(Public Comment Period)
1.
9:00
a.m. Legislative update given by Paul Yoder, Strategic Local Government
Services. Review, modify, and adopt the
Proposed 2008 State Legislative and Regulatory Platform.
2.
9:00
a.m. Presentation given by Able Industries to Al Guzman and the Tulare County
Surplus Store.
3.
9:00
a.m. Proclamation honoring Grace Homes for two decades of success.
4.
9:00
a.m. Presentation given by Chief Sunderland, Fire Department, on placing of
five new fire engines into service.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed Items)
5.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from Treasurer/Tax Collector
to set licensing fees for business licenses obtained pursuant to Part VI of the
Tulare County Ordinance Code. Find that
based on the estimated cost, the licensing fees are a reasonable annual charge
for implementation of the County's Business License Program in Part VI of the
Tulare County Ordinance Code. Adopt the
fee schedule and require that it be incorporated into the County's master
schedule of fees. Direct the Tax
Collector to review the new fees assessed this Fiscal Year and consult with the
County Administrative Office regarding allocation of anticipated future
revenues from these fees.
6.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from County Administrative Office to allow members
of the public to comment on the proposed Project for Ventura Coastal LLC, and
approve the Resolution approving the Issuance of Bonds in a principal amount
not to exceed $8,000,000 by the California Municipal Finance Authority for
Ventura Coastal LLC.
7.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from Resource Management Agency to approve General
Plan Amendment No. GPA 07-005 for an amendment to the Poplar-Cotton Center
Community Plan to change the land use designation from "Commercial"
and "Rural Residential" to "Low Density Residential" on a
14.92 acre site located on the west side of Road 192 (Mountain View Road), and
on the east side of the southerly projection of Hale Avenue, 300 feet south of
Maple Street, in Poplar. And, for
General Plan Amendment No. GPA 07-003 for an amendment to the Urban Boundaries
Element for an expansion of the Tipton Urban Improvement Area to include the
southern 12.65-acre portion of a 19.2-acre parcel, located on the southeast
corner of State Route 99 and Avenue 144 (State Route 190/Poplar Avenue), in
Tipton and to change the land use designation from "Rural
Residential" to "Commercial".
Direct the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to return the Notices of
Determination for each proposal to the Resource Management Agency for future
filing with the County
Clerk. Certify that the Board has reviewed and
considered the information contained in the Negative Declarations prepared for
the proposed change in land use designations to the Poplar-Cotton Center
Community Plan and the amendment to the Urban Boundaries Element to expand the
Tipton Urban Improvement Area. As one
action, adopt the amendment to the Poplar-Cotton Center Community Plan and the
Urban Boundaries Element for the Tipton Urban Improvement Area. Direct the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
to return the Notices of Determination for each proposal to the Resource
Management Agency for future filing with the County Clerk.
8.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from Resource Management Agency to introduce and
waive the first reading of the Ordinance amending the map of Ordinance No. 352,
Tulare County Zoning Ordinance, to approve Change of Zone No. PZ 07-004 from
R-A-20 (Rural Residential - 20,000 square foot minimum) and C-3 (Service
Commercial) Zones to R-1 (Single Family Residential) Zone, on a 14.92-acre site
located on the west side of Road 192 (Mountain View Road) and on the east side
of the southerly projection of Hale Avenue, approximately 300 feet south of
Maple Street in Poplar.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Number 9 through 32)
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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
9.
Request
from Tulare County Registrar of Voters to consolidate the Special School Bond
Elections with the Presidential Primary Election and any other election which
may be held within the jurisdiction of said Districts on Tuesday, February 5,
2008. Authorize the Election Official to
perform all necessary and required services to the aforementioned Districts
relating to the conduct of the Special School Bond and Presidential Primary
Election. Consent to the consolidation
of these elections and the procedures to be used in the conduct of the
consolidated election, and said consolidation shall adhere to the following
provisions and those set forth in Section 10400 of the Elections Code. Agree that each individual District shall
reimburse the County in full for the services performed in connection with
these elections, upon presentation of a bill from the Election Official to the
District. Agree that the Election
Official will prepare a certified statement of the results of the election and
submit it to each governing body within 28 days of the election. Agree that the Special School Bond Elections
are to be consolidated as set forth above.
Board of Supervisors
10.
Cancel
the January 1, 2008 Board of Supervisors meeting.
11.
Approve
the List of Appointive Offices and Regulatory Commissions and Advisory Boards,
Commissions, and Committees for vacancies on Boards and Commissions and Special
Districts occurring in 2008 for compliance with the Maddy Act. Authorize Posting.
12.
Appoint
Gary Reed to the Tulare County Employees' Retirement Board, Member 5, for a
term ending December 31, 2010.
13.
Appoint
Katie Lynn Icho and Carmen Moreno to the East Orosi Community Services District
for short-term appointments ending December 4, 2009.
14.
Ratify
the following Proclamations: Honoring
Mike Knopf as recipient of the Home Builders Association of Tulare/Kings
Counties Member of the Year; Honoring Stew Elkin as recipient of the Home
Builders Association of Tulare/Kings Counties President/CEO Award; Honoring
Stew Elkin as recipient of the Home Builders Association of Tulare/Kings
Counties Associate of the Year; Honoring Ruth Rater as recipient of the Home
Builders Association of Tulare/Kings Counties Volunteer of the Year; Honoring
Dan Pickett as recipient of the Home Builders Association of Tulare/Kings
Counties President/CEO Award; and Honoring K. Hovnanian Homes as recipient of
the Home Builders Association of Tulare/Kings Counties Builder of the Year.
15.
Approve
a Letter of Support for the City of Visalia's CalGRIP application and authorize
the Chairman of the Board to sign.
Approve Letter of Support for other city CalGRIP applicants as
requested. Approve the Operational
Agreement with the City of Visalia to carry out grant activities, pending
funding from the CalGRIP Program.
Authorize the Chairman of the Board to sign the agreement.
County Administrative Office
16.
Adopt
the Class Designation and Specifications for IT Network Administrator. Allocate 15 positions and delete 10 in
accordance with the Personnel Resolution:
Add: (2) IT Division Managers,
(1) IT Manager, (5) IT Network Administrators, (3) Administrative Services
Programmer Analyst IIs, and (4) Computer Technical Analyst IIs; Delete: (3) IT Project Managers, (4) User Support
Specialists, (2) Administrative Specialist IIs, and (1) Administrative Aide. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to make
necessary budget adjustments to the Information Technology and Miscellaneous
Administration budgets in conjunction with the County Administrative Officer.
17.
Approve
an agreement with Vanir CM for the completion of Implementation and Functional
Programming services for the New Civic Center in the amount of $223,500,
subject to approval as to form by County Counsel.
District Attorney
18.
Ratify
and approve the Standard Amendment to Agreement No. 23152 that will increase
the amount maintained in the emergency fund from $30,000 to $60,000,
retroactive to July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009. Find that the Board had authority to enter
into the proposed agreement amendment as of July 1, 2007 and that it was in the
County's best interest to enter into the agreement on that date. Authorize the Chairman of the Board to sign
the Amendment subject to County Counsel approval.
Fire Department
19.
Authorize
submittal of a grant proposal to the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the
amount of $114,260 to fund the purchase of a Fire Safety Trailer, Smoke Alarm
Program, and Juvenile Fire Setter Prevention Videos.
Health & Human Services Agency
20.
Accept
the Fiscal Year 2007/2008 allocation of $67,907 for the Transitional Housing
Placement Program and Transitional Housing Program-Plus from the State of
California, Department of Social Services to address the needs of at-risk youth
who "age out" from the State's Foster Care System.
21.
Ratify
and approve an agreement with Child and Family Policy Institute of California,
to further the goal of the Federal Linkages Project to develop a coordinated
services approach to better serve families and improve outcomes, retroactive to
May 15, 2007 through October 1, 2011.
Find that the Board had authority to enter into the proposed agreement
as of May 15, 2007 and that it was in the County's best interest to enter into
the agreement on that date.
22.
Ratify
and approve an agreement with Psynergy Programs, Inc. to provide Medi-Cal
mental health services to persons with significant mental illness, 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.
23.
Ratify
and approve an agreement with Psynergy Programs, Inc. in the amount of
$800,000, to provide adult residential services to persons with significant
mental illness between the ages of 18 and 59, 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.
24.
Ratify
and approve the grant agreement with the California Integrated Waste Management
Board, for the Household Hazardous Waste Coordination Grant (16th Cycle) in the
amount of $7,000, to coordinate collection and product stewardship of universal
waste on a county-wide basis, retroactive to October 1, 2007 through March 31,
2009. Find that the Board had authority
to enter into the proposed agreement as of October 1, 2007 and that it was in
the County's best interest to enter into the agreement on that date.
25.
Ratify
and approve the grant agreement between the California Integrated Waste
Management Board, Tulare County Health and Human Services Agency, and the
participating cities for the Household Hazardous Waste Infrastructure Grant
(16th Cycle), in the amount of $155,780 for programs to collect and recycle
hazardous waste, retroactive to October 1, 2007 through March 31, 2010. Find that the Board had authority to enter
into the proposed agreement as of October 1, 2007 and that it was in the
County's best interest to enter into the agreement on that date.
26.
Ratify
and approve the grant agreement between the California Integrated Waste
Management Board, County of Tulare, and the participating cities for the Used
Oil Block Grant (13th Cycle) Award in the amount of $120,409 to fund public
education combined with the collection and recycling of used motor oil and oil
filters, 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.
27.
Ratify
and approve the grant agreement with the California Integrated Waste Management
Board, for the EA 18 Local Enforcement Agency Grant Award in the amount of
$25,588 that provides funding to support solid waste facilities permit and
inspection programs, 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.
Resource Management Agency
28.
Approve
an amendment to Agreement No. 19966-C with EBA Engineering to extend the
Agreement an additional five years to December 31, 2012.
29.
Approve
designation of Resource Management Agency classifications: Chief Planner,
Engineer IV, Parks & Recreation Manager, Facilities Manager and Solid Waste
Manager to At-Will status retroactive to October 14, 2007; incumbents in the
positions within these classifications, prior to October 14, 2007, retain their
regular status; and the change to At-Will status is to affect only new
incumbents, hired after October 13, 2007, when these positions are vacated and
filled anew.
30.
Approve
a Letter of Agreement with the US Department of Interior - Bureau of
Reclamation (USBR) to initiate actions to assign Tulare County Contract
responsibilities to existing subcontracting entities. Authorize the Chairman to sign the Letter of
Agreement.
31.
Approve
an agreement with Proteus, Inc. for Job Training Services for the County's
Community Development Block Grant for Freeze Relief.
ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS AND
CONVENE AS THE TULARE COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
32.
Review
and accept the following documents as complete and adequate for each of the
Tulare County Redevelopment Agency's eight project areas, including
Cutler-Orosi, Earlimart, Goshen, Ivanhoe, Pixley, Poplar-Cotton Center,
Richgrove, and Traver, for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2007: Annual Audit Report of financial activities
of the Tulare County Redevelopment Agency; Annual State Controller's Report;
Annual Housing Report to the California Department of Housing and Community
Development. Direct that these reports
be submitted by the Executive Director, as required by the California Health
and Safety Code, to the Office of the State Controller and the California
Department of Housing and Community Development.
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
33.
Request
from Auditor-Controller to approve the purchase of 69 replacement vehicles for
Fiscal Year 2007/2008. Authorize payment
for the replacement vehicles through a loan from the Workers' Compensation
Insurance Fund. Authorize the Auditor to
process payments and budget for the transfer of funds from the Workers'
Compensation Insurance Fund to the General Fund. (4/5ths vote)
34.
Request
from Resource Management Agency to approve and award the contract to the lowest
responsive and responsible bidder, Gas Equipment Systems, Inc., Rancho
Cucamonga, California, in the amount of $493,300. Authorize the Chairman to sign the contract
after 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. Allow
funds for contingencies in the amount of 5% of the contract amount or $24,700
to cover unexpected construction conditions.
35.
Request
from Resource Management Agency to approve the transfer of the Building
Inspection Division from the Community & Development Services Branch to the
Planning Branch. Approve the transfer of
the Special Projects Division from the Planning Branch to the Community &
Development Services Branch. Approve the
transfer of the GIS Division from the Planning Branch to the Engineering
Branch. Approve effective date of
reorganization to coincide with appointment of Assistant RMA Director -
Planning. Approve the equivalent of 26
pay periods accrual of vacation and sick leave hour balances for the Assistant
RMA Director - Planning with the understanding that during the first 26 pay
periods of employment the appointee shall accrue no additional sick leave or
vacation hours. Authorize for
recruitment purposes a salary range of $86,667-$110,000 for the Assistant RMA
Director - Planning.
36.
Request
from the Board of Supervisors to approve a Resolution requesting changes to the
San Joaquin River Settlement implementing legislation that would restore a warm
water fishery between Friant Dam and Sack Dam.
37.
Public
Comments.
38.
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 - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
Significant
Exposure to Litigation Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 (B)(1)
Number of
Potential Cases:
General
Plan Amendments 07-005 to amend the Poplar-Cotton Center Community Plan and
General Plan Amendment 07-003 to amend the Urban Boundaries Element (Tipton)
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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:
Change of
Zone No. PZ 07-004 from RA-20 and C-3 to R-1 (Poplar)
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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: 1
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ITEM
D
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
Claim of
Paula Borgioli
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E
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
F
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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