[0:00] Thursday November 3rd

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[1:26] director

[1:28] Frost

[1:29] absent guyaldo here

[1:32] Gore here

[1:34] Paris

[1:36] absent Kennedy

[1:40] absent new

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[2:16] is no public comment all right thank you

[2:18] uh do we have a motion on consent new

[2:22] moves for approval in West seconds all

[2:26] right we have a first and a second we've

[2:28] seen no further comments uh roll call

[2:30] please all right uh director bullhan on

[2:33] the eye

[2:34] a frost

[2:36] absent guyaldo I

[2:39] Gore

[2:40] aye

[2:41] Harris

[2:42] absent Kennedy

[2:45] absent new

[2:47] aye

[2:48] West

[2:49] hi Baines

[2:52] aye Vice chair Clarks yes and chair

[2:54] Saragosa

[2:56] aye motion carries all right thank you

[2:59] okay uh moving along uh we're gonna go

[3:01] to our one action item that's item

[3:04] number four uh green means go funding

[3:06] recommendations and early activation

[3:08] category and uh Garrett has this item

[3:11] for us this afternoon thank you Gary

[3:12] great thank you chair it's my pleasure

[3:14] on the behalf of the larger green means

[3:16] go team to be before you for the

[3:18] recommendations the first ever green

[3:20] means go funding program so it's a

[3:21] testament to a lot of hard work this

[3:23] year also a testament to the foundation

[3:25] this board and many others on the

[3:26] regional Aid of getting that green means

[3:28] go funding into the region so we're

[3:30] talking about today is called the early

[3:31] activation category it's about three

[3:33] million in funding it's the smallest

[3:35] category and just for context

[3:37] um the the categories planning and

[3:39] capital so the second and third category

[3:41] is about 10 times larger we're just due

[3:43] to say congress applications

[3:45] um late last week so the committee this

[3:47] committee and the board will be seeing

[3:49] those funny recommendations early next

[3:51] year so we're talking today about the

[3:52] the first part of green beans go three

[3:54] million of the over 34 million available

[3:55] and we've called that early activation

[3:58] the item for you is an action item one

[4:00] and there's three components of that the

[4:03] first is uh to approve the updated

[4:05] budget for this category I'll come back

[4:06] to that in a second the second is for

[4:08] this committee to recommend the board

[4:09] approve the the scope and funding

[4:11] amounts for the projects and then the

[4:13] third is to a delegate Authority

[4:15] executive director to execute any

[4:17] agreements and also if if there is any

[4:19] to program any residual value

[4:23] um left over we don't plan on that

[4:24] obviously this is a fully funded staff

[4:26] recommendation but just in case there is

[4:28] so let's go back to the first part of

[4:30] that recommendation to budget this early

[4:32] activation category we originally had

[4:34] put a budget four to three million this

[4:37] is funded through a larger granted

[4:38] stakehog receipt from the Strategic

[4:40] growth Council and that includes many

[4:42] tasks one of which is these funding

[4:44] Awards but but many other tasks around

[4:45] uh executing on our sustainable

[4:47] Community strategy and standing up green

[4:49] means go which is a brand new program so

[4:51] about a year into green means go we took

[4:53] stock of where we're at as with some of

[4:55] the tasks we laid out in that Grant

[4:57] and we were also able to move a little

[4:59] bit of funding forward from another

[5:01] program which called reap one to to pay

[5:04] for some of the technical assistance

[5:05] we're doing in this in this program

[5:06] which freed up a little bit of money so

[5:08] that's why you see the staff

[5:09] recommendation before you today is for

[5:11] 3.2 million in funding Awards the

[5:14] original estimate was three million so I

[5:15] want to call attention to that that

[5:16] difference between the original estimate

[5:17] and the staff report gives a little bit

[5:19] more reason to the

[5:21] um the the increase in the staff

[5:22] recommendation

[5:25] um of course you know even with this

[5:27] this a little bit extra Revenue the

[5:28] program's still oversubscribed like many

[5:30] funding programs and um I think the

[5:32] important point to emphasize is we went

[5:34] through a pre-application phase with

[5:35] talking with any interested applicant

[5:37] and sponsor all the projects that came

[5:39] forward are exhibiting you know strong

[5:41] you know alignment with green means go

[5:42] but of course there's not enough money

[5:43] to fund all of them so the reasoning

[5:45] behind the staff recommendation is laid

[5:47] out in the staff report and in

[5:49] particular attachment B lays out project

[5:51] by project the summary of the review

[5:52] criteria and the working group and where

[5:54] they landed and and I should say those

[5:56] criteria were laid out in the guidelines

[5:58] for agreements go which the board

[6:00] adopted earlier this year so of course

[6:02] um you know not enough money if I'm all

[6:03] we very much recognize the projects

[6:04] aren't getting recommended for funding

[6:06] the disappointment there but we feel

[6:07] like the staff recommendation before you

[6:09] is alignment with those criteria laid

[6:11] out in the guidelines so with that we

[6:13] would recommend that this committee move

[6:15] this item to the full board with the 3.2

[6:17] million in funding Awards and that

[6:19] includes my presentation happy to answer

[6:20] any questions you have

[6:22] thank you Garrett any questions at this

[6:25] point

[6:30] uh for the I have a question

[6:33] director Gore their hand up oh yes sorry

[6:35] Bonnie go ahead thank you um

[6:38] the report I had

[6:43] a shoe what was my question

[6:46] the question is these these projects had

[6:49] to be completed within a certain period

[6:52] of time correct So within two years is

[6:54] that correct Spirit yeah absolutely

[6:56] director Gore that was one of the

[6:57] distinctions between this category the

[6:59] early activation really emphasis on

[7:01] early right and so this is a blend of

[7:03] planning and capital so some planning

[7:05] and also infrastructure but but the key

[7:07] point is there's a really near-term time

[7:09] frame so that that helped dictate what

[7:11] projects came forward in this category

[7:12] so you'll see in the other two

[7:14] categories the planning and capital

[7:16] categories right a longer time frame

[7:19] until 2026 sounds like a longer away

[7:21] with infrastructure there's you know

[7:23] still a need to be moving forward on

[7:24] those but I think where you're driving

[7:26] at with your question director gory is

[7:28] that timeline of really needing These

[7:30] funds out the door on spin also dictated

[7:32] what projects came forward in this

[7:33] category yes that was actually the

[7:36] purpose of my question where I was

[7:37] headed so thank you I I appreciate it I

[7:39] mean it's really great to see a number

[7:42] of cities apply and really

[7:45] um

[7:46] actually every city that applied got

[7:48] something

[7:50] um whereas the city of Sacramento

[7:52] Sacramento County or you know have a

[7:54] joint project so this is really good to

[7:56] see thank you

[7:58] yeah uh thank you director Gore my

[8:01] question was just for uh excuse me for

[8:04] the the projects that didn't get funding

[8:08] do we know that they reapply in the next

[8:10] in that second round so of the three

[8:13] that did not or they're not part of

[8:14] Staff regulation one did elect to move

[8:16] forward the Broadway project in the city

[8:18] of Sacramento the other two did not and

[8:20] part of that has to do with in the

[8:21] pre-application phase like we talked

[8:23] about the projects and where they fit

[8:24] this category the early activation

[8:26] category is sort of a microcosm of those

[8:28] two categ other categories but there are

[8:30] some differences so so Broadway was the

[8:32] one that um the sponsor felt had the

[8:33] best fit of moving forward so that

[8:35] project will be part of um the review of

[8:38] the larger Capital larger category

[8:40] called capital

[8:41] understood thank you

[8:43] okay any other questions

[8:46] comments

[8:48] none

[8:52] is anyone prepared to make a motion

[8:54] through the chair

[8:55] yes move to approve thank you Clark

[8:57] Chris second thank you uh yes or Peter

[9:01] did you have a question or were you just

[9:02] going to move move the item

[9:06] just moving out okay all right great we

[9:08] have a first and a second uh do we have

[9:10] any other firmer comments

[9:12] being none uh roll call please sure and

[9:15] for the record no public comment on this

[9:16] item um please indicate your vote

[9:19] director

[9:20] um I Rost

[9:22] absent guyaldo I Gore

[9:26] aye

[9:27] Harris

[9:29] yes

[9:31] Kennedy absent new

[9:34] hi

[9:35] West hi hi sir Baines

[9:39] aye Vice chair Clarks yes and chair

[9:42] sargosa yes motion carries all right

[9:44] serious and do you mind if I just I just

[9:47] want to

[9:48] um I know everybody knows this I think

[9:50] but if you all as elected officials and

[9:53] secog board members and your peers and

[9:56] lots of other folks didn't really work

[9:57] hard the last three years in legislature

[9:59] we wouldn't have an item in front of you

[10:01] today so I just want to I you know I

[10:03] know it's a small relatively speaking

[10:05] small thing but as director gorgeous

[10:07] said really nice to see the regional

[10:09] diversity and the projects coming

[10:11] forward will obviously have more of that

[10:13] as Garrett mentioned in the next the

[10:15] larger cycle this was the money in the

[10:18] budget that Senator pan had really

[10:20] pushed hard for and he really pushed

[10:22] hard for that because of everything that

[10:25] you all did uh the groundwork that we

[10:27] all you all laid and we all laid

[10:30] um there was a lot of like Blood Sweat

[10:32] and Tears so I just want to just want to

[10:34] take a moment and wreck recognize the

[10:36] hard work that has paid off there no

[10:39] thank you James I I was going to just

[10:40] say a couple of words to you which was

[10:42] exactly what you just said uh is a lot

[10:45] of a lot of hard work I really want to

[10:47] thank staff for all the work that went

[10:48] into this uh to put it together and to

[10:50] get these funds out the door it's great

[10:52] to see uh that work and then seeing the

[10:55] fruits of that at the end of the day so

[10:57] thank you Garrett and team for all the

[10:59] work on this item and looking forward to

[11:01] seeing I believe March for the next

[11:05] round of things coming out so or I think

[11:08] we'll all be looking forward to seeing

[11:09] that and then hopefully uh as our

[11:13] efforts continue that even though it's a

[11:15] challenging budget year

[11:18] um you know we need to still be out

[11:20] there advocating and being at the table

[11:21] to try to bring home some additional

[11:23] dollars uh under this program so thank

[11:27] you again

[11:28] all right uh we're gonna move on to our

[11:30] information items uh which is item five

[11:33] and uh that is the Marysville green

[11:36] zones uh specific playing activities and

[11:38] Greg has this item this afternoon thanks

[11:41] Greg great thank you uh Greg Chu on the

[11:43] planning staff at saycog

[11:45] um so periodically uh we try to bring

[11:48] forward some positive efforts that are

[11:50] going on in the region by our local

[11:52] agencies uh just to give inspiration in

[11:55] the example

[11:57] um so

[11:58] um we just talked about the green means

[12:00] go

[12:01] um program it's predecessor program is a

[12:04] regional early action planning grants uh

[12:07] that

[12:08] um secog received and then uh the vast

[12:10] majority of that money went out to uh

[12:13] grants to all of our member agencies uh

[12:16] in the house in the form of housing

[12:17] grants uh things that would provide uh

[12:21] and promote the development of housing

[12:24] the City of Marysville received a couple

[12:26] of Grants uh and uh with us today is

[12:29] Kathy Pease she's a planet consultant

[12:33] long time staff member in Roseville uh

[12:36] retired from there and has been helping

[12:38] our jurisdictions throughout the region

[12:40] uh she's going to describe uh the city's

[12:43] efforts of using these Grant monies as

[12:46] well as the city's own funds to

[12:48] revitalize their Central core area in

[12:52] Marysville so with that Kathy Pease

[12:55] good afternoon everybody I'm pleased to

[12:57] be here

[12:59] um to provide an overview of what's

[13:02] going on in the City of Marysville let

[13:04] me see if I can

[13:05] start this can everyone see that

[13:08] yep great

[13:10] um so yeah as Greg said I am a planning

[13:14] consultant I'm providing support to the

[13:16] City of Marysville

[13:18] probably familiar but Marysville is

[13:21] located in Yuba County

[13:23] it has a population just under 13 000.

[13:27] it's 3.5 square miles and as you can see

[13:30] it's almost entirely surrounded by the

[13:33] river there's a levy that surrounds it

[13:36] because it is in the flood plain

[13:40] some of the challenges are that the City

[13:43] of Marysville is economically

[13:45] disadvantaged a majority of the

[13:48] residents have a low income level it's

[13:52] landlocked because of those levies that

[13:54] I mentioned

[13:55] there are two major State highways that

[13:57] bisect the city both Highway 70 and

[14:01] Highway 20. as a result

[14:05] outside of automobiles it's kind of a

[14:09] struggle to work on Mobility for

[14:11] pedestrians and bicycles with those two

[14:14] freeways going through this site there

[14:17] are not a lot of opportunities for

[14:19] outward growth and because of some of

[14:22] the constraints there's a huge need to

[14:24] try and attract investment and

[14:26] underutilize parcels and while I don't

[14:29] have it on this slide because they're a

[14:31] small City they are very streamlined as

[14:35] far as staff support

[14:37] most of the Departments are one or two

[14:40] people

[14:44] they are fortunate it's very unique in

[14:47] that there are a ton of historic

[14:49] resources there's a federal

[14:52] land Historic Landmark district and

[14:55] there are several individual buildings

[14:58] that qualify both at the federal and

[15:00] state level as historic landmarks

[15:05] with all of that I think that Marysville

[15:08] is really at across roads thanks to the

[15:12] grants that Greg mentioned I think there

[15:15] are a lot of huge opportunities right

[15:18] now

[15:19] so some of the things I'm going to talk

[15:21] about are the general Plan update oops

[15:25] excuse me

[15:26] um

[15:27] and some of the grants that we received

[15:29] and some of the other things going on so

[15:33] the grants they were able to receive a

[15:36] regional early action planning Grant to

[15:39] prepare a specific plan on a portion of

[15:41] the city

[15:42] and we just recently also applied for

[15:46] one of the next green means go grants to

[15:49] look at infrastructure studies on our

[15:51] sewer and our storm water if Marysville

[15:54] is successful in getting that grant that

[15:56] will help provide additional information

[15:58] to this specific plan

[16:00] uh for some reason my slides are

[16:03] automatically advancing I'm not quite

[16:04] sure why

[16:06] um

[16:08] so we are doing a general Plan update uh

[16:11] it's the first one we've done since 1985

[16:14] a reason for that is not a lot of Staff

[16:17] involvement so we're leveraging the

[16:19] grants which are doing allow us to do

[16:23] some technical studies and that will

[16:25] help us also update the general plan at

[16:28] the same time

[16:29] it's a unique opportunity to look at

[16:32] housing and economic development

[16:33] opportunities and we have a very robust

[16:37] outreach program that we've initiated we

[16:39] have a general plan advisory committee

[16:41] that's made up of business owners major

[16:45] employers like right out hospital and

[16:48] Caltrans

[16:49] long-term residents and others we've

[16:53] done uh three meetings so far to see

[16:56] what those folks want as far as the

[16:58] vision for the future for Marysville

[17:01] uh what some constraints that they're

[17:03] concerned about and also we're delving

[17:06] into alternatives

[17:08] as part of that effort we've also done

[17:11] online surveys to get input

[17:16] so the Grant I mentioned is funding a

[17:20] green zone specific plan

[17:22] it is looking at several districts the

[17:25] Ellis Lake the East Street Corridor the

[17:28] downtown commercial Corps as well as

[17:30] what we call the Medical Arts District

[17:32] which is surrounding the hospital

[17:34] so we're excited to see what comes out

[17:37] of that we're hoping that it will

[17:39] identify Catalyst sites that can provide

[17:42] opportunities for infill housing

[17:45] and economic development

[17:48] another grant that we've received is

[17:51] going on this week in partnership with

[17:53] the Urban Land Institute we are doing a

[17:57] workshop tomorrow to look at a

[17:59] city-owned property as shown in this

[18:01] slide there's four corners it's

[18:03] city-owned Parkland but as you see

[18:06] Highway 20 goes right through this no

[18:10] it's very underutilized folks aren't

[18:13] using the park so what we'd like to see

[18:16] if it's feasible to maybe develop two of

[18:19] the quadrants and then use funds that

[18:23] may be

[18:25] um raised through that to do

[18:28] improvements to the other two quadrants

[18:30] to actually make them usable Park and a

[18:32] public benefit so there's going to be a

[18:35] tour with Uli tomorrow and then a study

[18:38] that comes out of that so depending on

[18:40] what the outcome in that effort is it'll

[18:44] help inform the specific plan

[18:49] we recently updated our housing element

[18:51] this past year and one of the things the

[18:54] state have noted is that we really

[18:57] should update the zoning code to be

[18:59] consistent with state law and we need to

[19:02] identify objective design standards so

[19:05] we're working on that as well

[19:08] oops

[19:13] so uh one of the things that we're

[19:15] really excited about uh the city

[19:17] recently over the last eight months has

[19:19] hired an economic development director

[19:21] Dan Flores and he is working with the

[19:25] owner of the Marysville Hotel

[19:27] to look at redeveloping the site for

[19:30] housing and he's also in talks with

[19:33] Rideout hospital to work on an agreement

[19:37] so that a portion of the units can go

[19:40] towards nursing housing so we'll have

[19:42] Workforce housing so I think this is

[19:45] really exciting and we hope to see that

[19:47] move forward in the near future

[19:52] the city owns a five-acre property shown

[19:56] in this slide

[19:57] they are currently in negotiations with

[20:00] the developer to redevelop the site for

[20:03] a hotel restaurant and other mixed uses

[20:06] and so that should be going to council

[20:08] pretty soon so that's exciting

[20:12] and then finally we have the East Lake

[20:14] affordable housing project it's a

[20:17] hundred percent affordable it was

[20:19] approved this past year it will contain

[20:22] 71 units and it's the first multi-family

[20:25] project that's been approved in the last

[20:27] 10 to 20 years in Marysville

[20:29] so amazing thing about this is it was

[20:32] developer driven and it will be

[20:36] providing almost half of the city's

[20:38] Regional Housing needs obligations

[20:41] so with that that concludes my

[20:43] presentation Christina Heredia had hoped

[20:47] to be here this morning she's the new

[20:48] assistant community development director

[20:50] but she's out sick but if folks have

[20:53] questions her contacts here and I'm

[20:55] happy to answer any questions thank you

[20:59] thank you so much uh this is great now

[21:02] just listening is I could just change

[21:04] the word Marysville for Placerville and

[21:06] it'd be almost identical to the

[21:08] situation that we face and some of the

[21:10] things that we're doing so it's just

[21:12] it's great to hear all the things that

[21:13] marysville's uh has going on right now

[21:16] so I'll open it up for questions or

[21:19] comments

[21:21] uh yes Mr Harris

[21:23] yeah Kathy thank you for that

[21:25] presentation I was curious regarding

[21:27] Washington Square

[21:30] um which which of the two which two of

[21:33] the four quadrants were they are you

[21:34] talking thinking about developing yeah

[21:44] uh um and we're looking we're hoping to

[21:47] do affordable or higher density housing

[21:50] and mixed use so maybe commercial and

[21:53] housing

[21:54] um on those two quadrants it's about 2.3

[21:59] Acres so it's not a huge site

[22:03] um but we're hoping to see what comes

[22:05] out of that

[22:08] thank you

[22:10] uh yes director Gore

[22:12] thank you first of all Kathy really nice

[22:14] to see you hey Bonnie love working with

[22:17] you and so I heard your voice I was like

[22:19] oh that's that's wonderful so she's

[22:21] really good at what she does and I can

[22:23] tell based on listening to this and one

[22:26] I'm just really excited to see that uh

[22:29] right we're able to utilize some of

[22:31] these dollars to help smaller

[22:33] jurisdictions actually do some of this

[22:35] planning work like that's really

[22:38] exciting it's huge when you see when you

[22:41] see a community that hasn't had any

[22:44] multi-family housing in you know decades

[22:46] and decades and and there are

[22:48] underutilized Parcels this is this is

[22:51] terrific

[22:53] um my question for you is about the

[22:56] Marysville hotel and I know that it's my

[22:59] understanding I know enough to be super

[23:01] dangerous right like people talked about

[23:03] it on and off for over the years

[23:06] um I love the idea of making it into

[23:08] housing and Workforce housing and

[23:11] partnering with the hospital

[23:13] um How likely might that be and there

[23:15] are there dollars where is there an

[23:17] interested developer

[23:19] um and it's so like also how how many

[23:22] units might it provide

[23:25] um I think it could provide up to 60

[23:27] units although I'm not 100 sure but I

[23:31] think that's what I've heard recently

[23:33] and I think there is huge excitement the

[23:37] person that owns the property is sat on

[23:39] it a long time and I think the new

[23:42] economic development director has really

[23:45] lit a flame and met with the property

[23:47] owner and gotten them really excited

[23:49] about the potential so we are really

[23:53] optimistic that something can actually

[23:55] move forward and having that partnership

[23:57] with bright out hospital is huge because

[24:00] they would fund a portion of the units

[24:03] and I think that is really a catalyst

[24:05] you know uh to have that happen so I'm I

[24:09] don't know that we have a lot of

[24:11] specifics but uh plans are being drawn

[24:14] up and Engineering starting to be done

[24:16] so

[24:17] um we're hopeful that's great thank you

[24:21] thank you uh yes director Clark fretz

[24:24] thank you so much I was anticipating

[24:27] this presentation so much just because

[24:30] what um Kiera Saragosa said I can

[24:33] totally see Loomis

[24:35] um in the same context and you guys are

[24:37] really leading the way and it's super

[24:39] exciting to see what's going on in

[24:41] Marysville and Sean I'm sure

[24:43] um you know it's exciting too

[24:46] um but just love the idea that you're

[24:49] refurbishing the hotel so happy to hear

[24:51] about the workforce housing I love how

[24:54] you've organized and you're able to have

[24:56] so much good going on and just Kudos

[24:59] thank you for the presentation it helps

[25:01] small jurisdictions like us to

[25:04] um you know get even more motivated and

[25:07] excited to see what's happening with you

[25:09] and I appreciate your presentation thank

[25:10] you yeah again can't thank secog enough

[25:13] either you know they're very helpful

[25:17] um getting these grants really helps us

[25:19] to leverage other things so it's amazing

[25:22] yeah no that was really cool we we

[25:24] Loomis is in the same boat basically we

[25:27] just did our working on our general Plan

[25:29] update as well and so we're sort of

[25:31] tracking along the same way as you so

[25:33] thank you that's

[25:36] I have a question on uh on your photo on

[25:41] your housing projects did you have to

[25:43] change any of your zoning in order to

[25:45] get the developers to come forward just

[25:48] wondering if there was a Nexus between

[25:50] the zoning or it was just a good time

[25:53] um during the economy at that time to go

[25:55] forward with that project

[25:57] yes it was down to R3 so it was already

[26:00] zoned for

[26:02] that level of density so that was

[26:06] fortunate and I do think it had to do

[26:08] with the timing of the economy

[26:10] great no it's it's great it's good to

[26:13] see that we were kind of the same thing

[26:15] we're tracking a little bit behind

[26:16] Marysville we have three affordable

[26:19] housing projects coming forward and we

[26:20] had done some overlay zones several

[26:23] years ago in order to kind of be put in

[26:26] that position to to do that and then

[26:28] into just reading you know that the

[26:30] bisecting by two highways you know we

[26:32] have Highway 49 and Highway 50 so right

[26:35] all about that being bisected and the

[26:38] challenges that that come with that so

[26:40] again thank thank you and uh yes uh

[26:43] direct director new

[26:44] uh I had a question for Kathy as far as

[26:48] the

[26:49] um working with the hotel is it in the

[26:54] position of name to be seismic uh

[26:57] retrofitted as well as

[27:00] okay I was just wondering if that was

[27:02] included in

[27:03] in the problem so yes we have we have a

[27:08] couple of buildings in Winters that are

[27:12] in that position so

[27:14] um we're having a hard time finding

[27:16] anybody with money enough to do it

[27:18] that's absolutely yeah okay thank you

[27:21] thank you Pierre any other questions or

[27:24] comments

[27:26] all right scene done Kathy Greg thank

[27:29] you uh for the presentation today I

[27:31] think you could tell a lot of us that

[27:33] are from smaller jurisdictions really

[27:35] appreciate uh the updates and what

[27:37] you're doing and just you know having

[27:39] those ideas out there for us to track on

[27:41] as well and then also From saycog

[27:43] perspective of seeing those dollars

[27:45] being put to use so that smaller

[27:48] jurisdictions like ours can actually

[27:50] have the extra staff power to get things

[27:53] done that you know in a one or two

[27:55] person shop really might not be able to

[27:57] yes

[27:59] thank you and cheers our gross I don't

[28:01] know if this was mentioned but for I had

[28:03] to step out a sec but if for those of

[28:05] you that were over lunch we had the

[28:07] presentation from the ace and sound

[28:08] working rail commission was this already

[28:10] said no no and no just the fact that you

[28:13] know it's also what's so exciting here

[28:15] uh Kathy and and others as you've got uh

[28:19] you got a potential rail extension with

[28:21] Mir with downtown Marysville on the map

[28:24] just as you're doing a specific plan

[28:25] update right and I don't know the last

[28:27] time you had well daytime passenger rail

[28:30] service there it was like 60 years ago

[28:31] so I'm hopeful that's really a spark as

[28:35] well I know Kathy you're you've got your

[28:36] site set on that but I'm not just

[28:38] station location but what it means for

[28:40] the downtown right and the economic

[28:43] activity and the interest and parcels

[28:44] and our fingers are crossed we're trying

[28:46] to help on that one too that's awesome

[28:51] all right all right well again thank you

[28:53] and we'll look forward to more updates

[28:56] as this comes along absolutely thank

[29:00] you thank you

[29:02] okay uh we're gonna go ahead and move on

[29:04] to our next information item item six uh

[29:07] and this is the Sacramento area zero

[29:10] emission vehicle development strategy

[29:12] and I know Sam's out today so clinch

[29:14] will be handling the presentation yeah

[29:16] so thank you I will do my best to fill

[29:18] in for for Sam and we're also joined by

[29:22] Rachel Huang from the Sacramento

[29:25] Metropolitan utility district from SMUD

[29:27] and I think Kevin Schroeder is here from

[29:29] Sacramento Regional Transit and then I

[29:31] thought it was going to be reporter but

[29:32] I think I might see Jaime lemus here is

[29:34] uh is here from the stock Metro Air

[29:36] District

[29:38] um so let me jump and forgive me if

[29:41] we're a little clumsy going through the

[29:43] slides Sam couldn't join today so I

[29:45] think I'm gonna kind of call on folks

[29:48] but uh as we go I think Rachel you're

[29:50] gonna kick us off here

[29:52] with the first couple of slides

[29:55] and then I will I'll control the uh the

[29:58] slide deck so just tell me when you're

[29:59] ready to advance okay perfect thank you

[30:01] Clint and uh good afternoon everyone

[30:04] um my name is Rachel Wong as Clint

[30:06] mentioned I'm the director of customer

[30:07] grid strategies

[30:09] and really appreciate all of you having

[30:10] us uh to talk to you about the work of

[30:13] what we call the core agency

[30:14] collaborative so that's comprised of

[30:16] SMUD suck our teeth they come in

[30:20] um you know what I love is that the four

[30:21] agency is recognized a few years ago the

[30:24] importance of a focus in a large region

[30:26] to advance the clean mobility and

[30:28] supportive

[30:30] hey Rachel I'm sorry to cut you off

[30:32] Rachel

[30:33] um anybody else but I'm going to say

[30:35] that it you're kind of going in and out

[30:37] like fading in and out a little bit oh

[30:39] really I don't know why that is

[30:42] hmm But if I'm guessing other board

[30:45] members are having a hard time yeah you

[30:46] might maybe if you go off off camera you

[30:49] might get more bandwidth it could be

[30:51] maybe potentially solve it

[30:54] let me let me switch my earphones too

[30:57] you know but our Network at the end

[31:07] is that any better

[31:08] much better

[31:16] maybe not

[31:18] okay

[31:19] um uh no you're still cutting it before

[31:22] agencies recognized a few years ago the

[31:24] importance of working together and so

[31:25] we've actually been meeting

[31:27] um for the last several years

[31:29] information collaborating design

[31:32] initiatives as well as working together

[31:34] hey Rachel I'm really sorry to do this

[31:36] but it's still

[31:39] working around the world's still pretty

[31:40] bad

[31:42] including

[32:06] can you hear me Rachel

[32:08] we're having a we're still having a

[32:10] tough time hearing you

[32:12] um

[32:13] I don't know if we can maybe switch

[32:15] around the

[32:17] the slides to see if we can get Rachel a

[32:19] better connection

[32:30] okay can you still hear me

[32:32] no

[32:34] I think we're having an issue

[32:37] unfortunately

[32:41] Rachel if you're able to maybe we can

[32:44] have you call in but I can I can kind of

[32:46] introduce these these first slides and

[32:48] then maybe you can rejoin us if uh if

[32:50] that works better

[32:57] why don't we go ahead and do that clinic

[32:59] if yeah if so yeah

[33:01] um yeah so Rachel if you can hear me

[33:03] well you'll if you can uh maybe try to

[33:06] reconnect I'll introduce these slides

[33:07] and we'll go through and then maybe you

[33:08] can you can join us uh

[33:10] so

[33:12] um this so

[33:13] this is a collaboration we've got with

[33:16] SMUD near District

[33:17] um and uh and sacrt to really look at

[33:20] how we can advance zero emission vehicle

[33:22] technology in the region

[33:24] um and we are looking at four primary

[33:29] strategies for how to do this around

[33:31] Transit Fleet conversion medium and

[33:33] heavy duty Freight

[33:35] um vehicles and infrastructure

[33:37] um e-mobility Hub so how do we get

[33:39] electric vehicles

[33:41] um and electric shared Vehicles into

[33:43] more disadvantaged communities where

[33:46] they may not be able to afford to

[33:48] purchase you know their own their own

[33:50] cars their own vehicles and then also to

[33:53] support all of that infrastructure and

[33:55] that investment with a Workforce that

[33:57] can be trained up in our region to help

[34:01] introduce these Technologies and also

[34:03] provide some really great economic

[34:05] opportunities for for our residents and

[34:08] um Kevin Shredder if you're there I

[34:09] think you're gonna you're gonna pick up

[34:10] on this next slide about the transit

[34:13] Fleet conversion and refueling

[34:14] infrastructure I am thank you so Kevin

[34:16] schroederer staff RT senior planner if I

[34:20] do cut out please let me know wave but

[34:22] hopefully you can hear me

[34:24] um so first of all we just want to say

[34:25] we are really truly appreciative the

[34:27] partnership and collaboration with the

[34:28] four agencies

[34:30] um it's nice to know that we're all

[34:31] moving in the same alignment towards a

[34:33] zero emission Transportation sector as

[34:36] you know security is required by the Air

[34:38] Resource Board to be 100 zero emission

[34:40] uh bus fleet by 2040

[34:43] um and by 2030 all buses have to be zero

[34:46] emission that are purchased by us

[34:48] currently right now we have 240 big

[34:51] buses so the 40 Footers and 200 cutaway

[34:54] vehicles for Ada and micro Transit

[34:57] um if you count the entire six County

[34:59] region with a replacement or conversion

[35:01] that's going to be 600 buses in the due

[35:04] time as a requirement currently we have

[35:07] 24-0 emission big buses and or sorry 24

[35:11] Mission clean air sorry 24 zero Mission

[35:16] electric buses 15 of them are big buses

[35:18] so 40 Footers and then nine of them are

[35:20] cuddles

[35:21] um with the support of the four agencies

[35:23] that we've been working with we've been

[35:24] able to do a zero emission bus rollout

[35:26] plan which gives us a road map for our

[35:28] transition and how we purchase when we

[35:30] purchase

[35:31] um so we can hit those marks set forward

[35:34] um currently right now we are looking

[35:36] for facility planning to accommodate our

[35:39] future Fleet as our downtown

[35:40] notification cannot fit all the

[35:42] infrastructure needed we're looking in

[35:44] the southern area of Sacramento finding

[35:47] industrial yards and things of that sort

[35:49] the base impact obviously is to look at

[35:52] the relocation for maintenance the

[35:54] garages the storage of vehicles and then

[35:56] the cost and one thing that this group

[35:58] is going to be very helpful with us is

[36:00] looking at the infrastructure upgrades

[36:01] needed for such a big Fleet

[36:04] um move so with the bipartisan

[36:07] infrastructure Bill and historic levels

[36:09] of funding we find this a great time to

[36:11] really focus in on zero emission

[36:12] transportation and and that's why we're

[36:15] here and excited to move forward with

[36:17] this four agencies zero Mission plan to

[36:19] uh better the region so I'll give it

[36:22] back to you

[36:24] thanks and uh and so I'll cover this

[36:27] slide on Goods movement medium heavy

[36:29] duty so this is

[36:31] um that maybe heavy duty trucks are

[36:33] freight trucks they're a small amount of

[36:34] the total kind of miles we see traveled

[36:37] on our on our roadways around three

[36:39] percent of the overall travel but they

[36:41] account for a much higher share of total

[36:44] emissions around 20 of greenhouse gas

[36:46] emissions over 50 percent of particulate

[36:48] matter and ozone precursors so getting

[36:51] them to be able to transition to a more

[36:53] clean future is is hugely important and

[36:55] a great opportunity

[36:57] um the we say Cog recently received well

[37:01] before that um SMUD kind of in a few

[37:04] years ago did some some interviews with

[37:07] Fleet managers kind of looking at this

[37:09] chicken and egg is you do the do the

[37:11] vehicles come first or does the

[37:12] infrastructure come first and public

[37:14] agencies maybe shied away or there

[37:16] hasn't been as much investment in the

[37:18] infrastructure waiting for the market

[37:20] for vehicles to take off but there's a

[37:21] lot of hesitation from Fleet managers

[37:23] wanting to invest in this technology if

[37:26] they don't know that they can charge or

[37:27] refuel uh reliably so

[37:30] um having a public investment in this

[37:33] infrastructure is hugely important

[37:35] um saycog recently got a grant from

[37:37] Caltrans to work with our Mega region

[37:39] Partners in the Bay Area and San Joaquin

[37:41] to look at charging infrastructure and

[37:44] refueling infrastructure for this is an

[37:46] important Point particularly for for

[37:49] those heavier Duty Vehicles the electric

[37:52] electric can be part of the solution but

[37:55] you don't want to put all your eggs in

[37:56] that basket right hydrogen other zero

[37:58] emission fuels are hugely important

[37:59] particularly for that longer haul so the

[38:02] study that we're looking at is looking

[38:03] for you know 11 stations through our

[38:05] region primarily connecting us to the

[38:07] Bay Area

[38:08] um and uh and where those where those

[38:11] stations might be located and then what

[38:13] it's going to take to invest in those to

[38:15] get that infrastructure laid so that we

[38:17] can create some more confidence in the

[38:19] technology and see if we can get the

[38:20] market to respond

[38:22] so

[38:23] um that there's more to come on on that

[38:26] grant that we're working on I think SMUD

[38:28] is also kind of wrapping up a grant to

[38:30] look at uh infrastructure needs in

[38:33] Sacramento and West Sacramento so

[38:35] there's a lot going on in this space

[38:36] right now and it's a it's a very

[38:38] important part of this of this overall

[38:40] strategy and then I believe it is Rafe

[38:44] here that can maybe walk us a little bit

[38:46] through these uh charging and

[38:48] transportation options in

[38:50] um under-resourced communities

[38:52] yeah uh thanks Clint uh good afternoon I

[38:54] hope you can hear me okay

[38:56] um I want to Echo something Uh Kevin

[38:58] said earlier that this relationship

[39:00] between the four agencies has been

[39:02] fantastic I think it's gotten us all on

[39:04] the same page and definitely looking

[39:05] forward to how we plan

[39:07] um in this space moving forward

[39:09] I think no one understands this issue of

[39:12] Mobility better than say Cog and this

[39:15] board so thanks for having us here today

[39:17] to talk about this why Mobility is so

[39:19] important obviously you know you need to

[39:21] get to work you need to get to school

[39:23] you need to get to the services that we

[39:25] all need to get to because of of past

[39:28] planning practices and implementation of

[39:30] some of those practices not everyone has

[39:33] that same option or or Mobility that we

[39:37] all that we all need to get to those

[39:39] services and so uh the transition to

[39:43] electric vehicles has often taken that

[39:45] same made that same mistake of

[39:48] under-resourcing some of these

[39:49] communities that continue to be

[39:51] under-resourced so we wanted to take a

[39:53] really deep look at where those

[39:55] communities are and and what is actually

[39:57] needed within those within those

[39:59] communities

[40:00] um so we're looking at things like

[40:03] electric vehicles and yes electric

[40:05] vehicles do exist within a lot of these

[40:07] communities the air district for example

[40:09] has two great programs we have our

[40:11] community car share and clean cars for

[40:13] all that provide access to clean safe

[40:17] reliable transportation such as plug-in

[40:19] and full battery electric vehicles and

[40:22] there's just more of a market demand for

[40:24] for these types of vehicles there's also

[40:26] car share and ride share opportunities

[40:28] as well as as e-bike and scooters and in

[40:31] many of these communities

[40:32] so what we're looking to do we've

[40:34] identified 52 Mobility hubs throughout

[40:37] the region and these can be both formal

[40:40] and informal it's really just a

[40:42] concentration of these Mobility

[40:43] Solutions in a particular area to again

[40:46] provide people access and Mobility that

[40:48] they might not have had in the past with

[40:51] that we've identified the need for for

[40:53] Ev Chargers installed in these

[40:55] communities as well

[40:56] again there are electric vehicles

[40:58] already in these whether it's the ride

[41:00] share or car share there is starting to

[41:02] be a lot of of ownership of of plug-in

[41:05] and electric vehicles so there is an

[41:07] existing need for Ev Chargers in these

[41:09] communities to be installed and we're

[41:11] seeing a huge increase in that demand

[41:13] the four agencies has worked together to

[41:16] identify what that demand might be and

[41:18] we're thinking or based on our estimates

[41:21] we're anticipating about 300 000 light

[41:24] duty electric vehicles within the region

[41:26] so there is going to need to be a quite

[41:28] a bit of of charging infrastructure

[41:30] associated with that so while we have a

[41:32] large focus on the medium and heavy duty

[41:34] side as well which is definitely

[41:35] important especially in these again in

[41:37] these under-resourced communities where

[41:39] a lot of these operations happen there

[41:41] is a really big need for on the light

[41:42] duty side as well to to make sure that

[41:44] we provide these Mobility options that

[41:47] um they they haven't had for some time

[41:49] so I will turn it back over I I think

[41:52] Rachel's back on the line so I don't

[41:54] know if we want to give it another shot

[41:55] with her but she's got the next slide if

[41:56] not um I can probably handle that as

[41:58] well okay can you hear me can anyone

[42:00] hear me yes we got you now okay yes

[42:03] thank you apologies for the technical

[42:06] difficulties so the last topic um with

[42:08] regards to the strategy is Workforce

[42:10] Development and we know that this

[42:11] transition to a zero emissions future is

[42:13] is a huge opportunity actually for our

[42:15] region to enable inclusive Economic

[42:17] Development by training members of our

[42:19] community particularly those as we've

[42:21] mentioned you know within our

[42:22] underrepresented under-resourced

[42:24] communities and it's going to be really

[42:25] critical for us to create that pathway

[42:27] for them from the training to the

[42:29] employment

[42:30] um and and being able to do so within

[42:32] those high paying clean energy jobs that

[42:33] we'll be creating for the future this

[42:35] matches really well with the significant

[42:37] need of skilled Staffing to support the

[42:39] zero emissions transition and I think

[42:40] you know we're definitely seeing it SMUD

[42:42] I think all of our agents are seeing

[42:44] those needs for the future so work is

[42:47] actually already underway with

[42:48] community-based organizations to train

[42:50] members of our underrepresented

[42:52] communities in multiple technology areas

[42:54] and there's actually been a Workforce

[42:55] Development program that started in

[42:57] partnership with the California mobility

[42:58] center specifically focused on clean

[43:00] Mobility jobs but this strategy area

[43:02] really looks at kind of four key areas

[43:05] which is one identifying the jobs that

[43:07] we need and assessing those skills that

[43:09] we need to train for relative to entry

[43:11] level employment partnering with those

[43:13] educational institutions trade

[43:15] organizations community-based

[43:16] organizations as well as others to

[43:18] continue to build and expand those

[43:20] training programs relative to the

[43:21] evolving skills that are needed

[43:23] working with key Partners to ensure that

[43:26] the training includes job preparedness

[43:28] as well as placement and supporting our

[43:31] candidates through those early stages of

[43:33] employment even after they've received a

[43:34] job and by ensuring access to wraparound

[43:37] services so things like Child Care

[43:38] Transportation case management and more

[43:40] to really ensure that these people are

[43:42] are prepared as they as they go through

[43:44] these new careers and then finally

[43:46] establishing those strong relationships

[43:48] with the trades and employee layers from

[43:50] the start to make sure that these

[43:52] training programs meet their needs as

[43:53] well as ensure that those candidates are

[43:55] well prepared for those jobs from the

[43:57] employers themselves

[43:59] next slide

[44:01] so you know I think everybody has

[44:03] mentioned this but you know I'm going to

[44:05] close at least this part by saying you

[44:07] know we started this collaboration

[44:09] between our agencies in recognition that

[44:11] by having a unified voice for our region

[44:13] that we would be able to better make our

[44:15] shared Vision come to fruition and I've

[44:17] really enjoyed working with with this

[44:19] whole group and not only developing this

[44:22] but actually even getting started on a

[44:23] lot of these initiatives as well and

[44:25] really believe that this effort is

[44:28] really going to prepare us well with

[44:29] regards to attracting funding and

[44:31] resources to help us with our regional

[44:33] goals I'm also very excited that these

[44:36] shared efforts are aligned to support

[44:37] delivery to key adjacent efforts like

[44:39] SMUD sustainable communities resource

[44:42] priorities work as well as saycogs green

[44:44] means go initiative and I'm just looking

[44:46] forward to working with this team

[44:48] hopefully that on these initiatives that

[44:51] are going to be hopefully well funded by

[44:52] the federal agencies as well as state

[44:54] funds to move forward our goals for the

[44:56] region and you know like I said we're

[44:58] already starting to see some of this

[45:00] coming to fruition has been screening

[45:02] grant opportunities all year and a lot

[45:05] of them are popping up as hey this would

[45:07] be a great opportunity for the four

[45:09] agency collaborative to work on together

[45:11] so with that I will hand it back to

[45:14] Clint

[45:15] so just to kind of close this out and

[45:16] Rachel got to this a little bit right

[45:18] now we're kind of in we've this this is

[45:20] a brand new document brand new strategy

[45:22] that we published just in the last

[45:24] handful of months

[45:25] um we're now kind of going around and

[45:27] socializing this we've we've been

[45:29] presenting to each of our boards

[45:31] um Rachel mentioned you know there's a

[45:32] lot of need for a collaboration outside

[45:34] of just these four agencies and so we're

[45:36] working forward with that or working

[45:38] together to to move this around the

[45:41] region and make sure everyone is

[45:42] everyone who needs to be as aware and

[45:44] engaged in this

[45:46] um and then also you know why is this

[45:47] alignment important but there's a huge

[45:49] amount of money coming and available

[45:51] through the the federal infrastructure

[45:53] Investments jobs act and here's just 1.2

[45:56] 1.2 trillion dollars and here are just

[45:58] some of those programs that are going to

[46:00] be out there that we want to just make

[46:02] sure our region is at the table and

[46:04] ready for these for these programs so

[46:05] this strategy is a is kind of a road map

[46:08] for how we can be really competitive for

[46:10] these for these funds so with that I

[46:13] will I think we can stop sharing the

[46:14] PowerPoint and and we have our panel

[46:17] here for any questions or comments from

[46:19] the committee all right thank you and

[46:23] I'm glad we were able to get you back

[46:24] Rachel

[46:26] um I know it's two years into the

[46:28] pandemic or plus but we will continue to

[46:31] have these problems I think as we do

[46:33] these hybrid meetings so thank you for

[46:35] sticking with us here on that uh any

[46:37] questions or comments

[46:42] I do have one on the Workforce

[46:45] Development side you know it's always

[46:47] been a i i it's always been a not a not

[46:51] a complaint but an irritation to me when

[46:54] I hear sort of the the green green new

[46:56] jobs because it's always I've always

[46:58] thought of it as sort of a cheap

[46:59] throwaway line when you talk about real

[47:01] jobs that I know I work with a lot of

[47:03] folks uh Carpenters Building Trades that

[47:07] have jobs that pay over a hundred

[47:09] thousand dollars a year in the gas and

[47:13] oil industries that take care of

[47:15] families that they were able to buy

[47:17] houses and and really contribute to

[47:19] their uh you know to their neighborhoods

[47:22] and to their regions and so I'd love to

[47:24] hear more about what those jobs look

[47:26] like and anything that I can do to help

[47:29] move that and and do that because I do

[47:31] know that there will be a transition but

[47:34] um you know we really I think you have

[47:36] to see that in order for us to really I

[47:39] think make sense for people that are

[47:41] going to be maybe out of wholesale

[47:42] sectors and what that means to those

[47:44] families and really to those Regional

[47:47] economies as well

[47:50] I'll just comment that I think that

[47:52] that's a point that it's not just about

[47:54] new jobs and bringing new people into

[47:57] the sector but it's also how do we help

[47:59] those that are in different sectors make

[48:01] certain transitions as certain

[48:02] transition sector as certain sectors

[48:04] transition so I think that that's really

[48:06] good feedback and I think that goes back

[48:08] to how do we think about who are those

[48:10] future employers and even the existing

[48:13] employers and where where are the skills

[48:15] needed and then how do we enable that

[48:17] because the reality is is that there are

[48:19] going to there is a need for for skilled

[48:22] Workforce and I think taking existing

[48:24] skilled Workforce and being able to them

[48:26] move them into jobs as certain things

[48:28] change but also I think a big part of

[48:32] the workforce strategy is really looking

[48:34] at how do we bring new people in as well

[48:37] and train them up that might not even

[48:39] have those beginning skills to begin

[48:40] with because I think there will be

[48:42] enough jobs uh to to make that demand

[48:46] and I I love the comments on the sort of

[48:49] medium-sized uh you know trucks and

[48:53] vehicles I think because that is a we

[48:55] always think of the larger ones but

[48:56] there's such a huge uh need for that

[48:59] medium-sized well in terms of the

[49:01] infrastructure and the charging

[49:02] infrastructure that's going to be needed

[49:03] in the future I appreciate hearing that

[49:05] in the presentation as well

[49:09] any other comments

[49:12] anything you wanted to add

[49:19] as a long time fleet manager for the

[49:23] yellow bus world I'm thrilled to see the

[49:25] conversation

[49:27] um and thinking I can throw just a

[49:28] little bit uh on the jobs piece one of

[49:31] the most important things that I know

[49:32] that we saw the transition

[49:34] um through Elk Grove School District we

[49:36] ran CNG we had uh passive traps we had

[49:39] active um traps we had propane we had

[49:43] diesel so you're going through that

[49:46] process and you have the the

[49:49] um diesel mechanics that can go out and

[49:50] wrench on your equipment but it's

[49:53] changed so much now you also need them

[49:55] to be able to take the laptop out to do

[49:56] the Diagnostics and when we introduced

[49:59] electric for the first time that's a

[50:01] whole nother skill set and there truly

[50:03] is a crisis in finding equipment

[50:06] mechanics that can do all of those

[50:08] pieces and quite frankly if I think if

[50:11] we all look at our schools you'll see

[50:14] there are not credentialed teachers that

[50:16] are able to teach those close classes we

[50:19] don't have our colleges kicking out

[50:21] folks that have a credential in those

[50:24] kind of industrial arts or mechanics any

[50:27] longer so it's something we need to talk

[50:29] about

[50:31] um

[50:31] I think two of the other big piece as as

[50:34] of all those different types of

[50:36] alternative fuels and where the

[50:38] hesitation comes from is even in the

[50:41] requirements I had to do 250 of my white

[50:45] fleet vehicles and got them all done and

[50:48] everything up in order and then that

[50:49] date keeps changing very frustrating

[50:52] when you have a deadline and then you

[50:54] see that a lot of people aren't going to

[50:56] make the deadline so then they move it

[50:58] for another year or they move it for

[50:59] another year and meanwhile I've gone to

[51:01] my board and said I have to have this

[51:04] done here's the deadline so it's just

[51:07] um

[51:07] that was one of the frustrating pieces

[51:10] and then thrilled to to start with our

[51:14] first electric buses we started with 12

[51:16] but the range

[51:19] um is a is a huge issue in Elk Grove

[51:22] School District the uh it's about 320

[51:24] square miles about a third of Sacramento

[51:27] County and the bus first electric buses

[51:30] had a 70-mile range well I don't have

[51:32] time to send a bus from Stockton and

[51:36] Florin out to Anatolia at Douglas uh and

[51:39] out Jackson Highway and then get it back

[51:42] and then be able to run again in the in

[51:45] the afternoon

[51:46] um it and then that means I can't use it

[51:48] for a mid-range and then let's not

[51:50] forget oh gosh there's a basketball or

[51:52] football game tonight but that's in

[51:53] Roseville well that can't make it so it

[51:56] really and I love that we're working on

[51:59] it but I need to always remind everybody

[52:02] um I guess we won't take that field trip

[52:04] to the Exploratorium in San Francisco

[52:07] because I can't get there and there's

[52:08] not enough time to charge if I do and I

[52:11] I know going through that with with

[52:13] compressed natural gas you know you'd

[52:15] look it up and say oh here's a station

[52:17] and then I you know sure enough I get

[52:19] the football team down to Fresno and oh

[52:21] guess what they're not working and now

[52:23] I've got 60 kids on a school bus and I'm

[52:25] stuck with nothing so it's it's really I

[52:29] I want us to work on it but I want us to

[52:32] be very cautious and realistic that

[52:34] there are some some restrictions and

[52:37] some limitations SMUD was wonderful

[52:39] about helping us get the infrastructure

[52:41] in because we had to upgrade

[52:44] um significantly and then exactly as you

[52:47] mentioned just the facility now I have

[52:49] my place where all my plug-in buses are

[52:52] for traps and then now I've got my CNG

[52:54] plug-ins and now I need to have my

[52:56] electric I don't have any space anymore

[52:58] I'm running out of physical space so I'm

[53:02] glad to hear you're working with those

[53:03] folks but I think if you're seeing a

[53:06] um

[53:07] hesitancy to jump in that's why at the

[53:11] smaller I know for us a smaller School

[53:13] District they can't do it because they

[53:14] don't have the backup of extra buses

[53:16] yeah you have to go with the bigger guys

[53:18] that can handle it to have some out of

[53:20] um that are not are out of service

[53:25] thank you director guyaldo for those

[53:28] really practical and real world

[53:29] implications when you're talking about

[53:31] these types of transitions appreciate

[53:34] that

[53:37] somebody else

[53:40] foreign

[53:44] well

[53:46] um so you've heard from our partners and

[53:48] we're really happy to have everybody

[53:49] here today as well for the four agencies

[53:52] you know one of the one I mean there's

[53:55] so much good news in all of here but one

[53:57] of the challenges we have obviously is

[53:58] the footprint of some of our partner

[54:00] agencies isn't quite as big as ours

[54:02] right and so I'm looking around the

[54:04] table here

[54:05] um and and but that's not to say that

[54:08] actually you know the air District uh

[54:11] and Ray Porter here actually aren't

[54:13] working with the air districts in

[54:15] Feather River and other places but but

[54:19] we're aware that we need frankly as

[54:21] we've said earlier a mega Regional

[54:23] strategy right around some of the uh

[54:25] infrastructure and the fueling and

[54:27] electrification

[54:29] um so that's you know just just

[54:31] understand that a lot of this uh is a

[54:34] footprint right now for Sacramento

[54:35] County but we we're thinking actually

[54:38] even bigger across the 16 counties

[54:41] um and yeah there'll be more to come on

[54:43] that as we launch our Mega Regional zero

[54:45] emission vehicle infrastructure study

[54:48] and I know director Baines you know a

[54:50] lot of interest up in your district and

[54:52] Yuba Sutter right in the infrastructure

[54:54] there

[54:55] um so I guess stay tuned on that I just

[54:58] wanted to point out that we're we're

[55:00] still trying to work to make this uh not

[55:02] just six County but a 16 County effort

[55:06] well said James and again I want to

[55:08] thank uh SMUD and AQMD and RT for being

[55:12] with us this afternoon uh for giving us

[55:15] the update and for all the exciting work

[55:16] that's going on as we move forward so

[55:19] thank you all and Clint thank you for

[55:21] for jumping in as well

[55:25] okay

[55:27] uh so we're going to go to item seven uh

[55:29] which are committee reports and we'll go

[55:33] ahead and open it up to the floor uh for

[55:35] anyone that like to give a report

[55:43] any takers how Pam how was the uh how

[55:46] was your open house at the Museum oh it

[55:48] went well it was uh one of uh Donna

[55:51] Tully's uh last uh events is um County

[55:54] Supervisor so yeah and I was surprised

[55:57] with a turnout being in the middle of

[55:59] the day in the middle of the week

[56:02] very good yeah News 10 did a report so

[56:04] yeah I plan on getting out there I want

[56:06] to see it so yeah I was amazed at like

[56:09] I've sit on that museum board I'm amazed

[56:11] to even pulled it off from considering

[56:13] that um that it's I mean yard sales and

[56:17] big sales we're not going to do it I'm

[56:19] surprised like

[56:20] um like a couple agencies pitched in in

[56:23] some donations

[56:25] very good I have a feeling it's

[56:27] supervisor until he's farewell tour

[56:28] might be a little bit like Elton John's

[56:29] farewell yeah it's going to last a while

[56:32] I agree

[56:34] anybody else

[56:37] all right see none I know uh we have two

[56:40] uh receiving file items I don't know

[56:42] staff wanted to make any uh comments on

[56:45] those two items

[56:47] those are the it's the blueprint

[56:49] implementation uh and then the trails

[56:52] correct Grant so I don't know if we have

[56:54] anything to add to those but um

[56:57] well one on the just the blueprint

[57:00] implementation activities

[57:02] um definitely encourage you heard from

[57:04] Marysville today

[57:05] um yep steak does have access to Grants

[57:07] but we're also very willing to help your

[57:10] staff you with identifying grants

[57:12] applying for Grants but also we've got

[57:15] some some good expertise on our on our

[57:17] staff as well as we can connect you to

[57:19] other staff that are that are very well

[57:21] educated on a lot of these kind of

[57:23] strategies for advancing housing and

[57:25] other things around the region so

[57:27] um definitely reach out to to myself to

[57:29] James to any of us if we can be of

[57:31] service to your your agencies because

[57:33] we'd love to to highlight you and some

[57:35] of those receiving files or even bring

[57:36] you to to some of these committees so we

[57:38] can

[57:39] share what you're doing in your

[57:40] communities as well

[57:42] all right thank you cheers Eric I said

[57:45] um one thing just to pass along

[57:46] um I was talking to Vice chair Kennedy

[57:48] yesterday and he was a census apologies

[57:51] uh with uh director Frost there in a

[57:53] Sacramento County Board of Supervisors

[57:54] Retreat all day

[57:56] um we gave him some ideas about some

[57:59] places to visit around the region and

[58:01] some of you to come visit I know he

[58:02] couldn't do all of you so apologies if

[58:04] you haven't gotten a visit from Vice

[58:06] chair Kennedy but he just wanted to be

[58:08] passed along that he's really

[58:09] appreciated uh it's really opened his

[58:12] eyes to see the diversity of the region

[58:14] and just really wants to pass his his

[58:16] thanks along to all of you uh being

[58:18] gracious with your time if you've been

[58:20] able to see him

[58:22] um so that's that's from the vice chair

[58:24] he was just in uh in El Dorado County

[58:26] unfortunately I was out of state on a

[58:29] business trip at the last minute so but

[58:31] Wendy uh uh met with Vice chair and so

[58:34] yes we we thank you for coming up and he

[58:37] and I are getting together in a couple

[58:38] of weeks uh after that since I wasn't

[58:40] able to make it uh Tuesday I think so

[58:43] he's definitely making the rounds

[58:46] we got to spend a little time in Rocklin

[58:48] last week and we had a wonderful time

[58:50] and it was great that he'd been there

[58:51] previously so he already knew quite a

[58:53] bit

[58:54] perfect

[58:56] all right well then uh let's see here it

[58:59] is 2 30 so I will uh seed back to

[59:02] everybody a half an hour of their

[59:04] afternoon I just want to thank you this

[59:06] is I guess this will be my last meeting

[59:07] as chair of the lunar committee so I

[59:10] want to thank all the members and my

[59:11] vice chairs uh for the help

[59:14] um throughout this whole year and again

[59:16] next year looking forward to seeing

[59:18] everybody in in person uh hopefully as

[59:21] we go forward here so again thank you uh

[59:24] and I will talk to you all soon meetings

[59:26] adjourned

[59:27] thank you ready

Land Use & Natural Resources Committee - 11/3/22

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