MINUTES OF THE

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

COUNTY OF NAPA

 

February 10, 2004

 

 

1.         Call to Order; Roll Call.

            THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF NAPA MET IN REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2004 AT 9:00 A.M. WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT:  CHAIRPERSON MARK LUCE, SUPERVISORS

            BILL DODD, MIKE RIPPEY, BRAD WAGENKNECHT AND DIANE DILLON. 

            THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIR LUCE AT 9:04 A.M.

 

 

2.         Pledge of Allegiance.

            HERBERT FORD LED THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG.

 

 

3.            Presentations and Commendations.

NONE

 

 

4.         Public Comment.

HERBERT FORD, ANGWIN COMMUNITY COUNCIL, SPOKE REGARDING THE ANGWIN COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SERVICE, STATING ANGWIN IS CURRENTLY SOLICITING FUNDING FOR CONTINUATION OF THE SERVICES. 

MR. FORD SPOKE REGARDING HIS CONCERNS OF THE COSTS OF PROVIDING AMBULANCE SERVICES, INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL OF PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE LAKE BERRYESSA AREA DURING THE SUMMER. 

 

MR. FORD STATED THAT ANGWIN’S AMBULANCE SERVICE WILL BE THE FIRST IN THE COUNTY TO HAVE AN AUTO-PULSE DEVICE ON-BOARD, WHICH WILL ASSIST IN SAVING THE LIVES OF HEART ATTACK VICTIMS.  MR. FORD THANKED THE BOARD FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE ANGWIN VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SERVICE.

 

 

5.            Department Directors’ Reports and Announcements.

            NONE

 

 

Consent Calendar

 

 

6A.            Director of Health and Human Services requests approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. 6012 with Carol Nagle, LCSW, increasing the amount by $2,500 for a new maximum of $5,000 to provide counseling services in the Children’s Behavioral Health and Child Welfare Services Programs.                                           A-6012

                                                                                                                                                (AMEND. 1)

 

 

 

6B.            Director of Health and Human Services requests approval of bylaws for the Napa County Child Care Planning Council, effective February 10, 2004.  (Bylaws on file with the Clerk of the Board)

 

 

6C.            Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer requests approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. 4760 with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) reimbursing County costs not to exceed $43,406 associated with sudden oak death inspection services for the term July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004.                           A-4760

                                                                                                                                                (AMEND. 1)

 

 

6D.            Director of Conservation, Development and Planning requests approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. 4938 with Keyser-Marston Associates, Inc. for the revised Montalcino at Napa Valley project Environmental Impact Report increasing the amount by $20,000 for a new maximum of $44,000 and for attendance at public hearings.            A-4938

                                                                                                                                                (AMEND. 1)

 

 

6E.       Library Director requests adoption of revisions to the Library’s “Collection Development Policy.”  (Policy on file with the Clerk of the Board)

 

 

6F.            Director of Public Works requests:

 

                        1)            Award of the contract for the “Minor Modifications at the Napa City/County Library and the Corrections Facility Project,” PW 03-02-R, to Ron Vann Construction of Windsor, California, for their low bid of $136,680 and authorization for the Chair to sign the construction contract; and

 

                        2)            Approval of Budget Transfer No. 42 appropriating $34,500 with $27,500 of offsetting revenues from the State Corrections Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) and $7,000 of unspent appropriations, to cover additional scope of services.

                                    (4/5 vote required)                                                                                    BT-42

 

 

6G.      County Counsel requests approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign the Erosion Control Plan Maintenance and Escrow Agreement with the Terry Allan Pringle and Juli N. Pringle Revocable 1988 Trust (ECP 99117).  (Assessor’s Parcel No. 018-200-026)                 A-6242

 

 

6H.      Human Resources Director requests adoption of a resolution amending the Departmental Allocation List for the Behavioral Health Division of the Health and Human Services Agency with regards to adding one (1) Mental Health Counselor Licensed and one (1) .75 Psychiatric Nurse and deleting one (1) .75 Mental Health Worker II and one (1) Psychiatric Nurse position, with no net increase in the total number of positions, effective February 14, 2004.  (Details on file with the Clerk of the Board)                                                                                                 R-04-17

 

 

 

 

6I.        Human Resources Director requests adoption of a resolution amending the Departmental Allocation List for the Behavioral Health Division of the Health and Human Services Agency with regards to increasing the percentage of time worked for a Forensic Mental Health Counselor position, effective February 14, 2004.  (Details on file with the Clerk of the Board)

                                                                                                                                                R-04-16

 

 

6J.        Human Resources Director requests adoption of a resolution amending the Departmental Allocation List for the Health and Human Services Agency and its divisions with regards to deletion of vacant defunded positions, effective February 14, 2004.  (Details on file with the Clerk of the Board)                                                                                                             R-04-15

 

 

6K.      Human Resources Director requests adoption of a resolution regarding an application for a non-industrial disability retirement with the Public Employee’s Retirement System (PERS) for a Senior Deputy Sheriff II, effective July 3, 2003.                                                   R-04-11

 

 

6L.       Human Resources Director requests adoption of a resolution amending the Departmental Allocation List with regards to the following Limited Term positions in the Health and Human Services Agency: (Details on file with the Clerk of the Board)

 

1)            Remove the expiration date of two (2) positions associated with the Village Project/Wraparound Services Pilot Program (SB 163) in Children's Behavioral Health; and

 

2)            Extend the expiration date to December 31, 2004 for three (3) positions associated with AB 2034 - a program providing Mental Health Services to the Homeless.

                                                                                                                                                R-04-12

           

            SUBSEQUENT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND AT THE CLOSE OF ITEM 8B, THE BOARD APPROVED RECONSIDERATION OF THIS ITEM TO CORRECT THE EXPIRATION DATE.                                                                                                                                                BW-MR-BD-DD-ML

 

            THE BOARD ADOPTED THE RESOLUTION, ExtendING the expiration date to June 30, 2005 (RATHER THAN DECEMBER 31, 2004).

                                                                        BW-BD-MR-DD-ML

 

 

6M.      Human Resources Director requests the following actions regarding an agreement between the County and County Personnel Administrators Association of California (CPAAC) and TALX UC Express to provide for third-party unemployment insurance administration services:

 

                        1)            Approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign an agreement for a maximum amount of $3,000 for the term from May 1, 2002 through April 30, 2005; and

                                                                                                                                                A-3766

 

 

 

6M.            Continued

 

                        2)            Authorization for the Benefit Administrator to execute the power of attorney on behalf of the County.                       

 

 

6N.            Regional Coordinator requests approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign Amendment

No. 2 to Agreement No. 4925 with Marin County Human Services Department increasing the amount by $37,250 for a new maximum of $750,499 for the term October 1, 2003 through

September 30, 2004 to provide services to help people with disabilities obtain and retain employment.                                                                                                                A-4925

                                                                                                                                    (AMEND. 2)

 

 

6O.      County Executive Officer requests approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign Amendment No. 4 to Agreement No. 2599 re-appointing Robert Westmeyer to a four year term as the Napa County Counsel as authorized by California Government Code Sections 27640-27648, for the term February 7, 2004 through February 5, 2008.                                                   A-2599

                                                                                                                                                (AMEND. 4)

 

 

6P.       County Executive Officer requests the approval of Budget Transfer No. 43 establishing an appropriation in the Capital Improvement Program budget for the possible purchase of a building, with offsetting revenue from the cancellation of a Designation (Soscol Building) in the amount of $2,557,591.  (4/5 vote required)                                                                                

ITEM HELD FOR DISCUSSION

           

            A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM FAILED BY THE FOLLOWING ROLL CALL VOTE:

                                                                        BD-BW-MR-DD-ML

                                                                                         N    N

 

 

6Q.      County Executive Officer requests the approval of Budget Transfer No. 43, increasing appropriations in the Capital Improvement Program budget for the Future Parking Facility referred to in the (Regional Housing Needs Determination) MOU between the County and the City of Napa, with offsetting revenues from the cancellation of a Designation (Capital Infrastructure) in the amount of $1,000,000 and a transfer of $30,000 from the Central Services budget. 

            (4/5 vote required)                                                                                                         BT-43

           

           

6R.            Approve minutes of Board of Supervisors’ meeting of January 27, 2004.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.            Discussion of items removed from the Consent Calendar.

            SEE ITEM 6P.

 

APPROVED CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS 6A THROUGH 6Q, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM 6P, AS NOTATED ABOVE.

                                                                        BD-DD-MR-BW-ML

 

 

Set Matters – Public Hearings

 

 

8A.      9:15 A.M.  Napa County Mental Health Board to present Annual Report.

            REPORT PRESENTED

 

 

8B.       9:45 A.M.  PUBLIC HEARING  Director of Environmental Management requests adoption of a resolution establishing and increasing fees for services provided by the Environmental Management Department.

            PUBLIC HEARING HELD – NO TESTIMONY PRESENTED        

 

ADOPTED RESOLUTION                  BD-BW-MR-DD-ML                                          R-04-13

 

 

8C.      10:00 A.M.  Barry Martin of the Napa Transportation Management Plan Outreach Program to present an update on various highway construction and transportation projects including Trancas/29, Maxwell Bridge, Soscol Bridge, and impending start of First Street bridge over Napa Creek and Bypass.

UPDATE PRESENTED

 

 

8D.      10:30 A.M.  County Executive Officer and Presiding Judge of the Superior Court request adoption of and authorization for the Chair to sign a Resolution and supporting documents to grant a designated period for two years additional service credit for retirement purposes to eligible Superior Court employees only, at no cost to the County, during the period March 1, 2004 through August 31, 2004.

ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION:  It can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility the proposed action may have a significant effect on the environment and therefore CEQA is not applicable [See Guidelines for the Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act, 14 CCR 15061(b)(3)]

            ADOPTED RESOLUTION                     BW-MR-BD-DD-ML                              R-04-14

 

 

8E.       1:30 P.M.  PUBLIC HEARING  Consideration and possible action regarding an appeal filed by HCV Napa Associates to a decision by the Conservation, Development and Planning Commission on December 17, 2003 to deny the Montalcino at Napa Valley Use Permit No. 98177 to construct a 408,184 square foot resort hotel and conference facility including:  1) 379 rooms consisting of 358 guest rooms and 21 villa suites; 2) a 52,380 square foot conference facility with a maximum occupancy of 1,000 attendees; 3) two restaurants, a bar, and a deli with a combined seating capacity of 450; 4) a 5,682 square foot special events building; 5) a 15,287 square foot spa and

 

8E.            Continued

 

fitness facility; 6) one outdoor swimming pool; 7) four outdoor tennis courts; 8) 1,045 parking spaces; and, 9) widening of Devlin Road to four lanes between Soscol Ferry Road to the southeastern corner of the project site for a distance of approximately 5,800 feet.  The project site is on 71.77 acres located west of Devlin Road approximately 1,950 feet north of the intersection of Devlin Road and Airport Boulevard within the IP:AC (Industrial Park: Airport Compatibility Combination) Zoning District. (Assessor’s Parcel Nos: 057-020-006, 057-020-017, 057-020-018, 057-020-020, & 057-210-002)

            ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION:  Revised Final Environmental Impact Report prepared.

            PUBLIC HEARING OPENED – TESTIMONY PRESENTED

 

THE BOARD APPROVED HEARING OF THE APPEAL BY THE FOLLOWING ROLL CALL VOTE:                                    BD-ML-MR-BW-DD

                                                                             N     N

                                                                       

THE BOARD APPROVED HEARING THE APPEAL BASED ON THE RECORD BY THE FOLLOWING ROLL CALL VOTE:

                                                                        BD-ML-MR-BW-DD

                                                                                        N

 

SUPERVISOR RIPPEY’S MOTION TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY ON AIR QUALITY, ROAD DOLLAR CONTRIBUTIONS AND FIRE, AND TO INCLUDE ANY WRITTEN DOCUMENTS RECEIVED SINCE THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING TO DATE AS PART OF THE RECORD, WAS AMENDED TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY ON OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS.                                                                                          MR-BD-BW-DD-ML

 

THE BOARD GRANTED THE APPEAL BY THE FOLLOWING ROLL CALL VOTE:

                                                            BD-DD-MR-BW-ML

                                                                                    N

 

THE BOARD TENTATIVELY APPROVED CERTIFICATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR) BY THE FOLLOWING ROLL CALL VOTE:

                                                            BD-ML-MR-BW-DD

                                                                             N     N

 

THE BOARD TENTATIVELY APPROVED ADOPTION OF A MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM BY TO INCLUDE THOSE MITIGATION MEASURES SET FORTH IN THE EIR BY THE FOLLOWING ROLL CALL VOTE:

                                                            BD-ML-MR-BW-DD                                                                 

                                                                            N      N

 

THE BOARD TENTATIVELY APPROVED ADOPTION OF A STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS BY THE FOLLOWING ROLL CALL VOTE:

                                                            BD-ML-MR-BW-DD

                                                                            N      N

 

 

8E.            Continued

 

THE BOARD TENTATIVELY GRANTED APPROVAL OF THE USE PERMIT, PENDING REVIEW OF THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL ON MARCH 9, 2004, BY THE FOLLOWING ROLL CALL VOTE:

                                                            BD-ML-MR-BW-DD

                                                                            N      N

 

FOR THE PURPOSE OF REVIEW OF THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, THE BOARD APPROVED CONTINUANCE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING TO A SPECIAL MEETING TO BE HELD AT 8:00 A.M. ON MARCH 9, 2004.                                                                                                                           BD-MR-BW-DD-ML

                                                                            

                                               

9.            Administrative Items.

            NONE

 

 

10.            Legislative Items.

NONE

 

 

11.       Board of Supervisors’ Committee Reports and Announcements.

            NONE

 

 

12.       Board of Supervisors’ Future Agenda Items.

            SUPERVISOR DILLON REQUESTED STAFF PREPARE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON ITEM 6P FROM TODAY’S AGENDA AND BRING BACK BEFORE THE BOARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.  THE REPORT SHOULD INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARDING OPERATING VERSUS CAPITAL BUDGET, THE SHORT AND LONG TERM EFFECTS OF BORROWING FROM ONE TO USE IN THE OTHER, THE BENEFITS OF THE PURCHASE OF THE BUILDING VERSUS RENTING, AND A DISCUSSION REGARDING EXPENDITURE OF CAPITAL DOLLARS.

 

            SUPERVISOR DILLON REQUESTED BUDGET STUDY SESSIONS OCCUR PRIOR TO THE MAY-JUNE TIMEFRAME.

 

           

13.       County Executive Officer Reports and Announcements.

            NONE


 

14.       Closed Session.

 

            A.            CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION

 

                        Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (b) of Government Code Section 54956.9:  (One case)

            CLOSED SESSION HELD – NO REPORTABLE ACTION

 

            B.            CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR  (Government Code

Section 54956.8)

 

                         Property:  2000 Airport Road, Napa

                         Agency Negotiator:  Michael Stoltz, County Executive Office

                         Negotiating Parties:  JALUX Americas, Inc.

                         Under Negotiation:  Terms of renewal/renegotiation of lease 

            CLOSED SESSION NOT HELD

 

            C.            CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION

(Government Code Section 54956.9 (a))

 

Names of cases:

1)            Jorge Deharo, Hector Olvera, Latinos Unidos de Napa, an Unincorporated

Association v. County of Napa et. al. (Case No. 26-22255)

2)            University of California Students Association et. al. v. Governor

Arnold Schwarzenegger et. al.

            CLOSED SESSIONS HELD – NO REPORTABLE ACTION

 

 

Adjournment.

ADJOURNED TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ REGULAR MEETING, TUESDAY,

FEBRUARY 24, 2004 AT 9:00 A.M.

 

 

_____________________________________

                                                                        MARK LUCE, Chairperson

 

 

ATTEST:            _____________________________________

                                    PAMELA MILLER, Clerk of the Board

 

 

 

KEY

 

Vote:    ML = Mark Luce; DD = Diane Dillon; BD = Bill Dodd; MR = Mike Rippey; BW = Brad Wagenknecht

 

The maker of the motion and second are reflected respectively in the order of the recorded vote.

 

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