PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
VOLUME 2000, NUMBER 2
JANUARY 25, 2000
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ACTION SUMMARY MINUTES
VOTING KEY: A = Almquist, B = Beautz, C = Campos;
S = Symons, W = Wormhoudt; first initial indicates maker
of motion, second initial indicates the "second"; upper
case letter = "yes" vote; lower case letter = "no" vote;
() = abstain; // = absent
1. All Supervisors present
Moment of Silence and Pledge of Allegiance
2. Consideration of Late Additions to the Agenda
3. Additions and Deletions to Consent Agenda
4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - four people addressed the Board
(An Oral Communications sign-in sheet will be filed
with Written Correspondence for the Board's next
meeting.)
5. Additions and Deletions to Regular Agenda
CONSENT AGENDA
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6. APPROVED claims as submitted by the Auditor-Controller
7. APPROVED minutes of January 11, 2000, as recommended
by the Clerk of the Board
8. ACCEPTED AND FILED notification of continuing
contracts received during the period of January 10,
2000 through January 21, 2000 and approved upon
adoption of the 1999/00 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. APPROVED Suppression of Drug Abuse in Schools Grant in
the amount of $100,000 funded through the State Office
of Criminal Justice Planning; approved independent
contractor agreement with Triad Community Counseling
Services in the amount of $24,880, Valley Resource
Center in the amount of $24,127, and the San Lorenzo
Valley Unified School District in the amount of
$6,645; and adopted RESOLUTION NO. 13-2000 accepting
unanticipated revenue, from the State Office of
Criminal Justice Planning, as recommended by the
Sheriff-Coroner
10. ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO. 4579 amending Chapter 9 of the
Santa Cruz County Code relating to stop intersections
on Poppy Lane at Heather Terrace and on Tulip Lane at
Heather Terrace and Poppy Lane
11. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 14-2000 amending Salary
Resolution No. 279-75 to implement classification
actions in the Courts, as recommended by the Personnel
Director
12. DENIED claim of Leo Leslie Beus and Family No. 900-077
and referred to County Counsel
13. DENIED claim of Alan Shelly No. 900-079 and referred
to County Counsel
14. DENIED claim of Rhodes and Kesling No. 900-081 and
referred to County Counsel
15. DENIED claim of Celina T. Watson et al., No. 900-082,
and referred to County Counsel
16. APPROVED plans and specifications for the Kitchen
Flooring - Medium Security Jail Project; directed the
General Services Department to advertise for bids; and
set the bid opening for Tuesday, March 7, 2000, as
recommended by the Director of General Services
17. APPROVED tower space agreement with GTE Mobilnet of
California and authorized the General Services
Department to sign the agreement, as recommended by
the Director of General Services
18. APPROVED settlement in the total amount of $20,000 to
Michael Amaya; and authorized the County Auditor-
Controller to issue the settlement amount in two
separate checks, one in the amount of $2,200 payable
to State Compensation Insurance Fund, and the balance,
$17,800 payable to Michael Amaya and his attorneys
Mary Margaret Bierbaum and Michael T. Horan, as
recommended by County Counsel
19. APPROVED agreement between the Probation Department
and the Santa Cruz Community Counseling Center Youth
Services Program for substance abuse and related
counseling services in the amount of $219,840; and
authorized the Chief Probation Officer to sign
agreement, as recommended by the Chief Probation
Officer
20. APPROVED plans and specifications for the Water Street
Parking Lot Resurfacing Project; directed the General
Services Department to advertise for bids; and set bid
opening for March 14, 2000 at 10:45 a.m., as
recommended by the Director of General Services
21. ACCEPTED status report on Emeline Campus Traffic and
Pedestrian Circulation Plan and directed the General
Services Department to return on February 8, 2000 with
a proposed agreement for engineering services, as
recommended by the Director of General Services
22. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 15-2000 accepting unanticipated
revenue in the amount of $4,000 into the Plant Index
for heating, ventilation and air conditioning
modifications at 1080 Emeline, as recommended by the
Director of General Services
23. APPROVED plans and specifications for the Simpkins
Center - Tile Wall Repairs; directed the General
Services Department to advertise for bids; and set bid
opening for Tuesday, February 15, 2000 at 10:45 a.m.,
as recommended by the Director of General Services
24. APPROVED an amendment extending the agreement with
Robert Olson Associates, Incorporated, to prepare a
five year County Fire Master Plan through June 30,
2000; authorized the Director of General Services to
sign the amendment; and approved related actions, as
recommended by the Director of General Services
25. DIRECTED General Services and Probation Departments to
return on or before February 15, 2000 with a proposed
agreement for architectural and engineering services
for the Juvenile Hall Facility Remodel Project, as
recommended by the Director of General Services
26. DEFERRED TO FEBRUARY 15, 2000 consideration to accept
and file report on South County offices and reuse
study for the County's Freedom Boulevard site
27. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 16-2000 providing for a zero
property tax exchange for LAFCO No. 868, Pine Tree
Lane Reorganization and annexation to the Santa Cruz
County Sanitation District, as recommended by the
County Administrative Officer
28. APPROVED amendment to extend the current leased
parking space at the Holiday Inn of Santa Cruz through
February 2002 and approved related actions, as
recommended by the Director of General Services
29. DEFERRED TO FEBRUARY 15, 2000 consideration to accept
and file report on emergency relocation protocol and
other tenant relocation issues; direct the Human
Resources Agency Administrator to continue to
negotiate with Red Cross to establish protocol for a
last resort emergency relocation assistance program
and return to the Board on March 14, 2000 with a
proposed contract; direct the Redevelopment Agency
Administrator to institute modifications to the Last
Months Rent and Security Deposit Program and provide a
status report for January 2001; and direct County
Counsel to report back on March 14, 2000 with an
analysis and recommended amendments to the County's
Relocation ordinance
30. ACCEPTED AND FILED report on Care of Court Wards
budget and related juvenile justice issues; and
directed the County Administrative Office and the
Probation Department to return on February 15, 2000,
with reports on the Juvenile Hall Overcrowding Task
Force and the Disproportionate Minority Confinement
Task Force, as recommended by the Chief Probation
Officer
31. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 17-2000 implementing the
provisions of Assembly Bill 26 relating to domestic
partner medical benefits through the Public Employees'
Medical and Hospital Care Act, as recommended by the
Personnel Director
32. ACCEPTED nomination of Doris Burgers for reappointment
as an at-large member of the Housing Authority Board
of Commissioners, in the category of "tenant over 62
years of age," for a term to expire February 1, 2002,
with final appointment to be made February 1, 2000, as
recommended by Chair Wormhoudt
33. ACCEPTED notification of vacancies on the Board of Law
Library Trustees, with nominations for appointment to
be received on February 8, 2000, and final
appointments to be made February 15, 2000, as
recommended by Chair Wormhoudt
34. DIRECTED the County Administrative Office to provide a
report to the Board, on or before February 15, 2000,
which would include a status report on the Pavement
Management Report update currently being prepared, a
conceptual funding plan to provide for meeting the
objectives and recommendations of the Pavement
Management System to bring County roads up to a
Pavement Condition Index rating of 70, as outlined,
and report on the budgetary implications of enhancing
the basic road maintenance capacity of the Department
of Public Works, as recommended by Supervisor Almquist
35. ACCEPTED AND FILED annual report of the Water Advisory
Commission, and take related action, as recommended by
Chair Wormhoudt
36. SEE ITEM NO. 63.1, REGULAR AGENDA
37. ACCEPTED AND FILED annual report of the Public Health
Commission, and take related action, as recommended by
Supervisor Almquist
38. APPROVED appointment of Richard C. Anderson to the
Water Advisory Commission for a term to expire April
1, 2003, as recommended by Supervisor Campos
39. APPROVED appointment of members of the Board of
Supervisors to various agencies, committees and
commissions for calendar year 2000, and directed the
Clerk of the Board to take related actions, as
recommended by Chair Wormhoudt
39.1 ACCEPTED notification of an at-large vacancy on the
Domestic Violence Commission, in the category of
"survivor of domestic violence," with nominations for
appointment to be received on February 8, 2000 and
final appointment to be made February 15, 2000, as
recommended by Supervisor Almquist
40. APPROVED amended by-laws of the Children's Network, as
recommended by the Human Resources Agency
Administrator
41. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 18-2000 accepting and
appropriating unanticipated revenue in the amount of
$139,000; approved an amendment to a contract with the
Parents Center to provide enhanced family care worker
program services by increasing the contract by
$60,000; authorized the Human Resources Agency
Administrator to sign the amendment; and approved
agreements with the Youth Resources Bank in the amount
of $50,000 for tutoring and counseling services and
Instructional Access, Incorporated, for computer
classes for foster care youth in the amount of $29,600
and authorized the Human Resources Agency
Administrator to sign the agreements, as recommended
by the Human Resources Agency Administrator
42. DIRECTED the Human Resources Agency Administrator to
return prior to or during the County's 2000-01 budget
proceedings, with an analysis and recommendations
regarding the request from the City of Santa Cruz for
funding assistance for renovation of the Homeless
Community Resource Center, as recommended by the Human
Resources Agency Administrator
43. DEFERRED status report on the Buena Vista Landfill Gas
Power Project until February 15, 2000, as recommended
by the Director of Public Works
44. DEFERRED TO FEBRUARY 15, 2000 consideration to approve
revisions to the Road Bump Policy with an additional
directive to add some language that makes it clear
that the County will rely on any signature from any
resident as being authorized to bind the people in the
house on that particular issue
45. APPROVED Contract Change Order No. 2 in the amount of
$36,820 for the Trout Gulch Road Improvement Project
and approved related actions, as recommended by the
Director of Public Works
46. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 19-2000 accepting unanticipated
revenue in the amount of $14,000 from Mt. Charlie
Waterworks into County Service Area No. 54, Summit
West budget, as recommended by the Director of Public
Works
47. APPROVED the 2000 Live Oak Parking Program report and
recommendations; directed Public Works to initiate the
2000 Live Oak Parking Program; adopted RESOLUTION NO.
20-2000 establishing the Live Oak permit parking zone
for 2000; adopted RESOLUTION NO. 21-2000 establishing
the period of restricted parking in the Live Oak Beach
area for 2000; and adopted RESOLUTION NO. 22-2000
establishing year 2000 fees for permit parking in the
Live Oak Beach area, as recommended by the Director of
Public Works
48. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 23-2000 approving the
application for funds from the Transportation
Development Act Demonstration Program for grant
funding in the fiscal year 1999/2000 for crosswalk
pavement lights for Porter Street at West Walnut
Street near Soquel Elementary School, as recommended
by the Director of Public Works
49. SCHEDULED public hearing for Tuesday, February 15,
2000 for the afternoon agenda beginning at 1:30 p.m.
to consider the proposal to rezone APN's: 107-052-06
and 07 from the Residential Agriculture zone district
to the Timber Production zone district. Requires a
rezoning. The property is located on the south side
of Browns Valley Road about 1/4 mile before (south of)
the intersection of Browns Valley and Hazel Dell
Roads, Corralitos, Applicant: Gary Paul, Application
No. 98-0814, as recommended by the Planning Director
50. SCHEDULED public hearing on Tuesday, February 15, 2000
for the afternoon agenda beginning at 1:30 p.m. to
consider the proposal to rezone APN: 095-271-01 from
the Special Use zone district to the Timber Production
zone district. Requires a rezoning. The property is
located on the east side of Highway 17 approximately
2,000 feet north of Jarvis Road, Applicant: William
Moores, Application No. 98-0461, as recommended by the
Planning Director
51. DEFERRED report back on Design Review issues until
March 7, 2000, as recommended by the Planning Director
52. ACCEPTED AND FILED report on removal of dead or
diseased tan oak and California live oak trees;
authorized the Planning Department to implement a
simplified process for tan oak removal in riparian
corridors; and approved related actions, as
recommended by the Planning Director
53. DECLINED acquisition of APN: 026-121-13, 026-121-14
into the County Park system; and permit the applicant
to proceed with a subdivision request, as recommended
by the Director of Parks, Open Space and Cultural
Services
54. ACCEPTED AND FILED report on the Pinto Lake County
Park Farming Lease, as recommended by the Director of
Parks, Open Space and Cultural Services
55. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 24-2000 authorizing the
Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County to sign the
2000-01 State/Local Partnership Program Grant
Application, as recommended by the Director of Parks,
Open Space and Cultural Services
56. AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, CONTINUED TO FEBRUARY 1, 2000
consideration to authorize the Agency administrator to
negotiate and sign amendments to McIntosh Mobile Home
Park DDA to increase funding by $70,000 and take
related actions
57. AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 25-2000
accepting unanticipated revenue from Capital Project
Bond Proceeds Reserves for Live Oak Community Swim
Center in the amount of $280,000 to provide funding
for the required legal services, as recommended by the
Redevelopment Agency Administrator
58. AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, DENIED claim of Rhodes and
Kesling No. 900-081 and referred to County Counsel
59. AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, APPROVED AND FILED year 2000
Annual Continuing Rental Agreement List, as
recommended by the Redevelopment Agency Administrator
60. AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY,
SCHEDULED a closed personnel and litigation session as
follows:
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant exposure to litigation was considered
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Government Code Section
54956.9 for one potential case.
REPORT OF COUNTY COUNSEL - No report given
60.1 DEFERRED report by the Planning Department on the
Conceptual Community Plan for Seacliff Village until
the Board meeting of April 4, 2000, as recommended by
Supervisor Symons
60.2 APPROVED appointment of Donna Stewman as the Fifth
District Alternate Member on the Planning Commission
for a term to expire January 8, 2001, as recommended
by Supervisor Almquist
REGULAR AGENDA
61. APPROVED at-large appointment of Debra Lohrey to the
Children's Commission, for a term to expire April 1,
2003
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62. The Board of Supervisors recessed in order to permit
the Board of Directors of the County of Santa Cruz
Flood Control and Water Conservation District, Zone 5,
to convene and carry out its regularly scheduled
meeting
63. The Board of Supervisors recessed in order to permit
the Board of Directors of the County of Santa Cruz
Flood Control and Water Conservation District, Zone 7,
to convene and carry out its regularly scheduled
meeting
63.1 APPROVED, in concept, the adoption of a County
Pesticide Policy similar to the one previously adopted
by the City of Santa Cruz, and directed the County
Administrative Officer to analyze the proposed policy
with the affected County departments and interested
members of the public and return to the Board no later
than May 2, 2000, with recommendations for adoption
and implementation of a County Pesticide Policy, with
an additional direction to include the Agricultural
Commissioner's Office as an affected County Department
and a member of the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau as
an interested and concerned member of the public
SBCAW
Approved:
Chair, Board of Supervisors
Attest:
Clerk of the Board
Date:
NOTE: This set of Board of Supervisors Minutes is scheduled to
be approved by the Board on February 8, 2000