December 19, 2000 BOS Meeting ***Item 49: JOB OPPORTUNITY The last meeting of 2000 began at 8:30 AM with Chairman
Mike Reilly presiding. Supervisors Kerns, Reilly, Smith and
Kelley were present. Supervisor Cale was away on vacation.
The supervisors will NOT meet December 26th or January 2nd.
The first meeting of 2001 will be on January 9th. Chair: On behalf of the board, I want to wish everyone
happy holidays. For all the county staff we'll try to make
you happier by not meeting until January 9th. Chair: The first item before the board is Special
Districts Consent, Items 1 through 6. Any questions? S. Kelley: It's just another example of the efforts of
the Water Agency on fisheries, especially the opportunity to
open up 45 miles of spawning and rearing habitat for fish.
It's an example of what our folks do on the ground. Record 4 [yes] 0 [no] 1
[absent] [BW Note: They voted YES to 1. Approved $121,000 to Burbank Housing associated with
the Firehouse Village Apartments in Sonoma 2. RRCSD:
Approved sludge hauling agreement with Industrial Carting
($16,000) 3. SCWA dissolution of Sears Point Sanitation Zone 4.
Kawana Booster Pump Station Project Change Order 1 ($11,919
increase) Argonaut Constructors 5. Prince Memorial Greenway
Project soil remediation for soil contamination ($400,000),
SR Creek, Santa Rosa 6. Mumford Dam (Ukiah) fish passage and
riparian restoration ($60,000 Phase I) Total $420,905, 01-02
Phase 2] Chair: Special Districts, Sonoma Valley Sanitation
District Record 2-0-1 Mayor Barnett absent [BW Note: They voted YES for these: 7. Extension of local emergency main sewer trunk line
north and south of Leveroni Road on Broadway 8. Extension of local emergency for Reservoirs R1 and
R2] Chair: That brings us to Board of Supervisors Consent
Calendar. S. Kelley: Mr. Chairman, I'd like to thank the Economic
Development Board for 20, the contract with the Redwood
Empire Association ($25,000) and record a NO vote on Item
Number 10. And appreciate the review of Item 28 by the staff
to make sure we didn't spend an extra $300,000 or $400,000
on the guard rail project. [BW Note: 20. What is the $25,000 contract for with
the Redwood Empire Association? 10. Resolution renewing local emergency for HIV and
Hepatitis C through use of contaminated needles. Necessary
to get legal Clean Needle Exchange Program. 23. Public Works
rejected all bids for construction of guard rails on a
section of River Road due to high bids. Public Works
estimated $547,865.75. The LOWEST bid was $849,000.] Chair: With a No on Item 10. Consent is adopted on a
4-0-1 vote. ______________________________ [BW Note: WHAT wasn't discussed or even
mentioned? 9. $275,000 Human Services: Grant for children age 0 to
5 11. $250,000 Human Services: document imaging system 12. $50,000 Human Services: On-the-Job Training 13. $28,445 Human Services: contract with YWCA domestic
violence intervention services 14. Resolution approving 01-02 funding process design and
priorities for Child Abuse and Community Services 15. Audit Report accepted for Children and Families
Commission for June 2000. 17. Restore SR City High District's Canceled Bond
Authorization to 1991 requirements 18. $__?__ Agreement for Financial Consultant Services
between Fieldman, Rolapp & Associates and County 19. $35,000 for Economic Development Board: Agreement
with David Heller and Katherine Spiering to provide web
development services to official web site for tourism
program 21. Monte Rio Wastewater System: PRMD: Accept grants of
$596,559. $350,000 from State Coastal Conservancy and State
Water Resources Control Board grant of $246,558 22. Williamson Act Contract Phase-Out by Michael and
Rosemarie Paulin, Vine Hill Road, Sebastopol 23. Accepted grant deed for protective easement, a
condition of minor subdivision 24. Ag Easement and Covenant: George Googins; farm family
unit at 2137 & 2136 Chileno Valley Road, Petaluma 25. Ag Preserve established on two parcels 29 and 22
acres at 1910 & 2010 Spring Hill Road, Petaluma 26. Crinella Subdivision: accepting Laguna Vista Road
into county highway system, declaring Laguna Vista Road at
Hall Road a stop intersection 27. $75,000 Roblar Site Closure Improvements: WQCB
required county to grade closed landfill site to prevent
ponding of water preventing leachate seeps into groundwater
and surface water + fence the site. 29. S. Cale is establishing the Mayacamas Fire Advisory
Board to advise on the use of special tax funds in the
Mayacamas zone of benefit and appointing William Bird, Tracy
Walling, Marilyn Ponting. 30. Disaster Academy 2000 was composed of 622 county,
city, and special district employees. 31. $37,681.66 Hall of Justice ADA & Ergonomics
Upgrades: No change of contract time for carpet in "well" of
courtrooms. 32. Expansion of office space at 625 Fifth Street, SR,
4,500 sq. ft. 33. Chair to execute contracts with Manpower, Kelly, and
Spherion-Pacific for one year temporary services
contract 34. Reclassification - Assessor's Office for new
cadastral drafting series, assessment process specialist,
supervising assessment clerk, effective Dec 12, 00 for the
following: SC Water Agency, Community Development
Commission, Northern Sonoma County Air Pollution Control
District, Board of Supervisors 35. Department of Health Services: approve four
classification studies by consultant 36. Approve records retention schedule and authorizing
the destruction of records, Probation, Juvenile Hall. 37. $56,250 with Ann Swanson for analysis and
programming, Professional Services Contract 39. Authorize execution of employment contract with Janie
Walsh 40. Appropriation transfer, final budget, $751 to
Regional Parks 41. $50,000 from appropriations for contingencies to
Clover Drive well contamination 42. Status Report on transfer from Appropriations for
Contingencies General Fund 43. $238,000 paid to Robert and Donna Cochran who sued
the county in an eminent domain case; property required for
Phase II Sebastopol Road Improvement Project, acceptance of
easement deeds and proration and transfer of taxes and
refund, if applicable. 44. Minutes approved for meeting of November 28, 2000 for
Sonoma County Water Agency and Board of Supervisors and
minutes for the Sonoma Valley County Sanitation District
Minutes are available from the receptionist upon request.
All were approved 4-0-1] 4 YES 0 NO 1 absent _______________________________________________ Chair: Supervisor Smith, I think you have the next Item,
38, Resolution honoring Michael Panas for 22 years of
service with the Board of Retirement. S. Smith: When Mike began there was $35 million
available. Now there is $900 million. I don't know if we can
afford to let him go. Photo with S. Smith and Michael Panas 44A. Celebration of Sarah Bei, runner. S. Smith: She's obviously skilled in athletics, how she
handles the media, how she respects her competitors, is an
excellent student, and won the National Footlocker Cross
Country Championship and doing it in record style is just
amazing. Come up and tell us what's next. Sarah Bei: You wanted to know what's next? Indoor track
meets in New York. I'm looking at different colleges. Supervisor Kerns: My sister-in-law is a teacher at
Montgomery High. She has the highest praise for Sarah. Photo
with S. Smith and Sarah Bei REGULAR CALENDAR SONOMA COUNTY WATER AGENCY 45. Sotoyome Resource Conservation District Russian River
Watershed Program ($150,000) Staff: Renee Weber, Manager of Environmental Resources,
Water Agency: The program will expire at the end of this
year. We're asking to continue the program for two years.The
program began in 1998 to improve the habitat and health of
threatened fish species. We facilitate cooperation with
landowners. They put on 30 workshops and training sessions,
creek monitoring for temperature, creek conditions, stream
flow, and rainfall in 6 separate watersheds. Tim Anderson, Governmental Affairs: Proposed programs for
2001-02: Create subwatershed maps, annual reports and
administration, formation of new watershed groups, assisting
new watershed groups, restoration projects and workshops. We
have Cary Williams, district manager and Ron Aeleri,
chairman of the RCD board. That concludes our
presentation. Chairman Reilly: The board has been very supportive of
the Sotoyome RCD because of the high quality of work and its
unique position in working with private landowners. This
gives us access to many areas of the watershed that we might
not have. Supervisor Smith: About 90% of the watershed is privately
held. Without this group we'd be in a difficult position to
access this property. Chair: Record 4-0-1. Thank you for the good work. If
anyone is here for Item 54, we're going to hold that item
until January 9th. [BW Note: 54 is recruiting and retention committee
report.] HEALTH SERVICES 46. Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment and State
Grant Allocation $211,602, and adding 2 full-time positions
Some of these funds will go to the youth treatment program,
the probation Camp Sierra and Valley of the Moon Homes,
increased the grant to Our House, increase hours at Sonoma,
Windsor, Petaluma, Santa Rosa and Guerneville. We hope to
have a Clean and Sober School in Petaluma.On the adult side
we're adding a clinical director who will coordinate with
the county and our contractors. We're working on how to
implement Prop 36 [drug treatment, not jail] The
effective date was November 8, 2000, but that's not firm.
VOTE: 4-0-1 47. $10,000 contribution to First Night Celebration from
Human Services budget. It's an alcohol-free event and looked
at as an opportunity to do alcohol and drug prevention work,
to inform the community about our services. We put this on
the agenda at Supervisor Kerns' request. Supervisors Kelley, Smith and Kerns spoke in support of
the program, "a logistics wonder." Chair: I agree this is certainly a worthwhile event. We
consolidated First Night into an annual $50,000 allocation.
It's been the goal to become self-supporting. Given the
level of support we've already given, I think I'll defer on
this. Public Comment: Bill Pisenti, Redwood Empire TRIM:
Where's this going to be held? The taxpayers pay ahead? Is
it free? Isn't it time we get something back instead of
contributing to everything that comes along? I think the
taxpayers shouldn't have to pay this contribution. Thank
you. Chair: I think we have a 3-1-1 on this item. Chair voted
No. Item 48. Mental Health Adult Homeless Services allocating
$1,209,209 from the State Department of Mental Health and
adding 7.35 FTE positions Staff: Money came from a competitive funding process
whereby the county competed with other counties to get the
grant money. 21 counties were funded and we are one of the
lucky ones. Most important was the 24-hour seven-day a week
outreach effort. It is mobile and can pick up the homeless
and take them to an emergency shelter. It also requires an
assertive community treatment approach, transitional and
permanent housing, money management, and employment
services. These HAVE to be new services AND New clients.
There are 22 agencies involved including law enforcement.
There are 72 clients. The number one goal is to reduce homelessness among these
75 people and to reduce their hospitalizations. $15,000 per
person per year is allocated. Supervisor Kelley was concerned about adding 7.35
full-time positions. The answer was that 24-7 required more
staff, and we are understaffed in Mental Health. We're
taking this opportunity to increase staff. Vote 4-0-1. [***Note: JOB OPPORTUNITY] 49. Human Services position allocations: add one FTE
Program Development Manager position and one FTE Employment
and Training Coordinator position for the H-1B Technical
Skills Training project Staff Report: SRJC, Petaluma Campus will train
individuals for jobs so employers do not have to recruit
non-citizens from other countries to take those jobs
[H-1B = US visa]. You move people up in the
organization. That creates vacancies that are backfilled by
other individuals. Ultimately, unemployed individuals fill
the entry-level jobs. This grant will serve 250 individuals.
40 will be youth to be set up in high tech career track. The
grant is for a 2-year period with possible extensions. The
two requested positions are tied to the grant. Funds will be
available in January. Vote: 4-0-1. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD 50. Resolution establishing a "Friendship Region" between
the Shire of Yarra Ranges, Australia and Sonoma County. It's
about one hour from Melbourne. Similar to SC: ag, vineyards,
tourism, high tech discovery. Agreement is for 2 years.
Vote: 4-0-1 GENERAL SERVICES 51. Juvenile Hall Replacement: Approve Change Order #5,
$79,900 to agreement for additional studies with The Design
Partnership for full architectural services for the new
juvenile hall for a total design cost of $177,455. Project
to be finished in 2004. Chair: We were not successful competing for grant funds
in the last go-round. We need to do everything we can to
make sure we come in with a successful grant application.
Supervisors Kelley and Kerns agreed. Vote: 4-0-1 INFORMATION SYSTEMS 52. Professional services contract amendments $140,000 to
provide highly skilled tech resources that exceed the
capacity of inhouse resources. We have not been able to fill
our vacancies because of salary differentials in the Bay
Area. Vote: 4-0-1 53. Transfer $153,932 to add building outlines and
centroids of unincorporated Sonoma County for Digital
Orthophotography Staff Report: These photos will be of roof outlines not
the footprint. We'll assign a centroid or center of mass for
that building. Then that center of mass will represent the
building outline. We'll get a true picture of what has been
built in the county, whether it's been permitted or not,
whether we know about it or not. There is a tremendous cost
savings doing it now rather than later. Are you interested
in hearing a 5 to 8 minute presentation? The board agreed to hear a 5 minute presentation. Paul Buzanski: Adding parcel numbers to the maps is
nearly complete. Only the Carneros Region is left. That's
being done by the Sonoma Ecology Center for the Water
Agency. It's done primarily by extra help and Sonoma State
interns. We're transmitting parcel data to the assessor now.
We're sending data for streets, roads, right of ways,
bikeways, bridges to Public Works. We're working with all
the departments to make sure the flow of data is timely and
accurate. We're recommending that PRMD lead the effort to
reform addressing in the county. [lots of chuckles from
board members: someone muttered, "Water Heaters!" We'll
require 500 gigabytes of distant space. The next part of the project will be parcel alignment. We
will be working on getting parcels in relation to bodies of
water and roads. So we'll get parcels where they actually
belong. That will help us get district lines correct. Chair: That'll also help people to build their additions
on their own property instead of the neighbors'. Paul Buzanski: It will not be a legal representation of
the parcels. The quality of our aerial photography is
excellent. Building footprints are needed for emergency
dispatching, for finding buildings for permits and
inspections, for comparison in future years to find
buildings that we don't know about. S. Smith: Could you tell us more about addressing, how
you're going to work with PRMD to come up with something
beside water heaters? Chris Arnold has said that she would like to correct the
addressing issues with odd and even numbers, inconsistent
ranges where numbers are duplicated, a lot of problems. It's
a big project. Chair: We've made a commitment to get up to speed with
GIS. Supervisor SMITH will be LEADING THE BOARD NEXT YEAR,
but I personally would be interested in having a workshop
for the board and the public and outline some of the major
uses and challenges of what we're facing. Paul Buzanski: We did have a very successful GIS Day on
November 15th. Approximately 300 people came through. We had
3 school classes coming through. We could put something
together. In answer to a question about Santa Rosa, they are
improving the resolution within their city limits. Law
enforcement and Public Works are discussing it. They can't
seem to find the money right now. It's a big gap in the map.
Vote: 4-0-1 54. Recruiting and retention committee report Held to
January 9, 2001 55. Fee waiver if $1,778.24 for building permit fees for
the remodel/renovation of the Russian River Senior Center
Vote: 4-0-1 ___________end Note: I did not attend the afternoon session. There were
no hearings.
notes by the Board Watcher