(Public Comment Period)
1.
Recognition
of Tulare County Employees who have been selected by their respective
departments to be honored in the Employee Recognition Program. Announce and select the Tulare County
Employee of the Year for 2008.
2.
Public
Comments.
3.
Board
of Supervisors matters.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed Items)
4.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from Resource Management
Agency to approve an application for funding from the State Department of
Housing and Community Development 2009 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
General Allocation. Review and approve
submittal of the application for up to $800,000 in funding to be distributed as
follows: General Program Administration,
$60,000; Multi-Family Rehabilitation, $330,000; Public Improvements in Support
of Housing New Construction, $370,000; and Set-Aside Public Improvement
Project, $40,000. Determine that Citizen
Participation requirements were met during the development of the application. Approve the use of Local Leverage Funding
Sources in the amount of $337,700 to be used as the County's leverage for the
application: Tulare County Redevelopment
Agency, $325,200; and Staff In-kind, $12,500.
Approve the commitment of CDBG Program Income in an amount up to
$500,000 for the activities proposed in the application. Approve a Subrecipient Agreement with
Self-Help Enterprises. Approve a Subrecipient Agreement with Ivanhoe Public
Utilities District. Authorize and direct
the Chairman of the Board to sign the completed application and accompanying
documents on behalf of the County.
Authorize and direct the County Administrative Officer to act on the
County's behalf in all matters pertaining to this application. Authorize and direct the Chairman of the
Board of Supervisors to enter into and sign the Standard Agreement, and any
subsequent amendments thereto, with the State of California
for the purpose of this grant, subject to County Counsel
review and approval as to form.
Authorize and direct the Resource Management Agency Assistant Director
of Community & Development Services or Manager of the Community Development
and Redevelopment Division to sign Funds Requests and other required reporting
forms. Review and receive public comment
on the CDBG Annual Grantee Performance Reports for Grant Nos. 06-STBG-2598,
07-EDEF-3721 and Program Income Revolving Loan Accounts. Approve the Annual Grantee Performance
Reports and authorize the Chairman of the Board to sign the reports for
submittal to Housing and Community Development.
Review the 2009-2010 Project Consideration List.
ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS AND
CONVENE AS THE TULARE COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
5.
Request
from Resource Management Agency to authorize commitment and expenditure of
Tulare County Redevelopment Agency funds in the amount of $325,200 from the
Cutler-Orosi Project Area Budget No. RO4-RO4-2000 ($130,200), Goshen Project
Area Budget No. RM4-RM4-2000 ($100,000), Ivanhoe Project Area Budget No.
RI4-RI4-2000 ($15,000), and Richgrove Project Area Budget No. SG4-SG4-2000
($80,000) to be used as local leverage for the 2009 Community Development Block
(CDBG) Grant Application. Find that
leveraging financial resources for rehabilitation and improvement work in these
communities: (a) is consistent with the adopted Redevelopment Plans; (b)
implements the affected redevelopment plan by assisting in the eradication of
economic blight; (c) is consistent with the current Implementation Plans
adopted in 2008, 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 are no other reasonable and available means of financing the local
leverage for the 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 6 through 27)
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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
6.
Ratify
the following Proclamations: Honoring
100 Years of Continuous Milk Processing by Cooperatives in Tulare County;
Honoring Allan D. Fisher as Visalia Chamber of Commerce 2009 Man of the Year;
Honoring Sherry Tietjens as Visalia Chamber of Commerce 2009 Woman of the Year;
and Honoring the Visalia Times-Delta for 150 Years of Continuous Publication.
7.
Approve
a Resolution recognizing the importance of the Dairy Industry on a nationwide
basis.
District Attorney
8.
Ratify
the submission of the application for grant funding from the California
Emergency Management Agency for Victim/Witness Assistance Recovery Act -
Stimulus Funding in the amount of $12, 231 for Fiscal Year 2009/2010. Ratify the Board Chairman's signature on the
Face Sheet Agreement and all grant application documents necessary to secure
grant funds.
Fire Department
9.
Approve
the submittal of an application for $4,460,000 in funding from the Department
of Homeland Security Fire Station Construction Grant Program. Authorize and direct staff to electronically
sign the completed application and accompanying documents on behalf of the
County. Authorize and direct the County
Administrative Officer to act on the County's behalf in all matters pertaining
to this application. Authorize and
direct the Chairman of the Board to enter into and sign the Grant Agreement,
and any subsequent amendments thereto, with the Department of Homeland Security
for the purpose of this grant, subject to the review and approval as to form by
County Counsel.
Health & Human Services Agency
10.
Reappoint
the following individuals as Tulare County representatives to the Kings/Tulare Area
Agency on Aging Advisory Council: Jacob
Epperson, Seat 5A for a term ending December 10, 2010; Samuel Hurtado, Seat 1
and Cheri Taylor, Seat 4 for terms ending December 31, 2011; Kyle Melton, Seat
3 and George Patterson, Seat 5 for terms ending December 31, 2012; and Stella
Ybarra, Seat 2 for a term ending December 31, 2013.
11.
Ratify
and approve an amendment to Agreement No. 21997 with Turning Point of Central
California, Inc. d.b.a. Turning Point Youth Services for the provision of drug
and alcohol recovery and prevention services, retroactive to July 1, 2009
through June 30, 2010. Find that the
Board had the authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of July 1, 2009
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. 19959 with Kaweah Delta Health Care
District for the provision of mental health services from Kaweah Delta Mental
Health Hospital, to update the Rate Structure listed in Paragraph 4.1 by the
following: the Psychiatric Acute Hospitalization Rate is $925.00 and the
Administrative Day Rate is $351.26, retroactive to July 1, 2009 through June
30, 2010. Find that the Board had authority to enter into the proposed
agreement as of July 1, 2009 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. 21259 with Braswell Enterprises, Inc.
d.b.a. Sierra Vista Rehabilitation Center to provide a mental health
rehabilitation program to Tulare County residents who are severely and
persistently mentally disabled, retroactive to July 1, 2009 through June 30,
2010. Find that the Board had authority
to enter into the proposed agreement as of July 1, 2009 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. 21965 with Addiction Research and
Treatment, Inc. d.b.a. BAART for the provision of a Drug/Medi-Cal methadone and
Drug/Medi-Cal Perinatal methadone maintenance program, retroactive to July 1,
2009 through June 30, 2010. Find that
the Board had authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of July 1, 2009
and that it was in the County's best interest to enter into the agreement on
that date.
15.
Ratify
and approve an agreement with Health Net of California, Inc. in the amount of
$478,527 to provide and/or arrange for medical, vision, and mental health
services for the Tulare Healthy Kids 6-18 Program, retroactive to December 01,
2008 through November 01, 2010. Find
that the Board had authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of
December 01, 2008 and that it was in the County's best interest to enter into
the Agreement on that date.
16.
Ratify
and approve an agreement with California State Association of Counties (CSAC)
in the amount of $101,674, related to the Welfare Client Data Systems (WCDS)
Consortium, for HHSA to use the CalWin application to determine the eligibility
and benefit levels for multiple entitlement programs, retroactive to July 1,
2009 through June 30, 2010. Find that
the Board had the authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of July 1,
2009 and that it was in the County's best interest to enter into the agreement.
17.
Approve
an agreement with the California Department of Health Care Services to ensure
the security and privacy of Medi-Cal Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
Probation
18.
Accept
the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant funds from the State of California,
Corrections Standards Authority in the amount of $24,146 to offset the costs of
one full-time Probation Officer III to focus on juvenile gangs and juvenile
crime. Approve the Standard Agreement
with the State of California, Corrections Standards Authority for the period of
July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010.
Agree to provide all matching funds required for said project, and abide
by the statutes and regulations governing the Juvenile Accountability Block
Grant Program as well as the terms and conditions of the Grant Agreement as set
forth by the Corrections Standards Authority. Find that the grant funds received
hereunder shall not be used to supplant expenditures controlled by this body.
Resource Management Agency
19.
Introduce
and waive the first reading of an Ordinance amending Section 3-01-1120 of
Article 3 of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of the Tulare County Ordinance Code pertaining
to speed limits in the community of Plainview.
20.
Accept
the work for construction of the Avenue 416 and Road 56 Intersection Traffic
Signal Project as complete by Menefee Construction of Fowler, California. Authorize the Chairman to sign the Notice of
Completion. Direct the Clerk of the
Board to have the Notice of Completion recorded.
21.
Approve
an agreement with State of California, Department of Transportation in the
amount of $768,784 for cost reimbursement to purchase the following: three (3) 24-passenger Compressed Natural Gas
buses; two (2) 8-passenger Compressed Natural Gas buses for Dial-A-Ride routes;
and eighteen (18) manual fare boxes for the transit fleet.
22.
Approve
an agreement for Purchase of Property/Right of Way (RW) and Temporary
Construction Easement (TCE) from David A. Morris and Leona C. Morris, Trustees
of the 1987 Morris Living Trust dated July 17, 1987 for the Road 80 Widening
Project in the amount of $13,000.
Authorize County Counsel to sign the Grant Deed and TCE acceptances upon
presentation. Authorize the Resource
Management Agency Director or designee to open an escrow and sign all documents
to facilitate the escrow for this acquisition.
Direct the Auditor to draw a warrant in the amount of $13,800 in favor
of Chicago Title Company.
23.
Approve
an operating budget in the amount of $62,640 for the Seville Water Company for
Fiscal Year 2009/2010. Approve the
necessary budget adjustments. (4/5ths
vote)
24.
Review
and approve submittal of an application for funding from the Federal Department
of Housing and Urban Development Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 for
$43,467,600 in funding to be distributed as follows: Administration, $3,951,600; Financing
Mechanisms, $1,950,000; Purchase/Rehabilitation, $15,696,000; Landbanking,
$2,975,000; and Redevelopment, $18,895,000.
Determine that Citizen Participation requirements were met during the
development of the application. Approve
a Consortium Agreement with Corporation for Better Housing, Community Services
and Employment Training (CSET), Habitat for Humanity, City of Tulare, Housing
Authority of Tulare County, and Tulare County Redevelopment Agency to implement
the Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 activities within target areas
throughout the County. Adopt the
Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 Program Income Reuse Plan,
Anti-Displacement Policy and Relocation Plan, Acquisition/Rehabilitation Program
Guidelines, Homebuyer Program Guidelines, and Redevelopment Guidelines. Approve the use of Tulare County
Redevelopment Agency funds in the amount of $650,000 to be used as the County's
leverage for the application. Accept the
role and responsibility of the Lead Applicant for the Neighborhood
Stabilization Program 2 application activities.
Authorize and direct the Chairman of the Board to sign the completed
application and accompanying documents on behalf of the County. Authorize and direct the County
Administrative Officer to act on the County's behalf in all matters pertaining
to the application. Authorize and direct
the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors to enter into and sign the Standard
Agreement, and any subsequent amendments thereto, with Housing and Urban
Development for the purpose of the grant, subject to County Counsel approval as
to form. Authorize and direct the
Resource Management Agency Assistant Director of Community & Development
Services or Manager of the Community Development and Redevelopment Division to
sign Funds Requests and other required reporting forms.
ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS AND
CONVENE AS THE TULARE COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
25.
Authorize
commitment and expenditure of Tulare County Redevelopment Agency funds in the
amount of $650,000 from the Pixley Project Area Budget Nos. RP3-RP3-2000
($500,000) and RP4-RP4-2000 ($150,000) to be used as local leverage for the
Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 (NSP2) application. Find that leveraging financial resources to
purchase and rehabilitate homes and residential properties that have been
abandoned or foreclosed upon, in order to sell, rent or redevelop such
properties, provide direct homeownership assistance, and housing counseling in
the community of Pixley: (a) is consistent with the adopted Redevelopment Plan;
(b) implements the affected redevelopment plan by assisting in the eradication
of economic blight; (c) is consistent with the current Implementation Plan
adopted in 2008, 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
26.
Certify
the Final Environmental Impact Report for the FM Jersey's establishment (PSP
05-060) to construct and operate a new dairy to accommodate a maximum of 2,637
total animal units (3,200 Jersey milk cows plus support stock) located on the
south side of Avenue 164 between Road 120 and Road 124, approximately one (1)
mile northeast of Tipton in Tulare County.
Adopt Findings for the FM Jerseys project. Adopt a statement of Overriding
Considerations. Adopt a Mitigation
Monitoring Plan. Approve the Special Use
Permit PSP 05-060 and accept Findings within the Special Use Permit
Resolution. Direct staff to file a
Notice of Determination.
Sheriff/Coroner
27.
Ratify
and approve an agreement with Visalia Unified School District to provide instructional
services to Tulare County inmates, retroactive to July 1, 2009 through June 30,
2010. Find that the Board had the authority to enter into the proposed
agreement on July 1, 2009, 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
28.
Request
from County Administrative Office to consider, modify as needed, and approve
the responses to the Tulare County Grand Jury 2008/2009 Interim Reports and
authorize the Chairman to sign for the following reports: Housing Blight in Tulare County; Tulare
County Indian Gaming Local Community Benefit Committee; Tulare County Registrar
of Voters Elections Division; and Tulare County Sheriff Inmate Programs.
29.
Request
from Resource Management Agency to approve a request from California Planning
& Engineering Corporation on behalf of Halpern Industries to initiate an
amendment to the Strathmore Community Plan GPI 09-002 to proceed with a General
Plan Amendment application to change the land use designation of approximately
2.54 acres, APN 215-260-12 and a portion of APN 215-260-13, from High Density
Residential to Service Commercial located in the Community of Strathmore on the
northeast corner of Road 228 and Avenue 194.
30.
Accept
a Report from the Resource Management Agency on the Tulare County Oak Woodland
Conservation Program.
(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:
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Board of Supervisors
ITEM
A
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9 (a).)
Name of
Case: Tellez, Natalio v. Jobe, John
Henry Luther Jr. and Tulare County Sheriff's Department; Tulare
County Superior
Court Case Number VCU230118
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ITEM
B
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9 (a).)
Name of
Case: Service Employees International
Union Local 521 v. County
of Tulare
Unfair
Practice Charge Number SA-CE-559-M
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ITEM
C
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR
NEGOTIATOR
Details
(Government
Code Section 54957.6)
Agency
Designated Representative: Tim Huntley and Jean M. Rousseau
Employee
Organization: All Certified Employee Organizations
Unrepresented
Employees: All Unrepresented Employees except Elected
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County IHSS Public
Authority Board
ITEM
D
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR
NEGOTIATOR
Details
(Government
Code Section 54957.6)
Agency
Designated Representative: Tim Huntley
and Jean M. Rousseau
Employee
Organization: All Certified Employee
Organizations
Unrepresented
Employees: All Unrepresented Employees
except Elected
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