(Timed Items)
1.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from Resource Management Agency to adopt findings in
support of approving the appeal by Seng and Nina Saephan regarding the Planning
Commission's decision to deny General Plan Amendment No. GPA 06-004 and Change
of Zone No. PZ 06-006 on a 4.71-acre site located on the northwest corner of
State Highway 63 (Road 124) and Avenue 322, north of Visalia.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Number 2 through 18)
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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
2.
Reappoint
John Bianco to the Law Library for a term ending December 31, 2008.
3.
Request
from Tulare County Economic Development Corporation to approve the 2007/2008
Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Report.
4.
Reappoint
Bette George to the Delta Vector Control District for a term ending December
31, 2009.
5.
Reappoint
Sherry Tietjens as District 2 Regular Commissioner to the Tulare County Housing
Authority for a term ending December 18, 2011.
6.
Reappoint
Michael Sheltzer to the Law Library for a term ending December 31, 2008
7.
Ratify
Proclamations honoring KTIP as the City of Porterville's 2007 Outstanding
Business of the Year; Galaxy 9 Theatre as the City of Porterville's 2007
Outstanding Business of the Year; and, the Porterville Chamber of Commerce as
the City of Porterville's Business Champion of a Century.
County Administrative Office
8.
Approve
and ratify the County Administrative Officer's delegated actions regarding
Contracts and Personnel Changes for the month of November 2007.
9.
Request
from Capital Projects to authorize the purchase of new shelving and furniture
for the Visalia Library utilizing existing California Multiple Award Schedule
contracts. Authorize the County
Purchasing Agent to execute any and all purchase orders and agreements
necessary to complete the purchase and installation.
Health & Human Services Agency
10.
Concept
approval to participate in a project that will pursue legislative block grant
funding to improve water systems within disadvantaged communities with little
or no resources for necessary upgrades and maintenance.
Human Resources & Development
11.
Approve
agreements changing the effective date of the scheduled Benefit Amount increase
from December 23, 2007 to November 11, 2007 for employees represented by the
following employee organizations:
Central California Association of Public Employees (CCAPE); District
Attorney's Criminal Investigators Association Tulare County; Professional
Association of Tulare County Physicians; Service Employees International Union;
Tulare County Corrections Association; Tulare County District Attorney
Investigators Association; and the United
Automobile-Agricultural-Implement-Aerospace Workers, effective November 11,
2007. Approve changing both a) the
receipt of the Benefit Amount and; b) the deduction for Insurance Premiums from
a 26 pay period cycle to a 24 pay period cycle for employees represented by the
above cited employee organizations (including PLEMA for County plan only),
effective November 11, 2007. Approve
changing the Benefits eligibility waiting period for new-hire represented
employees covered by a Tulare County contracted Health Plan. Approve the Side Letter of Agreement with the
District Attorney's Criminal Investigators Association of Tulare County adding
Long Term Disability insurance coverage for unit employees, effective October 14,
2007. Approve adding the Deferred Compensation
Match Program to the benefits package for Fire Captains and Fire Lieutenants
subject to the appropriate notice. Find
that the Board had authority to enter into the proposed agreements and that it
was in the County's best interest to enter into the agreements on those dates.
Probation
12.
Approve
an agreement with the Boys & Girls Club of Tulare County, Inc. to provide
youth services at the Ivanhoe Youth Center.
Resource Management Agency
13.
Approve
the Christmas Tree Recycling Program and authorize the waiver of refuse
disposal fees for Christmas trees accepted at the County landfills from
December 26, 2007 through January 12, 2008 during normal operating hours.
14.
Approve
a Supplemental Agreement with the State of California, Department of
Transportation, to provide grant funds of $85,000 for design services for the
construction phase of the Ivanhoe Downtown Improvement Project.
15.
Adopt
the Negative Declaration for the Avenue 416 and Road 56 Intersection
Improvement Project in the County of Tulare.
Authorize the Chairman to sign said Negative Declaration and Notice of
Determination. Direct the Clerk to the
Board of Supervisors to return the signed Notice of Determination to the
Resource Management Agency for final filing with the County Clerk.
16.
Approve
the execution of five (5) Land Conservation Contracts, as provided in the
Williamson Act, for Agricultural Preserves enlarged or established during the
2007 application season as follows:
Preserve No. 4453 - Costa,
Joe and Sharon (39.41 acres, west of Tulare;
APN 158-090-004)
Preserve No. 4051 - Ed
Brower Dairy (3.60 acres, northwest of Lindsay; portion of APN 197-030-018) Enlarge Ag Preserve No. 4051
Preserve No. 4454 - Macklin,
Kenneth and Kathleen (25 acres, north of Visalia;
APN 051-150-084)
Preserve No. 4455 - Walkabout
Ranch (1,034.95 acres, south of Three Rivers; APN 114-080-065)
Preserve No. 4456 - Jones,
Danny and Candice (39.63 acres, southwest of Kingsburg; APNs 042-030-025 and
042-030-026)
ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS AND
CONVENE AS THE TULARE COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
17.
Approve
an agreement between the Tulare County Redevelopment Agency and Community
Services & Employment Training Inc. for construction of Phase One of the
Poplar-Cotton Center Stormwater Drainage, Air Quality Improvement and
Recreation Project.
ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND
RECONVENE AS THE TULARE
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Sheriff/Coroner
18.
Ratify
and approve an amendment to Agreement No. 17435-L with the Visalia Unified
School District to provide instructional services to Tulare County inmates,
retroactive to July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. Find that the Board had the authority to
enter into the proposed amendment on July 1, 2007 and that it was in the
County's best interest to enter into the amendment on that date.
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be
taken in any order
19.
Request
from Sheriff-Coroner to acknowledge and accept monetary donations totaling
$25,526 from Friends of Tulare County designated for the Sheriff's K-9 Unit,
the Sheriff's Search & Rescue Unit and the Tulare County Peace Officer
Memorial.
20.
Request
from Resource Management Agency to review the Traffic Engineering staff
findings regarding the intersection of Road 204 (Spruce) and Avenue 256 four-way
STOP sign request based on a study conducted in accordance with the California
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
Provide direction to implement the following actions: Continue the intersection as a two-way STOP;
or Pursuant to California Vehicle Code 21354, install a four-way STOP at the
intersection of Road 204 (Spruce) and Avenue 256, near the City of Exeter.
21.
Request
from County Administrative Office to introduce and waive the first reading of
an Ordinance to amend Section 1-21-1010 and add Section 1-21-1025 to Chapter 21
of Part 1 of the Tulare County Ordinance Code and repeal the current Part VI
and adopt a new Part VI of the Tulare County Ordinance Code pertaining to new
provisions and reorganization of business license requirements for Junk
Dealers, Peddler, Hawkers, Mobile Food Vendors and other Itinerant Vendors,
Public Eating Places and Retailers of Aerosol Paint, Large Marker pens, Paint
Sticks and Etching Tools. Direct the
Clerk to publish the Ordinance summary and post a full copy of the Ordinance in
the Office of the Clerk of the Board.
Approve the attached personnel resolution adding one (1) Code Compliance
Officer to the Resource Management Agency and adding one (1) County Financial
Technician III to the Tax Collector's position allocation. Waive the second reading and adopt the
Ordinance on December 18, 2007.
22.
Public
Comments.
23.
Board
of Supervisors matters.
(Closed Session)
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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:
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Board of Supervisors
ITEM
A
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
Significant
Exposure to Litigation Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 (B)(1).)
Number of
Potential Cases: 1
Adoption
of new regulations by amendment to the Tulare County
business license Ordinance Code provisions
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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
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ITEM
C
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
Significant
Exposure to Litigation Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 (B)(1).)
Number of
Potential Cases: 4
Potential
loss of Williamson Act subvention funds
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ITEM
D
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - INITIATION OF LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(c).)
Number of
Potential Cases: 2
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ITEM
E
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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