MINUTES OF THE
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
COUNTY OF NAPA
July 16, 2002
1. Call
to Order.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF NAPA MET IN REGULAR
SESSION, TUESDAY, JULY 16, 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.
CARMEN GARCIA, EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ACTION OF NAPA VALLEY, LED THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG.
3. Presentation of Retirement Resolution
No. 02-136 to Jill Erramouspe, Mental Health Counselor, in recognition of over
12 years of service.
THE
CHAIRMAN PRESENTED RESOLUTION R-02-136
4. Public
Comment.
CARMEN
GARCIA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ACTION OF NAPA, DISTRIBUTED AND ADVISED
THE BOARD OF LETTER FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA REGARDING THE DELAY IN SIGNING
OF THE BUDGET. SHE INDICATED THAT THIS
PUTS A $280,000 ZERO INTEREST LOAN NEEDED TO CONTINUE THE LOS NINOS PROGRAM IN
JEAPARDY AS WELL AS OTHER CHILD CARE FACILITIES.
THE
CHAIRMAN ADVISED THAT STAFF WILL WORK ON THE ISSUE AND POSSIBLY FORWARD A
LETTER IN THIS REGARD.
5. Department Heads’ Reports and
Announcements.
CLERK OF THE BOARD MARY
JEAN MCLAUGHLIN REPORTED ON NEW DIGITAL RECORDING EQUIPMENT FOR COUNTY MEETINGS
HELD IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ MEETING ROOM.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS ROBERT
PETERSON INTRODUCED MARTHA BURDICK AS THE NEW ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER AND
DON RIDENHOUR AS THE NEW
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
MARTHA BURDICK AND DON
RIDENHOUR MADE INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS.
Consent
Calendar
6. Assessor/Recorder-County Clerk requests
approval of and authorization for Chairman to sign two cost-sharing agreements
with Shasta County for reimbursement of funds expended on Agreement Nos. 4645
and 4646 for base-year tracking and manufactured home/aircraft automated
valuation enhancements to the Megabyte Property Tax System.
A-4645-2
A-4646-2
7. Acting Director of Health and Human
Services requests approval of and authorization for Chairman to sign the renewal
of Agreement No. 3857 with Andre Zunino dba Solution Computing for a maximum of
$40,620 for the term July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003 to provide consultation
and technical support for automated operations.
A-3857
8. Acting Director of Health and Human
Services requests approval of and authorization for Chairman to sign the
renewal of Agreement No. 4354 with Catholic Charities, Inc. for a maximum of
$24,000 for the term July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003 to provide property
management services for the Casa Grande Housing Program.
A-4354
9. Acting Director of Health and Human
Services requests approval of and authorization for Chairman to sign an
agreement with BD Morgan Investment Group, Inc. dba BD MIG for a maximum of
$5,000 for the term July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003 to provide
transportation and security guard services for clients transported to
psychiatric hospitals.
A-4799
10. Director of Public Works requests
approval of and authorization for Chairman to sign Amendment No. 3 to Agreement
No. 4202 with the Napa County Flood Protection and Watershed Improvement
Authority, increasing the amount by $780,000 for a new maximum of $1,020,000
and extending the term through June 30, 2003 for engineering services and
construction relating to flood control projects in the unincorporated area
surrounding the City of St. Helena.
A-4202
A-13
(FC)
11. Clerk of the Board requests reappointment
of Julie L. Creason to serve on the Napa Valley Conference & Visitors
Bureau with the term of office to expire June 1, 2003.
12. Clerk of the Board requests appointment
of Conservation, Development and Planning Commissioner Larry Schoenke to serve
as the Commission’s representative on the Wildlife Conservation Commission with
the term of office to expire February 1, 2003.
13. County Counsel requests approval of and
authorization for Chairman to sign Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. 4250 with
Peter A. Firpo for a maximum of $61,800 for the term July 1, 2002 through June
30, 2003 for criminal defense Level II legal services.
A-4250
(AMEND.
1)
14. Library Director requests adoption of
updates to the Library’s policy manual regarding the “Behavior Policy” and
“Checkouts”.
15. Acting Personnel Director requests
adoption of a resolution correcting Exhibit A of Resolution No. 02-126, adopted
June 25, 2002.
R-02-137
16. Acting Personnel Director requests the
following actions regarding health and dental insurance and authorization for
the Acting Personnel Director to sign the service agreements, effective
September 1, 2002:
A. Adoption of a resolution revising total
rates for Kaiser Plans; implementing total rates for CalPERS health plans;
termination of Kaiser $0 and $10 plans; termination of PacifiCare plans; and
R-02-138
B. Adoption of a resolution revising
monthly rates for Delta Dental and Pacific Union dental plans.
R-02-139
17. Acting Personnel Director requests
adoption of a resolution amending the Table and Index with regard to the Board
of Supervisors, effective July 1, 2002.
R-02-140
18. Acting Personnel Director requests
adoption of a resolution amending the Table and Index with regard to the
Attorney classifications in County Counsel, effective July 6, 2002.
R-02-141
19. County Executive Officer requests
approval of the May 2002 revision of the Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control
Plan of the County of Napa Illness and Injury Prevention Program. (Copy of Program is on file with the Clerk
of the Board)
20. County Executive Officer requests
approval of and authorization for Chairman to sign an agreement with the Napa
Valley Coalition of Non-Profit Agencies extending the term within which to use
funding provided under Agreement No. 4682 through September 30, 2002 to provide
training programs for members of the Coalition.
A-4682
21. Discussion of items removed from the
Consent Calendar.
NONE
APPROVED
CONSENT CALENDAR NUMBERS 6 THROUGH 21.
BW-R-V-L-D
Set Matters
22. 9:05 a.m. - Special Meeting - Board of
Supervisors sitting as the Board of Commissioners of the Napa County Housing
Authority.
(SEE NAPA COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY
MINUTES)
23.
9:10 a.m. - Regional Coordinator of Napa, Marin, Sonoma and Solano to
present update on training and employment issues.
UPDATE
PRESENTED
24.
9:15 a.m. - Public Hearing - County Counsel requests the following actions relating to County
Service Area No. 4 (CSA No. 4):
A. Conduct
a public hearing to consider objections or protests to the imposition of an
assessment in the amount of $7.66 per planted vineyard acre, and allow
submission, withdrawal, or changes to assessment ballots.
PUBLIC
HEARING HELD
B. Adopt
resolution directing the Clerk of the Board:
i) Together with Kristin Lowell and Kelli
Lyerla, tabulate the assessment ballots.
ii) Report the results of the tabulation
back to the Board on July 23, 2002.
APPROVED REQUEST BW-L-V-R-D R-02-142
C.
Advise members of the public that any
interested party may observe the tabulation process (but, that the number of
observers may be limited due to space restrictions). Environmental Determination:
This activity is included as part of establishing CSA No. 4, for which a
Negative Declaration was previously approved.
MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC WERE ADVISED REGARDING 24 C ABOVE.
25. 9:20 a.m. - Public Hearing
- First and final reading and adoption of proposed
Ordinance Amendment No. 02231-ORD making technical corrections to Sections
1.24.020, 3.10.020, 5.36.020, 15.60.090, 17.46.070, and 18.124.070 of the Napa
County Code. Environmental
Determination: General Rule (CEQA State
Guideline Section 15061(b)(3) and Exemption Section 404 of the Napa County CEQA
Guidelines).
PUBLIC
HEARING HELD
TITLE
READ
THE
BOARD WAIVED READING BALANCE OF ORDINANCE
ADOPTED
ORDINANCE V-BW-R-L-D O-1202
26. 9:30 a.m. - Board of Supervisors meeting as a Board of
Equalization.
(SEE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION MINUTES)
27. 10:00 a.m. - Presentation on the Napa
County Mosquito Abatement District by
Wesley Maffei, District
Manager.
CONTINUED
TO LATER IN THE DAY AT 2:30 P.M.
PRESENTATION
MADE
28. 10:15
a.m. - Closed Session:
Conference with Legal Counsel –
Anticipated Litigation
Significant exposure to
litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(b): (Two (2) Cases)
CLOSED SESSION HELD – THE BOARD
VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO EXTEND THE TOLLING AGREEMENT THAT IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
UNTIL THE SECOND MEETING IN JANUARY 2003.
29. 10:30 a.m.
- Public Hearing - Appeal filed by Michael Zatkin, Attorney
on behalf of
Anthony
Truchard, Eve Kahn, Ginny Simms and Get A Grip On Growth to an August 1, 2001
decision by the Conservation, Development and Planning Commission to approve
Carneros Partners, Inc. – Use Permit Request No. 98511-UP to establish a 100-unit
resort, including the construction of lodge structures and guest cottages, a
100-seat restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating, banquet and meeting rooms,
a maximum 10,000 square -foot retail facility including food and post office,
administrative offices, recreational improvements, water treatment and sewage
treatment facilities, a 10,000 square-foot public square and parking for 191
vehicles, located on three parcels totaling 10.48 acres adjacent to and
northeast of the intersection of State Highway 12/121 (Carneros Highway) and
Old
Sonoma Highway within a Commercial Limited (CL) Zoning District (Assessor’s
Parcel Nos. 047-110-025 and 047-110-026), and "access parcel"
(Assessor’s Parcel
No.
047-110-019) within an Agricultural Watershed (AW) Zoning District. The proposed project is adjacent to, and
integrated with, the Carneros Inn Recreational Vehicle Park/Mobile Home Park
Facility under construction (pursuant to Use Permit
No.
98290-MOD), and is more fully described and evaluated in the Draft Environmental
Impact Report for Carneros Lodge, the written public comment period for which
was advertised and held between April 19 and June 4, 2001. Environmental Determination: Environmental
Impact Report Prepared. (Continued from
November 6, 2001, January 22, March 5, March 12, March 26, June 4 and July 9,
2002)
PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED TO
LATER IN THE DAY AT 2:30 P.M.
PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED TO
AUGUST 20, 2002. STAFF WAS INSTRUCTED
TO REANALYZE THE WATER AND WASTEWATER BASED ON 75% AND 80% OCCUPANCY
CUMMULATIVE FOR THE INN AND THE LODGE FOR INCLUSION IN THE REVISED
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT. BW-V-L-R-D
SUPERVISOR WAGENKNECHT
REQUESTED STAFF REPORT BACK WITH REGARD TO THE PLACEMENT OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL
LIGHT WITH LEAST AND BEST IMPACT ON TRAFFIC.
THE CLERK CLARIFIED THE PUBLIC
HEARING WOULD BE CONTINUED TO AUGUST 20, 2002 AT 10:00 A.M.
30. 1:30 p.m. - Recess to the Napa County Flood Control and Water
Conservation District (NCFCWCD) meeting.
(SEE NAPA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION
DISTRICT MINUTES)
31. 2:00 p.m. - Association of Bay Area
Governments (ABAG) presentation on SB 1243 (Torlakson): 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 ABAG.
PRESENTATION
MADE.
32. 2:30 p.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.
PUBLIC HEARING OPENED – NO TESTIMONY
PRESENTED
PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED TO JULY 23,
2002 AT 10:25 A.M.
BW-V-L-R-D
Regular Calendar
33. Clerk of the Board requests appointment
of one (1) person from the following applicants to serve on the Napa
City-County Library Commission with the term of office to expire June 30, 2005:
Applicants
Tom
Feutz*
Thomas
A. Gumina
*Incumbent
SUPERVISOR WAGENKNECHT
NOMINATED AND THE BOARD REAPPOINTED TOM FEUTZ. BW-R-L-V-D
34. Napa County Child Care Planning Council
requests appointment of a member of the Board of Supervisors to participate on
the Everyone’s Business Coalition.
SUPERVISOR VARRELMAN NOMINATED
AND THE BOARD APPOINTED SUPERVISOR BRAD WAGENKNECHT.
V-L-R-BW-D
35. Discussion and possible action on the
recruitment for a new County Executive Officer. (Supervisor Varrelman)
STAFF TO
REPORT BACK WITH SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO PROCEED.
36. Discussion
and possible action regarding legislation.
THE BOARD WENT ON RECORD IN
OPPOSITION TO AB 1243 (TORLAKSON) 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 ABAG.
V-BW-L-R-D
SUPERVISOR RIPPEY SUGGESTED THE
NEED TO DEFINE THE PROBLEMS AND BENEFITS OF AB 1243.
37. Board of Supervisors’ Committee Reports
and Announcements.
NONE
38. Board of Supervisors’ Future Agenda
Items.
NONE
Adjournment
ADJOURNED TO BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS’ REGULAR MEETING, TUESDAY,
JULY 23, 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