(Public Comment Period)
1.
9:00
a.m. Proclamation declaring April 2007 as National Child Abuse
Prevention/Awareness Month in Tulare County.
2.
11:00
a.m. Study Session on Community Choice Aggregation Program with representatives
of San Joaquin Valley Power Authority, Pacific Gas & Electric, and Southern California Edison. Community Choice Aggregation enables
California cities and counties or groups of cities and counties to supply
electricity to customers within their borders.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed Items)
3.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from Resource Management
Agency to adopt an amendment to the Tulare County General Plan as follows: Goshen Community Plan, Case No. GPA 05-003
requested by Pacific Real Estate Holdings, Inc. to amend the Land Use
Designation from Community Commercial to Residential on a nine-acre portion of
a 17.06 acre site and to eliminate the designation on the site for a future
school located on the north side of Avenue 308, approximately 300 feet east of
Road 72; Earlimart Community Plan, Case No. GPA 06-001 requested by Raul Duenas
to amend the Land Use Designation from Low Density Residential to Highway
Commercial on a 6,000 sq. ft. parcel located on the southeast corner of State
Street and Kern Avenue (east of State Highway 99); Farmersville Area Plan and Urban Boundaries
Element, Case No. GPA 06-007 requested by Hans and Carol Steiner to amend the
Urban Boundaries Element and the Farmersville Area Plan from Agriculture (Rural
Valley Lands Plan) to Service Commercial Land Use on a 2.75 acre parcel located
on the south side of Noble Avenue
(south side of State Highway 198) approximately 1,300 feet east of Road 156,
east of Visalia. Certify that your Board has reviewed and
considered the information contained in the Negative Declarations. Direct the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
to return the Notices of Determination to the Resource Management Agency for
future filing with the County
Clerk for each amendment.
4.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from Resource Management Agency to introduce and
waive the first reading of three amendments to Ordinance No. 352 pertaining to
land uses within certain zones in the County of Tulare
as follows. Certify that your Board has
reviewed and considered the information contained in the Negative Declarations
prepared for the proposed zone changes in combination with changes in land use
designations to the Goshen Community Plan, the Earlimart Community Plan, the
Urban Boundaries Element and the Farmersville Land Use Plan. Waive the second reading and adopt the three
amendments to Zoning Ordinance No. 352 by three votes (one for each Ordinance)
Change of Zone No. PZ 05-005 rezoning from A-1 (Agricultural) to R-1
(Residential); Change of Zone No. PZ 06-001 rezoning from R-1 (Residential) to
C-3-SR (Service Commercial-Site Plan Review); Change of Zone No. PZ 05-007
rezoning from AE-20 (Exclusive Agricultural-20 acre minimum) to C-3-SC-SR
(Service Commercial-Scenic Corridor Combining-Site Plan Review).
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Number 5 through 16)
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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
5.
Ratify
the following Proclamations:
Honoring
Res Com Pest Control as Entrepreneurship Hall
of Fame
Honoring
Mountain Vista Construction as Creative
Entrepreneur of the Year
Honoring
Imagine U Children’s Museum as Spirit Entrepreneur of the Year
Honoring
Processtec, Inc. as Innovative Entrepreneur of the Year
6.
Appoint
Jerry Stover to the Tipton-Pixley Public Cemetery District for a term ending
March 10, 2008.
County Administrative Office
7.
Waive
the second reading and adopt an Ordinance amending Sections 1-03-1460,
1-03-1475 and 1-03-1480 of Article 9 of Chapter 3 of Part 1 of the Tulare
County Ordinance Code pertaining to the membership and meetings of the Tulare
County Water Commission. Direct the
Clerk of the Board to publish the Ordinance.
Direct posting of vacancies of the Tulare County Water Commission,
pursuant to the Maddy Act.
Health & Human Services Agency
8.
Reaffirm
Declaration of State of Emergency in the Tulare County Winter Freeze.
9.
Approve
a Proclamation declaring April 1-7, 2007 as Promoting Public Health Week
Campaign "Promoting Health for our Future."
10.
Ratify
and approve an amendment to Agreement No. 20358 with the Department of Health
Services, Office of Aids to increase the fees in Fiscal Year 2006/2007 by
$24,939 for services rendered for HIV Prevention, retroactive to May 1, 2006
through June 30, 2007. Find that the
Board had authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of May 1, 2006 and
that it was in the County's best interest to enter into the agreement on that
date. Approve the necessary budget
adjustments. (4/5ths vote)
11.
Approve
an agreement with Dr. Adegoke Adeniji M.D. to provide OB/GYN medical services
through June 30, 2007.
12.
Authorize
the Director of the Health and Human Services Agency to sign the Permanent
Lifelong Connections for Foster Youth Commitment Statement.
Human Resources & Development
13.
Approve
changing the benefits eligibility waiting period for all new hire employees in
Unrepresented Units to a four (4) week waiting period, retroactive to March 18,
2007.
Sheriff/Coroner
14.
Accept
grant funding in the amount of $781,193 from the State of California,
Governor's Office of Emergency Services, for the California
Multi-jurisdictional Methamphetamine Enforcement Team (Cal-MMET). Ratify and authorize J. Steven Worthley to
sign the Grant Award Amendment, per instructions by the Office of Emergency
Services. Authorize the necessary budget
adjustments. (4/5ths vote)
15.
Approve
a fixed asset purchase in the amount of $9,995 for a Computer Voice Stress
Analyzer which will be used for law enforcement pre-employment screenings and
criminal investigations. Approve the
necessary budget adjustments. (4/5ths
vote)
Superior Court
16.
Approve
a Proclamation declaring Jury Appreciation Week as May 14-18, 2007 in Tulare
County.
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be
taken in any order
17.
Request
from County Administrative Office to approve adding a new Section 4(a)(6) be
inserted into House Resolution 24 and Senate Bill 27 of the San Joaquin River
Settlement Mitigation as follows: (6)
Studies and Facilities: (A) In General -
The Secretary is authorized and directed to conduct feasibility studies for and
to construct new pumping and conveyance facilities on the main stem of the San
Joaquin River above the town of Vernalis required to implement the
recirculation, recapture, and reuse elements of the Water Management Goal of
the Settlement; and (B) Deadline - The study and construction of facilities
under subparagraph (A) shall be completed prior to restoration of any flows
other than Interim Flows.
18.
Public
Comments.
19.
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 - 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, Phoenix Bio-Industries, LLC,
and Altra, Inc. (Real Parties in Interest), Superior Court of the County of
Tulare Case No. 07-222310
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ITEM
B
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
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County IHSS Public
Authority Board
ITEM
C
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR
NEGOTIATOR
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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