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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS


VOLUME 2008, NUMBER 22
Tuesday, August 19, 2008

 

ACTION SUMMARY MINUTES

VOTING KEY: B = Beautz, P = Pirie, Co = Coonerty, 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 - 8 people addressed the Board

CONSENT AGENDA

6.   DELETED ITEM

7.   APPROVED minutes of August 5, 2008, as recommended by the Clerk of the Board

8.   ACCEPTED AND FILED notification of continuing contracts received during the period of August 7, 2008 through August 13, 2008 and approved upon adoption of the 2008/2009 continuing agreements list to comply with Section 300 of the County's Procedures Manual, Title 1, as recommended by the Clerk of the Board
CoCaBS(P)  Supervisor Pirie abstained on the contract for Senior Citizens Legal Services because her spouse is employed there

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 John and Nadine Gregg as insufficiently filed, Claim No. 809-001, and referred to County Counsel

11.   APPROVED recommendation of the Mobile Home Commission that the reasonable rate of return for qualified Mobile Home Park Capital Improvements remain at twelve percent, as recommended by the County Counsel

12.   APPROVED amendment to agreement with Complete Mailing Service, in an amount not-to-exceed $30,000, for the printing and mailing of annual property tax statements, as recommended by the Treasurer-Tax Collector

13.   ACCEPTED nomination of Doris Burgers for appointment to the Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, as an at-large tenant representative, for a term to expire August 26, 2010, with final appointment to be considered on August 26, 2008, as recommended by Supervisor Campos

14.   APPROVED cancellation of the meeting of the Board of Supervisors scheduled for September 30, 2008, and deferred consideration of any items scheduled for consideration on September 30, 2008 until October 7, 2008, as recommended by Chairperson Pirie

15.   ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 198-2008 rescinding Resolution No. 160-2008 authorizing the Multipurpose Senior Services Program for July 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008, and authorized the Human Services Director to execute the contract with the California Department of Aging in the amount of $385,650 for fiscal year 2008-2009, as recommended by the Director of Human Services

16.   APPROVED 2008-2009 contract with Dr. Cheryl Bowers, in the amount of $27,511, for neuropsychological assessments and approved related actions, as recommended by the Director of Human Services

17.   APPROVED 2008-2009 agreement with Parents Center for child welfare services in the amount of $482,273; approved 2008-2009 agreement with Santa Cruz Community Counseling Center for the Transitional Housing Program Plus in the amount of $540,002; and authorized the Human Services Director to execute agreements, as recommended by the Director of Human Services

18.   AUTHORIZED the Human Services Director to execute fiscal year 2008-2011 Community Programs Contracts and approved related actions, as recommended by the Director of Human Services

19.   ACCEPTED AND FILED report on the Housing Element process and options for creating affordable housing in the County's rural areas, as recommended by the Planning Director

20.   AUTHORIZED the Planning Department to accept conservation credits issued by the Zayante Sandhills Conservation Bank as mitigation for residential land divisions provided that they meet specified criteria, as recommended by the Planning Director

21.   ACCEPTED the low bid of Terracoast Construction of Scotts Valley in the amount of $89,430 for the Buena Vista Drive Sanitary Landfill Maintenance Facility Addition - Parts Room and authorized award of contract; authorized transfer of $25,000 from the Capital Replacement Fund to the Parts Storage Building Capital Fund, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

22.   ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 199-2008 accepting and appropriating unanticipated revenue in the amount of $7,704 from the City of Capitola for a portion of the Storm Water Management Plan (SWMP); approved amendment to agreement with Eisenberg, Olivieri and Associates, Inc., increasing compensation by $40,000 for a not-to-exceed amount of $173,500, for coordination of the SWMP to meet the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Phase II permit and approved related action, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

23.   APPROVED contract change order in the amount of $64,628 for the Lompico Storm Damage Repair Project and approved related actions, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

24.   APPROVED plans and specifications and engineer's estimate for the 17th Avenue Drainage Improvements and authorized calling for bids; set the bid opening for 2:15 p.m. on September 11, 2008, in the Department of Public Works conference room; directed Public Works to return on or before September 23, 2008 with a recommendation for award of contract and approved related action, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

25.   APPROVED plans and specifications and engineer's estimate for the 7th Avenue Improvements (Capitola Road to Soquel Avenue) and authorized calling for bids; set the bid opening for 2:15 p.m. on September 11, 2008, in the Department of Public Works conference room; directed Public Works to return on or before September 23, 2008 with a recommendation for award of contract and approved related action, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

26.   SCHEDULED public hearing on Tuesday, September 9, 2008, at 9:00 a.m. or thereafter, to consider financing and related findings for the Simpkins Family Swim Center Renovations Project, as recommended by the Redevelopment Agency Administrator

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

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION

Kimberly A. Allyn v. County of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Superior Court Case No. CV160428

REPORT OF COUNTY COUNSEL - no report given

REGULAR AGENDA

28.   CONSIDERED draft Storm Water Management Program recommended submittal to the California Regional Water Quality Board;

approved the Draft Storm Water Management Program and authorized the Director of Public Works to submit it to the Regional Board on behalf of the County and City of Capitola for the review and permitting process of our National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System storm water permit application
SCoBCaP  

29.   Public hearing held to consider the Pleasure Point Community Plan;

closed public hearing;

(1) considered public comments;

(2) approved the Pleasure Point Community Plan, including the errata, as a planning document(an exempt project under the California Environmental Quality Act) and authorized the filing of the CEQA Notice of Exemption;

(3) directed the Planning Department to develop appropriate County Code amendments and rezonings to implement Implementation Proposals of the Pleasure Point Community Plan, conduct related CEQA review, and forward them to the Planning Commission for their consideration and recommendation to the Board;

(4) directed the Department of Public Works, the Department of Parks and Recreation, and the Redevelopment Agency to take appropriate actions to implement those Implementation Proposals for which they are listed as the responsible department/agency in the Chapter 5 of the Plan, and as discussed in the staff report dated August 19, 2008;

(5) with an additional direction the Planning Department evaluate other possible solutions for small lots, including the five-foot, second story setbacks, and the four-foot facade setback
BSCoCaP  

30.   Public hearing held to consider adoption of a resolution declaring a groundwater emergency in the Pajaro groundwater basin;

closed public hearing;

directed County staff to meet with the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency to identify criteria set forth in the County staff report on the potential groundwater emergency in the Pajaro Basin, dated July 30, 2008, that can be accomplished within six months time and report back to the Board with those criteria in four weeks, with the additional direction that the report also include the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency's Proposition 218 election timeline for future financing of basin management
CaSBCop  

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.