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Board of Supervisors - Regular Meeting

November 4, 2025 ·09:00 AM Final
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Agenda — 52 items

  1. 5 11-4-2025 Public Comment Docs Received
  2. 6 Scheduled and Regular Departmental items – 9:00 AM or thereafter
  3. 7 Presentation from the Save the Waves Coalition on the Climate Vulnerability of California's Natural Surfing Capital Report (Board of Supervisors - Third District)
  4. 8 Consider the proposed Focus Areas for the County Strategic Plan 2032, and take related actions (County Executive Office)
  5. 9 Consider adopting a resolution declaring a local emergency impacting vulnerable residents due to lack of federal financial support for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, approve a contribution up to $500,000 for emergency food procurement and distribution through Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County, and take related actions - 4/5 vote required (Office of Response, Recovery and Resilience)
  6. 10 Consider approving in concept “An Ordinance of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Cruz Amending Santa Cruz County Emergency Services Sections 2.26.020, 2.26.030, 2.26.040, 2.26.050, 2.26.060, 2.26.110, and 2.26.120,” and take related actions (Office of Response, Recovery and Resilience)
  7. 11 Hold a public hearing to consider whether the Mosquito, Vector and Disease Control Assessment should be formed and assessments levied and collected as proposed in the Engineer's Report starting Fiscal Year 2026-27, and take related actions (Agricultural Commissioner)
  8. 12 Consider initiation of litigation pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Government Code section 54956.9: One case.
  9. 13 Minutes of October 21, 2025 (Clerk of the Board)
  10. 14 Accept claims as approved by the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector (Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector)
  11. 15 Adopt “Ordinance Amending Section 2.38.270(C) of the Santa Cruz County Code Relating to Decision-Making Subordinate Bodies” (Approved in concept October 21, 2025) (Clerk of the Board)
  12. 16 Accept and file the Treasurer’s Investment Transaction Report for the month of September 2025 (Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector)
  13. 17 Accept and file the Treasurer’s Quarterly Investment Report for the period ending September 30, 2025 (Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector)
  14. 18 Adopt four resolutions appointing the unopposed special district candidates for the November 4, 2025, Uniform District Election (County Clerk/Elections)
  15. 19 Schedule a public hearing on December 16, 2025, beginning at 9:00 a.m. or thereafter, to consider mid-year updates to the 2025-26 Unified Fee Schedule, and take related actions (County Executive Office)
  16. 20 Approve realignment of appropriations in various General Fund departments for updated internal service fund cost allocations with no change to total appropriations, approve addition of 1.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) IT Assistant Director and deletion of 1.0 FTE IT Service Analyst II and 1.0 FTE GIS Analyst II positions in the Information Services Department, and take related actions (County Executive Office)
  17. 21 Direct the Board Chair to send a letter of legislative support for H.R. 5555, the Monterey Bay National Heritage Area Study Act (County Executive Office)
  18. 22 Approve lease with Community Bridges for the San Lorenzo Valley Children’s Center at Highlands Park, and take related actions (General Services Department)
  19. 23 Approve second amendment to agreement with Mesiti-Miller Engineering, increasing compensation by $31,560, for engineering services to complete the Bridge Housing Low Barrier Navigation Center project, and take related actions (General Services Department)
  20. 24 Adopt resolution amending Resolution 171-2025 determining the disability retirement of Nelson Garcia, a safety member (Human Resources)
  21. 25 Approve fifth amendment to agreement with OpenGov, Inc., adding a Grants Management module and increasing compensation by $113,398, to support Measure Q administration, and take related actions (Information Services Dept.)
  22. 26 Defer to December 9, 2025, the contract award for the Next Generation P25 Countywide Radio System Request for Proposal (Information Services Department)
  23. 27 Adopt resolution to support and defend the U.S. Constitution, civil rights, and separation of powers in Santa Cruz County, and take related actions (Board of Supervisors - Third and First Districts)
  24. 28 Approve appointment of Maia Mosher Yates as the Fifth District appointee to the First 5 Commission, for a term to expire April 1, 2029 (Board of Supervisors - Fifth District)
  25. 29 Approve appointment of Jaime Longoria as the Fifth District appointee to the Latino Affairs Commission, for a term to expire April 1, 2029 (Board of Supervisors - Fifth District)
  26. 30 Approve appointments of Ariel Young and Kate McGrath as the Fifth District appointees to the Women's Commission, for terms to expire April 1, 2029 (Board of Supervisors - Fifth District)
  27. 31 Item 31 was moved to Regular Agenda as Item 10.1
  28. 32 Accept nomination and approve appointment of Jenet DeCosta for appointment to the Salsipuedes Sanitary District Board of Directors, for a term to expire December 6, 2027 (Board of Supervisors)
  29. 33 Accept notification of an at-large vacancy on the Santa Cruz-Monterey-Merced-San Benito-Mariposa Managed Medical Care Commission, with nomination for appointment to be received on November 18, 2025, and final appointment to be considered on December 9, 2025 (Board of Supervisors)
  30. 34 Approve the 2026 schedule of meetings of the Board of Supervisors, including the schedule for the 2025-2026 budget hearings, with specific dates (Board of Supervisors)
  31. 35 Authorize grant application in the amount of $243,363 to the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services for the 2025-26 Elder Abuse Program, and take related actions (District Attorney)
  32. 36 Authorize grant application in the amount of $270,060 to the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services for the 2025-26 Violence Against Women Vertical Prosecution Program, and take related actions (District Attorney)
  33. 37 Adopt resolution accepting unanticipated revenue in the amount of $49,988 from the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Disaster Assistance Act for the Natural Resources Conservation Service Emergency Watershed Protection Program cost share (Office of Response, Recovery and Resilience)
  34. 38 Approve grant agreement with the California Board of State and Community Corrections through the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant, Equipment and Training Program in the amount of $205,541 for procuring a new case management system, and take related actions (Public Defenders Office)
  35. 39 Item 39 was moved to Regular Agenda as Item 10.2
  36. 40 Approve amendment to agreement with Central Coast Ambulance to include unloaded miles rate for transportation where pick-up and drop-off locations are both outside of Santa Cruz County, and take related actions (Health Services Agency)
  37. 41 Approve agreement with Z.N.D. Residential Inc., in the not-to-exceed amount of $200,000, for provision of Specialty Mental Health Services for foster children and youth placed in a Short-Term Residential Treatment Program outside their county of original jurisdiction in Fiscal Years 2024-25 and 2025-26, and take related actions (Health Services Agency)
  38. 42 Approve Memorandum of Understanding with Pajaro Valley Health Care District to establish roles and responsibilities for participation in State of California’s Voluntary Rate Range Program through Intergovernmental Transfers to Department of Health Care Services, to include County’s temporary matching funds advance in an amount not to exceed $599,438, and take related actions (Health Services Agency)
  39. 43 Ratify agreement with Aspiranet in the amount of $1,003,616 for program start-up procedures associated with the Youth Crisis Stabilization Unit and Crisis Residential Program, approve amendment to agreement with Aspiranet to extend term through June 30, 2026, and increase amount by $5,281,116, for a new not-to-exceed amount of $6,284,732, for ongoing services at the Youth Crisis Stabilization Unit and Crisis Residential Program, and take related actions (Health Services Agency)
  40. 44 Approve 29 recommended Child Care Developer Fee loans totaling $380,000 to expand access to child care, and take related actions (Human Services Department)
  41. 45 Approve amendment to revenue agreement with San Benito County, extending the grant end date to December 31, 2026, for provision of Prison to Employment program services, and take related actions (Human Services Department)
  42. 46 Ratify Memorandum of Understanding with the County of San Mateo to provide reciprocal quality assurance services (Human Services Department)
  43. 47 Accept and file the Sewer System Management Plan Audit for the Freedom County Sanitation District (Community Development and Infrastructure)
  44. 48 Accept and file status update on emergency equipment replacement and installation of landfill gas system control panel at Ben Lomond Landfill, find that the emergency continues to exist pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 1102, and take related actions – 4/5 vote required (Community Development and Infrastructure)
  45. 49 Adopt resolutions authorizing the installation and accepting and unanticipated revenue in the amount of $8,136 for road bumps on Dover Drive between Soquel Drive and Howe Street (Community Development and Infrastructure)
  46. 50 Approve transfer of appropriations in the amount of $95,100 within the Low and Moderate Income Housing Asset Fund (Community Development and Infrastructure)
  47. 51 Approve the Request for Proposals for Professional Civil Engineering and Environmental Services for the Rancho Rio Avenue Bridge Replacement project (Bridge No. 36C0128), and take related actions (Community Development and Infrastructure)
  48. 52 Adopt resolution accepting unanticipated revenue in the amount of $100,000 in the Department of Parks, Open Space and Cultural Services from a transfer of funds from the Department of Community Development and Infrastructure, Recycling and Solid Waste Services to provide litter abatement services in North Coast locations through the end of Fiscal Year 2025-26, and take related actions (Community Development and Infrastructure)
  49. 53 Retroactively approve fifth amendment to agreement with Pacific Crest Engineering, Inc. for materials testing on various road projects, incorporating updated compensation rate schedule for the 2025 calendar year, and take related actions (Community Development and Infrastructure)
  50. 54 Approve amendment to agreement with Mithun Inc., to increase the budget $35,000 for a total of $234,468.50 for additional scope of work related to Paulsen Road assessment within the Valle del Pájaro Master Plan development, and take related actions (Parks, Open Spaces, and Cultural Services)
  51. 55 Approve first amendment to agreement with Friends of Santa Cruz County Parks to increase the amount of the contract by $30,000 for a total of $160,000 to expand scope of services for Valle del Pajaro Master Plan development, and take related actions (Parks, Open Spaces, and Cultural Services)
  52. I The Board of Supervisors has received agendas and minutes from the following County advisory bodies (to be filed):