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Santa Cruz County
Board of Supervisors Agenda
Governmental Center Building
701 Ocean Street, Room 525, Santa Cruz, CA
October 26, 2004

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.	Item deleted
8.	Accept and file notification of continuing contracts received during the period of October 14, 2004 through October 20, 2004 and approved upon adoption of the 2004/2005 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 Elizabeth Hughes, No. 405-035, and refer to County Counsel
11.	Reject the claim of Jill Radovich, No. 405-036, and refer to County Counsel
12.	Reject the claim of Farmers Insurance (Roberto Mireles), No. 405-037, and refer to County Counsel
13.	Reject the claim of Scott and Tammy O'Brien, No. 405-038, and refer to County Counsel
14.	Reject the claim of Maria Ceja, No 405-045, and refer to County Counsel
15.	Adopt resolution providing for 100% property tax exchange for Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) No. 894 - Spring Valley/Water Tank Annexation to the Aptos/La Selva Fire Protection District, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer
16.	Defer consideration of report on the operation of the Treasurer-Tax Collector, Recorder and Elections departments and related matters until November 9, 2004, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer
17.	Approve payment of $619.48 to Northwest Hydraulic Consultants in Parodi v. County of Santa Cruz, as recommended by County Counsel
18.	Approve amendment to contract with RRM, Incorporated by increasing the contract by $2,037 for a new total of $40,475 for soil and groundwater investigation at the Fleet Operations Center and take related actions, as recommended by the Director of General Services
19.	Approve contract agreement with Forell/Elsesser Engineers, Incorporated for engineering services related to the Trial Court facility transfer process; adopt resolution accepting and appropriating unanticipated revenue in the amount of $70,400 from the Property Fund; and take related administrative actions, as recommended by the Director of General Services
20.	Authorize the Information Services Department Director to sign an amendment to the continuing agreement with IBM Corporation to extend the term from November 20, 2004 to November 20, 2005, as recommended by the Director of Information Services
21.	Authorize Risk Management to purchase a professional (malpractice) and general liability insurance policy for the Health Services Agency from the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) Excess Insurance Authority for a cost of $94,137, as recommended by the Personnel Director
22.	Approve appointment of Harold Raphael to the Long Term Care Interagency Commission for a term to expire April 1, 2005, as recommended by Supervisor Beautz

HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES

23.	Adopt resolution supporting Proposition 67, the Emergency Medical Care Initiative, and direct the Health Services Agency to educate community agencies, health organizations, and others on the impacts of the initiative, as recommended by the Health Services Agency Director
24.	Accept report regarding formation of a task force to advise the Environmental Health Director regarding the county well ordinance and direct the Environmental Health Director to provide a report back to the Board no later than May 17, 2005, as recommended by the Environmental Health Director

LAND USE AND PUBLIC PROJECTS

25.	Schedule a public hearing on Tuesday, November 9, 2004 on the morning agenda, at 9:00 a.m. or thereafter, to consider Application Number 03-0083, a proposal to: 1) Rezone Assessor's Parcel Numbers 030-121-40, 41, 42, and 030-111-47 from the M-1 (Manufacturing/Light Industrial) zone district to the PA (Professional and Administrative Office) zone district; 2) To remodel an existing 7,298 square foot vacant funeral chapel to add about 3,690 square feet and convert a medical office use for a maximum of 10 practitioners; 3) To demolish an existing single family dwelling in order to increase the size of the parking lot for medical offices; 4) To reconfigure the parking lot serving Assessor's Parcel Number 030-121-44; 5) To grade about 400 cubic yards of cut and 200 cubic yards of fill; 6) To combine Assessor's Parcel Numbers 030-121-40 and 030-121-42; 7) To transfer an equal amount of land (1,231 square feet) between the combined parcels and 030-121-44, resulting in two parcels of about 46,898 square feet and 54,843 square feet; 8) To amend the Master Occupancy Permits 89-0428 and 88-0292 for Assessor's Parcel Number 030-111-47, for properties located at the southwest and southeast corners of the intersection of Soquel Drive and Research Park Drive, as recommended by the Planning Director
26.	Accept improvement for the 2003/2004 Pavement Management Slurry Seal project; approve final cost in the amount of $161,549.76; and take related action, as recommended by the Director of Public Works
27.	Approve plans and specifications (on file with the Clerk) and engineer's estimate for the Ridge Drive County Service Area No. 58 Drainage Improvement project; authorize calling for bids; adopt resolution accepting and appropriating unanticipated revenue in the amount of $6,750 from the Santa Cruz County Resource Conservation District; set the bid opening for 2:30 p.m. on November 12, 2004 in the Department of Public Works; direct Public Works to return on or before November 23, 2004 with a recommendation for award of contract; and take related action, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

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

EXECUTIVE SESSION - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

28.

SCHEDULE A CLOSED PERSONNEL AND LITIGATION SESSION SHALL BE HELD AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE BOARDS 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.: County of Santa Cruz v. E.A. Hathaway & Company, et al. San Mateo County Superior Court Case No. 415538 Case Name/No.: IntelliTime Systems Corporation v. County of Santa Cruz American Arbitration Association No. 74 117 00502 04 NOCA Case Name/No.: In the Matter of the Application of California-American Water Company (U-210-W), for Authority Pursuant to Public Utilities Code Section 454 to Restructure and Consolidate its Rates for its Monterey and Felton Districts California Public Utilities Commission Application No. A.04-08-012 Case Name/No.: In the Matter of the Application of California-American Water Company (U-210-W), for Authority Pursuant to Public Utilities Code Section 454 to Restructure and Consolidate its Rates for its Sacramento and Larkfield Districts California Public Utilities Commission Application No. A.04-08-013 Case Name/No.: Dante Rivera v. Neil Erhlich, County of Santa Cruz, et al Contra Costa County Superior Court Case No. C04-01654 Claim Name/No.: Safeco Insurance Companies, Neil Ehrlich, Louie Ehrlich and Terry Ehrlich, Claim No. 304-128 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 report on the process and timeline for the appointment of Sheriff-Coroner a. Letter of Chair Wormhoudt of October 21, 2004 b. Resolution

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.