1 00:00:10,930 --> 00:00:17,530 Council Member Rollins. Here, Council Member Hudson. Here. Council Member Gilchrist. Here. Vice Mayor 2 00:00:17,530 --> 00:00:19,390 Betticavoli. Here. And Mayor Branscom. 3 00:00:25,300 --> 00:00:26,360 No, we do not, Mayor. 4 00:00:32,540 --> 00:00:33,160 Pledge of Allegiance. 5 00:01:03,900 --> 00:01:04,300 Oh, 6 00:01:04,300 --> 00:01:04,580 Okay, 7 00:01:11,950 --> 00:01:18,730 we have a presentation, Nicole and company, child advocates. 8 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:25,900 Oh good, we have an electronic up on the screen. 9 00:01:28,780 --> 00:01:29,940 Hello, I'm the- 10 00:01:29,940 --> 00:01:30,660 That's not working. 11 00:01:31,140 --> 00:01:31,760 I'm the extra- 12 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:32,280 Oh yeah, it's not 13 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:37,400 working. 14 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:37,860 Is it working? 15 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:38,060 No. 16 00:01:38,860 --> 00:01:39,440 Is that working? 17 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:42,080 I think it's working now. 18 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:51,900 Is that- 19 00:01:51,900 --> 00:01:52,340 That's better. 20 00:01:53,980 --> 00:01:55,460 Okay, I'm the extra one. 21 00:01:56,540 --> 00:01:58,220 My name is Katya Poiman. 22 00:01:58,220 --> 00:02:03,980 I work for Chad Advocates of Placer County in Yuba County and you call has all where you've been introduced 23 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:08,260 Well, thank you so much for having us. We are very excited to be here 24 00:02:08,260 --> 00:02:13,440 We have been in Placer County for the last 20 years and we started in Yuba County 25 00:02:15,060 --> 00:02:19,840 2023 and we hope to start and setter this year. So Yuba was faster than Sutter 26 00:02:20,700 --> 00:02:23,920 So I want to start introducing what CASA is 27 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:28,140 This CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates. 28 00:02:28,700 --> 00:02:30,920 It's a program that started 50 years ago. 29 00:02:31,020 --> 00:02:36,500 It was started by a judge in Washington State, and he said, you know, I have to make 30 00:02:36,500 --> 00:02:41,540 a life changing decision for this child, and I really don't have enough information. 31 00:02:41,780 --> 00:02:46,560 I see this child during hearings, same with their attorneys, social workers don't have enough 32 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:47,020 time. 33 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:53,840 So I would like a volunteer who sees that child every single week and reports back to me 34 00:02:53,840 --> 00:03:00,500 about their needs. So that's what we do. We train and recruit volunteers and then we assign 35 00:03:00,500 --> 00:03:07,060 them to a kid that has been detained and is in the foster care system. These volunteers do 36 00:03:07,060 --> 00:03:14,820 nothing heroic but they're just that one consistent adult that follows that child through the foster 37 00:03:14,820 --> 00:03:22,960 care system. Yes, that's our mission up there. Our mission is to be the bridge between the most vulnerable 38 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:25,680 in a community, and volunteers who want to make a difference. 39 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,420 And I talk to volunteers a lot, and they say, you know, 40 00:03:29,940 --> 00:03:31,260 this has been really good for me. 41 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:36,060 So volunteers enjoy what we do, and enjoy giving back. 42 00:03:37,300 --> 00:03:38,600 If you can, sorry. 43 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:43,720 So we have about 60,000 foster kids in California. 44 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:46,760 Unfortunately, it's the highest number in the nation. 45 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,120 A lot of them are in LA County. 46 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:54,520 The numbers in Saturn, Uba are very similar, Uba being a little higher than Saturn, 47 00:03:54,660 --> 00:03:54,880 County. 48 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:00,140 Yes. 49 00:04:04,020 --> 00:04:09,980 Right now, we have 130 kids in Uba County that are in the foster care system, and we're 50 00:04:09,980 --> 00:04:14,700 serving 40 of them, which is not a lot, we just started, so we need more volunteers. 51 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,380 130 kids are in the foster care system in Uba County. 52 00:04:19,740 --> 00:04:20,260 Yeah. 53 00:04:22,860 --> 00:04:23,540 Thank you. 54 00:04:24,280 --> 00:04:24,620 Yeah. 55 00:04:24,820 --> 00:04:26,460 Kids age out when they're 21. 56 00:04:27,380 --> 00:04:29,520 So yes, it goes up to 21. 57 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:31,180 I'm sorry. 58 00:04:31,780 --> 00:04:32,380 18. 59 00:04:33,220 --> 00:04:36,480 And what is the, what is the youngest age? 60 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:40,000 Kids can be removed as soon as they're born. 61 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:44,700 Oftentimes when they test talks positive, they are being removed by the way. 62 00:04:45,060 --> 00:04:48,160 So there's a hundred something and you're working with 40 of them, isn't it? 63 00:04:48,860 --> 00:04:49,460 Yes. 64 00:04:50,500 --> 00:04:53,240 And court appointed special advocate. 65 00:04:53,240 --> 00:05:00,140 What sort of, what is the charter that the, that the judge gives you? 66 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:06,120 So they are, yeah, so they are, they can carry the educational rights for the kids, 67 00:05:06,340 --> 00:05:10,340 meaning they can go into the school, ask for their report cards, 68 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:14,560 advocate for them for an IEP, if they need one, they can talk to doctors. 69 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:19,560 So they really have certain rights to go into the foster care home and ask how they're doing. 70 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,620 That's what the, what the court appointed stands for. 71 00:05:22,620 --> 00:05:23,420 Thank you. 72 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:24,100 This is new to me. 73 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:24,420 That's why. 74 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:24,660 Yeah. 75 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:24,900 I know. 76 00:05:24,980 --> 00:05:25,660 Thank you for asking. 77 00:05:25,820 --> 00:05:27,160 Please go right ahead and ask more. 78 00:05:28,580 --> 00:05:28,860 So. 79 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,020 So it may already ask one of the questions I had. 80 00:05:32,100 --> 00:05:33,080 And I think if the presentation. 81 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:41,480 You're saying that they're from, you know, newborn to age of 21 that they need a CASA volunteer. 82 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:42,180 Yes. 83 00:05:42,900 --> 00:05:46,320 But why does not stop at the age of 18 when they're considered adults? 84 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:49,320 It is 18. 85 00:05:49,540 --> 00:05:50,280 I just started 18. 86 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:59,180 I think we, they can get aid a little bit longer, but they, it's a separate program, it's called IEP, no LAP. 87 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:02,200 Yeah, so they can get extra help. 88 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:10,520 They are still considered foster kids if they're older, because they get special benefits like they get help for college education, all those things. 89 00:06:11,020 --> 00:06:12,720 They're aging out a little later. 90 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:14,820 So thank you for that. 91 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:21,140 You're seeing you've got 40 of the 100 or something that are in Yuba County. 92 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:30,700 And the training for these volunteers obviously to be court appointed has got to be something specific. 93 00:06:31,380 --> 00:06:32,980 Yeah, it's a 30 hour training. 94 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,460 We do that in person, they get homework as well. 95 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:40,560 They're mandated reporters, they learn about the court system. 96 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:45,400 They learn about the rights of the foster kids, so it's a very extensive training. 97 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:48,880 They get background check, of course, because they're along with the kids. 98 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:49,580 So yes. 99 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:50,620 30 hours. 100 00:06:51,420 --> 00:06:51,880 30 hours. 101 00:06:52,020 --> 00:06:53,120 Thank you. 102 00:06:53,840 --> 00:06:54,560 Thank you. 103 00:06:54,700 --> 00:06:55,300 We're up. 104 00:06:55,380 --> 00:06:55,800 Did you follow? 105 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:56,580 I love your questions. 106 00:06:58,060 --> 00:06:58,580 Okay. 107 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:00,880 Just a few facts about kids. 108 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:05,800 So basically, they're in foster care between 12 to 20 months. 109 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:11,980 When kids are younger, the judge really tries to move that along very quickly because kids 110 00:07:11,980 --> 00:07:16,200 when they're younger, they're bond and the judge wants to make sure they have somebody 111 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:22,860 to bond to really early on and parents get a shorter window to reunite with their kids. 112 00:07:24,020 --> 00:07:28,620 They get a case plan, the parents do, they get a case plan, they have to work on to get the 113 00:07:28,620 --> 00:07:29,080 kids back. 114 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:38,760 These kids are going through a lot of trauma, trauma at home before they are removed, trauma when they're removed, trauma when they're in foster care. 115 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:48,960 These kids have constant stress and that just, you know, gets mirrored in their performance at school. 116 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:56,840 A lot of them 60% of kids that are being sex trafficked have a background of foster care. 117 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:02,460 Yeah, and they just perform not as good in school and I say a lot, so 118 00:08:04,860 --> 00:08:05,720 yes. 119 00:08:06,180 --> 00:08:07,380 Sure, can you go back on that? 120 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:09,900 I 121 00:08:16,430 --> 00:08:23,890 understand that works as research indicates that foster youth experience rates of homelessness ranging from 11 to 13. 122 00:08:24,610 --> 00:08:26,730 If they're in foster care, are they homeless? 123 00:08:28,770 --> 00:08:36,650 That's after so we have unfortunately a lot of cases where we have parents that are homeless and they have been foster care. 124 00:08:37,050 --> 00:08:39,390 So after they age out oftentimes. 125 00:08:39,730 --> 00:08:43,350 The parent is homeless and the child is put in the foster care. 126 00:08:43,450 --> 00:08:47,430 No, even the foster kid afterwards are a lot of them are homeless. 127 00:08:54,750 --> 00:08:55,190 Yeah. 128 00:08:55,930 --> 00:08:57,310 Okay, got you. 129 00:08:57,430 --> 00:08:57,930 Thank you. 130 00:09:04,940 --> 00:09:07,300 Now what's, is there an average age? 131 00:09:08,940 --> 00:09:13,040 You know, my next question is, are these children available for adoption? 132 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,320 Well, that's on the court to decide, right? 133 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:19,520 Priority number one is giving them back to their parents. 134 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:23,560 If that's not possible, then it's adoption, hopefully, yes. 135 00:09:25,580 --> 00:09:27,820 But first goal is reunification with parents. 136 00:09:27,820 --> 00:09:32,580 Now, to a priority one, it's giving them back to their parents, 137 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:34,420 meaning their parents want them back. 138 00:09:34,740 --> 00:09:39,580 Yes, yes, yes, yes, it's, it's has been proven the best outcome for the kids to give. 139 00:09:39,820 --> 00:09:43,580 But the court has seen fit to remove them from their parents? 140 00:09:43,820 --> 00:09:45,380 Yes, lovely. 141 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:53,340 Okay, but yeah, they have a extensive case plan that they have to work according to their 142 00:09:53,340 --> 00:09:58,460 are offenses, whether it be all of them have parenting classes. 143 00:09:58,780 --> 00:10:01,800 They could have drug testing, rehab. 144 00:10:02,260 --> 00:10:04,340 They could have a lot of, some could be incarcerated. 145 00:10:05,060 --> 00:10:09,980 So depending on our offense, they have a huge case plan they have to do in order to reunify. 146 00:10:10,560 --> 00:10:12,660 And so that's part of where we come in also. 147 00:10:12,980 --> 00:10:16,580 And we have a program, we have a huge family service program. 148 00:10:16,900 --> 00:10:19,600 So we have staff that has lived experience. 149 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:23,220 So staff that has been through the process, they have lost their kids. 150 00:10:23,220 --> 00:10:24,620 and they did get them back. 151 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:28,980 So these staff members help parents to get their kids back. 152 00:10:29,680 --> 00:10:32,440 Most of the parents don't decide to become bad parents, 153 00:10:32,560 --> 00:10:34,440 but they have never been in parent and themselves. 154 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:37,360 Substances would be used from parents. 155 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:39,000 It's just a cycle. 156 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:43,180 So there's again, there's a hundred and something in you accounting 157 00:10:43,180 --> 00:10:45,240 and you're engaged with 40 of them. 158 00:10:45,900 --> 00:10:47,480 How was that down select made? 159 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:52,620 Was it based on need or availability, how do you do that? 160 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:58,900 A lot of it is suggestions from the social workers that juvenile attorney they will contact 161 00:10:58,900 --> 00:11:01,680 us and say this, this one needs to go to the top of the list. 162 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:10,740 We try to match the volunteers with the child that, for instance, if Bruce wants to be 163 00:11:10,740 --> 00:11:17,540 a casa and he would be assigned a male child, but if he wants a teenager, because I'm hinting 164 00:11:17,540 --> 00:11:23,040 by the way, if he wants a teenager, then we will go through our list of male teenagers 165 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:26,100 and we will find one that is a good match for him, 166 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:28,380 and then that one would be assigned to Bruce. 167 00:11:29,140 --> 00:11:32,280 There are also the social workers say this one, 168 00:11:32,420 --> 00:11:34,980 we just got detained, they've lived through, 169 00:11:35,380 --> 00:11:37,260 I mean some of these stories would just curl your hair. 170 00:11:37,560 --> 00:11:40,680 So, we will put them higher on the list 171 00:11:40,680 --> 00:11:42,560 and try to get them matched sooner. 172 00:11:43,660 --> 00:11:46,360 But we do have volunteers and we want to make sure 173 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:48,860 if a volunteer has a request for a certain age, 174 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:50,940 we want to serve that, yeah. 175 00:11:50,940 --> 00:12:02,920 So this is an admission in sorts that the foster parents can, I'm certain they're, 176 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:07,160 they're well-intentioned there, everything else, but you need more than the foster parent 177 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,180 for some of the kids to get it. 178 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:10,060 Thank you. 179 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:16,320 Well, the foster homes change and the social workers change, but the cost is the one stable 180 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:22,200 adult that stays with the child through the whole entire 18-20 months that the child 181 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:23,100 is in foster care. 182 00:12:23,300 --> 00:12:25,620 So that's the stable adult that stays with them. 183 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:29,260 You mean they bounce around from foster home to foster home? 184 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:30,300 Yes, sometimes they do. 185 00:12:30,460 --> 00:12:31,020 And why is that? 186 00:12:31,780 --> 00:12:33,120 A lot of different reasons. 187 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:35,920 I honestly, I have a personal story. 188 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:41,320 My child was just relocated Saturday because of behavior issues. 189 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:46,440 and I went and sat and held her for an hour as she cried. 190 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:56,360 I get a call Monday that they they in turn gave notice and so now she has to go back to the original foster home 191 00:12:56,360 --> 00:13:03,320 and we're going to try to make accommodations and try to we're going to try to get her some counseling sooner 192 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:07,660 and you know red red tape that takes a while that we're trying I'm trying to push and get her in sooner. 193 00:13:07,660 --> 00:13:16,660 So, that was just two moves in a weekend, so it does happen, they move around a lot. 194 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:18,080 Life is messy. 195 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:19,660 Life is very messy. 196 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:21,220 Very messy, but these kids, yeah. 197 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:30,260 And one thing about, you know, unfortunately, you the county has a very high number of generational foster care. 198 00:13:31,060 --> 00:13:36,640 So, when we go through the court system, everybody, it's kind of like Oprah, everybody gets an attorney. 199 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:40,380 So the mom has one, the dad has one, the child has one. 200 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:47,560 And we have a backup juvenile attorney because instances where we have this case, 201 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:49,940 oh, the father was in foster care. 202 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:55,620 So now the juvenile attorney then represents the father and then we have a stand-in juvenile 203 00:13:55,620 --> 00:13:57,860 attorney to represent the juvenile. 204 00:13:58,500 --> 00:14:05,080 So unfortunately we're hoping that at least for this amount that we can touch that we break 205 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:06,000 that cycle from them. 206 00:14:08,380 --> 00:14:09,880 And that's why we're so invested in 207 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,860 felony services that we want to help the parents. Because even 208 00:14:12,860 --> 00:14:16,700 it happens that parents don't get their kids back but they will have more 209 00:14:16,700 --> 00:14:17,420 kids for sure. 210 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,080 Okay and so how we help, I know 211 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:28,740 crutches already discussed a lot of items but we're basically their person. 212 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:34,620 We're assigned one cost of child and we meet with them once a week for a 213 00:14:34,620 --> 00:14:38,700 minimum of an hour. You know and I'm a little extra I have two 214 00:14:38,700 --> 00:14:45,120 hours, but we just give them an hour or two of normalcy in their chaos. 215 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:52,080 We take them to the park, we go to McDonald's, we just have some fun, but I am that voice 216 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:52,700 for them. 217 00:14:53,420 --> 00:14:58,080 When I do my court report, I ask them, what do you want the judge to know about you? 218 00:14:59,000 --> 00:14:59,540 And I mean 219 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:29,260 Anything from one of them said, I'm learning the jungle, the monkey bars, and I have a blister, put that on my court report, and the judge loves that stuff. She wants to know what these kids are doing and never has she had that opportunity to know the children. So we're the eyes and the ears of the judge. But more importantly, we give that child a voice. I was able to put in my previous case report that she wants to see her grandma. She hasn't seen her grandma in 12 months. 220 00:15:29,820 --> 00:15:34,100 And I'm a grandma, and I know if I don't see my grandsons and amount of time, I get kind 221 00:15:34,100 --> 00:15:34,680 of edgy. 222 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:40,360 So I can imagine what her grandma's going through, put it in the court report and in court 223 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:44,980 and I was in tears when the judge said, we're going to, because of what this child said, 224 00:15:45,100 --> 00:15:47,460 we're going to institute a once a month grandma visit. 225 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:53,820 And I was so excited to go back to her next, the following visit and tell her, guess what? 226 00:15:54,180 --> 00:15:56,740 The judge heard you, and you're going to get to see her grandma. 227 00:15:56,740 --> 00:16:01,280 So that's what a cost it does is we are that voice for that child. 228 00:16:06,490 --> 00:16:08,330 So currently you know our numbers. 229 00:16:08,630 --> 00:16:17,750 We have 40, 45 classes currently active serving children, but there's a huge waiting list. 230 00:16:19,350 --> 00:16:26,490 And I mean, you can read all that for yourself, but my job is recruitment and engagement. 231 00:16:26,490 --> 00:16:29,690 So I am to be out in the community engaging with you all. 232 00:16:30,210 --> 00:16:31,670 I see Stuart all the time. 233 00:16:32,450 --> 00:16:34,330 And telling you all about class that. 234 00:16:35,030 --> 00:16:37,430 My other part of my job is to recruit you. 235 00:16:40,010 --> 00:16:44,210 So especially my other manager laughs at me. 236 00:16:44,670 --> 00:16:49,150 We need men because these boys need a good stable male role model. 237 00:16:50,170 --> 00:16:55,850 And the average volunteer is to be honest, 55-year-old female. 238 00:16:56,950 --> 00:17:05,310 So, I'm already batting a thousand, I need to get out there where the guys hang out, so Stuart, you guys hook me up with where the guys hang out. 239 00:17:06,550 --> 00:17:13,130 And it took us 20 years to sort of 96% of the foster kids in Placer County to get up there. 240 00:17:13,570 --> 00:17:18,650 We were very proud of that, but here we are really low, so we need more volunteers. 241 00:17:18,950 --> 00:17:22,230 And it's a big commitment we understand, but it's so needed. 242 00:17:22,870 --> 00:17:26,970 And I like to say we have a unique volunteer opportunity. 243 00:17:28,070 --> 00:17:30,130 It's not picking up trash on a Saturday. 244 00:17:30,970 --> 00:17:37,270 It's a 12 to 18 month commitment with a lot of, I'd say a lot of hoops you go through, 245 00:17:38,050 --> 00:17:40,630 but this is the most rewarding thing I have ever done. 246 00:17:41,210 --> 00:17:44,450 And I am a chamber ambassador, I'm a board member for the Food Bank. 247 00:17:44,730 --> 00:17:50,670 This is amazing and they've limited me to two kids right now. 248 00:17:50,670 --> 00:17:54,710 So I want more, but right now I have to stick with two. 249 00:17:55,190 --> 00:17:57,090 What are you doing to get the word out? 250 00:17:57,830 --> 00:17:59,350 Oh my gosh, I'm here. 251 00:17:59,810 --> 00:18:04,150 I'm here, so we're going to present to the county as well. 252 00:18:04,570 --> 00:18:09,030 We were over in Sutter because we're coming and we're opening Sutter later this year. 253 00:18:10,150 --> 00:18:12,230 Are you going to the service clubs? 254 00:18:13,210 --> 00:18:15,510 You can invite me to any service club. 255 00:18:15,850 --> 00:18:19,390 I will, okay, this is, I'm not a morning person, I'll just put that out there. 256 00:18:19,970 --> 00:18:27,550 I was out at 7 a.m. at Hard Rock and presented to the rotary dude, that was early, sorry, that was early. 257 00:18:28,650 --> 00:18:38,010 But yes, any opportunity that you know of that can get me in front of good quality people, I would love that opportunity. 258 00:18:38,530 --> 00:18:40,310 And in use letter you might have. 259 00:18:40,410 --> 00:18:42,110 Oh yes, New Supers would be great. 260 00:18:42,250 --> 00:18:42,390 Yes. 261 00:18:42,870 --> 00:18:43,830 Teachers are great. 262 00:18:45,370 --> 00:18:46,890 Retired teachers are amazing. 263 00:18:48,330 --> 00:18:48,710 So yes. 264 00:18:49,930 --> 00:18:52,190 If you could get us in front of people, that'd be great. 265 00:18:52,450 --> 00:18:53,790 Nicole is happy to speak anywhere. 266 00:18:54,430 --> 00:18:55,390 Do you have social media? 267 00:18:55,930 --> 00:18:56,710 We have social media. 268 00:18:56,930 --> 00:18:57,290 Yeah, thank you. 269 00:18:58,030 --> 00:18:59,070 We have a website. 270 00:18:59,350 --> 00:19:01,290 We have Facebook and Instagram. 271 00:19:03,010 --> 00:19:06,350 And I even came up with a fun idea that 272 00:19:06,350 --> 00:19:19,990 But if you know the large company that is having, let's just say, a safety meeting or a monthly team meeting, invite us to share because happy employees are employees that volunteer. 273 00:19:20,750 --> 00:19:25,190 So we want to help big business have healthy and happy employees. 274 00:19:25,870 --> 00:19:27,090 And we like their donations, too. 275 00:19:30,530 --> 00:19:40,450 And we've already discussed our numbers again that we have, like I said, about 40, 45 volunteers in Yuba County right now. 276 00:19:41,470 --> 00:19:47,830 And so the fun thing about it is a child can be in the Yuba County court system, but 277 00:19:47,830 --> 00:19:54,310 they could be in a foster home in Cedar County, they could be in Oroville, we could be even out of area. 278 00:19:54,310 --> 00:19:56,790 Yeah, we have one that currently that's in San Diego. 279 00:19:57,690 --> 00:20:02,930 Obviously, we're not going down there every week or so to visit them, but they still have a cost. 280 00:20:03,030 --> 00:20:04,570 They still are involved with them. 281 00:20:05,770 --> 00:20:10,810 So just because it says you, the county, I am also encouraging and 282 00:20:10,810 --> 00:20:12,150 advertising in Sutter County. 283 00:20:12,810 --> 00:20:16,510 We aren't open there yet, but I don't, I don't discriminate, I don't care where you live. 284 00:20:16,650 --> 00:20:19,970 As long as you're willing to drive and help a child in you, the county, I want you. 285 00:20:24,330 --> 00:20:30,330 So we have many programs and every program started with a staff member that said we have 286 00:20:30,330 --> 00:20:35,350 a need, and I mentioned before that a lot of the foster kids are at risk of being 287 00:20:35,350 --> 00:20:36,210 sex trafficked. 288 00:20:36,430 --> 00:20:37,450 They're just very vulnerable. 289 00:20:37,730 --> 00:20:41,530 They look for stability and sometimes people know that they take advantage of that. 290 00:20:41,710 --> 00:20:47,170 So we started to be bold program that works with kids at risk or are being sex trafficked. 291 00:20:47,950 --> 00:20:52,810 And we provide a peer group for them, education for them, and a volunteer. 292 00:20:53,950 --> 00:20:54,410 Next slide. 293 00:20:55,590 --> 00:20:58,970 K9 for kids, I know this is a program that we have in Placer County. 294 00:20:59,050 --> 00:21:03,990 We don't need it here because there is already a program for dogs that are at the courthouse. 295 00:21:03,990 --> 00:21:08,790 It always helps to calm kids down who have to attend a court meeting that there is a dog. 296 00:21:08,870 --> 00:21:12,490 And I think there's always one in Yuba County, so we don't need that here. 297 00:21:14,150 --> 00:21:21,070 Yeah, and I mentioned before we have a lot of programs that help families, it's a home 298 00:21:21,070 --> 00:21:26,170 visitation program where we have a volunteer meet the parents where they are and teach 299 00:21:26,170 --> 00:21:27,110 them basic life skills. 300 00:21:27,490 --> 00:21:31,470 And some of these parents have never learned to cook a meal for their kids, they have never 301 00:21:31,470 --> 00:21:32,750 learned that from their own parents. 302 00:21:33,550 --> 00:21:40,690 So our volunteers, you know, teach them finances, teach how to make a budget, sign up your 303 00:21:40,690 --> 00:21:46,110 kids for soccer, normal things that we think, but for them it's something new and we help 304 00:21:46,110 --> 00:21:47,010 them along the way. 305 00:21:47,970 --> 00:21:49,470 And you can click to the next slide. 306 00:21:50,010 --> 00:21:55,570 This is the PEG program that we also have here in Yuba County where we assign a volunteer 307 00:21:55,570 --> 00:21:57,230 as soon as the kid is removed. 308 00:21:57,690 --> 00:22:02,290 We assign a volunteer to the parent and help that parent work through the case plan. 309 00:22:02,710 --> 00:22:06,610 We also have a peer support group so these parents can meet other parents so they know they're 310 00:22:06,610 --> 00:22:07,150 not alone. 311 00:22:07,150 --> 00:22:10,270 and kind of discuss how things are going. 312 00:22:11,470 --> 00:22:13,870 There's often, there's a short window for these parents 313 00:22:13,870 --> 00:22:17,790 to get their kids back and oftentimes they blame everybody else 314 00:22:17,790 --> 00:22:20,190 for what's happening and we need to get them focused 315 00:22:20,190 --> 00:22:21,610 and get on that case plan. 316 00:22:21,910 --> 00:22:24,410 So me and the PIG program we're talking about 317 00:22:24,410 --> 00:22:27,050 is that additional training or is that within that 30-hour program? 318 00:22:27,450 --> 00:22:28,530 That's the 30-hour, yeah. 319 00:22:28,630 --> 00:22:30,630 They get an additional training for family services 320 00:22:30,630 --> 00:22:32,670 but that's just like a two-hour training 321 00:22:32,670 --> 00:22:35,450 and then they're already for family services. 322 00:22:35,450 --> 00:22:40,010 Those are 30 hours so you can be an advocate for a child, and then the PEG program is more. 323 00:22:40,710 --> 00:22:43,770 Yeah, you just want to have some additional information about the parent. 324 00:22:44,030 --> 00:22:46,430 The 30 hours is really focused on the kid. 325 00:22:46,830 --> 00:22:50,330 We want to make sure they know what it is like to be work to work with a parent. 326 00:22:50,810 --> 00:22:51,470 Okay, thank you. 327 00:22:53,620 --> 00:22:59,480 Then there's Kinship, Ally, so if kids can't stay with their parents, they have to go to foster care. 328 00:22:59,920 --> 00:23:04,760 Another priority is to have them with Kins, family members, soccer coach, 329 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:11,900 whoever the kids identify, we just had a case in Turkey where grandparents had to take 330 00:23:11,900 --> 00:23:16,460 in five grandchildren. And they have a two bedroom apartment so now all of a sudden 331 00:23:16,460 --> 00:23:21,380 there are seven people and grandparents are in charge of everything. That can be overwhelming 332 00:23:21,380 --> 00:23:26,800 and we want to make sure the parents grandparents stay with that commitment. We don't want the 333 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:33,060 foster kid to go again to some wells so we help those kinship caregivers with basic 334 00:23:33,060 --> 00:23:39,020 Sometimes finances kick in later, they take that kid in, it's overnight, sometimes they're 335 00:23:39,020 --> 00:23:39,680 not prepared. 336 00:23:40,540 --> 00:23:46,480 So we help them with beds and mattresses, whatever we can, food to stabilize that and to make 337 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:50,940 sure grandparents can take those five kids in for a longer period of time. 338 00:23:51,220 --> 00:23:55,900 And this is hard, because grandparents, it's their kids that have messed up. 339 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:59,320 That's why the kids had to be removed, it's very emotional. 340 00:24:00,020 --> 00:24:01,920 We want to make sure these kids are stable. 341 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:13,640 And for me, those grandparents are just superheroes because they envision their retirement a little bit different than having all of a sudden five kids in their home, but yeah, can show allies is another program. 342 00:24:14,500 --> 00:24:22,060 So many, many programs. Thank you so much for your time. We really need you to recruit for us. And I give it over to Nicole. 343 00:24:22,060 --> 00:24:26,840 And there are a lot of ways to help, like she mentioned, the Family Service Program. 344 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:31,300 So if running around at a park with a younger child is not your cup of tea, 345 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:33,460 we would love to help you help a parent. 346 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:39,600 Like she said, the PEG program is here in Yuba County. 347 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:41,880 We are actively matching parents. 348 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:45,220 We are recruiting and training volunteers for that specific program. 349 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:50,880 And basically, how I like to describe it in my information sessions is, 350 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:54,800 It's parents looking at this list and it's like you can't eat the whole elephant and one 351 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:55,040 bite. 352 00:24:55,500 --> 00:25:00,480 And so the pig volunteer helps them look at it one bite at a time, accomplish one thing, 353 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:01,960 and then let's praise you for that. 354 00:25:02,460 --> 00:25:05,380 And then we have now more strength to go onto the next one. 355 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:11,000 We also have a cost of store and the word store is misleading. 356 00:25:11,260 --> 00:25:12,800 There's no cost to this child. 357 00:25:13,360 --> 00:25:15,260 They can come in and get a couple toys. 358 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:16,780 We have a lot of books. 359 00:25:17,580 --> 00:25:21,960 everything brand new because they deserve it right and I don't want my 360 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:27,960 cost of store to start smelling so yes they are all brand new. You can make a 361 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:31,660 donation to the cost of store or you can go to our Amazon list pick a couple 362 00:25:31,660 --> 00:25:38,040 items or you could give me a donation and I'll do the shopping for you. I like 363 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:45,180 to shop so that that is not a downside for me. We also have a extra 364 00:25:45,180 --> 00:25:51,020 curriculum fund, so let's say this child wants to play soccer, they want to learn piano. 365 00:25:51,780 --> 00:25:57,380 We want them to have as much of normalcy as possible, so we have a fund that can help 366 00:25:57,380 --> 00:26:03,760 reimburse that cost for the foster parents to get them that soccer team or get them some 367 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:04,520 piano lessons. 368 00:26:04,860 --> 00:26:10,860 I just recently got my two sisters bicycles because everyone in the foster home had a bike 369 00:26:10,860 --> 00:26:11,520 except them. 370 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:23,180 And there's like three foster homes in that little cul-de-sac and they all the kids are out playing and writing bikes except my two and I wasn't going to let that happen. So we got them bicycles and helmets. 371 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:28,480 So there's a huge need and there's a lot of different ways that you can help. 372 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:37,260 You can, even from the smallest thing of sharing our social media posts, telling your friends and neighbors. 373 00:26:37,260 --> 00:26:44,740 This may not be the right fit for you, but it's going to be a perfect fit for your best friend or your neighbor or your sister. 374 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:50,740 So I think we're probably at the end. 375 00:26:51,820 --> 00:26:54,040 So thank you so much for your time. 376 00:26:55,060 --> 00:27:00,220 And like I said, we would love to have your help and spread the word. 377 00:27:00,220 --> 00:27:06,440 Because, like I said, it might not be the perfect fit for your schedule right now, but everybody knows somebody. 378 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:08,900 Did we have any questions? 379 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,440 Sure, commend you for everything you're doing. 380 00:27:15,300 --> 00:27:19,260 And you're hitting the service clubs and rotary clubs can want us and what have you? 381 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:24,380 That's the low-hanging fruit I'm trying to think of other places to go, why? 382 00:27:24,780 --> 00:27:26,260 Yeah, yeah, those are good. 383 00:27:26,660 --> 00:27:29,000 And retired teachers, that's a good one. 384 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:39,960 Yes, we need more men we do yes, of gosh thank you, and this is all new to me, and I 385 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:44,340 Yeah, I commend and we have a little tiny office 386 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:51,800 628 D street across from lip and Sullivan so if you ever want to stop by we do keep the door locked because 387 00:27:52,860 --> 00:27:58,540 We do get walk-ins that we don't need so we don't take offense 388 00:27:58,540 --> 00:28:04,160 Yeah, so we do keep the door locked, but just knock on the door and somebody will happily open it for you 389 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:11,560 We'd love to take you on a tour show you our facility. We have a playroom, so the classic can bring the child and they can read books 390 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:12,240 They can do art 391 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:21,020 They can play. We have a giant connect for so there's a lot of different things that we can do to utilize a free visit with the child 392 00:28:21,020 --> 00:28:22,580 It doesn't always have to cost money 393 00:28:22,580 --> 00:28:26,740 Have you gotten some time on 93Q, the local registry? 394 00:28:26,860 --> 00:28:31,700 I've gone on before, I need to get back, well, we did a really nice presentation. 395 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:36,780 I had someone come down from Placer County and fish didn't push the right button. 396 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:42,700 So you heard me on the radio, but the best part of the whole 93Q thing is the Facebook. 397 00:28:43,460 --> 00:28:46,400 And so you can see us blabbing, but you can't hear us talking. 398 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:48,040 So I do need to get on again. 399 00:28:51,060 --> 00:28:59,960 I have not connected. I lost my, I lost my connections. So he moved away. 400 00:29:00,140 --> 00:29:03,920 So I get ahold of him. He's, no, this, this, this would be a good press for him. 401 00:29:05,660 --> 00:29:08,080 Yeah. That's good. So yeah, connect me with anybody. 402 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:10,480 You know, everybody. So hook me up. 403 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:16,400 So I, I got one question. Where do you get the bulk of your funding from? 404 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:19,000 From grants, we apply for grants. 405 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:28,240 We do have a couple of pretty large fundraisers that are pretty successful, that do bring us some funding, the bulk of our funding comes from grants. 406 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:30,660 Are they state, or state and federal? 407 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:35,680 About 60% is state and federal, and the rest is private donations and events. 408 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:41,260 So we are really working hard on reducing the federal and the state grants. 409 00:29:41,260 --> 00:29:46,820 And we are a 501-C-3 nonprofit, so we are a separate entity. 410 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:52,960 We are not connected to caps, we're not connected to the court system, we're not connected to any governmental agency. 411 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:55,200 We just do apply for grants from them. 412 00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:59,320 Thank you, you're welcome here any time. 413 00:29:59,640 --> 00:29:59,960 Thank you. 414 00:30:02,620 --> 00:30:05,940 Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. 415 00:30:17,850 --> 00:30:18,330 Now, 416 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:42,940 we have anyone online? Can you tell me? We don't. No, Mayor. Anyway, now is the time for public comment on any item on the consent calendar or any item not on the posted agenda. Do we have any speakers? No, we do not. I could have saved all that. We now move to 417 00:30:44,820 --> 00:31:01,580 consent calendar and all matters on this agenda are considered routine and therefore typically approved by one motion and let's say council member or the city manager first requested a matter to be removed from the consent agenda separate discussion and action. 418 00:31:03,660 --> 00:31:04,980 What is the will of the council? 419 00:31:05,180 --> 00:31:05,720 Move to approve. 420 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:06,520 Second. 421 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:07,960 All in favour? 422 00:31:08,460 --> 00:31:08,740 Aye. 423 00:31:08,980 --> 00:31:09,160 Aye. 424 00:31:09,740 --> 00:31:11,040 I heard all five there. 425 00:31:15,490 --> 00:31:19,870 Councillor, would it be okay to, we're going to go in a closed session here. 426 00:31:20,590 --> 00:31:24,550 Would it be okay to do council comments, council correspondence, and the city manager's reporting 427 00:31:24,550 --> 00:31:25,690 now before we do that? 428 00:31:25,790 --> 00:31:26,310 Without it. 429 00:31:27,550 --> 00:31:28,550 I wouldn't subjecting. 430 00:31:29,370 --> 00:31:30,010 There we go. 431 00:31:30,010 --> 00:31:37,550 So we will be going into a closed session and when we come back we'll issue a quick report 432 00:31:38,270 --> 00:31:41,950 except one is forthcoming. 433 00:31:45,650 --> 00:31:50,330 So let's do council comments now, I 434 00:31:52,660 --> 00:31:54,600 think nothing to offer, 435 00:31:57,460 --> 00:31:58,540 comments or reports? 436 00:31:58,540 --> 00:32:06,430 Okay, I wrote down what I had done in the last couple of weeks, so keep me informed of where I've been. 437 00:32:06,710 --> 00:32:13,570 I attended the say called the transportation meeting where the significant discussion regarding the transportation improvement program funding. 438 00:32:14,570 --> 00:32:17,230 It's essential, I love this, that they say this. 439 00:32:17,650 --> 00:32:24,650 It's essential that we present a unified voice regionally to advocate for additional state and federal funding. 440 00:32:24,650 --> 00:32:28,930 I like that, you know, that's what we need to do here. 441 00:32:30,270 --> 00:32:42,350 Additionally, I attended the planning commission meeting and was pleased to hear that the general plan was approved by the commission, commissioners and hopefully it'll be moving forward to cancel soon. 442 00:32:43,730 --> 00:32:52,330 I'd like to express my gratitude to the Mary's old police department code enforcement team for addressing the potential code violation. 443 00:32:52,330 --> 00:32:59,210 Send an email, taken care of that day, also to public works for resolving the residents 444 00:32:59,210 --> 00:33:03,310 concern regarding a raised manhole in the road. 445 00:33:03,830 --> 00:33:10,190 And I think those gentlemen were at our last meeting about this, but the great news 446 00:33:10,850 --> 00:33:18,490 that the Mary's Will Fire Department received the Cal Grant, the Water Grant, and I'm looking 447 00:33:18,490 --> 00:33:24,010 forward to the Buckeye Festival, March 1st and 2nd, so I hope to see all of you there. 448 00:33:24,970 --> 00:33:27,950 And thank you to the staff for your continued support. 449 00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:33,900 Sir, did anything to share with you? 450 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:38,880 I do not, but I would love to thank Councilman Rollins for that amazing 451 00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:40,760 presentation. 452 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:41,620 Thank you. 453 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:45,320 Now I'm going to have to up my game. 454 00:33:47,460 --> 00:33:49,660 Oh, anyway, thank you very much. 455 00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:50,420 I have no comment. 456 00:33:50,420 --> 00:33:53,360 Other than the usual, thank you very much, City staff. 457 00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:57,780 And of course I, you know, I take trail behind Margie, 458 00:33:59,180 --> 00:34:00,980 with my tail between my legs. 459 00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:04,140 But everything she said, I fully agree with. 460 00:34:04,420 --> 00:34:06,920 Thank you guys very much, all your hard work. 461 00:34:09,260 --> 00:34:10,040 Councilman Hudson? 462 00:34:10,780 --> 00:34:14,880 So mine is definitely not as detailed as Councilman Rollins. 463 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:18,520 So keep it up, you're making everybody look mad. 464 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:30,940 I have no real commuter reports as we're meeting this week with a couple things back going on there. 465 00:34:32,540 --> 00:34:39,620 I just do want to say thank you to our staff because the fact you guys are the ones that keep us running and all the departments. 466 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:43,540 Yes, I too am looking forward to the back kind of few weeks. 467 00:34:43,540 --> 00:34:49,420 We have another meeting before then, but yeah, we're safe on that point, so that's all. 468 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:50,300 Thank you very much. 469 00:34:51,220 --> 00:34:51,880 Mr. Busmer. 470 00:34:54,820 --> 00:35:02,560 No committee reports, although we've got some things going on that we will eventually bring 471 00:35:03,300 --> 00:35:06,260 back to the council, but at this point there's nothing. 472 00:35:06,260 --> 00:35:10,840 and I do want to bring up, I believe. 473 00:35:12,140 --> 00:35:15,140 Can you guys bring a home invasion around chief? 474 00:35:16,180 --> 00:35:18,360 Can you have a home invasion that you took care of recently? 475 00:35:21,710 --> 00:35:25,150 Turned out to be more than you expected? 476 00:35:26,670 --> 00:35:28,110 Yes, it was Sunday morning. 477 00:35:29,370 --> 00:35:35,630 So it was definitely a gentleman within extensive criminal 478 00:35:35,630 --> 00:35:42,270 history on it was like more than six pages that he's just a violent criminal 479 00:35:42,270 --> 00:35:48,170 terrorizing the streets he broke in to his ex-girlfriends house with the ghost 480 00:35:48,170 --> 00:35:54,050 gun that had a 30-round capacity magazine on it. She pulled out her legally 481 00:35:54,050 --> 00:35:59,130 possessed handgunned, they wrestled over him, he took off with them. Our officers 482 00:35:59,130 --> 00:36:04,770 were pinging the phones. He was located a short time later running across 483 00:36:04,770 --> 00:36:11,510 10th Street. He was apprehended right before he got stopped. He ditched both guns, but 484 00:36:11,510 --> 00:36:17,870 both guns were located and recovered. He went to a rainment this afternoon. We were hoping 485 00:36:17,870 --> 00:36:24,070 to do a three strikes case on him, but some of the criteria didn't fit. But he's still looking 486 00:36:24,070 --> 00:36:30,250 at 12 to 16 years somewhere and there on the current charges. So he's been calling from 487 00:36:30,250 --> 00:36:36,010 the jail threatening and stuff so it is keeps adding to the punches but it was a good case 488 00:36:36,010 --> 00:36:43,070 and our team did a great job getting a bad bad bad man off the street so hopefully the 489 00:36:43,070 --> 00:36:46,410 system will do its purpose and keep them there for a while. 490 00:36:47,370 --> 00:36:54,610 I just wanted to say a good job sorry I'm going to die a tribe but no I don't know I definitely 491 00:36:54,610 --> 00:36:59,330 definitely want to hear all that from you just and to say good job and to say 492 00:36:59,330 --> 00:37:08,430 it's it's nice to have gotten the spotlight of our fire chief here for a while 493 00:37:08,430 --> 00:37:15,210 and I'm sure he's pleased for that too so we'll throw a little bit of it on 494 00:37:15,210 --> 00:37:24,310 you thank well as far as my comments I've been out of the loop a little bit lately 495 00:37:25,070 --> 00:37:27,010 trying to get back into swing of things. 496 00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:36,080 Councilman Rollins has been kind enough to substitute for me at Seikon, so do it again on Thursday. 497 00:37:39,770 --> 00:37:49,910 We are, I'm at the very beginning of analyzing all of the material that California Water Services provided us to do this for a living. 498 00:37:52,310 --> 00:38:04,270 It's interesting, and it's leading to some initial impressions that are encouraging, other 499 00:38:04,270 --> 00:38:04,790 than that. 500 00:38:05,350 --> 00:38:07,110 Mr. Report, Mr. City Manager. 501 00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:13,600 Thank you. 502 00:38:14,380 --> 00:38:16,160 I already 503 00:38:19,240 --> 00:38:24,820 mentioned that Bakai Festival is on March 1st and 2nd. 504 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:26,880 I hope to see everybody there. 505 00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:26,960 there. 506 00:38:29,380 --> 00:38:35,020 Also, Ubicutter Chamber of Commerce Happy Hour at Cisco's restaurant, tomorrow, 507 00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:37,580 at 5.30 pm. 508 00:38:40,620 --> 00:38:45,620 If you can make that, that would be great as well. A couple of things that 509 00:38:45,620 --> 00:38:55,280 will be most likely be bringing to council here in the near future. One is Groundwater Sustainability 510 00:38:55,280 --> 00:39:05,960 plan. We somewhat overlap with the Eagle Water Agency's ground water sustainability agency. 511 00:39:08,590 --> 00:39:17,810 They have the entire north and south basins, but Mary's bill at some point in time had their own 512 00:39:19,170 --> 00:39:33,670 We can opt to submit our own plan, or we can utilize the Water Agency's plan, and so we'll be bringing that to Council of the Recommendation likely to utilize the Water Agency's plan. 513 00:39:33,670 --> 00:39:42,470 Again, we also are working on and will likely bring an item to council on our 200 year levy certification extension. 514 00:39:43,510 --> 00:39:50,630 And we are working with folks in Sacramento to tag on to a bill to allow that. 515 00:39:50,790 --> 00:39:57,850 Essentially, we haven't completed our levy work in the time frame the state gave us. 516 00:39:57,850 --> 00:40:03,110 So we, with many others, are in that situation, and we're asking for an extension. 517 00:40:03,530 --> 00:40:06,570 That has to be done via state legislation of bill. 518 00:40:07,530 --> 00:40:13,170 And fortunately, it looks like SAC is going to let us tag onto their bill and move forward with that. 519 00:40:14,210 --> 00:40:19,090 We're at the mercy of the US Army Corps of Engineers to get that done. 520 00:40:19,330 --> 00:40:25,450 So we don't expect it to be done on the original time frame, and 521 00:40:25,450 --> 00:40:27,890 will be asking for a extension for that. 522 00:40:28,950 --> 00:40:29,990 That was it. 523 00:40:30,590 --> 00:40:33,090 We will now adjourn to close session. 524 00:40:33,090 --> 00:40:33,150 That's it. 525 00:40:34,070 --> 00:40:34,710 See you later. 526 01:02:48,830 --> 01:02:49,310 We 527 01:02:59,160 --> 01:03:21,860 are now reconvening to open session. Thank you very much, Mr. City Attorney. What do you have to share? Mr. Mayor, the city council went into closed session, received a briefing from its staff to no reportable action. Thank you, sir. The next regular meeting will be on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at 6 p.m. We're adjourned.