SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA
GOVERNMENTAL CENTER BUILDING
November 25, 1997
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9:00 - Roll Call 12:00 - Lunch
- Consent Agenda 1:30 - Scheduled and Regular
- Oral Communications Departmental Items
- Scheduled and Regular 3:15 - Recess
Departmental Items - (The Board will adjourn
10:30 - Recess after the completion of all
10:45 - Scheduled and Regular scheduled items)
Departmental Items
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1. Roll Call
Moment of Silence and Pledge of Allegiance
2. Consideration of Late Additions to the Agenda
3. Additions and Deletions to the Consent Agenda; and Action on the Consent
Agenda
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 action 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 Supervisors' 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.
5. Additions and Deletions to Regular Agenda
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http://www.co.santa-cruz.ca.us ******CONSENT AGENDA******
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
6. Approve claims as submitted by the Auditor-Controller
7. Delete Item
8. Accept and file notification of continuing contracts received November 17,
1997 through November 21, 1997 and approved upon adoption of the
1997/98 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. Deny claim of Glen Ramirez, No. 798-049 and refer to County Counsel
10. Deny claim of Josephine R. Gagnon, No. 798-050 and refer to County
Counsel
11. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to release the $3,000 deposited for secured
taxes on parcel 009-081-55 for 1997-98, as recommended by the Auditor-
Controller
12. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to apply $2,719.86 of the Tax Security to
the first and second installments of 1997-98 secured taxes on parcel No. 109-
201-31, and refund to C. Edward and Tina M. Mehl the remainder of
$280.14, as recommended by the Auditor-Controller
13. Defer report on cablecasting of meetings of the Board of Supervisors until
January 27, 1998, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer
14. Defer report on Internet Access Plan to December 16, 1997, as
recommended by the Information Services Director
15. Accept and file Treasurer's Cash Report (on file with Clerk) pursuant to
Government Code Section 27063, as recommended by the Treasurer-Tax
Collector
16. Adopt resolution accepting and appropriating unanticipated revenue in the
amount of $35,504 to record funds received from the District Attorney's
Office and the Human Resources Agency for vehicle lease payment, as
recommended by the Director of General Services
17. Accept and file report regarding recent establishment of the Mobilehome
Ordinance Review Subcommittee by the Mobilehome Commission, as
recommended by County Counsel
18. Adopt ordinance amending Chapter 8.42 to the Santa Cruz County Code
relating to security deposits for residential rental properties Tenant's Interest
on Security Deposits (approved in concept on November 18, 1997, Item No.
50)
19. Accept and file Final 1997-98 Capital Improvement Program document and
take related actions, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer
20. Approve recommendations of the District Attorney as requested regarding
actions relating to new positions for the Family Support Division and the
actions relating to the award of the Drug Endangered Children Response
Team Grant, and take related actions, as recommended by the County
Administrative Officer
21. Continue the report of County Counsel on the development of uniform
County and Redevelopment Agency guidelines for relocation payments until
January 13, 1998, as recommended by County Counsel
22. Approve request for transfer of funds in the amount of $77,287 from the
County fire fund balance and create the necessary appropriations in County
Fire capital projects, as recommended by the Director of General Services
23. Approve a contract with D.L. Camison Construction in the amount of
$334,370 for the Warehouse at 100 Rountree Lane in Watsonville, and
authorize the General Services Director to sign contract agreements and
associated documents, adopt resolutions accepting unanticipated revenue in
the amount of $24,581, and take related actions, as recommended by the
Director of General Services
24. Adopt resolution to amend Resolution No. 247-76 to amend part 164P,
Supervising Deputy Probation Officer III differential, of the Personnel
Regulations, as recommended by the Personnel Director
25. Approve contract with the Criminal Research Foundation in the amount of
$37,590 for preparation of the Violent Offender Incarceration Grant
application, updating the Juvenile Hall Needs Assessment and defining facility
requirements; adopt resolution accepting and appropriating unanticipated
revenue in the Probation Department budget in the amount of $37,590; and
direct the Probation Department to return on or before February 24, 1998
with a proposed Violent Offender Incarceration Grant application, as
recommended by the Chief Probation Officer
26. Approve reappointment of Carlos Rico as an at-large appointee to the
Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, nominated by the City of
Watsonville, for a term to expire November 25, 1999, as recommended by
Chair Wormhoudt
27. Approve appointment of Barbara Kennedy to the Historical Resources
Commission for a term to expire April 1, 2001, as recommended by
Supervisor Almquist
28. Approve appointment of Art Ventura to the Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Commission for a term to expire April 1, 1999, as recommended by
Supervisor Belgard
29. Direct the Chair to indicate the Board's support for the addition of an eighth
member to the Executive Committee of "For the Sake of the Salmon",
representing agriculture, through amendment of the organization's charter, as
recommended by Chair Wormhoudt
30. Approve amendment to Memorandum of Understanding for District
Attorneys' Association to extend the Memorandum of Understanding to
December 1, 2000, and authorize the Personnel Director to sign agreement,
as recommended by the Personnel Director
HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES
31. Accept and file 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
32. Approve the contract, effective July 1, 1997, with the California Association
of Environmental Health Administrators for the Envision system, as
recommended by the Health Services Agency Administrator
33. Adopt resolution approving an agreement with the State for mental health
services using the Standard Performance Contract format, and direct Clerk of
the Board to take related actions, as recommended by the Health Services
Agency Administrator
34. Accept and file report concerning Mental Health Housing Project and direct
County Mental Health to continue working with the Redevelopment Agency
to develop final recommendations, and report back to the Board on January
13, 1998, as recommended by the Health Services Agency Administrator
35. Authorize the Health Services Agency Alcohol and Drug Program to submit a
proposal to the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs for $75,000
per year for three years to fund drug court services, as recommended by the
Health Services Agency Administrator
36. Accept and file report on Mental Health Managed Care program, adopt
resolution accepting and appropriating revenues of $53,420, approve contract
with Toucan Education for development of brochures and publications, and
authorize the Health Services Agency Administrator to take a variety of
actions needed to implement the program, and direct the Health Services
Agency Administrator to report back to the Board with a program update on
or before February 24, 1998, as recommended by the Health Services Agency
Administrator
37. Accept and file report on the United Way Community Assessment Project,
and direct the Human Resources Agency to report back at budget hearings
regarding the Community Assessment Project Year Four goals, objectives and
progress, as recommended by the Human Resources Agency Administrator
38. Approve agreements with the Santa Cruz Citizens Committee for the
Homeless providing a total of $662,344 for construction and operation of the
Community House transitional housing project, and authorize the Human
Resources Agency Administrator to sign the agreements; and adopt resolution
accepting unanticipated revenue in the amount of $224,072, as
recommended by the Human Resources Agency Administrator (exhibits on
file with the Clerk)
39. Direct Planning, Public Works, and Environmental Health to submit a report
on water monitoring on March 3, 1998, as recommended by the Interim
Planning Director, the Director of Environmental Health and the Public
Works Director
40. Authorize the Human Resources Agency Administrator to sign an amendment
to a contract with Ron Wolff for the Foster Parent Training and Recruitment
Program, as recommended by the Human Resources Agency Administrator
41. Defer completion of agreements with partners for the South County One-Stop
Career Center to January 27, 1998, as recommended by the Human
Resources Agency Administrator
LAND USE AND PUBLIC PROJECTS
42. Authorize the Chair to sign contract Change Order No. 3 for Murphy Road
Low Water Crossing detour removal in the amount of $15,762, and direct the
Clerk of the Board to take related action, as recommended by the Director of
Public Works
43. Approve the proposed plan line for Forty-first Avenue between East Cliff
Drive and Portola Drive, and direct Public Works to include the plan line for
this segment in the Master Plan Line file, as recommended by the Director of
Public Works
44. Accept and file report on the proposed stop signs for Geoffrey Drive, Jose
Avenue, Felt Street and Mattison Lane, as recommended by the Director of
Public Works
45. Schedule a public hearing for the afternoon agenda on Tuesday, December
16, 1997, to consider the Planning Commission's recommendation on a
proposal to create 23 single-family residential lots and to remove a one-foot
wide non-access strip along the Axford Road frontage in the Live Oak area, as
recommended by the Interim Planning Director
46. Accept and file report on proposed ordinance amendments regarding
nonconforming uses and take related actions, as recommended by the Interim
Planning Director
47. Approve a contract with Jack Mackie for art work at the Simpkins Family
Swim Center, authorize the Director of County Parks to execute the contract
on behalf of the County and authorize the Director of County Parks to accept
work and approve payments as detailed, as recommended by the Director of
Parks, Open Space and Cultural Services
48. Adopt the Santa Cruz County Public Art and Design Guidelines, as
recommended by the Director of Parks, Open Space and Cultural Services
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
49. AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, direct the Redevelopment Agency Administrator
and Director of Public Works to return on or before April 21, 1998 with
recommendations for a traffic calming program, as recommended by the
Redevelopment Agency Administrator
50. AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, approve an amendment to the architectural
services contract of $2,850 with Teall Messer, Architect, for the Live Oak
Interim Library project, and take related actions, as recommended by the
Redevelopment Agency Administrator
EXECUTIVE SESSION - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
51. 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.: People v. Ryland Homes (Santa Cruz Superior Court Case
No. 133073)
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Initiation of litigation to be considered pursuant to subdivision (c) of
Government Code Section 54956.9 for one potential case
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT/EMPLOYMENT
Position title/description: Planning Director
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
Agency negotiator: Personnel Director
Various employee organizations
REPORT OF COUNTY COUNSEL - will be given at the conclusion of the
closed session on any reportable action(s) taken in the closed session
*****REGULAR AGENDA*****
SCHEDULED AND REGULAR DEPARTMENTAL ITEMS - A.M.
52. Presentation by 1997 Child Care Facilities and Business Development Project
a. Letter of Chair Wormhoudt of November 18, 1997
b. Letter of Marcia Meyer, Coordinator, Child Development Programs, of
November 14, 1997
53. Continued consideration of report on the Historic Resource Designation of
the Toll House Resort and related actions (continued from October 21, 1997,
Item No. 51)
a. Letter of Interim Planning Director with attachments
b. Proposed resolution
54. *Continued public hearing to establish the 1998 Growth Goal (continued
from September 23, 1997, Item No. 60)
a. Letter of the Interim Planning Director of November 4, 1997
b. Proposed resolution
c. Certification of the EIR/Notice of Determination
d. 1998 Growth Goals Report
e. Planning Commission Resolution
f. Planning Commission draft Minutes of October 22, 1997
55. *Public hearing to consider proposed eminent domain proceedings for the
Corralitos and Varni Road Intersection Improvement Project; adopt resolution
to authorize County Counsel to begin proceedings; and related actions
a. Letter of Director of Public Works of November 13, 1997
b. Proposed resolution with exhibits
56. Consider adoption of an ordinance amending Chapter 9 of the County Code
which would provide for installation of multi-way stop signs at Cliff Drive
and Martin Drive/Sea View Drive; Playa Boulevard and Estrella Avenue;
Estrella Avenue at Playa Boulevard
a. Letter of Director of Public Works of November 13, 1997
b. Proposed ordinance with location maps
SCHEDULED AND REGULAR DEPARTMENTAL ITEMS - A.M.
57. Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 9 of the Santa Cruz County Code
relating to stop intersections, and related actions
a. Letter of Supervisor Beautz of November 19, 1997
b. Proposed ordinance
c. Location map
58. Consider recommendations of Supervisor Almquist regarding the drafting of a
proposed ordinance prohibiting the consumption of alcohol and the
possession of open alcoholic beverage containers in public areas, and
inclusion of a proposal in the legislative package that the District Attorney be
given the discretion to charge those who furnish alcoholic beverages to
minors as either a misdemeanor or a felony, depending on the circumstance,
and that the rules of civil liability be re-examined such that furnishing of
alcoholic beverages to minors be viewed as equivalent to furnishing them
with a dangerous instrument
a. Letter of Supervisor Almquist of November 14, 1997
59. 10:45 A.M. Scheduled Item
Bid opening regarding San Vicente Street Water Main Construction
a. Letter of Director of Public Works of October 16, 1997
SCHEDULED AND REGULAR DEPARTMENTAL ITEMS - 1:30 P.M. or thereafter
60. *Public hearing to consider a proposal to construct a non-profit school
(preschool through 12th grade) for up to 150 students, and demolish an
existing single family dwelling. Facilities to include a classroom building,
soccer field, basketball court, play areas and a parking lot. Outside facilities
to be unlighted. Requires a Commercial Development Permit, Coastal Zone
Permit, Grading Permit to cut and fill 970 cubic yards of earth, and a
Riparian Exception to reduce the required 40-foot riparian buffer to about
zero feet to allow construction of an earthen berm. Property located on the
northeast corner of the intersection of San Andreas Road and Bonita Drive;
Application No. 96-0364; APN 045-011-14; Owner/Applicant: Robert Fish
a. Letter of Interim Planning Director of November 6, 1997
b. Letter of Supervisor Wormhoudt of October 27, 1997 with attachments
c. Permit No. 96-0364 and Conditions of Approval
d. List of speakers at Zoning Administrator hearings, staff report to the
Zoning Administrator of October 3, 1997, and additional Zoning
Administrator information of October 17, 1997
e. Letter of Interim Planning Director of September 24, 1997
f. Environmental Health documents
g. Memos from Public Works department
h. Map of Urban Services Line and Water District Boundary
i. Letter of Planning Director of February 8, 1996
j. Project plans (on file with Clerk)
k. Correspondence and additional information submitted by applicant
SCHEDULED AND REGULAR DEPARTMENTAL ITEMS - 1:30 P.M. or thereafter
61. *Public hearing to consider recommendations of the Planning Commission on
a proposal to rezone parcels number 030-211-07, -21 and -22 from C-1-GH
to C-2-GH. Includes an amendment to Development Permit 81-481-PD
("Creekside" complex) to establish a Master Occupancy Program, and an
amendment to the Master Occupancy Program for Development Permit 96-
0739 (APN 030-211-22). Requires a rezoning, the establishment of a Master
Occupancy Program for Development Permit 81-481-PD, and an amendment
to the Master Occupancy Program established under Development Permit 96-
0739. Property is located on the northwest corner of Highway 1 and Porter
Street (2425 and 2407 Porter Street)
a. Letter of Interim Planning Director of November 5, 1997
b. Findings and Conditions of Approval
c. Negative Declaration with Initial Study
d. Proposed rezoning ordinance
e. Staff report to Planning Commission, Planning Commission Resolution,
and Minutes of September 24, 1997
f. Location Map
62. Consider Departmental Workshop Presentation from the Agricultural
Commissioner
a. Letter of the Agricultural Commissioner of November 13, 1997
b. Workshop materials (on file with Clerk)
*Note 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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