PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
VOLUME 2000, NUMBER 29
NOVEMBER 7, 2000
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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 - One person addressed the Board
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 October 17, 2000 and October 24,
2000 as recommended by the Clerk of the Board
8. ACCEPTED AND FILED notification of continuing
contracts received during the period of October 23,
2000 through November 3,2000 and approved upon
adoption of the 2000/01 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. DEFERRED approval of the contract for services with
Native Animal Rescue to on or before December 5, 2000,
as recommended by the County Administrative Officer
10. APPROVED a proposed settlement of the claims of
Espinola, et al., Santa Cruz Claim Nos. 900-150 A,B,C
& D in the total amount of $10,000, as recommended by
County Counsel
11. ACCEPTED Treasurer's monthly cash report and
transaction report for the period ending September 29,
2000, as recommended by the Treasurer-Tax Collector
12. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 363-2000 approving the sale of
tax-defaulted property at public auction, as
recommended by the Treasurer-Tax Collector
13. ACCEPTED AND FILED report of the County's investment
activities and holdings for the quarter ending
September 30, 2000, as recommended by the Treasurer-
Tax Collector
14. APPROVED plans and specifications for the remodel
projects at the Main jail and Rountree Lane Detention
Facility; directed the General Services Department to
advertise for bids; and set the bid opening for 10:45
a.m. on December 5, 2000, as recommended by the
Director of General Services
15. ACCEPTED AND FILED report on progress in making
Geographic Information System (GIS) information
available on the internet and directed the Planning
Director and the Information Services Director to
report back on the first meeting of January 2001, as
recommended by the Information Services Director
16. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 364-2000 relating to the
County's contribution toward the medical coverage for
General Representation Unit employees under the Public
Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act, as required
by the current Memorandum of Understanding and the
Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), and as
recommended by the Personnel Director
17. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 365-2000 amending salary
Resolution No. 279-75 to implement classification and
salary actions in the Human Resources Agency and
General Services Department, as recommended by the
Personnel Director
18. DELETED ITEM
19. DEFERRED report back on Extra Help Usage to December
5, 2000, as recommended by the Personnel Director
20. AUTHORIZED the Chief Probation Officer to sign the
agreement with Penny M. Stinson for Detention Reform
Program consulting services in the amount of $17,500,
as recommended by the Chief Probation Officer
21. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 366-2000 declaring December 15,
2000 and every December 15 thereafter, as Bill of
Rights Day in Santa Cruz County, and directed the
General Services Department to take related action, as
recommended by Supervisor Beautz
22. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 367-2000 authorizing the
Sheriff's Office to apply for grant funds in the
amount of $68,950, including the required State
reduction of 1.5% for administrative costs, to be used
to purchase vans for the Sheriff's Activity League, as
recommended by Supervisor Campos and the Sheriff-
Coroner
23. APPROVED appointment of Russell Farnam, Jr. to the
Pajaro Valley Fire Protection District for a four year
term, as recommended by Supervisor Campos
24. APPROVED appointment of Carol L. Turley to the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission for a term to expire
April 1, 2003, as recommended by Supervisor Campos
25. ACCEPTED status report on efforts to work with the
California State Department of Housing and Community
Development (HCD) to obtain certification of the
County's Housing Element; authorized the Chair to
transmit the latest revised Housing Element to the
Watsonville City Council and request that the Council
submit a letter in support of certification of the
proposed revised Housing Element; and directed the
County Administrative Office to provide regular
updates to the Board on the status of HCD's review of
the County's proposed Housing Element, as recommended
by Supervisors Wormhoudt and Campos
26. ACCEPTED nomination of Martha Martinez for
reappointment to the Housing Authority Board of
Commissioners, as an at-large tenant representative,
for a term to expire November 14, 2002, with final
appointment to be made November 14, 2000, as
recommended by Supervisor Wormhoudt
27. ACCEPTED nomination of Ann Butler for reappointment as
an at-large member of the Assessment Appeals Board,
for a term to expire September 4, 2003, with final
appointment to be made November 14, 2000, as
recommended by Supervisor Wormhoudt
28. REAPPOINTED Supervisor Almquist to the Santa Cruz
Metropolitan Transit District Board of Directors until
such time as the Board makes appointments of its
membership for the year 2001 to various agencies,
committees and commissions, as recommended by Chair
Wormhoudt
29. ACCEPTED notification of an at-large vacancy on the
Long Term Care Interagency Commission, for a
representative of a publicly funded senior
transportation program, with nominations for
appointment to be received on November 21, 2000 and
final appointment to be made December 5, 2000, as
recommended by Chair Wormhoudt
30. APPROVED appointment of Kathleen Molloy to the
Workforce Investment Board, as the representative of
the City of Capitola for a term to be staggered by
lot, as recommended by Chair Wormhoudt
31. APPROVED meeting schedule for the Board of Supervisors
for the year 2001 and the 2001 budget schedule, as
recommended by Chair Wormhoudt
32. 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
33. DEFERRED report from Central Coast Alliance for Health
to December 5, 2000, as recommended by the Health
Services Agency Administrator
34. APPROVED contract amendment with CompHealth, Inc. in
the amount of $60,000 for temporary medical services
and authorized the Health Services Agency
Administrator to sign, as recommended by the Health
Services Agency Administrator
35. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 368-2000 accepting and
appropriating $103,678 in unanticipated revenue for
Medi-Cal Outreach Program; authorized the Health
Services Agency Administrator to sign the related
amendment and subsequent amendments involving minor
program or administrative changes, as recommended by
the Health Services Agency Administrator
36. APPROVED transfer of appropriations in the amount of
$7,202; approved fixed asset purchase of two "tear and
run" printers in the amount of $3,601 each; approved
payment to the Santa Cruz Consolidated Emergency
Communications Center (SCCECC) in the amount of $7,202
for the "tear and run" printers and $3,980 for the
implementation, installation, and telephone line
support, as recommended by the Health Services Agency
Administrator
37. APPROVED agreement with the County Department of
Education/Child Development Resource Center in the
amount of $56,000 for bilingual child care information
and referral services, and authorized the Human
Resources Agency Administrator to sign the agreement
on behalf of the County, as recommended by the Human
Resources Agency Administrator
38. ACCEPTED AND FILED report on the Emergency Relocation
Assistance Program, as recommended by the Human
Resources Agency Administrator
39. AUTHORIZED the Human Resources Agency Administrator to
sign a license agreement with the National Guard for
use of the Santa Cruz Armory in an amount not-to-
exceed $49,400 and contracts with Interfaith Satellite
Shelter Program (ISSP) for Winter Shelter Facilities
in an amount not-to-exceed $11,340 and Salvation Army
in an amount not-to-exceed $21,487 and approved
related actions, as recommended by the Human Resources
Agency Administrator
40. DEFERRED report on activities to mitigate overdraft in
the Pajaro Valley to November 21, 2000, as recommended
by the Planning Director
41. APPROVED the proposed County of Santa Cruz
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program; directed
Public Works to forward the proposed program to
CALTRANS for review and take related actions; and
directed Public Works to return on or before January
23, 2001 with a status report, as recommended by the
Director of Public Works
42. APPROVED independent contractor agreement with Ecology
Action of Santa Cruz in the amount of $66,406 for the
Public Schools Resource Conservation Program and
authorized the Director of Public Works to sign the
agreement on behalf of the County, as recommended by
the Director of Public Works
43. ACCEPTED the improvement and approved the final cost
in the amount of $470,074.12 for the Sunset Beach
Assessment District Water Main Extension Project;
authorized the Clerk of the Board to file the Notice
of Completion; and approved related action, as
recommended by the Director of Public Works
44. APPROVED amendment to the agreement for construction
management services with URS Corporation in the amount
of $15,500 for the Conference Drive, Mount Hermon
Road, Bear Creek Road, Soquel Drive, and Aptos
Overhead seismic retrofit bridge projects and
authorized the Director of Public Works to sign the
amendment to the agreement, as recommended by the
Director of Public Works
45. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 369-2000 accepting and
appropriating $46,500 into the County Service Area No.
24, Pineridge Road (3rd District) budget, as
recommended by the Director of Public Works
46. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 370-2000 accepting
unanticipated revenue for the Vine Hill Road Culvert
Replacement Project and approved amendment to
agreement with Reber Construction Company in the
amount of $19,643.05, as recommended by the Director
of Public Works
47. SEE ITEM NO. 59.1, REGULAR AGENDA
48. ACCEPTED AND FILED report on the 30th, 32nd, and 33rd
Avenue Storm Drain, Sanitary Sewer, and Sidewalk
Improvement Project and directed Public Works to
return with a further report on or before December 12,
2000, as recommended by the Director of Public Works
49. APPROVED transfer of funds from the Land-Other account
of the Opal Cliffs Park Dedication Fund to the
Building Improvement account for the Privates Beach
Improvement Project and authorized payment to the
District for the reimbursement of project costs, as
recommended by the Director of Parks, Open Space and
Cultural Services
50. ACCEPTED the report from the Parks Department on the
recommendation for implementing the Greyhound Rock
Restoration Project and directed the Parks Department
to return on November 14, 2000 with the necessary
contract documents for the implementation, as
recommended by the Director of Parks, Open Space and
Cultural Services
51. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 371-2000 amending Resolution
No. 584-90 by extending the term of the North Coast
Beaches Advisory Committee to December 31, 2001, as
recommended by the Director of Parks, Open Space and
Cultural Services
52. DIRECTED the Parks Department to complete building
modifications to the Simpkins Family Swim Center for
the purpose of community access and approved the new
format for facility rentals to be incorporated into
the December update of the Unified Fee Schedule, as
recommended by the Director of Parks, Open Space and
Cultural Services
53. AUTHORIZED the addition of a full-time limited term
Transportation Planner for the Regional Transportation
Commission and approved related actions, as
recommended by the Executive Director of the Santa
Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission
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54. AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, APPROVED contract amendment with
Haro, Kasunich and Associates in an amount not to
exceed $8,500 for additional services for Anna Jean
Cummings Park, as recommended by the Redevelopment
Agency Administrator
55. AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, APPROVED a change order in the
amount of $40,999 for Anna Jean Cummings Park for
pavement re-surfacing at the O'Neill Court and Soquel-
San Jose Road intersection and approved related
actions, as recommended by the Redevelopment Agency
Administrator
56. 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.: Lori Pierce v. State of California, et
al., Santa Cruz County Superior Court Case No. CV
133560
Case Name/No.: County of Santa Cruz v. Hathaway
Dinwiddie, et al., Santa Cruz County Superior Court
Case No. CV 138598
Case Name/No.: Aalfs v. County of Santa Cruz, Santa
Cruz County Superior Court Case No. CV 137457
Case Name/No.: Big Creek v. County of Santa Cruz,
Santa Cruz County Superior Court Case No. CV 134816
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(s)
LIABILITY CLAIMS
Claimant(s): Pacific Gas and Electric Company (001-
023A) and Pacific Bell Telephone Company (001-23B)
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
Agency negotiator: Dania Torres Wong, Personnel
Director
Employee organizations: All Units
REPORT OF COUNTY COUNSEL - The Board of Supervisors
authorized County Counsel and Risk Management to
settle the claim of Pacific Gas and Electric Company
(001-023A) in the amount of $5,794.88 and the claim of
Pacific Bell Telephone Company (001-023B) in the
amount of $3,806.09
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REGULAR AGENDA
57. AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, public hearing held to consider
the Amended Implementation Plan for the Live
Oak/Soquel Project Area;
closed public hearing; adopted RESOLUTION NO. 372-2000
Amending Implementation Plan; with additional
direction to add language to the last sentence under
the section Housing Rehabilitation to read: "As
opportunities arise, the Agency will pursue other
projects involving the rehabilitation of dilapidated
housing, including farmworker housing on the North
Coast"
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58. Public hearing held to consider report on the Buena
Vista Landfill Soil Management Project;
closed public hearing;
(1) accepted and filed report on the Buena Vista Landfill
Soil Management Project;
(2) considered the staff report of October 3, 2000, and
the information contained in this report and provided
Public Works with direction to pursue the
Miyashita/Love property and leave the Rocha property
as an option;
(3) directed Public Works and the Planning Department to
initiate environmental review and take all actions
necessary to expedite development of the Board of
Supervisors' preferred project;
(4) if the Rocha project is not being reconsidered at this
time, directed Public Works on behalf of the Board of
Supervisors to request the coastal zone permit for the
Rocha project continue to be held in abeyance by the
Coastal Commission until a final project is completed
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59. CONSIDERED adoption of resolution specifying the
amount of ad valorem property tax revenue shifted from
each local agency within the County to the Educational
Revenue Augmentation Fund and directed the Clerk of
the Board to take related actions;
adopted RESOLUTION NO. 373-2000 specifying the amount
of Ad Valorem Property Tax Revenue shifted from each
local agency within the County to the educational
revenue augmentation fund established by State Law in
the County and agreeing to conditions imposed by the
State for allocation to the County of certain State
funds; and directed the Clerk of the Board to take
related actions
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59.1 ACCEPTED AND FILED status report on the East Cliff
Drive Stabilization Project and approved related
actions, as recommended by the Redevelopment Agency
Administrator and the Director of Public Works
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60. REFERRED bids regarding 1080 Emeline Pre-Cooling and
Lab Chiller to the General Services Department with
direction to return on December 5, 2000 with a
recommendation on this project
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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 November 21, 2000
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