(Public Comment Period)
1.
9:00
a.m. Receive a presentation from Tulare County Health and Human Services Agency
on the Diabetes Prevention Program that began in October 2005, in collaboration
with Kaweah Delta Healthcare District and the Family Health Care Network.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed Items)
2.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Authorize the submittal of a 2007 Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG) Economic Development (ED) Allocation Application, as
required by State regulations, for $300,000 in funding to be distributed as
follows: Public Services ($277,500) and General Administration ($22,500). Authorize commitment of local leverage for
these activities in the amount of $20,000 for Tulare County Redevelopment
Agency. Authorize the Chairman of the
Board of Supervisors to sign the completed application and accompanying
documents on behalf of the County.
Authorize the County Administrative Officer to act on the County's
behalf in all other matters pertaining to the application. Authorize the Chairman of the Board to act on
behalf of the County, to execute in the name of the County of Tulare, the
Standard Agreement, with the State of California, subject to County Counsel
review and approval, and any and all other documents or instruments necessary
or required.
ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS AND
CONVENE AS THE TULARE COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
3.
Request
from Resource Management Agency to authorize commitment and expenditure of
Tulare County Redevelopment Agency funds in the amount of $20,000 from the
following sources: Cutler-Orosi ($7,500); Goshen ($7,500); and Pixley ($5,000)
to be used as local match for the 2007 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
Economic Development (ED) Application.
Find that leveraging financial resources for the Microenterprise
Technical Assistance and Loan Program in these communities: (a) is consistent
with the adopted Redevelopment Plans for Cutler-Orosi, Goshen, and Pixley; (b)
implements the affected redevelopment plans by assisting in the eradication of
economic blight; (c) is consistent with the current Implementation Plans
adopted in 2004, pursuant to Health and Safety Code §33131 (a) and (c) and
§33133; and (d) will directly benefit low or moderate-income persons. Find that there is no other reasonable and
available means of financing the local match for proposed activities, 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
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Number 4 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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Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer
4.
Ratify
and approve an agreement with the California Crop Improvement Association to
provide supervision of seed certification, retroactive to April 1, 2007 through
March 31, 2008. 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.
Board of Supervisors
5.
Reappoint
Clyde Stagner to the Tulare Mosquito Abatement District for a term ending
December 31, 2009.
6.
Reappoint
Richard Michael Shannon, Jeffrey Ritchie and Russell Doe to the Saint John's
Water District Board for terms ending November 30, 2011.
Fire Department
7.
Approve
the sole source purchase of LIFEPAK Automatic External Defibrillators from
Medtronics, Inc. in the amount of $58,599.74 for 36 units. Authorize the Purchasing Agent to make the
sole source purchase.
Health & Human Services Agency
8.
Ratify
and approve the Memorandum of Understanding between Tulare County Health and
Human Services Agency (HHSA) and the University of California, Berkeley
Optometric Eye Center, for the provision of retinopathy screening, equipment,
and software that will improve the quality of life by providing HHSA patients
with detection and referral for sight threatening diabetic retinopathy,
retroactive to June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2008. Find that the Board had authority to enter
into the proposed agreement as of June 1, 2007 and that it was in the County's
best interest to enter into the agreement on that date.
Probation
9.
Accept
funding in the amount of $10,704 from the United States Department of Justice,
Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, for the Bulletproof
Vest Program that allows the County to recoup up to 50 percent of the costs of
ballistic vests purchased for Fiscal Year 2007/2008.
Resource Management Agency
10.
Approve
an increase in rent to $2,200 per month for the lease of the "South
Hanger" at Sequoia Field to TBM. Inc. under Tulare County Agreement No.
17398 effective January 1, 2008.
Sheriff/Coroner
11.
Ratify
and approve an agreement with the Visalia Unified School District, Ivanhoe
Elementary School, for the Violence Intervention Servicing Ivanhoe's Ongoing
Needs (V.I.S.I.O.N.) Project to focus on violence prevention at school, home
and within the community of Ivanhoe, 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.
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be
taken in any order
12.
Request
from Health and Human Services Agency to approve the submittal of the
application for the State of California Resource Agency, Department of Water
Resources, Local Groundwater Assistance Program Grant in the amount of $250,000
and authorize the development of a Memorandum of Understanding with water
districts within the County.
13.
Request
from the Board of Supervisors Office to receive an update from the Tulare
County Water Commission. Review and
approve the By-laws and duties of the Tulare County Water Commission.
14.
Request
from the Board of Supervisors Office to approve nine letters of support for AB
303 grant applications from irrigation districts in Tulare County and one
letter of support for the City of Lindsay.
Adopt a policy supporting all AB 303 grant applications in 2007 that
impacts in Tulare County.
15.
Request
from County Administrative Office to certify that the Motorpool Relocation
Project is Categorically Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA). Direct the Clerk of the Board to
file a Notice of Determination with the Clerk-Recorder. Authorize staff to Advertise for Bids.
16.
Public
Comments.
17.
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).)
Castillo,
et al v. County
of Tulare, et al.
Superior
Court Case Number 07-222608
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ITEM
B
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
Significant
Exposure to Litigation Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 (B)(1).)
Number of
Potential Cases: 3
Submission
of Local Groundwater Grant Application for Groundwater quality monitoring
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ITEM
C
CONSIDER PUBLIC
EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT/EPLOYMENT FOR THE POSITION OF:
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IT
Director
(Government
Code Section 54957)
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ITEM
D
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR
NEGOTIATOR
Details
(Government
Code Section 54957.6)
Agency
Designated Representative: Tim Huntley, Jean Rousseau
Employee
Organization: All Certified Employee Organizations
Unrepresented
Employees: All Unrepresented Employees except Elected
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