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2021 at 8.30 a.m. It's a regular Eastern Sierra Council of Governments, joint powers authority, regular meeting, pledge of allegiance. John, do you like to lead us in the pledge of allegiance? Okay, here we go. Everybody ready?

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Begin. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.

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one day under God, indefisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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Welcome.

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Welcome, please.

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Chair sports.

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Vice Chair Wentworth.

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Supervisor Cornless.

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Here.

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I am sorry.

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Supervisor Gardner.

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Here.

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Councilmember Salcedo.

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Vice Chair Wentworth.

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We have.

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Supervisor Griffiths.

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I'm here. Supervisor Totharo. Here. Thank you.

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Call, Jim Ellis. Yeah, I'm here too.

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Councilmember Jim Ellis, I apologize. Okay, great.

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Jim,

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moving on to public comment. This time I set aside to receive public comment on matters

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not calendar, calendared on the agenda. Is there any public comment?

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have no one here, but I did receive a public comment from Patricia Robertson with MLH,

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which I did email to the board earlier in the week, and it is uploaded on the SCOG

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website.

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If you'd like me to read it, I can do so.

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Sure.

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Go ahead and read it.

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Okay.

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Dear SCOG partners, I'm excited to share with you, mammoth lake's housing's 2020 annual report.

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And the report you will see that all we accomplished under the extreme circumstances we all faced.

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We implemented an emergency rent assistance program and raised nearly $1 million to help

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folks pay rent.

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Our home ownership program saw an increase in success of 55% and we submitted 4.5 million

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in grant applications to convert a commercial property into 11 one-bedroom apartments.

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We also hosted a free virtual workshop on tenant protections during COVID.

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You can watch the video here and she's got a link.

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In 2021, we are looking forward to a rebranding process collaborating with LISC and the state

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on rental and utility assistance to keep folks in their home and building new relationships

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to find creative housing solutions for viable economy and sustainable community.

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I hope you'll consider joining us to achieve our vision that communities in the eastern

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zero-thrive because everyone has access to safe, affordable, quality housing, and she has

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attached their annual report for the year 2020. Again, her comment and the annual report

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are both uploaded on the Eskog website for the members to see it in full. Thank you.

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Do you see Madam Chair, Angie, did you receive a public comment from Matt Perrillo,

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No, my chance.

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Not unless it came in the last few minutes.

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Let me just take a look.

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No big deal if you did.

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Just check and he said he was going to send it.

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No, it actually, I did.

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Okay, I'll go ahead and read that to you.

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Good morning, Supervisor and Council members.

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Within the last two weeks, I have participated

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in several interagency coordinated meetings,

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including the US Forest Service,

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Region V Sustainable Outdoor Recreation Collaborative.

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the regional dispersed camping summit spearheaded by Mono County and the regularly scheduled meeting of the Eastern Sierra Sustainable Recreation Partnership.

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The high level of cooperation among agencies and NGOs at these meetings is incredible and inspiring.

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There were several common themes shared by these collaborative centered around providing better and virtual visitor information services, mitigating the impacts of van life and dispersed camping.

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The need for more and better information on how to volunteer and recreate responsibly,

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and the need to provide consistent and accurate information across jurisdictions in real time.

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I would like to acknowledge the work of the Sustainable Recreation and Tourism Initiative,

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and in particular, the outcomes of the Visitor Connection Working Group.

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The Visitor Connection Working Group was comprised of 28 representatives from regional organizations

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that work through several of these complicated issues.

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The Working Group convened a series of workshops

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over 14 months to identify the components of a communications program

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to articulate a unified voice for the Eastern Sierra

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rooted in sustainable recreation and stewardship.

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One desired recommendation of this track

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includes building and maintaining a dedicated web page

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that visitors can direct to upon their arrival

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or in planning their trip to the Eastern Sierra

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from their place of origin.

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Much of this information exists on different agency

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and NGO manage websites, but not in one central

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and easy to find location.

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I would like to make the council aware of the S-R-T-I,

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visitor connection package,

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and recommend the council consider the benefits

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of creating a central web-based resource

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that addresses these common needs.

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The visitor and connection package and outcomes

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of the visitor connection working group can be found here.

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and he has a link which I will forward this email to the board, and I will also upload it to the SCOS website.

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And he thinks us for our time.

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Great, thank you. Are there any other public comments?

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No comments at this time.

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Thank you. Let's move on to the consent agenda.

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We have a motion to approve the minutes of February 12, 2021.

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on a meeting of the S-cold GPA.

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So moved.

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Second.

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All in favor?

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Aye.

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We do that on Zoom.

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Yes, sorry, so just a reminder under the Brown Act,

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if we are doing a Zoom meeting, we have to do a roll call vote.

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So if they're good, call a call, that would be great.

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Okay.

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That's Andrew.

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We do a roll call, please.

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Thank you.

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Supervisor Coralis?

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Yes.

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Yes. Supervisor Gardner. Yes. Council member Wentworth. Yes. Supervisor Griffiths.

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That's your muted. Supervisor Griffiths. Yes. Thank you. Supervisor Toe Thoreau.

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Hi. Council member Ellis. Yes. Chair Schwartz. Yes. Thank you. Great. Okay. Let's move into our

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full agenda here. We have a very large agenda so I'm trying to move things

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along quickly. We are going to do item number six, discuss and provide direction

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to staff regarding S. College serving as the California Environmental Quality Act

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Sequa, the Agency for Regional Ecosystem Management for Sustainable Recreation

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Projects. This goes to Elaine Kamala.

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Good morning, Madam Chair. Council members

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and supervisors. So this item was brought to my attention by

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the mayor's member in our last S-COG meeting. Can you hear me? Okay, it seems like people are adjusting volumes.

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Better now. Thank you. So this item was brought to my attention by Janet Hatfield

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and Thomas Corporation. You may remember at our last S-COG meeting, we approved this

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the middle of an application for a California Department of Fish and Wildlife on one grant.

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That is intended to build an inter-disciplinary team to provide third-party

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meet-up services and develop all of the qualifications locally to do third-party meet-up.

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One of the components of that grant had originally also been to do the necessary seek for work

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for fuel's mitigation, particularly with the pilot project around the town of Pamela Blades.

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And because we were not able to identify an appropriate lead agency before the grants

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middle, that component of the scope report was removed from the grant application.

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So since then, this have yield and I have had a number of conversations about the necessity

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to have a appropriate lead agency identified in future, such that if future funding opportunities

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come along, there would be an organization that would be willing to serve as

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lead agency and would not miss those future funding opportunities. So I'm

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going to provide a little bit of background on what it means to be a lead

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agency and I know that there's probably general familiarity within this group of

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how SQL works but generally for a project, all state and local government agencies

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are required to do environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act.

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And the organization that is responsible for making the approvals, the discretionary

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decisions is typically given the role of the lead agency, which makes them responsible for

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preparing the environmental documents, but more for a certified that it's adequate for the project.

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Not all projects require a full environmental review, however, to get most state funds you

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need to at least be able to check that box that the CEQA requirement has been met.

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But the lead agency also has the responsibility and assumes the liability of if that CEQA documents

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is challenged. In instances where there are multiple primities such as in the field reduction

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project around mana, there are all of the different agencies who would be considered responsible

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agencies and the agency with the most responsibility

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in implementing the project would be the lead agency.

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We have inferred with Ms. Chichla and she has done the homework.

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We are, the SConn is,

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and as a JPA, the overall of the lead agency and appropriate projects,

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where, for instance, we might be applying for an implementing grant.

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So today, staff is requesting the board discuss and just provide general directions to the staff that it's funding opportunities arise.

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Whether or not they as a public be willing to serve as a lead agency in the appropriate instances.

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And I believe this have field has joined the call this morning as well and answering questions you may have.

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This concludes my staff and I'll take questions you have. Thank you.

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I have a question. I'll go ahead Dan. Go ahead.

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I was just wondering in a relationship to lead agency is usually the group that has the responsibility for the decision.

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In some cases, we may be getting a grant but passing that upon or coordinating with groups, but are we the group that is really responsible for the decision?

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And how does that fit in with us being the lead agency?

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Yeah, so there may be projects that are cross-terrestrial, where there will be approvals required

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for many different organizations. And so in that instance, it would be the agency that is

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most responsible for the implementation of the project. So the examples that we sort of found

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to run, but if you know if we did, or it's a recreation project that crosses the unique lines,

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but the grant is being submitted and administered by SCOG,

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SCOG is overseen the implementation of the project.

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That would qualify for SCOG to serve the committee in that instance.

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And for projects where it's not immediately obvious that there's a clearly agency,

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the state will provide direction.

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So it sounds like what we're really saying is,

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where we would be the appropriate group to be the lead agency,

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we're willing to do it.

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Not that we're leading agency for all projects.

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That is correct.

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Yeah, that's correct.

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Okay, thank you.

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I have a question.

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So if we are the lead agency on a certain project,

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are we the ones that go out and outsource someone

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to do the CEQA work?

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And then we hire like the escog would then

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have hire a firm to do that work.

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That's correct. I mean, we can also choose the parent and house, but I don't think we have adequate staff to do that. It's not appropriate for a very large project. So yeah, the, the escog would hire a consultant or potentially coordinate with the ID team.

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if that problem one grant comes through.

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And then the ASCOC as lead agency

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would certify the adequacy of the seek the document.

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And does the consultant sometimes share

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some of the legal liability of that document?

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I would let Ms. Chichlal answers the full extent of that.

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you know, the lead agency would take on that liability,

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but it's typically not like a financial liability.

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The first administrative remedy is to say that the document

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isn't adequate.

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And so if there was a portfolio for the project,

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that has come for serving on behalf of them as a leave agency.

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So for instance, it was not a recognition project,

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but it was a type of development project.

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The applicant for that would have to do that,

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And that gave a legal cost to three.

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So, just to chime in a bit more on what Elaine said, I think she hit the nail in the head, but I think there's an important distinction to draw what we're talking about as far as liability is a lead agency. So, first year to answer council member Schwartz's first question. No, the next question.

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consultant does not have any liabilities should the EIR be found and out with.

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And that is a general answer, I'm going to suppose with a structure sort of special relationship,

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but you know that is just the general rule and sequel of that. The consultant is merely there to

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go out and you know count the trees, do the burrowing owl studies, you know whatever technical scientific

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work we need them. Then you know they write up the EIR and someone wants to come in and challenge

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to an environmental group besides the synadequate

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and comes and challenges it.

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There are two different scenarios under SCOG

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to sort of discuss that type of challenge.

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The first is when the lead agency and the project

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proponent are the same.

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So that would be SCOG is carrying out a project

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and SCOG is the lead agency reviewing the adequacy

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of the environmental documents.

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In that case, SCOG would bear full liability

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for any sequel lawsuit that would come our way because, you know, we're the ones both doing the project and doing the review of the environmental impacts of the project.

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The second scenario is escog is serving as the leave agency, but like Stabala pointed out, there's a separate project proponent.

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And you know, that scenario, while this is probably not something that would come in from

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the best college, just to use a simple example that can make sense to everybody, is something

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like a developer coming in and building a subdivision, right?

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In that case, you have the developer saying, I want to build the subdivision and LA County

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perhaps is the lead agency reviewing the adequacy of all of that developer's environmental

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So, in that case, the developer would be the one who would bear the cost of any SQL lawsuit.

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Generally, the way that we ensure that is that the lead agency enters into an indemnification agreement with the developer

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that basically says, if anyone sues us claiming that the SQL review is inadequate, you have to cover all of our costs of the lawsuit.

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So, the only reason SCOG would really be on the hook for serving as a lead agency

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is an S-con for all of the projects proposed.

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So if S-con were both the developer and the county

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in the hypothetical, I just gave you.

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Thank you.

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Any other questions or discussions?

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It's a quick question for staff.

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So Elaine and Grace, you know what our bandwidth is.

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Are you confident that should we serve in this role,

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which I think is incredibly important,

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especially given what half a billion dollars announced

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just as we can, additional money can be for fire mitigation and that little fire that's

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burning down by onion valley right now. Do we have the, we don't, we may not have the capacity

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right now, but should we get into these types of projects, do we have the ability to scale,

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to contract, to bring on the resources to serve in this capacity from both of your professional

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opinions. What do you have for both of you? I

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think that we would have the capacity to

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hire consultants and manage an administrator for pretty consultant to prepare for you and bring

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it to the House of Commons. Yeah, I'll speak more from the legal perspective. I think legally we're very

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well-poised to do that. I don't see any legal impediments. The beauty of us being a JPA is that

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As far as the law is concerned, you know, we have teeth, we have power, we can hire employees, we can enter into contracts, we can assume debt, you know, we can do all those things that entities generally need to do in order to carry out these larger scale projects.

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And second point, John, I think your question is very important because when selecting a lead agency, it's, you know, the law says that it's either the agency who has the permitting authority over the project.

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So, you know, the county planning department is yet to issue a CUP or the entity that's

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carrying out the project.

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An escod would fall under the carrying out wrong because I don't think anyone envisions

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that escod's going to be issuing CUPs or building permits or anything in the future.

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But a common challenge to see what is that you've chosen the wrong lead agency.

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Because the lead agency is not in your figurehead.

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It is someone who is supposed to have expertise and deep involvement and be deeply intertwined

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in carrying out the project. So, you know, as John noted, if ESCA does want to serve as a late

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agency, we wouldn't need to scale up and hire consultants and really have our fingers in that pie,

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so to speak. Otherwise, you know, I think we open ourselves up to a sequence challenge.

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And with that said, as I said at the beginning of my presentation,

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sequins likely required for any sort of implementation projects that

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Ascog could choose to write grants for administer an implement.

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So I think that I should perhaps have my response to say that

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in so much as we anticipate Ascog will be ramping up for those projects

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and capable of administering those that yes, we would also be

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proportionately being able to hire consultants and oversee the corresponding environment.

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Excellent. Thank you very much.

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Anyone else at the stage?

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Yeah, thanks.

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The discussion is absolutely supported.

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I think starting our ecosystem services program of work we visit is a kind of a logical next step.

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And of course, we need to be careful and strategic about the projects we choose to take on.

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But, you know, they're going to be things that all four agencies support.

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And we all collectively want to see happen.

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And I apologize.

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I have a bad connection.

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You see it mentioned she has a poor connection.

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So we can wait a moment for her to get back online.

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No, I just go. Can you hear me now? I need to do my video off. Sorry.

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I'm basically just saying I support us going ahead. I think we need to do this.

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Thank you. Any other comments?

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I guess the only thing I've mentioned is that as I guess was stated earlier, we're pursuing the grant to be able to pay for these studies.

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we need to be the lead agency to do the studies.

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So this is sort of the other shoe,

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as I understand it,

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just to kind of reinforce that point, right?

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Yeah, that's correct, thank you.

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Is this a gen-dice reactionary

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that's looking for step-to-step action?

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We're only looking for step-to-step direction.

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Specific action will be taken

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if those studying opportunities arise

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and we'll come back to that side board

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with specific applications.

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but I think today we're just looking to gauge the general support of the S-Concourses

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serving as lead agency when the appropriate opportunities rise.

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Madam Chair, I, because I didn't make clear, I support this and I support, let's explore

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this moving forward along these lines.

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Great, I saw thumbs up from Jim.

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Dan?

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Yes.

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I do support as long as we're calm down, just going in appropriately to each one.

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Fantastic.

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So, it looks like Elaine the entire board is in favor of moving forward with this and you have your direction as needed.

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Yes, I do. Thank you. And we will obviously come back to you if there are any instances in which we'll need to serve you state agency in the future. Thank you.

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Yeah, move on to item seven.

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Receive presentation from California citizens,

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redistricting commission,

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regarding the state level, redistricting process,

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legal counsel of grace.

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Miss Heidi pronounced your last name.

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Announce Hubla, it's a very tough one.

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Okay, grace Hubla.

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Yes, all right, so thank you.

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I'm here today with Linda Aguitagawa and Jane Anderson,

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who looks like they have just joined our Zoom.

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As Council member Schwartz mentioned,

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they are both members of the California Citizens

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Redistricting Commission.

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And that is the group that's responsible

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for overseeing redistricting,

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which is the process of adjusting boundary lines,

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following each census to account for movement births

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and deaths within the state.

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And as most of your board is probably already

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where there is redistricting occurring at the county level and at the city level for some cities,

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those who are not at large. I believe Bishop may be an at-large city, so I don't think there's

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redistricting occurring for Bishop. But I am overseeing in your county's redistricting process, and I got

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in touch with Jane and Linda who are overseeing essentially the parallel process at state level.

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So, I thought it would be useful for Linda and Jane to just speak briefly to your board to give you guys a brief overview of what they're doing and to explain the synergies and parallels that we see between state level redistricting and county and city level redistricting to hopefully increase citizen engagement and just make sure that everyone is informed about this crucially important process.

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Linda and Jane, take it away.

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All right, thank you so much, Grace, and thank you to all the board members of ESCOG.

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We do appreciate this opportunity to be able to speak to all of you and present to you

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and also to any of the members of the public who's also listening in.

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We just want to say thanks for being on the person.

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We appreciate this opportunity.

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I'm going to go ahead and start sharing my screen so they see our presentation.

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Just go quickly here.

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All right.

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So just, let me just go ahead and first just briefly introduce myself and then James also going to introduce herself as well too.

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My name is Linda Akujigawa and I am one of 14 commissioners that is on the California citizens redistricting commission.

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It is an independent commission.

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It does consist of an even, I guess, partisan balance.

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There are five Republicans, five Democrats, and four, I guess either independence

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or no party preference declines state.

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There's so many different terms that I use that.

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I try to just cover it all.

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I'm one of the members that is a declined state or an independent.

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And I just really want to just again just reiterate, you know,

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just how much it's both an honor and just really just an exciting kind of time to be part of this effort in 2020 and go through the next 10 years.

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Jane, do you want to go ahead and introduce yourself real quickly?

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Good morning, and as Linda has already said, thank you very much and letting us present with your board.

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You understand that you're under a bit of a time crunch, so we're gonna try to make our presentation concise and direct to points.

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I'm my name is Jane Anderson. I am one of the Republicans on the commission and I'm from all

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perfect California. So go ahead, go ahead. All right, thank you very much. And I guess I should also mention I

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from Orange County, California, which is to the south. So I'm just going to go ahead and just move the slide

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along. This is the caveat that we have to put into all of our presentations that we cannot take any

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public input today per the California government section code and I do understand that you're

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also working on the Brown Act as well too so I know that you do understand that so

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anybody who does want to provide public input we will also give instructions on how you

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could do that where you could provide it but there simply you could start with our website at

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to reach all the points, CA.org.

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Okay, let me just go ahead and move on.

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So I know that as members of,

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as Convinne, I know you all understand redistricting,

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but just put the sake of just this presentation

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and for those that are listening in.

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I wanna start with what is redistricting?

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So redistricting, as you could see,

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is just about drawing the boundaries

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that determine which Californians are represented

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by each electoral district again.

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And as you can see, we just went through the every 10 year process of census.

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Following the census is the redistricting process, which then leads to the representation

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process that we'll all be undergoing following redistricting. And why do we draw

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district maps? We draw district maps because change does happen. Our communities change because

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people are born, people pass away, and people move. They move in, they move away. And so because of that,

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it does change just the makeup of our community. So in some cases, some communities will grow

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in size, and in other cases, some communities will shrink down in size. And so in 2010, during that

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process, the areas that were once roughly about the same number of people for each electoral

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district might have become unequal in this 10-year interim time. And so the process that we're

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undergoing is about trying to rebalance again and make sure that each electoral district is

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So, I want to just talk about, so what's in it for you? Why should you care? And so, I think this chart here is a, is a representation of why, why should you care about redistricting? Why should you at least provide public inputting? And I know for a lot of Californians, you know, the census itself is one thing.

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redistricting can be a little bit

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experimenting to some, but like the

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census, I think there's an

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importance to this process because

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what the district can really

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represent is its power of our

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voice, our, you know, what we think

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and how it's not only just like

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the vote, you know, electing

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people that we want representing

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us, but it really is about

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determining, you know, who is

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going to be able to run to

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who asked for your vote to represent you and your voice.

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And what you'll see here is that redistricting

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is about power to you, the people.

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It really took the changes in the law

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that established the independent redistricting permission

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really took the power of redistricting from politicians

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and gave it to us, the people of California.

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And that's why we believe that being able to exercise

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our voices is process important. It's also way for you to be able to say you know what do you want

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your electoral district to look like so that the likelihood of getting potential candidates

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will represent and champion your issues is going to be greater so that then the likelihood is that

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you'll be able to really then hold accountable the politicians that you elect. You know it always

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always does come down to money, redistricting is really about being able to

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elect the people who are going to be able to represent your issues, but also

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ensure that they have your financial issues at heart so that when it comes

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time for what your community needs, the county, the city, you know, it's

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ensuring that you have people who are going to be in place to fight for the kind

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of things that are important to you. And lastly, about community boundaries,

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it's

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group into what districts and we'll be talking a little bit about communities of interest

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in a moment but it really is about who do you want and we send this to in your county who

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does in your county want to be connected to who does model county want to be connected to in

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terms of thinking about a district is it about going north or is it about going south or is it about

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going a little bit to the west it's really about the people of your counties being able to speak

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to that and just giving us input. And the more input we have, the better the maps we can draw.

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All right, so next is, let me just and great attention this and I think this is an important part.

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What we're doing is we're doing the district team at the state level, but it does flow down and you

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can see at the state level where we're responsible for Congress, the state senate is simply important

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of equalization. But at the county levels, counties are also doing

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redistricting as well too, and that also can point down to the city level.

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Cities are also doing redistricting, so are schools, and so are other entities like

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water districts and community colleges, college districts. And so

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redistricting is happening at all levels, but it's important that we're all

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working together and also supporting each other because the input that you

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provide will also be important to the other entities that are also going to be important to you

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in terms of the process that they're going to do. Let me just also share a little bit about

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the commission itself and why we're doing what we're doing. So part of the role that Jane and I have

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as commissioners is not just to draw the maps, but it is also to hold these community outreach and

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public input meetings so that we can engage the people of California and we can encourage and

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solicit your input and hear your public testimony as to why what your communities are.

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Who do you think your communities should be affiliated with and really you know what is the

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kind of input that we should be keeping in mind as we think about communities because we want to

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as much as possible, keep communities of interest intact.

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Jane, do you want to just go ahead

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and talk about the baptized part of our role?

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Before we do that, Madam Chair,

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can we just request everybody

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if they're microphones, if they're not speaking them?

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Much of rustling going on in the strike presentation.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Yes, at this point, I'll jump into the actual,

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what the commission does as far as the map drawing.

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And we, as Linda said, we draw maps for four different types of governmental bodies.

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The congressional districts, which will probably have about 52, the state senate districts

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for the 40 of them, the state assembly, we have 80 of them, and the board of equalizations,

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which will help the board.

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Next slide, please.

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So, do we just draw these lines, Willie Nilly?

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No, we have criteria, and these are our six criteria, and they are in order.

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The first one is equal population population.

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The districts must be a nearly equal population to comply with the United States Constitution.

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The second criteria is the Boding Rights Act.

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We have to comply with that to ensure that minorities have a fair opportunity to elect representatives

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of their choice.

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At the state level, we follow the Federal Boding Rights Act.

459
00:36:01,470 --> 00:36:06,050
When the counties and cities will follow the California Boding Rights Act, which is slightly

460
00:36:06,050 --> 00:36:06,550
different.

461
00:36:07,590 --> 00:36:12,470
The third one is contact community, which means our districts must connect.

462
00:36:13,590 --> 00:36:25,770
Number four, and this is the most important to you as a community and how to put your input to the commission and to the maps is communities of interest.

463
00:36:26,590 --> 00:36:34,450
Districts must minimize the division of cities, counties, neighborhoods, and communities of interest to the extent possible.

464
00:36:34,450 --> 00:36:37,330
I'll give this into that in a little bit more detail later.

465
00:36:38,710 --> 00:36:41,810
Number five is a compact, geographically compact.

466
00:36:42,430 --> 00:36:44,570
This does not mean shape.

467
00:36:45,050 --> 00:36:51,470
This means population density, which means just because it looks funny does not mean it's

468
00:36:51,470 --> 00:36:52,950
not a very good district.

469
00:36:54,290 --> 00:36:57,010
And number six is what's called nesting districts.

470
00:36:57,010 --> 00:37:06,690
This is wherever practical, each senate district should be comprised of two complete and adjacent assembly districts.

471
00:37:07,470 --> 00:37:13,230
Four of equalization districts should be comprised of 10 complete and adjacent state senate districts.

472
00:37:13,890 --> 00:37:25,010
That can't always happen because the populations are, we don't pick by numbers, we pick by census blocks, which are small and building blocks.

473
00:37:25,010 --> 00:37:29,930
Now, in addition, and this is extremely important to California because most of the states

474
00:37:29,930 --> 00:37:31,390
do not have this criteria.

475
00:37:31,850 --> 00:37:37,870
The place of residence of any incumbent or political candidate may not be considered in the

476
00:37:37,870 --> 00:37:38,630
creation of a map.

477
00:37:39,310 --> 00:37:44,670
The districts may not be drawn for the purpose of favoring or discriminating against any incumbent,

478
00:37:45,290 --> 00:37:47,950
political candidate, or political party.

479
00:37:48,410 --> 00:37:51,350
So these are supposed to be politically independent.

480
00:37:51,950 --> 00:37:52,650
Next slide, please.

481
00:37:54,830 --> 00:37:59,550
As I said, this is the most important for you and what does this mean?

482
00:38:01,630 --> 00:38:09,050
We have to keep these together and we can easily get the city and county maps but we cannot

483
00:38:09,050 --> 00:38:10,510
have communities of interest.

484
00:38:10,690 --> 00:38:12,970
We don't know what those are until you tell us.

485
00:38:14,230 --> 00:38:15,550
So what do we mean?

486
00:38:15,550 --> 00:38:30,230
and the community of interest is a concentrated population that shares a common social, economic interest that should include a single district for the purpose of being effective in fair representation.

487
00:38:31,330 --> 00:38:41,570
This can mean different cultures, different ethnicities. This can mean people who live in one area and you shop in another.

488
00:38:42,410 --> 00:38:50,050
You can have the transportation, you can have highways, you can have where you will work, you can have a particular media.

489
00:38:51,970 --> 00:38:54,630
And multiple people can belong to multiple communities of interest.

490
00:38:55,070 --> 00:39:03,130
It doesn't mean you are just one community. You can be Mono County, you can be Mono County in your county, you know, this S-Cog.

491
00:39:03,430 --> 00:39:07,810
These are all different communities of interest. And we'd like you to tell us about all of them.

492
00:39:08,370 --> 00:39:11,810
Now, community interest is not the same as a district.

493
00:39:12,590 --> 00:39:15,170
These are building blocks of districts.

494
00:39:16,050 --> 00:39:16,610
Next slide, please.

495
00:39:19,330 --> 00:39:21,330
So, how do you define your communities?

496
00:39:21,490 --> 00:39:25,410
This is sort of a way that you can think of as a community,

497
00:39:25,770 --> 00:39:27,550
how do you put yourself together?

498
00:39:27,710 --> 00:39:31,670
How do you get your community to think of what they are?

499
00:39:32,390 --> 00:39:35,250
And you can create this by actually drawing maps

500
00:39:35,250 --> 00:39:36,570
and telling us about your community.

501
00:39:37,470 --> 00:39:46,350
How do you get there? Or testimony? These are powerful personal stories. This is a great idea.

502
00:39:47,190 --> 00:39:50,470
You know, you have relatives who have been here for a time immoral.

503
00:39:52,450 --> 00:39:58,270
You know, what would you tell the people from out of town? These are, this is a great way.

504
00:39:58,570 --> 00:40:02,210
You can write this down and send this to the commission. Written testimony.

505
00:40:02,870 --> 00:40:07,750
You can actually describe, and you can do this in our Community of Interest tool, which

506
00:40:07,750 --> 00:40:08,750
I'll tell you about in a minute.

507
00:40:09,910 --> 00:40:20,410
And whenever possible, any of these items please use statistics, data, why should you

508
00:40:20,410 --> 00:40:20,870
be together?

509
00:40:21,350 --> 00:40:22,090
What are you?

510
00:40:22,310 --> 00:40:23,190
So who are you?

511
00:40:24,090 --> 00:40:27,090
You can consider using a sense of bureau data.

512
00:40:27,350 --> 00:40:28,450
You can use any kind of data.

513
00:40:28,590 --> 00:40:29,350
That's always good.

514
00:40:29,890 --> 00:40:30,870
It doesn't have to have data.

515
00:40:30,870 --> 00:40:41,250
And sometimes the way to get people together is say, okay, we're not being heard and that brings people out to tell you, give you information.

516
00:40:42,230 --> 00:40:47,390
And then boundary maps are, you need to do create a map of your neighborhood area.

517
00:40:47,890 --> 00:40:56,450
You can say, okay, what's street signs? Is it this county? Is it that county? Is it the city? Is it a death valley?

518
00:40:56,450 --> 00:41:02,750
You know, it's certain areas that are in your, you know, what's in the model-laking area.

519
00:41:03,210 --> 00:41:05,430
These are your communities.

520
00:41:06,430 --> 00:41:07,290
Next slide, please.

521
00:41:09,210 --> 00:41:12,010
So, how do you, what do you do with this information?

522
00:41:13,110 --> 00:41:19,570
The best way to get this information to the commission is through what we're calling a community interest tool,

523
00:41:19,750 --> 00:41:25,250
which is a special program to put together for us.

524
00:41:25,250 --> 00:41:31,870
and you can access that to drawmycacommunity.org.

525
00:41:32,190 --> 00:41:34,770
And if you can't spell community, that's okay,

526
00:41:35,150 --> 00:41:40,210
because we have grabbed the names of pretty much every way you can think of spelling it.

527
00:41:40,750 --> 00:41:43,750
So it's drawmycacommunity.org.

528
00:41:44,150 --> 00:41:46,550
And all that, it walks you through.

529
00:41:47,270 --> 00:41:49,470
The first step is just writing your community.

530
00:41:49,790 --> 00:41:50,350
Who are you?

531
00:41:51,090 --> 00:41:52,110
And you can do this anonymously.

532
00:41:52,110 --> 00:41:58,330
you don't have for training then. You can say this is who this is this is who we are and you

533
00:41:58,330 --> 00:42:04,710
then you draw that on a map and it's very simple it's a click and drag you can type in

534
00:42:04,710 --> 00:42:10,390
I'm this county or I'm in this city or this zip code it will get you there and then you can go

535
00:42:10,390 --> 00:42:17,950
from there and then you send that to the commission in for remote areas we're actually coming up with

536
00:42:17,950 --> 00:42:23,530
paper versions of this. So you can actually send this out to people in your community.

537
00:42:25,010 --> 00:42:26,010
Next slide please.

538
00:42:29,830 --> 00:42:36,370
Now, so timeline, this is a crucial one because when what's happened here,

539
00:42:37,030 --> 00:42:43,030
and you've probably heard that the census is very late. It's delayed, delayed, delayed, and we're all

540
00:42:43,030 --> 00:42:48,410
told that September 30th the census is going to be delivered. The data is going to be delivered to

541
00:42:48,410 --> 00:42:50,910
all states across the country at the same time.

542
00:42:51,850 --> 00:42:53,730
But if you'll those down at the bottom here,

543
00:42:54,070 --> 00:42:57,190
it says February 15th would be the final district maps

544
00:42:57,190 --> 00:42:58,370
of the Secretary of State.

545
00:43:00,110 --> 00:43:02,570
Should, excuse me, the state not get it

546
00:43:02,570 --> 00:43:05,650
until the 30th of September, we would have,

547
00:43:05,930 --> 00:43:08,990
the commission would have up until September, February 15th,

548
00:43:08,990 --> 00:43:09,930
to finish the maps.

549
00:43:10,610 --> 00:43:14,610
However, this runs smack dabbing to the electoral process

550
00:43:15,390 --> 00:43:17,110
and causes lots of problems.

551
00:43:17,110 --> 00:43:24,410
So we've been trying to work backwards from that and working with the governor's office,

552
00:43:25,130 --> 00:43:31,530
the secretary of state, all the electoral parties involved to try to do what can we do about this?

553
00:43:31,990 --> 00:43:39,170
And you may have heard the state of Ohio sued the Census Bureau because while we have a mechanism in California

554
00:43:39,170 --> 00:43:44,830
to allow us to extend our dates, most states did not do such a thing.

555
00:43:44,830 --> 00:43:47,810
And so there have been a much worse position than we are.

556
00:43:48,910 --> 00:43:53,170
And they sue the censors that, well, we'll do what we can.

557
00:43:54,010 --> 00:43:58,690
And then they said, well, we do have this thing called legacy data,

558
00:43:59,110 --> 00:44:02,450
which is what it sort of looked like 10 years ago, the same format,

559
00:44:03,010 --> 00:44:06,770
which we could give you maybe even by the middle of August.

560
00:44:08,490 --> 00:44:13,330
But it is very, it's you need to be statisticians to work with them.

561
00:44:13,950 --> 00:44:19,490
But we're fortunate in California to have a state-wide database, which is where all of

562
00:44:19,490 --> 00:44:27,670
our electoral data is delivered to, and that's where we go back to, to get this information.

563
00:44:28,170 --> 00:44:33,570
And they can take this lengthy data and put into a shape that we can then start to work

564
00:44:33,570 --> 00:44:34,070
with it.

565
00:44:34,850 --> 00:44:40,710
Now, it does take them two weeks to get it into shape, and then another month to, we just

566
00:44:40,710 --> 00:44:45,470
see on our timeline, we have September 3rd, October 31st for the Commission can use it.

567
00:44:45,990 --> 00:44:51,670
That month is where the state-wide database does we have in California called Prisoner

568
00:44:51,670 --> 00:44:58,510
Reallocation, which is something all the states and counties and cities, lots of states.

569
00:44:58,510 --> 00:44:59,930
we are in the same...

570
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:29,400
I think also doing this, the citizen count is must. And it's actually taking the people who are in prison now, out of where the prisons are, and relocating them towards their representative districts, because remember representations for 10 years. It's not just what happened in prison for this year or so. And that, so as a result, should we get the data from the Census Bureau in the middle of August?

571
00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:35,440
But the commission still would not get it until it would be instead of October 31st.

572
00:45:35,500 --> 00:45:41,980
It might be a month earlier, which would be wonderful, and it could move this date up

573
00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:47,880
to January 15th, probably the latest, possibly even by the end of December.

574
00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:54,020
So we won't know that, and everyone will hear as soon as that data, as we get the census

575
00:45:54,020 --> 00:46:00,280
data everywhere we'll hear, and these dates which are here, they're slightly modified

576
00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:03,960
on our website, and we'll put up the latest data as soon as we can.

577
00:46:04,980 --> 00:46:05,700
Next slide please.

578
00:46:07,260 --> 00:46:08,520
And now this is where we're wrapping up.

579
00:46:08,660 --> 00:46:14,100
This is basically, we've already said, we can't take public input today, however, next

580
00:46:14,100 --> 00:46:14,560
slide please.

581
00:46:18,780 --> 00:46:19,700
Next slide please.

582
00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:20,260
Thank you.

583
00:46:20,260 --> 00:46:35,380
Yeah, so we do want to just, and then just recap the ways to provide input, as Jane just mentioned, just a reminder that we can't take public input, but there are ways in which you can provide public input.

584
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:39,140
She talked about the communities of interest mapping tool.

585
00:46:39,140 --> 00:46:53,940
We did also mention that we're making it the community of interest mapping tool for making it not just online, but also in a paper form. So you can go to either draw my CA community dot dot board.

586
00:46:54,880 --> 00:47:04,980
Or you can go through via our website, the commission website that we draw the line CA dot board and then it will take you to community interest tool.

587
00:47:05,540 --> 00:47:10,340
You could email us public comment as well too so you could write a letter and then just

588
00:47:10,340 --> 00:47:12,300
email it us, email it to us.

589
00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:16,040
You can even call and leave a message and tell your story.

590
00:47:16,940 --> 00:47:19,780
I was even thinking we could probably even take a video.

591
00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:24,300
You know, a lot of young people now do video kind of things where they tell their stories.

592
00:47:24,720 --> 00:47:29,580
Or you can mail your communities of interest, public interest to us.

593
00:47:29,580 --> 00:47:36,100
And we do also want to mention, for those of you who have citizens and residents that

594
00:47:36,100 --> 00:47:42,620
are perhaps limited English speakers, we also do have the online communities of interest

595
00:47:42,620 --> 00:47:47,180
who will available in various languages as well, and tutorials are available in those

596
00:47:47,180 --> 00:47:48,000
various languages.

597
00:47:49,460 --> 00:47:52,420
And so with that, that does complete our presentation.

598
00:47:52,420 --> 00:47:59,140
I do want to just acknowledge a supervisor on top row and supervisor Griffiths and Grace

599
00:47:59,140 --> 00:48:02,340
for listening to our presentation.

600
00:48:02,340 --> 00:48:07,200
Again, we had the opportunity to present to the incoming supervisors at the beginning of the week.

601
00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:13,860
So hopefully we had a couple of new slides added, so it was a little bit different from what you heard.

602
00:48:14,140 --> 00:48:15,780
Thank you very much for having us.

603
00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:16,300
It's helpful.

604
00:48:16,660 --> 00:48:18,300
Ready to take any questions you might have.

605
00:48:19,100 --> 00:48:27,300
And our slides are in your packets so don't worry that you weren't able to write the website

606
00:48:27,300 --> 00:48:30,220
to things down that is in your agenda packet.

607
00:48:31,580 --> 00:48:34,200
So, we want to stop sharing the screen,

608
00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:39,300
and if there are any questions, we'll be happy

609
00:48:39,300 --> 00:48:40,000
to answer them.

610
00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:42,460
Very much.

611
00:48:42,540 --> 00:48:43,540
Does anyone have any questions?

612
00:48:45,600 --> 00:48:49,360
I don't have any questions, so I want to thank you for presenting.

613
00:48:51,720 --> 00:49:00,900
So, for the Council of Governments, do you think that we should agenda this for a discussion

614
00:49:00,900 --> 00:49:08,020
on the future meeting, because I think we do have some decisions to make regionally

615
00:49:08,020 --> 00:49:11,120
about what's best for us, what's best for

616
00:49:21,130 --> 00:49:27,090
us, should we be connected to the north?

617
00:49:27,090 --> 00:49:28,590
which we connected to this code

618
00:49:31,410 --> 00:49:32,830
over the mountains to Fresno.

619
00:49:35,580 --> 00:49:39,620
You know, do you think it's all a discussion from the region?

620
00:49:41,360 --> 00:49:46,320
One thing I might say is please submit, if you can,

621
00:49:46,460 --> 00:49:51,060
do this and submit your information before the census gets there.

622
00:49:51,620 --> 00:49:54,160
Because we collect this, all this information now,

623
00:49:54,420 --> 00:49:55,680
we can assemble it now.

624
00:49:56,480 --> 00:50:00,300
Once the census data gets there, it gets very busy.

625
00:50:00,300 --> 00:50:13,480
And once the maps get out, it's everyone starts to talk about minute areas, and if you get your big picture in the earlier you get it in, the better it will be received and considered.

626
00:50:14,120 --> 00:50:18,060
So there's no time like the present. So thank you.

627
00:50:18,060 --> 00:50:21,160
I guess I do have a quick question.

628
00:50:22,120 --> 00:50:29,300
So this small list division for consideration of these maps is a census block.

629
00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:33,280
That's correct.

630
00:50:33,760 --> 00:50:42,460
And on the community interest tool, the mapping tool is, as you get smaller, you'll notice the lines

631
00:50:42,460 --> 00:50:49,500
are perfectly smooth except for rivers or certain areas, they are little tiny blocks.

632
00:50:49,840 --> 00:50:53,760
They look almost like little Lego blocks and because those are census blocks.

633
00:50:53,960 --> 00:50:57,300
There's also, it gets larger and they're called census tracts.

634
00:50:58,560 --> 00:51:02,020
And then it gets bigger as well.

635
00:51:02,400 --> 00:51:09,340
But the smallest block is a census block and not all census blocks contain the same number of people.

636
00:51:09,340 --> 00:51:24,060
and they have some sort of slots are large and some are very small, you know, as you get into, you know, downtown LA, well, neighborhoods around downtown LA, those are small because they're, it's dense.

637
00:51:24,920 --> 00:51:32,960
So there is a variation, which you will see if you start playing around with this community, this, you know, community of interest mapping tool.

638
00:51:32,960 --> 00:51:48,740
So I also will just chime in. I know that it's already been said by Jane to get here and put in early. I think I just want to encourage, you know, everyone here on this call, but also anybody who's listening in.

639
00:51:49,540 --> 00:52:02,720
Please, please send in any input that you would have about your communities, because I think the more new ones, the more input we get, the more new ones we can be in terms of understanding how these district lines are going to be drawn in.

640
00:52:02,720 --> 00:52:07,220
I think, you know, it's been already well reported that it's expected that California

641
00:52:07,220 --> 00:52:10,440
is going to lose at least one congressional district.

642
00:52:10,640 --> 00:52:16,300
So that's going to mean a reshuffling of a lot of districts and a lot of district lines

643
00:52:16,300 --> 00:52:23,660
and so the more input we get from, you know, the residents of your cities and counties,

644
00:52:23,660 --> 00:52:29,800
you know, speaking up about this is who we are, this is who we want to be connected to.

645
00:52:30,320 --> 00:52:35,400
that will be really helpful for us in terms of really understanding, you know, where those

646
00:52:35,400 --> 00:52:40,120
nuances in the lines, you know, sometimes it could make a difference as, you know, one street

647
00:52:40,120 --> 00:52:44,580
over another street, you know, just because of the way that both the numbers and what we have to

648
00:52:44,580 --> 00:52:51,620
follow in terms of those six line drawing criteria, but the more information we have, the better

649
00:52:51,620 --> 00:52:59,780
will be able to make district lines that reflect really what communities are also really interesting,

650
00:52:59,780 --> 00:53:02,000
didn't see happening as well, too.

651
00:53:02,220 --> 00:53:04,520
And so the other thing I want to mention

652
00:53:04,520 --> 00:53:05,920
is the communities of interest toll.

653
00:53:07,020 --> 00:53:10,640
In my sound daunting, so supervising

654
00:53:10,640 --> 00:53:13,180
Griffiths to your question about the census blocks,

655
00:53:13,420 --> 00:53:15,380
it's actually really quite easy.

656
00:53:15,480 --> 00:53:20,380
Because I am such a non-technical kind of person.

657
00:53:20,840 --> 00:53:23,500
The first time I tried out the communities of interest toll,

658
00:53:23,720 --> 00:53:28,000
I was very pleasantly surprised at how much easier it was,

659
00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:30,960
because I'm not a artist, so I can't draw.

660
00:53:31,320 --> 00:53:33,400
And I'm thinking, oh my gosh, how am I supposed to do this?

661
00:53:33,500 --> 00:53:35,800
But they make it super, super easy.

662
00:53:36,520 --> 00:53:39,040
So anybody who's curious, it is kind of fun.

663
00:53:39,160 --> 00:53:42,120
You know, to go and check out like, okay, I'm going to do this.

664
00:53:42,420 --> 00:53:45,940
And, you know, just also remember that where we live,

665
00:53:46,200 --> 00:53:50,160
where we work, where we play are each different communities

666
00:53:50,160 --> 00:53:53,700
of interest that we could submit separate maps for also to.

667
00:53:53,900 --> 00:53:56,900
So, you know, I just really want to encourage everybody,

668
00:53:56,900 --> 00:54:00,380
you know, everybody and anybody to please participate.

669
00:54:00,380 --> 00:54:04,420
I know that you may be thinking, well, you know,

670
00:54:05,040 --> 00:54:06,420
I don't want my information.

671
00:54:06,620 --> 00:54:07,660
I don't want my name collected.

672
00:54:08,060 --> 00:54:09,480
It is anonymous, jankously.

673
00:54:09,620 --> 00:54:12,280
That's why I want to really exercise that too.

674
00:54:13,960 --> 00:54:17,180
And you know, these kind of things are not always the kind

675
00:54:17,180 --> 00:54:19,980
of, as someone said to me, the sexiest things, you know,

676
00:54:20,040 --> 00:54:24,660
in terms of redistricting, but it is incredibly important.

677
00:54:24,660 --> 00:54:29,740
and it's amazing when you really start to understand the process,

678
00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:33,200
it's going to be incredibly important to your day-to-day lives too.

679
00:54:33,540 --> 00:54:38,640
So, you know, just really encouraging your top residents to participate.

680
00:54:40,200 --> 00:54:41,900
Thanks. John, did you have something to say?

681
00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:48,500
Yeah, I would, this is a very important topic, but this would take a lot of time to get through.

682
00:54:48,500 --> 00:54:55,040
And I would propose to the SGOG if based on timing dates and things like that, if we want

683
00:54:55,040 --> 00:55:00,160
to have a special meeting to dig into all this, I would also defer legal counsel whether

684
00:55:01,000 --> 00:55:05,200
the SGOG has a jurisdiction for this or whether this is something that is truly up to the

685
00:55:05,200 --> 00:55:05,480
counties.

686
00:55:05,480 --> 00:55:08,000
We'll put the role of the SGOG being in these types of conversations.

687
00:55:08,860 --> 00:55:13,660
This is a big one, and I think we need to think about perhaps that special conversation

688
00:55:13,660 --> 00:55:14,180
of this.

689
00:55:14,980 --> 00:55:15,320
That's it.

690
00:55:15,460 --> 00:55:15,680
Thank you.

691
00:55:15,680 --> 00:55:18,920
So, just to quickly answer, council member, one more question.

692
00:55:19,580 --> 00:55:24,580
As Kong doesn't actually oversee any redistricting, but we can absolutely submit comments

693
00:55:25,080 --> 00:55:27,300
just like any other citizen can.

694
00:55:28,600 --> 00:55:35,380
And I think we are very well equipped to submit really thorough detailed comments, you know,

695
00:55:35,540 --> 00:55:38,580
perhaps more so than just an individual person.

696
00:55:39,280 --> 00:55:43,380
So, you know, I do think that we can, can and should get involved on that level.

697
00:55:44,520 --> 00:55:50,360
And I might say, if you'd like depending on the type of meeting, you could have one of

698
00:55:50,360 --> 00:55:53,700
us at that meeting for to answer additional questions.

699
00:55:54,540 --> 00:55:55,600
We'd be happy to attend.

700
00:55:58,750 --> 00:55:58,890
Great.

701
00:55:59,190 --> 00:56:04,450
Okay. Well, I think we can add this to an agenda potentially, a special meeting.

702
00:56:04,710 --> 00:56:05,690
Thank you so much for your time.

703
00:56:05,690 --> 00:56:07,310
I really, really appreciate it.

704
00:56:07,410 --> 00:56:11,450
It's really important and informative that we can bring back to our constituents as well.

705
00:56:12,710 --> 00:56:15,130
Thank you very much for giving us this opportunity.

706
00:56:15,130 --> 00:56:24,150
Thank you very much. We appreciate this opportunity and, you know, very much glad to be a partner to all of you as much as we can. So thank you.

707
00:56:25,750 --> 00:56:26,350
Okay, bye.

708
00:56:26,810 --> 00:56:26,970
Bye.

709
00:56:27,890 --> 00:56:37,890
All right. Let's move on to receive a presentation from quantified ventures regarding innovative financial financing for national forest business planning and campgrounds.

710
00:56:37,890 --> 00:56:42,410
And I think most of us were at the meeting on Monday.

711
00:56:42,710 --> 00:56:44,630
I don't know, is there anyone that hasn't seen this presentation?

712
00:56:45,170 --> 00:56:46,770
I guess maybe Jim, you weren't there on Monday.

713
00:56:47,530 --> 00:56:48,430
It's a good one.

714
00:56:48,770 --> 00:56:50,430
So, but just like you guys know, I would say,

715
00:56:50,630 --> 00:56:52,590
the majority of us have seen this.

716
00:56:56,800 --> 00:56:58,480
So I go ahead and share my presentation.

717
00:56:59,500 --> 00:57:01,040
I think I press my mute too quickly.

718
00:57:01,180 --> 00:57:01,820
Yes, go ahead, Laura.

719
00:57:02,020 --> 00:57:02,280
Thank you.

720
00:57:02,840 --> 00:57:04,320
Thank you so much, Sarah.

721
00:57:05,100 --> 00:57:08,000
So it was great to see all of you again,

722
00:57:08,160 --> 00:57:10,360
or see for the first time during this presentation.

723
00:57:10,360 --> 00:57:13,560
My name is Lauren Brescher. I work with the firm called

724
00:57:13,560 --> 00:57:18,860
Climate Consenters and we are working with John and his MLPPA

725
00:57:18,860 --> 00:57:23,120
capacity and the Indian National Forest to look at innovative

726
00:57:23,120 --> 00:57:24,380
financing on.

727
00:57:26,860 --> 00:57:29,920
So we've here to talk with the FTI today about

728
00:57:29,920 --> 00:57:34,560
opportunities that we see for Eastern spirit to sufficiently

729
00:57:34,560 --> 00:57:38,200
leverage public and private capital in the future, right? So,

730
00:57:38,200 --> 00:57:38,820
so help

731
01:00:04,780 --> 01:00:05,320
I'm going

732
01:10:16,170 --> 01:10:22,270
to get some volunteer representatives to individually or with a group meet with Laura,

733
01:10:24,490 --> 01:10:44,510
is that. We have the town. I know Linda's on your day, but I'll certainly be with you guys. If any other. If the town, if plan or Jeff, if we want to cross pollinate a little bit, talking to you and mammoth or talk on our own bishop or whatever we want to be configured, but certainly be.

734
01:10:44,510 --> 01:10:46,350
the part of those conversations.

735
01:10:47,050 --> 01:10:47,230
Okay.

736
01:10:47,650 --> 01:10:48,770
And then in your county?

737
01:10:50,230 --> 01:10:55,730
Well, I'm just curious if I think this is something that my whole board would be interested

738
01:10:55,730 --> 01:10:56,370
in considering.

739
01:10:57,470 --> 01:11:02,670
Is that possible for you to give this presentation to the in your county board as supervisors?

740
01:11:03,290 --> 01:11:03,530
Yeah.

741
01:11:03,950 --> 01:11:04,450
Absolutely.

742
01:11:04,970 --> 01:11:07,830
Jack, I can work with you offline figure out those times.

743
01:11:10,600 --> 01:11:12,040
I love

744
01:11:14,410 --> 01:11:14,930
it so much.

745
01:11:14,930 --> 01:11:16,110
I want to see the third time.

746
01:11:18,510 --> 01:11:22,530
Just real quick, if I could, it would be useful and I get that every one of these things

747
01:11:22,530 --> 01:11:23,010
is different.

748
01:11:23,870 --> 01:11:28,290
But if we could see what the business plan and what the money flow looked like for

749
01:11:28,290 --> 01:11:33,710
your project in Ohio, that would be useful, I think, in helping people understand how

750
01:11:33,710 --> 01:11:39,170
this works because it sounds good, it looks good, and the piece is moving to coordinate things

751
01:11:39,170 --> 01:11:44,350
look good, but it would be useful to understand who gets money from where and who gets paid

752
01:11:44,350 --> 01:11:48,430
how and all of that and again I get through all different but it would be interesting to see how that

753
01:11:48,430 --> 01:11:54,730
works. Absolutely, we'd love to do that and then that can be a part of the follow on discussions

754
01:11:54,730 --> 01:11:59,990
is like going a little bit deeper in these examples and then having conversations of implications for

755
01:11:59,990 --> 01:12:08,910
great thank you. Do you have something to say? Yeah I love the concept of this I did not catch Monday's

756
01:12:08,910 --> 01:12:15,850
adventure, but I've been in on some of this first camping meetings and you're seeing a shift

757
01:12:17,150 --> 01:12:21,250
towards this and I love the concept of bringing in the private money.

758
01:12:22,310 --> 01:12:28,190
Just from listening to some of the meetings I've been involved in, you're seeing a change

759
01:12:28,190 --> 01:12:33,210
happening up here that I think we're finally maybe a little behind the curve but we're starting to catch

760
01:12:33,210 --> 01:12:37,190
where it used to be plant vacations, family plant vacations.

761
01:12:37,310 --> 01:12:41,970
They went somewhere, they did fishing, they hiking, water skiing, and you're seeing a shift

762
01:12:41,970 --> 01:12:50,690
to now more of a lifestyle, sometimes almost nomadic camping and that's where the dispersed

763
01:12:50,690 --> 01:12:54,610
camping components come in and you're seeing a change.

764
01:12:55,350 --> 01:13:00,930
But this is focused on international force, but I'm glad Jeff is asking for it to be brought

765
01:13:00,930 --> 01:13:06,370
the county. But I'm looking at updating of campgrounds within the county. Not everyone

766
01:13:06,370 --> 01:13:10,630
goes to international forest to camp, but you're seeing it disperse. The problem,

767
01:13:10,930 --> 01:13:17,770
lack of facilities almost. And the private, you know, the partnerships between governments,

768
01:13:18,850 --> 01:13:25,330
state landholders, and some kind of private investment to actually make this happen is a, I think,

769
01:13:27,090 --> 01:13:29,310
It's good to hear that it's going that way.

770
01:13:29,950 --> 01:13:33,390
Maybe it'll start changing the dynamic

771
01:13:33,390 --> 01:13:35,990
and seeing what the whole picture is.

772
01:13:36,270 --> 01:13:38,390
So thank you, I look forward to hearing more on this.

773
01:13:39,050 --> 01:13:41,690
And I think that collaboration is probably the key

774
01:13:41,690 --> 01:13:42,550
and I'm glad to see some.

775
01:13:42,950 --> 01:13:43,930
It had that direction.

776
01:13:44,290 --> 01:13:44,850
So thank you.

777
01:13:45,550 --> 01:13:47,850
I think that presentation makes sense

778
01:13:47,850 --> 01:13:49,550
for the Bishop City Council as well.

779
01:13:49,710 --> 01:13:52,710
If you guys have time, I can get with you.

780
01:13:52,710 --> 01:13:58,790
I don't know if you want to be the lead from the city to get a point person with this

781
01:13:58,790 --> 01:13:59,250
project.

782
01:13:59,530 --> 01:14:02,870
I don't like how John is for me, I'm just kind of volunteering you.

783
01:14:04,310 --> 01:14:04,710
Okay.

784
01:14:06,010 --> 01:14:08,810
In the Mono County, do you guys have any comments?

785
01:14:11,170 --> 01:14:15,510
Again, I think it's great as long before and as I said in the right direction, we'll be good

786
01:14:15,510 --> 01:14:16,270
to participate.

787
01:14:16,890 --> 01:14:22,230
I don't know if Stacy, whether you think the board would like to see this, it's good information

788
01:14:22,230 --> 01:14:27,010
and does kind of put some to meet under the things that we've talked about.

789
01:14:27,130 --> 01:14:32,890
I know John, you mentioned just on Tuesday, this is one of the things that the SSRP has been working on,

790
01:14:33,030 --> 01:14:34,890
so we've had a little bit of information on it already.

791
01:14:36,110 --> 01:14:42,110
But the more we increase awareness of this, the better off we're going to be in terms of moving forward on it.

792
01:14:44,140 --> 01:14:50,240
Yeah, but I'm guessing our board would probably like to see a presentation,

793
01:14:50,240 --> 01:14:53,540
And if that's what other agencies are doing, maybe just to be consistent.

794
01:14:54,720 --> 01:14:59,540
But otherwise I'm going to volunteer you to be a charge of this for Mona.

795
01:15:04,770 --> 01:15:30,090
And yeah, and I think if that's where we're going, I think the town of Memphis, I think it'd be very important to get that consistent understanding, especially as this is going to be. But the S County is right in the heart. So it's a, it's a, it's a two-head thing. It's about campgrounds and infrastructural residents. It's also for regional partners, understanding properties. I think Jeff and Clint, one of the things I think it's so interesting in this is the.

796
01:15:30,090 --> 01:15:34,210
because the idea about building wealth will be identifying and creating the jobs,

797
01:15:35,010 --> 01:15:39,970
making quality jobs, but also how to build regional wealth for all our constituents.

798
01:15:40,990 --> 01:15:46,910
And Jim, even though this grant came through for the service is about

799
01:15:46,910 --> 01:15:52,170
for the service in the Ambrose, but it's always been intended for the beginning to

800
01:15:52,170 --> 01:15:56,990
grow, to reach out, to bring in other campgrounds, down in campgrounds,

801
01:15:56,990 --> 01:16:01,470
other types of facilities, but I think this is made for today, these are the components

802
01:16:01,470 --> 01:16:06,890
of the engine that we could apply to any manner of different types of infrastructure.

803
01:16:07,670 --> 01:16:14,210
Whether it's hand-grounds, bathrooms, trail ads, whatever the stuff is that we need, this

804
01:16:14,210 --> 01:16:18,710
is the architecture of the engine, and it is always intended to start with hand-grounds,

805
01:16:18,710 --> 01:16:22,210
to start with the international course, but we don't find a way that this could work for

806
01:16:22,210 --> 01:16:22,930
things beyond that.

807
01:16:22,930 --> 01:16:30,890
It's always kind of. And John, I think any success always brings about the willingness

808
01:16:30,890 --> 01:16:36,230
to now try to take a successful model. If it's in international forest, it makes it

809
01:16:36,230 --> 01:16:45,070
easier to move that over to Inno County, Mono County, Proper, DGBP, whoever we, whatever

810
01:16:45,070 --> 01:16:49,830
stakeholders you show success is I think that it makes the whole process easier and solves

811
01:16:49,830 --> 01:16:59,210
a problem. So yeah. What additional comment if I could just I know Reds Meadow area is in the mix.

812
01:16:59,670 --> 01:17:04,890
Is anybody engaging with Madera County? I would highly recommend that if you have any yet.

813
01:17:05,750 --> 01:17:08,690
Yeah and stay still that real quick. I know the town is looking to

814
01:17:10,070 --> 01:17:15,830
really work on our relationship with Madera County and I know that we can that's probably a

815
01:17:15,830 --> 01:17:22,690
conversation we can have offline but we're very aware of that and the town certainly with the county because so we need to start

816
01:17:22,690 --> 01:17:32,490
really investing in that relationship and that has been a source of a little bit concerned for these campground projects because of the fact that it's in a different place.

817
01:17:32,850 --> 01:17:43,250
So yeah well I think you would be you know very willing partners in this and it's you know having maybe Laura or you know a neutral third party

818
01:17:43,250 --> 01:17:48,030
be with a great plan and promising future.

819
01:17:49,430 --> 01:17:54,870
That would be a good way to start, but I'm happy to make any introductions or facilitate

820
01:17:54,870 --> 01:17:56,330
that however I can.

821
01:17:56,510 --> 01:17:58,190
I have a good relationship with those folks.

822
01:17:58,790 --> 01:17:59,310
Yeah, that would be great.

823
01:17:59,470 --> 01:18:00,770
I think we'll probably take up on that.

824
01:18:00,870 --> 01:18:02,350
Thank you.

825
01:18:02,790 --> 01:18:03,430
It's a Lord.

826
01:18:03,570 --> 01:18:08,490
You want to get with a lane to get the contact info for the representatives that will meet

827
01:18:09,040 --> 01:18:10,490
with you from each entity.

828
01:18:10,810 --> 01:18:11,830
I don't know who is going to be in you.

829
01:18:11,830 --> 01:18:15,010
Is it going to be Jeff or Dan?

830
01:18:17,290 --> 01:18:17,870
Does it matter?

831
01:18:19,770 --> 01:18:20,910
I'm happy to do it.

832
01:18:21,410 --> 01:18:24,690
Okay, so it'll be Jeff, Jim, John, and Bob.

833
01:18:25,830 --> 01:18:29,470
And then we'll schedule, I guess, Elaine.

834
01:18:29,610 --> 01:18:33,810
You can come and coordinate with Lauren to schedule presentations with each entity.

835
01:18:34,390 --> 01:18:35,810
Thank you so much for your time.

836
01:18:36,050 --> 01:18:41,730
And really bringing forward this really innovative approach to recreation in our community.

837
01:18:42,550 --> 01:18:50,810
Yeah, thank you for having us and we might listen to the talk a lot of the other agenda items will inform the work that we're doing.

838
01:18:51,250 --> 01:18:53,770
So yeah, thanks for having us today.

839
01:18:55,110 --> 01:18:56,790
Oh, great. That's move on.

840
01:18:56,930 --> 01:18:57,850
Oh, yes.

841
01:18:59,870 --> 01:19:02,030
So Madam Chair, point of order.

842
01:19:02,250 --> 01:19:06,150
I'm a little concerned about whether we're going to get all the way through the agenda.

843
01:19:06,150 --> 01:19:21,690
And I do have some important things for board member reports, so I'm just curious if we're are we able to like if we don't get through can we continue this meeting till after the estimating just wanted to see from the board weather.

844
01:19:22,130 --> 01:19:25,230
That's a good time. I'm available. Is anyone else.

845
01:19:26,350 --> 01:19:27,850
I'm not sorry.

846
01:19:27,850 --> 01:19:30,150
Okay. Is

847
01:19:33,000 --> 01:19:37,940
there anything that we could next? I mean, is there anything that isn't?

848
01:19:38,820 --> 01:19:46,000
I would suggest Madam Chair, if we identify a minimum amount of time for reports. And

849
01:19:46,000 --> 01:19:50,320
we just, let's just see if we can crank through the agenda. I think, Jeff, what, 45 minutes

850
01:19:50,320 --> 01:19:57,320
for, for member reports. So if we got, we go until 10, 15, or maybe 10, 20, something like

851
01:19:57,320 --> 01:20:02,820
that and what we don't get done, we don't get done and then we, how much time we want for individual

852
01:20:02,820 --> 01:20:04,800
reports? There's not a whole lot coming out of that.

853
01:20:07,770 --> 01:20:11,090
Okay, maybe we'll at 10.30 start

854
01:20:11,850 --> 01:20:16,670
reports, is that enough time? Maybe we have to 11, right? That's when Esther starts.

855
01:20:17,510 --> 01:20:23,070
So, we have an hour and 10 minutes. All right, well then let's move on to item 9, discuss,

856
01:20:23,490 --> 01:20:27,870
and provide direction to staff regarding the drafting of a memorandum of understanding between

857
01:20:27,870 --> 01:20:33,230
the ESCOG and Eastern Sierra Sustainable Recreation Partnership establish the desire and appropriate

858
01:20:33,230 --> 01:20:38,850
relationship between the ESSRP and the ESCOG. This is you, Grace.

859
01:20:40,210 --> 01:20:46,650
Yes, and with the consent of Moa and Council Member Webworth, I think we might be able to consider

860
01:20:46,650 --> 01:20:52,610
agenda items 9, 10 and 11 together. My understanding is they're all pretty close, they relate it,

861
01:20:52,850 --> 01:20:56,950
so that can save us a whole lot of time if others think that will work. I like that.

862
01:20:57,870 --> 01:21:03,610
Okay, great. So, again, I'm just going to start with a brief intro here, but then probably

863
01:21:03,610 --> 01:21:07,730
defer to Council Member Wentworth and Ms. Caballa, because they have really been doing

864
01:21:07,730 --> 01:21:16,190
the heavy lifting on this. My understanding is that we are looking for a way to potentially

865
01:21:17,050 --> 01:21:24,130
create some sort of relationship, a formal relationship between the ESSRP and SCOG,

866
01:21:25,230 --> 01:21:31,570
particularly once the S.R.T.I. ceases to exist, which will come at the end of this year.

867
01:21:32,390 --> 01:21:38,870
So I have been discussing with Council Member Wentworth and Isabella various ways that

868
01:21:38,870 --> 01:21:46,870
S.Cog could enter into M.O.U.s or contracts or any sort of more formal relationship with

869
01:21:46,870 --> 01:21:53,830
the ESSRP. From a legal perspective, I can tell you that that is something that S.Cog absolutely

870
01:21:53,830 --> 01:22:00,190
can do. It's really sort of a skies the limit as far as the law is concerned. I think what's going

871
01:22:00,190 --> 01:22:07,410
to be much more important here are financial, practical, operational, and political realities that

872
01:22:07,410 --> 01:22:13,650
are going to shape the relationship. So I think I will turn it over to Council Member Wentworth and

873
01:22:13,650 --> 01:22:19,730
Miss Faballa to help sort of flesh out those realities because that, like I said, is really going to

874
01:22:19,730 --> 01:22:26,050
be the driver here in this exploration of an ESS-RP-S-COG relationship.

875
01:22:29,010 --> 01:22:38,250
So if I could, Lane, I'll just advise the ESCARG that the first step in this is for the ESS-RP

876
01:22:38,750 --> 01:22:47,650
with its governance capacity, which Godgardner's charge of redraft and MOU that binds the ESS-RP.

877
01:22:48,310 --> 01:22:49,530
That will take a little bit of work.

878
01:22:49,770 --> 01:22:53,150
I think we can find some private resources to help to do that.

879
01:22:53,770 --> 01:23:01,170
And I think once that draft MOU and it will be an MOU to buy the members of the SSRP,

880
01:23:02,250 --> 01:23:05,070
as that comes forward and gets developed in an appropriate time,

881
01:23:05,690 --> 01:23:10,230
to reach out to Grace and to Lane and to start identifying what those opportunities are going to look like.

882
01:23:10,730 --> 01:23:12,690
We spent a fair amount of time talking about this,

883
01:23:12,770 --> 01:23:14,190
but I think that's probably the best way forward.

884
01:23:14,190 --> 01:23:20,670
And so I would advise, I guess, look for some consensus from the ESCAG, this ESCAG

885
01:23:20,670 --> 01:23:24,950
desire to have a relationship with the SSRB, which I'm assuming it does, but if that's

886
01:23:24,950 --> 01:23:31,350
the desire of the ESCAG, the SSRB memorandum of understanding, finding all those memorandums

887
01:23:31,350 --> 01:23:36,730
together, that we could start it, and at appropriate times, we'll reach out to Elaine and Grace

888
01:23:36,730 --> 01:23:40,150
and start looking for those opportunities to make those connections.

889
01:23:40,150 --> 01:23:43,490
It's probably a couple months to do this, but that's kind of where we're at.

890
01:23:51,510 --> 01:23:59,330
I suppose I should add to John's intro there, one other issue that did come up from a legal perspective is

891
01:24:00,370 --> 01:24:08,790
exactly what sort of services or what sort of relationship S. Cog wants to have with the ESSRP.

892
01:24:09,830 --> 01:24:14,630
My understanding is that the ESSRP's major need is administrative support.

893
01:24:14,630 --> 01:24:21,250
So, you know, the most basic things like having someone provide a Zoom account so that they could host meetings.

894
01:24:21,750 --> 01:24:28,890
Having someone put together their agendas, having someone allow them to sort of piggyback off their website, things like that.

895
01:24:29,950 --> 01:24:39,710
And assuming SCOM did provide those services, you know, not to be craft about it, but then sort of ask, okay, well, what's in it for SCOM?

896
01:24:39,710 --> 01:24:45,510
you know, we're giving all these services to ESSRP, what would ESSRP expect in return?

897
01:24:46,250 --> 01:24:49,370
And that's, I think, something where we would turn to your board for guidance.

898
01:24:50,050 --> 01:24:52,230
You know, the most basic is money.

899
01:24:52,550 --> 01:24:55,670
I suppose ESSRP could pay a small fee to ESSRP.

900
01:24:56,090 --> 01:25:01,690
Another theory is ESSRP has great technical expertise.

901
01:25:01,690 --> 01:25:10,390
You know, they, it's really a think tank of all the major recreational experts for our region.

902
01:25:11,030 --> 01:25:16,710
So ESSRP could perhaps feed good ideas to ask on, you know, that could be the structure of the MOU.

903
01:25:18,290 --> 01:25:23,890
So it would be great to get some guidance from your board as I start perhaps exploring the drafting of this MOU.

904
01:25:24,170 --> 01:25:28,010
Should your board decide that we want to have such an MOU?

905
01:25:28,810 --> 01:25:30,530
How would you like to see it structured?

906
01:25:31,010 --> 01:25:34,770
What do you expect from each side of those sorts of issues?

907
01:25:39,730 --> 01:25:45,570
Yeah, I think as I mentioned, I think we have to work with the ESS or BS to do that first step.

908
01:25:46,550 --> 01:25:50,630
That needs to get underway, and that's going to take a little while to do that.

909
01:25:50,830 --> 01:25:57,490
So I don't know if we need any direction at this point other than is there a desire

910
01:25:57,490 --> 01:26:04,810
of the ESCOG have some kind of relationship with the SSRB to be determined later and I don't think

911
01:26:04,810 --> 01:26:08,410
that before the tune meeting we're going to have a whole matter. Hopefully the tune meeting will be

912
01:26:08,410 --> 01:26:12,190
able to report back but I think it's going to take a little time to get the SSRB card figured out.

913
01:26:16,980 --> 01:26:18,460
I think we need to do this.

914
01:26:21,020 --> 01:26:24,920
Both organizations have the first two words that are the same

915
01:26:26,060 --> 01:26:28,660
And that to me kind of makes the point.

916
01:26:30,000 --> 01:26:34,260
I agree there's a lot of details I need to be fleshed out, but just to me is the next logical

917
01:26:34,260 --> 01:26:34,640
steps.

918
01:26:35,380 --> 01:26:38,240
It's harder to answer the question why wouldn't we do this?

919
01:26:39,220 --> 01:26:46,620
We've been kind of, yes SRP has been existing sort of around administrative and legal issues

920
01:26:47,080 --> 01:26:52,060
and this sort of begins to say okay let's simplify this, let's make this logical, let's get on

921
01:26:52,060 --> 01:26:59,440
with this particularly as we pursue more grand opportunities, which are founded in ESSRP work,

922
01:26:59,680 --> 01:27:07,120
but legally need to be supported by ESPA, period. And so this begins to build that bridge

923
01:27:07,640 --> 01:27:14,580
and make it easier and quicker and logical to get on with it to do the mission of sustainable

924
01:27:14,580 --> 01:27:20,200
recreation. So I'm certainly supportive of doing this and let's get on with it.

925
01:27:21,520 --> 01:27:28,440
Is this something where we're looking at moving the grant to be unheld by S-Pog instead of the time

926
01:27:28,440 --> 01:27:29,020
I'm with Lakes?

927
01:27:29,480 --> 01:27:33,540
I'm just trying to grasp like what it is that we're asking.

928
01:27:34,280 --> 01:27:42,960
So as Grace mentioned Karen, the S-R-G-I, the grant, that's going to be over by the end of this year.

929
01:27:44,200 --> 01:27:47,260
It's going away, so that's not going to be part of this at all.

930
01:27:47,780 --> 01:27:49,880
I think the Bob's point is about future funding.

931
01:27:49,880 --> 01:27:54,040
And remember, this is not just sustainable recreation.

932
01:27:54,040 --> 01:27:58,940
This goes back to the ESCOX program, which is sustainable recreation and ecosystem management.

933
01:27:59,900 --> 01:28:06,900
And the state just announced yesterday $500 million for fuel's work, and I think getting

934
01:28:06,900 --> 01:28:13,040
that relationship figured out between the ESCOG and the SSRB, as Bob said, it's critical

935
01:28:13,040 --> 01:28:13,720
we got to do it.

936
01:28:13,720 --> 01:28:19,900
So we just got to start doing the kind of the plodding work, get the ESS, all the ESS

937
01:28:19,900 --> 01:28:26,400
or B members, Park Service, BLM, CalTRAMs, all of our agencies, everybody who wants this.

938
01:28:26,860 --> 01:28:33,120
We just have to write in you, MOU, to find the ESS or B's that they can all be happy with

939
01:28:33,120 --> 01:28:33,920
how they're working.

940
01:28:34,440 --> 01:28:38,920
And as we build that new MOU for the ESS or B, then figure out how we're going to connect

941
01:28:38,920 --> 01:28:41,140
that to the ESS, with the technical language.

942
01:28:45,380 --> 01:28:57,880
Yeah, of course, also support this and I think it makes a lot of sense. It would make sense to our colleagues on our boards and councils into the public.

943
01:28:58,560 --> 01:29:09,320
Perhaps to have ESS RP be a formal advisory body to ask, you know, I know there have been comments at our board meetings, at least one member of our board.

944
01:29:09,320 --> 01:29:14,960
you know, I will comment that she doesn't understand exactly what the relationship is.

945
01:29:15,060 --> 01:29:19,720
This will clear everything up. And really we, and as John said, you know, the opportunities

946
01:29:19,720 --> 01:29:26,160
coming from the state right now are too good to miss. So, as comes the right place for this

947
01:29:26,160 --> 01:29:33,420
all to live and to build capacity and to take advantage for the benefit of all our communities

948
01:29:33,420 --> 01:29:34,260
around their region.

949
01:29:39,120 --> 01:29:44,480
Okay, so I agree that we should move forward as far as specific direction.

950
01:29:45,540 --> 01:29:51,540
Am I understanding that because it's sort of a moving target or nebulous

951
01:29:51,540 --> 01:29:59,820
decision points you're looking for as far as direction is the idea that we're going to

952
01:30:00,590 --> 01:30:02,850
for the next meeting with the right people.

953
01:30:07,860 --> 01:30:09,080
I think

954
01:30:11,220 --> 01:30:30,540
that's exactly right. You know, I will defer to council member one worth. I'm a small. If there's any more specific, they'd like, but just from my perspective, I wanted to sort of take the words temperature and see, you know, whether your answer was no, we want nothing to do with the SSR people or, you know, whether in theory, this MOU concept sounded like a good one.

955
01:30:34,590 --> 01:30:37,070
Sounds like a good one. This is great.

956
01:30:39,840 --> 01:30:42,620
All right. So I think you have

957
01:30:42,620 --> 01:30:47,600
I put direction, Lane and John, we

958
01:30:52,940 --> 01:30:55,720
need to move on to 10 or 11, or was that kind of all of it?

959
01:30:56,600 --> 01:31:01,520
Well, 10 or 11, I think we can get a little more specific direction on those items as well,

960
01:31:01,720 --> 01:31:08,160
but we can keep it free. And this is the point that they are all related. I appreciate your suggestion

961
01:31:08,160 --> 01:31:14,480
to consider them all at the same time. So 10 and 11 are also related to the relationship between

962
01:31:14,480 --> 01:31:18,060
the ESPAG and SRTI and SSRP.

963
01:31:19,200 --> 01:31:22,560
So everyone can spend engaged with the ESSRP

964
01:31:22,560 --> 01:31:25,420
over the last year and the development

965
01:31:26,510 --> 01:31:28,720
for fully projects under that.

966
01:31:30,550 --> 01:31:33,400
There was over the last year,

967
01:31:33,680 --> 01:31:38,380
the ESSRP amassed about 180 project ideas from the region

968
01:31:38,950 --> 01:31:42,000
and is now undergoing a facilitated process

969
01:31:42,000 --> 01:31:48,220
us to determine the visual priorities for narrowing that down into the portfolio projects

970
01:31:49,000 --> 01:31:51,100
with associated funding sources.

971
01:31:51,840 --> 01:31:57,360
So the first item, generally looking for a direction for is if the SCOG board would like

972
01:31:57,360 --> 01:32:05,780
to have me serve as the SCOG representative to the SRGI in the selection of that portfolio

973
01:32:05,780 --> 01:32:12,640
of projects. And then related to that, if the S5 has an interest, and again, this is more

974
01:32:12,640 --> 01:32:19,280
of a temperature taking exercise. If the S5 has an interest in sponsoring some of the projects

975
01:32:19,280 --> 01:32:24,460
that will come out of the portfolio, with maybe some specific direction on generally the types

976
01:32:24,460 --> 01:32:29,500
of projects, or how many other work things like that. And so, again, the first item I'd like

977
01:32:29,500 --> 01:32:34,680
direction on is if the board would like me to serve as the representative of the S class.

978
01:32:35,340 --> 01:32:39,640
And secondly, is there interest in sponsoring projects that we have about for place?

979
01:32:41,460 --> 01:32:43,520
I'm a yes to both. Anyone else?

980
01:32:45,540 --> 01:32:48,780
Okay, John's double thumbs up. I think we get thumbs up from everyone.

981
01:32:49,660 --> 01:32:52,100
Right? I'm seeing everyone. Stacy, are you good?

982
01:32:54,120 --> 01:32:55,720
I'm good. Yes, absolutely.

983
01:32:56,680 --> 01:33:02,020
All right, so Malayne, yes, we would like you to serve as our representative. And yes,

984
01:33:02,020 --> 01:33:09,620
we would like to look at sponsoring without either right words, some of these recreation projects.

985
01:33:10,780 --> 01:33:17,200
Thank you. Any specifics with regards to types of projects or is that something we'll determine

986
01:33:17,200 --> 01:33:18,280
when that book was done?

987
01:33:20,600 --> 01:33:25,820
I think that's to be determined. I think it's so important to bring that

988
01:33:25,820 --> 01:33:31,940
regional lens that the ASCOG is specifically interested in and I know Elaine you're very well

989
01:33:31,940 --> 01:33:35,720
to that I think it's a very normal seat beneficial to move forward the way

990
01:33:35,720 --> 01:33:38,640
just described. And so thank you.

991
01:33:40,800 --> 01:33:43,140
All right and then now we're on to item 12

992
01:33:43,140 --> 01:33:45,420
receive an update on funding opportunities.

993
01:33:48,320 --> 01:33:49,980
So we can make this a very quick

994
01:33:49,980 --> 01:33:55,900
item. Good morning again. There was a request to make this a standing agenda item

995
01:33:55,900 --> 01:34:01,600
just so as these opportunity for funding come up we can keep the

996
01:34:01,600 --> 01:34:08,420
on board, what's it coming or what we've been looking at in the past couple weeks or two specific

997
01:34:08,420 --> 01:34:14,440
grant opportunities that staff looked into for some of the recreation or ecosystem management projects

998
01:34:14,440 --> 01:34:21,680
that would fall under as an answer for you. Unfortunately, when I think of full information on

999
01:34:21,680 --> 01:34:27,740
a couple of those until after the agent's publishment none of those funding opportunities are appropriate

1000
01:34:27,740 --> 01:34:32,840
for us at this time. But I think we should keep us at the standing item. We have reports of

1001
01:34:32,840 --> 01:34:36,340
cheeses and I can have additional inputs in the community. Thank you.

1002
01:34:39,070 --> 01:34:42,010
Okay, and then our last

1003
01:34:42,010 --> 01:34:47,270
full agenda item, consider approval of a letter of support for projects to be submitted by the

1004
01:34:47,270 --> 01:34:53,730
town of Myanmar flakes to Congressman Jay Obernolte for congressional appropriation. This is Dan

1005
01:34:57,570 --> 01:35:06,590
And then it'll be done. Dan was about for 10 o'clock in there. They hear me? Okay. Yes.

1006
01:35:07,370 --> 01:35:11,930
Thanks. I just saw my phone. I can't see. Yeah, basically, a conference with

1007
01:35:11,930 --> 01:35:18,150
our over-and-ultimate from district agency and out of a request for projects for the next budget.

1008
01:35:18,390 --> 01:35:23,250
I don't know that the new county is working on some things. The one before you today is we do have a

1009
01:35:23,970 --> 01:35:28,310
which is an Air Rescue Firefighting and Maintenance Facility for our storage

1010
01:35:29,110 --> 01:35:34,710
equipment, a plan for them to submit a airport. We were intending to request

1011
01:35:35,310 --> 01:35:38,590
discretionary funds for that in the future of the our airport cap improvement

1012
01:35:38,590 --> 01:35:42,190
program. But we thought it was appropriate to go ahead and submit it at this time

1013
01:35:42,190 --> 01:35:46,330
to the congressman for that appropriation in case something should happen and

1014
01:35:46,330 --> 01:35:51,510
some plans become available. One of the requests is to provide letters of support

1015
01:35:51,510 --> 01:35:59,690
from partner agencies and various stakeholders in the region, and that's why we're here today just to request support for that project.

1016
01:36:00,030 --> 01:36:06,830
We have discussed it from time to time with the FAA and our regular meetings with in your county for Bishop Airport.

1017
01:36:07,250 --> 01:36:08,810
So we'll work on that.

1018
01:36:08,870 --> 01:36:09,850
So that'll do it.

1019
01:36:10,230 --> 01:36:10,950
Thank you.

1020
01:36:14,690 --> 01:36:16,150
Can you explain the project?

1021
01:36:16,550 --> 01:36:18,310
I don't I don't understand.

1022
01:36:18,770 --> 01:36:19,270
No problem.

1023
01:36:19,270 --> 01:36:26,410
We have, as any airport, and certainly advantage of sympathy, we have an eastward snow management.

1024
01:36:26,850 --> 01:36:33,070
We have several loaders, plumbers, we have a rescue firefighting vehicle, and right now

1025
01:36:33,070 --> 01:36:37,630
they are stored out in the elements, which makes it very difficult both year round to maintain

1026
01:36:37,630 --> 01:36:42,670
them and also during the winter to access and quickly to get snow off the runway to keep the airport

1027
01:36:42,670 --> 01:36:43,170
open.

1028
01:36:43,170 --> 01:36:50,850
This $5 million facility will create an APE or about an 8,000 square foot facility where we can

1029
01:36:50,850 --> 01:36:55,250
store the equipment inside, we can maintain it inside the year round and we'll make the

1030
01:36:55,250 --> 01:37:00,250
process much easier for the airport and the whole to not digest the rule, but to maintain

1031
01:37:00,250 --> 01:37:01,250
all the great equipment.

1032
01:37:01,510 --> 01:37:06,530
So it's about an 8,000 square foot, $5 million facility which will be located at the

1033
01:37:07,870 --> 01:37:08,770
I

1034
01:37:11,780 --> 01:37:14,320
guess I'll start off the discussion on this.

1035
01:37:14,840 --> 01:37:19,460
I have no issues with the project itself.

1036
01:37:20,580 --> 01:37:26,740
My concern is that the timeline on this year mark requests

1037
01:37:26,740 --> 01:37:30,500
through over in this office has been pretty quick.

1038
01:37:30,960 --> 01:37:36,380
I know that the in your company is submitting some things.

1039
01:37:36,380 --> 01:37:40,860
And I'm not sure if the tunnel and the city of Michigan

1040
01:37:41,240 --> 01:37:46,630
or I'm sorry, Mono County or the official issue

1041
01:37:46,630 --> 01:37:47,770
of some as well.

1042
01:37:48,110 --> 01:37:51,810
And so, yes, it's a regional body.

1043
01:37:53,730 --> 01:37:57,010
You know, I think since this is a grant

1044
01:37:57,010 --> 01:38:01,370
that there may be competing against other entities

1045
01:38:01,370 --> 01:38:05,430
that maybe it's not appropriate for the East Coast

1046
01:38:05,430 --> 01:38:13,970
care of council of governments to do this, you know, unless it had been through a more

1047
01:38:13,970 --> 01:38:21,930
formalized process where there was consideration of the bodies at that time or an opportunity

1048
01:38:21,930 --> 01:38:23,250
for other bodies to

1049
01:38:26,230 --> 01:38:30,410
solve the problem for conversation with the rest of them for you.

1050
01:38:31,090 --> 01:38:35,710
Yeah, Jeff, I would echo those concerns.

1051
01:38:37,010 --> 01:38:42,470
I think, I don't think this is the fault, it's not the fault or any bad intention coming

1052
01:38:42,470 --> 01:38:42,890
from anybody.

1053
01:38:43,390 --> 01:38:49,870
But frankly, the process coming out of Congress has been so chaotic and has put a whole

1054
01:38:49,870 --> 01:38:56,210
number of different staffs chasing after this and trying to find a project or trying to

1055
01:38:56,210 --> 01:38:57,830
pull something together to try to make it happen.

1056
01:38:57,830 --> 01:39:03,910
But I think it's important to emphasize the regional lens of the regional view that

1057
01:39:03,910 --> 01:39:06,870
the SKI has and the reason why the SKI exists.

1058
01:39:07,730 --> 01:39:14,990
And I'm conscious of the fact that this potentially puts, you know, a mammoth project competing

1059
01:39:14,990 --> 01:39:18,550
against some other projects coming out of Peniel, I don't think that's appropriate.

1060
01:39:19,870 --> 01:39:24,430
And I, Dan and I, this is the first, frankly, this morning is the first I've heard of this

1061
01:39:24,430 --> 01:39:30,390
idea. Dan and I talked about a number of other different proposals. One of them was having to do with

1062
01:39:31,550 --> 01:39:37,270
trying to get federal money to help out with the Atlantic Artego Highway 395 thing which seemed

1063
01:39:37,270 --> 01:39:43,910
like a really good idea because that would be truly a regional benefit and I was my understanding

1064
01:39:43,910 --> 01:39:47,750
that in New County it was going to be submitting something for that but again it's been so chaotic

1065
01:39:47,750 --> 01:39:56,330
I can happen so quickly, and in the interest of regional comedy, I would certainly align Jeff

1066
01:39:56,330 --> 01:40:01,290
with your representations on this, and I don't know if it's necessary to support this

1067
01:40:01,290 --> 01:40:07,930
later because it's so, you know, individual, jurisdictionally specific. I guess if Dan are ready

1068
01:40:07,930 --> 01:40:12,810
to make a case on how this is going to benefit retail air service, how would this help to advance

1069
01:40:12,810 --> 01:40:16,590
the interest of the air service coming in the mission. I'd be interested in hearing that,

1070
01:40:16,890 --> 01:40:23,370
but I again, I'm a little hesitant to do something like this, given the retail nature and the

1071
01:40:23,370 --> 01:40:33,090
regional focus of what the outside is all about. Just for quick, I'll add that I think it's possible,

1072
01:40:33,310 --> 01:40:40,010
again, this is moving so quickly, but in your county or the LTCs with perhaps monopony as well,

1073
01:40:40,010 --> 01:40:42,930
or we're trying to figure out what we're going to do.

1074
01:40:43,110 --> 01:40:46,130
Discipline, something, or allows you to know forlain.

1075
01:40:47,320 --> 01:40:49,930
And then I did have extensive conversations

1076
01:40:49,930 --> 01:40:52,910
with our lobbyists in Washington

1077
01:40:53,680 --> 01:40:57,950
as who are in touch with Openalty's office.

1078
01:40:58,790 --> 01:41:00,610
And there was a lot of discussion

1079
01:41:00,610 --> 01:41:04,250
about regional sustainable recreation,

1080
01:41:04,570 --> 01:41:07,790
campaign ground, signage, regional projects.

1081
01:41:07,790 --> 01:41:16,150
and it was sort of decided that consent is among everyone that that just wasn't right yet.

1082
01:41:16,930 --> 01:41:22,750
And that this process is going to come around every year and hopefully next year

1083
01:41:22,750 --> 01:41:25,050
we'll have some more time

1084
01:41:27,190 --> 01:41:29,690
so that we can get our act together.

1085
01:41:29,990 --> 01:41:35,230
But I think there's absolutely a role for these kinds of governments in this process

1086
01:41:35,230 --> 01:41:39,650
because, you know, considering that together as a region, we're still

1087
01:41:39,650 --> 01:41:43,290
around here in the population of the eighth congressional district.

1088
01:41:43,810 --> 01:41:48,990
At the more we can do this together and find bigger regional projects,

1089
01:41:48,990 --> 01:41:54,430
the better, but it really was chaotic in the short time this year.

1090
01:41:56,900 --> 01:42:01,960
If I could weigh in quickly on this, we weren't sure on the project that would be

1091
01:42:01,960 --> 01:42:07,500
moving forward, we have had it to counsel this last Wednesday night for different options

1092
01:42:07,500 --> 01:42:07,960
and stuff.

1093
01:42:08,540 --> 01:42:14,500
We did look at the fighting on highways down there, I believe, with NOLTC taking a lead

1094
01:42:14,500 --> 01:42:16,580
for, we'll be joining in for a build grant.

1095
01:42:17,380 --> 01:42:22,520
There's a little higher likelihood that that would be approved, so I've got fold-off in terms

1096
01:42:22,520 --> 01:42:24,940
of just the direction it could go in terms of success.

1097
01:42:25,840 --> 01:42:30,440
And then the other couple of regional projects here that we looked at really were the airport

1098
01:42:30,440 --> 01:42:33,900
work is because of the regional nature and discussion on the

1099
01:42:33,900 --> 01:42:36,180
R4 shifting and the VA service there.

1100
01:42:36,300 --> 01:42:39,980
Plus, it is a forward firefighting base for a helicopter attack

1101
01:42:39,980 --> 01:42:41,540
that benefits the region.

1102
01:42:41,600 --> 01:42:44,940
Obviously, the firefighting element is not

1103
01:42:44,940 --> 01:42:48,800
unusual to have three to seven or more helicopters parked out

1104
01:42:48,800 --> 01:42:49,440
there in the summertime.

1105
01:42:50,240 --> 01:42:52,340
Being able to support that element is important.

1106
01:42:52,680 --> 01:42:55,760
But the other side to that, we had Whitmore Park also

1107
01:42:55,760 --> 01:42:56,140
as one.

1108
01:42:56,320 --> 01:42:59,000
But I think the strips and emails with Grace

1109
01:42:59,000 --> 01:43:00,140
and she didn't play on this.

1110
01:43:00,260 --> 01:43:02,720
So I had another issue come up here from instill,

1111
01:43:02,960 --> 01:43:06,300
but the policy element for S call

1112
01:43:06,300 --> 01:43:07,560
that the obviously potentially

1113
01:43:07,560 --> 01:43:09,100
have to go back to the various forms

1114
01:43:09,100 --> 01:43:11,580
of your sign off on the timing.

1115
01:43:11,860 --> 01:43:13,780
Everything's due today by five.

1116
01:43:14,080 --> 01:43:16,540
So it may just be at this point,

1117
01:43:16,560 --> 01:43:17,780
good awareness for S calls,

1118
01:43:18,020 --> 01:43:19,180
the things that we're putting forward

1119
01:43:19,180 --> 01:43:20,020
that we're looking at.

1120
01:43:20,300 --> 01:43:22,660
That point, I think with our service,

1121
01:43:22,680 --> 01:43:24,820
definitely is a regional and sub-regional facility.

1122
01:43:25,200 --> 01:43:27,480
We have people from all over the county

1123
01:43:27,480 --> 01:43:34,580
in New County coming up and utilizing now facility and recreational elements there, but the

1124
01:43:35,380 --> 01:43:40,240
process on that is we can get the other, they're asking for a shot in demonstrations of support

1125
01:43:40,240 --> 01:43:45,440
from other other agencies and other projects. So, the process was, hey, we can pop something

1126
01:43:45,440 --> 01:43:52,300
in based on a short time frame of it, we can bring that forward for consideration. I think

1127
01:43:52,300 --> 01:43:55,460
It's got grace is probably likely to have that you have to go back to your work and give you

1128
01:43:55,460 --> 01:43:59,980
the form of approval to your policy level support better, but at that point in time we can

1129
01:43:59,980 --> 01:44:05,400
do that, but it's probably it's definitely out of sync with the requirements and I believe

1130
01:44:05,400 --> 01:44:10,080
everything has to be into the appropriations committee that are in this somewhere between

1131
01:44:10,080 --> 01:44:17,220
the 27th and 30th of April. And so the timeline is really, really short and everything to

1132
01:44:19,860 --> 01:44:26,340
to be in today by five, so I think it's good awareness for y'all, but likely, uh,

1133
01:44:28,280 --> 01:44:31,140
probably got a viable option at this point, just getting structural rendered.

1134
01:44:33,920 --> 01:44:37,120
But at least you're all aware of some of the deals we're working on.

1135
01:44:40,180 --> 01:44:40,800
Thanks, Dan.

1136
01:44:41,140 --> 01:44:45,440
Um, and I think when the opportunity you arise, where that's how you can support projects,

1137
01:44:46,360 --> 01:44:49,000
and we have the time to bring them back to our individual jurisdictions,

1138
01:44:49,000 --> 01:44:53,360
it's totally appropriate for those dogs to write letters of support when each

1139
01:44:53,360 --> 01:44:55,320
jurisdiction gives the stamp approval.

1140
01:44:56,200 --> 01:44:59,500
Great, okay, well

1141
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:08,100
We just blew through those last items. So let's move on to board member agency reports.

1142
01:45:10,160 --> 01:45:15,440
Jeff, you said you had quite the report. So you want to start first? Sure.

1143
01:45:16,980 --> 01:45:27,620
Where to start? I guess in the frame of earmarks, it's still up in the air, but I think the things

1144
01:45:27,620 --> 01:45:29,900
that we were going to submit would be for the

1145
01:45:29,900 --> 01:45:31,800
o-landship archival for learning,

1146
01:45:32,140 --> 01:45:37,180
and then also for the Small Business Development Center

1147
01:45:38,230 --> 01:45:41,160
where it is to be located in downtown Bishop

1148
01:45:41,160 --> 01:45:44,400
and just to bring forward this meeting,

1149
01:45:44,620 --> 01:45:46,820
and I can't remember much for a minute.

1150
01:45:47,200 --> 01:45:51,820
In your county has acquired a building

1151
01:45:51,820 --> 01:45:55,400
through a public-private partnership to be used

1152
01:45:55,400 --> 01:46:03,340
a small business development center office in Bishop that will be a regional office that will serve both in

1153
01:46:03,340 --> 01:46:11,420
you know, in Mono counties and that's been moving rather, rather quickly and

1154
01:46:11,420 --> 01:46:24,770
process of developing a business plan right now also looking for a budget and funding sources for

1155
01:46:24,770 --> 01:46:27,550
that we're in close communication

1156
01:46:27,550 --> 01:46:29,890
with the Small Business Development Center

1157
01:46:29,890 --> 01:46:35,280
as they concealed and included on that,

1158
01:46:35,500 --> 01:46:37,260
included six host

1159
01:46:39,530 --> 01:46:40,410
chambers of funds.

1160
01:46:43,400 --> 01:46:49,140
And I will make sure I don't know if Mono or MF,

1161
01:46:49,460 --> 01:46:52,080
if any of your folks have participated in that process

1162
01:46:54,230 --> 01:46:55,740
and helped coordinate that,

1163
01:46:55,900 --> 01:46:57,340
because it really will be a regional.

1164
01:47:04,940 --> 01:47:06,880
Yeah, Jeff, if you wanna talk offline about that,

1165
01:47:06,880 --> 01:47:20,020
I got Leslie in touch with some folks who I have experienced with running remote work facilities and things like that. I don't know where that went, but maybe we can check on that.

1166
01:47:20,020 --> 01:47:21,440
I'd love to get some more information on that one.

1167
01:47:22,820 --> 01:47:22,960
Great.

1168
01:47:25,120 --> 01:47:25,880
Yeah, let's see.

1169
01:47:26,860 --> 01:47:28,140
In no particular order.

1170
01:47:28,140 --> 01:47:39,860
So we are working with a group, we have done this in the past to bring a visit from the Mexican consulate to Bishop.

1171
01:47:40,680 --> 01:47:50,780
And it becomes a little bit challenging because Inyo and Mono are in different consular regions for Mexico.

1172
01:47:52,580 --> 01:48:01,340
But in the past, when we work with law enforcement, the courts, and mock health and human services,

1173
01:48:01,460 --> 01:48:03,880
just to coordinate this visit.

1174
01:48:04,260 --> 01:48:14,960
And they do several things they can get documents and records for folks who are Mexican citizens living here.

1175
01:48:14,960 --> 01:48:22,680
And I think it's fair to point out that many or most of the folks that use these services are

1176
01:48:22,680 --> 01:48:30,770
legal residents in the United States, but are citizens of Mexico, some of those who are

1177
01:48:30,770 --> 01:48:38,010
going to be expanding some more house, but they can do things like dual citizenship for the kids,

1178
01:48:38,350 --> 01:48:47,270
who are American citizens, and all of the documents and law enforcement,

1179
01:48:47,870 --> 01:48:52,290
really likes this because it just, it's going to make

1180
01:48:56,860 --> 01:48:58,540
the whole thing easier.

1181
01:48:59,320 --> 01:49:05,560
Anyways, I have a couple questions. Is Hector still working with the courts in Mono County?

1182
01:49:07,800 --> 01:49:09,220
That's an excellent question.

1183
01:49:09,860 --> 01:49:13,840
The answer is no. He's in Sonora County now.

1184
01:49:14,680 --> 01:49:21,380
Okay, so I am looking for somebody to coordinate with for Mono County in general.

1185
01:49:27,860 --> 01:49:34,480
So, just someone to work through, I can send the Zoom meeting invitations for information.

1186
01:49:37,750 --> 01:49:38,190
That's...

1187
01:49:38,190 --> 01:49:39,550
We can find out who that is.

1188
01:49:39,790 --> 01:49:47,810
I don't know if the top of my head, but certainly are all of our county entities that deal with the court would know.

1189
01:49:48,350 --> 01:49:49,730
And it doesn't have to be the court.

1190
01:49:49,990 --> 01:49:56,130
It's just that I think it was pretty good our way interested in this and he was sort of in person.

1191
01:49:56,130 --> 01:49:59,010
And so if there's a community-based organization

1192
01:49:59,550 --> 01:50:02,050
or a staff person from one of your agencies,

1193
01:50:02,470 --> 01:50:04,890
so put some thought into it and somebody can get back

1194
01:50:04,890 --> 01:50:06,310
to me when I'm back here.

1195
01:50:06,790 --> 01:50:07,290
Yeah, probably.

1196
01:50:07,450 --> 01:50:09,370
I know our behavioral health department

1197
01:50:09,370 --> 01:50:11,330
has a cultural outreach team.

1198
01:50:18,790 --> 01:50:21,610
Supervisor Carlisano and she can certainly add to this

1199
01:50:21,610 --> 01:50:27,910
have been working through the ESSRP on tribal outreach

1200
01:50:27,910 --> 01:50:36,190
and sort of recognizing that perhaps as a community as a group we have been

1201
01:50:36,190 --> 01:50:45,430
negligent for outreach to the tribes in that whole process, and that brought to mind

1202
01:50:45,430 --> 01:50:56,250
for me the SOG and, you know, several years ago we did some outreach to tribes to, you know,

1203
01:50:56,250 --> 01:51:03,630
make sure that we were soliciting participation, ask the most appropriate

1204
01:51:03,630 --> 01:51:11,370
way and receive a whole lot of response. Putting into our minds, should we be doing

1205
01:51:11,370 --> 01:51:16,430
more and should we be making a better effort that they must have put the role of

1206
01:51:16,430 --> 01:51:20,430
do that? I don't know, I'm against that, but I'm just bringing up for people

1207
01:51:20,430 --> 01:51:21,610
was not thinking about now.

1208
01:51:23,850 --> 01:51:28,070
Kami Foot, our clerk's report, has taken another position

1209
01:51:28,770 --> 01:51:33,130
with a voting advocacy organization in Washington, D.C.,

1210
01:51:33,130 --> 01:51:34,670
which is a big loss for our community,

1211
01:51:34,890 --> 01:51:39,310
but he will be searching for a new clerk's reporter.

1212
01:51:39,950 --> 01:51:40,850
So you guys have a good one.

1213
01:51:41,070 --> 01:51:43,430
Maybe we can lure him down from Mono County.

1214
01:51:43,830 --> 01:51:45,130
That's our usual plan.

1215
01:51:46,850 --> 01:51:48,490
April 29th, Wild Iris.

1216
01:51:48,490 --> 01:52:04,670
We're starting with in young Mono counties is holding a resiliency symposium, which is I don't know if anyone's participated in the past, but it's a really important and powerful meeting taught and they have reported to us through

1217
01:52:06,050 --> 01:52:09,350
and throughout the pandemic in Inyo and Mono counties,

1218
01:52:09,750 --> 01:52:13,550
their case load has doubled in the number of

1219
01:52:16,780 --> 01:52:17,160
survivors

1220
01:52:17,160 --> 01:52:17,680
that they

1221
01:52:21,710 --> 01:52:22,390
keep on

1222
01:52:25,530 --> 01:52:26,490
obstinate with.

1223
01:52:28,960 --> 01:52:32,380
Maybe a term or Jim can report on the mission

1224
01:52:32,380 --> 01:52:33,200
for the department,

1225
01:52:35,710 --> 01:52:39,330
EMS, enhancing EMS for physical care.

1226
01:52:43,310 --> 01:52:47,530
We've had some meetings with the Wooden Warriors Center

1227
01:52:48,070 --> 01:52:51,290
and the Federal Service Officer

1228
01:52:51,290 --> 01:52:57,170
and I'm not looking at a friend's housing veteran service

1229
01:52:57,170 --> 01:52:59,630
that's in Rooted Warrior Center complex.

1230
01:53:00,450 --> 01:53:04,590
As a reminder, everyone, they were looking to build

1231
01:53:04,590 --> 01:53:06,870
the Rooted Warrior Center in Mammoth,

1232
01:53:07,030 --> 01:53:10,740
but there was a idea about the land,

1233
01:53:11,040 --> 01:53:15,620
so they've cast the wider management work.

1234
01:53:16,600 --> 01:53:21,320
That veteran's housing would be a foundational mono

1235
01:53:25,710 --> 01:53:34,970
and in your counties, in that same vein, we have appointed Gordon Green as the Veteran

1236
01:53:34,970 --> 01:53:43,470
Services Officer for Inyo and Mono Counties. I believe he has started to do outreach in

1237
01:53:43,470 --> 01:53:45,070
Mono County and

1238
01:53:52,460 --> 01:53:59,440
another regional agency that is housed within Inyo County is the Child

1239
01:53:59,440 --> 01:54:08,900
support program. We have appointed Amy Werdig as a new child support director. The previous child

1240
01:54:08,900 --> 01:54:11,120
support for her was Susan Riso.

1241
01:54:18,360 --> 01:54:22,440
We sent it to your supervisor's mom or Stacy.

1242
01:54:24,800 --> 01:54:26,340
She's an amazing,

1243
01:54:26,800 --> 01:54:28,660
I think we're very lucky to have her

1244
01:54:33,550 --> 01:54:36,270
great ideas on how to approach her list, not the region.

1245
01:54:36,270 --> 01:54:45,070
Another area that I don't know that our regions are coordinating enough, I hope that they

1246
01:54:45,070 --> 01:54:53,070
are, is the sheriff is moving the communication system to, and I don't fully understand all

1247
01:54:53,070 --> 01:54:59,080
these technical details, but digital UHFs are able

1248
01:55:05,600 --> 01:55:07,460
to have communications through about

1249
01:55:07,460 --> 01:55:15,360
the remote parts of our region seamless and I know there have been talks in the past about

1250
01:55:16,420 --> 01:55:21,780
making sure it's a seamless regional system for communications.

1251
01:55:24,090 --> 01:55:24,930
I'm not sure where that

1252
01:55:24,930 --> 01:55:31,570
is but I've grown out what the new chemistry is doing. As far as commercial air service and

1253
01:55:31,570 --> 01:55:35,830
Bishop Airport, the Bishop Airport is preparing

1254
01:55:35,830 --> 01:55:37,310
the UN-sequent documents.

1255
01:55:37,690 --> 01:55:39,310
They had the last

1256
01:55:42,320 --> 01:55:45,420
week, solid waste,

1257
01:55:45,800 --> 01:55:49,960
which was one of our original things

1258
01:55:49,960 --> 01:55:54,080
that we wanted to focus on as a Council of Governments.

1259
01:55:54,380 --> 01:55:56,660
And I think it's still something we see in the effort

1260
01:55:56,660 --> 01:55:58,440
of what everybody else is doing with that.

1261
01:55:59,020 --> 01:56:02,320
In the past, we have had two franchisees,

1262
01:56:02,320 --> 01:56:13,160
and franchises went from ruralists for franchise and one franchisee sold their business to

1263
01:56:13,160 --> 01:56:21,780
the other franchisee. So we were able to make adjustments to the franchise to make the floor

1264
01:56:21,780 --> 01:56:29,520
rate into a ceiling rate and then put us into a one company operation. And it's the same

1265
01:56:32,540 --> 01:56:46,800
So give our eyes on, I'm sure that we know what each other's doing and if there's any areas that are appropriate for regional collaboration.

1266
01:56:48,120 --> 01:56:49,460
Keep our eye on that all.

1267
01:56:49,460 --> 01:56:58,760
In your county, similar to the city of Bishop is looking at housing and zoning in vacant

1268
01:56:58,760 --> 01:57:07,840
lands, and what we could do to increase the stock of housing for our medicines, particularly

1269
01:57:07,840 --> 01:57:08,640
for housing.

1270
01:57:09,620 --> 01:57:18,800
And I thought for a while that it might be good to have a housing summit for the region.

1271
01:57:18,800 --> 01:57:24,220
and just have all of the agencies report on what they're doing.

1272
01:57:26,630 --> 01:57:30,090
It's a big job as a layman who is doing it off the city.

1273
01:57:30,590 --> 01:57:34,310
It's a big job, and I think sometimes everybody

1274
01:57:34,310 --> 01:57:36,030
doesn't know what everybody else is doing.

1275
01:57:36,590 --> 01:57:38,070
And so it's an information show.

1276
01:57:38,410 --> 01:57:43,620
And the last, oh, what's talking about COVID?

1277
01:57:44,500 --> 01:57:46,500
So hopefully this is the last meeting

1278
01:57:46,500 --> 01:57:48,000
where we've ever talked about COVID

1279
01:57:48,000 --> 01:57:50,480
because it'll be solved by next meeting.

1280
01:57:50,480 --> 01:57:55,580
But in your county is one of the two counties still in the purple.

1281
01:57:56,560 --> 01:58:02,940
I believe that we have just a couple of days left of being in purple and we will be moving to the head shortly.

1282
01:58:03,800 --> 01:58:11,960
I just got an update and our vaccination numbers, when you figure in Toyami.

1283
01:58:12,520 --> 01:58:17,360
Toyami is a separate stream for vaccinations.

1284
01:58:17,360 --> 01:58:35,450
And so right now when the percentage of in your county's population over the age of 18 when you include the triabi vaccinations is 45% fully vaccinated and monocounies somewhere up there too.

1285
01:58:35,450 --> 01:58:47,070
So we also, fingers crossed, we'll be getting a big tranche of vaccine for a fast vaccination

1286
01:58:47,070 --> 01:58:51,930
clinic in the next week or two of 2,300 first doses.

1287
01:58:53,460 --> 01:58:57,770
You add that in there and we are getting pretty darn close to herd immunity.

1288
01:58:59,350 --> 01:59:06,450
And the last thing I have is Inyo County did a nonprofit grant program to support nonprofits

1289
01:59:06,450 --> 01:59:10,930
that had been affected by the pandemic.

1290
01:59:10,930 --> 01:59:13,570
We put $100,000 into that program.

1291
01:59:13,570 --> 01:59:17,230
We had a generous matching grant from the metabolic studios.

1292
01:59:18,010 --> 01:59:19,610
It was $100,000.

1293
01:59:20,690 --> 01:59:25,830
And so we were able to give out $200,000 for nonprofits, including.

1294
01:59:25,830 --> 01:59:35,760
I was in the fairgrounds and many, many other good organizations, and so it was a feel-good

1295
01:59:35,760 --> 01:59:41,500
thing to do the payment, and I think, literally, as a sort of organizations, if you could

1296
01:59:41,500 --> 01:59:41,860
sell it.

1297
01:59:47,460 --> 01:59:47,680
Yes.

1298
01:59:47,980 --> 01:59:49,100
I was very thorough.

1299
01:59:49,660 --> 01:59:50,160
Good information.

1300
01:59:52,040 --> 01:59:53,740
Dan, do you have anything to add for a new county?

1301
01:59:55,380 --> 01:59:56,220
You're muted.

1302
01:59:59,480 --> 01:59:59,780
Dan.

1303
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:08,980
And I'm now muted. I don't have anything to add to perfection of thoroughness. All right. How about Mono County?

1304
02:00:11,640 --> 02:00:31,740
Just as you may be, I'll jump in and you can listen in on the assembly gateway meeting the other day. A lot of information about international travelers and from different parts, Germany and Portugal and Britain. They're all saying it's going to take time but they're going to come back. I was surprised if they made a sound like they're going to come back.

1305
02:00:31,740 --> 02:00:35,320
In two or three years, I think they'll come back sooner than that.

1306
02:00:35,960 --> 02:00:39,360
They did say that, and I think the press releases have just gone out.

1307
02:00:39,660 --> 02:00:44,480
The assembly is going to go back to their reservation system they used last year starting

1308
02:00:44,480 --> 02:00:48,480
May 21st, but it's going to be, I think, Stacy Quickman, if I'm wrong, it's going to be a

1309
02:00:48,480 --> 02:00:52,940
three-day rather than a seven-day based on their analysis, and they were quick to say they

1310
02:00:52,940 --> 02:00:54,960
will watch and see what happens and adjust it.

1311
02:00:55,240 --> 02:00:59,840
They will continue to have the pass-through program where residents and zip codes on both

1312
02:00:59,840 --> 02:01:06,800
sites can drive through the park and those are the big things that they talked about except

1313
02:01:06,800 --> 02:01:10,920
maybe Stacey, if there's anything I didn't mention. We're moving ahead with our just

1314
02:01:10,920 --> 02:01:16,820
first camping initiative. We have another meeting at the end of March. There are five different

1315
02:01:16,820 --> 02:01:22,480
subcommittees, education outreach, mapping, stewardship, infrastructure and law enforcement

1316
02:01:22,480 --> 02:01:26,980
and all those subcommittees are working on action plans, which we hope to get going in

1317
02:01:26,980 --> 02:01:32,380
May and June, and have the impact be demonstrated in the summer, hopefully some good things happening

1318
02:01:32,380 --> 02:01:38,140
in terms of consolidated mapping, it says where you can't go information out in a consolidated

1319
02:01:38,140 --> 02:01:43,440
way, agreement says to law enforcement procedures, actually getting some resources to purchase

1320
02:01:43,440 --> 02:01:48,540
some dumpsters and portafoddies and select strategic locations, so there's a lot going on, a lot

1321
02:01:48,540 --> 02:01:51,980
of stewardship opportunities, volunteer opportunities to go out and help new things.

1322
02:01:52,280 --> 02:01:55,020
So a lot of good things coming out of that.

1323
02:01:55,720 --> 02:02:00,840
We've had a meeting and continued concern about horses in the Mono Basin.

1324
02:02:01,420 --> 02:02:06,760
That's a longer conversation, but something that is a region-wide issue and something

1325
02:02:06,760 --> 02:02:12,720
that is increasingly a concern, certainly in terms of the increased problem they're creating

1326
02:02:12,720 --> 02:02:13,240
in term.

1327
02:02:13,400 --> 02:02:16,020
There's a horse poop all over south to the Navy Beach.

1328
02:02:16,400 --> 02:02:20,860
There's been car accident last year on East 120.

1329
02:02:21,720 --> 02:02:23,240
People are feeding the horses.

1330
02:02:23,240 --> 02:02:27,900
We've got a real problem with the herd and the mono-based is estimated around 200 horses right now.

1331
02:02:29,320 --> 02:02:31,540
And so that's a concern that we're working on.

1332
02:02:31,960 --> 02:02:36,800
Having a phone call with some residents today about ATV and OHV issues in the mono-based as well.

1333
02:02:37,720 --> 02:02:45,100
Again, people, the concern about a riding on county roads, what they can and can't do, speeding a lot of issues.

1334
02:02:45,380 --> 02:02:50,500
It's a very tricky issue as my colleagues in New York County know.

1335
02:02:50,500 --> 02:02:54,180
and we're going to have to sort through that one step at a time.

1336
02:02:54,460 --> 02:02:58,440
It's also one of the classic ones where things have happened

1337
02:02:58,440 --> 02:03:03,720
that haven't necessarily maybe been consistent with existing laws and regulations.

1338
02:03:04,480 --> 02:03:06,040
And we have to sort of sort through that.

1339
02:03:06,580 --> 02:03:11,080
So we're working on that, and there will be a lot more work on that down the road.

1340
02:03:11,640 --> 02:03:15,600
SCE, we're having a briefing because SCE is starting to get involved with more tree terming

1341
02:03:15,600 --> 02:03:22,220
and recommissioning their dam system up here at Rush Creek, and also they're involved in some

1342
02:03:22,220 --> 02:03:26,160
street lighting that people don't like because it's too bright, and so we're having some

1343
02:03:26,160 --> 02:03:32,080
conversations with them to keep the residents a chance to do that. Jeff, on your regional

1344
02:03:32,080 --> 02:03:37,140
on the radio communication, there's a difference, of course, between radio communication system,

1345
02:03:37,220 --> 02:03:41,600
the equipment, and then a regional dispatch approach. I would hope from a region we're talking

1346
02:03:41,600 --> 02:03:45,000
together about all of that so that we are making

1347
02:03:45,000 --> 02:03:47,940
and taking advantage of efficiency and savings

1348
02:03:47,940 --> 02:03:51,440
and coordination, but I hope that at a minimum

1349
02:03:51,440 --> 02:03:54,460
there has been some contact across that.

1350
02:03:54,580 --> 02:03:56,780
I think we heard on Tuesday there's going to be some

1351
02:03:57,840 --> 02:04:00,140
briefing to our board about where we stand

1352
02:04:00,140 --> 02:04:01,060
on some of those things.

1353
02:04:01,560 --> 02:04:03,520
So perhaps we'll know more about that in the future

1354
02:04:03,520 --> 02:04:05,420
but I certainly hope we're working together on that.

1355
02:04:05,820 --> 02:04:06,980
That's all I have, Stacy.

1356
02:04:07,140 --> 02:04:09,160
Maybe you can fill in the blanks.

1357
02:04:10,080 --> 02:04:15,940
Sure, all I'd add to the announcement about the reservation system, you know, just really

1358
02:04:15,940 --> 02:04:24,380
emphasize that it's the ceiling of last year's reservation numbers is the floor now.

1359
02:04:24,620 --> 02:04:31,220
So it's a much bigger number, and they're also adding, in addition to the pass-through for

1360
02:04:31,220 --> 02:04:38,740
local residents, for gateway communities, they're going to have a pass-through allowed basically

1361
02:04:38,740 --> 02:04:44,980
for anyone, you know, with a fee if you don't have a national parks pass. So you'll be able to go through an

1362
02:04:44,980 --> 02:04:53,460
limited amount of time for a fee. So that's good news for, I know some, I think they're in your county communities that aren't

1363
02:04:54,020 --> 02:05:03,180
included in the no-cost pass-through system. So a couple other things regarding

1364
02:05:04,020 --> 02:05:16,500
While fair prevention and forest management, John talked about the great announcement yesterday that the governor and the legislature have reached a deal on that and there's significant early action funding.

1365
02:05:17,180 --> 02:05:22,700
They're also, as part of that, are reconfiguring what used to be called the Forest Management

1366
02:05:22,700 --> 02:05:30,860
Task Force, and counties are being given a seat at the leadership table on that.

1367
02:05:31,040 --> 02:05:36,840
I'll be representing World County Representatives of California, and the California State Association

1368
02:05:36,840 --> 02:05:41,920
of counties will be represented by their current president, James Gore.

1369
02:05:41,920 --> 02:05:47,620
So I think it's a great opportunity to bring some of our regional issues up to a higher level

1370
02:05:47,620 --> 02:05:48,560
and related to that.

1371
02:05:48,680 --> 02:05:53,940
I'm not sure if Holly Albert and Rick Cattleman are still on, you know, our regional

1372
02:05:53,940 --> 02:06:01,480
forests and fire capacity program is working on our regional effort for applying to some

1373
02:06:01,480 --> 02:06:07,340
Cal Fire funding, a grant cycle that I think it's due, the applications are due in May.

1374
02:06:07,340 --> 02:06:11,340
And I would just urge all of us to think regionally on this.

1375
02:06:11,560 --> 02:06:14,060
I know a number of agencies, including Inyo County,

1376
02:06:14,140 --> 02:06:19,680
are applying on their own with Rick and Holly.

1377
02:06:19,980 --> 02:06:26,580
We have amazing knowledge and capacity through RFCP.

1378
02:06:27,600 --> 02:06:31,100
So I don't know if maybe after this current grand cycle,

1379
02:06:31,100 --> 02:06:33,900
if it's something we need to have a discussion about again

1380
02:06:33,900 --> 02:06:34,940
here at SCOG.

1381
02:06:34,940 --> 02:06:39,720
But let's really take advantage of what they're trying to do for us.

1382
02:06:39,800 --> 02:06:44,700
This was an effort to bring these resources to the Eastern Sierra.

1383
02:06:45,000 --> 02:06:50,620
So let's not miss by being a little bit afraid that somehow our individual agency is going

1384
02:06:50,620 --> 02:06:52,900
to miss out if we participate regionally.

1385
02:06:53,540 --> 02:06:58,600
And I say all that and that I'm absolutely struggling in mammoth to get any of our fire

1386
02:06:58,600 --> 02:07:03,440
agencies to pay attention because they're so overwhelmed and it's like, no, guys, the idea

1387
02:07:03,440 --> 02:07:07,940
is we're building capacity and they're saying, well, we don't have time to talk about capacity.

1388
02:07:08,260 --> 02:07:18,920
So let's not, let's help them, let's work together. The other thing that I wanted to put out to this

1389
02:07:18,920 --> 02:07:25,560
group is really an invitation. Mono County is working on a Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion

1390
02:07:25,560 --> 02:07:34,100
program and we're putting together a pretty exciting work program. Something also at the state level

1391
02:07:34,100 --> 02:07:39,460
through the California State Association of counties, we're starting to talk about, but

1392
02:07:39,460 --> 02:07:44,240
Mono County, what we're going to be doing, we're hiring, we're working with a consultant, Dr.

1393
02:07:44,400 --> 02:07:50,820
Rita Cameron Wedding on a number of trainings and this could be something that your staffs could

1394
02:07:50,820 --> 02:07:56,900
participate in, you know, so instead of each agency, again, doing this on their own,

1395
02:07:57,060 --> 02:08:02,640
I think there are opportunities for your agencies to participate in what Mono County is doing.

1396
02:08:03,120 --> 02:08:09,360
So if this is interesting to you, please just get in touch with me and Bob and or whatever

1397
02:08:09,360 --> 02:08:15,380
about this. But what we're putting together, it's, you know, it's, I really want to, you know,

1398
02:08:15,460 --> 02:08:20,360
Mono County to look at our own systems. We don't want to point fingers at other agencies. We're not

1399
02:08:20,360 --> 02:08:34,340
trying to say anybody else is doing anything wrong and really the point is we're going to look at our own practices, try to make improvements, train ourselves and our staff and listen to our communities, why not try to do this together.

1400
02:08:34,780 --> 02:08:37,960
So talk to me and Bob if you're interested.

1401
02:08:40,380 --> 02:09:02,960
Stacy, I'm definitely interested in. Thank you for your leadership on the CCAC forum that was yesterday and I am meeting with the in your county team that's been dipping our toes into this soon. So if you could, if you could forward me the work plan or whatever information.

1402
02:09:02,960 --> 02:09:05,400
I'm afraid we can do that.

1403
02:09:08,820 --> 02:09:09,680
Great, I'll do that.

1404
02:09:11,380 --> 02:09:14,880
The prank you just take on Karen Stacy reminded me

1405
02:09:14,880 --> 02:09:16,340
and I wanted to check Jeff or Dan.

1406
02:09:16,900 --> 02:09:19,120
That onion valley fire yesterday was,

1407
02:09:19,120 --> 02:09:21,240
is it was a correct that it was started

1408
02:09:21,240 --> 02:09:25,760
by a dispersed camping campfire that was not put out?

1409
02:09:28,150 --> 02:09:28,930
That's what we heard.

1410
02:09:29,610 --> 02:09:31,650
That's what it was going to press release this morning.

1411
02:09:32,290 --> 02:09:33,030
That's what I saw.

1412
02:09:33,310 --> 02:09:35,950
I just wanted to, because that goes back and forth

1413
02:09:35,950 --> 02:09:39,930
in terms of the whole conversation about this first camping, but this is about as good

1414
02:09:39,930 --> 02:09:43,290
as an example as we could add to demonstrate the concern.

1415
02:09:43,870 --> 02:09:44,150
Thanks.

1416
02:09:44,710 --> 02:09:50,950
Yeah, and that's the same word I can add on, but that's what it was, and it was a rock-ringed

1417
02:09:50,950 --> 02:10:00,290
campfire that was not completely out and wind blew some embers into brush not too far away.

1418
02:10:05,300 --> 02:10:08,160
John, do you have an update for the time in place?

1419
02:10:09,680 --> 02:10:11,600
Yes, Madam Chair.

1420
02:10:14,220 --> 02:10:19,400
So as you know, I serve on this integrated climate adaptation and resiliency program

1421
02:10:19,400 --> 02:10:24,200
to the ICARP, technical advisory council to the state for climate change issues.

1422
02:10:24,920 --> 02:10:30,400
We had a pretty big meeting a couple weeks ago and what was notable was a real push from

1423
02:10:30,400 --> 02:10:34,280
the state around nature-based solutions as part of the climate change program.

1424
02:10:34,280 --> 02:10:39,800
This is backed up by an executive order from the governor, and it winds up very nicely with

1425
02:10:39,800 --> 02:10:44,960
this $500 million announcement around fire and fuels, and it also winds up very nicely

1426
02:10:44,960 --> 02:10:45,320
around.

1427
02:10:45,820 --> 02:10:50,900
A good friend supervising Gordless's role on that forest-asper, as you just mentioned.

1428
02:10:51,860 --> 02:10:57,800
And it's very encouraging to see the state now starting to actually move out in the landscapes

1429
02:10:57,800 --> 02:10:58,960
such as ours.

1430
02:10:59,180 --> 02:11:04,060
It seems to be obviously very specific direction from leadership, and I think between the

1431
02:11:04,060 --> 02:11:09,140
As God, you know, the work that we're doing, we're very well poised to start taking advantage of these initiatives.

1432
02:11:09,960 --> 02:11:15,180
On April 28th, the California Natural Resources Agency will be hosting a listening session.

1433
02:11:15,840 --> 02:11:19,360
And I don't think there's way to put anything in the chat in this webinar format.

1434
02:11:20,400 --> 02:11:24,260
But Lane, I'll share me a couple links for the date and time for that.

1435
02:11:24,780 --> 02:11:28,860
But I really encourage all of us to attend that and get started getting our two cents in.

1436
02:11:29,520 --> 02:11:31,120
That's coming up on April 28th.

1437
02:11:32,280 --> 02:11:36,540
But this is a kind of a seismic change, and I think it's great to know that the states

1438
02:11:36,540 --> 02:11:40,660
are besting all this money into fire and fuels and we have a good friend and colleague

1439
02:11:40,660 --> 02:11:44,540
Jen and half-field is being enormously proactive in this space, but I think there's going

1440
02:11:44,540 --> 02:11:50,500
to be ways that are making the next side between fire and fuel work or retail economic development

1441
02:11:50,500 --> 02:11:55,680
or gateway community, sustainable recreation, and all the rest of it, so, you know, here it

1442
02:11:55,680 --> 02:11:55,900
comes.

1443
02:11:56,580 --> 02:12:03,460
a couple other things. The town council will be working on working on priorities. We've

1444
02:12:03,460 --> 02:12:07,880
got access to this afternoon. And I think one of the things that's really current in all

1445
02:12:07,880 --> 02:12:12,340
of us as Jeff mentioned, COVID will be over. I think it's Tuesday next week. I think it's

1446
02:12:12,780 --> 02:12:21,280
done. But we may all be kind of healthy. We got our vaccines, you know, we're doing whatever

1447
02:12:21,280 --> 02:12:26,320
whatever we do. But all of our institutions, all of our agencies, we've got some recovery work to do.

1448
02:12:26,800 --> 02:12:31,660
We have to figure out what the real cost for all of us was with our agencies getting through all this.

1449
02:12:32,500 --> 02:12:39,040
We have to kind of start patching and putting things back together, but we are all going to be emerging into a brand new normal.

1450
02:12:40,600 --> 02:12:44,940
We're not, you know, whatever was going on before this happened, there's not an option to go back to that stuff.

1451
02:12:45,380 --> 02:12:49,260
So we're going to be figuring out how we negotiate that, how do we come back into this new normal?

1452
02:12:49,260 --> 02:12:52,600
Well, I think certainly having this regional body in place is going to be

1453
02:12:52,600 --> 02:12:56,220
enormously helpful as we try to do that because it's going to be a whole brand new world.

1454
02:12:56,420 --> 02:12:57,720
We actually come out of this.

1455
02:12:59,500 --> 02:13:03,260
So we're working at that housing piece.

1456
02:13:03,980 --> 02:13:08,300
The parcel is moving forward, but the council's got a really interesting

1457
02:13:08,300 --> 02:13:14,200
lesson in, you know, what the state of California is up to in terms of

1458
02:13:14,200 --> 02:13:16,820
the one hand saying that they want housing.

1459
02:13:16,820 --> 02:13:21,120
they want to get built, but then on the other hand, trying to do every kind of legislative

1460
02:13:21,620 --> 02:13:24,980
bureaucratic action they can actually think of to try to make it more difficult to make these

1461
02:13:24,980 --> 02:13:28,760
things actually happen. So I think, Jeff, your idea of some kind of a regional housing,

1462
02:13:28,760 --> 02:13:32,520
something I think is an excellent idea. We did something like that in Ameth, just

1463
02:13:32,520 --> 02:13:36,840
you know, credit awareness from the parcel was opportunities, you've got a lot of things

1464
02:13:36,840 --> 02:13:41,820
that we could use and some contacts and speakers and things like that, we can bring to that.

1465
02:13:42,600 --> 02:13:46,420
And I think certainly that's one of the things we really need to be thinking of just a

1466
02:13:46,420 --> 02:13:52,260
regional solutions. I serve on the LTC in Monte County and I'm always very interested

1467
02:13:52,260 --> 02:13:56,320
in how we can, between the annual and the Monte County LTCs, we can be coordinating things

1468
02:13:56,320 --> 02:13:59,880
a little bit better, but that's probably topic for another day, but that's certainly

1469
02:13:59,880 --> 02:14:07,300
of interest. And finally, the town approved, town council approved a significant amount

1470
02:14:07,300 --> 02:14:14,440
of money. I think it's well over three or four hundred thousand dollars that goes to the

1471
02:14:14,440 --> 02:14:19,960
anticipated arrival. I mean, they're already here of the visitor population coming to,

1472
02:14:20,160 --> 02:14:24,780
these coming in a man with legs and coming in and around our little, you know,

1473
02:14:24,960 --> 02:14:29,960
acreage here in the Eastern Sierra. Don't serve code enforcement officers,

1474
02:14:30,380 --> 02:14:36,080
community OS program, just all that frontline stuff. This ties it very nicely, I say,

1475
02:14:36,120 --> 02:14:40,380
I think with this first campaign work that Maru County Bob is doing, we're doing also,

1476
02:14:40,380 --> 02:14:42,540
So Jim, I know you're very interested in the self-doubted bishop.

1477
02:14:42,700 --> 02:14:45,880
It's a region-wide thing, but we're getting ready for it.

1478
02:14:46,020 --> 02:14:48,000
We'll see what happens in the interesting report out

1479
02:14:48,000 --> 02:14:48,660
and see where out there.

1480
02:14:49,760 --> 02:14:51,240
I think that's what I've got.

1481
02:14:51,580 --> 02:14:55,260
I don't know if I can just say anything, but busy times,

1482
02:14:57,120 --> 02:14:58,220
spring, yeah, thank you.

1483
02:15:00,240 --> 02:15:03,920
Thank you. Jim, do you want to update us on the city?

1484
02:15:07,180 --> 02:15:13,560
Actually, I want to leave that also to you, because I think you have had some questions on EMS, and I know you're part of the Fire Liaison Committee.

1485
02:15:14,880 --> 02:15:21,500
I am not in the same world class as you guys. I have talked to nobody from the state or a federal government, apparently, lately.

1486
02:15:23,780 --> 02:15:28,720
But what I have been kind of wrapped up in is through a lot of emails and conversations.

1487
02:15:31,160 --> 02:15:35,520
On Earth, they come up, we have kind of an informal Earth Day event set up.

1488
02:15:35,580 --> 02:15:42,020
I know in the past, Jeff, you were involved with Rotary Club doing this into the park.

1489
02:15:42,680 --> 02:15:48,620
I got approached by Fran Hunt to do something a little more informal because of the COVID stuff.

1490
02:15:48,620 --> 02:15:50,140
if we can't really do the whole part of things.

1491
02:15:50,920 --> 02:15:52,700
So on the 24th coming up here,

1492
02:15:53,060 --> 02:15:54,780
we're gonna see the traction limiters

1493
02:15:54,780 --> 02:15:58,720
component of my life, which seems to take up a lot of it.

1494
02:15:59,800 --> 02:16:01,360
We're doing kind of an informal thing,

1495
02:16:01,720 --> 02:16:03,100
meaning behind City Hall,

1496
02:16:04,400 --> 02:16:06,180
to I'm gonna provide some donuts

1497
02:16:06,180 --> 02:16:08,800
and we're gonna, I've been working with Bishop Ways

1498
02:16:08,800 --> 02:16:11,200
so they're gonna give us some dumpsters.

1499
02:16:11,740 --> 02:16:13,900
We're gonna let the community come out

1500
02:16:14,480 --> 02:16:16,840
in whatever fashion they can come out

1501
02:16:16,840 --> 02:16:23,120
will go out and just attack some of the, not even this first campaign, it's locals are just as

1502
02:16:23,120 --> 02:16:28,720
involved in trash in our areas we are as they are. But we're going to go out and do some stuff

1503
02:16:28,720 --> 02:16:34,440
there and pretty informal event but same time we're going to try to do something to recognize the

1504
02:16:34,440 --> 02:16:40,840
day and the importance of our community. And then I have another webinar that's been put together by

1505
02:16:40,840 --> 02:16:46,700
tobacco-free eastern Sierra, it's like a birthday summit on the 20th. I've been working with Aaron

1506
02:16:46,700 --> 02:16:51,940
out of India County and the representative out of Mono County and we're going to discuss

1507
02:16:52,580 --> 02:16:58,920
the same thing and from the trash limiter side of my life, talk about what the impact that it's

1508
02:16:58,920 --> 02:17:05,160
done there when our members go out and literally get excited picking up thousands and thousands

1509
02:17:05,160 --> 02:17:12,180
of cigarette butts and it adds up pretty quickly. So that's about the extent of my world at the moment.

1510
02:17:12,860 --> 02:17:16,340
So thank you guys. What time are the 24th, Jim?

1511
02:17:19,810 --> 02:17:21,750
We're looking at probably starting at about nine

1512
02:17:21,750 --> 02:17:28,310
in the morning till about noon so it's pretty short term. I know Fran was trying to work with

1513
02:17:28,830 --> 02:17:35,110
a local vendor to do something at the end of that day. Like a lunch kind of thing you can buy lunch and

1514
02:17:35,110 --> 02:17:40,190
and socially distance talk to each other and enjoy the day.

1515
02:17:46,280 --> 02:17:48,940
Great. That's a good event. Thank you, Jim.

1516
02:17:50,960 --> 02:17:53,880
I will mention a few things going on in the city of Bishop.

1517
02:17:54,560 --> 02:18:00,780
Like Jeff alluded to, we are increasing our EMS service.

1518
02:18:01,240 --> 02:18:04,800
Our fire chief total has been with us for maybe two or three years.

1519
02:18:05,440 --> 02:18:07,120
Definitely highlighted to our community.

1520
02:18:07,120 --> 02:18:28,720
We are lack of response to people in need for 911 calls, with we only really had one ambulance available and if that ambulance was in use, then sometimes the person calling 911 would be waiting extremely long response time.

1521
02:18:28,720 --> 02:18:33,540
and actually our police chief comes from a bigger police department in Colorado,

1522
02:18:34,480 --> 02:18:41,180
and he is a paramedic and he's actually saved quite a few lives by hearing the call and just going

1523
02:18:41,180 --> 02:18:49,520
to the scene and doing CPR. So we are working closely with Simon's as being a backup

1524
02:18:51,120 --> 02:18:55,500
responder. We're not going to still be the first responder but we will definitely be a backup

1525
02:18:55,500 --> 02:19:03,440
that we've donated a ambulance that we can use to go to the scene and help out with

1526
02:19:03,440 --> 02:19:04,020
the patient.

1527
02:19:04,020 --> 02:19:05,940
But it is not a transport ambulance.

1528
02:19:06,340 --> 02:19:12,900
It's just there to help that person who is in a critical need.

1529
02:19:13,640 --> 02:19:15,560
And we'll see what goes from there.

1530
02:19:15,820 --> 02:19:22,300
But it's going to be definitely a great addition to the 911 response medical needs of our community.

1531
02:19:22,300 --> 02:19:30,260
We are still in recruitment for a new police chief and I'll update you on that where we're

1532
02:19:30,260 --> 02:19:34,800
just still working with the consultant and I think he's just casting the net on potential

1533
02:19:34,800 --> 02:19:35,800
applicants out there.

1534
02:19:36,920 --> 02:19:44,480
We started April 1st, started to collect our 1% sales tax increase and we recently had

1535
02:19:44,480 --> 02:19:50,200
a meeting about priorities of, you know, what to do with the additional general fund money

1536
02:19:50,200 --> 02:19:58,840
and the main thing was to get us back into a sound financial position that we need to be in

1537
02:19:58,840 --> 02:20:05,740
because COVID definitely to hit the city really hard. And once we recouped some of the losses

1538
02:20:05,740 --> 02:20:14,680
of COVID, we were talking about housing as a major priority and really addressing that problem

1539
02:20:14,680 --> 02:20:31,020
with, you know, the staff will come back with maybe a variety of options as to hiring maybe a planner or working with consultants or something but housing, we need to get more land to develop more housing.

1540
02:20:31,360 --> 02:20:34,580
And that is a critical need for both Indio County and the City of Fisher.

1541
02:20:34,580 --> 02:20:38,400
other things that came out of it were, you know, I don't know if you guys have

1542
02:20:38,400 --> 02:20:42,660
scroll, take a stroll around the communities of downtown Bishop, but they're

1543
02:20:42,660 --> 02:20:46,560
very lackluster in their sidewalks. You know, there are some some street

1544
02:20:46,560 --> 02:20:50,340
sidewalks, some don't, so we talked about our community has been wanting sidewalks

1545
02:20:50,340 --> 02:20:56,240
for a long time and really implementing a sidewalk program and some better

1546
02:20:56,240 --> 02:21:00,920
mobility with bike paths throughout the community, not both combined true

1547
02:21:00,920 --> 02:21:02,860
of ICADS and roadways.

1548
02:21:04,020 --> 02:21:08,000
Hal Trans is beefing up the crosswalks in our community.

1549
02:21:08,740 --> 02:21:12,280
They just start crosswalks have been a big source

1550
02:21:12,280 --> 02:21:16,040
of concern, and we've complained to them about it.

1551
02:21:16,100 --> 02:21:22,160
And so now we're going to be getting much more robust visibility

1552
02:21:22,160 --> 02:21:25,540
when there is a pedestrian crossing the crosswalks.

1553
02:21:26,740 --> 02:21:33,120
And that basically is a visit for the City of Bishop. Is there any closing comments from

1554
02:21:33,120 --> 02:21:33,420
anyone?

1555
02:21:36,140 --> 02:21:40,180
All right. Well, look at that 1052. We have time for a bathroom ready. A little

1556
02:21:40,180 --> 02:21:48,580
snack. You did a nice thing, Madam Chair. Well, I did want to just finalize some of the

1557
02:21:48,580 --> 02:21:54,960
agenda items that were, I guess we have agenda items. But we talked about the public comment

1558
02:21:54,960 --> 02:22:01,540
from Matt Perillo. You know, I think that S-Cog might need to be a, and we can add this to an agenda,

1559
02:22:02,400 --> 02:22:08,800
some sort of like connection point where we disseminate information to our visitor centers because

1560
02:22:08,800 --> 02:22:14,840
I feel like our visitor centers are huge sources of information and even ECA, they kind of are like

1561
02:22:14,840 --> 02:22:20,120
a visitor center a little bit, you know, and I feel like they really need to be in this conversation

1562
02:22:21,380 --> 02:22:29,800
because they're the ones that are, you know, a touch point to the public and they have all their funding that goes to advertising and their website.

1563
02:22:29,800 --> 02:22:35,100
So I really feel like they need to be a critical part of this visitor connection package.

1564
02:22:37,180 --> 02:22:45,020
I think that they have the money and, you know, they're getting, at least in Bishop, you know, they're getting their TV and funds.

1565
02:22:45,020 --> 02:22:51,500
So that's specifically identified in that visit connection package as part of this part of the

1566
02:22:51,500 --> 02:22:58,400
content. So do we need to agenda something like that for a future meeting? I would defer. I think you've got

1567
02:22:58,400 --> 02:23:04,000
we have our representative Elaine Gaballa who's going to be part of that work. I've taken that

1568
02:23:04,000 --> 02:23:10,920
that this or connection package is one of the identified program project opportunities coming out of

1569
02:23:10,920 --> 02:23:16,240
RTI, but I think having a lane at the table for those discussions and understanding what's

1570
02:23:16,240 --> 02:23:20,520
in that packaging program, I think that's going to be part of the portfolio projects

1571
02:23:20,520 --> 02:23:21,820
that comes out of RTI.

1572
02:23:22,000 --> 02:23:27,800
So that's all on track, it's all moving forward into the next one suggestion, but it's all

1573
02:23:27,800 --> 02:23:29,480
teed up and throw anything in there.

1574
02:23:29,980 --> 02:23:30,000
Okay.

1575
02:23:31,600 --> 02:23:39,100
And then do we need to have a sequela follow-up agenda item, is that okay, so we'll add

1576
02:23:39,100 --> 02:23:39,300
that.

1577
02:23:39,900 --> 02:23:43,840
And then do we need to have a special meeting regarding the district team?

1578
02:23:46,200 --> 02:23:51,980
I think we can't let that fall to the cracks. I mean, I would defer to Jeff. You know, there's more knowledge.

1579
02:23:52,720 --> 02:23:59,200
I'm just a little late. But I don't know that we need a special meeting because the time

1580
02:23:59,200 --> 02:24:03,660
and it's kind of if you can just set it as an item.

1581
02:24:05,540 --> 02:24:06,060
Okay.

1582
02:24:08,100 --> 02:24:15,460
All right. Well then, that's anyone else have other agenda items to add at this time?

1583
02:24:16,340 --> 02:24:22,280
I think that I'm sure there will be some sort of report out for the ESSRBI SRDI stuff.

1584
02:24:22,860 --> 02:24:27,620
There will be some things in June that we can work with staff to identify what this is going to be.

1585
02:24:27,620 --> 02:24:32,980
but a lot's going to happen between now and then I think the the council is going to be aware of.

1586
02:24:35,400 --> 02:24:44,040
Well then, we'll adjourn this meeting to June 11th, 2021, 830 AM. See you all then.

1587
02:24:44,700 --> 02:24:47,540
Bye-bye. Thanks for being here. So, work, Madam Chair. Thank you very much.