Bakersfield, California
Regular Meeting Monday, August 4, 1997
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| BOARD RECONVENED |
Supervisors: McQuiston, Perez, Patrick, Peterson, Parra ROLL CALL: 4 Present; 1 Absent: Supervisor Peterson
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County Administrative Office Pr-Pa | 4 Ayes 1 Ab-Pe 1)
| Request for Closed Session re Meet and Confer with Kern
County Public Employees Association, Kern County
Firefighters Union, Kern Law Enforcement Association, and
Kern Faculty Association, and Kern Prosecutors
Association - | Pr-Pa
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| RECESSED TO 2:00 P.M. |
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2:00 P.M.
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| BOARD RECONVENED |
Supervisors: McQuiston, Perez, Patrick, Peterson, Parra ROLL CALL: All Present
SALUTE TO FLAG - Led by Supervisor Patrick
NOTE: Mc, Pz, Pa, Pe, Pr are abbreviations for Supervisors McQuiston, Perez, Patrick, Peterson, and Parra, respectively. For example, Pa-Pe denotes Supervisor Patrick made the motion and Supervisor Peterson seconded it. The abbreviation (Ab) means absent, and (Abd) abstained.
*CONSENT AGENDA/OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT: ALL ITEMS LISTED WITH AN ASTERISK (*) WERE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND APPROVED BY ONE
BOARD ACTION SHOWN IN CAPS AFTER EACH ITEM
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Pa-Mc | All Ayes 2)
| Proclamation proclaiming the week of August 1-7, 1997 as
Breastfeeding Week in Kern County - PROCLAIMED; MADE
PRESENTATION TO EDITH PHILLIPS; EDITH PHILLIPS HEARD |
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| Request from Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce to address the
Board re Tehachapi Mountain Festival - |
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| Pa-Pr | All Ayes *4)
| Reappointment of Brian Kamoto as Pharmacist
Representative, and Gerald Starr as Chief Executive
Officer of Kern Medical Center, to the Kern Health
System's Inc. Board of Directors, terms to expire June
30, 2000 - MADE REAPPOINTMENTS |
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| CONTINUED HEARING
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Planning Department Pa-Pr | All Ayes *5)
| (1) General Plan Amendment Case No. 3, Map No. 124-1; (2)
Amendment of Zoning Map No. 124-1, Zone Change Case No.
26; (3) Conditional Use Permit Case No. 23, Map No. 124-1; (4) Precise Development Plan No. 20, Map No. 124-1;
Nazar Kooner by Alta Engineering/Hughes Surveying; 1320
Weedpatch Highway, southeast of Bakersfield; (1) Amend
the Metropolitan Bakersfield 2010 General Plan from Map
Code(s) R-IA (Intensive Agriculture) to Map Code(s) SR
(Suburban Residential - Less Than or Equal to 4 Dwelling
Units/Net Acre) and GC (General Commercial) or more
restrictive map code designations; (2) A change in zone
classification from A-1 (Limited Agriculture) to E (1/4)
MH (Estate - 1/4 acre - Mobilehome Combining), MP PD
(Mobilehome Park - Precise Development Combining), and C-2 PD (General Commercial - Precise Development Combining)
or more restrictive districts; (3) Modification of a
Conditional Use Permit to allow a private school at the
Church facility authorized by Conditional Use Permit
approved January 28, 1993; (4) A Precise Development for
the construction of a feed store, a permanent fruit
stand, and a retail sales (farm implements) store in a C-2 PD (General Commercial - Precise Development Combining)
District; Planning Department recommendation: Continue
to August 25, 1997; Negative Declaration (SD 5)
(Bakersfield Californian) (Continued from 6/16/97, Item
E) - CONTINUED TO MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. |
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| HEARING |
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Planning Department Pe-Mc | All Ayes 6)
| Streets and Highways - Street Name Change - Map No. 167-4; Mark D. Horton; Quail Valley Road alignment, located
in Sand Canyon, northeasterly of Monolith; A Street Name
Change from Quail Valley Road to Quail Estates Lane;
Planning Department recommendation: Approve street name
change as requested; General Rule, Section 15061(b)(3)
(SD 2) (Tehachapi News); Planning Department
recommendation: Approve street name change as requested;
General Rule, Section 15061(b)(3) (SD 2) (Tehachapi News)
- (Tape 1724) OPENED HEARING; NO ONE HEARD; CLOSED
HEARING; ADOPTED RESOLUTION 97-216 APPROVING STREET NAME
CHANGE AS REQUESTED | Pa-Pe | All Ayes 7)
| Amendment of Zoning Map No. 102-15, Zone Change Case No.
22; Fred Gerdeman; 5624 Brookdale Avenue, Rosedale area;
A change in zone classification from E () RS (Estate -
acre - Residential Suburban Combining) to E (1/4)
(Estate - 1/4 acre) or a more restrictive district;
Planning Department recommendation: Approve zone change
as requested; Categorically Exempt, Section 15303 (SD 3)
(Bakersfield Californian) - (Tape 1724) - OPENED HEARING;
STEVE SAMPSON; JAMIE WHITE; AND GARY GUINN, HEARD IN
OPPOSITION TO RECOMMENDATION; FRED GERDEMAN HEARD IN
SUPPORT OF RECOMMENDATION; CLOSED HEARING; CONTINUED TO
MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. |
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RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Planning Department
Land Use
S.D. #2 Pa-Pr | All Ayes *8)
| Three Year Extension of Time for Tract 5157 for Water
Resorts, Inc, by David Smith, both sides of Douglas
Avenue, approximately 500 feet west of Koch Street, west
of Mojave - APPROVED THREE-YEAR EXTENSION OF TIME TO
RECORD FINAL MAP FROM NOVEMBER 18, 1997 TO NOVEMBER 18,
2000, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS APPROVED BY YOUR BOARD ON
NOVEMBER 18, 1991 | Pa-Pr | All Ayes *9)
| Request for Nonsummary Vacation of a portion of New Eagle
Road, Zone Map No. 213, Golden Queen Mining Company, Inc.
- ADOPTED RESOLUTION 97-217 DECLARING INTENT TO VACATE;
SET HEARING DATE FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1997 AT 2:00
P.M., AND PROVIDED FOR NOTICE |
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| Miscellaneous
S.D. 4 Pa-Pr | All Ayes *10)
| Request for Determination of Public Convenience for the
Issuance of an Off-Sale Beer and Wine License at 2103
Lebec Road, Lebec (from July 28, 1997) - CONTINUED TO
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. |
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| COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE Pa-Pr | All Ayes *11)
| Reimbursement of Moving Expenses for Mr. John Mollison,
Director of Employers' Training Resource, in an amount
not to exceed $1,500 - APPROVED; AUTHORIZED AUDITOR-CONTROLLER TO MAKE NECESSARY PAYMENTS | Pa-Pr | All Ayes *12)
| Proposed Revision of Health Plan Eligibility Policy and
amendment to County Administrative Procedures Manual -
APPROVED | Pa-Pr | All Ayes *13)
| Proposed amendments to agreements with Colonial Life &
Accident Insurance Company and Benefit America for
Cafeteria Plan and Flexible Spending Plan Administrative
Services, to extend terms to December 31, 2000 (no cost
to County) - APPROVED; AUTHORIZED CHAIRMAN TO SIGN
AGREEMENTS 514-97 AND 515-97 | Pa-Pe | All Ayes
| MOTION TO CONSIDER NON-AGENDA ITEM: FOUND THAT NEED TO
TAKE ACTION ON NON-AGENDA MATTER OCCURRED BECAUSE AFTER
THE DEADLINE FOR POSTING THE AUGUST 4, 1997 AGENDA, THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RECEIVED A REQUEST TO OPPOSE AB 667.
BECAUSE THE BILL IS SET FOR HEARING IN MID-AUGUST AND THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS NOT SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN UNTIL
AUGUST 19, BOARD ACTION IS REQUIRED AT THE AUGUST 4
MEETING IN ORDER THE FOR BOARD'S POSITION TO BE
COMMUNICATED TIMELY TO THE APPROPRIATE LEGISLATORS. |
Legislative Matter Mc-Pa | All Ayes 13A)
| AB 667: Inland Oil Spills - ADOPTED POSITION IN
OPPOSITION; AUTHORIZED CHAIRMAN TO SIGN CORRESPONDENCE |
| COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE | General Services Division
S.D. #2 Pa-Pr | All Ayes *14)
| Proposed License Agreement with Tehachapi Valley
Recreation & Park District for use of space by the Office
on Aging, in an amount not to exceed $1,100.00 -
APPROVED; AUTHORIZED CHAIRMAN TO SIGN AGREEMENT 516-97 |
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| ALL S.D.'s | Pa-Pr | All Ayes 15)
| Status Report on the Computer Aided Dispatch System -
CONTINUED TO TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. | Pa-Pr | All Ayes *16)
| Request for consent to assignment of Franchise F-227 from
Challenger Minerals, Inc., to J. P. Oil Company - MADE
FINDING THAT PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM CEQA PER SECTION
15061; DIRECTED CLERK OF THE BOARD TO COMPLETE AND FILE
NOTICE OF EXEMPTION; APPROVED; ADOPTED RESOLUTION 97-218
CONSENTING TO ASSIGNMENT |
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| COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE | Information Technology Services Pa-Pr | All Ayes *17)
| Proposed contract with Sterling Software to provide
software maintenance for a period of three (3) years in
an amount not to exceed $8,943.00 on two software
products: Vision Results and Vision Report - APPROVED;
AUTHORIZED CHAIRMAN TO SIGN AGREEMENT 517-97 |
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| EMPLOYERS' TRAINING RESOURCE | Pa-Pr | All Ayes *18)
| Authorization to execute agreements with State of
California and accept funds under the California One-Stop
Career Center System Building grants for the purpose of
building a statewide one-stop career center system -
APPROVED; AUTHORIZED THE DIRECTOR OF EMPLOYERS' TRAINING
RESOURCE OR HIS DESIGNEE TO SIGN AGREEMENTS AND ANY
SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL AS TO FORM BY
COUNTY COUNSEL; AUTHORIZED THE COUNTY OF KERN, THROUGH
ITS EMPLOYERS' TRAINING RESOURCE DEPARTMENT, TO SERVE AS
THE FISCAL AGENT FOR THESE FUNDS |
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| HUMAN SERVICES Pa-Pr | All Ayes *19)
| Proposed agreement with the Regents of the University of
California for an Annual Training Program for County
Personnel who provide eligibility services (no cost to
County) - APPROVED; AUTHORIZED CHAIRMAN TO SIGN AGREEMENT
518-97 |
Pa-Pr | All Ayes *20)
| Proposed agreement with the Regents of the University of
California for an Annual Training Program for County
Personnel who provide Greater Avenues for Independence
(GAIN) services (no cost to County) - APPROVED;
AUTHORIZED CHAIRMAN TO SIGN AGREEMENT 519-97 |
Pa-Pr | All Ayes *21)
| Proposed agreement with the Kern County Superintendent of
Schools to provide services for the Kern County Healthy
Start Collaborative (no cost to County) - APPROVED;
AUTHORIZED CHAIRMAN TO SIGN AGREEMENT 520-97 |
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| PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT Pa-Pr | All Ayes *22)
| Request for retroactive out-of-state travel for Lindell
Adams to attend the American Society of Equal Opportunity
Professionals (ASEP) Fifth Annual Training Conference,
"Vision & Leadership for Equal Opportunity" in Las Vegas,
Nevada, July 20-24, 1997, in an amount not to exceed
$799.45 - APPROVED; AUTHORIZED AUDITOR-CONTROLLER TO PAY |
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| WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT WITH- | DRAWN *23)
| Proposed "Monitoring and Reporting Element" for
management of long term environmental risks related to
sanitary landfill operations - |
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| CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES INTRODUCED ON TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1997 - Pa-Pr | All Ayes *24)
| Ordinance amending Ordinance G-5584 to add subsection 5©
regarding exemption procedures for the Solid Waste
Management Service Charges - ENACTED ORDINANCE G-6418 |
Pa-Pr | All Ayes *25)
| Ordinance adding Section 10.16.048, subsection
10.16.048.1 to the Kern County Ordinance Code concerning
no stopping zone on Aloma Street between State Highway 46
and Lawton Drive in the Lost Hills area - ENACTED
ORDINANCE G-6419 |
Pa-Pr | All Ayes *26)
| Ordinance revising Section 2.94.020 designating the name
of the County Health Authority - ENACTED ORDINANCE G-6420 |
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| MATTERS FOR EXECUTIVE APPROVAL | Pa-Pr | All Ayes 27)
| Travel Requests (Out-of-State) - APPROVED R. IVES TO
SPOKANE, WA; S. METTLER TO SALT LAKE CITY, UT |
Pa-Pr | All Ayes 28)
| Minutes for Week of June 30, 1997 - APPROVED | Pa-Pr | All Ayes 29)
| Miscellaneous Letters and Documents - FILED | Pa-Pr | All Ayes 30)
| Miscellaneous Departmental Referrals by Clerk of the
Board - APPROVED AND FILED |
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| This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons to
address the Board on any matter not on this agenda but
under the jurisdiction of the Board. Board members may
respond briefly to statements made or questions posed.
They may ask a question for clarification, make a
referral to staff for factual information or request
staff to report back to the Board at a later meeting.
Also, the Board may take action to direct the staff to
place a matter of business on a future agenda. SPEAKERS
ARE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME
BEFORE MAKING YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU! - BILL
WILBANKS, ASSISTANT CAO FOR GENERAL SERVICES, DISCUSSED
ARTS COUNCIL DISPLAY IN THE ROTUNDA OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE
CENTER AND INTRODUCED SONJA SWENSON-WOLSEY, BETTY YOUNGER
AND MARK PAHUTA; SONJA SWENSON-WOLSEY HEARD; SUPERVISORS
PATRICK, MCQUISTON AND PARRA EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR
THE ART WORKS |
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| On their own initiative, Board members may make an
announcement or a report on their own activities. They
may ask a question for clarification, make a referral to
staff or take action to have staff place a matter of
business on a future agenda (Gov. Code Sec. 54954.2[a])-
SUPERVISOR PETERSON DISCUSSED AG LAND USE MEETING IN
SACRAMENTO AND CSAC'S REQUEST FOR THE BOARD TO PURSUE
TRIAL COURT FUNDING AND RETURN OF ERAF MONIES THROUGH
ASSEMBLYMEN AND SENATORS REPRESENTING KERN COUNTY |
SUPERVISOR PEREZ CONTINUED DISCUSSION ON ERAF AND THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTERS TO SEEK OUT INFORMATION RELATING TO PROPOSITION ISSUES Pa-Pr
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Clerk of the Board
Chairman, Board of Supervisors
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| 29) | MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS - FILED | |
| Clerk of the Board | ||
| A) | Received, certified, and forwarded to Recorder for
Recordation as follows: 1) Parcel Map No. 10289 (S.D. 4) 2) Parcel Map No. 10402 (S.D. 2) 3) Tract Map No. 5451 (S.D. 2) | |
Community Development | ||
| B) | County Loan Agreement, Home Investment Partnerships Program, Owner Rehabilitation Program with Juana F. Lugo | |
Emergency Medical Services | ||
| C) | Memorandum re Kern County EMS System Changes-EMS/MCO Planning Process (Copy to each Supervisor and CAO) | |
General Services | ||
| D) | Letter re Request to Receive and File Time Certificate of Deposit from Marilyn Larsen Family Trust; SD#2 (Copy to General Services) | |
| E) | Letter to Charles Conner re Board Referral item 9711940, April 8, 1997, Regarding Flood Emergency Worker Recognition Day (Copy to each Supervisor and CAO) | |
Kern County Economic Opportunity Corporation | ||
| F) | Letter re Acquisition of the Bakersfield Federal Building (Copy to each Supervisor, CAO and Health Department) | |
MISCELLANEOUS | ||
| G) | Letter from Ronald Shepard re Kern Medical Center (Copy to each Supervisor, CAO and KMC) | |
| H) | Letter from State Board of Equalization re Property Tax Rule 371 (Copy to each Supervisor, CAO, Assessor and AAB) | |
| I) | Letter from GTE Mobilnet of Central California re Notification letter for Arvin of Fresno MSA Limited Partnership (Copy to each Supervisor) | |
| J) | Minutes of the meeting of June 19, 1997 from Kern Council of Governments, Transportation Planning Policy Committee (Copy to each Supervisor, CAO and Roads) | |
| K) | State of California, Fish and Game Commission Meeting Agenda for July 31, 1997 (Copy to each Supervisor, CAO, Planning and County Counsel) | |
| L) | Wildlife Conservation Board Meeting Agenda for August 14, 1997 (Copy to each Supervisor, CAO, Planning and County Counsel) | |
| M) | Transmittal letter to report an illegal or threatened discharge of hazardous waste (Copy to each Supervisor, CAO, Environmental Health and Fire-Hazardous Material) | |
| N) | Memorandum from California Redevelopment Association re to Redevelopment Seminar (Copy to each Supervisor and CAO) | |
| O) | News Release from U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management re extension of Comment Period for Proposed Soledad Mountain Project Draft EIS/EIR (Copy to each Supervisor, CAO, Planning and County Counsel) | |
| P) | Fact Sheet from California Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Toxic Substances Control re Draft Standardized Permit (Copy to each Supervisor, CAO and Waste Management) | |
| Q) | Newsletter from U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice re National Assessment of the Bryne Formula Grant Program (Copy to each Supervisor and CAO) | |
| R) | Brochure from A P A, The Engineered Wood Association re I-Joists for Residential Floors (Copy to each Supervisor, CAO, General Services and RMA) | |
| S) | Book from Department of Energy re Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement/Program Environmental
Impact Report for the Sale of Elk Hills (Copy to each Supervisor, CAO, Planning and County Counsel)
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| 30) | LETTERS RECEIVED AND REFERRED BY CLERK OF THE BOARD -APPROVED AND FILED | |
| A) | Letter and Petition from Ora Elder re Neighborhood Surroundings and Conditions -REFERRED TO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AGENCY (Copy to each Supervisor, CAO and Sheriff) | |
| B) | Letter from Dale Scott & Company Inc. re Kern High School District 1997 Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes -REFERRED TO COUNTY COUNSEL | |
| C) | Letter from J. Ruck re information on claim -REFERRED TO COUNTY COUNSEL (Copy to each Supervisor and CAO) | |
| D) | Resolution No. 97-02 of the Board of Directors of the East Kern Cemetery District for Adoption of Provisions for Kern County Health Benefits Plan -REFERRED TO COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE (Copy to each Supervisor and CAO) | |
| E) | Summons and Complaint in the matter of Abel J. Cebreros vs. Kern County -REFERRED TO COUNTY COUNSEL (Copy to Risk Management) | |
| F) | Claim in the matter of Donna Schwab vs. Kern County -REFERRED TO COUNTY COUNSEL (Copy to Risk Management) | |
| G) | Claim in the matter of Donna Schwab vs. Kern County -REFERRED TO COUNTY COUNSEL (Copy to Risk Management) | |
| H) | Claim in the matter of Shelley and Cheri Singer vs. Kern County -REFERRED TO COUNTY COUNSEL (Copy to Risk Management) | |
| I) | Claim in the matter of Kevin Schmidt vs. Kern County -REFERRED TO COUNTY COUNSEL (Copy to Risk Management) | |
| J) | Claim in the matter of Kevin Schmidt vs. Kern County -REFERRED TO COUNTY COUNSEL (Copy to Risk Management) | |
| K) | Claim in the matter of C. Jeff Thomson and L. Elaine Thomson vs. Kern County -REFERRED TO COUNTY COUNSEL (Copy to Risk Management) | |
| L) | Claim in the matter of Donny Youngblood vs. Kern County -REFERRED TO COUNTY COUNSEL (Copy to Risk Management) |
Bakersfield, California
Regular Meeting Monday, August 4, 1997
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| BOARD RECONVENED
Supervisors: McQuiston, Perez, Patrick, Peterson, Parra ROLL CALL: All Present
SALUTE TO FLAG - Led by Supervisor Peterson
*CONSENT AGENDA/OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT: ALL ITEMS LISTED WITH AN ASTERISK (*) WERE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND APPROVED BY ONE MOTION BOARD ACTION SHOWN IN CAPS
Pa-Pe | All Ayes 1)
| Public Meeting to receive public comment on FY 1997/98
Proposed Budget - ROY WEYGAND, PRESIDENT OF KERNTAX;
PAULINE LARWOOD REPRESENTING BAKERSFIELD SOUTH ROTARY AND
OTHER ROTARIANS; DEBORAH EASTMAN; MARTIN MITCHELL,
REPRESENTING THE SOCIAL WORKERS OF CHILD PROTECTIVE
SERVICES; JUDY NEUMAN; TOM CORSON AND LAURA DENNISON,
HEARD; RECEIVED AND FILED DOCUMENTS |
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| This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons to
address the Board on any matter not on this agenda but
under the jurisdiction of the Board. Board members may
respond briefly to statements made or questions posed.
They may ask a question for clarification, make a
referral to staff for factual information or request
staff to report back to the Board at a later meeting.
Also, the Board may take action to direct the staff to
place a matter of business on a future agenda. SPEAKERS
ARE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME
BEFORE MAKING YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU! - PAULINE
LARWOOD INTRODUCED HER GRANDDAUGHTER, KRISTIN, FROM
HAWAII AND CHARLOTTE FROM FRANCE |
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| On their own initiative, Board members may make an
announcement or a report on their own activities. They
may ask a question for clarification, make a referral to
staff or take action to have staff place a matter of
business on a future agenda (Gov. Code Sec. 54954.2[a]) -
NONE | Pa-Pe
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| ADJOURNED TO TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1997 AT 9:00 A.M. |
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Clerk of the Board
Chairman, Board of Supervisors |