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Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting

January 23, 2024 ·08:30 AM Final
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Agenda — 55 items

  1. 2 Members Present: Matt LaVere, Jeff Gorell, Janice S. Parvin, Vianey Lopez, and Kelly Long
  2. 4 Minutes of the meeting of the County and Special Districts governed by the Board held Tuesday, January 9, 2024.
  3. 5 Item 8 – PUBLIC COMMENTS - a comment letter from KC Rodriquez has been submitted.
  4. 6 Moment of Inspiration - Kindness is Free - Boys and Girls Club of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme.
  5. 7 Consent Agenda Items 11 through 32.
  6. 8 Public Comments - Citizen presentations regarding County related matters NOT appearing on this agenda. (See Guidelines above)
  7. 9 CEO Comments - Brief announcements and report on CEO and County workforce activities.
  8. 10 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.
  9. 11 Receive and File the Semiannual Report of Employee Fraud Hotline Activity for July through December 2023.
  10. 12 Approval of Appointments in Lieu of Election at the March 5, 2024 Presidential Primary Election: Democratic Central Committee and Peace and Freedom Central Committee Members.
  11. 13 Approval of, and Ratification of the County Executive Officer's (CEO) Execution of a Contract for Services Related to the Design and Implementation of the Tri-County Regional Energy Network's Commercial Marketplace Program with Recurve Analytics Inc. in the Not-to-Exceed Amount of $465,357, Effective December 31, 2023 through December 31, 2024; and Authorization for the CEO to Make Limited Amendments to the Contract.
  12. 14 Adoption of a Resolution Acknowledging the Disbursement of Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) Grant Funds in the Amount of $2,766,721 from the California Department of Health Care Services to Casa Pacifica Center for Children and Families, a California Non-Profit Corporation, for the Rehabilitation of Two Houses and a Therapeutic Resources Center to Provide a Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program for Children and Youth on County-Owned property at 1722 South Lewis Road, Camarillo; and Approval of, and Authorization for the County Executive Officer to Execute and Rec
  13. 15 Receive and File a Report of the County of Ventura Workplace Misconduct Complaint Resolution Activity for July through December 2023.
  14. 16 Authorization for the Purchasing Agent to Waive Policy in Administrative Policy Manual Chapter VI-1 Against Provisions for Attorney’s Fees, Payment of Interest by the County and Governing Law and Venue Outside of California in County Contracts for Contracts Costing $30,000 or Less Per Year.
  15. 17 Approval of, and Authorization for the County of Ventura Purchasing Agent to Sign, a Hospital Blood Services Agreement for Blood, Blood Components, and Reference Laboratory Services with Vitalant, an Arizona Nonprofit Corporation, Effective February 1, 2024 through December 31, 2026; Authorization for the Purchasing Agent to Make Non-Material Changes; and Authorization for Waiver of County Administrative Manual Policy No. Chapter VI-1 Prohibiting the Inclusion of Provision for Interest.
  16. 18 Approval of, and Authorization for the Health Care Agency Director to Increase, Expenditures from a Total of $2,770,000 to $3,280,000 (an increase of $510,000), Pursuant to the Terms of Existing Contracts, with Beverly Radiology Medical Group, Coastal Radiation Oncology Medical Group Inc, and Total Renal Care Inc, Providers of Medical Services for Ventura County Health Care Plan, Effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
  17. 19 Approval of, and Authorization for the Purchasing Agent to Sign, Amendment No. 2 to the County Contract for Temporary Staffing Services with Maxim Healthcare Services Holdings, Inc. Doing Business as Maxim Healthcare Staffing Services, Inc., Increasing the Not-to-Exceed Contract Amount by $1,666,000, for a New Not-to-Exceed Contract Amount of $2,266,000, and a Not-to-Exceed Contract Amount of $2,085,000 per any Fiscal Year Thereafter, Effective January 23, 2024.
  18. 20 Approval of, and Authorization for the Purchasing Agent to Sign, Amendment No. 3 to the County Contract for Temporary Staffing Services with Aya Healthcare, Inc. (Aya), Adding 10-Hour and 8-Hour Shifts, Effective October 1, 2023; and Ratification of the Health Care Agency’s Authorization of Aya to Provide Services.
  19. 21 Approval of, and Authorization for the Purchasing Agent to Sign, an Agreement for the Provision of a Picture Archive Communication System Software as a Service Solution, Including Installation, Data Migration and Cloud-Based Data Storage, with GE Healthcare IITS USA Corp., a GE HealthCare Business, for an Initial Term of 84 months, in an Initial Not-to-Exceed Contract Amount of $455,121 for Contract Year 1, $261,506 for Contract Year 2, $282,862 for Contract Year 3, $308,693 for Contract Year 4, $338,693 for Contract Year 5, $375,910 for Contract Year 6 and $421,939 for Contract Year 7.
  20. 22 Approval of, and Authorization for the Purchasing Agent to Sign, a Contract for the Provision of Fire Alarm Inspection and Related Repair Services with Rincon Inspection Group Inc., Effective January 1, 2024 for an Initial Term of Three Years, in a Not-to-Exceed Amount of $245,249 for Contract Year 1, $229,789 for Contract Year 2 and $229,789 for Contract Year 3; and Approval of, and Authorization for the Purchasing Agent to Sign, Amendments to the Agreement to Extend the Term of the Agreement.
  21. 23 Approval of, and Authorization for the Human Services Agency Director to Submit, the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) System Improvement Plan to the California Department of Social Services.
  22. 24 Approval of, and Authorization for the Chief Probation Officer to Sign, a Contract for Youth Evening Reporting Center Services with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ventura County, Incorporated, in the Not-to-Exceed Amount of $154,850, Effective January 23, 2024 through June 30, 2024; and Authorization for the Chief Probation Officer to Sign Amendments to Make Minor Changes to the Contract and to Extend the Contract by Up to Four One-Year Periods in the Not-to-Exceed Amount of $391,206 per Fiscal Year.
  23. 25 Approval of, and Authorization for the Public Works Agency (PWA) Director to Sign, a Five-Year Lease Agreement (Lease) for Fifty Usable Acres of Farmland Located on the County-Owned Todd Road Jail Property at 600 Todd Road, Santa Paula with Holladay Organics, Inc., a California Corporation with Annual Rent of $15,000, Effective February 1, 2024 through January 31, 2029; Find that the Lease is Categorically Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act; Authorization for the PWA Director to Approve Minor Modifications to the Lease; Supervisorial District No. 3.
  24. 26 Adoption of Four Resolutions to Appoint the Public Works Agency Director to the Boards of the Arroyo Santa Rosa Basin, Cuyama Basin, Mound Basin, and Upper Ventura River Groundwater Sustainability Agencies; All Supervisorial Districts.
  25. 27 Authorization for the Watershed Protection District Director to Acknowledge, Sign, and Enter into an Agreement for the Operation and Maintenance Annual Plan of Ferro Ditch Channel Improvements Project with Natural Resources Conservation Services; Project Specification No. WP21-05, Project No. P6045301; Watershed Protection District Zone No. 3; Supervisorial District No. 3.
  26. 28 Approval of, and Authorization for the Public Works Agency (PWA) Director to Sign, the Public Highway Underpass Agreement for $3,000 and the Levee Facility Agreement for $60,669.18 Between Union Pacific Railroad Company and Ventura County Watershed Protection District to Improve and Maintain the Existing Levee for the Santa Clara River Floodwall/Levee Phase 2 SCR-3 Project, Located Northeast and Southeast of the Intersection of Union Pacific Railroad and North Ventura Road, Mile Post 401.17 on the Santa Barbara Subdivision in the City of Oxnard; and Authorization for the PWA Director to Approv
  27. 29 Approval of, and Authorization for the Public Works Agency Director to Execute, a Right of Way Contract and Easement Deed for a Permanent Non-Exclusive Access Easement from the Watershed Protection District to Ventura County Transportation Commission for the Simi Valley Double Track and Platform Project (Project) Over an Existing District Access Road in the City of Simi Valley; and Review and Consider the Metrolink Environmental Impact Report for the Project and Make Related Findings; Watershed Protection District Zone No. 3; Supervisorial District No. 4.
  28. 30 Receive and File the Hazardous Materials Discharge Reports for December 23, 2023 through January 5, 2024 - Proposition 65.
  29. 31 Adoption of a Resolution Approving the Sale of Tax-Defaulted Property to the City of Camarillo in Accordance with State Law; and Approval of, and Execution of the Agreement with the City of Camarillo for the Sale and Purchase of the Tax-Defaulted Property.
  30. 32 Receive and File an Unscheduled Vacancy Notice for Leslie Patterson of the Waterworks District No. 38 Citizens' Advisory Committee and Chung Cam of the Assessment Appeals Board No. 2.
  31. 33 Approval of, and Award of a Construction Administration Services Contract to Woolpert Company, for the Taxiway F (Renamed A) Pavement Reconstruction Project at Oxnard Airport in an Undetermined Amount Up to $1,017,587; Authorization for the Airports Director to Determine the Final Contract Amount Up to $1,017,587 and to Sign the Subject Contract; Supervisorial District No. 5.
  32. 34 Approval of, and Authorization for the Airports Director to Sign, Amendment No. 1 to the Consulting Services Contract for the Oxnard Airport Construction Administrative Services for Connector Taxiways Pavement Reconstruction with Jviation, a Woolpert Company, Extending Contract Time and Increasing the Total Amount of the Contract by $145,994 to $820,793; Supervisorial District No. 5.
  33. 35 Recommendation of Supervisor Gorell to Appoint David Lloyd Ayers as Member to the Casa Conejo Municipal Advisory Council for a Term Ending January 1, 2026, Richard August Gaz as Alternate Member to the Casa Conejo Municipal Advisory Council for a Term Ending January 1, 2027, and Appoint Katherine Ann Zetterberg and Geoffrey Lucius Patterson as Members to the Waterworks District No. 38 Citizens' Advisory Committee, Terms Ending January 24, 2028 and January 22, 2028 Respectively.
  34. 36 Recommendation of Supervisor Long to Appoint Greg Barnes to Fill a Vacancy on the Parks Advisory Commission for a Term Ending January 6, 2025.
  35. 37 Recommendation of Supervisor Long to Reappoint Nancy Borchard to Behavioral Health Advisory Board (BHAB) for a Term Ending January 26, 2027, and Shanté Morgan to Women United of the United Way of Ventura County for a One-Year Term Ending January 31, 2025.
  36. 38 Recommendation of Supervisor Long to Approve Appointments to the Local Planning Council (LPC) of Ventura County: AnnaMarie Aguilar to the Appointed Category, Amber Abraham to the Child Care Consumer Category, and Daisey Valadez as the Alternate to the Public Agency Representative Category for Terms Ending June 1, 2024.
  37. 39 Adoption of Resolution Authorizing the Addition of Three Full-Time Equivalent Fixed-Term Position Allocations of One Technical Specialist IV-MB and Two Office Assistants III-C, Effective February 4, 2024 through February 3, 2026.
  38. 40 Approval of the 2024-2027 County Disability Access Strategic Plan Specific to the Office of Disability Access, and Direction to the Disability Access Manager to Return in Eighteen Months with a Report on the Office’s Progress Towards these Priorities; and as Necessary Recommend Any Updates to the Plan.
  39. 41 Recommendation to Approve Funding for a Portion of a Pilot Channel Project Over Coyote Creek at Camp Chaffee Road in a One-Time Contribution Amount of $25,000.
  40. 42 Presentation by the Small Business Administration (SBA) with an Update on Disaster Relief for Impacted Communities in the Cities of Port Hueneme, Oxnard, and Ventura, Due to the Unprecedented December 2023 Storm Event.
  41. 43 Presentation of a Proclamation Honoring Sese Vaivao for His 33 Years of Dedicated Service to the County of Ventura.
  42. 44 Presentation of a Proclamation Celebrating California Lutheran University Regals.
  43. 45 Presentation of a Proclamation Honoring the Simi Valley High School Football Team, Celebrating CIF-Southern Section Division 6 Championship.
  44. 46 Public Hearing Regarding Proposed Increases to Water Rates and Monthly Service Charges; Approval of the Proposed Increased Rates and Charges and Adoption of a Resolution Increasing the Rates and Charges, Effective February 1, 2024, Unless Written Protests from a Majority of the Affected Customers are Received; and Approval of Continuing Collection of the Existing Water Standby Charge for Fiscal Year 2024-25; Ventura County Waterworks District No. 17 (Bell Canyon); Supervisorial District No. 4.
  45. 47 Public Hearing Regarding Proposed Increases to Water Rates and Monthly Service Charges; Approval of the Proposed Increased Rates and Charges and Adoption of a Resolution Increasing the Rates and Charges, Effective February 1, 2024, Unless Written Protests from a Majority of the Affected Customers are Received from a Majority of Affected Customers are Received; Ventura County Waterworks District No. 38 (Lake Sherwood); Supervisorial District No. 2.
  46. 48 Public Hearing Regarding Adoption of an Amendment to the 2023 – 2026 Memorandum of Agreement between the County of Ventura and the Criminal Justice Attorneys' Association of Ventura County to Establish a Legacy Retiree Medical Expense Reimbursement Plan; and Waiver of Second Public Hearing, With No Material Impact on Funding Status of Retirement System.
  47. 49 Public Hearing Regarding Adoption of a Proposed Amendment to the 2023-2026 Memorandum of Agreement Between the County of Ventura and the International Union of Operating Engineers; and Waiver of Second Hearing, With No Material Impact on Funding Status of Retirement System.
  48. 50 Public Hearing Regarding Adoption of a Proposed Amendment to the 2021-2024 Memorandum of Agreement Between the County of Ventura and the Specialized Peace Officers' Association of Ventura County; and Waiver of Second Hearing, With No Material Impact on Funding Status of Retirement System.
  49. 51 Public Hearing Regarding Adoption of an Amendment to the 2022-2025 Memorandum of Agreement Between the County of Ventura and the Ventura Employees’ Association; and Waiver of Second Public Hearing, With No Material Impact on Funding Status of Retirement System.
  50. 52 Public Hearing Regarding Adoption of a Proposed Amendment to the 2023-2026 Memorandum of Agreement Between the County of Ventura and the Ventura County Professional Peace Officers’ Association-Patrol Unit; and Waiver of Second Public Hearing, With No Material Impact on Funding Status of Retirement System.
  51. 53 Receive and File the County Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters' Election Education Series: Part Three – Vote Centers and Vote By Mail.
  52. 54 Presentation of a Proclamation Recognizing the Week of January 21 - 27, 2024, as National Medicolegal Death Investigator Week in Honor of the Public Service of the Death Investigators of the Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office.
  53. 55 Receive and File a Presentation from the Ventura County Civic Alliance on the 2023 State of the Region Report.
  54. 56 Presentation by Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP), Recognizing and Honoring MICOP for their Labor Justice Program.
  55. 57 Receive and File Correspondence from Cindy Escobar, Ventura County Local Planning Council Regarding the Revised Bylaws Approved by the Local Planning Council on October 10, 2023.