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MONTEREY COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
S-1 Additions and corrections to Agenda
Upon motion of Supervisor Armenta, 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:
Per Supervisor
Calcagno, the Board added the following appointments to the agenda: Reappoint
Paul Schiveley and Daniel Espinoza to the Boronda Citizen’s Advisory Committee
for terms ending
Per request by
Pursuant to
Government Code Section 54956.9(c), the Board will confer with legal counsel
regarding litigation in one matter.
Revise Item
S-8a, Carolina Smith to be listed under S-8b, existing litigation, pursuant to
Government Code Section 54956.9(a), “Workers Compensation Claim of Carolina
Smith.”
Correct
appointment #2 listed on the agenda to reflect the appointment is to the Fish
and Game Advisory Commission.
Per request of
At the request
of the Chair, the Board added the following matter to the Closed Session
agenda: Public employee performance evaluation: Title: CEO,
Per request by
Facilities Projects Division, the Board added to the Consent Calendar the
following matter: Approve and authorize
the Contracts/Purchasing Manager to sign a three-year lease agreement,
effective April 1, 2003, with Children’s Services International, a non-profit
501(c)(3) public benefit corporation for 1,676 square feet of facility space
located at 29A Bishop Road, Pajaro, aka Porter Vallejo Child Development Center
for the purpose of offering quality child care and early childhood education.
Upon request by
Natividad Medical Center, the Board added the following to the regular calendar
(Item S-4A) at 10:00 a.m.: Approve and authorize the CEO, Natividad Medical
Center, to reallocate funds for nurse registry vendors listed in Attachment A
of the staff report according to the appointed schedule and approve associated
amendments to the vendors’ professional service agreements for fiscal year
2002-03.
Upon request of
S-2 CONSENT CALENDAR - REGULAR (See Supplementary
Sheet, attached)
2050.000 S-3 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: Public comments
were received by Joe Vierra regarding his opposition to public murals which
glorify death and violence; Nancy Iverson, resident of Las Palmas Ranch I
Subdivision, presented a petition to the Board, asking for a traffic signal and
road widening at the intersection at River Road and Las Palmas Roads; Hans
Jongens spoke in opposition of the water additive fluoride; Jesse Anaya,
custodian, asked the Board to not contract out the jobs in the Custodial Unit
of the General Services Department.
APPOINTMENTS:
Upon motion of
Supervisor Calcagno, seconded by Supervisor Johnsen, and unanimously carried,
the Board approved the following appointments:
0403.770 1. Reappointed Ralph Villar, to the
Military and Veterans Affairs Advisory Commission, for a term to end on January
1, 2006.(Armenta)
0401.750 2. Appointed Victor Lanini, to fill the unexpired vacancy of John
Sargenti, to the Fish and Game Advisory Commission, for a term to end on
0401.955 3. Reappointed Donna Johnston, to the Housing Advisory Committee, for
a term to end on
0401.870 4. Appointed Gary Shallcross, to fill the unexpired vacancy of Carol
Erickson, on the HIV/AIDS Advisory Committee, for a term to end on
0400.435 5. Appointed Kathleen Adamson, to fill the unexpired vacancy of Amy
Jones, on the Older Americans Advisory Council, for a term to end on
0400.761 NA/1 Reappointed
Paul Schiveley and Daniel Espinoza
to the Boronda Citizen’s Advisory Committee for terms ending
OTHER BOARD
MATTERS:
6300.000 6. Board
comments and referrals:
Supervisor Johnsen spoke on the budget, downsizing in
General Services and stated the policy issues should be addressed now; not wait
for approval of the budget.
Supervisor Lindley spoke on a future Board item to
relinquish
Supervisor Potter thanked the Sheriff and Bill Freeman
for the safety net in Big
He stated the General Services Department needs a
policy regarding the custodial staff. He
believes the unit is being managed improperly with unnecessary work being
performed. He raised the issues of
cutting back on services in, the cost effectiveness of the Leadership
Institute; early retirement options; cost savings for a voluntary 4 day or 4 ˝
day work week; liquidation of abandoned County properties (sale of
non-utilities property (e.g. Public Works yard); look into the issue of contracts
at the Natividad Medical Center to ensure they are competitive; make sure there
has been no price creeping regarding County contracts; hold additional discussions
regarding public safety development fees; address accountability regarding
leasing, as opposed to buying, and stated one should only get paid for amount
of work performed.
Supervisor Armenta thanked local legislators regarding
the position of the
0600.025 7.
Supervisor Johnsen suggested that the issue of raising
revenues in various departments also be addressed. She suggested the concept of
early retirement should be placed on a future Board agenda for discussion,
stating it is not always an advantage in the long-term. She also stated Supervisor Potter’s
suggestions should not be discussed during the budget committee meeting as
there would not be enough time to address the matters. She suggested they be
placed on a future Board agenda for discussion along with the matter of
contracting-out, to address its benefits.
Sally Reed, County Administrative Officer, stated staff would put these
items on for next weeks Board agenda to include the listing and the
schedule.
2050.000 8. Resolution
No. 03-103: Adopted resolution commending Charles Merrifield for 25 years
of dedicated public service in the Monterey County Department of Social
Services. (Full Board)
BOARD ACTION: Upon motion of Supervisor Johnsen,
seconded by Supervisor Potter, and unanimously carried.
2050.000 9. Resolution
No. 03-110: Adopted resolution commending Ruth Forsberg, recognizing her 30
years of service to the Library system of the
BOARD ACTION: Upon motion of Supervisor Johnsen,
seconded by Supervisor Potter, and unanimously carried.
2050.000 10. Resolution
No. 03-109: Adopted resolution honoring CASA (Court Appointed Special
Advocates) for the tremendous work they do for
BOARD ACTION: Upon motion of Supervisor Johnsen, seconded
by Supervisor Potter, and unanimously carried.
2050.000 11. Resolution
No. 03-112 :
Adopted resolution proclaiming
April 13th through April 19th as “National Infant
Immunization Week”, and May 2003 as “Toddler Immunization Month” in
BOARD ACTION: Upon motion of Supervisor Johnsen,
seconded by Supervisor Potter, and unanimously carried.
SCHEDULED MATTERS
0601.525 S-4a Approved and authorized the CEO, Natividad Medical Center, to
reallocate funds for nurse registry vendors listed in Attachment A of the staff
report according to the appointed schedule and approve associated amendments to
the vendors’ professional service agreements for fiscal year 2002-03.
Supervisor
Johnsen asked that the board report include the number of nurses being used,
what is happening with policy of freezing new hires, and what is the difference
between the number of beds to be serviced-how has that been corrected?
BOARD ACTION: Upon motion of Supervisor Johnsen,
seconded by Supervisor Calcagno, and unanimously carried, to add this item to
the agenda for May 1, 2003. Sally Reed, CAO, stated staff will have a
response in writing to Supervisor Johnsen’s questions.
0150.14 S-4b Received
status report regarding 5 year budget forecast. BOARD ACTION: Upon motion of Supervisor Calcagno, seconded by
Supervisor Johnsen, and unanimously carried.
0602.550 S-5 Accepted
a report from the Department of Social Services, on Electronic Benefit Transfer
for delivery of benefits for the Food Stamp and California Work Opportunity and
Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) Programs.
BOARD ACTION: Upon motion of Supervisor Johnsen,
seconded by Supervisor Calcagno, and unanimously carried.
5800.000 S-6 Held a public
hearing to consider and adopt the Ordinance 2800.000 repealing Chapter 10.41 of the Monterey County Code relating to
Garbage and Refuse Collection, and adding Chapter 10.41 to the Monterey County
Code relating to Solid Waste Collection and Disposal. Jon Jennings, Health Department, requested a
continuance to
BOARD ACTION: Upon motion of Supervisor Johnsen,
seconded by Supervisor Calcagno, the Board continued this matter to May 20,
2003.
0802.000 S-7 Approved
letter to the Public Utilities Commission
0802.400 concerning a proposed desalinization plant
in Moss Landing, and received further information from staff.
BOARD ACTION: Upon motion of Supervisor Calcagno,
seconded by Supervisor Potter, and unanimously carried, the Board approved the
letter and continued the matter to April 8, 2003 at 11:00 a.m. to address
Monterey County applying to be lead agency and having an EIR include
reimbursement language.
6200.000 S-8 Closed Session relating to the following
items:
6200.000 a. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9
(a), the Board will confer with legal counsel regarding the following existing
litigation:
1. H-Y-H
Corporation, Inc. v.
2.
BOARD ACTION: No reportable action taken.
3. Pacific Gas & Electric
Company
BOARD ACTION: Board authorized the County to join in
an amicus curiae brief with other Counties.
6200.000 b. Pursuant
to Government Code Section 54956.9(c), the Board will confer with legal counsel
regarding litigation in one matter.
BOARD ACTION: No reportable action taken.
0950.000 c. Conference
with labor negotiators pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6.
BOARD ACTION: No reportable action taken.
0950.000 d. Public
employee performance evaluation: Title: CEO,
BOARD ACTION: No reportable action taken.
0550.050 S-9 Visited
site of Old County Jail Facility.
Recess to lunch
0150.142 S-10 Held Special
Budget Committee meeting to hear presentation by Local 817.
0601.525 S-11 Received
a report from
Supervisor Johnsen suggested adding that
the timeline can be as long as one year and suggested having a ballot issue in
July or August for a mail ballot approach, not tied to anybody else’s election.
Supervisor Lindley suggested looking into
a sales tax for generating revenue or a Natividad District tax to generate revenues
from the whole County (tax on land and property value) to get long-term
funding.
Supervisor Armenta directed the CAO to
ensure that at least one person represent the business
office in the committee structure and that person give the Board their recommendations.
BOARD ACTION: Upon motion of Supervisor Johnsen,
seconded by Supervisor Calcagno, and unanimously carried.
0601.525 S-12 Heard public testimony,(Beilenson Act)involving changes (reduction/elimination
certain programs and services)in medical services at
BOARD ACTION: Upon motion of Supervisor Johnsen,
seconded by Supervisor Calcagno, and unanimously carried, to continue this
matter (closed) to
ORDER
FOR ADJOURNMENT TO
APPROVED:
______________________________________
Chair
ATTEST:
SALLY R. REED,
Clerk of the
Board
By:________________________________
Deputy
CONSENT CALENDAR
Upon motion of
Supervisor Potter, seconded by Supervisor Lindley, and unanimously carried, the
Board approved the following consent matters, except as otherwise noted:
HEALTH AND SOCIAL
SERVICES:
0125.000 12. Agreement No.
A-09356: Approved and authorized the Chair to sign an agreement with KION
46, in the amount of $88,072 for the period of
CRIMINAL JUSTICE:
0602.500 13. Increased
appropriations and estimated revenues in
0150.142 Sheriff's Budget Unit 230 in the amount of
$10,310 for the purchase of a vehicle to be used by Narcotic Enforcement Unit
of the County of Monterey (NEUCOM).
GENERAL
GOVERNMENT:
6300.000 14. Approved Action Minutes of the meeting of
0525.000 15. Declared an emergency and waived normal bidding requirements for
emergency construction in the Health Department laboratory; Authorize the
Contracts/Purchasing Manager to issue purchase order contracts to accomplish
the required work.
0525.000 16. Adopted
plans and specifications for the San Miguel modular unit located in the Public
Works yard at
1400.000 17. Approved
recommended response to the 2002 Monterey County Grand Jury Final Report (filed
January 2, 2003), and authorize staff of the County Administrative Office to
file approved final response with the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court of
California on or before April 2, 2003. (Continued from
0601.300 18. Accepted
the recommendations from Durrant Group, Inc., for the Juvenile Hall Facility as
presented on March 25, 2003; Authorize staff to take steps necessary to
implement the recommendations.
0125.000 NA/1 Agreement
No. A-09357: Approved and authorized
the Contracts/Purchasing Manager to sign a three-year lease agreement,
effective April 1, 2003, with Children’s Services International, a non-profit
501(c)(3) public benefit corporation for 1,676 square
feet of facility space located at 29A Bishop Road, Pajaro, aka Porter Vallejo
Child Development Center for the purpose of offering quality child care and
early childhood education.
PUBLIC WORKS:
2800.000 19. Introduced,
waived the reading, and set
2800.000 20. Introduced, waived the reading, and set
2800.000 21. Introduced, waived the reading, and set April
22, 2003 at 10 a.m. for a public hearing to adopt an ordinance amending
Monterey County Code Title 12 Section 12.28.010 to change the limits of an
existing parking restriction on a portion of Old Stage Road, North Monterey
County area.
2800.000 22. Introduced,
waived the reading, and set April 22, 2003 at 10 a.m. for a public hearing
to adopt an ordinance amending Monterey County Code Title 12, Sections
12.28.010 and 12.28.021 modifying parking restrictions on portions of San Juan
Road, Pajaro area.
2800.000 23. Introduced,
waived the reading, and set April 22, 2003 at 10 a.m. for a public hearing
to adopt an ordinance amending Monterey County Code Title 12, Section 12.12.010
to establish a 45 mph speed limit on a portion of San Miguel Canyon Road and
Tarpey Road, North Monterey County area.
2800.000 24. Introduced,
waived the reading, and set
0602.350 25. Resolution
No.03-113 and 03-114: Summarily abandoned
a
5900.000 public utility easement and accepted Grant of Easement to affect
the relocation of a wastewater lift station easement over
0125.000 26. Agreement No. A-09358:
Approved a Professional Services
Agreement with Creegan & D'Angelo Consulting Engineers in an amount not to
exceed $130,799 for preparation of a project feasibility report and associated
environmental review for Phase I of the proposed Carmel Valley Bicycle Path
project.
MONTEREY COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
BOARD ACTION: Upon motion of Supervisor Calcagno, seconded by Supervisor
Johnsen, and unanimously carried, the Board, sitting as the Board of Directors of the Monterey County Redevelopment
Agency, approved the following consent matter:
5100.000 27. Approved Resolution No. 03-111: Application to the California Housing Finance Agency Housing Enabled by Local Partnerships Program for a $1,000,000 Loan for South County Housing Corporation planned development of Salinas Road/Kents Court Swing Housing.