(Public Comment Period)
1.
9:00
a.m. Receive a check presentation from U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott of the
U.S. Department of Justice to accept a grant for up to $174,650 for the Weed
& Seed Program to "weed" criminal activity from communities
struggling with high levels of crime and "seed" positive social
programs into the same communities to serve as strong alternatives to future
criminal activity.
2.
9:00
a.m. Introduction and welcome newly appointed County Administrative Officer,
Jean Rousseau.
CONSENT CALENDAR (Number 3 through 29)
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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
3.
Ratify
the following Proclamations: Honoring
Central California Family Crisis Center on the Occasion of their 30th
Anniversary; Congratulating Pena's Material Recovery Facility on their New
Cutler Location; and Honoring Chief George Sandoval upon his Retirement.
4.
Approve
a Letter of Support for the Poso Creek Integrated Water Management Plan's
application for implementation funding.
County Administrative Office
5.
Approve
and ratify the County Administrative Officer's delegated actions regarding
Contracts and Personnel Changes during the month of August 2007.
Health & Human Services Agency
6.
Reaffirm
Declaration of State of Emergency in the Tulare County Winter Freeze 2007.
7.
Ratify
and approve an amendment to Agreement No. 22453-A with First 5 Tulare County in
the amount of $369,956 for the Medically Vulnerable Infant Program, to enhance
the frequency and duration of professional nurse home visit services provided
to infants and toddlers (ages 0-3) born with medical complications that require
hospitalization and long-term home recovery, 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.
8.
Ratify
and approve an amendment to Agreement No. 21997 with Turning Point of Central
California, Inc. d.b.a. Turning Point Youth Services in the amount of $686,728,
to provide alcohol and drug treatment and prevention services to Tulare County
youths and their families, 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.
9.
Ratify
and approve an amendment to Agreement No. 21995 with Primer Paso Institute,
Inc. in the amount of $563,268 to provide a culturally specific drug and
alcohol recovery program to Tulare County Spanish speaking clients, 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.
10.
Ratify
and approve an amendment to Agreement No. 21982 with Primer Paso Institute,
Inc. d.b.a. Angela's House in the amount of $168,716 to provide a culturally
specific drug and alcohol program to Tulare County Hispanic women, 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.
11.
Ratify
and approve an amendment to Agreement No. 21708 with Tulare Youth Services
Bureau, Inc. to provide mental health, rehabilitative, case management, and
crisis intervention services to Tulare County children and adolescents,
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.
12.
Ratify
and approve an amendment to Agreement No. 21948 with Porterville Halfway House,
Inc. d.b.a. The PAAR Center in the amount of $638,369 to provide social model
residential and community alcohol and drug recovery services for adults,
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.
13.
Ratify
and approve an amendment to Agreement No. 21273 with Crestwood Behavioral
Health, Inc. in the amount of $575,000 to provide skilled nursing mental health
rehabilitation services to Tulare County residents who are severely and
persistently mentally disabled, 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.
14.
Ratify
and approve an amendment to Agreement No. 21259 with Braswell Enterprises, Inc.
d.b.a. Sierra Vista Rehabilitation Center of Pleasant Hill, California in the
amount of $220,000, to provide skilled nursing mental health rehabilitation
services to Tulare County residents who are severely and persistently mentally
disabled, 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.
15.
Approve
an agreement with Tulare County Superior Court to provide Clerk time for a
dedicated court calendar to provide support for the Offender Treatment Program
(OTP), to help ensure sustained substance abuse recovery for Prop 36 Clients,
through November 30, 2007.
16.
Ratify
and approve an agreement with the Department of Health Services, Office of
Aids, in the amount of $1,063,044 for the HIV/AIDS Master Agreement and
associated MOU's, to provide HIV/AIDS related programs and services such as HIV
Prevention, HIV Counseling and Testing, HIV/AIDS Surveillance, Early
Intervention, and AIDS Case Management, retroactive to July 1, 2007 through
June 30, 2010. 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.
17.
Ratify
and approve an agreement with Seneca Center of San Leandro, California for the
provision of Intensive Day Treatment and Specialty Mental Health Services (five
full days per week) to Tulare County minors ages 6 to 17 years, 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.
18.
Ratify
and approve an agreement with Aurora Vista Del Mar Hospital in Ventura,
California in the amount of $200,000 for the provision of 24-hour short term
medically necessary acute psychiatric inpatient care, special treatment
services, and crisis stabilization to Tulare County residents, 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.
19.
Ratify
and approve an agreement with ASC Treatment Group d.b.a. The Anne Sippi Clinic
in the amount of $113,150 to provide basic living and care services to the
mentally disabled residents of Tulare County, 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.
20.
Accept
the submission of the Mental Health Annual Report for Calendar Year 2006 to the
Board of Supervisors regarding the needs and performance of the County's Mental
Health System.
Human Resources & Development
21.
Ratify
and approve the Memorandum of Understanding between the County of Tulare and
the Professional Law Enforcement Management Association, Bargaining Unit
#14/Sheriff's Management, retroactive to July 1, 2007 through June 30,
2010. 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.
Resource Management Agency
22.
Approve
and award the contract to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, Granite
Construction Company, Watsonville, California, in the amount of $535,442 for
construction of shoulder stabilization on Avenue 144 from Road 40 to State
Route 99. Authorize the Chairman to sign
the contract, subject to review and approval as to form by County Counsel and
upon receipt of certificates of insurance, bonds and evidence that the
contractor possesses a valid State contractor's license.
23.
Approve
an Agreement with ABM Janitorial to provide custodial services for County
Service Area 1: Dinuba, Ivanhoe, Orosi
and Woodlake; and Area 3: Earlimart,
Tipton and Tulare; and Area 4: Porterville.
24.
Approve
an Agreement with Pacific Building Care to provide custodial services for
County Service Area 2: Exeter;
Farmersville; Lindsay; Strathmore; and Three Rivers.
25.
Approve
an Agreement with Omni-Means Ltd. for engineering and right of way services in
the total amount of $2,282,131.98.
26.
Approve
an Agreement with the State of California (Caltrans), for widening State Route
99 from 0.2 mile north of N. Goshen Overhead to 0.2 mile north of Conejo Avenue
Overcrossing.
27.
Waive
the first reading and introduce an Ordinance amending Paragraph B of Section 3
of Ordinance No. 352 of the Tulare County Zoning Ordinance pertaining to the
Change of Zone No. PZ 06-005 from AE-40 (Exclusive Agricultural-40 acre
minimum) to R-1 (Single Family residential) on a 38.2 acre site in Pixley. Set the Public Hearing for September 18, 2007
at 9:30 a.m.
28.
Waive
the first reading and introduce an Ordinance amending Section 18.8 Planned
Community Zone of Ordinance No. 352 of the Tulare County Zoning Ordinance
pertaining to planned communities.
Direct the Clerk to publish the Summary Ordinance within five (5)
days. Set Public Hearing for September
25, 2007 at 9:30 a.m.
Workforce Investment Board
29.
Appoint
Patricia Stever, Member At-Large to the Tulare County Workforce Investment
Board for a term ending May 31, 2009.
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be
taken in any order
30.
Request
from Resource Management Agency to acknowledge the withdrawal of a request for
a two-year extension of time for the Tentative Map for Tract No. 766, dividing
56 acres into 27 residential lots and 3 commercial lots, located on the
northwest corner of Avenue 176 (Frazier Valley Drive), and State Highway 190,
southwest of Springville.
31.
Public
Comments.
32.
Board
of Supervisors matters.
33.
1:30
p.m. Budget Hearings
(Closed Session)
Introduction
and Overview
PUBLIC HEARING:
Citizens’ Option for Public Safety (COPS)
Review proposed expenditure of funds allocated from the
California State Legislature for the Citizens Option for Public Safety (COPS)
Program. Authorize the
Auditor-Controller to distribute the monies, per the spending plan, as modified
by public input and Board of Supervisors direction.
Enterprise Funds - Consent Budgets
Solid Waste
Transit
C Funds – Fund C15 Lemon Cove Water
L & M Funds – Assessment Districts
L01
Orosi Lighting/Landscape L75 Teviston Storm Drain
L05 Orosi Storm Drain L80 Earlimart Storm Drain
L10 Orosi Storm Drain L85
Orosi Storm Drain
L16 Earlimart Storm Drain M02 Visalia
(El Rio) Road Assessment
L60 Tipton Storm Drain M03
Strathmore Road Assessment
L65 Earlimart Storm Drain M04Porterville
Road Assessment
L70
Cutler Storm Drain M06 Visalia Road
Assessment
County Service Areas #1 and #2 Zones of Benefit - Consent
Budgets
El Rancho Delft Colony Sewer Delft Colony Water
Seville Tonyville Tooleville
Traver Yettem
Sewer Yettem Water
Wells Tract Water Wells
Tract Sewer
Redevelopment Agency and Special Districts -
Consent Budgets
Cutler/Orosi Earlimart
Goshen Ivanhoe
Pixley Poplar-Cotton Center
Richgrove Traver
In-Home Supportive Services
Terra Bella Sewer District
Tulare County Flood Control District
Internal Services Funds – Consent Budgets
Information
Technology
Insurance
Worker’s Compensation
General Liability
Property Insurance
Medical Malpractice
Resource
Management Agency
Building Maintenance
Communications
Copier Services
Custodial Services
Grounds Maintenance
Mail Services
Motor Pool
Print Services
Utilities
Operating Funds – Consent Budgets
Aviation Fund
Building Debt Service
Child Support Services
Equipment Debt Service
Fire Department – Structural Fire
Fund
Fish and Game
Health Realignment
Indigent Health Care
Library
Mental Health Realignment
Pension Obligation Bond
Road Fund
Social Services Realignment
Tobacco Settlement Proceeds
Workforce Investment Department
Operating Funds – Individual Discussion and Action
Capital Projects Fund
General Funds – Consent Budgets
Action Project-Rural Crime Technical Grant
Agricultural Commissioner
Assessor/Clerk-Recorder
Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector/Registrar of
Voters
Board of Supervisors
Capital Acquisitions
Central Telephone Services
Citizens’ Option for Public Safety (COPS)
Cooperative Extension
County Administrative Office
County Counsel
District Attorney
Gang Task Force – Multi-Agency
General Revenues
Health and Human Services Agency
Human Resources and Development
Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act
Miscellaneous Administration
Miscellaneous Criminal Justice
Probation
Public Defender
Purchasing
Resource Management Agency
Rural Crime Prevention
Sheriff-Coroner
Position Allocation and Classification Schedules: Approve changes to position allocations,
reclassifications, and classification specifications.
Final Actions to Balance – General Fund
Contingency
Others as Needed
Direction and Authorizations
- Authorize
Auditor-Controller to make necessary minor adjustments in order to bring
the Fiscal Year 2007/2008 Budget into final balance.
- Other direction as needed.
Budget Adoption
Upon conclusion of Final Budget Hearings, adopt budgets for all
funds and activities as modified during hearings.
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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).)
Martha Alaniz
vs. County of Tulare
Workers'
Compensation Appeals Board Case Numbers FRE 0208262,
189610,
189611, 18912
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ITEM
B
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(a).)
Clarence
Smith vs. County
of Tulare
Workers'
Compensation Appeals Board Case Numbers FRE 0219708 and FRE 0219709
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ITEM
C
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL
- EXISTING LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(a).)
Hawkins v.
Weir, et al., Contra
Costa County
Superior Court Case Number 07-01800
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ITEM
D
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(a).)
BRIEF OF
AMICUS CURIAE - Spielbauer v. County
of Santa Clara
Court of
Appeal, Sixth Appellate District Case Number H029345
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ITEM
E
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(b)(1).)
Significant
Exposure to Litigation
Number of
Potential Cases: 1
Tentative
Tract Map Number 776 (Nicholson/Frazier Valley Drive/Highway 190, Springville)
Extension of Time/Moratorium
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ITEM
F
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(b)(1).)
Significant
Exposure to Litigation
Number of
Potential Cases: 5
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ITEM
G
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - INITIATION OF LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9 (c).)
Number of
Potential Cases: 1
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ITEM
H
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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