(Public Comment Period)
1.
Election
of the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for the year
2014.
2.
Board
of Supervisors matters.
3.
Public
Comments.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed Items)
4.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from the Resource Management
Agency to consider Tentative Tract Map No. TM 824 submitted by William
Ferguson, 1539 North China Lake Boulevard, Suite B, Ridgecrest, CA 93555,
(Agent: B.J. Tucker and Associates, P.O. Box 83, Inyokern, CA 93527) for a
subdivision of 43 acres into 17 commercial lots of approximately 2.5 acres
each, in the CO (Commercial Recreation) Zone, located at the southwest corner
of Kennedy Meadows Road and Goman Road, in Kennedy Meadows, generally described
as a portion of Section 21, Township 22 South, Range 26 East, MDB&M. Adopt by reference the findings as set forth
in Planning Commission Resolutions Number 8890 and 8891, and as set forth in
the draft resolutions for approval. Find
there is no substantial evidence that said Tentative Tract Map will have a
significant effect on the environment and adopt the Mitigated Negative
Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan prepared for the
project on August 22, 2013, consistent with the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) and the State CEQA Guidelines. Approve Tentative Tract Map No. 824, subject
to the conditions and mitigation measures recommended by Planning Commission
and as set forth in the draft resolution for approval. Direct the Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors to return the Notice of Determination to the Resource
Management Agency for future filing with the Clerk Recorder.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Number 5 through 19)
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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
5.
Ratify
the following Proclamations: Honoring
Angie De Alba upon her retirement from the Visalia Police Department; Honoring
Fred Ruiz as the Criscom's Company's 2013 Leader for America; and Honoring the
SVDH Volunteer League on its 50th Anniversary.
6.
Appoint
Michael Brown to the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District
- Citizens Advisory Committee, Environmental Member for a term ending January
31, 2014.
7.
Approve
the 2014 Board of Supervisors Committee Assignments.
8.
Cancel
the following meetings for the Board of Supervisors during 2014:
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January 21
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May 27
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August 5
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November 18
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February 11
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June 10
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August 19
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November 25
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February 18
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July 1
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September 2
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December 23
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April 15
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July 15
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November 11
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December 30
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County Administrative Office/General Services
9.
Ratify
actions taken by the County Administrative Officer during the months of
November and December 2013.
10.
Approve
an amendment to Agreement No. 25609 with Allied Barton Security Services, L.P.
to add an armed security location through June 30, 2014 in the amount of
$66,294 per year for the District Attorney and Public Defender's Porterville
offices, subject to approval as to form by County Counsel.
11.
Authorize
the Chairman of the Board to execute a Quitclaim Deed to Gloria Pereira and
Linda Costa, Successor Co-Trustees of the Jose M. and Mary G. Costa Family
Trust, executed October 10, 1995. Direct
the Clerk of the Board to return the executed Quitclaim Deed to Property
Management for transmittal to the grantees.
Health & Human Services Agency
12.
Approve
the Request for Application for the Mental Health Oversight and Accountability
Commission Senate Bill 82 Grant to expand the number of mental health personnel
available to provide crisis support services for individuals with mental health
illness who require crisis intervention retroactive to January 3, 2014 through
June 30, 2017 in an amount not to exceed $1,627,671. Ratify the signature of the Tulare County
Director of Mental Health on the Grant Application Coversheet. Find that the Mental Health Director had the
authority to sign the Grant Application Coversheet as of January 3, 2014, and
that it was in the County's best interest to sign the application on that date.
13.
Approve
an agreement with the California Department of Health Care Services for
Disclosure and Use of Medi-Cal Data for the TulareCare Low Income Health
Program.
14.
Approve
amendments to the Agreements for Tulare County Health & Human Services
(HHSA), as the Local Government Agency, to act as the claims processing agent
of Medi-Cal Administrative Activities (MAA) claims on behalf of their school
district, retroactive to July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2015 as follows: 25523 - Traver Joint Elementary School
District; 25478 - Tulare City School District; 25666 - Tipton Elementary School
District; 25526 - Burton Elementary School District; 25559 - Woodlake Unified
School District; 25648 - Earlimart School District; 25520 - Richgrove
Elementary School District; 25528 - Woodlake Family Resource Center; 25022 -
Sundale Union Elementary School District; 25479 - Strathmore Union Elementary
School District; 25521- Visalia Unified School District; 25519 - Pixley Union
School District; 25618 - Porterville Unified School District; and 25584 -
Tulare Joint Union High School District.
Find that the Board had authority to enter into the proposed amendments
as of July 1, 2013 and that it was in the County's best interest to enter into
the amendments on that date.
Probation
15.
Accept
grant funding from the Board of State and Community Corrections in the amount
of $250,000. Ratify and approve an
agreement with the Board of State and Community Corrections to participate in
the Evidence-Based Practices to Improve Public Safety Funding, retroactive to October
1, 2013 through September 30, 2015.
Ratify the Chairman's signature on the agreement. Find that the Board had authority to enter
into the proposed agreement as of October 1, 2013, and that it was in the
County's best interest to enter into the agreement on that date. Agree to provide all matching funds required
for said project and abide by the statutes and regulations governing the
federal Grants Program as well as the terms and conditions of the Grant Agreement
as set forth by the Board of State and Community Corrections. Approve the
necessary budget adjustments (4/5ths vote required).
Resource Management Agency
16.
FOR
INFORMATION ONLY: Bid Opening results
for the Traffic Signal at Date Avenue (A148) and Leggett Street (R256):
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Contractor
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Total (from proposal)
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Dawson Mauldin
Construction
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$384,047.24
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Lees Paving, Inc.
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$423,791.50
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American Paving
Company
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$458,449.30
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Madco Electric, Inc.
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$462,779.00
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Engineers Estimate
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$371,075.30
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17.
Authorize
the filing of Notice of Partial Non-Renewal for the following two (2) Land
Conservation Contracts as provided in the Williamson Act. The request fulfills
conditions resulting from the approvals of one parcel map and one lot line
adjustment. Approve the execution of
amendments to the Land Conservation Contracts as conditions of approvals for
the aforementioned partial non-renewal.
PNR
12-001 - Williamson Act Contract No. 3134, Ag Preserve No. 0416, located at the
southwest corner of Road 44 and Avenue 232, west of Tulare (Darlene M. &
Eduardo Rodriguez and Gary L. Santos & John W. Santos) (2.19 acre from
38.01 acres non-renewed as a condition of PLA 11-028) 38.01 acres in three parcels
subject to contract amendment.
PNR
13-024 - Williamson Act Contract No 5710, Ag Preserve No. 2017, located at the
northeast corner of Avenue 450 and Road 136, southeast of Orange Cove (Frank
Marshall), ((adjusted home-site 1.00 acres net) 0.30 acres from 19.21 acres net
to be non-renewed as a condition of PLA 12-031) (18.91 acres net subject to the
contract amendment).
18.
Authorize
the submission of a grant application for Fiscal Year 2013/2014 to the California
Governor's Office of Emergency Services in the amount of $112,761 for
Proposition 1B funding for Transit System enhancements.
19.
Approve
the relinquishment of right of way obtained by the County in the City of
Visalia (City) for the Road 108 Widening Project from south of Visalia Parkway
to Caldwell Avenue under the terms of Tulare County Agreement No. 23974. Authorize the Chairman to sign the Quit-claim
Deed for the right of way to be relinquished to the City and have the
Chairman's signature notarized. Direct
the Clerk of the Board to return the signed and notarized Quit-claim Deed to
the Resource Management Agency for transmittal to the appropriate staff at the
City for their formal acceptance of the relinquished right of way.
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be
taken in any order
20.
Request
from the Solid Waste Department to approve and authorize a Personnel Resolution
creating two Senior Account Clerk positions, effective January 12, 2014. Approve and authorize a Personnel Resolution
reallocating position 2498 to an Engineering Technician I/II/III, effective
January 12, 2014.
21.
Presentation
given by Health and Human Services Agency regarding a follow-up on the County's
1991 Health Realignment for the Fiscal Year 2013/2014 and forward. Resolve that
Tulare County shall participate in the Health Realignment savings formula,
outlined in Article 13, Section 17613.1 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
22.
Request
from the Resource Management Agency to receive guidance and input in project
selection for the grant applications to the Congestion Mitigation and Air
Quality Improvement Program.
23.
Presentation
given by the Resource Management Agency regarding an update on the Flood
Control Projects.
(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 - EXISTING LITIGATION
Details
[Government
Code Section 54956.9 (d)(1)]
Name of
Case: City of Porterville vs. County of Tulare, et al.
Tulare
County Superior Court Case No. 249043
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ITEM
B
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
Details
[Government
Code Section 54956.9 (d)(1)]
Name of
Case: County of Tulare vs. City of Porterville, et al.
Tulare
County Superior Court Case No. 249877
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ITEM
C
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
Details
[Government
Code Section 54956.9 (d)(1)]
Name of
Case: Sierra Club vs. County of Tulare et al.
Tulare
County Superior Court Case No. 249061
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ITEM
D
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
Details
[Government
Code Section 54956.9 (d)(1)]
Name of
Case: Gleason, Gina vs. Debra Bowen,
in her
official capacity as Secretary of State, et al.
Sacramento
County Court, Case No. 34-2013-80001714
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ITEM
E
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
Significant
Exposure to Litigation
[Government
Code Section 54956.9 (d)(2)]
Number of
Potential Cases: 1
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ITEM
F
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - INITIATION OF LITIGATION
Details
[Government
Code Section 54956.9 (d)(4)
Number of
Potential Cases: 1
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ITEM
G
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR
NEGOTIATOR
Details
(Government
Code Section 54957.6)
Agency
Designated Representative: Rhonda Sjostrom, Jean M. Rousseau
Employee
Organization: All Certified Employee
Organizations
Unrepresented
Employees: All Unrepresented Employees
except Elected
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