AND THE MONTEREY COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Recess to Lunch from 12:00 Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Following
the Pledge of Allegiance, the Chair called for a minute of silence, in remembrance
of Commander Rick D. Husband, Pilot William C. McCool, Mission Specialists Kalpana Chawla, David M. Brown,
Laurel B. Clark and Michael P. Anderson, and Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon. These
seven astronauts manned the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia, and perished on
S-1 Additions and corrections to the Agenda.
Upon motion of Supervisor Potter, seconded
by Supervisor Johnsen, and unanimously carried, the Board approved the following
additions and corrections to the Agenda, due to the need for immediate
consideration by the Board of matters which arose after the posting of today’s
agenda:
Upon the
request of Virgil Schwab, Director of Information Technology, add to Consent,
“General Government,” approval of a two month extension of the term of the
Cable TV Franchise of Charter Communications pending completion of the
negotiations for a franchise renewal.
Upon the
request of Supervisor Johnsen, add under “Other Board Matters,” adopt a
Resolution honoring Foster Alexander, a Golden Heritage Member of the NAACP, as
an Unsung Hero by the Monterey Peninsula Branch for the year 2003.
The Board is asked by
a. Pursuant to Government Code Section
54956.9(a), the Board of Supervisors will confer with legal counsel regarding
the following existing litigation:
1. Orradre Ranch, et al.
v. Monterey County Water Resources Agency [Case No. 115777 (Sixth DCA H025282),
M55891, M54484, and M45589)]; and Tanimura and Antle, et al. v. Monterey County
Water Resources Agency, et al. [Case No. M46013]
Under Scheduled Matter S-11, Closed
Session, remove from the Agenda and take no action on Sub-Section (b),
performance evaluation, for the following: “Public Employment:
S-2 CONSENT CALENDAR - REGULAR (See Supplementary Sheet,
attached)
S-3 CONSENT CALENDAR – MONTEREY COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY
2050.000 S-4 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD:
1. Philip
Moore, President of the Salinas Valley Federation of Teachers, addressed the
Board concerning proposed reductions of services offered at the
2.
Douglas
Fay requested the Board to direct staff to draft an Ordinance restricting unauthorized
and damaging off-road use of the Salinas River, to increase protection of the
river, river bed and riparian habitat.
APPOINTMENTS:
Upon
motion of Supervisor Calcagno, seconded by Supervisor Johnsen, and unanimously
carried, the Board approved the following appointments:
0401.872 1. Appointed
Ramona Robles and Irma Moreno to fill existing vacancies, and reappointed John O'Brien, to the
In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority, for terms to end on
0400.435 2. Appointed Amy Jones, replacing Ken Caldwell, to the Older
American's Advisory Council, for a term to end on
0401.865 3. Reappointed Ted Larson, to the Historic Resources Review Board, for
a term to end on
0401.750 4. Reappointed Terry Hughes, to the Fish and Game Advisory Commission,
for a term to end on
0802.000 5. Reappointed Richard Morgantini, to the Monterey County Water
Resources Agency Board, for a term to end on
OTHER BOARD
MATTERS:
6300.000 6. Board comments and referrals:
1. Upon the request of Supervisor Lindley, the Board requested
the
2. Upon
the request of Supervisor Calcagno, the Board set a joint public hearing on
0600.025 7. County Administrative Officer's comments and
reports: None.
2050.000 8. Resolution
No. 03-033: Adopted Resolution
commending Nessen Schmidt as Monterey County Cattlemen's Association
"Cattleman of the Year 2003."
(Lindley)
BOARD ACTION: Upon motion of Supervisor Lindley, seconded
by Supervisor Calcagno, and unanimously carried.
2050.000 9. Resolution
No. 03-034: Adopted Resolution
commending Laura Beechinor Orradre as Monterey County Cattlewomen's Association
"Cattlewoman of the Year 2003."
(Lindley)
BOARD ACTION: Upon motion of Supervisor Lindley, seconded
by Supervisor Calcagno, and unanimously carried.
2050.000 10. Resolution
No. 03-035: Adopted Adopt Resolution
commending Nate Holaday as recipient of the 2002 King City Chamber of Commerce
Citizen of the Year. (Lindley)
BOARD ACTION: Upon motion of Supervisor Lindley, seconded
by Supervisor Calcagno, and unanimously carried.
2050.000 NA/1 Resolution
No. 03-039: Adopted a Resolution
honoring Foster Alexander, a Golden Heritage Member of the NAACP, as an Unsung
Hero by the Monterey Peninsula Branch for the year 2003.
BOARD ACTION: Upon motion of Supervisor Johnsen, seconded
by Supervisor Calcagno, and unanimously carried.
SCHEDULED
MATTERS
0601.175 S-5 Public hearing to approve Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) Application for City of Salinas' Lupin Gardens
Transitional Housing Project - Interim Inc. and Chualar Farmworker Housing
Rehabilitation Project - Housing Authority of Monterey County.
BOARD ACTION: Upon motion of Supervisor Potter,
seconded by Supervisor Calcagno, and unanimously carried, the Board adopted
Resolution No. 03-044, approving the staff’s recommendation.
0601.175 S-6 Public hearing to
authorize commitment of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program reuse income for Castroville Child and
BOARD ACTION: Upon motion of Supervisor Potter, seconded by
Supervisor Calcagno, and unanimously carried, the Board approved the staff’s
recommendation.
0125.000 S-7 Agreement
Nos. A-09315, A-09316, and Resolution No.
03-045: Approved real estate
option agreement between the Redevelopment Agency of the County of Monterey and
East Garrison Partners I, LLC (Redevelopment Agency); Consented and agreed to
option agreement on behalf of County of Monterey (Board of Supervisors);
Reserve 470 acre feet of water from the County's total Fort Ord water
allocation for use at East Garrison pending environmental review and project
approvals (Board of Supervisors).
BOARD ACTION: Upon motion of Supervisor Johnsen, seconded
by Supervisor Potter, and unanimously carried, the Board approved the following
actions:
a. Agreement
No. A-09315: Acting as and on behalf of
the Redevelopment Agency of the County of Monterey, the Board approved the Real
Estate Option Agreement between the Agency and East Garrison Partners I, LLC;
b. Agreement
No. A-09315: Acting as and on behalf of
the County of Monterey, the Board approved the Consent and Agreement of the
County of Monterey,” consenting to the terms of the Option Agreement; and
c. Resolution
No. 03-045: Acting as and on behalf of
the County of Monterey, the Board adopted a Resolution reserving 470 acre feet
of water from the County’s total Fort Ord water allocation to serve the project
to be proposed by Developer on the East Garrison Tract “O” property at the
former Fort Ord, with the County to determine the exact amount of the
allocation and make the allocation upon the processing of Developer’s
development application for the Property, environmental review required by
CEQA, verification by the Marina Coast Water District of sufficient water
supply to serve the project, and Developer obtaining all necessary land use
authorizations and entitlements.
0602.200 S-8 Received
oral presentation on technological advances in the Planning and Building
Inspection Department and future plans: The
demonstration will include an introduction to the use of GIS in screening
applications, the on-line permitting system (Velocity Hall), the newly
introduced file storage and management system and plans for the receipt and
storage of electronic reports and documents from applicants.
BOARD ACTION: Upon motion of Supervisor Potter, seconded by
Supervisor Lindley, and unanimously carried, the Board received the
presentation.
1351.450 S-9 Accepted
Status Report on Ad Hoc Committee for Salinas Valley Cities/County of
BOARD ACTION: Supervisor Johnsen moved that the
Board provide authorization to staff to utilize Alternate No. 3: Acreage/units distributed to community areas,
affordable housing overlay zones (Peninsula and farmworker housing) and Rancho
San Juan expanded area, regarding distribution of AMBAG/HCD regional housing
allocation for inclusion in the draft Monterey County Housing Element, to be
presented for Board of Supervisors’ consideration at a later date. This alternate will be tied to the Draft
General Plan itself, and will be subjected to the Environmental Impact Report
process and subsequent review. The
motion included support for a parallel process, and direction to staff to
return to the Board on
AYES:
Supervisors Calcagno, Johnsen and Potter.
NOES:
Supervisors Armenta and Lindley.
ABSENT:
None.
S-10 Continued
indefinitely a tour the New Holding Cells project in the North Wing of the
Recess to
lunch
S-11 Closed Session relating to the following items:
0950.000 a. Pursuant
to Government Code Section 54957, the Board will discuss one matter of public
employment:
Position Title:
BOARD
ACTION: No reportable action taken.
0950.000 b. Pursuant
to Government Code Section 54957, the Board will provide a performance
evaluation for the following positions:
Public Employment - Equal
Opportunity Officer;
BOARD
ACTION: No reportable action taken.
6200.000 c. Pursuant to Government Code Section
54956.9(a), the Board of Supervisors will confer with legal counsel regarding
the following existing litigation:
1. Orradre Ranch, et al.
v. Monterey County Water Resources Agency [Case No. 115777 (Sixth DCA H025282),
M55891, M54484, and M45589)]; and Tanimura and Antle, et al. v. Monterey County
Water Resources Agency, et al. [Case No. M46013]
BOARD
ACTION: In order to avoid any appearance
of a potential conflict of interest, Supervisor Lindley recused himself from
participating in Closed Session regarding these cases.
0300.000 d. Pursuant
to Government Code Section 54956.9(b), the Board will confer with legal counsel
regarding the following potential litigation:
1.
Claims
(2) of George Peterson
2.
Claim
of William and Arlene Yaley
3.
Claim
of John Knight
BOARD
ACTION: David Nawi, Interim County Counsel,
reported that on
0601.525 S-12 Continued approval of the revised Natividad Medical Center
(NMC) Bylaws.
BOARD ACTION: Upon motion of Supervisor Johnsen, seconded
by Supervisor Potter, and unanimously carried, the Board continued approval of
the revised Natividad Medical Center Bylaws to Tuesday, February 18, 2003.
0150.142 S-13 Natividad Medical Center budget discussion.
(Continued
0601.525 from
BOARD ACTION: After receipt of a staff presentation from
Sally Reed,
1.
Upon
motion of Supervisor Johnsen, seconded by Supervisor Potter, and unanimously
carried, the Board authorized the County Administrative Office to retain the
accountant firm of Hayashi and Wayland, with a Professional Services Contract,
to conduct a Natividad Medical Center financial condition assessment, as
outlined in the staff report. The motion
included direction to the
2.
Upon
motion of Supervisor Johnsen, seconded by Supervisor Calcagno, and unanimously
carried, the Board gave direction to the
·
Hospital
Executives Committee to look at joint ventures and collaborations, to include
executive participation from each of the hospitals, including the CEO’s or the
Presidents of their Boards, if possible.
The same would be expected from the County.
·
A
Committee to review Patient Care and Patient Care Alternatives, what are the
referral capabilities in the County, what is the capacity in our Health
Department clinics and elsewhere to meet some of these needs, and to define the
implications of referring patient business to a declining source of service.
·
A
Committee composed of financial people, and people who are interested in
helping the County from a financial and accounting perspective, to develop
proposals for collecting revenue from every available source.
Direction is given that at least two
Supervisors will sit on the Hospital Executives Committee, to create the
liaison. The membership will be kept
open for one more week, to allow interested persons to submit their names for
consideration. Upon the request of Supervisor Calcagno, the
Board directed the County Administrative Officer to look at a steering
committee structure, that when the joint venture committee returns to the Board
with their recommendations, that maybe 2 or 3 members meet with each committee
to develop consensus, prior to making their presentations to the Board.
Chair Armenta appointed Supervisor Potter and himself to represent the
full Board on the Hospital Executives Committee. This group will be convened next week, for an
initial report back to the full Board on
3.
Upon
motion of Supervisor Johnsen, seconded by Supervisor Armenta, and unanimously
carried, the Board directed that the report of the impact of the $3 million
list be set for discussion at the February 25, 2003 Board’s Budget Committee meeting, which shall be a committee
of the full Board.
4.
Upon
motion of Supervisor Johnsen, seconded by Supervisor Calcagno, and unanimously
carried, the Board granted permission to hold Bielensen Hearings. Concurrently, staff is directed to develop a
patient mitigation plan, to be reported back to the Board. The Board will be holding Bielensen Hearings
on proposed reduction in health care services
The fundamentals of how the County provides the services and mitigates
the impact, at least on those issues, need to be reported to the Board in some
detail in order to develop a protocol.
These actions will not prejudice any actions that the Board will be
taking in the future.
5. Upon
motion of Supervisor Johnson, seconded by Supervisor Calcagno, and unanimously
carried, the Board determined that should unforeseen circumstances lead to an
expected deficit in the enterprise Fund of Natividad Medical Center (NMC), the
Department and the Board of Trustees shall act with urgency to bring revenues
and expenditures into balance as quickly as feasible but no later than the end
of the following fiscal year.
6. Upon motion of Supervisor Johnsen, seconded
by Supervisor Potter, and unanimously carried, the Board adopted the policy
that employees whose positions are deleted in the downsizing shall be offered
other positions for which they may be qualified at NMC or within the County if
available.
7. Upon motion of Supervisor Johnsen, seconded
by Supervisor Calcagno, and unanimously carried, the Board referred the
following policies:
a.
New
initiatives expected to be profitable shall be initiated based on proformas and
market analysis which verify profitability at a level of confidence of at least
80%.
b.
Improved
reimbursement and enhanced collection of revenues due NMC shall be
accomplished.
c.
When
revenue improvements cannot close the gap, expenditure reductions including any
appropriate service/program reductions will be made to the degree necessary to
assure the financial solvency of NMC.
to the appropriate committees for a thorough discussion,
report and recommendation back to this Board.
Ms. Reed, CAO, discussed recommendations
No. 9 and 10, concerning emergency services and acute inpatient services as
defined by licensure requirements shall be given priority over outpatient
services when service reductions are enacted, and when County salaries for
essential positions are below those paid by private vendors, improvements in
wages shall be sought when contract negotiations are undertaken. No formal action is taken by the Board at
this time on these issues.
THE BOARD RECESSED THIS MEETING TO
THE BOARD WILL THEN RECESS TO
APPROVED:
_________________________________,
Chair
ATTEST:
SALLY R. REED,
Clerk of the Board
By:________________________________
Deputy
CONSENT
CALENDAR
Upon motion of
Supervisor Johnsen, seconded by Supervisor Lindley, and unanimously carried,
the Board approved the following actions, except as otherwise noted:
0125.000 11. Agreement No. A-09245: Approved and authorized the CEO of
Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to sign an amendment to an existing Professional
Service Agreement with Supplemental Health Care Services, a temporary nursing
and technologist registry company, to increase NMC's agreement from $100,000 to
$200,000.
0125.000 12. Agreement No. A-09307:
Approved and authorized the CEO of Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to
amend NMC's existing Professional Service Agreement with Aureus, a temporary
technologist registry company, to increase the agreement by $400,000. The total agreement will be for $730,000.
HEALTH
AND SOCIAL SERVICES:
0125.000 13. Agreement No. A-09308: Approved and authorized the Director of
Health to sign an Agreement with Southern Monterey County Memorial Hospital,
DBA George L. Mee Memorial Hospital, for the provision of clinical services in
South Monterey County in the amount of $50,000 for the period of October 1,
2002 through June 30, 2003; and authorized
the Director of Health to approve future amendments up to 50% of the annual
amount, which do not significantly alter the scope of work or result in an
increase to net county cost.
0125.000 14. Agreement No. A-08583: Approved and authorized the Director of
Health to sign an Amendment to agreement #R40377 With Butte County in the
amount of $6,041 for the period of July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2003 for
health services to eligible individuals through the provision of Medi-Cal
Administrative activities and/or targeted case management; and authorized the Director of Health to
approve future amendments up to 50% of the annual amount, which do not significantly
alter the scope of work or result in an increase to net county costs.
0125.000 15. Agreement No. A-09309: Approved and authorized the Director of
Health to sign a Memorandum Of Understanding between the Monterey County Health
Department and the Alisal Union School District in the amount of $50,000 to
fund a Health Department position to enroll eligible families in the Healthy
Families and Medi-Cal Programs for the period of January 1, 2003 through June
30, 2004; and authorized the
Director Of Health to approve future amendments up to 50% of the annual amount,
which do not significantly alter the scope of work or result in an increase to
net County cost.
0125.000 16. Agreement No. A-09310: Approved and authorized the Director of
Health to sign an agreement with Monterey County Health Consortium in the
amount of $150,000 for the development of the Consortium, data collection and
analysis for the period January 1, 2003 through June 30, 2003; authorized the Director of Health to
approve modifications of up to 50% of the amount of the agreement, provided
there is no additional net county cost; and authorized the Director of Health to carry forward any un-obligated
portion of the $403,566 FY 2002-2003 budget appropriated for the Monterey
County Health Consortium to FY 2003-2004.
0125.000 17. Agreement No. A-09311: Approved and authorized Chair to sign an
agreement with Sun Street Centers in the amount of $45,000 for the provision of
clinical supervision and recovery support services for the period of
0125.000 18. Agreement No. A-09312: Approved and authorized Chair to sign an
agreement with Unity Care Group, Inc. in the amount of $70,000 for the
provision of emergency shelter services for the period of
0125.000 19. Agreement Nos.
A-09313 and A-09314: Approved and
authorized Chair to sign agreements for Promoting Safe and Stable Families
(PSSF) services, totaling $70,000, with community agencies for the provision of
services to families and children/youth for federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2003; increased appropriations and estimated
revenues of $70,000; and authorize the Director of the Department of Social
Services to sign future amendments and contract extensions, as follows:
|
Agr # |
Agency |
Service |
Amount |
|
A-09313 |
Salvation
Army Pajaro |
Family
Service |
$ 35,000 |
|
A-09314 |
Shelter
Outreach Plus |
Family
Service and Infor-mation and Assistance |
$ 35,000 |
0403.425 20. Accepted
and approved the Social Services Commission's Annual Report to the Board of
Supervisors.
GENERAL
GOVERNMENT:
6300.000 21. Approved Action Minutes for the meeting of
0900.000 22. Approved
designation of County staff authorized to execute documents and applications
for the purposes of obtaining financial assistance in accordance with the
Federal Emergency Management Agency 2002 Supplemental Appropriations for
Citizen Corps Council and Community Emergency Response Team (Cert) Programs.
0600.050 23. Resolution
No. 03-040: Amended
Auditor-Controller 0150.142 Budget Unit 111 to delete Senior Administrative
Analyst Allocation.
0601.175 24. Resolution Nos. 03-041 and 03-042; Agreement No.
0125.000 A-09306:
Adopted Resolution approving Associate Membership in the Association
of Bay Area Governments (ABAG); and adopted
Resolution approving the issuance and sale of Variable Rate Demand Revenue
Bonds by ABAG Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corporations in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $10,000,000 for the benefit of KTEH Foundation,
and approved an Associate Membership
Agreement No. A-09306 by and between the ABAG
Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corporations and the
0200.260 NA/1 Approved
a two-month extension to the existing Cable TV Franchise Agreement with Charter
Communications, extending the existing agreement through
PUBLIC
WORKS:
2800.000 25. Introduced,
waived the reading, and set
2800.000 26. Introduced,
waived the reading, and set
2800.000 27. Introduced,
waived the reading, and set
2800.000 28. Introduced,
waived the reading, and set
2800.000 29. Introduced,
waived the reading, and set February 25, 2003 at 11:00 a.m. for a public
hearing to adopt an ordinance amending Monterey County Code Title 12, Sections
12.28.022 and 12.28.012 to increase the commercial vehicle parking restriction
from between "10 p.m. and 6 a.m." to "at any time"; and
Section 12.28.010 to prohibit parking at all times on other portions of San
Juan Grade Road, Salinas area.
2800.000 30. Introduced,
waived the reading, and set February 25, 2003 at 11 a.m. for a public
hearing to adopt an ordinance amending Monterey County Code Title 12, Section
12.28.010 and Section 12.28.021 to establish parking restrictions on portions
of San Juan Road in the community of Pajaro.
0525.000 31. Resolution
No. 03-043: Approved Contract Change
Order No. 1 in the amount of $142,899: accepted
the Certificate of Completion, and authorized
execution and recordation of the Notice of Completion for construction of the
Abbott Street/Harris Road Intersection Improvement Project.
MONTEREY COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Upon motion of
Supervisor Johnsen, seconded by Supervisor Potter, and unanimously carried, the
Board approved the following actions:
0125.000 32. Agreement No. A-09305: Approved the signing of a Memorandum of
Understanding between Community Improvement Systems and Planning Association,
Inc. (CHISPA) and the