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MICHAEL POWERS

County Executive Officer and

Clerk of the Board of Supervisors

 

ROSA GONZALEZ

Chief Deputy Clerk of the Board

(805) 654-2251

 

JEFFREY BARNES

Chief Assistant County Counsel

 

 

 

 

 

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REGULAR

MEETING

AGENDA

 

April 20, 2021

 

8:30 AM

 

    Board of Supervisors

Ventura County

 

 

County Government Center

Hall of Administration

Board of Supervisors

Hearing Room

800 S. Victoria Avenue

Ventura, California 93009

MEMBERS

OF THE BOARD

 

 

LINDA PARKS, District 2

CHAIR

Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park, Westlake Village, Oak Park, Bell Canyon, Hidden Valley, Lake Sherwood, Somis, Las Posas Valley, California State University Channel Islands, Portions of the Oxnard Plain, Santa Rosa Valley, Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu, California Air National Guard, and South Coast

 

MATT LAVERE, District 1

Ventura, Montalvo, Saticoy, Ojai Valley, City of Ojai, Upper Ojai Valley, Riverpark, Northwest Oxnard, North Coast and West Lockwood Valley

 

KELLY LONG, District 3

Camarillo, Port Hueneme, Southeast Oxnard, East Oxnard Plain, Santa Paula, Fillmore, Piru, East Lockwood Valley, and Eastern Portion of Naval Base Ventura County Port Hueneme

 

ROBERT O. HUBER, District 4

Simi Valley, Moorpark, Santa Susana Knolls, Box Canyon, Chatsworth Peak, Home Acres, Sinaloa Lake, Tierra Rejada Valley, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, and Moorpark College

 

CARMEN RAMIREZ, District 5

VICE CHAIR

Oxnard, Oxnard Shores, Mandalay Bay, Silver Strand, Hollywood Beach, Hollywood By the Sea, Channel Islands Harbor, El Rio, Nyeland Acres, Del Norte Area, Oxnard College, Oxnard Plain, Strickland and Portion of Naval Base Ventura County Port Hueneme

 

IN RESPONSE TO THE DECLARED STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCIES DUE TO THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR’S RECENT ORDER TO LIMIT INDOOR OPERATIONS AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE TO HELP SLOW THE SPREAD OF COVID-19, THE HALL OF ADMINISTRATION IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. TO FIND OUT HOW YOU MAY ELECTRONICALLY ATTEND THE BOARD MEETING AND PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE REFER TO PAGE 2 OF THIS AGENDA

 

Persons who require accommodation for any audio, visual or other disability in order to review an agenda, or to participate in a meeting of the Board of Supervisors per the American Disabilities Act (ADA), may obtain assistance by requesting such accommodation in writing addressed to the Clerk of the Board, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Loc. #1920, Ventura, CA  93009 or telephonically by calling (805) 654-2251.  Any such request for accommodation should be made at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled meeting for which assistance is requested.

 

 

 

 

 

All agenda reports and supporting data, including those filed in accordance with Government Code Section 54957.5 (b) (1) and (2) are available from the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors Office, Ventura County Government Center, Hall of Administration, 4th Floor, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, California.  The same materials will be available and attached with each associated agenda item, when received, at the following website:  www.ventura.org/bosagenda.

 

 

Welcome to the Meeting of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Ventura, also sitting as the Governing Board of the County Service Areas, Fire Protection District, Lake Sherwood Community Services District, Watershed Protection District, Ventura County In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority, Ventura County Library, Ventura County Public Financing Authority, and the Waterworks Districts.

 

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Email or Mail Public Comment in Advance of the Meeting

 

If you wish to make a comment on a specific agenda item by email or mail, please submit your comment via email by 3:30 p.m. on the day prior to the Board meeting. Please submit your comment to the Clerk of the Board at clerkoftheboard@ventura.org or mail to:

 

 

Clerk of the Board of Supervisors

800 S. Victoria Avenue

Ventura, CA  93009

 

 

Please indicate in the Subject Line the Agenda item number (e.g., Item No. 9) on which you are commenting. Your email will be distributed to the Board of Supervisors and placed into the item’s record of the Board meeting.


 

Email Public Comment During the Meeting

 

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REMINDER:  In order to minimize distractions during public meetings, all personal communication

devices should be turned off or put in a non-audible mode.

 


 

OPENING

 

 

 

1.

Call to Order.

 

2.

Roll Call.

 

3.

Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America.

 

4.

Minutes of the meeting of the County and Special Districts governed by the Board held Tuesday, April 13, 2021.

 

5.

Agenda Review - Consider and approve, by majority vote, minor revisions to Board items and/or attachments and any item added to, or removed/continued from, the Board of Supervisors Agenda.

 

6.

Moment of Inspiration.

 

7.

Consent Agenda Items 12 through 30.

 

8.

Receive a Report Regarding the Novel Coronavirus and Associated Disease known as COVID-19.

 

9.

Public Comments - Citizen presentations regarding County related matters NOT appearing on this agenda. (See Guidelines above)

 

10.

Board Comments - Comments by Board members on matters they deem appropriate including memorial adjournments. A Board member may ask a question for clarification, make a brief announcement, or make a brief report on his or her own activities. A Board member may also provide a reference to staff or other resources for factual information, or request staff to report back to the Board at a subsequent meeting concerning any matter. The Board may also direct staff to place a matter of business on a future agenda.

 

11.

CEO Comments - Brief announcements and report on CEO and County workforce activities.

 


 

CONSENT AGENDA

 

 

 

Consent Agenda items are routine and non-controversial.  Items are reviewed and approved together, as recommended and without discussion, unless an item is pulled for separate action by the Board on the Regular Agenda. Consent items are heard at the Board's discretion and may be heard at any time during the meeting. 

 

 

 

ANIMAL SERVICES 

 

12.

Approval of, and Authorization for the Animal Services Director to Sign, an Adoption Partner Agreement Providing for Animal Adoptions with PetSmart Charities, Inc at Designated PetSmart Adoption Centers or Retail Stores.

 

CEO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PROPOSED

 

 

 

COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE 

 

13.

Receive and File Report Regarding Fiscal Year 2020-21 Continuing Disclosure Compliance.

 

CEO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PROPOSED

 

14.

Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the County to Apply for and Accept Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Multifamily Housing Program (CDBG-DR MHP) Funds  from the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development, Including to Apply for and Accept the Allocation of CDBG-DR MHP Funds Delegated to the County from the City of Thousand Oaks, for a total of $3,434,070 and the Senior Deputy Executive Officer of the County Executive Office Community Development Division to Execute the CDBG-DR MHP Application, Standard Agreement and Other Required Documents; Approval of, and Authorization for the County Executive Officer to Execute the CDBG-DR MHP Cooperation Agreement with the City of Thousand Oaks; and Authorization for the Auditor-Controller to Process the Necessary Budgetary Transactions.

 

RECOMMENDATION NO. 3 REQUIRES 4/5THS VOTE

CEO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PROPOSED

 

15.

Approval of, and Authorization for the County Executive Officer to Sign, an Amendment to Each of the Three Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) Between the County and F.O.O.D. Share, Inc. to Amend the Service Periods and Extend the Term of the Third MOU Through June 30, 2021 in the Amount of $855,000, to Provide Services to Meet the Expanded Need During the COVID-19 Pandemic; All Supervisorial Districts.

 

CEO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PROPOSED

 

16.

Approval of Board Appointees for Memberships to Women United of the United Way of Ventura County with Terms Ending January 26, 2022.

 

CEO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PROPOSED

 


 

CONSENT AGENDA, CONTINUED

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF AIRPORTS 

 

17.

Approval of the Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) for Camarillo and Oxnard Airports; Authorization for the Airports Director, to Apply for Grants to Fund Projects Scheduled for Federal Fiscal Years 2021 and 2022 Outlined in the CIP upon Notification from the Federal Aviation Administration and the California Department of Transportation Aeronautics Program That Funds Are Available; Supervisorial District Nos. 3 and 5.

 

CEO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PROPOSED

 

18.

Approval of, and Authorization for the Airports Director to Sign, a Memorandum of Agreement for the Operation of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Facilities at the Camarillo Airport between the County of Ventura and the FAA; Supervisorial District No. 3.

 

RECOMMENDATION REQUIRES 4/5THS VOTE

CEO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PROPOSED

 

19.

Authorization for the Airports Director to Accept and Sign a Federal Aviation Administration Grant, When Offered, Which Will Provide Funds for the Runway 7-25, Taxiway Connectors and Parallel Taxiway Pavement Reconstruction at Oxnard Airport in an Estimated Amount of $25,288,951; Authorization for the Airports Director to Apply  for, Accept, and Sign for a Matching Grant from Caltrans, if Offered; and Authorization for County Counsel to Execute the Certificate of Sponsor's Attorney Required by Federal Aviation Administration Grant Agreements; Supervisorial District No. 5.

 

CEO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PROPOSED

 

20.

Approval of, and Authorization for the Airports Director to Sign, the First Amendment to the Lease to Correct the Description of the Leased Premises with RKR Incorporated; Supervisorial District No. 3.

 

RECOMMENDATION REQUIRES 4/5THS VOTE

CEO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PROPOSED

 

21.

Approval of, and Authorization for the Airports Director to Sign, a Grant of Easement Agreement for the Relocation of a Power Pole at the Northwest Corner of Willis Avenue and Airport Way in the Camarillo Airport Business Park with Southern California Edison; and Find that Granting the Easement to Southern California Edison is in the Public Interest and that Conveyance will Not Interfere with the County's Use of the Property; Supervisorial District No. 3.

 

CEO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PROPOSED

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES 

 

22.

Approval of, and Authorization for the Department of Child Support Services Director to Sign, the Plan of Cooperation between the California Department of Child Support Services and the Ventura County Department of Child Support Services for the Plan Year 2020-21.

 

CEO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PROPOSED

 

CONSENT AGENDA, CONTINUED

 

 

GENERAL SERVICES AGENCY 

 

23.

Approval of, and Authorization for, Anticipated Specific Projects to be Completed Under Existing Job Order Contracts.

 

CEO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PROPOSED

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE AGENCY - Health Care Plan 

 

24.

Approval of, and Authorization for the Health Care Agency Director to Sign, on behalf of the Ventura County Health Care Plan, the First Amendment to the Specialist Care Services Agreement with Miramar Eye Specialists Medical Group, Inc. Doing Business as Miramar Eye Specialists Medical Group, Effective May 1, 2021.

 

CEO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PROPOSED

 

 

 

HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY 

 

25.

Approval of the Workforce Development of Ventura County Regional and Local Workforce Development Plans for Program Years 2021-2024.

 

CEO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PROPOSED

 

 

 

PROBATION AGENCY 

 

26.

Approval of, and Authorization for the Probation Agency Director to Sign, the First Amendment to that Adult Reporting and Resource Center Contract, Amending Indemnification Language that was Inadvertently Omitted in the Original Contract with GEO Reentry Services, LLC.

 

CEO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PROPOSED

 

 

 

PUBLIC WORKS AGENCY - County of Ventura 

 

27.

Receive and File the Contractor Payment Tabulation Report for the Month of February 2021; All Supervisorial Districts.

 

CEO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PROPOSED

 

 


 

CONSENT AGENDA, CONTINUED

 

PUBLIC WORKS AGENCY - Waterworks Districts 

 

28.

Approval of the Plans and Specifications, Including Addendum No. 1, for the Coating and Repair - College 1 and  2 and Gabbert Reservoirs; Waiver of Any Minor Bid Irregularities; Award of, and Authorization for the Public Works Agency Director to Execute, a Contract to Associated Tank Constructors, Inc., of Laguna Hills, on the Basis of the Lowest Responsive Bid in the Amount of $1,112,501; and Find that the Project is Categorically Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act; Specification No. WW21-02; Project No. 31807; Waterworks District 1 (Moorpark); Supervisorial District No. 4.

 

CEO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PROPOSED

 

 

 

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AGENCY - Environmental Health 

 

29.

Receive and file the Hazardous Materials Discharge Reports for April 3, 2021 through April 9, 2021 - Proposition 65.

 

CEO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PROPOSED

 

 

 

SHERIFF'S OFFICE 

 

30.

Ratification of the Sheriff’s Office’s Application to the California Board of State and Community Corrections for the 2020 Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program; Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the Sheriff to Sign the Grant Agreement for the 2020 Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Grant; Authorization to Accept the Grant Award in the Amount of $1,214,026 for the period of March 31, 2021 through January 31, 2022; and Authorization for the Auditor-Controller to Process Necessary Budgetary Transactions.

 

RECOMMENDATION NO. 4 REQUIRES 4/5THS VOTE

CEO SUPPORTS RECOMMENDATIONS

 

 


 

REGULAR AGENDA

 

 

 

Regular Agenda items are heard at the Board's discretion and may be heard at any time during the meeting. 

 

 

 

DISTRICT ATTORNEY 

 

31.

Ratification of Submission of a Grant Application to, and Acceptance of Grant Award in the Amount of $1,000,000 from, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women’s Funding Under the Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Grant Program; Adoption of a Resolution Establishing Two Full-Time Equivalent  Fixed-Term Positions, Effective April 20, 2021 through September 30, 2023; and Authorization for the Auditor-Controller to Process the Necessary Budgetary Transactions.

 

RECOMMENDATION NO.  4 REQUIRES 4/5THS VOTE

CEO SUPPORTS RECOMMENDATIONS

 

 

 

HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY 

 

32.

Approval of the Program Design for the Farmworker Household Assistance Program 2; Authorization for the Human Services Agency (HSA) Director to Accept Grant Funding from the Ventura County Community Foundation and to Sign Related Grant Documents; and Authorization for the HSA to Distribute Farmworker Household Assistance Program 2 Funding to Eligible Households in the Farmworker Community.

 

CEO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PROPOSED

 

 

 

COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE 

 

33.

Adoption of a Resolution to Establish Two New Classifications and Salary Ranges (Credentialing Coordinator I and Credentialing Coordinator II); Delete Two Classifications (County Worker-Extra Help and Library Page-Extra Help); Amend One Classification (Assistant Sheriff’s Communication Manager); and to Amend the Salary Ranges for Four Classifications (Supervising Appraiser, Supervising Auditor- Appraiser, Helicopter Maintenance Technician, and Chief Helicopter Maintenance Technician), with No Material Impact on the Funding Status of the Retirement System.

 

CEO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PROPOSED


 

REGULAR AGENDA, CONTINUED

 

 

PUBLIC WORKS AGENCY - Waterworks Districts 

 

34.

Approval of Two County Loans to Waterworks District No. 19 (District) from the County Revolving Credit Agreement in the Amounts of $767,000 to Fund the Well No. 2 – Iron and Manganese Removal Facilities (Project) with a Term of 30 Years, and $2,525,000 to Refinance an Existing District Loan with a Term of 23 years; Approval of a Short-Term Loan from the County General Fund to the District in the Not to Exceed Amount of $1,740,000 to Fund the Project; Acceptance of Funds from a Previously Approved Grant from the State Water Resources Control Board to the District in the Amount of $2,650,000 to Fund the Project; Approval of the Project Plans and Specifications, Including Addendum No. 1; Waiver of Any Minor Bid Irregularities; Award of a Project Contract to Bowe Contractors, Inc. of Lancaster, in the Amount of $2,370,000; Authorization for the Public Works Agency Director to Execute the Contract; and Authorization for the Auditor-Controller to Process the Necessary Budgetary Transactions; Specification No. WW21-03; Project No. 39898; Supervisorial District No. 2.

 

RECOMMENDATION NOS. 1, 2, 3 AND 4 REQUIRE 4/5THS VOTE

CEO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PROPOSED

 

 

TIME CERTAIN ITEMS, PRESENTATIONS AND HEARINGS

 

 

 

Time Certain Items, Presentations, and Hearings are heard as close to the listed time as possible, but no sooner than the listed time. 

 

 

 

11:00 A.M. 

 

35.

Second Public Hearing Regarding Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Ventura County Ordinance No. 4569 and Section 7253 to Division 7, Chapter 1 of the Ventura County Ordinance Code Restricting Parking in Designated Areas of the County; and Find that Adoption of the Ordinance is Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act.

 

(Supervisor LaVere - 5 Minutes)

HEARD ON APRIL 13, 2021 ITEM NO. 38

 

36.

Receive and File an Annual Report on the Status of the Museum of Ventura County.

 

(County Executive Office - 10 Minutes)

CEO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PROPOSED

 

37.

Public Hearing Regarding Adoption of the 2021-2024 Memorandum of Agreement between the County of Ventura and the Union of American Physicians and Dentists; Public Hearing Regarding Adoption of the Clinic Integration Plan Agreement with UAPD By Which Represented Non-Management Licensed Primary Care Clinic Physicians of the 18 Affiliated Ambulatory Primary Care Clinics Will Have A First Opportunity to be Hired into County Ambulatory Care Primary Care Clinic Physician Positions; and Waiver of the Second Public Hearing, with No Material Impact on Funding Status of Retirement System.

 

(County Executive Office - 15 Minutes)

CEO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PROPOSED

 

TIME CERTAIN ITEMS, PRESENTATIONS AND HEARINGS, CONTINUED

 

 

 

11:30 A.M. 

 

38.

Adoption of a Resolution to Add 70 Full-Time Equivalent Physician and Pediatrician Positions for the Health Care Agency’s Ambulatory Care Clinic Integration Project, Effective April 20, 2021; and Authorization for the Auditor-Controller to Process the Necessary Budgetary Transactions.

 

(Health Care Agency - 10 Minutes)

CEO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PROPOSED

 

39.

Public Hearing Regarding Adoption of an Ordinance to Place the Classifications of Primary Care Clinic Physician and Primary Care Clinic Pediatrician in the Unclassified Service; and Adoption of a Resolution to Establish Two New Classifications and Salary Ranges (Primary Care Clinic Physician and Primary Care Clinic Pediatrician).

 

(County Executive Office - 10 Minutes)

CEO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PROPOSED

READ ORDINANCE IN TITLE ONLY

SET SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 27, 2021 AT 11:30 A.M.

 

 

 

1:00 P.M. 

 

40.

Receive and File Fiscal Year 2021-22 Department Budget Presentations for the Assessor’s Office and Agricultural Commissioner.

 

(County Executive Office - 2 Hours)

CEO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PROPOSED

 

 

CLOSED SESSION AGENDA

 

 

 

Discussions of Closed Session Agenda items are closed to the public. The Chair will announce when the Board is going into closed session. Closed session items may be heard at any time during the meeting. 

 

 

 

BEFORE THE VENTURA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: 

 

41.

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION (Gov. Code, § 54956.9)

 

PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (1) OF SUBDIVISION (d) OF GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9:  NAME OF CASE:  City of Oxnard v. County of Ventura et al., Ventura County Superior Court Case No. 56-2021-00552428-CU-WM-VTA

 

 

42.

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (Gov. Code, § 54956.9)

 

SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF SUBDIVISION (d) OF GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9:  Number of cases: One (see attachment).

CLOSED SESSION AGENDA, CONTINUED

 

 

 

BEFORE THE VENTURA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, CONTINUED: 

 

 

43.

APPROVAL OF MEDICAL STAFF PRIVILEGES (Evid. Code, § 1157)

 

SUBJECT MATTER:  Approval of Medical Staff and Allied Health Professional Membership and/or Clinical Privileges for Practitioners at Ventura County Medical Center, Santa Paula Hospital, Ambulatory/Behavioral Health Clinics and the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit

 

44.

CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Gov. Code, § 54957.6)

 

COUNTY DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVES:  Shawn Atin, Tabin Cosio

EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS:

 

Ventura County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association

Ventura County Professional Peace Officers Association