MINUTES OF THE
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
COUNTY OF NAPA
July 23, 2002
1. Call
to Order.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF NAPA MET IN REGULAR
SESSION, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2002 AT 9:00 A.M. WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS
PRESENT: CHAIRMAN BILL DODD,
SUPERVISORS BRAD WAGENKNECHT, MIKE RIPPEY, MEL VARRELMAN AND MARK LUCE.
2. Pledge of
Allegiance.
HERBERT
FORD LED THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG.
3. Public Comment.
TERRENCE KEENAN COMMENTED THAT HE HAD MADE A REQUEST TO THE COUNTY
FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC RECORDS DEALING WITH EDGERLY ISLAND TWO WEEKS AGO AND HAD
NOT YET RECEIVED ANY RESPONSE TO HIS REQUEST.
4. Department
Heads’ Reports and Announcements.
NONE
5. Closed Session:
A.
Conference With Legal Counsel –
Anticipated Litigation
Significant
exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code
Section
54956.9(b): (Three (3) cases)
B.
Public Employee
Appointment (Government Code
Section
54957)
Title: Director of Health and Human Services/Public
Conservator
CLOSED
SESSION HELD - NO REPORT
Consent Calendar
6. Chief
Probation Officer requests the following actions to transfer oversight of the
Peer Court Program from the Superior Court to the Probation Department:
A. Approval
of and authorization for Chairman to sign an agreement with Isadora Asch for
$32,000 for the term July 23, 2002 through June 30, 2003 for coordination of
all Juvenile Peer Court activities; and A-4802
B. Approval
of Budget Transfer No. 5 appropriating $32,000 in the Probation Department
budget with offsetting revenue from Central Services-Court Payments. (4/5 Vote Required) BT-5
7. Director
of Child Support Services requests approval of and authorization for the
Director to sign the Annual Automation Cooperation Agreement with the
California Department of Child Support Services extending the term through
December 31, 2002 for the automation program.
8. Acting
Director of Health and Human Services requests approval of and authorization
for Chairman to sign the renewal of Agreement No. 4348 with J. Michael Murphy,
Ed.D., for a maximum of $13,860 for the term July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003
to provide consultation services regarding at-risk children. A-4348
9. Acting
Director of Health and Human Services requests approval of and authorization
for Chairman to sign the renewal of Agreement No. 4657 with Nadhan, Inc., for a
maximum of $91,200 for the term April 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003 to provide
inpatient mental health treatment services. A-4657
10. Acting
Director of Health and Human Services requests approval of and authorization
for Chairman to sign the following agreements to provide counseling services in
the Children’s Behavioral Health and Child Welfare Services Programs for the
terms May 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003:
A. Agreement
with Renee Lee, MFT, for a maximum of $2,000; and
A-4803
B. Agreement
with Juanita Shoopman, LCSW, for a maximum of $5,000.
A-4804
11. Director
of Public Works requests the following actions regarding the Napa County
Residential Stabilization Center:
A. Approval
of and authorization for Chairman to sign a lease agreement with the California
Department of Mental Health for the term August 1, 2002 through July 31, 2007
for a monthly rate of $1,511.88; and A-4801
B. Adoption
of a resolution authorizing the execution of the lease for building space
located at the Napa State Hospital. R-02-143
12. Director
of Public Works requests approval of and authorization for Chairman to sign the
following agreements:
A. Amendment
No. 1 to Space Agreement No. 4341 with Calistoga Joint Unified School District,
for classroom space at Calistoga Elementary School, for Health and Human
Services, for the term July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003; A-4341
(AMEND.
1)
B. Amendment
No. 13 to Agreement No. 2002 with the City of St. Helena, for lease space
located at the City Council Chamber Room for small claims court, for the term
July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003 for a new cost of $70 for each day used; A-2002
(AMEND.
13)
C. Amendment
No. 6 to Agreement No. 2955 with Robert Louis Stevenson Plaza Association, for
lease space located at 1700 Second Street, Suite 303, for the term July 1, 2002
through June 30, 2005 at a monthly cost of $2,842; and A-2955
(AMEND.
6)
D. Amendment
No. 2 to Lease Agreement No. 3598 with Third Street Properties, LLC, for lease
space at 1500 Third Street, Suites 4-7, for Health and Human Services, for the
term July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2005 at a monthly cost of $5,363. A-3598
(AMEND.
2)
13. Director
of Public Works requests approval of and authorization for Chairman to sign
Amendment No. 3 to Professional Services Agreement No. 4395 with BD Morgan
Investigations Group, for security services for various County buildings, for
the term July 16, 2002 through June 30, 2003 at a weekly cost of $2,546. A-4395
(AMEND.
3)
14. Director
of Public Works requests approval of and authorization for Chairman to sign a
Right of Entry agreement for the term July 23, 2002 to December 31, 2002 permitting
Syar Industries, at no cost to the County, to relocate a portion of the Skyline
Trail which now falls on Syar land to within Skyline Park boundaries.
REMOVED FROM AGENDA
15. Director
of Public Works requests approval of Budget Transfer No. 136, increasing Fiscal
Year 2001/2002 appropriations in Equipment Pool (Fund 4010) by $60,000, with
offsetting over-realized revenue. (4/5
Vote Required) BT-136
16. Director
of Public Works requests the Board approve the reduction of retention from 10%
to 5% for the Health and Human Services Agency Project, Building B Kitchen and
Building K Remodel, PW 01-01.
17. Director
of Public Works/Aviation requests authorization for Director of Public
Works/Aviation to sign all Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and State of
California Grant documents for projects contained in the Airport Capital
Improvement Program as approved in the current Fiscal Year budget.
18. Director
of Public Works/Aviation requests acceptance of the work as complete and
authorization for Chairman to sign and file a Notice of Completion with the
Clerk/Recorder for Contract No. PW 01-12, “Napa County Airport -Taxiway ‘J’
Phase I Project.”
19. County
Counsel requests approval of and authorization for Chairman to sign an
agreement with Mervin Lernhart for the term July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003
for a maximum of $227,940 for conflict
public defender services. A-4800
20. Information
Technology Services Director requests approval of and authorization for
Chairman to sign Amendment No. 3 to Agreement No. 4334 with Megabyte Systems
increasing the monthly amount by $4,112.28 for a new annual maximum of
$132,020.28 and amending the scope of services for the maintenance of the
Property Tax System.
A-4334
(AMEND.
3)
21. Information
Technology Services Director requests approval of and authorization for
Chairman to sign an agreement with Fakouri Electrical Engineering, Inc. for a
maximum of $8,000 for the term July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003 for
maintenance and emergency services. A-4805
22. Job
Training Director requests approval of and authorization for Chairman to sign
renewals of the following agreements for the terms July 1, 2002 through June
30, 2003 for client job skills training:
A. Renewal
of Agreement No. 4557 with Boston Reed Company, Inc. for a maximum of $10,000;
and A-4557
B. Renewal
of Agreement No. 4573 with Joyce A. Seymour, dba Falcon Truck School, for a
maximum of $15,000. A-4573
23. Job
Training Director requests approval of and authorization for Chairman to sign
the California Rapid Response Assistance Application for a maximum of $180,000
for the term July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003 to provide dislocation services
to clients.
24. Job
Training Director requests authorization for Auditor-Controller to pay claim
over one year old totaling $230 to Palkar, dba Alkar Human Resources &
Computer Training, for client job skills training.
25. Library Director requests the following
actions to purchase new shelving units for the adult fiction and biography
areas and the young adult area of the Napa City-County Library:
A. Authorization
to accept a donation in the amount of $16,000 from the Friends of the Napa
Library;
25. Continued
B. Approval
of Budget Transfer No. 6, transferring $8,000 within the Library budget (4/5
Vote Required); and BT-6
C. Waiver
of competitive bidding requirements and authorization to make a sole source
award for the purchase of shelving for the Napa City-County Library from the
Ross McDonald Company, Inc., of Livermore, California, for the total amount of
$58,999.
26. Acting
Personnel Director requests adoption of a resolution amending the Departmental
Allocation List and Table and Index with regard to deleting one (1) Bookmobile
Operator and adding one (1) Senior Library Assistant position, effective August
3, 2003.
R-02-144
27. Regional
Coordinator of Napa, Solano, Sonoma and Marin counties request approval of and
authorization for Chairman to sign a grant application with the State of
California Employment Development Department in the amount of $2,700,000 for
the term October 1, 2002 through September 30, 2005 for the Nurse Workforce
Initiative.
28. County Executive Officer requests
adoption of a resolution appointing Bruce Heid to the Director of Health and
Human Services position, with initial salary set at Step 3 of the Salary
Schedule, effective immediately.
HELD
FOR DISCUSSION
APPROVED V-L-R-BW-D R-02-145
29. Approve minutes of Board of Supervisors’ meeting of June
4, 2002.
30. Discussion of items removed from the Consent Calendar.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14 REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA .
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 28 WAS HELD FOR DISCUSSION.
APPROVED CONSENT CALENDAR NUMBERS 6 THROUGH 13 AND 15 THROUGH 29, AS
AMENDED.
L-V-BW-R-D
Set
Matters
31. 9:15 a.m. - Clerk of the Board to report
on the results of the tabulation of ballots pertaining to the levy of
assessments for County Service Area No. 4.
REPORT PRESENTED
32.
9:30 a.m. - Board of Supervisors meeting as a Board of Equalization.
(SEE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION MINUTES.)
33. 9:30 a.m. - Public Hearing - Appeal filed
by Irving Thomas to the Conservation, Development and Planning Director’s
decision of September 5, 2001 to approve AT&T Wireless/Edgar Ilsley – Site
Plan Approval Request No. 00383-SPA to (a)
remove four 13-foot “whip” antennas from an existing 10-foot tall unmanned
concrete building on the site; (b) add six unmanned AT&T Wireless Panel
Antennas, each with a height of 8 feet, a depth of approximately 6.3 inches and
a width of 11.6 inches mounted approximately 4 feet above the top of and on the
south and west elevations of the same existing building; (c) replace an
existing open mesh circular antenna dish attached to the southwest corner of
the uninhabited concrete building with a new solid antenna with a diameter of
approximately 10 feet; and (d) add new power and telecom connections to
existing equipment, located on a 114.10+ acre parcel on the east side of
Silverado Trail at the terminus of a private access road within an Agricultural
Watershed (AW) Zoning District.
(Assessor’s Parcel No. 032-530-023)
6280(A) Silverado Trail, Yountville.
Environmental Determination: None Required (Ministerial Act).
(Continued from December 11, 2001, January 29,
February 19, March 12, April 30 and
June 4, 2002)
BOARD ACCEPTED WITHDRAWAL OF APPEAL.
V-BW-L-R-D
34.
10:00 a.m. - Public
Hearing - Appeal filed by Carl Lenzi, Giovanni Scala, Walter Hampe and
Jay Johnson to a decision by the Conservation, Development and Planning Director
on February 8, 2002 to approve Verizon Wireless/Rick and Patricia Rentschler –
Site Plan Approval Request No. 01095-SPA to establish an unmanned
communications facility consisting of: (1) installation of eight new panel
antennas, each approximately 48 inches tall, 12 inches in width and 8 inches in
depth located within an extension of an existing detached accessory structure;
and (2) construction of an 8 foot tall approximately 34 square foot extension
to an existing detached accessory structure (garage/barn) with an existing
height of 26 feet to house the panel antennas. This extension to be constructed
of permeable fiberglass, designed and painted to match the existing structure;
(3) construction of a new freestanding detached equipment building measuring
approximately 12 feet in length, 20 feet in width and 11 feet in height to be
located within a 20 foot by 30 foot lease area. This building to include a
power cabinet, radio cabinet, electrical and telephone cabinets and related
support equipment; (4) construction of a Global Position Satellite antenna on
top of the detached equipment shed; (5) install a 6-foot tall chain link fence
surrounding the lease area; (6) add a 10-foot wide band of crushed gravel
around the concrete pads supporting the equipment cabinets; (7) install a new,
unpaved parking area of approximately 200 square feet adjacent to the new
facility; (8) provide underground trenching for service connection between the
proposed equipment shed and the existing building housing the panel antennas
(one trench approximately 350 feet in length); (9) providing underground
trenching for power and telecom between the proposed equipment shed and
existing power pole on the site (approximately 140 feet in length); and (10)
installation of new facility identification signs as required by the County
Telecommunication Ordinance, located on a 3.66 acre parcel on the east side of
Silverado Trail near the intersection of Silverado Trail and Oak Knoll Avenue
in an Agricultural Watershed (AW) Zoning District. (Assessor’s Parcel
No. 039-580-009) 5032 (V) Silverado Trail, Napa. Environmental Determination: None
Required (Ministerial Act). (Continued
from April 9, May 7 and June 4, 2002; Staff requests
continuance
to August 13, 2002 at 9:30 a.m.)
PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED TO AUGUST 13, 2002 AT 9:30 A.M.
R-BW-L-V-D
35. 10:25
a.m. - Public Hearing - First and final reading and adoption of Zoning
Ordinance Text Amendment Request No. 02225-ORD of the Napa County Board of
Supervisors to amend Chapter 18.108 (Conservation Regulations), Section .050
(Exemptions), Subsections I and J of the Napa County Code to: a) eliminate the
current exemption from the County’s Conservation Regulations for timberland
conversions authorized by a State Department of Forestry Timberland Conversion
Permit; b) clarify that the current exemption does not apply to the State
Department of Forestry's Less Than Three-Acre Timberland Conversion Exemptions;
c) clarify when vegetation clearing/grading, authorized by other state or
federal permits, is exempt from County regulation; and, d) clarify the extent
of the County’s jurisdiction on projects other than timberland conversions when
a portion of the project is authorized by a state or federal permit. Environmental Determination: Categorically
Exempt. (Continued from July 16, 2002)
PUBLIC HEARING HELD
TITLE READ
THE BOARD WAIVED READING BALANCE OF ORDINANCE
V-BW-L-V-D
ADOPTED ORDINANCE V-BW-R-L-D O-1203
36. 10:30 a.m. - Public Hearing - Director of
Conservation, Development and Planning requests the following actions in
relation to Urgency Ordinance No. 1199:
A. Review of
Conservation, Development and Planning Department’s report prepared pursuant to
Government Code Section 65858(d) regarding the measures taken to alleviate the
conditions which led to adoption of the ordinance; and
C.
Discussion, first
and final reading and possible adoption of an Ordinance extending Urgency
Ordinance No. 1199 for a period of 10 months and 15 days to prohibit issuance
of any permits or approvals for projects involving the conversion of land
within 150 feet of Class I and II streams and 25 feet of Class III streams as
recommended by the Napa River Watershed Task Force Phase II Report. Environmental Determination: Categorical Exemption: (Class 8) Action by Regulatory Agency for
Protection of the Environment (14 CCR 15308).
PUBLIC HEARING HELD
TITLE READ
THE BOARD WAIVED READING BALANCE OF
ORDINANCE BW-R-V-L-D
APPROVED, AS AMENDED BW-R-V-L-D O-1204
37. 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. - Recess to Napa City
Council community bus tour:
A. Johnny Miller property
located north of the former Tom Foolery (Old Trancas Crossing) as a possible
River Launch Park.
B. Napa Resort and Spa
(old garbage company site) – proposed hotel site located at the corner of Clay
Street and Silverado Trail.
C. Kennedy Park Ball
Fields.
D. Kennedy Park Remote
Control Air Strip.
D.
Napa Municipal Golf Course (Kennedy) Club House.
BUS TOUR HELD
38. Discussion and possible action
regarding legislation.
THE BOARD
AGREED TO CHANGE THEIR POSITION FROM OPPOSITION TO “WATCH” ON AB 1243 WHICH
REQUIRES THAT ON JANUARY 1, 2004, THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
(MTC) BE RENAMED THE BAY AREA LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND ASSUME
LAND USE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ASSOCIATION OF BAY AREA GOVERNMENTS (ABAG).
V-L-R-BW-D
39. Board of Supervisors’ Committee Reports and Announcements.
NONE
40. Board
of Supervisors’ Future Agenda Items.
NONE
Adjournment.
ADJOURNED TO BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS’ REGULAR MEETING, TUESDAY,
JULY 30, 2002 AT 9:00
A.M.
BILL
DODD
Chairman
ATTEST:
TERI SISSON
Supervising Clerk of the Board
KEY
L = Mark Luce; R = Mike Rippey;
V = Mel Varrelman; D= Bill Dodd; BW = Brad Wagenknecht
Notations
under Vote: N = No; X = Excused; A =
Abstain