A G E N D A

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

DEL NORTE COUNTY

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

981 H STREET, ROOM 100

CRESCENT CITY, CA  95531

 

 

REGULAR MEETING

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

    10:00 AM

The Board of Supervisors of the County of Del Norte and the governing body of all other special assessment and taxing districts, for which said Board so acts, is now meeting in regular session.  Only those items that indicate a specific time will be heard at the assigned time.  All other items may be taken out of sequence to accommodate the public and staff availability.  Items followed with a ** indicate material attached in the agenda packet.

A closed session may be held at some time during the meeting to discuss litigation and/or personnel matters.  There is a 90-day statute of limitations relating to decisions rendered after a public hearing of the Board of Supervisors and a 60-day statute of limitations relating to ministerial actions of the Board of Supervisors.  NOTE:  If you challenge the decision of the Board of Supervisors in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in the notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors at, or prior to, the public hearing.  (Govt. Code § 65009).  When providing written correspondence to the Board of Supervisors you must provide a copy to the Clerk of the Board for inclusion in the official record.

 

Present:     Leslie McNamer, Martha McClure, Chuck Blackburn, Sarah Sampels and David Finigan

                  

Absent:       None

CLOSED SESSION 8:30 A.M.

Hold a closed session to consider and discuss litigation and personnel matters: I) Personnel negotiations pursuant to Government Code 54957.6 between County negotiators Personnel Program Manager and the County Administrative Officer and the Del Norte County Employees' Association, Sheriffs Employees' Association, represented and unrepresented bargaining units, II) Conference with legal counsel - anticipated litigation pursuant to Government Code 54956.9(b); significant exposure to litigation, one case; III) Conference with legal counsel - existing litigation pursuant to Government code 54956.9(a) one case, County of Del Norte vs. Beckett et al, Case No. CVUJ 05-1557; IV) Initiation of litigation pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 54956.9, 1 case. 

REGULAR SESSION 10:00 A.M.

10:00 A.M. Call the meeting to order and take roll.

·        The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag led by County Counsel Robert Black.

·        Introduction of new employees to the Board of Supervisors.

Action: New employee Monica Renea was introduced by the Building Maintenance Superintendent.

·        Report of any actions from closed session by County Counsel.

Action: County Counsel reported no final actions were taken in closed session.

·        The Chair requests any deletions, corrections or additions from Board members to the agenda at this time.  In order to add an item to the agenda, the matter must have come to the attention of the County subsequent to the posting of the agenda and the matter requires action before the next regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors.

Action: No deletions, corrections or additions were requested.

CONSENT AGENDA

Comments from members of the public may be heard at this time regarding matters on the Consent Agenda only.

Action: Consent Agenda was adopted unanimously.

No public comment was received.

 

Motion:    Move to approve

Move:       David Finigan

Second:    Chuck Blackburn

 

Vote Yea:       5              Chuck Blackburn, David Finigan, Leslie McNamer, Martha McClure, Sarah Sampels       

Vote Nay:       0              None

Vote Abstain: 0              None

1.     Approve and adopt the minutes from the March 28, 2006 meeting.**

2.     Proclaim April 2006 as "Child Abuse Prevention Month".**

3.     Proclaim April 23-29, 2006 as "Safety Seat Checkup Week".**

4.     Approve and Authorize the County Administrative Officer to sign a Master Lease Agreement with DELL Financial Services L.P. as requested by the Director of Information Technology.**

Action: DNCO Agreement Number 2006-047

5.     Approve the Memorandum of Understanding between Mental Health and Del Norte County Office of Education as requested by the Director of Mental Health.**

Action: DNCO Agreement Number 2006-044

6.     Approve the Contract between the County and Humboldt County Public Guardian as requested by the Director of Mental Health.**

Action: DNCO Agreement Number 2006-045

7.     Authorize the Director of Child Support Services to enter into the annual agreement between Del Norte CSS and California DCSS effective October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2007 as requested by the Director of Child Support Services.**

Action: DNCO Agreement Number 2006-046

8.     Approve and Authorize the Probation Department to finance award plaques for employees to be presented at the 12th annual LEADN Awards as requested by the Interim Chief Probation Officer.**

9.     Approve the applications to the Department of Criminal Justice Planning for Monies for the Victim Witness Program and Statutory Rape Vertical Prosecution;  Approve the application to the Department of Justice for the Monies for the Spousal Abuse Prosecution Program;  Adopt the Resolution Authorizing the District Attorney to Submit and Sign Grant Applications for the Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), Victim Witness SRVP and DOJ SAPP Grants requested by the District Attorney.**

Action: DNCO Resolution Number 2006-022

REGULAR ITEMS

SCHEDULED ITEMS:

10. 10:05 A.M.  COMMENT PERIOD:  Members of the public may address the Board on matters which are within the jurisdiction of the Board.  If you are addressing the Board regarding a matter listed on the agenda, you may be asked to hold your comments until the Board takes up that matter.  Please limit your comments to three minutes or less.

Action: Comments were heard from John Mertes on the new electronic agenda, Richard Miles commented on the airport and the disrepair, Richard Armstrong, representing the Resighini Rancheria commented on the reopening of the casino and introduced the Resighini Tribal Council, Sanji, from Reliant Construction commented on the casino project and Supervisor Finigan commented on the effectiveness of the 2x2 meetings and suggested that this be used as a venue to open communication and the development of an MOU with the Resighini.

11. 11:00 A.M.  Public Hearing to consider an Ordinance Amending Chapter 14.04, Sections 14.04.010 and 14.04.020 of the Del Norte County Ordinance Code relating to Uniform Building Codes.**

Action: DNCO Ordinance Number 2006-05

The Board unanimously adopted the ordinance.

 

 

Motion:    Move to approve

Move:       Leslie McNamer

Second:    Chuck Blackburn

 

Vote Yea:       5              Leslie McNamer, Chuck Blackburn, Martha McClure, David Finigan, Sarah Sampels       

Vote Nay:       0              None

Vote Abstain: 0              None

12. 11:15 A.M.  Public Hearing to consider an Ordinance Amending the Master Fee Ordinance and establishing Fees for Building Inspection, Planning, Code Enforcement, Engineering, Airports and Recreation.**

Action: DNCO Ordinance Number 2006-06

The Board adopted the ordinance with the change to .056 instead of .56 for light fixtures in the Building Inspection Fees.

 

Motion:    Move to approve

Move:       David Finigan

Second:    Leslie McNamer

 

Vote Yea:       5              David Finigan, Leslie McNamer, Martha McClure, Chuck Blackburn, Sarah Sampels       

Vote Nay:       0              None

Vote Abstain: 0              None

GENERAL GOVERNMENT:

13. Endorse the document "An Economic Evaluation of Public Investment in Tourism Marketing" as recommended by the Economic Goal Committee and presented by the Council of Economic Advisors as requested by the County Administrative Officer.**

Action: A presentation was given by Kevin Hartwick.  Mr. Hartwick stated that the document was unanimously endorsed by Tri Agency.

Comments were heard from Clark Moore, Richard Miles and Sandra Jerabek.

 

Motion:    Move to approve

Move:       Martha McClure

Second:    Leslie McNamer

 

Vote Yea:       5              Leslie McNamer, Chuck Blackburn, Sarah Sampels, David Finigan, Martha McClure      

Vote Nay:       0              None

Vote Abstain: 0              None

14. Consider and Discuss a letter to Congressman Pombo regarding HR 4893 as it applies to the Elk Valley Rancheria.  Take Action as Necessary.**

Action: Dale Miller comments on legislation.  The letter was written by Elk Valley Rancheria's attorney.  Supervisor McClure would like to see the grandfather clause included in the letter and the letter "beefed up".  Supervisor Finigan would like the Rancheria to allow us to continue to support their efforts and include this information as well.  The letter was approved with the changes and referred to County Counsel to draft a new letter.   

 

 

Motion:    Move to approve

Move:       David Finigan

Second:    Leslie McNamer

 

Vote Yea:       5              David Finigan, Leslie McNamer, Martha McClure, Chuck Blackburn, Sarah Sampels       

Vote Nay:       0              None

Vote Abstain: 0              None

15. Review and take action on the draft letter concerning the elimination of off-highway vehicles from Kellogg Beach as requested by County Counsel.**

Action: The letter was approved with the Chair and County Counsel to sign and the letter to be addressed to the head of recreation and general counsel.

Comments were heard from Richard Miles, Sandra Jerabek, Pat Grady, Vic Stratman, Donna Thompson, John Mertes, Dory Bruce, Eileen Mitchell, Susan Epperson, Mike Sullivan, and Armand Trinitopoli.

 

Motion:    Move to approve

Move:       David Finigan

Second:    Chuck Blackburn

 

Vote Yea:       5              David Finigan, Chuck Blackburn, Leslie McNamer, Martha McClure, Sarah Sampels       

Vote Nay:       0              None

Vote Abstain: 0              None

16. Adopt and forward to the listed offices a Resolution Determining the County's Designation of 15% of the Full Safety Net Payment Amount to be Allocated to Local Projects and the Allocation of these Funds between Title II and Title III which determines the options contained in HR 2389 regarding Forest Receipts for Del Norte County for the upcoming allocation of funds as requested by the Director of Community Development.**

Action: DNCO Resolution Number 2006-023

 

Motion:    Move to approve

Move:       David Finigan

Second:    Chuck Blackburn

 

Vote Yea:       5              David Finigan, Chuck Blackburn, Leslie McNamer, Martha McClure, Sarah Sampels       

Vote Nay:       0              None

Vote Abstain: 0              None

17. Approve and Authorize the Airport Manager to sign the grant application for an Environmental Assessment/Environmental Impact report (EA/EIR) for the new Terminal Building at CEC/Jack McNamara Field as requested by the Airport Manager.**

Action: Comments were heard from the Airport Manager and the FAA is currently supporting all projects.

 

Motion:    Move to approve

Move:       Leslie McNamer

Second:    David Finigan

 

Vote Yea:       5              Leslie McNamer, David Finigan, Martha McClure, Chuck Blackburn, Sarah Sampels       

Vote Nay:       0              None

Vote Abstain: 0              None

18. Approve and Authorize the Airport Manager to sign the grant application for the RSA compliance and improvement analysis for CEC/Jack McNamara Field as requested by the Airport Manager.**

 

Motion:    Move to approve

Move:       Leslie McNamer

Second:    David Finigan

 

Vote Yea:       5              Leslie McNamer, David Finigan, Martha McClure, Chuck Blackburn, Sarah Sampels       

Vote Nay:       0              None

Vote Abstain: 0              None

19. Approve and Authorize the Chair to sign the Amendment to the Grant Agreement with Cal-Trans, Division of Aeronautics, CAAP No. DN-2-04-1, for the Obstruction Removal Project at Ward Field as requested by the Airport Manager.**

Action: DNCO Agreement Number 2006-048

 

Motion:    Move to approve

Move:       Martha McClure

Second:    Leslie McNamer

 

Vote Yea:       5              Martha McClure, Leslie McNamer, Chuck Blackburn, Sarah Sampels, David Finigan         

Vote Nay:       0              None

Vote Abstain: 0              None

LAND USE:

20. Authorize the temporary street closure of 1st Street in Smith River, from Fred Haight Drive to the Smith River Community Services District parking lot from 11:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. on May 7, 2006 as requested by the County Engineer.**

 

Motion:    Move to approve

Move:       Leslie McNamer

Second:    David Finigan

 

Vote Yea:       5              Leslie McNamer, David Finigan, Martha McClure, Chuck Blackburn, Sarah Sampels       

Vote Nay:       0              None

Vote Abstain: 0              None

COMMITTEE/ACTIVITY REPORTS:

21. Receive other brief reports or announcements relative to County of Del Norte programs and projects, progress of the two by two committees, goal committees and/or Board and staff travel/training reports.  The Board may ask questions for clarification; make a referral to staff to take action to have a matter or business placed on a future agenda pursuant to Government Code 54954.2(a).

Action: Supervisor Finigan commented on attending a Safe and Healthy Families meeting, Economic Development Goal Committee meeting, RCRC Executive Board meeting, Aviation Advisory Commission meeting, and a meeting on the Children's Health Initiative; Supervisor McNamer reported on an Emergency LTCO meeting; Supervisor Blackburn reported on attending a Tri Agency meeting,  a meeting at Ship Ashore regarding snagging at the Sand Hole, a City Council meeting, Economic Development Goal Committee meeting, 2x2 meeting at Elk Valley Rancheria, Emergency LTCO meeting, a Chamber Mixer at Ship Ashore with the Curry Chamber and the National Forest Counties and Schools Coalition Conference; Supervisor McClure commented on the Recycle and Reuse Park for Solid Waste and the Tri Agency meeting; and Supervisor Sampels reported on attending the CSAC Legislative conference and Solid Waste meeting.

BUDGET TRANSFERS:

22. Approve a Budget Transfer (04-01) within the Administration and Grants budget in the amount of $36,750.00 as requested by the County Administrative Officer.**

 

Motion:    Move to approve

Move:       Leslie McNamer

Second:    David Finigan

 

Vote Yea:       5              Leslie McNamer, David Finigan, Chuck Blackburn, Martha McClure, Sarah Sampels       

Vote Nay:       0              None

Vote Abstain: 0              None

23. Approve a Budget Transfer (04-04) within the Bar-O Budget in the amount of $36,723.00 as requested by the Interim Chief Probation Officer.**

 

Motion:    Move to approve

Move:       Leslie McNamer

Second:    Chuck Blackburn

 

Vote Yea:       5              Leslie McNamer, Chuck Blackburn, Martha McClure, David Finigan, Sarah Sampels       

Vote Nay:       0              None

Vote Abstain: 0              None

24. Approve a Budget Transfer (04-05) with in the Juvenile Hall Budget in the amount of $30,507.00 as requested by the Interim Chief Probation Officer.**

 

Motion:    Move to approve

Move:       Leslie McNamer

Second:    Chuck Blackburn

 

Vote Yea:       5              Leslie McNamer, Chuck Blackburn, Martha McClure, David Finigan, Sarah Sampels       

Vote Nay:       0              None

Vote Abstain: 0              None

25. Approve a Budget Transfer (04-03) within the Health and Social Services Bioterrorism Preparedness budget in the amount of $4,000.00 as requested by the Director of Health and Social Services.**

 

Motion:    Move to approve

Move:       David Finigan

Second:    Leslie McNamer

 

Vote Yea:       5              David Finigan, Leslie McNamer, Martha McClure, Chuck Blackburn, Sarah Sampels       

Vote Nay:       0              None

Vote Abstain: 0              None

26. Approve a Budget Transfer (04-02) within the Bar-O-Ranch budget in the amount of $5000.00 as requested by the Director of Bar-O-Ranch.**

 

Motion:    Move to approve

Move:       David Finigan

Second:    Leslie McNamer

 

Vote Yea:       5              David Finigan, Leslie McNamer, Martha McClure, Chuck Blackburn, Sarah Sampels       

Vote Nay:       0              None

Vote Abstain: