(Public Comment Period)
1.
9:00
a.m. Proclamation declaring Tuesday, May
1, 2007 as World Asthma Day in Tulare County.
2.
9:30
a.m. Upon the Board's approval to accept
a grant for $639,000 under the Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement program,
receive a check presentation from Henry
Renteria, Director of the Office of Emergency Services
Accept a grant for $639,000 from the Governor's Office of Emergency
Services under the Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement Program (SAFE). Approve the Personnel Resolution adding the
following positions: four (4) Detectives, one (1) Investigative Aide, one (1)
Office Assistant III, one (1) Probation Officer III, and one (1)
Investigator. Ratify and approve an
agreement with Family Services to provide educational and ongoing victim
support services, retroactive to April 1, 2007 through June 30, 2007. Ratify and approve a sample agreement with
municipal police agencies within the County to provide law enforcement
services, and upon advice of County
Counsel, authorize the
Sheriff to sign the agreement retroactive to April 1, 2007 through December 31,
2007. Find that the Board had authority
to enter into the proposed agreement as of April 1, 2007 and that it was in the
County's best interest to enter into the agreement on that date. Approve the fixed asset purchases of eight
(8) vehicles, one (1) data storage server, one (1) large automatic cyanocrylate
fuming chamber, one (1) GPS tracking unit, one (1) video capture station, and
one (1) electronic data logger. Approve
the necessary budget adjustments (4/5ths vote).
3.
11:00
a.m. Request from the County
Administrative Office to introduce and waive the first reading of an uncodified
ordinance pertaining to approving the San Joaquin Valley Power Authority Joint
Powers Agreement and authorizing the implementation of a Community Choice
Aggregation Program in Tulare County and adding subsection (t) to Section 105
of the Ordinance Code of Tulare County.
Approve the ordinance summary and direct the Clerk of the Board to
publish.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed Items)
4.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from Health and Human
Services Agency to consider adopting fee adjustments for Clinical Services,
effective July 1, 2007 and the Medical Marijuana Identification Card Program in
the amount of $268, effective April 18, 2007.
5.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from Health and Human
Services Agency to direct staff to adopt one of the following options for
submission of FY 2007/2008 to reconcile projected budget deficit of Health
Services: 1) Present budget request increasing county general fund subvention;
or 2) Present a budget request utilizing maximum transfers from Social Services
and Mental Health to subsidize Health; or 3) Present a budget reflecting
projected cost savings generated through clinic closures in Dinuba and Porterville
and direct the following actions: a) follow established requirements for
notification of patients; b) transfer patient records where requested; c)
establish necessary transportation systems to mitigate undo hardships for
affected patients; and d) conduct
necessary meet and confer with affected unions relative to the position
movement and eliminations. Authorize the Human Resources and Development
Department to process the Personnel Resolution containing deletions to the
Health and Human Services Agency personnel allocation as specified. Authorize
the Human Resources and Development Department to initiate the County's lay-off
process and where possible provide alternate employment within the County
service. Approve the new job code for Medical Section Chief.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Number 6 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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Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer
6.
Approve
an amendment to Agreement No. 22830 with the California Department of Food and
Agriculture for the purpose of regulating freeze damage of all Navel and
Valencia Oranges being processed in the County, effective July 1, 2006 through
June 30, 2007. Authorize the Chairman to
sign the Contractor Certification Clauses.
7.
Approve
an agreement with the California Department of Pesticide Regulation for
electronic submittal of pesticide use report records, effective July 1, 2007
through June 30, 2008. Authorize the
Chairman to sign the Contractor Certification Clauses.
Auditor/Controller
8.
Authorize
the issuance of Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes for Fiscal Year
2007/2008. Approve in form the Note
Participation Purchase Agreement.
9.
Authorize
the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector to change the effective sale
date of Agreement Sale No. 22315 per the request of the City of Tulare
Redevelopment Agency to extend the effective date to December 12, 2007. Authorize the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax
Collector to recoup additional costs.
Board of Supervisors
10.
Reappoint
Donald J. Bennett to the Tulare County Museum Board for a term ending February
13, 2010.
District Attorney
11.
Proclamation
declaring April 22-28, 2007 as Victims' Rights Week in Tulare County.
Health & Human Services Agency
12.
Reaffirm
Declaration of State of Emergency in the Tulare County Winter Freeze 2007.
13.
Approve
an amendment to Agreement No. 22224 with the California Department of Mental
Health for providing State Hospital Bed Purchase and Usage, retroactive to July
1, 2006 through June 30, 2007. Find that
the Board had authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of July 1, 2006
and that it was in the County's best interest to enter into the agreement on
that date.
14.
Approve
the Tulare County Regional Emergency Management Mutual Aid Agreement between
the County of Tulare and the cities of Dinuba, Exeter, Farmersville, Lindsay,
Porterville, Tulare, Visalia, and Woodlake.
Probation
15.
Authorize
the Chairman of the Board to sign the Tulare County Application for Approval
for the County's Comprehensive Multi-agency Juvenile Justice Plan. Assure that the County of Tulare's
Comprehensive Multi-agency Juvenile Justice Plan has been developed, reviewed
and provided to the Corrections Standard Authority in a format determined by
the Corrections Standard Authority.
Assure that the County of Tulare's Board of Supervisors and the Juvenile
Justice Coordinating Council have reviewed and approves the County's
Comprehensive Multi-agency Juvenile Justice Plan. Assure that the County of Tulare will adhere
to the requirements of the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (Chapters 353
and 475 of the Government Code) regarding the submission of the Comprehensive
Multi-agency Juvenile Justice Plan application or revision, investment of
allocated monies, including any interest earnings, expenditure of said funds,
and the submission of required reports to the CSA.
16.
Authorization
to submit an application to receive and utilize federal grant funds available
through the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants Program administered by the
Corrections Standards Authority.
Authorize the Chairman of the Board to sign the Grant Agreement, subject
to approval by County Counsel. Agree to
provide all matching funds required for said project, and abide by the statutes
and regulations governing the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants Program as
well as the terms and conditions of the Grant Agreement as set forth by the
Corrections Standards Authority. Find
that the grant funds received hereunder shall not be used to supplant
expenditures controlled by this body.
17.
Approve
an agreement with Presbytery Outreach Ministries of Ivanhoe to administer the
Ivanhoe Youth Center to provide youth opportunities, effective April 17, 2007
through June 30, 2007.
Resource Management Agency
18.
Designate
one additional disabled parking stall for the exclusive use of vehicles
displaying a special identification license plate or distinguishing placard
along the west side of Wilbur Road (Road 39) in the community of Alpaugh.
19.
Approve
the Board's intent to purchase real property located within the unincorporated
Community of Goshen. Set May 15, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. as the date and time the
Board consummates the purchase of real property. Instruct the Director of the Resource
Management Agency, or authorized designee, to publish the Notice of Intent to
Purchase Real Property in the Visalia Times-Delta once a week for three
consecutive weeks pursuant to Government Code Sections 25350 and 6063. Authorize the Assistant Director of the
Resource Management Agency, Community and Development Services, to sign escrow
instructions and sign for approval of the Preliminary Title Report, County
Counsel to review escrow instructions.
20.
Approve
the Notice of Public Hearing for consideration of sewer and water user fee
adjustments for the following specific County Service Area Zones of
Benefit: El Rancho, Seville, Tonyville,
Tooleville, Yettem, and Wells Tract sewer systems in addition to the Delft
Colony and Yettem water systems. Set the
Public Hearing for June 12, 2007 at 9:30 a.m.
21.
Authorize
submittal of an application to the California Department of Housing and
Community Development for an allocation of $600,000 under the CalHome Program
for the operation of an Emergency Repair Program located in the Tulare County
Redevelopment Project Areas of Cutler-Orosi, Earlimart, Goshen, Ivanhoe, Pixley
and Poplar-Cotton Center. Authorize the
waiver of building permit fees of $12,000, which is consistent with the
County's adopted Housing Element Program.
Agree that, if the application for funding is approved, the County will
use the CalHome funds for eligible activities in the manner presented in the
application. Authorize the Chairman of
the Board, or authorized designee, to act on behalf of the County, to execute
in the name of the County of Tulare, the Standard Agreement, subject to County Counsel
approval as to form.
ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS AND
CONVENE AS THE TULARE COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
22.
Authorize
the commitment of Tulare County Redevelopment Agency housing set-aside funds in
the amount of $60,000 from the following sources: Cutler-Orosi ($10,000); Earlimart ($10,000);
Goshen ($10,000); Ivanhoe ($10,000); Pixley ($10,000); and Poplar-Cotton Center
($10,000) for rehabilitation and administration of the 2007 CalHome Grant. Find that financing administration for a
grant that will alleviate serious health and safety issues in these communities
is (a) consistent with the adopted Affordable Housing Component and the Redevelopment
Plans for Cutler-Orosi, Earlimart, Goshen, Ivanhoe, Pixley, and Poplar-Cotton
Center; (b) implements the affected redevelopment plans by assisting in the
eradication of blight caused by deteriorated and dilapidated housing units; and
(c) is consistent with the affected implementation plans adopted pursuant to
Health and Safety Code 33590. Find that
there is no other reasonable available means of financing administration of the
CalHome Grant and that the County does not have available funding for this
purpose.
ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND
RECONVENE AS THE TULARE
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Sheriff/Coroner
23.
Waive
the public bidding process requirement for a Radio Communications System and
authorize the County Purchasing Agent to purchase the Radio Communication
System as a sole source procurement for the Search and Rescue Unit.
24.
Authorize
the fixed asset purchase of three (3) replacement full-size pick-up trucks to
be used in the Rural Crime Prevention Program, Ag Crime Unit, to be purchased
with funds from the Sheriff's Vehicle Replacement Trust Fund. Approve the necessary budget adjustments. (4/5ths vote)
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be
taken in any order
25.
Request
from Resource Management Agency to approve the Second Amendment to the Road 80
Widening Project Agreement for Engineering and Right of Way services as Task
Order 2 with Dokken Engineering, amending the scope of services and
establishing the total compensation for Task Order 2 at $4,149,746.40.
26.
Public
Comments.
27.
Board
of Supervisors matters.
(Closed Sessi
on)
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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).)
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ITEM
B
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(b)(1).)
Significant
Exposure to Litigation (Gov. Code Section 54956.9(b)(1).)
Number of
Potential Cases: 1
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ITEM
C
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - INITIATION OF LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(c).)
Number of
Potential Cases: 1
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ITEM
D
PERSONNEL
Details
(Government
Code Section 54957)
Public
Employee Discipline/Dismissal.
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ITEM
E
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(a).)
County of Tulare
vs. Tulare County Deputy Sheriff's Association
Superior
Court Case No. 06-219977
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F
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR
NEGOTIATIOR
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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Sitting as the Tulare
County IHSS Public
Authority Board
ITEM
G
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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