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Until emergency water storage capacity is increased to at least 300,000 gallons, a moratorium on new development must continue in effect. Response – Board of Supervisors: The "moratorium" at Circle Oaks is entirely self- inflicted. The Board of Supervisors does not have jurisdiction over the provision of water. The Circle Oaks Water District has decided not to upgrade their private water system. As such, when a property owner comes to the County for a building permit, they cannot meet the Uniform Building Code requirements for drinking water (as well as fire protection water). At the direction of LAFCO, the County Fire Marshal has reviewed and made recommendations on the volume of stored water for emergency fire protection in Circle Oaks. Additional recommendations regarding pertinent ordinances will be forthcoming in the next few months. NAPA COUNTY ELECTIONS REPORT

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Training, policies and procedures must be developed and implemented for the Napa County Department of Health and Human Services. Response - Director, Health & Human Services: The recommendation has already been partially implemented and will be completely implemented within the next ninety (90) days. In a collaborative effort involving local fire authorities and CPS staff, a "Newborn Safe Surrender Kit" has been developed and distributed to all approved surrender sites. A copy of the materials in the kit is attached to this memorandum. The kit includes the protocol to be followed by fire personnel in the handling of the baby from the time it is surrendered until it is transported to a hospital (in the event the surrender does not occur at a hospital), the state mandated report form that must be completed to formally initiate the Child Protective Services process, an information sheet for the parent(s) delivering the baby, a medical questionnaire they are asked to complete, and confidential identifiers for the baby and parent(s) to facilitate communication by the parent(s) in the event they wish to communicate with CPS regarding the baby after surrendering custody. A multi-agency training was conducted for CPS, fire, and medical personnel early this year. The effectiveness of the kit and training was evidenced when a baby was surrendered under the statute at a fire station in the City of Napa on June 20, 2005. The baby moved smoothly through the surrender process from the front steps of the fire station to the hospital to eventual placement in a foster home pending adoption. HHSA and the Napa County Fire Department have collaboratively determined that it is in the best interests of infants who may be surrendered under the statute to limit non- curriculum. CPS is adding a training module to these activities centering on the CSSBL. The first phase should thus orient the healthcare and social service professionals who are most likely to be interacting with an expectant mother with the CSSBL and the procedure that a new parent would follow to utilize it. Each year, CPS also conducts several dozen community trainings on the child protective services which it provides. These are provided to virtually any organization or group that requests. CPS is incorporating a module on CSSBL in its standard community training. CPS has contacted the Napa County Child Abuse Prevention Council and requested that they include the promotion of CSSBL in its regular activities. Among other things, this has resulted in the distribution of state-promulgated CSSBL awareness materials at various local public events. A copy of a representative handout is attached. HHSA is also incorporating into its policies and procedures the strategies that it will pursue on an ongoing basis to build awareness among local healthcare professionals, community based organizations, HHSA staff, and the general public regarding the CSSBL. 4," County of Napa NEWBORN SAFE SURRENDER KIT CONTENTS Procedures for Accepting a Newborn 1. Coded ankle identification bracelet for newborn (1) 2. 3. Coded wrist identification bracelet for adult (1) Kit for person surrendering newborn in postage paid envelope 4. consisting of: a) newborn medical questionnaire (English), b) newborn medical questionnaire (Spanish), c) coded wrist identification bracelet for person surrendering newborn, d) Fact Sheet (English/Spanish). SURRENDER NOTES Date: _____ Time: _____ Location: Newborn Received By [ Name(s) of Personnel ] Newborn's Gender (circle one) M F Taken to (Name of Hospital) Child Protective Services Contacted (date/time) — NIADA 2014 r × 0 10 NAPA 2814 NAPA 2814 Act of Park 1 NAPA 2814 000000 ( ( ŧ ı D Ę Q € . . Napa County Fire Department Safe Surrender Program

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The Grand Jury finds that Napa County Board of Supervisors, with the assistance of the Registrar of Voters and the current members of L&A Board, prepare written operating policies and procedures for the L&A Board including: Expansion of duties and authority to include quality control of all Election Department activities. Qualification of members. Response: The Board of Supervisors does not have a role in the testing of ballot tabulation. That role is assigned exclusively to the elections official under Elections Code section 15000. The reason for this assignment is that the elections official conducts elections for entities other than the Board of Supervisors, including Federal, State, municipal, and district elections. " prepare written operating policies and procedures for the L&A Board:" Response: The primary source of policies and procedures for testing are set forth in Elections Code section 15000 as "the voting procedures for the specific voting systems, as adopted by the Secretary of State." Prior to September 15, 2005, the Election Department will prepare a handbook with the appropriate procedures for the use of the logic and accuracy board. "Expansion of duties and authority to include quality control of all Election Department activities." Response: Elections Code 15000 speaks only to testing of ballot tabulation devices. There is no basis for the Logic and Accuracy Board to have any other duties. None of the 24 respondent counties expand the functions of their testing personnel. "Qualifications of members" Response: Respondent counties do not have any qualifications or requirements other than "logical minds, ability to understand directions, availability for more than one election for 10 to 12 hours over a 3 week period." As a pilot program for the November 2005 Special Election; the L&A Board will include one of our existing members and a member of the Napa County Auditor-Controller Internal Audit Staff. "Method of appointment and term of service of board members." Response: For the pilot program the Registrar of Voters will ask the Auditor-Controller to select one staff member to serve on the L&A Board for the November 2005 Special Election. However, the basic responsibility for appointment of testing personnel remains with the elections official. "Compensation" Response: Compensation for County staff beyond their regular salary would be limited to overtime as warranted for testing outside of regular working hours. For non-employee volunteers, compensation would be based on a poll worker one-day rate for the entire testing process for any given election. "Description of possible conflicts of interest." provider to ensure that these policies are taught to each employee of their organization as well and follow up is done to ensure these policies are being carried out. Response - Board of Supervisors: We agree with the response of the Director of Corrections.

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Using the Inmate Welfare Trust, NCDC should provide programs to directly aid inmates. These might include expanded counseling services for drug, alcohol, and anger management problems; housing assistance for released homeless inmates; work release and home detention programs; and vocational training and placement services. Response - Director, Napa County Department of Corrections: We agree in part with this recommendation. The authority for the Inmate Welfare Fund is found in Penal Code Section 4025. The expenditure of those funds is under the authority of the designee of the Board of Supervisors. The current expenditure of funds is for programs to aid in the rehabilitation of inmates, furthering their education, helping them to locate and apply correctly for employment, teaching them life skills which will aid them in taking care of their family, employing persons connected to these programs and the commissary store operated in the jail under this authority. We have also utilized this fund to enhance programs that assist inmates and have helped indigent inmates to get transportation to their home counties. Anger management programs and substance abuse programs offered through two contracted groups are paid for from this fund. In addition, funds are used to employ additional maintenance personnel, to do maintenance projects or to rejuvenate areas of the jail by reconstructing the area to be more program-friendly or to fix areas damaged by the inmate population. We have also enhanced the laundry and clothing storage area and have hired a person to oversee this area of use to teach inmates to use the machinery, mend and repair clothing and to order clothing to ensure proper supplies are on hand to outfit an increasing inmate population. The code does not give authority to expend any of these funds for housing homeless people. Although the Penal Code gives the authority to the Board of Supervisors' designee, an Ad Hoc committee has been formed at the Director of Correction's request to oversee the expenditure of what has grown to be a very large Inmate Welfare Fund. This committee consists of the Director of Corrections, the Chief Probation Officer and the Chief Public Defender of Napa County. Response - Board of Supervisors: We agree with the response of the Director of Corrections.

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The Napa County Jail should expand by using the space vacated by the Sheriff's Department. The Napa County Probation Department, working with the cooperation of the county courts, should seek to expand home detention and work release programs as an alternative to incarceration. Response - Director, Napa County Probation Department: While we acknowledge this recommendation as a valid observation, it is not within the jurisdiction of the Probation Department. As a member of the team developing the Adult Correctional System Master Plan, the Probation Department will work closely with the Jail in developing or expanding alternatives to incarceration. Response - Board of Supervisors: We disagree in part with the recommendation. The 2001 County Facilities Master Plan calls for using the space freed by the Sheriff's move to house the District Attorney's Office. We acknowledge that it is now timely to begin the process of addressing the broader policy issues related to how the County will meet our long-term adult corrections needs and have authorized the development of the Adult Correctional System Master Plan. The Plan will include: · An analysis of historical trends in the adult corrections system, including an evaluation of what has driven population growth; • A profile of the current population in the system by such things as gender, pre- sentence vs. post-sentence, most serious offense, risk category, etc; • An assessment of what the community wants in terms of an adult corrections system, including any policy or process changes that should or could be made; • A projection of future demand for corrections services over the next 20 years, categorized by type of service (e.g., probation, jail, work release facility, drug treatment services, honor farm, etc.) taking into account any of the process or policy changes identified in the study; • Recommendations concerning types of programs and/or facilities that will be needed at different time intervals, including the size of any corrections facilities and the configuration of any facilities in terms of security level, gender, etc; • Operating cost estimates for any proposed new or enhanced programs or facilities; • Capital cost estimates for any proposed facility construction; and Options for funding increased operating and capital costs. • The intent is to use solid data to realistically assess what has been happening and is likely to happen in the future in the adult corrections system, to determine what the key players in the justice system and the community want to see and are willing to pay for in terms of the type of adult corrections system the County has, and to let those factors drive the study's conclusions. Additionally, depending on the outcome of the study, staff may propose changes to the 2001 Facilities Master Plan regarding use of certain County owned buildings such as the Hall of Justice. In addition, however, the Director of Corrections continues to utilize population control mechanisms authorized under law and staff will continue to work to develop viable alternatives to incarceration, while ensuring community safety standards are maintained.

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NSH inmates should be transported to and from the court directly from the hospital, where their needs are best served. This would also help relieve overcrowding, by increasing the jail capacity by three percent. Response - Director, Napa County Department of Corrections: We agree in part with this recommendation. Staff agrees that if NSH inmates were to be transported to and from court rather than housed at NCDC it would relieve some of the pressures placed on the overall population. However, it is the policy of the NSH administration, that NSH inmates who can no longer be housed in a hospital setting or no longer qualify to stay at NSH under the Penal Code because of new serious violations, must be housed at the jail. The security provided at NSH is not sufficient to keep inmates from assaulting staff or other patients at their facility. Under their guidelines, the hospital is unable to isolate these offenders and therefore they must be housed at the jail until the new charges have been adjudicated. Minor offenders are brought directly to the Court and returned to the Hospital after their court proceedings are completed. We do believe that the mental health population of the jail is a problem and needs to be addressed. This can only be done by working together with the Courts and the proper State officials to enact legislation to either build more mental health facilities with the proper housing areas, or by have the State provide funding that adequately reimburses counties that must deal with these patients. Response - Napa County Sheriff: The Transportation Unit of the Napa Sheriff's Department is responsible for the movement of or arranging for the movement of prisoners to and from Napa County Department of Corrections (NCDC), State Department of Corrections Facilities, State Department of Mental Health Facilities, County Jails, and any number of local private medical service providers. It is also called upon to assist in the transportation of prisoners that are being extradited from other States to Napa County. Mental Health patients are transported to and from all of the State's Mental Health facilities to NCDC by the Sheriff by order of the court and those orders are very specific as to where the Sheriff is to deliver the inmate. The recommendation cannot be implemented without the concurrence of the Courts and the California State Department of Mental Health. The County, through the Adult Correction System Master Plan Coordinating Committee, will include this recommendation in the development of its 20 year master plan. NAPA COUNTY JUVENILE HALL REPORT