PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
VOLUME 98, NUMBER 6
MARCH 3, 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 - 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
WRSAB
6. APPROVED claims as submitted by the Auditor-Controller
7. DELETED ITEM
8. ACCEPTED AND FILED notification of continuing
contracts received during the period of February 23,
1998 through February 27, 1998 and approved upon
adoption of the 1997/98 continuing agreements list to
comply with Section 300 of the County Procedures
Manual, Title 1, as recommended by the Clerk of the
Board
9. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 43-98 transferring historical
records for preservation purposes to the University of
California at Santa Cruz, as recommended by the Clerk
of the Board and the County Administrative Officer
10. ACCEPTED AND FILED statement of count of money in the
Treasury on December 23, 1997, as recommended by the
Auditor-Controller
11. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 44-98 establishing a Job
Training Task Force, directed the County
Administrative Officer to request nominations from the
specified participants, and return on April 14, 1998
with a list of appointments for consideration; and on
April 21, 1998 for final appointments; adopted
RESOLUTION NO. 45-98 authorizing the County
Administrative Officer to apply to the California
Trade and Commerce Agency for $60,304 in grant funds
from the Job Creation Investment Fund program under
Assembly Bill 1452; and approved related actions,
including a report back on September 14, 1999, as
recommended by the County Administrative Officer
12. SCHEDULED public hearing for the afternoon agenda on
Tuesday, March 24, 1998, at the request of Supervisor
Belgard, for special consideration of the Planning
Commission's decision regarding Application No. 94-
0007, by Peter Fryn; property located at 426 Edenvale
Lane in Watsonville, as recommended by the Clerk of
the Board
13. DIRECTED Public Works to apply for a standard
encroachment permit to display a publicity banner
above Highway 9 on behalf of the fourth annual San
Lorenzo Valley Gym Jam event, as recommended by
Supervisor Almquist
14. APPROVED appointment of Patricia D. Peterson to the
Women's Commission for a term to expire April 1, 2001,
as recommended by Supervisor Symons
15. ACCEPTED AND FILED annual report of the Children's
Commission, and approved related action, as
recommended by Chairperson Beautz
16. ACCEPTED AND FILED annual report of the Emergency
Medical Care Commission, and approved related action,
as recommended by Chairperson Beautz
17. DIRECTED County Counsel, the Planning and Public Works
Departments to prepare reports relating to waiver of
tree removal permit fees for consideration on or
before March 17, 1998, with an additional directive
18. APPROVED plans and specifications for the Quail Hollow
Ranch House Remodel Phase I; directed the General
Services Department to advertise for bids; set bid
opening for Tuesday, April 14, 1998 at 10:45 a.m.; and
approved related actions, as recommended by the
Director of General Services
19. CONTINUED TO MARCH 10, 1998 request to approve
emergency purchase of a laptop computer for use in
diagnosing radio equipment problems and authorize the
General Services Department to complete payment in the
amount of $1,739.34
20. ACCEPTED status report on the replacement of the
County radio infrastructure (Phase Two) and directed
the General Services Department to return with a final
agreement and financing plan on or before May 5, 1998,
as recommended by the Director of General Services
21. ACCEPTED and FILED 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
22. APPROVED amendment to MediCal managed care contract
with Santa Cruz County Health Options related to the
Healthy Families program and other contract revisions,
and directed the Clerk of the Board to take related
actions, as recommended by the Health Services Agency
Administrator
23. SEE ITEM NO. 43.2, REGULAR AGENDA
24. SCHEDULED public hearing for March 24, 1998 on the
morning agenda to consider revisions to County Code
Chapter 7.38, Sewage Disposal, and a related Negative
Declaration; and directed the Clerk of the Board to
take related actions, as recommended by the Health
Services Agency Administrator
25. AUTHORIZED the Health Services Agency Administrator to
sign the standard agreement for California Healthcare
for Indigents Program funding for fiscal year 1997/98,
as recommended by the Health Services Agency
Administrator
26. APPROVED grant funded out-of-state travel for Senior
Public Health Program Manager to attend the National
Immunization Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, July 21
through 26, 1998, at an estimated cost of $1,000, as
recommended by the Health Services Agency
Administrator
27. DEFERRED report on the Public Guardian conservatorship
fees to March 24, 1998, as recommended by the Human
Resources Agency Administrator
28. APPROVED Contract Change Order No. 1 in the amount of
$17,370 for County Service Area No. 23, Old Ranch Road
Storm Damage Repair Project and authorized the
Chairperson to sign; and directed the Clerk of the
Board to take related actions, with an additional
directive
29. APPROVED amendments to agreements for Waste Reduction
Grant Program projects with Santa Cruz Recycling
Alliance Program to extend the term of the agreement
and increase the contract amount by $7,000, and with
Ecology Action of Santa Cruz to modify and extend the
term of the agreement at no additional cost; and
authorized the Director of Public Works to sign the
agreements, as recommended by the Director of Public
Works
30. APPROVED final cost of Tract 1288, Gera Estates;
authorized the Director of Public Works to sign the
subdivision agreement; and directed the Clerk of the
Board to take related actions, as recommended by the
Director of Public Works
31. APPROVED agreement with Haro-Kasunich and Associates
of Watsonville for geotechnical engineering services
in the amount of $15,000; and authorized the Director
of Public Works to sign the agreement, as recommended
by the Director of Public Works
32. APPROVED independent contractor agreement with T. Y.
Lin International for engineering design services for
eight bridges of the Seismic Retrofit Program for a
not-to-exceed amount of $613,266.02; and authorized
the Director of Public Works to sign the agreement, as
recommended by the Director of Public Works
33. ACCEPTED AND FILED Public Work's report on the 1998
Regional Transportation Improvement Plan, as
recommended by the Director of Public Works
34. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 46-98 establishing the 1998
Affordable Housing Guidelines, as recommended by the
Planning Director
35. SCHEDULED public hearing for the morning agenda of
March 24, 1998 to consider a proposal to amend County
Code Title 12 (Building Regulations), Title 13 (Zoning
Regulations), Title 14 (Subdivision Regulations),
Title 15 (Community Facilities), Title 16
(Environmental and Resource Protection), and Title 18
(Permit and Approval Procedures) to correct errors and
inconsistencies, as recommended by the Planning
Director
36. SCHEDULED public hearing for the morning agenda of
March 24, 1998 to consider a proposal to amend County
Code Sections 12.02.020, 13.10.312, 13.10.322,
13.10.323, 13.10.681 and 13.10.700 to change the term
"Accessory Dwelling Unit" to "Second Unit" and to
correct internal inconsistencies regarding second
units, as recommended by the Planning Director
37. SEE ITEM NO. 43.1, REGULAR AGENDA
38. APPROVED lease agreement between the County Parks
Department and the San Lorenzo Valley Little League
for use of the concession stand at Highlands County
Park, and authorized the Parks Director to sign the
agreement, as recommended by the Director of Parks,
Open Space and Cultural Services
39. SCHEDULED public hearings on the proposed parking
maintenance and operation charges for the Soquel
Village Parking and Business Improvement Area for the
1998/99 fiscal year for the morning agenda of Tuesday,
March 24, 1998 and April 21, 1998; and directed the
Clerk of the Board to take related actions, as
recommended by the Redevelopment Agency Administrator
40. APPROVED proposed route concept for Portola Drive and
approved related actions, as recommended by the
Redevelopment Agency Administrator and the Director of
Public Works
41. AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY,
SCHEDULED a closed personnel and litigation session as
follows:
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
REPORT OF COUNTY COUNSEL - The Board of Supervisors
approved payment of a claim of Woodward-Clyde,
Consultants, in the amount of $39,808.63 regarding
engineering design services (SWRAB)
41.1 CONTINUED TO MARCH 10, 1998 request to adopt
resolution in opposition to Proposition 227, the
"English As Required Language of Instruction"
Initiative
REGULAR AGENDA
42. Presentation made by Maggie Ivy, Executive Director of
the Santa Cruz County Conference and Visitors Council
(CVC) on the work of the CVC
43. CONSIDERED conceptual review of proposed amendments to
County Code Chapter 7.70, Water Wells;
(1) continued to April 14, 1998 consideration of
conceptual review of proposed amendments to County
Code Chapter 7.70, Water Wells; with additional
direction to Environmental Health staff to notify each
of the water districts in the County of the Board's
consideration of this matter and ask to have any
comments submitted to the Board; further directed
Environmental Health to return to the Board with
information on the process of declaring a groundwater
emergency and the financial and organizational aspects
of a long term approach to responding to groundwater
crises in various basins, including how to recast
existing agencies to have more regulatory authority
and what the financial implications would be to have a
more active resource planning role in regard to the
various water basins that are having difficulty;
(2) deferred report on the application of General Plan
Policy 5.8.2 regarding groundwater recharge to April
14, 1998; and
accepted and filed status on water resources
monitoring and management and directed Planning,
Public Works, and Environmental Health to submit the
revised draft of the Evaluation of Water Resources
Monitoring in Santa Cruz County no later than April
14, 1998
(1) WASRB
(2) ARSWB
44. Presentation made by Auditor-Controller regarding the
Quarterly Financial Update for Second Fiscal Quarter
1997/98;
accepted and filed quarterly report; directed the
Auditor-Controller to report back on the total number
of non-Public Defender cases for fiscal year 1996/97
regarding felonies, misdemeanors, juveniles, probation
and other statistics; further directed the Auditor-
Controller to report back with actual number of
Campaign Against Marijuana Planting (CAMP) helicopter
flight hours in 1997 rather than the sixty hours
budgeted
WASRB
45. RECEIVED bids regarding 1998 remodel of 1020 Emeline
Avenue, Santa Cruz; accepted bid proposals and awarded
contract to the lowest responsible bidder
RASWB
46. Departmental Workshop Presentation made by the Santa
Cruz Trial Courts
47. Departmental Workshop Presentation made by the Public
Defender
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 17, 1998