February 10, 2012

9:00 A.M. Board Convenes

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Moment of Silence

(Items Not Timed)

ITEMS NOT TIMED

Items not specifically timed may be taken in any order

1. Request from the Resource Management Agency to approve and award the contract to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder for construction of Road 80 South of St. Johns River to Avenue 384 and Culvert on Avenue 360 (Phase 3). 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 Contractors License. Waive the bid irregularities that have been identified regarding the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. Allow funds for contingencies in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the contract amount to cover unexpected construction conditions.

2. Request from the Resource Management Agency to direct staff to work with California Rural Legal Assistance/Center for Race Poverty and the Environment (CRLA/CRPE) in developing a grant application for the next round, Round 3, of the Strategic Growth Council's Sustainable Communities Planning Grant and Incentives Program. Alternately, consider additional options available for filing of an additional application for the Strategic Growth Council's Sustainable Communities Planning Grant and Incentives Program: Option 1 - Amend the existing grant application for the Highway Corridor Plan and merge the CRLA/CRPE Proposal; Option 2 - Amend the existing grant application for the Highway Corridor Plan and remove any reference to Economically Disadvantaged Communities from the Highway Corridor Plan; Option 3 - CRLA/CPRE could file a separate grant application without reference to Economically Disadvantaged Communities; and Option 4 - CRLA/CRPE could file a separate grant application for a countywide or regional project.

(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 - ANITICIPATED LITIGATION

Details

[Significant Exposure to Litigation (Government Code Section 54956.9 (b)(1)]

Number of Potential Cases: 1

Award of construction contract for the Road 80 Phase 3 Project to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder

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