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Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting

May 14, 2024 ·08:30 AM Final
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Agenda — 63 items

  1. 2 Members Present: Matt LaVere, Jeff Gorell, Janice S. Parvin, Vianey Lopez, and
  2. 4 Minutes of the meeting of the County and Special Districts governed by the Board held Tuesday, April 23, 2024.
  3. 5 Item 55 – FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT – Public Hearing regarding approval of the Fire Protection District's 2024 Fire Hazard Reduction Program – a revised Board letter has been submitted.
  4. 6 Moment of Inspiration - Presentation by the Piru Neighborhood Council (PNC).
  5. 7 Consent Agenda Items 11 through 49.
  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 Report on the Count of Cash in Custody of the Treasury for the Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2023-24.
  10. 12 Approval of the Transfer of Unclaimed Money from Various Trust Funds to the General Fund and Non-General Funds.
  11. 13 Receive and File List of Ceremonial Proclamations to be Presented Outside of a Board of Supervisors Meeting in the Month of May 2024.
  12. 14 Approval of the Appointment of Phil Buttell to the Ventura County Medi-Cal Managed Care Commission for the County Organized Health System, Also Known as Gold Coast Health Plan, with the Term Ending March 15, 2028.
  13. 15 Adoption of a Resolution Accepting a Grant from the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation for Meiners Oaks Park Project in the Amount of $500,000 and Making Certain Related Certifications; Authorization for the County Executive Officer to Enter into a Grant Agreement and Take Other Actions Required to Accept the Grant; and Authorization for the County Executive Officer to Negotiate and Execute an Agreement for Project Planning Purposes with Meiners Oaks Parks in the Not-to-Exceed Amount of $500,000.
  14. 16 Adoption of a Resolution Accepting a Grant of $1,500,000 from the California Natural Resources Agency for the Ventura County Animal Shelter Renovation Project and Making Certain Related Certifications; and Authorization of the County Executive Officer to Enter into a Grant Agreement and Take Other Actions Required to Accept the Grant.
  15. 17 Approval of, and Authorization for the Fire Chief to Sign, a Reimbursement Agreement with the Los Angeles County Fire Department for Exchange of Fire Protection and Rescue Services Pertaining to Quick Reaction Force Aircraft.
  16. 18 Approval of, and Authorization for the Fire Chief to Sign, an Automatic Aid Agreement for Exchange of Emergency Response Services with the Los Angeles City Fire Department; and Delegation of Authority to the Fire Chief to Amend and to Terminate the Agreement.
  17. 19 Approval of Participation in, and Ratification of Acceptance of $212,000 from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's California Climate Investments Wildfire Prevention Program Grant Awarded to the Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council for, the Ventura County Education and Fuels Mitigation Initiative Project.
  18. 20 Ratification of the Ventura County Fire Protection District’s (Fire District) Submission of a Grant Application to the Ventura County Transportation Commission (VCTC) Incident Responder Grant Program for the Acquisition of One Jet Tender to be Utilized for Fueling Helicopters in the Amount of $543,479, with No Cost Share.
  19. 21 Approval of, and Authorization for, Twelve Specific Projects Involving Repair, Remodeling, or Other Repetitive Work at Various County Facilities to be Done According to Unit Prices Under Existing Job Order Contracts with MTM Construction, Inc., J & H Engineering, Inc., and Taft Electric, Inc.
  20. 22 Adoption of a Resolution of Intention to Levy Assessments for Fiscal Year 2024-25 for the Oak View School Preservation and Maintenance District and Preliminarily Approving the Engineer’s Report on the Assessments and Scheduling a Public Hearing to Approve the Engineer’s Report and Order the Levy of Assessments.
  21. 23 Adoption of Resolution Authorizing the General Services Agency (GSA) Director to Accept Specific Appropriation of Funds from the State Budget Act of 2023 for the Teen Center at Saticoy Park in the Amount of $1,000,000; and Authorization for the GSA Director to Submit the Adopted Resolution, Execute Any Necessary Grant Agreements, and Accept Funding from the State of California.
  22. 24 Approval of, and Authorization for the Health Care Agency (HCA) Director to Sign, Amendment No. 2 to the Provider Services Agreement – Community Supports with the Ventura County Medi-Cal Managed Care Commission, Doing Business as Gold Coast Heath Plan (Gold Coast Health Plan), and Amendment No. 3 to the Provider Services Agreement – Enhanced Care Management with Gold Coast Health Plan, Permitting Billing by Invoice and Other Methods Approved by the Department of Health Care Services; and Ratification of HCA’s Performance.
  23. 25 Approval of, and Authorization for the Health Care Agency Director to Sign, a Second Four-Month Letter of Agreement Extension for Acute Care Pediatric Services, from May 1, 2024 through August 31, 2024, Between Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and the County of Ventura, Pending the Completion of a Comprehensive Services Agreement.
  24. 26 Authorization for the Purchasing Agent to Increase or Decrease the Individual Contract Amounts for the Specified IT Consulting Vendors as Needed, Provided that the Aggregate Amount Paid for IT Consulting Services Does Not Exceed $6,200,000 for Fiscal Year 2023-24, Representing a $1,600,140 Increase from the Current Maximum Amount of $4,599,860; and Authorization for the Purchasing Agent to Sign Amendments to the Existing Agreements with Each Vendor to Remove the Not to Exceed Amount Provisions.
  25. 27 Approval of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) Template for Educational Support Services and Authorization for the Ventura County Behavioral Health (VCBH) Director to Enter into and Sign Future MOAs with School Districts; and Authorization for the VCBH Director to Extend and Modify MOAs with School Districts for Educational Support Services.
  26. 28 Approval of, Ratification of, and Authorization for the Purchasing Agent to Sign, the First Amendment to the Agreement for Eating Disorder Treatment Services with Discovery Practice Management, Inc., Doing Business as Center for Discovery/Discovery Mood and Anxiety Program, Increasing the Maximum Contract Amount From $25,845 to $178,921 (an increase of $153,076), Effective April 13, 2024 through August 31, 2024; and Approval of, and Authorization for the Purchasing Agent to Approve Limited Modifications.
  27. 29 Approval of, and Authorization for the Ventura County Behavioral Health Director to Sign, a Third Amendment to the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System Standard Agreement for Substance Use Disorder Services, Increasing the Agreement’s Total Amount from $109,062,000 to $218,124,000 (An Increase of $109,062,000 - $36,354,000 per Fiscal Year), and Extending the Agreement Term Three Years through June 30, 2027.
  28. 30 Approval of, and Authorization for the Ventura County Behavioral Health (VCBH) Director to Sign, the First Amendment to the Agreement to Provide Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Funded Respite Services with United Parents, to Increase the Maximum Amount of the Agreement from $229,553 to $233,653 (an Increase of $4,100), Effective May 14, 2024 through June 30, 2024; Approval of, and Authorization for the VCBH Director to Sign, the Agreement to Provide SAMHSA Funded Respite Services with United Parents, in the Maximum Amount of $233,653, Effective July 1, 2024 t
  29. 31 Ratification of, Approval of, and Authorization for the Ventura County Behavioral Health Director to Sign, Eleven Amendments to the Agreements to Provide Specialty Mental Health Related Services with Various Contractors, Increasing the Combined Maximum Amount of the Agreements from $16,953,798 to $18,608,402 (a Combined Increase of $1,654,604), Effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
  30. 32 Approval of, and Authorization for the Health Care Agency Director to Increase, Expenditures with Cedars Sinai Medical Center and Apex Infusion Pharmacy, Providers of Medical Services for Ventura County Health Care Plan from $2,230,000 to $3,280,000 (an increase of $1,050,000), Effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
  31. 33 Receive and File the Report of the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee Regarding Ambulance Service Agreement Compliance for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-22 and FY 2022-23; Approval of an Extension of the Agreements for the Provision of Emergency Ground Ambulance Transport and Related Medical Services with American Medical Response Ambulance Service, Inc., Doing Business as American Medical Response and Gold Coast Ambulance Service, Effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
  32. 34 Approval of, and Authorization for the Purchasing Agent to Sign, Amendment No. 5 to the Contract with AB Staffing Solutions, LLC, Amendment No. 19 to the Contract with AMN Healthcare, Inc., Amendment No. 5 to the Contract with Cross Country Staffing, Inc. Doing Business as (dba) Cross Country Healthcare Services, Amendment No. 5 to the Contract with Huffmaster Crisis Response Inc., Amendment No. 8 to the Contract with Medical Solutions, LLC, Amendment No. 5 to the Contract with MLee Healthcare Staffing and Recruiting Inc. dba McCall and Lee, LLC, and Amendment No. 3 to the Contract with SnapMe
  33. 35 Approval of, and Authorization for the Purchasing Agent to Sign, Amendment No. 3 to the Contract for Temporary Staffing Services with Maxim Healthcare Services Holdings, Inc. Doing Business as Amergis Healthcare Staffing, Inc. (Amergis); and Ratification of the Health Care Agency's Authorization of Amergis to Provide Services.
  34. 36 Approval of, and Authorization for the Human Services Agency Director to Submit, the California Child and Family Services Review System Improvement Plan to the California Department of Social Services; and Approval of the Notice of Intent to Meet Assurances for the Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention and Treatment, Community Based Child Abuse Prevention, and Promoting Safe and Stable Families Programs.
  35. 37 Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the Human Services Agency Director to Submit a Grant Application for a Disaster Recovery Workforce Development Grant to the California Department of Housing and Community Development in the Amount of $7,500,000, an Increase of $1,569,785 Above the Original Resolution; and Ratification of the Submission of the Grant Application to the California Department of Housing and Community Development.
  36. 38 Approval of, and Authorization for the Human Services Agency (HSA) Director or Purchasing Agent to Sign, a Contract for Sowing Seeds of Success, a Farmworker Advancement Program with Arbor E&T, LLC, Doing Business as Equus Workforce Solutions, Effective June 1, 2024 through March 31, 2026, in a Not-to-Exceed Amount of $600,500; and Authorization for the HSA Director or Purchasing Agent to Approve and Sign Limited Contract Modifications Upon Certain Conditions.
  37. 39 Approval of State Match Program Agreement with the California Department of Transportation for Fiscal Year 2023-24; All Supervisorial Districts.
  38. 40 Adoption of a Notice and Resolution of Intention to Purchase Real Property of Approximately 35 Acres of Vacant Land Located near Chico Larsen Road, Lockwood Valley, in the Unincorporated Area of Ventura County, Assessor’s Parcel No. 003-0-140-205, from Andrew Elefant and Ashley Elefant, as Successor Co-Trustees of the Marcia Elefant Revocable Trust, as Amended and Restated in 2020, as to an Undivided ¼ Interest, and Sam Rosenberg and Naomi C. Rosenberg, Co-Trustees of the Rosenberg Inter Vivos Trust Dated December 13, 1990, as to an Undivided ¼ Interest, and Gaye S. Gilpin and Ronna M. Brown,
  39. 41 Authorization for the Public Works Agency Director to Execute a Contract to Universal Security Products, Inc. of New Castle, for Installation of an Additional 60 Bunks at the Todd Road Jail Health and Programming Unit in the Amount of $224,997; Find that Competitive Bidding is Undesirable and Impractical and Would Be Unavailing and Would Not Produce a Public Advantage; Specification No. CP24-04; Project No. P6T13401; Supervisorial District No. 3.
  40. 42 Adoption of a Notice and Resolution of Intention to Sell Real Property Owned by Ventura County Watershed Protection District Located at 8195 North Ventura Avenue, Ventura, CA 93001 and 8220 Edison Drive, Ventura, CA 93003, Assessor’s Parcel Nos. 061-0-230-465 and -455 (Properties) at a Public Sale with Written Bids; Adoption of a Resolution Finding that the Properties are Exempt Surplus Land; and Find that the Disposition of the Properties is Categorically Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act; Supervisorial District No. 1.
  41. 43 Approval of, and Authorization for the Ventura County Watershed Protection District (WPD) Director to Sign, the Agreement to Provide Ventura County Coastal Cleanup Day Lead Coordinator and Fiscal Sponsorship Services with the Ventura County Resource Conservation District , in the Maximum Amount of $72,600, Effective May 14, 2024 through June 30, 2027; and Authorization for the WPD Director to Extend the Term and Make Limited Modifications to the Agreement; Project No. P6010564; All Watershed Protection District Zones; All Supervisorial Districts.
  42. 44 Receive and File Materials Regarding Proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 Benefit Assessment (BA) for the Costs of Flood Control Services; and Set Public Hearing for June 4, 2024, 11:00 a.m. to Consider Adopting the FY 2024-25 BA Program, Including the Components Listed as Routine Operations and Maintenance, Flood Damage Repair Reserve, and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Municipal Stormwater Permit Implementation; All Watershed Protection District Zones; All Supervisorial Districts.
  43. 45 Receive and File the Hazardous Materials Discharge Report for April 6, 2024 through April 26, 2024 - Proposition 65.
  44. 46 Approval of, and Authorization for the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office to Accept One Action Target, Live Fire Firearms Training Structure Donated by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Foundation, with an Estimated Value of $672,609.
  45. 47 Receive and File Report on Reasons Justifying Continued Authority for the Undersheriff to Sign Contracts, in the Total Not-to-Exceed Amount of $3,000,000, Between the County of Ventura and Various Contractors, to Perform Emergency Repairs and Maintenance from Storm Damage Due to the February 2024 Rain Events Impacting the Todd Road Jail Grounds; and Determination of Need to Continue the Emergency Action.
  46. 48 Ratification of, Approval of, and Authorization for the Sheriff's Office to Submit a Grant Application and Accept Funding from the Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) in Jails and Drug Courts in the Amount of $85,000; and Ratification of, Approval of, and Authorization of Sheriff's Office Execution of Grant Agreement.
  47. 49 Receive and File Report of Investments, Including Market Values for Investments for the Month Ending March 31, 2024.
  48. 50 Recommendation of Supervisor Gorell to Appoint Sean Joseph Colvin as a Regular Member to the Aviation Advisory Commission with the Term Ending January 4, 2027.
  49. 51 Second 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.
  50. 52 Presentation Proclaiming the Week of May 5 - 11, 2024 as Correctional Officers Week in Ventura County.
  51. 53 Presentation Proclaiming the Week of May 6 -12, 2024 as National Nurses Week in Ventura County.
  52. 54 Presentation Proclaiming the Month of May 2024 as Older Americans Month in Ventura County
  53. 55 Public Hearing Regarding Approval of the Fire Protection District's 2024 Fire Hazard Reduction Program (FHRP); Adoption of a Resolution Identifying Out-of-Compliance Properties for Weed Abatement; Consider Objections and Protests to the Implementation of the 2024 FHRP and Proposed Weed Abatements; and Authorization for the Fire Chief to Abate Said Properties.
  54. 56 Public Hearing to Consider Approval of the Ventura County Entitlement Area Fiscal Year 2024-25 Annual Action Plan (24-25 AP); Approval of the 24-25 AP and Authorization for the County Executive Officer (CEO) to Sign the Required Certifications and Transmittal Forms for the 24-25 AP, and to Transmit Same to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; Authorize the CEO to Modify the 24-25 AP as Necessary to Accommodate Program Changes and Adjust Funding Recommendations Consistent with the Citizen Participation Plan; Approval of an Allocation of $550,000 in HOME-ARP to the Arro
  55. 57 Public Hearing to Solicit Comments on an Amendment to the County of Ventura Permanent Local Housing Allocation (“PLHA”) Plan; Approval of the Amended PLHA Plan and Authorization for the County Executive Officer to Submit the Amended Plan to the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development (“HCD”); Adoption of Resolutions Allocating $588,176 in PLHA Funds as Grant Funding to Mesa Independent Living and Allocating $300,000 in PLHA Funds as Grant Funding to the Ventura County Community Development Corporation, Plus a 5 Percent Administrative Allowance; Authorize Administrat
  56. 58 Presentation Honoring and Celebrating the Week of May 18-24, 2024 as National Safe Boating Week in Ventura County.
  57. 59 First Public Hearing Regarding Adoption of an Ordinance to Place the Classification of Public Health Officer in the Unclassified Service; Adoption of a Resolution Establishing Two Classifications, Public Health Officer and Intensive Services Coordinator, Effective May 26, 2024; Authorization for the Addition of One Position of Public Health Officer to the Health Care Agency, Effective May 26, 2024; and Adoption of an Amended Exhibit I to the Ventura County Management, Confidential Clerical, and Other Unrepresented Employees Resolution.
  58. 60 Receive and File Fiscal Year 2024-25 Department Budget Presentation for the Health Care Agency.
  59. 61 Receive and File Correspondence from the Ventura County Civil Service Commission Regarding a Report for Fiscal Quarter Ending March 31, 2024.
  60. 62 Receive and File Correspondence from Roy Nishimori from San Miguel Produce, Inc. Regarding WARN Act Notice of the Permanent Layoff of 127 Employees Effective June 28, 2024 as Part of the Permanent Closing of All of San Miguel Produce, Inc.'s Operations.
  61. 63 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION (Gov. Code, § 54956.9)
  62. 65 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE SCHEDULED PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (Gov. Code, § 54957(b)(1))
  63. 66 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Gov. Code, § 54957.6)