Hall of Records, Room 301  
2281 Tulare Street  
Board of Supervisors  
Fresno, California  
Agenda - Final-Revised  
93721-2198  
Telephone: (559) 600-3529  
Toll Free: 1-800-742-1011  
www.fresnocountyca.gov  
Garry Bredefeld, 2nd District, Chairman  
Luis Chavez, 3rd District, Vice Chairman  
Brian Pacheco, 1st District  
Buddy Mendes, 4th District  
Nathan Magsig, 5th District  
Paul Nerland, County Administrative Officer  
Douglas Sloan, County Counsel  
Bernice E. Seidel, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors  
Tuesday, February 10, 2026  
9:30 AM  
Hall of Records  
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items are also available online at fresnocounty.legistar.com.  
Roll Call  
Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance  
1.  
2.  
Approve Agenda  
Approve Consent Agenda - Item Numbers 26-57  
These matters are routine in nature and are usually approved by a single vote. Prior to action by the Board, the Board  
Members and the public will be given the opportunity to remove any item from the Consent Calendar. Items removed  
from the Consent Calendar may be heard immediately following approval of this Consent Calendar or set aside until  
later in the day  
Board of Supervisors  
3.  
4.  
Presentation of Retirement Plaque to Calvin Wold - Probation Department - 28 Years of Service  
Presentation of Retirement Plaque to Josephine Arias - Department of Behavioral Health - 38  
Years of Service  
Supervisor Chavez and Supervisor Pacheco  
5.  
Proclaim February 2026 as Black History Month in the County of Fresno  
Supervisor Magsig  
6.  
Adopt Resolution recognizing the 250th Anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of  
Independence  
7.  
Proclaim February 2026 as Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month in Fresno County  
Administrative Office  
8.  
Consider and take action on request for Determination of Public Convenience or Necessity in  
regard to application for an Alcoholic Beverage Control License Type 21 (off-sale general) filed by  
Saif 1, Inc. to be used at 21007 S. Fowler, Ave, Laton, CA 93242  
9.  
Approve Amendment to the Salary Resolution adding one Housing and Homelessness Division  
Manager and one Program Technician I/II - confidential to the Office of Housing and Homelessness  
Org 5428, and transferring five Staff Analyst I/II/III positions and one Senior Staff Analyst position  
from Department of Social Services Org 5610 to the Office of Housing and Homelessness Org  
5428, effective February 16, 2026, as reflected in Appendix “C”; adopt Budget Resolution  
establishing FY 2025-26 appropriations and estimated revenues for the Office of Housing and  
Homelessness Org 5428 in the amount of $5,251,402 (4/5 vote); adopt Budget Resolution  
decreasing FY 2025-26 the County Administrative Office Org 0120 appropriations in the amount of  
$76,546 and estimated revenues in the amount of $44,417 (4/5 vote); adopt Budget Resolution  
decreasing FY 2025-26 appropriations and estimated revenues for the Department of Social  
Services Org 5610 in the amount of $4,846,051 (4/5 vote); and adopt Budget Resolution  
establishing FY 2025-26 appropriations and estimated revenues for the Collaborative Applicant  
Housing and Urban Development Org 0128 in the amount of $680,105 (4/5 vote)  
10.  
Discuss the potential implementation of a Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) in the unincorporated  
areas of the County and provide direction to staff regarding preparation of an ordinance, public  
outreach, and any required actions to place the measure before voters in November 2026, if  
applicable  
Public Works and Planning  
11.  
Adopt Fresno County Safe Routes to School Action Plan for 15 School Sites, which was funded by  
a grant from California Office of Traffic Safety  
12.  
Approve Amendment to Text Application No. 390 and adopt Ordinance modifying text of Fresno  
County Zoning Ordinance to correct omissions, typographical errors and unintended ambiguities  
following approval of 2024 Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance Update; and determine that  
Recommended Action 1 is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and direct  
staff to file a Notice of Exemption with Fresno County Clerk’s Office; and designate County  
Counsel to prepare a fair and adequate summary of proposed Ordinance and direct Clerk of the  
Board to post and publish required summary in accordance with California Government Code,  
Section 25124(b)(1)  
Board of Supervisors' Committee Reports and Comments  
13.  
Board of Supervisors' Committee Reports and Comments - Receive and provide direction (this  
item is reserved for committee reports by members of the Board of Supervisors)  
Board Appointments  
14.  
Receive Boards, Commissions, and Committees Vacancy Report; and Appoint Applicants as  
necessary  
Public Presentations  
15.  
Public Presentations - This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons desiring to address the  
Board on any matter not on this agenda - Pursuant to Administrative Policy No. 29, presentations  
are limited to 3 minutes per person and no more than 15 minutes total per topic  
County Counsel  
16.  
County Counsel Reports from Previous Closed Sessions - This portion of the meeting is reserved  
for County Counsel to report on Closed Session items from previous meetings  
Closed Session  
The public may comment on Closed Session items prior to the Board's recess to Closed Session  
17.  
Conference with Labor Negotiator (Government Code, section 54957.6): Agency Negotiator: Hollis  
Magill; Employee Organization: All Bargaining Units and Management and Unrepresented  
Employees - Hours, Wages and Terms and Conditions of Employment  
18.  
19.  
20.  
Conference with Legal Counsel - Initiation of Litigation; Government Code, section 54956.9(d)(4)  
(2 Cases)  
Conference with Legal Counsel - Significant Exposure to Litigation; Government Code, section  
54956.9(d)(2) (2 Cases)  
Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation - Government Code, section 54956.9(d)(1) -  
Brenda Jewell Manter v. County of Fresno et al., Fresno County Superior Court, Case No.  
24CECG00053  
21.  
22.  
23.  
24.  
25.  
Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation - Government Code, section 54956.9(d)(1) -  
Jeremy Cargill v. County of Fresno, et al., United States District Court Eastern District of California,  
Case No. 1:25-cv-00415-KES-BAM  
Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation - Government Code, section 54956.9(d)(1) -  
CMG Construction Management Group, Inc. v. City of Fresno, et al., Fresno County Superior Court,  
Case No. 22CECG00271  
Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation - Government Code, section 54956.9(d)(1) -  
Hall v. County of Fresno, United States District Court Eastern District of California, Case No.  
1:11-cv-02047-JLT-BAM  
Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation - Government Code, section 54956.9(d)(1) -  
True North Detox, LLC d.b.a. First Steps Recovery v. County of Fresno, United States District  
Court, Eastern District of California, Case No. 1:25-cv-01281-JLT-EPG  
Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation - Government Code, section 54956.9(d)(1) -  
County of Fresno v. True North Detox, LLC, et al., Fresno Superior Court Case No.  
25CECG04575  
Adjourn  
NEXT MEETINGS:  
March 3, 2026 - 9:30 A.M.  
March 17, 2026 - 9:30 A.M.  
CONSENT AGENDA  
(Any Board Member may pull any consent item for discussion or separate vote)  
Board of Supervisors  
26. Approve minutes for January 27, 2026  
Supervisor Chavez  
27.  
Retroactively approve community outreach expenditure of $2,790 to support the Calwa community  
cleanup event held on October 18, 2025, per Administrative Policy No. 75  
Supervisor Pacheco  
28. Adjourn in Memory of Bee Payne, Board Member of the African-American Farmers of California  
29. Proclaim February 15-21, 2026, as CalEITC Awareness Week in Fresno County  
30.  
Approve community outreach expenditure of $2,500 to support the Gospel & R&B in the Park  
community event hosted by Oppurtunity Bridges for the Future, per Administrative Policy No. 75  
Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector  
31.  
Authorize the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector to distribute $10,791.79 in State Highway  
Rental Property revenues received for Fiscal Year 2024-25 in accordance with Streets and  
Highways Code section 104.10  
Administrative Office  
32.  
Adopt Budget Resolution decreasing FY 2025-26 appropriations for the Board of Supervisors, Org  
0110 in the amount of $19,605  
Behavioral Health  
33.  
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute an Agreement with Central Star Behavioral Health,  
Inc. for Crisis Residential Treatment services, effective March 1, 2026, through June 30, 2030,  
which includes a two-year and four-month base contract and two optional one-year extensions, total  
not to exceed $14,734,783; and Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute License  
Agreement with Central Star Behavioral Health, Inc. for use of the County’s Crisis Residential Unit,  
496 S. Barton, Fresno CA 93702, effective March 1, 2026, through June 30, 2030, which includes  
a two-year and four-month base contract and two optional one-year extensions ($0)  
34.  
35.  
Retroactively approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Health’s  
previously sent 30-day written notice to Adele James Consulting Inc., terminating Agreement No.  
22-265, pursuant to the Without Cause provision of the Agreement, effective February 10, 2026  
Retroactively approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Health’s  
previously sent 30-day written notice to National Latino Behavioral Health Association, terminating  
Agreement No. 22-261, pursuant to the Without Cause provision of the Agreement, effective  
February 10, 2026  
36.  
Adopt Resolution authorizing the County to submit a joint grant application with RHCB  
Development LP (RHCB) and UP Holdings California, LLC (UPholdings) to HCD for participation  
in the Homekey+ Program, total not to exceed $31,650,000; Approve and Authorize the Vice  
Chairman to execute the Resolution as required by HCD; and Approve and authorize the Chairman  
to be the signatory on behalf of the Board of Supervisors on associated grant applications and all  
grant documents  
Human Resources  
37. Adopt Resolutions Rejecting Claims for Damages  
37.1  
Approve the successor Memorandum of Understanding for Representation Unit 10, represented by  
the Fresno County District Attorney Investigators Association, effective February 16, 2026; and  
approve the related Salary Resolution Amendment, as reflected on Appendix “B”  
Information Technology Services  
38.  
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive Assignment of Rights and  
Delegation of Duties under Agreement No. A-23-552 with eCivis, Inc. to Euna Solutions, Inc.,  
effective January 1, 2025, with no change to the potential five-year term of October 1, 2023, to  
September 30, 2028, or the maximum compensation of $600,000  
Library  
39.  
Ratify the County Administrative Officer’s approval of the Library’s celebration of events described  
in Attachments A and B, pursuant to Administrative Policy No. 81; and approve and authorize the  
Library to recognize and celebrate holidays, themes, events, days, weeks, or months described in  
Attachments A through N, for five years or until approval is rescinded by the Board, in accordance  
with Administrative Policy No. 81  
40.  
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive Agreement with Wheaton Van Lines,  
Inc., through a cooperative agreement with Omnia Partners, for moving, relocation services and  
related transfer services of Library contents associated with multiple Library branch improvement  
projects, effective January 27, 2026, up to a five-year term through December 31, 2030, total not to  
exceed $5,000,000; and Adopt Budget Resolution increasing FY 2025-26 appropriations for  
Library Fund 0107, Subclass 10000, Org 7530 Library Capital Improvements in the amount of  
$1,000,000 using reserves of Fresno County Library-Measure B, Fund 0107 for moving,  
relocation, and transfer services related to multiple Library branch improvement projects (4/5 vote)  
Probation  
41.  
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive revenue Agreement with the City of  
Fresno for the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Grant Program, effective October 1, 2025, not  
to exceed two consecutive years, total not to exceed $217,569  
42.  
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Second Amendment to Agreement No. A-24-085  
with the California Health and Human Services, Office of Youth and Community Restoration for the  
Less Restrictive Programs Grant (Grant No. 2023-349-OYCR), to extend the term from January 1,  
2028, to July 31, 2028, with no change to the compensation maximum ($2,000,000)  
43.  
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute an Agreement with Focus Forward for  
community-based least restrictive placement programming for youth in the Secured Youth  
Treatment Facility at the Juvenile Justice Campus, effective upon execution, which includes an  
approximately two-year base contract and an optional six-month extension, total not to exceed  
$1,812,503; and Authorize the Chief Probation Officer, or their designee, to make changes to  
expense category subtotals set forth in the Agreement budget, provided such changes do not  
exceed ten percent (10%) of the maximum compensation payable to Contractor, and provided  
such changes do not increase the Agreement maximum compensation  
Public Health  
44.  
45.  
46.  
Approve and Authorize the Department of Public Health to submit an application for a Public  
Health Crisis Response Cooperative Agreement to the Centers for Disease Control and  
Prevention ($5,000,000)  
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Retroactive Revenue Grant Agreement with the  
Office of the Attorney General, California Department of Justice, Tobacco Grant Program, for the  
period beginning January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2028 ($1,998,231)  
Authorize a waiver of the 28 hours per week and 960 hours per calendar year maximum hours  
limitation for one (1) Extra-Help Public Health Physician in the Department of Public Health, Org  
5620, pursuant to the provisions set forth in Salary Resolution, section 1100 and Personnel Rules  
2040 and 4240  
47.  
48.  
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Revenue Agreement with the California  
Department of Public Health for core sexually transmitted disease prevention program  
management, effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2031 ($3,521,290); and approve and  
authorize the Director of Public Health, or designee, to execute the State Contractor’s Release for  
the final invoice  
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the  
Regents of the University of California for the animal shelter assistance grant effective upon  
execution through December 31, 2026 ($0)  
Public Works and Planning  
49.  
Adopt plans and specifications for Contract 25-S-01 Central Library Ceiling and Lighting  
Upgrades, California State Library Building Forward Grant Agreement No. A-24-026/BF-23-015,  
and award to lowest bidder, Better Enterprises, Inc., 1148 N Cypress Avenue, Fresno, CA  
93727-6871, in total amount of $4,660,300; and authorize Director of Public Works and Planning  
to execute contract change orders for Contract 25-S-01, not to exceed $210,000 for any one  
change order pursuant to Public Contract Code 20142, and not to exceed a total change order  
limit of $245,515, or approximately 5.27% of total compensation payable under Contract 25-S-01  
50.  
51.  
52.  
53.  
Adopt Budget Resolution increasing FY 2025-26 appropriations and estimated revenues for  
County Service Area 44D - Monte Verdi, Org 9247 in amount of $197,000 for increased  
operational costs (4/5 vote)  
Adopt Budget Resolution increasing FY 2025-26 appropriations and estimated revenues for  
Public Works and Planning Capital Projects Org 43601150 in amount of $7,439,300 for on-going  
construction of Brix-Mercer basement project (4/5 vote)  
Approve and authorize Chairman to execute a Joint Water Management Exchange Agreement  
between County and Arvin-Edison Water Storage District for management of County’s Central  
Valley Project water, effective March 1, 2026 through February 28, 2041  
Adopt Resolution authorizing reservation of loan funding originating from the California Department  
of Housing and Community Development’s Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) program,  
Cycle One, Year Three funds, for the new construction of the 64-unit Cherry Crossing II affordable  
multifamily housing development project in Sanger, CA ($2,670,353); and authorize Director of  
Public Works and Planning, or his designee, to act on behalf of the County in connection with the  
PLHA Award and any additional PLHA allocations, and to enter into, execute, and deliver any and  
all administrative documents required to participate in the PLHA program or be awarded the  
PLHA awards, and any amendments or corrections to such documents  
54.  
55.  
Approve and authorize Chairman to execute a Notice of Termination for Revenue Agreement No.  
22-166, between County of Fresno and Toro Energy of California AA, LLC, pursuant to Section  
3.1.3 of Revenue Agreement for failure to timely satisfy conditions precedent to execute Ground  
Lease  
Approve and authorize Chairman to execute an Agreement with Oppurtunity Bridges for the Future,  
a 501(c)(3) non-profit California Corporation, granting exclusive use of Kearney Park for one-day  
community events, in partnership with Saint Rest Baptist Church and Community Partners,  
effective February 10, 2026, which includes a three-year base term and two automatic one-year  
extensions, for a total five-year term through February 9, 2031  
55.1  
Make a finding that it is in best interest of County to suspend competitive bidding process  
consistent with Administrative Policy No. 34 for unusual or extraordinary circumstances as  
Professional Asbestos Removal Corporation, d.b.a. PARC Environmental, is the only vendor that  
meets requirements of asbestos and lead paint abatement, hazardous waste disposal,  
homelessness encampment cleanup, abatement services, and emergency response services;  
approve and authorize Chairman to execute a retroactive Agreement with Professional Asbestos  
Removal Corporation, d.b.a. PARC Environmental, effective July 1, 2025, not to exceed five  
consecutive years which includes a three-year base term and two optional one-year extensions,  
total not to exceed $4,675,000  
Social Services  
56.  
Under Administrative Policy No. 34 for competitive bids or requests for proposals (AP 34),  
determine that an exception to the competitive bidding requirement under AP 34 is satisfied and a  
Sole Source Acquisition is warranted due to unusual or extraordinary circumstances, and that the  
best interests of the County would be served by entering into an Agreement with the CalSAWS  
Consortium and Gainwell Technologies, LLC as the CalSAWS Consortium is a Joint Powers  
Authority formed by all 58 California Counties; and approve and authorize the Chairman to execute  
a County Purchase Agreement with the CalSAWS Consortium and Gainwell Technologies, LLC for  
the one-time setup costs for Electronic Return Mail Notification services on behalf of the County,  
effective March 1, 2026, with ongoing costs to be absorbed by the CalSAWS Consortium County  
Share of Cost, total cost not to exceed $7,500  
57.  
Under Administrative Policy No. 34 for competitive bids or requests for proposals (AP 34),  
determine that an exception to the competitive bidding requirement under AP 34 is satisfied and a  
Sole Source Acquisition is warranted due to unusual or extraordinary circumstances, and that the  
best interests of the County would be served by entering into an Agreement with the CalSAWS  
Consortium and Deloitte Consulting, LLP, as the CalSAWS Consortium is a Joint Powers  
Authority formed by all 58 California Counties; and approve and authorize the Chairman to execute  
a retroactive County Purchase Agreement with the CalSAWS Consortium and Deloitte Consulting,  
LLP for the purchase of Purpose-Built, Curated Data Set (PBDS) Maintenance and Enhancements  
(M&E) support, effective November 1, 2025, through May 31, 2026, total not to exceed $119,476