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Santa Cruz County
Board of Supervisors Agenda
Governmental Center Building
701 Ocean Street, Room 525, Santa Cruz, CA
November 8, 2005

1. Roll Call

2. Moment of Silence and Pledge of Allegiance

3. Consideration of Late Additions to the Agenda; additions and deletions to Consent and Regular Agendas

4. Action on the Consent Agenda

5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Any person may address the Board during its Oral Communications period. Presentations must not exceed three (3) minutes in length, and individuals may speak only once during Oral Communications. All Oral Communications must be directed to an item not listed on today's Consent or Regular Agenda, and must be within the jurisdiction of the Board. Board members will not take actions or respond immediately to any Oral Communications presented, but may choose to follow up at a later time, either individually, or on a subsequent Board of Supervisor's Agenda. Oral Communications will normally be received by the Board for a period not to exceed thirty (30) minutes. If, at the end of this period, additional persons wish to address the Board under Oral Communications, the Oral Communications period may be continued to the last item on the Regular Agenda.

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******CONSENT AGENDA******

GENERAL GOVERNMENT

6.	Accept claims as approved by the Auditor-Controller
7.	Approve minutes of October 25, 2005, as recommended by the Clerk of the Board
8.	Accept and file notification of continuing contracts received during the period of October 27, 2005 through November 2, 2005 and approved upon adoption of the 2005/2006 continuing agreements list to comply with Section 300 of the County's Procedures Manual, Title 1, as recommended by the Clerk of the Board
9.	Approve the reading by Title of all ordinances considered for adoption that may appear on this agenda and further waive a detailed reading of said ordinances, as recommended by County Counsel
10.	Reject the claim of Patrick Manwarren, No. 506-031, and refer to County Counsel
11.	Approve a temporary loan in an amount not-to-exceed $4,800 to the Reclamation District 2049 and authorize the Auditor-Controller to execute the loan agreement and make transfers as needed over a period not-to-exceed three years, as recommended by the Auditor-Controller
12.	Approve amendment to the agreement with Griffin Realty IV, LLC in a not-to-exceed amount of $327,684 for construction design documents, continued project management, and cost estimating services for the tenant improvements for the Watsonville Court Project; approve the Grant Acceptance Agreement between the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District and the County of Santa Cruz in the amount of $120,000 for the Watsonville Court project; adopt resolution accepting and appropriating $120,000 in unanticipated revenue; and take related actions, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer
13.	Approve the Proposition 172 Public Safety Local Maintenance of Effort (MOE) Calculation for 2005-2006; and direct the County Administrative Officer to execute and forward the 2005-2006 certification to the Auditor-Controller, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer
14.	Approve contract with ICMA - RC for the administration of the Deferred Compensation program and take related action, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer
15.	Adopt resolution ratifying the District Attorney's application for funds; approve and authorize the District Attorney to submit a grant application in the amount of $70,000 to the Governor's Office of Emergency Services and sign a Certification of Assurance of Compliance for the fiscal year 2005-2006 Violence Against Women Vertical Prosecution Program for the period January 1, 2006 through June 30, 2006, as recommended by the District Attorney
16.	Adopt resolution authorizing the District Attorney to submit a grant re-application in the amount of $39,913 to the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 2005-2006 Spousal Abuser Prosecution Program, and waive the requirement for the recovery of indirect costs for this program pursuant to County Procedures Manual Section 900A.4, as recommended by the District Attorney
17.	Approve plans and specifications (on file with the Clerk) for the County Jail Strip Search Facility project; direct the General Services Department to advertise for bids; and set the bid opening for 3:00 p.m. on December 7, 2005 in the General Services Department, as recommended by the Director of General Services
18.	Award a contract to Best Roofing and Waterproofing in the amount of $31,900 for the Highlands Park Senior Center Re-Roof project; authorize the Parks Director to notify the contractor and sign the contract agreement and associated documents; authorize the Parks Director to approve change orders and encumber $3,190 to cover change order expenditures; and take related actions, as recommended by the Director of General Services
19.	Award contract to Louis and Riparetti in the amount of $7,880 for the Davenport Community Center Re-Roof project; authorize the General Services Director to notify the contractor and sign the contract agreement and associated documents; authorize the General Services Director to approve change orders and encumber $788 to cover change order expenditures; and take related actions, as recommended by the Director of General Services
20.	Declare used County vehicles and grader equipment to be surplus and direct the Director of General Services to arrange for their disposition, as recommended by the Director of General Services
21.	Authorize emergency replacement of the sewer lift station control panel at the Rountree facility in Watsonville and take related actions, as recommended by the Director of General Services
22.	Award contract to Western Design Floor Covering in the amount of $20,987 for the Floor Tile Replacement at Juvenile Hall project and take related actions, as recommended by the Director of General Services
23.	Adopt resolution authorizing the Chief Probation Officer to execute an agreement with California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for diagnostic and treatment services for fiscal year 2005-2006, and take related actions, as recommended by the Chief Probation Officer
24.	Approve appointment of Majel Jordan to the Long Term Care Interagency Commission for a term to expire April 1, 2009, a recommended by Supervisor Pirie

HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES

25.	Accept and file report on the need to continue the state of local emergency relative to transmission of HIV through contaminated needles, as recommended by the Health Services Agency Director
26.	Direct the Health Services Agency to return on December 13, 2005 with a report on the Medicare Physicians Fee Schedule (Locality 99), after publication of the final rule, as recommended by the Health Services Agency Director

LAND USE AND PUBLIC PROJECTS

27.	Approve plan line revision for 14th Avenue from East Cliff Drive to Merrill Street and direct Public Works staff to include the plan line for this portion of 14th Avenue in the Master Plan Line file, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

ADDENDA

27.1	Accept and file update report on Locality 99; request the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to immediately write the County's federal delegation expressing the County's extreme dissatisfaction with the ruling regarding Medicare rates; and direct the Health Services Agency to report back on December 13, 2005 with further actions, as recommended by the Health Services Agency Director
27.2	Accept and file report on the human services program reductions in the House of Representatives 2006 budget reconciliation bill and request the Chair of the Board to convey Santa Cruz County's opposition to the House 2006 budget reconciliation bill to the County's elected federal representatives, as recommended by the Human Resources Agency Director and the Director of Child Support Services

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******CLOSED SESSION AGENDA******

EXECUTIVE SESSION - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

28.

SCHEDULE A CLOSED PERSONNEL AND LITIGATION SESSION TO BE HELD AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE BOARD'S CONSENT OR REGULAR AGENDA, OR AT ANY OTHER TIME DURING THE COURSE OF THE MEETING ANNOUNCED BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION Case Name/No.: Ernestina Saldana, et al. v. County of Santa Cruz, et al. Santa Cruz County Superior Court Case No. CV 149432; Sixth District Court of Appeal Case No. H028899 REPORT OF COUNTY COUNSEL - will be given at the conclusion of the closed session on any reportable action(s) taken in the closed session.

*****REGULAR AGENDA*****

29.	Consider presentation from representatives of The Second Harvest Food Bank and establish November 7, 2005 through December 2, 2005 as the period for contributions to the 15th Annual County Food Drive a. Letter of the County Administrative Officer of October 27, 2005
30.	Public hearing to consider adoption of ordinance amendments regarding family child care homes and other various corrections to Volume II of the County Code a. Letter of the Planning Director of October 12, 2005 b. Resolution c. Proposed Ordinance Amendments d. Proposed Ordinance Amendments with annotations e. Notice of Exemption f. County Counsel Opinion Regarding public hearing items: If any person challenges an action taken on the foregoing matter(s) in court, they may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors at or prior to the public hearing. The time limit for seeking judicial review of any decision approving or denying an application for a permit, license or other entitlement, or revoking a permit, license or other entitlement is governed by Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6 and is no later than the 90th day following the date on which the decision is made (unless a shorter time limit is specified for the type of action by State or Federal law, in which case the shorter time limit shall apply).
	WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE LISTING: The Written Correspondence Listing is established to act as a report of materials received by the Board as a whole but may also include items requested for inclusion by individual Supervisors. Upon completion of any actions deemed necessary (i.e. acknowledgment, referral, etc.), these items are included in the Written Correspondence Listing under the appropriate heading. While these items are not part of the official record of meetings of the Board of Supervisors, they will be maintained by the Clerk of the Board for a period of two years, after which time they may be destroyed after the County's Historic Resources Commission has been provided an opportunity for review.