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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03191991 - IO.1 l TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ,E Contra FROM: .` INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Costa March 11, 1991 �;;:;, .�P�' County DATE: �-� coiih"�' STATUS REPORT ON VARIOUS CHILD CARE ISSUES SUBJECT: SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS• 1. Request the Social Services Director to communicate with the County Welfare Directors ' Association and seek their support for legislation authored by Assemblywoman Speier along the lines of AB 1853 from 1990 which was vetoed by the Governor. This bill would provide for a Child Care Partnership and encourage the preparation of a community child care plan which identifies needs and available resources and which identifies a strategy by which unmet needs can be met. 2. Request the Social Services Director to clarify whether, in fact, all of the Department' s protective services child care funds are going only to protective services cases and advise the Child Care Council and this Committee of the status of these funds. 3 . Authorize the Internal Operations Committee to oversee the preparation of whatever local child care plan is required in order to obtain this County' s share of federal child care funds provided through the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 and the Child Care Amendments to Title IV of the Social Security Act. 4. Authorize the Internal Operations Committee to communicate to the State Child Development Programs Advisory Committee the Board' s preference that the lead state agency for the Federal Block Grant and Title IV funds should be the newly created Children' s Agency, rather than the State Department of Social Services or the State Department of Education. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENTYeS YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATIONOF COUT OR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE SIGNATURE(S): I . S RODER SUNNE WRIGHT McPEAK ACTION OF BOARD O March 19, 1991 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: ATTESTED '� /Q I09/ Please see Page 4. PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY r DEPUTY M382 (10/88) r 5. Designate the Contra Costa Child Care Council as the Board of Supervisors' designated agent to provide outreach to the cities in the County on the subject of child care, specifically in regard to efforts to get other cities to adopt developer ordinances which will assist in providing additional resources for child care and in regard to providing revenue for the Child Care Affordability Fund. 6. Encourage the. Contra Costa Council, Child Care Council, and Child Care Task Force to jointly sponsor a roundtable for cities and school districts at the Diablo Valley College Child Care Conference on April 13 . This roundtable should serve as an opportunity for each jurisdiction to update the group on what each jurisdiction is doing, what future plans each jurisdiction has and to describe examples of outstanding programs which might be implemented by various jurisdictions. 7. Authorize the Internal Operations Committee to provide oversight to the preparation of any local child care plan which may be required in regard to the recently enacted federal child care legislation, either under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 or the 1990 Child Care Amendments to Title IV of the Social Security Act. 8. Authorize the Internal Operations Committee to hold a special meeting with the Child Care Task Force and other child care advocates on Monday, April 15, 1991 to review any legislation which has been introduced in California to . implement the federal child care legislation and to determine what planning process is needed locally in order to conform to the federal child care legislation and any implementing state legislation. 9. Direct County Counsel, in conjunction with the Community Development Director, to prepare and return to the Board of Supervisors for further consideration, an ordinance which amends Ordinance Code Chapter 82-22 on Child Care Facilities to accomplish the following: A. Amends section 82-22. 808(b) to reduce the time period over which a facility must be available to meet child care needs from 25 years to 15 years. B. Repeals the exemption in Ordinance Code Section 82-22. 1002( 9) regarding residential developments with fewer than thirty units and instead provide for the following exemptions: * Nine or fewer units would be exempt in their entirety. * From ten through nineteen units, the applicant or developer would pay a flat fee of $500 toward meeting child care needs and in-lieu of undertaking the survey provided for in Section 82-22. 806. * From twenty through twenty-nine units, the applicant or developer would pay a flat fee of $1000 toward meeting child care needs and in-lieu of undertaking the survey provided for in Section 82-22 . 806. If it is more appropriate to do so, the ordinance could stipulate that the fees will be provided for by the Board of Supervisors through adoption of a Resolution and then prepare such a Resolution for adoption by the Board of Supervisors as soon as the ordinance becomes effective. -2- BACKGROUND: On October 30, 1990, the Board of Supervisors authorized the Community Development Department to continue working on amendments to the Child Care Facilities Ordinance. In addition, our Committee was provided on-going oversight of child care issues, as has been the case with prior Internal Operations Committees. On March 11 , 1991 our Committee met with a variety of child care advocates and representatives of interested and concerned organizations, including the Child Care Council, United Council of Spanish Speaking Organizations, Community Services Department, Social Services Department, Community Development Department, Building Industry Association and Central Labor Council. Jim Rydingsword, Social Services Director, shared with our Committee a package of information on the recently approved federal child care legislation and what it might mean for child care programs in California and specifically in Contra Costa County. Kate Ertz-Berger, Executive Director of the Contra Costa Child Care Council, distributed additional information comparing the provisions of the two principal pieces of legislation, how they interact with each other and how they would impact various programs. In addition, Kate distributed a notice of hearings which will be held in April by the Child Development Programs Advisory Committee on the Child Care Block Grant. This material also includes a possible outline of a state plan for the federal block grant and possible requirements and procedures for obtaining local planning input to the child care block grant. It is .clear that with the availability of millions of dollars in new child care funds from the federal government, the manner in which these funds are administered in California will be a critical issue in the coming months. We believe it is one in which this County and its child care advocates should have a significant role. We are, therefore, suggesting in the above recommendations that our Committee continue to provide oversight in this areas, particularly in terms of the planning process which may be identified for receiving local input into the state plan and in regard to any state implementing legislation which may be required. The availability of these funds makes last year' s AB 1853 (Speier) all the more important. We are seeking support from the County Welfare Directors' Association through Mr. Rydingsword who is the Chairman of their Legislative Committee. A question was also raised by Kate. Ertz-Berger regarding the extent to which any of the State child care funds which are available to the Social Services Department are being used for any families other than protective services cases. Mr. Rydingsword promised to get an answer from his staff and communicate this back to the Child Care Council. Our Committee also wants to maintain a close linkage between the County, the cities and school districts in the County and the Child Care Council, Contra Costa Council and Child Care Task Force. This will be particularly important as we move toward planning for the expenditure of the new federal dollars in this County. We are, therefore, suggesting that the Child Care Council use the opportunity of their Child Care Conference at DVC next month to host a roundtable with cities and school districts where all interested parties can be updated on what each jurisdiction is doing, and what future plans there are in various areas of the County. -3- Finally, we have reached an important compromise with BIA and other elements of the business community regarding amendments to the County' s Child Care Facilities Ordinance. We are asking that the Board of Supervisors direct County Counsel and Community Development to prepare specific language for an Ordinance and possibly a Resolution to set fees for developments, as outlined in the above recommendations. cc: County Administrator County Counsel Community Development Director Karl Wandry, Community Development Social Services Director Kate Ertz-Berger, Child Care Council Guy Bjerke, BIA -4-