PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
VOLUME 99, NUMBER 11
APRIL 20, 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
WCBSA
6. APPROVED claims as submitted by the Auditor-Controller
7. ITEM DELETED
8. ITEM DELETED
9. ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO. 4540 amending Section 3.12.040
to the Santa Cruz County Code relating to County
Employees
10. ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO. 4541 amending Section 2.38.270C
to the Santa Cruz County Code relating to Conflict of
Interest Code to add the Arts Commission
11. ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO. 4542 amending Chapter 9 of the
Santa Cruz County Code relating to stop intersections
on Cambridge Drive and Crestwood Drive and multi-way
stop signs at East Zayante and Valley View Drive
intersection
12. ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO. 4543 amending Chapter 9 of the
Santa Cruz County Code relating to stop intersections
in the Diamond Estates Subdivision, east of Green
Valley Road on the south side of Paulsen Road,
Watsonville
W(C)BSA
13. ITEM DELETED
14. DENIED claim of Miguel William Balderos No. 899-108
and referred to County Counsel
15. DENIED claim of Miguel William Balderos No. 899-107
and referred to County Counsel
16. ACCEPTED AND FILED status report on Natural Gas
Fueling Coalition projects and directed the General
Services Department to return with final report on or
before June 15, 1999, as recommended by the Director
of General Services
17. APPROVED plans and specifications for the Village Fair
Antiques Renovation; and set bid opening for Tuesday,
May 18, 1999 at 10:45 a.m., as recommended by the
Director of General Services
18. SEE ITEM NO. 45.1, REGULAR AGENDA
19. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 136-99 declaring May 1999 as
Clean Air Month in Santa Cruz County, as recommended
by the County Administrative Officer
20. DIRECTED the Chairperson to send a letter to the
Physicians Medical Group of Santa Cruz County
supporting the Local Mental Health Board's issues
regarding the continuing care of Santa Cruz County
clients, as recommended by Supervisor Symons
21. ACCEPTED AND FILED Annual Report of the Emergency
Medical Care Commission, and approved related action,
as recommended by Chairperson Almquist
22. APPROVED reappointment of Fourth District
representatives to various County advisory bodies, for
terms to expire April 1, 2003, as recommended by
Supervisor Campos
23. APPROVED appointment of Jeane Kelley to the Seniors
Commission, as a representative of the Second
District, for a term to expire April 1, 2001, as
recommended by Supervisor Symons
24. APPROVED reappointment of John Laue to the Mental
Health Advisory Board for a term to expire April 1,
2002, as recommended by Supervisor Campos
25. APPROVED request by the Sheriff to apply to the
California State Office of Criminal Justice Planning
for the Suppression of Drug Abuse in Schools Program
Grant in the amount of $100,000; and approved the
Suppression of Drug Abuse in Schools Local Advisory
Committee listed in Attachment B, as recommended by
the Sheriff-Coroner
26. APPROVED transfer of funds from General Fund
Contingency in the amount of $33,000 for the benefit
of the Santa Cruz Port District's 1997/98 and 1998/99
Ocean Rescue Program; and approved related action, as
recommended by the County Administrative Officer
27. APPROVED payroll processing adjustments in a total
amount of $1,600.12 to correct an administrative
error, as recommended by the Health Services Agency
Administrator
28. APPROVED submission by the Health Services Agency of
the long-term care planning grant; and approved
submission of a letter of support, as recommended by
the Health Services Agency Administrator
29. ITEM DELETED
30. AUTHORIZED the Health Services Agency to negotiate and
sign the 1999/2000 HIV Consortium agreements for
federally funded services, effective July 1, 1999 with
the Santa Cruz AIDS Project and the Community Action
Board, and authorized the Administrator, Board Chair
and Clerk of the Board to take related actions, as
recommended by the Health Services Agency
Administrator
31. ACCEPTED AND FILED report on Human Resources Agency
South County lease space and directed the Human
Resources Agency Administrator to return no later than
May 4, 1999 for approval of a final lease agreement,
as recommended by the Human Resources Agency
Administrator
32. APPROVED road closures and permit for the Cinco De
Mayo parade in Davenport and approved related actions,
as recommended by the Director of Public Works
33. AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FREEDOM COUNTY
SANITATION DISTRICT, ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 137-99
accepting the sanitary sewers in Diamond Estates, off
of Paulsen Road in Watsonville; and accepted the 20'
and 40' public utility easement, as recommended by the
District Engineer
34. AUTHORIZED the Public Works Department to advertise a
Request for Qualifications for construction management
services for the County's Seismic Retrofit Program, as
recommended by the Director of Public Works
35. AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DAVENPORT COUNTY
SANITATION DISTRICT, ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 138-99
revising Resolution No. 15-99, establishing a
dedicated source of revenue to repay the state
revolving fund loan for the Davenport Oldtown Sewer
Reconstruction Project, as recommended by the District
Engineer
36. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 139-99 of support for Assembly
Bill 807 (Keeley) relating to the Pajaro River Four
County Basin Study, as recommended by the Director of
Public Works
37. SEE ITEM NO. 45.2, REGULAR AGENDA
38. SEE ITEM NO. 45.3, REGULAR AGENDA
39. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 140-99 in support of the Mill
Creek Stabilization Project; adopted RESOLUTION NO.
141-99 accepting and appropriating unanticipated
revenue in the amount of $118,139; approved grant
agreement; and authorized the Planning Director to
sign all necessary documents to implement the grant,
as recommended by the Planning Director
40. APPROVED financial transactions to provide for
purchase of vehicles, fixed assets and professional
services in the Planning Department; adopted
RESOLUTION NO. 142-99 accepting and appropriating
unanticipated revenue in the amount of $149,900;
adopted RESOLUTION NO. 143-99 accepting and
appropriating unanticipated revenue in the amount of
$72,000; authorized the Planning Director to negotiate
a contract for scanning services and to return for
final contract approval prior to June 30, 1999, as
recommended by the Planning Director
41. AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY,
SCHEDULED a closed personnel and litigation session as
follows:
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Initiation of litigation was considered pursuant to
subdivision (c) of Government Code Section 54956.9 for
one potential case.
REPORT OF COUNTY COUNSEL - The Board of Supervisors
authorized County Counsel to file a legal action
against Mr. Jack Metzger to enforce the provisions of
the Affordable Housing Participation Agreement for the
Courtside Subdivision ((B)(S)WCA)
REGULAR AGENDA
42. CONSIDERED report on the County's Census 2000
activities and directed the County Administrative
Office to return on May 18, 1999 with further report
BCSWA
43. APPROVED at-large appointment of Scott Bugental to the
Long Term Care Interagency Commission (representative
of publicly funded Senior Transportation Program), for
a term to expire April 1, 2000
WSBCA
44. APPROVED at-large reappointments of various persons to
the Children's Commission, Emergency Medical Care
Commission, Hazardous Materials Advisory Commission,
Latino Affairs Commission and Water Advisory
Commission, in the categories indicated, for terms to
expire April 1, 2003
WCBSA
45. Public hearing held to consider establishment of the
annual parking maintenance and operating charges for
Soquel Village Parking and Business Improvement Area
for the 1999/2000 fiscal year;
closed public hearing; adopted RESOLUTION NO. 144-99
establishing the annual assessment charges for the
Soquel Village Parking and Business Improvement Area
for Fiscal Year 1999-2000
BWSCA
45.1 ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 145-99 accepting and
appropriating unanticipated revenue in the amount of
$5,000 from Santa Cruz Rotary Club donation to support
Neighborhood Accountability Boards; and directed the
Chairperson to send a letter of appreciation; with an
additional directive for the Chief Probation Officer
to report back on May 4, 1999 with a program
description of the Neighborhood Accountability Boards
SBwCA
45.2 ACCEPTED AND FILED report on Water Resources
Management and directed the Planning Department in
consultation with Environmental Health Services and
the County Administrative Office to report back on
September 28, 1999; with an additional directive that
the Planning Department return June 15, 1999 with a
status report regarding environmental review
guidelines related to water wells and a report
regarding the County Water Advisory Commission's
progress
WBSCA
45.3 CONSIDERED report on ongoing activities to mitigate
overdraft in the Pajaro Valley; directed the Planning
Department to return June 15, 1999 with a report that
includes updated (1998) numbers on agricultural and
residential water use and to consider looking at the
flat projection for agricultural use given in the
Water Resources Management Summary; directed that the
assumptions on the numbers for residential growth be
based on actual population growth and not on AMBAG
projections; directed the Chairperson to write a
letter to the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency
requesting, for the June 15, 1999 meeting, a timeline
for conservation measures as well as projections on
how many acre feet could be saved with those measures
over time; and further directed that the Board
consider on June 15, 1999 all of this information in
future actions to deal with what appears to be a very
real crisis and to agendize this matter giving the
Board the option of declaring a groundwater emergency
WBSCA
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 May 4, 1999