MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

 

ALLEN ISHIDA - Chairman

District One

 

PETE VANDER POEL

District Two

 

PHILLIP A. COX 

District Three

 

J. STEVEN WORTHLEY 

District Four

 

MIKE ENNIS

District Five

 

 

Board of Supervisors

 

Agenda

 

 

 

 

JEAN M. ROUSSEAU

County Administrator

 

KATHLEEN BALES-LANGE

County Counsel


MICHELLE BALDWIN

Chief Clerk

 

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SITTING AS THE TULARE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND

THE TULARE COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

 

January 31, 2012

 

9:00 A.M. Board Convenes

 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Moment of Silence

 

 

 

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

At this time, members of the public may comment on any item not appearing on the agenda.  Under state law, matters presented under this item cannot be discussed or acted upon by the Board at this time.  For items appearing on the agenda, the public is invited to make comments at the time the item comes up for Board consideration.  Any person addressing the Board will be limited to a maximum of three (3) minutes so that all interested parties have an opportunity to speak with a total of fifteen (15) minutes allotted for the Public Comment Period.  At all times, please use the microphone and state your name and address for the record.


(Public Comment Period)

 

1.                  Public Comments.

2.                  Board of Supervisors matters.


CONSENT CALENDAR (Number 3 through 18)

 

 

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.

 

Board of Supervisors

3.                  Appoint Robert S. Uchita to the Tulare County Mosquito Abatement District for a term ending December 31, 2012.

4.                  Reappoint Louise Rambo, District 2 - Regular Member and Elaine Gilden, District 3 - Regular Member to the Tulare County Library Advisory Board for terms ending December 31, 2015.

5.                  Reappoint Michael Sheltzer to the Law Library Board of Trustees for a term ending December 31, 2012.

6.                  Appoint Donald Marshall to the Delano Mosquito Abatement District for a term ending January 2, 2016.

7.                  Ratify the following Proclamations:  Honoring the Springville Branch Library on its 100th Anniversary; Honoring Acting Lieutenant Robert Blankenship for over 33 Years of Loyal and Dedicated Service to the City of Porterville; and Honoring the California County Planning Directors Association on the occasion of its 50th Anniversary.

County Administrative Office

8.                  Approve an agreement with Jay W. Powell in the amount of $177,890.17 per month plus ancillary services to provide conflict public defender services for the period of February 1, 2012 to December 31, 2014.  Authorize the Chairman to sign the Conflict Public Defender contract, subject to review and approval as to form by County Counsel.

Health & Human Services Agency

9.                  Approve the acceptance of funds from the Public Health Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the Public Prevention Health Fund: Community Transformation Grants in the amount of $253,000, retroactive to September 30, 2011 through September 29, 2016.  Find that the Board had authority to accept the grant funds as of September 30, 2011, and that it was in the County's best interest to accept the funding on that date.  Approve the necessary budget adjustments. (4/5ths vote required)

10.             Approve an agreement with the California Department of Public Health to accept funding in the amount of $350,000 for the Community Nutrition Expansion Project, retroactive to November 1, 2011.  Find that the Board had authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of November 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)

11.             Approve the acceptance of grant funds from the California Department of Social Services for Fiscal Years 2011/12 in the amount of $350,000, retroactive from December 13, 2011 to September 30, 2012.  Approve the collaboration between Tulare County Health & Human Services Agency Health Services and Human Services Departments to provide nutrition education classes to the community.  Approve the necessary budget adjustments.  (4/5ths vote required)

Information & Communications Technology

12.             Approve purchase from CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc. for license and maintenance support for CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc., 3.x Advantage Financial System in the amount of $222,177 for the period of April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013.

13.             Approve the Memorandum of Understanding with the Superior Court of California, County of Tulare to allow Tulare County Criminal Justice Partners access to the Court's wireless network, retroactive to December 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012.  Find that the Board had authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of December 1, 2011, and that it was in the County's best interest to enter into the agreement on that date.

Resource Management Agency

14.             Approve an amendment to Agreement No. 24457 with Cornerstone Structural Engineering Group, Inc. for final engineering for plans, specifications and estimate, amending the scope of services required, extending the time to complete services under this agreement to December 31, 2014, and amending the total not to exceed amount of the agreement downward from $1,564,437 to $1,468,184, retroactive to September 2, 2011.  Find that the Board had authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of September 2, 2011, and that it was in the County's best interest to enter into the agreement on that date.  Authorize the Chairman to sign the agreement amendment, subject to review and approval as to form by County Counsel.

15.             Approve an amendment to Agreement No. 24369 with Self-Help Enterprises, Inc. to increase the amount of the agreement by $128,290, from $940,000 to $1,068,290 to be used for either First Time Homebuyers or Owner Occupied Rehabilitation.

16.             Approve an amendment to Agreement No. 24487 with Corporation for Better Housing, Inc. to increase the amount of the agreement from $854,026 to $8,565,002 for the construction of a 76-unit apartment complex in the unincorporated community of Ivanhoe.

17.             Approve the Plans, Special Provisions, Proposal and Contract for the Destruction of Improperly Abandoned Water Wells within the Delft Colony Zone of Benefit.  Authorize the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors to sign the Plans.  Approve the Advertisement for Bids for the Destruction of Improperly Abandoned Water Wells within the Delft Colony Zone of Benefit.  Set the Bid Opening Date for February 23, 2012, at 2:00 p.m.

 

 

 

Sheriff/Coroner

18.             Ratify and approve an amendment to Agreement No. 24619 with the California Emergency Management Agency for operation of the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program in the amount of $122,507, retroactive to January 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013.  Find that the Board had authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of June 1, 2012, 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

 

19.             Request from County Administrative Office/Capital Projects to accept the Ivanhoe Community Center Project as a completed project.  Authorize the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors to sign the Notice of Completion for the subject project.  Direct the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to record the Notice of Completion for the subject project with the office of the Tulare County Recorder.

20.             Request from County Administrative Office/Capital Projects to accept the Fire Station 9, Alpaugh Apparatus Bay Project as a completed project.  Authorize the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors to sign the Notice of Completion for the subject project.  Direct the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to record the Notice of Completion for the subject project with the office of the Tulare County Recorder.

ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND

CONVENE AS THE TULARE COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

21.             Request from Resource Management Agency to adopt an amended Enforceable Obligation Payment Schedule related to the Tulare County Redevelopment Agency.  Direct staff to post the amended Enforceable Obligation Payment Schedule on the County's website.  Direct staff to transmit the amended Enforceable Obligation Payment Schedule to the County Auditor-Controller, the State Controller and the Department of Finance.

ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND

RECONVENE AS THE TULARE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

(Closed Session)


 

CLOSED SESSION

 

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

 

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 - EXISTING LITIGATION

Details

[Government Code Section 54956.9 (a)]

Name of Case:  Matheny Tract Committee vs. County of Tulare, et al.

Tulare County Superior Court Case No. 11-243725

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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 LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION

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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