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Board of Supervisors

Meeting of December 10, 2019

36 items acted on: 0 contested, 11 other regular items, 25 on the consent calendar. 3 more votes are quoted in the Clerk’s words, uncounted.

The County’s page for this meeting Minutes (PDF) Agenda (PDF)

Other items acted on

Permit and Resource Management Department: Review and possible action on the following: Acts and Determinations of Planning Commission/Board of Zoning Adjustments Acts and Determinations of Project Review and Advisory Committee Acts and Determinations of Design Review Committee Acts and Determinations of Landmarks Commission Administrative Determinations of the Director of Permit and Resource Management (All materials related to these actions and determinations can be reviewed at: http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/PRMD/Boards-Commissions-and-Committees/)

File 2019-1690 on the County’s site Acts and Determinations Read from the Clerk’s minutes text
From Permit and Resource Management: all its voted items Countywide

Passed: 5 Aye. The Board accepted the Acts and Determinations.

Consent calendar

The Board approves the consent calendar in one motion; the County records that vote on each item. Appointments and gold resolutions are approved with it. A consent item on which the Board split is listed under contested items above.

25 consent items, none contested

Adopt a Gold Resolution commending and honoring Sutter Health Santa Rosa Regional Hospital as the recipient of North Bay Leadership Council’s 2019 Leaders of the North Bay Award for “Paint the Town Green: Environmental Stewardship” (Third District)

File 2019-1676 on the County’s site Gold Resolution Presented Off-Site Read from the Clerk’s minutes text
From Board of Supervisors District 3: all its voted items District 3

Passed: 5 Aye. Approved as recommended by Resolution 19-0537.

Adopt a Gold Resolution Commending the Latino Health Forum and Dr. Enrique Gonzalez-Mendez on the Occasion of their 27th Annual Forum Striving to Promote the Health of Sonoma County’s Latino Community (Third District)

File 2019-1717 on the County’s site Gold Resolution Presented Off-Site Read from the Clerk’s minutes text
From Board of Supervisors District 3: all its voted items District 3

Passed: 5 Aye. Approved as recommended by Resolution 19-0538.

Votes on consent items
ItemGorinRabbittZaneGoreHopkins
2019-1589: CA Department of Conservation Grant - Riparian Corridor Conservation on Agricultural LandAyeAyeAyeAyeAye
2019-1567: Consolidated Elections November 5, 2019, Official CanvassAyeAyeAyeAyeAye
2019-1650: Designation of Signatories for the Conduct of Banking Business and Updated Resolutions for Receipt of State Homeless FundingAyeAyeAyeAyeAye
2019-1653: AB 1600 Development Fees Annual Reports for FY 2018-2019AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
2019-1192: Recovery and Resiliency UpdateAyeAyeAyeAyeAye
2019-1307: Criminal and Traffic County Penalty Assessment ReductionAyeAyeAyeAyeAye
2019-1708: Legal Services Agreement with Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley LLPAyeAyeAyeAyeAye
2019-1681: Sonoma County Consolidated Oversight Board Legal Services AgreementAyeAyeAyeAyeAye
2019-1630: Blanket Purchase Order Agreement for As-Needed Confidential Material Pickup, Shredding and DisposalAyeAyeAyeAyeAye
2019-1700: Award of Multiple Agreements for As-Needed Auto Body Repair and ServicesAyeAyeAyeAyeAye
2019-1712: Lease Amendment for Information Systems Department at 1375 N. Dutton Avenue, Santa RosaAyeAyeAyeAyeAye
2019-1713: Amendments to Classification and Compensation Consulting AgreementsAyeAyeAyeAyeAye
2019-1257: Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) KE Grant Funding and Social Service Worker IV Time-Limited Position.AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
2019-1768: Summary Vacation of RWV19-0001 Sonoma Mountain Road Right of Way VacationAyeAyeAyeAyeAye
2019-1669: Evaluation Services for the Youth Diversion with Case Management ProgramAyeAyeAyeAyeAye
2019-1623: Sonoma Water Allocations RequestAyeAyeAyeAyeAye
2019-1698: Reimbursement Agreement for the Town of Windsor Water Conservation ProgramAyeAyeAyeAyeAye
2019-1728: Engineering Support for Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations Phase II - Prado DamAyeAyeAyeAyeAye
2019-1596: Charles M. Schulz - Sonoma County Airport Agreement for Parking Management ServicesAyeAyeAyeAyeAye
2019-1710: Sonoma County Russian River Seasonal Crossings UpdateAyeAyeAyeAyeAye
2019-1704: Approve the appointment of Lisa Carreno as Honorary Board member to the Fair and Exposition Board serving at the pleasure of the Board. (Fifth District)AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
2019-1676: Adopt a Gold Resolution commending and honoring Sutter Health Santa Rosa Regional Hospital as the recipient of North Bay Leadership Council’s 2019 Leaders of the North Bay Award for “Paint the Town Green: Environmental Stewardship” (Third District)AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
2019-1717: Adopt a Gold Resolution Commending the Latino Health Forum and Dr. Enrique Gonzalez-Mendez on the Occasion of their 27th Annual Forum Striving to Promote the Health of Sonoma County’s Latino Community (Third District)AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
2019-1778: Supplemental Resolution to Authority to Invest and Reinvest FundsAyeAyeAyeAyeAye
2019-1672: Fee WaiverAyeAyeAyeAyeAye

In the Clerk’s words

The Clerk’s minutes text records a vote on these items, but not in a form this site reads with confidence: several motions on one item, a vote with no stated Board Action to attach it to, or a voter who is not a Supervisor, such as a sanitation district’s mayor-director. They are quoted, not counted. Why.

The Board of Supervisors will consider the following in closed session: Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation - County of Sonoma v. Frank Newman, et al., Sonoma County Superior Court, Case No. SCV 257869 (Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1).)

File 2019-1746 on the County’s site Closed Session Calendar Item

The Board approved the settlement agreement compromising the total penalties and fees which would require a payment to the County of $172,332. 50 as well as not requesting any of the legal interest do to getting compliance in the matter. The payment will be done through the sale of the real property of 1830 Ludwig Ave, Santa Rosa, CA to new buyers who have agreed to enter into a new abatement sec…

AYES: Gorin, Rabbitt, Zane, Gore, Hopkins

The Clerk’s minutes text

A) The Board of Supervisors, the Board of Directors of the Sonoma County Water Agency and the Board of Directors of the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District will consider the following in closed session: Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation. Potential initiation of litigation pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(4). 1 case (Kincade Fire Claim). B) The Board of Supervisors, the Board of Directors of the Sonoma County Water Agency and the Board of Directors of the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District will consider the following in closed session: Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation - In re PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company, United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California, San Francisco Division, Case No. 19-30088(DM) Chapter 11. (Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1).

File 2019-1731 on the County’s site Closed Session Calendar Item

The Board authorized County Counsel to file claims with the Us Bankruptcy County with respect to damages related to the Kincaid Fires caused by PG&E.

AYES: Gorin, Rabbitt, Zane, Gore, Hopkins

The Clerk’s minutes text

Multi Parcel Annexation to the Sonoma Valley County Sanitation District; SEW18-0057

File 2019-0950 on the County’s site Regular Calendar Item

Board Action: Approved as recommended by Resolution 19-0546

AYES: Gorin, Rabbitt, Zane, Gore, Hopkins

Sonoma Valley County Sanitation District

AYES: Gorin, Rabbitt

ABSENT: Mayor Harrington

The Clerk’s minutes text