1.   Roll Call Listen

   Moment of Silence and Pledge of Allegiance

2.   Consideration of Late Additions to the Agenda Listen

3.   Additions and Deletions to the Consent Agenda; and Action on the Consent Agenda Listen

4.   ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Any person may address the Board during its Oral Communications period. Presentations must not exceed three 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 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. Listen

5. Additions and Deletions to Regular Agenda.

6. Approve claims as submitted by the Auditor-Controller

7. Approve minutes of September 26, 2000 and October 3, 2000 as recommended by the Clerk of the Board

8. Accept and file notification of continuing contracts received during the period of October 2, 2000 through October 13, 2000 and approved upon adoption of the 2000/01 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 California Counties Cooperative Audit Services Joint Powers Agreement as recommended by the Assessor

10. Accept and file statement of money count in treasury on June 30, 2000, as recommended by the Auditor-Controller and the County Administrative Officer

11. Discontinue consideration of a metering ordinance and direct staff to develop alternative proposals to improve water management that do not involve the metering of wells, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer

12. Continue consideration of the transfer of the County Service Area No. 54 (formerly Mt. Charlie Waterworks) water system to a non-profit corporation until December 12, 2000, as recommended by County Counsel

13. Authorize County Counsel to enter into a contract for specialized legal services with the law firm of Foley & Lardner in the amount of $50,000, as recommended by County Counsel

14. Approve a gross pay adjustment in the amount of $1,557.60 for an Assistant District Attorney to correct an administrative oversight, as recommended by the District Attorney

15. Approve a contract amendment with Fehr and Peers Associates, Incorporated for Emeline Ca 21 mpus Traffic Improvements extending the ending date to June 30, 2001, as recommended by the Director of General Services

16. Award a contract to J.C. Randolph, Incorporated in the amount of $17,076 for the Watsonville Court Waterline and Walkway Repair project; authorize the General Services Director to sign the contract agreements and associated documents on behalf of the Board; authorize the Director of General Services to approve change orders up to the amount of $1,708 in addition to the contract amount, as required; and take related actions, as recommended by the Director of General Services

17. Approve an Independent Contractor Agreement with Salas O'Brien Engineers, Incorporated for a not-to-exceed amount of $9,010 for engineering services for the Redwoods Classroom Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) project and authorize the Director of General Services to sign the agreement, as recommended by the Director of General Services

18. Accept and file status report and defer consideration of the Emergency Management Plan to January 23, 2001, as recommended by the Director of General Services

19. Accept the Bonny Doon Replacement Fire Station project as complete; approve the final cost of $514,695; and take related actions, as recommended by the Director of General Services

20. Accept the Loma Prieta Replacement Fire Station project as complete; approve the final cost of $347,194; and take related actions, as recommended by the Director of General Services

21. Adopt resolution to implement classification and salary action in the District Attorney's Office and amend Personnel Regulations Section 160 to provide for administrative review of applications for longevity differential under specific circumstances, as recommended by the Personnel Director

22. Defer report back on Planning and Environmental Health compensation, as recommended by the Personnel Director

23. Accept the Federal Annual Equitable Sharing Financial Certification Report documenting the use of drug asset funds for fiscal year 1999/2000 and take related actions, as recommended by the Sheriff-Coroner

24. Accept and file report on the Inmate Walfare fund, as recommended by the Sheriff-Coroner

25. Accept nominations of Howard Liebenberg and Steven M. Butler for reappointment to the Santa Cruz County Resource Conservation District Board of Directors, for terms to expire November 26, 2004, with final appointment to be made October 24, 2000, as recommended by Supervisor Almquist

26. Accept nomination of R. Michael Manfre for appointment to the Santa Cruz County Resource Conservation District Board of Directors for a term to expire November 26, 2004, with final appointment to be made October 24, 2000, as recommended by Supervisor Symons

27. Accept nomination of John Ricker for appointment to the Santa Cruz County Resource Conservation District Board of Directors for a term to expire November 26, 2004, with final appointment to be made October 24, 2000, as recommended by Supervisor Beautz

28. Direct County Counsel to begin preparing to challenge the adequacy of the Coyote Valley Research Park Environmental Impact Report (EIR), should the City of San Jose approve the project without amending the EIR and recirculating it based on the County's comments; direct County Counsel to cooperate and coordinate with other agencies in carrying out this task; and further direct County Counsel to report back to the Board on this matter in closed session on November 7, 2000, as recommended by Supervisor Wormhoudt

29. Direct the Clerk of the Board to post a notice of vacancy for a representative of the Board of Supervisors on the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency Board of Directors, with nominations for appointment to be received on November 14, 2000, and final appointment to be made November 21, 2000, as recommended by Chair Wormhoudt

30. Direct the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to write to the Judicial Council of California and indicate the Board's approval of the submission of a Court Appointed Special Advocate grant proposal, as recommended by Chair Wormhoudt

31. Approve appointment of Ceil Cirillo to the Workforce Investment Board as a representative of the City of Santa Cruz, for a term to be staggered by lot, as recommended by Chair Wormhoudt

HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES

32. Accept and file the 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 Administrator

33. Accept and file the report on breast cancer, as recommended by the Health Services Agency Administrator

34. Authorize the Health Services Agency Administrator to sign a contract with Teall Messer, Architect, in an amount not-to-exceed $50,800 for a feasibility study for the 1080 Emeline Avenue clinic modernization project, as recommended by the Health Services Agency Administrator

35. Adopt resolution accepting and appropriating $11,200 in unanticipated revenue for Public Health and take related actions, as recommended by the Health Services Agency Administrator

36. Approve agreements for 2000/01 with the Youth Resources Bank for $44,215, Valley Resource Center for $65,687, United Way of Santa Cruz for $36,738, Food and Nutrition Services/Family Health Education Center for $8,853 and $12,250, respectively; authorize the Human Resources Agency Administrator to issue a Request for Proposals for the Family Preservation and Support Program and return on December 12, 2000 with recommendations for contract awards, as recommended by the Human Resources Agency Administrator

37. Adopt resolution accepting unanticipated revenue in the amount of $44,256 from the State Office of Child Abuse Prevention and approve amendments to contracts with Santa Cruz Community Counseling Center and Food and Nutrition Services, Incorporated to implement year two of the Answers Benefiting Children program and authorize the Human Resources Agency Administrator to sign the contract amendments, as recommended by the Human Resources Agency Administrator

LAND USE AND PUBLIC PROJECTS

38. Defer progress report on ongoing activities to mitigate overdraft in the Pajaro Valley until November 7, 2000, as recommended by the Planning Director

39. Approve the revised plans and specifications (on file with the Clerk) and the engineer's estimate for the Office Remodel for the Santa Cruz County Department of Public Works project; authorize calling for bids; set bid opening for 10:45 a.m. on November 14, 2000; approve transfer of funds; and take related actions, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

40. Approve the lease/purchase of a replacement D-9 dozer for landfill operations, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

41. Approve the road closures and Aptos High School Homecoming Parade and direct Public Works to issue the parade permit, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

42. Direct Public Works to return to the Board on or before December 12, 2000 with an engineering contract agreement and tentative public meeting schedule for the Graham Hill Road Improvement project, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

43. Adopt resolution accepting Parcel "A" along the northeast side of Chanticleer Avenue into the County Maintained Road System, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

44. Approve amendment to agreement with Bowman and Williams Consulting Civil Engineers in the amount of $28,025 for design services for the Branciforte Creek at Isbel Drive Bridge Streambank Protection Program and authorize the Director of Public Works to sign the agreement, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

45. Accept the improvements and approve the final cost of $15,887.50 for the Alto Drive Storm Damage Repair Project, County Service Area Number 44, District 5 and take related action, as recommended by the Director of Public Works

46. Approve contract with the Agricultural History Project in the amount of $90,000 and authorize the Parks Director to sign the contract on behalf of the County, as recommended by the Director of Parks, Open Space and Cultural Services

47. Approve agreement with Restroom Facilities Corporation for the Greyhound Rock Restroom project in the amount of $39,601; authorize the Director of Parks to sign the agreement and to approve change orders up to $3,930; and authorize payment by the County of a $30,122.40 deposit prior to delivery of the pre-constructed facility, as recommended by the Director of Parks, Open Space and Cultural Services Listen

48. Reject the bid from Bustichi Construction, Incorporated in the amount of $114,545 for the Greyhound Rock Restoration Project; and direct the Director of Parks to report back on November 7, 2000 with a recommendation for implementing the Greyhound Rock Project, as recommended by the Director of Parks, Open Space and Cultural Services

49. Defer the return of a draft agreement with the City of Watsonville for the leasing of the Watsonville Veterans Memorial Building until December 12, 2000, as recommended by the Director of Parks, Open Space and Cultural Services

EXECUTIVE SESSION - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

50. SCHEDULE A CLOSED PERSONNEL AND LITIGATION SESSION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE BOARD'S AGENDA, OR AT ANY OTHER TIME DURING THE COURSE OF THE MEETING ANNOUNCED BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION

Case Name/No.: Loma Linda University Medical Center, et al., v. Farmers Group, Incorporated, et al, United States District Court, Eastern District of California, Case No. CIV - 94-681-WBS

Case Name/No.: Claims of Joseph & Stephanie Espinola, et al., Claims 900-150 A,B,C and D

Case Name/No.: Maria Rodriguez v. County of Santa Cruz, DFEH case #E200001-G-0214-00rs

CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR

Agency negotiator: Personnel Director

Employee organization: SEIU

REPORT OF COUNTY COUNSEL - will be given at the conclusion of the closed session on any reportable action(s) taken in the closed session

50.1 Approve appointment of Rachel Young to the Housing Advisory Commission for a term to expire April 1, 2001, as recommended by Supervisor Beautz

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

SCHEDULED AND REGULAR DEPARTMENTAL ITEMS - A.M.

51.   Consider report and related actions concerning Planning Department organizational issues Listen

a. Letter of Planning Director with attachments

52.   Consider report on the Buena Vista Landfill Soil Management Project Listen

a. Letter of the Director of Public Works

53. Consider actions supporting the issuance of the Redevelopment Agency's 2000 Series A and Series B Tax Allocation Bonds

a. Letter of Redevelopment Agency Administrator of October 5, 2000

b. Resolution providing pass-through subordination for tax exempt issue - Series A

c. Resolution providing pass-through subordination for taxable issue - Series B

d. Resolution approving tax exempt bond issue - Series A

e. Resolution approving taxable bond issue - Series B

f. Preliminary Official Statement (on file with the Clerk)

g. Preliminary Indenture of Trust (on file with the Clerk)

54. AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, approve actions related to the issuance of the Agency's 2000 Series A and Series B Tax Allocation Bonds

a. Letter of Redevelopment Agency Administrator of October 5, 2000

b. Summary of Capital Projects Completed to Date

c. Summary of Housing Projects Completed to Date

d. Summary of Pending Funded Capital Projects

e. Resolution Authorizing Sale of Tax Exempt Bonds

f. Resolution Authorizing Sale of Taxable Bonds

g. Resolution Authorizing Approval of Subordination Agreement for Tax Exempt Bonds

h. Resolution Authorizing Approval of Subordination Agreement for Taxable Bonds

i. Preliminary Official Statement (on file with the Clerk)

j. Preliminary Indenture of Trust (on file with the Clerk)

54.1 Consider adoption of ordinance amending Chapter 9 of the Santa Cruz County Code relating to stop intersections in the Mesa Verde residential area

a. Letter of Supervisor Campos of October 11, 2000

b. Proposed ordinance

c. Map of proposed multi-way stop sign locations, Mesa Verde Residential Area

55.   10:45 A.M. Scheduled Item

Bid opening regarding Pruning and Cabling Project for Monterey Cypress Trees Listen

a. Letter of the Director of Public Works of September 7, 2000

56.   10:45 A.M. Scheduled Item

Bid opening regarding Hopkins Gulch Road, County Service Area No. 51 Road Repair Project, District 5 Listen

a. Letter of the Director of Public Works of September 7, 2000

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).

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