PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
VOLUME 98, NUMBER 7
MARCH 10, 1998
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ACTION SUMMARY MINUTES
VOTING KEY: A = Almquist, B = Beautz, R = Belgard;
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 - One person 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
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6. APPROVED claims as submitted by the Auditor-Controller
7. APPROVED minutes of February 24, 1998, as submitted by
the Clerk of the Board
8. DELETED ITEM
9. ACCEPTED status report on 1998 winter storms; adopted
RESOLUTION NO. 47-98 confirming the continuation of a
state of emergency for Santa Cruz County; and adopted
RESOLUTION NO. 48-98 accepting and appropriating
unanticipated revenue from FEMA and the State Office
of Emergency Services in the amount of $300,000, as
recommended by the Deputy Director of Emergency
Services
10. SEE ITEM NO. 55.1, REGULAR AGENDA
11. ACCEPTED the County Jail Alarm Panel Upgrade as
complete; approved the final cost in the amount of
$24,252.71; authorized the Clerk of the Board to file
the Notice of Completion; and approved related
actions, as recommended by the Director of General
Services
12. APPROVED replacement and upgrade of existing
fingerprint machines from the State of California;
adopted RESOLUTION NO. 49-98 accepting and
appropriating unanticipated revenue in the amount of
$55,000 from the State Law Enforcement Services fund
and adopted RESOLUTION NO. 50-98 accepting and
appropriating unanticipated revenue in the amount of
$26,550 from the Federal Drug Forfeiture fund; and
approved related actions, as recommended by the
Sheriff-Coroner
13. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 51-98 amending Rules for
Conducting Balloting Proceedings for Assessments under
Article XIIID, Section 4 of the Constitution, as
recommended by County Counsel
14. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 52-98 determining disability
retirement status of Safety employee, Jon Haro, as
recommended by the Personnel Director
15. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 53-98 opposing Senate Bill 1388
regarding the determination of severance damages when
a public agency acquires a portion of a parcel for a
public project, as recommended by County Counsel
16. APPROVED changes to the Civil Service Rules regarding
Employment Training Lists; adopted RESOLUTION NO. 54-
98 amending Resolution No. 247-76 to amend the
Personnel Regulations, as recommended by the Civil
Service Commission and the Personnel Director
17. DENIED application to file a late claim on behalf of
Wendell Burgess No. 798-084 and referred to County
Counsel
18. DENIED application to file a late claim on behalf of
Kathy Arredondo No. 798-087A and referred to County
Counsel
19. DENIED application to file a late claim on behalf of
Kathy Arredondo No. 798-087B and referred to County
Counsel
20. DENIED application to file a late claim on behalf of
Vincent Pastore No. 798-104 and referred to County
Counsel
21. APPROVED emergency purchase of a laptop computer for
use in diagnosing radio system equipment problems and
authorized the General Services Department to complete
payment in the amount of $1,739.34, as recommended by
the Director of General Services
22. AUTHORIZED the Sheriff-Coroner to submit a grant
application to the U.S. Department of Commerce under
the Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure
Assistance Program, as recommended by the Sheriff-
Coroner
23. ACCEPTED AND FILED annual report of the Building Board
of Appeals Commission, as recommended by Chairperson
Beautz
24. ACCEPTED AND FILED annual report of the Animal
Nuisance Abatement Appeals Commission, and approved
related actions, as recommended by Chairperson Beautz
25. ACCEPTED nomination of Kevin Larkin as an at-large
appointee to the Hazardous Materials Advisory
Commission, as the representative of agriculture, for
a term to expire April 1, 1999, with final appointment
to be made March 17, 1998, as recommended by
Supervisor Belgard
26. APPROVED appointment of Gail Stevens to the Women's
Commission for a term to expire April 1, 1999, as
recommended by Supervisor Belgard
27. APPROVED appointment of Dorothy Meinert as the
representative of the Golden State Mobilehome Owners
League on the Mobilehome Commission, for a term to
expire April 1, 2001, as recommended by Chairperson
Beautz
28. ACCEPTED notification of at-large vacancies on the
Environmental Health Appeals Commission, the Hazardous
Materials Appeals Commission, and the Long Term Care
Interagency Commission, as outlined, with nominations
for appointment to be received on March 24, 1998, and
final appointment to be made on April 14, 1998, as
recommended by Chairperson Beautz
29. ACCEPTED nomination of Vilma Guerrero as the alternate
for the County's at-large representative on the Board
of Directors of the Community Action Board, for a term
to expire April 1, 1999, with final appointment to be
made March 17, 1998, as recommended by Chairperson
Beautz
30. CONSIDERED request to adopt resolution in opposition
to Proposition 227, the "English As Required Language
of Instruction" Initiative, as recommended by
Supervisors Wormhoudt and Almquist;
motion failed with Supervisors Belgard and Symons
voting "no" and Supervisor Beautz abstaining
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31. ACCEPTED AND FILED annual report of the Juvenile
Justice/Delinquency Prevention Commission, and
approved related actions, as recommended by
Chairperson Beautz
32. DIRECTED the Chairperson to write to the House and
Senate Budget Committees, and the County's federal
delegation, urging that the highest possible level of
funding be made available in the Federal Transit
Program and opposing any legislative proposals that
would revise the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act, as recommended by Chairperson Beautz
33. ACCEPTED AND FILED report on the need to continue the
state of local emergency relative to transmission of
HIV through contaminated needles, with additional
directive
34. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 55-98 accepting and
appropriating unanticipated revenue in the amount of
$5,000; and approved an increase from .5 FTE to 1.0
FTE for the position of Departmental Information
Systems Specialist in Environmental Health, as
recommended by the Health Services Agency
Administrator
35. APPROVED out-of-state travel for the Health Services
Agency Chief of Clinics to attend the Policy and
Issues Forum of the National Association of Community
Health Centers in Washington, D.C., from April 4
through 7, 1998, at an approximate cost of $1,560, as
recommended by the Health Services Agency
Administrator
36. DEFERRED report back on recommendations for the award
of a contract for the Family Resource Center until
March 24, 1998, as recommended by the Human Resources
Agency Administrator
37. APPROVED an extension of the Cabrillo College contract
for the development of the One-Stop Career Resource
Libraries and authorized the Human Resources Agency
Administrator to sign the contract, as recommended by
the Human Resources Agency Administrator
38. APPROVED leases for the South County One-Stop Career
Center with the State of California Employment
Development Department, Cabrillo College Occupational
and Community Development and the State of California
Department of Vocational Rehabilitation; authorized
the Human Resources Agency Administrator to sign the
leases; and approved related actions, as recommended
by the Human Resources Agency Administrator
39. APPROVED the Cooperative Agreement with the California
Department of Education accepting Job Training
Partnership Act State Education Coordination Grant
funds and matching monies in the amount of $58,736 for
the provision of various employment and training
services; and authorized the Chairperson to sign the
document, as recommended by the Human Resources Agency
Administrator
40. DEFERRED report on the Family Violence Response Team
project update to April 21, 1998, as recommended by
the Human Resources Agency Administrator
41. AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FLOOD CONTROL AND
WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, ZONE 8, ACCEPTED report
on the Fernwood Drive Stream Bank Protection Project;
ratified the use of emergency bid procedures; approved
award of contract to Pavex, Incorporated, in the
amount of $398,102.50 contingent upon specified
conditions; and approved related actions, as
recommended by the District Engineer
42. OBJECTED to the sale of APN's: 75-161-50, 75-181-26,
75-221-01 and 83-031-08 at a public auction by the
County Tax Collector; adopted RESOLUTION NO. 56-98
approving and accepting purchase of properties by the
County; and approved related actions, as recommended
by the Director of Public Works
43. APPROVED AND FILED report on the restoration of the
native sand hills plan community at the Ben Lomond
Landfill; and approved related actions, as recommended
by the Director of Public Works
44. APPROVED Household Hazardous Waste Management Services
agreements with the City of Santa Cruz and City of
Capitola and authorized the Director of Public Works
to sign the agreements, as recommended by the Director
of Public Works
45. ACCEPTED improvements and approved the final cost for
the Burrell Creek Culvert Replacement Project; and
directed the Clerk of the Board to take related
actions, as recommended by the Director of Public
Works
46. ACCEPTED the improvements and approved the final cost
for the 1996/97 County Wide Overlay Program; and
directed the Clerk of the Board to take related
actions, as recommended by the Director of Public
Works
47. APPROVED Request for Proposal for Environmental
Laboratory Services for the Solid Waste Division of
Public Works and approved related actions, as
recommended by the Director of Public Works
48. SCHEDULED public hearing for the morning agenda on
Tuesday, April 14, 1998 to consider the Planning
Commission's recommendation regarding a General Plan
and Zoning Amendment to redesignate APN: 041-011-07
from the Community Commercial Land Use designation
with a zoning of C-1 (Neighborhood Commercial) to the
Residential Urban Low Density designation with a
zoning of R-1-6 (Single-family residential, 6,000
sq.ft. per dwelling), as recommended by the Planning
Director
49. SCHEDULED public hearing for the morning agenda on
Tuesday, April 14, 1998 to consider the Planning
Commission's recommendation regarding a General Plan
amendment to reinstate APN's: 102-171-08, -09, -10, -
11, -13 and -14 into the Urban Services Line, to amend
their land use designations from Suburban Residential
to Residential - Urban Very Low Density and to rezone
APN's: 102-171-08, -09, -10, -11 and -13 from the "RA"
(Residential Agriculture) to the "R-1-20" (Single-
family Residential, 20,000 sq.ft. per dwelling) and
APN 102-171-14 from the "RA-O" (Residential
Agriculture, Open Space Easement contract) to the "R-
1-20-0" (Single-family Residential, 20,000 sq.ft. per
dwelling, Open Space Easement contract), as
recommended by the Planning Director
50. AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, AUTHORIZED funding of $1,000
toward the Arana Gulch Watershed Alliance's
Restoration Project, as recommended by the
Redevelopment Agency Administrator
51. AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, APPROVED contract for the
acquisition of the leasehold interest and mobile home
located in space 11 of McIntosh Mobile Home Park in
the amount of $6,000, plus closing and other
incidental costs, and approved related actions, as
recommended by the Redevelopment Agency Administrator
52. AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, ACCEPTED the Live Oak Interim
Library Project as complete; approved final cost in
the amount of $398,661; and directed the Clerk of the
Board to file the Notice of Completion, as recommended
by the Redevelopment Agency Administrator
53. 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.: Raven v. County (WCAB No. SJO138153,
SJO1461O3)
REPORT OF COUNTY COUNSEL - No report given
REGULAR AGENDA
54. CONSIDERED the California Coastal Commission's staff
report regarding the County's General Plan/Local
Coastal Program Land Use Plan and Implementing
Ordinance Amendments concerning biomedical livestock
operations; direct the Planning Department and County
Counsel to represent the County at the Coastal
Commission Public Hearing on March 11, 1998, and take
related actions;
accepted and filed report; approved the recommended
revisions, as amended, to the Local Coastal Program
policy and ordinance amendments in concept;
directed the Planning Department and County Counsel to
represent the County at the Coastal Commission Public
Hearing on March 11, 1998; and directed the Planning
Department to return to the Board with the results of
the review by the California Coastal Commission of the
County's Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan and
implementing ordinance amendments regarding Biomedical
Livestock Operations
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55. CONSIDERED adoption of an Ordinance amending County
Code Chapter 2.92 (Hazardous Material Advisory
Commission) and approve amendment to the Commission
Bylaws;
(1) read title and waived detailed reading of complete
ordinance;
(2) approved ordinance "in concept" to return March 17,
1998 for final adoption; and
(3) approved amendment to the Commission Bylaws
(1) RASWB
(2) ARSWB
(3) ARSWB
55.1 ACCEPTED AND FILED status report on the replacement
County Fire station for the Bonny Doon community, with
additional directive
56. Departmental Workshop Presentation made by the Health
Services Agency
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 March 24, 1998