PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
VOLUME 99, NUMBER 4
FEBRUARY 9, 1999
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ACTION SUMMARY MINUTES
VOTING KEY: A = Almquist, B = Beautz, C = Campos;
S = Symons, W = Wormhoudt; 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
Moment of Silence and Pledge of Allegiance
2. Consideration of Late Additions to the Agenda
3. Additions and Deletions to Consent Agenda
4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - No one addressed the Board (An
Oral Communications sign-in sheet will be filed with
Written Correspondence for the Board's next meeting.)
5. Additions and Deletions to Regular Agenda
CONSENT AGENDA
WSBCA
6. APPROVED claims as submitted by the Auditor-Controller
7. APPROVED minutes of January 26, 1999, as recommended
by the Clerk of the Board
8. ACCEPTED AND FILED notification of continuing
contracts received during the period of February 1,
1999 through February 5, 1999 and approved upon
adoption of the 1998/99 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. APPROVED plans and specifications for Seismic Retrofit
at 1060 Emeline Avenue; directed General Services to
advertise for bids; and set bid opening for Tuesday,
March 9, 1999 at 10:45 a.m., as recommended by the
Director of General Services
10. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 43-99 accepting unanticipated
revenue in the amount of $2,894.40 from the State
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training;
and authorized the Sheriff-Coroner to purchase one
computer based multimedia training system in an amount
not-to-exceed $2,894.40, as recommended by the
Sheriff-Coroner
11. AUTHORIZED the Sheriff's Office to sign a hold
harmless agreement between the Sheriff's Office and
the Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust and PacCom
Management Services in order to allow the Sheriff's
Office to use the former Watsonville Community
Hospital as a training site on February 17 and 23,
1999, as recommended by the Sheriff-Coroner
12. APPROVED plans and specifications for the Main Jail
Security Systems Upgrade; directed the General
Services Department to advertise for bids; and set bid
opening for Tuesday, March 9, 1999 at 10:45 a.m., as
recommended by the Director of General Services
13. APPROVED plans and specifications for installation of
emergency power equipment at Blaine Street Women's
Detention Facility; directed the General Services
Department to advertise for bids; and set bid opening
for Tuesday, March 9, 1999 at 10:45 a.m., as
recommended by the Director of General Services
14. AUTHORIZED the Director of General Services to sign a
contract with Watsonville Construction for the Loma
Prieta Fire Station in the amount of $335,000
contingent upon funding verification; authorized the
Director of General Services to approve change orders
up to $33,500; and directed General Services to return
on or before March 9, 1999 with a status report, as
recommended by the Director of General Services
15. CONTINUED TO FEBRUARY 23, 1999 consideration to accept
and file report regarding parking at the Holiday Inn
of Santa Cruz; approve agreement to lease parking
spaces at the Holiday Inn; authorize the Director of
General Services to sign the agreement; approve
encumbrance of $11,813 for the period remaining in
this fiscal year; and adopt resolution
accepting and appropriating unanticipated revenue in
the amount of $4,630 from employee parking fees
16. ACCEPTED AND FILED annual report of the Latino Affairs
Commission, and approved related action, as
recommended by Chairperson Almquist
17. ACCEPTED AND FILED annual report of the Local Mental
Health Board, and approved related action, as
recommended by Chairperson Almquist
18. ACCEPTED AND FILED annual report of the Private
Industry Council, and approved related action, as
recommended by Chairperson Almquist
19. ACCEPTED AND FILED annual report of the Civil Service
Commission, and approved related action, as
recommended by Chairperson Almquist
20. ACCEPTED AND FILED annual report of the Seniors
Commission, and approved related action, as
recommended by Chairperson Almquist
21. ACCEPTED AND FILED annual report of the Fish and Game
Advisory Commission, and approved related action, as
recommended by Chairperson Almquist
22. ACCEPTED AND FILED annual report of the Historic
Resources Commission, and approved related action, as
recommended by Chairperson Almquist
23. ACCEPTED AND FILED annual report of the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and approved
related action, as recommended by Chairperson Almquist
24. ACCEPTED nomination of Diane Siri, as an at-large
appointee to the Children and Families First
Commission, with final appointment to be made February
23, 1999, as recommended by Supervisor Symons
25. ACCEPTED nomination of Mary Hammer as an at-large
appointee to the Children and Families First
Commission, with final appointment to be made February
23, 1999, as recommended by Supervisor Almquist
26. APPROVED appointment of Patty Quillin to the
Children's Commission for a term to expire April 1,
1999, as recommended by Supervisor Wormhoudt
27. APPROVED appointment of Maryellen Hannah to the Mental
Health Advisory Board for a term to expire April 1,
2001, as recommended by Supervisor Beautz
28. SEE ITEM NO. 43.1, REGULAR AGENDA
29. AUTHORIZED addition of 3.0 full-time equivalent
positions within the Mental Health Division for
Managed Care and high risk youth; deleted 2.0 vacant
Mental Health positions; approved changing ESPDT
MediCal funded positions from limited term to
permanent; approved amendments to agreements with
Youth Resource Bank and ToucanED; authorized the
Health Services Agency Administrator to sign
agreements; and adopted RESOLUTION NO. 44-99 accepting
and appropriating unanticipated revenue in the amount
of $12,188 for ESPDT services, as recommended by the
Health Services Agency Administrator
30. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 45-99 accepting and
appropriating unanticipated revenue in the amount of
$47,000 in fiscal year 1998/99 from the State Water
Resources Control Board for development of a sediment
control strategy for the San Lorenzo Watershed;
authorized the Health Services Agency Administrator to
sign the related contract amendment; and authorized
the Health Services Agency Administrator to sign
contracts with Coastal Watershed Council and Swanson
Hydrology for performance of the required work, as
recommended by the Health Services Agency
Administrator
31. APPROVED contract modification with ARBOR,
Incorporated, for an additional $43,202 of Formula
Grant Welfare-to-Work funds for a total contract of
$272,587 to provide training services to Welfare-to-
Work participants; authorized the Human Resources
Agency Administrator to sign the contract amendment;
and approved related actions, as recommended by the
Human Resources Agency Administrator
32. AUTHORIZED the Human Resources Agency Administrator to
sign contracts for health care coverage outreach
project funded by the Packard Foundation, as
recommended by the Human Resources Agency
Administrator
33. ACCEPTED AND FILED report regarding office space for
the South County HSA/HRA programs; authorized the
Human Resources Agency Administrator to enter
negotiations regarding the provision of additional
space; and directed the Human Resources Agency
Administrator to return for approval of a final lease
amendment on or before April 20, 1999, as recommended
by the Human Resources Agency Administrator
34. AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FREEDOM COUNTY
SANITATION DISTRICT, ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 46-99
accepting sanitary sewers regarding Mello View Lane,
MLD 96-0501, Sewer Improvement Project; and accepted
Parcels "X" and "Y" for public utility easement, as
recommended by the District Engineer
35. DIRECTED Real Property to secure new Offers of
Dedication from property owners on Rosedale Avenue
relative to Summary Vacation and Quitclaim and to
return to the Board on or before March 23, 1999, with
documents to accomplish the exchange, as recommended
by the Director of Public Works
36. ACCEPTED improvements and approved final cost for
Daubenbiss Parking Lot - Soquel Village in the amount
of $385,472.53; and authorized the Clerk of the Board
to file the Notice of Completion; and approved related
actions, as recommended by the Director of Public
Works
37. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 47-99 for Household Hazardous
Waste Grant in the amount of $55,158; and authorized
the Director of Public Works to sign all grant related
applications, contracts, payment requests and
agreement, as recommended by the Director of Public
Works
38. APPROVED plans, specifications and engineer's estimate
for the Harper Court Pedestrian Bridge Project;
authorized calling for bids; set bid opening for
Tuesday, March 9, 1999 at 10:45 a.m.; and approved
related actions, as recommended by the Director of
Public Works
39. ACCEPTED AND FILED Rule 20A status report for the
Underground Utility Projects Schedule, as recommended
by the Director of Public Works
40. APPROVED amendment to the agreement with Dunbar and
Craig, a licensed land surveyor, to provide additional
work associated with the three new ballfields at the
Polo Grounds County Park; 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
41. AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, AUTHORIZED the Request for
Proposal for landscape architectural design services
for Anna Jean Cummings Park, as recommended by the
Redevelopment Agency Administrator
42. 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.: Field v. County (Santa Cruz Superior
Court Case No. 133258); CAT Partnership, et al. v.
County of Santa Cruz (Appellate No. H016374); Group W
Cable, Incorporated v. City of Santa Cruz and County
of Santa Cruz (U.S. District Court Case No. C-84-7546)
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant exposure to litigation was considered
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Government Code Section
54956.9 for one potential case
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
Agency negotiator: Ellen Lewis/Bill Avery
Employee organization: SEIU
CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
Property street address (APN if no street address):
1) APN: 79-161-13 and 2) APN: 5-081-45, 44 and 57
Negotiating parties: 1) Beatrice Stone and 2) Tarigo
Paul
REPORT OF COUNTY COUNSEL - No report given
REGULAR AGENDA
43. ITEM DELETED
WBSCA
43.1 ACCEPTED AND FILED report regarding Environmental
Health issues, directed the County Administrative
Office to convene an Environmental Health Task Force
and return to the Board on April 27, 1999, with a
report addressing the work of the task force, with an
additional directive to replace on the Environmental
Health Task Force, Chris Rummel, Consultant,
Environmental Consultants, with Ken Mabie of
Environmental Concepts; and further directed that the
Task Force not meet until the Sierra Club has
designated a representative
SBwCA
44. CONSIDERED status report on the Buena Vista Landfill
Gas Power Project; accepted status report on the Buena
Vista Landfill Gas Power Project; adopted RESOLUTION
NO. 48-99 accepting unanticipated revenue in the
amount of $65,000; approved revenue agreement with
Brown, Vence and Associates Lfg, Corporation for lease
of the Gas Field Facilities at the Buena Vista
Landfill in the amount of $30,000 per year and
authorized the Director of Public Works to sign the
agreement on behalf of the County; approved revenue
agreement with Brown, Vence and Associates Lfg,
Corporation of operation and maintenance of the leased
Gas Field Facilities at the Buena Vista Landfill in
the amount of $35,000 per year and authorized the
Director of Public Works to sign the agreement on
behalf of the County; approved agreement with Brown,
Vence and Associates Lfg, Corporation for purchase of
gas produced from the Buena Vista Landfill for use in
the future landfill gas power facility and other
beneficial projects for an amount not-to-exceed
$60,000 and authorized the Director of Public Works to
sign the agreement on behalf of the County; approved
funding agreement between the County and California
Energy Commission in the amount of $767,600 and
authorized the Director of Public Works to sign the
agreement on behalf of the County; directed Public
Works to return on or before March 23, 1999, with all
remaining agreements necessary to initiate
construction of the Buena Vista Landfill Gas Power
Project; directed Public Works, in conjunction with
the Chairperson of the Board, to draft a letter to the
Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District on
behalf of the Board of Supervisors supporting our
proposed Landfill Gas Power Project and requesting
full allocation of Community Bank pollution credits as
proposed by District staff
WSBCA
45. RECEIVED bids regarding Polo Grounds Fencing Project
and referred to General Services and Parks, Open Space
and Cultural Services to return with a recommendation
on or before March 2, 1999
BWSCA
46. Hearing held to consider applications for appointment
of District Attorney; by consensus, the Board of
Supervisors adjourned to a special meeting on February
11, 1999 at 1:30 p.m. for continued consideration of
the applications for appointment of the District
Attorney
Approved:
Chair, Board of Supervisors
Attest:
Clerk of the Board
Date:
NOTE: This set of Board of Supervisors Minutes is scheduled to
be approved by the Board on February 23, 1999