Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors Minutes: 1/10/2006

PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

VOLUME 2006, NUMBER 1
Tuesday, January 10, 2006

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.		Additions to the Consent Agenda: Item No. 53.1
4.		Action on the Consent Agenda
5.		ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - six people addressed the Board

CONSENT AGENDA

6.   ACCEPTED claims as approved by the Auditor-Controller

7.   APPROVED minutes of December 6, 2005 and December 13, 2005, as recommended by the Clerk of the Board

8.   ACCEPTED AND FILED notification of continuing contracts received during the period of December 8, 2005 through January 4, 2006 and approved upon adoption of the 2005-2006 continuing agreements list to comply with Section 300 of the County's Procedures Manual, Title 1; with a correction to the Cabrillo College contract number should be 51495-01 through 51495-04

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.   ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO. 4812 Amending Subsection C of Section 9.28.020 of the Santa Cruz County Code Relating to Stop Intersections

11.   SCHEDULED a jurisdictional hearing on Tuesday, February 7, 2006 at 1:30 p.m. or thereafter to consider the City of Capitola's appeal of the Planning Commissions approval of Application No. 04-0440 (Home Depot Project), as recommended by the Clerk of the Board

12.   RATIFIED action of December 13, 2005 and adopted RESOLUTION NO. 378-2005 revising the Unified Fee Schedule, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer

13.   SEE ITEM NO. 58.1 REGULAR AGENDA

14.   ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 1-2006 authorizing the County to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of State's Office to receive $1,698,328 in HAVA Section 301 Voting System Funds; authorized the County Administrative Officer to sign the agreement; and appointed the County Clerk to serve as the County's representative in matters associated with executing the agreement, as recommended by the County Clerk

15.   APPROVED amendment to contract with Visionary Integration Professionals LLC increasing the contract's not-to-exceed amount by $150,000 for a total of $240,000 for services associated with implementing a new voting system; adopted RESOLUTION NO. 2-2006 accepting and appropriating unanticipated revenue in the amount of $150,000 from HAVA 301 (Federal) funds for a Voting Modernization program; and approved related actions, as recommended by the County Clerk

16.   APPROVED gross pay adjustment in the amount of $711.20 for an Assistant District Attorney in the District Attorney's Office, as recommended by the District Attorney

17.   APPROVED transfer of funds and authorized fixed asset purchases in the amount of $8,500 for a computer system and a portable visual presenter unit in the District Attorney's Criminal Prosecution Index, as recommended by the District Attorney

18.   APPROVED plans and specifications for the installation of Rubberized Surfacing at Aldridge Lane County Park project; directed the General Services Department to advertise for bids; and set the bid opening for 3:00 p.m. on February 8, 2006 in the General Services Department, as recommended by the Director of General Services

19.   ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 3-2006 amending Resolution No. 247-76 to amend Civil Service Rules regarding probationary periods and update corresponding list of affected classifications, as recommended by the Civil Service Commission and the Personnel Director

20.   APPROVED Juvenile Probation Funding (JPF) Program Agreement for Administrative Services with the Corrections Standards Authority (CSA) and JPF funding in the amount of $1,033,949 for fiscal year 2005-06, and adopted RESOLUTION NO. 4-2006 authorizing the Chief Probation Officer to sign the agreement on behalf of the County, as recommended by the Chief Probation Officer

21.   APPROVED amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Boulder Creek Fire District and the Sheriff's Office to extend the agreement to June 30, 2010 related to antenna and radio equipment; authorized the Sheriff-Coroner to sign the amendment; and approved payment in the amount of $1,000 to the Boulder Creek Fire District for related electrical use, as recommended by the Sheriff-Coroner

22.   APPOINTED Tom Roberts of the Salsipuedes Sanitary District to serve as the representative of the Special Districts on the Treasury Oversight Commission, and Richard Clark of the Scotts Valley Fire Protection District to serve as the alternate representative of the Special Districts, for terms to expire March 31, 2009, as recommended by the Treasurer-Tax Collector

23.   ACCEPTED nomination of Dr. Margery Regalado Rodriguez for appointment to the Board of Directors of the Community Action Board, Incorporated, as an at-large County appointee, for a term to expire January 5, 2009, with final appointment to be made January 24, 2006, as recommended by Supervisor Pirie

24.   APPROVED appointment of Leslie Anne Cheung to the Child Care Planning Council, as a consumer representative (category 1), for a term to expire April 1, 2009, as recommended by Supervisor Pirie

25.   APPROVED appointment of Faye Alexander to the Seniors Commission for a term to expire April 1, 2009, as recommended by Supervisor Pirie

26.   APPROVED appointment of Rebecca J. Garcia to the Child Care Planning Council, as a discretionary appointee (category 5), for a term to expire April 1, 2009, as recommended by Supervisor Pirie

27.   ACCEPTED AND FILED annual report of the Mobilehome Commission, and approved related action, as recommended by Chairman Campos

28.   ACCEPTED AND FILED annual report of the Agricultural Policy Advisory Commission, and approved related action, as recommended by Chairman Campos

29.   ACCEPTED AND FILED annual report of the Integrated Waste Management Local Task Force, as recommended by Chairman Campos

30.   ACCEPTED AND FILED annual report of the Parks and Recreation Commission, and approved related action, as recommended by Chairman Campos

31.   ACCEPTED AND FILED the 2003 and 2004 annual reports of the Domestic Violence Commission, as recommended by Chairman Campos

32.   ACCEPTED AND FILED annual report of the Arts Commission, and approved related action, as recommended by Chairman Campos

33.   ACCEPTED notification of at-large vacancy on the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency Board of Directors, with nominations for appointment to be received on January 24, 2006, and final appointment to be made February 7, 2006, as recommended by Chairman Campos

34.   ACCEPTED AND FILED annual report of the Treasury Oversight Commission, and approved related action, as recommended by Chairman Campos

35.   ACCEPTED AND FILED report on the need to continue the state of local emergency relative to transmission of HIV through contaminated needles, as recommended by the Health Services Agency Director

36.   ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 5-2006 accepting and appropriating unanticipated federal revenue in the amount of $216,300 for the HUD Meaningful Answers to Chronic Homelessness project; approved revenue agreement with the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the amount of $701,840 and with Front Street, Incorporated in the maximum amount of $541,179 for housing services; and approved related action, as recommended by the Health Services Agency Director

37.   AUTHORIZED the Chair of the Board to sign the Non-Supplantation Certification Form for Public Health Emergency Preparedness Funding, as recommended by the Health Services Agency Director

38.   APPROVED appointment of Carolyn Stewart as Acting Mental Health Director, as recommended by the Health Services Agency Director

39.   APPROVED staffing associated with the Proposition 63 Mental Health Services Act and approved related actions; accepted information on the County's living wage and labor relations neutrality and directed staff to return on February 28, 2006 with a further report on the status on the State's review of the Proposition 63 Plan, as recommended by the Health Services Agency Director

40.   ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 6-2006 accepting and appropriating $365,250 in unanticipated federal grant revenue to develop and implement Primeros Pasos (First Steps), a collaborative program of the Human Resources and Health Services Agencies to provide services to children and families of substance-abusing pregnant and parenting women and their partners; approved transfer of funds in the amount of $281,204 to Health Services Agency; and approved related actions, as recommended by the Human Resources and Health Services Agency Directors

41.   ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 7-2006 accepting and appropriating $180,000 of unanticipated local, State and federal Early Periodic Screening Diagnostic and Treatment Medi-Cal funds into the Health Services Agency Mental Health budget; and approved agreements with Pajaro Valley Prevention and Student Assistance, in the maximum amount of $662,200 for EPSDT Medi-Cal services, and Dominican Hospital, an amendment extending the term to June 30, 2006 for indigent mental health inpatient services, as recommended by the Health Services Agency Director

42.   SEE ITEM NO. 58.3 REGULAR AGENDA

43.   SCHEDULED a public hearing on Tuesday, February 7, 2006, on the morning agenda, at 9:00 a.m. or thereafter, to consider adoption of ordinance amendment regarding conversion of non-residential land to residential uses, as recommended by the Planning Director

44.   SCHEDULED a public hearing on Tuesday, February 7, 2006, on the morning agenda, at 9:00 a.m. or thereafter to consider adoption of ordinance and General Plan/Local Coastal Program Land Use Amendments regarding density bonus regulations, as recommended by the Planning Director

45.   SCHEDULED a public hearing on Tuesday, February 7, 2006, on the morning agenda, at 9:00 a.m. or thereafter to consider adoption of ordinance amendments regarding large family child care homes, as recommended by the Planning Director

46.   ACCEPTED AND FILED status report regarding the Pleasant Acres Mobile Home Park property, scheduled a public hearing for February 28, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. or thereafter relating to the disposition of the Park property, and approved related actions, as recommended by the Planning Director

47.   AUTHORIZED the Planning Director to approve an amendment to the agreement between Hansen Information Technologies and the County of Santa Cruz and approved related actions, including reporting back on the progress of system development as part of the fiscal year 2006-2007 budget presentation, as recommended by the Planning Director

48.   ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 8-2006 authorizing the installation of three road bumps on Mattison Lane, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

49.   ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 9-2006 for right-of-way acquisition for Fairview Avenue Drainage Easement; authorized the Director of Public Works to sign the agreement on behalf of the County; and approved payment of claim, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

50.   ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 10-2006 approving and accepting terms and conditions of the contract for the Calabasas Road Improvement project property acquisition; authorized the Director of Public Works to sign the contract on behalf of the County; and approved payment of claim, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

51.   AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DAVENPORT COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT, RATIFIED the issuance of the five-month emergency purchase order for delivery of bottled water to customers of the Davenport County Sanitation District in the not-to-exceed amount of $30,000; authorized provision of up to 60 gallons of delivered bottled water per month to residential and business customers and approved transfer of $32,100 to fund this emergency purchase order, with an additional direction that staff report back in four weeks on how the distribution of drinking water is going

52.   APPROVED amendment to agreement with Thacher and Thompson Architects to extend the term of the contract through June 30, 2006 to continue design services for the Santa Cruz Veterans Memorial Building Auditorium Restoration Project and authorized the Director of Parks, Open Space and Cultural Services to sign the amendment to the agreement on behalf of the County, as recommended by the Director of Parks, Open Space and Cultural Services

53.   SEE ITEM NO. 58.2 REGULAR AGENDA

53.1.   ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 11-2006 ratifying the proclamation declaring the existence of a local emergency in Santa Cruz County and requesting Governor Schwarzenegger to proclaim a State of Emergency for Santa Cruz County, as recommended by the Director of Emergency Services

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

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - LABOR NEGOTIATOR

Agency Negotiator: Director of Personnel

All Bargaining Units

CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR

Property Address: Adjacent to 2000-2004 McGregor Drive, Aptos APN 036-061-07

Property Owner: County of Santa Cruz

Negotiating party: Scott Loichinger, Chief Real Property Agent, Public Works

REPORT OF COUNTY COUNSEL - No report given

REGULAR AGENDA

55.   CONSIDERED selection of Chairperson and Vice Chairperson for calendar year 2006;

approved recommendations of Supervisor Campos, and selected Supervisor Stone as Chairperson and Supervisor Beautz as Vice-Chairperson for calendar year 2006
WPBSC

56.   Presentation made honoring Cuong Nguyen, Information Services Director

57.   AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, CONSIDERED the Amended Implementation Plan for the Live Oak/Soquel Redevelopment Project area and considered related actions;

(1) held a public hearing on the proposed Five Year Implementation Plan;

(2) closed public hearing;

(3) ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 12-2006 adopting the Amended Five Year Implementation Plan for the Live Oak/Soquel Project Area
CPBWS

58.   APPROVED reappointment of Pat Spence to the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District Board of Directors, for a term to expire December 31, 2009
PCBWS

58.1.   APPROVED Procedure Manual Update with the following changes to Title I Finances and Accounting;

(a) delete Paragraph 1d;

(b) in Paragraph 1c, increase limit from $250 to $1,000;

(c) include in Paragraph C, refreshment amount in excess of $1,000 shall be approved by the Board of Supervisors;

(d) and authorized the $3,000 expenditure for the Library opening to be held on Saturday, January 14, 2006
WBPSC

58.2.   AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, ACCEPTED AND FILED report on the benefits of Redevelopment to the General Fund and County and directed staff to include an update to and explanation of Figure I in the letter of the Redevelopment Agency dated December 28, 2005, in the Agency's proposed 2006/2007 Budget report, as recommended by the Redevelopment Agency Administrator
WPBSC

58.3.   APPROVED contract with Stars and Stripes Telecom Incorporated in the amount of $327,984 for the installation of a telecommunications system for the MediCal Call Center; and authorized the Human Resources Agency Director to sign the contract; adopted RESOLUTION NO. 13-2006 accepting unanticipated revenue in the amount of $369,739 from State Department of Social Services; and approved related actions, as recommended by the Human Resources Agency Director
WPBSC

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