MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ALLEN ISHIDA District One PETE VANDER POEL -Chairman District Two PHILLIP A. COX -Vice Chairman District Three J. STEVEN WORTHLEY District Four MIKE ENNIS District Five |
Board of Supervisors Agenda |
JEAN M. ROUSSEAU KATHLEEN BALES-LANGE
Chief Clerk 2800 (559) 636-5000 FAX (559) 733-6898 |
9:00 A.M. Board Convenes
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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)
2.
Service
Award Presentations.
DISTRICT 1 - Supervisor
Allen Ishida |
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|
NAME |
DEPARTMENT |
SERVICE YEARS |
Betsy Ellis |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
15 |
Shawn Graves |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
15 |
John Lee |
District Attorney |
15 |
Anita Bivian |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
20 |
Melissa Powell |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
25 |
Christine Ward |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
25 |
Roger Hunt |
Resource Management
Agency |
35 |
|
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|
DISTRICT 2 - Chairman
Pete Vander Poel |
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|
NAME |
DEPARTMENT |
SERVICE YEARS |
Daniel Biggs |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
15 |
Ephraim Rodriguez |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
15 |
Rocio Rodriguez |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
15 |
Clemencia Scheer |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
15 |
Elke Smith |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
15 |
Marco Valenzuela |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
15 |
Vitalina Mendonca |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
35 |
|
|
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DISTRICT 3 - Supervisor
Phil Cox |
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|
NAME |
DEPARTMENT |
SERVICE YEARS |
Amelia Armas |
General Services |
15 |
Guy Christian |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
15 |
Melissa Cohen |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
15 |
Margie Flores |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
15 |
Sheila Howland |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
15 |
Jennifer Lightfoot |
District Attorney |
15 |
Carolyn Rench |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
15 |
Lorrie Welch |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
15 |
Kristin Bennett |
County Administration
Office |
20 |
Mona Gail McCann |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
20 |
Bulmaro Ortiz |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
20 |
Joel Martens |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
25 |
Tim Mathos |
Assessor |
25 |
Ann Marie Sparks |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
25 |
Eric Velasquez |
District Attorney |
30 |
Roxanna Ross |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
35 |
Jim Waters |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
40 |
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|
DISTRICT 4 - Supervisor
Steve Worthley |
|
|
NAME |
DEPARTMENT |
SERVICE YEARS |
Leonard Encinas Jr |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
15 |
Olga Garibay |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
15 |
Harold Liles Jr |
Sheriff's Department |
15 |
Betty Scruggs |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
15 |
Jaime Zuniga |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
15 |
Nabor Gomez |
General Services -
Grounds Maint. |
20 |
Mary Huerta |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
20 |
Victoria Montoya |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
20 |
Margaret Venegas |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
20 |
Elizabeth Morales |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
25 |
Angelina Stanfill |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
25 |
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|
|
DISTRICT 5 - Supervisor
Mike Ennis |
|
|
NAME |
DEPARTMENT |
SERVICE YEARS |
Teodorico DeLeon |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
15 |
Gabriela Leyva |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
15 |
Terri Sprague |
District Attorney |
15 |
Karen Hansen |
Health & Human
Services Agency |
20 |
Judy McCulloch |
Health & Human Services
Agency |
25 |
4.
Board
of Supervisors matters.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed Items)
5.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from Treasurer-Tax Collector/Registrar of Voters to
approve the proposed fee schedule to recover incurred costs.
6.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from Health and Human
Services Agency to adopt fee adjustments for: Public Guardian, Environmental
Health, Public Health, Health Operations, and Medical Records Divisions for
Fiscal Year 2013/2014 beginning July 1, 2013.
7.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from the Resource Management
Agency to approve the 2013/2014 Summary of Proposed Fees for Planning and
Development in accordance with Health and Safety Code Section 17951 and
Government Code Sections 54986, 65909.5, 66014, 66016 and 66451.2, beginning
July 1, 2013.
8.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from the Resource Management
Agency to approve the Categorical Exemption, pursuant to 14 Cal. Code Regs.
Section 15305, Class 5, pertaining to Minor Alterations to Land and the General
Rule Exemption, pursuant to 14 Cal. Code Regs. Section 15061 (b)(3), consistent
with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the State CEQA
Guidelines. Conditionally approve
Tentative Subdivision Tract No. TM 826 to divide 183 acres into four lots in
the AE-40 (Exclusive Agricultural 40 acre minimum) Zone, located on the west
side of Road 28 approximately ½ mile south of Avenue 232 (Kansas Avenue), west
of Tulare requested by H.P. Anderson Trusts (Trustee Doug Anderson), subject to
findings and conditions contained in Planning Commission Resolution No. 8807,
adopted on March 13, 2013. Authorize the
Environmental Assessment Officer of the Tulare County Resource Management
Agency to file a Notice of Exemption with the Tulare County Clerk.
9.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from the Resource Management
Agency relating to the proposed participation by the County of Tulare in the
CaliforniaFIRST Program of the California Statewide Communities Development
Authority. Find that adoption of a
Resolution to participate in the CaliforniaFIRST Program of the California
Statewide Communities Development Authority is not a "project" under
the California Environmental Quality Act, because the Resolution does not involve
any commitment to a specific project which may result in a potentially
significant physical impact on the environment, as contemplated by Title 14,
California Code of regulations, Section 15378 (b) (4)). Adopt a Resolution authorizing the County of
Tulare to join the CaliforniaFIRST Program; authorizing the California
Statewide Communities Development Authority to accept applications from
property owners, conduct contractual assessment proceedings and levy
contractual assessments with the territory of the County.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Number 10 through 37)
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
Child Support Services
County Administrative Office
District Attorney
Fire Department
Health & Human Services Agency
24.
Adopt
a Resolution proclaiming May 2013 as "National Foster Care Month" in
Tulare County.
Resource Management Agency
PNR
11-025 - Williamson
Act Contract No. 7137, Ag Preserve No. 2446, located on north side of Avenue
340 north of Visalia (James A. Wood, Yvonne L. Wood) (1.5 acres (homesite) from
49.77 acres to be non-renewed as a condition of PPM 11-009) (49.77 acres in two
parcels subject to contract amendment).
PNR
13-006 - Williamson
Act Contract No. 7163, Ag Preserve No. 2503, located on south side of Avenue
232, one-half mile west of Road 188, west of Lindsay (Buck Bonilla, Rhonda
Bonilla) (3.97 acres (homesite) from 156.97 acres to be non-renewed as a
condition of PPM 13-001) (156.97 acres in three parcels subject to contract
amendment).
PNR
13-007 - Williamson
Act Contract No. 4823, Ag Preserve No. 1546, located on south of Avenue 392,
between Roads 56 and 64, south of Dinuba (Stella Kesting) (1.41 acres
(homesite) from 80 acres to be non-renewed as a condition of PPM 12-029) (80
acres in two parcels subject to contract amendment).
PNR
13-008 - Williamson
Act Contract No. 7183, Ag Preserve No. 2574, located on the southwest corner of
Road 64 and Avenue 392, south of Dinuba (Stella Kesting) (1.11 acres (homesite)
from 80 acres to be non-renewed as a condition of PPM 12-030) (80 acres in two
parcels subject to contract amendment).
Sheriff/Coroner
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be
taken in any order
(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
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
Details
[Government
Code Section 54956.9 (d)(1)]
Name of
Case: City of Dinuba, et al. vs. County
of Tulare, Rita Woodard, et al.
Tulare
County Superior Court Case No. 11-243161
Next Item(s)
Sitting as...
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
Details
[Government
Code Section 54956.9 (d)(1)]
Name of
Case: Charles Hull vs. County of Tulare
Workers'
Compensation Appeals Board No. ADJ1258326 & ADJ1554351
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Sitting as...
CONFERENCE WTIH LEGAL
COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
Significant
Exposure to Litigation [Government Code Section 54956.9 (d)(2)]
Number of
Potential Cases: 1
Application
for Leave to Present Late Claim filed by the claimant Timothy Lee Johnson
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Sitting as...
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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as...