[30:24] the wildfire because we know
[30:25] that's one of the most likely
[30:27] events to happen in nevada
[30:28] county.
[30:28] Ready, set go is really built
[30:31] around the wildfire premise to
[30:32] prepare residents to be ready
[30:36] before event to move into
[30:36] the set posture when there's a
[30:40] red flag or fires near you and
[30:43] then to go when it's time to go
[30:44] essentially in its simplest
[30:47] form it's a three tiered
[30:48] community emergency
[30:54] preparedness plan.
[30:59] I have lived in this house
[30:59] which we built my husband and I
[31:02] twenty six years to go now
[31:05] actually we selected the party
[31:06] like the concrete siding and
[31:10] also the metal roof.
[31:11] Then when we moved up here and
[31:17] heard about the forty nine year
[31:17] fire that's when we started to
[31:18] say wow this really is even
[31:18] more important than we first
[31:21] realized for the forty nine
[31:22] fires, one of the most historic
[31:25] fires in nevada county's
[31:26] history, they figured it'd
[31:27] change the laws of the state of
[31:27] california.
[31:30] That said, this is how you have
[31:30] to protect your home.
[31:31] That came out of nevada county
[31:31] .
[31:33] Steve eubanks came from
[31:33] the fire safe council and
[31:37] the main thing we needed to pay
[31:37] attention to was the ladder
[31:41] fuels planting has been removed
[31:41] from the edges of the house so
[31:45] that it does not touch
[31:45] the house.
[31:48] It was an incredible service
[31:49] from the fire safe council to
[31:53] come out and spend a couple of
[31:53] hours going through this
[31:56] property so already faces when
[31:57] there's no immediate threat to
[31:58] you and your family.
[32:00] This is the time when you
[32:01] should be doing education and
[32:04] planning whether that be
[32:07] training, educating yourself or
[32:08] accumulating equipment,
[32:09] hardening your home, creating
[32:11] defensible space, defensible
[32:12] space is really all about
[32:16] creating a buffer zne between
[32:16] your house and flammable
[32:19] vegetation.
[32:20] We really focus on defensible
[32:21] space around the home that
[32:24] first one hundred feet but also
[32:24] around the roadway to another
[32:28] aspect the ready phase is
[32:28] hardening the home and really
[32:31] what that means is making your
[32:31] home more resilient to a
[32:34] wildfire that's going to be
[32:35] putting the fine grained mesh
[32:36] around the vents of your home
[32:39] so the embers won't get into
[32:39] under your house or into
[32:40] the eaves of your house that's
[32:43] going to be using
[32:43] noncombustible materials on
[32:46] your deck and around your home
[32:47] so no storm comes through.
[32:48] It's not going to ignite your
[33:04] home itself.
[33:05] I currently live here in grass
[33:08] valley with my parents all of
[33:09] us have sleep apnea so we all
[33:13] have separate machines that
[33:13] require power in order to run.
[33:17] I also use a nebulizer and
[33:21] that's used to disperse
[33:24] the medication that I need give
[33:24] myself breathing again when we
[33:28] have safety shutoffs we have to
[33:32] hook up our equipment to
[33:32] batteries that have inverters.
[33:36] We have a generator that powers
[33:37] some of the things around
[33:40] the house but then I obtained a
[33:41] pretty substantial battery from
[33:44] friede and it was so easy to go
[33:47] through the process to obtain a
[33:47] battery that I would recommend
[33:51] it to anyone who might have
[33:51] medical needs that require
[33:55] power or really anything.
[33:55] I would highly recommend
[33:59] contacting friede so whether
[33:59] it's a snowstorm or a public
[34:00] safety power shutoff, we really
[34:03] want folks to be thinking about
[34:04] ok, what are the things I'll
[34:07] need on hand to weather
[34:07] the storm?
[34:08] Do I need to have candles?
[34:09] Do I need to have battery
[34:11] powered radio?
[34:12] Do I need to have flashlights?
[34:13] So what are the things that you
[34:15] will need to shelter in place
[34:18] or address the disaster at hand
[34:19] so go back could be anything it
[34:19] could be a backpack.
[34:20] It could be a suitcase.
[34:22] It's going to be something that
[34:23] you put together to sustain
[34:26] yourself, your family, your
[34:26] pets if needed that's going to
[34:30] have food, water, medication,
[34:31] clothing, toiletries to get you
[34:33] buy for seventy two hours you
[34:34] need to think of your go bag as
[34:37] the only resource you MAY have
[34:37] .
[34:38] Stores MAY be close, the power
[34:41] MAY be out so you MAY have
[34:42] literally live out of this
[34:45] thing for a three day period as
[34:46] an evacuee if you are someone
[34:46] with a disability maybe you
[34:49] have chronic health condition
[34:50] for me I have type one diabetes
[34:50] .
[34:53] I have an insulin pump.
[34:53] Right.
[34:54] And so that's a critical piece
[34:57] that I need to plan for if I'm
[34:58] going to ever evacuate or be
[34:58] away from my house.
[35:01] Frankly for any amount of time
[35:02] .
[35:02] right.
[35:05] What we find often is that if
[35:05] people don't evacuate with
[35:08] their c pap machine, with their
[35:09] oxygen concentrator, with their
[35:12] wheelchair walker then it can
[35:19] be difficult on the other end.
[35:20] My name is ulysses palencia.
[35:22] I work in the two one one call
[35:22] center.
[35:23] I'm just a PRESIDENT Of grass
[35:23] valley.
[35:26] I have two daughters four year
[35:27] old and a one year old in
[35:30] nevada county two one one is
[35:31] available 24/7 so we provide
[35:34] for the community is
[35:35] information that could be
[35:38] anything from directions to
[35:39] the resource centers.
[35:39] It can be letting them know
[35:41] where the fire is.
[35:42] You know, if they are
[35:43] themselves in an evacuation
[35:46] center, if it's a fire, if
[35:46] there's any information as to
[35:49] whether power's coming back on
[35:50] during a two on one gets
[35:53] the information that we provide
[35:54] directly from the county so
[35:55] directly from the office of
[35:57] emergency services the whole
[35:58] team cares.
[35:58] We're all local community
[36:00] members.
[36:27] We all just want to help.
[36:28] So we were all sleeping in bed
[36:29] on thursday, NOVEMBER 8th in
[36:31] paradise and first the house
[36:32] phone ring picked up my phone.
[36:35] It was my sister who lived a
[36:36] block or so away from us.
[36:39] >> we were woken by a telephone
[36:40] call from my daughter.
[36:42] She said that we were being
[36:43] evacuated.
[36:46] I left sooner than them.
[36:47] I had everything ready.
[36:50] They were on the way out
[36:51] the door.
[36:51] there was no time to think
[36:53] about what you're going to take
[36:54] ,what you're not going to take
[36:54] .
[36:55] >> the night before the fire I
[36:58] knew it was a red flag warning
[36:58] and I knew that it was a high
[37:02] risk so on my way home I filled
[37:02] up the tank.
[37:06] >> oh well we we didn't get too
[37:06] far from the house and you're
[37:09] watching fire come down
[37:13] the hill there was a machine
[37:14] shop right to my right right
[37:18] there and it had gas tanks and
[37:21] propane tanks and I saw a lone
[37:24] ember kind of floating through
[37:25] dancing through the air and I
[37:28] watched it as it landed on
[37:29] the machine shop in the time it
[37:33] took me to get my phone back
[37:36] into hand and to take a picture
[37:37] was engulfed in flames and I
[37:41] knew that within moments it
[37:41] would start exploding and I
[37:43] would be dead.
[37:48] And just as I moved out of this
[37:48] the range of the explosions
[37:52] they started happening and I
[37:52] prayed for the people behind me
[37:53] .
[37:56] Ten minute drive normally
[37:59] the trickle became almost four
[38:10] hours so it was a long trip.
[38:11] We started to hear a pattern.
[38:15] People kept telling their story
[38:15] of how they escaped
[38:18] the campfire and they talked
[38:19] about how if it wasn't for my
[38:20] neighbor who came and knocked
[38:23] on my door to tell me there was
[38:24] a fire, I don't know that I
[38:27] would have gotten out alive if
[38:29] it wasn't for my son who lives
[38:30] next door picking me up and
[38:34] putting me in their car and
[38:34] driving me out of there.
[38:35] I don't know how I would have
[38:38] survived and so I started
[38:38] really thinking about this
[38:42] connection between isolation
[38:42] and how connected you are to
[38:46] your community, to your
[38:46] neighbors, to your friends, to
[38:50] your family and how that can be
[38:50] really helpful in a time of a
[38:53] disaster.
[38:54] So we were actually
[38:58] the beneficiaries of someone
[39:02] making that plan in advance to
[39:02] have that group of people that
[39:03] they were going to call and
[39:05] that she saved my life that day
[39:05] .
[39:09] So absolutely having that
[39:09] network really saved lives.
[39:14] >> find your five.
[39:15] The idea is that you know, find
[39:17] trusted allies that can be
[39:17] there and can be responsive and
[39:21] we'll check in with you if a
[39:21] disaster were to happen.
[39:25] >> so we recommend that you put
[39:25] people in your network that are
[39:26] down the street that are maybe
[39:29] the next town over there
[39:30] outside the county and maybe
[39:40] even outside of the state
[39:41] the final tier of the ready set
[39:44] go is that go peace and it's
[39:48] simply that it's go evacuate
[39:48] mission information comes in
[39:49] two types.
[39:52] The first type could be an
[39:53] evacuation warning.
[39:53] This is an essentially
[39:56] information we're going to push
[39:57] out to the public notifying
[40:00] them of a potential threat in
[40:01] their area where they MAY have
[40:04] to evacuate their home and
[40:04] evacuation order is essentially
[40:05] that we are telling people that
[40:07] it's time to go.
[40:08] There is an imminent threat to
[40:11] life and we do not believe that
[40:11] you have much time to leave
[40:15] the area.
[40:19] >> code red is a opt in
[40:20] alerting system that will dial
[40:20] your number.
[40:23] It'll send you a phone call, a
[40:24] text message and an email
[40:27] notifying you of an emergency.
[40:28] That message is sent from our
[40:28] office.
[40:31] The office of emergency
[40:31] services.
[40:32] It's going to be very targeted
[40:35] to your area and it'll be
[40:35] specific to you that 513
[40:39] the phone rang with the code
[40:40] red call and so as I was going
[40:42] up forty nine I could look over
[40:43] to the left and see the flames
[40:47] in the canyon.
[40:48] The next layer is for staff to
[40:50] actually be out driving in
[40:54] the areas with a high low siren
[40:54] .
[40:58] >> there's no other reason
[40:59] you'll hear that in an area
[41:00] unless we're putting out that
[41:02] evacuation order not a warning
[41:03] but an order.
[41:06] My day started routine patrol
[41:07] came in and I was notified by
[41:10] dispatch to respond out to
[41:11] the jones fire houses that had
[41:14] evacuation tags made it so we
[41:15] could just pass by.
[41:16] We knew that the residents had
[41:18] already been evacuated
[41:19] residences that did not have
[41:21] the tags we would have to
[41:22] physically go in, knock on
[41:25] the door, look in the windows,
[41:26] make sure there were no
[41:26] occupants inside once you've
[41:29] been evacuated as you're
[41:33] leaving, put this tag somewhere
[41:34] very clearly identifiable
[41:37] whether it's a mailbox, a gate
[41:38] ,your address marker so that
[41:40] deputies and officers can
[41:41] quickly identify if your
[41:43] residence has already been
[42:05] evacuated.
[42:06] I mean you look out my back
[42:09] window here on the east side
[42:12] and you see how close this fire
[42:13] came.
[42:17] It was certainly a shock and at
[42:17] the same time it was such an
[42:20] incredible relief to have
[42:21] the house as safe as it was.
[42:25] I and I think with personal
[42:25] preparedness and being ready it
[42:28] can feel overwhelming.
[42:29] It can feel like a lot to do
[42:32] and the most important piece is
[42:33] to just start with one little
[42:36] bite at a time just start
[42:36] the conversation, have some
[42:37] sort of plan.
[42:40] It can be a small ismy to
[42:41] place, you know, a destination
[42:42] that everybody will get to
[42:43] everybody in the household to
[42:44] get to if there's a disaster.
[42:45] Recognize you live in a
[42:48] community in a county that
[42:48] really does take the emergency
[42:52] response as a priority.
[42:52] We have worked diligently
[42:55] throughout the last few years
[42:56] on ensuring that not only our
[42:59] staff are trained and prepared
[43:00] but we're also putting that
[43:01] that out for our community.
[43:03] The more prepared you are in
[43:04] your own community, the better
[43:07] the outcome is going to be
[43:08] the level of community
[43:12] awareness they have to be part
[43:12] of the solution.
[43:13] They have to communicate with
[43:14] their neighbors.
[43:15] They have to be part of
[43:16] the discussion in communities
[43:19] they have to support
[43:19] the response, the prevention,
[43:23] the education and and
[43:23] ultimately the collaboration
[43:28] and the engaged people have to
[43:28] be engaged at all levels.
[43:31] The more you think about it now
[43:31] the easier it will be when
[43:35] the time comes that you need to
[43:35] evacuate.
[43:38] we've created this network and
[43:39] we want you to make sure that
[43:40] you know that you can tap into
[43:43] that so if you are feeling a
[43:44] little bit overwhelmed, not
[43:44] sure where to start.
[43:47] Reach out to one of our offices
[43:47] .
[43:48] Reach out to the fire safe
[43:50] council or two one one.
[45:04] We're here to support you
[45:04] from
[45:05] the foothills of the sierra
[45:27] nevada, a new hero will emerge
[45:42] one who is ready one who make
[45:43] sure their friends and family
[45:56] are set and has the power to go
[46:15] at a moment's notice this fire
[46:15] season.
[46:22] >> you are the hero we are
[46:22] ready.
[46:48] Nevada county, nevada county
[46:49] has a new tool to make
[46:50] evacuations safer and more
[46:50] efficient in the event of an
[46:51] emergency.
[46:51] This new tool is called zone
[46:52] haven and we need you to know
[46:53] your zone in order to know your
[46:53] zone you need to go to
[46:54] community dot zone haven dot
[46:55] com type in your address once
[46:56] your address populates and
[46:56] the popup window take that
[46:59] information and write down
[47:00] the zone that is given to you
[47:01] where you know you'll find it
[47:06] in case of emergency zone haven
[47:07] and knowing your zone does not
[47:10] replace next call and or code
[47:11] red it actually supplements
[47:11] them and it makes those tools
[47:15] more powerful because you will
[47:15] know what zones are being
[47:18] evacuated or which ones are
[47:19] being placed on advisory and as
[47:22] a result you won't have to do
[47:23] anything else other than listen
[47:24] to those messages and know if
[47:29] it's time to go even if you
[47:30] don't have internet.
[47:31] This could be done by word of
[47:33] mouth.
[47:34] It can be done by radio or it
[47:35] could be driving down
[47:35] the street.
[47:40] So please know your zone from
[47:44] truckee to lake of the pines
[47:45] from chicago park to pennsville
[47:49] every single square mile of
[47:52] nevada county has a zone and
[47:53] having a zone that you know for
[47:56] your neighborhood is going to
[47:56] help you save time to be able
[47:58] to evacuate and keep you and
[48:14] your family safe already nevada
[48:14] county is an education campaign
[48:18] designed to help the public
[48:18] have successful outcomes during
[48:21] emergency events we really
[48:22] focus on a whole host of
[48:25] disasters or emergency events.
[48:26] We want to have a broad
[48:27] spectrum.
[48:27] We want to be prepared for
[48:30] anything but really we focus a
[48:30] lot on wildfire because we know
[48:32] that's one of the most likely
[48:33] events to happen in nevada
[48:33] county.
[48:37] >> ready, set, go is really
[48:37] built around the wildfire
[48:40] premise to prepare residents to
[48:41] be ready before an event to
[48:45] move into a set posture when
[48:46] there's a red flag or fires
[48:48] near you and then to go when
[48:48] it's time to go essentially in
[48:52] its simplest form it's athree
[48:52] tiered community emergency
[49:02] preparedness plan I have lived
[49:06] in this house which we built my
[49:07] husband and I twenty six years
[49:10] ago now actually we selected
[49:14] the hardy plug the concrete
[49:14] siding and also the metal roof
[49:15] .
[49:18] Then we moved up here and heard
[49:19] about the forty nine year fire
[49:19] .
[49:22] that's when we started to say
[49:22] wow this really is even more
[49:26] important than we first
[49:27] realized for the forty nine
[49:29] year fire fires one of the most
[49:30] historic fires in nevada
[49:34] county's history they figured
[49:34] it'd change the laws of
[49:35] the state of california.
[49:36] That said, this is how you have
[49:38] to protect your home that came
[49:39] out of nevada county.
[49:39] Steve eubanks came from
[49:41] the fire save council and
[49:42] the main thing we needed to pay
[49:46] attention to was the ladder
[49:47] fuels planting has been removed
[49:50] from the edges of the house so
[49:51] that it does not touch
[49:54] the house.
[49:54] It was an incredible service
[49:58] from the fire safe council to
[49:59] come out and spend a couple of
[50:02] hours going through this
[50:02] property.
[50:03] So the remedy phase is when
[50:05] there's no immediate threat to
[50:06] you and your family, this is
[50:06] the time when you should be
[50:09] doing education and planning
[50:13] whether that be training,
[50:13] educating yourself or
[50:14] accumulating equipment,
[50:17] hardening your home, creating
[50:17] defensible space, defensible
[50:21] space is really all about
[50:22] creating a buffer zone between
[50:25] your house and flammable
[50:25] vegetation.
[50:26] We really focus on defensible
[50:29] space around the home but first
[50:30] one hundred feet but also
[50:33] around the roadway to another
[50:33] aspect of the ready phase is
[50:37] hardening the home and really
[50:38] what that means is making your
[50:41] home more resilient to wildfire
[50:41] that's going to be putting
[50:42] the fine grained mesh around
[50:45] the vents of your home so
[50:46] the embers won't get into under
[50:49] your house or into the eaves of
[50:49] your house.
[50:50] That's going to be using
[50:50] noncombustible materials o
[50:52] your deck and around your home
[50:53] so no storm comes through.
[50:54] It's not going to ignite your
[51:09] home self.
[51:13] I currently live here on grass
[51:14] valley with my parents.
[51:17] All of us have sleep apnea so
[51:18] we all have separate machines
[51:21] that require power in order to
[51:21] run.
[51:25] I also use a nebulizer and
[51:29] that's used to disperse
[51:30] medication that I need to get
[51:32] myself breathing again when we
[51:36] have safety shutoffs we have to
[51:40] hook up our equipment to
[51:41] batteries that hae inverters.
[51:44] We have a generator that powers
[51:44] some of the things around
[51:45] the house.
[51:48] But then I obtained a pretty
[51:49] substantial battery from friede
[51:52] and it was so easy to go
[51:53] through the process to obtain a
[51:55] battery that I would recommend
[51:56] it to anyone who might have
[52:00] medical needs that require
[52:01] power or really anything.
[52:03] I would highly recommend
[52:04] contacting friede so whether
[52:07] it's a snowstorm or a public
[52:08] safety power shutoff we really
[52:09] want folks to be thinking about
[52:11] ok, what are the things I'll
[52:12] need on hand to weather
[52:12] the storm?
[52:15] Do I need to have candles?
[52:16] Do I need to have battery
[52:17] powered radio or do I need to
[52:19] have flash lights?
[52:20] So what are the things that you
[52:23] will need to shelter in place
[52:24] or address the disaster at hand
[52:26] so go back could be anything.
[52:27] It could be a backpack.
[52:28] it could be a suitcase.
[52:28] It's going to be something that
[52:30] you put together to sustain
[52:31] yourself, your family, your
[52:31] pets if needed.
[52:34] That's going to have food,
[52:38] water, medication, clothing,
[52:39] toiletries to get you buy for
[52:39] seventy two hours you need to
[52:43] think of your go bag as
[52:43] the only resource you MAY have
[52:44] .
[52:46] Stores MAY be closed the power
[52:47] maybe I'll see you MAY have to
[52:49] literally live out of this
[52:50] thing for a three day period as
[52:53] an evacuee if you are someone
[52:54] with a disability maybe you
[52:55] have a chronic health condition
[52:58] for me I have type one diabetes
[52:58] .
[52:59] I have an insulin pump.
[52:59] Right.
[53:02] And so that's a critical piece
[53:02] that I need to plan for if I'm
[53:06] going to evacuate or be away
[53:06] from my house frankly for any
[53:09] amount of time.
[53:10] What we find often is that if
[53:13] people don't evacuate with
[53:14] their c pap machine with their
[53:17] oxygen concentrator, with their
[53:20] wheelchair walker then it can
[53:24] be difficult on the other end.
[53:28] My name is ulysses palencia.
[53:29] I work in the two one one call
[53:30] center.
[53:30] I'm just the PRESIDENT Of grass
[53:32] valley.
[53:33] I have two daughters four year
[53:36] old and a one year old in
[53:37] nevada county two and one is
[53:39] available 24/7.
[53:40] So we provide for the community
[53:41] is information that can be
[53:44] anything from directions to
[53:44] the resource centers.
[53:48] It can be letting them know
[53:48] where the fire is.
[53:49] You know, if they are
[53:52] themselves in an evacuation
[53:52] center, if it's a fire, if
[53:55] there's any information as to
[53:55] whether power's coming back on
[53:59] during a two on one, it's
[53:59] the information that we provide
[54:00] directly from te county.
[54:03] So directly from the office of
[54:04] emergency services the whole
[54:04] team cares.
[54:07] We're all local community
[54:07] members.
[54:29] We all just want to help.
[54:32] So we were all sleeping in bed
[54:33] on thursday, NOVEMBER 8th in
[54:37] paradise and first the house
[54:41] phone rang, picked up my phone
[54:41] .
[54:42] It was my sister who lived a
[54:45] block or so away from us.
[54:45] >> we were walking by a
[54:48] telephone call from my daughter
[54:48] .
[54:48] She said that we were being
[54:49] evacuated.
[54:52] I left sooner than them.
[54:56] I had everything ready.
[54:57] >> they were on the way out
[54:57] the door.
[54:58] There was no time to think
[55:00] about what are going to take
[55:01] what you're not going to take
[55:04] the night before the fire I
[55:05] knew it was a red flag warning
[55:07] and I knew that it was high
[55:07] risk.
[55:08] >> so on my way home I filled
[55:11] up the tank.
[55:12] Well, we we didn't get too far
[55:15] from the house.
[55:15] You're watching fire coming
[55:19] down the hill.
[55:19] >> there was a machine shop
[55:23] right to my right right there
[55:23] and it had gas tanks and
[55:27] propane tanks and I saw a lone
[55:31] ember kind of floating through
[55:32] dancing through the air and I
[55:34] watched does it landed on
[55:38] the machine shop in the time it
[55:39] took me to get my phone back
[55:42] into hand and to take a picture
[55:46] it was engulfed in flames and I
[55:46] knew that within moments it
[55:50] would start exploding and I
[55:54] would be dead and just as I
[55:55] moved out of this the range of
[55:58] the explosion they started
[55:59] happening and I prayed for
[56:02] the people behind me.
[56:02] Ten minute drive normally
[56:05] the trickle became almost four
[56:19] hours so it was a long trip.
[56:20] We started to hear a pattern.
[56:20] People kept telling us their
[56:23] story of how they escaped
[56:24] the campfire and they talked
[56:26] about how if it wasn't for my
[56:27] neighbor who came and knocked
[56:30] on my door to tell me there was
[56:31] a fire, I don't know that I
[56:34] would have gotten out alive if
[56:35] it wasn't for my son who lives
[56:38] next door picking me up and
[56:39] putting me in their car and
[56:42] driving me out there.
[56:43] I don't know how I would have
[56:43] survived and so I started
[56:46] really thinking about this
[56:47] connection between isolation
[57:07] and how connected you are to
[57:07] your community, to your
[57:08] neighbors, to your friends, to
[57:09] your family and how that can be
[57:10] really helpful in a time of a
[57:10] disaster.
[57:11] >> so we were actually
[57:11] the beneficiaries of someone
[57:12] making that plan in advance to
[57:13] have that group of people that
[57:13] they were going to call and
[57:14] that she saved my life that
[57:14] day.
[57:15] So absolutely having that
[57:17] network really saved lives.
[57:21] >> find your five the idea is
[57:22] that you know, find trusted
[57:25] allies that can be there and
[57:26] can be responsive and we'll
[57:28] check in with you if a disaster
[57:29] were to happen.
[58:13] >> so we recommend that you put
[58:14] have a broad spectrum.
[58:15] We want to be prepared for
[58:18] anything but really we focus a
[58:18] lot on wildfire because we know
[58:22] that's oe of the most likely
[58:22] events to happen in nevada
[58:24] county.
[58:25] Ready, set go is really built
[58:26] around the wildfire premise to
[58:29] prepare residents to be ready
[58:33] before an event to move into
[58:33] the set posture when there's a
[58:36] red flag or fires near you and
[58:37] then to go when it's time to go
[58:41] essentially and simplest form
[58:41] it's a three tiered community
[58:50] emergency preparedness plan.
[58:54] I have lived in this house
[58:55] which we built my husband and I
[58:58] twenty six years ago now
[59:01] actually we selected the party
[59:02] like the concrete siding and
[59:06] also the metal roof.
[59:06] Then when we moved up here and
[59:07] heard about the forty nine year
[59:10] fire that's when we started to
[59:11] say wow this really is even
[59:14] more important than we first
[59:15] realized for the forty nine
[59:17] year fire is one of the most
[59:18] historic fires in nevada
[59:21] county's history.
[59:21] They figured it'd change
[59:22] the laws of the state of
[59:22] california.
[59:25] That said, this is how you have
[59:26] to protect your home that came
[59:27] out of nevada county.
[59:29] Steve eubanks came from
[59:30] the fire safe council and
[59:33] the main thing we needed to pay
[59:34] attention to was the ladder
[59:37] fuels planting has been removed
[59:38] from the edges of the house so
[59:41] that it does not touch
[59:41] the house.
[59:45] It was an incredible service
[59:45] from the fire safe council to
[59:49] come out and spend a couple of
[59:50] hours going through this
[59:52] property so already phases when
[59:53] there's no immediate threat to
[59:56] you and your family.
[59:56] This is the time when you
[59:57] should be doing education and
[1:00:00] planning whether that be
[1:00:03] training, educating yourself or
[1:00:03] accumulating equipment,
[1:00:04] hardening your home, creating
[1:00:07] defensible space, defensible
[1:00:08] space is really all about
[1:00:11] creating a buffer zone between
[1:00:12] your house and flammable
[1:00:16] vegetation.
[1:00:16] We really focus on defensible
[1:00:17] space around the home but first
[1:00:19] one hundred feet but also
[1:00:20] around the roadway to another
[1:00:23] aspect the ready phase is
[1:00:24] hardening the home and really
[1:00:27] what that means is making your
[1:00:28] home more resilient to a
[1:00:31] wildfire that's going to be
[1:00:31] putting the fine grained mesh
[1:00:32] around the vents of your home
[1:00:35] so the embers won't get into
[1:00:36] under your house or into
[1:00:36] the eaves of your house that's
[1:00:39] going to be using
[1:00:40] noncombustible materials on
[1:00:42] your deck and around your home
[1:00:42] so no storm comes through.
[1:00:43] It's not going to ignite your
[1:01:01] home itself.
[1:01:02] I currently live here in grass
[1:01:05] valley with my parents all of
[1:01:06] us have sleep apnea so we all
[1:01:09] have sleep machines that
[1:01:10] require power in order to run.
[1:01:13] >> I also use a nebulizer and
[1:01:16] that's used to disperse
[1:01:20] medication that I need get
[1:01:21] myself breathing again when we
[1:01:24] have safety shutoffs we have to
[1:01:28] hook up our equipment to
[1:01:29] batteries that have inverters.
[1:01:31] >> we have a generator that
[1:01:32] powers some of the things
[1:01:35] around the house but then I
[1:01:36] obtained a pretty substantial
[1:01:39] battery from friede and it was
[1:01:40] so easy to go through
[1:01:43] the process to obtain a battery
[1:01:44] that I would recommend it to
[1:01:47] anyone who might have medical
[1:01:48] needs that require power or
[1:01:51] really anything.
[1:01:52] I would highly recommend
[1:01:54] contacting friede so whether
[1:01:55] it's a snowstorm or a public
[1:01:55] safety power shut, we really
[1:01:59] want folks to be thinking about
[1:01:59] ok, what are the things I'll
[1:02:02] need on hand to weather
[1:02:03] the storm?
[1:02:03] Do I need to have candles?
[1:02:04] Do I need to have battery
[1:02:06] powered radio?
[1:02:07] Do I need to have flashlights?
[1:02:08] So what are the things that
[1:02:10] you'll need to shelter in place
[1:02:14] or address the disaster at hand
[1:02:15] so go back could be anything it
[1:02:15] could be a backpack.
[1:02:16] It could be a suitcase.
[1:02:19] It's going to be something that
[1:02:19] you put together to sustain
[1:02:21] yourself, your family, your
[1:02:22] pets if needed.
[1:02:22] That's going to have food,
[1:02:26] water, medication, clothing,
[1:02:29] toiletries to get you buy for
[1:02:30] seventy two hours you need to
[1:02:30] think of your go bag as
[1:02:33] the only resource you MAY have
[1:02:34] .
[1:02:34] Stores MAY be closed, the power
[1:02:37] MAY be out so you MAY have to
[1:02:38] literally live out of this
[1:02:41] thing for a three day period as
[1:02:42] an evacuee if you are someone
[1:02:42] with a disability maybe you
[1:02:45] have chronic health condition
[1:02:45] for me I have type one diabetes
[1:02:46] .
[1:02:48] I have an insulin pump.
[1:02:49] >> right.
[1:02:50] And so that's a critical piece
[1:02:53] that I need to plan for if I'm
[1:02:54] going to ever evacuate or be
[1:02:54] away from my house.
[1:02:57] Frankly for any amount of time
[1:02:57] .
[1:02:57] Right.
[1:03:00] What we find often is that if
[1:03:01] people don't evacuate with
[1:03:04] their c pap machine, with their
[1:03:05] oxygen concentrator, with their
[1:03:08] wheelchair walker then it can
[1:03:14] be difficult on the other end.
[1:03:15] My name is ulysses palencia.
[1:03:18] I work in the two one one call
[1:03:18] center.
[1:03:19] I'm just a resident of grass
[1:03:19] valley.
[1:03:23] I have two daughters four year
[1:03:23] old and a one year old in
[1:03:27] nevada county two one one is
[1:03:27] available 24/7 so we provide
[1:03:30] for the community is
[1:03:31] information that could be
[1:03:34] anything from directions to
[1:03:35] the resource centers.
[1:03:35] It can be letting them know
[1:03:38] where the fire is.
[1:03:39] You know, if they are
[1:03:40] themselves in an evacuation
[1:03:42] center, if it's a fire, if
[1:03:43] there's any information as to
[1:03:44] whether power's coming back on
[1:03:47] during a speaks to and one gets
[1:03:50] the information that we provide
[1:03:51] directly from the county so
[1:03:52] directly from the office of
[1:03:53] emergency services, the whole
[1:03:54] team cares.
[1:03:54] We're all local community
[1:03:55] members.
[1:04:18] We just want to help.
[1:04:19] So we were all sleeping in bed
[1:04:23] on thursday, NOVEMBER 8th in
[1:04:28] paradise and first the house
[1:04:28] phone ring picked up my phone.
[1:04:31] It was my sister who lived a
[1:04:31] block or so away from us.
[1:04:35] >> we were woken by a telephone
[1:04:35] call from my daughter.
[1:04:39] She said that we were being
[1:04:39] evacuated.
[1:04:42] I left sooner than them.
[1:04:43] I had everything ready.
[1:04:46] They were on the way out
[1:04:46] the door.
[1:04:47] There was no time to think
[1:04:49] about what you're going to take
[1:04:50] ,what you're not going to take
[1:04:50] .
[1:04:51] The night before the fire I
[1:04:54] knew it was a red flag warning
[1:04:55] and I knew that it was a high
[1:04:58] risk so on my way home I filled
[1:04:59] up the tank.
[1:05:01] >> oh well we we didn't get too
[1:05:02] far from the house and you're
[1:05:06] watching fire coming down
[1:05:09] the hill there was a machine
[1:05:09] shop right to my right right
[1:05:13] there and it had gas tanks and
[1:05:17] propane tanks and I saw a lone
[1:05:20] ember kind of floating through
[1:05:21] dancing through the air and I
[1:05:25] watched it as it landed on
[1:05:25] the machine shop in the time it
[1:05:29] took me to get my phone back
[1:05:32] into hand and to take a picture
[1:05:32] was engulfed in flames and I
[1:05:36] knew that within moments it
[1:05:37] would start exploding and I
[1:05:40] would be dead.
[1:05:44] And just as I moved out of this
[1:05:45] the range of the explosions
[1:05:48] they started happening and I
[1:05:49] prayed for the people behind
[1:05:49] me.
[1:05:52] Ten minute drive normally
[1:05:55] the trickle became almost four
[1:06:07] hours so it was a long trip.
[1:06:07] We started to hear a pattern.
[1:06:10] People kept telling their story
[1:06:11] of how they escaped
[1:06:14] the campfire and they talked
[1:06:14] about how if it wasn't for my
[1:06:15] neighbor who came and knocked
[1:06:19] on my door to tell me there was
[1:06:20] a fire, I on't know that I
[1:06:22] would have gotten out alive if
[1:06:26] it wasn't for my son who lives
[1:06:26] next door picking me up and
[1:06:30] putting me in their car and
[1:06:30] driving me out of there.
[1:06:31] I don't know how I would have
[1:06:34] survived and so I started
[1:06:34] really thinking about this
[1:06:38] connection between isolation
[1:06:38] and how connected you are to
[1:06:42] your community, to your
[1:06:43] neighbors, to your friends, to
[1:06:45] your family and how that can be
[1:06:46] really helpful in a time of a
[1:06:50] disaster.
[1:06:50] So we were actually
[1:06:54] the beneficiaries of someone
[1:06:57] making that plan in advance to
[1:06:58] have that group of people that
[1:06:58] they were going to call and
[1:07:01] that she saved my life that day
[1:07:02] .
[1:07:05] So absolutely having that
[1:07:05] network really saved lives.
[1:07:09] >> find your five.
[1:07:10] The idea is that you know, find
[1:07:30] trusted allies that can be
[1:07:30] there and can be responsive and
[1:07:31] we'll check in with you if a
[1:07:32] disaster were to happen.
[1:07:32] >> so we recommend that you put
[1:07:33] people in your network that are
[1:07:34] down the street that are maybe
[1:07:35] the next town over there
[1:07:35] outside the county and maybe
[1:07:36] even outside the state
[1:07:37] the final tier of the race that
[1:07:40] go is that go piece and it's
[1:07:44] simply that it's go evacuate
[1:07:44] mission information comes in
[1:07:45] two types.
[1:07:48] The first type could be an
[1:07:49] evacuation warning.
[1:07:49] This is an essentially
[1:07:52] information we're going to push
[1:07:53] out to the public notifying
[1:07:55] them of a potential threat in
[1:07:56] their area where they MAY have
[1:07:59] to evacuate their home and
[1:08:00] evacuation order is essentially
[1:08:00] that we are telling people that
[1:08:03] it's time to go.
[1:08:04] There is an imminent threat to
[1:08:07] life and we do not believe that
[1:08:08] you have much time to leave
[1:08:11] the area.
[1:08:15] >> code red is a opt in
[1:08:16] alerting system that will dial
[1:08:16] your number.
[1:08:19] It'll send you a phone call, a
[1:08:19] text message and an email
[1:08:23] notifying you of an emergency.
[1:08:24] That message sent from our
[1:08:27] office the office of emergency
[1:08:28] services.
[1:08:28] It's going to be very targeted
[1:08:30] to your area and it'll be
[1:08:31] specific to you that five
[1:08:31] thirteen the phone rang with
[1:08:35] the code red call and so as I
[1:08:38] was going up forty nine I could
[1:08:39] look over to the left and see
[1:08:42] the flames in the canyon.
[1:08:43] The next layer is for staff to
[1:08:46] actually be out driving in
[1:08:50] the areas with a high low siren
[1:08:50] .
[1:08:54] >> there's no other reason
[1:08:55] you'll hear that in an area
[1:08:56] unless we're putting out that
[1:08:58] evacuation order not a warning
[1:08:59] but an order.
[1:09:02] My day started a routine patrol
[1:09:03] came in and I was notified by
[1:09:06] dispatch to respond out to
[1:09:06] the jones fire houses that had
[1:09:10] evacuation tags made it so we
[1:09:10] could just pass by.
[1:09:11] We knew that the residents had
[1:09:14] already been evacuated
[1:09:15] residences that did not have
[1:09:18] the tags we would have to
[1:09:18] physically go in and knock on
[1:09:21] the door, look in the windows,
[1:09:22] make sure there were no
[1:09:23] occupants inside once you've
[1:09:25] been evacuated as you're
[1:09:29] leaving, put this tag somewhere
[1:09:30] very clearly identifiable
[1:09:32] whether it's a mailbox, a gate
[1:09:33] ,your address marker so that
[1:09:36] deputies and officers can
[1:09:37] quickly identify if your
[1:09:38] residence has already been
[1:10:01] evacuated.
[1:10:02] You look at my back window here
[1:10:05] on the east side and you see
[1:10:08] how close this fire came.
[1:10:13] It was certainly a shock and at
[1:10:13] the same time it was such an
[1:10:16] incredible relief to have
[1:10:17] the house as safe as it was.
[1:10:21] I and I think with personal
[1:10:21] preparedness and being ready it
[1:10:24] can feel overwhelming.
[1:10:25] It can feel like a lot to do
[1:10:28] and the most important pieces
[1:10:29] just start with one little bite
[1:10:29] at a time.
[1:10:33] Just start the conversation,
[1:10:33] have some sort of plan.
[1:10:35] It can be as small as a meet up
[1:10:36] place, you know, a destination
[1:10:37] that everybody will get to.
[1:10:38] Everybody in the household will
[1:10:40] get to if there's a disaster.
[1:10:41] Recognize you live in a
[1:10:44] community in a county that
[1:10:44] really does take the emergency
[1:10:48] response as a priority.
[1:10:48] We have worked diligently
[1:10:51] throughout the last few years
[1:10:52] on ensuring that not only our
[1:10:55] staff are trained and prepared
[1:10:56] but we're also putting that
[1:10:57] that out for our community.
[1:11:00] The more prepared you are in
[1:11:00] your own community, the better
[1:11:04] the outcome is going to be
[1:11:04] the level of community
[1:11:07] awareness they have to be part
[1:11:07] of the solution.
[1:11:08] They have to communicate with
[1:11:11] their neighbors.
[1:11:11] They have to be part of
[1:11:12] the discussion in communities
[1:11:15] they have to support
[1:11:15] the response, the prevention,
[1:11:19] the education and ultimately
[1:11:19] the collaboration and
[1:11:23] the engagement.
[1:11:23] People have to be engaged at
[1:11:24] all levels.
[1:11:27] the more you think about now
[1:11:27] the easier it will be when
[1:11:31] the time comes that you need to
[1:11:31] evacuate.
[1:11:35] We've created this network and
[1:11:35] we want you to make sure that
[1:11:36] you know that you can tap into
[1:11:39] that so if you are feeling a
[1:11:40] little bit overwhelmed, not
[1:11:40] sure where to start.
[1:11:43] Reach out to one o our offices
[1:11:44] ,reach out to the fire safe
[1:11:46] council or two on one.
[1:13:00] We're here to support you
[1:13:00] from
[1:13:01] the foothills of the sierra
[1:13:07] nevada.
[1:13:21] A new era will merge what is
[1:13:36] ready one who make sure their
[1:13:50] friends and family are set and
[1:13:51] has the power to go at a
[1:14:09] moment's notice this fire
[1:14:13] season.
[1:14:16] You are the hero.
[1:14:17] We are ready.
[1:14:32] Nevada county, nevada county
[1:14:32] has a new tool to make
[1:14:35] evacuation safer and more
[1:14:36] efficient in the event of an
[1:14:37] emergency.
[1:14:40] This new tool is called zone
[1:14:40] haven and we need you to know
[1:14:44] your zone in order to know your
[1:14:44] zone you need to go to
[1:14:47] community stonehaven dotcom
[1:14:50] type in your address once your
[1:14:51] address populates and the popup
[1:14:54] window take that information
[1:14:55] and write down the zone that is
[1:14:57] given to you where you know
[1:14:58] you'll find it in case of
[1:15:02] emergency zone haven and
[1:15:02] knowing your zone does not
[1:15:06] replace naxal and or code red
[1:15:06] it actually supplements them
[1:15:10] and it makes those tools more
[1:15:10] powerful because you will know
[1:15:13] what zones are being evacuated
[1:15:14] or which ones are being placed
[1:15:17] on advisory and as a result you
[1:15:18] don't have to do anything else
[1:15:19] other than listen to those
[1:15:19] messages and know if it's time
[1:15:26] to go even if you don't have
[1:15:26] internet this could be done by
[1:15:30] word of mouth, it can be done
[1:15:31] by radio or it could be us
[1:15:31] driving down the street.
[1:15:36] So please know your zone from
[1:15:40] truckee to lake of the pines
[1:15:41] from chicago park to pennsville
[1:15:45] every single square mile of
[1:15:48] nevada county has a zone and
[1:15:49] having a zone that you know for
[1:15:52] your neighborhood is going to
[1:15:52] help you save time to be able
[1:15:55] to evacuate and keep you and
[1:16:09] your family safe.
[1:16:10] Fretting about a county is an
[1:16:13] education campaign designed to
[1:16:14] help the public have successful
[1:16:15] outcomes during emergency
[1:16:18] events we really focus on a
[1:16:18] whole host of disasters or
[1:16:22] emergency events.
[1:16:22] We want to have a broad
[1:16:23] spectrum.
[1:16:23] We want to be prepared for
[1:16:26] anything but really we focus a
[1:16:26] lot on wildfire because we know
[1:16:28] that's one of the most likely
[1:16:29] events to happen in nevada
[1:16:29] county.
[1:16:33] >> ready, set, go is really
[1:16:33] built around the wildfire
[1:16:36] premise to prepare residents to
[1:16:37] be ready before an event to
[1:16:41] move into a set posture when
[1:16:42] there's a red flag or fires
[1:16:44] near you and then you go when
[1:16:45] it's time to go essentially in
[1:16:48] its simplest form it's a three
[1:16:49] tiered community emergency
[1:16:58] preparedness plan I have lived
[1:17:02] in this house which we built my
[1:17:03] husband and I twenty six years
[1:17:06] ago now actually we selected
[1:17:10] the hardy plug the concrete
[1:17:10] siding and also the metal roof
[1:17:11] .
[1:17:14] then we moved up here and heard
[1:17:15] about the forty nine year fire
[1:17:15] .
[1:17:18] That's when we started to say
[1:17:19] wow this really is even more
[1:17:22] important than we first
[1:17:22] realized for the forty nine
[1:17:26] year fire is one of the most
[1:17:26] historic fires in nevada
[1:17:27] county's history.
[1:17:30] They figured it'd change
[1:17:31] the laws of the state of
[1:17:31] california.
[1:17:32] That said, this is how you have
[1:17:51] to protect your home that came
[1:17:51] out of nevada county.
[1:17:52] Steve eubanks came from
[1:17:53] the fire safe council and
[1:17:54] the main thing we needed to pay
[1:17:54] attention to was the ladder
[1:17:55] fuels planting has been removed
[1:17:56] from the edges of the house so
[1:17:56] that it does not touch
[1:17:57] the house.
[1:17:57] It was an incredible service
[1:17:58] from the fire safe council to
[1:17:59] come out and spend a couple of
[1:17:59] hours going through this
[1:18:00] property.
[1:18:00] So the remedy phase is when
[1:18:01] there's no immediate threat to
[1:18:02] you and your family.
[1:18:04] This is the time when you
[1:18:04] should be doing education and
[1:18:08] planning whether that be
[1:18:08] training, educating yourself or
[1:18:12] accumulating equipment,
[1:18:12] hardening your home, creating
[1:18:15] defensible space, defensible
[1:18:15] space is really all about
[1:18:19] creating a buffer zone between
[1:18:19] your house and flammable
[1:18:20] vegetation.
[1:18:23] We really focus on defensible
[1:18:24] space around the home that
[1:18:27] first one hundred feet but also
[1:18:28] around the roadway to another
[1:18:31] aspect of the ready phase is
[1:18:32] hardening the home and really
[1:18:34] what that means is making your
[1:18:35] home more resilient to a
[1:18:35] wildfire that's going to be
[1:18:39] putting the fine grained mesh
[1:18:40] around the vents of your home
[1:18:43] so the embers won't get into
[1:18:43] under your house or into
[1:18:44] the eaves of your house that's
[1:18:47] going to be using noncom
[1:18:48] unstable materials on your deck
[1:18:48] and around your home.
[1:18:50] So when the storm comes through
[1:18:51] it's not going to ignite your
[1:19:05] home itself.
[1:19:09] I currently live here in grass
[1:19:13] valley with well good morning.
[1:19:14] We're going to call this
[1:19:14] meeting to order the nevada
[1:19:15] county board of supervisors
[1:19:17] JANUARY 10th.
[1:19:18] Twenty twenty three.
[1:19:21] Would you please stand with me
[1:19:22] and let's say the pledge steve
[1:19:24] rose, would you lead us leg of
[1:19:28] the united states of america
[1:19:29] and to the republic for which
[1:19:33] it stands one nation under GOD
[1:19:34] indivisible with liberty and
[1:19:40] justice for all?
[1:19:41] Thank you, julia.
[1:19:41] Are there any corrections or
[1:19:44] additions to the agenda?
[1:19:48] Yes, chair I did want to know
[1:19:51] that oh yes is in a late item
[1:19:52] to the agenda a declaration of
[1:19:55] a local emergency due to
[1:19:56] the effects of the 2022 23
[1:19:59] winter storms, the board will
[1:20:00] have to approve adding this
[1:20:03] item by a four fifths vote and
[1:20:04] then you'll move into hearing
[1:20:07] that item.
[1:20:08] Ok, great.
[1:20:09] And cair, I also wanted to
[1:20:11] note for the record that
[1:20:14] supervisor bullock is in
[1:20:15] attendance but he's attending
[1:20:18] telet_n remotely.
[1:20:22] Thank you.
[1:20:23] Ok, perfect.
[1:20:25] Are you there hurty?
[1:20:26] >> yes.
[1:20:26] Good morning.
[1:20:27] Sorry I'm not there in person.
[1:20:30] Ok great great to have you.
[1:20:30] >> and with that I'd like to
[1:20:31] welcome district three
[1:20:34] supervisor lisa swarthout.
[1:20:35] Nice to have you here on
[1:20:35] the dais with us.
[1:20:38] So welcome and before we move
[1:20:38] on to I'm going to call for a
[1:20:41] motion for that.
[1:20:42] I would like to take a moment
[1:20:43] though right now and have a
[1:20:46] moment of silence in memory of
[1:20:49] 22nd anniversary of the JANUARY
[1:20:50] 20th or 10th, 2001 tragic
[1:20:54] incident at the area health
[1:20:54] department at our hsw building
[1:20:57] in the lyons restaurant in
[1:20:58] memory of laura wilcox, michael
[1:21:01] marcal and pearlie feldman.
[1:21:12] So if we all just take a moment
[1:21:13] .
[1:21:13] >> thank you so much.
[1:21:16] Ok with that I'm going to come
[1:21:16] to my board and I would
[1:21:17] entertain a motion to accept
[1:21:20] this item to the agenda so
[1:21:23] moved sergant then moved and
[1:21:24] seconded.
[1:21:25] Julie, would you call the role
[1:21:25] ?
[1:21:28] Yes, thank a chair district
[1:21:28] three.
[1:21:28] District one yes.
[1:21:31] District five yes.
[1:21:32] District two yes.
[1:21:35] And district four.
[1:21:36] District four yes.
[1:21:37] Ok with that I'm going to
[1:21:39] invite craig griesbach,
[1:21:40] director of emergency services
[1:21:41] up and craig, I'll let you take
[1:21:46] this well just for stepping in
[1:21:53] a little bit late second here a
[1:21:54] good morning.
[1:21:54] >> sure.
[1:21:57] Hope hook's still members of
[1:21:58] the board grigoris project
[1:22:01] director of emergency services
[1:22:01] for nevada county.
[1:22:02] The recent winter storms
[1:22:05] starting at the end of DECEMBER
[1:22:06] and continuing into this week
[1:22:09] brought several atmospheric
[1:22:09] river events, high winds and
[1:22:13] significant snowfall.
[1:22:16] Higher elevations a substantial
[1:22:16] amount of precipitation.
[1:22:17] High winds have created a
[1:22:19] threat of mud and debris flow
[1:22:20] across county roads, drainage
[1:22:23] ditches and burn scar areas.
[1:22:24] We have received some damage to
[1:22:25] some kind of roads due to
[1:22:28] fallen trees, debris flows and
[1:22:28] color failures.
[1:22:29] Our county road crews have been
[1:22:32] doing an excellent job
[1:22:32] responding to these issues and
[1:22:33] implementing preventative
[1:22:35] measures.
[1:22:35] We've also experienced several
[1:22:39] power outages due to trees
[1:22:39] across power lines and
[1:22:43] associated storm damage.
[1:22:43] We have been partnering closely
[1:22:44] with pg&e representatives and
[1:22:47] their crews have expeditiously
[1:22:48] been preparing systems as
[1:22:50] needed.
[1:22:51] We've been working very closely
[1:22:52] with our partners including our
[1:22:53] first responders calloway's
[1:22:54] national weather service water
[1:22:58] agencies, schools and cities
[1:23:01] and town partners.
[1:23:02] These storms have also impacted
[1:23:03] fuel delivery services for
[1:23:05] propane similar to last year's
[1:23:09] winter storms as these services
[1:23:09] are through private businesses
[1:23:13] ,we're encouraging residents
[1:23:13] to both to search both in and
[1:23:14] out of county for propane
[1:23:17] delivery services during this
[1:23:17] time if they're experiencing
[1:23:20] delays to their normal service
[1:23:21] ,we continue to encourage our
[1:23:25] residents to be prepared prior
[1:23:25] to additional storm events by
[1:23:28] ensuring they have secondary
[1:23:29] source of heat vehicles, hatful
[1:23:32] things, a glass.
[1:23:32] They have fuel for generators
[1:23:36] making sure they have enough
[1:23:36] groceries for 72 hours charging
[1:23:39] all devices including medical
[1:23:39] devices called two and one for
[1:23:43] non emergencies avoid flooded
[1:23:43] roads or roads with trees
[1:23:44] across them or power lines
[1:23:47] across and securing household
[1:23:48] items that might blow away in
[1:23:51] high winds as we've experienced
[1:23:51] quite a bit in these storm
[1:23:52] events, there are also
[1:23:55] resources for free sandbags to
[1:23:56] mitigate flooded flooding for
[1:23:59] residents properties therefore
[1:23:59] sites available throughout
[1:24:00] the county and information is
[1:24:03] available online ready in about
[1:24:04] a county morgue or by calling
[1:24:06] two on one sandbags are first
[1:24:11] come first serve services.
[1:24:11] Citizens can also report downed
[1:24:12] trees or flooding on county
[1:24:15] maintain roads by reporting
[1:24:16] them online with nevada county
[1:24:19] service tool service request or
[1:24:19] by calling five three zero two
[1:24:23] six five one four one one do
[1:24:23] these storm events.
[1:24:24] >> I signed a local emergency
[1:24:27] proclamation yesterday
[1:24:27] proclaiming the existence of a
[1:24:28] local emergency due to
[1:24:31] the twenty twenty two twenty
[1:24:31] three winter storms.
[1:24:32] The governor declared a state
[1:24:35] of emergency these storm events
[1:24:35] on JANUARY 4th and
[1:24:38] the PRESIDENT Declared a
[1:24:38] federal emergency due to
[1:24:42] the storm events on JANUARY 8th
[1:24:42] .
[1:24:43] It's also important to note
[1:24:43] that washington water district
[1:24:46] and the city of nevada city
[1:24:46] both proclaimed local emergency
[1:24:47] emergencies an additional 18
[1:24:50] california counties and several
[1:24:51] cities have also proclaimed
[1:24:54] proclaimed local emergencies.
[1:24:54] These winter storm events
[1:24:55] throughout the state ratifying
[1:24:58] the local emergency
[1:24:58] proclamation allows us to be
[1:24:59] more effective responding to
[1:25:02] winter storm impacts so we can
[1:25:03] utilize mutual aid is needed to
[1:25:06] obtain state and federal
[1:25:06] funding as it MAY become
[1:25:07] available and ensure that we
[1:25:10] have tools at our disposal at
[1:25:10] our disposal to ensure we can
[1:25:14] endure through these events.
[1:25:15] Storms are continuing through
[1:25:18] this week our team are
[1:25:18] continuing to monitor and
[1:25:19] respond while working with
[1:25:22] community partners as needs
[1:25:23] rise staff's recommendation is
[1:25:23] to adopt the attached
[1:25:25] resolution ratifying
[1:25:26] the proclamation of a local
[1:25:29] emergency in nevada county to
[1:25:30] the 2022 23 winter storms.
[1:25:33] That concludes my presentation
[1:25:34] will be happy to answer any
[1:25:34] questions you MAY have.
[1:25:40] Thank you words heidi question
[1:25:44] is a question ed hardy for me
[1:25:44] ok.
[1:25:47] >> I think that I mean I think
[1:25:48] we've all been seen and
[1:25:49] experienced what's going on.
[1:25:49] I just want to give a shout out
[1:25:51] to the crews that are out there
[1:25:52] working in the midst of all
[1:25:52] this.
[1:25:55] It's it's been fairly crazy out
[1:25:56] there so that I need to open
[1:25:58] this up to public comment.
[1:26:02] >> is there any public comment
[1:26:03] on this item on this just on
[1:26:06] this item about declaring an
[1:26:10] emergency for our our weather
[1:26:11] situation?
[1:26:14] Is there anybody online?
[1:26:15] There's no callers chair ok
[1:26:18] with that I'm going to close
[1:26:18] public comment and go back to
[1:26:21] and I would call for a motion
[1:26:22] to adopt this resolution so
[1:26:26] moved I been moved and seconded
[1:26:26] .
[1:26:29] Julie, could you call the roll
[1:26:30] as district three?
[1:26:30] District one, yes.
[1:26:33] District five yes.
[1:26:34] District two yes.
[1:26:34] And district four.
[1:26:37] District four, yes.
[1:26:38] Thank you craig for bringing
[1:26:39] that and getting that all taken
[1:26:39] care of.
[1:26:43] >> thank you very much.
[1:26:47] Ok, well with that we're going
[1:26:48] to move on to our first board
[1:26:52] item and this is going to be
[1:26:54] the selection of the chair
[1:26:58] the vice chair for 2023.
[1:26:59] So first I would entertain a
[1:27:03] motion to appoint the chair for
[1:27:03] twenty twenty three.
[1:27:07] So move to I need to name
[1:27:07] the person.
[1:27:08] Yes I'd like to move that ed
[1:27:11] schofield be appointed as chair
[1:27:11] for twenty twenty three eyes
[1:27:16] second second multiple seconds
[1:27:22] there you go so with that we'll
[1:27:24] do a roll call vote julie yes
[1:27:28] district three yes district one
[1:27:29] yes district five yes.
[1:27:33] District two yes and district
[1:27:33] four.
[1:27:36] >> district four yes.
[1:27:41] >> so with that do you do
[1:27:41] the nomination.
[1:27:42] I think I'm just going to do
[1:27:44] the I'll call for nominations
[1:27:44] for vice chair for twenty
[1:27:47] twenty three.
[1:27:48] I don't like to nominate
[1:27:51] supervisor bullock I'll second
[1:28:12] move to seconded for a
[1:28:13] supervisor bullock to be vice
[1:28:14] chair for twenty twenty three.
[1:28:14] Julie could you call the role
[1:28:15] district three.
[1:28:15] Yes district on yes.
[1:28:16] District five yes.
[1:28:16] >> district two yes and
[1:28:17] district four.
[1:28:17] >> district four yes.
[1:28:18] Ok with that there we go.
[1:28:19] So with that we're going to
[1:28:20] just take a minute and do some
[1:28:20] changing of the seats and ed
[1:28:21] will be taking over as
[1:28:22] the chair of the board.
[1:28:38] Yeah I think I just moved down
[1:29:42] here sorry heidi
[1:29:42] .
[1:29:42] All right.
[1:29:46] We will call this meeting back
[1:29:49] to order and I would like to
[1:29:53] thank my colleagues for
[1:29:53] allowing me the honor of being
[1:29:54] the chair for twenty twenty
[1:29:57] three and wih that we want to
[1:30:01] recognize the CHAIRMAN Twenty
[1:30:04] twenty two chairperson and
[1:30:05] the excellent job that she did
[1:30:08] and I think these are
[1:30:12] the things that we all cherish
[1:30:12] am I right.
[1:30:20] So to I don't know what to say
[1:30:23] it's been a it's been a good
[1:30:24] year and I think you've handled
[1:30:28] it exceptionally well and I
[1:30:29] think take going out of this
[1:30:31] year and coming into the new
[1:30:32] one it is the year of the heart
[1:30:35] and that is that is your call.
[1:30:54] So if I MAY congratulate you.
[1:30:55] >> yeah, sure.
[1:30:58] Are there any comments from
[1:30:58] the border?
[1:30:59] >> yeah.
[1:31:02] I want to thank sue also and
[1:31:03] just I mean I am in awe of
[1:31:06] the great job you did.
[1:31:09] It was clear from the beginning
[1:31:10] that you were going to bring
[1:31:13] your own wonderful style and
[1:31:14] you just grew into the role so
[1:31:17] amazingly you are been
[1:31:18] the model of tolerance and
[1:31:21] compassion and kindness.
[1:31:25] So you did a phenomenal job.
[1:31:26] I tink we're all going to take
[1:31:29] some lessons from how you did
[1:31:33] that and just so inclusive and
[1:31:33] capable and kind.
[1:31:34] And I just want to thank you so
[1:31:36] much for bringing that whole
[1:31:41] approach to our work here.
[1:31:42] >> thank you.
[1:31:42] You were fantastic.
[1:31:44] Thank you very well.
[1:31:48] >> thank you.
[1:31:49] Our congratulations to
[1:31:52] schofield and again welcome.
[1:31:53] We look forward to working with
[1:31:54] you up on the dais and
[1:31:56] congratulations for being a
[1:31:57] part of the board of
[1:31:57] supervisors.
[1:32:00] But sue, I just want to thank
[1:32:01] you for your your authentic and
[1:32:04] genuine leadership style over
[1:32:05] the last year I've learned so
[1:32:06] much from you and you and I
[1:32:08] share so many things that we're
[1:32:09] passionate about in nevada
[1:32:12] county in our history.
[1:32:13] Our families go back a long way
[1:32:16] and I just it is such a
[1:32:17] pleasure to work with you and
[1:32:18] get to share all that you know
[1:32:19] ,the other pieces that you
[1:32:20] brought a level of common
[1:32:24] understanding and transparent.
[1:32:25] You consistently focus to all
[1:32:25] of our meetings that I really
[1:32:29] respect that could be difficult
[1:32:29] during some of the periods over
[1:32:30] the last year.
[1:32:32] But I look to you for a lot of
[1:32:33] that leadership and I really
[1:32:35] have learned a lot from it.
[1:32:36] So I look forward to serving
[1:32:37] with yo in the next the next
[1:32:39] couple of years at least.
[1:32:40] And again, thank you so much
[1:32:41] for your time and your
[1:32:43] contribution.
[1:32:44] I saw you in early and leaving
[1:32:45] late and I saw you in all kinds
[1:32:47] of functions all over
[1:32:48] the county on east county and
[1:32:49] west county both.
[1:32:50] >> so thank you so much.
[1:32:54] Thanks very lisa.
[1:32:55] I know you've attended a number
[1:32:56] of our meetings this past year
[1:32:56] .
[1:32:59] Well, thank you.
[1:32:59] Although I didn't get
[1:33:00] the opportunity to sit up here
[1:33:03] with you as the chair.
[1:33:04] I was in attendance for many of
[1:33:04] the meetings and I was just
[1:33:06] very impressed with how you ran
[1:33:06] the meetings, your compassion,
[1:33:10] your level of patience that you
[1:33:11] have with people and just
[1:33:13] you're all around
[1:33:14] professionalism.
[1:33:14] So I really look forward to
[1:33:17] working with you in the next
[1:33:18] year and thanks for your
[1:33:21] service.
[1:33:22] >> thanks, lisa.
[1:33:25] Anyone on staff?
[1:33:25] >> absolutely.
[1:33:25] Thank you.
[1:33:29] Chair supervisor hug on behalf
[1:33:29] of the senior executives, we
[1:33:33] just want to thank you for your
[1:33:33] leadership this past year.
[1:33:37] You're measured approach have
[1:33:37] served the community well and
[1:33:38] you always looked out for
[1:33:41] the benefit the interest of
[1:33:41] the entire county.
[1:33:44] What most people do not see are
[1:33:45] the long days that you have
[1:33:46] leaving late the late night
[1:33:48] texts.
[1:33:49] The chair is often the first
[1:33:50] person to know in terms of
[1:33:52] incidents or issues that
[1:33:53] elevate in the community on
[1:33:56] weekend calls and you always
[1:33:57] made yourself available to help
[1:33:58] us navigate through those
[1:33:58] issues.
[1:34:00] So I just want to share our
[1:34:00] appreciation to you and thank
[1:34:01] you again for your leadership.
[1:34:03] >> thanks.
[1:34:04] >> thank you, alison.
[1:34:05] Is there anybody from
[1:34:08] the public who would like to
[1:34:09] comment on sue's reign as
[1:34:13] the 2022 chair?
[1:34:17] MR. French, thank you very
[1:34:22] french and I attended a lot of
[1:34:25] meetings and I was amazed at
[1:34:29] how sue handled the problem
[1:34:33] that came up and finger
[1:34:34] pointing and the and all
[1:34:38] the things that would
[1:34:41] antagonize another person to
[1:34:42] death.
[1:34:45] So she handled it so well and I
[1:34:45] really appreciate what she did
[1:34:49] and hopefully in representing
[1:34:52] the public in some manner.
[1:34:53] I thank you so much.
[1:34:55] So I look forward to working
[1:34:59] with you.
[1:34:59] Thank you for the kind words.
[1:35:03] Thank you lee diane good
[1:35:03] morning.
[1:35:07] My name diana gamson and I live
[1:35:11] in district one and I just want
[1:35:11] to thank you sue for your
[1:35:12] leadership.
[1:35:15] The past year you led with
[1:35:15] transparency, authenticity,
[1:35:18] honesty and the meetings were
[1:35:22] always held with such grace
[1:35:22] even during challenging moments
[1:35:23] and they're always very prompt
[1:35:23] .
[1:35:26] I always appreciated that.
[1:35:26] So thank you so much.
[1:35:27] And as an engaged community
[1:35:30] stakeholder you have always
[1:35:31] been available when there's
[1:35:34] been questions and so just
[1:35:34] really appreciate you.
[1:35:35] Thank you and look forward to
[1:35:38] your reign as chair supervisor
[1:35:41] schofield you know your I've
[1:35:42] always appreciated the way you
[1:35:42] lead with integrity so thank
[1:35:45] you so much.
[1:35:49] Thank you diana.
[1:35:49] All right.
[1:35:50] I guess we'll get down to
[1:35:53] business to chair schofield I'm
[1:35:54] sorry to interrupt.
[1:35:57] We do have one caller waiting
[1:35:57] to provide comment.
[1:35:58] Oh very good.
[1:35:58] I'm sorry that that's thank you
[1:35:59] .
[1:36:00] Can we bring the caller in
[1:36:01] please?
[1:36:04] >> yes.
[1:36:04] >> good morning.
[1:36:08] My name is wade.
[1:36:09] Laughter I live in district one
[1:36:09] .
[1:36:12] I wanted to thanks to hook or
[1:36:16] glide in our county to a very
[1:36:17] difficult year and I look
[1:36:20] forward to supervisor schofield
[1:36:23] taking on the chairmanship
[1:36:23] because both of you and
[1:36:27] the entire board seem to
[1:36:27] represent very clearly
[1:36:28] the needs and the desires of
[1:36:31] this community.
[1:36:32] And I thank you for your
[1:36:35] service to our community.
[1:36:35] That's all I have.
[1:36:36] Thank you.
[1:36:43] Thank you, wade.
[1:36:43] All right.
[1:36:49] So was ready to sue owusu.
[1:36:54] Do you want to say something?
[1:36:55] I know you guys have been
[1:36:55] listening to me for a whole
[1:36:57] year so no, seriously, it's
[1:36:58] been an honor and a privilege.
[1:36:59] You know, we represent you as a
[1:37:01] community and you are
[1:37:02] the people that we we work for
[1:37:05] and it's been a pleasure.
[1:37:06] It's it's been challenging and
[1:37:07] I've learned a lot and i
[1:37:09] learned a lot from all of you.
[1:37:10] You know, I get to watch your
[1:37:11] style in the situations you
[1:37:13] went through and I appreciate
[1:37:14] that.
[1:37:14] I think that's why we are a
[1:37:17] good team when we we look at
[1:37:18] things that happen here in
[1:37:18] the community and I really I'm
[1:37:21] going to focus this year on
[1:37:21] the heart.
[1:37:22] I believe that we have
[1:37:24] the ability to really heal and
[1:37:25] have bigger hearts for each
[1:37:25] other and get some more work
[1:37:28] done.
[1:37:29] We we see that even when we can
[1:37:32] apply for these emergency
[1:37:33] situations because we know
[1:37:33] that's what we need in our
[1:37:35] community right now.
[1:37:36] Right.
[1:37:37] And that's what we do and
[1:37:37] that's where we put our foot
[1:37:40] forward first all of us so
[1:37:40] appreciate you look forward to
[1:37:41] your leadership.
[1:37:43] Ed and let's get on with
[1:37:44] business.
[1:37:47] Thank you.
[1:37:48] Thank you again.
[1:37:50] So great you're all right.
[1:37:51] So our next item on the agenda
[1:37:55] is our general public comment.
[1:37:58] Members of the public will be
[1:37:59] allowed to address the board of
[1:38:00] supervisors and items not
[1:38:03] appearing on the agenda that
[1:38:03] are of interest to the public
[1:38:06] and are within a subject matter
[1:38:09] jurisdiction of the board.
[1:38:14] >> ok, maybe we'll add to that
[1:38:14] at some point but at this point
[1:38:34] I'll call for public comment.
[1:38:35] Come on up and if you could
[1:38:36] give your name and district if
[1:38:37] you would you don't have to but
[1:38:37] I would appreciate knowing your
[1:38:38] name.
[1:38:38] Members of the board congrats
[1:38:39] elations MR. Chair and to
[1:38:40] the new members of the board,
[1:38:40] my name is suzanne smith.
[1:38:41] I'm district three.
[1:38:44] I'm just a little background on
[1:38:47] me from 2011 to 2015 I served
[1:38:48] in nevada county planning
[1:38:52] commissioner from 2000 to 2000
[1:38:53] seven.
[1:38:53] I was a county senior planner
[1:38:57] from nineteen eighty eight to
[1:38:57] 2000 I was a resource planner
[1:39:00] for the county of santa cruz
[1:39:01] during which time I implemented
[1:39:02] the surface mining and
[1:39:05] reclamation act which means
[1:39:07] that I know some things about
[1:39:08] what's above ground.
[1:39:11] I don't know what underground
[1:39:12] mining requirements are but I
[1:39:16] processed irs reclamation plans
[1:39:20] and financial assurances for
[1:39:20] the quarries that were in
[1:39:27] santacruz the pieces of paper I
[1:39:28] have requested be handed out to
[1:39:36] you are the pieces of paper
[1:39:38] that are used when people go
[1:39:39] out into the field to do water
[1:39:42] quality testing and you will
[1:39:43] notice that all of them are out
[1:39:46] of what's called hole time
[1:39:47] which means that the analysis
[1:39:50] and there's several cover
[1:39:54] yourself letters in here from
[1:39:54] staff people saying uh received
[1:39:58] out of time, logged in
[1:40:01] regardless and will be run for
[1:40:02] analysis required all
[1:40:06] the county required of our
[1:40:06] consultant was that they take
[1:40:10] what was submitted by rice gold
[1:40:14] and analyze it and nobody has
[1:40:14] ever looked at the fact that
[1:40:18] none of these numbers are worth
[1:40:18] anything because they're all
[1:40:21] out of whole time.
[1:40:21] So we don't know there could be
[1:40:25] a magento drain there right now
[1:40:29] and we don't know I don't know
[1:40:29] how much else is within
[1:40:33] the application package that is
[1:40:33] similar to this.
[1:40:37] But I did notice this.
[1:40:38] I went to circle circle said oh
[1:40:41] my GOD, out of whole time it's
[1:40:44] a big thing we don't have any
[1:40:45] information on the water
[1:40:46] quality that they sampled.
[1:40:48] >> we don't have a thing and
[1:40:52] what we are being asked to do
[1:40:56] with this final year is trust
[1:41:00] me and this is from robert
[1:41:00] zoellick door from a union
[1:41:03] JANUARY 3rd, 2003.
[1:41:07] This is from a person
[1:41:08] the applicant for this project
[1:41:11] facing sixteen offenses under
[1:41:15] the british columbia water act
[1:41:19] is now up there on trial nine
[1:41:19] under the fisheries act in
[1:41:23] canada and for for the british
[1:41:27] columbia water act we have
[1:41:28] questions about why we would
[1:41:31] want to trust this person,
[1:41:32] their application and why there
[1:41:35] wasn't any peery view, why
[1:41:36] nobody send anybody out to take
[1:41:39] a look at the water quality.
[1:41:43] Nobody did anything except
[1:41:44] analyze what they submitted.
[1:41:46] >> so I thank you very much.
[1:41:47] Thank you, suzanne.
[1:41:50] And any paperwork you MAY have
[1:41:51] you can give to the clerk to
[1:41:52] you all have a copy of it.
[1:41:54] >> ok, yellow is slightly gray
[1:41:55] when I copied it it's hard to
[1:41:58] see.
[1:41:58] Very good.
[1:41:59] Thank you, suzanne.
[1:42:01] Good morning.
[1:42:05] My name is ralph silberstein
[1:42:09] from seet foundation.
[1:42:10] >> the final etr for rice goes
[1:42:13] idahoan maryland mine is
[1:42:14] inadequate because it fails to
[1:42:17] address the potential
[1:42:17] significant impact of mine
[1:42:21] waste disposal.
[1:42:22] The mine project plans to
[1:42:24] export 1000 tonnes of tailings
[1:42:25] and waste rock per day.
[1:42:25] This mine waste wll be dumped
[1:42:28] into two engineered filled
[1:42:29] piles over the course of
[1:42:32] the first eleven years.
[1:42:33] After that the mine waste will
[1:42:33] be disposed of through offsite
[1:42:36] sales.
[1:42:37] There are sgnificant issues
[1:42:37] with the disposal of mine waste
[1:42:40] due to the potential to pollute
[1:42:41] groundwater and surface waters
[1:42:44] by leaching hazardous chemicals
[1:42:44] .
[1:42:45] This falls under
[1:42:45] the jurisdiction of
[1:42:48] the regional water quality
[1:42:48] control board.
[1:42:49] The water board classifies mine
[1:42:52] waste as groups a, b or c only
[1:42:55] group c which has relatively
[1:42:56] low levels of contaminants is
[1:42:59] clean enough to be used for off
[1:43:00] site sales groups saying b
[1:43:03] require more stringent controls
[1:43:03] .
[1:43:04] The water board requires mine
[1:43:04] waste testing to determine
[1:43:07] class defecation in response to
[1:43:11] the draft are the water board
[1:43:12] stated quote the applicant
[1:43:15] shall not sell or utilize waste
[1:43:16] rock and tailings from
[1:43:16] the project for a construction
[1:43:19] aggregate or field purposes off
[1:43:20] site and thus such material has
[1:43:22] been tested and confirmed to
[1:43:27] qualify as group c mining waste
[1:43:28] in the e r the water board and
[1:43:31] numerous other parties
[1:43:32] identified that there was
[1:43:32] insufficient testing to
[1:43:34] determine whether the mine
[1:43:35] waste would be group c suitable
[1:43:38] for offsite sales for the water
[1:43:39] board comments quote
[1:43:42] the alternatives narrow that
[1:43:43] the mining waste is not
[1:43:46] suitable for off site use
[1:43:47] should be examined unquote.
[1:43:47] The water board goes on to
[1:43:50] state that rice should assess
[1:43:51] any constraints o challenges
[1:43:54] associated with waste disposal
[1:43:55] in case they can't do offsite
[1:43:57] sales for construction
[1:43:58] aggregate.
[1:43:58] They conclude with quote
[1:44:01] the draft year should be
[1:44:02] revised to address this comment
[1:44:05] unquote.
[1:44:06] Rice gold acquired a collection
[1:44:09] of drill cores and samples from
[1:44:10] gold mine when they purchased
[1:44:10] the mine.
[1:44:13] In addition they did over sixty
[1:44:14] seven thousand linear feet of
[1:44:16] exploratory drilling.
[1:44:17] Yet from all these samples they
[1:44:20] chose to test only 11 feet.
[1:44:21] The characters will be over
[1:44:22] twenty five million tonnes of
[1:44:24] waste rock that will be
[1:44:25] produced over the life of
[1:44:28] the mine disposal of mine.
[1:44:29] Waste is a critical element of
[1:44:30] the project with the potential
[1:44:32] for causing significant long
[1:44:33] term impacts.
[1:44:34] Yet no further testing was
[1:44:37] produced for the final item.
[1:44:40] This is inexplicable.
[1:44:41] Sequoyah requires that the irr
[1:44:43] quote give the public and
[1:44:44] decision makers the most
[1:44:45] accurate and understandable
[1:44:48] picture practically possible of
[1:44:48] the projects likely near-term
[1:44:52] and long term impacts unquote.
[1:44:56] This final year fails to do
[1:44:56] that.
[1:44:56] >> thank you very much.
[1:44:57] I'm going to give copies of
[1:44:59] this for your very good well
[1:45:02] thank you.
[1:45:07] Morning my name is john vaughan
[1:45:07] .
[1:45:08] I'm a fifty five year resident
[1:45:10] of nevada county.
[1:45:11] they live in district three.
[1:45:14] My comments are a continuation
[1:45:15] of ralph's comments.
[1:45:16] You are being asked to approve
[1:45:19] a project without knowing if
[1:45:22] any of the mine waste qualifies
[1:45:23] as group c currently there is
[1:45:27] no realistic plan for continued
[1:45:27] mine operations if you can't
[1:45:30] sell the mine waste.
[1:45:31] The final irr response uses
[1:45:34] speculative unproven
[1:45:35] assumptions that the mine rock
[1:45:38] quote would not be mine until
[1:45:39] mine waste characterization has
[1:45:42] been performed to ensure
[1:45:43] the rock will be suitable for
[1:45:46] off site sell rock types that
[1:45:46] are not suitable for off site
[1:45:50] sale would likely not be mined
[1:45:50] and if mined the waste rock
[1:45:53] would be placed underground and
[1:45:57] coal mine waste classified as
[1:45:58] group and b require specific
[1:46:01] management that must be
[1:46:01] determined by the water board
[1:46:04] and cannot automatically be
[1:46:05] placed underground backfilling
[1:46:10] with waste rock and tailings is
[1:46:10] the exact scenario that led to
[1:46:13] polluted groundwater discharges
[1:46:16] in so many mines in our area.
[1:46:17] This new element placement of
[1:46:20] group a or b mine waste
[1:46:21] underground was not included in
[1:46:25] the draft eia even disposal of
[1:46:29] mine waste on the project site
[1:46:29] for engineered fill requires
[1:46:32] testing and will have to meet
[1:46:33] waterboards approval ordering
[1:46:37] the final eia are the barren
[1:46:37] rock and sand tailings would
[1:46:41] undergo testing as part of
[1:46:41] obtaining water discharge
[1:46:42] requirements for use in
[1:46:45] the engineered fill pads and
[1:46:49] compliance with water quality
[1:46:49] objectives will need to be
[1:46:50] demonstrated to the water board
[1:46:53] prior to that placement
[1:46:53] the project description fails
[1:46:57] to provide an adequate means of
[1:46:58] interim storage for mine waste
[1:47:01] the viability of the entire
[1:47:01] project is dependent upon
[1:47:05] the safe disposal of mine waste
[1:47:05] under group c there were
[1:47:09] numerous core samples available
[1:47:09] that could have undergone
[1:47:10] static and long term dynamic
[1:47:13] testing.
[1:47:13] Yet subsequent to the release
[1:47:17] of the draft year no additional
[1:47:17] testing was done even if
[1:47:21] the mine waste is all class c,
[1:47:22] it's hard to believe there will
[1:47:25] be no need to stockpile any of
[1:47:25] it for shipping off site one
[1:47:29] thousand tons a day will be
[1:47:30] coming out of the shaft.
[1:47:33] That's fifty truckloads a day
[1:47:34] instruction aggregate is
[1:47:37] seasonal.
[1:47:37] Most construction shuts down in
[1:47:40] the winter neither the draft or
[1:47:41] final irr includes plans for
[1:47:44] storage.
[1:47:44] The final hour is inadequate
[1:47:48] because it fails to address
[1:47:49] the potentially sgnificant
[1:47:52] impact of mine waste disposal
[1:47:55] critical testing after project
[1:47:55] approval does not fulfill
[1:47:59] the secrecy requirement to give
[1:48:00] decision makers an accurate and
[1:48:03] understandable picture of
[1:48:04] the projects likely impacts.
[1:48:07] Thank you.
[1:48:07] >> thank you john.
[1:48:11] Again, if you have materials
[1:48:12] you can give it to our clerk
[1:48:18] and with very good paul.
[1:48:21] Good morning and happy new year
[1:48:25] to all of you and to the newest
[1:48:25] member of our board.
[1:48:26] Congratulations.
[1:48:27] And now I'm going to bring you
[1:48:29] up to speed about a subject
[1:48:30] that the board and I have been
[1:48:31] having over the past several
[1:48:33] months now.
[1:48:34] They should have briefed you on
[1:48:35] the request for information
[1:48:37] that the assembly mae back in
[1:48:38] NOVEMBER and their response to
[1:48:58] it.
[1:48:59] And I would like to thank
[1:48:59] the county for their response
[1:49:00] and some of it we are still
[1:49:00] reviewing.
[1:49:01] We did find some nice gems and
[1:49:02] most concerning were
[1:49:02] the questions that you couldn't
[1:49:03] find any responsive documents
[1:49:03] for.
[1:49:04] So it would be reasonable for
[1:49:05] you to expect additional
[1:49:05] letters to come your way as we
[1:49:06] probe deeper into those subject
[1:49:07] areas both answered and
[1:49:07] unanswered now for lisa's
[1:49:08] benefit, what we are talking
[1:49:09] about is NOVEMBER 8th, 1960
[1:49:09] proposition twelve.
[1:49:10] This is where the legislature
[1:49:12] put on the ballot prop twelve
[1:49:13] which asked the people of
[1:49:16] california to make changes to
[1:49:17] the constitution.
[1:49:17] The people voted and they
[1:49:19] approved of changes.
[1:49:20] Now one of those changes was to
[1:49:23] repeal the commencement date of
[1:49:24] the 1879 constitution.
[1:49:27] Now I ask what is a
[1:49:28] constitution?
[1:49:28] Well, a constitution is a
[1:49:31] contract between the party
[1:49:32] sovereign we the people and a
[1:49:35] group of people that make up
[1:49:36] the many branches of government
[1:49:39] who are to provide a service.
[1:49:40] But wait, wasn't the california
[1:49:43] constitution created back in
[1:49:44] 1849 when the state was
[1:49:44] admitted into the union of
[1:49:47] several states and that was
[1:49:48] found to be republican in
[1:49:51] nature and thus we were
[1:49:52] admitted into the union?
[1:49:55] so what happened in 1879?
[1:49:56] Well, there was a convention
[1:49:58] and some changes were made and
[1:49:59] our republican form of
[1:49:59] government was replaced with a
[1:50:03] federal overlay and just like
[1:50:04] that w went from being
[1:50:06] the california republic to
[1:50:07] the state of california, a
[1:50:11] government services corporation
[1:50:11] .
[1:50:12] Now this is where it gets fun
[1:50:15] because buried in all
[1:50:16] the statutes we find some
[1:50:18] curious entries about where
[1:50:19] the state of california is
[1:50:19] located.
[1:50:22] Please do your homework here.
[1:50:23] The answer might surprise you.
[1:50:26] Now back to the contract
[1:50:27] constitution.
[1:50:30] What happens to a contract to
[1:50:31] both parties agree to repeal
[1:50:31] the commencement date?
[1:50:35] Well, to start you wouldn't
[1:50:38] have a contract for to have a
[1:50:39] valid contract.
[1:50:39] There must be a starting date
[1:50:40] as to when that contract
[1:50:42] becomes effective.
[1:50:43] So what happens to a
[1:50:45] constitution when it's
[1:50:46] commencement state is repealed
[1:50:46] ?
[1:50:50] Well, the constitution becomes
[1:50:51] null and void and that is when
[1:50:53] the state of california became
[1:50:54] a de facto government, one that
[1:50:58] no longer has the authority to
[1:50:58] govern the people.
[1:51:02] So what happens next is a story
[1:51:02] not yet written but won't be
[1:51:06] before unfolding before our
[1:51:06] very eyes in the coming months
[1:51:06] .
[1:51:10] Now I wish you a good day and
[1:51:10] we will chat more about this
[1:51:14] and other relevant subjects at
[1:51:14] the next meeting.
[1:51:14] Thank you.
[1:51:24] thank you, paul galv*n first of
[1:51:25] I'd like to think it schofield
[1:51:28] for last week asking the board
[1:51:32] to pull the agenda item 31
[1:51:32] maybe it was two weeks three
[1:51:36] weeks ago now three weeks ago
[1:51:39] that agenda item show to
[1:51:43] discrepancy of over one point
[1:51:44] two point seven million dollars
[1:51:48] that all of a sudden was being
[1:51:49] spent at the end of the year
[1:51:54] back in balancing of the budget
[1:51:58] and I asked politely for and
[1:51:59] explanation where this money
[1:52:03] went and there was the analyst
[1:52:03] who stepped up and he did his
[1:52:07] best and then the ceo alison
[1:52:10] lehman asked for the cfo to
[1:52:11] step up and do his best and he
[1:52:14] deferred questions to
[1:52:18] the analyst as you remember and
[1:52:19] and I again said well, we
[1:52:22] wanted to know where this money
[1:52:26] is and I didn't get an answer.
[1:52:27] And alison, didyou prepare
[1:52:29] some form of documentation
[1:52:30] regarding that where that money
[1:52:33] went?
[1:52:34] You trust me, please come
[1:52:35] the millions of dollars worth
[1:52:37] the millions of dollars go.
[1:52:41] And so this this is a
[1:52:41] concerning thing in the county
[1:52:42] .
[1:52:45] So when we talk about
[1:52:45] transparency and we praise each
[1:52:49] other for transparency like
[1:52:53] they just did sahuc you are my
[1:52:53] district supervisor.
[1:52:57] You did not put this on
[1:52:57] the agenda.
[1:53:00] You did not asked for a board
[1:53:00] or a chair of that department
[1:53:04] of public health to come to
[1:53:04] the meeting just as you did not
[1:53:12] ask for the rise for company
[1:53:12] that you hired to track every
[1:53:16] cell phone in nevada county and
[1:53:16] or covid you never put anything
[1:53:20] on the agenda on behalf of
[1:53:20] district four constituents and
[1:53:24] here we go and say you are
[1:53:25] transparent and you are
[1:53:25] wonderful.
[1:53:27] That's fine.
[1:53:27] It's not about you personally.
[1:53:31] It's about the oath of office
[1:53:31] and your duty.
[1:53:32] For example, the JANUARY
[1:53:35] meetings that you had were then
[1:53:39] you did not publish the meeting
[1:53:39] online.
[1:53:39] And allison, you told me
[1:53:43] directly to my face that these
[1:53:44] were were not recorded and then
[1:53:47] I contacted nevada county media
[1:53:48] and tey said oh yes, we
[1:53:51] videotaped those.
[1:53:52] Why were they kept off of
[1:53:55] the website of nevada county of
[1:53:59] the county board of supervisors
[1:53:59] because there's a cover up in
[1:54:02] this county and I believe you
[1:54:03] guys and ed, thank you again
[1:54:06] for for pulling that off
[1:54:07] the agenda so that at least
[1:54:10] there was an opportunity for
[1:54:11] the public to find out where
[1:54:17] the money is going and I pray
[1:54:20] that this year will be less
[1:54:24] oppressive than than this last
[1:54:24] year.
[1:54:24] Thank you.
[1:54:28] Thank you, calvin bonner clerk
[1:54:29] is there anyone on the line?
[1:54:29] Yes.
[1:54:31] We do have a caller chair.
[1:54:39] Can we bring the caller in?
[1:54:43] >> good morning, board of
[1:54:44] supervisors matthew culter.
[1:54:46] >> good morning matthew.
[1:54:51] >> yes, good morning.
[1:54:52] Just want to say to susu sorry
[1:54:54] for cursing at you last year
[1:54:55] and lisa I hope I won't curse
[1:54:55] sit you down had a way of
[1:54:58] bringing that out in me so I
[1:55:02] did want to bring up a couple
[1:55:02] of things a little town to
[1:55:03] washington they're still under
[1:55:06] a boil water order because of
[1:55:07] their water system failure.
[1:55:10] I think that's something that
[1:55:11] really needs to be dealt with.
[1:55:13] It's been a couple of weeks now
[1:55:13] and on the other water topic
[1:55:17] raised gold dewatering I think
[1:55:18] they're going to do water this
[1:55:18] mine.
[1:55:18] Right?
[1:55:19] They're going to put it into
[1:55:21] southfork of wolf creek.
[1:55:22] Well, if anyone has looked at
[1:55:25] southfork wolf creek or look at
[1:55:26] the pictures on my
[1:55:29] conservancies and facebook page
[1:55:30] ,you can see it's at maximum.
[1:55:31] So during rain events is
[1:55:33] rascal's going to turn off
[1:55:34] their operation and not be
[1:55:35] water and it's going to fill up
[1:55:37] again.
[1:55:38] There isn't enough capacity for
[1:55:41] just the dewatering aspect of
[1:55:42] the mine operation, let alone
[1:55:43] the waste product.
[1:55:45] The trucks, all the other
[1:55:46] things that go along with it.
[1:55:50] The river lost capacity due to
[1:55:53] the sinkhole and colfax avenue
[1:55:53] on henderson street where
[1:55:54] handsome brothers just went in
[1:55:57] there with the multi month
[1:55:57] project and diminished
[1:56:00] the capacity of the pipe by
[1:56:01] selling the bottom of the pipe
[1:56:01] with about a foot deep of
[1:56:04] concrete for life from street
[1:56:08] to grass valley charter school
[1:56:08] .
[1:56:09] So these things haven't been
[1:56:11] taken into consideration in
[1:56:12] the area.
[1:56:12] They just said we're going to
[1:56:13] do water, we're going to put it
[1:56:15] down this drainage but no one
[1:56:16] even walks the drainage to see
[1:56:19] if it's even capable handling
[1:56:20] what they want to do with it
[1:56:23] because it isn't it's failing
[1:56:24] right now I have to report to
[1:56:27] caltrans that their little
[1:56:28] section there by grass valley
[1:56:28] charter school is failing
[1:56:30] the rock wall is undermined
[1:56:31] about three feet back in now
[1:56:36] because of lack of maintenance
[1:56:36] to that section that is there
[1:56:39] under their control right.
[1:56:40] Everybody goes restaurant.
[1:56:42] So those are some concerning
[1:56:43] things that they have needed to
[1:56:44] be dealt with for a long time
[1:56:47] even or even without rice gold
[1:56:47] just maintenance to our
[1:56:50] waterways and not just ignoring
[1:56:51] them and pretending that their
[1:56:52] sewer troughs that we can just
[1:56:54] send matt and waste product
[1:56:55] down because we live on top of
[1:56:58] a superfund site.
[1:56:59] So all this fines that are
[1:57:02] running down the creeks you can
[1:57:03] see the mercury pockets right
[1:57:06] now if you go out walk around
[1:57:07] because it's stripped off all
[1:57:07] of the topsoil, the recent
[1:57:10] rains so we really need to
[1:57:14] consider where we live or we do
[1:57:15] these projects like amirica.
[1:57:15] All that material is now
[1:57:18] involved breaking down into
[1:57:18] bear river and into
[1:57:19] the reservoirs that we need to
[1:57:21] make more reservoirs because
[1:57:22] they fill up with silt.
[1:57:26] I wonder why because of these
[1:57:29] inadequacies in our system that
[1:57:30] is up to our board of
[1:57:31] supervisors and our people that
[1:57:33] we elect most importantly
[1:57:37] the dui epidemic that's going
[1:57:42] on here in town.
[1:57:42] If you look at the police
[1:57:42] blotter, it is just every other
[1:57:42] arrest as a dui arrest.
[1:57:45] These people have no driver's
[1:57:46] licenses, no insurance, have
[1:57:49] repeat offenses, have warrants
[1:57:50] themselves.
[1:57:51] you could wrap it up you way
[1:57:53] appreciate it.
[1:57:54] >> yeah.
[1:57:55] Yeah that's the thing just I
[1:57:58] mean it be great somehow we
[1:57:58] could get a task force to do a
[1:58:02] dui problems in this town.
[1:58:02] >> thanks a lot.
[1:58:05] Thank you matthew.
[1:58:06] Is there any other public
[1:58:10] comment at this time?
[1:58:12] General public comment kirsanow
[1:58:13] clicked yes.
[1:58:14] We did receive three emails
[1:58:17] from paul schwartz of district
[1:58:17] one, kelly ogburn of district
[1:58:21] three and yashar baginski of
[1:58:21] district one.
[1:58:22] The board received him.
[1:58:26] They're all opposed to
[1:58:26] the idaho maryland mind.
[1:58:26] I can read him into the record
[1:58:28] if you like.
[1:58:29] I know that all the board has
[1:58:30] received him and they are
[1:58:32] uploaded with the agenda.
[1:58:33] I don't think that's necessary
[1:58:34] .
[1:58:36] Thank you but thank you.
[1:58:37] Thank you for noticing that.
[1:58:38] All right.
[1:58:41] We will close the public
[1:58:41] comment at this time and we
[1:58:45] will go into our consent agenda
[1:58:46] and I'd like to bring up one
[1:58:49] point as we go with hardy in a
[1:58:52] virtual situation.
[1:58:53] >> what I'm going to try to do
[1:58:56] if I remember this already is
[1:58:56] that each time when I asked for
[1:59:00] comments from the board I will
[1:59:00] ask to start with hardy so
[1:59:20] he'll know when to come on
[1:59:21] although I see you've come on
[1:59:22] quite nicely at this time and
[1:59:23] then from there will will shift
[1:59:23] different supervisor so that
[1:59:24] works for everybody will
[1:59:25] proceed into a consent calendar
[1:59:25] .
[1:59:26] these items are expected to be
[1:59:26] routine and non-controversial.
[1:59:27] Board of supervisors will act
[1:59:28] upon them at one time without
[1:59:28] discussion.
[1:59:29] Any board member MAY request an
[1:59:29] an item be removed from
[1:59:30] the consent calendar for
[1:59:30] discussion.
[1:59:31] Members of the public wishing
[1:59:32] to ask questions are here
[1:59:35] discussion on items listed
[1:59:35] under the consent agenda MAY
[1:59:38] raise their concerns to
[1:59:38] the board members prior to
[1:59:39] the consent agenda being
[1:59:42] introduced.
[1:59:42] The supervisors will take
[1:59:43] the concerns under
[1:59:46] consideration and decide if
[1:59:47] there is adequate reason to
[1:59:50] remove the item from consent.
[1:59:51] So I will start with the board
[1:59:53] is are any items that you'd
[1:59:57] like to see pooled there?
[2:00:01] >> I would like to pull item
[2:00:02] twenty five please.
[2:00:02] >> all right.
[2:00:08] Item twenty five.
[2:00:08] Is there any specific items
[2:00:12] from the public or staff?
[2:00:13] Let's start with the staff.
[2:00:15] We're not doing any any from
[2:00:16] the general public that we'd
[2:00:19] like to see pooled.
[2:00:19] All right.
[2:00:30] Now kelvyn, I would like to ask
[2:00:31] the board of supervisors to
[2:00:34] hold any public health items
[2:00:35] off of the consent calendar
[2:00:38] until there's an accounting of
[2:00:39] the financial discrepancies
[2:00:42] that happened at the end of
[2:00:43] the year where they received
[2:00:46] millions of dollars and did not
[2:00:49] appear failed to appear to talk
[2:00:53] about that transparency within
[2:00:57] that department.
[2:00:58] So I'd like you to pull items
[2:01:01] under public health which are
[2:01:08] starting with item three
[2:01:09] because money was spent on
[2:01:12] behavioral health without
[2:01:15] accountability for five, three
[2:01:19] ,four and five.
[2:01:20] Ok, well calvin actually your
[2:01:23] request does not relate to
[2:01:24] these actual items so I don't
[2:01:27] think that will be pulled that
[2:01:28] I appreciate it.
[2:01:31] So we do have item twenty five
[2:01:35] that will be pooled.
[2:01:36] >> so at this time we're cesco
[2:01:38] I'm sorry so sorry to interrupt
[2:01:39] .
[2:01:42] We do have a caller on line for
[2:01:43] public comment.
[2:01:43] >> can we bring him in.
[2:01:44] Oh yes.
[2:01:47] Ok please bring the caller in
[2:01:53] so I don't I'm sorry I'm just
[2:01:54] going to listen I'm just going
[2:01:57] to listen is thank you.
[2:02:01] >> go ahead matthew no I'm just
[2:02:02] going to listen to you guys.
[2:02:03] >> go ahead.
[2:02:03] No no comment.
[2:02:04] Oh ok.
[2:02:07] >> thank you and one more we
[2:02:12] did receive three letters
[2:02:13] emails from eric jorgensen.
[2:02:15] One was in support of item
[2:02:16] number twenty two.
[2:02:17] That's the battery backup
[2:02:19] systems.
[2:02:20] The other item he was
[2:02:23] supportive was item number
[2:02:24] twenty two and that's
[2:02:24] the capital asset purchase of
[2:02:27] an air conditioner unit.
[2:02:31] The third item is number twenty
[2:02:32] three that he was opposed to
[2:02:35] and he writes as a member of
[2:02:36] the county's energy action plan
[2:02:37] committee, I oppose
[2:02:39] the purchase of gas furnaces
[2:02:40] and its twenty year life
[2:02:42] install heat pumps.
[2:02:43] Yes, higher install cost but
[2:02:47] long term cheaper energy
[2:02:48] efficiency, operational cost,
[2:02:50] the proposed gas furnace is not
[2:02:51] support supervisors objective
[2:02:54] for resilience, electrification
[2:02:55] of county transportation and
[2:02:58] buildings is a clear win for
[2:02:59] environment, adaptation and
[2:03:02] mitigation.
[2:03:06] Ok thank you.
[2:03:07] There's the board wish to pull
[2:03:10] any of those three items.
[2:03:11] I think the only one that any
[2:03:12] opposition to was item number
[2:03:17] twenty three.
[2:03:18] All right well we we received
[2:03:20] his comments and we will make
[2:03:21] that part of the records and so
[2:03:22] at this time I would ask for a
[2:03:25] motion for the consent ajai
[2:03:28] agenda item minus item number
[2:03:32] twenty five so moved so second
[2:03:33] motion supervisor who seconded
[2:03:39] supervisor oh roll call please
[2:03:39] .
[2:03:43] Yes district four yes.
[2:03:44] District three yes.
[2:03:46] District one yes district five
[2:03:47] yes.
[2:03:50] And district two yes but at
[2:03:55] this time we all go we will
[2:03:55] pull item number twenty five
[2:03:59] and let's see that is a
[2:03:59] resolution approving amendment
[2:04:01] to the contract between
[2:04:02] the county of nevada and
[2:04:05] the fire safety council of
[2:04:06] nevada county.
[2:04:09] I think I'll just let it go
[2:04:10] that hardy your wish t pull
[2:04:13] that would you like to make
[2:04:14] your comments?
[2:04:17] >> yeah, thank you chair
[2:04:17] schofield and I want to thank
[2:04:21] craig griesbach for answering
[2:04:21] the questions I had in advance
[2:04:24] of the meeting on the side of I
[2:04:25] in general I'm in support of
[2:04:29] the item I do have some
[2:04:29] concerns about the nevada
[2:04:30] county fire state council on
[2:04:33] their ability to support our
[2:04:33] constituents in the eastern
[2:04:35] county.
[2:04:36] I know that the city council
[2:04:40] handles a multitude of program
[2:04:44] and project level elements for
[2:04:44] the county and for a number of
[2:04:48] our stakeholders and partners
[2:04:48] both the truckee fire
[2:04:50] protection district and other
[2:04:51] grant funding opportunities
[2:04:52] through cal fire and others
[2:04:54] here on the west county.
[2:04:55] But I just wanted to do some
[2:04:56] simple math here and bring to
[2:04:57] the attention of my colleagues
[2:04:59] that we have had repeated
[2:05:00] conversations with the nevada
[2:05:02] county fire chief council in
[2:05:03] requesting some direct support
[2:05:06] in eastern county off the hills
[2:05:09] and measure v I thought it was
[2:05:10] important for me to bring this
[2:05:11] up and highlight it and talk a
[2:05:14] little bit about the fact that
[2:05:14] we are looking to get some
[2:05:17] additional resources support
[2:05:18] fire safe council contributions
[2:05:19] or alternatives to the nevada
[2:05:22] county fire council up in
[2:05:22] eastern county.
[2:05:26] And so when I asked craig some
[2:05:29] questions about this item my
[2:05:30] questions are really centered
[2:05:33] on understanding the amount of
[2:05:34] effort that's gone into
[2:05:35] supporting our constituents in
[2:05:38] eastern county from our city
[2:05:38] council perspective.
[2:05:41] And so just roughly speaking in
[2:05:42] rough math we have the item in
[2:05:42] front of us is three hundred
[2:05:45] and forty thousand and we have
[2:05:46] the additional money coming in
[2:05:49] which I do support.
[2:05:50] But when we look at it in phase
[2:05:53] one we had one out of forty
[2:05:57] five properties was located in
[2:05:57] the eastern portion of
[2:06:01] the county that one property
[2:06:04] has yet to be completed to date
[2:06:04] craig has let me know that he
[2:06:08] thinks that that will be
[2:06:08] completed this year and for
[2:06:09] that I'm very happy and
[2:06:12] grateful that that one property
[2:06:12] will be done.
[2:06:13] But one out of forty five
[2:06:13] properties in phase one phase
[2:06:16] two there's been five
[2:06:17] properties identified out of
[2:06:19] three hundred zero completed
[2:06:20] for eastern county.
[2:06:23] So out of the three hundred and
[2:06:24] forty thousand expenditures if
[2:06:24] you did the simple math it
[2:06:27] would about sixty eight
[2:06:28] thousand dollars which I'm not
[2:06:31] asking for a one one or an
[2:06:32] apples to apples comparison but
[2:06:32] I do want to just draw
[2:06:35] attention to the fact that if
[2:06:36] it is the nevada county fire
[2:06:39] chief counsel we need to start
[2:06:39] taking action that would
[2:06:40] reflect the county wide
[2:06:42] contributions that organization
[2:06:43] when our board adopts different
[2:06:46] funding priorities again, I'm
[2:06:46] in support of this.
[2:06:47] I don't need to talk too much
[2:06:50] more about I just want to bring
[2:06:51] to the attention of my
[2:06:51] colleagues that this is
[2:06:54] something that I'm thinking
[2:06:54] about and I'm talking to other
[2:06:55] eastern county stakeholders
[2:06:56] including the county and
[2:06:57] the fire safe excuse me and
[2:06:58] the turkey fire protection
[2:07:01] district on how we can meet
[2:07:02] the needs up there in eastern
[2:07:02] county.
[2:07:03] So thank you for taking
[2:07:05] the time to discuss this with
[2:07:06] me this morning and taking
[2:07:06] the time out of the agenda.
[2:07:09] And again, craig, thank you so
[2:07:10] much for sending a great
[2:07:12] summary of information for me.
[2:07:13] thank you already.
[2:07:16] Craig, do you have comments on
[2:07:16] that?
[2:07:17] Yeah, sure.
[2:07:20] Scofield and supervisor bullock
[2:07:21] it's important to note and
[2:07:21] especially for the public this
[2:07:22] is related to our access and
[2:07:24] functional aids program.
[2:07:25] We applied for this funding
[2:07:28] about four or five years ago.
[2:07:29] It is related to defensible
[2:07:31] space space clearing around
[2:07:32] homes for those in need.
[2:07:35] So that's typically based on
[2:07:36] disability, age and income.
[2:07:39] A specific challenge for this
[2:07:40] program specifically in this
[2:07:43] county is the income component
[2:07:43] with the addition of it being
[2:07:44] so long ago that these
[2:07:47] properties were prequalified
[2:07:48] out of the forty five there's
[2:07:50] only thirty that are actually
[2:07:51] going to be treatable just
[2:07:54] because of the owners passing
[2:07:55] away or moving on or not being
[2:07:58] qualified any further.
[2:07:59] So it is a specific challenge
[2:08:02] in phase two we are trying to
[2:08:03] have more of a presence in east
[2:08:06] county because this can be in
[2:08:07] the town or in the cities isn't
[2:08:10] just in the unincorporated area
[2:08:10] .
[2:08:11] So we're working closely with
[2:08:11] truckee fire protection
[2:08:13] district and the fire safe
[2:08:14] council to get more
[2:08:14] prequalified properties across
[2:08:17] the entire county including
[2:08:21] east county.
[2:08:21] Thank you, greg.
[2:08:25] Supervisors, any comments on
[2:08:28] this to now?
[2:08:29] I mean I think part of
[2:08:30] the issue this is the timing we
[2:08:32] already looking for this
[2:08:33] funding, right?
[2:08:34] It's not doesn't come overnight
[2:08:34] .
[2:08:37] That's one of the challenges
[2:08:38] we've seen as we move on we
[2:08:38] talk about measure v in those
[2:08:40] things right.
[2:08:41] We have to wait.
[2:08:41] We're in the wait.
[2:08:44] We're in the queue whether we
[2:08:44] find this funding.
[2:08:45] So like you said, some of these
[2:08:48] folks and this wa a you apply
[2:08:49] for this I believe, right?
[2:08:49] >> yes.
[2:08:51] We had to apply for this and
[2:08:52] this was in 2017 and 2018.
[2:08:55] So you're right on the money
[2:08:56] supervisor that it's all based
[2:08:57] on timing.
[2:08:59] That's been the primary
[2:09:00] challenges with phase one.
[2:09:01] That's what we hope to improve
[2:09:03] in phase two because it's going
[2:09:04] to be more timely.
[2:09:05] We're pre qualifying properties
[2:09:05] and starting that work
[2:09:08] potentially at the end of this
[2:09:08] year right in those properties
[2:09:11] had to apply as well, correct.
[2:09:12] So there was a lot of that that
[2:09:13] went on to so and it's not just
[2:09:15] an easier county.
[2:09:16] It is a western county that
[2:09:17] there's still a backlog.
[2:09:19] We're working on it and we have
[2:09:20] started actually the process
[2:09:20] has started and we are I think
[2:09:22] we've had some completed
[2:09:23] correct.
[2:09:23] >> yeah.
[2:09:43] Supervisor look in phase one we
[2:09:44] have actually started
[2:09:44] the treatment and we started
[2:09:45] the treatment during the fall
[2:09:46] and we've also started that
[2:09:46] prequalification process.
[2:09:47] We still have several hundred
[2:09:48] spots left so we're encouraging
[2:09:48] people to apply even if they
[2:09:49] don't think they do qualify to
[2:09:50] make sure that they can get
[2:09:50] some free defensible space.
[2:09:51] Right.
[2:09:52] Thank you, supervisor swarthout
[2:09:52] .
[2:09:52] >> no supervisor home, no
[2:09:53] comments things ok ardiente or
[2:09:54] is there any comment from
[2:09:56] the public on this issue?
[2:10:01] >> is there any calls?
[2:10:01] No.
[2:10:01] All right.
[2:10:04] Hardly anything else.
[2:10:05] >> you know, I just I do want
[2:10:09] to recognize needs based on
[2:10:12] this particular program
[2:10:13] recognize that and have no
[2:10:14] problems supplying the needs
[2:10:17] for our constituents in western
[2:10:17] county.
[2:10:18] I just want to draw attention
[2:10:21] to the needs of eastern county
[2:10:24] and that if there's programs
[2:10:28] specifically target different
[2:10:29] income levels or a needs based
[2:10:33] approach, we MAY have to look
[2:10:33] at an apples versus oranges
[2:10:36] supply of service offerings in
[2:10:36] eastern county.
[2:10:37] If it doesn't if it doesn't
[2:10:38] necessarily meet the needs of
[2:10:40] eastern county, I would like to
[2:10:41] see some contributions made in
[2:10:44] other program areas and I know
[2:10:44] I talked to craig a lot about
[2:10:45] that so we can talk more about
[2:10:46] that in the future.
[2:10:48] But but I do appreciate
[2:10:48] the time the discussion on I
[2:10:49] just wanted to bring this to
[2:10:52] your attention with that I'm
[2:10:52] ready to make a motion to
[2:10:53] support this.
[2:10:53] >> all right.
[2:10:56] Thank you already so we have a
[2:10:57] motion to approve second
[2:11:00] seconded by supervisor hook
[2:11:03] roll call please.
[2:11:04] Yes.
[2:11:04] District four.
[2:11:08] Yes, district three yes.
[2:11:08] district one yes.
[2:11:11] District five.
[2:11:11] >> yes.
[2:11:12] And district two.
[2:11:26] Yes, all right.
[2:11:26] Thank you for that.
[2:11:27] And we go into our department
[2:11:31] head matters and the first item
[2:11:34] on our agenda is the resolution
[2:11:34] adopting the county of nevada
[2:11:39] 2023 legislate its platform.
[2:11:40] >> let's introduce the saidon
[2:11:43] society.
[2:11:43] Oh no absolutely.
[2:11:44] Thank you chair so you have
[2:11:47] jeff the whispy the board
[2:11:48] analyzed as well as aerial of
[2:11:48] the project administering
[2:11:51] the ceos office who worked
[2:11:55] diligently in terms of bringing
[2:11:55] this platform in front of you
[2:11:59] today I would like to highlight
[2:11:59] that this is a regional
[2:12:00] approach working with
[2:12:02] the cities in the town as well
[2:12:02] with other stakeholders to look
[2:12:06] at a comprehensive look for
[2:12:07] the county in terms of our
[2:12:07] alleged platform for twenty
[2:12:08] twenty three.
[2:12:10] So I want to personally thank
[2:12:11] you both for your efforts.
[2:12:14] Thank you, alison.
[2:12:14] Excuse me and good morning
[2:12:18] chair schofield and honorable
[2:12:18] board.
[2:12:19] We're here today to present
[2:12:19] nevada county's 2023
[2:12:21] legislative platform for your
[2:12:22] review and recommended adoption
[2:12:22] .
[2:12:26] But before we begin I'd like to
[2:12:27] acknowledge the board for your
[2:12:27] leadership at the local, state
[2:12:30] and federal level.
[2:12:30] I'd like to recognize chair
[2:12:31] schofield as the former
[2:12:34] treasurer of cisac, a
[2:12:35] california state association of
[2:12:35] counties and representative for
[2:12:38] many years.
[2:12:38] Supervisor hall is
[2:12:39] the representative for
[2:12:41] the county to cisac and vice
[2:12:42] chair of the cisac agriculture
[2:12:42] environment and natural
[2:12:45] resources policy committee and
[2:12:46] member of the broadband and
[2:12:49] cannabis workgroups.
[2:12:49] She's also the county
[2:12:50] representative to nako
[2:12:51] the national association of
[2:12:53] counties where she serves as
[2:12:54] vice chair for the public lands
[2:12:57] subcommittee on payments and
[2:12:57] member of the rural action
[2:13:01] caucus district for
[2:13:01] representative sahuc as
[2:13:02] the county representative to
[2:13:05] our crc or rural county
[2:13:06] representatives of california.
[2:13:09] We also recognize
[2:13:10] the leadership of supervisor
[2:13:10] bullock organizing the regional
[2:13:13] sustainability summit in
[2:13:14] OCTOBER with local, state and
[2:13:14] federal leaders and
[2:13:17] coordinating various meetings
[2:13:18] to promote advocacy including a
[2:13:18] day long visit to both sides of
[2:13:20] the county with assembly member
[2:13:21] doli and we look forward to
[2:13:24] working with supervisors.
[2:13:25] Swarthout also active in
[2:13:25] advocacy as the former
[2:13:27] representative to the league of
[2:13:31] cities for grass valley in
[2:13:35] today's presentation will
[2:13:36] provide an orientation to
[2:13:36] the purpose and use of
[2:13:39] the legislative platform
[2:13:40] the process by which the twenty
[2:13:40] twenty three legislative
[2:13:43] platform was developed an
[2:13:44] overview of policy areas some
[2:13:47] twenty twenty three highlighted
[2:13:48] updates and we'll close with
[2:13:48] time for questions and a
[2:13:49] recommendation.
[2:13:50] So with that I'll turn I over
[2:13:51] to jeffrey to talk a little bit
[2:13:52] about the purpose of this tool
[2:13:55] and how the ledge platform is
[2:13:55] used.
[2:13:55] >> perfect.
[2:13:56] Thank you so much.
[2:13:58] Material honorable chair
[2:13:59] schofield members of the board
[2:14:02] and it's great to be with you.
[2:14:03] My name is jeff dausabea.
[2:14:04] You're a senior military
[2:14:06] analyst and again a pleasure to
[2:14:09] speak to be here for you today
[2:14:10] and also really again to
[2:14:10] highlight ariels comments on
[2:14:13] your leadership at the state
[2:14:14] and federal level and local
[2:14:14] level.
[2:14:15] So thank you for that.
[2:14:18] So the today speaking about
[2:14:18] the twenty twenty three
[2:14:21] legislative platform to provide
[2:14:22] an overview for you as well as
[2:14:25] the public the purpose of
[2:14:26] the legislative platform
[2:14:27] provides a framework to support
[2:14:29] legislative enraged regulatory
[2:14:33] advocacy that helps ensure
[2:14:34] the sustainability of resources
[2:14:37] for the delivery of core public
[2:14:38] services advancing your
[2:14:41] priority objectives and help
[2:14:42] solicit funding if you will.
[2:14:44] The intent of the legislative
[2:14:45] platform is to be
[2:14:45] noncontroversial from
[2:14:48] the county's perspective so in
[2:14:49] a way you could think of almaz
[2:14:50] as a consent agenda for a
[2:14:52] legislative positions that we
[2:14:53] use throughout the year and
[2:14:56] I'll talk a little bit more
[2:14:57] about that use this helps
[2:15:00] orient our lawmakers on key
[2:15:01] positions that are critical to
[2:15:04] the community and the county
[2:15:05] and also helps enable a
[2:15:08] proactive approach to advocacy
[2:15:09] for not only you when you're
[2:15:12] working with your colleagues
[2:15:13] whether at the state or federal
[2:15:14] and local levels but also for
[2:15:16] our legislative advocates as
[2:15:16] well as for our association
[2:15:20] members to understand what our
[2:15:20] priorities are and of course
[2:15:23] enables the chair to respond to
[2:15:24] urgent calls of action that
[2:15:26] happened throughout the year.
[2:15:27] This kind of gets me to a do
[2:15:31] what I want to talk about how
[2:15:32] again how we use this.
[2:15:34] And so te above chart outlines
[2:15:35] the decision making process by
[2:15:38] which we use the legislative
[2:15:39] platform when there's a call to
[2:15:42] action throughout the year.
[2:15:43] >> so for example, let's say
[2:15:46] there's a call to action on an
[2:15:47] urgent bill that's being
[2:15:50] presidentially proposed at
[2:15:50] the state level.
[2:15:51] We would then look at that call
[2:15:53] to action whether it's a to
[2:15:54] support or to oppose or to
[2:15:58] provide input we would think
[2:15:58] through is this included within
[2:16:01] the legislative platform
[2:16:02] meaning has the board already
[2:16:06] articulated its position on a
[2:16:06] given issue?
[2:16:07] We then let's see if
[2:16:09] the legislative platform
[2:16:10] identifies a position then we
[2:16:13] would then provide a
[2:16:13] recommendation to your county
[2:16:17] executive officer who then make
[2:16:17] a determination.
[2:16:18] It's important to know just
[2:16:20] because that there's position
[2:16:21] within the legislative platform
[2:16:24] if the ceo and staff determine
[2:16:25] that it could be potentially
[2:16:28] controversial we will still
[2:16:29] bring it to your board.
[2:16:30] >> we will not just make action
[2:16:33] if we believe it could have
[2:16:33] controversial ramifications for
[2:16:36] the board and it warrants board
[2:16:40] discussion and event and then
[2:16:40] we will follow up with
[2:16:41] the chair and then provide that
[2:16:44] recommendation the chair and
[2:16:44] then follow up with whatever
[2:16:46] that action is generally would
[2:16:47] be a letter a letter to a
[2:16:51] lawmaker if you will at any
[2:16:52] point if we determine the need
[2:16:55] we will then bring and we don't
[2:16:59] believe that there is one for
[2:16:59] us to move forward and that
[2:17:01] there is a need for discussion
[2:17:02] be bring it to your board.
[2:17:07] But you can imagine that during
[2:17:07] the legislative process
[2:17:11] sometimes especially towards
[2:17:11] the end of the legislative
[2:17:12] season, actions are happening
[2:17:14] very quickly sometimes within,
[2:17:18] you know, a two hour probably a
[2:17:18] two day period.
[2:17:19] We need to make action.
[2:17:20] So this is where this platform
[2:17:22] is extremely helpful because in
[2:17:23] some cases we MAY not be able
[2:17:26] to put our board special
[2:17:26] meeting for an item.
[2:17:30] >> of course as the development
[2:17:31] of this platform we take a
[2:17:34] close look at your board
[2:17:34] priority objectives as a
[2:17:35] reminder this platform
[2:17:38] currently includes your twenty
[2:17:39] twenty two board objectives and
[2:17:42] we would be looking to update
[2:17:43] this following your workshop in
[2:17:46] the coming months as you look
[2:17:47] at potentially new objectives,
[2:17:49] I've got to pass it over to
[2:17:50] ariel to kind of talk a little
[2:17:53] about the development process.
[2:17:53] Thanks jeff.
[2:17:54] So this slide provides an
[2:17:57] overview of the process by
[2:17:58] which the legislative platform
[2:17:58] is developed each year as well
[2:18:01] as how it aligns with
[2:18:02] the budget process.
[2:18:02] And I'd like to highlight two
[2:18:05] specific elements that have
[2:18:06] been enhanced this year for
[2:18:06] your twenty twenty three
[2:18:09] platform first is the timing
[2:18:10] which you've likely noted in
[2:18:10] the past the platform was
[2:18:13] developed in the first quarter
[2:18:14] of the year and brought to your
[2:18:17] board in MARCH or APRIL.
[2:18:17] This timeline has been
[2:18:18] accelerated and this
[2:18:21] legislative platform was
[2:18:22] developed in late twenty twenty
[2:18:22] two bringing to you for
[2:18:24] approval now in jauary to
[2:18:25] advance the county's advocacy
[2:18:28] opportunities at the very
[2:18:29] beginning of the legislative
[2:18:29] and calendar year.
[2:18:32] It can also serve as a tool to
[2:18:33] support you in your upcoming
[2:18:36] workshop later this month.
[2:18:36] Second, we're really excited
[2:18:37] that this year's process as
[2:18:38] alison mentioned was
[2:18:40] strengthens by enhanced
[2:18:41] outreach to an participation
[2:18:44] from our jurisdictions and
[2:18:45] other partners.
[2:18:45] And I'd like to thank these
[2:18:48] partners including a city of
[2:18:49] grass valley, the town of
[2:18:52] truckee, nevada city knid as
[2:18:53] well as the nevada county
[2:18:53] superintendent of schools and
[2:18:56] the nevada county contractors
[2:18:57] association for their working
[2:19:00] with us to identify shared
[2:19:01] priorities and we look forward
[2:19:03] to continued partnership in
[2:19:04] the coming year to advance
[2:19:04] these mutual priorities that
[2:19:07] benefit our community.
[2:19:08] While this is an ongoing
[2:19:09] process, we can kind of see
[2:19:11] the cycle beginning with staff
[2:19:12] work at the senior executive by
[2:19:15] the senior executives at
[2:19:16] the SEPTEMBER workshop where
[2:19:16] they review progress, identify
[2:19:19] hot topics and articulate
[2:19:20] priorities from their
[2:19:23] respective associations staff
[2:19:24] also work with our partners at
[2:19:27] cisac and nako as well as our
[2:19:28] state and federal advocates to
[2:19:28] identify these priorities.
[2:19:31] We also met individually with
[2:19:32] our elected officials and of
[2:19:32] course with each of you
[2:19:35] supervisors for review and
[2:19:36] input before offering this
[2:19:36] document for your adoption
[2:19:39] today it is anticipated that
[2:19:42] staff MAY bring your board an
[2:19:43] amended twenty twenty three
[2:19:44] legislative platform following
[2:19:46] your annual board workshop
[2:19:47] later this month.
[2:19:47] Should the workshop result in
[2:20:07] any updated priorities?
[2:20:08] Also recognizing that we
[2:20:08] operate in a dynamic
[2:20:09] environment and the issues MAY
[2:20:10] arise throughout the year that
[2:20:10] aren't addressed in this twenty
[2:20:11] twenty three platform staff are
[2:20:12] prepared to address new
[2:20:12] priorities and bring them to
[2:20:13] your board for consideration as
[2:20:14] the year progresses.
[2:20:14] >> and with that I'm going to
[2:20:15] pass it back to jeff.
[2:20:15] Absolutely serious.
[2:20:16] Perfect in one maybe one other
[2:20:17] comment I would just make on
[2:20:17] this slide two is we
[2:20:18] specifically also met with
[2:20:18] representatives of
[2:20:19] the california state
[2:20:20] associations of counties in
[2:20:20] trade and in terms of
[2:20:22] the timing wanted to kind of
[2:20:22] align this timeline with their
[2:20:25] timing and actually right
[2:20:26] before coming down here to
[2:20:29] present to you the governor is
[2:20:29] actually presenting his budget
[2:20:33] which is released maybe half
[2:20:36] hour ago and so to the adoption
[2:20:37] of your platform potentially
[2:20:38] today that helps position us
[2:20:41] from the get go as we move
[2:20:41] forward into the budget process
[2:20:42] .
[2:20:45] That being said, I'm not going
[2:20:45] to go into every specific
[2:20:48] policy here but I do want to
[2:20:49] provide an orientation.
[2:20:49] There is five overarching
[2:20:52] policy areas.
[2:20:53] These are the administration of
[2:20:56] justice policy area agriculture
[2:20:57] ,environmental, natural
[2:20:58] resources, government finance
[2:21:01] and administration health and
[2:21:01] human services housing and land
[2:21:05] use and transportation is
[2:21:06] actually mimic the state
[2:21:08] associations policy.
[2:21:09] We felt that that's a good
[2:21:10] alignment that your board
[2:21:12] actually adopted previous
[2:21:13] legislative platforms and you
[2:21:14] could see the number of issues
[2:21:17] we have for 107 three policy
[2:21:18] positions.
[2:21:21] I will also just make a couple
[2:21:22] notes that you'll see in
[2:21:23] changes in this platform versus
[2:21:25] last year notably we have
[2:21:29] included an update regarding
[2:21:30] the 2020 census and so changes
[2:21:33] in terms of your state and
[2:21:34] federal delegates we've updated
[2:21:36] to include state senator maria
[2:21:37] alvarez to kill for senate
[2:21:41] district four who now
[2:21:41] represents the sum of
[2:21:45] the truckee area along with
[2:21:45] senator brian dalli.
[2:21:48] And then we've also included
[2:21:49] update with senator portman,
[2:21:53] congressman kevin kiley from
[2:21:53] california 3rd district who now
[2:21:56] represents our area in
[2:21:57] the house of representatives no
[2:22:00] longer being represented by
[2:22:01] congressman mcclintock or lamar
[2:22:01] morphet.
[2:22:02] >> so those are some key
[2:22:05] changes you will see in that
[2:22:05] platform.
[2:22:06] For example, we do not have
[2:22:09] included all the updated
[2:22:09] information for kevin kiley
[2:22:13] staff in his office.
[2:22:13] That's because his staff is
[2:22:17] being set up as we speak as
[2:22:17] the house has just elected its
[2:22:21] own elected leadership.
[2:22:21] So that's kind of delayed
[2:22:22] component.
[2:22:24] So we will be working to get
[2:22:24] that updated and then last but
[2:22:28] not least, I also want to
[2:22:29] articulate your own contacts
[2:22:31] are included in there for state
[2:22:32] and federal delegates as well
[2:22:35] as contacts for our association
[2:22:35] representatives.
[2:22:39] >> the county executive office
[2:22:39] .
[2:22:43] And I will also note that
[2:22:43] the county is also members that
[2:22:47] has maintained membership
[2:22:47] through his department heads
[2:22:48] for various other specific
[2:22:51] association.
[2:22:51] Those are not included.
[2:22:52] But I just want to highlight
[2:22:55] that because your department
[2:22:59] heads and senior executives do
[2:22:59] are very active as well as your
[2:23:03] other elected officials.
[2:23:04] >> so I'll kick it back over
[2:23:04] there.
[2:23:07] Ok, well thanks jeff.
[2:23:07] We'll wrap it up.
[2:23:08] So last year we introduced
[2:23:09] the executive summary of key
[2:23:10] legislative positions and with
[2:23:11] one hundred and seventy three
[2:23:14] positions that jeff mentioned,
[2:23:14] you can see this can be a
[2:23:15] useful tool for staff advocates
[2:23:18] and board members to reference
[2:23:18] in policy advocacy along with
[2:23:19] the twenty twenty three
[2:23:22] projects summary.
[2:23:23] So the twenty three twenty
[2:23:23] twenty three key legislative
[2:23:26] positions represents really an
[2:23:27] overview of the top legislative
[2:23:30] positions that reflect
[2:23:30] the board's top priority
[2:23:31] objectives and the twenty three
[2:23:34] projects list is a dynamic list
[2:23:35] of some of our most important
[2:23:35] projects.
[2:23:38] I'll note that these projects
[2:23:39] have been identified by staff
[2:23:42] local elected officials and
[2:23:42] board members though it is not
[2:23:43] an exhaustive list and it does
[2:23:46] not substitute a capital
[2:23:47] improvement project process.
[2:23:50] You'll note on the projects
[2:23:50] that they're identified also
[2:23:51] with respect to their
[2:23:54] development phase so
[2:23:54] the concept ideas are a light
[2:23:55] bulb.
[2:23:58] Those in planning are
[2:23:58] identified with a pencil and
[2:23:59] those that are shovel ready are
[2:24:01] the shovel again we recognize
[2:24:02] that there MAY be updates to
[2:24:05] these projects particularly
[2:24:06] following the board workshop
[2:24:06] and we'll update this tool to
[2:24:09] support staff and advocates to
[2:24:10] further next steps in planning
[2:24:13] ,advocacy ad funding.
[2:24:14] So with that I want to thank
[2:24:17] you for your time today and in
[2:24:18] closing we respectfully
[2:24:18] recommend adoption of
[2:24:20] the nevada county twenty twenty
[2:24:21] three legislative platform and
[2:24:24] we welcome any questions.
[2:24:25] Thank you, ariel.
[2:24:28] Thank jeffrey.
[2:24:32] Welldone supervisor all as our
[2:24:33] cisac representative and nako
[2:24:36] representative, would you like
[2:24:37] to go oh I'm sorry I'm supposed
[2:24:40] to ask party first time you
[2:24:41] were going to but that's right
[2:24:41] .
[2:24:43] >> you're already can you hear
[2:24:43] me?
[2:24:47] Yes I can hear you but go but
[2:24:48] I'm going to go I'm a good
[2:24:51] supervisor hall first.
[2:24:52] Okay thank you.
[2:24:52] I thank you.
[2:24:55] First I want to commend jeffrey
[2:24:56] aryal and all the staff who
[2:24:59] worked on this for your
[2:25:00] extensive collaboration with
[2:25:03] our other special districts
[2:25:03] with all the different
[2:25:04] departments.
[2:25:05] It's really critical that we
[2:25:07] represent the county as a whole
[2:25:08] and so I think that's a great I
[2:25:11] know you we did before but
[2:25:12] you've really brought this
[2:25:14] whole effort up a great level.
[2:25:15] So appreciate that very much.
[2:25:18] Also that you've changed
[2:25:19] the organization of
[2:25:19] the documents.
[2:25:20] So it's clear that we have a
[2:25:22] policy positions versus
[2:25:23] projects and they're not
[2:25:23] intermixed.
[2:25:26] I think this document will be
[2:25:27] useful for the public.
[2:25:30] So I just want to highlight
[2:25:31] the changes and what's what's
[2:25:31] helpful about it.
[2:25:35] I also just want to just
[2:25:35] emphasize what you've already
[2:25:37] said that this document is
[2:25:38] intended to help us on
[2:25:41] the policy side to move qickly
[2:25:42] when something comes up so that
[2:25:43] we don't have to wait for a
[2:25:45] board meeting and discuss
[2:25:46] the item.
[2:25:46] These are items that we all
[2:25:49] agree we want to support or
[2:25:50] oppose depending on what
[2:25:50] the issue is.
[2:25:52] So that'll help provide a
[2:25:53] speedier response.
[2:25:56] However, it doesn't stop us
[2:25:58] from bringing additional items
[2:25:58] .
[2:25:59] it just mens that those items
[2:26:01] have to come to the board to
[2:26:01] make sure that we are in
[2:26:05] alignment that the majority of
[2:26:05] the board is in agreement on
[2:26:09] what whether what position we
[2:26:09] take.
[2:26:09] So I think that's really
[2:26:12] important to note and then on
[2:26:12] the projects list as well,
[2:26:16] the project is a little bit
[2:26:16] confusing I think it will be
[2:26:19] for the public as well because
[2:26:20] doesn't include things that are
[2:26:21] already in process sometimes
[2:26:23] things that we've already
[2:26:26] applied grants for and correct
[2:26:27] me if I'm wrong on any of this
[2:26:28] or that maybe our partners like
[2:26:31] the fire safe council MAY be
[2:26:31] applying for grants MAY not be
[2:26:34] reflected in ths project list
[2:26:35] .
[2:26:35] So I don't know if we can
[2:26:39] figure out a way to in
[2:26:39] the future to sort of clarify
[2:26:43] that somehow because it is you
[2:26:44] know, every time I look at it
[2:26:45] what where's my dear creek
[2:26:46] project?
[2:26:47] Although it's somewhere it's on
[2:26:49] a list it's on several lists
[2:26:50] but it MAY not be reflected in
[2:26:51] this list.
[2:26:53] So I want to make that really
[2:26:54] clear to the public and to us
[2:26:58] here that, you know, we've
[2:26:59] that's taken some conversations
[2:27:02] to be clear on that.
[2:27:02] But overall this is a really
[2:27:03] excellent effort.
[2:27:06] I know that other folks other
[2:27:06] counties are interested in
[2:27:09] seeing what we've done and how
[2:27:09] we've done it.
[2:27:10] So we're out in front of
[2:27:13] the pack on this one again and
[2:27:13] I don't have any questions just
[2:27:17] just great big thank you for
[2:27:18] putting this together and doing
[2:27:20] such a fine job.
[2:27:21] Thank you.
[2:27:25] Supervisor supervisor bullock,
[2:27:28] would you like to go?
[2:27:29] >> yes, thank you.
[2:27:32] A great job.
[2:27:33] First of all it's very well
[2:27:36] organized and you know, I've
[2:27:37] seen even in my short tenure
[2:27:40] seen a lot of progress in
[2:27:41] the watch platform and how it's
[2:27:44] presented and the transparency
[2:27:44] and the amount of information
[2:27:48] that goes into it.
[2:27:49] It's quite impressive.
[2:27:49] I'd also like to kind of
[2:27:52] mention that if I remember
[2:27:53] correctly we've kind of
[2:27:56] integrated the cities and towns
[2:27:57] over the course of the last few
[2:28:00] years and married our
[2:28:00] legislative support staff
[2:28:03] contracts and other efforts
[2:28:04] with them which I think is a
[2:28:07] great way to move in local
[2:28:08] government together and it
[2:28:09] doesn't mean that we're aligned
[2:28:11] on every on every element or
[2:28:15] every project or priority and
[2:28:15] obviously measurable is a great
[2:28:16] example of that.
[2:28:19] But I do really appreciate
[2:28:20] working with the cities and
[2:28:23] towns to integrate that
[2:28:23] information.
[2:28:24] I think it's critical in
[2:28:24] sharing in the in the heavy
[2:28:26] lifting.
[2:28:27] I would like to thank everybody
[2:28:30] on the board who's involved in
[2:28:34] our crc and cisac because as a
[2:28:34] new member to the board when I
[2:28:38] attend those those meetings
[2:28:41] it's obvious that about a
[2:28:42] county has a very firm and
[2:28:45] historical presence in those
[2:28:46] organizations and it makes a
[2:28:49] huge difference when it comes
[2:28:49] to a meeting the needs of our
[2:28:53] constituency and it's obvious
[2:28:54] when you talk to some of our
[2:28:57] state and federal wattage
[2:28:58] representatives that they're
[2:29:01] familiar with where we sit in
[2:29:01] those organizations and it's
[2:29:02] because those ties have been
[2:29:02] made.
[2:29:04] So I look forward to
[2:29:05] contributing to that over time
[2:29:08] as well.
[2:29:09] And then I'd like to reach out
[2:29:12] and thank staff again for
[2:29:13] the sustainability summit and
[2:29:16] also the support of getting
[2:29:17] the megan does and other
[2:29:20] elected representative to our
[2:29:21] county and sharing in that I
[2:29:23] think it was really valuable to
[2:29:24] highlight some of the issues on
[2:29:24] our platform and we've had some
[2:29:27] direct kind of some pretty
[2:29:28] direct wins from those
[2:29:31] relationships and we're looking
[2:29:32] forward to doing that again in
[2:29:32] the first and second quarter of
[2:29:35] twenty twenty three.
[2:29:39] >> I did have a number of words
[2:29:40] smith type of changes but I
[2:29:40] don't think it's really worth
[2:29:41] going into here.
[2:29:43] I'll just send I'll send staff
[2:29:47] a list of those and then one
[2:29:47] quick question about
[2:29:51] the process scofield I think
[2:29:52] this is staff as well.
[2:29:55] Is this going to return back to
[2:29:55] us in final draft format for
[2:29:59] the workshop?
[2:30:00] Yeah, yeah.
[2:30:04] So we're hoping should report
[2:30:06] choose to go ahead and adopt it
[2:30:07] today we know is one of
[2:30:07] the components that we want to
[2:30:27] ensure that you had this
[2:30:28] available for you for your
[2:30:29] workshop following the workshop
[2:30:29] we bring forward an amendment
[2:30:30] with any update to platforms of
[2:30:31] course with your airport
[2:30:31] priority objectives and I would
[2:30:32] recommend if there's any kind
[2:30:33] of language changes we can look
[2:30:33] at it at that time.
[2:30:34] That would be kind of my
[2:30:35] recommendation if that meets
[2:30:35] the board's satisfaction
[2:30:36] rating.
[2:30:36] Yeah, great.
[2:30:37] I'll send them to staff then we
[2:30:38] can provide them to the other
[2:30:39] board members if we think that
[2:30:41] it's material enough to make
[2:30:42] make that change and not look
[2:30:44] forward to it.
[2:30:45] >> seeing it again at
[2:30:46] the workshop and thanks again.
[2:30:48] Great work.
[2:30:49] Thank you already supervisor
[2:30:53] hook oh no thank you staff.
[2:30:53] This is such a collaborative
[2:30:57] effort to really make this all
[2:30:57] to come together and last year
[2:31:00] we got to watch it in action
[2:31:01] many times a letter had to go
[2:31:01] out in the middle you know
[2:31:04] within a day or two that fit in
[2:31:05] this and those are the crucial
[2:31:08] times that this makes it all
[2:31:08] work for us.
[2:31:08] Right.
[2:31:15] So I just really appreciate how
[2:31:16] we broadened it, how we brought
[2:31:17] it in to all the issues we
[2:31:19] think of hundred seventy nine
[2:31:19] issues just locally that that
[2:31:22] impacts of course agriculture
[2:31:23] for me.
[2:31:23] We watch what happened with
[2:31:26] the board of forestry and
[2:31:27] the work that had to go and be
[2:31:28] done through our department
[2:31:28] heads and the work and
[2:31:31] the advocacy that went there
[2:31:31] for some of the changes that
[2:31:32] were coming down that we're
[2:31:33] going to affect us through
[2:31:34] the contractors association and
[2:31:35] all those things.
[2:31:38] So again, well done.
[2:31:39] I'll look forward to seeing
[2:31:41] this again at the workshop
[2:31:42] because of course I always love
[2:31:46] listening to the our folks that
[2:31:46] will be there from washington
[2:31:50] and from sacramento that really
[2:31:50] give us an overview of what's
[2:31:51] happening right down there on
[2:31:54] the floors of the government.
[2:31:54] >> so thank you very much.
[2:31:57] Thank you so supervisor
[2:31:58] swarthout, thank you thank you
[2:32:01] to staff for putting together
[2:32:02] such a comprehensive report.
[2:32:05] >> this is all very new to me.
[2:32:08] So at the city we did not have
[2:32:09] legislative lobbyists and you
[2:32:13] know, people who did this work
[2:32:13] .
[2:32:14] >> so I'm very appreciative to
[2:32:14] the collaborative approach that
[2:32:18] you're taking working with
[2:32:18] the cities in the town.
[2:32:19] I think that that's really
[2:32:21] important because their issues
[2:32:21] are our issues and our issues
[2:32:22] are their issues.
[2:32:25] So I think it's great that
[2:32:26] we're working together.
[2:32:26] Just a point of clarification
[2:32:28] though.
[2:32:29] I appreciate the shout out
[2:32:30] about the league of cities
[2:32:30] actually was not
[2:32:33] the representative for
[2:32:33] the league that would be mayor
[2:32:34] jan arbuckle who's done an
[2:32:37] amazing job and has always been
[2:32:37] the city's representative.
[2:32:38] But I did serve on several of
[2:32:40] their committees and
[2:32:41] participated in many of their
[2:32:42] events so familiar with that
[2:32:42] process.
[2:32:44] But thanks for all the hard
[2:32:45] work that's gone into this as I
[2:32:48] move forward in my new role
[2:32:48] here, I look forward to working
[2:32:49] with all of you and really
[2:32:52] appreciate the proactive
[2:32:52] approach that the county has
[2:32:53] taken on this.
[2:32:56] >> thank you, lisa and I do
[2:32:56] want to thank everybody
[2:32:59] involved with this.
[2:33:00] I like the way it's broken out
[2:33:03] policy wise and then finding
[2:33:03] the projects and I also know
[2:33:07] that there's many more projects
[2:33:08] beyond what is in here and in
[2:33:11] fact I had one listed in here
[2:33:12] that we actually removed
[2:33:15] because it is almost too
[2:33:15] general that there was too many
[2:33:19] situations similar to what I
[2:33:23] had down in the south county.
[2:33:23] So until we're ready to really
[2:33:27] make it a priority, we have not
[2:33:27] put it in here.
[2:33:30] But I want to also thank those
[2:33:30] folks that have represented us
[2:33:34] ,heidi, have done a great job
[2:33:35] with cisac and nako and I think
[2:33:38] a lot of what we're seeing here
[2:33:39] has to do with your work
[2:33:42] supervisor miller with our crc
[2:33:43] and I know you'll be doing
[2:33:48] the same thing and said just
[2:33:48] just a great job.
[2:33:49] And jeffrey, I want to give you
[2:33:52] credit too.
[2:33:53] I mean I think you've gotten
[2:33:53] very involved with this
[2:33:56] legislative program and I think
[2:34:00] you're you are well known at
[2:34:00] the state level.
[2:34:01] So thank you for your help to.
[2:34:01] All right.
[2:34:04] Is there any public comment on
[2:34:11] this particular item?
[2:34:15] >> diana, you get to go first I
[2:34:19] good days supervisors.
[2:34:20] My name is diana gamson,
[2:34:20] executive director of
[2:34:23] the nevada county cannabis
[2:34:23] alliance.
[2:34:24] >> and as an organization we
[2:34:27] engage at the statewide level
[2:34:27] through our lobbyists this
[2:34:31] smith policy group and so we
[2:34:32] stay active on the various
[2:34:32] legislation affecting
[2:34:35] the cannabis industry but more
[2:34:36] specifically how it impacts
[2:34:38] small cannabis business, small
[2:34:39] cannabis businesses and I
[2:34:39] really want to thank and give
[2:34:43] appreciation to jeffrey thors
[2:34:44] before engaging through us with
[2:34:46] us throughout the year on
[2:34:47] various aspects that impact
[2:34:51] cannabis policy and we've had
[2:34:55] many, many conversations and so
[2:34:56] I really appreciate
[2:34:59] the involvement and passion
[2:35:00] that you have, jeffrey, and for
[2:35:01] bringing us into conversations
[2:35:02] even when we MAY not be aware
[2:35:03] of something or just a chat
[2:35:06] about something and supervisor
[2:35:07] hall, thank you for serving on
[2:35:10] the cisac cannabis subcommittee
[2:35:10] .
[2:35:11] Your role on this commodity
[2:35:11] committee brought the unique
[2:35:14] voice of our small farmers here
[2:35:18] in our legacy cannabis region
[2:35:19] to sacramento sacramento and
[2:35:21] I'm very grateful as as a
[2:35:22] result of this representative
[2:35:25] from csa came to nevada county
[2:35:26] they've towards ciac in
[2:35:29] addition we are able to get
[2:35:30] some very important messages to
[2:35:33] nicole elliott who heads up
[2:35:34] the department of cannabis
[2:35:34] control.
[2:35:36] So really grateful to your
[2:35:37] leadership as serving and we
[2:35:37] are fully supportive of
[2:35:40] the cannabis priorities that
[2:35:41] are on a legislative platform
[2:35:44] before you today we support
[2:35:48] full adoption this legislative
[2:35:48] year.
[2:35:49] We do anticipate that there
[2:35:50] will be a number of bills
[2:35:52] present to specifically support
[2:35:56] small farmers in legacy in
[2:35:57] small rural regions.
[2:35:58] And so we intend to continue to
[2:36:01] engage with jeffrey and arielle
[2:36:05] on these policies and then
[2:36:06] bring them to your board as
[2:36:06] needed.
[2:36:08] So thank you so much and we
[2:36:09] will continue to stay involved
[2:36:10] in this large platform.
[2:36:12] Thank you.
[2:36:13] Thank you.
[2:36:16] Dana gorman.
[2:36:17] Yeah, thank you.
[2:36:18] It's good that there is some
[2:36:21] transpac azzi in regard to this
[2:36:21] .
[2:36:24] It's great that there's
[2:36:25] discussion of these groups that
[2:36:27] are transparent but I'd like to
[2:36:28] request an additional level of
[2:36:32] transparency if we could get
[2:36:35] every group that's involved in
[2:36:36] providing information,
[2:36:39] documentation, resources and
[2:36:43] data to provide a list of their
[2:36:44] funding where they get their
[2:36:48] funding and that that could be
[2:36:48] available on a link on
[2:36:52] the county website so that we
[2:36:55] could also have that not just
[2:36:55] the crc and go to their website
[2:36:58] and dig for it but you should
[2:36:59] know who's funding the some of
[2:37:02] these groups because they are
[2:37:03] connected to special interest
[2:37:06] groups.
[2:37:07] We all know that and it's your
[2:37:10] job as watchdogs all of us in
[2:37:13] this room even to be aware of
[2:37:14] whether or not these things are
[2:37:17] destructive to the constitution
[2:37:18] ,to our limited role as as a
[2:37:21] government in the county on
[2:37:22] the county level and whether or
[2:37:25] not we're we're giving away
[2:37:28] people's farms through such
[2:37:29] words as sustainability and
[2:37:34] the agendas of things like
[2:37:36] the world economic forum and
[2:37:37] the recent cop twenty seven
[2:37:38] meeting we found out that
[2:37:41] they're now funding trillions
[2:37:45] of dollars and asking county
[2:37:46] and states and governments
[2:37:47] throughout the world to give up
[2:37:49] a lot of their money to meet
[2:37:53] the goals and fund the agendas
[2:37:54] of the united nations.
[2:37:58] And so if there's any influence
[2:37:58] of the united nations I this
[2:38:01] county, it needs to be
[2:38:01] documented where that money
[2:38:05] came from or where that goal
[2:38:05] came from.
[2:38:08] The word sustainability really
[2:38:09] didn't appear in our texts
[2:38:13] until agenda 2030 and agenda
[2:38:17] twenty one in nineteen ninety
[2:38:17] two.
[2:38:18] That was the reason why they
[2:38:20] had that bagus summit and they
[2:38:21] got together and they decided
[2:38:24] one hundred and 70 countries
[2:38:27] decided to sign a contract to
[2:38:28] implement the international
[2:38:31] council of local environmental
[2:38:32] initiatives which is totally an
[2:38:35] oxymoron if you think about it
[2:38:36] why would internationalists
[2:38:37] want to be involved in your
[2:38:38] county?
[2:38:39] >> well it's going on and if
[2:38:43] you don't know it you need to
[2:38:44] know it.
[2:38:44] You are the watchdogs in our
[2:38:47] county this is significant.
[2:38:48] This has to do with the delta
[2:38:51] smelt shutting down farmers.
[2:38:54] This has to do with water and
[2:38:55] trees and farming and every
[2:38:59] aspect of your life and if you
[2:38:59] don't believe me please look it
[2:39:03] up look up agenda 2030 and
[2:39:03] sustainability was mentioned
[2:39:07] here also heidi, you mentioned
[2:39:11] the 30 by 30 program which is a
[2:39:11] disguised program in the name
[2:39:14] of equal employment for women
[2:39:18] but it's actually it actually
[2:39:18] is to put meters on everything
[2:39:22] in this in this world.
[2:39:22] Thank you.
[2:39:23] thank you, carmen.
[2:39:26] Thanks for your comments there
[2:39:26] .
[2:39:29] >> any other comments on this
[2:39:29] night?
[2:39:33] >> I like to just say one other
[2:39:34] thing while we've pointed out
[2:39:37] jeffrey, many of our staff very
[2:39:41] much involved state federal
[2:39:45] ryan rachel, phoebe many in
[2:39:48] fact we even lose them to
[2:39:48] the state when they become so
[2:39:52] good like jeff with campus, you
[2:39:53] know, boy anyways thank you to
[2:39:55] everybody.
[2:39:56] Any other comments from
[2:40:00] the board?
[2:40:00] I would entertain emotion that
[2:40:03] way except this so moved motion
[2:40:07] supervisor all I'll second
[2:40:08] second it's supervisor
[2:40:11] swarthout roll call please.
[2:40:11] It's district four.
[2:40:14] Yes, district three s district
[2:40:18] one yes.
[2:40:18] District five yes.
[2:40:19] In district two yes.
[2:40:26] All let's see where we are.
[2:40:30] Thank you so much.
[2:40:30] Thank you jeff.
[2:40:31] Thank you.
[2:40:51] Aryal all right.
[2:40:52] Item number thirty four this is
[2:40:53] an informational present
[2:40:53] station on the community
[2:40:54] resilient resiliency grant
[2:40:54] awards funded by the american
[2:40:55] rescue plan act artpop ceo
[2:40:56] allison thank you chair
[2:40:56] schofield so aerial love it and
[2:40:57] project administrator with
[2:40:58] the county executive office and
[2:41:01] kimberly parker our program
[2:41:01] manager for economic
[2:41:02] development.
[2:41:02] It's going to provide the board
[2:41:05] an update on our community
[2:41:06] resiliency grants will be
[2:41:08] available for any follow up on
[2:41:09] questions.
[2:41:16] >> thank you.
[2:41:18] >> you're real good morning
[2:41:22] again.
[2:41:22] I'm eric.
[2:41:23] Love it and serving as a
[2:41:24] project administrator for
[2:41:26] the ceo's office and prsenting
[2:41:27] with me as kimberly parker,
[2:41:28] your economic development
[2:41:30] program manager.
[2:41:31] And we are so glad today to be
[2:41:32] bringing you an informational
[2:41:34] presentation offering an update
[2:41:35] on the community resiliency
[2:41:37] grants program as just about a
[2:41:41] year ago in JANUARY 22 you
[2:41:42] approved the majority of these
[2:41:42] grant agreements.
[2:41:46] We have with us a few grantees
[2:41:46] as well to share highlights
[2:41:49] today and I'll introduce a
[2:41:49] momentarily.
[2:41:50] Today's presentation will
[2:41:53] include a brief background on
[2:41:54] the program and expenditures, a
[2:41:55] summary of progress and grant
[2:41:58] completions and highlights of
[2:41:58] the impacts this grant funding
[2:41:59] has had on our community.
[2:42:01] And as you were speaking this
[2:42:02] morning again, supervisor hook
[2:42:03] ,I really feel like this
[2:42:06] resonates with this theme of of
[2:42:06] the heart in many ways these
[2:42:09] organizations represent
[2:42:10] the heart of our community.
[2:42:13] This photo is of an
[2:42:14] organization synergy that I'll
[2:42:15] speak to a little bit later in
[2:42:19] this presentation.
[2:42:20] So these grants as a reminder
[2:42:24] are funded through the nevada
[2:42:24] county's american rescue plan
[2:42:27] act or arpa allocation in
[2:42:28] alignment with the expenditure
[2:42:31] requirements to respond to
[2:42:32] the public health emergency and
[2:42:35] address its negative economic
[2:42:35] effects.
[2:42:36] And as a reminder all
[2:42:37] information and board actions
[2:42:40] taken are available on
[2:42:40] the county website listed on
[2:42:43] this slide in APRIL 20 21 your
[2:42:46] board allocated five point
[2:42:47] eight million of the nevada
[2:42:48] county arpa allocation for
[2:42:50] community and economic
[2:42:51] resiliency and today we're
[2:42:52] discussing the first line of
[2:42:55] this graph the community
[2:42:55] resiliency grants in which
[2:42:57] the board invested two million
[2:42:58] of arpa funding directly into
[2:43:01] nevada county nonprofits,
[2:43:02] businesses and special
[2:43:05] districts nevada counties
[2:43:09] community resiliency grants,
[2:43:10] program funds, programs and
[2:43:13] projects that respond to
[2:43:14] the negative economic impacts
[2:43:17] of the covid-19 pandemic and
[2:43:18] are designed to increase
[2:43:19] resiliency, support, recovery
[2:43:21] and provide relief.
[2:43:21] And I should mention all
[2:43:24] the photos are included in a
[2:43:25] slide or from grantees.
[2:43:28] This one is from the kids zone
[2:43:29] .
[2:43:29] While this program was
[2:43:30] initially staffed by the ceo's
[2:43:32] office it furthers your
[2:43:33] economic development board
[2:43:33] priority supporting
[2:43:36] the economic vitality of our
[2:43:36] community and as such
[2:43:37] the program is being
[2:43:40] transitioned to the county's
[2:43:41] economic development office
[2:43:42] established this year.
[2:43:44] And with that I'd like to pass
[2:43:45] it over to kimberly parker,
[2:43:46] your economic development
[2:43:46] program manager.
[2:43:48] Thank thank you, larry and
[2:43:48] thank you.
[2:43:51] >> thank you, ariel and good
[2:43:52] morning board members.
[2:43:53] The grants were awarded to
[2:43:55] eligible entities which
[2:43:56] included nonprofits, businesses
[2:43:59] and special purpose districts.
[2:44:00] This program was executed in
[2:44:04] two funding rounds.
[2:44:05] Each individual grant agreement
[2:44:06] was brought back to your board
[2:44:09] for approval beginning in
[2:44:09] JANUARY of twenty twenty two
[2:44:12] and the last grant award
[2:44:12] agreement was approved this
[2:44:15] morning.
[2:44:16] >> a total of 34 grants were
[2:44:19] awarded within the two funding
[2:44:20] rounds.
[2:44:20] Nine of these were fully
[2:44:21] completed and others are near
[2:44:33] completion and 25 are still in
[2:44:34] progress and all grantees are
[2:44:34] in compliance.
[2:44:34] Nearly three quarters of
[2:44:34] the funding has been expended.
[2:44:34] Just so you know, this is a
[2:44:36] photo of a woman school at sea
[2:44:39] or a friend's center.
[2:44:40] This slide is an overview of
[2:44:44] the 34 grants awarded in six
[2:44:44] specific sectors.
[2:44:47] >> those involved have been
[2:44:47] completed.
[2:44:48] There's a great diversity of
[2:44:51] services including safety net
[2:44:55] services like food distribution
[2:44:55] and emergency housing to arts
[2:44:59] to several programs directly
[2:44:59] supporting small business
[2:45:00] development to programs focused
[2:45:03] on education and youth
[2:45:03] community centers.
[2:45:07] Areas like the grainge granges
[2:45:07] or the rodeo and others and
[2:45:11] recreation, wildfire prevention
[2:45:11] and environment.
[2:45:15] You can also see a broad
[2:45:15] geographic distribution and
[2:45:18] representation from truckee to
[2:45:19] pine valley to south county,
[2:45:23] nevada city, grass valley and
[2:45:27] throughout the region before we
[2:45:27] provide more progress reports
[2:45:28] we have invited a couple of our
[2:45:30] guests and our grantees who
[2:45:31] have completed projects to
[2:45:34] share quick highlights today
[2:45:34] I'd like at this time to
[2:45:35] introduce phil alonzo,
[2:45:38] executive director of
[2:45:41] interfaith food ministry.
[2:45:41] >> hi, phil..
[2:45:42] Hello MR. CHAIRMAN supervisors
[2:45:46] and thank kimberly and ariel
[2:45:47] and the county executive's
[2:45:49] office for this opportunity.
[2:45:50] My name is phil alonzo,
[2:45:53] executive director interfaith
[2:45:53] food ministry.
[2:45:54] Our mission is to feed
[2:45:57] the hungry and reduce food
[2:45:57] insecurity.
[2:46:01] >> these local provided grants
[2:46:04] are crucial to our success.
[2:46:05] Covid taught us that we have to
[2:46:08] diversify our funding streams
[2:46:08] and for us to be able to
[2:46:09] leverage these types of grant
[2:46:12] opportunities and in our case
[2:46:13] spend that directly on food
[2:46:16] benefiting our community was a
[2:46:17] huge, huge impact and it
[2:46:20] multiplied a lot further than
[2:46:21] just the twenty five thousand
[2:46:24] that we received which was part
[2:46:25] of the purpose of the grant.
[2:46:26] And so we were a really great
[2:46:28] fit for this and it was a huge
[2:46:29] impact.
[2:46:32] So just a few examples for you
[2:46:33] here that that we saw coming
[2:46:33] out of this.
[2:46:36] >> we did half of the funds to
[2:46:39] local sources and that includes
[2:46:40] mainly farms but also some
[2:46:43] other local food producers and
[2:46:44] that of course has its own
[2:46:48] economic multiplier effect and
[2:46:49] economic development effect and
[2:46:51] that's really important to us
[2:46:52] because we know that some of
[2:46:56] our farmers have to come to us
[2:46:59] for assistance for food and
[2:47:00] certain times of the year with
[2:47:01] the seasonal nature of their
[2:47:03] jobs and their revenue sources
[2:47:04] .
[2:47:04] And so it's just really
[2:47:07] important for us to be able to
[2:47:08] support them and then
[2:47:09] the nonperishable foods that's
[2:47:11] where we have our buying power
[2:47:12] .
[2:47:12] So us as an organization we can
[2:47:14] leverage actually placer food
[2:47:15] bank out of roseville which is
[2:47:19] the feeding america food bank
[2:47:20] over in nevada classer and el
[2:47:20] dorado county.
[2:47:23] So that's why we can leverage
[2:47:24] them and so we can buy canned
[2:47:26] good fruit or vegetable soup
[2:47:27] for 20 cents when we buy it by
[2:47:31] the pallet and and so and we
[2:47:35] also leverage of course a lot
[2:47:35] of local food donations.
[2:47:38] The food bank of nevada county
[2:47:39] we don't have to pay for
[2:47:40] the food that they give us.
[2:47:42] So that's great.
[2:47:43] And then many of our local
[2:47:46] farms and growers also donate
[2:47:50] to us and so we need in our
[2:47:51] community I think everyone is
[2:47:52] quite aware over the last two
[2:47:54] years has grown but we're
[2:47:54] really on the front lines.
[2:47:57] We're sort of a good litmus
[2:47:58] test for what's happening
[2:48:01] because in twenty twenty our
[2:48:02] numbers shot straight up just
[2:48:02] like we saw around the country
[2:48:05] twenty twenty one it sort of
[2:48:06] went down a little bit with a
[2:48:09] lot of the extra benefits that
[2:48:10] people were getting and and so
[2:48:10] forth.
[2:48:14] Twenty twenty two right back up
[2:48:17] and it hasn't stopped the whole
[2:48:18] year has been continually
[2:48:21] increasing month after
[2:48:22] the number of people that we're
[2:48:23] seeing and that we're trying to
[2:48:26] feed and so we can't do that
[2:48:29] without this type of funding.
[2:48:29] We can't do that without our
[2:48:32] amazing volunteers that this
[2:48:36] community provides and and so
[2:48:37] you know, it's just oh yeah.
[2:48:38] >> one stat I wanted to give
[2:48:40] you a full 50 percent increase
[2:48:44] from twenty twenty one as well
[2:48:45] to twenty twenty two as far as
[2:48:48] the number of families a number
[2:48:49] of people coming through to get
[2:48:51] our free supplemental food and
[2:48:55] let's see one last couple of
[2:48:56] things here I get to hear
[2:49:00] amazing stories of resilience
[2:49:00] from our clients.
[2:49:03] I hear quotes like having a
[2:49:04] full refrigerator and a food
[2:49:08] cabinet makes me feel like a
[2:49:08] better mom.
[2:49:12] I've heard that from people.
[2:49:15] >> I've heard things like we
[2:49:16] have two working parents in our
[2:49:19] household and we have three
[2:49:19] kids in school.
[2:49:23] We still can't afford all of
[2:49:26] the our monthly bills now at
[2:49:27] gas prices and food prices and
[2:49:29] all these things that affect
[2:49:30] people's monthly bills have
[2:49:33] increased and so we've got
[2:49:34] people that have never had had
[2:49:37] to ask for help in their lives
[2:49:38] and they're coming to us to to
[2:49:42] ask for that and we're there
[2:49:42] for him and we can't be there
[2:49:46] for without these types of
[2:49:46] funding sources becoming
[2:49:50] available to us and the will of
[2:49:51] this community to take care of
[2:49:53] each other and to take care of
[2:49:53] our own and neighbor helping
[2:49:57] neighbor and the county helping
[2:50:00] into nonprofits and so can't
[2:50:01] thank you all enough and invite
[2:50:04] everyone to come down for four
[2:50:05] zero henderson street.
[2:50:05] We're right there next to
[2:50:08] the bowling alley in the beam
[2:50:08] center distribution's monday,
[2:50:12] wednesday, friday ten to one
[2:50:12] saturday.
[2:50:13] Now we're open every saturday
[2:50:16] which is a thing we did to
[2:50:16] respond to the higher need that
[2:50:19] started in SEPTEMBER.
[2:50:20] So every saturday now ten to
[2:50:23] twelve I invite you all to come
[2:50:23] on down, check us out.
[2:50:26] It's really an amazing thing to
[2:50:27] see that is resiliency and
[2:50:31] action right there and yeah,
[2:50:34] come on down.
[2:50:35] Love to have you.
[2:50:35] Thank you.
[2:50:36] Thank you so much.
[2:50:38] Phil, interfaith food ministry
[2:50:42] does a phenomenal job for our
[2:50:42] community and you certainly
[2:50:45] bring heart to that program.
[2:50:46] So we thank you so very much.
[2:50:47] I'd now like to introduce
[2:50:50] teresa dietrich's and dave
[2:50:50] summers and they're going to
[2:50:51] talk to us about the penn
[2:51:13] valley rotary rodeo.
[2:51:14] I guess rodeo drive is ok.
[2:51:15] Ok, good morning.
[2:51:16] Supervisors, staff and
[2:51:16] community members the penn
[2:51:17] valley community rodeo is very
[2:51:18] maicon I'm sorry it is on up
[2:51:18] right?
[2:51:19] >> I my height causing a
[2:51:20] problem here I'm vertically
[2:51:20] challenged.
[2:51:20] Good morning.
[2:51:21] Supervisors, staff and
[2:51:23] community members.
[2:51:24] The penn valley community rodeo
[2:51:27] association is very grateful to
[2:51:28] be the recipient of a twenty
[2:51:29] five thousand dollar grant from
[2:51:31] nevada county.
[2:51:35] Our mission is to help preserve
[2:51:35] the great western heritage of
[2:51:36] nevada county that's critical
[2:51:39] to our organization.
[2:51:39] During the pandemic we were
[2:51:43] unable to host our annual rodeo
[2:51:44] which is the only real
[2:51:47] fundraiser we have each year
[2:51:47] the penn valley rodeo and its
[2:51:51] parade is the largest event in
[2:51:51] the rural community of penn
[2:51:55] valley each year and so it is a
[2:51:55] huge disappointment to our
[2:51:56] citizens that we were unable to
[2:51:58] host our rodeo.
[2:51:59] Additionally, the penn valley
[2:52:02] rodeo supports many other
[2:52:02] nonprofits including care
[2:52:06] crisis nursery knights of
[2:52:06] columbus, the penn valley area
[2:52:10] chamber of commerce, the penn
[2:52:10] valley little league,
[2:52:11] the nevada union high school
[2:52:14] football boosters and others.
[2:52:18] In 2023 we will be hosting our
[2:52:22] sixty fourth rodeo so we're
[2:52:22] here to stay.
[2:52:23] >> and next I would like to
[2:52:26] introduce our PRESIDENT Traktor
[2:52:30] dave dave summers to tell you
[2:52:31] what we did with the funds that
[2:52:31] we are so grateful that you
[2:52:36] provided for us.
[2:52:36] Morning everybody.
[2:52:40] Thank you for having us do all
[2:52:41] appreciate what you've helped
[2:52:43] us out with just for starters,
[2:52:44] we were in our grounds from
[2:52:48] the rodeo for fire protection
[2:52:48] district which is a staple for
[2:52:49] their budget.
[2:52:51] The grants funds allowed us to
[2:52:52] pay our rent for the fire
[2:52:55] district pay for our iranian
[2:52:56] liability insurance, fix
[2:52:59] the bleachers which are aging
[2:53:00] and require repair each year,
[2:53:03] fix the shoot gates and make
[2:53:03] them safer livestock and
[2:53:07] the contestants fix the picnic
[2:53:07] tables benches used for
[2:53:08] the public and dining and rodeo
[2:53:11] and other events fix our ticket
[2:53:12] booths and build the silent
[2:53:14] auction booth to host our
[2:53:14] auctions.
[2:53:15] We place our bridge which also
[2:53:18] staff allows staff and board
[2:53:19] members, contestants and
[2:53:22] entertainment professionals to
[2:53:23] safely reach our announcer's
[2:53:26] crow's nest where they get
[2:53:27] ready for working out so
[2:53:30] the horses and stuff we were
[2:53:31] able to afford to get a water
[2:53:34] meter and groom the arena all
[2:53:35] host other events such as horse
[2:53:38] shows, gymkhanas, dog shows
[2:53:39] etc. Plus this allowed
[2:53:39] the community to ride in
[2:53:41] the arena.
[2:53:42] We were able to return to our
[2:53:43] practice of sponsoring
[2:53:46] scholarships for the local high
[2:53:47] school seniors and for the penn
[2:53:49] valley fire protection emt
[2:53:50] program which benefits our
[2:53:53] community.
[2:53:54] Lastly, we were able to make
[2:53:55] some much needed repairs to our
[2:53:57] electrical the cookhouse.
[2:53:58] This is just a list of larger
[2:54:01] projects we were able to
[2:54:02] complete with the funds we also
[2:54:02] purchased the lumber and
[2:54:04] supplies for the repairs in
[2:54:05] nevada county to support our
[2:54:08] community in a win win for and
[2:54:09] thank you very much.
[2:54:12] >> thank you so much.
[2:54:13] Thanks for coming to share with
[2:54:19] us today.
[2:54:20] >> so while it would be
[2:54:21] wonderful to have all
[2:54:23] the grantees here, we don't
[2:54:24] have time.
[2:54:25] So we're going to summarize
[2:54:25] progress highlights and some of
[2:54:28] these other sectors and I just
[2:54:28] need to caveat this by saying
[2:54:29] that I won't have time to do
[2:54:31] all of these incredible
[2:54:32] programs justice.
[2:54:32] But I do hope to give a
[2:54:35] sampling of progress in each
[2:54:36] sector and pardon me while I
[2:54:39] drive backwards for a second.
[2:54:40] So beginning with the highlight
[2:54:43] of our safety net services
[2:54:44] community resiliency grant
[2:54:45] funds are providing essential
[2:54:46] resources for habitat for
[2:54:47] humanity to complete
[2:54:51] predevelopment work to build 12
[2:54:52] low-income homes and
[2:54:52] the heritage oaks to
[2:54:54] neighborhood in grass valley.
[2:54:55] This photo is from a
[2:54:56] groundbreaking in JULY and as
[2:54:58] of this fall architecture plans
[2:54:59] have been completed and
[2:55:00] permitting applications have
[2:55:03] been submitted moving into our
[2:55:07] art sector, rpa community
[2:55:07] resiliency grant funds have
[2:55:08] assisted the tahoe truckee
[2:55:11] school of music to partner with
[2:55:11] sierra high school and truckee
[2:55:14] river school to provide weekly
[2:55:15] music classes as well as to
[2:55:16] provide live music for
[2:55:18] the community and sustain work
[2:55:18] for local musicians who are hit
[2:55:21] very hard by covid tomoaki
[2:55:22] school of music also purchased
[2:55:23] musical instruments and
[2:55:27] supplies to provide a free
[2:55:27] instrument lending program.
[2:55:29] They report bringing music to
[2:55:33] 15000 community members in 2022
[2:55:34] .
[2:55:37] >> also in our arts sector on
[2:55:38] the western side this photos
[2:55:39] from music in the mountains who
[2:55:42] use grant funds to support
[2:55:42] staff to deliver children's
[2:55:43] educational programs both in
[2:55:46] school and after school.
[2:55:46] In total, approximately 2000
[2:55:49] students are benefiting from
[2:55:50] programs mwm has been able to
[2:55:52] offer in part due to this grant
[2:55:53] these funds have helped to
[2:55:54] reestablish programs postcode
[2:55:57] closures and mym has
[2:55:57] successfully leveraged other
[2:55:58] funding for future
[2:56:01] sustainability.
[2:56:02] A couple other quick mentions
[2:56:03] in this sector the nevada
[2:56:03] theater was able to make
[2:56:05] essential repairs and upgrades
[2:56:06] to th theaters back smoke
[2:56:10] alarm projector and lighting
[2:56:10] systems to so this iconic local
[2:56:13] venue is able to continue to
[2:56:16] offer space for performing arts
[2:56:17] .
[2:56:17] >> also neighborhood center for
[2:56:21] the arts use their funding to
[2:56:22] support program operations like
[2:56:25] rent and be able to keep their
[2:56:25] programs open for artists with
[2:56:26] disabilities and their
[2:56:29] executive director amy medeiros
[2:56:30] says our artists are happy to
[2:56:30] be back and around staff and
[2:56:35] friends with that I'll turn it
[2:56:36] back to kimberly to highlight
[2:56:36] some of our economic
[2:56:39] development grantees.
[2:56:39] Thank you.
[2:56:40] I'm really excited to highlight
[2:56:42] curious forge wonderful
[2:56:43] makerspace in our region
[2:56:46] through the grant funds that
[2:56:46] were given to curious forge
[2:56:50] they were able to hold 11
[2:56:50] summer camps over the summer of
[2:56:51] 2022.
[2:56:54] They were able program
[2:56:54] developer to organize their
[2:56:55] offerings and provide
[2:56:58] invaluable marketing support.
[2:56:58] They developed a medical
[2:57:02] certification module using a
[2:57:02] learning management system for
[2:57:06] remote training that supports
[2:57:06] their hands on training and as
[2:57:07] you see from the slide, their
[2:57:10] metal fabrication and program
[2:57:10] also supported workforce
[2:57:14] development and internships are
[2:57:14] important so they increase
[2:57:18] their internship program giving
[2:57:18] students opportunities to learn
[2:57:22] ceramics, blacksmithing, glass
[2:57:23] working and support
[2:57:26] the infant's infrastructure.
[2:57:26] Forge other economic
[2:57:30] development highlights in
[2:57:30] the second round of community
[2:57:34] resiliency grants this
[2:57:34] the request for proposals,
[2:57:35] guidelines, formats and
[2:57:38] requirements we're very
[2:57:38] consistent with round one with
[2:57:42] the exception at the rfp
[2:57:42] focused eligibility
[2:57:46] specifically on entities
[2:57:46] providing capacity building
[2:57:50] support to small businesses.
[2:57:50] This was recognizing
[2:57:54] the pandemic's impacts on small
[2:57:54] businesses and these grants
[2:57:55] were intended in part to
[2:57:58] support not a single business
[2:58:01] but entities that supported
[2:58:01] capacity building that
[2:58:02] supported a variety of small
[2:58:05] businesses.
[2:58:05] This included entities not
[2:58:09] limited to downtown
[2:58:09] associations, chambers of
[2:58:13] commerce, economic
[2:58:13] organizations, business
[2:58:17] business igniters and others
[2:58:17] that supported nevada county.
[2:58:20] >> the goal was to support
[2:58:21] small businesses to sustain,
[2:58:24] grow and thrive.
[2:58:24] I'm briefly three highlights
[2:58:28] starting with nevada county
[2:58:28] economic resource council start
[2:58:32] now start right program.
[2:58:32] This involved tracking every
[2:58:36] fictitious business name as
[2:58:36] reported to the nevada nevada
[2:58:40] county recorder's office and
[2:58:40] providing not only an
[2:58:41] introductory letter of welcome
[2:58:44] to all of these businesses but
[2:58:45] it also an offer of no cost
[2:58:48] technical assistance to date
[2:58:48] sirc has engaged with ten
[2:58:52] companies that responded to
[2:58:52] that introductory letter zero
[2:58:55] comments funding is still in
[2:58:56] its early stage of work.
[2:58:59] Its startup accelerator will
[2:59:00] support high tech innovators in
[2:59:03] nevada county with a goal of
[2:59:04] launching two to three scalable
[2:59:07] companies by the end of 2024.
[2:59:08] Support includes oureach,
[2:59:11] networking events, cultivating
[2:59:12] and investor networks and
[2:59:15] providing space for technology
[2:59:16] based startups.
[2:59:19] Then on to events on
[2:59:20] the thursday night markets in
[2:59:23] the grass valley breakfast fall
[2:59:24] into the first month of funding
[2:59:27] for the grass valley downtown
[2:59:27] association.
[2:59:28] These events are designed to
[2:59:31] draw on locals and visitors to
[2:59:35] the downtown areas but also was
[2:59:36] designed to find creative ways
[2:59:36] to support not only
[2:59:38] the businesses within our
[2:59:38] region but also businesses
[2:59:42] outside that immediate area.
[2:59:43] Tony pusa of chilian
[2:59:46] restaurant reached out at one
[2:59:47] point to inquire about being a
[2:59:47] food vendor at cornish
[2:59:50] christmas event.
[2:59:51] >> the grass valley downtown
[2:59:53] association staff worked with
[2:59:54] tony confirming what he would
[2:59:57] need booth and equipment help
[2:59:58] fine tune the menu liaison tony
[2:59:58] with nevada county
[3:00:02] environmental health on
[3:00:03] the temporary food permit and
[3:00:05] the success of that launch went
[3:00:06] beyond his expectations and
[3:00:09] gave him an ability to
[3:00:09] participate.
[3:00:13] >> then on the eastern side of
[3:00:14] the county in 2022 the truckee
[3:00:17] thursday eight week summer
[3:00:18] street vendor participation
[3:00:18] rate was the highest they've
[3:00:22] ever seen with a total of 190
[3:00:25] vendors compared with 150
[3:00:26] the previous year.
[3:00:26] The participated accumulatively
[3:00:30] over a thousand times and this
[3:00:30] included everything from
[3:00:33] artisan food, commercial
[3:00:34] business, professional services
[3:00:37] ,non-profits, government
[3:00:38] agencies and special districts
[3:00:41] over sixty thousand people
[3:00:42] attended the eight week series
[3:00:45] eighty percent were part time
[3:00:46] residents or full time
[3:00:49] residents from truckee lake
[3:00:50] tahoe area and twenty percent
[3:00:53] were visitors from outside
[3:00:54] the area.
[3:00:56] The truckee thursday summer
[3:00:57] street third helps these
[3:00:58] businesses financially and as
[3:01:01] the largest event in truckee
[3:01:01] thursdays also act as an
[3:01:04] incubator for new businesses
[3:01:05] and the town of truckee
[3:01:08] programs at this time area.
[3:01:09] I'll turn it back to you.
[3:01:10] Thanks kimberly.
[3:01:13] In our youth and education
[3:01:13] sector we have three completed
[3:01:16] projects and we'll start with
[3:01:17] highlighting the kids zone in
[3:01:18] truckee, nevada county, arpa
[3:01:37] funding allowed kinslow to
[3:01:38] reopen with improved health and
[3:01:39] safety systems as well as
[3:01:39] provide direct outreach really
[3:01:40] and really creative ways when
[3:01:41] covid prevented direct services
[3:01:41] grant funds, supported staff
[3:01:42] time develop a phased reopening
[3:01:43] plan and new policies and
[3:01:44] procedures and they report that
[3:01:44] this funding allowed kids on to
[3:01:45] serve hundreds of nevada county
[3:01:46] children and their families.
[3:01:46] Another highlight actually out
[3:01:47] on the san juan ridge center.
[3:01:48] A learning center also
[3:01:48] completed their grant using
[3:01:49] funds for operation that
[3:01:50] allowed them to reopen their
[3:01:52] ropes course this not only
[3:01:52] provides enriching outdoor
[3:01:55] experiences to local youth but
[3:01:55] also draws schools and
[3:01:56] businesses from out of the area
[3:01:59] supporting economic development
[3:01:59] as visitors stay, shop and dine
[3:02:00] .
[3:02:03] Deborah istar of synergy.
[3:02:03] The rights teachers are
[3:02:04] grateful and excited to be able
[3:02:07] to their students on an outdoor
[3:02:08] learning adventure once again
[3:02:11] synagis staff are relieved to
[3:02:11] be employed and so happy to be
[3:02:14] working with youth again and
[3:02:15] most importantly youth who are
[3:02:16] isolated socially during
[3:02:18] the pandemic can once again be
[3:02:19] together in an environment that
[3:02:22] fosters collaboration and
[3:02:22] connection.
[3:02:23] Another completed grantee is
[3:02:26] wallman at sierra friend center
[3:02:26] with funds used to update their
[3:02:29] dining hall with improved
[3:02:30] health and safety
[3:02:31] infrastructure so that they
[3:02:31] could reopen and they've since
[3:02:34] hosted multiple successful
[3:02:34] events including summer youth
[3:02:37] camps and retreats.
[3:02:40] We talked a little bit about
[3:02:41] got a highlight from our rodeo
[3:02:42] in our community centers sector
[3:02:45] but we also have a complete
[3:02:46] grantee with the golden empire
[3:02:49] grange and their story was they
[3:02:53] needed to replace their hvac
[3:02:53] system to enable rental of
[3:02:54] the hall.
[3:02:54] They reported that without air
[3:02:56] conditioning or heat they could
[3:02:56] not rent the hall which would
[3:02:57] have resulted in them shutting
[3:03:00] down due to covid gatherings
[3:03:01] being prohibited for a period
[3:03:04] they had no rental revenue for
[3:03:04] almost two years and so funding
[3:03:05] was a critical issue.
[3:03:08] These grant funds along with
[3:03:08] volunteer time and effort
[3:03:12] enabled them to successfully
[3:03:12] install a new system and
[3:03:15] they're renting the hall they
[3:03:15] report we are recovering.
[3:03:16] Clubs are meeting again.
[3:03:20] The community is recovering and
[3:03:23] then another this grant is
[3:03:23] almost complete.
[3:03:24] But I wanted to highlight
[3:03:25] the north san juan community
[3:03:27] center this the arpa grant
[3:03:31] funds were used to successfully
[3:03:31] drill in case a new well which
[3:03:32] is now reading at fifty gallons
[3:03:34] a minute.
[3:03:35] In years past the community
[3:03:39] center well ran dry severely
[3:03:39] threatening their ability to
[3:03:40] serve the community with a
[3:03:43] critical safety net services
[3:03:43] that they provide through
[3:03:44] access to water.
[3:03:47] This volunteer organization and
[3:03:47] continue to provide access to
[3:03:48] services for the local
[3:03:51] community including essential
[3:03:51] services like food distribution
[3:03:54] ,distribution, youth and
[3:03:58] senior services.
[3:04:02] And we now have in in our last
[3:04:03] sector wanting to highlight
[3:04:06] some the greenhorn firewire
[3:04:07] community in truckee river
[3:04:07] watershed council both complete
[3:04:09] and we're glad to have sue
[3:04:10] drake, the development director
[3:04:11] with tuckee river watershed
[3:04:13] council here with us today on
[3:04:14] teams.
[3:04:17] So sarah, are you able to bring
[3:04:17] up sue on teams?
[3:04:32] Jeff, the mastermind thanks for
[3:04:36] being with us today, sue,
[3:04:36] you're on.
[3:04:39] >> thanks for having me and
[3:04:40] thank you to nevada county and
[3:04:43] all the decision makers for
[3:04:44] these grants.
[3:04:44] We just wanted to say thank you
[3:04:47] very much for a twenty thousand
[3:04:48] dollar grant.
[3:04:51] The grant has helped us
[3:04:52] increase resiliency, support,
[3:04:55] recovery and provide relief in
[3:04:56] order to continue carrying out
[3:04:59] our mission in the community.
[3:05:00] Our mission is to bring
[3:05:02] the community together to
[3:05:03] enhance, restore and protect
[3:05:06] the river watershed in
[3:05:07] particular it's allowed us to
[3:05:10] move restoration projects
[3:05:11] through our development phase
[3:05:14] and specifically for partner
[3:05:15] and stakeholder coordination.
[3:05:18] Each project has a group of
[3:05:19] partner agencies and we are
[3:05:19] continuously holding partner
[3:05:22] meetings and at project
[3:05:23] milestones for our field data
[3:05:26] review design review and design
[3:05:29] finalization and a few project
[3:05:33] highlights we have are
[3:05:34] the prosser basin watershed
[3:05:34] assessment.
[3:05:37] We coordination going on
[3:05:38] ongoing with multiple
[3:05:41] landowners like the tahoe
[3:05:42] association treki down our land
[3:05:44] trust and the us forest service
[3:05:45] to conduct an analysis of
[3:05:48] existing conditions in
[3:05:49] the watershed opportunities for
[3:05:52] restoration management and
[3:05:53] protection opportunities.
[3:05:56] We also have the turkey river
[3:05:57] wildlife area we call the bokha
[3:06:00] site and in coordination with
[3:06:01] our partners at the california
[3:06:01] department of fish and wildlife
[3:06:04] we've completed one hundred
[3:06:08] percent design and now have
[3:06:09] the ability to start our
[3:06:11] implementation in twenty twenty
[3:06:12] three this summer having
[3:06:15] leveraged that amount of money
[3:06:19] to bring in one point two
[3:06:20] million in state grant funding
[3:06:23] for implementation.
[3:06:24] And so I'd really like to
[3:06:27] highlight and thank you for
[3:06:28] helping us with the project
[3:06:28] development phases and it
[3:06:31] really helps to leverage
[3:06:32] the state and federal grants
[3:06:35] that average project can cost
[3:06:36] approximately two hundred and
[3:06:36] fifty thousand dollars to get
[3:06:39] through our design phase and
[3:06:42] then once that's once once we
[3:06:43] complete our design phase we're
[3:06:47] eligible to apply for state and
[3:06:47] federal grants for five to ten
[3:06:48] times the amount.
[3:06:50] So our project implementation
[3:06:51] on average can cost anywhere
[3:06:54] between one and three million
[3:06:55] dollars on the ground for
[3:06:56] implementation.
[3:06:59] So this grant really helps us
[3:06:59] achieve that in multiple
[3:07:03] projects and push this through
[3:07:05] the art design phase and we
[3:07:06] also have projects coming up in
[3:07:06] forest health.
[3:07:09] We're continuing with early
[3:07:10] stages of partnership
[3:07:10] coordination with multiple
[3:07:13] landowners across fifty
[3:07:14] thousand acres for mitigating
[3:07:17] the effects of wildfires in our
[3:07:18] region and we've secured
[3:07:20] funding and move and are moving
[3:07:21] seventy five hundred acres into
[3:07:24] the design phase to be
[3:07:25] implemented in the next five
[3:07:29] years and again grants like
[3:07:32] this one from nevada county
[3:07:33] help us move more projects
[3:07:34] through the development phase
[3:07:36] and provide leverage five to
[3:07:36] ten times the amount for
[3:07:40] implementation and we are
[3:07:43] district river watershed
[3:07:44] council in particular can be of
[3:07:47] service to our community, our
[3:07:48] residents and our businesses by
[3:07:51] benefiting from restoration and
[3:07:54] revitalization of our watershed
[3:07:54] .
[3:07:55] Some benefits of these projects
[3:07:58] as they are implemented include
[3:07:59] wider distribution of
[3:08:00] recreation, wildlife
[3:08:02] connectivity, ecosystem
[3:08:03] resilience and increased
[3:08:06] regional capacity to ldap to
[3:08:07] drought, fire and flood and all
[3:08:10] this while also contributing to
[3:08:10] the local economy through
[3:08:13] employing staff, technical
[3:08:14] consultants and contractors
[3:08:17] that help us get the work done
[3:08:18] with our partners.
[3:08:18] So thank you very much.
[3:08:21] I really appreciate
[3:08:22] the contribution and your
[3:08:22] support.
[3:08:26] >> thanks so much sue.
[3:08:26] And I think that truckee river
[3:08:27] watershed really exemplifies
[3:08:29] what so many of these grantees
[3:08:30] have done though which is to
[3:08:30] leverage significant other
[3:08:34] funding that they're able to
[3:08:34] bring in with with this county
[3:08:35] investment.
[3:08:38] So jeff, if you can pop it back
[3:08:39] to the slide show, we'll wrap
[3:08:41] up the other grand see it
[3:08:41] completed in the sector is
[3:08:44] the greenhorn fieriest
[3:08:45] community and we heard gosh
[3:08:46] last month from diane marshall
[3:08:46] about the purchase and
[3:08:49] installation of water tanks for
[3:08:49] fire suppression.
[3:08:52] I also just want to highlight
[3:08:53] the final grant that was
[3:08:57] approved this morning on
[3:08:57] the consent was the bear river
[3:08:58] park and recreation which will
[3:09:01] use grant funds to replace
[3:09:01] their turf field this month.
[3:09:04] This field which serves youth
[3:09:05] and adult athletes community
[3:09:06] wide, has been in urgent need
[3:09:09] of replacement and they also
[3:09:09] have leverage significant other
[3:09:10] funding.
[3:09:13] And so this investment will
[3:09:13] enable year round recreation
[3:09:16] programing that supports health
[3:09:17] ,safety and joy.
[3:09:20] >> so I want to conclude by
[3:09:21] acknowledging the work of these
[3:09:22] organizations not only did
[3:09:25] these local organizations,
[3:09:25] staff and volunteers work hard
[3:09:29] to stay resilient to recover
[3:09:29] and rebuild during and
[3:09:33] following the covert nineteen
[3:09:33] crisis but they have also in
[3:09:36] all cases leveraged significant
[3:09:37] MARCH toward these grants both
[3:09:38] in the form of financial natch
[3:09:41] as well as volunteer time.
[3:09:41] Many of the organizations are
[3:09:44] all volunteer organizations.
[3:09:44] I also want to thank leslie
[3:09:45] with zero business council for
[3:09:48] her help in administering this
[3:09:49] program as well as chenin
[3:09:50] duchaine and our office
[3:09:53] coordinating our reporting and
[3:09:56] compliance with our grantees
[3:09:56] and thank you.
[3:09:57] And for those that MAY not know
[3:10:00] how our funding works, grantees
[3:10:00] are required to report on a
[3:10:04] quarterly basis and we want to
[3:10:04] remind folks that all reports
[3:10:08] are available online at nevada
[3:10:08] county's american rescue plan
[3:10:12] act page along with other
[3:10:13] information on the counties are
[3:10:15] expenditures and as we close we
[3:10:16] understand this direct
[3:10:20] investment in our communities,
[3:10:20] nonprofits, businesses and
[3:10:21] special districts was an
[3:10:23] intentional and unique decision
[3:10:23] by this board.
[3:10:24] And we thank you for your time
[3:10:27] in receiving the update today
[3:10:27] on the impact of this
[3:10:28] investment and providing relief
[3:10:31] promoting recovery and building
[3:10:32] resilience in nevada county.
[3:10:35] So we welcome any questions.
[3:10:35] You enjoy these photos from our
[3:10:36] friends center and tahoe
[3:10:39] truckee school of music.
[3:10:39] Thank you, aryal.
[3:10:43] Thank you, kimberly questions
[3:10:47] hardy, would you like to start
[3:10:47] ?
[3:10:51] I I do not have any specific
[3:10:52] questions.
[3:10:52] It was a great presentation.
[3:10:55] It was awesome to see our
[3:10:56] partners in the work that done
[3:10:58] and all the progress it made so
[3:10:58] no questions for me.
[3:11:02] Just good to see it and I do
[3:11:03] have comments on the program a
[3:11:03] little bit.
[3:11:04] I guess we're going to go to
[3:11:06] that stage next maybe after
[3:11:10] public comment to supervisors
[3:11:14] work that no questions.
[3:11:18] >> supervisor hall, thank you.
[3:11:19] >> thank you for highlighting
[3:11:19] the successes and giving a
[3:11:20] little more detail on
[3:11:22] the programs.
[3:11:23] I think it's just incredibly
[3:11:23] obvious what a great great use
[3:11:25] of these funds this was both
[3:11:26] and that it generated
[3:11:29] additional funds.
[3:11:30] It sort of goosed the economy
[3:11:33] at a time when the economy was
[3:11:34] just tanking through through
[3:11:37] all the closures from covid and
[3:11:38] whatnot.
[3:11:58] It just I think we I want to
[3:11:59] thank the panelists folks who
[3:11:59] helped make these decisions as
[3:12:00] well and I hope we can find a
[3:12:01] way to keep this going through
[3:12:02] ,you know, a foundation that
[3:12:02] we want to be establishing
[3:12:03] because the I think
[3:12:03] the benefits of this are just
[3:12:04] wide spread and exactly
[3:12:05] the kind of thing that we can
[3:12:05] be doing as a county as long as
[3:12:06] we can get the funds coming in
[3:12:06] .
[3:12:07] Thanks for the effort to
[3:12:08] highlight all these great
[3:12:08] programs.
[3:12:11] >> supervisor hook I think
[3:12:12] heidi said it all that was
[3:12:15] great again and I think it's
[3:12:16] and I think it's wonderful.
[3:12:17] Thank you for bringing
[3:12:17] the presentation.
[3:12:18] I think it's fun for the public
[3:12:19] to actually get to really see
[3:12:19] some of the activities that are
[3:12:23] happening and I got to say I've
[3:12:23] gone to some of them and it's
[3:12:26] really heartwarming new
[3:12:30] building out it um at woman
[3:12:34] lovely lovely allows them to
[3:12:34] have more people coming in and
[3:12:35] out really was it was really a
[3:12:38] benefit to that there's so many
[3:12:38] so many kids from all over so
[3:12:41] really good.
[3:12:42] >> I just loved it.
[3:12:45] Thank you so much.
[3:12:46] Appreciate the project in s
[3:12:49] county to that field does mean
[3:12:50] a lot to them.
[3:12:53] We'll go to the public.
[3:12:54] Are there any public comments
[3:12:56] on this one?
[3:13:00] Just come up to the microphone
[3:13:01] ,give me your name and you
[3:13:04] have three minutes.
[3:13:05] Is it ok?
[3:13:05] There we go.
[3:13:08] Yes, my name is jenny
[3:13:09] darlington person and I am
[3:13:10] the executive director of music
[3:13:12] in the mountains and on behalf
[3:13:13] of our arts and culture
[3:13:17] agencies and organizations in
[3:13:17] nevada county, I just want to
[3:13:20] thank the board of supervisors
[3:13:21] ,the county of nevada and as
[3:13:22] well as our federal partners
[3:13:24] for making this arpa money
[3:13:25] available and this board for
[3:13:28] priorities raising our
[3:13:29] nonprofits and especially our
[3:13:32] arts and culture nonprofits.
[3:13:33] Shakespeare said that music is
[3:13:36] the food of love and I think
[3:13:40] shakespeare was talking about
[3:13:41] romantic love but I was here
[3:13:41] the other day for the swearing
[3:13:41] in and we and it was talked
[3:13:44] about this year being a year of
[3:13:44] heart.
[3:13:45] I think that arts and culture
[3:13:48] and music are the food of all
[3:13:49] types of love because art has
[3:13:51] the power despite our
[3:13:52] differences and I'm
[3:13:53] paraphrasing our PRESIDENT At
[3:13:55] the moment to bring us together
[3:13:56] and to provide uniquely human
[3:13:57] experiences.
[3:14:00] >> you know, I had the benefit
[3:14:00] of growing up in this community
[3:14:03] and from I don't know any from
[3:14:03] ever a third grade on I had
[3:14:08] choir, I had band, I had all
[3:14:09] the arts and I know that
[3:14:11] watching my children go through
[3:14:11] our community schools they
[3:14:12] didn't have as nearly as many
[3:14:16] opportunities as I had.
[3:14:16] And so part of our goal that
[3:14:17] music in the mountains is to
[3:14:19] bring those music opportunities
[3:14:20] back to our schools and with
[3:14:22] this money we have been able to
[3:14:23] do that and we've been able to
[3:14:26] leverage over a ground or over
[3:14:27] one hundred and fifty thousand
[3:14:28] dollars to keep those programs
[3:14:28] sustainable.
[3:14:31] So thank you very much.
[3:14:38] >> thank you, danny blue,
[3:14:38] robert trent, executive
[3:14:42] director of sierra comments.
[3:14:42] >> first I just want to
[3:14:45] acknowledge all the hard work
[3:14:46] that the board has done and
[3:14:49] the ceo's office and so many
[3:14:50] people here.
[3:14:52] >> it's it's really cool to see
[3:14:53] all the work being done because
[3:14:54] I'm in my silo of doing my work
[3:14:57] and that's pretty impressive.
[3:14:57] So sitcom's is doing a tech
[3:15:00] accelerator.
[3:15:01] We're doing our we're kind of
[3:15:04] taking a three pronged approach
[3:15:05] .
[3:15:08] It's through community building
[3:15:09] funding and resources and so
[3:15:12] the community building side of
[3:15:12] things we've been very active
[3:15:16] in doing events and bringing
[3:15:19] the tech community together
[3:15:20] because of what's happened in
[3:15:23] covid is that it's everyone's
[3:15:24] off doing their own thing and
[3:15:25] the whole tech community has
[3:15:27] been kind of turned upside down
[3:15:31] and the working demographics of
[3:15:31] the workforce demographics have
[3:15:32] changed.
[3:15:32] We've had a huge influx of tech
[3:15:35] workers here and what sierra
[3:15:35] colman's role we're taking
[3:15:39] right now is to bring these
[3:15:40] people together so they get to
[3:15:42] know each other and build it's
[3:15:46] really community building.
[3:15:47] >> there's been a change in
[3:15:50] demographics and the way tech
[3:15:50] companies are starting up.
[3:15:54] It's not like we're going to be
[3:15:55] the next twitter and hire a
[3:15:58] thousand maybe shouldn't use
[3:15:58] twitter.
[3:15:59] >> we're going to be the next
[3:15:59] tech company and hire a bunch
[3:16:01] of people and have a huge
[3:16:01] office.
[3:16:05] >> it's more ceos moving to
[3:16:05] town or homegrown ceos that are
[3:16:09] hiring individuals, building
[3:16:13] small lean teams.
[3:16:14] >> and what's really important
[3:16:15] is to build a community and a
[3:16:17] culture where it's thriving and
[3:16:21] less focus on starting huge
[3:16:25] companies because that's kind
[3:16:26] of a difficult thing to do
[3:16:29] nowadays.
[3:16:29] It's not what's happening in
[3:16:32] the tech scene funding we had
[3:16:33] the capital summit thank you
[3:16:36] all soon for presenting there.
[3:16:37] It was really great.
[3:16:37] We brought some new funding
[3:16:40] opportunities to this area and
[3:16:41] also other agencies that can
[3:16:44] help local companies get funded
[3:16:44] .
[3:16:45] >> things are starting to
[3:16:48] bubble up but it's going to
[3:16:49] take some time to get people
[3:16:52] connected, get companies
[3:16:56] started and so we're well on
[3:16:56] our way to doing that.
[3:16:57] We're getting a lot of media
[3:17:00] attention.
[3:17:01] It was a great coverage and
[3:17:01] comstock magazine we've been on
[3:17:03] cancio and and cavium and
[3:17:04] you've been at and all of
[3:17:07] the union of course to try to
[3:17:08] get the word out that there is
[3:17:11] this community forming that
[3:17:12] sierra commons and it's really
[3:17:15] starting to click.
[3:17:16] So thank you so much for
[3:17:19] the funding and just planning
[3:17:20] that got twenty seconds left
[3:17:22] planning a seed another big
[3:17:23] project that sierra commons is
[3:17:23] working on developing is a
[3:17:26] kitchen incubator to help
[3:17:30] create more food security in
[3:17:30] the county.
[3:17:31] >> so you'll be hearing more
[3:17:32] about that.
[3:17:34] So thank you.
[3:17:34] You're robert.
[3:17:38] Yeah, thank you.
[3:17:41] Thank you kelvin.
[3:17:45] Yes, I really appreciate
[3:17:49] the part the private sector in
[3:17:50] our community that helps to to
[3:17:53] take care of and support
[3:17:54] the core services that
[3:17:56] the county is trying to take
[3:18:00] care of and I only have one
[3:18:04] question and that is when will
[3:18:05] the this this constant flow of
[3:18:11] money stop and the reason why I
[3:18:12] ask that is because it's
[3:18:15] unnatural by the time my three
[3:18:19] minutes is over thirty six
[3:18:20] million dollars will be added
[3:18:23] to the national deficit and as
[3:18:24] we know this was a tax and
[3:18:26] spend program under the covid
[3:18:30] con job that was used as an
[3:18:31] emergency to create a crisis
[3:18:34] economic crisis in regard to
[3:18:39] that inflation is often
[3:18:42] the most important but at least
[3:18:43] understood principle of our day
[3:18:47] contrary to what we might be
[3:18:47] led to believe by the news
[3:18:50] media and some high economic
[3:18:50] advisors.
[3:18:54] Inflation is not a rise in
[3:18:55] the general level of prices
[3:18:55] often referred to as an
[3:18:59] increase in the cost of living
[3:19:02] inflation is simply an increase
[3:19:03] in the supply of money.
[3:19:03] This increase in the number of
[3:19:06] dollars in relation to
[3:19:07] the goods and services that are
[3:19:10] put u for sale causes people
[3:19:11] to bid up prices.
[3:19:14] Thus a general rise in prices
[3:19:18] is the effect of inflation more
[3:19:19] dollars is the underlying cause
[3:19:24] of the higher prices.
[3:19:25] I could be looked at like I'm a
[3:19:25] critic.
[3:19:28] I simply care about our
[3:19:29] community.
[3:19:29] >> certainly the aging folks
[3:19:31] who have saved their dollars.
[3:19:32] >> now those dollars don't
[3:19:35] compete with the inflated
[3:19:39] dollars that were dumped into
[3:19:40] our our county.
[3:19:43] Even the extra 300 million
[3:19:44] dollars that were separate from
[3:19:47] this nine million dollars that
[3:19:48] was added to support these core
[3:19:52] services in our community.
[3:19:52] So we're talking about that
[3:19:54] three hundred million dollars
[3:19:55] and then when that stopped from
[3:19:56] the federal government and
[3:19:59] the state government, next
[3:20:00] thing you know we needed to
[3:20:02] raise sales tax now this was a
[3:20:03] statewide problem.
[3:20:07] They did this in most of
[3:20:07] the counties.
[3:20:08] This is this is not just a
[3:20:14] random act of inflation and so
[3:20:15] there's also some ancient or I
[3:20:18] consider it pretty old
[3:20:19] statements by a guy named
[3:20:22] eukaryote nikita khrushchev
[3:20:23] that actually puts a little bit
[3:20:26] of answers and clarity into
[3:20:29] this this problem and he said
[3:20:30] that we were americans are so
[3:20:33] gullible.
[3:20:34] You americans are so gullible.
[3:20:37] No, you won't accept communism
[3:20:38] outright but we'll keep feeding
[3:20:41] you small doses of socialism
[3:20:42] until you'll finally wake up
[3:20:45] and and find you already have
[3:20:46] communism.
[3:20:46] We won't have to fight.
[3:20:49] You will so weaken your economy
[3:20:50] that your until you'll fall
[3:20:53] like overripe fruit into your
[3:20:53] hands.
[3:20:54] My quote my comment is simply a
[3:20:55] principled comment about
[3:20:57] economics.
[3:20:58] We need to watch and be
[3:21:01] accountable for where this
[3:21:02] money's coming from truly
[3:21:04] because it's on the back of
[3:21:05] hard working americans that
[3:21:07] this money was created.
[3:21:11] Thank you kevin.
[3:21:12] Is there any phone on the phone
[3:21:15] or written comments?
[3:21:18] MADAM Clerk chair schofield we
[3:21:19] have no callers on line but we
[3:21:22] did receive three emails just
[3:21:26] recently from kids own museum
[3:21:27] curious george and barry you
[3:21:28] land trust thinking the board
[3:21:31] in the county for
[3:21:31] the resiliency fund in very
[3:21:34] good.
[3:21:35] >> thank you.
[3:21:36] All right, I'll bring it back
[3:21:38] to the board.
[3:21:39] Hardy, I felt that you were
[3:21:43] going to follow up on your
[3:21:43] comments.
[3:21:43] >> yeah.
[3:21:45] Thank you.
[3:21:46] Chair schofield's I just want
[3:21:50] to say, you know it the program
[3:21:50] was nimble.
[3:21:54] I think the money got out there
[3:21:54] quickly.
[3:21:54] I think it's incredibly
[3:21:58] difficult to give money to
[3:21:58] deserving agencies and
[3:22:18] organizations and people in in
[3:22:19] an equitable and timely way.
[3:22:20] I think we did a great job that
[3:22:21] I just want to commend staff
[3:22:21] and the board for doing what I
[3:22:22] feel like was the right thing
[3:22:23] during that period when there
[3:22:24] are funds and all the kahrizak
[3:22:28] funding came down.
[3:22:28] I think it was it was it was
[3:22:28] difficult because we didn't
[3:22:28] understand at that time exactly
[3:22:29] the true cost of the covid
[3:22:29] pandemic and what our staff
[3:22:29] time in our our direct and
[3:22:29] indirect cost would be.
[3:22:29] So I think there was a little
[3:22:30] bit of a risk but I think we
[3:22:31] reached out and did the right
[3:22:31] thing to support our community
[3:22:32] and definitely supporting
[3:22:33] the individuals we saw today
[3:22:36] and all the other people that
[3:22:37] received a grant is just
[3:22:37] incredible to see the work that
[3:22:40] they're doing and really a huge
[3:22:44] thank you to them for sticking
[3:22:44] with it during that period
[3:22:45] because it was a tough time.
[3:22:47] i know that many of the people
[3:22:47] we have helped out and worked
[3:22:51] with is our partners have
[3:22:51] talked to me on the eastern
[3:22:52] side of the county about
[3:22:53] the difficulty that they've had
[3:22:55] over the last year and kind of
[3:22:56] the fatigue that they're
[3:22:56] feeling.
[3:22:59] So I think now's a great time
[3:22:59] and as we look at the strategic
[3:23:03] workshop and look at the final
[3:23:03] dollars we have to spend for
[3:23:04] the arpita revenue, I think
[3:23:07] we're going to have some great
[3:23:07] opportunities in front of us to
[3:23:10] do some really meaningful work
[3:23:10] and thank you again to senior
[3:23:11] staff for making the program
[3:23:14] work and being nimble and quick
[3:23:15] and responsive.
[3:23:15] That's good government.
[3:23:16] That's good local government
[3:23:18] and it's just it's awesome to
[3:23:19] see that.
[3:23:19] So I just want to pass that
[3:23:22] along.
[3:23:25] Thank you already board members
[3:23:29] any other comments I I I just
[3:23:30] want to say one thing one thing
[3:23:30] that we can do as a community
[3:23:33] though is just go out and
[3:23:34] support these these nonprofits
[3:23:37] and the folks that work in our
[3:23:38] community go out go to center
[3:23:40] of the arts, go out to wal-mart
[3:23:41] and check it out, see what kids
[3:23:41] jones is doing.
[3:23:45] Come and have an amazing brunch
[3:23:45] at north san juan community
[3:23:46] center.
[3:23:46] It's fabulous.
[3:23:49] You will think wow, this is a
[3:23:50] little community center.
[3:23:52] They're serving this kind of
[3:23:52] food right.
[3:23:53] So and come to pine valley
[3:23:54] rodeo is one of the funnest
[3:23:56] events in you're going to come
[3:23:57] to and see a parade in
[3:24:00] the middle of you know, little
[3:24:01] downtown prevelly.
[3:24:01] So these people have passion
[3:24:04] and love for our community.
[3:24:05] So as a community let's give
[3:24:08] them that passion love back,
[3:24:09] come and support what's going
[3:24:09] on all around and thank you all
[3:24:12] for the work that was done on
[3:24:13] this and the people that donate
[3:24:15] your time.
[3:24:16] I just love the interfaith
[3:24:16] ministry.
[3:24:19] Let's go put in some hours down
[3:24:20] there.
[3:24:23] Let's let's help bring all of
[3:24:24] our community together and keep
[3:24:24] doing things and and really
[3:24:26] support what we put here and
[3:24:27] make it continue to grow.
[3:24:27] So thank you a great
[3:24:31] presentation because you do so
[3:24:35] so I echo all of what you just
[3:24:36] said but you know I was not
[3:24:38] part of of this board that made
[3:24:42] the decisions to support all of
[3:24:43] these organizations in
[3:24:43] the community.
[3:24:44] >> but I just want to say that
[3:24:47] I wholehearted supported as an
[3:24:48] audience member and a community
[3:24:50] member the work that has been
[3:24:51] done here.
[3:24:54] >> you know, covid changed
[3:24:55] everything for many of our
[3:24:58] businesses are nonprofit arts
[3:24:59] organization and as a person
[3:25:02] who has been very intimately
[3:25:03] involved with some of
[3:25:03] the organizations that
[3:25:06] the county has funded over
[3:25:07] the last few years, I'm very
[3:25:09] appreciative that we were able
[3:25:10] to allow those businesses and
[3:25:13] those nonprofits to continue
[3:25:14] serving in our community and as
[3:25:18] sue said, please support our
[3:25:19] local businesses support
[3:25:21] because they help support
[3:25:22] the nonprofits and it's just
[3:25:25] like I said, it's changed
[3:25:26] everything.
[3:25:26] It's changed how we recreated
[3:25:29] changed how we shop, its
[3:25:30] changed how we do entertainment
[3:25:30] .
[3:25:33] >> and as we get into this new
[3:25:34] normal after covid it just you
[3:25:36] know, can't say how much I
[3:25:37] appreciate the work that's been
[3:25:38] done here and well hopefully
[3:25:39] I'll be able to continue to
[3:25:43] support it as well.
[3:25:44] Thank you, lisa.
[3:25:44] All right.
[3:25:47] So at this time I would
[3:25:48] entertain a motion and this is
[3:25:51] a voice vote.
[3:25:52] So here emotion so moved
[3:25:55] sakura's sahal second it's
[3:25:59] supervisor swarthout all those
[3:26:00] in favor I I all right.
[3:26:03] Oppose motion carried
[3:26:06] unanimously thank the board and
[3:26:10] with that how is everybody
[3:26:11] doing would you like a few
[3:26:11] minutes before we go to our
[3:26:14] next item.
[3:26:18] Yes ok how many.
[3:26:19] Just a few.
[3:26:21] Ok we'll take a few minute
[3:28:20] break ok
[3:30:11] and
[3:30:14] I think we've had
[3:30:15] our few minutes so we can wrap
[3:30:18] up our conversations and we'll
[3:30:26] come back into the agenda.
[3:30:29] All right gentlemen, listen up
[3:30:29] .
[3:30:30] All right.
[3:30:34] Our next item is a resolution
[3:30:37] appointing gina will as ordered
[3:30:38] a controller to fill
[3:30:38] the vacancy due to the court's
[3:30:41] ruling disqualifying
[3:30:45] the elected auditor comptroller
[3:30:46] effective JANUARY 11th, 2003
[3:30:49] and through a term ending
[3:30:53] JANUARY 2027.
[3:31:00] Audit comments no no comments.
[3:31:01] no comments that I would move
[3:31:05] we steve going to make a
[3:31:05] presentation of this.
[3:31:06] >> oh, that's right.
[3:31:08] I'm supposed to review steve on
[3:31:09] that.
[3:31:09] That's ok.
[3:31:10] Good to know.
[3:31:12] Steve schofield, supervisors.
[3:31:13] This item was asked to be
[3:31:14] brought back from the DECEMBER
[3:31:17] 13th, 2010 two board meeting to
[3:31:17] appoint jean-noel as the new
[3:31:21] auditor comptroller for nevada
[3:31:21] county.
[3:31:22] That's the resolution I bring
[3:31:24] forward today.
[3:31:25] >> very good.
[3:31:25] Thank you, steve.
[3:31:27] Is there any comments how you
[3:31:28] do have any comments?
[3:31:29] >> no comments from me.
[3:31:35] Thank you to your comments.
[3:31:36] I would move that the selection
[3:31:37] of the control controller be
[3:31:40] filled by gina will kate do we
[3:31:40] have any public comment on this
[3:31:44] before we go forward?
[3:31:51] Gavin there we go.
[3:31:55] I know I don't have any any
[3:31:58] skin in this game of of
[3:31:59] elections.
[3:31:59] I believe though that it's
[3:32:03] important that it be recognized
[3:32:06] that the constituents your each
[3:32:10] of your constituents voted for
[3:32:14] somebody else under
[3:32:14] the assumption that that person
[3:32:15] was qualified.
[3:32:15] >> fair enough.
[3:32:17] Right.
[3:32:18] So I would just put a caution
[3:32:39] out there that it that it would
[3:32:39] probably be in the best
[3:32:40] interest to represent those
[3:32:41] constituents not as overtaking
[3:32:41] the election process by
[3:32:42] extending this temporary
[3:32:43] position to be out for years I
[3:32:44] believe two years would be a
[3:32:45] reasonable amount.
[3:32:48] That's I'm just speaking from
[3:32:48] my my perspective that there
[3:32:52] will be an election a general
[3:32:55] election in two years and if
[3:32:59] the citizens get upset that
[3:32:59] this was just as if you acted
[3:33:03] like the body that elected this
[3:33:03] person.
[3:33:04] It's not it's not personal.
[3:33:07] It's not a personal complaint
[3:33:11] on my behalf at all.
[3:33:11] It's just simply that what
[3:33:14] would your constituents who
[3:33:14] voted for somebody else under
[3:33:15] the assumption that they were
[3:33:18] that rob trebil was qualified,
[3:33:22] what would they think if they
[3:33:25] get upset that you chose to
[3:33:29] kind of overtake two more years
[3:33:29] of the election process?
[3:33:33] So I just invite to consider
[3:33:37] that a two year appointment is
[3:33:37] probably more reasonable than
[3:33:41] certainly a four year term just
[3:33:45] for the fact that a regular
[3:33:45] election will occur.
[3:33:48] And so I would suggest that you
[3:33:49] mean that that's what I would
[3:33:52] suggest on behalf of what I
[3:33:53] think are the constituents and
[3:33:56] the majority of voters in this
[3:33:57] county.
[3:33:57] Thank you.
[3:34:00] Thank you, kelvin.
[3:34:04] Any further comments?
[3:34:05] I think that was discussed at
[3:34:08] the last meeting that chair
[3:34:08] schofield if I could.
[3:34:09] Yes.
[3:34:11] The appointment is for the full
[3:34:12] term as mandated by law.
[3:34:15] So there there isn't a choice
[3:34:16] to do a two year term or you
[3:34:19] could m. Coworkers or anyone on
[3:34:23] line or and there's no collar's
[3:34:24] chair and I received no emails
[3:34:26] on this very good.
[3:34:30] We will bring this back and I
[3:34:31] have a motion from supervisor
[3:34:31] hook.
[3:34:34] >> do I have a second I'll
[3:34:35] second that second supervisor
[3:34:37] hall MADAM Clerk roll call
[3:34:38] please.
[3:34:38] Yes.
[3:34:41] District four yes.
[3:34:42] District three yes.
[3:34:42] District one yes.
[3:34:45] District five yes.
[3:34:46] >> and district two yes.
[3:34:49] Very good.
[3:34:50] Congratulations gina.
[3:34:55] And at this point I'd like to
[3:34:59] introduce our current auditor
[3:35:03] comptroller for one more day
[3:35:04] marsha salter who will do
[3:35:18] the swearing in for gina.
[3:35:19] Thank you.
[3:35:22] Thank you very much.
[3:35:23] Thank you for appointing gina
[3:35:26] to you.
[3:35:27] She's very deserving and she
[3:35:30] worked hard to make a point of
[3:35:34] the importance of the meeting
[3:35:35] qualifications of the office
[3:35:38] and I'm I know you all saw that
[3:35:39] and for the constituents I know
[3:35:41] they understand that that is a
[3:35:42] very important that this is a
[3:35:45] very important role and those
[3:35:49] qualifications mean a lot not
[3:35:50] just to the county of nevada
[3:35:50] but to all the california
[3:35:54] counties and their auditor
[3:35:54] controllers in their positions
[3:35:54] .
[3:35:57] So it is really a unique
[3:36:01] situation that I am still
[3:36:02] seated elected official and I
[3:36:05] can now swear in my my my
[3:36:09] successor and with that gene,
[3:36:13] thank you for allowing me to d
[3:36:14] this.
[3:36:17] And as as you know, I will
[3:36:18] start this and when it says
[3:36:20] state your name will you state
[3:36:21] your name ok and then I'll read
[3:36:24] the rest of this and the end
[3:36:27] you just accept and say I do ok
[3:36:32] so I I do know I swear that I
[3:36:35] will support and defend
[3:36:36] the constitution of the united
[3:36:40] states and the constitution of
[3:36:40] the state of california against
[3:36:43] all enemies foreign and
[3:36:44] domestic that I will bear true
[3:36:47] faith and allegiance to
[3:36:48] the constitution of the united
[3:36:52] states and the constitution of
[3:36:52] the state of california that I
[3:36:56] take this obligation freely
[3:36:58] without a. And any mental
[3:36:59] reservation or purpose of
[3:37:04] evasion and that I will well
[3:37:06] faithfully and discharge
[3:37:07] the duties upon which I'm about
[3:37:08] to enter.
[3:37:10] I will.
[3:37:11] Thank you.
[3:37:11] All right.
[3:37:12] And with that congratulations
[3:37:26] gina.
[3:37:27] Thank you.
[3:37:30] Thank you so much.
[3:37:30] I am just so grateful and
[3:37:34] appreciative to the board for
[3:37:35] this opportunity to serve.
[3:37:39] I'm so grateful to all of
[3:37:42] the many members and wonderful
[3:37:43] community members that I've met
[3:37:49] along this journey to ge to
[3:37:50] this point.
[3:37:50] Very grateful for that.
[3:37:53] I'm very grateful to my family
[3:37:54] and especially my husband randy
[3:37:57] who has been just my top
[3:37:58] supporter through this whole
[3:37:58] process.
[3:38:01] >> so thank you very much to
[3:38:05] our amazing auditor comptroller
[3:38:06] team, the men and women that I
[3:38:09] have the fortune to work with
[3:38:09] every day that I just am
[3:38:13] inspired by your integrity,
[3:38:13] your commitment, your
[3:38:17] dedication to public service
[3:38:21] and to this amazing auditor
[3:38:25] comptroller marsha psalter.
[3:38:25] I am so grateful for the two
[3:38:28] and a half years that I've and
[3:38:29] mentored by you that I learned
[3:38:30] from you.
[3:38:33] I will strive very hard to
[3:38:37] maintain the legacy that you've
[3:38:37] created for our department and
[3:38:40] just pursuing excellence in
[3:38:43] accounting and auditing
[3:38:44] services for for those that we
[3:38:44] serve.
[3:39:01] So thank you very much.
[3:39:02] You always have to do
[3:39:35] the paperwork and duplicate you
[3:39:39] ok, congratulations dana and
[3:39:40] marsha again.
[3:39:43] Thank you for your service to
[3:39:50] the county over the years.
[3:39:54] >> well here we took a quick
[3:39:55] break and now we are in a time
[3:39:57] diatom so it looks like we have
[3:40:01] nine minutes for our next item
[3:40:06] so we will take a break and I
[3:40:06] believe it's at eleven and
[3:40:09] fifteen chair pardon me love
[3:40:09] muffin.
[3:40:10] >> oh look at that.
[3:40:15] We're late.
[3:40:23] Ok, thanks for being with me
[3:40:23] julie.
[3:40:27] Thank you for having me.
[3:40:27] >> all right.
[3:40:30] So this time we have a
[3:40:34] presentation from the this I'll
[3:40:38] be introducing tricia for a
[3:40:39] presentation on the truckee
[3:40:41] chamber of commerce and their
[3:40:42] current activities.
[3:40:42] Tricia, please.
[3:40:43] Thank you.
[3:40:45] Chair schofield.
[3:40:46] So it's my pleasure to
[3:40:49] introduce this item today and
[3:40:50] we have jessica penman with us
[3:40:53] virtually she's a new PRESIDENT
[3:40:54] And ceo of the truckee chamber
[3:40:57] of commerce.
[3:40:58] So jessica, your presentations
[3:41:00] up online and let me know when
[3:41:01] I can advance the slides.
[3:41:01] >> all right.
[3:41:02] thank you.
[3:41:04] Can everyone hear me ok?
[3:41:05] Yes, ok.
[3:41:09] Great.
[3:41:09] Good morning.
[3:41:11] I am so sorry that I'm not able
[3:41:13] to be there in person but I did
[3:41:13] just get word that eighties
[3:41:14] clothes so I'm glad I didn't
[3:41:17] try to make it down there.
[3:41:17] My name's jessica penman.
[3:41:20] I am the new PRESIDENT And ceo
[3:41:21] of the truckee chamber of
[3:41:24] commerce and I'm here today to
[3:41:25] present our new strategic
[3:41:27] direction and a little bit of
[3:41:28] an update about what we're
[3:41:29] doing up here in truckee.
[3:41:34] Next slide so briefly who
[3:41:38] the truckee chamber of commerce
[3:41:39] is.
[3:41:39] We provide a host of benefits
[3:41:42] and programs designate to
[3:41:43] assist and promote members.
[3:41:44] We're the hub of the business
[3:41:44] community.
[3:41:46] Keep members informed, educated
[3:41:50] and connected businesses that
[3:41:51] join our supporting a vital
[3:41:51] organization and professional
[3:41:54] staff that are actively
[3:41:55] involved in the community
[3:41:55] working on behalf of members to
[3:41:58] enhance and improve
[3:41:59] the community and business
[3:42:01] climate we currently serve over
[3:42:02] five hundred business members
[3:42:03] and their employees and not
[3:42:05] just the truckee prop. But in
[3:42:06] nevada and plaza county as well
[3:42:10] as all the way down into reno.
[3:42:10] Our businesses include large
[3:42:14] businesses such as ski resorts,
[3:42:14] brick and mortars in
[3:42:17] the downtown corridor and at
[3:42:21] home businesses during
[3:42:22] the truckee chambers.
[3:42:22] One hundred and ten year
[3:42:23] history we've provided
[3:42:25] educational networking
[3:42:26] opportunities marketing for
[3:42:29] the town of truckee help to
[3:42:30] found the north tahoe truckee
[3:42:33] leadership program.
[3:42:34] We run the california welcome
[3:42:35] center and we've helped to
[3:42:37] build a community through
[3:42:38] programs such as good morning
[3:42:41] truckee and truckee tomorrow we
[3:42:42] also serve new residents of
[3:42:42] truckee.
[3:43:02] There are big life connections
[3:43:03] program which offers new
[3:43:03] residents the opportunity to
[3:43:04] meet new people and receive
[3:43:05] educational information about
[3:43:05] living in the mountains in
[3:43:06] early twenty twenty two
[3:43:07] the truckee chamber of commerce
[3:43:07] board of directors started
[3:43:08] the process of creating
[3:43:08] the chamber's first ever
[3:43:09] strategic plan.
[3:43:10] This process allow them to
[3:43:10] think of what the truckie can't
[3:43:11] chamber can and should be known
[3:43:12] for and that's the plan I'm
[3:43:12] going to present to you today.
[3:43:13] Next slide.
[3:43:14] So first a little bit about me
[3:43:14] .
[3:43:14] Like I said, I'm the new
[3:43:15] PRESIDENT And ceo of
[3:43:16] the truckee chamber.
[3:43:17] I started in OCTOBER of twenty
[3:43:21] twenty two so just hit my 90
[3:43:21] days with the organization
[3:43:24] before us.
[3:43:24] I was at te yountville chamber
[3:43:25] of commerce, the napa county
[3:43:28] for the last five and a half
[3:43:29] years as our director of
[3:43:29] community relations where I
[3:43:32] helped bring the orvil chamber
[3:43:33] from a sleepy little chamber to
[3:43:37] one of the top recognized
[3:43:37] chambers in the region.
[3:43:40] I bring with me a for chuckie
[3:43:40] and a fresh eyes to this
[3:43:41] community that's facing growing
[3:43:44] pains a lot of our mountain
[3:43:47] communities when I saw this
[3:43:47] position come up in MAY of last
[3:43:51] year I knew I had to go for it
[3:43:51] .
[3:43:52] My family's had a home in
[3:43:54] truckee for over twenty five
[3:43:55] years and I love it up here and
[3:43:56] I've been very excited to make
[3:43:58] it my permanent home.
[3:44:02] I love the work that chambers
[3:44:02] do and I'm excited to be here
[3:44:03] and able to help the truckee
[3:44:06] chamber move forward.
[3:44:07] We are at the intersection of
[3:44:10] community and business.
[3:44:10] I'm perfectly positioned to
[3:44:13] help move our community forward
[3:44:14] .
[3:44:14] So my first task when I started
[3:44:15] was to finalize and implement
[3:44:18] our new strategic direction for
[3:44:18] the truckee chamber.
[3:44:22] Next slide.
[3:44:23] So like I said, this is our
[3:44:25] first strategic plan in one
[3:44:26] hundred and I guess now eleven
[3:44:29] years which is exciting.
[3:44:30] It really is allowing us to
[3:44:33] move forward and really create
[3:44:34] a new identity for the truckee
[3:44:37] chamber of commerce.
[3:44:37] The plan was approved by our
[3:44:38] board of directors on NOVEMBER
[3:44:40] 17th and this is our first
[3:44:41] public meeting to discuss what
[3:44:45] we will be doing moving forward
[3:44:45] .
[3:44:45] The three and a half year plan
[3:44:46] is like I said, our first
[3:44:49] strategic plan and we're really
[3:44:50] excited to bring forth three
[3:44:53] new strategic pillars that will
[3:44:54] guide the work that we do for
[3:44:54] our members business and
[3:44:56] community next slide.
[3:45:00] So our first pillar is to
[3:45:01] advocate for business.
[3:45:04] We are looking to be the voice
[3:45:05] of business in our community
[3:45:08] being the go to source of data
[3:45:09] and information related to
[3:45:12] the business climate in truckee
[3:45:12] and eastern and western nevada
[3:45:13] county.
[3:45:15] We will have a seat at
[3:45:16] the table for all policy and
[3:45:16] business related measures at
[3:45:19] the local and county level and
[3:45:20] we are going to work to create
[3:45:20] a regional business voice to
[3:45:24] ensure nevada county is
[3:45:24] business friendly.
[3:45:27] We are really excited to start
[3:45:28] working on a way to really
[3:45:31] understand what our business
[3:45:31] climate looks like in
[3:45:35] the county and to move forward
[3:45:35] with a communication plan to
[3:45:36] really make sure that all
[3:45:39] business information is
[3:45:39] reaching those that need it.
[3:45:43] >> next slide our next pillar
[3:45:44] is to bolster economic
[3:45:47] prosperity.
[3:45:48] We're going to work to ensure a
[3:45:48] strong vibrant economy by
[3:45:51] cultivating and promote
[3:45:52] promoting healthy business
[3:45:55] growth and then supporting and
[3:45:55] growing that truckee workforce
[3:45:56] in partnerships with crucial
[3:45:59] community partners.
[3:46:00] The future of the economy right
[3:46:00] now as we know, is on
[3:46:02] everyone's mind and with one
[3:46:03] that is based on tourism,
[3:46:07] economic diversification and
[3:46:07] strengthening is a top priority
[3:46:08] for the truckee chamber of
[3:46:10] commerce working with our
[3:46:11] community partners such as
[3:46:11] the town of truckee, sierra
[3:46:14] business council, usda and
[3:46:14] others.
[3:46:15] We are looking to be a leader
[3:46:19] working towards economic
[3:46:19] stability and growth.
[3:46:20] One of our first priority is to
[3:46:23] create a system to accurately
[3:46:23] talk about how our business
[3:46:24] community is doing and what
[3:46:26] the business climate is in
[3:46:27] the truckee region.
[3:46:30] Next slide and then our third
[3:46:31] pillar is to cultivate
[3:46:34] community connection and this
[3:46:35] is really where the truckee
[3:46:35] chamber of commerce has
[3:46:38] excelled in the past and we're
[3:46:39] going to continue that legacy
[3:46:39] forward.
[3:46:41] So we're continuing to engage,
[3:46:42] connect and promote the truckee
[3:46:42] community to both resident
[3:46:46] residents and visitors continue
[3:46:49] popular programing such as good
[3:46:50] morning truckee, which we did
[3:46:50] move to the third tuesday of
[3:46:53] the month to allow for county
[3:46:54] and town staff to participate
[3:46:57] so it doesn't conflict with
[3:46:57] these meetings.
[3:46:58] Be a convener of community
[3:47:01] leaders around important issues
[3:47:02] facing truckee and then we will
[3:47:04] continue to operate a trekkie
[3:47:05] welcome center and transit
[3:47:06] center as an important touch
[3:47:08] point for both visitors and
[3:47:09] residents.
[3:47:12] We have always been known as a
[3:47:13] community connector and we look
[3:47:14] forward to continuing that
[3:47:16] tradition and building upon our
[3:47:17] already existing community
[3:47:17] partnerships.
[3:47:22] Next slide.
[3:47:26] >> so our next steps we're
[3:47:27] entering this new era for
[3:47:28] the truckee chamber of commerce
[3:47:28] .
[3:47:29] I'm really looking to move our
[3:47:30] strategic plan forward with
[3:47:34] the help of regional partners.
[3:47:35] We look forward to finding new
[3:47:37] ways to partner with nevada
[3:47:38] county and to really work with
[3:47:38] you to get your message out to
[3:47:41] our businesses in the truckee
[3:47:42] region.
[3:47:42] We look forward to making sure
[3:47:45] that nevada county remains one
[3:47:46] of the world's best places to
[3:47:49] live, work and of course do
[3:47:50] business.
[3:47:54] Next slide and that's it.
[3:47:54] Thank you.
[3:47:58] Any questions?
[3:47:59] I'm sad my photo of my dog
[3:48:01] didn't show up like it's
[3:48:02] supposed to on the slide but
[3:48:05] that's ok.
[3:48:09] Thank you jessica and welcome.
[3:48:10] >> I'm glad you didn't try to
[3:48:12] make it over today.
[3:48:13] Let's start off with questions
[3:48:16] and comment.
[3:48:20] >> hardy, this is your area.
[3:48:20] Yeah.
[3:48:24] Thank you so much, jessica.
[3:48:25] I really appreciate you taking
[3:48:26] the time to present to my
[3:48:28] colleagues and I as alison and
[3:48:29] I were both fortunate to sit
[3:48:31] down with you recently and we
[3:48:32] got to sit down, jessica and
[3:48:33] talk to her about these three
[3:48:35] pillars and there are things
[3:48:36] that I watch the chamber work
[3:48:39] toward and then I'm excited
[3:48:40] about your leadership and also
[3:48:44] chair vitus and her leadership
[3:48:46] with the chamber and others
[3:48:47] that have taken it in a new
[3:48:47] direction.
[3:48:48] I'm excited about that.
[3:48:52] I do I'm always really
[3:48:52] protective of the community
[3:48:54] portion of that pillar because
[3:48:55] the chamber has always played
[3:48:56] such a classic role.
[3:48:58] Good morning rocky.
[3:48:59] Is this place where you can
[3:49:02] show up and talk about what you
[3:49:03] have to do in your organization
[3:49:06] ,what your hopes, dreams and
[3:49:07] goals are.
[3:49:07] You can work with your partners
[3:49:08] .
[3:49:09] you can have the meeting after
[3:49:10] a meeting which is suffices for
[3:49:11] many meetings a week and I'm
[3:49:14] really, really glad and I
[3:49:14] really appreciate you switching
[3:49:17] that date so we can participate
[3:49:18] because I've missed every
[3:49:19] single good morning thank for
[3:49:21] the last two years except when
[3:49:22] I call in to present and I
[3:49:26] think that while eastern county
[3:49:26] in the town of truckee in
[3:49:29] the chamber and commerce
[3:49:33] association are quite vibrant
[3:49:34] and really resilient, it is a
[3:49:37] fragile balance in eastern
[3:49:38] county trying to get the proper
[3:49:41] economic growth support
[3:49:41] the local character of
[3:49:45] the community have people that
[3:49:45] are local with their work,
[3:49:49] their shop there and preserve
[3:49:49] their way of life during these
[3:49:50] really peak periods.
[3:49:53] And I know that during
[3:49:53] the recent weeks it can be
[3:49:57] incredibly challenging and so
[3:49:57] that balance of business,
[3:50:01] quality of life and in our
[3:50:01] environment and our recreation
[3:50:02] based economy is something that
[3:50:05] I know the chamber is really
[3:50:05] looking closely at.
[3:50:06] We had those conversations last
[3:50:09] time we met and then also
[3:50:09] talking with you about our
[3:50:12] regional opportunities we face
[3:50:12] east and west county because we
[3:50:15] do have this really great
[3:50:16] balance of winter activity in
[3:50:19] east county and summer activity
[3:50:20] in both sides of the county and
[3:50:23] then we can go back and forth
[3:50:23] when we are tired of the snow
[3:50:24] we can go down the hill and
[3:50:27] when people want to go skiing
[3:50:27] they can go up the hill if you
[3:50:28] can get across state.
[3:50:31] But you know, once again,
[3:50:31] thanks jessica.
[3:50:32] looking forward to working with
[3:50:34] you and our other people.
[3:50:35] I just want to recognize chair
[3:50:38] schofield as well because
[3:50:39] during the covid pandemic he
[3:50:43] and supervisor miller spent a
[3:50:43] tremendous amount of time on
[3:50:46] the covid business calls and I
[3:50:47] think it had a different name
[3:50:50] but I doubt that all of those
[3:50:50] and I know for at least a year
[3:50:51] and a half they spent a lot of
[3:50:52] time working with the chamber
[3:50:54] of commerce and others to make
[3:50:55] sure that that community was
[3:50:55] taken care of from an economic
[3:50:58] perspective.
[3:50:58] Just a shout out to schofield
[3:51:00] for that as well and thanks are
[3:51:04] presenting today.
[3:51:09] Thank you already to professor
[3:51:09] swarthout.
[3:51:12] >> well welcome jessica.
[3:51:13] I like you are new to my my
[3:51:17] role up here as a member of
[3:51:17] the board of supervisors but
[3:51:20] certainly I'm not new to idea
[3:51:21] and working with chambers of
[3:51:24] commerce.
[3:51:24] I had a small business in
[3:51:25] downtown grass valley for many
[3:51:28] years and was very involved
[3:51:28] there.
[3:51:32] So I just have always had great
[3:51:32] respect and admiration for
[3:51:33] the truckee chamber of commerce
[3:51:36] and the collaborative approach
[3:51:36] that your organization has
[3:51:49] taken in working with
[3:51:49] the business community and
[3:51:49] the other entities that provide
[3:51:49] similar services up in your
[3:51:50] community.
[3:51:50] So as when the weather gets
[3:51:50] better I'm not a big snow
[3:51:50] person but when the weather
[3:51:51] gets better I look forward to
[3:51:52] coming up to truckee and I'm
[3:51:52] doing a tour around hopefully
[3:51:55] with supervisor bullock and
[3:51:56] coming by and meeting with you
[3:51:59] and just to talk about what
[3:51:59] your future plans are.
[3:52:00] Yorkville is one of my favorite
[3:52:03] places in the napa valley.
[3:52:04] When I saw when I saw your your
[3:52:07] resume online looking through
[3:52:07] the chamber of the truckee
[3:52:08] chamber of commerce, I was like
[3:52:11] wow, they they hit it out of
[3:52:12] the park getting somebody from
[3:52:15] youngsville.
[3:52:15] Just a couple observations I
[3:52:16] had when I was perusing through
[3:52:18] your website this week the two
[3:52:22] things that I did not see on
[3:52:22] there which I'm not a member so
[3:52:26] I wasn't able to sign in so
[3:52:27] they might be available is who
[3:52:30] your board of directors are?
[3:52:31] I did I was able to find it
[3:52:31] through an article in
[3:52:34] the newspaper and then also I
[3:52:38] don't know if this is protocol
[3:52:39] but just to see what your
[3:52:42] budget was and to see, you know
[3:52:46] ,your sources of revenue and
[3:52:46] your expenses.
[3:52:47] >> so I don't know if that's
[3:52:50] something that you guys publish
[3:52:50] publicly but I think for
[3:52:51] transparency sake I think it's
[3:52:54] really important that our
[3:52:55] nonprofit organization,
[3:52:55] especially our business
[3:52:57] organizations are very
[3:52:58] transparent in in their
[3:53:01] finances and where the money
[3:53:02] comes from and where the money
[3:53:02] is spent.
[3:53:03] Although I will say that I
[3:53:05] think guys have done a
[3:53:06] fantastic job of managing your
[3:53:06] budget and helping your
[3:53:26] businesses especially through
[3:53:27] covid so welcome and I really
[3:53:27] look forward to working with
[3:53:28] you in the future.
[3:53:28] Thank you supervisor.
[3:53:29] Ok, well welcome.
[3:53:29] >> I'm happy you love
[3:53:30] the truckee area.
[3:53:36] It sounds like you have a
[3:53:36] history there and now they're
[3:53:37] just going to reap in those
[3:53:37] benefits having two chambers
[3:53:37] are so important I think
[3:53:37] keeping that camaraderie really
[3:53:37] kind of going with all your
[3:53:38] businesses and having them know
[3:53:38] what's going on I think is such
[3:53:38] an integral part of what a
[3:53:39] chamber does.
[3:53:39] I even see that in our little
[3:53:42] pine valley chamber that we
[3:53:43] have how important it is to
[3:53:43] bring those business members
[3:53:46] together so they know what's
[3:53:47] going on and keep those
[3:53:49] activities going and keeping
[3:53:50] you have this is a big chamber
[3:53:50] .
[3:53:51] It's huge when you said five
[3:53:53] hundred people that actually
[3:53:54] that's fantastic.
[3:53:54] >> so I'll look for it.
[3:53:57] I'll be up in truckee in these
[3:54:00] days and I'll look forward to
[3:54:01] meeting you.
[3:54:01] So welcome and thank you for
[3:54:01] the presentation.
[3:54:05] I thank you.
[3:54:06] You're welcome.
[3:54:09] Jessica and I look forward to
[3:54:10] collaborating with you from
[3:54:10] the county level.
[3:54:13] The more collaboration
[3:54:13] the better.
[3:54:14] So so I wish you lots of
[3:54:16] success in getting your
[3:54:20] strategic plan up and running.
[3:54:21] Thank you.
[3:54:21] Read and you and jessica at
[3:54:28] pleasure having you here and
[3:54:28] looking forward to meeting you
[3:54:28] in person and you know my
[3:54:29] comment is that it's really
[3:54:32] good to see the collaboration
[3:54:33] that the county has with
[3:54:36] organizations such as yours and
[3:54:37] i think we look at
[3:54:40] the legislation legislative
[3:54:41] platform today and we discussed
[3:54:43] how the communities were
[3:54:44] brought in or cities or towns
[3:54:48] and also there is a resiliency
[3:54:48] fund and how that's gone out
[3:54:52] throughout our entire county.
[3:54:55] And I think, you know, I always
[3:54:56] say that what's good for
[3:54:56] the cities and towns is good
[3:54:59] for the county and what's good
[3:55:00] for the county is good for
[3:55:03] the cities and towns and it's
[3:55:04] not always easy unless there
[3:55:08] are there are times that we we
[3:55:11] kind of bump heads a little bit
[3:55:11] .
[3:55:11] That's ok.
[3:55:12] I think that philosophy is true
[3:55:15] with all of this so and you
[3:55:18] guys do a great job up there.
[3:55:19] I've always fet the same way
[3:55:20] that it's an amazing
[3:55:23] organization that you have.
[3:55:23] So again, jessica, thank you
[3:55:26] very much and looking forward
[3:55:27] to meeting you in person any
[3:55:34] other I'm sorry any comments
[3:55:35] public comments on this one,
[3:55:36] MADAM Clerk, anybody on
[3:55:38] the line or chair?
[3:55:38] >> we have no callers and no
[3:55:41] one on line and I also did on a
[3:55:42] note we have a public comment
[3:55:43] kiosk in treki open right now
[3:55:46] for this item but oh no one is
[3:55:47] there and I imagine it has to
[3:55:47] do with the weather.
[3:55:52] >> is it very snowy outside
[3:55:52] right now?
[3:55:55] >> is it snowing now?
[3:55:56] Yeah, yeah.
[3:55:56] I guess that's why hardy
[3:56:01] couldn't be here today.
[3:56:02] >> all right, jessica, thank
[3:56:03] you so much.
[3:56:05] And we will soon.
[3:56:06] All right.
[3:56:11] Thank you, tricia.
[3:56:12] ok, so we are down to
[3:56:16] announcements and we've done
[3:56:16] quite well here.
[3:56:17] So I think we have time to do
[3:56:20] our announcements before lunch
[3:56:20] .
[3:56:21] So who would like to start it
[3:56:21] off?
[3:56:24] Hardy, I guess I go to you
[3:56:24] first.
[3:56:28] >> ok, thank you very much.
[3:56:29] I'm going to keep it pretty
[3:56:31] brief.
[3:56:32] You know the biggest thing that
[3:56:35] was the thing that I want to
[3:56:36] announce is basically in
[3:56:37] DECEMBER we did these
[3:56:39] stakeholder outreach meetings
[3:56:39] and they worked very well.
[3:56:40] We reached out into
[3:56:43] the community that most of
[3:56:43] the major east county
[3:56:46] stakeholders and many from was
[3:56:47] county sat down in person when
[3:56:48] we could and did some phone
[3:56:50] calls and it was just it was a
[3:56:51] great opportunity to connect
[3:56:54] after the end of the year I I
[3:56:58] forget the total maybe twenty
[3:56:58] five meetings or so half of
[3:57:01] those in person half online and
[3:57:05] we we took all that information
[3:57:06] and kind of rolled it up to get
[3:57:07] a better understanding of how
[3:57:10] people were doing what their
[3:57:10] hopes, dreams and goals were,
[3:57:11] what their priorities were for
[3:57:14] twenty twenty three and hoping
[3:57:14] to bring those forward and and
[3:57:17] work with my colleagues on
[3:57:18] the board at our strategic
[3:57:20] planning workshop and I'm
[3:57:21] looking forward to meeting
[3:57:21] there.
[3:57:22] So that's that's my
[3:57:22] announcement.
[3:57:25] And once again I just wanted to
[3:57:28] welcome supervisor swarthout.
[3:57:29] I'm looking forward to working
[3:57:30] with you and and working
[3:57:31] closely with the city grass
[3:57:35] valley.
[3:57:35] Thank already ready.
[3:57:39] You're ready.
[3:57:43] >> you're I'm ready to so I
[3:57:43] continued my work with cisac
[3:57:47] and nako through calls and
[3:57:47] meetings.
[3:57:48] I'll just note that there will
[3:57:51] be a proposal probably coming
[3:57:51] to us about spending some of
[3:57:54] our pilt return funds on a on a
[3:57:58] group to promote rural stries
[3:57:59] and I think we're going to have
[3:58:02] a discussion on that.
[3:58:02] So I'm trying to gather
[3:58:03] information for all of you but
[3:58:06] continuing to do my advocacy
[3:58:06] for the county and the state of
[3:58:10] california on both on those
[3:58:14] calls I have met with a couple
[3:58:14] of folks and one group on
[3:58:18] the ranch house renovation
[3:58:18] project which wll be coming to
[3:58:21] the board on JANUARY 24th.
[3:58:22] And so I want to continue to
[3:58:25] encourage my constituents and
[3:58:25] others who have questions to
[3:58:29] call me about that been
[3:58:29] preparing for the JANUARY
[3:58:33] workshop attended our mental
[3:58:36] and behavioral health board
[3:58:37] meeting and just want to take a
[3:58:40] moment to remind folks that
[3:58:41] that board meeting is open to
[3:58:41] the public.
[3:58:44] It meets the first friday
[3:58:45] the month generally from ten to
[3:58:45] twelve.
[3:58:48] We have lots of presentations
[3:58:51] are mental and behavioral
[3:58:51] health programs depend quite a
[3:58:55] bit on a number of local
[3:58:59] non-profits and agencies to
[3:58:59] help deliver enormous amount of
[3:59:02] services to help our folks in
[3:59:03] this county who need that kind
[3:59:06] of help.
[3:59:07] They do a tremendous job.
[3:59:10] There's always struggles with
[3:59:11] bureaucracy and need for money
[3:59:14] and folks wh fall through
[3:59:18] the cracks is a huge workload
[3:59:19] and we appreciate so much folks
[3:59:22] in the community who support
[3:59:23] that work and help us deliver
[3:59:25] those services and if you're
[3:59:26] interested in sitting in on one
[3:59:29] of those meetings, feel free to
[3:59:30] call me as well and I can get
[3:59:33] you connected.
[3:59:37] I did I did drove around with
[3:59:38] craig griesbach to take a look
[3:59:41] at our bill a couple of our blm
[3:59:45] sites as folks MAY know, we're
[3:59:46] trying to work more closely
[3:59:46] with the bureau of land
[3:59:48] management on the number of
[3:59:49] sites in our counties that need
[3:59:52] some vegetation management and
[3:59:53] it's been tough to get that
[3:59:53] going.
[3:59:56] So we spent some time just
[3:59:57] ensuring that I know what in my
[4:00:00] district what the issues are.
[4:00:01] There's a number of lots in my
[4:00:04] district that are really need a
[4:00:04] lot of work.
[4:00:05] So we took a look at those I
[4:00:07] did the in concert sierra
[4:00:08] facility tours that might have
[4:00:11] been before the last meeting
[4:00:12] but what they're proposing to
[4:00:15] do with the building to create
[4:00:19] a new concert hall but also a
[4:00:20] new venue for conferences is
[4:00:22] just a tremendous as well as
[4:00:23] theater.
[4:00:23] It's a tremendous project.
[4:00:27] So it was exciting to take a
[4:00:28] look at that and see how we
[4:00:30] might engage with them on that
[4:00:30] .
[4:00:31] I've been doing a lot of work
[4:00:34] with civic well which is
[4:00:35] the organization statewide
[4:00:35] organization that works on
[4:00:37] sustainability and climate
[4:00:38] change issues including
[4:00:41] transportation and housing.
[4:00:42] we just hired a new ceo and
[4:00:46] it's a I think poised to do
[4:00:46] some really great things and
[4:00:49] we're going to be collaborating
[4:00:50] with them as we go forward here
[4:00:53] in this county and then finally
[4:00:54] I was able to go on the cash
[4:00:58] and fields tour which was just
[4:00:58] phenomenal.
[4:01:01] So it's a low income workforce
[4:01:04] housing in nevada city.
[4:01:05] Bunch of people are the folks
[4:01:08] including folks we know and
[4:01:09] friends of people I know who
[4:01:13] are just starting to move in
[4:01:16] this week and last week
[4:01:17] the units are beautiful and
[4:01:17] efficient.
[4:01:20] The community center down below
[4:01:21] is spectacular.
[4:01:22] They all have a place for
[4:01:25] gardens and a playground and
[4:01:29] it's affordable and they think
[4:01:29] 60 percent of the folks who are
[4:01:32] moving in are directly local
[4:01:35] nevada city and another twenty
[4:01:36] five percent they think are
[4:01:39] from also local grass valley
[4:01:40] rough and ready.
[4:01:43] And so these are folks who are
[4:01:44] trying to stay and live here,
[4:01:47] who work here and needed a
[4:01:48] little help getting into
[4:01:48] housing.
[4:01:50] I think it's a phenomenal model
[4:01:51] and I'm hoping we can do more
[4:01:52] projects like that here in
[4:01:52] the future.
[4:01:55] >> but just kudos to all
[4:01:55] the folks who made that happen
[4:01:58] and the people who are running
[4:01:59] it and congratulations to
[4:02:03] the folks who are moving in
[4:02:03] there now.
[4:02:04] >> thank you.
[4:02:10] Thank heidi sue, I don't have a
[4:02:10] whole lot of those.
[4:02:11] >> I was sick so I didn't make
[4:02:14] it to that tour but I've been
[4:02:15] watching that grow and being a
[4:02:17] part of the regional housing
[4:02:18] authority is actually really
[4:02:21] exciting program and to look at
[4:02:22] the work that really has come
[4:02:26] together and collaborating with
[4:02:26] the cities and the counties to
[4:02:27] get those done with some of
[4:02:29] that funding that came that
[4:02:29] worked is it is exciting.
[4:02:32] I'm happy to see the folks
[4:02:33] moving in.
[4:02:33] I think that is huge.
[4:02:40] Um, I have had lots of phone
[4:02:41] calls.
[4:02:41] I want to shout out to staff
[4:02:44] and the folks that are working
[4:02:45] out in the in the dredges of
[4:02:48] this storm.
[4:02:49] I mean I get a lot of phone
[4:02:49] calls with issues with
[4:02:52] the roads with pg&e and and
[4:02:56] rightfully it's hard wen you
[4:02:56] don't have power.
[4:02:57] It's hard but I got to say
[4:03:00] they've done a great job really
[4:03:01] in our community right now.
[4:03:04] So I feel a lot of those
[4:03:04] questions we have a lot of
[4:03:05] folks with their phones are out
[4:03:05] .
[4:03:07] We got to remember at&t there's
[4:03:07] only so many people that work
[4:03:11] so be patient.
[4:03:12] It's part of living in a rural
[4:03:13] area.
[4:03:13] I know sometimes it's very
[4:03:16] frustrating.
[4:03:16] I've experienced it myself.
[4:03:17] We didn't have a phone for ten
[4:03:20] days.
[4:03:20] The line was out.
[4:03:21] There was five people with
[4:03:24] ninety five calls for service.
[4:03:24] Right.
[4:03:28] So I just want to remind
[4:03:28] everybody is as frustrated as
[4:03:29] be patient.
[4:03:49] Remember those folks working in
[4:03:49] the in the downpours in
[4:03:50] the rain our staff from roads
[4:03:51] they are trying to keep up with
[4:03:51] the downed trees and
[4:03:52] the branches and so really if
[4:03:53] you don't have to go out
[4:03:53] the best thing is to stay home
[4:03:54] and be safe.
[4:03:54] I just want to remind people
[4:03:55] you think about that we watch
[4:03:56] the news we're seeing we know
[4:03:56] we're having flooding.
[4:03:57] We know that we have some road
[4:03:58] issues where there's been some
[4:03:58] erosion.
[4:03:59] So I guess what I'm just saying
[4:04:00] is I think first stay home,
[4:04:00] stay warm.
[4:04:01] I am answering those phone
[4:04:02] calls.
[4:04:03] We are fielding the issues that
[4:04:03] are having problems.
[4:04:06] The website is still up.
[4:04:07] You're welcome to turn in
[4:04:08] the problems that you see along
[4:04:10] the highways if you are out and
[4:04:10] about.
[4:04:14] But again, remember every time
[4:04:14] we're out we're putting
[4:04:15] somebody else at risk that has
[4:04:18] to come out and check on us.
[4:04:19] So I just want to I just want
[4:04:19] to say be safe.
[4:04:21] That's the biggest thing.
[4:04:21] This is winter.
[4:04:22] We live in a wonderful place.
[4:04:25] Thank GOD for the rain.
[4:04:26] We do need it sometimes we
[4:04:26] wanted to come a little
[4:04:29] differently than we see coming
[4:04:29] .
[4:04:30] But fr right now it's is what
[4:04:33] we have and when it dries up we
[4:04:34] can think about all
[4:04:35] the vegetation management we
[4:04:37] can do because it'll be a
[4:04:38] little bit fire safe at
[4:04:38] the time.
[4:04:41] So I guess I'm saying keep your
[4:04:41] cup half full.
[4:04:42] I'm happy to field those phone
[4:04:42] calls.
[4:04:45] you can call to me I'm really
[4:04:46] good listener and then we'll
[4:04:47] see what we can do and keep
[4:04:48] moving forward.
[4:04:49] So that's probably been my
[4:04:49] busiest time the last couple of
[4:04:52] weeks and looking forward to
[4:04:53] all my committees starting back
[4:04:53] .
[4:04:56] I have orientation for our crc
[4:04:57] coming up and I'll look forward
[4:04:59] to reporting back and all that
[4:04:59] .
[4:05:03] >> so that's all I have thanks
[4:05:03] to lisa.
[4:05:07] So I've only been here a week
[4:05:08] but I did want to take this
[4:05:10] opportunity to thank everybody
[4:05:11] who's been so helpful the warm
[4:05:14] welcome I've received from my
[4:05:15] fellow board members, the help
[4:05:18] from staff especially jeffrey
[4:05:22] and sarah and julie and claire
[4:05:23] who have been emailing me and
[4:05:26] trying to keep me on task.
[4:05:27] So I always thought I knew a
[4:05:30] lot and then you get up here
[4:05:30] and you realize how much you
[4:05:31] don't know and how complicated
[4:05:33] all of this is.
[4:05:34] So I really appreciate all
[4:05:37] the work that everybody's put
[4:05:38] into onboarding me and
[4:05:38] hopefully in the next month or
[4:05:41] so we'll figure where
[4:05:42] the bathrooms are.
[4:05:45] >> thanks.
[4:05:46] >> thanks, lisa.
[4:05:47] It's a pleasure having you here
[4:05:47] .
[4:05:49] And I've been telling folks
[4:05:50] you're way ahead of most people
[4:05:53] when they first come here so
[4:05:54] and I know you've been doing a
[4:05:57] lot of touring and talking with
[4:05:58] department heads and it's nice
[4:06:01] to win and I'm primary.
[4:06:02] Where did you go?
[4:06:04] You didn't.
[4:06:05] >> you did.
[4:06:05] that's right.
[4:06:09] No yeah that's right now though
[4:06:15] you are here so you know, I
[4:06:15] looked at it and it's like
[4:06:18] christmas vacation new year's.
[4:06:19] It wouldn't be too much going
[4:06:21] on but it is surprising what we
[4:06:22] have been involved with even
[4:06:25] during these ties.
[4:06:29] I had a saids stakeholder
[4:06:30] meeting that I think that
[4:06:33] stands for community economic
[4:06:34] development.
[4:06:34] Is that right kimberlite?
[4:06:38] Not too bad and this is a very
[4:06:42] important plan that is helps us
[4:06:46] in obtaining federal and state
[4:06:46] dollars I believe primarily
[4:06:48] federal right.
[4:06:49] And it was a panel hosted by
[4:06:53] cierra business council, an
[4:06:54] economic resource council and
[4:06:56] there's a survey that really
[4:06:57] needs to be taken and what they
[4:07:00] found was during this meeting
[4:07:01] that we had was that most of
[4:07:04] the people that took the survey
[4:07:09] was us so they said look, we
[4:07:09] need to get this survey back
[4:07:10] out.
[4:07:13] I think we'll find it online
[4:07:13] with cierra business council I
[4:07:16] believe vassy hasid do we have
[4:07:16] it county wise kimberly?
[4:07:20] We do look for that survey and
[4:07:24] fill it out and we need to get
[4:07:24] down into the working level of
[4:07:28] our community for the for
[4:07:28] the best results of the survey
[4:07:29] .
[4:07:31] So that was very interesting.
[4:07:32] We had a south county fuel
[4:07:36] break meeting to al-jazeera
[4:07:36] which was very good.
[4:07:40] It had about sixty percent of
[4:07:41] the property owners had already
[4:07:47] agreed to their participation
[4:07:48] in the plan and as soon as you
[4:07:49] know it's all private
[4:07:52] properties, we have to have
[4:07:53] that private property approval
[4:07:55] and I felt sixty percent
[4:07:56] because this is really
[4:07:57] the first meeting we had that
[4:07:59] it was a really great
[4:08:00] percentage and I think
[4:08:03] the ponderosa break is a people
[4:08:03] can see it and what a benefit
[4:08:04] it is.
[4:08:07] So thank you for that area for
[4:08:11] meeting on aging and I'm happy
[4:08:12] to tell you that lisa will be
[4:08:15] the representative there.
[4:08:15] Thank you, lisa.
[4:08:19] We have a special meeting
[4:08:19] the higgins area municipal
[4:08:22] advisory committee and
[4:08:23] the reason we held it was we
[4:08:26] knew that it was coming to a
[4:08:26] planning commission.
[4:08:27] In fact it is coming to
[4:08:30] the planning commission on
[4:08:30] thursday.
[4:08:31] If you're interested in that,
[4:08:33] we will be here.
[4:08:33] >> so the mac wanted to have
[4:08:37] just one more opportunity to
[4:08:38] look at it and see if there was
[4:08:41] any recommendations that needed
[4:08:41] to come into the planning
[4:08:42] commission.
[4:08:45] And unlike the penn valley mac
[4:08:49] ,the greater higgens area mac
[4:08:52] sunset's once it goes through
[4:08:53] so they're really looking at
[4:08:56] what what purpose can they
[4:09:00] serve moving forward and it's
[4:09:00] really a fine group of people
[4:09:04] that have come together on that
[4:09:04] .
[4:09:05] So we'll be bringing it back
[4:09:08] more information on that toward
[4:09:08] the region regional dispatch
[4:09:11] center.
[4:09:15] Lisa was there very impressive
[4:09:15] what's going on out there and
[4:09:16] the future of that building?
[4:09:19] >> I think we're headed in
[4:09:20] the right direction.
[4:09:23] They're kind of disappointed to
[4:09:24] see us losing our key
[4:09:24] communication person and and
[4:09:27] your trig who will now be
[4:09:28] the ceo of the nevada county
[4:09:31] fairgrounds.
[4:09:32] But I think andrew has agreed
[4:09:35] to help sheriff moon going
[4:09:39] forward on this and it's just
[4:09:40] so much better than it was down
[4:09:43] at the wayne brown facility
[4:09:47] aracy executive committee and
[4:09:47] ursy regular meeting.
[4:09:51] And I just want to say
[4:09:51] something there in that steve
[4:09:55] rose was one of the panelists
[4:09:56] in talking about human
[4:09:58] resources and I think we would
[4:09:59] have to agree that steve was
[4:10:02] really the he was the highlight
[4:10:06] of that and and frankly I was
[4:10:07] very, very impressed with
[4:10:10] what's going with in the county
[4:10:10] .
[4:10:11] Steve has been doing an
[4:10:13] exceptional job and he
[4:10:14] represented it's great down
[4:10:14] there.
[4:10:21] I toured the site with lisa
[4:10:24] tricia and david garcia was
[4:10:24] taking her out there.
[4:10:25] >> so if I asked if I could
[4:10:28] just kind of tag along really
[4:10:29] to kind of see in your mind
[4:10:32] exactly how that's going to
[4:10:32] play out.
[4:10:33] There was a good good good
[4:10:36] meeting and I think that's it
[4:10:40] did attend the swearing in
[4:10:41] ceremony which is really,
[4:10:44] really a great ceremony and
[4:10:48] we're moving forward with hard
[4:10:51] to so with that I believe we
[4:10:52] will adjourn not to back nine
[4:10:55] minutes early and we will
[4:10:57] reconvene at one thirty this
[4:11:16] afternoon.
[4:11:17] Bringing about a county is an
[4:11:20] education campaign designed to
[4:11:21] help the public have successful
[4:11:24] outcomes during emergency
[4:11:25] events we really focus on a
[4:11:28] whole host of disasters or
[4:11:29] emergency events.
[4:11:29] We want to have a broad
[4:11:30] spectrum.
[4:11:31] We want to be prepared for
[4:11:32] anything but really we focus a
[4:11:35] lot on wildfire because we know
[4:11:36] that's one of the most likely
[4:11:39] events to happen in nevada
[4:11:40] county.
[4:11:40] Ready, set go is really built
[4:11:43] around the wildfire premise to
[4:11:44] prepare residents to be ready
[4:11:47] before an event to move into
[4:11:48] the set posture when there's a
[4:11:52] red flag or fires near you and
[4:11:54] then to go when it's time to go
[4:11:55] essentially in its simplest
[4:11:58] form it's a three tiered
[4:11:59] community emergency
[4:12:05] preparedness plan.
[4:12:09] I have lived in this house
[4:12:10] which we built my husband and I
[4:12:13] twenty six years to go now
[4:12:17] actually we selected the party
[4:12:18] like the concrete siding and
[4:12:21] also the metal roof.
[4:12:22] Then when we moved up here and
[4:12:23] heard about the forty nine year
[4:12:25] fire that's when we started to
[4:12:25] say wow this really is even
[4:12:29] more important than we first
[4:12:32] realized for the forty nine
[4:12:33] fires, one of the most historic
[4:12:36] fires in nevada county's
[4:12:37] history, they figured it'd
[4:12:37] change the laws of the state of
[4:12:38] california.
[4:12:41] That said, this is how you have
[4:12:41] to protect your home that came
[4:12:42] out of nevada county.
[4:12:45] Steve eubanks came from
[4:12:45] the fire safe council and
[4:12:48] the main thing we needed to pay
[4:12:48] attention to was the ladder
[4:12:52] fuels planting has been removed
[4:12:52] from the edges of the house so
[4:12:56] that it does not touch
[4:12:56] the house.
[4:12:59] it was an incredible service
[4:13:00] from the fire safe council to
[4:13:04] come out and spend a couple of
[4:13:04] hours going through this
[4:13:08] property so already faces when
[4:13:08] there's no immediate threat to
[4:13:12] you and your family, this is
[4:13:12] the time when you should be
[4:13:14] doing education and planning
[4:13:15] whether that be training,
[4:13:18] educating yourself or
[4:13:19] accumulating equipment,
[4:13:20] hardening your home, creating
[4:13:22] defensible space, defensible
[4:13:23] space is really all about
[4:13:27] creating a buffer zone between
[4:13:27] your house and flammable
[4:13:30] vegetation.
[4:13:31] We really focus on defensible
[4:13:32] space around the home but first
[4:13:35] one hundred feet but also
[4:13:35] around the roadway to another
[4:13:39] aspect the ready phase is
[4:13:39] hardening the home and really
[4:13:43] what that means making your
[4:13:43] home more resilient to a
[4:13:45] wildfire that's going to be
[4:13:46] putting the fine grained mesh
[4:13:47] around th vents of your home
[4:13:50] so the embers won't get into
[4:13:50] under your house or into
[4:13:51] the eaves of your house that's
[4:14:11] going to be using
[4:14:11] noncombustible materials on
[4:14:12] your deck and around your home
[4:14:13] so no storm comes through.
[4:14:13] It's not going to ignite your
[4:14:15] home itself.
[4:14:16] I currently live here in grass
[4:14:20] valley with my parents all of
[4:14:20] us have sleep apnea so we all
[4:14:24] have separate machines that
[4:14:24] require power in order to run.
[4:14:28] I also use a nebulizer and
[4:14:32] that's used to disperse
[4:14:36] medication that I need give
[4:14:36] myself breathing again when we
[4:14:39] have safety shutoffs we have to
[4:14:43] hook up our equipment to
[4:14:44] batteries that have inverters.
[4:14:47] we have a generator that powers
[4:14:48] some of the things around
[4:14:51] the house but then I obtained a
[4:14:51] pretty substantial battery from
[4:14:55] friede and it was so easy to go
[4:14:59] through the process to obtain a
[4:14:59] battery that I would recommend
[4:15:02] it to anyone who might have
[4:15:02] medical needs that require
[4:15:06] power or really anything.
[4:15:07] I would highly recommend
[4:15:10] contacting friede so whether
[4:15:10] it's a snowstorm or a public
[4:15:11] safety power shutoff, we really
[4:15:14] want folks to be thinking about
[4:15:15] ok, what are the things I'll
[4:15:18] need on hand to weather
[4:15:18] the storm?
[4:15:19] Do I need to have candles?
[4:15:20] Do I need to have battery
[4:15:22] powered radio?
[4:15:23] Do I need to have flashlights?
[4:15:24] So what are the things that you
[4:15:26] will need to shelter in place
[4:15:29] or address the disaster at hand
[4:15:30] so go back could be anything it
[4:15:30] could be a backpack.
[4:15:31] It could be a suitcase.
[4:15:33] It's going to be something that
[4:15:34] you put together to sustain
[4:15:37] yourself, your family, your
[4:15:38] pets if needed that's going to
[4:15:41] have food, water, medication,
[4:15:42] clothing, toiletries to get you
[4:15:44] buy for seventy two hours you
[4:15:45] need to think of your go bag as
[4:15:49] the only resource you MAY have
[4:15:49] .
[4:15:50] Stores MAY be close, the power
[4:15:52] MAY be out so you MAY have
[4:15:53] literally live out of this
[4:15:56] thing for a three day period as
[4:15:57] an evacuee if you are someone
[4:15:57] with a disability maybe you
[4:16:00] have chronic health condition
[4:16:01] for me I have type one diabetes
[4:16:01] .
[4:16:04] I have an insulin pump.
[4:16:04] Right.
[4:16:05] And so that's a critical piece
[4:16:08] that I need to plan for if I'm
[4:16:09] going to ever evacuate or be
[4:16:09] away from my huse.
[4:16:12] Frankly for any amount of time
[4:16:13] .
[4:16:13] Right.
[4:16:15] What we find oten is that if
[4:16:16] people don't evacuate with
[4:16:19] their c pap machine, with their
[4:16:20] oxygen concentrator, with their
[4:16:24] wheelchair walker then it can
[4:16:30] be difficult on the other end.
[4:16:31] My name is ulysses palencia.
[4:16:33] I work in the two one one call
[4:16:33] center.
[4:16:34] I'm just the PRESIDENT Of grass
[4:16:34] valley.
[4:16:37] I have two daughters four year
[4:16:38] old and a one year old in
[4:16:41] nevada county two one one is
[4:16:42] available 24/7 so we provide
[4:16:45] for the community is
[4:16:46] information that culd be
[4:16:49] anything from directions to
[4:16:50] the resource centers.
[4:16:50] It can be letting them know
[4:16:53] where the fire is.
[4:16:54] You know, if they are
[4:16:55] themselves in an evacuation
[4:16:57] center, if it's a fire, if
[4:16:57] there's any information as to
[4:17:00] whether power's coming back on
[4:17:01] during a two on one gets
[4:17:04] the information that we povide
[4:17:05] directly from the county so
[4:17:06] directly from the office of
[4:17:08] emergency services the whole
[4:17:09] team cares.
[4:17:09] We're all local community
[4:17:11] members.
[4:17:34] We all just want to help.
[4:17:35] So we were all sleeping in bed
[4:17:39] on thursday, NOVEMBER 8th in
[4:17:42] paradise an first the house
[4:17:43] phone ring picked up my phone.
[4:17:46] It was my sister who lived a
[4:17:47] block or so away from us.
[4:17:50] >> we were walking by a
[4:17:51] telephone call from my daughter
[4:17:51] .
[4:17:54] she said that we were being
[4:17:55] evacuated.
[4:17:57] I left sooner than them.
[4:17:58] I had everything ready.
[4:18:01] They were on the way out
[4:18:02] the door.
[4:18:02] There was no time to think
[4:18:05] about what you're going to take
[4:18:06] ,what you're not going to take
[4:18:06] .
[4:18:07] The night before the fire I
[4:18:09] knew it was a red flag warning
[4:18:09] and I knew that it was a high
[4:18:13] risk so on my way home I filled
[4:18:13] up the tank.
[4:18:17] >> oh well we we didn't get too
[4:18:17] far from the house and you're
[4:18:21] watching fire coming down
[4:18:25] the hill there was a machine
[4:18:25] shop right to my right right
[4:18:28] there and it had gas tanks and
[4:18:32] propane tanks and I saw a lone
[4:18:35] ember kind of floating through
[4:18:36] dancing through the air and I
[4:18:39] watched it as it landed on
[4:18:40] the machine shop in the time it
[4:18:44] took me to get my phone back
[4:18:47] into hand and to take a picture
[4:18:48] was engulfed in flames and I
[4:18:52] knew that within moments it
[4:18:52] would start exploding and I
[4:18:55] would be dead.
[4:19:00] And just as I moved out of this
[4:19:00] the range of the explosions
[4:19:03] they started happening and I
[4:19:03] prayed for the people behind
[4:19:04] me.
[4:19:07] Ten minute drive normally
[4:19:10] the trickle became almost four
[4:19:21] hours so it was a long trip.
[4:19:22] We started to hear a pattern.
[4:19:25] People kept telling their story
[4:19:26] of how they escaped
[4:19:29] the campfire and they talked
[4:19:30] about how if it wasn't for my
[4:19:31] neighbor who came and knocked
[4:19:34] on my door to tell me there was
[4:19:35] a fire, I don't know that I
[4:19:37] would have gotten out alive if
[4:19:41] it wasn't for my son who lives
[4:19:42] next door picking me up and
[4:19:45] putting me in their car and
[4:19:46] driving me out of there.
[4:19:47] I don't know how I would have
[4:19:49] survived and so I started
[4:19:50] really thinking about this
[4:19:52] connection between isolation
[4:19:53] and how connected you are to
[4:19:57] your community, to your
[4:19:57] neighbors, to your friends, to
[4:20:01] your family and how that can be
[4:20:01] really helpful in a time of a
[4:20:04] disaster.
[4:20:05] So we were actually
[4:20:09] the beneficiaries of someone
[4:20:12] making that plan in advance to
[4:20:13] have that group of people that
[4:20:14] they were going to call and
[4:20:17] that she saved my life that day
[4:20:17] .
[4:20:21] So absolutely having a network
[4:20:21] really saved lives.
[4:20:24] >> find your five.
[4:20:25] The idea is that you know, find
[4:20:28] trusted allies that can be
[4:20:28] there and can be responsive and
[4:20:33] we'll check in with you if a
[4:20:33] disaster were to happen.
[4:20:35] >> so we recommend that you put
[4:20:36] people in your network that are
[4:20:37] down the street that are maybe
[4:20:40] the next town over there
[4:20:41] outside the county and maybe
[4:20:51] even outside of the state
[4:20:51] the final tier of the ready set
[4:20:55] go is that go peace and it's
[4:21:00] simply that it's go evacuate
[4:21:00] mission information comes in
[4:21:01] two types.
[4:21:03] The first type could be an
[4:21:03] evacuation warning.
[4:21:04] This is an essentially
[4:21:07] information we're going to push
[4:21:08] out to the public notifying
[4:21:11] them of a potential threat in
[4:21:11] their area where they MAY have
[4:21:15] to evacuate their home and
[4:21:15] evacuation order is essentially
[4:21:16] that we are telling people that
[4:21:19] it's time to go.
[4:21:20] there is an imminent threat to
[4:21:23] life and we do not believe that
[4:21:23] you have much time to leave
[4:21:26] the area.
[4:21:30] >> code red is a opt in
[4:21:31] alerting system that will dial
[4:21:31] your number.
[4:21:34] It'll send you a phone call, a
[4:21:35] text message and anemail
[4:21:38] notifying you of an emergency.
[4:21:39] That message sent from our
[4:21:42] office the office of emergency
[4:21:42] services.
[4:21:43] It's going to be very targeted
[4:21:46] to your area and it'll be
[4:21:46] specific to you that five
[4:21:47] thirteen the phone rang with
[4:21:50] the code red call and so as I
[4:21:54] was going up forty nine I could
[4:21:55] look over to the left and see
[4:21:58] the flames in the canyon.
[4:21:58] The next layer is for staff to
[4:22:02] actually be out driving in
[4:22:05] the areas with a low siren.
[4:22:09] >> there's no other reason
[4:22:10] you'll hear that in an area
[4:22:10] unless we're putting out that
[4:22:13] evacuation order not a warning
[4:22:14] but an order day started a
[4:22:17] routine patrol came in and I
[4:22:21] was notified by dispatch to
[4:22:22] respond out to the jones fire
[4:22:25] houses that had evacuation tags
[4:22:26] made it so we could just pass
[4:22:26] by.
[4:22:27] We knew that the residents had
[4:22:29] already been evacuated
[4:22:30] residences that did not have
[4:22:32] the tags we would have to
[4:22:33] physically go in and knock on
[4:22:36] the door, look in the windows,
[4:22:37] make sure there were no
[4:22:37] occupants inside once you've
[4:22:40] been evacuated as you're
[4:22:44] leaving, put this tag somewhere
[4:22:45] very clearly identifiable
[4:22:47] whether it's a mailbox, a gate
[4:22:48] ,your address marker so that
[4:22:51] deputies and officers can
[4:22:52] quickly identify if your
[4:22:54] residence has already been
[4:23:16] evacuated.
[4:23:17] I mean you look out my back
[4:23:20] window here on the east side
[4:23:24] and you see how close this fire
[4:23:24] came.
[4:23:28] It was certainly a shock and at
[4:23:28] the same time it was such an
[4:23:31] incredible relief to have
[4:23:32] the house as safe as it was.
[4:23:36] I and I think with personal
[4:23:36] preparedness and being ready it
[4:23:39] can feel overwhelming.
[4:23:40] It can feel like a lot to do
[4:23:42] and the most important pieces
[4:23:43] to just start with one little
[4:23:47] bite at a time just start
[4:23:48] the conversation, have some
[4:23:48] sort of plan.
[4:23:51] It can be a small ismy to place
[4:23:52] ,you know, a destination that
[4:23:53] everybody will get to everybody
[4:23:55] in the household to get to if
[4:23:55] there's a disaster.
[4:23:58] Recognize you live in a
[4:23:59] community in a county that
[4:24:00] really does take the emergency
[4:24:03] response as a priority.
[4:24:03] We have worked diligently
[4:24:06] throughout the last few years
[4:24:07] on ensuring that not only our
[4:24:10] staff are trained and prepared
[4:24:11] but we're also putting that
[4:24:12] that out for our community.
[4:24:31] The more prepared you are in
[4:24:32] your own community, the better
[4:24:33] the outcome is going to be
[4:24:33] the level of community
[4:24:34] awareness they have to be part
[4:24:34] of the solution.
[4:24:35] They have to communicate with
[4:24:36] their neighbors.
[4:24:36] They have to be part of
[4:24:37] the discussion in communities
[4:24:37] they have to support
[4:24:38] the response, the prevention,
[4:24:39] the education and and
[4:24:39] ultimately the collaboration
[4:24:40] and the engaged people have to
[4:24:41] be engaged at all levels.
[4:24:42] the more you think about it now
[4:24:42] the easier it will be when
[4:24:47] the time comes that you need to
[4:24:47] evacuate.
[4:24:49] We've created this network and
[4:24:50] we want you to make sure that
[4:24:51] you know that you can tap into
[4:24:54] that so if you are feeling a
[4:24:55] little bit overwhelmed, not
[4:24:55] sure where to start.
[4:24:58] Reach out to one of our offices
[4:24:58] .
[4:24:59] Reach out to the fire safe
[4:25:01] council or two one one.
[4:26:16] We're here to support you
[4:26:16] from
[4:26:17] the foothills of the sierra
[4:26:38] nevada, a new era will emerge
[4:26:53] one who is ready one who make
[4:26:54] sure their friends and family
[4:27:07] are set and has the power to go
[4:27:26] at a moment's notice this fire
[4:27:27] season.
[4:27:33] >> you are the hero we are
[4:27:33] ready.
[4:27:48] >> nevada county, nevada county
[4:27:49] has a new tool to make
[4:27:50] evacuations safer and more
[4:27:53] efficient in the event of an
[4:27:53] emergency.
[4:27:54] This new tool is called zone
[4:27:54] haven and we need you to know
[4:27:59] your zone in order to know your
[4:27:59] zone you need to go to
[4:28:03] community dot zone haven dotcom
[4:28:06] type in your address once your
[4:28:07] address populates in the up
[4:28:10] window take that information
[4:28:11] and write down the zone that is
[4:28:12] given to you where you know
[4:28:14] you'll find it in case of
[4:28:17] emergency zone haven and
[4:28:18] knowing your zone does not
[4:28:21] replace next call and or code
[4:28:22] red it actually supplements
[4:28:23] them and it makes those tools
[4:28:26] more powerful because you will
[4:28:26] know what zones are being
[4:28:29] evacuated or which ones are
[4:28:30] being placed on advisory and as
[4:28:32] a result you won't have to do
[4:28:33] anything else other than listen
[4:28:34] to those messages and know if
[4:28:40] it's time to go even if you
[4:28:41] don't have internet this could
[4:28:44] be done by word of mouth, it
[4:28:45] can be done by radio or it
[4:28:46] could be driving down
[4:28:46] the street.
[4:28:51] So please know your zone from
[4:28:55] truckee to lake at the pines
[4:28:56] from chicago park to spend
[4:29:00] sevil every single square mile
[4:29:03] of nevada county has a zone and
[4:29:04] having a zone that you know for
[4:29:07] your neighborhood is going to
[4:29:08] help you save time to be able
[4:29:09] to evacuate and keep you and
[4:29:25] your family safe.
[4:29:26] Fretting about a county is an
[4:29:28] education campaign designed to
[4:29:29] help the public have successful
[4:29:30] outcomes during emergency
[4:29:33] events we really focus on a
[4:29:33] whole host of disasters or
[4:29:37] emergency events.
[4:29:37] We want to have a broad
[4:29:38] spectrum.
[4:29:38] We want to be prepared for
[4:29:41] anything but really we focus a
[4:29:41] lot on wildfire because we know
[4:29:44] that's one of the most likely
[4:29:44] events to happen in nevada
[4:29:44] county.
[4:29:48] >> ready, set, go is really
[4:29:48] built around the wildfire
[4:29:51] premise to prepare residents to
[4:29:52] be ready before an event to
[4:29:56] move into a set posture when
[4:29:57] there's a red flag or fires
[4:30:00] near you and then to go when
[4:30:00] it's time to go essentially in
[4:30:04] its simplest form it's a three
[4:30:04] tiered community emergency
[4:30:13] preparedness plan I have lived
[4:30:17] in this house which we built my
[4:30:18] husband and I twenty six years
[4:30:21] ago now actually we selected
[4:30:25] the hardy like the concrete
[4:30:25] siding and also the metal roof
[4:30:29] then and we moved up here and
[4:30:30] heard about the forty nine year
[4:30:30] fire.
[4:30:33] That's when we started to say
[4:30:34] wow this really is even more
[4:30:37] important than we first
[4:30:37] realized for the forty nine
[4:30:40] year fire is one of the most
[4:30:40] historic fires in nevada
[4:30:44] county's history.
[4:30:44] They figured it'd change
[4:30:45] the laws of the state of
[4:30:45] california.
[4:30:48] That said, this is how you have
[4:30:48] to protect your home that came
[4:30:49] out of nevada county.
[4:30:52] Steve eubanks came from
[4:30:52] the fire safe council and
[4:30:56] the main thing he needed to pay
[4:30:57] attention to was the ladder
[4:30:59] fuels planting has been removed
[4:31:00] from the edges of the house so
[4:31:03] that it does not touch
[4:31:03] the house.
[4:31:07] It was an incredible service
[4:31:07] from the fire safe council to
[4:31:11] come out and spend a couple of
[4:31:12] hours going through this
[4:31:12] property.
[4:31:15] So the phase is when there's no
[4:31:16] immediate threat to you and
[4:31:16] your family.
[4:31:19] This is a time when you should
[4:31:20] be doing education and planning
[4:31:22] whether it be training,
[4:31:23] educating yourself or
[4:31:26] accumulating equipment,
[4:31:27] hardening your home, creating
[4:31:31] defensible space defense space
[4:31:31] is really all about creating a
[4:31:34] buffer zone between your house
[4:31:35] and flammable vegetation.
[4:31:38] We really focus on defensible
[4:31:39] space around the home but first
[4:31:42] 100 feet but also around
[4:31:43] the roadway to another aspect
[4:31:46] of the ready phase is hardening
[4:31:47] the home and really what that
[4:31:50] means is making your home more
[4:31:51] resilient to a wildfire that's
[4:31:54] going to be putting a fine
[4:31:55] grained mesh around the vents
[4:31:55] of your home so the embers
[4:31:58] won't get into under your house
[4:31:59] or into the eaves of your house
[4:32:01] that's going to be using
[4:32:02] noncombustible materials on
[4:32:02] your deck and around your home
[4:32:03] .
[4:32:05] So no storm comes through.
[4:32:06] It's not going to ignite your
[4:32:20] home itself.
[4:32:24] I currently live here in grass
[4:32:25] valley with my parents.
[4:32:28] All of us have sleep apnea so
[4:32:31] we all have separate machines
[4:32:32] that require power in order to
[4:32:32] run.
[4:32:35] I also use nebulizer and that's
[4:32:39] used to disperse medication
[4:32:43] that I need to get myself
[4:32:44] breathing again when we have
[4:32:47] safety shutoffs we have to hook
[4:32:51] up our equipment to batteries
[4:32:51] that have inverters.
[4:32:55] We have a generator that power
[4:32:56] some of the things around
[4:32:56] the house.
[4:32:59] But then I obtained a pretty
[4:33:00] substantial battery from friede
[4:33:02] and it was so easy to go
[4:33:03] through the process to obtain a
[4:33:06] battery that I would recommend
[4:33:07] it to anyone who might have
[4:33:10] medical needs that require
[4:33:14] power or really anything.
[4:33:15] I would highly recommend
[4:33:15] contacting friede so whether
[4:33:18] it's a snowstorm or a public
[4:33:19] safety power shutoff, we really
[4:33:22] want folks to be thinking about
[4:33:23] ok, what are the things I'll
[4:33:23] need on hand to weather
[4:33:24] the storm?
[4:33:26] Do I need to have candles?
[4:33:26] Do I need to have battery
[4:33:29] powered radio or do I need to
[4:33:29] have flashlights?
[4:33:30] So what are the things that you
[4:33:33] need to shelter in place or
[4:33:34] address the disaster at hand so
[4:33:37] go back could it could be a
[4:33:38] backpack.
[4:33:38] It could be a suitcase.
[4:33:39] It's going to be something that
[4:33:41] you put together to sustain
[4:33:42] yourself, your family, your
[4:33:45] pets if needed.
[4:33:46] That's going to have food,
[4:33:48] water, medication, clothing,
[4:33:49] toiletries to get you buy for
[4:33:52] seventy two hours you need to
[4:33:53] think of your go bag as
[4:33:56] the only resource you MAY have
[4:33:56] .
[4:33:57] Stores MAY be closed the power
[4:33:58] maybe I'll see you MAY have to
[4:34:00] literally live out of this
[4:34:01] thing for a three day period as
[4:34:11] an evacuee if you are someone
[4:34:12] with a disability maybe you
[4:34:13] have a chronic health condition
[4:34:13] for me I have type one
[4:34:14] diabetes.
[4:34:14] I have an insulin pump right.
[4:34:15] >> and so that's a critical
[4:34:16] piece that I need to plan for
[4:34:16] if I'm going to ever evacuate
[4:34:17] or be away from my house
[4:34:19] frankly for any amount of time
[4:34:20] .
[4:34:20] Right.
[4:34:21] What we find often is that if
[4:34:23] people don't evacuate with
[4:34:27] their c pap machine with their
[4:34:28] oxygen concentrator, with their
[4:34:31] wheelchair walker then I can
[4:34:52] be difficult on th other end.
[4:34:53] My name is ulysses palencia.
[4:34:54] I work in the two one one call
[4:34:54] center.
[4:34:55] I'm just the PRESIDENT Of grass
[4:34:55] valley.
[4:34:56] I have two daughters four year
[4:34:57] old and a one year old in
[4:34:57] nevada county two and one is
[4:34:58] available 24/7.
[4:34:58] So we provide for the community
[4:34:59] is information that can be
[4:35:00] anything from directions to
[4:35:00] the resource centers.
[4:35:01] It can be letting them know
[4:35:01] where the fire is.
[4:35:02] You know, if they are
[4:35:03] themselves in an evacuation
[4:35:03] center, if it's a fire, if
[4:35:06] there's any information as to
[4:35:07] whether power's coming back on
[4:35:10] during a two on one, it's
[4:35:11] the information that we provide
[4:35:12] directly from the county.
[4:35:14] So directly from the office of
[4:35:14] emergency services the whole
[4:35:15] team cares.
[4:35:18] We're all local community
[4:35:19] members.
[4:35:40] We all just want to help.
[4:35:43] So we were all sleeping in bed
[4:35:44] on thursday, NOVEMBER 8th in
[4:35:48] paradise and first the house
[4:35:51] phone rang, picked up my phone
[4:35:52] .
[4:35:52] It was my sister who lived a
[4:35:56] block or so away from us.
[4:35:56] >> we were waking by a
[4:35:59] telephone call from my daughter
[4:36:00] .
[4:36:00] She said that we were being
[4:36:01] evacuated.
[4:36:03] I left sooner than them.
[4:36:06] I had everything ready.
[4:36:07] >> they were on the way out
[4:36:08] the door.
[4:36:09] There was no time to think
[4:36:11] about what are going to take
[4:36:12] what you're not going to take
[4:36:15] the night before the fire I
[4:36:16] knew it was a red flag warning
[4:36:18] and I knew that it was high
[4:36:19] risk.
[4:36:20] >> so on my way home I filled
[4:36:22] up the tank.
[4:36:23] Well, we we didn't get too far
[4:36:26] from the house.
[4:36:26] You're watching fire coming
[4:36:29] down the hill.
[4:36:30] >> there was a machine shop
[4:36:34] right to my right right there
[4:36:34] and it had gas tanks and
[4:36:38] propane tanks and I saw a lone
[4:36:42] ember kind of floating through
[4:36:43] dancing through the air and I
[4:36:46] watched does it landed on
[4:36:50] the machine shop in the time it
[4:36:50] took me to get my phone back
[4:36:53] into hand and to take a picture
[4:36:57] it was engulfed in flames and I
[4:36:57] knew that within moments it
[4:37:01] would start exploding and I
[4:37:05] would be dead and just as I
[4:37:06] moved out of this the range of
[4:37:09] the explosion they started
[4:37:09] happening and I prayed for
[4:37:13] the people behind me.
[4:37:13] Ten minute drive normally
[4:37:16] the trickle became almost four
[4:37:26] hours so it was a long trip.
[4:37:30] We we started to hear a pattern
[4:37:31] .
[4:37:31] People kept telling us their
[4:37:34] story of how they escaped
[4:37:35] the campfire and they talked
[4:37:37] about how if it wasn't for my
[4:37:38] neighbor who came and knocked
[4:37:41] on my door to tell me there was
[4:37:42] a fire, I don't know that I
[4:37:45] would have gotten out alive if
[4:37:46] it wasn't for my son who lives
[4:37:49] next door picking me up and
[4:37:50] putting me in their car and
[4:37:53] driving me out there.
[4:37:54] I don't know how I would have
[4:37:54] survived and so I started
[4:37:57] really thinking about this
[4:37:58] connection between isolation
[4:38:01] and how connected you are to
[4:38:02] your community, to your
[4:38:05] neighbors, to your friends, to
[4:38:06] your family and how that can be
[4:38:09] really helpful in a time of a
[4:38:10] disaster.
[4:38:13] >> so we were actually
[4:38:16] the beneficiaries of someone
[4:38:17] making that plan in advance to
[4:38:20] have that group of people that
[4:38:21] they were going to call and
[4:38:24] that she saved my life that day
[4:38:24] .
[4:38:25] So absolutely having that
[4:38:28] network really saved lives.
[4:38:29] >> find your five.
[4:38:32] The idea is that you know, find
[4:38:33] trusted allies that can be
[4:38:36] there and can be responsive and
[4:38:40] we'll check in with you if a
[4:38:40] disaster were to happen.
[4:38:43] >> so we recommend that you put
[4:38:44] people in your network that are
[4:38:44] down the street that are maybe
[4:38:47] the next town over there
[4:38:48] outside the county and maybe
[4:38:58] even outside the state.
[4:38:59] The final tier of the ready set
[4:39:03] go is that go peace and it's
[4:39:06] simply that it's go evacuation
[4:39:07] information comes in two types
[4:39:07] .
[4:39:10] The first type could be an
[4:39:11] evacuation warning.
[4:39:11] This is an essentially
[4:39:14] information we're going to push
[4:39:15] out to the public notifying
[4:39:18] them of a potential threat in
[4:39:19] their area where they MAY have
[4:39:21] to evacuate their home and
[4:39:22] evacuation order is essentially
[4:39:23] that we are telling people that
[4:39:25] it's time to go.
[4:39:26] There is an imminent threat to
[4:39:29] life and we do not believe that
[4:39:30] we have much time to leave
[4:39:33] the area.
[4:39:37] >> code red is a opt in
[4:39:38] alerting system that will dial
[4:39:38] your number.
[4:39:42] It'll send you a phone call, a
[4:39:42] text message and an email
[4:39:45] notifying you of an emergency.
[4:39:46] That message sent from our
[4:39:49] office the office of emergency
[4:39:50] services.
[4:39:50] It's going to be very targeted
[4:39:52] to your area and it'll be
[4:39:53] specific to you that five
[4:39:53] thirteen the phone rang with
[4:39:57] the code red call and so as I
[4:40:00] was going up forty nine I could
[4:40:01] look over to the left and see
[4:40:05] the flames in the canyon.
[4:40:06] The next layer is for staff to
[4:40:08] actually be out driving in
[4:40:12] the areas with a high low siren
[4:40:12] .
[4:40:16] >> there's no other reason
[4:40:17] you'll hear that in an area
[4:40:18] unless we're putting out that
[4:40:21] evacuation order not a warning
[4:40:21] but an order day started a
[4:40:25] routine patrol came in and I
[4:40:28] was notified by dispatch to
[4:40:29] respond out to the jones fire
[4:40:31] houses that had evacuation tags
[4:40:32] made it so we could just pass
[4:40:32] by.
[4:40:33] We knew that the residents had
[4:40:36] already been evacuated
[4:40:37] residences that did not have
[4:40:40] the tags we would have to
[4:40:40] physically go in and knock on
[4:40:44] the door, look in the windows,
[4:40:44] make sure there were no
[4:40:45] occupants inside once you've
[4:40:48] been evacuated as you're
[4:40:51] leaving, put this tag somewhere
[4:40:52] very clearly identifiable
[4:40:54] whether it's a mailbox, a gate
[4:40:55] ,your address marker so that
[4:40:59] deputies and officers can
[4:40:59] quickly identify if your
[4:41:00] residence has already been
[4:41:23] evacuated.
[4:41:24] I mean you look out my back
[4:41:27] window here on the east side
[4:41:30] and you see how close this fire
[4:41:31] came.
[4:41:35] It was certainly a shock and at
[4:41:35] the same time it was such an
[4:41:39] incredible relief to have
[4:41:39] the house as safe as it was.
[4:41:43] I and I think with personal
[4:41:44] preparedness and being ready it
[4:41:46] can feel overwhelming.
[4:41:47] It can feel like a lot to do
[4:41:50] and the most important piece is
[4:41:50] to just start with one little
[4:41:54] bite at a time just start
[4:41:54] the conversation, have some
[4:41:55] sort of plan.
[4:41:58] It can be a small ismy to place
[4:41:59] ,you know, a destination that
[4:41:59] everybody will get to everybody
[4:42:02] in the household to get to if
[4:42:03] there's a disaster.
[4:42:06] Recognize you live in a
[4:42:06] community in a county that
[4:42:07] really does take the emergency
[4:42:10] response as a priority.
[4:42:11] We have worked diligently
[4:42:14] throughout the last few years
[4:42:14] on ensuring that not only our
[4:42:18] staff are trained and prepared
[4:42:18] but we're also putting that
[4:42:19] that out for our community.
[4:42:23] The more prepared you are in
[4:42:23] your own community, the better
[4:42:26] the outcome is going to be
[4:42:26] the level of community
[4:42:29] awareness they have to be part
[4:42:30] of the solution.
[4:42:30] They have to communicate with
[4:42:33] their neighbors.
[4:42:33] They have to be part of
[4:42:34] the discussion in communities
[4:42:37] they have to support
[4:42:38] the response, the prevention,
[4:42:41] the education and and
[4:42:41] ultimately the collaboration
[4:42:45] and the engaged people have to
[4:42:45] be engaged at all levels.
[4:42:49] The more you think about it now
[4:42:50] the easier it will be when
[4:42:53] the time comes that you need to
[4:42:53] evacuate.
[4:42:57] We've created this network and
[4:42:57] we want you to make sure that
[4:42:58] you know that you can tap into
[4:43:01] that so if you are feeling a
[4:43:02] little bit overwhelmed, not
[4:43:05] sure where to start reach out
[4:43:05] to one of our offices, reach
[4:43:06] out to the fire safe council or
[4:43:08] two on one.
[4:44:22] We're here to support you
[4:44:22] from
[4:44:23] the foothills of the sierra
[4:44:30] nevada.
[4:44:45] A new era will emerge one who
[4:45:14] is ready, one who makes sure
[4:45:15] their friends and family are
[4:45:16] set and has the power to go at
[4:45:33] a moment's notice this fire
[4:45:34] season.
[4:45:40] You are the hero we are ready.
[4:45:56] >> nevada county, nevada county
[4:45:56] has a new tool to make
[4:45:57] evacuations safer and more
[4:46:00] efficient in the event of an
[4:46:00] emergency.
[4:46:01] This new tool is called zone
[4:46:01] haven and we need you to know
[4:46:06] your zone in order to know your
[4:46:06] zone you need togo to
[4:46:09] community dot zone haven dot
[4:46:10] dotcom type in your address
[4:46:14] once your address populates and
[4:46:14] the popup window take that
[4:46:18] information and write down
[4:46:18] the zone that is given to you
[4:46:19] where you know you'll find it
[4:46:25] in case of emergency zone haven
[4:46:26] and knowing your zone does not
[4:46:28] replace netsol and or code red
[4:46:29] it actually supplements them
[4:46:32] and it makes those tools more
[4:46:33] powerful because you will know
[4:46:34] what zones are being evacuated
[4:46:37] or which ones are being placed
[4:46:37] on advisory and as a result you
[4:46:41] won't have to do anything else
[4:46:41] other than listen to those
[4:46:42] messages and know if it's time
[4:46:48] to go even if you don't have
[4:46:48] internet.
[4:46:49] This could be done by word of
[4:46:51] mouth.
[4:46:52] It can be done by radio or it
[4:46:53] could be driving down
[4:46:53] the street.
[4:46:58] So please know your zone from
[4:47:02] truckee to lake at the pines
[4:47:03] from chicago park to pennsville
[4:47:07] every single square mile of
[4:47:10] nevada county has a zone and
[4:47:11] having a zone that you know for
[4:47:14] your neighborhood is going to
[4:47:14] help you save time to be able
[4:47:17] to evacuate and keep you and
[4:47:32] your family safe.
[4:47:33] >> fretting about a county is
[4:47:34] an education campaign designed
[4:47:36] to help the public have
[4:47:37] successful outcomes during
[4:47:39] emergency events we really
[4:47:40] focus on a whole host of
[4:47:44] disasters or emergency events.
[4:47:44] We want to have a broad
[4:47:45] spectrum.
[4:47:45] We want to be prepared for
[4:47:48] anything but really we focus a
[4:47:48] lot on wildfire because we know
[4:47:51] that's one of the most likely
[4:47:51] events to happen in nevada
[4:47:52] county.
[4:47:55] >> ready, set, go is really
[4:47:55] built around the wildfire
[4:47:58] premise to prepare residents to
[4:47:59] be ready before an event to
[4:48:03] move into a set posture when
[4:48:04] there's a red flag or fires
[4:48:07] near you and then you go when
[4:48:07] it's time to go essentially in
[4:48:11] its simplest form it's a three
[4:48:11] tiered community emergency
[4:48:20] preparedness plan I have lived
[4:48:24] in this house which we built my
[4:48:25] husband and I twenty six years
[4:48:28] ago now actually we selected
[4:48:32] the hardy plug the concrete
[4:48:32] siding and also the metal roof
[4:48:33] .
[4:48:36] Then and we moved up here and
[4:48:37] heard about the forty nine year
[4:48:37] fire.
[4:48:40] That's when we started to say
[4:48:41] wow this really is even more
[4:48:44] important than we first
[4:48:45] realized for the forty nine
[4:48:47] year fire is one of the most
[4:48:47] historic fires in nevada
[4:48:51] county's history.
[4:48:51] They figured it'd change
[4:48:52] the laws of the state of
[4:48:52] california.
[4:48:55] That said, this is how you have
[4:48:55] to protect your home that came
[4:48:56] out of nevada county.
[4:48:59] Steve eubanks came from
[4:48:59] the fire safe council and
[4:49:03] the main thing he needed to pay
[4:49:04] attention to was the ladder
[4:49:06] fuels planting has been removed
[4:49:07] from the edges of the house so
[4:49:10] that it does not touch
[4:49:10] the house.
[4:49:14] It was an incredible service
[4:49:14] from the fire safe council to
[4:49:18] come out and spend a couple of
[4:49:19] hours going through this
[4:49:21] property so already phases when
[4:49:22] there's no immediate threat to
[4:49:25] you and your family.
[4:49:26] This is the time when you
[4:49:26] should be doing education and
[4:49:29] planning whether that be
[4:49:33] training, educating yourself or
[4:49:33] accumulating equipment,
[4:49:34] hardening your home, creating
[4:49:37] defensible space, defensible
[4:49:38] space is really all about
[4:49:41] creating a buffer zone between
[4:49:42] your house and flammable
[4:49:45] vegetation.
[4:49:45] We really focus on defensible
[4:49:46] space around the home but first
[4:49:48] one hundred feet but also
[4:49:49] around the roadway to another
[4:49:52] aspect the ready phase is
[4:49:53] hardening the home and really
[4:49:56] what that means making your
[4:49:57] home more resilient to a
[4:50:00] wildfire that's going to be
[4:50:00] putting the fine grained mesh
[4:50:01] around the vents of your home
[4:50:04] so the embers won't get into
[4:50:05] under your house or into
[4:50:05] the eaves of your house that's
[4:50:08] going to be using
[4:50:09] noncombustible materials on
[4:50:11] your deck and around your home
[4:50:12] so no storm comes through.
[4:50:12] It's not going to ignite your
[4:50:30] home itself.
[4:50:31] I currently live here in grass
[4:50:34] valley with my parents all of
[4:50:35] us have sleep apnea so we all
[4:50:38] have sleep machines that
[4:50:39] require power in order to run.
[4:50:42] >> I also use a nebulizer and
[4:50:46] that's used to disperse
[4:50:49] medication that I need get
[4:50:50] myself breathing again when we
[4:50:53] have safety shutoffs we have to
[4:50:57] hook up our equipment to
[4:50:58] batteries that have inverters.
[4:51:01] >> we have a generator that
[4:51:02] powers some of the things
[4:51:04] around the house but then I
[4:51:05] obtained a pretty substantial
[4:51:09] battery from friede and it was
[4:51:10] so easy to go through
[4:51:12] the process to obtain a battery
[4:51:13] that I would recommend it to
[4:51:16] anyone who might have medical
[4:51:17] needs that require power or
[4:51:20] really anything.
[4:51:21] I would highly recommend
[4:51:24] contacting friede so whether
[4:51:25] it's a snowstorm or a public
[4:51:25] safety power shut, we really
[4:51:28] want folks to be thinking about
[4:51:29] ok, what are the things I'll
[4:51:32] need on hand to weather
[4:51:32] the storm?
[4:51:33] Do I need to have candles?
[4:51:34] Do I need to have battery
[4:51:36] powered radio?
[4:51:37] Do I need to have flashlights?
[4:51:38] So what are the things that
[4:51:39] you'll need to shelter in place
[4:51:43] or address the disaster at hand
[4:51:44] so go back could be anything it
[4:51:44] could be a backpack.
[4:51:45] It could be a suitcase.
[4:51:48] It's going to be something that
[4:51:48] you put together to sustain
[4:51:51] yourself, your family, your
[4:51:52] pets if needed.
[4:51:52] That's going to have food,
[4:51:55] water, medication, clothing,
[4:51:58] toiletries to get you buy for
[4:51:59] seventy two hours you need to
[4:52:00] think of your go bag as
[4:52:03] the only resource you MAY have.
[4:52:03] Stores MAY be closed, the power
[4:52:06] MAY be out so you MAY have
[4:52:07] literally live out of this
[4:52:10] thing for a three day period as
[4:52:11] an evacuee if you are someone
[4:52:11] with a disability maybe you
[4:52:14] have chronic health condition
[4:52:15] for me I have type one diabetes
[4:52:15] .
[4:52:18] I have an insulin pump.
[4:52:19] >> right.
[4:52:19] And so that's a critical piece
[4:52:22] that I need to plan for if I'm
[4:52:23] going to ever evacuate or be
[4:52:24] away from my house.
[4:52:27] Frankly for any amount of time
[4:52:27] .
[4:52:27] Right.
[4:52:29] What we find often is that if
[4:52:30] people don't evacuate with
[4:52:33] their c pap machine, with their
[4:52:34] oxygen concentrator, with their
[4:52:38] wheelchair walker then it can
[4:52:43] be difficult on the other end.
[4:52:44] My name is ulysses palencia.
[4:52:47] I work in the two one one call
[4:52:48] center.
[4:52:48] I'm just a resident of grass
[4:52:49] valley.
[4:52:52] I have two daughters four year
[4:52:52] old and a one year old in
[4:52:56] nevada county two one one is
[4:52:56] available 24/7 so we provide
[4:52:59] for the community is
[4:53:00] information that could be
[4:53:03] anything from directions to
[4:53:04] the resource centers.
[4:53:05] It can be letting them know
[4:53:07] where the fire is.
[4:53:08] You know, if they are
[4:53:09] themselves in an evacuation
[4:53:11] center, if it's a fire, if
[4:53:12] there's any information as to
[4:53:13] whether power's coming back on
[4:53:16] during a speaks to and one gets
[4:53:19] the information that we provide
[4:53:20] directly from the county so
[4:53:20] directly from the office of
[4:53:23] emergency services, the whole
[4:53:24] team cares.
[4:53:24] We're all local community
[4:53:25] members.
[4:53:48] We just want to help.
[4:53:49] So we were all sleeping in bed
[4:53:53] on thursday, NOVEMBER 8th in
[4:53:57] paradise and first the house
[4:53:57] phone ring picked up my phone.
[4:54:00] it was my sister who lived a
[4:54:01] block or so away from us.
[4:54:04] >> we were woken by a telephone
[4:54:04] call from my daughter.
[4:54:08] She said that we were being
[4:54:08] evacuated.
[4:54:11] I left sooner than them.
[4:54:12] I had everything ready.
[4:54:16] They were on the way out
[4:54:16] the door.
[4:54:17] There was no time to think
[4:54:19] about what you're going to take
[4:54:19] ,what you're not going to take
[4:54:20] .
[4:54:20] >> the night before the fire I
[4:54:23] knew it was a red flag warning
[4:54:24] and I knew that it was a high
[4:54:27] risk so on my way home I filled
[4:54:28] up the tank.
[4:54:31] >> oh well we we didn't get too
[4:54:32] far from the house and you're
[4:54:35] watching fire coming down
[4:54:39] the hill there was a machine
[4:54:39] shop right to my right right
[4:54:42] there and it had gas tanks and
[4:54:46] propane tanks and I saw a lone
[4:54:50] ember kind of floating through
[4:54:50] dancing through the air and I
[4:54:54] watched it as it landed on
[4:54:55] the machine shop in the time it
[4:54:58] took me to get my phone back
[4:55:01] into hand and to take a picture
[4:55:02] was engulfed in flames and I
[4:55:06] knew that within moments it
[4:55:07] would start exploding and I
[4:55:09] would be dead.
[4:55:13] And just as I moved out of this
[4:55:14] the range of the explosions
[4:55:34] they started happening and I
[4:55:35] prayed for the people behind me
[4:55:35] .
[4:55:36] Ten minute drive normally
[4:55:36] the trickle became almost four
[4:55:37] hours so it was a long trip.
[4:55:38] We started to hear a pattern.
[4:55:40] People kept telling their story
[4:55:40] of how they escaped
[4:55:44] the campfire and they talked
[4:55:44] about how if it wasn't for my
[4:55:45] neighbor who came and knocked
[4:55:48] on my door to tell me there was
[4:55:49] a fire, I don't know that I
[4:55:52] would have gotten out alive if
[4:55:56] it wasn't for my son who lives
[4:55:56] next door picking me up and
[4:55:59] putting me in their car and
[4:55:59] driving me out of there.
[4:56:00] I don't know how I would have
[4:56:03] survived and so I started
[4:56:04] really thinking about this
[4:56:07] connection between isolation
[4:56:07] and how connected you are to
[4:56:11] your community, to your
[4:56:12] neighbors, to your friends, to
[4:56:15] your family and how that can be
[4:56:16] really helpful in a time of a
[4:56:19] disaster.
[4:56:19] So we were actually
[4:56:23] the beneficiaries of someone
[4:56:27] making that plan in advance to
[4:56:28] have that group of people tat
[4:56:28] they were going to call and
[4:56:31] that she saved my life that day
[4:56:31] .
[4:56:34] So absolutely having that
[4:56:35] network really saved lives.
[4:56:38] >> find your five.
[4:56:39] The idea is that you know, find
[4:56:42] trusted allies that can be
[4:56:43] there and can be responsive and
[4:56:46] we'll check in with you if a
[4:56:47] disaster were to happen.
[4:56:50] >> so we recommend that you put
[4:56:51] people in your network that are
[4:56:51] down the street that are maybe
[4:56:54] the next town over there
[4:56:55] outside the county and maybe
[4:57:05] even outside of the state
[4:57:06] the final tier of the ready set
[4:57:09] go is that go peace and it's
[4:57:13] simply that it's go evacuate
[4:57:14] mission information comes in
[4:57:14] two types.
[4:57:17] The first type could be an
[4:57:18] evacuation warning.
[4:57:18] This is an essentially
[4:57:21] information we're going to push
[4:57:22] out to the public notifying
[4:57:25] them of a potential threat in
[4:57:26] their area where they MAY have
[4:57:29] to evacuate their home and
[4:57:30] evacuation order is essentially
[4:57:30] that we are telling people that
[4:57:33] it's time to go.
[4:57:34] There is an imminent threat to
[4:57:36] life and we do not believe that
[4:57:37] you have much time to leave
[4:57:40] the area.
[4:57:44] >> code red is a opt in
[4:57:45] alerting system that will dial
[4:57:45] your number.
[4:57:49] It'll send you a phone call, a
[4:57:49] text message and an email
[4:57:53] notifying you of an emergency.
[4:57:53] That message is sent from our
[4:57:54] office.
[4:57:56] The office of emergency
[4:57:57] services.
[4:57:57] It's going to be very targeted
[4:58:01] to your area and it'll be
[4:58:02] specific to you that 513
[4:58:03] the phone rang with the code
[4:58:04] red call and so as I was going
[4:58:08] up forty nine I could look over
[4:58:09] to the left and see the flames
[4:58:12] in the canyon.
[4:58:13] The next layer is for staff to
[4:58:15] actually be out driving in
[4:58:19] the areas with a low siren.
[4:58:23] >> there's no other reason
[4:58:24] you'll hear that in an area
[4:58:25] unless we're putting out that
[4:58:28] evacuation order not a warning
[4:58:28] but an order.
[4:58:31] My day started routine patrol
[4:58:32] came in and I was notified by
[4:58:35] dispatch to respond out to
[4:58:36] the jones fire houses that had
[4:58:40] evacuation tags made it so we
[4:58:40] could just pass by.
[4:58:41] We knew that the residents had
[4:58:43] already been evacuated
[4:58:44] residences that did not have
[4:58:47] the tags we would have to
[4:58:47] physically go in and knock on
[4:58:50] the door, look in the windows,
[4:58:51] make sure there were no
[4:58:52] occupants inside once you've
[4:58:54] been evacuated as you're
[4:58:58] leaving, put this tag somewhere
[4:58:59] very clearly identifiable
[4:59:01] whether it's a mailbox, a gate
[4:59:02] ,your address marker so that
[4:59:05] deputies and officers can
[4:59:06] quickly identify if your
[4:59:07] residence has already been
[4:59:30] evacuated.
[4:59:31] You look out my back window
[4:59:34] here on the east side and you
[4:59:38] see how close this fire came.
[4:59:42] It was certainly a shock and at
[4:59:42] the same time it was such an
[4:59:46] incredible relief to have
[4:59:46] the house as safe as it was.
[4:59:50] I mean I think with personal
[4:59:51] preparedness and being ready it
[4:59:54] can feel overwhelming.
[4:59:54] It can feel like a lot to do
[4:59:57] and the most important piece is
[4:59:57] to just start with one little
[5:00:01] bite at a time just start
[5:00:01] the conversation, have some
[5:00:02] sort of plan.
[5:00:05] It can be a small ismy to place
[5:00:05] ,you know, a destination that
[5:00:06] everybody will get to everybody
[5:00:09] in the household to get to if
[5:00:09] there's a disaster.
[5:00:12] Recognize you live in a
[5:00:13] community in a county that
[5:00:14] really does take the emergency
[5:00:17] response as a priority.
[5:00:17] We have worked diligently
[5:00:20] throughout the last few years
[5:00:21] on ensuring that not only our
[5:00:25] staff are trained and prepared
[5:00:25] but we're also putting that
[5:00:26] that out for our community.
[5:00:29] The more prepared you are in
[5:00:30] your own community, the better
[5:00:33] the outcome is going to be
[5:00:33] the level of community
[5:00:37] awareness they have to be part
[5:00:37] of the solution.
[5:00:38] They have to communicate with
[5:00:40] their neighbors.
[5:00:41] They have to be part of
[5:00:42] the discussion in communities
[5:00:44] they have to support
[5:00:44] the response, the prevention,
[5:00:49] the education and ultimately
[5:00:49] the collaboration and
[5:00:52] the engagement.
[5:00:53] People have to be engaged at
[5:00:54] all levels.
[5:00:56] The more you think about now
[5:00:56] the easier it will be when
[5:01:01] the time comes that you need to
[5:01:01] evacuate.
[5:01:04] We've created this network and
[5:01:04] we want you to make sure that
[5:01:05] you know that you can tap into
[5:01:08] that so if you are feeling a
[5:01:09] little bit overwhelmed, not
[5:01:09] sure where to start.
[5:01:12] Reach out to one of our offices
[5:01:13] ,reach out to the fire safe
[5:01:15] council or two on one.
[5:02:29] We're here to support you
[5:02:29] from
[5:02:30] the foothills of the sierra
[5:02:52] nevada, a new hero will emerge
[5:03:07] one who is ready, one who make
[5:03:08] sure their friends and family
[5:03:21] are set and has the power to go
[5:03:40] at a moment's notice this fire
[5:03:41] season.
[5:03:47] You are the hero we are ready.
[5:04:02] Nevada county, nevada county
[5:04:03] has a new tool to make
[5:04:04] evacuations safer and more
[5:04:07] efficient in the event of an
[5:04:07] emergency.
[5:04:08] This new tool is called zone
[5:04:08] haven and we need you to know
[5:04:13] your zone in order to know your
[5:04:13] zone you need to go to
[5:04:16] community stonehaven dotcom
[5:04:20] type in your address once your
[5:04:21] address populates and the popup
[5:04:24] window take that information
[5:04:25] and write down the zone that is
[5:04:26] given to you where you know
[5:04:28] you'll find it in case of
[5:04:31] emergency zone haven and
[5:04:32] knowing your zone does not
[5:04:35] replace call and or code red it
[5:04:36] actually supplements them and
[5:04:39] it makes those tools more
[5:04:40] powerful because you will know
[5:04:41] what zones are being evacuated
[5:04:44] or which ones are being placed
[5:04:44] on advisory and as a result you
[5:04:47] won't have to do anything else
[5:04:48] other than listen to those
[5:04:49] messages and know if it's time
[5:04:55] to go even if you don't have
[5:04:55] internet.
[5:04:56] This could be done by word of
[5:04:58] mouth.
[5:04:59] It can be done by radio or it
[5:05:00] could be driving down
[5:05:00] the street.
[5:05:06] So please know your zone from
[5:05:09] truckee to lake at the pines
[5:05:10] from chicago park to pennsville
[5:05:14] every single square mile of
[5:05:17] nevada county has a zone and
[5:05:18] having a zone that you know for
[5:05:22] your neighborhood is going to
[5:05:22] help you save time to be able
[5:05:24] to evacuate and keep you and
[5:05:56] your family safe
[5:05:56] .
[5:05:57] Fretting about a county is an
[5:05:58] education campaign designed to
[5:05:58] help the public have successful
[5:05:59] outcomes during emergency
[5:06:00] events we really focus on a
[5:06:00] whole host of disasters or
[5:06:01] emergency events.
[5:06:01] We want to have a broad
[5:06:02] spectrum.
[5:06:02] We want to be prepared for
[5:06:03] anything but really we focus a
[5:06:04] lot on wildfire because we know
[5:06:05] that's one of the most likely
[5:06:05] events to happen in nevada
[5:06:06] county.
[5:06:06] >> ready, set, go is really
[5:06:07] built around the wildfire
[5:06:08] premise to prepare residents to
[5:06:08] be ready before an event to
[5:06:10] move into a set posture when
[5:06:11] there's a red flag or fires
[5:06:14] near you and then to go when
[5:06:14] it's time to go essentially in
[5:06:18] its simplest form it's a three
[5:06:18] tiered community emergency
[5:06:29] preparedness plan.
[5:06:29] i have lived in this house
[5:06:32] which we built my husband and I
[5:06:33] twenty six years ago now
[5:06:36] actually we selected the hardy
[5:06:40] like the concrete siding and
[5:06:40] also the metal roof.
[5:06:44] Then when we moved up here and
[5:06:44] heard about the forty nine year
[5:06:45] fire that's when we started to
[5:06:48] say wow this really is even
[5:06:52] more important than we first
[5:06:52] realized for the forty nine
[5:06:53] year fire is one of the most
[5:06:55] historic fires in nevada
[5:06:56] county's history.
[5:06:59] They figured it changed
[5:06:59] the laws of the state of
[5:07:00] california that said this is
[5:07:01] how you have to protect your
[5:07:03] home that came out of nevada
[5:07:04] county.
[5:07:04] Steve eubanks came from
[5:07:07] the fire safe council and
[5:07:08] the main thing we needed to pay
[5:07:11] attention to was the ladder
[5:07:12] fuels planting has been removed
[5:07:15] from the edges of the house so
[5:07:16] that it does not touch
[5:07:19] the house.
[5:07:19] It was an incredible service
[5:07:23] from the fire safe council to
[5:07:24] come out and spend a couple of
[5:07:27] hours going through this
[5:07:27] property.
[5:07:28] So the phase is when there's no
[5:07:31] immediate threat to you and
[5:07:32] your family, this is the time
[5:07:34] when you shuld be doing
[5:07:34] education and planning whether
[5:07:38] that be training, educating
[5:07:38] yourself or accumulating
[5:07:42] equipment, hardening your home
[5:07:42] ,creating defensible space,
[5:07:46] defensible space is really all
[5:07:47] about creating a buffer zone
[5:07:50] between your house and
[5:07:50] flammable vegetation.
[5:07:51] We really focus on defensible
[5:07:54] space around the home that
[5:07:55] first 100 feet but also around
[5:07:58] the roadway to another aspect
[5:08:02] of the ready phase is hardening
[5:08:02] the home and really what that
[5:08:03] means is making your home more
[5:08:05] resilient to a wildfire that's
[5:08:06] going to be putting the fine
[5:08:09] grained mesh around the vents
[5:08:10] of your home so the embers
[5:08:13] won't get into under your house
[5:08:13] or into the eaves of your house
[5:08:14] .
[5:08:14] That's going to be using
[5:08:17] noncombustible materials on
[5:08:17] your deck and around your home
[5:08:18] .
[5:08:18] So you know, no storm comes
[5:08:19] through.
[5:08:20] It's not going to ignite your
[5:08:35] home itself.
[5:08:39] I currently live here in grass
[5:08:39] valley with my parents.
[5:08:42] All of us have sleep apnea so
[5:08:43] we all have separate machines
[5:08:46] that require power in order to
[5:08:47] run.
[5:08:50] I also use a nebulizer and
[5:08:54] that's used to disperse
[5:08:55] medication that I need to get
[5:08:58] myself breathing again when we
[5:09:01] have safety shutoffs we have to
[5:09:05] hook up our equipment to
[5:09:06] batteries that have inverters.
[5:09:09] We have a generator that powers
[5:09:09] some of the things around
[5:09:10] the house.
[5:09:13] But then I obtained a pretty
[5:09:14] substantial battery from friede
[5:09:17] and it was so easy to go
[5:09:18] through the process to obtain a
[5:09:21] battery that I would recommend
[5:09:22] it to anyone who might have
[5:09:25] medical needs that require
[5:09:26] power or really anything.
[5:09:29] I would highly recommend
[5:09:29] contacting friede so whether
[5:09:32] it's a snowstorm or a public
[5:09:33] safety power off, we really
[5:09:34] want folks to be thinking about
[5:09:36] ok, what are the things I'll
[5:09:37] need on hand to weather
[5:09:37] the storm?
[5:09:40] Do I need to have candles?
[5:09:41] Do I need to have battery
[5:09:42] powered radio or do I need to
[5:09:44] have flashlight?
[5:09:45] So what are the things that you
[5:09:48] need to shelter in place or
[5:09:49] address the disaster at hand so
[5:09:52] go back could be anything could
[5:09:52] be a backpack.
[5:09:53] It could be a suitcase.
[5:09:54] It's going to be something that
[5:09:56] you put together to sustain
[5:09:57] yourself, your family, your
[5:09:57] pets if needed.
[5:09:59] That's going to have food,
[5:10:03] water, medication, clothing,
[5:10:04] toiletries to get you buy for
[5:10:04] seventy two hours you need to
[5:10:08] think of your go bag as
[5:10:08] the only resource you MAY have
[5:10:09] .
[5:10:11] Stores MAY be closed the power
[5:10:12] maybe I'll see you MAY have to
[5:10:15] literally live out of this
[5:10:16] thing for a three day period as
[5:10:19] an evacuee if you are someone
[5:10:20] with a disability maybe you
[5:10:21] have a chronic health condition
[5:10:23] for me I have type one diabetes
[5:10:23] .
[5:10:24] I have an insulin pump.
[5:10:24] Right.
[5:10:27] And so that's a critical piece
[5:10:27] that I need to plan for if I'm
[5:10:31] going to evacuate or be away
[5:10:31] from my house frankly for any
[5:10:34] amount of time.
[5:10:35] Right.
[5:10:35] What we find often is that if
[5:10:38] people don't evacuate with
[5:10:39] their c pap machine with their
[5:10:42] oxygen concentrator, with their
[5:10:45] wheelchair walker then it can
[5:10:49] be difficult on the other end.
[5:10:53] My name is ulysses palencia.
[5:10:54] I work in the two one one call
[5:10:55] center.
[5:10:55] I'm just a PRESIDENT Of grass
[5:10:57] valley.
[5:10:58] i have two daughters four year
[5:11:01] old and a one year old in
[5:11:02] nevada county two one one is
[5:11:05] available 24/7 so we provide
[5:11:06] for the community is
[5:11:07] information that could b
[5:11:10] anything from directions to
[5:11:10] the resource centers.
[5:11:13] It can be letting them know
[5:11:13] where the fire is.
[5:11:14] You know, if they are
[5:11:17] themselves in an evacuation
[5:11:17] center, if it's a fire, if
[5:11:21] there's any information as to
[5:11:21] whether power's coming back on
[5:11:24] during a two on one, it's
[5:11:25] the information that we provide
[5:11:26] directly from the county.
[5:11:28] So directly from the office of
[5:11:28] emergency services the whole
[5:11:29] team cares.
[5:11:32] We're all local community
[5:11:33] members.
[5:11:54] We all just want to help.
[5:11:58] So we were all sleeping in bed
[5:11:59] on thursday, NOVEMBER 8th in
[5:12:03] paradise and first the house
[5:12:05] phone rang, picked up my phone
[5:12:06] .
[5:12:06] It was my sster who lived a
[5:12:10] block or so away from us.
[5:12:10] >> we were walking by a
[5:12:13] telephone call from my daughter
[5:12:14] .
[5:12:14] She said that we were being
[5:12:15] evacuated.
[5:12:18] I left sooner than them.
[5:12:21] I had everything ready.
[5:12:22] >> they were on the way out
[5:12:23] the door.
[5:12:23] There was no time to think
[5:12:25] about what are going to take
[5:12:26] what you're not going to take
[5:12:29] the night before the fire I
[5:12:30] knew it was a red flag warning
[5:12:32] and I knew that it was high
[5:12:33] risk.
[5:12:34] >> so on my way home I filled
[5:12:36] up the tank.
[5:12:37] Well, we didn't get too far
[5:12:40] from the house.
[5:12:40] You're watching fire come down
[5:12:44] the hill.
[5:12:44] >> there was a machine shop
[5:12:48] right to my right right there
[5:12:48] and it had gas tanks and
[5:12:53] propane tanks and I saw a lone
[5:12:56] ember kind of floating through
[5:12:57] dancing through the air and I
[5:13:00] watched it as it landed on
[5:13:04] the machine shop in a time it
[5:13:04] took me to get my phone back
[5:13:07] into hand and to take a picture
[5:13:07] .
[5:13:11] It was engulfed in flames and I
[5:13:12] knew that within moments it
[5:13:16] would start exploding and I
[5:13:16] would be dead.
[5:13:19] And just as I moved out of this
[5:13:24] the range of the explosions
[5:13:24] they started happening and I
[5:13:25] prayed for the people behind me
[5:13:27] ten to drive normally
[5:13:31] the trickle became almost four
[5:13:42] hours so it was a long trip.
[5:13:43] >> we started to hear a pattern
[5:13:43] .
[5:13:46] People kept telling us their
[5:13:47] story of how they escaped
[5:13:50] the campfire and they talked
[5:13:51] about how if it wasn't for my
[5:13:54] neighbor who came and knocked
[5:13:55] on my door to tell me there was
[5:13:58] a fire, I don't know that I
[5:13:58] would have gotten out alive if
[5:14:02] it wasn't for my son who lives
[5:14:03] next door picking me up and
[5:14:06] putting me in their car and
[5:14:06] driving me out of there.
[5:14:07] I don't know how I would have
[5:14:10] survived and so I started
[5:14:11] really thinking about this
[5:14:14] connection between isolation
[5:14:14] and how connected you are to
[5:14:18] your community, to your
[5:14:19] neighbors, to your friends, to
[5:14:22] your family and how that can be
[5:14:23] really helpful in a time of a
[5:14:26] disaster.
[5:14:26] So we were actually
[5:14:30] the beneficiaries of someone
[5:14:34] making that plan in advance to
[5:14:35] have that group of people that
[5:14:35] they were going to call and
[5:14:38] that she saved my life that day
[5:14:38] .
[5:14:41] So absolutely having a network
[5:14:42] really saved lives.
[5:14:46] >> find your five.
[5:14:47] The idea is that you know, find
[5:14:49] trusted allies that can be
[5:14:50] there and can be responsive and
[5:14:53] we'll check in with you if a
[5:14:54] disaster were to happen.
[5:14:57] >> so we recommend that you put
[5:14:58] people in your network that are
[5:14:58] down the street that are maybe
[5:15:01] the next town over there
[5:15:02] outside the county and maybe
[5:15:12] even outside the state
[5:15:13] the final tier of the race that
[5:15:16] go is that go piece and it's
[5:15:20] simply that it's go evacuate
[5:15:21] mission information comes in
[5:15:21] two types.
[5:15:24] The first type could be an
[5:15:25] evacuation warning.
[5:15:25] This is an essentially
[5:15:28] information we're going to push
[5:15:29] out to the public notifying
[5:15:32] them of a potential threat in
[5:15:33] their area where they MAY have
[5:15:36] to evacuate their home and
[5:15:37] evacuation order is essentially
[5:15:37] that we are telling people that
[5:15:40] it's time to go.
[5:15:41] There is an imminent threat to
[5:15:43] life and we donot believe that
[5:15:44] we have much time to leave
[5:15:47] the area.
[5:15:51] >> code red is a opt in
[5:15:52] alerting system that will dial
[5:15:52] your number.
[5:15:56] It'll send you a phone call, a
[5:15:56] text message and an email
[5:15:59] notifying you of an emergency.
[5:16:00] That message sent from our
[5:16:20] office the office of emergency
[5:16:20] services.
[5:16:21] It's going to be very targeted
[5:16:22] to your area and it'll be
[5:16:22] specific to you that five
[5:16:23] thirteen the phone rang with
[5:16:24] the code red call and so as I
[5:16:24] was going up forty nine I could
[5:16:25] look over to the left and see
[5:16:26] the flames in the canyon.
[5:16:27] The next layer is for staff to
[5:16:27] actually be out driving in
[5:16:28] the areas with a high low siren
[5:16:28] .
[5:16:30] >> there's no other reason
[5:16:31] you'll hear that in an area
[5:16:32] unless we're puting out that
[5:16:35] evacuation order not a warning
[5:16:35] but an order.
[5:16:38] My dy started routine patrol
[5:16:39] came in and I was notified by
[5:16:42] dispatch to respond out to
[5:16:43] the jones fire houses that had
[5:16:47] evacuation tags made it so we
[5:16:47] could just pass by.
[5:16:48] We knew that the residents had
[5:16:50] already been evacuated
[5:16:51] residences that did not have
[5:16:55] the tags we would have to
[5:16:55] physically go in and knock on
[5:16:57] the door, look in the windows,
[5:16:58] make sure there were no
[5:16:59] occupants inside once you've
[5:17:02] been evacuated as you're
[5:17:05] leaving, put this tag somewhere
[5:17:06] very clearly identifiable
[5:17:08] whether it's a mailbox or a
[5:17:09] gate, your address marker so
[5:17:12] that deputies and officers can
[5:17:13] quickly identify if your
[5:17:14] residence has already been
[5:17:37] evacuated.
[5:17:42] You look out my back window
[5:17:42] here on te east side and you
[5:17:47] see how close this fire came.
[5:17:48] It was certainly a shock and at
[5:17:52] the same time it was such an
[5:17:52] incredible relief to have
[5:17:54] the house as safe as it was.
[5:17:55] I mean I think with personal
[5:17:59] preparedness and being ready it
[5:17:59] can feel overwhelming.
[5:18:02] It can feel like a lot to do
[5:18:03] and the most important pieces
[5:18:06] to just start with one little
[5:18:07] bite at a time, just start
[5:18:08] the conversation, have some
[5:18:11] sort plan.
[5:18:12] It can be as small as a meet up
[5:18:14] place, you know, a destination
[5:18:14] that everybody will get to
[5:18:15] everybody in the household will
[5:18:17] get to if there's a disaster.
[5:18:18] Recognize you live in a
[5:18:19] community in a county that
[5:18:22] really does take the emergency
[5:18:22] response as a priority.
[5:18:26] We have worked diligently
[5:18:26] throughout the last few years
[5:18:30] on ensuring that not only our
[5:18:30] staff are trained and prepared
[5:18:33] but we're also putting that
[5:18:33] that out for our community.
[5:18:34] The more prepared you are in
[5:18:37] your own community, the better
[5:18:41] the outcome is going to be
[5:18:41] the level of community
[5:18:44] awareness they have to be part
[5:18:45] of the solution.
[5:18:46] They have to communicate with
[5:18:46] their neighbors.
[5:18:49] They have to be part of
[5:18:49] the discussion in communities.
[5:18:52] They have to support
[5:18:52] the response, the prevention,
[5:18:57] the education and ultimately
[5:18:57] the collaboration and
[5:19:00] the engagement people have to
[5:19:00] be engaged at all levels
[5:19:04] the more you think about it now
[5:19:04] the easier it will be when
[5:19:08] the time comes that you need to
[5:19:08] evacuate.
[5:19:09] We've created this network and
[5:19:12] we want to make sure that you
[5:19:13] know that you can tap into that
[5:19:13] .
[5:19:15] So if you are feeling a little
[5:19:16] bit overwhelmed, not sure where
[5:19:16] to start.
[5:19:19] Reach out to one of our offices
[5:19:20] ,reach out to the fire safe
[5:19:22] council or two on one.
[5:20:37] we're here to support you
[5:20:37] from
[5:20:38] the foothills of the sierra
[5:20:44] nevada.
[5:20:59] A new era will emerge one who
[5:21:14] is ready one who make sure
[5:21:15] their friends and family are
[5:21:28] set and has the power to go at
[5:21:47] a moment's notice this fire
[5:21:48] season.
[5:21:54] You are the hero we are ready.
[5:22:09] Nevada county, nevada county
[5:22:10] has a new tool to make
[5:22:11] evacuations safer and more
[5:22:14] efficient in the event of an
[5:22:14] emergency.
[5:22:15] This new tool is called zone
[5:22:15] haven and we need you to know
[5:22:20] your zone in order to know your
[5:22:20] zone you need to go to
[5:22:23] community dot zone haven dot
[5:22:24] dotcom type in your address
[5:22:27] once your address populates in
[5:22:28] the pop window take that
[5:22:32] information and write down
[5:22:32] the zone that is given to you
[5:22:33] where you know you'll find it
[5:22:38] in case of emergency zone haven
[5:22:39] and knowing your zone does not
[5:22:42] replace and or code red it
[5:22:42] actually supplements them and
[5:22:46] it makes those tools more
[5:22:46] powerful because you will know
[5:22:49] what zones ar being evacuated
[5:22:50] or which ones are being placed
[5:22:53] on advisory and as a result you
[5:22:54] won't have to do anything else
[5:22:55] other than listen to those
[5:22:55] messages and know if it's time
[5:23:00] to go even if you don't have
[5:23:03] internet.
[5:23:04] This could be done by word of
[5:23:05] mouth, it can be done by radio
[5:23:07] or it could be us driving down
[5:23:08] the street.
[5:23:11] >> so please know your zone
[5:23:15] from truckee to lake at
[5:23:18] the pines from chicago park to
[5:23:19] spend sevil every single square
[5:23:23] mile of nevada county has a
[5:23:26] zone and having a zone that you
[5:23:27] know for your neighborhood is
[5:23:30] going to help you save time to
[5:23:31] be able to evacuate and keep
[5:23:45] you and your family safe.
[5:23:46] Fretting about a county is an
[5:23:49] education campaign designed to
[5:23:49] help the public have successful
[5:23:53] outcomes during emergency
[5:23:53] events we really focus on a
[5:23:56] whole host of disasters or
[5:23:57] emergency events.
[5:23:58] We want to have a broad
[5:23:58] spectrum.
[5:23:59] We want to be prepared for
[5:24:01] anything but really we focus a
[5:24:02] lot on wildfire because we know
[5:24:05] that's one of the most likely
[5:24:05] events to happen in nevada
[5:24:09] county already tego is really
[5:24:09] built around the wildfire
[5:24:12] premise to prepare residents to
[5:24:13] be ready before an event to
[5:24:17] move into a set posture when
[5:24:17] there's a red flag or fires
[5:24:21] near you and then to go when
[5:24:21] it's time to go essentially in
[5:24:25] its simplest form it's a three
[5:24:25] tiered community emergency
[5:24:34] preparedness plan I have lived
[5:24:39] in this house which we built my
[5:24:40] husband and I twenty six years
[5:24:42] ago now actually we selected
[5:24:46] the hardy plug the concrete
[5:24:47] siding and also the metal roof
[5:24:47] .
[5:24:51] Then we moved up here and heard
[5:24:52] about the forty nine year fire
[5:24:52] .
[5:24:54] That's when we started to say
[5:24:55] wow this really is even more
[5:24:58] important than we first
[5:24:59] realized for the forty nine
[5:25:02] year fire fires one of the most
[5:25:02] historic fires in nevada
[5:25:06] county's history they figured
[5:25:06] it'd change the laws of
[5:25:07] the state of california.
[5:25:08] That said, this is how you have
[5:25:10] to protect your home that came
[5:25:11] out of nevada county.
[5:25:11] Steve eubanks came from
[5:25:14] the fire save council and
[5:25:15] the main thing we needed to pay
[5:25:18] attention to was the ladder
[5:25:19] fuels planting has been removed
[5:25:22] from the edges of the house so
[5:25:23] that it does not touch
[5:25:26] the house.
[5:25:26] It was an incredible service
[5:25:30] from the fire safe council to
[5:25:31] come out and spend a couple of
[5:25:34] hours going through this
[5:25:34] property.
[5:25:35] So the remedy phase is when
[5:25:38] there's no immediate threat to
[5:25:39] you and your family, this is
[5:25:39] the time when you should be
[5:25:41] doing education and planning
[5:25:45] whether that be training,
[5:25:45] educating yourself or
[5:25:46] accumulating equipment,
[5:25:49] hardening your home, creating
[5:25:50] defensible space, defensible
[5:25:53] space is really all about
[5:25:54] creating a buffer zone between
[5:25:57] your house and flammable
[5:25:57] vegetation.
[5:26:01] We really focus on defensible
[5:26:01] space around the home but first
[5:26:02] one hundred feet but also
[5:26:04] around the roadway to another
[5:26:05] aspect of the ready phase is
[5:26:08] hardening the home and really
[5:26:09] what that means is making your
[5:26:12] home more resilient to a
[5:26:13] wildfire that's going to be
[5:26:16] putting the fine grained mesh
[5:26:17] around the vents of your home
[5:26:17] so the embers won't get into
[5:26:20] under your house or into
[5:26:21] the eaves of your house.
[5:26:21] That's going to be using
[5:26:41] noncombustible materials on
[5:26:42] your deck and around your home
[5:26:42] .
[5:26:42] So when the storm comes through
[5:26:43] it's not going to ignite your
[5:26:44] home itself.
[5:26:45] I currently live here in grass
[5:26:46] valley with my parents.
[5:26:49] All of us have sleep apnea so
[5:26:50] we all have separate machines
[5:26:53] that require power in order to
[5:26:54] run.
[5:26:57] I also use a nebulizer and
[5:27:01] that's used to disperse
[5:27:02] medication that I need to get
[5:27:05] myself breathing again when we
[5:27:08] have safety shutoffs we have to
[5:27:12] hook up our equipment to
[5:27:13] batteries that have inverters.
[5:27:16] We have a generator that powers
[5:27:17] some of the things around
[5:27:17] the house.
[5:27:20] But then I obtained a pretty
[5:27:21] substantial battery from friede
[5:27:24] and it was so easy to go
[5:27:25] through the process to obtain a
[5:27:27] battery that I would recommend
[5:27:28] it to anyone who might have
[5:27:32] medical needs that require
[5:27:33] power or really anything.
[5:27:36] I would highly recommend
[5:27:37] contacting friede so whether
[5:27:40] it's a snowstorm or a public
[5:27:40] safety power shutoff we really
[5:27:41] want folks to be thinking about
[5:27:44] ok, what are the things I'll
[5:27:44] need on hand to weather
[5:27:45] the storm?
[5:27:47] Do I need to have candles?
[5:27:48] Do I need to have battery
[5:27:49] powered radio or do I need to
[5:27:51] have flashlight?
[5:27:52] So what are the things that you
[5:27:55] need to shelter in place or
[5:27:56] address the disaster at hand so
[5:27:59] go back could be anything could
[5:28:00] be a backpack.
[5:28:00] It could be a suitcase.
[5:28:01] It's going to be something that
[5:28:02] you put together to sustain
[5:28:03] yourself, your family, your
[5:28:04] pets if needed.
[5:28:07] That's going to have food,
[5:28:10] water, medication, clothing,
[5:28:11] toiletries to get you buy for
[5:28:12] seventy two hours you need to
[5:28:15] think of your go bag as
[5:28:16] the only resource you MAY have
[5:28:16] .
[5:28:19] Stores MAY be closed, the power
[5:28:20] MAY be out so you MAY have to
[5:28:22] literally live out of this
[5:28:23] thing for a three day period as
[5:28:26] an evacuee if you are someone
[5:28:26] with a disability maybe you
[5:28:27] have a chronic health condition
[5:28:30] for me I have type one diabetes
[5:28:30] .
[5:28:31] I have an insulin pump.
[5:28:31] Right.
[5:28:34] And so that's a critical piece
[5:28:35] that I need to plan for if I'm
[5:28:38] going to evacuate or be away
[5:28:39] from my house frankly for any
[5:28:41] amount of time.
[5:28:42] Right.
[5:28:43] What we find often is that if
[5:28:46] people don't evacuate with
[5:28:46] their c pap machine wih their
[5:28:49] oxygen concentrator, with their
[5:28:53] wheelchair walker then it can
[5:28:56] be difficult on the other end.
[5:29:00] My name is ulysses palencia.
[5:29:02] I work in the two one one call
[5:29:02] center.
[5:29:03] I'm just a resident of grass
[5:29:04] valley.
[5:29:05] I have two daughters four year
[5:29:09] old and a one year old in
[5:29:09] nevada county two one one is
[5:29:12] available twenty four seven so
[5:29:12] we provide for the community is
[5:29:13] information that could be
[5:29:16] anything from directions to
[5:29:16] the resource centers.
[5:29:20] It can be letting them know
[5:29:20] where the fire is.
[5:29:23] You know if they are themselves
[5:29:24] in an evacuation center, if
[5:29:25] it's a fire, if there's any
[5:29:28] information as to whether
[5:29:29] power's coming back on during a
[5:29:31] two on one, it's
[5:29:32] the information that we provide
[5:29:32] directly from the county.
[5:29:35] So directly from the office of
[5:29:36] emergency services the whole
[5:29:36] team cares.
[5:29:39] We're all local community
[5:29:39] members.
[5:30:02] We all just want to help.
[5:30:05] So we were all sleeping in bed
[5:30:05] on thursday, NOVEMBER 8th in
[5:30:09] paradise and first the house
[5:30:13] phone rang, picked up my phone
[5:30:13] .
[5:30:14] It was my sister who lived a
[5:30:17] block or so away from us.
[5:30:18] >> we were walking by a
[5:30:21] telephone call from my daughter
[5:30:21] .
[5:30:21] She said that we were being
[5:30:22] evacuated.
[5:30:25] I left sooner than them.
[5:30:28] I had everything ready.
[5:30:29] >> they were on the way out
[5:30:29] the door.
[5:30:30] There was no time to think
[5:30:32] about what you're going to take
[5:30:33] ,what you're not going to take
[5:30:36] the night before the fire I
[5:30:37] knew it was a red flag warning
[5:30:40] and I knew that it was high
[5:30:40] risk.
[5:30:41] >> so on my way home I filled
[5:30:44] up the tank.
[5:30:45] Well, we we didn't get too far
[5:30:47] from the house.
[5:30:48] You're watching fire come down
[5:30:51] the hill.
[5:30:52] There was a machine shop right
[5:30:55] to my right right there and it
[5:30:59] had gas tanks and propane tanks
[5:31:03] and I saw a lone ember kind
[5:31:03] floating through dancing
[5:31:07] through the air and I watched
[5:31:07] it as it landed on the machine
[5:31:10] shop in a time it took me to
[5:31:14] get my phone back into hand and
[5:31:14] to take a picture.
[5:31:19] It was engulfed in flames and I
[5:31:19] knew that within moments it
[5:31:22] would start exploding and I
[5:31:22] would be dead.
[5:31:26] And just as I moved out of this
[5:31:30] the range of the explosions
[5:31:31] they started happening and i
[5:31:31] prayed for the people behind me
[5:31:34] ten to drive normally
[5:31:39] the trigger became almost four
[5:31:50] hours so it was a long trip.
[5:31:51] >> we started to hear a pattern
[5:31:51] .
[5:31:53] People kept telling us their
[5:31:54] story of how they escaped
[5:31:57] the campfire and they talked
[5:31:58] about how if it wasn't for my
[5:32:01] neighbor who came and knocked
[5:32:02] on my door to tell me there was
[5:32:05] a fire, I don't know that I
[5:32:06] would have gotten out alive if
[5:32:09] it wasn't for my son who lives
[5:32:10] next door picking me up and
[5:32:13] putting me in their car and
[5:32:14] driving me out of there.
[5:32:15] I don't know how I would have
[5:32:17] survived and so I started
[5:32:18] really thinking about this
[5:32:21] connection between isolation
[5:32:21] and how connected you are to
[5:32:25] your community, to your
[5:32:26] neighbors, to your friends, to
[5:32:29] your family and how that can be
[5:32:30] really helpful in a time of a
[5:32:33] disaster.
[5:32:33] So we were actually
[5:32:37] the beneficiaries of someone
[5:32:41] making that plan in advance to
[5:32:42] have that group of people that
[5:32:42] they were going to call and
[5:32:45] that she saved my life that day
[5:32:45] .
[5:32:48] So absolutely having that
[5:32:49] network really saved lives.
[5:32:53] >> find your five.
[5:32:54] The idea is that you know, find
[5:32:56] trusted allies that can be
[5:32:57] there and can be responsive and
[5:33:00] we'll check in with you if a
[5:33:01] disaster were to happen.
[5:33:04] >> so we recommend that you put
[5:33:05] people in your network that are
[5:33:05] down the street that are maybe
[5:33:08] the next town over there
[5:33:09] outside the county and maybe
[5:33:19] even outside the state.
[5:33:20] The final tier of the ready set
[5:33:24] go is that go peace and it's
[5:33:27] simply that it's go evacuate
[5:33:28] mission information comes in
[5:33:28] two types.
[5:33:31] The first type could be an
[5:33:32] evacuation warning.
[5:33:32] This is an essentially
[5:33:35] information we're going to push
[5:33:36] out to the public notifying
[5:33:39] them of a potential threat in
[5:33:40] their area where they MAY have
[5:33:43] to evacuate their home and
[5:33:44] evacuation order is essentially
[5:33:44] that we are telling people that
[5:33:47] it's time to go.
[5:33:48] There is an imminent threat to
[5:33:50] life and we do not believe that
[5:33:51] we have much time to leave
[5:33:54] the area.
[5:33:58] >> code red is a opt in
[5:33:59] alerting system that will dial
[5:33:59] your number.
[5:34:03] It'll send you a phone call, a
[5:34:03] text message and an email
[5:34:07] notifying you of an emergency.
[5:34:07] That message sent from our
[5:34:10] office the office of emergency
[5:34:11] services.
[5:34:11] It's going to be very targeted
[5:34:14] to your area and it'll be
[5:34:15] specific to you that five
[5:34:15] thirteen the phone rang with
[5:34:19] the code red call and so as I
[5:34:22] was going up forty nine I could
[5:34:23] look over to the left and see
[5:34:26] the flames in the canyon.
[5:34:27] The next layer is for staff to
[5:34:30] actually be out driving in
[5:34:33] the areas with a low siren.
[5:34:37] >> there's no other reason
[5:34:38] you'll hear that in an area
[5:34:39] unless we're putting out that
[5:34:42] evacuation order not a warning
[5:34:42] but an order.
[5:34:45] My day started routine patrol
[5:34:46] came in and I was notified by
[5:34:49] dispatch to respond out to
[5:34:50] the jones fire houses that had
[5:34:54] evacuation tags made it so we
[5:34:54] could just pass by.
[5:34:55] we knew that the residents had
[5:34:57] already been evacuated
[5:34:58] residences that did not have
[5:35:01] the tags we would have to
[5:35:01] physically go in and knock on
[5:35:04] the door, look in the windows,
[5:35:05] make sure there were no
[5:35:06] occupants inside once you've
[5:35:09] been evacuated as you're
[5:35:12] leaving, put this tag somewhere
[5:35:13] very clearly identifiable
[5:35:16] whether it's a mailbox, a gate,
[5:35:16] your address marker so that
[5:35:19] deputies and officers can
[5:35:20] quickly identify if your
[5:35:22] residence has already been
[5:35:44] evacuated.
[5:35:45] I mean you look out my back
[5:35:48] window here on the east side
[5:35:52] and you see how close this fire
[5:35:53] came.
[5:35:56] It was certainly a shock and at
[5:35:56] the same time it was such an
[5:35:59] incredible relief to have
[5:36:00] the house as safe as it was.
[5:36:04] I and I think with personal
[5:36:05] preparedness and being ready it
[5:36:08] can feel overwhelming.
[5:36:08] It can feel like a lot to do
[5:36:11] and the most important piece is
[5:36:11] to just start with one little
[5:36:16] bite at a time just start
[5:36:16] the conversation, have some
[5:36:17] sort of plan.
[5:36:20] It can be a small ismy place,
[5:36:20] you know, a destination that
[5:36:21] everybody will get to everybody
[5:36:23] in the household to get to if
[5:36:23] there's a disaster.
[5:36:26] Recognize you live in a
[5:36:27] community in a county that
[5:36:28] really does take the emergency
[5:36:31] response as a priority.
[5:36:31] We have worked diligently
[5:36:34] throughout the last few years
[5:36:35] on ensuring that not only our
[5:36:38] staff are trained and prepared
[5:36:39] but we're also putting that
[5:36:40] that out for our community.
[5:36:43] The more prepared you are in
[5:36:44] your own community, the better
[5:37:04] the outcome is going to be
[5:37:04] the level of community
[5:37:05] awareness they have to be part
[5:37:05] of the solution.
[5:37:06] They have to communicate with
[5:37:06] their neighbors.
[5:37:07] They have to be part of
[5:37:08] the discussion in communities
[5:37:08] they have to support
[5:37:09] the response, the prevention,
[5:37:10] the education and ultimately
[5:37:10] the collaboration and
[5:37:11] the engagement.
[5:37:11] People have to be engaged at
[5:37:12] all levels.
[5:37:12] The more you think about now
[5:37:13] the easier it will be when
[5:37:15] the time comes that you need to
[5:37:15] evacuate.
[5:37:18] We've created this network and
[5:37:19] we want you to make sure that
[5:37:19] you know that you can tap into
[5:37:22] that so if you are feeling a
[5:37:23] little bit overwhelmed, not
[5:37:26] sure where to start reach out
[5:37:26] to one of our offices, reach
[5:37:27] out to the fire safe council or
[5:37:29] two on one.
[5:38:44] We're here to support you
[5:38:44] from
[5:38:45] the foothills of the sierra
[5:38:51] nevada.
[5:39:06] A new era will emerge.
[5:39:21] What is ready one who make sure
[5:39:22] their friends and family are
[5:39:35] set and has the power to go at
[5:39:54] a moment's notice this fire
[5:39:54] season.
[5:40:01] You're the hero we are ready.
[5:40:16] >> nevada county, nevada county
[5:40:17] has a new tool to make
[5:40:18] evacuations safer and more
[5:40:21] efficient in the event of an
[5:40:21] emergency.
[5:40:22] This new tool is called zone
[5:40:22] haven and we need yu to know
[5:40:27] your zone in order to know your
[5:40:28] zone you need to go to
[5:40:30] community dot zone haven dot
[5:40:34] com type in your address once
[5:40:35] your address populates and
[5:40:35] the popup window take that
[5:40:38] information and write down
[5:40:39] the zone that is given to you
[5:40:40] where you know you'll find it
[5:40:45] in case of emergency zone haven
[5:40:46] and knowing your zone does not
[5:40:49] replace nexon and or code red
[5:40:50] it actually supplements them
[5:40:53] and it makes those tools more
[5:40:54] powerful because you will know
[5:40:57] what zones are being evacuated
[5:40:58] or which ones are being placed
[5:41:01] on advisory and as a result you
[5:41:02] don't have to do anything else
[5:41:02] other than listen to those
[5:41:03] messages and know if it's time
[5:41:09] to go even if you don't have
[5:41:09] internet this could be done by
[5:41:13] word of mouth, it can be done
[5:41:13] by radio or it could be driving
[5:41:14] down the street.
[5:41:20] So please know your zone from
[5:41:24] truckee to lake at the pines
[5:41:25] from chicago park to pennsville
[5:41:28] every single square mile of
[5:41:31] nevada county has a zone and
[5:41:32] having a zone that you know for
[5:41:35] your neighborhood is going to
[5:41:36] help you save time to be able
[5:41:38] to evacuate and keep you and
[5:41:53] your family safe.
[5:41:54] Fretting about a county is an
[5:41:57] education campaign designed to
[5:41:58] help the public have successful
[5:41:59] outcomes during emergency
[5:42:02] events we really focus on a
[5:42:02] whole host of disasters or
[5:42:05] emergency events.
[5:42:05] We want to have a broad
[5:42:06] spectrum.
[5:42:06] We want to be prepared for
[5:42:09] anything but really we focus a
[5:42:09] lot on wildfire because we know
[5:42:12] that's one of the most likely
[5:42:13] events to happen in nevada
[5:42:13] county.
[5:42:16] >> ready, set, go is really
[5:42:17] built around the wildfire
[5:42:19] premise to prepare residents to
[5:42:20] be ready before an event to
[5:42:24] move into a set posture when
[5:42:24] there's a red flag or fires
[5:42:28] near you and then you go when
[5:42:28] it's time to go essentially in
[5:42:32] its simplest form it's a three
[5:42:32] tiered community emergency
[5:42:42] preparedness plan I have lived
[5:42:46] in this house which we built my
[5:42:47] husband and I twenty six years
[5:42:50] ago now actually we selected
[5:42:53] the hardy plug the concrete
[5:42:54] siding and also the metal roof
[5:42:54] .
[5:42:58] Then we moved up here and heard
[5:42:59] about the forty nine year fire
[5:42:59] .
[5:43:01] That's when we started to say
[5:43:01] wow this really is even more
[5:43:05] important than we first
[5:43:05] realized for the forty nine
[5:43:08] year fire is one of the most
[5:43:09] historic fires in nevada
[5:43:10] county's history.
[5:43:13] They figured it'd change
[5:43:14] the laws of the state of
[5:43:14] california.
[5:43:15] That said, this is how you have
[5:43:17] to protect your home that came
[5:43:17] out of nevada county.
[5:43:20] Steve eubanks came from
[5:43:21] the fire safe council and
[5:43:24] the main thing we needed to pay
[5:43:24] attention to was the ladder
[5:43:28] fuels planting has been removed
[5:43:29] from the edges of the house so
[5:43:33] that it does not touch
[5:43:33] the house.
[5:43:36] It was an incredible service
[5:43:36] from the fire safe council to
[5:43:40] come out and spend a couple of
[5:43:40] hours going through this
[5:43:41] property.
[5:43:44] So the remedy phase is when
[5:43:44] there's no immediate threat to
[5:43:45] you and your family.
[5:43:47] This is the time when you
[5:43:47] should be doing education and
[5:43:51] planning whether that be
[5:43:51] training, educating yourself or
[5:43:55] accumulating equipment,
[5:43:55] hardening your home, creating
[5:43:59] defensible space, defensible
[5:43:59] space is really all about
[5:44:03] creating a buffer zone between
[5:44:03] your house and flammable
[5:44:04] vegetation.
[5:44:07] We really focus on defensible
[5:44:08] space around the home that
[5:44:11] first one hundred feet but also
[5:44:11] around the roadway to another
[5:44:14] aspect of the ready phase is
[5:44:15] hardening the home and really
[5:44:18] what that means is making your
[5:44:18] home more resilient to a
[5:44:19] wildfire that's going to be
[5:44:22] putting the fine grained mesh
[5:44:23] around the vents of your home
[5:44:26] so the embers won't get into
[5:44:26] under your house or into
[5:44:27] the eaves of your house that's
[5:44:30] going to be using noncom
[5:44:31] unstable materials on your deck
[5:44:31] and around your home.
[5:44:34] So when the storm comes through
[5:44:35] it's not going to ignite your
[5:44:49] home itself.
[5:44:52] I currently live here in grass
[5:44:53] valley with my parents.
[5:44:57] All of us have sleep apnea so
[5:44:58] we all have separate machines
[5:45:00] that require power in order to
[5:45:01] run.
[5:45:04] I also use a nebulizer and
[5:45:08] that's used to disperse
[5:45:08] medication that I need to get
[5:45:12] myself breathing again when we
[5:45:15] have safety shutoffs we have to
[5:45:19] hook up our equipment to
[5:45:20] batteries that have inverters.
[5:45:23] We have a generator that powers
[5:45:23] some of the things around
[5:45:24] the house.
[5:45:27] But then I obtained a pretty
[5:45:28] substantial battery from friede
[5:45:31] and it was so easy to go
[5:45:32] through the process to obtain a
[5:45:35] battery that I would recommend
[5:45:36] it to anyone who might have
[5:45:39] medical needs that require
[5:45:40] power or really anything.
[5:45:43] I would highly recommend
[5:45:43] contacting friede so whether
[5:45:47] it's a snowstorm or a public
[5:45:48] safety power shutoff we really
[5:45:49] want folks to be thinking about
[5:45:50] ok, what are the things I'll
[5:45:51] need on hand to weather
[5:45:51] the storm?
[5:45:54] Do I need to have candles?
[5:45:55] Do I need to have battery
[5:45:56] powered radio or do I need to
[5:45:58] have flashlight?
[5:45:59] So what are the things that
[5:46:02] you'll need to shelter in place
[5:46:03] or address the disaster at hand
[5:46:06] so go back it could be anything
[5:46:06] could be a backpack.
[5:46:07] It could be a suitcase.
[5:46:08] It's going to be something that
[5:46:10] you put together to sustain
[5:46:11] yourself, your family, your
[5:46:11] pets if needed.
[5:46:13] That's going to have food,
[5:46:17] water, medication, clothing,
[5:46:18] toiletries to get you buy for
[5:46:18] seventy two hours.
[5:46:21] You need to think of your go
[5:46:22] bag as the only resource you
[5:46:22] MAY have.
[5:46:25] Stores MAY be closed the power
[5:46:26] maybe I'll see you MAY have to
[5:46:29] literally live out of this
[5:46:30] thing for a three day period as
[5:46:33] an evacuee if you are someone
[5:46:34] with a disability maybe you
[5:46:35] have a chronic health condition
[5:46:37] for me I have type one diabetes
[5:46:37] .
[5:46:38] I have an insulin pump.
[5:46:38] Right.
[5:46:41] And so that's a critical piece
[5:46:42] that I need to plan for if I'm
[5:46:45] going to evacuate or be away
[5:46:45] from my house frankly for any
[5:46:48] amount of time.
[5:46:48] Right.
[5:46:49] What we find often is that if
[5:46:52] people don't evacuate with
[5:46:53] their c pap machine with their
[5:46:56] oxygen concentrator, with their
[5:47:00] wheelchair walker then it can
[5:47:03] be difficult on the other end.
[5:47:24] My name is ulysses palencia.
[5:47:25] I work in the two one one call
[5:47:25] center.
[5:47:26] I'm just a resident of grass
[5:47:26] valley.
[5:47:27] I have two daughters four year
[5:47:28] old and a one year old in
[5:47:28] nevada county two one one is
[5:47:29] available 24/7 so we provide
[5:47:30] for the community is
[5:47:30] information that can be
[5:47:31] anything from directions to
[5:47:32] the resource centers.
[5:47:32] It can be letting them know
[5:47:33] where the fire is.
[5:47:33] You know, if they are
[5:47:34] themselves in an evacuation
[5:47:35] center, if it's a fire, if
[5:47:35] there's any information as to
[5:47:36] whether power's coming back on
[5:47:38] during a two on one gets
[5:47:39] the information that we provide
[5:47:42] directly from the county so
[5:47:43] directly from the office of
[5:47:44] emergency services, the whole
[5:47:44] team cares.
[5:47:46] We're all local community
[5:47:47] members.
[5:48:08] We all just want to help.
[5:48:12] So we were all sleeping in bed
[5:48:13] on thursday, NOVEMBER 8th in
[5:48:17] paradise and first the house
[5:48:19] phone rang, picked up my phone
[5:48:20] .
[5:48:20] It was my sister who lived a
[5:48:24] block or so away from us.
[5:48:24] >> we were woken by a telephone
[5:48:27] call from my dughter.
[5:48:28] She said that we were being
[5:48:29] evacuated.
[5:48:32] I left sooner than them.
[5:48:35] I had everything ready.
[5:48:36] They were on the way out
[5:48:37] the door.
[5:48:37] There was no time to think
[5:48:40] about what are going to take
[5:48:41] what you're not going to take
[5:48:43] the night before the fire I
[5:48:44] knew it was a red flag warning
[5:48:47] and I knew that it was high
[5:48:47] risk.
[5:48:48] >> so on my way home I filled
[5:48:50] up the tank.
[5:48:51] Well, we we didn't get too far
[5:48:54] from the house.
[5:48:54] You're watching fire come down
[5:48:58] the hill.
[5:48:59] There was a machine shop right
[5:49:02] to my right right there and it
[5:49:06] had gas tanks and propane tanks
[5:49:10] and I saw a lone ember kind of
[5:49:10] floating through dancing
[5:49:11] through the air and I order
[5:49:14] after afternoon session of
[5:49:15] the nevada county board of
[5:49:18] supervisors JANUARY 10th twenty
[5:49:22] twenty three and our scheduled
[5:49:22] item at one thirty is a public
[5:49:25] hearing to consider the nevada
[5:49:26] county planning commission's
[5:49:27] DECEMBER 8th.
[5:49:29] Twenty twenty two three one
[5:49:30] with one absent recommendation
[5:49:33] that in nevada county board of
[5:49:34] supervisors adopt the addendum
[5:49:38] to the certified final
[5:49:41] environmental impact report and
[5:49:41] a four oh one absolute
[5:49:42] recommendation that nevada
[5:49:45] county board of supervisors is
[5:49:45] approve a zoning ordinance
[5:49:49] amendment to section l down to
[5:49:50] three point three oh of chapter
[5:49:53] two zoning regulations to amend
[5:49:54] the county's commercial
[5:49:57] cannabis cultivation ordinance
[5:49:57] .
[5:49:58] And with that I'd like to
[5:50:01] introduce brian foss and turn
[5:50:01] it over to brian.
[5:50:05] Thank you sheriff schofield and
[5:50:05] good afternoon supervisors
[5:50:08] brian phosphine and director
[5:50:08] with me is brad stoneman and
[5:50:12] behind him is alex jewell and
[5:50:12] they are with the planning and
[5:50:16] environmental firm kimberly
[5:50:16] vaughn and they will be
[5:50:17] assisting me in
[5:50:20] the presentation and they
[5:50:20] perform the environmental
[5:50:21] review.
[5:50:24] But before we discuss
[5:50:24] the environmental review, I
[5:50:28] want to go over a little bit of
[5:50:28] all right.
[5:50:31] Which button to push
[5:50:35] the background and overview of
[5:50:36] what brought us here today.
[5:50:39] So as your board MAY remember,
[5:50:40] the cannabis cannabis
[5:50:43] cultivation ordinance was
[5:50:43] adopted in MAY of 2019.
[5:50:47] It's been in effect for over
[5:50:47] three and a half years.
[5:50:51] We've issued over 200 permits
[5:50:51] in accordance with that
[5:50:55] ordinance.
[5:50:55] The ordinance and cannabis as a
[5:50:58] topic has been a broad
[5:50:59] objective for a number of years
[5:51:03] and discussed at your annual
[5:51:03] board workshop in JANUARY and
[5:51:06] it was discussed at the JANUARY
[5:51:10] 2022 workshop and what came out
[5:51:11] of that workshop was some
[5:51:14] direction to staff to analyze
[5:51:14] and explore different
[5:51:18] amendments and changes to
[5:51:19] the ordinance that address some
[5:51:22] of the issues listed below as a
[5:51:22] general recap.
[5:51:25] Those included looking at
[5:51:26] additional license types
[5:51:29] currently only cultivation is
[5:51:29] allowed but there are other
[5:51:30] license types for manufacturing
[5:51:33] distribution and other
[5:51:34] activities that I will get into
[5:51:37] currently the ordinance is
[5:51:38] medicinal use only and
[5:51:41] the restriction to look at
[5:51:42] allowing adult or recreational
[5:51:44] use exploring ways to
[5:51:48] accommodate larger canopy sizes
[5:51:48] .
[5:51:49] there's currently a 10000
[5:51:49] square foot maximum.
[5:51:52] There were unintended
[5:51:53] consequences with the original
[5:51:56] ordinance that resulted in some
[5:51:57] subdivisions and parcel ization
[5:52:00] of land.
[5:52:01] An on site residence
[5:52:01] requirements caused some
[5:52:04] increase disturbance that was
[5:52:05] unanticipated and with
[5:52:07] the overall direction to
[5:52:08] maintain environmental
[5:52:08] protection as well as ensuring
[5:52:12] neighborhood compatible was
[5:52:13] the general direction.
[5:52:17] So with that I will go through
[5:52:17] the proposed ordinance
[5:52:19] amendments.
[5:52:20] The proposed ordinance does
[5:52:23] include the addition of adult
[5:52:24] use in addition to medicinal
[5:52:27] use there's really no change to
[5:52:31] land use impacts or to the farm
[5:52:31] operations.
[5:52:32] In fact when it enters
[5:52:35] the marketplace there is really
[5:52:36] not a differentiation between
[5:52:39] how medicinal cannabis and
[5:52:43] adult or recreational cannabis
[5:52:47] is tracked and moves through
[5:52:48] the marketplace at the state
[5:52:48] level.
[5:52:49] So this is kind of aligning
[5:52:51] with how the state looks at
[5:52:54] cannabis product so there's
[5:52:55] really no land-use impact
[5:52:56] changes as a result of this
[5:52:58] addition an administrative
[5:53:02] change that is being proposed
[5:53:03] is the elimination of the lower
[5:53:06] tiering of the permitting
[5:53:13] process.
[5:53:13] The when the ordinance was set
[5:53:13] up to permit pass were created
[5:53:13] .
[5:53:14] One is an administrative
[5:53:15] development for men.
[5:53:15] One is what was called
[5:53:16] the commercial cannabis permit
[5:53:19] or cp that was intended to
[5:53:22] address the smaller cannabis
[5:53:23] rises of two thousand five
[5:53:24] hundred square feet or less.
[5:53:26] However, there's really no
[5:53:27] change or there was no
[5:53:30] difference in the processing of
[5:53:30] those applications would just
[5:53:34] be more consistent to do them
[5:53:34] all through the administrative
[5:53:37] development permit for
[5:53:38] regardless of cannabis size
[5:53:42] about 10 percent of the over
[5:53:45] 200 are that we've approved
[5:53:46] qualifies as the ccp.
[5:53:50] So it's a small amount of
[5:53:50] the permits and the change will
[5:53:53] allow a more consistent and
[5:53:54] smooth processing for
[5:53:57] the applicant.
[5:54:02] >> the other addition or
[5:54:02] another addition would be
[5:54:05] looking at additional license
[5:54:06] types again only cultivation is
[5:54:09] allowed under a current
[5:54:10] ordinance and so the proposed
[5:54:12] ordinance includes for
[5:54:13] additional license types or
[5:54:14] other activities.
[5:54:17] The first is nonvolatile
[5:54:18] manufacturing which would
[5:54:21] include extraction infusion
[5:54:22] packaging, labeling of
[5:54:24] the product and storing of
[5:54:25] the product on site there's
[5:54:26] another category called
[5:54:28] volatile.
[5:54:29] Obviously this is nonvolatile
[5:54:30] so there are no classified
[5:54:33] hazardous materials involved
[5:54:33] over there are combustible or
[5:54:37] flammable materials and so
[5:54:37] there are development standards
[5:54:41] that require compliance with
[5:54:41] the fire department and review
[5:54:45] and oversight with any
[5:54:45] hazardous type material
[5:54:49] restrictions that MAY be
[5:54:49] implemented by the fire
[5:54:50] department.
[5:54:52] we've also included a
[5:54:53] limitation for a thousand
[5:54:57] square feet on site in order to
[5:54:57] limit the area for these
[5:55:01] proposed activities.
[5:55:01] The second license type is
[5:55:02] distribution and this more
[5:55:05] relates to the movement of
[5:55:06] the cannabis products once it
[5:55:09] is processed and leaves
[5:55:09] the site currently without a
[5:55:12] distribution license there are
[5:55:16] limitations on how and who can
[5:55:16] transport and b deliver that
[5:55:20] product and the distribution
[5:55:23] allowance opens up
[5:55:24] opportunities for different
[5:55:25] locations.
[5:55:28] Retailers manufacture ers and
[5:55:28] other distributors to move
[5:55:29] the product once it leaves
[5:55:32] the site and again we've
[5:55:32] limited that to a thousand
[5:55:36] square feet of on site area in
[5:55:39] order to keep it relatively
[5:55:43] limited or small.
[5:55:47] >> a third type is retail sales
[5:55:47] which is kind of broken up into
[5:55:48] two subcategories.
[5:55:51] There's a non storefront retail
[5:55:51] and that is kind of tied to a
[5:55:55] delivery option.
[5:55:56] This would be closed to
[5:55:56] the public.
[5:55:57] There's no onsite public
[5:55:59] allowance for on site sales.
[5:56:03] It's a license that allows
[5:56:07] deliveries to other end users
[5:56:07] of the product and then a
[5:56:08] storefront which is more
[5:56:11] traditional on site open to
[5:56:12] the public where products are
[5:56:15] displayed, transactions are
[5:56:15] made for sale.
[5:56:19] We have introduced
[5:56:20] the requirement for a use
[5:56:23] permit for these activities
[5:56:23] only the store front retail
[5:56:24] which would allow a
[5:56:27] discretionary process, public
[5:56:28] notice and public hearing as
[5:56:31] well site specific sequoyah
[5:56:32] analysis to look at the site
[5:56:35] specific impacts of potential
[5:56:36] to the neighborhood of
[5:56:39] potentially allowing public to
[5:56:43] access the site and purchase
[5:56:46] product from the site in
[5:56:47] the fourth license type is
[5:56:50] called the micro business which
[5:56:50] is required when any three of
[5:56:54] these activities are engaged in
[5:56:58] by the by the operator of
[5:56:59] the farm and ths is intended
[5:57:02] to mirror the structure of
[5:57:02] the state or the state
[5:57:05] permitting system.
[5:57:09] One of the issues that I
[5:57:10] mentioned currently there is an
[5:57:13] onsite residence requirement so
[5:57:17] any parcel that is engaging in
[5:57:18] cannabis cultivation requires
[5:57:18] an onsite residence.
[5:57:21] There has been an unintended
[5:57:22] result of increased development
[5:57:25] and disturbance on sites in
[5:57:26] order to try to maximize canopy
[5:57:26] sizes.
[5:57:46] I have a couple of
[5:57:47] illustrations to depict on what
[5:57:47] I'm trying to describe here.
[5:57:48] So the current ordinance with
[5:57:49] if there are two ten acre
[5:57:49] parcels which is the picture on
[5:57:50] the left would be limited to
[5:57:51] 5000 square feet of canopy but
[5:57:51] only 25 hundred square feet
[5:57:52] would be allowed on each parcel
[5:57:53] for a total of 5000 in order to
[5:57:56] maximize the canopy sizes, a
[5:57:57] second house would need to be
[5:58:00] built on the undeveloped
[5:58:00] property as depicted on
[5:58:01] the picture on the right in
[5:58:04] order to take advantage of
[5:58:05] the maximum allowable canopy
[5:58:07] sizes so that mandates and
[5:58:11] additional structure which
[5:58:12] includes disturbance for
[5:58:15] driveway septic systems and
[5:58:15] other access issues.
[5:58:19] The proposed ordinance would
[5:58:20] allow parcels that are under
[5:58:22] common ownership and control to
[5:58:26] maximize the canopy size on
[5:58:27] each parcel based on its
[5:58:27] acreage without the need to
[5:58:30] build an additional house but
[5:58:34] would still be under the same
[5:58:35] permitting requirement security
[5:58:38] requirements and oversight from
[5:58:41] both the county and the state.
[5:58:42] This is another example of
[5:58:46] the current ordinance
[5:58:46] limitations.
[5:58:47] If there were two parcels under
[5:58:50] one operation, the maximum
[5:58:53] canopy size is based on
[5:58:54] the largest parcel size and so
[5:58:57] under this scenario of a
[5:58:58] thirteen and a half acre parcel
[5:59:01] and a seven acre parcel side by
[5:59:02] side under one operation would
[5:59:03] be limited to 5000 square feet
[5:59:06] of canopy over the changes in
[5:59:09] the ordinance language would
[5:59:10] allow the total acreage to be
[5:59:13] used to calculate and dictate
[5:59:14] the total canopy size allowed.
[5:59:17] So this would allow this set up
[5:59:21] to engage in 10000 square feet
[5:59:22] rather than 5000 square feet
[5:59:22] and taking advantage of
[5:59:24] the additional property
[5:59:29] included in the operation.
[5:59:33] >> another change is regarding
[5:59:34] the canopy sizes allowed
[5:59:37] currently there is a 10000
[5:59:38] square foot canopy maximum for
[5:59:41] parcels 20 acres and greater
[5:59:44] regardless of how much greater
[5:59:48] that current ordinance from
[5:59:49] five to nine point ninety nine
[5:59:52] acres allows 2500 square feet
[5:59:53] of canopy.
[5:59:53] There's no change to this
[5:59:56] proposed ten to nineteen point
[5:59:57] ninety nine acres which allows
[5:59:58] 5000 square feet of canopy.
[6:00:00] There is no change proposed in
[6:00:00] twenty to thirty nine point
[6:00:04] ninety nine acres allows 10000
[6:00:07] square feet of canopy no change
[6:00:07] .
[6:00:08] We have proposed to add
[6:00:12] increments of 20 acres and
[6:00:15] 10000 square feet of canopy
[6:00:19] between 40 and 59 point nine
[6:00:20] acres up to 20000 square feet
[6:00:23] of canopy with a 10000 square
[6:00:24] foot limit of endor.
[6:00:26] So additional canopy could be
[6:00:27] outdoor mix light and then
[6:00:30] incrementally with 20 acres it
[6:00:31] would increase by 10000 square
[6:00:34] feet in intel reaching eighty
[6:00:35] acres total there would be or
[6:00:38] eighty acres and above would
[6:00:39] have a 40000 square foot canopy
[6:00:41] max with the limitation of ten
[6:00:45] thousand square feet of indoor
[6:00:49] this will address some of
[6:00:50] the subdivision and
[6:00:50] personalization issue in
[6:00:53] addition to allowing additional
[6:00:54] canopy sizes on on larger
[6:00:58] acreage and this is an
[6:01:01] illustration depicting how this
[6:01:02] might reduce subdivisions.
[6:01:06] This is the current ordinance
[6:01:06] where there's an 80 acre parcel
[6:01:09] has a this is the picture on
[6:01:12] the left would have a maximum
[6:01:13] of 10000 square foot of canopy
[6:01:16] with one house.
[6:01:17] The property owner could
[6:01:18] propose a subdivision to
[6:01:21] subdivide the parcel into four
[6:01:23] lots, build the house on each
[6:01:24] line in order to maximize and
[6:01:28] obtain 10000 square feet of
[6:01:28] canopy on each property.
[6:01:32] This again increases density or
[6:01:35] increases traffic and
[6:01:36] disturbance on the property and
[6:01:39] sometimes the houses are more
[6:01:44] manufactured and are only
[6:01:44] developed and created to get
[6:01:47] around the on site residence
[6:01:47] requirement.
[6:01:52] the proposed ordinance would
[6:01:55] allow the 80 acre parcel to
[6:01:56] remain intact only require
[6:01:59] the single family residence and
[6:02:00] still allow that 40000 square
[6:02:03] feet of canopy that could be
[6:02:04] achieved through subdivision
[6:02:10] with the current ordinance with
[6:02:13] the increase in canopy sizes
[6:02:14] also taking a look at setbacks
[6:02:17] and propose some modifications
[6:02:17] to property line setbacks.
[6:02:22] The current ordinance requires
[6:02:22] 100 foot setback including all
[6:02:25] property lines even shared and
[6:02:26] internal property lines with
[6:02:29] multiple parcels that are under
[6:02:29] one operation.
[6:02:33] The proposed amendments would
[6:02:33] retain the hundred foot set
[6:02:34] back from all external property
[6:02:37] lines but would reduce
[6:02:38] the property line setbacks for
[6:02:41] those internal shared property
[6:02:42] lines to thirty feet for any
[6:02:45] structures in zero feet for
[6:02:49] outdoor canopy that contains no
[6:02:49] structures and the idea there
[6:02:54] is to further centralize
[6:02:57] the operations internally onto
[6:02:58] the parcel that's engaging in
[6:03:01] the operations and encourage
[6:03:01] those that disturbance and
[6:03:05] those operations to be further
[6:03:05] from the external property
[6:03:06] lines or the neighbors that are
[6:03:09] not part of the operation.
[6:03:10] And I'll have an illustration
[6:03:13] on the next slide with
[6:03:14] the additional canopy size
[6:03:14] we've also increased the set
[6:03:17] backs four to 150 feet for
[6:03:20] 10000 20000 and 200 feet for
[6:03:21] 20000 square feet of canopy and
[6:03:24] above.
[6:03:25] There's also a modification to
[6:03:28] the sensitive site setback to
[6:03:28] 600 feet.
[6:03:29] It is a thousand and this is a
[6:03:30] reduction.
[6:03:32] however, this is in conformance
[6:03:36] with the state requirement of
[6:03:36] six hundred feet from a
[6:03:40] sensitive site.
[6:03:41] This illustration is intended
[6:03:46] to show the proposed changes in
[6:03:50] the setbacks.
[6:03:51] The illustration on the left
[6:03:54] shows that there are two ten
[6:03:54] acre parcels involved in a
[6:03:58] under one farm one operation
[6:04:02] they could maximize 10000 5000
[6:04:03] square feet of canopy on each
[6:04:07] parcel and build to be located
[6:04:10] more centrally within
[6:04:11] the interior of the site and
[6:04:14] maintaining a larger set back
[6:04:15] on the exterior of the parcel
[6:04:18] lines and then the parcel or
[6:04:19] the picture on the right shows
[6:04:19] if there are structures
[6:04:22] involved it's a reduction to
[6:04:23] thirty feet which is
[6:04:24] the standard set back for all
[6:04:26] structures required by
[6:04:27] the code.
[6:04:30] And again this is an incentive
[6:04:33] to try to centralize
[6:04:34] the disturbance as well as
[6:04:34] the activities from neighboring
[6:04:38] parcels.
[6:04:41] >> a couple other changes
[6:04:42] before I conclude.
[6:04:45] One is the use of the support
[6:04:45] area.
[6:04:46] There is an allowance of up to
[6:04:50] 90 percent of the canopy square
[6:04:51] footage can be used for support
[6:04:54] area activities under
[6:04:55] the current ordinance which
[6:04:56] includes storage of materials
[6:04:58] processing area drying
[6:05:02] infrastructure as well as
[6:05:02] immature plants.
[6:05:05] The proposed amendments would
[6:05:06] allow some of this support area
[6:05:09] to be divided up and used for
[6:05:10] different activities including
[6:05:13] additional canopy rather than
[6:05:14] just storage or processing.
[6:05:17] so for some of the smaller
[6:05:18] parcels, 55 percent of
[6:05:21] the support area MAY be used
[6:05:22] for additional canopy if they
[6:05:25] can still utilize the remaining
[6:05:26] support area for their support
[6:05:29] uses.
[6:05:30] This would increase maximum
[6:05:33] sizes of canopy on the 2500 up
[6:05:37] to thirty seven almost 37 fifty
[6:05:38] five thousand square feet with
[6:05:40] the math would go to almost
[6:05:41] 7500 square feet and 10000
[6:05:45] square feet would go up to just
[6:05:48] under 15000 square feet.
[6:05:49] There would be no net increase
[6:05:52] in the total area dedicated to
[6:05:55] cannabis operations and this is
[6:05:56] also tied to environmental
[6:05:59] impacts and the original eia
[6:06:00] that there was a certain
[6:06:03] footprint if you will identify
[6:06:04] it for potential disturbance
[6:06:07] for either canopy or support
[6:06:08] uses and this modification just
[6:06:12] allows that same total square
[6:06:15] footage to be utilized for
[6:06:16] different uses at different
[6:06:19] percentages and different sizes
[6:06:23] of other minor changes.
[6:06:24] We added some parking
[6:06:27] requirements that were not
[6:06:28] included with the original
[6:06:31] ordinance we've reformatted
[6:06:32] the ordinance to match more of
[6:06:35] the format that's in
[6:06:36] the current zoning ordinance
[6:06:39] for other sections because it's
[6:06:39] not a stand alone ordinance and
[6:06:42] it is part of our land use
[6:06:43] development code and the zoning
[6:06:43] ordinance.
[6:06:47] There's a allowance for an
[6:06:47] increase in the liquified
[6:06:48] propane from fifty five to a
[6:06:50] thousand gallons.
[6:06:54] There are some over regulations
[6:06:55] and oversight that's required
[6:06:56] from environmental health and
[6:06:59] fire department for anything
[6:07:02] between 55 and thousand gallons
[6:07:03] .
[6:07:05] So that will be managed and
[6:07:06] regulated and we've also
[6:07:07] included some language
[6:07:11] regarding ccar or deed
[6:07:15] restrictions and I will go to a
[6:07:15] little bit more detail onthat
[6:07:17] on the next slide that was an
[6:07:18] item of discussion at
[6:07:19] the planning commission which
[6:07:22] heard the these proposed
[6:07:22] changes to the ordinance on
[6:07:26] DECEMBER 8th and there in
[6:07:26] addition to teir
[6:07:29] recommendation for adoption and
[6:07:29] approval was to include
[6:07:33] additional language requiring a
[6:07:33] signed acknowledgment by
[6:07:38] the applicant that places
[6:07:38] the responsibility on
[6:07:39] the property owner to
[6:07:41] acknowledge compliance with any
[6:07:45] applicable ccar requirements as
[6:07:45] part of application submittal.
[6:07:49] So this puts the applicant on
[6:07:49] notice that they need to
[6:08:10] research and be aware of their
[6:08:11] homes and their cars and
[6:08:11] indicate that they are in
[6:08:12] compliance as part of their
[6:08:12] application submitted to
[6:08:13] the county without the planning
[6:08:14] commission did make a
[6:08:14] recommendation for approval
[6:08:15] with the inclusion of
[6:08:16] the addendum to this california
[6:08:16] to the eia that was prepared
[6:08:17] and at this time I'll turn it
[6:08:18] over to brad.
[6:08:22] Thank you very says brian
[6:08:23] dimensioned mentioned obviously
[6:08:26] the as you know the final the r
[6:08:26] was prepared to do that.
[6:08:30] We prepared a secret addendum
[6:08:31] in accordance with secret
[6:08:34] guidelines one five one six two
[6:08:35] in one five one six four which
[6:08:37] set forth the requirements
[6:08:38] under which an addendum can be
[6:08:41] prepared instead of something
[6:08:45] like a supplemental irr.
[6:08:46] So they they are an addendum is
[6:08:49] used for an approved project
[6:08:49] that's been updated or modified
[6:08:53] and then when those updates or
[6:08:54] modifications are minor
[6:08:57] technical changes or additions
[6:09:01] to the document changes,
[6:09:02] the changes do not result in
[6:09:02] any new or more significant
[6:09:05] impacts.
[6:09:05] There are not substantial
[6:09:09] changes in the circumstances or
[6:09:10] the major revisions or major
[6:09:13] revisions.
[6:09:13] There's no substantially
[6:09:17] important new information and
[6:09:18] then there's no or no or
[6:09:21] different new no new or
[6:09:22] different mitigations or
[6:09:25] alternatives that would be
[6:09:26] feasible but that would not be
[6:09:28] or that are declined to be
[6:09:32] adopted.
[6:09:36] So the addendum different from
[6:09:37] an irr there is no circulation
[6:09:40] required.
[6:09:41] The addendum is attached to
[6:09:44] the final year or adopted
[6:09:45] negative declaration
[6:09:48] explanation.
[6:09:49] The decision not to prepare a
[6:09:52] subsequent year is included in
[6:09:52] the addendum.
[6:09:55] There are findings made on
[6:09:56] the project findings basically
[6:10:00] saying that there is no new or
[6:10:01] substantial information, no new
[6:10:03] or substantial new impacts and
[6:10:04] that the findings are supported
[6:10:07] by substantial evidence.
[6:10:08] Although circulation is not
[6:10:11] required, the county did post
[6:10:12] the document on the website and
[6:10:15] has conducted quite a bit of
[6:10:16] research or not research public
[6:10:18] outreach.
[6:10:22] So in regards to the no new
[6:10:23] substantial changes or
[6:10:26] substantial impacts,
[6:10:27] the project as modified is
[6:10:30] consistent with all
[6:10:31] the previous disclosures for
[6:10:34] all of the various resource
[6:10:35] categories we'll get into a few
[6:10:38] more specific esthetics biology
[6:10:42] but all of the twenty one
[6:10:43] resource categories for all of
[6:10:46] the potential projects under
[6:10:47] the new ordinance they'll all
[6:10:47] occur within the same
[6:10:52] environment.
[6:10:52] What the same circumstances
[6:10:54] there 100 foot setback remains.
[6:10:55] This was considered as well but
[6:10:57] it would even be increased for
[6:10:58] the ten to twenty thousand and
[6:11:01] twenty thousand plus
[6:11:02] cultivation.
[6:11:05] There's no net increase in
[6:11:06] the area used for cultivation
[6:11:09] and there's no inducement of
[6:11:10] subdivisions as brian had
[6:11:13] talked about quite a bit
[6:11:14] leading to the clustering of
[6:11:14] uses.
[6:11:17] So we considered that as well
[6:11:18] in the same minimization
[6:11:20] considerations are still
[6:11:21] applicable.
[6:11:22] All the projects will still be
[6:11:25] required to comply with all
[6:11:25] county codes in the development
[6:11:28] review process there will be
[6:11:29] subsequent seek review as
[6:11:32] required by the ordinance and
[6:11:33] all of the same mitigation
[6:11:36] measures would apply to
[6:11:37] the projects as applicable.
[6:11:40] So a little more specifically
[6:11:41] has pulled out a couple of
[6:11:44] the resource categories that
[6:11:44] are generally a little more
[6:11:48] sensitive air quality and
[6:11:48] greenhouse gases.
[6:11:51] Again this is a little
[6:11:52] redundant but the project is
[6:11:55] still within the northern syria
[6:11:56] quality management district so
[6:11:57] it's in the same basin,
[6:11:59] the same mission thresholds
[6:12:00] will still apply.
[6:12:03] There's going to be similar
[6:12:04] construction and operational
[6:12:08] missions and tying back into
[6:12:08] the same mitigation measures
[6:12:12] there's still the prohibition
[6:12:12] on burning of cannabis and
[6:12:15] other vegetation helping with
[6:12:19] odor control so similarly with
[6:12:22] esthetics where the projects
[6:12:23] are all within the same visual
[6:12:24] environment, there's no
[6:12:27] additional zones or areas where
[6:12:30] projects could occur.
[6:12:31] There's still the protected
[6:12:34] tree avoidance mitigation,
[6:12:35] light control plans and visual
[6:12:36] screening elements are still a
[6:12:39] part and setbacks are actually
[6:12:42] increased for the larger
[6:12:56] project sizes in regards to
[6:12:57] biological resources again it's
[6:12:59] within there's the projects
[6:13:00] that occur in the same zones
[6:13:01] with the same biological
[6:13:05] resources you know changes to
[6:13:05] the wetland impacts riparian or
[6:13:08] other habitats.
[6:13:09] The same restrictions would
[6:13:12] apply in that regard tying in
[6:13:15] with noise in as well because
[6:13:16] the noise can affect species.
[6:13:20] There's the generator vasey
[6:13:21] noise minims it minimization
[6:13:24] measures and one of the big
[6:13:24] elements for biological
[6:13:27] resources is the prescreening
[6:13:28] element which identifies
[6:13:31] constraints were requires
[6:13:32] biological inventory and
[6:13:32] habitat management plan if
[6:13:36] required and then again tying
[6:13:36] back to esthetics there's
[6:13:40] the lighting plan which helps
[6:13:40] reduce nighttime lighting
[6:13:43] impacts on species and lastly
[6:13:48] transportation impacts project
[6:13:49] could occur within the same
[6:13:51] roadway network.
[6:13:52] The projects would all comply
[6:13:53] with county codes and
[6:13:56] development review process
[6:13:56] the same emergency access
[6:14:00] parking ada compliance is
[6:14:03] applicable for projects that
[6:14:08] would caltrans to come into
[6:14:08] play.
[6:14:09] Caltrans requirements for
[6:14:09] access would still be
[6:14:11] applicable.
[6:14:12] There's payment of fees and
[6:14:13] taxes that can be used for
[6:14:16] roadway improvements and then
[6:14:16] there's a possible reduction
[6:14:19] actually in vehicle miles
[6:14:19] traveled.
[6:14:20] This was briefly discussed in
[6:14:24] the addendum going back to
[6:14:28] the retail and manufacturing.
[6:14:31] There's potential for more
[6:14:31] efficient delivery and then
[6:14:33] more efficient shipping of
[6:14:37] products as well.
[6:14:38] >> so that all led us to find
[6:14:42] that the updated ordinance is
[6:14:42] consistent with
[6:14:43] the requirements of again
[6:14:45] section one five one six one
[6:14:46] five one six four no net
[6:14:50] increase in the area of
[6:14:50] cultivation.
[6:14:51] There's no substantial changes
[6:14:54] to the circumstances and a lot
[6:14:54] of this is administrative
[6:14:57] changes conform to the regular
[6:14:58] regulations of the department
[6:15:01] of cannabis control.
[6:15:02] Brian touched on that as well.
[6:15:05] The updates do not result in
[6:15:06] new or substantially different
[6:15:09] impacts.
[6:15:13] The those updates are balanced
[6:15:16] by increased setbacks for
[6:15:16] the larger canopy sizes.
[6:15:20] As I noted, it remains limited
[6:15:21] to the gaap and F.R. Zones.
[6:15:24] So there's no expansion into
[6:15:25] areas where cannabis would not
[6:15:28] have previously been allowed
[6:15:29] and these are generally
[6:15:32] consistent rural lands which
[6:15:33] are less populated with fewer
[6:15:36] sensitive scepters and then
[6:15:37] the retail and manufacturing
[6:15:40] and distribution elements
[6:15:44] comply with state law last
[6:15:44] slide.
[6:15:48] So the continuing with
[6:15:49] the findings the project would
[6:15:52] implement county land use and
[6:15:53] development code to reduce or
[6:15:55] avoid the impacts reduces
[6:15:59] the addendums the project still
[6:15:59] reduce potential impacts from
[6:16:03] subdivisions.
[6:16:04] There is the required sequiera
[6:16:06] review process as applicable
[6:16:07] again all the same mitigation
[6:16:10] measures and the mitigation
[6:16:11] monitoring reporting plan are
[6:16:14] still in play.
[6:16:15] The projects I would conform to
[6:16:18] title twenty four and include
[6:16:18] green development and
[6:16:22] the development group review
[6:16:22] process through the county
[6:16:26] would remain in place to for
[6:16:29] that and with that the planning
[6:16:30] commission and staff's
[6:16:30] recommendation is to adopt
[6:16:33] the resolution to adopt and
[6:16:34] approve the addendum as well as
[6:16:38] adopt the ordinance amending
[6:16:39] chapter two of the ladies and
[6:16:41] development code for commercial
[6:16:42] cannabis cultivation and I'm
[6:16:42] happy to answer any questions
[6:16:45] you MAY have.
[6:16:45] Thank you.
[6:16:46] Thank you gentlemen.
[6:16:50] I'd like to point out that
[6:16:52] supervisor bullock is unable to
[6:16:53] be with us today but he is with
[6:17:01] us remotely so as we go into
[6:17:02] questions and comments,
[6:17:02] supervisor bullock, would you
[6:17:07] like to start us off?
[6:17:08] >> sure.
[6:17:08] thank you, MR. Schofield.
[6:17:11] Thanks, brian.
[6:17:12] I appreciate work in your in
[6:17:14] your conversations prior to
[6:17:18] the meeting here and thanks
[6:17:19] thanks to everybody in
[6:17:19] the consultant team on
[6:17:22] the squad portion as well.
[6:17:25] Brian, just to confirm addition
[6:17:26] of the adult use portion is
[6:17:30] just bringing us into line with
[6:17:33] what state the state law
[6:17:34] already essentially calls for.
[6:17:36] >> is that is that right,
[6:17:37] supervisor bullock?
[6:17:38] Yes, as I understand it, there
[6:17:44] is that once it leaves the farm
[6:17:45] and enters the state system,
[6:17:48] the marketplace it can be used
[6:17:49] for any type of product and
[6:17:52] purpose.
[6:17:53] And so it's not really it was
[6:17:57] something that was set up with
[6:17:57] the early days of allowing
[6:18:00] medicinal use only through
[6:18:01] the state and through
[6:18:02] the county and so it would just
[6:18:04] align with kind of removing
[6:18:04] that term in that restriction
[6:18:07] with the state.
[6:18:11] Ok, um, on the nonvolatile
[6:18:16] manufacturing portion, could
[6:18:16] you just give us some examples
[6:18:19] of what types of products that
[6:18:20] would be?
[6:18:21] Would that be edibles and food
[6:18:41] and like things you lie creams
[6:18:41] and things like that?
[6:18:42] >> I think in addition like
[6:18:43] bath salts or I'm I'd have to
[6:18:44] defer to the industry a little
[6:18:44] bit more but as soaps things
[6:18:45] like that in addition to some
[6:18:46] potentially edible products, ok
[6:18:46] and they've been nonvolatile
[6:18:48] meaning obviously it's not
[6:18:52] prone to foshee exposure type
[6:18:53] of things but it is still
[6:18:54] flammable subject to whatever
[6:18:57] regulation goes with flammable
[6:18:59] materials manufacturing.
[6:19:00] Yeah.
[6:19:03] Supervisor bullock I think
[6:19:04] the there's a list of different
[6:19:07] types of materials and
[6:19:08] chemicals that are classified
[6:19:11] as either volatile or
[6:19:12] nonvolatile and it's regulated
[6:19:12] by the state.
[6:19:16] So any extraction and fusion
[6:19:16] processes that are used for
[6:19:19] nonvolatile need to only
[6:19:20] involve those types of
[6:19:23] materials and or chemicals that
[6:19:24] are on the approved list or on
[6:19:27] that criteria.
[6:19:31] But some of those chemicals and
[6:19:32] gases and things could still be
[6:19:35] flammable and combustible but
[6:19:36] they're just not considered
[6:19:38] volatile materials.
[6:19:39] Ok, understood.
[6:19:43] Ok, brian, was there any
[6:19:43] discussion other at
[6:19:47] the planning commission or at
[6:19:47] the staff level regarding kind
[6:19:51] of a good neighbor policy that
[6:19:51] would allow setbacks to change
[6:19:52] based on the neighborhood to
[6:19:55] for example, if you had a 20
[6:19:56] acre parcel with the twenty k
[6:19:58] square foot canopy in a
[6:19:58] neighbor said yeah, we're fine
[6:19:59] having our our neighbor who's
[6:20:02] growing reduce the stuff back
[6:20:03] to one hundred feet, is that
[6:20:06] something that was discussed at
[6:20:06] all or was it and it was
[6:20:07] the result of that the setbacks
[6:20:10] that we came up with here in
[6:20:13] the staff recommendation to
[6:20:14] book current ordinance does
[6:20:18] have two options to reduce
[6:20:21] those setbacks and would apply
[6:20:21] to the increased setbacks.
[6:20:25] One is a variance process so
[6:20:29] that a landowner could apply
[6:20:30] for a variance and if certain
[6:20:31] findings could be made they
[6:20:33] could reuce those or reduce
[6:20:37] those setbacks to not less than
[6:20:37] 60 feet.
[6:20:38] There's also a setback easement
[6:20:41] that is allowed which
[6:20:45] essentially is your neighbor is
[6:20:45] granting an easement on their
[6:20:49] property to accommodate some of
[6:20:49] that setback requirement on
[6:20:53] the neighboring property,
[6:20:56] thereby reducing effectively
[6:20:56] the set back from the property
[6:20:57] line.
[6:20:59] So that's already built into
[6:21:04] the current ordinance and it
[6:21:05] was not expanded but it would
[6:21:07] apply to the existing and
[6:21:08] the new set back requirements.
[6:21:11] So there is a provision to
[6:21:11] reduce the setbacks with
[6:21:15] neighborhood neighbor agreement
[6:21:19] if grant ok ok.
[6:21:22] >> um was there any discussion
[6:21:23] but again at the at the meeting
[6:21:26] of the senior staff level maybe
[6:21:30] about consortiums of property
[6:21:30] owners discussing like a
[6:21:34] rezoning to bring their
[6:21:34] property areas into some kind
[6:21:37] of cohesion on what they feel
[6:21:37] is appropriate for their
[6:21:41] neighborhood supervisor?
[6:21:45] Yes, that's that's always been
[6:21:45] a potential avenue for
[6:21:49] neighborhoods for a reason out
[6:21:52] of one of the allowed zone
[6:21:52] districts.
[6:21:56] You know, that can be a lengthy
[6:21:56] process.
[6:22:00] We are looking at other options
[6:22:04] and in fact at the board
[6:22:04] workshop there is plans to
[6:22:08] discuss kind of some other
[6:22:12] options that we MAY develop and
[6:22:15] provide to neighborhoods that
[6:22:16] want to create an exclusion
[6:22:19] zone for lack of a better term
[6:22:20] for cannabis operations.
[6:22:24] So that is kind of in process
[6:22:28] right now ad we do anticipate
[6:22:29] engaging with your board in
[6:22:32] more detailed discussions a
[6:22:33] couple of weeks at the end of
[6:22:33] this month.
[6:22:36] >> ok, yeah, that sounds like a
[6:22:39] conversations probably worth
[6:22:39] having.
[6:22:43] Well, this is kind of more of a
[6:22:44] subjective question but do you
[6:22:47] know really do our complaints
[6:22:50] or what goes into cannabis code
[6:22:54] enforcement have any linear
[6:22:55] relationship to the size of
[6:22:55] the canopy?
[6:22:58] For example, do we get more
[6:22:59] complaints from can't or can't
[6:23:02] be sizes and then one more
[6:23:03] piece on that mixed or outdoor
[6:23:03] indoor or make any difference
[6:23:10] and all supervisor I'm not sure
[6:23:13] that I have seen a an obvious
[6:23:14] trend in that I think probably
[6:23:21] some the larger sites do
[6:23:22] potentially include more odor
[6:23:25] complaints and more traffic
[6:23:26] type complaints and then
[6:23:29] there's various complaints that
[6:23:30] I've seen versus outdoor versus
[6:23:32] indoor.
[6:23:33] Sometimes people, you know,
[6:23:36] prefer indoor because they
[6:23:37] can't see the cannabis as
[6:23:38] readily as the outdoor.
[6:23:41] So I think that's a little bit
[6:23:41] more evenly split.
[6:23:44] But I would imagine that
[6:23:48] the larger canopy size do
[6:23:49] potentially generate some of
[6:23:52] the more of the complaints that
[6:23:53] we receive.
[6:23:53] >> ok, yeah.
[6:23:56] Thank you.
[6:23:57] Thanks brian.
[6:23:57] That's that's all the questions
[6:23:58] I have.
[6:23:59] Terry schofield, thank you
[6:24:07] already supervisor hall.
[6:24:08] >> yeah, thanks.
[6:24:09] I um I think I have a couple of
[6:24:11] questions and then obviously
[6:24:12] I'll be interested in hearing
[6:24:14] public comment before just
[6:24:15] seeing any changes or whatnot.
[6:24:16] But just to get some
[6:24:19] clarification brian, thanks for
[6:24:19] the presentation.
[6:24:22] It's very clear on this set
[6:24:26] backs I guess I'm interested in
[6:24:29] these are any new set backs are
[6:24:30] grandfathering in people who've
[6:24:35] already met the existing set
[6:24:35] backs but might not meet
[6:24:38] the new set backs or do we even
[6:24:39] have any folks who are in that
[6:24:41] position who supervisor also
[6:24:42] way it would work is that any
[6:24:47] operation that's been permitted
[6:24:47] can remain where there are they
[6:24:50] don't need to change anything.
[6:24:51] They don't need to change their
[6:24:54] permit or anything like that.
[6:24:54] They're essentially what's
[6:24:57] called legal nonconforming if
[6:24:58] they were to expand or make
[6:25:01] amendments to their operation,
[6:25:02] then any new canopy or any new
[6:25:06] activities would need to meet
[6:25:06] the new setbacks if those
[6:25:10] setbacks were to apply to that
[6:25:10] property.
[6:25:13] So any expansion or additions
[6:25:14] would need to meet the new
[6:25:15] setbacks in place.
[6:25:18] But existing farms that
[6:25:18] continue to operate as they
[6:25:19] were permitted would now have
[6:25:21] no change or other requirements
[6:25:22] needed.
[6:25:23] >> ok and then a new wants to
[6:25:26] that would be expand the are
[6:25:30] proposing to allow folks to
[6:25:33] expand into their support area
[6:25:34] so if they write so if they are
[6:25:37] if everything's just meeting
[6:25:38] the set back and they want to
[6:25:40] expand into the support area
[6:25:41] they might be then be in
[6:25:42] violation of that set back.
[6:25:45] >> are we in the process for
[6:25:48] that as well because
[6:25:49] the expansion into the support
[6:25:51] area only affects the smaller
[6:25:52] canopy sizes, they would still
[6:25:55] only be subject to the foot
[6:25:56] which they should be in
[6:25:57] compliance with to be permitted
[6:25:59] anyway.
[6:26:00] So the use of the canopy would
[6:26:04] not kick that operation into
[6:26:07] the next threshold for setback
[6:26:08] requirements.
[6:26:12] >> ok ok um there might be a
[6:26:12] comment on that so I know to
[6:26:19] get that clarified the rest of
[6:26:20] the proposal is are basically
[6:26:24] bringing folks into state
[6:26:24] bringing into alignment with
[6:26:27] the state and and then addition
[6:26:30] to allowing more including
[6:26:31] allowing more licenses that
[6:26:35] also would bring us into into
[6:26:35] alignment with the state
[6:26:39] correct it it does the license
[6:26:42] types that are identified are
[6:26:43] available license types to
[6:26:43] the state.
[6:26:46] There are others that the state
[6:26:47] allows but this would line up
[6:26:51] with more of the options
[6:26:51] available through the state
[6:26:54] permitting.
[6:26:55] Ok, and then my last question
[6:26:58] and this seems really minor but
[6:26:58] it did come up earlier and I
[6:27:02] was surprised to see this is a
[6:27:02] requirement of a parking space
[6:27:06] for each the worker.
[6:27:06] So this is actually going
[6:27:09] completely opposite to what is
[6:27:10] going on now in the state.
[6:27:11] I think in san jose they've
[6:27:14] like eliminate their parking
[6:27:14] spot requirements even for
[6:27:15] buildings because they're
[6:27:17] trying to reduce, you know,
[6:27:21] that sort of traffic.
[6:27:21] >> is this something that's
[6:27:22] required or why are we adding
[6:27:25] that there were no parking
[6:27:29] requirements with the original
[6:27:29] ordinance but there was an
[6:27:30] internal policy developed for
[6:27:32] one space per employee that has
[6:27:33] been applied over the last
[6:27:36] three years and that's in order
[6:27:40] to ensure just like any other
[6:27:44] land use that involves people
[6:27:44] that don't live on the site
[6:27:45] that we want to make sure that
[6:27:47] there's parking on site rather
[6:27:48] than parking in the street or
[6:27:52] in the right of way.
[6:27:53] So the parking does not need to
[6:27:55] be paved or striped or curved.
[6:27:56] It just needs to be an area
[6:27:59] that's identified that can
[6:27:59] accommodate vehicles for
[6:28:03] employees coming to the site.
[6:28:04] >> ok, ok, those are all
[6:28:06] the questions for now.
[6:28:10] Thank you.
[6:28:13] >> so yeah I think we actually
[6:28:17] heard in um heidi akst a couple
[6:28:18] questions I have I'm kind of
[6:28:18] really interested in what
[6:28:21] public comment goes and then
[6:28:22] come back and really look at
[6:28:22] where we could make some where
[6:28:25] some improvements might be made
[6:28:25] .
[6:28:26] I mean I have some questions
[6:28:29] little ones like about
[6:28:29] the setbacks.
[6:28:30] I think you made that pretty
[6:28:30] clear.
[6:28:32] It's kind of interesting to me
[6:28:33] though.
[6:28:33] I want to talk a little bit
[6:28:34] more about those setbacks when
[6:28:36] the two parcels stopped to have
[6:28:37] the 30 foot sit between your
[6:28:40] own parcels.
[6:28:41] >> I mean yeah, that's right.
[6:29:01] That's for all structures and
[6:29:02] that's a fire and safety issue
[6:29:03] for access and airflow and so
[6:29:03] no no structure if it's even if
[6:29:04] it's not for cannabis can be
[6:29:05] closer than thirty feet but
[6:29:05] your open canopy grow could
[6:29:06] just be contiguous.
[6:29:07] you wouldn't have to worry
[6:29:07] about that.
[6:29:07] Correct.
[6:29:08] Right.
[6:29:08] I mean that's kind of the ideas
[6:29:09] we want to see them cluster
[6:29:10] that all into one area.
[6:29:10] >> yeah definitely that was
[6:29:11] the hope that it gives
[6:29:12] the property more options to
[6:29:15] you know, meet setbacks in
[6:29:16] the interior of the property
[6:29:19] rather than trying to have much
[6:29:20] larger setbacks for all
[6:29:20] property lines.
[6:29:21] >> right.
[6:29:23] And then just other one I was
[6:29:24] looking through here briefly
[6:29:25] though there is kind of
[6:29:25] interesting like when you have
[6:29:27] an eight acre parcel you're
[6:29:28] going to grow your forty
[6:29:30] thousand square feet right.
[6:29:31] There's not a whole lot in
[6:29:32] there that talks about
[6:29:32] the management of the rest of
[6:29:33] the land that you're let's have
[6:29:34] vacant.
[6:29:35] So I'm just throwing that out
[6:29:38] there somewhere else because I
[6:29:39] mean I want people to know you
[6:29:40] could do multitasks, you could
[6:29:42] graze.
[6:29:54] However we would work that
[6:29:55] right.
[6:29:55] And I want to see a bunch of
[6:29:55] open space left for fire and
[6:29:55] vegetation management that's
[6:29:55] not handled.
[6:29:56] >> that was just a weird thing
[6:29:56] .
[6:29:56] I know we've talked about it
[6:29:56] before and then there was
[6:29:56] the other thing about the mixed
[6:29:57] light.
[6:29:58] I just wanted to be real clear
[6:29:59] when you get the larger parcels
[6:30:02] and you can have forty thousand
[6:30:02] square feet or whatever it is
[6:30:05] that still doesn't limit you to
[6:30:08] the mix light and or greenhouse
[6:30:12] grows with lighting.
[6:30:13] Right?
[6:30:14] I mean is there going to be a
[6:30:14] limitation of that or are you
[6:30:16] going to have 40000 square feet
[6:30:17] of greenhouses?
[6:30:21] >> supervisor work as it's
[6:30:21] currently written 40000 you
[6:30:24] could have 40000 square feet of
[6:30:27] outdoor or mix light including
[6:30:28] hoop houses or those 80 acres
[6:30:32] and above say not quite sure
[6:30:32] how I feel about that.
[6:30:33] >> that's a little overboard.
[6:30:36] Um, so but again I want to
[6:30:37] listen to what everyone else
[6:30:39] has to talk about because I
[6:30:40] think there was another
[6:30:41] question too about when you
[6:30:43] have to have a conditional or
[6:30:43] when you have a use permit.
[6:30:47] >> when I read in here so when
[6:30:47] you have reuse permit it's a
[6:30:48] whole different ballgame, right
[6:30:48] .
[6:30:49] You got to come in and meet a
[6:30:51] whole different set of
[6:30:51] standards.
[6:30:52] And I just for example, I have
[6:30:55] a group in my district that has
[6:30:56] a wonderful facility that
[6:30:59] they've changed over from a
[6:30:59] winery persay to another
[6:31:03] building that might not meet
[6:31:06] those exact thousand square
[6:31:07] foot measurements when we want
[6:31:09] them to use buildings that are
[6:31:10] already there and approved.
[6:31:11] Is there going to be a variance
[6:31:13] for that or how is that going
[6:31:14] to work or could that just be
[6:31:15] taken care of inside of a used
[6:31:18] permit supervisor if the there
[6:31:21] is a thousand square limitation
[6:31:22] as currently written, if your
[6:31:25] board does wants to remove that
[6:31:25] ,then we would certainly
[6:31:26] remove the thousand square foot
[6:31:29] restriction but it would only
[6:31:30] be encompassed inside of a used
[6:31:33] permit that has to meet all
[6:31:33] those other standards.
[6:31:34] Correct.
[6:31:36] A thousand square feet
[6:31:37] reference in a couple of
[6:31:38] different places that apply to
[6:31:38] different activities and there
[6:31:41] was one specifically for retail
[6:31:41] in that use permit requirement
[6:31:45] and if that is directed to be
[6:31:46] removed then that could be
[6:31:49] removed with really no major
[6:31:52] impacts to to the structure of
[6:31:53] the ordinance or the secret
[6:31:53] document.
[6:31:56] >> ok, and then was there
[6:31:57] anything placed in here into
[6:31:57] where we talked about being a
[6:32:00] landowner in good standing like
[6:32:03] your taxes have to be current
[6:32:04] when you apply for your
[6:32:05] application?
[6:32:05] >> I don't see any place we
[6:32:08] added that we did not make any
[6:32:12] changes to that.
[6:32:12] So all of the application
[6:32:15] requirements and submittal
[6:32:15] requirements in terms of other
[6:32:16] permits.
[6:32:18] But if there is no requirement
[6:32:23] for being consistent with your
[6:32:24] or up to date with your taxes
[6:32:27] then that was not an addition
[6:32:27] that has been made to date.
[6:32:31] >> ok, those are some I'll be
[6:32:32] interested to hear the rest of
[6:32:32] the of you guys did a great job
[6:32:34] put this together for me it was
[6:32:38] great reading material he sent
[6:32:38] you.
[6:32:39] >> I just have one question.
[6:32:42] Um and the retail component
[6:32:46] that we're asking for to have a
[6:32:47] framework for what that's going
[6:32:53] to look like rather swarthout I
[6:32:53] mean I don't know like a
[6:32:57] business model or what the what
[6:32:58] the requirements would be for
[6:33:01] how big it could be, where it
[6:33:02] could be, what the road
[6:33:02] standards would be.
[6:33:04] I mean I'm new to all of this
[6:33:05] so I know you guys have talked
[6:33:08] a lot about some of these
[6:33:09] things before but I think
[6:33:09] the retail component is pretty
[6:33:12] new.
[6:33:13] >> so I was just curious as to
[6:33:13] what that looks like.
[6:33:16] So the use permit requirements
[6:33:19] would require full review by
[6:33:20] fire department public works,
[6:33:23] certain road standards
[6:33:23] the class one or emergency
[6:33:27] access road standards would
[6:33:27] then also have to be secondary
[6:33:31] access requirements and then
[6:33:31] any environmental health
[6:33:35] requirements that pertain to
[6:33:39] septic or class to wells to
[6:33:39] ensure that based on the size
[6:33:42] of the activities proposed that
[6:33:43] the infrastructure could
[6:33:46] accommodate it.
[6:33:47] So all of that is looked at
[6:33:50] through the use permit process
[6:33:50] ,the sequel process that's
[6:33:51] reviewed by all the county
[6:33:54] departments including fire
[6:33:54] public works, environmental
[6:33:55] health and conditions of
[6:33:58] approval are developed that
[6:33:59] would apply prior to
[6:34:02] the operation and then it would
[6:34:03] be up to in that case
[6:34:06] the planning commission to make
[6:34:07] a determination which would be
[6:34:13] appealable to the board.
[6:34:17] I think that I've had that
[6:34:21] explained to me multiple times
[6:34:21] .
[6:34:22] I think brian, the fact is I
[6:34:23] mean if you're looking at
[6:34:25] regular retail setups,
[6:34:26] something like some of
[6:34:28] the wineries have that's a use
[6:34:32] permit that's that's that's a
[6:34:33] whole different process that
[6:34:33] you have to go through some of
[6:34:36] the other standing is retail to
[6:34:37] most of the folks that have
[6:34:41] permits only has to do with
[6:34:41] the transportation of
[6:34:42] the product.
[6:34:44] Am I correct there for the non
[6:34:48] storefront retail exposed and
[6:34:49] yes, it's it's not open to
[6:34:49] the public.
[6:34:50] There's not that onsite public
[6:34:52] component.
[6:34:56] It's basically a distribution
[6:34:57] option to allow the product to
[6:34:59] go to a different end user off
[6:35:00] site than would be currently
[6:35:04] allowed with just a cultivation
[6:35:04] license.
[6:35:05] Right, right.
[6:35:06] All right.
[6:35:08] Well, I needed clarification.
[6:35:12] I think it's kind of hard to
[6:35:12] even get it after hearing
[6:35:15] multiple times.
[6:35:16] But I think what we'd like to
[6:35:16] do unless there's any other
[6:35:20] comments is at this time.
[6:35:23] >> sure schofield could ask one
[6:35:23] more quick question.
[6:35:24] Oh, sure.
[6:35:26] Artie, thank you.
[6:35:27] Brian, is there any discussion
[6:35:30] about a limitation to the store
[6:35:31] retail component, the number of
[6:35:34] licenses that MAY be issued?
[6:35:38] I know that it's the kind of
[6:35:39] infant stages of cannabis,
[6:35:39] particularly some of the towns
[6:35:42] and cities.
[6:35:43] There is a discussion about
[6:35:45] the number of established
[6:35:46] retail storefront licenses that
[6:35:49] were out there for circulation
[6:35:50] .
[6:35:50] >> has there been any
[6:35:53] discussion about that?
[6:35:54] Serializable some discussion
[6:35:57] but nothing's been included in
[6:35:58] the ordinance as far as a cap
[6:36:00] or a no because of the use
[6:36:04] permit process is fairly
[6:36:05] involved and they will be going
[6:36:08] through you know, the public
[6:36:09] hearing process.
[6:36:09] So you know, potentially in
[6:36:13] the future if there was a I
[6:36:13] mean you could certainly
[6:36:16] establish a cap now but if
[6:36:17] there was a trend that we were
[6:36:20] seeing quite a few of these go
[6:36:20] through the process, then you
[6:36:23] know that that could be a time
[6:36:24] when when that's entertained or
[6:36:24] discussed.
[6:36:27] But the use permit process is
[6:36:28] not quick.
[6:36:29] You know, it takes a number of
[6:36:31] months and quite a bit of
[6:36:32] financial investment.
[6:36:34] So I think we would start
[6:36:35] seeing a trend develop before a
[6:36:38] lot of them were aproved.
[6:36:39] >> if we saw an influx of
[6:36:40] applications, we'd have some
[6:36:44] kind of look at that that trend
[6:36:46] growing.
[6:36:50] >> ok, we could thank you this
[6:36:51] one more question.
[6:36:55] So yeah, just I just wanted to
[6:36:55] kind of be clear again so if
[6:36:56] you are currently have your
[6:36:59] application but you want to
[6:36:59] amend your application then
[6:37:00] you'd have to come to the new
[6:37:02] current standards.
[6:37:03] Right.
[6:37:05] So is that especially effective
[6:37:06] ?
[6:37:06] I'm still curious about this or
[6:37:09] of forestry road standards that
[6:37:10] we're looking at as is that
[6:37:11] going to trigger that for a lot
[6:37:13] of these?
[6:37:14] >> I think we're still
[6:37:17] determining how those
[6:37:18] regulations would affect any
[6:37:21] any operation.
[6:37:22] But yeah, there is a chance
[6:37:25] that amendments could require
[6:37:26] compliance with the new board
[6:37:29] of forestry standards but those
[6:37:29] might be minimal and there MAY
[6:37:33] be options to for petitions and
[6:37:33] things like that.
[6:37:37] But we're still digging into
[6:37:37] those details that only
[6:37:41] amendment would trigger that
[6:37:41] right.
[6:37:42] >> so an amendment to use your
[6:37:45] support area, would that do
[6:37:46] that or is that that's kind of
[6:37:46] a different sort of an
[6:37:49] amendment?
[6:37:49] >> I mean I'm just trying to
[6:37:50] see what's going to trigger
[6:37:53] these things.
[6:37:53] I think to use the support area
[6:37:57] would probably not because it's
[6:37:57] critical to have is it's
[6:37:58] already there.
[6:38:00] I think it would just be more
[6:38:00] of an expansion of the canopy
[6:38:04] or addition of maybe like
[6:38:04] the retail type uses would be
[6:38:07] really the main area that would
[6:38:08] have the most likelihood to
[6:38:08] trigger it.
[6:38:15] Ok, said any other all right
[6:38:15] then what I'd like to do is
[6:38:20] open the public comment and if
[6:38:20] you would come to the podium
[6:38:22] you will have three minutes and
[6:38:23] if you would give us your name
[6:38:24] and the district would be very
[6:38:37] ,very helpful if you would.
[6:38:37] Good afternoon supervisors and
[6:38:41] happy new year.
[6:38:42] My name is patricia rockwell
[6:38:45] and I'm a member.
[6:38:46] I live in district four and I
[6:38:49] am a proud member of the penn
[6:38:50] valley mac my family and I own
[6:38:53] a small quarter acre cannabis
[6:38:54] farm greenleaf gardens nearly
[6:38:57] twenty percent of all
[6:39:01] organically grown and certified
[6:39:01] cannabis in the state is
[6:39:02] located in nevada county and we
[6:39:22] are proud to be one of those
[6:39:23] local certified certified farms
[6:39:23] .
[6:39:24] nevada county has a rich
[6:39:24] history of organic farming and
[6:39:25] it feels so rewarding to carry
[6:39:26] on the tradition with our
[6:39:26] cannabis farm just like
[6:39:27] traditional farmers producing
[6:39:28] value added products on
[6:39:28] the farm as a way of adding an
[6:39:29] additional stream of revenue
[6:39:30] during the months when we are
[6:39:30] not farming and I am here today
[6:39:31] to talk in support of
[6:39:32] the nonvolatile manufacture on
[6:39:32] the farm under prop 215
[6:39:35] cannabis farms were able to
[6:39:39] produce tinctures selfs and on
[6:39:40] our farm we can give gardens
[6:39:40] made salves in oils with unique
[6:39:43] medicinal properties helping
[6:39:44] many patients with ulcerative
[6:39:47] colitis joint pain, muscle
[6:39:48] aches and anxiety.
[6:39:51] These products were made simply
[6:39:52] in a slow cooker using cannabis
[6:39:55] ,coconut oil and a few other
[6:39:56] ingredients.
[6:39:56] This was such a satisfying
[6:39:59] experience extension of our
[6:40:00] ability to provide medicine for
[6:40:02] our community.
[6:40:03] We farm the cannabis with love
[6:40:03] and science and then we're
[6:40:06] directly able to create these
[6:40:07] much love products for patients
[6:40:10] out of this incredible plant.
[6:40:11] We request that your board
[6:40:14] adopt the ordinance a day with
[6:40:15] the option of nonvolatile
[6:40:18] manufacturing permits for our
[6:40:18] firms.
[6:40:19] >> many of us already have
[6:40:22] the required ef1 factory
[6:40:23] industrial compliant commercial
[6:40:26] space with increased firewall
[6:40:27] protection, water storage and
[6:40:30] fire alarms due to
[6:40:31] the regulations we are not able
[6:40:34] to prepare these products in a
[6:40:35] home kitchen.
[6:40:35] They must be made in a
[6:40:37] commercially permitted space.
[6:40:38] It is easy to carve out a small
[6:40:41] area for this type of
[6:40:42] manufacturing and will help
[6:40:45] make sense of our startup costs
[6:40:46] and the money we've already
[6:40:46] spent for these types of
[6:40:49] buildings.
[6:40:50] Additionally, since we will be
[6:40:53] producing ourselves in-house
[6:40:54] during the off season it will
[6:40:54] not involve an increase in
[6:40:56] traffic to our firm so there
[6:41:01] will be no impact to roadways
[6:41:01] or neighbors since we are
[6:41:01] creating a small batch cell
[6:41:04] within a limited space per
[6:41:05] the ordinance there will not be
[6:41:08] a need for additional employees
[6:41:08] .
[6:41:09] My kids and I who live at our
[6:41:11] farm are the only employees in
[6:41:12] good faith.
[6:41:12] We have done the necessary due
[6:41:15] diligence to become legal
[6:41:16] cannabis farm and we are here
[6:41:19] today to request the same tools
[6:41:20] that are afforded to all
[6:41:20] farmers.
[6:41:23] Producing sales on my farm is
[6:41:24] no different than a goat farmer
[6:41:24] creating soaps with their
[6:41:27] ranching biproduct or lavender
[6:41:28] farm creating bath salts
[6:41:31] farming crops comes with a
[6:41:32] unique set of challenges
[6:41:33] weather pests, market
[6:41:34] fluctuation.
[6:41:35] This is not unique to cannabis
[6:41:38] however for us to succeed as
[6:41:39] farmers we need the same
[6:41:40] opportunities that are afforded
[6:41:43] to all farmers.
[6:41:44] Thank you so much.
[6:41:50] You can't patricia urie I agree
[6:41:54] vacher 2nd district and for
[6:41:55] the last four years I've
[6:41:58] designed and processed fifteen
[6:41:59] of these adp's for cannabis
[6:42:02] projects in the last twelve
[6:42:05] months three grading plans to
[6:42:06] over 10000 years so we would be
[6:42:09] considered design professionals
[6:42:13] and there's a consistent
[6:42:13] occurrence that I've seen on
[6:42:18] these projects related to two
[6:42:18] different things here.
[6:42:21] You know one when you're
[6:42:22] dealing with these mixed light
[6:42:25] to choose or greenhouse or
[6:42:25] indoor projects that are very
[6:42:28] different from the other ones
[6:42:29] and the outdoors and they're
[6:42:33] reliant on the power to keep
[6:42:36] these plants alive with power
[6:42:37] outages that we've had
[6:42:41] sometimes three days at a time
[6:42:44] without the standby generators
[6:42:48] these plants die on and with
[6:42:49] the thousand gallons which is
[6:42:52] really only eight gallons on a
[6:42:53] 5000 foot facility we can only
[6:42:56] get about fifty hours of
[6:42:56] generator time off of that
[6:43:00] thousand gallon tank.
[6:43:00] And so anything that's larger
[6:43:04] than that and so the frequency
[6:43:05] of propane delivery, you know,
[6:43:08] definitely increases in their
[6:43:08] reliability and the stress of
[6:43:12] trying to make sure you get
[6:43:12] groping.
[6:43:13] So I'm just asking that maybe
[6:43:15] we looked at that for projects
[6:43:16] over 5000 feet that that no
[6:43:20] change from on thousand
[6:43:23] gallons to 2000 gallons on
[6:43:23] the second item is on the water
[6:43:24] tanks.
[6:43:26] There's three different types
[6:43:27] of water tanks.
[6:43:31] These project use fire water
[6:43:31] storage tanks which are located
[6:43:35] typically near the building
[6:43:35] that the tanks are needed for.
[6:43:38] There's mixing tanks which were
[6:43:39] water coming in from the from
[6:43:43] the water storage tank is mixed
[6:43:43] with the nutrients and again
[6:43:47] those are located near
[6:43:47] the cultivation area and
[6:43:51] the water is pumped from those
[6:43:52] tanks into the cultivation or
[6:43:55] the third type is the water
[6:43:55] storage tank which are not
[6:43:59] necessarily located in
[6:43:59] the cultivation area or
[6:44:02] the canopy area.
[6:44:02] The set is located typically
[6:44:06] near where the water well is
[6:44:07] located and if you can get them
[6:44:10] on a higher elevation you can
[6:44:11] save a lot more energy costs
[6:44:14] because you can gravity feed
[6:44:14] from these tanks down into
[6:44:15] the mixing tanks.
[6:44:19] The fire water storage tanks
[6:44:20] they just maintain the water
[6:44:22] all the time and there's really
[6:44:23] not much activity there unless
[6:44:26] there's a temperature really a
[6:44:27] fire use and the mixing tanks
[6:44:30] take a great deal of activity
[6:44:31] because they are enemy because
[6:44:34] of where they're located.
[6:44:34] So they're they're dealt with
[6:44:38] every day because you're mixing
[6:44:38] in these tanks.
[6:44:39] So I'm just looking at when you
[6:44:42] look at these water tanks and a
[6:44:43] setback requirements that water
[6:44:46] storage be considered, you know
[6:44:47] ,something different than
[6:44:50] these other two tanks and that
[6:44:51] we can work within the existing
[6:44:54] set backs we have.
[6:44:55] >> and thank you so much.
[6:44:57] Thank you, gary.
[6:44:57] Good afternoon.
[6:45:02] Supervisors.
[6:45:03] My name is elise timoney and
[6:45:03] I'm one of the founders of
[6:45:05] sierra behind a quarter acre
[6:45:06] cannabis farm in south county
[6:45:09] and wms hoke's district four.
[6:45:10] I'm a born and raised resident
[6:45:13] as is my partner cody jackson
[6:45:14] and we met at magnolia last
[6:45:14] century.
[6:45:17] Our kids attend clear creek and
[6:45:18] i st on the board of
[6:45:19] the nevada county jewish
[6:45:21] communities center and we are
[6:45:25] associate members of the farm
[6:45:25] bureau.
[6:45:26] Like any small business owners
[6:45:29] it is crewes to be able to
[6:45:30] adapt to shifting market
[6:45:30] conditions due to
[6:45:33] the fluctuating cannabis market
[6:45:33] .
[6:45:34] We need to modify our current
[6:45:35] business plan.
[6:45:37] Cierra wants to apply for a
[6:45:38] micro business license which
[6:45:40] will allow us to distribute and
[6:45:41] manufacture craft product on
[6:45:44] site and this does not mean
[6:45:45] setting up a factory with
[6:45:45] billowing smoke stacks for our
[6:45:46] farm.
[6:45:48] It would be as simple as
[6:45:49] putting in a permitted
[6:45:52] commercial kitchen in
[6:45:53] the processing building that we
[6:45:54] are planning on building in
[6:45:55] this next year or it means
[6:45:56] being able to run a raise
[6:45:57] process which is a quiet
[6:45:59] machine that simply squishes
[6:46:00] plant material to squeeze out
[6:46:03] the oil and most importantly a
[6:46:04] micro business license will
[6:46:07] allow me to transport my own
[6:46:07] product.
[6:46:08] Just a few weeks ago in
[6:46:11] DECEMBER I paid two hundred and
[6:46:12] fifty dollars to an out of town
[6:46:15] distributor to move two pounds
[6:46:16] of my product from my farm down
[6:46:18] to santa rosa for the emerald
[6:46:18] cup.
[6:46:19] This out of town distributor
[6:46:22] used county roads as well as to
[6:46:23] private dirt roads a total of
[6:46:26] four times a roundtrip to pick
[6:46:27] up the product and a round trip
[6:46:30] to return the product.
[6:46:31] I also went to the emerald cup
[6:46:32] so the roads were used six
[6:46:34] times instead of just two.
[6:46:38] There's a doesn't just meet my
[6:46:38] needs is a business because it
[6:46:41] obviously meets the needs of my
[6:46:42] neighbors who one of
[6:46:42] the biggest complaints is
[6:46:45] the traffic and just like my
[6:46:46] rural neighbors I do not want
[6:46:49] more people in my neighborhood
[6:46:49] .
[6:46:50] I would much prefer to move my
[6:46:52] own product rather than have
[6:46:53] white vans come onto my
[6:46:54] property, my kids and my
[6:46:56] livestock.
[6:46:57] So I don't think we're alone in
[6:46:57] that.
[6:46:58] I think we can all agree on
[6:46:58] that.
[6:47:01] So I do urge the board to
[6:47:01] please adopt the planning
[6:47:04] commission's recommendation
[6:47:05] today.
[6:47:05] This will allow cannabis
[6:47:08] operations to say centralized
[6:47:09] on the farm and we'll keep more
[6:47:12] business local.
[6:47:13] >> in addition, it is
[6:47:16] imperative to please
[6:47:17] grandfather in the regulations
[6:47:20] already adopted approved by
[6:47:21] the board that licensed farms
[6:47:24] have already had permitted and
[6:47:25] approved by the county 100 foot
[6:47:26] step back.
[6:47:28] We've complied with that.
[6:47:29] If I use my processing building
[6:47:30] which I would have to apply for
[6:47:33] micro business that might just
[6:47:33] because my micro but that
[6:47:37] building is within that current
[6:47:37] one hundred set back now it
[6:47:41] might not meet the new
[6:47:41] requirements later and that's a
[6:47:44] significant issue and would
[6:47:45] cause a lot more environmental
[6:47:48] and a huge financial burden for
[6:47:49] us.
[6:47:49] I would just like to say thank
[6:47:52] you again for your time and
[6:47:53] thank you again.
[6:47:53] Thank you.
[6:48:00] Release I my name is jim and
[6:48:03] together with my partner carl
[6:48:04] we own and operate divine pines
[6:48:08] a 5000 square foot license
[6:48:08] cannabis farm in district one I
[6:48:12] support the proposed changes
[6:48:12] especially using aggregate
[6:48:14] parcel sizes to determine
[6:48:15] canopy size.
[6:48:15] Current ordinance does not
[6:48:19] allow using two adjacent
[6:48:19] parcels out of the total
[6:48:22] acreage and there are some very
[6:48:23] real life unintended
[6:48:26] consequences to that
[6:48:27] requirement.
[6:48:30] We owned a nine acre parcel on
[6:48:31] which we live in an adjacent
[6:48:33] undeveloped five acre parcel.
[6:48:34] We could only grow twenty five
[6:48:37] hundred square feet without
[6:48:38] merging these two properties.
[6:48:41] Merging properties cost a lot
[6:48:42] of money and once merged you
[6:48:43] have no guarantee they can
[6:48:45] never be separated again.
[6:48:45] Furthermore, once you begin to
[6:48:49] merge two properties you almost
[6:48:49] always end up involving banks
[6:48:53] and that can be a disaster.
[6:48:58] At least it was for us before
[6:48:58] the merger could be completed.
[6:48:58] Bank of america, the holder of
[6:49:01] our home mortgage had to ok
[6:49:02] the mortgage I just assumed
[6:49:05] being we were adding value to
[6:49:06] that asset that they would just
[6:49:09] sign off on the deal but they
[6:49:09] required appraisals on each
[6:49:12] parcel and on the new proposed
[6:49:12] merged parcel.
[6:49:16] So we had to pay for three
[6:49:16] appraisals while doing
[6:49:20] the appraisals the permits for
[6:49:21] our newly built shop reviewed
[6:49:24] and they found out it was a
[6:49:25] cannabis shop.
[6:49:45] The bank then refused to sign
[6:49:45] any merger papers because of
[6:49:46] federal cannabis laws.
[6:49:47] We were pretty stuck there.
[6:49:47] The only way we could proceed
[6:49:48] was to get more a more
[6:49:49] expensive private loan and pay
[6:49:49] off the bank of america
[6:49:50] mortgage which we did and then
[6:49:50] merged the two parcels.
[6:49:51] Let me remind you that nothing
[6:49:52] physical change on the land
[6:49:52] that made up the new parcel
[6:49:53] only the invisible line between
[6:49:54] the two was erased to make one
[6:49:55] and all of that cost us tens of
[6:49:55] thousands of dollars which we
[6:49:58] are still paying for in our nw
[6:49:59] higher rate mortgage.
[6:50:02] I hope this change goes through
[6:50:03] because I don't want anyone
[6:50:04] else to have to go through this
[6:50:06] very unnecessary merging.
[6:50:07] It was very stressful.
[6:50:10] It took two years to get a new
[6:50:10] bank mortgage.
[6:50:11] I was refused for a year and a
[6:50:14] half until finally I got lucky
[6:50:17] and got one because I because
[6:50:18] of our reported cannabis income
[6:50:21] and because we had cannabis on
[6:50:22] the property and to top it off
[6:50:25] the value of this new merged
[6:50:26] property is much lower and
[6:50:29] the combined value of
[6:50:30] the individual parcels.
[6:50:32] So we spent tens of thousands
[6:50:33] of dollars for this merger only
[6:50:36] to lose by estimates from three
[6:50:37] different appraisers over fifty
[6:50:37] thousand dollars in valuation
[6:50:40] on our properties.
[6:50:44] So I hope I made myself clear
[6:50:45] to sum up allowing aggregate
[6:50:45] parcel sizes to determine
[6:50:48] canopy size just makes good
[6:50:48] sense.
[6:50:49] I hope you support the proposed
[6:50:52] ordinance changes and adopt
[6:50:53] the ordinance today.
[6:50:53] Thank you.
[6:51:03] thank you.
[6:51:07] Good afternoon supervisors.
[6:51:08] >> hear me well down there you
[6:51:10] go.
[6:51:11] >> my name is mary cooper.
[6:51:12] I reside in district one of
[6:51:14] account nevada county.
[6:51:15] I'm a retired english teacher
[6:51:18] with more than thirty years of
[6:51:19] experience.
[6:51:19] I'm not an experienced farmer
[6:51:22] or grower but interested in
[6:51:26] the good of this county.
[6:51:27] I feel it is crucial for our
[6:51:28] community to continue to
[6:51:31] support of the legal cannabis
[6:51:31] industry.
[6:51:31] We need to support
[6:51:35] the businesses that have taken
[6:51:36] rigorous steps.
[6:51:39] Some of what you've heard in
[6:51:40] the speakers before me to
[6:51:40] become legal by allowing
[6:51:43] the business flexibility we
[6:51:44] need to support farming in our
[6:51:46] community as these farmers are
[6:51:50] a robust part of this community
[6:51:50] .
[6:51:51] >> we need economic development
[6:51:52] that will provide revenue
[6:51:55] pathways to nevada county.
[6:51:56] The cannabis industry provides
[6:51:59] this revenue in a number of
[6:52:00] ways.
[6:52:00] First, the industry provides
[6:52:03] for small family farms to make
[6:52:03] a living.
[6:52:07] Secondly, these farms supply
[6:52:08] jobs in the community.
[6:52:11] Finally, these farmers support
[6:52:12] the local business chain such
[6:52:15] as hardware stores, gardens,
[6:52:16] doors, printing shops, grocery
[6:52:18] stores and restaurants to name
[6:52:19] a few.
[6:52:22] The cannabis industry is
[6:52:23] breathing life into our
[6:52:23] community and commerce.
[6:52:27] Therefore we should do all that
[6:52:27] we can to support it and pass
[6:52:30] these new changes.
[6:52:31] >> thank you.
[6:52:36] Thank you mary.
[6:52:40] I need to raise up good
[6:52:44] afternoon supervisors.
[6:52:45] First I would like to welcome
[6:52:48] supervisor swarthout to
[6:52:49] the board.
[6:52:49] She comes with incredible
[6:52:52] credentials.
[6:52:53] My name is chris hannis.
[6:52:57] My brother rodney and I own and
[6:53:00] operate rock creek ranch 32
[6:53:03] acle pastoral in district one
[6:53:04] we have a 10000 square foot
[6:53:07] outdoor cannabis permit.
[6:53:08] We're good neighbors active in
[6:53:12] our community and are good
[6:53:12] stewards of our property.
[6:53:15] We maintain a large vegetable
[6:53:16] garden and have over one
[6:53:18] hundred fruit trees and vines.
[6:53:19] All of our farming including
[6:53:23] cannabis is using sustainable
[6:53:26] and regenerative methods.
[6:53:27] We plant native plants to
[6:53:30] enhance monarch butterfly and
[6:53:34] other pollinator habitat as
[6:53:35] well as attracting beneficial
[6:53:35] insects.
[6:53:39] A local beekeeper places hives
[6:53:42] on our property rock creek
[6:53:43] ranch is a sanctuary for
[6:53:43] wildlife.
[6:53:47] We would like cannabis to be
[6:53:47] included in mainstream
[6:53:50] agriculture.
[6:53:51] As you know, cannabis is
[6:53:54] the major agricultural crop in
[6:53:54] nevada county with enormous
[6:53:57] economic impact.
[6:53:58] Cannabis is a very efficient
[6:54:01] crop producing over four
[6:54:02] hundred thousand dollars of
[6:54:03] product value per acre
[6:54:06] cultivated in comparison,
[6:54:09] almonds produce about 10000
[6:54:10] hours of product value per acre
[6:54:14] cultivated to produce this ten
[6:54:17] thousand ten thousand dollars
[6:54:17] of crop value almonds need
[6:54:22] almost one million gallons of
[6:54:25] water with cannabis we produce
[6:54:26] that ten thousand dollars worth
[6:54:27] of crop value with less than
[6:54:30] 4000 gallons of water.
[6:54:33] That's a huge difference at
[6:54:33] rock creek which we feel is
[6:54:37] extremely important that nevada
[6:54:38] county adopt these changes to
[6:54:42] the cannabis regulation and
[6:54:42] bring us in conformance with
[6:54:46] state regulations of particular
[6:54:49] importance to us is the setback
[6:54:49] requirements from a sensitive
[6:54:53] site.
[6:54:53] The state set back requirement
[6:54:54] is six hundred feet from a
[6:54:58] census site and currently
[6:54:58] nevada county.
[6:55:01] This setback is a thousand feet
[6:55:01] .
[6:55:06] This inconsistency between
[6:55:06] state and county regulations
[6:55:10] caused us hundreds of thousands
[6:55:10] of dollars in added costs to
[6:55:13] move our grow.
[6:55:14] We were planning on six hundred
[6:55:17] feet and then at the last
[6:55:21] minute we had to change it to
[6:55:21] comply with that thousand foot
[6:55:25] setback.
[6:55:25] All of us cultivators in nevada
[6:55:29] county are small businesses.
[6:55:29] We work together sharing
[6:55:33] expertize experiences ideas to
[6:55:36] promote nevada county cannabis
[6:55:36] .
[6:55:37] We have unique growing
[6:55:40] conditions here and strive to
[6:55:40] grow the best possible craft
[6:55:44] style cannabis in your state.
[6:55:48] Please help us by adopting
[6:55:48] the ordinance before you today
[6:55:49] .
[6:55:49] >> thank you very much for your
[6:55:50] time.
[6:55:55] Thank you chris.
[6:55:55] Hi.
[6:55:58] Good afternoon district one my
[6:55:59] name is maria buzby.
[6:56:02] I'm a local business owner of
[6:56:03] gold coast botanicals farm
[6:56:03] labor.
[6:56:06] We provide opportunities for
[6:56:07] local people to join the farm
[6:56:07] labor and support our small
[6:56:10] cannabis farms here and we are
[6:56:11] in support of the amendment.
[6:56:14] >> thank you.
[6:56:17] Thank you maria.
[6:56:18] >> fellow supervisors my name
[6:56:21] is alisa peters.
[6:56:22] I'm a thirty year resident of
[6:56:25] nevada county in district four
[6:56:25] .
[6:56:26] I am an alumni of nevada union
[6:56:29] high shool.
[6:56:30] I am a parent of children
[6:56:30] currently attending local
[6:56:33] public schools.
[6:56:34] I am an owner operator of
[6:56:37] sanctuary farms holding
[6:56:37] cultivation and nursery
[6:56:38] licenses in the bridgeport area
[6:56:41] of penn valley.
[6:56:42] We are a regenerative all
[6:56:45] natural cannabis farm where we
[6:56:46] also raise chickens, have
[6:56:46] vegetable gardens and a fruit
[6:56:49] orchard.
[6:56:50] We are a small business
[6:56:53] operating with tight margins
[6:56:54] like any other small business
[6:56:57] in nevada county.
[6:56:58] >> the first point I would like
[6:57:00] to make is that cannabis
[6:57:04] cultivation is agriculture.
[6:57:05] We grow plants in natural soil
[6:57:08] tilled with natural nutrients,
[6:57:09] with natural sunlight in
[6:57:09] the same way that farmers of
[6:57:12] other crops do.
[6:57:13] We grow plants that are
[6:57:16] intended for adult use in
[6:57:17] the same way that grapes are
[6:57:17] grown to produce wine for
[6:57:20] adults.
[6:57:21] Unfortunately, the negative
[6:57:24] stigma associated with cannabis
[6:57:25] does not allow for our farms to
[6:57:25] be viewed with the same
[6:57:27] prestige as vineyards and other
[6:57:31] small farms or orchards.
[6:57:32] This lingering negative stigma
[6:57:35] that still persists locally
[6:57:36] should not dictate land use
[6:57:36] policy.
[6:57:39] I am in strong support of
[6:57:40] the additional license types on
[6:57:43] the farm so that we can improve
[6:57:44] efficiencies, reduce costs and
[6:57:47] increase industry independence
[6:57:47] .
[6:57:48] I request that the new setbacks
[6:57:52] apply only to new applications
[6:57:52] and strongly oppose any changes
[6:57:55] to setbacks for existing farms
[6:57:56] or for those already in
[6:57:59] the permitting processes.
[6:58:00] >> excuse me I support using a
[6:58:03] percentage of the support area
[6:58:04] for mature canopy to allow us
[6:58:06] to remain competitive in
[6:58:07] the california market for
[6:58:10] the same reason I strongly
[6:58:11] support allowing aggregate
[6:58:14] parcel sizes of multiple
[6:58:15] parcels to be used to calculate
[6:58:16] the allowed maximum canopy
[6:58:18] sizes.
[6:58:19] At the planning commission
[6:58:22] there was a comment made about
[6:58:23] chemical use with cannabis
[6:58:23] farming.
[6:58:26] I'd like to specifically
[6:58:27] address this and I believe that
[6:58:29] there's an opportunity for
[6:58:30] education here all cannabis
[6:58:33] before it hits the shelves of a
[6:58:34] dispensary must undergo undergo
[6:58:37] required testing.
[6:58:38] Cannabis is tested for
[6:58:41] mycotoxins pesticides, foreign
[6:58:42] objects, heavy metals and
[6:58:43] microbially by parts per
[6:58:45] million and organic blueberry
[6:58:49] would not pass the tests that
[6:58:50] cannabis must undergo.
[6:58:53] It isnear impossible for us to
[6:58:53] use toxic chemicals and nor
[6:58:56] would any of us want to.
[6:58:57] I ask the board to adopt this
[6:59:01] ordinance today so that we can
[6:59:01] prepare for farming with
[6:59:05] certainty in the spring before
[6:59:09] the spring I thank you for
[6:59:09] the work you do and for hearing
[6:59:10] my comments.
[6:59:12] >> thank you lisa.
[6:59:16] Supervisors and barbara jones
[6:59:17] from district four.
[6:59:19] My husband brian and I are 35
[6:59:20] year residents of nevada county
[6:59:23] and own a 10000 square foot
[6:59:24] permitted farm.
[6:59:27] Brian still has it works as a
[6:59:28] general contractor and I plan
[6:59:31] events in the north san juan
[6:59:32] community where active circo
[6:59:32] volunteers and I'm also on
[6:59:36] the board of the friends of
[6:59:36] the library just got voted on
[6:59:39] to vice PRESIDENT.
[6:59:40] We raised to university
[6:59:42] educated in extremely
[6:59:43] successful children on the road
[6:59:43] .
[6:59:44] You are proud of the progress
[6:59:47] we've made as licensed farmers
[6:59:47] were homesteaders whose small
[7:00:07] farm is struggling with
[7:00:08] the growth of this new industry
[7:00:08] .
[7:00:09] But we're doing it with honest
[7:00:10] hard labor as commercial
[7:00:10] farmers with slim margins we
[7:00:11] live a modest life currently we
[7:00:12] are allowed nine thousand
[7:00:12] square feet of support area for
[7:00:13] our 10000 square foot farm.
[7:00:14] We find it would be most useful
[7:00:14] if we could use some of that
[7:00:15] area for a mature flowering
[7:00:15] plants.
[7:00:16] After running the numbers we
[7:00:17] see that this would give us a
[7:00:17] chance at actual profit.
[7:00:18] We are supported of
[7:00:19] the reasonable proposals to
[7:00:19] allow farmers to grow mature
[7:00:20] plants in our support area and
[7:00:22] I believe it to be realistic
[7:00:23] and manageable.
[7:00:26] What county does not currently
[7:00:27] offer distribution licenses
[7:00:28] which would allow us to
[7:00:31] transport our own product to
[7:00:31] retailers and third party
[7:00:35] distributors to move our crop
[7:00:35] is a financial burden to
[7:00:38] farmers and lost tax revenue
[7:00:39] for the county where we able to
[7:00:40] have a distribution license.
[7:00:43] We would say about 25 to 30
[7:00:43] percent of our sale by avoiding
[7:00:47] outside fees.
[7:00:47] In addition, holding our own
[7:00:48] distribution license would cut
[7:00:51] down the traffic on our own
[7:00:51] street.
[7:00:55] Lasley county tourism is an
[7:00:56] opportunity for farmers to show
[7:00:56] up teir hard work boots,
[7:00:59] reputations, excellent farmers
[7:00:59] and is a revenue stream we
[7:01:02] should not overlook.
[7:01:02] We are supportive of the micro
[7:01:06] business retail model and
[7:01:07] support the ordinance
[7:01:10] modifications that you have
[7:01:10] before you today we urge our
[7:01:14] board to adopt the ordinance.
[7:01:14] Thanks for listening.
[7:01:15] We are fortunate to live in a
[7:01:18] community where we are actually
[7:01:21] heard by our local supervisors
[7:01:22] .
[7:01:25] Thank you barbara.
[7:01:29] Hello supervisors.
[7:01:30] My name is tess hacker and I
[7:01:33] live in district three.
[7:01:34] I am a cannabis consultant and
[7:01:34] have been helping cultivators
[7:01:37] navigate a regulated market for
[7:01:38] the past four years.
[7:01:41] Our cannabis entrepreneurs have
[7:01:42] worked tirelessly to become
[7:01:42] licensed.
[7:01:45] I have assisted numerous small
[7:01:46] farmers and the permitting
[7:01:48] process and have witnessed
[7:01:48] their hard work and
[7:01:49] perseverance it takes to become
[7:01:52] licensed.
[7:01:52] I've lived in grass valley for
[7:01:53] twelve years and have seen
[7:01:56] the evolution of cannabis
[7:01:56] industry has taken in our
[7:01:57] county.
[7:02:00] We have come so far but there
[7:02:01] is still so much work to be
[7:02:04] done in order for license
[7:02:04] cultivators to thrive we have
[7:02:08] to continue to view cannabis as
[7:02:08] agriculture and understand that
[7:02:11] cannabis plays a significant
[7:02:12] role in our communities economy
[7:02:12] .
[7:02:15] It was great to see the past
[7:02:15] year's crop report highlight
[7:02:19] this fact while cannabis only
[7:02:19] makes up eighteen acres of
[7:02:20] harvested cropland, its crop
[7:02:23] value accounts for nearly half
[7:02:24] the total value of all
[7:02:27] agricultural interests in
[7:02:28] nevada county today your board
[7:02:28] is at a decision point where
[7:02:31] you can choose to continue to
[7:02:32] support this area of
[7:02:34] agriculture and our community.
[7:02:35] The proposed changes that are
[7:02:35] being brought to you today are
[7:02:38] simply the same tools that all
[7:02:39] farmers need the ability to
[7:02:42] make value added products on
[7:02:43] the farm, the ability to
[7:02:43] vertically integrate their
[7:02:47] business and in the few cases
[7:02:47] the ability to bring people to
[7:02:50] your farm just like a winery by
[7:02:51] increasing the canopy size we
[7:02:54] provide license farmers a way
[7:02:55] to increase their profits also
[7:02:58] increasing tax revenue and
[7:02:59] encouraged unlicensed cannabis
[7:03:02] farmers to become license.
[7:03:03] I strongly recommend that
[7:03:06] setback changes only apply to
[7:03:07] new applications set back
[7:03:07] changes would greatly impact
[7:03:09] existing farms that choose to
[7:03:10] change their cultivation layout
[7:03:13] through increased canopy.
[7:03:14] These changes could force
[7:03:14] licensed farmers to change
[7:03:17] existing inforce structure,
[7:03:18] potentially causing further
[7:03:21] environmental impacts and as
[7:03:22] part cannabis farmers are
[7:03:23] facing challenges right now and
[7:03:25] the current market with
[7:03:26] the price per pound plummeting
[7:03:26] to unbelievably low prices
[7:03:29] cultivator are often faced with
[7:03:30] the question of whether or not
[7:03:33] to continue their business.
[7:03:34] We need to encourage licensed
[7:03:34] cultivators to continue farming
[7:03:36] and support the new folks
[7:03:37] entering into the regulated
[7:03:37] market.
[7:03:40] We have to continue to work
[7:03:41] together to streamline
[7:03:42] the permitting process to be
[7:03:44] more efficient and more
[7:03:45] attainable for the new
[7:03:45] licensees while taking into
[7:03:48] consideration potential impacts
[7:03:49] to neighborhoods and
[7:03:49] the environment.
[7:03:53] I believe with the new proposal
[7:03:53] ,with the proposed changes to
[7:03:54] the ordinance and potential
[7:03:56] equity programs on the horizon
[7:03:57] ,we can reboot the cannabis
[7:04:00] industry and our community.
[7:04:01] There are so many benefits to
[7:04:01] having a thriving cannabis
[7:04:04] industry in our community.
[7:04:05] These farms are often small
[7:04:05] family run businesses that are
[7:04:08] paying taxes and hire and
[7:04:09] purchase locally increasing
[7:04:12] the economic health of our
[7:04:13] community.
[7:04:14] Let's continue to work together
[7:04:16] to revive the cannabis industry
[7:04:17] .
[7:04:17] i urge you to adopt
[7:04:20] the proposed changes
[7:04:21] the ordinance today so that our
[7:04:22] farmers have business assurance
[7:04:24] as they make their plans for
[7:04:25] spring planting.
[7:04:25] >> thank you.
[7:04:31] Thank you dash wayne.
[7:04:35] Hi my name is wayne clower
[7:04:36] property and district to
[7:04:37] district four and district
[7:04:41] three.
[7:04:42] I don't have a prepared speech
[7:04:45] so I'm going to kind of go
[7:04:46] winging it here.
[7:04:47] I guess first off when you talk
[7:04:50] about joining herzl's I have
[7:04:50] two forty acre pieces that
[7:04:54] touched by one inch so I would
[7:04:54] now be allowed to put the full
[7:04:58] grown on one of those 240 acre
[7:04:58] pieces to equal an 80 acre
[7:05:00] parcel.
[7:05:01] What if my wife and I get a
[7:05:05] divorce and you've got a huge
[7:05:05] building that's grandfathered
[7:05:08] in on just one parcel?
[7:05:09] There's a lot of gray area
[7:05:12] there.
[7:05:13] It's kind of like the canopy
[7:05:17] size I have to pay for my holes
[7:05:20] in my closet and my stairway's
[7:05:21] and everything in my house when
[7:05:21] I build it.
[7:05:25] Nobody lives there so I don't
[7:05:25] understand how the canopy thing
[7:05:28] works compared to the entire
[7:05:28] building site when people are
[7:05:32] going to move products you have
[7:05:32] to use a U.S. Carrier public
[7:05:35] utility commission.
[7:05:36] You know that they have
[7:05:37] insurance when they're driving
[7:05:39] on our county roads.
[7:05:40] I don't see that it's going to
[7:05:43] create that many more trips on
[7:05:43] the roads when you look at
[7:05:46] the fact if you have a pizza
[7:05:47] delivered you've got one trip
[7:05:51] in and out and so they can use
[7:05:51] you know, somebody with a
[7:05:55] public utility commission no to
[7:05:58] move this stuff.
[7:05:59] >> I hear him talk about paying
[7:06:00] taxes.
[7:06:03] I guess I'm surprised probably
[7:06:03] nobody's affected more than me
[7:06:04] by the number of immediate
[7:06:06] grows.
[7:06:07] Invite any of you to come out
[7:06:08] and see my house and see
[7:06:11] the immediate grows next to it
[7:06:11] .
[7:06:12] And I know the one guy just
[7:06:12] stood up here and said that he
[7:06:14] just did a couple of ten
[7:06:18] thousand cubic yard moves one
[7:06:18] next to me they only got a
[7:06:22] permit for twenty seven hundred
[7:06:23] yards I think they went over
[7:06:26] ten thousand.
[7:06:26] I'd be curious if that's one of
[7:06:29] them that he's talking about.
[7:06:33] So the next thing would be when
[7:06:33] you talk about roads like in
[7:06:36] golden oaks are the sirtex
[7:06:37] going to be from easements?
[7:06:38] Well those easements be from
[7:06:41] inside for those setbacks.
[7:06:42] Well those easements be for
[7:06:42] public right away.
[7:06:45] Is the immigrant trail.
[7:06:48] Are you going push, you know,
[7:06:52] off of that people know how big
[7:06:53] a piece of property they have
[7:06:56] when they buy the property.
[7:06:57] I think the parcels need to be
[7:06:59] joined together legally because
[7:07:03] you don't know if somebody is
[7:07:03] going to get a divorce guy or
[7:07:03] sell the property later and
[7:07:06] you've got it grandfathered in
[7:07:06] .
[7:07:06] >> it's going to create a huge
[7:07:10] problem.
[7:07:10] Roads is a problem.
[7:07:11] You're going to have people
[7:07:14] coming from nevada county or to
[7:07:15] nevada county from placer
[7:07:18] county you the county did buy
[7:07:18] this stuff.
[7:07:19] It's going to create less
[7:07:19] traffic.
[7:07:20] Sure.
[7:07:22] Because they're going to stop
[7:07:23] at pne valley to buy the stuff
[7:07:25] or stop on carriage road to buy
[7:07:26] the stuff.
[7:07:29] They're not going to drive to
[7:07:29] aggressively.
[7:07:30] So you will eliminate traffic
[7:07:30] but you're going to pt
[7:07:33] the traffic in the county roads
[7:07:36] in the residential places.
[7:07:37] I could probably keep going on
[7:07:40] forever.
[7:07:41] >> it's but you're over ok,
[7:07:44] thank you.
[7:07:44] Thank you wayne.
[7:07:45] And actually the set back
[7:07:48] question is when we can come
[7:07:49] back to an answer later.
[7:07:56] Brian, I have more to
[7:07:56] improvisors thanks for hearing
[7:07:57] me.
[7:07:57] My name is lincoln nelson.
[7:08:00] I have the pleasure of being
[7:08:00] business owner, homeowner and
[7:08:03] voter all within district one.
[7:08:04] I am in favor of the proposed
[7:08:07] changes to the ordinance but I
[7:08:07] wanted to take a look at page
[7:08:11] 19, section one regarding micro
[7:08:12] businesses with retail licenses
[7:08:12] .
[7:08:14] I currently is verb to be
[7:08:15] allowed a thousand square foot
[7:08:18] included within a support area
[7:08:22] and the general plan already
[7:08:22] allows for retail on aglen.
[7:08:23] So it seems kind of like a
[7:08:26] redundant thing for the more
[7:08:27] retail spaces require site
[7:08:29] specific analysis use permit
[7:08:30] public notice and their
[7:08:34] discretional making
[7:08:34] the regulations within
[7:08:38] the ordinance two four six
[7:08:38] seven not only redundant but in
[7:08:41] some cases less stringent.
[7:08:41] many operational cultivation
[7:08:45] sites already have built their
[7:08:46] support building areas to
[7:08:50] the 90 percent limit and
[7:08:50] they're utilizing that space
[7:08:51] for what it was intended
[7:08:54] support activities.
[7:08:54] It would hinder their
[7:08:55] operations to remove
[7:08:57] the ability to complete those
[7:08:57] actions.
[7:09:01] Now additionally retail spaces
[7:09:01] have different california
[7:09:02] building codes in storage so
[7:09:05] many of the recently built
[7:09:06] canvas support buildings would
[7:09:09] not meet the retail california
[7:09:09] building code requirements
[7:09:10] anyway.
[7:09:12] >> I believe that the county
[7:09:13] has a great opportunity to pull
[7:09:16] in retail dollars with micro
[7:09:17] licenses near county lines.
[7:09:20] For example, in the case of
[7:09:20] cultivators located next to
[7:09:24] the yuba county line they could
[7:09:25] potentially pull retail from
[7:09:28] yuba city and marysville were
[7:09:29] currently consumers are going
[7:09:31] up to palermo, orvil or chieko
[7:09:32] and they're not willing to
[7:09:35] drive all the way to nevada
[7:09:36] city or grass valley but they
[7:09:36] could just pop over the county
[7:09:37] line.
[7:09:39] Those are not only lost dollars
[7:09:40] to the county but also to
[7:09:42] the farmers as well.
[7:09:43] That is pretty much it.
[7:09:43] I've heard people express
[7:09:47] concern regarding disturbances
[7:09:48] and I just want to say that
[7:09:51] with adjacent parcels,
[7:09:55] adjoining verbiage it actually
[7:09:56] will mean less disturbances
[7:09:56] because you're going to need
[7:09:59] less road access if you don't
[7:10:00] need another residence that's a
[7:10:03] lot less disturbance especially
[7:10:04] when you consider septic sewage
[7:10:06] and again road access.
[7:10:07] >> that's fine.
[7:10:09] Thank you.
[7:10:30] >> thank you.
[7:10:30] Good afternoon.
[7:10:31] Supervisors and staff um, my
[7:10:32] name is david cooper.
[7:10:32] I reside in district for um I'm
[7:10:33] a father farmer here in nevada
[7:10:34] county.
[7:10:34] I probably own and operate
[7:10:35] hillcroft farms with my brother
[7:10:35] and my family.
[7:10:36] Uh, we are one of the first
[7:10:37] farms to go through this
[7:10:37] process alongside some of these
[7:10:38] other fellows in the crowd.
[7:10:39] Um, we appreciate the pathway
[7:10:39] that's been provided thus far
[7:10:40] to help us accomplish our goals
[7:10:40] .
[7:10:41] >> we grow cannabis alongside
[7:10:44] vegetables, herbs, flowers,
[7:10:45] fruit trees, horses and
[7:10:48] chickens I go with the plan is
[7:11:00] to bring more life back to it
[7:11:01] as well as raise our children
[7:11:01] among the natural world.
[7:11:01] We'd like just as much freedom
[7:11:01] to accomplish our business and
[7:11:01] personal goals on our land as
[7:11:02] any other farmer ranch should
[7:11:02] be allowed.
[7:11:02] Our success is your success.
[7:11:04] I'm here specifically to voice
[7:11:05] the need for business
[7:11:06] flexibility on our farms
[7:11:07] the same as any small farm
[7:11:08] would be allowed as we look to
[7:11:11] the future will need to be
[7:11:12] allowed to utilize our land for
[7:11:13] what it's intended for to
[7:11:15] the fullest extent.
[7:11:16] So far county's done a great
[7:11:20] job in helping us get to where
[7:11:20] we need to go.
[7:11:21] We look forward to continuing
[7:11:24] the process with you as you
[7:11:26] know and as you know in any
[7:11:27] industry it's constantly
[7:11:31] evolving specifically I want a
[7:11:31] voice and it's I'm going to cut
[7:11:34] a little bit short because a
[7:11:35] lot of people have said
[7:11:36] the same things here.
[7:11:36] But specifically I want to
[7:11:39] voice the support for allowing
[7:11:39] a percentage of the support
[7:11:40] area to be used for additional
[7:11:42] mature can be this area already
[7:11:47] exists as a proved area for
[7:11:47] cultivation with this ordinance
[7:11:50] amendment farmers have greater
[7:11:50] flexibility in how they can
[7:11:54] utilize the space even with
[7:11:58] the change we're still growing
[7:11:58] a very modest amount for a crop
[7:11:58] farmer in the county if we
[7:11:59] choose to utilize this space
[7:12:02] for cultivation we would still
[7:12:03] be farming less than an acre
[7:12:05] which is a micro farm by nevada
[7:12:06] standards as noted in twenty
[7:12:10] twenty one nevada county crop
[7:12:10] report there are currently
[7:12:11] three thousand three hundred
[7:12:13] sixteen acres of land for
[7:12:14] harvested crops yet only
[7:12:15] eighteen acres of that is
[7:12:17] cannabis.
[7:12:18] I also want to echo the support
[7:12:18] for micro businesses to allow
[7:12:21] more flexibility in our
[7:12:24] business models as well as that
[7:12:28] I request for the subjects to
[7:12:29] apply only for new applicants.
[7:12:32] Um where there is a variance
[7:12:36] process in place to setbacks we
[7:12:36] need to ensure that the process
[7:12:40] is simple to obtain and people
[7:12:40] that have already created their
[7:12:44] infrastructures based on
[7:12:44] the setbacks would be not only
[7:12:45] financially burdened but it MAY
[7:12:48] be impossible for some of
[7:12:49] the farms actually to apply to
[7:12:51] those new setbacks.
[7:12:52] Um, thank you for listening to
[7:12:55] my suggestions and I support
[7:12:56] full adoption of the ordinance
[7:12:56] today.
[7:12:57] >> thank you.
[7:12:59] Thank you, david.
[7:13:03] Barbara.
[7:13:07] I have to pull away way down.
[7:13:07] Good afternoon.
[7:13:08] My name is barbara marshall.
[7:13:10] Um and I'm speaking on behalf
[7:13:14] of the nevada county
[7:13:14] contractors association and I'd
[7:13:18] like to submit the following
[7:13:18] comments on the proposed
[7:13:19] changes.
[7:13:22] >> I I represent contractors
[7:13:26] who do work for the cannabis
[7:13:26] industry and those who live in
[7:13:30] neighborhoods adversely
[7:13:30] impacted by the cannabis
[7:13:31] industry.
[7:13:34] The planning commission staff
[7:13:34] report the purpose of
[7:13:35] the update is to make
[7:13:38] cultivation within the county
[7:13:39] more efficient and responsive
[7:13:42] to the needs the industry while
[7:13:46] balancing the potential impacts
[7:13:46] to the neighborhoods.
[7:13:50] >> so we offer the following
[7:13:51] comments based on the intent
[7:13:53] and purpose of that statement.
[7:13:58] While the cannabis businesses
[7:13:58] certainly will benefit from
[7:13:59] the changes, I don't see any
[7:14:02] provisions to address
[7:14:03] the impacts on neighborhoods
[7:14:05] since the county does not
[7:14:06] enforce this ignores
[7:14:10] the addition of increased
[7:14:10] canopy manufacture and retail
[7:14:14] license well significant
[7:14:14] increase traffic smell and
[7:14:17] visual impacts while the retail
[7:14:18] license requires the use permit
[7:14:21] and will address these issues
[7:14:22] as part of that permit process
[7:14:25] ,the increase in canopy and
[7:14:26] manufacturing do not.
[7:14:29] There are certain areas of
[7:14:30] the county that appropriate for
[7:14:33] cannabis growing and
[7:14:37] the proposed changes will help
[7:14:37] those businesses be more
[7:14:41] successful while not affecting
[7:14:41] their surrounding neighbors and
[7:14:45] we support those changes for
[7:14:45] those areas.
[7:14:48] However, in certain areas such
[7:14:49] as sunshine valley, golden oaks
[7:14:49] and some of the other
[7:14:52] subdivisions in the county that
[7:14:56] have been significant issues in
[7:14:57] those neighborhoods, these
[7:15:00] proposed changes don't go far
[7:15:01] enough to protect those
[7:15:04] neighborhoods and their quality
[7:15:05] of life and will only serve to
[7:15:08] further exacerbate the conflict
[7:15:09] between neighbors and users.
[7:15:12] Some of those neighborhoods
[7:15:13] have canals that prohibit
[7:15:17] commercial cannabis businesses
[7:15:18] if the county wants to be
[7:15:21] responsive to the needs of
[7:15:22] the industry while balancing
[7:15:25] the impacts to
[7:15:26] the neighborhoods, then these
[7:15:29] this peace needs to be
[7:15:29] addressed.
[7:15:32] The county doesn't enforce this
[7:15:33] in ours and it would be up to
[7:15:36] the highways to litigate any
[7:15:37] permits that are approved.
[7:15:40] There has to be a better way to
[7:15:41] encourage cannabis businesses
[7:15:44] in areas that make sense while
[7:15:45] protecting neighborhoods where
[7:15:48] it doesn't well before it goes
[7:15:49] into litigation and
[7:15:52] neighborhood conflicts.
[7:15:53] >> it would be better to
[7:15:56] prevent a problem of further is
[7:15:56] one.
[7:15:57] A little bit of prevention goes
[7:16:00] a long way.
[7:16:01] One solution would be to create
[7:16:04] an overlay zoning district
[7:16:05] exclusion area that clearly
[7:16:08] identify where those
[7:16:12] neighborhoods are and prohibit
[7:16:13] or discourages businesses from
[7:16:13] going in there.
[7:16:17] So sum it up barbara.
[7:16:20] >> ok, I'm sorry I tried for
[7:16:24] three minutes so there are many
[7:16:25] options to to work on that and
[7:16:28] it could simply be a map and
[7:16:31] you know another option is to
[7:16:32] just kind of leave you can
[7:16:35] leave that with with the okello
[7:16:36] we can also go barbara I
[7:16:36] appreciate it.
[7:16:39] I really wanted to make a point
[7:16:39] .
[7:16:40] There are lots of options.
[7:16:41] I hope that you take a little
[7:16:44] bit more time to address that
[7:16:44] piece.
[7:16:47] >> thank you, barbara.
[7:16:51] Hello supervisors.
[7:16:51] My name is kim rawlins and I'm
[7:16:54] a resident of district four.
[7:16:55] I've owned my home and farm
[7:16:58] since 2006 and became one of
[7:16:59] the first county licensed
[7:17:02] canvas farms in twenty nineteen
[7:17:03] .
[7:17:03] Our business is luminescent
[7:17:04] farms a quarter acre outdoor
[7:17:06] garden on twenty one acres.
[7:17:07] Like many others here we've
[7:17:08] just completed our fourth
[7:17:10] season as a licensed farm in
[7:17:10] nevada county.
[7:17:11] We care deeply about being
[7:17:11] small business owners in
[7:17:14] the county we shop at hills
[7:17:14] flamboyancy.
[7:17:17] We hire local accountants and
[7:17:18] bookkeepers and during
[7:17:18] the construction of our
[7:17:19] building we hired all local
[7:17:20] contractor.
[7:17:21] There's an effort to be
[7:17:22] compliant and efficient.
[7:17:24] We've been constructing 4500
[7:17:25] square foot commercial building
[7:17:26] on a property for the last
[7:17:28] three years.
[7:17:29] The vision of for this building
[7:17:30] has stumbled due to declining
[7:17:32] revenues and inflated
[7:17:33] construction costs.
[7:17:34] Right now it is crucial that
[7:17:36] these current proposed changes
[7:17:37] be designed to help us stay in
[7:17:40] business without raising new
[7:17:41] obstacles.
[7:17:41] As it stands, our commercial
[7:17:42] building was constructed at
[7:17:44] the 100 property setback for
[7:17:44] the existing ordinance
[7:17:47] guidelines.
[7:17:48] It would be discouraging to
[7:17:49] allow new canopy expansion
[7:17:49] under the condition of an
[7:17:52] increase that back effectively
[7:17:53] moving the goalposts on three
[7:17:55] years worth of work an so much
[7:17:56] of our hard earned money please
[7:17:57] allow existing permanent
[7:17:59] facilities to operate with
[7:18:00] existing set backs and enforce
[7:18:04] new setback requirements on new
[7:18:05] projects only please provide
[7:18:05] existing cannabis license
[7:18:05] holders a pathway to ensure we
[7:18:07] do not need to meet new
[7:18:08] setbacks on infrastructure that
[7:18:10] is already in place.
[7:18:11] I would also like to comment on
[7:18:12] the proposed expansion of
[7:18:15] allowable cannabis license
[7:18:15] types.
[7:18:16] The change in cannabis market
[7:18:16] has taught us that cultivators
[7:18:19] cannot survive on bulk
[7:18:19] wholesale alone at this scale
[7:18:22] just like traditional farming,
[7:18:22] some level of vertical
[7:18:23] integration is needed to remain
[7:18:27] competitive by allowing these
[7:18:27] additional license types,
[7:18:28] cultivators can produce a shelf
[7:18:31] ready product onsite that can
[7:18:31] be sold directly to retail.
[7:18:34] Many firms are already
[7:18:34] following this model in other
[7:18:35] counties and this ordinance
[7:18:38] change would give nevada
[7:18:38] cannabis a chance to remain
[7:18:39] competitive and relevant.
[7:18:42] I support the adoption of
[7:18:43] the cannabis ordinance today so
[7:18:43] that our farm can know
[7:18:44] the rules that will be in place
[7:18:46] for planting in the spring.
[7:18:47] >> thank you.
[7:18:54] Thank you.
[7:18:54] Good afternoon supervisors
[7:18:57] jeunesse the two day with
[7:18:57] the south uber reverse citizens
[7:18:58] league thank you for
[7:19:01] the opportunity to provide
[7:19:05] comments today and first one I
[7:19:05] really think county staff for
[7:19:09] putting together this ordinance
[7:19:09] .
[7:19:13] We are strongly supportive of
[7:19:14] the ordinance as proposed and
[7:19:16] would urge your adoption.
[7:19:20] We do however want to point out
[7:19:24] one um item in the proposal
[7:19:24] that um we'd like you to
[7:19:28] consider and that is
[7:19:29] the allowance of the four
[7:19:32] thousand square feet of canopy
[7:19:32] for mixed light use.
[7:19:36] Um, we think um that that might
[7:19:37] be excessive and that might
[7:19:40] lead to undue um environmental
[7:19:44] um harm potentially increased
[7:19:48] water use and energy use um
[7:19:51] impacts to our roads and so um
[7:19:55] while we wholeheartedly support
[7:19:56] this process and want to be a
[7:19:59] partner and encourage that a
[7:19:59] small modification to
[7:20:03] the ordinance my potential to
[7:20:04] mitigate that unintended
[7:20:07] consequence um and
[7:20:08] unfortunately I was unable to
[7:20:11] provide written comments to
[7:20:12] the board but will do so
[7:20:12] following this meeting.
[7:20:15] So you have a record of our
[7:20:15] comments.
[7:20:16] Um, once again just want to
[7:20:18] reiterate that we are
[7:20:19] supportive of this process and
[7:20:20] I want to thank staff for all
[7:20:22] of the work that they've done
[7:20:23] on this so far.
[7:20:23] Thank you.
[7:20:30] Thank you.
[7:20:31] Hello my name is emily porter.
[7:20:51] Um I live in district one.
[7:20:52] I'm a member of the nevada
[7:20:53] county cannabis alliance and I
[7:20:54] have been a cannabis consultant
[7:20:54] here in nevada county for
[7:20:55] the past four years.
[7:20:55] Prior to that I was a
[7:20:56] cultivator in the traditional
[7:20:57] market and I have spent my
[7:20:57] entire adult life working with
[7:20:58] cannabis.
[7:20:58] Thank you for the opportunity
[7:20:59] to speak today primarily I
[7:21:00] would like to express my
[7:21:00] gratitude for the opportunity
[7:21:01] to participate in this
[7:21:02] discussion and for all of
[7:21:02] the time and attention our many
[7:21:03] community members have put
[7:21:04] towards crafting and guiding
[7:21:04] this thoughtful and thorough
[7:21:05] ordinance amendment.
[7:21:08] Although I work primarily
[7:21:09] within nevada county, I also
[7:21:09] manage compliance for cannabis
[7:21:13] businesses across california
[7:21:16] and in many other states I get
[7:21:17] to see firsthand the triumphs
[7:21:20] and the failures of many
[7:21:21] different approaches to our
[7:21:21] still fairly new transition
[7:21:24] into a regulated cannabis
[7:21:25] industry.
[7:21:28] My experience has been that
[7:21:29] nevada county's cannabis
[7:21:32] policies are some of the most
[7:21:33] sensible and reasonable in
[7:21:33] the state.
[7:21:35] I see the opportunity for real
[7:21:36] longevity for our small
[7:21:39] businesses here and together
[7:21:40] with careful intention we can
[7:21:43] continue to craft a robust
[7:21:44] industry in this place so dear
[7:21:46] to our hearts.
[7:21:47] the proposed ordinance
[7:21:47] amendment before you is
[7:21:51] the result of so many folks
[7:21:51] efforts and perspectives.
[7:21:54] I am truly grateful that in a
[7:21:55] time when many other legacy
[7:21:58] producing regions and their
[7:21:59] communities struggled to create
[7:22:02] and maintain a balanced and
[7:22:03] fair cannabis program, we are
[7:22:05] here together discussing viable
[7:22:06] options for our communities
[7:22:06] path forward.
[7:22:10] I would like to voice my strong
[7:22:10] support for these ordinance
[7:22:14] changes and ask that you allow
[7:22:14] our farmers the opportunity to
[7:22:17] grow to diversify their
[7:22:18] agricultural businesses to
[7:22:19] provide a stable future for
[7:22:21] their families during uncertain
[7:22:22] times and to continue to set a
[7:22:25] standard within california for
[7:22:26] sensible cannabis policy.
[7:22:30] Let nevada county be an example
[7:22:30] to the rest of the state of how
[7:22:33] to responsibly scale our
[7:22:34] industry while honoring our
[7:22:36] heritage and those who
[7:22:37] weathered the war on drugs and
[7:22:38] paved the way for any of us to
[7:22:40] be here today.
[7:22:41] Cannabis is agriculture and
[7:22:44] cannabis is medicine.
[7:22:45] Thank you.
[7:22:47] Thank you.
[7:22:48] >> hello my name is clarissa
[7:22:49] rozario.
[7:22:52] I'm a resident of your district
[7:22:55] MR. Scofield district to thank
[7:22:56] you for the opportunity that
[7:22:57] mike down a little.
[7:22:57] Absolutely.
[7:23:00] Thank you for the opportunity
[7:23:00] to speak here today.
[7:23:01] Although the changes being
[7:23:04] proposed are called minor, they
[7:23:05] will have a large and positive
[7:23:08] impact on the future of
[7:23:08] the cannabis industry in nevada
[7:23:09] county.
[7:23:12] It is my opinion that
[7:23:12] the proposed changes wll be
[7:23:13] beneficial to the cannabis
[7:23:16] industry by streamlining
[7:23:16] the application process as well
[7:23:18] as the opportunity to have
[7:23:19] licensing activities in
[7:23:20] addition to cultivation.
[7:23:23] Frankly, these these are
[7:23:23] the same exact tools that
[7:23:26] traditional farms utilize to be
[7:23:27] a fully functioning farm
[7:23:30] the ability to utilize to
[7:23:31] adjacent parcels to maximize
[7:23:32] cannabis size in addition to
[7:23:35] using part of the support area
[7:23:36] for mature flowering plants
[7:23:39] will greatly licensed farmers
[7:23:39] in these challenging times and
[7:23:42] make it a lot easier to operate
[7:23:42] a business.
[7:23:43] Although I agree with
[7:23:46] the permit holder being
[7:23:46] required to acknowledge their
[7:23:50] businesses in any way I would
[7:23:50] hope that the board would not
[7:23:53] allow any way to make
[7:23:54] additional restrictions outside
[7:23:55] of what is already legal within
[7:23:58] the county and state of
[7:23:58] allowing it ways to dictate
[7:24:02] county code MAY set a negative
[7:24:06] precedent for land use policy
[7:24:06] because even with all
[7:24:07] the proposed benefits there
[7:24:10] will always be pushback by some
[7:24:10] individuals.
[7:24:11] It is unfortunate that I have
[7:24:14] seen so much harassment of
[7:24:14] the licensed farms within my
[7:24:15] community and it's hard to
[7:24:18] understand why considering
[7:24:18] they're doing the right thing
[7:24:21] by following the law, some
[7:24:22] people cannot let go of their
[7:24:22] negative stigma against
[7:24:26] cannabis farming.
[7:24:26] I would hope that by
[7:24:27] acknowledging that the permit
[7:24:29] holders within away it will not
[7:24:30] open the door for the way to
[7:24:33] restrict cultivation and
[7:24:33] cannabis business and an
[7:24:38] already approved ccar in
[7:24:38] the future as is currently
[7:24:41] occurring in my community, our
[7:24:42] nature has been pushing to make
[7:24:45] changes to our current decision
[7:24:46] to restrict all commercial
[7:24:49] agricultural activity on our
[7:24:53] agriculturally zoned lands when
[7:24:53] this is clearly allowed and
[7:24:56] legal in the state and county
[7:24:56] and this is the reason why many
[7:25:00] of us have purchased
[7:25:00] agriculturally zone lands to
[7:25:04] begin with is allowing
[7:25:04] the rules I'm sorry is changing
[7:25:05] the rules to restrict
[7:25:08] commercial agricultural
[7:25:08] activity but allowing all other
[7:25:12] commercial business is
[7:25:12] unreasonable again a choice
[7:25:13] should not have the authority
[7:25:16] to restrict cannabis
[7:25:16] cultivation when it is legal
[7:25:20] based on county and state law.
[7:25:23] >> of course insuk attorneys
[7:25:23] have a tendency of instilling
[7:25:27] fear into residents.
[7:25:28] No one should ever dictate how
[7:25:31] one can earn a living on their
[7:25:31] private property, especially
[7:25:32] not in a right to farm county.
[7:25:35] I think the county board of
[7:25:36] supervisors has a duty to not
[7:25:36] only advocate for all small
[7:25:39] businesses but also for
[7:25:40] the individual property owners
[7:25:41] and their rights within nevada
[7:25:43] county.
[7:25:43] The board of supervisors cannot
[7:25:44] police each individual in
[7:25:47] the county.
[7:25:47] Individuals still have property
[7:25:48] rights.
[7:25:51] Furthermore, there are
[7:25:51] unscrupulous individuals
[7:25:52] manipulating a choice for their
[7:25:54] own self-interest.
[7:25:55] I am hopeful that the board of
[7:25:55] supervisors will support
[7:25:58] the proposed amendments to
[7:25:59] the cannabis ordinance and
[7:26:02] adopt this ordinance today.
[7:26:03] >> thank you for your time.
[7:26:06] Thank you melissa.
[7:26:10] I'm sorry one more speaker and
[7:26:14] then we've got two callers on a
[7:26:14] line holding out so we'll take
[7:26:17] them after this.
[7:26:17] Hello supervisors.
[7:26:18] Thank you for your time today.
[7:26:21] My name is david travelzoo.
[7:26:22] I am a working professional and
[7:26:25] I live in an age or community
[7:26:26] nevada county in district two I
[7:26:26] was born and raised in new york
[7:26:29] city within close proximity to
[7:26:33] my neighbors where possible
[7:26:33] relationships and effective
[7:26:34] communication with one's
[7:26:35] neighbors was paramount to
[7:26:37] living a happy and harmonious
[7:26:38] life.
[7:26:40] Sadly, it seems to me that here
[7:26:41] in nevada county these positive
[7:26:41] relationships and open
[7:26:44] communications occur less
[7:26:45] frequently and sometimes just
[7:26:48] feel no longer possible.
[7:26:49] I moved to california
[7:26:49] specifically purchasing my
[7:26:52] property in my community
[7:26:53] because I hoped for
[7:26:54] the possibility of owning a
[7:26:55] variety of farm animals, having
[7:26:59] a small orchard I moved to
[7:27:00] california specifically
[7:27:03] purchased my property sorry
[7:27:04] recently my enjoy although
[7:27:07] currently a road association
[7:27:08] only has made attempts to limit
[7:27:11] the agricultural exposure and
[7:27:12] possible commercial
[7:27:12] agricultural uses of all
[7:27:15] property owners although these
[7:27:16] limitations are reported to be
[7:27:16] only against cannabis
[7:27:19] businesses in cultivation, I'm
[7:27:20] concerned that it will not end
[7:27:24] their at what point in time
[7:27:27] will the restrictions prevent
[7:27:28] me from doing the things that I
[7:27:29] want to do on my property?
[7:27:31] At what point in time will I
[7:27:31] need to go to the board to ask
[7:27:32] what colors I can paint my
[7:27:34] house?
[7:27:35] At what point in time will I
[7:27:38] need to go to the board and ask
[7:27:39] what how many guests can I have
[7:27:39] at my house because they using
[7:27:42] a roads along the way these
[7:27:42] limitations MAY begin with
[7:27:45] marijuana cultivation but where
[7:27:46] will they end?
[7:27:47] I would like to be able to
[7:27:47] continue to pursue my farming
[7:27:51] activities, my choice on my
[7:27:51] property which is zoned
[7:27:52] agricultural with an
[7:27:54] encroachment restriction from
[7:27:55] an hla cannabis is an
[7:27:58] agricultural activity just like
[7:27:59] my desire to have farm animals
[7:27:59] and orchards.
[7:28:03] I hope that we can sometime in
[7:28:03] the future find ways to
[7:28:06] communicate again as neighbors
[7:28:07] and build positive
[7:28:07] relationships beyond anyone's
[7:28:09] biased against any particular
[7:28:10] crop.
[7:28:13] We should be helping people to
[7:28:14] be able to create small farm
[7:28:15] businesses and be supportive of
[7:28:17] our neighbors.
[7:28:18] Some people just need to get
[7:28:19] past the stigma of the cannabis
[7:28:21] industry.
[7:28:22] It's repeats itself though 100
[7:28:26] years ago there were uprose
[7:28:26] about people building wine
[7:28:29] orchards in farming communities
[7:28:34] by adopting the ordinance
[7:28:36] changes the county will be in a
[7:28:37] position of not assisting any
[7:28:38] way and limiting the use of our
[7:28:41] properties for agricultural
[7:28:41] pursuits.
[7:28:42] I hope this ordinance can be
[7:28:43] adopted today.
[7:28:47] Thank you for your time.
[7:28:50] It all right MADAM Clerk, if
[7:28:54] you could bring in our callers
[7:28:55] no, no, no, no.
[7:28:58] We're going to the callers
[7:28:59] first.
[7:28:59] You'll get up there.
[7:29:00] Thank you.
[7:29:01] Chair.
[7:29:02] >> can we bring the callers in
[7:29:03] please?
[7:29:10] Good afternoon.
[7:29:11] My name is smale.
[7:29:12] I'm a resident of nevada county
[7:29:14] district for and the owner of
[7:29:15] their small pipsy, a law firm
[7:29:17] in nevada city as local
[7:29:18] attorney I work with many local
[7:29:19] farmers who are in or coming
[7:29:22] into our regulated cannabis
[7:29:22] program.
[7:29:23] I'm calling to indicate my
[7:29:26] strong support for the proposed
[7:29:26] ordinance update.
[7:29:27] These common sense updates will
[7:29:30] allow compliant operators to
[7:29:30] run sustainable businesses that
[7:29:33] can compete and california
[7:29:34] cannabis market and bring even
[7:29:35] further economic benefits to
[7:29:38] our county in particular I want
[7:29:39] to express my support of
[7:29:41] additional license type of
[7:29:42] support area state for mature
[7:29:45] canopy aggregate parcel sizes
[7:29:46] and grandfathering in already
[7:29:47] approved projects set back.
[7:29:49] I also want to thank the board
[7:29:50] planning commission and
[7:29:50] cannabis compliance team for
[7:29:53] your continued openness towards
[7:29:54] exploring options for
[7:29:55] maximizing the success of local
[7:29:57] farmers have chosen to enter
[7:29:58] the regulated cannabis industry
[7:29:58] .
[7:30:01] i appreciate you and your
[7:30:01] ongoing willingness to listen
[7:30:02] to your constituents and make
[7:30:03] me proud to be a resident and
[7:30:04] business here in nevada county
[7:30:04] .
[7:30:09] >> thanks so much.
[7:30:09] Thank you sir.
[7:30:10] It's going in the next caller
[7:30:20] please.
[7:30:20] >> hello.
[7:30:23] Hello.
[7:30:24] >> we can hear you.
[7:30:25] Hello.
[7:30:27] Can you help ed?
[7:30:27] Can you hear me?
[7:30:31] Yes you can matthew ok very
[7:30:31] good thank you.
[7:30:35] Um yeah long run on this one
[7:30:38] topic.
[7:30:38] I was the first person
[7:30:42] convicted after prop 215 was
[7:30:43] installed by the california
[7:30:46] voters there in nevada county
[7:30:50] and then watching it ever since
[7:30:50] and it's interesting that we
[7:30:54] are continuing to micromanage
[7:31:14] and trying to micromanage our
[7:31:15] way out of something that is so
[7:31:16] rudimentary as far as farming
[7:31:17] because it really depends on
[7:31:17] the weather.
[7:31:18] It depends on so much and
[7:31:18] farmers are pretty much at
[7:31:19] the bottom of the rung for
[7:31:20] having time off to do things or
[7:31:20] making money for having
[7:31:21] literally long life because
[7:31:22] it's very hard work no matter
[7:31:22] how you cut it and I hope
[7:31:23] the county can pull back a
[7:31:25] little bit and realize that it
[7:31:28] is just a crop doesn't need to
[7:31:29] be taxed so heavily.
[7:31:29] It doesn't need to be regulated
[7:31:32] so heavily.
[7:31:32] But what unfortunately after
[7:31:36] going to all the meetings for
[7:31:36] so many years seeing that
[7:31:37] the county was so excited about
[7:31:40] the tax base that basically
[7:31:41] turned it over to
[7:31:44] the commercial farmers saying
[7:31:44] know just give us our money and
[7:31:45] do your thing well we see what
[7:31:48] that's gotten with a lot of
[7:31:51] illegal huge farms, huge which
[7:31:52] for some reason can't be seen
[7:31:52] from the air or from google
[7:31:55] earth at least our county
[7:31:59] everyone else can see it.
[7:32:00] >> so there seems like to be a
[7:32:03] way to finance the whole thing
[7:32:03] with the illegal farmers and
[7:32:06] getting back to the medicinal
[7:32:10] marijuana topic that was voted
[7:32:11] on by the california voters way
[7:32:14] back before it was taken over
[7:32:18] as a financially viable thing
[7:32:19] for so many people to do which
[7:32:19] is great.
[7:32:21] I love small business.
[7:32:22] I love to see all the different
[7:32:23] things that have come out of it
[7:32:23] .
[7:32:26] But at the same time
[7:32:29] the counties just spend their
[7:32:30] every step of the way with
[7:32:30] their hand out for the farmers
[7:32:33] and for all the entrepreneurs.
[7:32:34] And that's why it just seems
[7:32:35] like it's there's been this
[7:32:37] twenty five year cycle of
[7:32:38] watching the same thing over
[7:32:41] and over the cag the amount of
[7:32:42] money and ours the county has
[7:32:45] spent on this topic could put
[7:32:46] half of that towards fire.
[7:32:49] We did make a huge dent
[7:32:50] the fire problem.
[7:32:50] >> thank you.
[7:32:53] Thank you, matthew.
[7:32:53] All right.
[7:32:54] We'll continue the public
[7:32:56] comment here in the chambers.
[7:32:57] Hello.
[7:33:01] I'm an oelrich I don't know my
[7:33:04] district apologetically.
[7:33:05] I have my husband and I own
[7:33:08] sugarbush farms who are twenty
[7:33:09] five hundred square foot on a
[7:33:12] farm here in nevada county and
[7:33:13] this is our while we spent our
[7:33:13] life savings about two and a
[7:33:15] half years ago to make this
[7:33:16] possible to get permitted.
[7:33:17] This is our first year in
[7:33:19] the legal market trying to make
[7:33:23] this work and it's not working
[7:33:23] .
[7:33:24] So some things that would
[7:33:28] really help for us you know,
[7:33:28] the things the things that
[7:33:29] the state is already doing with
[7:33:31] the micro business license
[7:33:32] these business license types so
[7:33:35] I can make my sales at home
[7:33:36] tinctures that have helped my
[7:33:36] family along the years and
[7:33:40] myself so we could distribute
[7:33:40] our own product and not have to
[7:33:43] pay all this middleman just to
[7:33:44] kind of se it up so we can
[7:33:44] succeed.
[7:33:47] We want to work side by side
[7:33:48] with the others in
[7:33:48] the community.
[7:33:50] We don't want to be the enemy.
[7:33:51] We just want to make this work
[7:33:52] .
[7:33:52] And as somebody who's used
[7:33:54] medical marijuana for pain,
[7:33:55] hypo pituitary is in my entire
[7:33:59] life, you know, we can talk
[7:34:00] about quality of life and how I
[7:34:03] want it has changed my life and
[7:34:03] I'm sure others dealing with
[7:34:06] chronic fatigue, other things
[7:34:09] so a little bit of excessive
[7:34:10] traffic and a and a smell
[7:34:11] ruining the quality of your
[7:34:14] life just kind of comparatively
[7:34:14] bothers me.
[7:34:17] You agricultural products smell
[7:34:21] a horse manure smells our sheep
[7:34:22] farm up the street smells so
[7:34:25] does our marijuana product.
[7:34:26] You know, if we were seen as an
[7:34:28] agricultural business instead
[7:34:29] of a commercial business, maybe
[7:34:30] that would change.
[7:34:33] But or the fact of them the way
[7:34:36] it upsets everybody would
[7:34:37] change but it isn't so I guess
[7:34:40] I just hope that you can
[7:34:41] subscribe to these proposed
[7:34:42] changes and understand we're
[7:34:44] just humans like everybody else
[7:34:44] out there trying to make it
[7:34:45] work.
[7:34:48] And you know, if we could
[7:34:48] decrease our support area size
[7:34:51] and increase our canopy size,
[7:34:52] we might be able to donate more
[7:34:55] of our product to the calvert's
[7:34:56] group and other people at
[7:34:57] the distribution in town.
[7:34:59] So that people like me can have
[7:35:00] free medical marijuana.
[7:35:03] You know, just trying to make
[7:35:03] it work.
[7:35:06] So thank you for hearing me and
[7:35:07] that's all.
[7:35:20] Thank you, ed yabbie good
[7:35:21] afternoon.
[7:35:21] I'd like to require five
[7:35:22] minutes please because I
[7:35:25] minutes think the PRESIDENT
[7:35:25] Doesn't get five.
[7:35:26] I thought we did we're down to
[7:35:28] three.
[7:35:29] Debbie porter I live in heds
[7:35:32] group I am PRESIDENT Of
[7:35:32] the golden oaks homeowners
[7:35:35] association and along those
[7:35:36] lines I have been on the board
[7:35:37] since the late 1990s.
[7:35:40] PRESIDENT For at least 12 years
[7:35:40] .
[7:35:41] I have lived here for twenty
[7:35:43] five plus years firsthand
[7:35:44] knowledge of how the increase
[7:35:45] in traffic I will be referring
[7:35:48] to the traffic that comes and
[7:35:48] the fact that we're in a
[7:35:51] private association we're
[7:35:52] paying for the roads.
[7:35:53] >> uh, we have I oversee over
[7:35:55] 11 miles of private roads.
[7:35:56] My neighborhood consists of one
[7:35:58] hundred and three lots and
[7:35:59] seventeen easement properties
[7:36:00] that all use the private roads
[7:36:03] and pay your dues to maintain
[7:36:03] them.
[7:36:04] We acknowledge that we are
[7:36:07] zoned ag x but we are also a
[7:36:08] neighborhood of private homes
[7:36:11] with cars and bylaws that
[7:36:11] govern what is allowed since
[7:36:15] the county has decided to allow
[7:36:15] commercial cannabis businesses
[7:36:16] to set up some issues have
[7:36:18] occurred being termed
[7:36:18] commercial is it by this
[7:36:19] ordinance?
[7:36:22] I hope you can acknowledge
[7:36:22] the extra traffic that we see
[7:36:23] exists here.
[7:36:26] The owners have employees,
[7:36:27] the grower owners.
[7:36:30] The county has allowed trailers
[7:36:30] for their workers to use.
[7:36:31] Portable toilets are in place
[7:36:34] parking lots large greenhouses
[7:36:34] and outbuildings, increased
[7:36:35] traffic that brings in
[7:36:38] deliveries of soil fertilizers
[7:36:39] ,gravel support vehicles, et
[7:36:42] cetera.
[7:36:42] Um, this is already increased
[7:36:46] the traffic on our roads and we
[7:36:46] are trying to come up with a
[7:36:50] way to equitably pay our dues
[7:36:51] to this end I ask the following
[7:36:53] require any commercial business
[7:36:54] giving a license to operate in
[7:36:57] golden oaks, a directive to pay
[7:36:58] additional road dues and fees.
[7:37:02] One proposal is to charge a
[7:37:02] larger gross four times
[7:37:03] the standard fee smaller sites
[7:37:05] two times this should be
[7:37:06] doubled if you allow selling
[7:37:09] and manufacturing to occur do
[7:37:09] not allow these growth sites to
[7:37:10] sell directly from their
[7:37:13] property as they are seeking.
[7:37:14] I would think it would be
[7:37:15] obvious that this will create a
[7:37:17] great deal more traffic and
[7:37:18] bring a lot more people that
[7:37:18] would normally drive into our
[7:37:21] neighborhood by doing this
[7:37:22] the county is knowingly
[7:37:25] creating a burden on all of
[7:37:26] the people who own the property
[7:37:26] .
[7:37:28] Um, I'm going to have to skip
[7:37:28] we are desperate for
[7:37:29] the county's support.
[7:37:32] Uh, we have for legally allowed
[7:37:33] growers with a possible fifth
[7:37:36] that is four percent of
[7:37:37] the people who pay for our
[7:37:40] roads and it seems excessive
[7:37:41] that they don't pay more when
[7:37:43] they bring in so much traffic.
[7:37:44] As PRESIDENT I have been asked
[7:37:48] by one of our associates and
[7:37:48] members to say a few things
[7:37:49] because his kid's school was
[7:37:52] closed today and his wife is at
[7:37:53] work so he had to stay home.
[7:37:55] He is brought up to issues
[7:37:56] about the fifth amendment and
[7:37:59] the fourteenth amendment.
[7:38:00] In brief, the fourteenth
[7:38:03] amendment says no state shall
[7:38:03] deprive any person of
[7:38:04] the liberty or property without
[7:38:07] due process of law nor deny any
[7:38:11] person within its duties
[7:38:11] jurisdiction the equal
[7:38:12] protection of the law fifth
[7:38:15] amendment says uh let's see
[7:38:19] property without due process
[7:38:20] nor shall private property be
[7:38:20] taken for public use without
[7:38:23] just compensation.
[7:38:24] I'm pleased to say that you are
[7:38:26] reacting to some ccr issues
[7:38:27] because the burden is being put
[7:38:30] on those of us who are paying
[7:38:31] to use our roads with a very
[7:38:34] few people in the neighborhood
[7:38:35] who have excessively increased
[7:38:38] the traffic, he I can't ok.
[7:38:39] All right.
[7:38:39] Well thank you.
[7:38:40] that goes fast.
[7:38:42] I know I know I don't have a
[7:38:42] problem with these ordinances.
[7:38:45] I just hope that you remember
[7:38:46] what you're doing to
[7:38:49] the majority of the people in
[7:38:50] these private road associations
[7:38:52] to help a minority.
[7:38:56] Thank you very good afternoon
[7:38:56] supervisors.
[7:38:59] >> my name is tim morlin.
[7:39:00] I am a board member for
[7:39:03] the nevada county cannabis
[7:39:03] alliance.
[7:39:04] I actually live in sacramento.
[7:39:07] I'm here to speak in support of
[7:39:08] the proposed ordinance that is
[7:39:11] before you today.
[7:39:12] One of the main reasons I would
[7:39:15] speak in support that is just
[7:39:16] allowing additional license
[7:39:19] types.
[7:39:20] I am a former regulator for
[7:39:20] the state of california.
[7:39:22] I worked for CHAIRMAN
[7:39:23] CHAIRWOMAN fiona ma when she's
[7:39:27] at the board of equalization
[7:39:28] and from twenty fifteen to
[7:39:31] twenty eighteen.
[7:39:32] Nevada county was one of
[7:39:32] the first places that we
[7:39:34] actually took a tour of of
[7:39:38] the cannabis industry one of
[7:39:39] the major ideas was to allow
[7:39:42] cannabis licenses to have
[7:39:43] multiple licenses.
[7:39:45] I think that's what we're doing
[7:39:45] here.
[7:39:49] That's a great idea and it
[7:39:50] helps it helps the cannabis
[7:39:53] businesses save money obviously
[7:39:54] want to speak on distribution.
[7:39:55] I've worked in the industry for
[7:39:57] some large distributors.
[7:39:58] >> it's going to save a lot of
[7:40:01] money just on the distribution
[7:40:01] costs.
[7:40:04] Distribution can range anywhere
[7:40:05] from ten to twenty five percent
[7:40:08] and that's not even including
[7:40:13] packaging cost a whole other
[7:40:13] litany of costs that a
[7:40:16] distributor could assess to a
[7:40:17] cannabis farmer.
[7:40:17] So this is going to save
[7:40:20] the industry money allowing
[7:40:21] the other license types as well
[7:40:24] to will allow them to to cut
[7:40:24] costs.
[7:40:25] Look at the cannabis industry
[7:40:28] right now is in dire straits.
[7:40:28] It's a tough market.
[7:40:32] There's a lot of issues.
[7:40:33] There's overproduction, there's
[7:40:34] illicit market activity.
[7:40:36] There's a whole bunch of issues
[7:40:36] that are making the bottom line
[7:40:39] very tough especially for small
[7:40:40] cultivators and for small
[7:40:43] businesses.
[7:40:47] So this is a perfect plan to
[7:40:48] allow companies to save money
[7:40:51] and to cut costs.
[7:40:52] Also wanted to speak on
[7:40:55] the traffic.
[7:40:56] I know the traffic has been
[7:40:57] talked about.
[7:41:00] Look at you allow companies to
[7:41:00] have their own distribution
[7:41:03] licenses.
[7:41:04] >> they there's just
[7:41:05] essentially going to be less
[7:41:06] traffic because you're going to
[7:41:07] have less distributors coming
[7:41:11] in to this area to pick up
[7:41:11] product from cannabis
[7:41:15] cultivators and manufacturers.
[7:41:15] So that eliminates traffic
[7:41:35] right there.
[7:41:36] This in my opinion just looking
[7:41:37] at it also is good for
[7:41:37] the environment too because
[7:41:38] you're you're reducing
[7:41:39] the amount of traffic driving
[7:41:39] in and out.
[7:41:40] So that is a good thing as well
[7:41:40] .
[7:41:41] I also wanted just before I
[7:41:41] close real quick on
[7:41:42] the additional license types
[7:41:43] this you know, on the flip side
[7:41:43] it will allow folks to do their
[7:41:44] own processing, their own
[7:41:44] distribution.
[7:41:45] But this is also will help them
[7:41:46] generate revenue too with these
[7:41:47] license types they can package
[7:41:47] for other companies with
[7:41:48] the distribution license or
[7:41:50] with the manufacture license.
[7:41:50] Obviously they can sell other
[7:41:54] other brands products.
[7:41:57] So I really urge you to pass
[7:41:57] this planning commission
[7:41:58] ordinance and thank you for
[7:42:00] your time.
[7:42:04] Thank you, tim.
[7:42:08] >> good afternoon chair
[7:42:11] schofield and honorable
[7:42:12] supervisor of county staff.
[7:42:13] Good afternoon.
[7:42:16] My name is abraham walinski.
[7:42:17] I live in district four with my
[7:42:19] wife and three sons and
[7:42:23] the vice PRESIDENT Of our road
[7:42:24] association which is wolf
[7:42:27] mountain and I take great care
[7:42:31] in helping and support a
[7:42:31] neighborhood and the roads my
[7:42:35] wife and I operate green
[7:42:35] hummingbird farm a quarter acre
[7:42:39] organic cannabis farm.
[7:42:40] I'm here today to talk about
[7:42:43] the proposed setbacks for any
[7:42:43] new canopy that's over ten
[7:42:46] thousand square feet in
[7:42:47] the proposed one hundred feet.
[7:42:50] One hundred and fifty setbacks
[7:42:54] will disqualify many farmers
[7:42:58] from participating in because
[7:42:58] most of the parcels in
[7:42:59] the county are sitting on odd
[7:43:02] shapes and they're their step
[7:43:06] terrains and waterways.
[7:43:07] Now if we go back four years
[7:43:10] ago to the cag meeting this was
[7:43:11] an issue and it was agreed that
[7:43:13] it will be 100 feet and nt
[7:43:17] changed because this puts a lot
[7:43:21] out of the game and I wanted to
[7:43:21] clarify about the other 10000
[7:43:24] square feet and I have a 10000
[7:43:29] square a 9000 support area a
[7:43:30] which is already set for
[7:43:33] the 100 feet.
[7:43:34] I have nowhere to go and many
[7:43:36] farmers are like me.
[7:43:37] They have nowhere to go.
[7:43:37] That's it.
[7:43:40] If you increase the setbacks
[7:43:41] we're not going to enjoy it.
[7:43:44] So we're taking two steps ahead
[7:43:45] and one step back.
[7:43:48] I'm grateful what the county
[7:43:49] has been doing but like I said
[7:43:51] ,it's not going to help us at
[7:43:55] the end of the day modifying
[7:43:58] new areas will cause
[7:43:59] significant disruption to
[7:43:59] the environment.
[7:44:00] This will put small farmers
[7:44:02] that needs to grow in their
[7:44:03] support area in difficult
[7:44:06] situations in that will cause
[7:44:07] them to take well they won't be
[7:44:10] able to take advantage over to
[7:44:11] the cost and the environmental
[7:44:14] and environmental impacts today
[7:44:15] I'm asking to adopt
[7:44:18] the ordinance, however, seeking
[7:44:18] to grandfather in setbacks for
[7:44:22] those farmers who are under
[7:44:23] twenty thousand square feet and
[7:44:26] already licensed increase
[7:44:29] setbacks for those increase in
[7:44:30] backs for those at twenty
[7:44:34] thousand square feet would be
[7:44:35] more appropriate because those
[7:44:38] that have more than 24000
[7:44:38] square feet are probably on
[7:44:41] bigger parcels while there is
[7:44:42] variance in the easement
[7:44:45] setback process we all know
[7:44:46] where those processes and how
[7:44:49] they work they never really
[7:44:50] happen and I'm really concerned
[7:44:52] that this process a will just
[7:44:56] be another spending money
[7:44:56] process in.
[7:45:00] Thank you so much and I hope
[7:45:01] this was heard and understood.
[7:45:04] >> thank you.
[7:45:05] Thank you reverend.
[7:45:06] How many more speakers do you
[7:45:10] have?
[7:45:11] Ok, I'd like to kind of wrap
[7:45:11] this up.
[7:45:14] I think we've heard a pretty
[7:45:18] good amount so if you get up in
[7:45:18] line and we'll all kind of put
[7:45:22] it at yeah there you go.
[7:45:22] >> go ahead.
[7:45:25] Next speaker hello I'm vicki d
[7:45:26] .
[7:45:26] >> I don't know what district
[7:45:29] I'm in but I speak into
[7:45:30] the microphone.
[7:45:30] My name vicki day.
[7:45:31] I've lived in nevada county for
[7:45:33] twenty one years now and built
[7:45:34] my house in two thousand and
[7:45:37] six on a two acre parcel.
[7:45:38] >> I'm surrounded by seven and
[7:45:40] 10 acre parcels around me I
[7:45:44] have about seven illegal grows
[7:45:45] around my parcel and we've been
[7:45:45] coexisting.
[7:45:49] Ok until this most recent
[7:45:52] person that moved in decided to
[7:45:53] cut and has the ambition to put
[7:45:57] in a commercial grow right in
[7:45:57] the middle of my neighborhood
[7:46:00] right on the road.
[7:46:01] So for myself I want to see
[7:46:04] small farmers.
[7:46:05] I want you guys to be
[7:46:06] productive but there's always
[7:46:07] that one bad egg that gets me
[7:46:11] to be here today and the idea
[7:46:12] that he's going to put in a
[7:46:15] potentially commercial road
[7:46:16] that I can see from my house
[7:46:19] that is going to be smelling
[7:46:20] terribly, bringing in more
[7:46:23] traffic I've had in the past
[7:46:23] guns coming into my
[7:46:26] neighborhood because of
[7:46:27] the illegal grows that are in
[7:46:28] the area.
[7:46:31] So I just ask you that as we
[7:46:31] try to support our farmers
[7:46:35] which I'm there and and I want
[7:46:35] small businesses this is why I
[7:46:36] live in nevada county at
[7:46:38] the same time don't forget
[7:46:39] about people that moved up here
[7:46:43] just to be here just to be in
[7:46:43] the woods, just to feel safe in
[7:46:46] their neighborhood and I would
[7:46:46] really like to see these
[7:46:47] additional set backs especially
[7:46:50] for neighborhoods.
[7:46:50] So if there was maybe a way to
[7:46:54] think about now I'm new to this
[7:46:54] process is maybe a home a
[7:46:58] residential home doesn't have
[7:46:58] to be within a thousand feet of
[7:47:01] commercial grow.
[7:47:02] I don't know if that is
[7:47:03] something that's been looked at
[7:47:04] or not, but thank you for your
[7:47:04] time.
[7:47:05] I know you guys have been here
[7:47:06] for a long time so thank you.
[7:47:09] >> I'm willow valley berger
[7:47:09] road district one.
[7:47:19] Ok, thank thank you.
[7:47:22] My name is wade laughter I live
[7:47:23] in district one.
[7:47:23] Hello heidi.
[7:47:30] Chair schofield lou reed.
[7:47:31] First of all I want to say that
[7:47:32] a little quick look through
[7:47:35] history our original cannabis
[7:47:39] ordinance was drafted to try
[7:47:39] and solve some of the problems
[7:47:42] caused by prohibition and in a
[7:47:46] deliberate and I think
[7:47:50] appropriate way y'all went slow
[7:47:54] small scale and now after a
[7:47:55] couple of years you've seen
[7:47:55] some of the challenges I've
[7:47:58] heard from some of the people
[7:47:59] who are actually trying to obey
[7:48:02] the rules and this new
[7:48:02] ordinance I really want to call
[7:48:05] out MR. Foss and MISS Lemon and
[7:48:09] welcome to the board of
[7:48:09] supervisors of our third.
[7:48:12] But this is a very complicated
[7:48:13] topic because it seems to me as
[7:48:17] I read the new ordinance, it
[7:48:17] really is an attempt to
[7:48:22] regulate something like what
[7:48:22] the market was when I was very
[7:48:26] busy and it's appropriate to
[7:48:29] have controls.
[7:48:30] One of the few things that's
[7:48:30] nice about legalization is
[7:48:34] the availability of safe, clean
[7:48:35] tested consistent product for
[7:48:38] patients, which is the next
[7:48:40] thing I wanted to speak to as a
[7:48:44] patient myself with a really
[7:48:49] renewed strong interest in what
[7:48:50] cannabis might do for a person
[7:48:50] .
[7:48:52] Uh here in nevada county
[7:48:56] because of you all and folks in
[7:49:00] the planning department council
[7:49:04] and even the sheriff we're
[7:49:04] working this out.
[7:49:05] We're trying to sort out how to
[7:49:08] go from literally a market
[7:49:09] where the only rules were don't
[7:49:12] get caught to this insane
[7:49:16] overly regulated situation that
[7:49:28] we have and this goes a long
[7:49:28] way towards giving the folks
[7:49:29] who actually are trying to obey
[7:49:29] the rules a chance to make a
[7:49:29] living at it so that person's
[7:49:29] like myself or some of
[7:49:32] the children in our community
[7:49:32] would continue to have access
[7:49:35] to what this plant can do for
[7:49:39] them.
[7:49:40] >> so I guess that's all I have
[7:49:40] to say.
[7:49:43] I think you can probably tell
[7:49:43] would be in favor of you all
[7:49:46] voting for this in much like
[7:49:46] the same time we did
[7:49:47] the ordinance a couple of years
[7:49:50] back.
[7:49:51] Let's see how it works.
[7:49:51] Give people a chance.
[7:49:54] Let's if they obey the rules,
[7:49:55] pay their taxes, maybe even
[7:49:58] some of them will succeed
[7:49:58] generate jobs.
[7:49:59] It might be a great story
[7:50:02] someday.
[7:50:02] So thank you for your
[7:50:03] consideration and I look
[7:50:05] forward to seeing more of you
[7:50:06] this year.
[7:50:06] Thank you, wade.
[7:50:13] Thank you.
[7:50:14] These are the folks that
[7:50:20] deserve your applause.
[7:50:25] Hello my name is pamela and I
[7:50:28] come from district two and I
[7:50:29] would like to bring up just a
[7:50:32] few points if you don't mind.
[7:50:35] One of them is a question I am
[7:50:39] curious to see how much income
[7:50:40] the fees on lowgar local grows
[7:50:43] bring into our economy.
[7:50:44] I don't know where that
[7:50:45] information is available for
[7:50:48] the public but I would love to
[7:50:51] find out and I'm also curious
[7:50:55] to see with the possibile of
[7:50:56] the farms selling directly from
[7:50:59] the farm what the dispensaries
[7:51:00] how that'll affect
[7:51:03] the dispensaries and
[7:51:04] the control that that allows on
[7:51:07] the industry with the testing
[7:51:11] and stuff how it affects their
[7:51:12] sales and what they think of
[7:51:12] that.
[7:51:15] So I'm that type of information
[7:51:16] if you guys can provide that
[7:51:19] information, appreciate it.
[7:51:23] Um, that this was from one of
[7:51:27] my neighbors he he wanted to be
[7:51:28] able to come but was unable to
[7:51:28] .
[7:51:30] How can you nevada county
[7:51:31] require the majority of
[7:51:31] the people in a private road
[7:51:34] association to pay for
[7:51:35] the actions of a few?
[7:51:35] Yes it is their private
[7:51:38] property but what they are
[7:51:39] proposing requires a drastic
[7:51:59] increase in the use on
[7:52:00] the highway private roads now
[7:52:01] at the commissioners meeting
[7:52:01] they informed us that nevada
[7:52:02] county only owns thirty percent
[7:52:03] of these roads in the in
[7:52:03] the rural community which means
[7:52:04] seventy percent of them a
[7:52:05] majority belong to private
[7:52:05] association and that
[7:52:06] information isn't something I
[7:52:06] came up with.
[7:52:07] That's what they came up with
[7:52:09] in the meeting.
[7:52:10] Perhaps nevada county should be
[7:52:10] paying the private road
[7:52:14] association for this increase
[7:52:14] in use as part of your annual
[7:52:17] budget.
[7:52:18] After all, you are the ones
[7:52:19] taken the liberty to allow this
[7:52:21] in private in private industry
[7:52:24] and unrestricted use of our
[7:52:25] private roads.
[7:52:25] All the while you are
[7:52:28] collecting taxes and profiting
[7:52:29] from the revenue on
[7:52:31] the industry that the industry
[7:52:31] produces.
[7:52:36] >> um, it is true where we
[7:52:39] struggle to maintain the roads
[7:52:40] .
[7:52:40] It's very expensive as nevada
[7:52:44] county will admit that they
[7:52:47] don't want to have to pay for
[7:52:48] all these private roads but we
[7:52:51] would appreciate if there was
[7:52:52] more repect for what we have
[7:52:56] to go through to maintain our
[7:52:56] neighborhoods.
[7:53:00] And not only that, there's been
[7:53:03] numerous cases where we have
[7:53:04] lost high school students from
[7:53:07] the pot because it's been laced
[7:53:07] with stuff.
[7:53:11] Well this encourages a lot of
[7:53:11] the families don't want their
[7:53:15] kids around the industry and
[7:53:15] now they have no choice because
[7:53:19] it's brought right into their
[7:53:19] homeland.
[7:53:22] So I'd appreciate if you would
[7:53:23] consider that also it is a
[7:53:25] majority of the people.
[7:53:26] Thank you.
[7:53:29] Thank you, pamela.
[7:53:30] Good afternoon.
[7:53:34] Diane gamson, executive
[7:53:34] director of the nevada county
[7:53:35] cannabis alliance, a trade
[7:53:38] association representing over
[7:53:38] 200 cannabis businesses.
[7:53:41] Our members are pioneering
[7:53:42] small farmers, artisanal
[7:53:45] product makers and prominent
[7:53:46] cannabis educators collectively
[7:53:47] in twenty twenty one the local
[7:53:50] cannabis industry was valued at
[7:53:51] twelve million dollars roughly
[7:53:54] half the value of our entire
[7:53:55] agricultural interests in
[7:53:57] the county for that year.
[7:53:57] Yet licensed harvested cannabis
[7:54:00] is utilizing only eighteen
[7:54:01] acres.
[7:54:01] That is the equivalent of
[7:54:05] the size of the of that is
[7:54:06] the entire size of mountain
[7:54:06] bounty.
[7:54:09] Our farmers have been featured
[7:54:09] in vanity fair forbes
[7:54:12] the california state fair and
[7:54:13] have won prestigious awards for
[7:54:13] our craft products and we are
[7:54:16] just getting started over
[7:54:17] the past three years since our
[7:54:20] audience is adoption, county
[7:54:20] staff has created a framework
[7:54:23] for public participation
[7:54:24] through town halls and dozens
[7:54:25] of stakeholder meetings.
[7:54:28] The audience before you today
[7:54:28] represent a comprehensive
[7:54:31] ordinance that balances
[7:54:31] the need of economic
[7:54:32] development opportunities and
[7:54:35] land use compatible and we
[7:54:35] support the continued
[7:54:39] discussions to ensure land use
[7:54:39] compatibilities with highways
[7:54:43] and for the board discussions
[7:54:44] on that thse minor changes to
[7:54:47] the ordinance will provide
[7:54:47] the tools the license types
[7:54:50] necessary for our small farmers
[7:54:51] to modestly adapt their
[7:54:54] business plans just as any crop
[7:54:54] for farmer is permitted.
[7:54:55] Everything that is proposed
[7:54:58] today is already allowed as a
[7:55:02] use on agricultural zone land
[7:55:02] and is currently in use by
[7:55:06] traditional farmers.
[7:55:06] Today marks a historic moment
[7:55:10] in moving in providing
[7:55:10] the simple opportunity of
[7:55:13] letting our cannabis farmers
[7:55:13] farm.
[7:55:14] Over two hundred small
[7:55:17] businesses have started since
[7:55:17] twenty nineteen, employing over
[7:55:18] two hundred and fifty people in
[7:55:21] the unincorporated area of our
[7:55:21] rural community.
[7:55:22] This economic growth is
[7:55:25] unpressed ended and with
[7:55:26] the adoption of the ordinance
[7:55:29] amendments today the trend will
[7:55:29] continue.
[7:55:30] We support the full adoption of
[7:55:33] your audit of the ordinance
[7:55:34] before you today with two
[7:55:34] modifications.
[7:55:37] First in alignment with circle
[7:55:38] and the letter that the bear
[7:55:41] you built land trust set
[7:55:41] submitted and the policy
[7:55:42] committee of the cannabis
[7:55:45] alliance we support the twenty
[7:55:45] thousand square foot for mixed
[7:55:46] cultivation limit with
[7:55:49] the amendment in ef1.
[7:55:50] Second, given the use permit
[7:55:53] process for microbeads with
[7:55:53] retail license we believe
[7:55:57] the use permit should dictate
[7:55:58] the size of the facility with
[7:56:01] an amendment giving discretion
[7:56:01] to the use permit.
[7:56:02] That's a lot of words and
[7:56:05] the size the micro business
[7:56:06] with an amendment in section k.
[7:56:09] one of note the highest
[7:56:10] priority as you've heard today
[7:56:13] is to not move the goalposts
[7:56:14] for existing license farmers
[7:56:14] that are adopting their
[7:56:17] adapting their farm plans.
[7:56:18] There must be a simple variance
[7:56:21] process in place if existing
[7:56:21] farmers need to meet new
[7:56:22] setbacks creating overly
[7:56:24] burdensome regulations on
[7:56:25] farmers who have existing
[7:56:25] infrastructure in place will
[7:56:28] discourage businesses from
[7:56:29] taking advantage of the tools
[7:56:32] being approved today should a
[7:56:33] farmer seek to maintain their
[7:56:33] existing 100 foot setback.
[7:56:34] We want to ensure that
[7:56:36] the various process is simple
[7:56:37] about updating approval with
[7:56:40] the neighboring property should
[7:56:41] suffice to maintain it, express
[7:56:44] our gratitude for recognition
[7:56:45] of cannabis as an economic
[7:56:48] driver and the many steps
[7:56:49] forward that today's adoption
[7:56:49] the ordinance will lead us.
[7:56:50] Thank you.
[7:56:54] Thank you.
[7:56:58] Hi my name is michael chadstone
[7:56:58] .
[7:56:59] I am a resident of district
[7:57:02] four and diane is always a
[7:57:03] tough act to follow but I'll
[7:57:07] try on 40 acres of exxon land
[7:57:10] and as we all know the primary
[7:57:11] use of that exxon land is
[7:57:14] agricultural activities which
[7:57:15] is at a very base level.
[7:57:15] What we're seeking to
[7:57:18] accomplish here today I have a
[7:57:19] 10000 square foot mixed
[7:57:22] facility there and I appreciate
[7:57:22] your consideration of this
[7:57:25] common sense policy before
[7:57:26] today that is both a natural
[7:57:29] and anticipated progression of
[7:57:30] the work that we did several
[7:57:31] years ago on the ordinance and
[7:57:33] is critical for our local
[7:57:34] farmers and operators five
[7:57:37] years ago I started a
[7:57:38] distribution company in the bay
[7:57:41] area that serves to support my
[7:57:44] farm and local other farms up
[7:57:45] here simply because the local
[7:57:48] jurisdiction here we weren't
[7:57:49] there yet on our leisinger
[7:57:49] process so I still own and
[7:57:53] operate that facility down in
[7:57:53] the bay area.
[7:57:54] I would love nothing more than
[7:57:56] to bring that facility up here
[7:57:56] to my existing operation to my
[7:57:59] home.
[7:58:03] >> at the end of the day what
[7:58:04] that looks like in distribution
[7:58:05] is you know it sounds scary.
[7:58:07] We hear these nonvolatile
[7:58:08] distribution industrial terms.
[7:58:12] It's me driving a van three or
[7:58:14] four times a month round trip
[7:58:15] unfortunately with very
[7:58:16] expensive commercial insurance
[7:58:16] .
[7:58:19] So there's not a major influx
[7:58:19] on our roads.
[7:58:22] I live on a private road.
[7:58:23] We pay for those increases in
[7:58:26] the road.
[7:58:27] Benefits to our local community
[7:58:28] will be great.
[7:58:31] There will additional tax base
[7:58:34] ,et cetera on the distribution
[7:58:34] license.
[7:58:35] I'm happy to answer any
[7:58:35] questions that you have.
[7:58:38] I've been though it all at
[7:58:38] the state level so any
[7:58:39] questions I'd be happy to
[7:58:42] answer as a commercial
[7:58:45] agricultural operation my farm
[7:58:46] is required to comply with
[7:58:47] commercial building and fire
[7:58:47] standards for our cultivation
[7:58:49] support areas.
[7:58:49] This is a significant capital
[7:58:53] investment and we simply ask
[7:58:53] you that we utilize this
[7:58:57] existing space when it's
[7:58:57] underutilized during much of
[7:58:58] the year for these ancillary
[7:59:01] and supportive uses.
[7:59:01] These additional license types
[7:59:04] are truly administrative in
[7:59:05] nature and would simply allow
[7:59:06] farms to control the processing
[7:59:09] and packaging of their own
[7:59:09] products without having to use
[7:59:13] a third party like myself.
[7:59:13] This is obviously consistent
[7:59:17] with their ag operations apple
[7:59:20] orchards making cut apples and
[7:59:21] packaging them or making cider
[7:59:23] some of these things and we're
[7:59:24] subject to our building fire
[7:59:27] land use secret standards
[7:59:28] already at this point.
[7:59:31] So this is well within your
[7:59:32] purview and ability to be able
[7:59:33] to exercise on this ordinance
[7:59:35] today.
[7:59:36] I'd like to thank the staff on
[7:59:39] the board for considering this
[7:59:43] ensuring a fair public process
[7:59:44] throughout the course of this
[7:59:45] school compliance adherence to
[7:59:48] land use fire building
[7:59:48] standards and I applaud you for
[7:59:51] continuing to refine our
[7:59:51] program.
[7:59:52] Thank you.
[7:59:58] Thank you, michael.
[7:59:59] Good afternoon.
[8:00:00] Jonathan collier, district one
[8:00:03] seven years ago I was a
[8:00:04] founding member of the what is
[8:00:07] now the nevada cannabis
[8:00:07] alliance and I remember many of
[8:00:11] you siting side by side
[8:00:11] meetings and for the most part
[8:00:12] I think I went through my notes
[8:00:14] away because a lot of people
[8:00:15] have spoken to this and I feel
[8:00:18] I'm a little rusty.
[8:00:19] I mean I was listening to this
[8:00:22] whole meeting is just amazing
[8:00:22] how articulate and how
[8:00:26] professional members of
[8:00:26] the cannabis industry have
[8:00:27] become.
[8:00:30] I remember 2012 2014 and when
[8:00:30] we pretty much had at our for
[8:00:34] lack of a better term circus's
[8:00:37] and it's just that evolution
[8:00:37] has been so astounding.
[8:00:38] I think most of these poc are
[8:00:42] much more articulate than I am
[8:00:43] these days and I think we're at
[8:00:46] a very important point here as
[8:00:47] we continue to move these
[8:00:50] regulations, this process
[8:00:50] forward.
[8:00:51] As we know there's a lot
[8:00:53] changing there be a lot that
[8:00:54] continues to change.
[8:00:54] It's an industry similar to
[8:00:57] the building industry where
[8:00:58] every three or four years we
[8:01:01] see the regular updates,
[8:01:01] regulatory updates and we have
[8:01:02] to continue to evolve with them
[8:01:05] and we're at another point
[8:01:05] where it's happening and I and
[8:01:09] I just have to say just
[8:01:10] watching what's happened across
[8:01:10] the state of california, I
[8:01:11] think people I've spoken to
[8:01:13] this you know, nevada county
[8:01:14] has done one of the best jobs
[8:01:17] by doing a slow balanced
[8:01:18] approach by taking into
[8:01:21] consideration the interests of
[8:01:22] the public and measuring that
[8:01:25] with the industry and I just
[8:01:29] want to also just put in that
[8:01:30] we're also going to have to see
[8:01:30] things for the future and I
[8:01:31] think people have been spoken
[8:01:32] to that too.
[8:01:33] I know seven years ago when we
[8:01:34] talked about this we talked
[8:01:36] about a craft industry and
[8:01:37] beginning to open up th things
[8:01:40] that would kind of make us napa
[8:01:40] and sonoma.
[8:01:41] So we begin that today with
[8:01:44] the micro business licenses and
[8:01:45] I think there's so much more to
[8:01:48] be said.
[8:01:49] But again, it's just let
[8:01:51] the people do what they're
[8:01:51] doing.
[8:01:52] We're doing such a good job of
[8:01:53] continue to do what you've been
[8:01:55] doing and I think we'll see
[8:01:56] really important things happen
[8:01:56] .
[8:01:59] And I also think that we'll see
[8:02:00] a lot of the late comers also
[8:02:20] be inspired.
[8:02:21] The more that we make our
[8:02:21] businesses that exist
[8:02:22] successful, the more that
[8:02:22] encourages the late comers to
[8:02:23] come on board and continue to
[8:02:24] be a model of success for
[8:02:24] the future.
[8:02:25] So just really appreciate
[8:02:26] everything that's been done and
[8:02:26] appreciate all the people that
[8:02:27] have stpped up through
[8:02:28] the years to make this happen.
[8:02:28] >> so thank you much.
[8:02:29] Thank you, jonathan.
[8:02:29] And good afternoon sherry
[8:02:30] schofield and supervisors.
[8:02:31] My name is john folie I river
[8:02:31] rivers ranch excuse me a 63
[8:02:33] acre parcel and district four
[8:02:34] where my family and I cultivate
[8:02:37] cannabis and graze beef cattle
[8:02:37] .
[8:02:38] >> I also serve as the board
[8:02:39] chair of the nevada county
[8:02:41] cannabis alliance.
[8:02:42] I'm a member of the nevada
[8:02:42] county farm bureau and I was
[8:02:45] one of the first licensees in
[8:02:46] the county when the ordinance
[8:02:48] first passed in twenty nineteen
[8:02:48] .
[8:02:49] As I stand here today I'm happy
[8:02:50] to recognize all the faces
[8:02:53] looking at me and I feel
[8:02:53] grateful that I've gotten to
[8:02:54] know all of you over the last
[8:02:56] few years.
[8:02:57] I think it shows an incredible
[8:03:00] amount of progress trust,
[8:03:01] respect that U.S. Leadership
[8:03:01] and myself and the cannabis
[8:03:05] industry have developed in that
[8:03:05] time.
[8:03:06] >> it is unique and surely not
[8:03:09] the experience of all in other
[8:03:12] jurisdictions after voters in
[8:03:12] nevada county overwhelmingly
[8:03:15] defeated measure w and
[8:03:16] the community advisory group
[8:03:17] deliberated for one year
[8:03:20] the county listened to the will
[8:03:20] of the people and invested in
[8:03:23] the cannabis industry with
[8:03:24] the approval of funds for a
[8:03:25] programmatic evironmental
[8:03:27] impact report and the passage
[8:03:28] of a cannabis cultivation
[8:03:30] ordinance during public comment
[8:03:31] before the passage of
[8:03:32] the cannabis ordinance, I spoke
[8:03:32] to the partnership that
[8:03:35] the county the cannabis
[8:03:35] industry we're now entering and
[8:03:39] had and now the success of our
[8:03:39] program would be codependent as
[8:03:43] farmers was our responsibility
[8:03:43] to become good operators
[8:03:47] business people, neighbors and
[8:03:47] examples to others
[8:03:49] transitioning into compliance
[8:03:50] for the county would be
[8:03:51] imperative to listen to
[8:03:51] the needs of the industry and
[8:03:54] adjust the ordinance to afford
[8:03:55] the flexibility required by our
[8:03:57] operators and an eer changing
[8:03:58] a turbulent marketplace with
[8:04:01] the amount of time resources,
[8:04:02] money spent, we had an ethical
[8:04:03] responsibility to continue
[8:04:06] forward in this manner.
[8:04:06] While this transitionary period
[8:04:10] hasn't been perfect, it has by
[8:04:10] and large been a success today
[8:04:13] in this room our sitting some
[8:04:14] of the finest cannabis
[8:04:15] cultivators in the state our
[8:04:17] farmers are winning awards,
[8:04:18] setting new trends for
[8:04:18] cultivation styles and
[8:04:21] techniques and penetrating
[8:04:22] marketplace dominated by large
[8:04:24] scale investor back operations
[8:04:25] .
[8:04:25] We are defying the odds stacked
[8:04:29] against us proving a small
[8:04:29] scale owner operator.
[8:04:30] Businesses have a place in this
[8:04:32] industry.
[8:04:33] In return, county leadership
[8:04:34] and staff have continued to
[8:04:37] effectively communicate with
[8:04:37] the industry and community,
[8:04:40] listen to its needs and make
[8:04:41] the appropriate adjustments to
[8:04:43] serve the vitality of both.
[8:04:44] >> we are all here today is
[8:04:48] proof the proposed amendments
[8:04:48] the ordinance offer operators
[8:04:49] the tools needed for continued
[8:04:52] success when, how and if they
[8:04:53] choose to use them will be
[8:04:55] different for everyone.
[8:04:56] But the choice is ours
[8:04:58] the ability to diversify
[8:04:59] modestly scale vertically
[8:05:00] integrate create value added
[8:05:03] products and directly reach
[8:05:04] the consumer is how small
[8:05:07] agricultural producers succeed
[8:05:07] and thrive.
[8:05:08] We are not asking for special
[8:05:10] or preferential treatment
[8:05:11] simply to be treated the same.
[8:05:12] I ask that your board adopt
[8:05:14] the proposed cannabis ordinance
[8:05:14] changes today with the minor
[8:05:15] modifications proposed by
[8:05:19] the cannabis alliance and I
[8:05:19] promise our industry will
[8:05:20] continue to make positive
[8:05:23] strides effectively communicate
[8:05:27] lead by example and strengthen
[8:05:27] the health of our community.
[8:05:28] >> thank you for your time.
[8:05:34] Thank you john.
[8:05:35] >> my name is kevin gentlemen.
[8:05:38] I'm in the 2nd district
[8:05:42] district two and gold notes and
[8:05:45] actually have two properties
[8:05:49] near wayne and to license
[8:05:53] properties.
[8:05:54] I'm going to try to keep this
[8:05:54] quick but I do want to address
[8:05:55] a few things I've heard here
[8:05:57] today one regarding the testing
[8:06:01] and what's required for
[8:06:02] the chemicals for cannabis.
[8:06:02] We my mom used to work for
[8:06:04] the epa and cannabis requires
[8:06:08] epa or even more difficult
[8:06:09] standards just just so that's
[8:06:12] understood.
[8:06:16] I think one thing that's really
[8:06:17] important about what's
[8:06:19] happening here today is to
[8:06:19] hopefully negate some of
[8:06:23] the need or the fact that there
[8:06:24] are so many illegal gross and I
[8:06:27] want to thank everybody for
[8:06:27] being part of this.
[8:06:31] I know that this is a difficult
[8:06:31] process and I see a lot of
[8:06:32] progress happening in this
[8:06:35] county with the last ordinance
[8:06:35] .
[8:06:36] What's proposed right now?
[8:06:36] I think that's really important
[8:06:39] when it comes to illegal
[8:06:40] activity and I think that is
[8:06:42] something we should all be
[8:06:43] focused on in both estuaries
[8:06:47] and in the county in general.
[8:06:48] And this is all good work that
[8:06:49] we're doing here today.
[8:06:53] >> now.
[8:06:54] So thank you to everybody for
[8:06:54] being involved in this process
[8:06:56] and helping on another thing I
[8:07:01] heard on sales, any sales
[8:07:02] whatsoever in the state of
[8:07:02] california still require
[8:07:05] testing the same really
[8:07:08] difficult testing to pass.
[8:07:12] One thing that's specific to my
[8:07:13] situation one of my properties
[8:07:13] is the oak management plan.
[8:07:16] The idea of replacing oak trees
[8:07:17] over like two thirds of my
[8:07:20] property is a forest enough for
[8:07:24] us in our neighborhood.
[8:07:25] We have a lot of fires.
[8:07:26] We I think last year we had
[8:07:28] five fires within one month
[8:07:29] that were over an acre.
[8:07:32] The idea of replant oaks
[8:07:33] doesn't necessarily make a lot
[8:07:33] of sense to me, especially if
[8:07:36] it's every place replant
[8:07:37] something in those spaces which
[8:07:40] might help with the visual
[8:07:41] impact.
[8:07:43] So the idea of being able to
[8:07:44] allot some of this to like this
[8:07:47] you would trust then I think
[8:07:51] that would be very valuable
[8:07:52] which was allowed when I first
[8:07:54] did my first license but now
[8:07:55] when I did my second one that's
[8:07:55] not it for me.
[8:08:02] Thank thank you.
[8:08:03] >> and this will be our last
[8:08:06] speaker my name's maggie.
[8:08:07] I'm actually speaking on behalf
[8:08:08] of scott galbraith who could
[8:08:10] not be here due to the weather
[8:08:13] good supervisors.
[8:08:14] I am here today to speak in
[8:08:14] favor of adoption of
[8:08:17] the ordinance with strong
[8:08:18] support for the allowance of a
[8:08:21] cannabis micro business with a
[8:08:22] retail license.
[8:08:22] >> I am a proud owner of a
[8:08:25] twenty five acre winery and
[8:08:26] vineyard where I live with my
[8:08:27] wife and our adorable four year
[8:08:29] old the idyllic property where
[8:08:30] we also raise sheep and
[8:08:33] chickens has an approved ef1
[8:08:33] commercial building and has
[8:08:36] been used for decades as a
[8:08:37] public winery and tasting room
[8:08:37] .
[8:08:40] My land which has already been
[8:08:41] approved and used for public
[8:08:41] facing commercial use is
[8:08:45] perfectly set up for a cannabis
[8:08:45] micro business with onsite
[8:08:48] retail this ideal scenario
[8:08:49] would provide an experience for
[8:08:50] visitors to purchase cannabis
[8:08:53] directly from the farmer.
[8:08:53] My dream is to be able to bring
[8:08:57] people from around the world to
[8:08:57] our little slice of heaven to
[8:08:58] educate on the sustainable
[8:09:00] farming practices we study and
[8:09:01] employ.
[8:09:01] We intend to highlight the long
[8:09:05] history of the organic farming
[8:09:05] movement on the ridge which is
[8:09:08] deeply embedded in our region's
[8:09:09] history with luminaries such as
[8:09:09] amigo bob.
[8:09:12] We are a certified regenerative
[8:09:13] farm and grow our plants
[8:09:14] directly in the native living
[8:09:16] soil.
[8:09:17] We believe these practices are
[8:09:18] vital to the future of all
[8:09:20] types of commercial farming and
[8:09:21] it's imperative to spread this
[8:09:23] message to the public.
[8:09:24] Nevada county is an area known
[8:09:27] for its rich terroir an unique
[8:09:28] growing climate which would
[8:09:29] make it a great destination for
[8:09:31] tourists interested the unique
[8:09:32] characteristics of our area in
[8:09:35] my community on the san juan
[8:09:36] ridge there is a dire need for
[8:09:39] economic diversification and
[8:09:40] stimulus.
[8:09:40] It is my plan for this business
[8:09:43] model to be part the economic
[8:09:44] resurgence on the ridge that
[8:09:46] can provide tourism experiences
[8:09:47] ,employment opportunities and
[8:09:47] tax revenue.
[8:09:51] I also hope to partner with
[8:09:51] ridge based non cannabis
[8:09:52] businesses such as local
[8:09:55] ceramic makers, flower farmers
[8:09:55] and chefs.
[8:09:58] Cannabis farmers need a pathway
[8:09:59] to host visitors, provide farm
[8:10:02] tours and then sell directly to
[8:10:03] these consumers while they are
[8:10:04] on the farm just as any other
[8:10:07] traditional such as a winery is
[8:10:07] able to do.
[8:10:11] My current business model is to
[8:10:11] sell bulk wholesale.
[8:10:12] However, given the fall in
[8:10:14] prices it is imperative I adopt
[8:10:18] my business plans without
[8:10:18] the ordinance adoption to
[8:10:19] include a micro business with
[8:10:22] retail model there is not a
[8:10:22] clear path for me to afford to
[8:10:23] keep the business going
[8:10:26] changing the ordinance to allow
[8:10:27] a canabis micro business with
[8:10:27] a retail license would be
[8:10:30] beneficial to both my family
[8:10:30] and the community.
[8:10:33] It would provide an opportunity
[8:10:34] for me to convert the property
[8:10:35] into a destination for tourists
[8:10:38] interested in the unique
[8:10:38] characteristics of the area, it
[8:10:41] would provide a valuable
[8:10:42] service to the community and it
[8:10:43] would stimulate economic growth
[8:10:45] on the ridge.
[8:10:46] It is important that
[8:10:47] the conditions of the use
[8:10:50] permit dictate the size of
[8:10:50] the retail space.
[8:10:51] Currently there is a size limit
[8:10:54] for retail that would count
[8:10:54] against my support area.
[8:10:55] This does not make sense for a
[8:10:58] location such as mine that is
[8:10:58] already built out as an
[8:11:01] existing winery.
[8:11:02] Considering that the micro
[8:11:03] business with retail license
[8:11:04] will be subject to a used
[8:11:05] permit, please do not put
[8:11:06] overly restrictive burdens on
[8:11:09] the farms.
[8:11:09] I urge the board to adopt these
[8:11:10] changes before you today with
[8:11:13] the modification to allow
[8:11:13] the conditions of the permit to
[8:11:16] dictate the size of the micro
[8:11:17] business.
[8:11:18] >> thank you scott galbraith.
[8:11:21] Thank maggie.
[8:11:21] All right.
[8:11:22] At this point I'm going to
[8:11:25] close a public comment and I
[8:11:28] want to thank everybody here
[8:11:29] today for a good civil
[8:11:29] conversation.
[8:11:32] I think we had some good
[8:11:35] information brought forward,
[8:11:40] brian at one point we had
[8:11:41] the setbacks that we want to
[8:11:41] ask about.
[8:11:43] I don't think this change
[8:11:43] the setbacks but maybe clarify
[8:11:47] that a little bit and then also
[8:11:51] somebody asked about fees and
[8:11:51] revenues.
[8:11:52] We don't make money on fees
[8:11:55] that pays for what it costs
[8:11:56] the process to go through.
[8:11:59] We don't make money on taxes on
[8:12:00] cannabis not nearly as much as
[8:12:03] we had hoped to but that amount
[8:12:06] is available online through our
[8:12:07] budget, through our treasury
[8:12:09] reports that come out and then
[8:12:13] also I I think probably within
[8:12:14] the questions of the rest of
[8:12:17] the board will get back into
[8:12:17] retail because I do think that
[8:12:21] that's still a bit confusing to
[8:12:21] everybody or so with that I'll
[8:12:42] bring it back to the board.
[8:12:42] And as we've been doing this
[8:12:43] all day long party, are you
[8:12:44] still with us and would you
[8:12:44] like to start?
[8:12:45] Yep, I'm here.
[8:12:45] Thank you.
[8:12:46] Appreciate all the public
[8:12:46] comment.
[8:12:47] A lot of good information on
[8:12:47] see.
[8:12:48] >> I think I'm working there.
[8:12:48] There you go.
[8:12:49] Ok, thanks.
[8:12:50] You know I think in general I'm
[8:12:51] supportive of the audience.
[8:12:52] i do think that there's a
[8:12:53] couple of things that are still
[8:12:55] a little murky.
[8:12:59] The retail portion and also
[8:13:00] the exclusionary zones and
[8:13:03] the legality of that which I
[8:13:04] think we MAY want to bring up
[8:13:07] at a different meeting
[8:13:08] potentially the workshop I
[8:13:11] think the mixed can be sizes
[8:13:15] that are outlined in the staff
[8:13:16] report are pretty big for me.
[8:13:17] I'm a little uncomfortable with
[8:13:18] the size of those and I think
[8:13:19] they're incongruent with
[8:13:22] the type of character that we
[8:13:23] want to have in the in
[8:13:26] the county having flown over a
[8:13:27] lot of the county and look
[8:13:30] specifically at that type of
[8:13:31] operation.
[8:13:34] I do support the different
[8:13:34] license types.
[8:13:35] I think it's the right way to
[8:13:35] go.
[8:13:38] I've talked about that since
[8:13:39] the concept came up.
[8:13:41] I think it's beneficial to
[8:13:45] the farmers are the economic
[8:13:46] growth of our community and
[8:13:46] the diversification of that
[8:13:50] type of activity in the in
[8:13:53] the business landscape that
[8:13:54] we're looking for here in
[8:13:56] nevada county.
[8:13:57] I do support the secret
[8:13:57] determination.
[8:14:00] I like the presentation on I
[8:14:01] think there's a lot of
[8:14:04] complexity particularly
[8:14:05] the environmental protection
[8:14:08] aspects of changes we make to
[8:14:09] be looked at carefully and I
[8:14:09] having reviewed the information
[8:14:12] and I'm familiar with that type
[8:14:13] of process I think it was done
[8:14:16] very well and I support a
[8:14:17] secret determination that was
[8:14:17] made.
[8:14:20] I don't see significant changes
[8:14:21] from current ordinance
[8:14:21] affecting our changes that
[8:14:26] we're looking at here today and
[8:14:27] I do think I'd like to talk or
[8:14:31] hear a little bit more about
[8:14:31] the micro business and the way
[8:14:35] that the permit would dictate
[8:14:35] the size of a micro business
[8:14:37] and if staff had any specific
[8:14:41] ideas or maybe my colleagues on
[8:14:42] the more specific ideas on how
[8:14:43] that MAY work and and what
[8:14:45] the timing and how that MAY
[8:14:49] actually be applied to people
[8:14:50] that are trying to get their
[8:14:51] businesses up and running, how
[8:14:57] long it wuld take specifically
[8:14:58] .
[8:14:58] >> so the question for staff
[8:14:58] already?
[8:15:01] Yeah, it is.
[8:15:01] Thank you.
[8:15:02] And brian maybe could answer
[8:15:05] that how if that would work and
[8:15:05] how long it would take and what
[8:15:09] types of I'm assuming that's
[8:15:09] ministerial in nature and it
[8:15:12] would go directly through that
[8:15:13] to talk a little bit about
[8:15:13] the process.
[8:15:16] >> so supervisor, if I
[8:15:16] understand I think you're
[8:15:19] talking about the storefront
[8:15:20] retail micro businesses and
[8:15:20] the thousand.
[8:15:21] That's right.
[8:15:24] Limitation ok, so as proposed
[8:15:26] the ordinance would require use
[8:15:27] permit the process for use
[8:15:32] permits is submittal of an
[8:15:32] application, has a site plan
[8:15:35] and a number of other
[8:15:36] informational documents that
[8:15:39] are required that the so that
[8:15:40] we can do the analysis from a
[8:15:43] sequence standpoint but also
[8:15:43] from a policy and an audience
[8:15:46] consistency standpoint.
[8:15:47] So there's a number of
[8:15:50] elevations and site plans that
[8:15:51] are required to show
[8:15:52] the activity locations how
[8:15:55] the building or structures are
[8:15:55] going to be used for what use
[8:15:56] types there would be parking
[8:15:59] requirements, there would be
[8:15:59] septic information.
[8:16:00] There would be roadway
[8:16:03] information as far as
[8:16:03] conditions of the roads,
[8:16:07] the width of the easements,
[8:16:10] legal access to to the roads
[8:16:11] that are being used.
[8:16:12] All that information is routed
[8:16:14] to the departments including
[8:16:18] fire building public works,
[8:16:19] environmental health, an idea
[8:16:20] of appropriate fish and
[8:16:22] wildlife if appropriate.
[8:16:23] It's a it's a full use permit
[8:16:27] process we receive conditions
[8:16:30] of approval and or comments
[8:16:31] back from those agencies based
[8:16:32] on the original submittal we
[8:16:35] supply those back to
[8:16:36] the applicant that might
[8:16:36] require refinements to a site
[8:16:39] plan or additional information
[8:16:39] .
[8:16:40] Once we have a complete
[8:16:43] application we prepare a secret
[8:16:47] document depending on the level
[8:16:47] of impacts could be a mitigated
[8:16:50] negative declaration which
[8:16:54] typically is for a an operation
[8:16:55] that is similar to a winery or
[8:16:58] an event type activity like
[8:17:02] we've had wedding venues any
[8:17:02] time that there's public
[8:17:05] introduced and then it is
[8:17:06] circulated for public comment
[8:17:07] and the entire project is
[8:17:10] noticed, property owners are
[8:17:11] noticed there's a comment
[8:17:13] period our comments are
[8:17:14] received and then it goes to
[8:17:17] the planning commission for a
[8:17:17] public hearing and
[8:17:18] consideration.
[8:17:21] So depending on, you know,
[8:17:22] the size and scale it is a
[8:17:25] multi month process from time
[8:17:26] that it's submitted until
[8:17:29] the time it gets to a public
[8:17:30] hearing it could be three it
[8:17:33] could be six could be longer
[8:17:37] depending on the complexity
[8:17:37] the thousand square feet was
[8:17:40] was added just as an attempt
[8:17:44] for, you know, keeping these in
[8:17:45] the rural character of of where
[8:17:48] these types of operations can
[8:17:52] can occur as well as being
[8:17:52] consistent with the other
[8:17:53] thousand square feet
[8:17:56] limitations for the other
[8:17:56] activities that are being
[8:17:57] introduced with this ordinance
[8:17:57] .
[8:17:59] But certainly because it is a
[8:18:00] use permit and it is site
[8:18:03] specific and there's a
[8:18:03] notification and quite a
[8:18:07] significant discretionary
[8:18:11] process excuse me removal of
[8:18:11] that thousand square feet for
[8:18:15] that particular and specific
[8:18:15] use would not necessarily make
[8:18:19] any significant ripple effects
[8:18:22] in the way that the secret
[8:18:23] document and or the ordinance
[8:18:23] is structured currently and
[8:18:27] would be considered on a case
[8:18:28] by case basis through the use
[8:18:28] permit process that hopefully I
[8:18:31] just tried to describe based on
[8:18:34] site specific some specific
[8:18:35] infrastructure and the merits
[8:18:38] of the project itself.
[8:18:39] Ok, that that that's great.
[8:18:39] That's great.
[8:18:42] Brian, thank innocent probably
[8:18:46] contingent on the applicant to
[8:18:47] a high degree.
[8:18:47] Right.
[8:18:48] And that they're responding
[8:18:48] quickly and everything back to
[8:18:50] you.
[8:18:51] Just one more quick comment and
[8:18:54] then I I really like supervisor
[8:18:54] hook when she mentioned
[8:18:55] property owners in good
[8:18:58] standing and I just wondered if
[8:18:58] you could comment on
[8:19:01] the applicability of that type
[8:19:02] of language within
[8:19:05] the ordinance.
[8:19:09] It is that in a relative to
[8:19:10] the tax they're current on
[8:19:13] their tax bill or yeah exactly
[8:19:13] .
[8:19:14] >> it's maybe yeah.
[8:19:17] And maybe other things related
[8:19:18] to encumbrances on their
[8:19:21] property for unpaid fines or
[8:19:25] enforcement violations or code
[8:19:26] compliance violations or any of
[8:19:26] those number of things that
[8:19:27] could be brought into
[8:19:29] the ordinance so that we would
[8:19:30] understand that we're dealing
[8:19:31] with people who cared about
[8:19:32] what they're doing.
[8:19:33] >> so typically for land use
[8:19:36] entitlements especially for
[8:19:37] discretionary actions but with
[8:19:40] some administrative if there
[8:19:41] are outstanding fees from
[8:19:45] mostly kday or other land use
[8:19:45] entitlements and permitting
[8:19:49] that will be a condition of
[8:19:49] approval that those are current
[8:19:53] before the acp or any building
[8:19:55] permit is issued we do not
[8:19:56] typically check for taxes,
[8:20:01] property taxes if that's a you
[8:20:01] know, desire of the board that
[8:20:04] that is something that staff is
[8:20:04] looking at or it's a middle
[8:20:05] requirement and we could add
[8:20:07] that to the ordinance
[8:20:08] requirements and or the check
[8:20:15] list to show proof that, you
[8:20:16] know, tax bills have been paid
[8:20:17] but typically that is no
[8:20:20] something we look at on land
[8:20:20] use entitlements but other
[8:20:24] types of violations, ins or
[8:20:24] code enforcement issues are
[8:20:25] addressed through the review
[8:20:27] process.
[8:20:31] Thank you.
[8:20:32] Thank you already.
[8:20:36] Sue, would you like to go ok?
[8:20:38] >> yeah actually I've come to
[8:20:39] agree with that taking that
[8:20:40] thousand out and because it is
[8:20:43] going to be a use permit so
[8:20:43] just like you should look at
[8:20:46] that sorry surprise sahuc I
[8:20:47] could ask myself the underflow
[8:20:51] if she could perhaps dress out
[8:20:51] an issue asked my supervisor
[8:20:55] bullock we were looking at that
[8:20:55] particular issue.
[8:20:59] I don't think it's a change in
[8:20:59] the ordinance.
[8:21:00] We already have some language
[8:21:02] along that I think instead it
[8:21:02] would be more direction from
[8:21:05] the board of what what that
[8:21:06] good standing means.
[8:21:10] What we look for.
[8:21:11] So you just give us a minute
[8:21:16] will go ahead and answer that
[8:21:20] chair supervisors deputy county
[8:21:21] council read a vandersloot we
[8:21:22] do have in our current
[8:21:24] ordinance it's under revocation
[8:21:25] and suspension failure to
[8:21:28] timely pay any local state or
[8:21:28] federal tax associated with
[8:21:32] required by the licenses
[8:21:32] cannabis business activities
[8:21:36] including any taxes required to
[8:21:36] be paid under the nevada county
[8:21:40] code as MAY be established or
[8:21:40] amended.
[8:21:41] So we do address that in
[8:21:44] revocation and or suspension of
[8:21:44] current permits.
[8:21:48] We don't have that for
[8:21:48] the initial application so that
[8:21:51] could be something we could
[8:21:51] review.
[8:21:55] I do know I haven't researched
[8:21:59] it but monterey has something
[8:22:00] similar about taxes and that
[8:22:03] taxes must be what they do is
[8:22:04] they say it has to be in good
[8:22:07] standing and then they define
[8:22:08] good standing as being current
[8:22:11] on their taxes.
[8:22:11] So there are there are some
[8:22:14] viable options there.
[8:22:21] Thank read you sir.
[8:22:22] Ok, so then I just wanted to
[8:22:25] couple a little quick
[8:22:26] clarifications, MR. Clower.
[8:22:29] I brought up a conversation
[8:22:29] about having the two parcels
[8:22:30] one you wouldn't let them build
[8:22:33] a building across two parcel
[8:22:33] lines.
[8:22:34] Correct.
[8:22:37] So and then I just want to be
[8:22:38] clear in that situation.
[8:22:38] Let's say you had the two
[8:22:40] twenties and you did all your
[8:22:44] grow on one pozole you could
[8:22:45] not separate and sell your
[8:23:05] other parcel without losing
[8:23:06] that without losing your permit
[8:23:06] .
[8:23:07] So I just that it was you know
[8:23:08] so that would be my question.
[8:23:09] That was one of the protections
[8:23:09] we were going to look at is
[8:23:10] that if we allowed you to use
[8:23:11] all your property I mean so now
[8:23:11] you're growing your forty
[8:23:12] thousand square feet.
[8:23:12] Right.
[8:23:13] And you've got it all clustered
[8:23:14] you it doesn't give you
[8:23:14] the right to sell that other
[8:23:15] piece of property you would
[8:23:16] actually lose your permit,
[8:23:16] correct.
[8:23:19] Supervisor so the enforcement
[8:23:23] or the way we would verify that
[8:23:24] is through the annual cannabis
[8:23:24] permit.
[8:23:27] So if there was a change in
[8:23:28] ownership or a change in
[8:23:31] the operation then the acp or
[8:23:32] the annual permit would not be
[8:23:33] issued and they would not be
[8:23:36] able to operate and they'd have
[8:23:36] to come back in and amend their
[8:23:39] atp, their diminished
[8:23:40] administrative permit in order
[8:23:43] to revise the operations to
[8:23:44] meet the code requirement.
[8:23:45] So not being ongoing it would
[8:23:47] be something that would not be
[8:23:48] able to continue and renewed
[8:23:51] the following year.
[8:23:51] Right.
[8:23:52] Ok, so that would that would
[8:23:53] protect that part of it.
[8:23:55] And again to that building
[8:23:56] wouldn't be allowed to put on
[8:23:57] two parcels that would be done
[8:23:59] with the setbacks legally for
[8:24:00] in case something happened and
[8:24:01] you didn't have that business
[8:24:02] anymore.
[8:24:03] And then the other big one that
[8:24:04] really is I listen to a lot
[8:24:06] here is the setbacks that could
[8:24:07] really affect especially
[8:24:08] the folks under the twenty
[8:24:10] thousand acre permits.
[8:24:15] So let's say because we're
[8:24:15] saying that if you go and amend
[8:24:18] your your permit that that's
[8:24:22] going to trigger the change in
[8:24:23] setbacks possibly is there
[8:24:23] going to be a grandfathered
[8:24:25] type situation there or is
[8:24:26] there going to be a variance
[8:24:29] type situation there?
[8:24:30] I think actually MR. Linskey
[8:24:30] brought that up.
[8:24:34] It would change his if he
[8:24:37] wanted just to do an amendment
[8:24:38] in that really wouldn't change
[8:24:41] anything there particularly
[8:24:42] the where you would grow or
[8:24:42] what you're going to do.
[8:24:45] But yet it would change
[8:24:46] the setback.
[8:24:46] >> so how are we going to
[8:24:49] address that so way
[8:24:49] the ordinance is structured and
[8:24:53] the language would be that any
[8:24:57] new area that's being proposed
[8:24:58] would need to meet the new
[8:25:01] setbacks the existing area of
[8:25:01] the 10000 square feet that
[8:25:02] meeting the hundred foot
[8:25:05] setback could remain and stay
[8:25:05] in compliance.
[8:25:09] The additional canopy area of
[8:25:13] up to 4500 square feet based on
[8:25:13] the 90 percent or the 55
[8:25:17] percent that I'm getting my
[8:25:17] math confused.
[8:25:21] But new area would need to meet
[8:25:22] the 150 or 200 foot setback
[8:25:25] depending on the size of
[8:25:29] the acreage or the size
[8:25:29] the parcel.
[8:25:30] So the whole canopy would not
[8:25:33] need to be moved.
[8:25:33] It's the new planting area
[8:25:34] would need to meet the new
[8:25:37] setbacks the way that it's set
[8:25:37] up currently.
[8:25:39] >> so what if you're building
[8:25:40] what is at that little setback
[8:25:41] of martin?
[8:25:43] Your building is already there
[8:25:44] then the area that is used
[8:25:48] within that building would
[8:25:49] the new area would have to be a
[8:25:52] 150 feet or 200 feet is the way
[8:25:53] the ordinance is currently
[8:26:01] written and that's a hard one.
[8:26:03] >> so idea was a balance with
[8:26:06] the neighborhoods because we've
[8:26:06] talked about moving
[8:26:07] the goalposts.
[8:26:10] I also was we were considering
[8:26:11] not moving the goalposts for
[8:26:13] the neighbors who understood
[8:26:13] that they would only have 10000
[8:26:14] square feet of canopy within
[8:26:17] 100 feet of their property line
[8:26:21] and so it MAY not work for all
[8:26:24] operations but some operations
[8:26:25] can build or expand further
[8:26:28] away and the new expanded
[8:26:29] canopy would be further away
[8:26:33] than the hundred feet and only
[8:26:33] the 10000 square feet at a
[8:26:36] maximum would be within one
[8:26:37] hundred feet of the property
[8:26:40] line as originally approved in
[8:26:40] 2019.
[8:26:41] So it was a balance that's not
[8:26:44] going to meet everybody's
[8:26:44] requirements but it was an
[8:26:48] effort to adhere to
[8:26:49] the original expectations by
[8:26:52] the neighbors that were not
[8:26:53] involved in cannabis operations
[8:26:53] .
[8:26:53] >> correct.
[8:26:56] So would it have the same
[8:26:57] effect if you didn't have a
[8:26:59] neighbor on the property line?
[8:27:00] It would have the same effect.
[8:27:01] I'm sorry.
[8:27:03] Well, so so if you live and you
[8:27:04] are I mean these are all
[8:27:07] different scenarios.
[8:27:07] I know but you have an
[8:27:11] undeveloped property next to
[8:27:11] you so you're not affecting
[8:27:15] your neighbor at that point.
[8:27:19] That's still that set box
[8:27:19] that's in there.
[8:27:19] Yeah.
[8:27:20] A setback is regardless of if
[8:27:20] the neighboring property is
[8:27:22] developed or not that applies
[8:27:30] across the board animacy meac
[8:27:30] go ahead and ask them another
[8:27:31] question.
[8:27:33] Let me dig back to my notes.
[8:27:37] All right, lisa, can I just ask
[8:27:38] a follow up question in regard
[8:27:41] to what issue as could you do a
[8:27:45] variance with that set back so
[8:27:48] say that you know, you couldn't
[8:27:49] meet the setback but you wanted
[8:27:50] to expand in the area and you
[8:27:52] and your neighbors agreed and
[8:27:53] they were ok with it and you
[8:27:54] got there was some sort of
[8:27:56] process that could be signed
[8:27:57] off with is that something that
[8:28:00] would be allowable under this
[8:28:00] ordinance?
[8:28:01] >> supervisor swarthout?
[8:28:04] Yes, that's in the existing
[8:28:04] ordinance there is a variance
[8:28:08] allowance for setbacks for
[8:28:08] canopy areas as well as a
[8:28:11] setback easement which is more
[8:28:12] of an agreement with your
[8:28:12] neighbor and was a variance as
[8:28:15] an application through
[8:28:16] the county that is decided at a
[8:28:19] public hearing and there
[8:28:20] certain findings that need to
[8:28:20] be made.
[8:28:23] So there's two options to
[8:28:23] reduce that setback.
[8:28:24] Ok, and then I just have a
[8:28:27] question I apologize for my
[8:28:28] ignorance but you know all
[8:28:31] the work on cannabis in
[8:28:32] the county in the city of grass
[8:28:34] valley has been based on not
[8:28:35] growing.
[8:28:38] So what does mixed like what
[8:28:42] does that mean?
[8:28:43] >> I've heard that term a lot
[8:28:44] today and I didn't understand
[8:28:46] it mix lt is a mix of natural
[8:28:47] light and artificial light so
[8:28:50] typically hoop houses houses.
[8:28:51] >> ok all right thank you for
[8:28:54] that clarification and I will
[8:28:58] say you know for the most part
[8:28:59] I'm in agreement with changes
[8:29:02] that have been proposed.
[8:29:03] I do have a lot of concerns and
[8:29:06] questions in regard to how
[8:29:10] the retail would work and I
[8:29:11] know that there's you know,
[8:29:14] there is a use permit but there
[8:29:15] has to be a set of regulations
[8:29:15] that goes into that use permit.
[8:29:18] For example, are we going to
[8:29:19] allow these retail uses to be
[8:29:22] on private roads?
[8:29:23] I fully respect the neighbors
[8:29:25] issues also understanding
[8:29:26] the need for some of our
[8:29:29] cannabis farmers to want to
[8:29:30] sell their product directly to
[8:29:30] the public.
[8:29:33] So I think this need that needs
[8:29:34] to be a bigger conversation.
[8:29:34] Maybe it's not something that
[8:29:37] we're going to decide today but
[8:29:38] because I think there needs to
[8:29:38] be some public input into it
[8:29:41] because retail I don't know if
[8:29:42] the state has a distinction
[8:29:45] between retail sales and
[8:29:46] dispensary.
[8:29:49] I've only been familiar with
[8:29:50] the work of dispensaries and
[8:29:50] obviously there's a huge
[8:29:52] difference in how you sell your
[8:29:53] product dispensary you know, is
[8:29:57] a location with parking and a
[8:29:58] security plan and you know all
[8:30:01] sorts of things if you are
[8:30:02] talking about small farmers
[8:30:04] wanting to sell their product
[8:30:05] directly to the public, are we
[8:30:08] going to be requiring them to
[8:30:09] do all the same things that a
[8:30:09] dispensary would do?
[8:30:12] And I don't know if that's
[8:30:13] something that you guys have
[8:30:14] worked on as part of the your
[8:30:16] use permit application.
[8:30:17] Those are some questions that I
[8:30:18] would want to know because I
[8:30:20] don't want to establish this
[8:30:21] and then make it impossible for
[8:30:21] the small farmers to get
[8:30:23] the license.
[8:30:24] I just think that's
[8:30:25] counterproductive and if you're
[8:30:28] going to be requiring a full
[8:30:29] retail setup for people no one
[8:30:31] will be able to afford to do it
[8:30:32] .
[8:30:32] Just it wouldn't be it would be
[8:30:35] cost prohibitive to have to do
[8:30:36] all the things for somebody who
[8:30:39] has a small farm to want to
[8:30:40] sell directly to the public.
[8:30:41] >> so I think that process
[8:30:43] needs to be far greater, you
[8:30:47] know, lad out for all of us to
[8:30:50] make the decision about it.
[8:30:51] Well, the public comment has
[8:30:54] been closed.
[8:30:55] I'm sorry, folks, when you
[8:30:56] raise your hands about it, it's
[8:30:56] been closed.
[8:30:59] i'm sorry, heidi.
[8:31:03] Redefinitions no, I just I mean
[8:31:06] I would want to you know, I
[8:31:07] want to support this but I want
[8:31:08] to know how it's going to work
[8:31:11] before we make a full decision
[8:31:11] and make sure that it's going
[8:31:15] to work for the neighborhoods
[8:31:15] and it's going to make it's
[8:31:16] going to work for the cannabis
[8:31:18] industry.
[8:31:19] You know, obviously there's got
[8:31:20] to be some compromise there
[8:31:20] because not everybody gets 100
[8:31:23] percent of what they want all
[8:31:23] the time.
[8:31:24] But I just I think I would want
[8:31:25] a better definition of how
[8:31:26] the retail component would work
[8:31:27] and I 100 percent support
[8:31:30] the micro businesses because
[8:31:30] you have a small business if
[8:31:34] you can diversify and do more
[8:31:34] than one thing that it helps
[8:31:37] you for your profitability.
[8:31:38] >> so just see a little bit
[8:31:40] more detail on how the retail
[8:31:44] would work would be great
[8:31:45] su*rez is going to feel I can
[8:31:46] add just a little bit if if
[8:31:49] you'd like to well just clarify
[8:31:50] a little bit here because in my
[8:31:52] mind retail sales has not been
[8:31:56] approved by this board and I
[8:31:57] don't believe that's what we're
[8:32:00] doing and that's one with
[8:32:00] perhaps the exception of
[8:32:04] the used permit.
[8:32:04] Am I correct there you are
[8:32:07] correct that the use format
[8:32:08] required allow would allow
[8:32:11] public access or storefront
[8:32:11] retail sales at a cultivation
[8:32:15] site.
[8:32:15] There are a number of criteria
[8:32:19] that is in our ordinance
[8:32:19] the proposed ordinance
[8:32:23] regarding regarding security
[8:32:23] plans and operation plans that
[8:32:27] mirror to some degree the state
[8:32:27] requirements.
[8:32:28] There is quite significant
[8:32:31] state permitting requirements
[8:32:35] with oversight the age of
[8:32:35] people that can access certain
[8:32:39] locations for district security
[8:32:42] plans, monitoring cameras and
[8:32:42] I'm not conversant in all
[8:32:46] the rules but in developing
[8:32:50] this ordinance and referencing
[8:32:50] the state laws that was
[8:32:54] the intent that all of
[8:32:54] the security and oversight
[8:32:58] issues are reflected in this
[8:32:59] ordinance and then reference
[8:33:02] back to the state oversight and
[8:33:02] licensing system that the state
[8:33:06] oversees.
[8:33:07] Oh, I saw it and I was curious
[8:33:27] too and it also triggers a road
[8:33:27] standard road standard.
[8:33:28] It accessibility bathrooms for
[8:33:29] your employees.
[8:33:29] Yes, I mean I I reviewed
[8:33:30] the seven of the seven
[8:33:31] applications the city of grass
[8:33:31] valley took in for retail
[8:33:32] dispensary.
[8:33:32] They were each one hundred to a
[8:33:33] hundred and fifty pages long of
[8:33:34] all the things that the people
[8:33:35] had to do extremely complicated
[8:33:35] and extremely expensive um so I
[8:33:36] just like I said I just want to
[8:33:37] make sure that if we put a
[8:33:37] process in place that we're not
[8:33:38] doing something that won't let
[8:33:41] anybody in our community be
[8:33:42] able to take advantage of it
[8:33:44] because you're your business
[8:33:45] model for selling direct to
[8:33:48] the public from your your site
[8:33:49] is far different than your
[8:33:52] business model for doing a
[8:33:53] dispensary where you're a
[8:33:56] public location and you know,
[8:33:57] people visit you whatever hours
[8:34:00] you're open and just it's a
[8:34:00] really different type of
[8:34:03] business.
[8:34:11] okay, already, heidi, though I
[8:34:12] see more than I know now.
[8:34:15] >> thank you for asking some of
[8:34:16] those follow up questions.
[8:34:18] I just want to start because I
[8:34:19] think this can get confusing by
[8:34:23] saying that I generally support
[8:34:24] all of the proposed changes.
[8:34:26] I'm really proud of how far
[8:34:27] we've come.
[8:34:27] I want to thank the audience
[8:34:30] and commenters for yeah.
[8:34:31] Just as jonathan said earlier,
[8:34:34] everyone's become so much more
[8:34:35] sophisticated.
[8:34:36] Your comments ar very helpful
[8:34:36] .
[8:34:38] You're highlighting issues.
[8:34:39] You've been working with staff
[8:34:39] .
[8:34:42] I appreciate all of that.
[8:34:43] My hope today is that we can
[8:34:43] agree on some of the minor
[8:34:46] changes that can go into
[8:34:50] approving the ordinance today
[8:34:51] and that we can leave some of
[8:34:52] the bigger issues to discuss
[8:34:54] later in JANUARY.
[8:34:55] That's my personal hope.
[8:34:56] So I feel like maybe we can get
[8:34:58] there.
[8:34:59] So to just tee off of
[8:35:02] the retail issue, I just want
[8:35:06] to make sure brian has can hear
[8:35:09] me try.
[8:35:10] >> um yeah that's ok.
[8:35:11] It just you know I know there's
[8:35:13] some clarification to be made
[8:35:14] my understanding so correct me
[8:35:17] if I'm wrong is that if we
[8:35:18] approve this we will approve
[8:35:21] the ability for retail both on
[8:35:25] site without the public coming
[8:35:29] in that first piece and retail
[8:35:30] that could be a dispensary or
[8:35:33] it could be in farm on site
[8:35:34] retail like the in the form of
[8:35:37] the wineries with tasting room
[8:35:38] sort of thing.
[8:35:38] So we would approve
[8:35:41] the possibility of any of those
[8:35:41] retail establishments or retail
[8:35:45] processes, correct?
[8:35:46] Yes.
[8:35:46] Thank you.
[8:35:50] As part of going into retail
[8:35:50] then people would have to come
[8:35:53] back with specific plans for
[8:35:54] whether it's a dispensary or
[8:35:57] whether it's an on farm tourist
[8:35:57] retail site.
[8:36:01] They would have to come back
[8:36:02] and with meeting all these
[8:36:02] state standards go through
[8:36:04] public workshops.
[8:36:05] So we'd be working out some of
[8:36:08] those details that you guys are
[8:36:09] asking about as part of that
[8:36:10] conditional use permit.
[8:36:12] Is that also correct?
[8:36:13] >> that is also correct, yes.
[8:36:16] Ok, so we could prove
[8:36:17] the concept today and then work
[8:36:18] through those details as they
[8:36:20] potentially come out that
[8:36:21] that's that's sort of what I'm
[8:36:24] looking at it what I would what
[8:36:25] I would support.
[8:36:25] I think that's something we
[8:36:28] would want to see.
[8:36:33] I would also support taking out
[8:36:35] the thousand square foot limit
[8:36:36] and leaving that to
[8:36:40] the conditional use permit
[8:36:41] process unless there's some
[8:36:44] other legal thing that we need
[8:36:47] to follow.
[8:36:51] I would also also support I
[8:36:52] think what I was hearing was a
[8:36:55] request to cap the size that
[8:36:56] we're allowing at 20000 square
[8:36:58] feet, not forty thousand square
[8:36:59] feet.
[8:36:59] So I would support just
[8:37:00] eliminating those categories
[8:37:03] that up to 40 maybe 20 square
[8:37:07] feet or mix like yes.
[8:37:07] >> correct.
[8:37:10] Ok, just for clarification and
[8:37:14] would you still allow or want
[8:37:15] to allow outdoor use over 20000
[8:37:19] square feet because it does go
[8:37:22] from allows up to 30 and 40000
[8:37:23] square feet.
[8:37:24] I believe the request was just
[8:37:26] to cap th indoor but not
[8:37:26] the total canopy size for
[8:37:27] potential outdoor use.
[8:37:31] >> is that the request now in
[8:37:31] total I think it's total twenty
[8:37:35] no, just the mix like ten
[8:37:35] thousand makes like ten minutes
[8:37:38] light makes light twenty
[8:37:39] thousand instead of forty
[8:37:42] thousand an additional ten
[8:37:43] thousand allowed outdoor so a
[8:37:44] total of twenty thousand square
[8:37:49] feet out now can we ask diana
[8:37:50] to clarify what the cannabis
[8:37:53] alliance was asking.
[8:37:54] Yes you can ok is that a
[8:37:55] request.
[8:38:01] Yes part of of the 40000 total
[8:38:01] but it was there twenty
[8:38:05] thousand up to total can be of
[8:38:05] mixed light with the additional
[8:38:09] up to 40000 additional outdoor
[8:38:09] to come to.
[8:38:15] Right ok that's thank you.
[8:38:20] And then I am most the last two
[8:38:20] things are kind of concerned
[8:38:23] about the grandfather or
[8:38:24] variance issue.
[8:38:25] I think there's just a number
[8:38:28] of complicated issues there
[8:38:28] that we need to make sure we
[8:38:32] allow for folks who who want to
[8:38:35] expand into the support area,
[8:38:39] bump up against that additional
[8:38:39] setback area.
[8:38:40] We just we need a process to
[8:38:40] make that work.
[8:38:43] I mean I think even your
[8:38:43] example, brian, if they're at
[8:38:47] the ten thousand square feet
[8:38:47] they go into their support area
[8:38:51] but they can't do it on one
[8:38:51] side because the setback so
[8:38:54] they do it on the other side
[8:38:54] nevertheless it's now fifteen
[8:38:58] thousand square feet and how do
[8:38:58] then they still have to meet
[8:39:02] that hannaford's 650 foot new
[8:39:06] setback on the because
[8:39:06] the whole thing itself is now
[8:39:07] larger than 10000 now.
[8:39:10] >> so the way I was trying to
[8:39:11] explain it would be that only
[8:39:14] the new area would have to meet
[8:39:15] the one hundred and fifty foot
[8:39:15] or two hundred.
[8:39:17] >> but what's the new area is
[8:39:18] combined with the old area.
[8:39:22] >> the old area could remain
[8:39:22] where it is and meet
[8:39:23] the existing 500 foot setbacks
[8:39:23] .
[8:39:25] The idea was to expand away
[8:39:26] from the property line and
[8:39:29] the new area even if it was
[8:39:29] combined.
[8:39:30] Ok, the just the additional
[8:39:33] square footage would have to
[8:39:34] fall within that new set back.
[8:39:37] But all the other areas already
[8:39:38] permitted even if it's combined
[8:39:41] and intermixed could stay where
[8:39:44] it is under the permitted
[8:39:44] hundred foot.
[8:39:45] >> that's the intent.
[8:39:48] It sounds like we need to we're
[8:39:49] going to have to come out with
[8:39:49] some explanatory language to
[8:39:52] make that clear and I don't
[8:39:53] want to I don't want to suggest
[8:39:56] how to make that happen as long
[8:39:57] as we have either a variance or
[8:40:00] grandfather clause to deal with
[8:40:01] folks who just are going to
[8:40:03] have struggled to meet that new
[8:40:07] square foot setback.
[8:40:08] >> and then finally on
[8:40:11] the neighborhood issues I
[8:40:12] empathize with the neighborhood
[8:40:15] concerns.
[8:40:16] I do think we should continue
[8:40:16] to talk about that perhaps at
[8:40:19] our workshop.
[8:40:20] But at this point the absolute
[8:40:20] farthest I would be willing to
[8:40:24] go is to have a checklist for
[8:40:27] the cars I just that is I agree
[8:40:28] with the speakers is that it is
[8:40:31] a very slippery to start
[8:40:32] allowing neighborhoods to
[8:40:35] identify who can and cannot
[8:40:38] live in their area so I can go
[8:40:39] as far as a checklist but
[8:40:39] that's it.
[8:40:42] And if we want to discuss it
[8:40:43] more in JANUARY I'd be I'd be
[8:40:44] open to figuring out how to
[8:40:46] make this work better for
[8:40:47] neighborhoods.
[8:40:50] >> I think that's covers all of
[8:40:51] the issues.
[8:40:54] You look confused.
[8:40:55] No, no, I think it is good.
[8:40:56] I think though I'm looking at
[8:40:58] neighborhood you choose you
[8:40:59] know when you buy a piece of
[8:40:59] property I'm just going to
[8:41:00] throw this out.
[8:41:02] You know, when you buy a piece
[8:41:03] of property you belong to a
[8:41:03] homeowners association or you
[8:41:06] know you belong to something.
[8:41:07] It has scars that needs to be
[8:41:07] on you.
[8:41:10] We don't get to that's not
[8:41:11] something we are in a land
[8:41:14] where land use right that we're
[8:41:15] talking about now requiring
[8:41:15] people who've already moved
[8:41:17] into neighborhoods because that
[8:41:18] did not have a restriction on
[8:41:21] them.
[8:41:22] >> so is again a grandfathering
[8:41:23] in issue potentially so that's
[8:41:25] up to their board.
[8:41:26] >> their board has to vote on
[8:41:27] those kinds of things and
[8:41:27] that's only thing that's a
[8:41:29] little right.
[8:41:30] I don't want us to get in
[8:41:30] the way.
[8:41:31] We can't that doesn't I think
[8:41:33] we I looked into this legally
[8:41:34] we can't do that right.
[8:41:35] That's not what our in our
[8:41:37] ability look at all.
[8:41:38] But I do think that we can
[8:41:40] notify people that you are
[8:41:41] looking they're buying property
[8:41:42] or looking to do a business
[8:41:45] that has these now it's your
[8:41:45] responsibility to go see what
[8:41:46] those are.
[8:41:46] Right.
[8:41:48] Agree.
[8:41:49] I mean and then those folks you
[8:41:52] know that goes down they're
[8:41:53] the ones that have to either,
[8:41:56] you know, follow suit with what
[8:41:57] their rules are.
[8:41:59] I mean that's up to a board
[8:42:00] kind of like we have to have
[8:42:01] our board has to make up
[8:42:01] decisions that's kind of up to
[8:42:04] their board a little bit.
[8:42:05] But I do think in some sense
[8:42:08] and the grower or the applicant
[8:42:09] whether it's I don't care
[8:42:10] whether there's cannabis or if
[8:42:12] you want to have a car fixin's
[8:42:15] shop or a boat repair place,
[8:42:16] you have to know what's in your
[8:42:16] cars.
[8:42:20] So we don't get to justify that
[8:42:20] .
[8:42:21] We get to do what's the law of
[8:42:24] the land and the land use.
[8:42:24] >> but then then its your
[8:42:25] responsibility.
[8:42:25] Yeah.
[8:42:27] And on the other side of that
[8:42:31] and my my philosophy is to not
[8:42:31] be micromanaging these
[8:42:34] businesses any more than we are
[8:42:35] and to treat them like other
[8:42:36] businesses or like agricultural
[8:42:38] products.
[8:42:39] So yeah, I think that's it for
[8:42:40] me.
[8:42:42] Thanks.
[8:42:43] Well and I would say along
[8:42:46] the same lines there are
[8:42:49] neighborhoods that were really
[8:42:50] still struggling with and
[8:42:51] unfortunately it seems like
[8:42:54] most of them are in my
[8:42:57] neighborhood in my district so
[8:42:58] and now it sounds like there's
[8:42:59] division within those
[8:43:02] neighborhoods to so I know that
[8:43:06] ryan has information that we
[8:43:10] can pursue during the our
[8:43:10] planning session coming up and
[8:43:14] that's what I would like to see
[8:43:15] I'd like to see this these
[8:43:17] ordinance get approved.
[8:43:20] I'm all in favor of cannabis
[8:43:25] working and weas wade it says
[8:43:25] really put some heavy
[8:43:28] restrictions not necessarily
[8:43:29] just us but th state of
[8:43:49] california almost obscene
[8:43:50] what's been put on them.
[8:43:51] And I think that we need to be
[8:43:52] able to do what we can do to
[8:43:52] make a better so that they can
[8:43:53] make a profit like a legitimate
[8:43:54] business and like
[8:43:54] the legitimate businesses that
[8:43:55] they are.
[8:43:55] But at the same time it is a
[8:43:56] process and that process
[8:43:57] doesn't involve our homeowners
[8:43:57] within this association.
[8:43:58] So I would ask and moving
[8:43:59] forward is that we do ask brian
[8:44:00] that we do at least take a look
[8:44:00] the exclusionary zones that has
[8:44:04] been done in some other
[8:44:05] counties, maybe not to their
[8:44:08] success that would be something
[8:44:11] that we could take a look at
[8:44:12] and also I don't know kid, have
[8:44:15] you been looking at what
[8:44:15] changes are being recommended
[8:44:19] here?
[8:44:19] I've been listening.
[8:44:20] So right now we just have
[8:44:23] recommendation but I don't have
[8:44:24] a majority of the board giving
[8:44:28] direction.
[8:44:31] So what we would need is a
[8:44:31] motion motion to specifically
[8:44:38] amend and then make sure that
[8:44:38] that brian would have the chair
[8:44:39] .
[8:44:39] >> schofield what I would
[8:44:42] recommend is a five to ten
[8:44:43] minute recess so we're able to
[8:44:43] take the feedback from
[8:44:46] the board and put it up on
[8:44:47] the screen to get that
[8:44:47] direction.
[8:44:50] That would be very good and we
[8:44:54] will take as long as it takes
[8:44:57] to put that together recess.
[8:44:58] >> thank you chair and I think
[8:44:59] we could do that in just ten
[8:45:01] minutes.
[8:45:01] Very good.
[8:45:02] I think that this is a great
[8:45:03] idea.
[8:45:03] Thank you.
[8:45:03] Yeah.
[8:45:05] Yeah.
[8:45:06] Because I think really truly
[8:45:06] know what the bottom line of
[8:45:07] this is.
[8:45:09] People are starting to learn to
[8:45:10] get along together with this
[8:45:10] and we need to still continue
[8:45:12] on our enforcement.
[8:45:13] That's where this is going to
[8:45:13] make change.
[8:45:16] We get rid of our legal growers
[8:45:17] and keep focusing on our our
[8:45:20] growers that are really putting
[8:45:21] in 100 percent and less and
[8:45:21] make it so that they can make
[8:45:24] money and not and be going
[8:45:25] forward in your businesses.
[8:45:27] So I don't know there's a lot
[8:57:21] still to do
[8:58:16] and
[8:58:16] I think there
[8:58:20] MAY have been some
[8:58:21] clarification questions that
[8:58:21] some of the board members MAY
[8:58:25] have and I said did you have a
[8:58:28] I just have one quick
[8:58:32] clarification for brian
[8:58:33] actually but I'll wait till
[8:58:43] he's done so by approving this
[8:58:44] today with the retail sales
[8:58:48] that does not mean that we were
[8:58:48] approving a dispensary in
[8:58:51] the unincorporated county.
[8:58:52] >> is that correct?
[8:58:52] That's correct.
[8:58:55] It means we're allowing that
[8:58:59] license type to be applied for
[8:59:00] and go through the process for
[8:59:00] consideration.
[8:59:03] >> have we put in any sort of
[8:59:07] parameters for wedad where and
[8:59:08] what a dispensary would look
[8:59:08] like?
[8:59:10] Do we have any process for that
[8:59:10] ?
[8:59:11] >> well, it would need to
[8:59:15] obtain state permits and all
[8:59:16] their requirements for security
[8:59:18] and operations, et cetera and
[8:59:19] then go through our use permit
[8:59:22] process and it would be subject
[8:59:26] to requiring onsite
[8:59:26] cultivation.
[8:59:27] So all the standards that are
[8:59:30] in the current ordinance for
[8:59:31] cultivation would be required
[8:59:35] as built in through the current
[8:59:35] the proposed ordinance
[8:59:36] language.
[8:59:38] >> what would the zoning be for
[8:59:42] it to be gaap or F.R. So it
[8:59:43] would not be allowed in
[8:59:46] industrial commercial m1 m2
[8:59:47] retail would only a dispensary
[8:59:50] would only be allowed in
[8:59:51] the zones correct.
[8:59:51] >> correct.
[8:59:54] Wait wait wait at this point
[8:59:55] wait wait we're not using
[8:59:56] the word dispensary.
[8:59:59] >> yeah no no no this is not a
[9:00:00] this is ahead of where we are
[9:00:00] right now.
[9:00:01] Yeah yeah.
[9:00:02] This is not how making those
[9:00:03] decisions today because retail
[9:00:05] sales retail sales so ganzouri
[9:00:06] yeah.
[9:00:07] I just I want us to be really
[9:00:09] clear that there's a big
[9:00:10] difference between those two
[9:00:22] things and that we're only
[9:00:23] today we're only going to be
[9:00:23] allowing for retail sales in
[9:00:23] those districts with the use
[9:00:23] permit.
[9:00:23] >> that's right.
[9:00:24] Ok, we'll just take a
[9:00:24] dispensary we'll take the word
[9:00:24] dispensary out of our
[9:00:24] vocabulary for that one for
[9:00:25] today.
[9:00:28] >> ok, tank you.
[9:00:29] All right, brian, I'll give it
[9:00:30] back to you and if you will
[9:00:32] walk us through what changes
[9:00:35] you heard and we will come to a
[9:00:36] consensus up here before going
[9:00:39] forward.
[9:00:40] All right.
[9:00:40] Thank you, chair schofield.
[9:00:43] So hopefully I'm correct but
[9:00:44] I've heard basically four four
[9:00:47] issues I'm proposing to address
[9:00:47] two of them in the ordinance
[9:00:50] language.
[9:00:51] The first one is regarding
[9:00:54] the mixed light.
[9:00:55] This is the proposed ordinance
[9:00:59] language where the increase in
[9:01:02] square footage of canopy is
[9:01:03] introduced.
[9:01:03] There's currently proposed
[9:01:07] indoor shall not exceed 10000
[9:01:07] square feet and then
[9:01:10] the highlighted areas and
[9:01:14] underlined in addition or 20000
[9:01:15] square feet of mixed light.
[9:01:19] So that creates a cap of 20000
[9:01:20] square feet of mix light for
[9:01:23] parcel's I think I need to do
[9:01:29] it one more area actually I
[9:01:30] think that that's accurate and
[9:01:33] a maximum of forty thousand
[9:01:33] square feet because you're
[9:01:36] suggesting that's in
[9:01:37] the proposed changes to
[9:01:38] the audience is a maximum.
[9:01:40] Oh there you go.
[9:01:41] >> sorry.
[9:01:41] Yeah right.
[9:01:44] so the eighty acres and greater
[9:01:45] still has that forty thousand
[9:01:48] square feet allowance for
[9:01:49] outdoor and then it has
[9:01:52] different limitations for
[9:01:53] indoor and makes light.
[9:01:56] >> sorry thank so that also
[9:01:59] addresses that issue does that
[9:02:03] we're in agreement with that.
[9:02:07] Yes I am already already signed
[9:02:10] an agreement with that ok very
[9:02:11] good.
[9:02:11] Very good thank you brian.
[9:02:15] The second change is regarding
[9:02:19] the retail sales storefront in
[9:02:19] the thousand square feet and
[9:02:22] sorry for m scrolling but this
[9:02:27] is the section that is adding
[9:02:27] the standards for micro
[9:02:28] businesses with storefront
[9:02:30] retail and I've stricken
[9:02:33] the language that the area
[9:02:34] dedicated to retail sales shall
[9:02:35] be a maximum of a thousand
[9:02:37] square feet and shall be
[9:02:38] included in the total support
[9:02:41] area allowed for the operation
[9:02:44] that just allows the proposal
[9:02:45] or the applicant to propose
[9:02:48] what they believe that they can
[9:02:49] accommodate on their site and
[9:02:50] that will be evaluated through
[9:02:52] the use permit process.
[9:02:53] We didn't identify any other
[9:02:57] square footage limitations,
[9:02:58] maximums or minimums.
[9:03:01] It's just simply allowing
[9:03:01] the option to apply and then it
[9:03:04] will be reviewed on the merits
[9:03:05] of the project with no internal
[9:03:08] caps through the permit through
[9:03:12] the use permit you ok ok heidi
[9:03:15] hardy.
[9:03:16] >> yeah understood.
[9:03:20] Very good right so the other
[9:03:20] two issues have not proposed
[9:03:24] any change to the language in
[9:03:24] the ordinance and are
[9:03:28] recommending if your board
[9:03:29] would like to discuss further
[9:03:32] at the board workshop at
[9:03:32] the end of the month and that
[9:03:36] is clarification of the setback
[9:03:39] issue that I've attempted to
[9:03:39] explain that it's not
[9:03:43] retroactive, it doesn't apply.
[9:03:43] We can potentially look at
[9:03:44] adding some clarifying language
[9:03:47] but as it's currently worded it
[9:03:51] would not apply to existing
[9:03:51] permitted farms that
[9:03:55] the setbacks would only apply
[9:03:55] to those areas that are
[9:03:56] proposed.
[9:03:59] In addition above and beyond
[9:03:59] what the current farm is
[9:04:03] permitted for and what the new
[9:04:03] ordinance would allow for in
[9:04:04] terms of square footage.
[9:04:07] But we can clarify that or
[9:04:11] discuss it more if you like and
[9:04:11] it also includes a variance
[9:04:32] process because we already have
[9:04:32] one, is that correct?
[9:04:33] >> we do already have a
[9:04:34] variance process built into
[9:04:35] the ordinance there variances
[9:04:35] there's certain rules and
[9:04:36] regulations if it's a true
[9:04:37] variance governed by another
[9:04:37] section of our code.
[9:04:38] But there could be a some
[9:04:38] analysis on a different method
[9:04:42] to to go about allowing a you
[9:04:43] know, a reduction in that set
[9:04:45] back that I'd have to explore a
[9:04:46] little bit and discuss at
[9:04:52] the board workshop in maldito.
[9:04:53] >> I just want to make sure
[9:04:56] that if we're passing like it
[9:04:57] is we're passing it now that it
[9:04:57] really is going to allow for
[9:05:00] those odd lots or existing
[9:05:04] structures and not make it
[9:05:04] cumbersome for people to have
[9:05:08] to come back and go through a
[9:05:09] well, as I mentioned, there are
[9:05:09] two two processes.
[9:05:11] One is to get your neighbor to
[9:05:12] agree to a setback easement and
[9:05:15] so there can be recorded a
[9:05:16] setback easement to accommodate
[9:05:19] that set back on a portion of
[9:05:22] their property and the other is
[9:05:23] a variance process which
[9:05:23] requires a public hearing
[9:05:26] through the county through
[9:05:27] the zoning administrator to
[9:05:30] reduce that back that was built
[9:05:31] into the original ordinance in
[9:05:38] twenty nineteen and we don't
[9:05:38] need any language about
[9:05:41] grandfathering it in because
[9:05:42] we're going to I mean you're
[9:05:42] saying that we are but
[9:05:45] shouldn't we put that in I mean
[9:05:46] that's how the entire ordinance
[9:05:49] operates that any any use that
[9:05:53] was permitted under an existing
[9:05:54] ordinance is grandfathered in
[9:05:57] and any new proposal that
[9:06:01] requires a permit or an
[9:06:02] entitlement is subject to
[9:06:02] the ordinance in place at that
[9:06:03] time.
[9:06:05] Ok, all right.
[9:06:06] Thank you.
[9:06:12] And with it, lisa hardy.
[9:06:13] >> yes, I'm good with that.
[9:06:16] Ok and the last I'm sorry
[9:06:17] the last item was the good
[9:06:20] standing as rita had had
[9:06:21] mentioned, there is some
[9:06:24] language in there regarding
[9:06:25] the payment of certain taxes as
[9:06:28] required by the code but we
[9:06:28] would also like the opportunity
[9:06:31] to look at that in a little bit
[9:06:32] more detail to determine
[9:06:35] legality and to make sure it's
[9:06:36] placed in the right place
[9:06:39] within the ordinance so we
[9:06:40] could explore that further at
[9:06:40] the workshop.
[9:06:43] But I do not have proposed
[9:06:44] language changes at this moment
[9:06:47] to address that issue.
[9:06:48] Ok, so I don't have to worry
[9:06:50] about that.
[9:06:51] And then there is
[9:06:52] the understanding that we will
[9:06:55] look at exclusionary zones
[9:06:56] during the workshop and I know
[9:06:58] that's not part of this.
[9:06:59] Correct?
[9:07:02] That's that's part of my draft
[9:07:03] presentation that I'm already
[9:07:04] working on for the workshop.
[9:07:04] Very good.
[9:07:07] Thank you, brian.
[9:07:10] So I do believe we are ready to
[9:07:11] have a motion and chair's
[9:07:14] amended chair schofield if I
[9:07:15] could I just want to remind you
[9:07:18] you have one one item prior to
[9:07:19] adopting your amended motion
[9:07:22] and that is thirty seven a
[9:07:23] which is related to the secure
[9:07:26] document.
[9:07:27] Ok, looks like we need three
[9:07:27] motions.
[9:07:28] Is that correct.
[9:07:33] >> ok all right so I'll need a
[9:07:36] motion for the resolution
[9:07:36] adopting an addendum to
[9:07:40] the certified final
[9:07:41] environmental impact report
[9:07:44] sluffed motion all seconded
[9:07:48] hook we'll call please.
[9:07:48] Thank you.
[9:07:49] Chair district four for you
[9:07:52] district three yes district
[9:07:52] five.
[9:07:53] District one yes.
[9:07:56] Yes district five sorry my
[9:08:00] fault was right and destructo
[9:08:00] got them we got them
[9:08:01] the earlier meeting got them
[9:08:07] both yes ok with that and let's
[9:08:08] see we are introducing them
[9:08:11] waving a further reading is
[9:08:11] that correct.
[9:08:15] That's an ordinance amending
[9:08:15] chapter two in nevada county
[9:08:18] land use development road
[9:08:19] zoning regulations section l
[9:08:23] dash to summary just for
[9:08:26] clarification so moved as
[9:08:30] amended as a much clearer ok
[9:08:31] only by motion as amended i
[9:08:38] second it that you yes motion
[9:08:38] seconded hook roll call please
[9:08:42] it's district four district
[9:08:42] four yes district three yes
[9:08:46] district one yes district five
[9:08:46] .
[9:08:47] >> district five this district
[9:08:50] to yes.
[9:08:50] >> all right yeah.
[9:08:54] Thank you very much.
[9:08:57] Thank you party for being with
[9:08:57] us in this meeting.
[9:09:01] >> I believe is adjourned and