AGENDA

 

   NAPA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

 

TUESDAY                  JANUARY 28, 2003                        9:00 A.M.

 

 

Brad Wagenknecht

District 1

Mark  Luce

District 2

Diane Dillon

District 3

Bill Dodd

District 4

Mike Rippey

District 5

 

Nancy Watt

Acting County Executive Officer

                

Clerk of the Board

Robert Westmeyer

County Counsel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

The Board of Supervisors meets each Tuesday at 9:00 A.M. at 1195 Third Street, Room 305, Napa, California 94559.  If you require an assistive listening device, interpreter or any other special arrangement please provide the Clerk of the Board with 24-hour notice by calling 253-4580 (253-6088TDD).

 

The agenda is divided into three sections:

 

CONSENT CALENDAR - These matters typically include routine financial or administrative actions, as well as final adoption of ordinances that cannot be both introduced and adopted at the same meeting.  Any item on the CONSENT CALENDAR will be discussed separately at the request of any person.  CONSENT CALENDAR items are usually approved with a single motion.

 

SET MATTERS - These items are noticed hearings, work sessions and public hearings.

 

REGULAR CALENDAR - These items include significant policy and administrative actions and are classified by program areas.  Immediately after approval of the CONSENT CALENDAR, if the time for hearing SET MATTERS has not arrived, the REGULAR CALENDAR will be considered.

 

ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE DESIRING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON A MATTER ON THE AGENDA please proceed to the rostrum and, after receiving recognition from the Chair, give your name, address, and your comments or questions.  In order that all interested parties have an opportunity to speak, please be brief and limit your comments to the specific subject under discussion.  Time limitations shall be at the discretion of the Chair or Board.

 

 

AGENDA AVAILABLE ONLINE AT www.co.napa.ca.us


 

 

1.         Call to Order; Roll Call.

 

 

2.         Pledge of Allegiance.

 

 

3.         9:00 A.M.  PUBLIC COMMENT

 

In this time period, anyone may address the Board of Supervisors regarding any subject over which the Board has jurisdiction but which is not on today's agenda.  Individuals will be limited to a three-minute presentation.  No action will be taken by the Board of Supervisors as a result of any item presented at this time.

 

 

4.         Department Heads’ Reports and Announcements.

 

 

CONSENT CALENDAR

 

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

 

 

5.         Chief Probation Officer requests approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign a one year agreement with the County of Sonoma for the placement of Napa County wards at the Sierra Youth Center at a rate of $3,000 per month.

 

 

6.         Chief Probation Officer requests approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign the renewal of Agreement No. 4434 with the Napa County Office of Education for the term September 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003 with reimbursement to Napa County in the amount of $52,000 for on-campus juvenile probation services at Liberty High School.

 

 

FINANCE

 

 

7.         Assessor/Recorder-County Clerk (Registrar of Voters) requests:

 

            A.        Approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. 4503 with Sequoia Voting Systems, Inc. in the amount of $12,934 for seven (7) Edge/AVC touch screen electronic ballot boxes, software and technical support to conduct remote early voting for the March 4, 2003 election; and

            B.        Authorization to declare the following items as surplus and to dispose of them as follows: three (3) Benton card readers, one (1) IBM card punch machine, one (1) IBM punch-card cabinet and five hundred (500) Datavote ballot punches as rebate for this contract and three (3) wooden card reader cabinets to another county elections department to accommodate new ballot tabulation equipment.

 

 

CONSENT CALENDAR – Continued

 

HUMAN SERVICES

 

 

8.         Director of Health and Human Services requests approval of the following actions regarding the Napa County Therapeutic Child Care Center:

 

            A.        Authorization for the Chair to sign the renewal of Agreement No. 4458 with Barbara McCarroll, Ph.D., for a maximum of $72,240 for the term January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2003 for the services of an Infant/Child Mental Health Specialist;

            B.        Authorization for the Chair to sign an agreement with Community Action of Napa Valley, Inc., for a maximum of $137,812 for the term January 27, 2003 through June 30, 2003 for the daily operation of the Therapeutic Child Care Center;

            C.        Authorization for the Chair to sign the Subsidized Payment Program Agreement for Child Care Services with Community Resources for Children; and

            D.        Approval of Budget Transfer No. 61 in the amount of $137,812 increasing appropriations with offsetting revenue in the Public Health budget.  (4/5 vote required)

 

 

PROPERTY

 

 

9.         County Fire Chief requests approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign the Fiscal Year 2002-2003 Schedule A and Amador Plan Cooperative Agreement with the State of California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection for a maximum of $4,003,560 for the term July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003 for the provision of fire protection services.

 

 

10.       Director of Public Works requests approval of Budget Transfer No. 58 appropriating an additional $600,000 for facility improvements in the Historic Courthouse and Criminal Courts Building, in the Capital Improvements budget, with offsetting revenues from Local Court Revenue, for a new project total of $2,838,500.  (4/5 vote required)

 

 

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

 

 

11.       Human Resources Director requests adoption of a resolution amending the Departmental Allocation List with regards to deleting one (1) Mental Health Counselor and adding one (1) Supervising Mental Health Counselor I in the Health and Human Services Agency, effective February 1, 2003.

 

 

CONSENT CALENDAR – Continued

 

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION – Continued

 

 

12.       Human Resources Director requests adoption of a resolution amending the Departmental Allocation List with regards to deleting one (1) Employment Specialist I/II position and adding one (1) Employment Specialist I/II Limited Term (LT) in the Training Employment Center, effective January 28, 2003 through June 30, 2004.

 

 

13.       Human Resources Director and Director of Health and Human Services request approval of the following actions regarding the AB 2034 Program which provides mental health services to the homeless:

 

A.        Adoption of a resolution amending the Departmental Allocation List with regards to adding one (1) Social Worker Supervisor I Limited Term (LT), one (1) Mental Health Worker II (LT), and one (1) Alcohol and Drug Counselor III (LT) in Behavioral Health, effective February 1, 2003 through December 31, 2003; and

B.        Approval of Budget Transfer No. 60 in the amount of $195,935 increasing appropriations with offsetting revenue in the Behavioral Health budget. (4/5 vote required)

 

 

14.       Acting County Executive Officer requests the cancellation of the Board’s February 11, 2003 Regular Meeting.

 

 

15.       Acting County Executive Officer requests reappointment of Supervisor Bill Dodd to serve on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) for a new four year term that commences February 10, 2003 and expires February 9, 2007.

 

 

16.       Acting County Executive Officer requests appointment of the following individuals to the Tobacco Advisory Board with the terms of office to expire January 31, 2005:

 

Applicants                                   Category

Sally Sheehan-Brown*                Agency Concerned With Tobacco Related Diseases

Sandy Sparby Clarke*                Agency Concerned With Tobacco Related Diseases

Emilie Kuhlman-Furrer*               Health Care Organization

Jeanne Title*                               Educational Institution

Lia S. Miller                                Member At Large

 

*Incumbents

 

 

CONSENT CALENDAR – Continued

 

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION – Continued

 

 

17.       Acting County Executive Officer/Purchasing Agent and Director of Public Works request a waiver of competitive bidding requirements and authorization to make a sole source award for the purchase of a used 2002 Buick Century from Kastner Pontiac Olds GMC Honda of Napa, California, for the total amount of  $12,388.

 

 

18.       DISCUSSION OF ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR.


 

 

SET MATTERS

 

 

19.         9:10 A.M.  Director of Public Works and Auditor-Controller request adoption of a resolution determining improvement fund surplus and disposition of surplus amount for Green Island Road Assessment District No. 1987-1.

 

 

20.       9:15 A.M.  PUBLIC HEARING  Consideration and possible action regarding an appeal filed by Kevin Block, on behalf of his clients Susan and Lonen Curtis to a decision made by the Conservation, Development and Planning Department (the "Department") on October 16, 2002 approving an Erosion Control Plan Structural No. 02461-ECPS (A Modification to ECPS  No. 98241-ECPS) for Kenneth and Susan Viney for land disturbing and earthmoving activities associated with the final construction of the lower driveway (“Phase 1”)  on two parcels totaling 51.04 acres located on the west side of Soda Canyon Road, approximately 4.35 miles north of its intersection with Silverado Trail in an Agricultural Watershed (AW) Zoning District.  (Assessor’s Parcel Nos. 032-090-014 and 032-060-025)

 

 

21.      9:40 A.M.   Recess to the Napa Valley Exposition, CHARDONNAY HALL (NAPA FAIRGROUNDS), 575 THIRD STREET, NapA, for Public Hearing on Agenda Item No. 22 and remainder of Agenda.

 

 

22.       10:00 A.M. PUBLIC HEARING  First and final reading to adopt an ordinance (#02304-ORD) to amend Section 16.04.750 (Riparian Zones-Restricted Activities) of Chapter 16.04 (Floodplain Management) and Section 18.10.020 (Duties-Specific Subjects) of Chapter 18.10 (Zoning Administrator); and to amend Chapter 18.108 (Conservation Regulations) by adding a new Section 18.108.110 (Watershed Conservation Plans) and modifying Sections 18.108.010 (Purpose), 18.108.020 (General Provisions), 18.108.025 (General Provisions-Intermittent/Perennial Streams), 18.108.030 (Definitions), 18.108.040 (Exceptions), 18.108.050 (Exemptions), 18.108.055 (Exemption from Discretionary Permit), and 18.108.060 (Slope Regulations-Prohibited Uses) of the Napa County Code.  The proposal will:

 

A.        Establish for County regulatory purposes a new biologically-based stream classification system similar to that used by the State Department of Forestry and the State Department of Fish & Game;

B.        Increase standard stream setbacks to 150 feet on all Class I streams, 75 to 150 feet on all Class II streams, and 25 feet on all Class III streams, as so defined under this the new stream classification system proposed;

C.        Establish zones within these setbacks and specify the activities allowed within each;

 

 

SET MATTERS – Continued

 

Item No. 22 – Continued

 

 

D.        Establish reduced setbacks where well-developed riparian buffers have been maintained or are being re-established;

E.         Establish procedures and criteria for approving in other instances reduced stream setbacks;

F.         Establish exemptions to the stream setbacks proposed for projects that have little, if any, potential to affect stream function;

G.        Establish the contents of, specify the mechanisms to develop, and the procedure for adopting comprehensive site-specific plans (i.e., Watershed Conservation Plans) for the protection and restoration of stream function within an individual drainage;

H.        Provide the new definitions needed and clarify existing definitions;

I.          Repeal certain out-dated provisions of the Floodplain Management Ordinance that may conflict with the new regulations being established hereunder; and

J.         Amend the duties of the Zoning Administrator to include the review and approval/denial of all standard stream setback exception requests.

ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: Categorically Exempt, Class 8 (California

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15308).

(CONTINUED FROM DECEMBER 3, 10 AND 17, 2002)

 

 

REGULAR CALENDAR

 

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

 

 

23.       Discussion and possible action regarding legislation.

 

 

24.       Board of Supervisors’ Committee Reports and Announcements.

 

 

25.       Board of Supervisors’ Future Agenda Items.

 

 

26.       Closed Session regarding:

 

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION

 

Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(b):  (Two cases)

 

ADJOURN TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ REGULAR MEETING, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2003 AT 9:00 A.M.