(Public Comment Period)
1.
9:00
a.m. Presentation given by the Workforce Investment Department regarding the
2007 Career Connection Summer Youth Project.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed Items)
2.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from Resource Management
Agency asking that the Board provide direction to staff regarding the appeal
filed by Mangano Homes for Planning Commission's denial of Planned Development
No. PD 07-001 and Tentative Map for Tract 774, for a single family residential
subdivision of 113 acres into 176 residential lots, two common area lots and
one public facility lot, located east of the intersection of Road 124 and
Liberty Avenue (Avenue 124) south of Visalia.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Number 3 through 11)
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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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Auditor-Controller/Registrar of Voters
3.
Approve
an agreement between Springville Memorial District and County of Tulare to
collect and distribute special taxes/assessments on the Secured property tax
roll.
Board of Supervisors
4.
Ratify
Proclamation declaring August 6-12, 2007 Childhood Cancer Awareness Week in
Tulare County.
Health & Human Services Agency
5.
Ratify
and approve an amendment to Agreement No. 21965 with Addiction Research and Treatment,
Inc. (ART) d.b.a. BAART in the amount of $1,155,948 for the provision of a
Drug/Medi-Cal and Drug/Medi-Cal Perinatal Methadone Maintenance Program,
retroactive from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. Find that the Board had authority to enter into
the proposed agreement as of July 1, 2007 and that it was in the County's best
interest to enter into the agreement on that date.
6.
Ratify
and approve an Agreement with Family Services of Tulare County, Inc. in the
amount of $165,500 to provide a community-based Family Preservation, Family
Support, and Family Reunification Program, retroactive to July 1, 2007 through
June 30, 2008. Find that the Board had
authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of July 1, 2007 and that it
was in the County's best interest to enter into the agreement on that date.
7.
Approve
and authorize the submission of an application to the California Office of County
Health Services for California Healthcare for Indigents Program (CHIP) Funding
for Fiscal Year 2007/2008 to help finance the delivery of health care to
low-income individuals not otherwise eligible for State or Federally sponsored
assistance.
Resource Management Agency
8.
Authorize
the submittal of an application to the Department of Housing and Community
Development, in response to the 2007 Notice of Funding Availability, for an
allocation of funds not to exceed $800,000 of Home Investment Partnerships
Program funds to implement an Owner-Occupied Housing Rehabilitation Program in
the unincorporated communities of Tulare County. Authorize the waiver of building permit fees
in the amount 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 hereby agrees to use HOME funds
for eligible activities in the manner presented in its application as approved
by Housing and Community Development and in accordance with the statutes and
regulations cited above. 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 application, the Standard
Agreement, subject to County Counsel approval as to form, and any and all other
documents or instruments necessary or required by U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development or Housing and Community Development for participation in
the HOME Program. Adopt HOME Housing
Rehabilitation Participation Guidelines for use in administering the HOME
Program.
ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS AND
CONVENE AS THE TULARE COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
9.
Authorize
the commitment of Tulare County Redevelopment Agency Housing Set-aside funds in
the amount of $30,000 to be provided by the Earlimart budget RE4-RE4-2000
($20,000) and Pixley budget RP4-RP4-2000 ($10,000), as local leverage for the
2007 Home Investment Partnerships Program grant application, which, if funded,
would rehabilitate approximately seven (7) substandard residences fo
income-eligible households in the unincorporated communities of Tulare County. Find that leveraging financial resources to
achieve the greatest return possible for these communities: (a) is consistent with the adopted Affordable
Housing Components of the Redevelopment Plans for areas mentioned above; (b)
implements the affected redevelopment plans by assisting in the eradication of
blight caused by vacant or empty lots, and deteriorated and dilapidated housing
units; and (c) is consistent with the affected implementation plans adopted
pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33490. Find that there is no other reasonable
available means of financing local match/leverage, and that the County does not
have available funding for this purpose.
10.
Consider
and adopt the Preliminary Report for the Pixley Redevelopment Project Area
Redevelopment Plan Amendment.
11.
Accept
the donation of a modular office building from the Richgrove Community Services
District to be used as a classroom and office for the Tulare County
Redevelopment Agency's Construction Trades Training Program at Sequoia Field
Airport.
ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND
RECONVENE AS THE TULARE
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be
taken in any order
12.
Request
from the Auditor-Controller/ Registrar of Voters to approve the Special
District Candidate Statement Regulations and Printing Fees for the November 6,
2007 Consolidated Districts Election.
Require each candidate filing a statement to pay in advance the
estimated cost. The estimated fees will
be adjusted to actual upon completion of the election. Candidates will be refunded or billed for the
difference. Limit each Candidate's
Statement to no more than 200 words for Special Districts.
13.
Authorize
the formation of an assessment district for the Three Rivers Community Services
District as required by the United States Department of Agriculture Rural
Development for the upgrade of an aging water system. Approve the proposed resolution of intention
for the Three Rivers Community Services District. Approve the plat or map showing the boundary
line for the proposed assessment district for the Three Rivers Community
Services District.
14.
Public
Comments.
15.
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).)
Hager vs. County of Tulare, et al.,
Tulare County Superior Court Case Number 07-223615
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ITEM
B
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(b)(1).)
Significant
Exposure to Litigation
Number of
Potential Cases:
Appeal by
Mangano Homes RE: PD 07-001 and Tentative Map Number 774
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ITEM
C
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(b)(1).)
Significant
Exposure to Litigation
Number of
Potential Cases: 4
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ITEM
D
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR
NEGOTIATOR
Details
(Government
Code Section 54957.6)
Agency
Designated Representative: Tim Huntley, Kristin Bennett
Employee
Organization: All Certified Employee Organizations
Unrepresented
Employees: All Unrepresented Employees except Elected
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