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Governmental Center Building
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SEPTEMBER 28, 1999
Consent Agenda
Oral Communications 1:30 Scheduled and Regular
Departmental Items 10:45 Scheduled and Regular Departmental Items Moment of Silence and Pledge of Allegiance ************** TRANSLATION SERVICES/SERVICIOS DE TRADUCCION **************
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******CONSENT AGENDA******
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
6. Approve claims as submitted by the Auditor-Controller
7. Item Deleted
8. Accept and file notification of continuing contracts received during the period of September
20, 1999 through September 24, 1999 and approved upon adoption of the 1999/00 continuing
agreements list to comply with Section 300 of the County's Procedures Manual, Title I, as
recommended by the Clerk of the Board
9. Approve annual certification of financial responsibility for underground storage tanks
containing petroleum and authorize the County Administrative Officer to sign the certification, as
recommended by the Personnel Director
10. Approve an extension of an existing lease agreement with James Fenton Co., Incorporated,
for office space for the Sheriff's Aptos Community Policing Service Center at a cost of $1,200
per month through September 30, 2002, as recommended by the Sheriff-Coroner
11. Adopt resolution approving the final budget for fiscal year 1999/2000 as compiled by the
Auditor-Controller for the County funds and Special Districts governed by the Board of
Supervisors; adopt resolution establishing the 1999/2000 appropriations limitations; and take
related actions, as recommended by the Auditor-Controller (materials available Friday,
September 24, 1999)
12. Accept and file audit report on the Agricultural Commissioner's Special Fund for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1999, as recommended by the Auditor-Controller
13. Approve and authorize the Chief Probation Officer to sign an agreement for fiscal year 1999-2000 with Fouts Springs Ranch Youth Facility, as recommended by the Chief Probation Officer
14. Approve transfer of $2,500 within the County Clerk's budget to provide for the purchase of a
personal computer for ballot counting purposes, as recommended by the County Clerk-Recorder
15. Deny claim of Mark Mendez, Rhonda Mastropaolo and Alexia Mastropaolo, No. 899-153 (B)
and refer to County Counsel
16. Deny claim of Mark L. Natale No. 900-029 and refer to County Counsel
GENERAL GOVERNMENT (continued)
17. Deny claim of Mary V. Walsh No. 900-039 and refer to County Counsel
18. Defer report on reporting authority of decentralized personnel staff until October 26, 1999, as
recommended by the Personnel Director
19. Approve the Job Creation Plan for CalWORKs recipients and direct the County
Administrative Office to submit it to the State by September 30, 1999; direct the County
Administrative Office to return by June 30, 2000 with an amended Plan incorporating activities
from the economic cluster analysis and forum process; and take related actions, as recommended
by the County Administrative Officer
20. Adopt ordinance amending Section 2.84.030, 2.84.040, 2.84.050 (C)(2) of the Santa Cruz
County Code relating to the membership of the Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Commission
(approved in concept September 21, 1999, Item No. 99)
21. Accept nomination of Steven R. Tronick, Ph.D., as an at-large appointee to the Hazardous
Materials Advisory Commission (in the category of chemistry or chemical engineering), for a
term to expire April 1, 2003, with final appointment to be made October 5, 1999, as
recommended by Chairperson Almquist
22. Approve appointment of Captain Dave Stuflick, Commander, Santa Cruz Area, California
Highway Patrol, as the representative of the Law Enforcement Chiefs' Association to the
Emergency Medical Care Commission, for a term to expire April 1, 2003, as recommended by
Chairperson Almquist
23. Adopt resolution accepting and appropriating unanticipated revenue in the amount of $12,500
from the United States Department of Justice, and take related actions, as recommended by the
Sheriff-Coroner
24. Schedule public hearing for October 19, 1999 for the morning agenda beginning at 9:00 a.m.
to consider a resolution relating to holding periods for animal control as required by SB 1785, as
recommended by the County Administrative Officer
25. Approve various classification actions, as recommended by the Personnel Director
26. Accept and file report on Animal Control Services; authorize the County Administrative
Officer to sign an agreement for Animal Control Services with the Santa Cruz SPCA for October
1 through June 30 of fiscal year 1999/2000 and July 1 through June 30 of fiscal years 2000/01
and 2001/02, and take related actions, as recommended by the County Administrative Officer
GENERAL GOVERNMENT (continued)
27. Accept and file report on Sheriff's South County Service Center, as recommended by the
County Administrative Officer and the Sheriff-Coroner
28. Accept and file the annual itemized report of revenues and expenditures for the Inmate
Welfare Fund, as recommended by the Sheriff-Coroner
28.1 Direct the Agricultural Commissioner and the County Fire Chief to assemble a Scientific
Task Force that includes various representatives with knowledge of the causes and threats to
woodlands, as outlined, and report back to the Board on December 14, 1999, with a status report
and recommendations on what the County can or should do to respond to the epidemic of oak
infestation, including environmentally sound measures that are available to property owners, as
recommended by Supervisor Almquist
HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES
29. Accept and file 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
30. Accept and file the Ninth Annual Report on Comprehensive Interagency System of Care for
Children and Youth, as recommended by the Health Services Agency and Human Resource
Agency Administrators and the Chief Probation Officer
31. Authorize payment of claims totaling $15,275.20 from Smithkline Beecham Clinical Lab for
contract services provided to the Watsonville clinic from 1996 through 1998; and direct the
Health Services Agency to work with the Auditor-Controller to pay final reconciled amount, as
recommended by the Health Services Agency Administrator
32. Accept and file report on youth drug treatment services and direct Health Services Agency in
conjunction with Human Resources Agency to provide a further update on November 9, 1999, as
recommended by the Health Services Agency Administrator
33. Direct the Human Resources Agency Administrator to return on November 2, 1999 with an
analysis and recommendation regarding the City of Santa Cruz request for assistance with the
Homeless Community Resource Center renovations, as recommended by the Human Resources
Agency Administrator
34. Accept and file report on the Intrastate Funding Formula Allocation to the local Area Agency
on Aging, as recommended by the Human Resources Agency Administrator
HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES
35. Defer report on the CalWORKs program to October 19, 1999, as recommended by the
Human Resources Agency Administrator
36. Adopt resolution accepting unanticipated revenue in the amount of $110,644 from the State
Department of Housing and Community Development for the provision of emergency shelter
services for fiscal year 1999/2000, approve the proposed multi-year agreement in the amount of
$258,400 with the Homeless Service Center/Interfaith Satellite Shelter Program, and authorize
the Human Resources Agency to sign the agreement, as recommended by the Human Resources
Agency Administrator
37. Approve revised Community programs agreements (on file with Clerk of the Board) for fiscal
year 1999/2000 and authorize the Human Resources Agency to sign, as recommended by the
Human Resources Agency Administrator
38. Accept and file report (on file with Clerk) on Community Programs' responses to corrective
actions, as recommended by the Human Resources Agency Administrator
LAND USE AND PUBLIC PROJECTS
39. Approve federal funding program supplement for the Soquel Drive Bridge and Aptos
Overhead Seismic Retrofit Project; adopt resolution authorizing the agreement between the State
of California and the County of Santa Cruz for the seismic retrofit project reimbursement;
authorize the Director of Public Works to sign program supplement; and take related actions, as
recommended by the Director of Public Works
40. Approve the establishment of a new project advocacy line item in the Zone 7 budget and the
associated transfer of funds, as recommended by the Director of Public Works
41. Approve fiscal year 1999/2000 Work Program for the Advanced Planning Section of the
Planning Department, as recommended by the Planning Director
42. Defer progress report on water resource management to October 19, 1999, as recommended
by the County Administrative Officer
43. Accept and file the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History's 1999-2000 work plan, as
recommended by the Director of Parks, Open Space and Cultural Services
LAND USE AND PUBLIC PROJECTS
44. Accept and file report on lifeguarding staffing at Simpkins Family Swim Center, as
recommended by the Director of Parks, Open Space and Cultural Services (continued from
September 21, 1999, Item No. 89)
EXECUTIVE SESSION - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
45. SCHEDULE A CLOSED PERSONNEL AND LITIGATION SESSION AT THE
CONCLUSION OF THE BOARD'S AGENDA, OR AT ANY OTHER TIME DURING THE
COURSE OF THE MEETING ANNOUNCED BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Initiation of litigation to be considered pursuant to subdivision (c) of Government Code Section
54956.9 for one potential case.
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
Agency negotiator: Personnel Director
All Employee Organizations
REPORT OF COUNTY COUNSEL - will be given at the conclusion of the closed session on
any reportable action(s) taken in the closed session
*****REGULAR AGENDA*****
SCHEDULED AND REGULAR DEPARTMENTAL ITEMS - A.M.
46. Introduction of the new County Director of Agriculture Extension
a. Letter of the County Administrative Officer of September 21, 1999
47. Presentation of Certificate of Appreciation from the California Integrated Waste Management
Board
a. Letter of the County Administrative Officer of September 22, 1999
48. Public hearing to establish the year 2000 Growth Goal
a. Letter of the Planning Director of September 13, 1999
b. 2000 Growth Goals Report
NOTE: Agenda documents may be reviewed at the Office of the Clerk of the Board, Room 500,
Governmental Center, and at the Santa Cruz Main Library.
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9:00
Roll Call
12:00
Lunch
10:00
Scheduled and Regular Departmental Items
3:15
Recess
10:30
Recess
The Board will adjourn after
the completion of all
scheduled items.
1.
Roll Call
2.
Consideration of Late Additions to the Agenda
3.
Additions and Deletions to the Consent Agenda; and Action on the Consent Agenda
4.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Any person may address the Board during its Oral
Communications period. Presentations must not exceed three minutes in length, and
individuals may speak only once during Oral Communications. All Oral
Communications must be directed to an item not listed on today's Agenda, and must be
within the jurisdiction of the Board. Board members will not take actions or respond
immediately to any Oral Communications presented, but may choose to follow up at a
later time, either individually. Or on a subsequent Board of Supervisor's Agenda. Oral
Communications will normally be received by te Board for a period not to exceed thirty
(30) minutes. If, at the end of this period, additional persons wish to address the Board
under Oral Communications. The Oral Communications period may be continued to the
last item on the Regular Agenda.
5.
Additions and Deletions to Regular Agenda.
The County complies with the Americans With Disabilities Act. As a courtesy to those who are
affected, please attend the meetings smoke and scent free. Questions regarding accommodation
under the ADA should be directed to the office of the Clerk of the Board at 454-2323.