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Santa Cruz County
Board of Supervisors Agenda
Governmental Center Building
701 Ocean Street, Room 525, Santa Cruz, CA
May 6, 2014

9:00
  • Roll Call
  • Consent Agenda
  • Oral Communications
  • Scheduled and Regular Departmental Items
 12:00
  • Lunch
10:30
  • Recess
10:45
  • Scheduled and Regular Departmental Items

  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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ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
If you are a person with a disability and wish to attend the meeting and you require special assistance in order to participate, please contact the Clerk of the Board at (831) 454-2323 (TDD number (831) 454-2123) at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting in order to make arrangements. Persons with disabilities may request a copy of the agenda in an alternative format. As a courtesy to those affected, please attend the meeting smoke and scent free. Note: The Board of Supervisors meetings are broadcast live on Comcast Cable Services, Channel 26. Agenda documents may be reviewed at the Office of the Clerk of the Board, Room 500, Governmental Center, and at the Santa Cruz Main Library.

******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 April 8, 2014 and April 15, 2014, as recommended by the Clerk of the Board

8.   Item deleted

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.   Deny the application to file a late claim of Gabriel Mendez, Claim No. 314-072, and refer to County Counsel

11.   Reject the claim of Megan DeHerrera, Claim No. 314-073, as insufficiently filed, and refer to County Counsel

12.   Reject the claim of Jonathon Replogle, Claim No. 314-076, as insufficiently filed, and refer to County Counsel

13.   Reject the claim of Deborah and Mark Engel, Claim No. 314-077, and refer to County Counsel

14.   Accept and file the Single Audit Report of the County of Santa Cruz for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013, as recommended by the Auditor-Controller

15.   Accept and file the Auditor-Controller's report on Property Tax Administration Fees in the amount of $4,118,188 for fiscal year 2013-2014, as recommended by the Auditor-Controller

16.   Authorize the Auditor-Controller to transfer warrants listed in the amount of $46,382.99 to the General Fund, as recommended by the Auditor-Controller

17.   Accept and file the County Administrative Officer's Proposed Budget for the County of Santa Cruz for 2014-2015; set June 16, 2014 as the date to begin Public Hearings; adopt the schedule for 2014-2015 Budget Hearings and take related action, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer

18.   Adopt resolution for zero property tax exchange for Local Agency Formation Commission #950 - Wallace Avenue/Baker Reorganization to Santa Cruz County Sanitation District, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer

19.   Adopt resolution for zero property tax exchange for Local Agency Formation Commission #951 - Huckleberry Woods Annexation to Santa Cruz County Service Area 15, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer

20.   Approve the realignment of various departmental appropriations and adopt resolutions accepting unanticipated revenue for 2013-2014, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer

21.   Defer report back on Pacific Garden Mall Pilot Program to May 20, 2014, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer

22.   Defer report by the County Administrative Officer and County Counsel on future funding sources and efforts to enforce the County's medical cannabis regulations until May 13, 2014, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer

23.   Adopt resolutions accepting and appropriating unanticipated revenues from the 2013 Homeland Security Grant Program and take related actions, as recommended by the Director of General Services

24.   Approve plans and specifications (on file with the Clerk of the Board) for the Main Jail Polished Concrete Flooring Project; direct General Services to advertise for bids and set the bid opening on June 5, 2014 at 3:00 p.m., as recommended by the Director of General Services

25.   Accept grant award in the amount of $30,000 from the World Wildlife Foundation for the Community Choice Aggregation project activities on behalf of participating agencies in the Monterey Region Project Development Advisory Committee (Monterey Bay Community Power); adopt resolution accepting and appropriating the grant awards funds and authorize the General Services Director to execute the grant documents, as recommended by the Director of General Services

26.   Adopt resolution confirming previously established benefit assessments for County Service Areas 48 (County Fire) and 4 (Pajaro Dunes); adopt resolution setting Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. or thereafter as the time for a public hearing on the proposed 2014-2015 Fire Protection Assessment service charge reports for County Service Areas 48 and 4, and direct the Clerk of the Board to take related actions, as recommended by the Director of General Services

27.   Declare certain used County vehicles and equipment to be surplus and direct General Services staff to arrange for their disposition, as recommended by the Director of General Services

28.   Award contract to Trans World Maintenance Inc. in the amount of $74,240 for the 1040 Emeline Facility Rehabilitation project, adopt resolution accepting unanticipated revenue in the amount of $84,668 into Plant Index 191012, and take related actions, as recommended by the Directors of General Services and Human Services

29.   Approve purchase of Netapp Disk Shelves and support from CMT, Incorporated in the amount of $125,000 using Homeland Security funding in the amount of $90,000, and a transfer of funds to fixed assets in the amount of $35,000 to complete the purchase, as recommended by the Sheriff-Coroner

30.   Accept and file the report of the County's investment activities and holdings for the quarter ending March 31, 2014, as recommended by the Treasurer-Tax Collector

31.   Adopt resolution supporting the passage of Senate Bill 1432 and Assembly Bill 1662, which would restore a portion of the State general fund support for the arts in California, as recommended by Supervisor Coonerty

32.   Item deleted

33.   Approve appointment of Vanessa Ursina Kuhlman to the Mental Health Advisory Board, representing the general public, for a term to expire April 1, 2015, as recommended by Supervisor Friend

34.   Approve appointment of Jennifer Sherry to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term to expire April 1, 2017, as recommended by Supervisor Leopold

35.   Approve appointment of Jeanette Workman Cosentino to the Commission on Disabilities for a term to expire April 1, 2017, as recommended by Supervisor McPherson

36.   Approve appointment of Bill Neighbors to the Mobile and Manufactured Home Commission for a term to expire April 1, 2015, as recommended by Supervisor Caput

 

HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES

37.   Approve agreement with American Medical Transport, dba Central Coast Ambulance for provision of inter-facility non-emergency transportation and take related actions, as recommended by the Director of Health Services

38.   Approve agreement with the California Institute for Mental Health in the amount of $42,095 for program monitoring and evaluation services and take related actions, as recommended by the Director of Health Services

39.   Approve agreement with Shared Vision Consultants in the not-to-exceed amount of $73,535 for development of the Child Welfare County Self Assessment and System Improvement Plan; approve amendment to the 2013-2014 agreement with United Way of Santa Cruz County, increasing the total contract amount by $478 to the not-to-exceed amount of $18,089 for the coordination of the Children's Network; approve amendment to agreement with the Parent's Center, increasing amount by $18,213 for a not-to-exceed total of $260,044 for case coordination and therapeutic services, and take related actions, as recommended by the Director of Health Services

40.   Authorize the General Services Department to purchase three replacement vehicles for the Health Services Agency; approve transfer of $20,000 in appropriations within the Health Services budget to fund the deductible cost for the new vehicles; adopt resolution accepting and appropriating unanticipated revenue in the amount of $86,960 into the General Service budget, and take related actions, as recommended by the Directors of Health Services Agency and General Services

41.   Defer consideration of the first quarter 2014 storm water monitoring report and related status updates for the Los Altos Rod and Gun Club until May 20, 2014, as recommended by the Director of Health Services

42.   Approve amendment to the agreement with Second Harvest Food Bank, increasing the amount by $5,000 for a not-to-exceed total of $218,328 for provision of additional CalFresh Awareness Month activities and take related actions, as recommended by the Director of Human Services

43.   Approve the revised General Assistance aid payment levels (on file with the Clerk of the Board) effective March 1, 2014, as recommended by the Director of Human Services

 

LAND USE AND PUBLIC PROJECTS

44.   Accept and appropriate unanticipated revenue in the amount if $21,840 in Housing and Urban Development grant funds for Continuum of Care activities that serve homeless and those at risk of being homeless, and take related actions, as recommended by the Planning Director

45.   Schedule a public hearing on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. or thereafter to consider General Plan Amendment to clarify existing General Plan Policy 5.18.4, which prohibits oil and gas exploration and development, as recommended by the Planning Director

46.   Schedule a public hearing on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. or thereafter to consider adopting an ordinance changing the Atkinson Lane Planned Unit Development (PUD) as enacted by Ordinance No. 5048, to incorporate updated information and the terms of the Settlement Agreement entered into on January 20, 2011 between the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau, the County of Santa Cruz, and the City of Watsonville; and to consider Application No. 131265, design review of a proposed 26 unit affordable housing development consistent with the changes to the PUD ordinance, as recommended by the Planning Director

47.   Accept and file report on the Sustainability Manager position, as recommended by the Planning Director

48.   Accept Easement Deed from Soquel Creek Water District to allow construction of the Soquel Drive Bus Turnout Improvements Project and take related actions, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

49.   Adopt resolution approving and accepting terms and conditions of property acquisition agreements for the Nelson Road Storm Damage Repair Project; approve payment of claims in the amount of $18,000 and take related actions, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

50.   Adopt resolution of intention to establish a new zone of benefit (Paul Sweet Road and Chaminade Lane) and to authorize and levy assessment for County Service Area No.9A, Residential Lighting for proposed new zone of benefit and to set a public hearing on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. or thereafter; accept and approve Engineer's report for proposed assessment rates and take related actions, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

51.   Approve agreement with the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission for Regional Surface Transportation Program Exchange funding for various sites and take related actions, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

52.   Approve amendment to agreement with Bowman Williams Consulting Civil Engineers for the design of road, roadside, and streetscape improvements for the Seascape Village Streetscape Plan and State Park Drive Improvement project, increasing compensation by $20,000 for a not-to-exceed amount of $241, 257.59 to complete utilities coordination and revisions to the plans, specifications, and estimate, and take related action, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

53.   Approve permit for the 2014 Muscular Dystrophy Association and Cal Fire CZU Fill-the-Boot Drive fundraiser event scheduled for May 30, 2014 and take related action, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

54.   Approve permit conditions for the 2014 Strawberry Fields Forever Bicycle Ride event scheduled for May 18, 2014 and take related action, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

55.   Item deleted

56.   Approve transfer of funds in the amount of $59,875; approve amendment to agreement with SCS Field Services, increasing amount by $53,300 to a not-to-exceed amount of $230,719 for Buena Vista landfill gas flare control system upgrade and remote monitoring and control hardware installation in 2013-2014 and take related action, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

57.   Defer report on proposed public opinion survey of funding measures for County roads to on or before June 24, 2014, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

58.   AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FREEDOM COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT, accept low bid of Bess Testlab Incorporated of Santa Clara in the amount of $47,000 for the Green Valley Road Utilities Locating Project; authorize award of contract and take related action, as recommended by the District Engineer

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

59.   Public hearing to consider the 2013 General Plan Annual Report and related actions
a. Letter of the Planning Director, dated April 21, 2014
b. 2013 General Plan Annual Report
c. Housing Element Annual Progress Report
d. Letter of Partnership and Support for RTC Grant Amendment

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).

60.   Consider presentation on the 2014 Fire Season by County Fire Chief Scotty Jalbert
a. Letter of the Director of General Services and the County Fire Chief, dated April 17, 2014
61.   AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DAVENPORT COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT, conduct a public hearing to consider proposed ordinances amending District Code establishing 2014-2015 water and sewer service charges
a. Letter of the District Engineer, dated April 24, 2014
b. Proposed Ordinance No. 81 (clean and strike through copies)
c. Proposed Ordinance No. 82 (clean and strike through copies)

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).

62.   AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DAVENPORT COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT, consider ordinance amending expiration date of Ordinance No. 52 for collection of District sewer and water services charges on the tax roll
a. Letter of the District Engineer, dated April 24, 2014
b. Proposed Ordinance (clean and strikethrough copies)
63.   AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FREEDOM COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT, public hearing to consider proposed ordinance amending District Code establishing 2014-2015 sewer service charges
a. Letter of the District Engineer, dated April 24, 2014
b. Proposed Ordinance No. F19 (clean and strikethrough copies)

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).

64.   AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FREEDOM COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT, consider ordinance amending expiration date of Ordinance No. F-5 for collection of District sewer service charges on the tax roll
a. Letter of the District Engineer, dated April 24, 2014
b. Proposed Ordinance (clean and strike through copies)
65.   Consider appointment of Lana Pieri to the Workforce Investment Board, as an at-large representative of business, for a term to expire June 30, 2016
a. Letter of Supervisor Caput, dated April 4, 2014
b. Application (on file with the Clerk)
66.   Consider appointment of Robert Ketley to the Board of Directors of the Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County, for a term to expire November 28, 2014
a. Letter of Supervisor Leopold, dated April 10, 2014
b. Application (on file with the Clerk of the Board)
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.