(Public Comment Period)
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed Items)
1.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from Resource Management Agency to consider the
vacation of that undeveloped portion of Lilac Lane extending east of Grant Lane
adjoining Lots 1 through 5 in the Mesa Addition to Wilsonia, in the County of Tulare,
State of California,
as per map recorded in Book 17, Page 2 of Maps, Tulare County Records. Determine that the vacation is exempt from
the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to the adopted Tulare County
California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines as a Class 5(e), abandonments
of existing street, alley and utility easements on which no road improvements
exist, and direct the Environmental Assessment Officer to sign and file a
Notice of Exemption with the Tulare County Clerk. Determine that the hereinbefore described
portion of Lilac Lane
is unnecessary for present or prospective public use and vacation thereof is in
the public interest. Approve the
Resolution to vacate the aforementioned portion of Lilac Lane. Direct the Clerk of the Board to cause a
certified copy of the Resolution to be recorded in the office of the Tulare
County Assessor Clerk/Recorder.
2.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from Resource Management Agency to deny the appeal
filed by J. Frank Gomez, Roberto Alvarado and Arturo Alvarado, upholding the
decision of the Zoning Administrator denying Zone Variance No. PZV 07-042 (ZA)
for the creation of two 9.26 acre parcels from an 18.52 acre parcel in the
AE-20 (Exclusive Agricultural-20 acre minimum) Zone, on the property located on
the northwest corner of Road 112 and Avenue 408, east of Dinuba.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Number 3 through 21)
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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
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Auditor/Controller
3.
Approve
the purchase of 51 replacement vehicles for Fiscal Year 2008/2009. Authorize payment for those vehicles from the
Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund.
Board of Supervisors
4.
Cancel
the regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors on December 30, 2008.
5.
Ratify
the following Proclamations: Honoring Ed Dena as the Latino Peace Officers
Association's 2008 Man of the Year; Honoring Captain Dahl Cleek as the Latino
Peace Officers Association's Lifetime Achievement Award recipient; Honoring
Adam Valencia as the Latino Peace Officers Association's Peacekeeper Award recipient;
Honoring Kathryn Montejano as the Latino Peace Officers Association's 2008
Woman of the Year; Honoring Leonel Benavides as a Latino Peace Officers
Association Community Service Award recipient; Honoring Ellen Gorelick as a
Latino Peace Officers Association Community Service Award recipient.
6.
Approve
a Resolution opposing Proposition 2 on the November 4, 2008 California ballot
that would require that calves raised for veal, egg-laying hens and pregnant
pigs be confined only in ways that allow these animals to lie down, stand up,
fully extend their limbs and turn around freely.
Health & Human Services Agency
7.
Ratify
and approve an amendment to Agreement No. 21948 with Porterville Halfway House,
Inc. d.b.a. The PAAR Center in the amount of $728,891 to provide alcohol and
drug recovery services, retroactive to July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. Find
that the Board had authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of July 1,
2008 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 $675,884
for the provision of drug and alcohol recovery and prevention services,
retroactive to July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. Find that the Board had
authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of July 1, 2008 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. 23197 with Central Valley Recovery
Services, Inc. (formerly known as Tulare County Alcoholism Council, Inc.); Pine
Recovery Center, New Visions, Mothering Heights, and New Heights in the amount
of $874,027, for the continued provision of alcohol and drug recovery and
prevention services for Tulare County residents, retroactive to July 1, 2008
through June 30, 2009. Find that the Board had authority to enter into the
proposed agreement as of July 1, 2008 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. 23424 with Families First, Inc. to
provide Wraparound services for families with multiple, complex needs that may
threaten the families' stability and well-being, and the ability to keep their
children safely at home, retroactive to July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009.
Find that the Board had authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of
July 1, 2008 and that it was in the County's best interest to enter into the
agreement on that date.
11.
Ratify
and approve an agreement with Visalia Unified School District for a clinical
training program for students enrolled in licensed vocational nursing classes,
retroactive to July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2010. Find that the Board had
authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of July 1, 2008 and that it
was in the County's best interest to enter into the agreement on that date.
12.
Accept
the recommendations of the Children's Service Network and the Tulare County
Child Abuse Prevention Council for funding of child abuse prevention programs
from the following funds: Promoting Safe and Stable Families Fund, Community
Based Child Abuse Prevention Fund, Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention and
Treatment Fund, and the Children's Trust Fund for Fiscal Year 2008/2009.
13.
Authorize
the Chairman of the Board to sign the Notice of Intent Regarding Child Abuse
Prevention, Intervention and Treatment, Community Based Child Abuse Prevention,
and Promoting Safe and Stable Families Plan Contracts for Tulare County. Designate Tulare County Health and Human
Services Agency as the public agency responsible for administration of the
Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention and Treatment, Community Based Child Abuse
Prevention, and Promoting Safe and Stable Families Plan Contracts. Approve extending
the Office of Child Abuse Prevention Three-Year Plan to January 2012.
14.
Authorize
the submittal of the regional application to the California Integrated Waste
Management Board for the Household Hazardous Waste Grant (17th Cycle) on behalf
of Tulare County and the participating cities that proposes the purchase of
approved sharps containers for home-generated sharps waste such as hypodermic
needles, lancets, and other devices.
Human Resources & Development
15.
Ratify
and approve a Memorandum of Understanding with the Tulare County District
Attorney Investigators Association (Bargaining Unit #5), retroactive to July 1,
2008 through June 30, 2009. Find that
the Board had authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of July 1, 2008
and that it was in the County's best interest to enter into the agreement on
that date.
16.
Ratify
and approve the Memorandum of Understanding with the Professional Association
of Tulare County Physicians (Bargaining Unit #16), retroactive to July 1, 2008
through June 30, 2009. Find that the
Board had authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of July 1, 2008 and
that it was in the County's best interest to enter into the agreement on that
date.
17.
Approve
changes for employees in Units 9, 10, 11, 19, 20 and 21.
Information Technology
18.
Ratify
and approve the annual renewal of license and maintenance agreements with
CompuCom to provide use licenses and maintenance support for Novell Groupwise
email and Novell Operating System in the amount of $392,887, retroactive to
July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. Find
that the Board had authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of July 1,
2008 and that it was in the County's best interest to enter into the agreement
on that date.
Probation
19.
Ratify
and approve an amendment to Agreement No. 23441 with the City of Visalia to
provide the services of a Probation Officer for the operation of the
Police/Probation Partnership Program to increase accountability for
probationers retroactive to July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. Find that the Board had authority to enter
into the proposed agreement as of July 1, 2008 and that it was in the County's
best interest to enter into the agreement on that date.
Resource Management Agency
20.
Adopt
the County of Tulare Transit Development Plan, April 2008.
Sheriff/Coroner
21.
Approve
submission of an application to the Governor's Office of Emergency Services for
a Children Exposed to Domestic Violence Response Team Grant in an amount up to
$175,000.
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be
taken in any order
22.
Request
from Resource Management Agency to adopt a Negative Declaration to construct a
new Motor Pool Facility and associated site improvements at the Central Road
Yard, 14001 Avenue 256, Visalia, CA.
Approve the contract documents for this project. Authorize staff to advertise for bids and set
the bid opening date for Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 10:00 a.m.
23.
Public
Comments
24.
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:
Sitting as the Tulare County
Board of Supervisors
ITEM
A
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
Significant
Exposure to Litigation (Government Code Section 54956.9(b)(1).)
Number of
Potential Cases: 1
Approve
the construction contract and authorize staff to advertise for bids for the
Motorpool; adopt a negative declaration for the proposed construction of a new
Motorpool facility. See Board of Supervisors Agenda September 30, 2008.
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ITEM
B
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
Significant
Exposure to Litigation (Government Code Section 54956.9(b)(1).)
Number of
Potential Cases: 1
Public
Hearing for Appeal of Zoning Administrator Decision Denying Zone Variance
Number PZV 07-042 (ZA) for creation of two 9.26 acre parcels from an 18.52 acre
parcel in the AE-20 Zone. Northwest Corner of Road 112 and Avenue 408, East of
Dinuba. Gomez, Alvarado. Board of Supervisor's Agenda Item, September 30, 2008.
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C
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
Significant
Exposure to Litigation (Government Code Section 54956.9(b)(1).)
Number of
Potential Cases: 1
Public
Hearing to Vacate Undeveloped Portion of Lilac Lane Extending East of Grant
Lane, Adjoining Lots 1 through 5 in the Mesa Addition to Wilsonia. Board of
Supervisors Agenda Item, September 30, 2008.
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D
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9 (a).)
Name of
Case: Megargee, Stanley et al v. County
of Tulare, et al
U.S. District
Court Case Number 1:06-CV-00684-AWI-LJO
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E
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9 (a).)
Name of
Case: Kerry J. Kelly and Jill Kelly v.
Kevin Dahlberg, Salvador
O. Valdovinos, Maria Olivera, and Does 1 to 10
Tulare County Superior Court Case Number 08-229049
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F
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - INITIATION OF LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9 (c).)
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Potential Cases: 1
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G
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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