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Santa Cruz County
Board of Supervisors Agenda
Governmental Center Building
701 Ocean Street, Room 525, Santa Cruz, CA
November 24, 2009

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 (on file with the Clerk of the Board)
7.	Approve minutes of November 3, 2009 and November 10, 2009, as recommended by the Clerk of the Board
8.	Accept and file notification of continuing contracts received during the period of November 5, 2009 through November 18, 2009 and approved upon adoption of the 2009-2010 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 Stacy Silva, Claim No. 910-032, and refer to County Counsel
11.	Accept and file report and find there is a need to continue the state of emergency relative to the Swine Influenza A (H1N1), as recommended by the County Administrative Officer
12.	Accept and file report on the appointment of conflict public defenders in Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) conservatorship cases, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer
13.	Accept and file report on Community Television and approve the activities plan and budget, subject to the availability of funds, through June 30, 2010, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer
14.	Adopt resolution authorizing repayment of a loan from the Santa Cruz County Redevelopment Agency pursuant to Assembly Bill 2115 and Assembly Bill 1805, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer
15.	Approve revisions to the County Procedures Manual and take related actions, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer
16.	Adopt resolution authorizing the County Clerk to enter into a contract with the Secretary of State's office for reimbursement of costs associated with implementing the VoteCal Statewide Database Project and appointing the County Clerk as the County's designee to negotiate, execute, and submit documentation relating to payment requests for reimbursement of Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Section 303 authorized expenditures; and take related actions, as recommended by the County Clerk
17.	Declare certain used County vehicles to be surplus and direct General Services to arrange for their disposition, as recommended by the Director of General Services
18.	Accept and file response to the 2009 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission inspection of the Santa Cruz County Juvenile Hall, as recommended by the Chief Probation Officer
19.	Approve contract with Ceres Policy Research in the amount of $11,778 for Health Returns Initiative grant program evaluation, as recommended by the Chief Probation Officer
20.	Authorize the Chief Probation Officer to submit an application to the California Emergency Management Agency's (Cal EMA) Public Safety and Victim Services Programs for the Evidence-Based Probation Supervision Program, as recommended by the Chief Probation Officer
21.	Accept and file report of the County's investment activities and holdings for the quarter ending September 30, 2009, as recommended by the Treasurer-Tax Collector
22.	Accept nomination of Pat Spence for reappointment to the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District Board of Directors, as an at-large County appointee for a term to expire December 31, 2013, with final appointment to be considered on December 8, 2009, as recommended by Supervisor Campos
23.	Accept nomination of Supervisor John Leopold for appointment to the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District Board of Directors, as an at-large representative of the general public, for a term to expire December 31, 2013, with final appointment to be considered on December 8, 2009, as recommended by Supervisor Coonerty
24.	Accept notification of two vacancies on the Board of Law Library Trustees, with nominations for appointment to be received on December 8, 2009, and final appointments to be considered on December 15, 2009, as recommended by Chairperson Coonerty
25.	Accept notification of an at-large vacancy on the Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, for a tenant representative, with nominations for appointment to be received on December 8, 2009, and final appointments to be considered on December 15, 2009, as recommended by Chairperson Coonerty
25.1	Approve 2010 Board meeting schedule and adopt resolution establishing June 14, 2009 through June 24, 2009 as the period of time during which budget hearings will be held, as recommended by Chairperson Coonerty

HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES

26.	Accept and file the Nineteen-Year Report on the Comprehensive Interagency System of Care for Children and Youth, as recommended by the Chief Probation Officer, the Director of Health Services and the Director of Human Services
27.	Accept and file report on Hospital Services and Access to Care; direct staff to return in November 2010 with a report on data collected for 2009 Access to Care contracts, as recommended by the Director of Health Services
28.	Approve agreement with Front Street, Inc. for mental health residential treatment services and take related actions, as recommended by the Director of Health Services
29.	Approve agreements with Nadhan, Inc. for mental health residential services at the rate of $140 per day and Echo Consulting for mental health information system software maintenance in an amount not-to exceed $150,000; and take related actions, as recommended by the Director of Health Services
30.	Approve agreement with Santa Cruz AIDS Project in the not-to-exceed amount of $216,992 for HIV/AIDS services and take related action, as recommended by the Director of Health Services
31.	Approve agreement with the San Jose State University Research Foundation in the amount of $120,000 for third party evaluation of Roots and Wings project outcomes, as recommended by the Director of Human Services
32.	Approve the submittal of the In-Home Supportive Services Program Integrity Plan to the California Department of Social Services and authorize the Chairperson of the Board to sign, as recommended by the Director of Human Services
33.	Authorize the Human Services Department Director to sign the following contracts: with the County Office of Education in the amount of $1,715,826 to operate youth employment through September 30, 2010; with Cabrillo College in the amount of $352,636 to operate WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker and CalWORKs services through June 30, 2010; with Shoreline Workforce Development Services in the amount of $100,000 to operate adult and dislocated worker on-the-job training services through June 30, 2010; and an amendment to the contract with ERISS Corporation in the amount of $25,000 to maintain the USWorks for Professionals website through June 30, 2010; and take related actions, as recommended by the Director of Human Services

LAND USE AND PUBLIC PROJECTS

34.	Schedule public hearing on Tuesday, December 15, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. or thereafter, to consider the recommendation of the Planning Commission to approve minor "clean-up" ordinance amendment to Chapters 5.08, 12.02, 13.10, 13.20, 14.01, 16.42, and 18.10 of the Santa Cruz County Code, as recommended by the Planning Director
35.	Schedule public hearing on Tuesday, December 15, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. or thereafter, to consider the recommendation of the Planning Commission to approve amendments to Santa Cruz County Code Chapter 17.12, Residential Density Bonuses and Affordability Incentives, to be consistent with State law, and to consider adoption of the Santa Cruz County Density Bonus Guidelines, as recommended by the Planning Director
36.	Accept and file report on the second phase of the Integrated Vegetation Management Program and direct Public Works to report back on the project results n December 2010; approve amendment to agreement with URS Corporation for Integrated Vegetation Management Plan by extending the contract until June 30, 2011, as recommended by the Director of Public Works
37.	Adopt resolution approving submission of a grant application (on file with the Clerk of the Board) for funds from the Bicycle Transportation Account Program in the amount of $145,000 for the Calabasas Road Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Improvement project, as recommended by the Director of Public Works
38.	Approve Cooperative Work Agreement with the Department of Transportation to extend the availability of funds for the Quail Hollow Road Bridge Replacement until June 30, 2010 and take related action, as recommended by the Director of Public Works
39.	Approve independent contractor agreement with Hope Services, Inc. in the not-to-exceed amount of $95,000 for construction and demolition recycling labor services in fiscal year 2009-2010; and take related action, as recommended by the Director of Public Works
40.	Approve request for transfer of funds appropriating $14,958 within County Service Area (CSA) No. 35 - Country Estates, as recommended by the Director of Public Works
41.	Authorize the Director of Public Works to submit a request to the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District to transfer grant agreement for a mobile source greenhouse gas emissions study from the County of Santa Cruz to the Santa Cruz Regional Transportation Commission, as recommended by the Director of Public Works
42.	AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DAVENPORT COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT, approve independent contractor agreement with Kestrel Consulting, Inc., to provide grant reporting support for the Davenport Water System Improvements project in the not-to-exceed amount of $23,638, as recommended by the District Engineer
43.	Accept the Anna Jean Cummings Park parking lot expansion project as completed; approve the final cost in amount of $142,366.29; and authorize the Clerk of the Board to take related actions, as recommended by the Director of Parks, Open Space, and Cultural Services
44.	Accept and file the 2009-2010 Public Art Plan, as recommended by the Director of Parks, Open Space, and Cultural Services
45.	Approve agreement with Verde Design in the amount of $191,878 to provide various services related to synthetic turf fields at Anna Jean Cummings Park and take related actions, as recommended by the Director of Parks, Open Space, and Cultural Services
46.	Approve contract with Axiom Engineers, Inc. in an amount not-to-exceed $9,000 for design services relating to a variable frequency drive control for pool pumps at the Simpkins Family Swim Center and take related actions, as recommended by the Director of Parks, Open Space, and Cultural Services

REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

47.	AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, adopt resolution authorizing repayment of the 2005-2006 loan to the County of Santa Cruz pursuant to Assembly Bill 2115, as recommended by the Redevelopment Agency Administrator
48.	AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, approve financing in the amount of $191,878 for the cost of a consultant services contract with Verde Design for the design of synthetic turf fields at Anna Jean Cummings Park, as recommended by the Redevelopment Agency Administrator

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

49.

Public hearing to consider amendments to the Unified Fee Schedule a. Letter of the County Administrative Officer, dated November 17, 2009 b. Proposed resolution revising the Unified Fee Schedule c. Proposed resolution amending registration fee for public defender services 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).

999.

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.