MINUTES OF THE

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

COUNTY OF NAPA

January 5, 1999

  1. Call to Order.

THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF NAPA MET IN REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1999 AT 9:00 A.M. WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: VICE-CHAIRMAN MARK LUCE, SUPERVISORS MIKE RIPPEY, MEL VARRELMAN, KATHRYN WINTER AND BRAD WAGENKNECHT.

2. Pledge of Allegiance.

KAYLEE VARRELMAN LED THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG.

Supplemental Agenda
    1. Swearing in of County Supervisors elect, Mel Varrelman and Brad Wagenknecht, by W. Scott Snowden, Presiding Judge of the Napa Superior Court.

THE HONORABLE JUDGE W. SCOTT SNOWDEN ADMINISTERED THE OATH OF OFFICE TO SUPERVISORS MELVARRELMAN AND BRAD WAGENKNECHT.

  1. Board of Supervisors’ Organization for 1999:

A. Election of Officers (Chair and Vice-Chair) on Items 1 through 6.

1. Board of Supervisors.

THE BOARD ELECTED SUPERVISOR MARK LUCE AS CHAIRMAN

THE BOARD ELECTED SUPERVISOR MEL VARRELMAN AS VICE-CHAIRMAN

Board of Supervisors meeting as the following:

    1. Board of Equalization.

(SEE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION MINUTES)

3. Silverado Community Services District.

(SEE SILVERADO COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT MINUTES)

    1. Lake Berryessa Resort Improvement District.

      2. (SEE LAKE BERRYESSA RESORT IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT MINUTES)

    2. Napa-Berryessa Resort Improvement District.

(SEE NAPA-BERRYESSA RESORT IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT MINUTES)

6. Monticello Public Cemetery District.

(SEE MONTICELLO PUBLIC CEMETERY DISTRICT MINUTES)

 

3. Continued

B. Board of Supervisors meeting as the Napa County Public Improvement Corporation.

(SEE NAPA COUNTY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION MINUTES)

C. Board of Supervisors meeting as the Napa County Housing Authority.

(SEE NAPA COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY MINUTES)

  1. Presentation of Retirement Resolution No. 99-1 to Lieutenant Rick Andersen.

THE CHAIRMAN PRESENTED RESOLUTION R-99-1
  1. Public Comment.

    2. NONE

     

    Consent Calendar

  2. Chief Probation Officer requests authorization to pay an invoice which is over one year

old in the amount of $150.79 to Duc Nguyen for interpreting services.

APPROVED R-V-W-BW-L

7. Sheriff requests authorization to amend the Departmental Allocation List for Sheriffs Department to add one (1) Sergeant position, effective January 9, 1999.

APPROVED R-V-W-BW-L

8. Sheriff requests the following actions related to the 1998 Local Law Enforcement Block Grant:

A. Authorization for the County Administrator to sign grant award documents in the amount of $19,430 for the term October 1, 1998 through September 30, 2000; and

    1. Approval of Budget Transfer No. 20 (Budget Unit 23500) appropriating $2,150 from the Asset Forfeiture Trust to the Fiscal Year 1998/99 Block Grant Trust Account.

APPROVED R-V-W-BW-L BT-20

9. Assessor/Recorder-County Clerk requests authorization to amend the Departmental Allocation List for Assessor to delete one (1) .5 Cadastral Drafting Technician and to add one (1) Limited Term (LT) Assessment Clerk II position, effective January 9, 1999. (CONTINUED FROM DECEMBER 15, 1998)

APPROVED R-V-W-BW-L
  1. Assessor-Recorder/County Clerk requests approval of the following:

    1. Budget Transfer No. 23 appropriating $31,933 in Assessor (Budget Unit 11700) with offsetting revenues from the AB 818 State-County Property Tax Administration Loan Program; and

B. Fixed Asset in the amount of $6,263 for two reception workstations.

APPROVED R-V-W-BW-L BT-23

 

  1. Director of Health and Human Services Agency requests authorization for out-of-state travel for Kathy Kipp, Staff Services Analyst II, to attend the System of Care Research Conference in Tampa, Florida from February 21 through 24, 1999, for an estimated cost of $1,200.

    2. APPROVED R-V-W-BW-L

  2. Director of Health and Human Services Agency requests authorization to amend the Departmental Allocation List for Behavior Health Department to add one (1) Supervising Mental Health Counselor I position, effective January 9, 1999. (Details on file with the Clerk of the Board)

APPROVED R-V-W-BW-L

  1. Director of Health and Human Services Agency requests the following actions related to CalWORKS implementation:

    1. Amend the Departmental Allocation List for Social Services to add one (1) .75 Social Worker IV position, effective January 9, 1999; and

    2. Approve Budget Transfer No. 26 (Budget Unit 50100) appropriating $23,158 from CalWORKS allocations.

(Details on file with the Clerk of the Board)

APPROVED R-V-W-BW-L BT-26

  1. Director of Health and Human Services Agency requests approval of and authorization for Chairman to sign amendments to the following agreements:

    1. Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. 3788 with Berkeley Planning Associates increasing the amount by $57,150 to a new maximum of $92,886 and extending the term through December 31, 1999 for evaluation of the County’s CalWORKS Program; and

      2. APPROVED R-V-W-BW-L A-3788

    2. Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. 4078 with St. Helena Hospital and Health Center extending the term from December 31, 1998 through

March 31, 1999 to allow for follow up activities in the tobacco smoking cessation program.

APPROVED R-V-W-BW-L A-4078

(AMEND. 1)

  1. Agricultural Commissioner requests approval of and authorization for Chairman to sign Agreement No. 98-0362 with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) for the term December 1, 1998 through June 30, 1999 to perform high-risk pest exclusion inspection services for CDFA.

    2. APPROVED R-V-W-BW-L A-4103

  2. Director of Conservation, Development and Planning requests approval of and authorization for Chairman to sign Amendment No. 4 to Professional Services Agreement No. 3622 with The SWA Group, Inc., increasing the amount by $3,962 to a new total of $401,876 to finalize the Airport Industrial Area Specific Plan.

    3. APPROVED R-V-W-BW-L A-3622

    (AMEND. 4)

  3. Director of Conservation, Development and Planning requests the following actions pertaining to the Napa River Watershed Task Force:

    1. Approval of Budget Transfer No. 25 in the amount of $99,000 from

      2. Appropriations for Contingencies (Budget Unit 91000) to Conservation, Development and Planning (Budget Unit 29000); and

      APPROVED R-V-W-BW-L BT-25

    2. Approval of and authorization for Chairman to sign an agreement with Moore, Iacofano and Goltsman for $82,280 with a term ending April, 1999, to provide consultant services in support of the work to be performed by the Napa River Watershed Task Force.

APPROVED R-V-W-BW-L A-4104

18. Director of Conservation, Development and Planning requests approval of Budget Transfer No. 21 in the amount of $17,306 transferring appropriations within the department’s budget (Budget Unit 29000) to fund the Silverado Parking Study.

PULLED FROM THE AGENDA – NO ACTION TAKEN

R-V-W-BW-L

19. Director of Public Works requests approval of Budget Transfer No. 24 in the amount of $9,150 (Budget Unit 16000) to fund a minor remodel in the Personnel Services Office.

APPROVED R-V-W-BW-L BT-24

  1. Director of Public Works requests the following actions for "Unit Two of the Napa

Airport Centre" subdivision:

    1. Approval of the final map entitled "Unit Two of the Napa Airport Centre"; and

    2. Approval of and authorization for Chairman to sign an agreement for Deferred Construction of Improvements required as a condition of the subdivision map.

APPROVED R-V-W-BW-L A-4105

21. Director of Public Works requests approval of and authorization for Chairman to sign Amendment No. 3 to Agreement No. 3509 to increase the County’s share of the Napa Valley Transit Program by $10,668 to purchase onboard video cameras.

APPROVED R-V-W-BW-L A-3509

(AMEND. 3)

22. County Counsel requests approval of and authorization for Chairman to sign Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. 3929 with Barry Levy for a maximum of $15,000 with a term ending June 30, 2000 for consultant services to be provided to the Napa County Consolidated Courts relating to the Conflict Public Defender Program.

APPROVED R-V-W-BW-L A-3929

(AMEND. 1)

 

23. Personnel Director requests authorization to amend the Table and Index increasing the salary of positions within the listed Key Classes by five ranges, except as noted on Tentative Agreement-Equity Adjustments between County and NAPE/SEIU, effective January 9, 1999: (Details on file with the Clerk of the Board)

Account Clerk II Legal Secretary II

Custodian Library Assistant II

Eligibility Worker II Office Assistant II

Engineering Aide II Secretary

APPROVED R-V-W-BW-L

24. County Administrator requests adoption of a resolution approving the State-Local Partnership Program application for 1999/2000 and authorizing the Arts Council of the Napa Valley to execute the financial assistance contract with the California Arts Council.

APPROVED R-V-W-BW-L R-99-3

25. County Administrator/Director of Emergency Services requests approval of Budget Transfer No. 27 increasing revenue by $500 (Budget Unit 29300) with corresponding increase in Special Departmental Expense:Other to allow for acceptance of donation from the Eagle Cycling Club for the purpose of purchasing equipment for the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) Program.

APPROVED R-V-W-BW-L BT-27

  1. County Administrator and Clerk of the Board request adoption of a 1999 meeting schedule for the Board of Supervisors specifying the following Tuesday dates as those on which the Board will not meet:

    2. February 16, 1999 September 7, 1999

    March 30, 1999 December 21, 1999

    July 6, 1999 December 28, 1999

    APPROVED R-V-W-BW-L

  2. County Administrator requests adoption of a resolution recognizing Senator

    3. Mike Thompson and thanking him for his work on behalf of the citizens of Napa County.

    APPROVED R-V-W-BW-L R-99-2

  3. Reappointment of Diane Obranovich to serve on the Area IV Developmental Disabilities Board representing the General Public with the term to expire January 1, 2002.

    4. APPROVED R-V-W-BW-L

  4. Approve minutes of Board of Supervisors’ meeting of December 15, 1998.

APPROVED AS AMENDED TO INDICATE ON ITEM NUMBER 56 A. THAT SUPERVISOR KATHRYN WINTER WAS APPOINTED AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ REPRESENTATIVE ON THE NAPA COUNTY CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FIRST COMMISSION.

R-V-W-BW-L

 

30. Discussion of items removed from the Consent Calendar.

(SEE ITEM NUMBER 18 PULLED FROM THE AGENDA)

Set Matters

  1. 9:30 a.m. - Public Hearing Board to consider adoption of a resolution amending its Conflict of Interest Code.

    2. ADOPTED RESOLUTION V-W-R-BW-L R-99-5

  2. 10:00 a.m. - Consideration of a report and recommended actions, from the County Administrator, presenting the County inter-agency response to the increase in gang related crime in Napa County.

    3. APPROVED RECOMMENDATIONS

    V-W-R-BW-L

  3. 11:00 a.m. – Public Hearing County Administrator requests adoption of a resolution adopting a Methodology and Guidelines for Adjusting Rates for Garbage Zone 2, Lake Berryessa area.

    4. ADOPTED RESOLUTION V-R-W-BW-L R-99-4

  4. 1:30 p.m. - Recess to the Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District meeting.

(SEE NAPA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT MINUTES)

35. 2:00 p.m. - Recess to the Napa County Flood Protection and Watershed Improvement Authority meeting.

(SEE NAPA COUNTY FLOOD PROTECTION AND WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY MINUTES)

 

Regular Calendar

  1. Appointment of one of the following persons to serve on the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District representing the Board of Supervisors with the term of office to expire January 1, 2001:

    2. Virginia H. Simms (Incumbent)

    Kevin D. Allen

    REAPPOINTED VIRGINIA SIMMS

    BW-W-R-V-L

     

  2. Appointments to the Airport Advisory Commission:

A. Three (3) Citizen members:

Category Applicant Expiration of Term

Citizen Richard P. Barthelemy (Incumbent) December 31, 2001

James W. Ford (Incumbent)

Denis M. Arbeau

William L. Bailey

James P. "Bo" Barrett

Brian Beer

Dwight Small

SUPERVISOR VARRELMAN NOMINATED AND THE BOARD APPOINTED JAMES P. "BO" BARRETT. V-R-W-BW-L

REAPPOINTED RICHARD P. BARTHELEMY AND JAMES W. FORD. V-BW-R-W-L

    1. Appointment of Conservation, Development and Planning Commissioner Jim King

as the liaison between the Airport Advisory Commission and the Planning Commission.

APPOINTMENT MADE AS RECOMMENDED.

R-W-V-BW-L

  1. Discussion and possible action regarding appointments of Board members to various committees, commissions and advisory boards.

THE BOARD AGREED THAT APPOINTMENTS WOULD REMAIN STATUS QUO, AS LISTED IN THE STAFF REPORT DATED JANUARY 5, 1999 WITH APPOINTMENT OF SUPERVISOR BRAD WAGENKNECHT TO FILL THE VACANCIES CREATED BY FORMER SUPERVISOR VINCE FERRIOLE WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS:

14. LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION (LAFCO)

SUPERVISOR KATHRYN WINTER WAS APPOINTED AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ REPRESENTATIVE AND SUPERVISOR BRAD WAGENKNECHT WAS APPOINTED AS THE ALTERNATE MEMBER WITH THE TERMS OF OFFICE EXPIRING MAY 2001.

    1. NAPA COUNTY HOUSING TRUST FUND BOARD

SUPERVISOR BRAD WAGENKNECHT WAS APPOINTED AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE TERM OF OFFICE EXPIRING JUNE 1, 2001 AND SUPERVISOR MARK LUCE WAS APPOINTED AS THE ALTERNATE MEMBER WITH THE TERM EXPIRING JUNE 1, 2000.

 

38. Continued

 

20. NAPA SANITATION DISTRICT

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ CHAIRMAN MARK LUCE WAS APPOINTED AS THE BOARD REPRESENTATIVE AND SUPERVISOR BRAD WAGENKNECHT WAS APPOINTED AS THE ALTERNATE MEMBER WITH THE TERMS OF OFFICE TO EXPIRE JANUARY 1, 2000.

22. NAPA VALLEY HOUSING AUTHORITY

SUPERVISOR KATHRYN WINTER AND SUPERVISOR

MARK LUCE WERE APPOINTED AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ REPRESENTATIVES AND

BRAD WAGENKNECHT WAS APPOINTED AS THE ALTERNATE MEMBER WITH THE TERMS OF OFFICE TO EXPIRE JUNE 30, 2002.

W-V-R-BW-L

  1. Discussion of procedures and policies and how they relate to appointment of members to various County committees and commissions.

THE FOLLOWING WAS SUGGESTED:

  1. Discussion and possible action regarding legislation.

    2. NONE

  2. Board of Supervisors’ Committee Reports and Announcements.

    3. SUPERVISOR VARRELMAN REPORTED ON CORRESPONDENCE FROM LOS ANGELES COUNTY REGARDING A STATEMENT BY SUPERVISOR ANTONOVICH ABOUT THE STATE’S PROPERTY TAX GRAB UNDERMINING THE ABILITY OF COUNTIES AND CITIES TO DELIVER EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SERVICES, REQUESTING GOVERNOR GRAY DAVIS TO MAKE LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCING A PRIORITY FOR HIS ADMINISTRATION AND INSTRUCTING L.A. COUNTY STAFF TO SEND A LETTER TO THE STATE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY REQUESTING THAT RETURN OF PROPERTY TAX TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT A PRIORITY FOR 1999.

    COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR JAY HULL WAS INSTRUCTED TO FORWARD LETTERS OF SUPPORT ON BEHALF OF NAPA COUNTY.

     

     

  3. Board of Supervisors’ Future Agenda Items.

    4. NON-SPECIFIC DATE - DIRECTOR OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES TO PRESENT STATUS REPORT ON NON-PROFIT AGENCIES AND ON THE SULLIVAN BUILDING HOMELESS SHELTER.

    NON-SPECIFIC DATE – DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON POLICY REGARDING BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ REPRESENTATION ON VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS. (SUPERVISOR VARRELMAN)

  4. Department Heads’ Reports and Announcements.

    5. NONE

  5. Closed Session regarding:

Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation (Government Code 54956.9)

West v. Napa County: U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, Case No.

97-17159

CLOSED SESSION HELD – NO REPORT

 

 

Adjournment

ADJOURNED TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ REGULAR MEETING, TUESDAY,

JANUARY 12, 1999 AT 9:00 A.M.

 

 

MARK LUCE

Chairman-Elect

 

ATTEST:

 

TERI SISSON

Supervising Clerk of the Board

KEY

Vote: L = Mark Luce;; R = Mike Rippey; V = Mel Varrelman; W = Kathryn Winter;

BW = Brad Wagenknecht

Notations under Vote: N = No; X = Excused; A = Abstained