(Public Comment Period)
1.
Honor
Pat Habeck for her public service to Tulare County.
2.
Designate
the month of November 2011 as Adoption Awareness Month in Tulare County.
3.
Public
Comments.
4.
Board
of Supervisors matters.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed Items)
5.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from the Resource Management Agency to consider the
vacation of Alta Lane north of Brewer Lane in Wilsonia. Determine that the vacation is exempt from
the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to the adopted Tulare County
CEQA Guidelines as a Class 5(e), Abandonments of existing street, alley and
utility easements on which no road improvements exist, and the Environmental
Assessment Officer is directed to sign and file a Notice of Exemption with the
Tulare County Clerk. Determine that the
hereinbefore described portion of Alta 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 Alta Lane, subject to the merger of underlying lots
including APN 001-041-29 and APN 001-041-30.
Said merger to be completed by January 31, 2012 or the vacation becomes
null and void. 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 concurrent with the recording of
the action merging all of the underlying parcels and existing assessor parcels.
6.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from the Resource Management Agency to approve the
Tulare County Area Transit fare adjustments in accordance with Government Code
Section 54986 as listed in Summary of Proposed Fares. Adopt the recommended fares and authorize the
Resource Management Agency to implement the fares beginning January 1, 2012.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Number 7 through 15)
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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/Treasurer-Tax
Collector
7.
Approve
an amendment to Agreement No. 23321 with the Secretary of State to shorten the
term of the agreement and terminate on August 18, 2011, and reduce the funding
by $206,058.29 to a new maximum of $48,985.09 for Federal Help America Vote Act
funds, retroactive to August 18, 2011.
Find that the Board had authority to enter into the proposed agreement
as of August 18, 2011, and that it was in the County's best interest to enter
into the agreement on that date.
8.
Approve
a new agreement with the Secretary of State for Federal Help America Vote Act
funds in the amount of $206,058.29, retroactive to September 19, 2011 through
December 31, 2015. Find that the Board
had authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of September 19, 2011,
and that it was in the County's best interest to enter into the agreement on
that date.
9.
Authorize
the Tax Collector Division to maintain four cash drawers by establishing a
change fund of $800 or $200 per drawer for the purpose of making change while
taking cash payments for taxes.
Board of Supervisors
10.
Appoint
J. Steven Worthley, Member and Allen Ishida, Alternate Member to the CSAC Board
of Directors for a term ending November 2012.
County Administrative Office
11.
Approve
the deletion of Administrative Regulation No. 10 regarding Motor Pool Check-out
Vehicles.
Resource Management Agency
12.
Allow
the use of the Tulare County name for the submission of a State of California,
Department of Public Health, Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund grant
application for planning funds in the amount of $495,000 for the Monson Safe
Drinking Water Planning Project.
13.
Approve
the Streambed Alteration Agreement with the California Department of Fish and
Game for the Mountain Road M319 Bridge Replacement project.
14.
Approve
an extension of the sunset date for the collection of the service fee for the
Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program in Tulare County to April 30, 2022.
Sheriff/Coroner
15.
Approve
a direct allocation of $490,230 from the California State Controller's Office
to operate the Tulare County Clandestine Laboratory Unit, retroactive to July
1, 2011 through June 30, 2012. Approve
an operational agreement for the Tulare County Clandestine Laboratory
Enforcement Unit under the California Multi-Jurisdictional Methamphetamine
Enforcement Team Program, retroactive to July 1, 2011 through June 30,
2012. Find that the Board had authority
to accept this funding and enter into the proposed agreement as of July 1,
2011, and that it was in the County's best interest to enter into the agreement
on that date. Approve the necessary
budget adjustments. (4/5ths vote
required)
(Items Not Timed)
(Closed Session)
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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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
Hearing to
vacate a 30 foot wide right of way on Alta Lane 166 feet in length North of
Brewer Lane in Wilsonia. See Board of Supervisors Agenda November 1, 2011
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ITEM
B
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - INITIATION OF LITIGATION
Details
[Government
Code Section 54956.9 (c)]
Number of
Potential Cases: 1
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ITEM
C
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR
NEGOTIATOR
Details
(Government
Code Section 54957.6)
Agency
Designated Representative: Jeff Cardell,
Jean Rousseau
Employee
Organization: All Certified Employee
Organizations
Unrepresented
Employees: All Unrepresented Employees
except Elected
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