting in the eradication of blight caused
by inadequate infrastructure and depressed economic development; c) is
consistent with the current Implementation Plans adopted pursuant to Health and
Safety Code Section 33490; and d) will directly benefit low-or moderate-income
persons. Find that there is no other
reasonable and available means of financing the local match for the proposed
activities, and that the County does not have available funding for this purpose. Request the Auditor's Office to make such
payments from appropriate accounts.
ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND
RECONVENE AS THE TULARE COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
6.
PUBLIC HEARING: Request from Resource
Management Agency to deny the appeal filed by Raul and JoAnn Gamez and uphold
the Zoning Administrator's decision to approve Special Use Permit No. PSP
05-096(ZA) to establish a church facility on 6.69 acres in the AE-20 (Exclusive
Agricultural-20 acre minimum) Zone located on the east side of Lovers Lane
(Road 140), approximately 550 feet south of Caldwell Avenue, south of Visalia,
subject to the conditions as set forth in ZA Decision No. 2785.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Number 7 through 24)
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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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Board of Supervisors
7.
Ratify the
following Proclamations:
Honoring Virginia Speck as
Employee of the Year
Honoring Elizabeth Moreno as
Shining Star Award Female
Honoring Guadalupe Rodriguez
as Shining Star Award Male
Honoring Daniel Jones as
Department of Rehabilitation Support Work Employee
Honoring Visalia
Brewing Co. as Department of Rehabilitation
Support Work Employer
Honoring Jesse Diaz as Male
Trainee of the Year
Honoring Pam Cantrell as
Female Trainee of the Year
Honoring Miguel Carillo as
Off-Site Trainee of the Year
Honoring Roger Wilson as Most
Improved Worker Activity Program Trainee
Honoring David Gibbs for 25
Years of Service – Staff Service Awards
Honoring Jean Beck for 10
Years of Service – Staff Service Awards
Honoring April Hastings for 5
Years of Service – Staff Service Awards
Honoring Star Roses 2006
Business of the Year
Honoring Donna Orozco
Retiring Board Recognition
Honoring Rita Crandall
Retiring Board Recognition
Honoring the Lighthouse
Rescue Mission
on its Opening Day
District Attorney
8.
Authorize
acceptance of continued grant funding in the amount of $302,871 from the
California Department of Insurance for the Worker's Compensation Insurance
Fraud Prosecution Program. Approve the
Grant Award Agreement and ratify Phil Cline's signature on behalf of the
Chairman, retroactive to July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007. Certify that the grant funds received
hereunder shall not be sued to supplant expenditures controlled by this
body. Approve the necessary budget
adjustments. (4/5ths vote)
Health & Human Services Agency
9.
Approve
the transfer of Homeland Security Grant Funds from Health and Human Services
Agency/Emergency Services to the Sheriff's Department in the amount of $67,734
and the Fire Department in the amount of $59,178. Approve the Sole Source fixed asset purchase
of an x-ray machine for bomb enhancement for the Tulare County Sheriff's
Department in the amount of $20,260 from the transfer funding. Approve the necessary budget adjustments.
(4/5ths vote)
10.
Approve an
agreement with Family Services of Tulare County, Inc. to provide home based
Parent Education and Family Reunification services for clients of Child Welfare
Services through June 30, 2007
11.
Approve an
agreement with Golden State Air Charter, LLC to provide transportation via
fixed wing aircraft, which will allow critical patients requiring medical
services in locations outside of Tulare County to be air transported more
readily despite of visibility and other environmental factors.
12.
Approve an
amendment to Agreement No. 20414 with Tulare District Hospital to increase the
rates regarding compensation for providing certain medical care for the
indigent population, retroactive to April 1, 2006.
13.
Approve an
amendment to Agreement No. 19914 with Kaweah Delta Health Care District to
increase the rates regarding compensation for providing certain medical care
for the indigent population, retroactive to November 5, 2005.
14.
Approve an
amendment to Agreement No. 22453 with First 5 Tulare County for the Medically
Vulnerable Infant Program, retroactive to July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
15.
Approve an
amendment to Agreement No. 22544 with the State Department of Mental Health for
County performance conditions as mandated by Welfare & Institutions code
5650, retroactive to July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
16.
Approve an
amendment to Agreement No. 22445 with the Department of Health Services,
Immunization Branch for the Health and Human Services Agency to develop and
implement local and/or regional automated immunization information and reminder
systems in Tulare County, retroactive to July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
17.
Approve an
agreement with the California Office of Child Abuse and Prevention for the
Father Involvement Study Grant to increase the grant funding by $1,430,000 and
to continue through June 30, 2009.
Approve the necessary budget adjustments for Fiscal Year 2006/2007.
(4/5ths vote)
18.
Authorization
to accept funding in the amount of $725,752 from the State Department of Mental
Health for improvements to the current Mental Health computer system by
implementing an electronic health records system, an enhanced client scheduling
system, and to improve data collection as required by the Mental Health
Services Act for Full Service Partnership consumers. Authorization to purchase fixed assets in the
amount of $150,000. Approve the
necessary budget adjustments. (4/5ths
vote)
Probation
19.
Authorization
to apply for grant funding from the California Department of Corrections &
rehabilitation, corrections Standards Authority for the Mentally Ill Offender
Crime Reduction Grant Program.
Resource Management Agency
20.
Approve
and award the contract for asphalt concrete overlay construction of Road 80
from Avenue 326 to Avenue 334 and from Avenue 358 to Avenue 376 to the lowest
responsive and responsible bidder, Glen Wells Construction Company, Inc. in the
amount of $1,689,340.40. Authorize the
Chairman to sign the contract upon receipt of certificates of insurance, bonds,
and contracts after review and approval as to form by County Counsel, and
evidence that the contractor possesses a valid State Contractor's License.
21.
Approve
the Final Map of Subdivision Tract No. 756 for 31 residential lots on 37.3
acres located on the south side of Pleasant Oak Drive, approximately one mile
east of its intersection with State Highway 190, five miles south of
Springville. Approve an agreement with
Lynn and Sally Shafer to complete all required public improvements for
Subdivision Tract No. 756. Accept the
Road Right of Way dedications of Subdivision Tract No. 756 , subject to road
construction completion and acceptance of public improvements. Accept the Grant Deed for one-foot reserve
strip. Accept the Easement Deeds for
road purposes.
22.
Accept the
Irrevocable Offer to dedicate real property that was offered for dedication
across the remainder parcel of Elbow Estates No. 1 - Tract No. 690, filed
September 29, 1994 and recorded in Volume 36, Page 76 of Maps in the office of
the Tulare County Recorder. Accept
Irrevocable Offer to dedicate real property that was offered for dedication
South of Parcel 8 of Elbow Estates No. 2 - Tract No. 755, filed on November 25,
2003 and recorded in Volume 40, Page 33 of Maps in the office of the Tulare
County Recorder. Direct the Clerk of the
Board to cause a Certified Copy of the Resolution accepting the Irrevocable
Offer of Dedication to be recorded in the office of the Tulare County
Recorder. Direct the Clerk of the Board
to request a confirmed copy of the Resolution accepting the Irrevocable Offer
of Dedication be returned to the Resource Management Agency Property Management
Division.
23.
Authorize
the filing of Notices of Partial Non-renewal for 18 Land Conservation contracts
as provided in the Williamson Act with a total affect of 55.96 acres as
follows:
PNR
02-015 - Williamson
Act Contract No. 03341, Agriculture Preserve 00662,
southwest of Tulare
(Hohlbauch)
PNR
03-014 - Williamson
Act Contract No. 05934, Agricultural Preserve 01964, south of Dinuba
(Esperanza/Isaak)
PNR
04-019 - Williamson
Act Contract No. 02287, Agricultural Preserve 00048, west of Springville
(Parker)
PNR
04-020 - Williamson
Act Contract No. 02285, Agricultural Preserve 00045, west of Springville
(Ramirez)
PNR
04-021 - Williamson
Act Contract No. 03574, Agricultural Preserve 00926, north of Orosi (Sadoian)
PNR
04-022 - Williamson
Act Contract No. 07325, Agricultural Preserve 02299, north of Orosi (Illokken)
PNR
04-024 - Williamson
Act Contract No. 04907, Agricultural Preserve 01994, southwest of Dinuba
(Wiley)
PNR
04-025 - Williamson
Act Contract No. 07071, Agricultural Preserve 02477, northwest of Tipton
(Harley)
PNR
04-027 - Williamson
Act Contract No. 05825, Agriculture Preserve 01853, west of Dinuba (Kistler)
PNR
04-028 - Williamson
Act Contract No. 06931, Agriculture Preserve 02363, south of Kingsburg
(Irigoyen)
PNR
04-029 - Williamson
Act Contract No. 05633, Agriculture Preserve 01195, north of Exeter (Schauffele)
PNR
04-031 - Williamson
Act Contract No. 03335, Agriculture Preserve 00657, south of Earlimart (De
Young)
Sheriff/Coroner
24.
Authorization
to submit a grant application to the Corrections Standards Authority for an
18-month Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction Program grant.
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically
timed may be taken in any order
25.
Presentation on the
Budget and Funding Streams of the Tulare County Health and Human Services
Agency.
26.
Accept the
Strategic Business Plan Quarterly Report for July - September, 2006.
27.
Public Comments.
28.
Board of
Supervisors matters.
(Closed Session)
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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 - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
[Government
Code Section 54956.9 (b)(1)]
Significant
Exposure to Litigation
Final
Map of Subdivision Tract No. 756
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ITEM B
CONFERENCE
WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
[Government
Code Section 54956.9(b)(1)]
Significant
Exposure to Litigation
Tentative
Subdivision Map Tract 776/PSR
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ITEM C
CONFERENCE
WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.8)
Property
Description: 9009 Avenue 384, Dinuba,
CA
Agency
Negotiator: Henry Hash and Resource Management staff
Parties
with Whom Negotiating: Bill and Louise Terry
Instructions
to Negotiator will concern: Price and Terms of Payment
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ITEM D
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 E
CONFERENCE
WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Details
(Government
Code Section 54957.6)
Agency
Designated Representatives: Tim Huntley, Brian Haddix, Jack Hughes
Employee
Organization: All Certified Employee Organizations
Unrepresented
Employees: All Unrepresented Employees
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