AGENDA

 

   NAPA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

SPECIAL MEETING

  TUESDAY                 APRIL 13, 2004                   8:30 A.M.

NAPA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION

2121 IMOLA AVENUE

NAPA, CALIFORNIA

 

Brad Wagenknecht

District 1

Mark Luce

District 2

Diane Dillon

District 3

Bill Dodd

District 4

Mike Rippey

District 5

 

William S. Chiat

County Executive Officer

Pamela Miller

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, Suite 305, Napa, California 94559.  The meeting room is wheelchair accessible.  Assistive listening devices and interpreters are available through the Clerk of the Board of the Napa County Board of Supervisors.  Requests for disability related modifications or accommodations, aids or services may be made to the Clerk of the Board’s office no less than 72 hours prior to the meeting date by contacting (707) 253-4580 (253-6088TDD).

 

The agenda is divided into three sections:

 

CONSENT ITEMS - 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 - PUBLIC HEARINGS - These items are noticed hearings, work sessions, and items with a previously set time.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS - 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, ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS will be considered.

 

Documents for all agenda items are on file with the Clerk of the Board.

 

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.         PRESENTATIONS AND COMMENDATIONS - NONE

 

 

4.         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 posted agenda.  In order to provide all interested parties an opportunity to speak, time limitations shall be at the discretion of the Chair.  As required by Government Code, no action or discussion will be undertaken on any item raised during this Public Comment period.

 

 

5.         CONTINUATION OF RETREAT

 

 

            C.        SESSION III

 

                        1)         Introductory Statements

                        2)         Communications

                        3)         Issues and Priorities

 

 

            D.        CLOSING REMARKS

 

 

RECESS TO SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AT 2:00 P.M. BEING HELD AT 1195 THIRD STREET, SUITE 305, NAPA, CALIFORNIA.

 

 

6.         CONSENT ITEMS

 

 

            Public Safety

 

 

A.        Sheriff requests the following actions with the State Department of Boating and Waterways regarding the Boat Patrol Program for Fiscal Year 2004/2005:

 

            1)         Approval of and authorization for the Sheriff to sign the Financial Aid Application and agreement in the amount of $246,087 for Fiscal Year 2004/2005; and

            2)         Approval for Sheriff or his designee, to sign quarterly activity reports and related documents.

 

 

 

 

 

Human Services

 

 

B.        Director of Health and Human Services requests approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. 4141 with St. Helena Hospital increasing the amount by $25,000 for a new maximum of $50,000 to provide mental health services for uninsured clients.

 

 

C.        Director of Health and Human Services requests approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. 4656 with Shameem Ghauri, M.D., for reimbursement of $356 for the cost of premiums for general liability insurance.

 

 

D.        Director of Health and Human Services requests approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. 4849 with Mary Lou Carson, LCSW, increasing the amount by $1,000 for a new maximum of $3,450 to provide counseling services in the Children’s Behavioral Health and Child Welfare Services Programs.

 

 

E.         Director of Health and Human Services requests approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign an agreement with Smithson/Dillon Associates for a maximum of $35,000 for the term January 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005 for the development of a Continuous Quality Improvement system.

 

 

F.         Director of Health and Human Services requests approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign an agreement with COPE Family Center for a maximum of $9,984 for the term February 1, 2004 through June 30, 2004 to provide guardianship preparation services.

 

 

G.        Director of Health and Human Services requests authorization to accept a donation in the amount of $1,500 from the Gasser Foundation to support the annual foster parent appreciation dinner, in accordance with Government Code Section 25355.

 

 

            Community Resources & Infrastructure

 

 

H.        Director of Public Works requests the following:

 

            1)         Authorize the Chair to execute four Notices of Completion of deferred improvement agreements for miscellaneous improvements to State Highway 29; and

            2)         Release four wineries of their obligations to construct left turn lanes on State

                        Highway 29.

 

 

 

 

 

 

            Community Resources & Infrastructure - Continued

 

 

I.          Director of Public Works requests approval of plans and specifications for the “Calistoga Library Exterior Painting Project,” PW 04-10, authorization to advertise for bids and setting 3:30 P.M. on April 29, 2004 for opening of sealed bids.

 

 

J.         Director of Public Works requests the following actions:

 

                        1)         Accept an offer of dedication of a new County road;

                        2)         Authorize the Chair to sign a Certificate of Acceptance of an Easement Deed for the new County road; and

                        3)       Approve the proposed road name “Meadowood Road.”

 

 

            General Administration & Finance

 

 

            K.        Clerk of the Board requests the following actions:

 

                        1)         Adoption of a resolution approving the City of Calistoga’s Ordinance number 601, changing the date of the City’s general municipal election; and

                        2)         Authorization for the Registrar of Voters to provide a mailed notice to all registered voters in the City informing them of this change, with the provision that all services rendered by the County for the City in connection with such notification be reimbursed in full.

 

 

L.         County Counsel requests the Board:

 

1)         Determine it will not authorize issuance of California School Cash Reserve Program Authority Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes (TRANS) on behalf of the Calistoga Joint Unified School District, the Napa Valley Unified School District, and the

St. Helena Unified School District because such Districts may issue the respective securities in their own names; and

2)         Direct staff to advise Bond Counsel for the Districts of the Board’s decision not to participate in the TRANS issuance.

 

 

M.         County Counsel and the County Privacy Officer request approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign the following agreements for the implementation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) in connection with the County Employee Group Health Plan:

 

1)         Business Associate Agreement with Driver Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. with regard to group health insurance administrative services provided to the County; and

2)         Business Associate Agreement with Delta Dental with regard to administrative services provided to the County in connection with the self-insured employee dental plan.

 

 

            General Administration & Finance - Continued

 

 

N.        County Executive Officer and Presiding Judge of the Superior Court request approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign a Collection Participation Agreement with the Administrative Office of the Courts to join a Court-County collaborative collection effort on aged accounts.

 

 

O.        County Executive Officer requests adoption of a resolution appointing County representatives to the Board of Directors of the California State Association of Counties Excess Insurance Authority.

 

 

            P.         Approve minutes of Board of Supervisors’ special meeting of March 26, 2004.

 

 

7.         DISCUSSION OF ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR

 

 

8.         SET MATTERS - PUBLIC HEARINGS

 

 

            A.        2:30 P.M.   Executive Director of Napa County Transportation Planning Agency (NCTPA) to discuss the options for projects and programs that could be included in the Transportation Sales Tax Expenditure Plan and Ordinance being proposed by NCTPA.

 

 

9.         ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS

 

 

            Community Resources & Infrastructure

 

 

            A.        Director of Public Works to present and discuss the potential purchase of 650 Imperial Way, Napa, California and request the following:

 

                        1)         Direction to staff to exercise the lease/purchase option; and

                        2)         Approval of Budget Transfer No. 58 establishing an appropriation in the Capital Improvement Program budget with offsetting revenue from the cancellation of an established Designation (Soscol Building) in the amount of $2,557,591.

                                    (4/5 vote required)

 

 

10.       LEGISLATIVE ITEMS - NONE

 

 

11.       BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ COMMITTEE REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

 

 

 

12.       BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

 

 

13.       COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

 

14.       CLOSED SESSION

 

 

            A.        PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION  (Government Code

Section 54957)

 

                        Title:     Director of Conservation, Development and Planning

 

            B.        CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR  (Government Code Section 54957.6):

 

Agency Designated Representatives:  Dennis Morris, Human Resources Director

            Employee Organization:  SEIU Local 614 - NAPE (Employee Unit & Supervisory Unit of the County of Napa)

 

            C.        PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT (Government Code Section 54957)

 

Title: County Executive Officer

 

            D.        CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION

(Government Code Section 54956.9 (a))

 

Name of case:  Jorge Deharo, Hector Olvera, Latinos Unidos de Napa, an Unincorporated Association v. County of Napa et. al. (Case No. 26-22255)

 

15.       ADJOURNMENT

 

 

ADJOURN TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ REGULAR MEETING, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2004 AT 9:00 A.M.