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Board of Supervisors - Regular Meeting

May 5, 2026 ·09:00 AM Final
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Agenda — 39 items

  1. 5 Item 5 comment_Steinbruner, B
  2. 6 Scheduled and Regular Departmental items – 9:00 AM or thereafter
  3. 7 Hold public hearing to consider, accept and file the County's Proposed Fiscal Year 2026-27 Budget and continue the budget public hearing to June 10, 2026, and take related actions (County Executive Office)
  4. 8 Consider update on veteran services and governance, including a Memorandum of Understanding between the County Executive Office, Human Services Department, Veterans Services Office, and Veterans Leadership, and take related actions (County Executive Office)
  5. 9 Consider adopting resolution renewing the County’s uncodified ordinance that adopted and approved a Military Equipment Use Policy for the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office (Ord. 5435), make findings based on the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office Annual Military Equipment Report for 2025, and take related actions (Sheriff-Coroner)
  6. 10 Consider potential adoption of a Responsible Construction and Wage-Theft Ordinance, and take related actions (Board of Supervisors - Third District)
  7. 11 Hold a Tax and Equity Fiscal Responsibility Act Hearing for Park Haven Plaza in connection with the proposed issuance of bonds by the California Municipal Finance Authority in the amount of $16,000,000, and take related actions (County Executive Office)
  8. 12 Hold public hearing, adopt resolution setting Fiscal Year 2026-27 sewer service charges for County Service Area 7 Zone 1 - Boulder Creek, effective July 1, 2026, set a public hearing on June 9, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. or thereafter, to adopt a resolution confirming the sewer service charge report, and take related actions (Community Development and Infrastructure - Public Works)
  9. 13 Hold a public hearing, adopt resolution setting Fiscal Year 2026-27 sewer service charges for County Service Area (CSA) 7 Zone 2 - Boulder Creek, effective July 1, 2026, adopt a resolution authorizing a loan agreement for CSA 7 - Zone 2, and set a public hearing on June 9, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. or thereafter, to adopt a resolution confirming the sewer service charge report, and take related actions (Community Development and Infrastructure - Public Works)
  10. 14 Hold public hearing to consider proposed Fiscal Year 2026-27 benefit assessment/service charge reports for various County Service Areas, and take related actions (Community Development and Infrastructure - Public Works)
  11. 15 Hold public hearing to consider proposed Fiscal Year 2026-27 benefit assessments for County Service Area No. 13A, Oak Flat, continue the public hearing to June 30, 2026, to allow for tabulation and certification of the ballots, and take related actions (Community Development and Infrastructure - Public Works)
  12. 16 Hold public hearing to consider proposed Fiscal Year 2026-27 benefit assessments for County Service Area No. 36 Forest Glen’s Norman Zone F, continue the public hearing to June 30, 2026, to allow for tabulation and certification of the ballots, and take related actions (Community Development and Infrastructure - Public Works)
  13. 17 Consider policy regarding the disruption of remote access during Ralph M. Brown Act meetings as required by Government Code section 54953.4, and take related actions (County Executive Office)
  14. 18 The Board of Supervisors shall recess in order to permit the Board of Directors of the Santa Cruz County Flood Control and Water Conservation District – Zone 7 to convene and carry out a regularly scheduled meeting (Clerk of the Board)
  15. 19 Accept claims as approved by the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector (Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector)
  16. 20 Accept and file the Treasurer’s Investment Transaction Report for the month of March 2026 (Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector)
  17. 21 Approve easement acquisitions for the Highway 1 Bus-on-Shoulder and Segment 12 Rail Trail Project, and take related actions (General Services Department)
  18. 22 Accept the improvements and final cost of $453,792 for the Capitola Library Renewable Energy Project, and take related actions (General Services Department)
  19. 23 Accept and file status report on emergency work at the South County Government Center pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 1102, and take related actions – 4/5 vote required (General Services Department)
  20. 24 Accept and file status report on emergency work at the McDermott Fire Station pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 1102, and take related actions – 4/5 vote required (General Services Department)
  21. 25 Adopt resolution amending Resolution No. 279-75 to create the classification of County Legislative Affairs Officer, adopt revised salary schedule reflecting the new classification, and take related actions (Human Resources)
  22. 26 Accept nomination of Sacha Defoy for appointment to the In-Home Supportive Services Advisory Commission, as an at-large consumer representative, for a term to expire April 1, 2029, with final appointment to be considered on May 19, 2026 (Board of Supervisors - First District)
  23. 27 Accept nomination of Brenda Gutierrez Baeza for appointment to the In-Home Supportive Services Advisory Commission, as an at-large consumer representative, for a term to expire April 1, 2029, with final appointment to be considered on May 19, 2026 (Board of Supervisors - First District)
  24. 28 Approve appointment of Leigh Kearns as the First District appointee to the Commission on Disabilities, for a term to expire April 1, 2029 (Board of Supervisors - First District)
  25. 29 Approve appointment of Rhiannon Crain to the Childhood Advisory Council, as a representative of the community (category 4), for a term to expire April 1, 2029 (Board of Supervisors - Second District)
  26. 30 Approve appointment of Dan Barnett as the Fifth District appointee to the Behavioral Health Advisory Board, as a representative of families, for a term to expire April 1, 2027 (Board of Supervisors - Fifth District)
  27. 31 Accept nomination of Luke Jones for appointment to the Housing Advisory Commission, as an at-large lower-income renters or farmworkers representative (category 2), for a term to expire April 1, 2029, with final appointment to be considered on May 19, 2026 (Board of Supervisors - Fifth District)
  28. 32 Approve agreement with Auten Resource Consulting in an amount not to exceed $199,500 for wildfire risk reduction project development and environmental compliance services, and take related action (Office of Response, Recovery and Resilience)
  29. 33 Adopt resolution accepting unanticipated revenue in the amount of $68,392 from the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services for the Fiscal Year 2023-26 State Homeland Security Grant Program, and approve fixed asset purchase of one side-by-side vehicle, two all-terrain vehicles, and two trailers to enhance search and rescue operations (Sheriff-Coroner)
  30. 34 Adopt resolutions for County Service Area 12, Wastewater Management for Fiscal Year 2026-27 confirming established benefit assessments/service charges, and setting public hearing for June 9, 2026, on proposed Assessment/Service Charge Reports, and take related actions (Health Services Agency)
  31. 35 Approve first amendment to agreement with Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County, Inc., in the amount of $282,927 for a new total of $984,927, for flexible rehousing and prevention assistance fund management, and take related actions (Human Services Department)
  32. 36 Accept the improvements and final construction cost of $669,882 for the Eureka Canyon Postmile 0.35 Storm Damage Repair project, and take related actions (Community Development and Infrastructure - Public Works)
  33. 37 Approve one-year extension for the on-call environmental consulting services list, and take related actions (Community Development and Infrastructure - Public Works)
  34. 38 Defer to on or before June 9, 2026, the award of contract for Professional Civil Engineering Services for the Either Way Bridge Replacement project (Bridge No. 36C-0073) (Community Development and Infrastructure - Public Works)
  35. 39 AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PAJARO STORM DRAIN MAINTENANCE DISTRICT: Approve one-year extension for the on-call environmental consulting services list, and take related actions (Community Development and Infrastructure - Public Works)
  36. 40 Approve fixed asset purchase of a Parks vehicle to maintain the North Coast Rail Trail, adopt two resolutions accepting unanticipated revenue in the amount of $48,000 from the Regional Transportation Commission for the purchase, and take related actions (Parks, Open Space & Cultural Services)
  37. 41 Approve selection of Wyatt Hersey as the public artist for the Pace Trail Public Art Project, and take related actions (Parks, Open Space & Cultural Services)
  38. 42 Approve revenue agreement with Pajaro Valley Unified School District in the amount of $131,625 for summer programming, and take related actions (Parks, Open Spaces, and Cultural Services)
  39. I The Board of Supervisors has received agendas and minutes from the following County advisory bodies (to be filed):