COUNTY OF PLACER
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 18,
2005
AGENDA
9:00 a.m
Bill Santucci, District 1, Vice
Chairman Jan Christofferson,
County Executive
Robert Weygandt, District 2, Chairman Robert Bendorf, Assistant County
Executive
Jim Holmes, District 3 Anthony J. La Bouff, County Counsel
Edward “Ted” M. Gaines, District 4 John Marin, Administrative Officer
Bruce Kranz, District 5 Ann Holman, Clerk of the Board
County
Administrative Center, 175 Fulweiler Avenue, Auburn, CA 95603
Placer
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9:00
a.m.
FLAG
SALUTE - Led
by Supervisor Gaines.
STATEMENT
OF MEETING PROCEDURES
- Read by Clerk.
PUBLIC
COMMENT - Persons may address
the Board on items not on this agenda.
Please limit comments to 3 minutes per person since the time allocated
for Public Comment is 15 minutes. If all
comments cannot be heard within the 15-minute time limit, the Public Comment
period will be taken up at the end of the regular session. The Board is not permitted to take any action
on items addressed under Public Comment.
SUPERVISOR’S
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
CONSENT
AGENDA - All items on the Consent
Agenda (Items 1 thru 14) have been recommended for approval by the County
Executive Department. All items will be
approved by a single roll call vote.
Anyone may ask to address Consent items prior to the Board taking
action, and the item will be removed from the Agenda for discussion.
Action:
1. ORDINANCES
– Second reading:
a. Personnel/Civil Service Commission (PDF) – Ordinance amending Chapter 3, Section 3.12.010, Allocation of Positions relating to Health and Human Services and Sheriff.
2. WARRANT
REGISTERS – Weeks ending December 10, 17, 24 and 31, 2004.
3. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:
a. Approve
contract with Joann Bates (PDF) to provide secretarial services to the
Foresthill Forum Advisory Council, Meadow Vista Muicipal Advisory Council, North Aubrn Muncipal
Advisory Council and the Weimar/Applegate/Colfax
Municipal Advisory Council.
b. Approve contract with Lois
Clausen (PDF) to provide secretarial services to the Rural Lincoln
Municipal Advisory Council and the Sheridan Municipal Advisory Council.
c. Approve minutes (PDF) of November 2, 23, and December 7, 14, 29, 2004.
4. CLAIMS AGAINST THE COUNTY (PDF) - County Counsel recommends rejection of the following claims:
a. 04-130,
Barnett, Virginia, $25,000+, (Wrongful Death).
b. 04-134,
Christoff, Robert, $200,000+, (Bodily Injury).
c. 04-140,
Saldivar, Brandon, $1,380, (Reimbursement of Fees).
5. COMMITTEES
& COMMISSIONS:
a. County Parks
Commission – Approve appointment of Rich Murray to Seat #7, (District #5) as
requested by Supervisor Gaines.
b. Greater Auburn Area Fire Safe
Council (PDF) - Approve appointment of Glenda J. Freeman to Seat #3,
(District 3) as requested by Supervisor Holmes.
c. Horseshoe Bar Area Municipal
Advisory Council (PDF) – Approve appointment of Dennis Gage to Seat #5, as
requested by Supervisor Holmes.
d. In-Home Supportive Services Advisory
Committee – Approve reappointment of Deborah Dahl to Seat #1, (Service
Recipient/Parent/Guardian).
e. Library Advisory Board (PDF)
- Approve appointment of Casey Klein to Seat #5 (District 5), as requested by
Supervisor Kranz.
f. Planning Commission – Approve reappointment
of James Forman to Seat #3 (District 3), as requested by Supervisor Holmes.
g. Rural Lincoln Municipal
Advisory Council (PDF) – Approve appointment of Deirdre E. Lefty to Seat
#4, as requested by Supervisor Weygandt.
6. COUNTY COUNSEL:
a. Resolutions (13) amending the
authorizing resolution for each Municipal Advisory Council (PDF)
(hereinafter “MAC”) in the County of Placer to change the term of member
appointments from two years to four years for MACs within supervisorial
districts one, three, four, and five, reflect consistent language and
format for each authorizing resolution, immediately vacate currently seated MAC
members in district five, and fix the member terms for all MACs, except those
in district two, to commence with supervisorial terms.
b. Approve appointment of
Anthony La Bouff (PDF), County Counsel, or a designated representative of
his office, and Timothy B. Balcom, Placer County Bar Association President, to
the Law Library Board of Trustees.
7. COUNTY EXECUTIVE:
a. Approve a merit increase for Kristina Shramek (PDF), Deputy County Counsel II, from Step 2 to Step 3, retroactive to December 25, 2004.
b. Approve a merit increase for
Kristen Spears (PDF), Assistant Assessor, from Step 1 to Step 2, effective
January 22, 2005.
c. County Service Area #28, Zone
of Benefit #165 (Dry Creek Fire) (PDF) - Resolution removing 3,162 acres of
territory from County Service Area #28, Zone of Benefit #165, due to annexation
of the area by the City of Roseville. As
a result of the annexation, this territory is now within the service
responsibility of the City of Roseville.
8. COUNTY EXECUTIVE/ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (PDF) – Resolution supporting renewal of the County of Placer's Recycling Market Development Zone (RMDZ) Program; adopt the Negative Declaration for the project to renew the Program, approve the submittal of an RMDZ renewal application to include the cities of Roseville, Rocklin, Lincoln, Auburn, Colfax and the Town of Loomis and agree to administer the RMDZ Program.
9. COUNTY EXECUTIVE/LOCAL AGENCY
FORMATION COMMISSION (LAFCO) (PDF) – Introduction of an ordinance, amending
Chapter 3, Section 3.08.070 and 3.12.030, relating to title and specification
changes to the Local Agency Formation Commission Executive Officer/General
Counsel position in the unclassified service and modify the salary to be
commensurate with the newly adopted duties.
10. HEALTH & HUMAN
SERVICES/ADULT SYSTEM OF CARE (PDF) - Approve acceptance of the Sutter
Hospital 2005 Community Benefit Grant Program award, in the amount of $32,000,
to receive funds for the Senior Peer Counseling Program and authorize the
Director of Health & Human Services to sign the grant agreement.
11. PLANNING -
Authorize the Chairman to
sign letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (PDF) regarding proposed
designation of "Critical Habitat" for certain species that inhabit
vernal pools in Western Placer County.
12. PROCUREMENT SERVICES - In accordance with County Policy, non-contested bids under $100,000 are placed on the Consent Agenda. Authorize the Purchasing Manager to sign the following:
a. Bid #9300, Floor Covering & Services/Facility Services (PDF) – Renew bid with Contract Furnishings, in the maximum amount of $90,000.
b. Purchase Order #11842, Compressed Natural Gas/Public Works (PDF) – Approve Change Order #1 to blanket purchase order with Pacific Gas & Electric, in the maximum amount of $44,000.
c. Purchase Order #11918, Auto Painting & Repairs/Public Works (PDF) – Approve Change Order #1 to blanket purchase order with Maaco Auto Painting & Body Work, in the maximum amount of $30,000.
d. Purchase Order, Aviation Fuel/Sheriff (PDF) – Award blanket purchase order to Multiservice of Overland Park, in the maximum amount of $55,000.
13. PUBLIC WORKS/AUBURN RAVINE
ROAD RIGHT-TURN LANE PROJECT, CONTRACT #73190 (PDF) – Resolution
authorizing the Director of Public Works to execute the Notice of Completion
for the project.
14. PUBLICWORKS/BICKFORD
RANCH SUBDIVISION PROJECT:
a. Construction Management,
Inspection & Testing Services, Contract #73186 (PDF) – Resolution
authorizing the Director of Public Works to sign and execute Contract Amendment
#1 with Bickford Holdings, LLC, to execute annual contract renewals and to
execute documents and take other actions to implement the contract.
b. Construction Management,
Inspection & Testing Services, Contract #020455 (PDF) – Resolution
authorizing the Director of Public Works to sign and execute Contract Amendment
#1 with Parson Brinckerhoff, Inc., to execute annual contract renewals and to
execute documents and take other actions to implement the contract.
*** End of Consent
Agenda***
DEPARTMENT
ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED BEFORE NOON, AS TIME ALLOWS
DEPARTMENT ITEMS:
15. COUNTY CLERK/ELECTIONS (PDF)
– Approve budget revision authorizing payoff of the existing finance agreement
for the Elections Optical Scan Voting System, as required for receipt of
additional Proposition 41 Voting Modernization Funds from the State, authorize
the Purchasing Manager to execute financial documents, and approve reserving
the net funds received from the State for future required touch screen voting
equipment purchases.
Action:
16. COUNTY
EXECUTIVE:
a. Public Fireworks Displays
(PDF) - Receive a formal update on proposed
fireworks ordinance revisions and a report on the results of a public meeting
held on January 10, 2005, in North Lake Tahoe.
b. Sierra Nevada Conservancy
(PDF) - Appoint a member of the Board of Supervisors,
to confer with appointed members from the other counties (El Dorado, Nevada and
Yuba), within the central sierra sub region, to jointly select a County
Supervisor from the sub region to serve on the Sierra Nevada Conservancy Board.
Action:
17. COUNTY EXECUTIVE/EMERGENCY SERVICES:
a. North Tahoe Fire Protection
District (PDF) - Resolution approving the North Tahoe Fire Protection
District 2004 Capital Facilities and Mitigation Fee Expenditure Plan with a
1.0% Consumer Price Index-Urban Consumer fee increase.
Action:
b. Placer Consolidated Fire Protection
District (PDF) - Resolution approving the Placer Consolidated Fire
Protection District FY 2004/05 Capital Improvement Plan with a 2.1% Consumer
Price Index-Urban Consumer fee increase.
Action:
18. COUNTY COUNSEL/ADJOURN TO
CLOSED SESSION (PDF):
LITIGATION
PERSONNEL SESSION/LABOR RELATIONS
Pursuant to the cited authority (all references are to the
Government Code), the Board of Supervisors will hold a closed session to
discuss the following listed items. A
report of any action taken will be presented prior to adjournment.
(A) §54956.9 - CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL
(1) Existing Litigation:
(a) Western
Placer Citizens for an Agricultural and Rural Environment (WPCARE), a
California non-profit corporation, County of Placer and County of Placer Board
of Supervisors; vs. Teichert, Inc., and Does 1-20, Placer County Superior Court
Case No.: SCV-15349.
(b) Pacific
Gas and Electric Company vs. State Board of Equalization, et al, Fresno County
Superior Court Case No.
05-CE-CG-00003-MWS.
CLOSED SESSION
REPORT:
TIMED
ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE TIME SHOWN:
9:05 a.m.
19. PRESENTATION (PDF) –
Presentation of a resolution by Senator Aanestad to Supervisor Kranz
congratulating him on his outstanding service as a Senate employee on his
staff.
9:30 a.m.
20. FACILITY SERVICES/EASTERN
REGIONAL MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY (PDF):
a. Public
hearing to consider approving new solid waste tipping fees for disposal of
television sets and computer monitors at the facility.
Action:
b. Approve
a contract amendment incorporating the addition of recommended tipping fees.
Action:
c. Make
a finding pursuant to Section 21080(b)(8) of the Public Resource Code that the
new fees are derived directly from the cost of providing service and are
necessary to meet operating expenses and are exempt from environmental review.
Action:
10:30 a.m.
Workshop
Placer County Administrative Center
County Executive Office, Conference
Room 1
Auburn, CA
21. PERSONNEL/WORKFORCE PLANNING
(PDF) - Receive information
and findings from staff related to the Workforce Analysis and Planning project
and direct staff to bring back, within
the next two months, specific policy recommendations concerning
recruitment, retention, training, and other related employment issues.
Action:
12:00 NOON
22. LUNCH – At the Placer County Administrative Center, Conference Room A, 175
Fulweiler Avenue, Auburn - Agenda Scheduling and the Year 2005 Committee
Assignments.
1:30 p.m.
23. PLANNING/APPEAL/MAJOR
SUBDIVISION/CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT/SILLER RANCH
(SUB-424/CUP-3008) AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR)/STATE
CLEARINGHOUSE (SCH) #2003022122 (PDF) - Continued public hearing to discuss the information and take final action
to certify the EIR, adopt the statement of overriding considerations and
proposed findings, approve the use permit and approve the tentative subdivision
map, subject to any changes in findings or conditions deemed appropriate after
the Board's deliberations. (Continued
from 12-7-04)
The property (APN #080-160-005, 006, 011, 012; 110-030-002, 003) is located in Martis Valley, south of the Lahontan Subdivision, at the southern end of Schaffer Mill Road, and is currently zoned RS-BX 20-acre min.-PD 0.72, O, OP (Residential Single-Family, Combining Building Site of 20-acre min., Combined Planned Development of 0.72 dwelling units per acre, and Open Space and Office and Professional). The Board of Supervisors will also consider certification of the EIR for the project (SCH #2003022122).
The original hearing held on October
18, 2004 was held in order to consider the appeals from the Town of Truckee and
from the law office of Shute, Mihaly, and Weinberger, on behalf of Sierra
Watch, the Sierra Club, the Mountain Area Preservation Foundation, the League
to Save Lake Tahoe, and the Planning and Conservation League. The appellants
appealed the Planning Commissions’ certification of the environmental impact
report (EIR) and approval of the Siller Ranch project proposed by Ron Parr/DMB
Highlands Group. The Siller Ranch
project consists of 726 residential units, an 18-hole golf course and
clubhouse, a par-3, 9-hole golf course, an amphitheatre and other recreational
amenities, public and private trails and open space. The October 18, 2004 hearing was continued to
December 7, 2004, to permit further discussion regarding trails and affordable
housing requirements. On December 7,
2004, the Board held a public hearing and took testimony related to the trails
and affordable/employee housing issues.
The Board directed staff to collaborate with the Town of Truckee on the
employee housing issue and return to the Board regarding the
affordable/employee housing issue only.
The December 7, 2004 hearing was continued to February 22, 2005 at 1:30
p.m., to further consider the affordable/employee housing requirements, and is
now scheduled for January 18, 2005 at 1:30 p.m.
Public comment will be limited to the
Project’s affordable/employee housing requirements.
Action:
2:00 p.m.
24. PLANNING/CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT/"NORTHSTAR-AT-TAHOE, MOUNTAIN
IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS"/PCPBT20040590) ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR)
(PDF) - Public hearing to consider
an appeal of the Planning Commission's approval of a Conditional Use Permit
entitlement package for the mountain improvements included in the certified
Mountain Improvement Project EIR. After
an appeal to the Board of Supervisors, the Mountain Improvements Project (MIP)
Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was certified in July 2004. The Echo Lift Replacement Project, a
component of the MIP, was issued a Conditional Use Permit in July 2004 and an
Improvement Plan approval in August 2004, and is currently being
constructed. The remaining components of
MIP are the subject of this appeal and include new ski lifts, replacements
lifts and associated ski trails. All
activities will occur on portions of the resort that are already developed for
ski activity. The appeal has been filed
by the Mountain Area Preservation Foundation.
The APNs 080-260-008, 080-260-013, 110-030-062, 110-030-066, 110-050-017,
110-050-023, 110-050-024, 110-050-036, 110-050-041, 110-050-042, 110-050-043, 110-050-038,
110-050-040, 110-080-051, 110-080-052, and 110-080-059 are located at the
Northstar-at-Tahoe ski resort properties.
Action:
2:30 p.m.
25. PLANNING/MAJOR
SUBDIVISION/CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT/"HIGHLANDS VILLAGE" (PSUB20040612)
MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION (EIAQ-3785) (PDF) - Public hearing to consider two appeals related to
the Planning Commission's approval of a Major Subdivision/Conditional Use
Permit to allow for a Planned Development (PD) of a +/- 13 acre property in the
Dollar Hill area consisting of a mix of 50 market rate single-family housing
units, 78 affordable senior apartments and +/- 4,800 sq. ft. of commercial
development. One appeal was filed by the
project applicant who seeks approval for a gated entry feature. The other was filed by the Highlands
Homeowners' Association and challenges the environmental review of the project.
The property (APN #093-160-072, -076,
-077, -078, -065) is zoned PAS009B, consists of 13 acres +/- and is located at
3205 North Lake Boulevard, Tahoe City.
Action:
ITEMS
FOR INFORMATION:
26. AUDITOR-CONTROLLER:
a. Report of Refunds (PDF) –
Report of refunds of $1,000 or less issued by the Auditor-Controller from
January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2004, for a total of $78,528.22.
b. Statement of Condition of
Cash in the Treasury for month ending December 30, 2004 (PDF).
ADJOURNMENT
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ 2005 MEETING
SCHEDULE:
February
08, 2005
February
22, 2005
March
08, 2005
March
29, 2005