Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors Minutes: 10/26/2004

PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

VOLUME 2004, NUMBER 30
Tuesday, October 26, 2004

ACTION SUMMARY MINUTES

VOTING KEY: B = Beautz, P = Pirie, W = Wormhoudt, Ca = Campos, S = Stone; 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
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 - seven people addressed the Board

CONSENT AGENDA

6.   ACCEPTED claims as approved by the Auditor-Controller

7.   DELETED ITEM

8.   ACCEPTED AND FILED 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.   APPROVED the reading by Title of all ordinances considered for adoption that may appear on this agenda and further waived a detailed reading of said ordinances, as recommended by County Counsel

10.   REJECTED the claim of Elizabeth Hughes, No. 405-035, and referred to County Counsel

11.   REJECTED the claim of Jill Radovich, No. 405-036, and referred to County Counsel

12.   REJECTED the claim of Farmers Insurance (Roberto Mireles), No. 405-037, and referred to County Counsel

13.   REJECTED the claim of Scott and Tammy O'Brien, No. 405-038, and referred to County Counsel

14.   REJECTED the claim of Maria Ceja, No 405-045, and referred to County Counsel

15.   ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 347-2004 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.   DEFERRED 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.   APPROVED payment of $619.48 to Northwest Hydraulic Consultants in Parodi v. County of Santa Cruz, as recommended by County Counsel

18.   APPROVED 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 approved related actions, as recommended by the Director of General Services

19.   APPROVED contract agreement with Forell/Elsesser Engineers, Incorporated for engineering services related to the Trial Court facility transfer process; adopted RESOLUTION NO. 348-2004 accepting and appropriating unanticipated revenue in the amount of $70,400 from the Property Fund; and approved related administrative actions, as recommended by the Director of General Services

20.   AUTHORIZED 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.   AUTHORIZED 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.   APPROVED appointment of Harold Raphael to the Long Term Care Interagency Commission for a term to expire April 1, 2005, as recommended by Supervisor Beautz

23.   ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 349-2004 supporting Proposition 67, the Emergency Medical Care Initiative, and directed 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.   ACCEPTED report regarding formation of a task force to advise the Environmental Health Director regarding the county well ordinance and directed the Environmental Health Director to provide a report back to the Board no later than May 17, 2005; with an additional direction that a member of an Environmental group be appointed to the Task Force

25.   SCHEDULED 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 to 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.   ACCEPTED improvement for the 2003/2004 Pavement Management Slurry Seal project; approved final cost in the amount of $161,549.76; and approved related action, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

27.   APPROVED plans and specifications and engineer's estimate for the Ridge Drive County Service Area No. 58 Drainage Improvement project; authorized calling for bids; adopted RESOLUTION NO. 350-2004 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; directed Public Works to return on or before November 23, 2004 with a recommendation for award of contract; and approved related action, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

28.   AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, SCHEDULED a closed personnel and litigation session as follows:

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 - No report given

REGULAR AGENDA

29. CONSIDERED report on the process and timeline for the appointment of Sheriff-Coroner;

(1) approved the appointment of Steve Robbins as the Acting Sheriff-Coroner; and adopted RESOLUTION NO. 351-2004 Appointing the Acting Sheriff-Coroner;

(2) approved the process and the proposed time line as outlined and directed staff to commence the recruitment process; and accepted and filed report on the recruitment and appointment process for the position of Sheriff-Coroner
(1) CSBPW
(2) PCBSW

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