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REGULAR MEETING

SAN MATEO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2009

 
 

A copy of the Board of Supervisors’ agenda packet is available for review at the Law Library, 710 Hamilton Street @ Marshall Street, across from the Hall of Justice. The library is open Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. - 8 p.m., Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., and Saturday 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.

 

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If you wish to speak to the Board, please fill out a speaker’s slip located on the table near the door. If you have anything that you wish distributed to the Board and included in the official record, please hand it to the Clerk of the Board who will distribute the information to the Board members and staff.

 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL

1.

8:15 a.m.

CLOSED SESSION

   
 

A)

County Negotiations – California Nurses Association (CNA)

   

County Negotiator: Diana Doughtie

     
 

B)

Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation

   

In re Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

   

United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York,

   

Case No. 08-13555 (JMP)

     
 

C)

Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation

   

Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (b) of Government Code Section 54956.9

   

Five cases

   
   

Initiation of litigation pursuant to subdivision (c) of Government Code Section 54956.9

   

One case

 

2.

9:00 a.m.

REGULAR AGENDA
CONSENT AGENDA

     
 

All items on the consent agenda are approved by one roll call motion unless a request is made at the beginning of the meeting that an item be withdrawn or transferred to the regular agenda. Any item on the regular agenda may be transferred to the consent agenda.

   

3.

9:00 a.m.

Presentation of the Employee of the Month for January 2009 to Charles Ice, Hazardous Materials Specialist IV, Environmental Health Division, Health System (County Manager)

   

Supporting Document: Board Memo

   

4.

ORAL COMMUNICATIONS

   

If your subject is not on the agenda, the President will recognize you at this time. Speakers are customarily limited to two minutes. A speaker’s slip is required.

MATTERS SET FOR SPECIFIED TIME

Times listed under this section are approximate. The Board makes every effort to adhere to the times listed, but in some cases, because of unexpected presentations, items may not be heard precisely at the time scheduled. In no case will any item be heard before the scheduled time.

 

5.

9:00 a.m.

Presentation of a proclamation designating 2009 as Chinese New Year (Supervisor Mark Church)

   

6.

9:00 a.m.

A)

Presentation of a proclamation designating January 2009 as National Mentoring Month (Supervisor Mark Church)

   

B)

Update Report on the S.A.F.E. Initiative

   

7.

9:15 a.m.

Resolution honoring Bill and Jean Lane by naming the education center at Edgewood Park the Bill and Jean Lane Education Center at Edgewood Park and Natural Preserve (4/5ths vote required) (County Manager)

   

Supporting Document: Board Memo

   

Supporting Document: Resolution

   

8.

9:30 a.m.

Presentation of a resolution honoring Rich Allen as the 2008 Resource Conservation District Director of the Year (Continued from the meeting of January 6, 2009) (Supervisor Rich Gordon)

   

Supporting Document: Resolution

   

9.

9:30 a.m.

Public hearing to consider a resolution authorizing the San Mateo County Planning and Building Department to use a lottery and waiting list system to allocate available development opportunities for caretaker’s quarters in the Princeton Waterfront District: (Planning and Building Department)

   

A)

Report and recommendation

   

B)

Close public hearing

   

C)

Adopt resolution

   

Supporting Document: Executive Summary

   

Supporting Document: Board Memo

   

Supporting Document: Resolution

   

Supporting Document: Attachment

     

10.

9:45 a.m.

Update on Shared Vision 2010-2025 (County Manager)

   

Supporting Document: Board Memo

   

11.

10:00 a.m.

A)

Accept the FY 2008-09 County Budget Update

   

B)

Review key budget assumptions and provide direction regarding the preparation of the FY 2009-10 and FY 2010-11 budget

   

C)

Accept the following reports: Impact of the Hiring Freeze on Countywide Performance; Reserves Policy Review and Disparities in Reserves Balances; Food Stamp Enrollment Update; and the Medical Center Transportation Unit (County Manager)

   

Supporting Document: Board Memo

     

12.

10:15 a.m.

Recommendation to: (Continued from the meeting of January 6, 2009) (Supervisors Rich Gordon and Rose Jacobs Gibson)

   

A)

Appoint Sabrina Brennan to the Midcoast Community Council, term expiring November 30, 2009

   

B)

Decline to appoint Ric Lohman to the Midcoast Community Council

   

C)

Direct the County Counsel to draft a resolution specifying that persons who serve as elected directors of other local government agencies are ineligible for service on the County of San Mateo municipal advisory councils which include elected members

   

Supporting Document: Board Memo

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