(Public Comment Period)
1.
9:00
a.m. Proclamation honoring Glen Engelsgaard for his many years of service to
Tulare County.
2.
9:00
a.m. Recognition of Tulare County Employees who have been selected by their
Respective Departments to be honored in the Employee Recognition Program. Announce and select the Tulare County
Employee of the Year for 2007.
|
Ag Commissioner/Sealer
|
Health & Human Svs
Cont'd
|
Health & Human Svs
Cont'd
|
|
Don Borges
|
Susan Firestone (2)
|
Steve West
|
|
Anita Letsinger
|
Janice Flowers
|
Phyllis
Wooden
|
|
|
Marie Focha
|
|
|
Assessor/Clerk-Recorder
|
Rebecca Garcia
|
Human Resources &
Dev.
|
|
Antonia Castillo
|
Sharon Gayden
|
Evelyn Smethers
|
|
James Coley
|
Christopher Glidden
|
|
|
Rick Rosales
|
Barbara Gomes
|
Library
|
|
|
Beverly Hancock
|
Marisol Rodriguez
|
|
Auditor/Elections/Purchasing
|
Bonnie Hefner
|
|
|
Ann Turner
|
Joua Her
|
Probation
|
|
Ramon Rodriguez
|
Cynthia Hilton
|
Michelle Bonwell
|
|
|
Theresa Himden
|
Jennifer Brown
|
|
Child Support Services
|
John Honnette
|
Jason Elick
|
|
Sherry Franco
|
Tessa Houston
|
Michelle Gayden
|
|
Valeri Holbrook
|
John Hughes
|
Teresa Godwin
|
|
Rhonda Mayo
|
Jay Jones
|
Simranjit Kaur
|
|
|
Mary Jungwirth
|
Margarita Luna
|
|
Cooperative Extension
|
Karen King
|
Barbara Ramirez
|
|
Edna Blackhurst
|
Donna
Lane
|
Kimberly Rankin
|
|
|
Diane MacDonald
|
Carol Robinson
|
|
County Counsel
|
Rose Mary Maciel
|
|
|
Sharon Castellini
|
Yolanda Mascorro
|
Resource Management
Agency
|
|
|
Grace Masterson
|
Marilyn Bradford
|
|
District Attorney
|
Ryan McArthur
|
Kurtis Brown
|
|
Karen McVaigh
|
Elizabeth McMaryion
|
Charlotte Brusuelas
|
|
Melissa Rhyman
|
Susanne Mendoza
|
Steven Calderon
|
|
Terri Sprague
|
Sheryl Montanez
|
Marvin Demmers
|
|
|
Vianey Moreno
|
Stephen Ellis
|
|
Fire Department
|
Linda Newport
|
David Fleisher
|
|
Gloria Simoes
|
Maria Pasillas
|
Glenn McIntyre
|
|
|
Eric Petersen
|
Celeste Perez
|
|
Health & Human Svs
Agency
|
Stephen Pointkowski
|
Charles Przybylski
|
|
Tricia Aceves-Beltran
|
Yolanda Pullen-Birch
|
John Sampietro
|
|
Georgia Alba
|
Robin Purves
|
|
|
Coral Bowers
|
Bonnie Quiroz
|
Sheriff's Department
|
|
Julie Bowers
|
Susana Renteria
|
Duane Cornett
|
|
Tiffany Breen
|
Lawrence Salgado
|
Linda Harris
|
|
Shiela Broaddus
|
Mona Sauceda
|
Julie Hillis
|
|
Henry Camacho
|
Dori Silveria
|
Demecio Holguin
|
|
Roberto Chavez
|
Pamela Sola
|
Stephanie Marsh
|
|
Natalie Claussen-Rogers
|
Mary Solorio
|
Genaro Pinon
|
|
Ron Collins
|
Ann Sullivan
|
Jason Villareal
|
|
Alice Cope
|
Kyla Surratt
|
|
|
James Delahunt
|
Terri Tate
|
Workforce Investment
Dept.
|
|
Patricia Dillard
|
Christine Tidwell
|
Fernando Benitez
|
|
Van DoReynoso
|
Euselia Troncozo
|
Thomas Heath
|
|
Jennifer Drake
|
Heide Waterman
|
|
|
Stacy Figueira
|
Daniel Weaver
|
|
3.
9:00
a.m. Presentation on the Alliance Program with Office Depot and other
Government entities.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed Items)
4.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from Resource Management Agency to waive the second
reading and adopt the Zoning Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 352 for the
Change of Zone No. PZ 06-013 requested by Smee Builders to reclassify 80.88
acres from A-1 (Agriculture) and AE-20 (Exclusive Agriculture-20 acre minimum)
to R-1 (Single Family Residential), located west of the intersection of Avenue
308 and Road 76 in Goshen. Certify the Board has reviewed and considered
the information contained in the Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for
the project and find that the project as mitigated will not have a significant
effect on the environment. 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.
5.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from Resource Management Agency to certify that the
Board has reviewed and considered the information contained in the Negative
Declaration prepared for the proposed changes in land use designations to the
Goshen Community Plan, Land Use Element, identified as General Plan Amendment
GPA 06-009 and find that the project will not have a significant effect on the
environment. Certify the Board has
reviewed and considered the information contained in the Environmental Impact
Report (EIR) prepared for the proposed changes in land use designations to the
Visalia Area Plan, Land Use and Urban Boundaries Elements identified as General
Plan Amendment GPA 06-005 (Rancho Sierra).
Find that the project will have a significant effect on the environment,
adopt the statement of overriding considerations as recommended by the Planning
Commission, certify the adequacy of the EIR and find that the EIR has been
completed in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act and the
State Guidelines for the Implementation of the California Environmental Quality
Act of 1970, as amended. As one action,
adopt the amendment to the Goshen Community Plan, Land Use Element, and the
Visalia Area Plan, Land Use and Urban Boundaries Elements and 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.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Number 6 through 22)
|
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.
|
Assessor/Clerk-Recorder
6.
Approve
an amendment to Agreement No. 22604-A with Kronick, Moskovitz, Teidemeann &
Girard to extend the term of the Agreement through June 30, 2008 for special
outside legal services for the County Assessor with regard to the Tulare County
Assessment Appeals Board.
Auditor-Controller/Registrar of Voters
7.
Approve
an amendment to Agreement No. 22631 with the State of California to extend the
term of the Agreement through June 30, 2008 for use of Federal Help America
Vote Act funds.
Cooperative Extension
8.
Approve
the purchase of a new vehicle to replace one lost in a collision. Approve the necessary budget
adjustments. (4/5ths vote)
County Administrative Office
9.
Approve
the Memorandum of Understanding between the Tulare County Superior Court and
the County of Tulare for Fiscal Year 2007/2008.
10.
Ratify
a letter of opposition to H.R. 2421, which would change language in the Clean
Water Act from "navigable" to "waters of the US."
Health & Human Services Agency
11.
Reappoint
and appoint the following individuals to the Tulare County Child Care Planning
Council as follows:
1.
Valerie
Simonich (At-Large Member) for term ending June 30, 2009; Victoria Wright
(Child Care Provider) for term ending June 30, 2009; Karen Hansen (Agency
Representative) for term ending June 30, 2008; Karen Ball (Agency
Representative) for term ending June 30, 2008; and Sherri Casella-Newsom
(Community Representative) for term ending June 30, 2008.
12.
Approve
an Agreement with Family HealthCare Network in the amount of $352,986 to
provide the continuance of Medi-Cal and Healthy Families Outreach, Enrollment,
Retention, and Utilization (OERU) services from July 1, 2007 through June 30,
2009 to increase the number of children enrolled in Medi-Cal and Healthy
Families.
13.
Approve
an Agreement with the Department of Health Services in the amount of $206,973
for the Children's Dental Disease Prevention Program to provide oral health
education and prevention to students from Kindergarten through 6th grade in
Tulare County from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2010.
14.
Approve
the installation of an outdoor pet adoptions visitation area to include
irrigation, grass, and trees at the Tulare County Animal Control Shelter to be
utilized by potential adoptive pet owners.
Approve the receipt of materials and funds to be donated to the Tulare
County Animal Control Shelter from the Friends of Tulare County for the
proposed pet adoptions visitation area at the Tulare County Animal Shelter.
15.
Approve
grant awards to local agencies from the County Children's Trust Fund Child Abuse
Prevention Grants as recommended by the Tulare County Child Protection Council
for funding child abuse and neglect prevention programs as follows: CASA of Tulare County, $10,000; Central
California Family Crisis Center, $15,000; Family Services of Tulare County,
$12,000; Parenting Network, $11,000; Synchrony of Visalia, $3,200; Tulare
County Office of Education, $6,645; Tulare Youth Services Bureau, $11,000; and
Woodlake Family Resource Center, $11,155.
Probation
16.
Approve
an amendment to Agreement No. 20861-F with Community Services & Employment
Training not to exceed $137,000 for the term July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008
to cover the costs of employing three Youth Development Specialists who work
under the direction of the Project Manager and provide direct services to both
youth and their families which have been referred to Neighborhood
Accountability Boards.
17.
Approve
an amendment to Agreement No. 20935-G with Community Services & Employment
Training, Inc. not to exceed $135,000 for the term July 1, 2007 through June
30, 2008 to provide direct services to youth in Goshen and Pixley through
community centers.
18.
Approve
an open-end-date Memorandum of Understanding between the County of Tulare
through the Probation Department and the Superior Court for collection services
effective June 19, 2007.
Resource Management Agency
19.
Approve
an amendment to Sub-Lease Agreement No. 16760 with the County of Kings to
extend the term for five years for repeater space on Case Mountain.
20.
Set
a public hearing for July 24, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors
Chambers, 2800 W. Burrel Avenue, Visalia to consider the intent to vacate a
portion of Road 122 south of Avenue 480 north of the community of Orosi. Direct the Clerk to the Board to publish the
notice of the public hearing in accordance with the Streets and Highways Code.
ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS AND
CONVENE AS THE TULARE COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
21.
Introduce
and waive the first reading of an Ordinance amending Section 321 of the Tulare
County Ordinance Code for the Tulare County Redevelopment Agency pertaining to
acquiring property by eminent domain in the Cutler-Orosi, Earlimart, Goshen,
Ivanhoe, Pixley, Poplar-Cotton Center, Richgrove and Traver Project Areas. Set the Public Hearing to waive the second
reading and adopt for June 26, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. in the Board Chambers.
ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND
RECONVENE AS THE TULARE
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Workforce Investment Board
22.
Approve
the Master Subgrant Agreement with the State of California, Employment
Development Department, for Workforce Investment Act Funds: Title I-B Youth Program Years 2007-2009 in
the amount of $778,579 to operate youth programs focused on employment and
training.
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be
taken in any order
23.
Presentation
from the Freeze Relief Task Force with an update on the status of the freeze
relief efforts. Reaffirm Declaration of
State of Emergency in the Tulare County Winter Freeze 2007.
24.
Request
from County Administrative Office to authorize the County Administrative
Officer to give ACS six months written notice of termination of agreement
forthwith. Authorize the County
Administrative Officer to negotiate and bring back to the Board of Supervisors
an interim agreement for additional technology services to be provided during
the in-house IT transitional process.
Subject to satisfying any "meet and confer" requirements,
authorize the merging of Radio and Telecom employees into the Chief Information
Technology Office. Subject to developing
the necessary classification and compensation specifications by the County
Administrative Office and the Human Resources Department, approve, in concept,
a change of the Chief Information Technology Officer from Management Unit 11
(Assistant Department Head) to Management Unit 10 (Department Head), and
approve, in concept, the following classifications and allocations: one (1) IT
Administrative Services Officer; four (4) IT Project Manager IIs; one (1) IT
Telecommunications Manager; and one (1) IT Administrative Specialist. Direct the County Administrative Officer,
working in consultation with the Human Resources Department, to return to the
Board of Supervisors for approval of the appropriate personnel resolution for
the foregoing classifications and allocations.
Approve, in concept, the expenditure of "transitional costs"
and direct that a plan for expending such costs be brought back to the Board of
Supervisors as soon as possible.
25.
Public
Comments.
26.
Board
of Supervisors matters.
(Closed Session)
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
|
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
Significant
Exposure to Litigation (Government Code Section 54956.9(b)(1).)
Number of
Potential Cases: 3
Next Item(s)
Sitting as...
ITEM
B
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - INITIATION OF LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(c).)
Number of
Potential Cases: 1
Next Item(s)
Sitting as...
ITEM
C
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
Next Item(s)
Sitting as...
Sitting as the Tulare
County IHSS Public
Authority Board
ITEM
D
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
Next Item(s)
Sitting as...
