PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
VOLUME 97, NUMBER 21
AUGUST 19, 1997
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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. Chair Wormhoudt absent
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
ARBS/W/
6. APPROVED claims as submitted by the Auditor-Controller
7. APPROVED minutes of August 5, 1997, as recommended by
the Clerk of the Board
8. ACCEPTED AND FILED notification of continuing
contracts received August 11, 1997 through August 15,
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. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 328-97 authorizing the
temporary transfer of funds to various fire and school
districts, request the County Treasurer to make the
necessary transfer of funds from the County Treasury,
as recommended by the Auditor-Controller
10. APPROVED proposed modification to the Santa Cruz
Procedures Manual to update the IRS travel per diem
rates, as recommended by the Auditor-Controller
11. APPROVED setting public hearings for September 16,
1997, for the morning agenda, to consider the
allocation of federal funds from the Bureau of Justice
Assistance (BJA) and the State Supplemental Law
Enforcement Funds (SLESF), as recommended by the
County Administrative Officer
12. ACCEPTED AND FILED report on advanced step
appointments for second quarter of 1997, as
recommended by the Personnel Director
13. DECLARED various items to be surplus to County needs
and directed the Director of General Services to
arrange for their disposition, as recommended by the
Director of General Services
14. ACCEPTED status report on the development of the
County Fire Station in Bonny Doon and directed the
County Fire and General Services Department to return
on September 23, 1997, with a further report, as
recommended by the Director of General Services
15. APPROVED increase in the encumbrance to the Shute,
Mihaly and Weinberger contract in the amount of
$35,000 and authorized the payment from funds
previously allocated for outside legal services, as
recommended by County Counsel
16. APPROVED and authorized the Personnel Director to
purchase additional excess liability insurance
coverage for a total 1997/98 premium not-to-exceed
$125,576, as recommended by the Personnel Director
17. APPROVED a grant application to the Federal Bureau of
Justice Assistance for the State Criminal Alien
Assistance Program, and authorized the County
Administrative Officer to designate the Sheriff-
Coroner as applicant on behalf of the County, as
recommended by the Sheriff-Coroner
18. APPROVED an agreement with the State of California for
Sheriff's patrol services at the 1997 Santa Cruz
County Fair for $7,900 and authorized the Sheriff to
sign the agreement, as recommended by the Sheriff-
Coroner
19. ACCEPTED nomination of Celia Organista for
reappointment as an at-large member of the Housing
Authority Board of Commissioners, for a term to expire
August 26, 2001, with final appointment to be made
August 26, 1997, as recommended by Supervisor
Wormhoudt
20. ACCEPTED nomination of Ernest Diaz as an at-large
appointee to the Hazardous Materials Advisory
Commission, as a representative of industry, for a
term to expire April 1, 2001, with final appointment
to be made August 26, 1997, as recommended by
Supervisor Belgard
21. ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS NOs. 329-97 THROUGH 331-97
accepting/cancelling and appropriating unanticipated
revenue and realigning appropriations to record final
transactions for the closing of the 1996/97 County
Financial Records, as recommended by the Auditor-
Controller
22. ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO. 4468 amending Sections 8.04.020,
8.04.040 and 8.04.080 and repealing Section 8.04.050
of the Santa Cruz County Code relating to Campaign
Contributions and Expenditures
23. SEE ITEM NO. 44.2, REGULAR AGENDA
24. AUTHORIZED the Auditor-Controller to establish a ward
welfare trust fund for Juvenile Hall donations and
profits and approved related actions, as recommended
by the Chief Probation Officer
25. DIRECTED the Public Works Director to waive the dump
fees for Valencia Hall Community Workdays sponsored by
the Valencia Hall Historical and Restoration Coalition
and Parks, Open Space and Cultural Services, scheduled
for August 22 through 24, 1997 and August 29 through
31, 1997, as recommended by Supervisor Symons
25.1 ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 332-97 fixing the 1997-98 tax
rates, as recommended by the Auditor-Controller
26. SEE ITEM NO. 44.3, REGULAR AGENDA
27. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 333-97 supporting a breast
cancer study for the Bay Area and approved related
actions, as recommended by the Health Services Agency
Administrator
28. ACCEPTED AND FILED report on the need to continue the
state of local emergency relative to the transmission
of HIV through contaminated needles, as recommended by
the Health Services Agency Administrator
29. DIRECTED the Environmental Health Director to work
with the Planning Department to submit proposed
amendments of Chapter 7.38, Sewage Disposal, to the
Environmental Health Coordinator and the Planning
Commission, and return to the Board as part of Round
No. 3 of the 1997 General Plan/Local Coastal Plan
Amendments, as recommended by the Health Services
Agency Administrator
30. ACCEPTED AND FILED report regarding the work of the
Children's Network; adopted RESOLUTION NO. 334-97
accepting and appropriating unanticipated revenue in
the amount of $30,200; approved contract with the
Child Abuse Prevention Council for an amount not to
exceed $5,200; approved contract with the Foundation
of California State University, Monterey Bay for an
amount not to exceed $25,000; authorized the Human
Resources Agency Administrator to sign these
contracts; and approved related actions, as
recommended by the Human Resources Agency
Administrator
31. AUTHORIZED the Human Resources Agency Administrator to
sign a contract with Ron Wolff in the amount of $3,834
to implement Foster Parent Training and Recruitment
program, as recommended by the Human Resources Agency
Administrator
32. DEFERRED award of Old Ranch Road Storm Damage Repair,
County Service Area No. 23, and Redwood Drive Slide
Repair, County Service Area No. 33, to September 16,
1997, as recommended by the Director of Public Works
33. APPROVED final map of Tract 1334, Diamond Estates;
authorized the Director of Public Works to sign the
subdivision agreement; directed Public Works and
County Counsel to initiate condemnation proceedings;
and directed the Clerk of the Board to take related
actions, as recommended by the Director of Public
Works
34. AUTHORIZED the installation of one street light on
Capitola Road and one on Daubenbiss Avenue in County
Service Area No. 9, Zone A, and directed the Clerk of
the Board to take related actions, as recommended by
the Director of Public Works
35. RATIFIED issuance of Contract Change Order No. 2 in
the amount of $10,500 for the Rio Del Mar
Boulevard/Highway 1 Interchange Signalization Project,
as recommended by the Director of Public Works
36. ACCEPTED low bid from Graham Contractors in the amount
of $321,559.98 for the 1997/98 Slurry Seal and
Pavement Repair Project-Various Locations; authorized
award of contract; and authorized the Director of
Public Works to sign the contract, as recommended by
the Director of Public Works
37. AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FREEDOM COUNTY
SANITATION DISTRICT, ACCEPTED low bid of Detrick
Corporation in the amount of $76,690 for sewer
construction off Airport Boulevard; authorized award
of contract; authorized the District Engineer to sign
the contract; and approved contract change order
policy, as recommended by the District Engineer
38. AUTHORIZED the Director of Public Works to sign an
agreement with the California Conservation Corps in
the amount of $9,300 for Pajaro Storm Drain
Maintenance District maintenance activities; and
approved related actions, as recommended by the
Director of Public Works
39. APPROVED transfer of funds in the amount of $37,427
from Fund Balance to the Structures and Improvements
account within Aptos Park Dedication District for the
Dolphin/Sumner project; and approved transfer of funds
in the amount of $40,258 to the Structures and
Improvements account within the Aptos Hills Park
Dedication District for continued park development at
the Polo Grounds Park, as recommended by the Director
of Parks, Open Space and Cultural Services
40. DEFERRED consideration of the Louden Nelson Community
Center report until September 16, 1997, as recommended
by the Director of Parks, Open Space and Cultural
Services
41. SEE ITEM NO. 44.2, REGULAR AGENDA
42. AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY,
SCHEDULED a closed personnel and litigation session as
follows:
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
California et al. v. Rosendin Electric, Incorporated,
et al. (San Francisco Superior Court Case No. 880010)
CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
Property street address: 039-102-21
Negotiating parties: Frank and Lai Godfrey, Robert
Longacre
Under negotiation: Price and terms of payment.
REPORT OF COUNTY COUNSEL - The Board of Supervisors
approved a plan of distribution in the settlement
proposed by the Attorney General in the case of
California et al. v. Rosendin Electric, Incorporated,
et al. (San Francisco Superior Court Case No. 880010)
BSRA/W/
42.1 SEE ITEM NO. 44.1, REGULAR AGENDA
REGULAR AGENDA
43. Considered report of County Counsel and the County
Administrative Officer on the level and use of
mobilehome space fees, and the use of redevelopment
affordable housing funds to pay for litigation
expenses incurred in connection with the Mobilehome
Rent Adjustment Ordinance;
approved recommendation of the County Administrative
Officer to direct the County Administrative Officer to
present an item on September 9, 1997, to transfer the
necessary funds from the Redevelopment Agency
affordable housing account to fund the expenditures
for legal services in defense of the decisions of
hearing officers and of the provisions of the County's
Mobilehome Rent Adjustment Ordinance
SRBA/W/
44. Considered report on regulations relating to where
timber harvesting may occur in the unincorporated area
of the County and considered adopting interim zoning
Ordinances;
(1) adopted ORDINANCE NO. 4469, as amended, establishing
interim zoning regulations regarding timber harvesting
operations and helicopter use;
(2) approved staff interpretation of the current
ordinances with amendments which provide for timber
harvest activities without restriction in the Timber
Production (TP), Mineral Extraction Industrial (M-3),
Parks, Recreation and Open Space (PR), Agriculture
(A), and Commercial Agriculture (CA) zone districts,
and only as a minor timber harvest within the Rural
Residential (RR) and Residential Agriculture (RA) zone
districts, and for restriction of timber harvesting
within areas in the Special Use (SU) district which
are not currently designated as timber resource;
directed staff to prepare a proposed ordinance
allowing timber harvesting in the A and CA zone
districts, and to re-establish the Forest Advisory
Committee; and further directed staff to return on
September 16, 1997, with a report regarding the
structure of the Forest Advisory Committee, and the
review process required for timber harvest permits
within the SU district; and
(3) scheduled a public hearing for the afternoon calendar
of Tuesday, September 16, 1997, to consider an
extension of the interim zoning ordinance regarding
the use of helicopters for staging or loading
activities for timber operations
(1) ASBR/W/
(2) RABs/W/
(3) RABS/W/
44.1 DIRECTED County Counsel to review modifying County
Code Section 7.38.045 to permit development of small
commercial properties in the San Lorenzo Valley, and
return with a proposed ordinance conforming to this
amendment, and directed staff to seek to obtain any
other approvals necessary to implement this
modification to the County Code, including approval by
the Regional Water Quality Control Board, with
additional directive
ARBS/W/
44.2 APPROVED transfer of funds in the amount of $250,000
(1) from the Library Fund Contingency to the Library Fund
Professional and Special Service subobject to finance
the County Library Fund contribution to the
Redevelopment Agency's Live Oak Library Project, as
approved by the Board of Supervisors during final
budget hearings, as recommended by the County
Administrative Officer;
(2) AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, AUTHORIZED the expenditure of
funds totalling $411,810 for the Live Oak Interim
Library Project construction contract; adopted
RESOLUTION NO. 335-97 accepting unanticipated revenue;
adopted associated findings; and approved related
actions, as recommended by the Redevelopment Agency
Administrator
RABS/W/
44.3 APPROVED 1997/98 Community Mental Health agreements
with the Santa Cruz Community Counseling Center for
$3,297,803, with Front Street, Incorporated for
$1,289,558 and the Parents Center for $182,000; and
authorized the Health Services Agency Administrator to
sign, as recommended by the Health Services Agency
Administrator
RSBA/W/
Approved:
Vice-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 September 9, 1997