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AGENDA FOR

MARIN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

MARIN COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

 

Agenda items will be heard at the time specified or later, depending on the progress of the meeting.

 

 Tuesday, June 23, 2009

 

9:45 a.m.     Convene as the Marin County Housing Authority Board of Commissioners

1a.                Open time for public expression, up to three minutes per speaker, on items not on the Housing Authority agenda.

 

1b.                Board of Commissioners' matters.

 

1c.                Executive Director's Report.

 

1d.               Request to adopt resolution authorizing submission of an application for a U.S. Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") Capital Fund Recovery grant, available through Federal stimulus funds.

                     Recommended action:  Adopt Resolution No. 07-2009.

 

                     Adjourn as the Marin County Housing Authority Board of Commissioners

 

10:00 a.m.  Convene as the Board of Supervisors

2.                  Presentation of "Employee of the Month" Award, June 2009, to Greg Miller of the Public Works Department.

 

3.                 Approval of minutes of the special meetings of March 25 and 30, June 11 and 15 and the regular meeting of June 9, 2009.

 

4.                  Board of Supervisors' matters.

 

5.                  Administrator's report.

 

6.                  Open time for public expression, up to three minutes per speaker, on items not on the Board of Supervisors' agenda.

 

7.                  Consent Calendar A (Items CA-1 through CA-10)

                     ("Consent Calendar A" reflects those agenda items that have prior policy approval from the Board.)

 

8.                  Consent Calendar B (Item CB-1)

                     ("Consent Calendar B" reflects those agenda items requiring four affirmative votes relating to budgetary matters.)

 

9                   Request from Supervisor McGlashan to authorize the President to send a letter to the California Public Utilities Commission ("CPUC") regarding Red & White Ferries, Inc., application to operate scheduled ferry service between Fisherman's Wharf and Sausalito.

 

10.               Presentation of the In-Home Supportive Services ("IHSS") Public Authority of Marin Annual Report.

                     Recommended action:  Receive Report.

 

11.                Request from the County Administrator for Board concurrence and adoption of response to 2008-2009 Grand Jury Report "Marin's homeless:  The 'invisible' problem that won't disappear" (April 13, 2009).

                     Recommended actions:  Concur in and thereby adopt the response and direct the President to submit the response to the Presiding Judge.

 

12.                Request from the Human Resources Department to approve tentative agreement with the Marin County Fire Department Firefighters Association for a two-year Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU"), effective July 1, 2009.

                     Recommended action:  Approve.

 

13.                Appointments:

                     a.      Commission on Aging

                            Three term expirations as follows:  One representing District 1 (Chrisula Asimos, incumbent), one representing District 2 (Roberta Michels, incumbent), and one representing District 5 (Patricia Lewis, incumbent).  Applications have been received as follows:

 

Designation

Applicants

District 1

*Chrisula Asimos, Sheryl Euman

District 2

*Roberta Michels

District 5

*Patricia Lewis

                              *Incumbent

                              Recommended actions:  Make three (3) appointments.

 

                     b.      County Service Area ("CSA") #16 – Greenbrae

                              Three term expirations (Ten Canon, Michael Hillman, Greg Shaughnessy, incumbents).  Applications have been received from Ten Canon and Greg Shaughnessy.

                              Recommended actions:  Make two (2) appointments and continue remaining appointment to July 14, 2009.

 

                     c.      Fish and Wildlife Commission

                             Two term expirations.  Applications have been received from the incumbents Loretta Farley (Conservation representative) and Brooke Halsey, Jr. (Sport Fisherman representative.).

                              Recommended actions:  Make two (2) appointments.

 

                     d.      Library Commission

                              Five term expirations as follows:  One representing District 1 (Lori O'Connor, incumbent), one representing District 2 (Judy Anderson, incumbent), one  representing District 3 (William Crandall, Jr., incumbent), one representing District 4 (Leslie Plant, incumbent), and one representing District 5 (Claudia Cardoza, incumbent).  Applications have been received as follows:

 

Designation

Applicants

District 1

*Lori O'Connor

District 2

*Judy Anderson

District 3

*William Crandall, Jr.

District 4

*Leslie Plant

District 5

John Kupersmith

                              *Incumbent

                              Recommended actions:  Make five (5) appointments.

 

                     e.      Workforce Investment Board

                              Twenty-one seats (vacancies and term expirations) representing Business, Education, Labor, Economic Development Agencies, Community-Based Organizations and 1-Stop Partners.  Applications have been received as follows:

 

Designation

Applicants

Business (12)

*Frank Borodic, *Lori Fromm, *Jennifer Gotti, *Eileen Graham, *Cathy Hall, Katie Kerns,

*M. Jill Magri, *Craig Nelson, *Liz Paris, *Leslie Ruhland, David Zwicky

Education (1)

*Gene Abbott

Labor (4)

*George Pegelow, *James Bill Scott,

Hunter Stern, 1 vacancy

Economic Development

Agency (1)

*Makini Hassan

Community-Based Organizations (2)

*Donna Lemmon, *Cecilia Zamora

1-Stop Partners (2)

*Mary Sweeney, 1 vacancy

                              *Incumbent

                              Recommended actions:  Make nineteen (19) appointments and continue remaining two appointments to July 21, 2009.

 

14.               Closed Session:

                    a.      Conference with legal counsel regarding anticipated litigation pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9(b)(1).  Number of Potential Cases:  One.

                   b.    Conference with legal counsel regarding existing litigation pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9(a). Name of case:  Namsaraeva v. County of Marin.  Marin County Superior Court Case No. CV-07-3930.

                    c.      Interviews with candidates for appointment to the position of Finance Director pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.

 

                     Reconvene in Open Session

                     Announcement from Closed Session.

 

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                     CONSENT CALENDAR A (Items CA-1 through CA-10)

                     ("Consent Calendar A" reflects those agenda items that have prior policy approval from the Board.)

 

CA-1.            Board of Supervisors:

                     Appointments:

                     a.      Child Care Commission

                              Schedule appointments for October 20, 2009, for the five seats appointed by the Board of Supervisors and the six appointments of the Marin County Superintendent of Schools, ratified by the Board of Supervisors, as follows:

 

                              Board of Supervisor appointments:

Designation

Incumbents

2 Consumers

Pagan Neil, vacancy

1 Public Agency

Donna West

1 Discretionary seat (Canal representative)

Marta Garcia

1 Community

Susanne Kreuzer

 

                             Marin County Superintendent of Schools appointments to be ratified by the Board of Supervisors:

Designation

Incumbents

2 Public Agency

Jennifer Bell, Mary Donovan

2 Community

Elizabeth Burns, Danielle Tarry

At-Large

Erik Schweninger

Provider

Kay Wernert

 

                     b.      Children and Families Commission

                              One At-Large term expiration (Aideen Gaidmore, incumbent).  Schedule appointment for July 21, 2009.

 

CA-2.            Child Support Services:

                     Request to approve reallocation 1.0 FTE Deputy Child Support Attorney IV to Administrative Services Officer, effective June 28, 2009, to support department restructuring efforts.

 

CA-3.            Cultural Services:

                     Authorize President to execute five-year agreement with The Epicurean Group for food and beverage concession services for the Marin Center and the Marin County Fair.

 

CA-4.            District Attorney:

                     Request to adopt Resolution No. 2009-___ authorizing submission of application to the California Emergency Management Agency ("CalEMA") for continued funding of the Child Abuse Treatment Program and authorizing the District Attorney to execute, on behalf of the County, the grant award agreement and any extensions or amendments thereof.

 

CA-5.            Health and Human Services:

                     NOTE:  Agreement in item CA-5a is a renewal of an existing agreement that was included in and funded in the FY 2008-09 budget.

                     a.      Authorize President to execute FY 2009-12 cooperative agreement (No. 27347) with the California Department of Rehabilitation ("DOR"), in an amount not to exceed $194,037, for vocational rehabilitation services.

                    b.      Authorize President to execute FY 2009-10 agreement with Santa Clara County, in an amount not to exceed $500,000, to provide mental health services at the Santa Clara County Jail, Psychiatric Inpatient Unit, for Marin County Community Mental Health Services clients within the criminal justice system.

                    c.      Authorize President to execute FY 2009-10 and FY 2010-11 agreements with the following providers, in a total amount of $1,375,000, for Mental Health Services Act ("MHSA") prevention and early intervention programs:  (i) Canal Alliance, in the annual amount of $60,000; (ii) Huckleberry Youth Programs, in the annual amount of $60,250; (iii) Novato Youth Center, in the annual amount of $27,250; (iv) Jewish Family & Children's Services, in the annual amount of $180,000; (v) Coastal Health Alliance, in the annual amount of $130,000; and (vi) Marin Community Clinics, in the annual amount of $230,000.

                     d.      Authorize President to execute FY 2008-09 County Performance Contract (including the County Use of State Hospitals Agreement) with the California Department of Mental Health, in the amount of $328,383, for State Hospital services as mandated by Section 5650 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

                     e.      Authorize President to execute FY 2008-09 agreement with Catholic Charities CYO, in an amount not to exceed $34,680, to provide counseling services to low-income Spanish speaking West Marin clients.

                     f.       Authorize President to approve extension of FY 2009-10 service provider agreements with various non-profits and individuals as detailed in staff report dated June 23, 2009.

                     g.      Request to (i) authorize President to execute amendment to FY 2008-09 master fee for service contract, increasing the amount by $26,000 for a total amount not to exceed $766,000, to apply to various fee for service contracts of more than $25,000 each with Marin Mental Health Plan Managed care providers who serve Medi-Cal clients; and (ii) authorize the Health and Human services Director to approve contracts pursuant to this master agreement.

                     h.      Request to (i) authorize President to execute amendment to 3-Year master fee for service contract, decreasing contract amount by $26,000 from $900,000 to $874,000, to apply to various fee for service contracts of less than $25,000 each with Marin Mental Health Plan providers who serve Medi-Cal clients; and (ii) authorize the Health and Human services Director to approve contracts pursuant to this master agreement.

                     i.       Request to approve personnel adjustments in the Division of Community Mental Health Services, as detailed in staff report dated June 23, 2009, to comply with the Community Services and Support Plan funded by the Mental Health Services Act, formerly Proposition 63.

 

CA-6.            Human Resources:

                     a.      Effective June 28, 2009, request to adopt new classification and salary range for Budget Manager (Class #0206), and take related actions as detailed in staff report dated June 23, 2009.

                    b.      Effective June 28, 2009, request to adopt new classification and salary range for Guardian/Conservator Program Manager II (Class #1219), abolish classification of Public Guardian (Class #1216), and take related actions as detailed in staff report dated June 23, 2009.

                     c.      Effective June 28, 2009, request to adopt new classification and salary range for Deputy Director of Information Services and Technology (Class #0924), and take related actions as detailed in staff report dated June 23, 2009.

                     d.      Effective June 28, 2009, abolish obsolete classifications from the County's class plan, as detailed in staff report dated June 23, 2009.

 

CA-7.           Library:

                    Authorize President to execute the following two agreements terminating the Joint Powers Agreements and sublease with the Town of Corte Madera related to the Corte Madera Library; (a) First Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement; and (b) agreement terminating the Second Amended and Restated Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement and the Sublease Regarding the Marin County-Corte Madera Public Library Authority.

 

CA-8.           Public Works:

                    a.      Adopt Traffic Resolution No. ___ establishing stop control on Estancia Way at the intersection and Adrian Way.

                    b.      Approve temporary closure of Centro Way between Greenhill Road and W. California Avenue in Mill Valley, on July 4, 2009, from 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. for a block party celebration.

                    c.      Approve temporary closure of Butterfield Road, between Oak Knoll Drive and Irving Drive, in Sleepy Hollow from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Friday, July 4, 2008, for the annual Independence Day parade.

                    d.      Approve temporary closure of Wharf Road and Brighton Avenue in Bolinas from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Friday, July 4, 2009, for the annual Independence Day celebration.

                    e.      Approve sole source purchase of a traffic video detection camera system from Econolite Control Products, Inc., of San Leandro, CA, in the amount of $141,131.49 for the Public Works Department.

                    f.       Approve sole source purchase of eight (8) Bantam Mass Casualty Incident Response Trailers from Disaster Response Solutions, Inc., of Milford, OH, in the amount of $148,482.56, for the Marin County Fire Department.

                   g.      Authorize the Public Works Director to award the construction contract to the lowest responsive bidder for the Alameda del Prado Streetlight Improvements, as detailed in staff report dated June 23, 2009 (Project No. 09-018).

                    h.      Request to approve plans and specifications and direct Clerk to advertise for bids for the 2009 Lucas Valley Resurfacing Project. (Engineer's Estimate: $1,000,000, Project No. 2009-17)

                     i.       Authorize President to execute agreement with John Roberto Associates, in the amount of $81,450, for preparation of environmental review documents for the Gnoss Field Runway Extension Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report ("EIS/EIR").

                    j.       Authorize the President to execute Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with the Transportation Authority of Marin ("TAM") regarding staffing.

 

CA-9.            Registrar of Voters:

                     a.      Approve the official canvass of results for the May 19, 2009, Statewide Special Election.

                     b.      Approve the official canvass of results for the June 2, 2009, Novato Unified School District Special Election.

 

CA-10.         Treasurer:

                     Monthly report of County, Schools, and District Investments as of May 31, 2009.

 

                     CONSENT CALENDAR B (Item CB-1) (Four affirmative votes required)

                     ("Consent Calendar B" reflects those agenda items requiring four affirmative votes relating to budgetary matters.)

 

CB-1.            Public Works:

                     Request to (a) increase expenditures for Phase A, Cal Park Tunnel Rehabilitation and Appurtenances, in an amount not to exceed $800,000; and (b) approve related budget actions as detailed in staff report dated June 23, 2009.