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good afternoon it is 4 pm on Monday
April 15th and we are reconvening an

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session and I'm going to uh first begin
with a roll call to establish the

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presence of a quorum thank you
supervisor

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renes here supervisor chavz is absent
supervisor sub minion here vice

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president Lee present thank you and
president elberg I am here and

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supervisor sidian would you uh lead us
in the Pledge of Allegiance

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rise I pledge allegiance to the flag of
the United States of America and to the

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Republic for which it stands one nation
under God indivisible with liberty and

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justice for

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all I it seven is to consider
recommendations relating to certificates

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of appreciation commendations and
proclamations may I have a motion to

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approve item seven so moved second thank
you very much let's vote on item seven

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please supervisor orenas yes supervisor
Smit toit and I Vice chairperson Lee hi

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and president elenberg yes motion
carries thank you very much with that

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item eight is to present the
commendations and proclamations which we

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have just approved so um I'm going to
begin with the first item a which is to

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present a proclamation declaring April
2024 as Second Chance month in Santa

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Clara County and we will begin that
presentation with a

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video just one moment while they connect

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[Music]

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my name is Brian Evans and I believe in
second

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[Music]

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chances my name is Crystal prz I'm a
former re-entry client and I'm a case

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manager three here at the goodwi Sila
Valley and I believe in second chance

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[Music]

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my name is Jennifer T I'm a public
health assistant and I believe in second

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[Music]

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Chan my name is Dave Gomez and I believe
in second chances

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my name is sa I'm the director of
diversion reentry services for the

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county of Santa Clara and I believe in
second chances my name is Nick Berard

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I'm the chief probation officer for the
County of Santa Clara and I believe in

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second chances I believe in second
chances I'm assembly member Gail pel and

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I believe in second chances I'm County
Executive James Williams and I believe

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in second chances I'm Greta Hansen I'm
the Chief Operating Officer for Santa

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clir County and I believe in second
chances I wholeheartedly believe in

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second chances I believe in second
chances I believe in second chances

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America believes in second chances we
believe in second chances

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more than 70 million Americans have
records on their con have records of

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their contacts with the criminal legal
system fortunately counties across the

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country are more and more frequently
recognizing the importance of providing

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opportunities for employment housing
Health Care voting rights and many other

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basic needs to their residents when they
exit the carceral system legal and

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Regulatory restrictions social stigma
related to incarceration gaps in

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employment or education family
separation housing unavailability

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untreated mental illnesses and substance
use disorders all contribute to the fact

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that nearly 75% of people who have been
incarcerated remain unemployed a year

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Post Release the US Department of
Justice's office of Justice programs the

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national re-entry resource center and
communities across the country recognize

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Second Chance month in April by sharing
new programs and initiatives and hosting

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events to educate the public and
decrease barriers to employment housing

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voting education and other opportunities
for individuals re-entering their our

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communities after
incarceration our office of re-entry

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Services offers numerous opportunities
to our re-entry clients including job

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fairs business incubator programs
apprenticeships and direct employment

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placement to help people get back on
their feet many former clients of the

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county of Santa Clara's re re-entry
Resource Centers who are now working in

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County departments and Community
organizations serve as role models for

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other currently and recently released
individuals and attribute their success

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in recovery to programs and people who
offered them second chances this board

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today proudly proc claims April 2024 as
Second Chance month and I would like to

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invite uh Havier agir the from the
office of re-entry services and anyone

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else you want to bring up with you to ex
accept the proclamation which I will go

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grab well on behalf of the entire
re-entry service system of the county of

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Santa Clair we want to thank you for
proclaiming this month Second Chance

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month um it's so important to recognize
all the individuals that have made their

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Journey from incarceration and having
second chances to all of our County

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Partners and departments who've been
hiring some of our former clients into

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very important critical positions um we
uh provide funding for like about 20

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contractors and they employ about 118
individuals of those 118 about 40 um are

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with lived experience and in our in our
office we have folks that have made that

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journey and now are successful County
employees so on behalf of again the

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entire re-entry system um with our team
here um and also all the countless

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supporters thank

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you going to invite my colleagues down
to join us and we're going to turn our

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backs to you for just a moment for the
photo come come come

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bring some people forward

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we've got a whole bunch of these
today of

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course item 8B is to recognize
communication dispatchers week

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Proclamation the Santa Clara County
public safety Communications dispatchers

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play an essential role in protecting the
Public's life and property by quickly

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answera answering and evaluating
hundreds of emergency calls daily and

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dispatching the appropriate emergency
response from law enforcement agencies

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fire departments and emergency medical
transport providers across our community

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they strive to provide equal access to
emergency services to all callers

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including those who do not speak English
or are hearing impaired Additionally the

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Santa Clara County public safety
Communications dispatchers efficiently

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coordinate emergency services for both
human-made and natural disasters to

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ensure the health and safety of our
community and have maintained

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accreditation by the internationaly of
emergency dispatch since 2002 which

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certifies the county Communications
Department as a center of excellence in

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providing callers reporting medical
emergencies with appropriate physician

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approved medical instruction while
health is on the way this job is

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fast-paced stressful and requires
special humans to do this work thank you

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to all the dispatchers who ensure that
we get the help that we need the Board

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of Supervisors of the county of Santa
Clara does hereby proclaim the week of

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April 9th through 15th 2024 as communic
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invite up the um the county the county
communication Department's dis 2023

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dispatchers of the Year Allison scardo
and Fatima Moreno to receive this

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Proclamation
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do you want to say anything sure thank
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absolutely thank you all for your
recognition of all the hard work that

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County communications dispatchers do
every day we do not go into this C

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looking for recognition or credit for
the work that we do but it is an honor

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to receive we enjoy serving our
community 24 hours a day we appreciate

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you for having us here and are grateful
for the opportunity thank you

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exhausting stressful
work so essential thank you

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okay thank you so much thank you for
being here thank you so much for being

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here before I begin uh item 8 C I'll
note that there's a correction the item

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should read as follows present
Proclamation declaring April 11 through

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April 17th 2024 as black maternal health
week in Santa Clara County it is my

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absolute honor to present this
proclamation in recognition of black

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maternal Health week which runs from
April 11th through April 17th Santa

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Clara County Board of Supervisors
recognized black maternal Health week

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for the first time in April of 2021 in
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local organizations that have long advoc
advocated for improving black birth

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outcomes in our community including our
Public Health Department's black infant

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health program the Perry natal Equity
initiative Roots Community Health Center

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the black leadership kitchen cabinet and
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Agency to name just a few of the
partners this is an issue that has

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become very close to my heart and I am
determined to help make a difference

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specifically to measurably improve
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people and their infants in the United
States us in in the United States black

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infants die at almost three times the
rate of other babies and these

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disparities persist even more High even
for highly educated and high inome black

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pregnant people and data from the CDC
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preventable
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dying or losing infants are not numbers
take a look at the seven women on this

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slide
three of them are Alison Felix Tor Bowie

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and Tiana Madison members of the 2012
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4X 100 meter relay some of the most
decorated track and field athletes in US

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in US Olympic
history the three women set out to

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become mothers all three young healthy
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developed serious complications Felix De
developed preclampsia that nearly went

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undetected until she had an emergency
C-section delivery at 32 weeks Madison

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went into labor at 26 weeks and entered
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directive and her will Bowie died in her
home at 8 months pregnant after

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developing a
clsa tennis champion Serena Williams and

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former Virginia gubernatorial candidate
Jennifer Carol Foy were also very public

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about their near-death stories
associated with giving birth to their

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children and just last month former
Kansas City Chief's cheerleader Crystal

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Anderson died when she contracted sepsis
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stillborn child this is not data these
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women our country continues to advocate
for black mamas and babies the perinal

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Equity workg Group has worked with
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hospitals to raise awareness of the data
the risks and what can actually be done

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to improve
outcomes we have requested deidentified

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Hospital level data from the state so
maternal Health disparities can be

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accurately identified standardized and
measured Roots Community Health Center

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is currently facilitating our Doula
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covered by
medical last week we hosted did a

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screening of two short films created by
black women to illustrate the importance

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of building safer communities for black
families and we held the second annual

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perinatal Equity initiative conference
which brought together policy experts

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providers and Advocates from five
counties to hear from a range of

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brilliant speakers and teachers and to
talk about how to keep the momentum

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forward it is now my honor to officially
Proclaim April 11th to 17th black

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maternal Health Week in Santa Clara
County and to invite up the incomparable

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Beverly White Macklin the County's black
infant health program director Beverly

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and her team at black infant Health
along with the Pei group and Leilani

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Jones who serves as the executive
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and Improvement Alma Burell at roots and
so many others inspire me and teach me

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every day you are all making me a better
and more impactful policy maker and I am

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so proud to be on this journey with you
Beverly please come up and say a few

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words thank you so much for honoring
black maternal Health Week the topic

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that we are talking about is so
important so dear to my heart I was one

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of these women who almost died having my
first child and I'm very passionate

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about this program and what it does for
moms and we know that if we have healthy

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moms we have healthy babies and we have
healthy adults so thank you so much for

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honoring our program and continuing to
support us um supervisor president

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Ellenburg and all of the Board of
Supervisors who have stuck by us and

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just really have supported everything
that we do in the community to help

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these bombs thank you

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you have other folks here that want to
go the from

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the all you baby

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congratulations

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supervisor Lee is going to come up for
the presentation of item 8D

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well thank you president Alan Burke um
so the 8D is the international work days

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in Santa Clara County Proclamation the
May 1st has been recognized throughout

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the world as International workers day
and may day has been an annual

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commemoration since 1930s in the United
States Mayday began on May 1st

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1886 with a March to support workers
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Illinois leading to a series of events
including the Hay Market

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Affair and the great upheaval which
began a new era of workers rights and

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protections in America on May 1st 2006
Mayday in San Jose was one of the

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largest marches ever in the city's
history with over a quarter of a million

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participants Mayday is an opportunity to
cherish the diverse community of

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residents across Sara County and I would
also like to recognize additional

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Coalition members such as Chava
Bustamante Luis roacha Jr Teresa

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Castellanos aluro Gomez Rebecca amandar
Martha Campos Fred hirs and klets of

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many others and at this time I like to
welcome the members of the San Jose

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Mayday Coalition you please come on up
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yeah we stand here today on the
shoulders of those who came before us

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the industrial labor of the north who
fought to end the SL SL in the south in

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order to unionize

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together we stand here today on the
shoulders of those who were murdered

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fighting for things we take for granted
now like an 8h hour day 40-hour work

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week and an end to child labor

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we stand here on the shoulders of our
elders those who made history marching

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down Santa Clara 18 years ago tens of
thousands of people took to the streets

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for immigration reform and workers
Justice

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we stand here to celebrate the enormous
victory of the fight for 15 campaign the

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ongoing fight for unionization at
Starbucks REI Trader Joe's Barnes &

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Noble and many other locations we want
to recognize the burgeoning fight to

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unionize homeless surv service providers
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we stand here today in solidarity with
the protesters who sto traffic on the

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Golden Gate Bridge again to Stand United
with the people of Palestine and against

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genocide

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we stand here today to ask you to bring
the ceasefire resolution to a vote

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history demands that you lead not turn a
blind eye to war crimes and the

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extermination of a people

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thank
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all right we're good thank you

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the thank you thank you you
congratulations thank you

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all right we're still
going item e 8 e uh is to recognize the

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American Cancer society's 35th annual
courageous Kids Day

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Commendation um there are a few subjects
that are tougher to take on than kids

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with cancer but unfortunately cancer
remains ubiquitous in our modern world I

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would be surprised if there's a person
in this room who doesn't have at least

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one loved one whose life has been turned
upside down by a cancer

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diagnosis until there is a cure there
must be support for families and

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patients the American Cancer Society is
one such organization that is dedicated

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to improving the lives of patients and
their families through advocacy research

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and personal support more broadly they
aim to ensure that everyone has access

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to cancer prevention detection treatment
and ultimately a cure every year the

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American Cancer Society holds a special
event called courageous Kids Day at

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California's Great America specifically
for children who are fighting cancer and

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their families it is a fun-filled day
that has become that has come to be

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known as a day away from cancer because
it provides families with a much needed

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break from the challenges of their
journey and allows them to create and

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enjoy special moments with their child
this year courageous kids day is cele

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celebrating its 35th Anniversary this
annual celebration has created thousands

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of lasting memories for as many families
and is a much treasured respit for

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everyone who takes part here to receive
this Commendation is gay Crawford gay is

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the Intrepid founder of courageous kids
day as well as the founder of Cancer

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Care point which has also served
thousands of cancer patients with warmth

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dignity and practical resources gay is
probably an actual Angel and it will be

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my honor to present this Commendation to
her in just a moment but first I'd like

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to invite my colleague Joe supervisor
Joe sidian to share a few words as

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well thank you I uh want to pick up
where my colleague board president Susan

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Ellenberg left off um she talked about
the way and in which a cancer diagnosis

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can turn someone's life upside down and
I think what I want to say thank you for

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today Gay and to you and the American
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is taking the time to

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say that diagnosis doesn't have to mean
that friends and family and fun are no

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longer part of a young person's life

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we take most of that for granted I think
in our daily lives but for the children

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you and the American Cancer Society
serve they can't take that for granted

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so I'm going to ask that before we
present this Proclamation and bring our

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colleagues down for a photo the entire
room say thank you with me

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going to see a video
first for almost 30 years Mother's Day

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holds a special joy for nearly 600 young
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fighting cancer introduced in 1989
courageous kids day was conceived by the

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American Cancer Society as a family
event and a day to have fun together

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enjoying rides lunch along with Arts
crafts and games children and their

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families come from all over California
to participate in the American Cancer

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society's courageous Kids Day at
California's Great America amusement

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park in Santa Clara the day referred to
as a day away from cancer for these

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young cancer patients is a unique
partnership between the American Cancer

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Society and Great America who has been
the presenting sponsor since the

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beginning 30 years ago it's an extra
special fun unpack day for the

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courageous kids and their families
allowing them to forget some of that

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stress and have fun together it's more
than just a fun day out in the park it

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provides emotional escape from the
everyday Trials of what a family goes

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through when they have a child with
cancer a day when these patients can

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just be kids their brothers and sisters
can enjoy the time with their siblings

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outside of a hospital room and parents
can watch their kids have fun without

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worry funds raised not only only provide
this very special day to the courageous

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kids and their family but also supports
pediatric cancer research Heroes come in

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all sizes how can you help you can sign
up today to become a Committee Member a

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volunteer for the day or event sponsor
the meaning of life is to find your gift

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the purpose of life is to give it away
help us find your gift today with the

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American Cancer Society and the
courageous kids

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[Applause]
thank you all for standing up that

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really got me uh and particularly to
hear from both Joe who's been a

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tremendous supporter of cancer and Susan
who has done so much for children in

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this County and
Beyond uh I just want to take one second

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because my long-suffering husband is
here and after 50 years of being

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involved in the cancer space as as they
mentioned founder of Cancer Care point

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the second hospice Hospice of the Valley
and I just buried two friends this last

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week um that was served by Hospice of
the Valley the cancer registry and even

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a crazy thing called the colon cancer
freeone where I played pollet man in a

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parade if you can believe
it so the cancer Journey has been a

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tough one but of course uh this
courageous kids celebrating 35 years we

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wanted to celebrate it takes a team um I
I just have the most amazing committee

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all these 35 years I've missed every
Mother's Day with my own kids but there

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are people like Bob Steinfeld who worked
at Apple and lost a child to to cancer

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Angie CIO who's been my staff partner
for all of these years and the current

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chairs Pam and Donna who worked so hard
to do another element of fundraising

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construction versus Cancer and a bear
campaign and Mara uh the Laura Marshall

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who is head of the photographers
Association brings out photographers who

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volunteer Every Mother's Day and take a
portrait of these families and sometimes

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it's the last portrait they'll ever have
of this child and they usually don't

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take a picture even when they're going
through treatment so those are really

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really special and um Saturday we had a
little fundraiser a wonderful restaurant

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sell I hope you'll all support cell in
Campbell they um did an auction they

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sold a rock pry signed football that was
given to Courageous kids anyway we

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raised about $8,000 so anyway I am so
grateful all to all of you and I am

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grateful to be alive and well turning 80
this year and to have been on this

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cancer Journey um with so many wonderful
people in a network sorry to take so

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much time thank you so

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much oh boy for
SP be your sorry that

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was ol it was
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conat did you recognize

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thank let's

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see all right
item 8f a proclamation declaring May 4th

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as Wildfire Community preparedness day
presented by supervisors sidian and Lee

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thank you madam president if you have
ever

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wondered who thinks up these

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days I should tell you that May 4th
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actually a national event and it it's
Genesis it's start really um came from a

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survey of middle school kids right here
in California and Colorado as well that

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asked them how they wanted to learn
about Wildfire safety and the answer the

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kids gave was that they wanted to be
part of something to improve Wildfire

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safety where they lived and
so this is an opportunity for us to

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learn from what I would describe as wise
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students as individuals and
neighbors each of us can and should do

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all the Hands-On risk reduction
activities that we

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can by doing that we can all be part of
something to improve Wildfire safety

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where we live and it's relatively
easy ask yourself three

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questions are you signed up for SEC
alert apparently

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not do you have a go bag
and have you created and are you

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maintaining an evacuation
plan have you identified two alternative

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Roots out of your neighborhood beyond
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you know your evacuation
Zone can you see the address number of

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your home from the street is there a
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vegetation and the foundation of your
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I could go on I know my colleagues are
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will but I think I've made the point we
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individually and should each
individually take action to reduce our

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risk and improve Wildfire safety
wherever we

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live if you answered no to any of those
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a great time to take
action so that your answers can instead

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be yes
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students I'll say if you answered yes to
all those questions you get an A+ and I

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would encourage you to think about your
neighborhood then and your neighbors and

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about how you can help them improve your
community's Wildfire safety I want to

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pull my colleague supervisor Lee up
because in a moment we're going to

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present the proclamation declaring May
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to our fire chief chief GGA and a chief
Carter but first supervisor Lee would

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you share a few words
words and then we'll make the

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presentation thank you very much
supervisor suban I have the same

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thinking about May 4th I said is that
something to do with some Star War

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references that's some young Jedi Miss
like playing around and CA a fire of the

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the lightsaber but anyhow uh as we all
could recall the SCU lightning complex

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fires burned almost 400,000 acres in the
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San haen meret and St L the czu complex
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destroyed almost 1500 structures in the
county of Cale and Santa Cruz this

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climate change is happening things
supposed to happen only once in a 100

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years it's happening every few years now
and we are feeling it effects the need

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to make sure we collectively on top of
preparing for Wildfire evacuations so

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please please please just like what my
colleague said sign up today for

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emergency alerts at www. alert
alcc.org

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alerts.org to stay connected and be
prepared and here's the proclamation

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I'll go ahead and ask the chief come on
up come on up please

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[Applause]

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yes leave it to you to figure out who's
going to say

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what say a word
say a word good afternoon everyone uh

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again I cannot follow that act uh
supervisor subian hit all of the very

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important points that we need the public
to know as well as supervisor or vice

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president Lee so please sign up for
alert FCC FD uh sorry alert FCC uh.org

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right or.gov and then um for what it's
worth and I say this from the

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perspective of we've got Zone Haven that
is now Genesis that's also a tool that's

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really important for those who live in
the woi so thank you again

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supervisor good evening first of all I
want to thank uh the supervisors for the

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importance for identifying the
importance of wildfire Community prepar

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the day as the fire chief for the Santa
CL unit I'm committed to ensuring that

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we're building resilient communities
throughout the county and so if for more

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information I'd encourage you to visit
readyfor wildf fire.org thank you

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and chief G we have a rule which is if
you use an acronym like wooi you got to

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tell everybody what it is how many of
you know what the wooi

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is okay well we have at least two people
who know what the wooi is so why don't

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you help make sure everybody knows what
the wooi is and why it matters so uh

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supervisor subian said if you have a
tree that is CL I think closer to five

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feet from your house if I remember again
very succinctly you probably live in a

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wild and urban interface and that's
where your house butts up against a lot

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of forest or area that is basically
prone can be prone to fire so thank you

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supervisor yeah also just again we've
had an extraordinary amount of rain do

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not let that I guess lull us into
believing that we don't have the

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Wildfire risk we definitely in this area
especially on the west side of the

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county have that wooy risk
thank you give us a moment while we turn

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around and do our photo Chiefs
colleagues

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one

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more

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warm item G also o being presented by
supervisor sidian is a commodation for

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The Med Assist

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program now if you're asking
yourselves I'm here for a later item why

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do I have to sit through all
this here's the answer the answer is

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because you'll learn something helpful
and important and valuable to keeping

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you and your friends and your family and
your neighbors healthy and well and

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believe it or not it begins in

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1923 when three scientists first
discovered something called

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insulin and they sold the patent for
$3 yeah $3 which was a dollar

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piece and they did that because it was
their notion that access to this kind of

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life-saving medication shouldn't be
contingent on somebody's ability to

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afford it so they sold the patent for
$3

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now today that reasoning sounds like it
comes not just from another era but from

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another world altogether I think too
many of us have heard stories about

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folks who need to choose between being
able to afford their groceries or

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affording their kids
medicine and there are and have been for

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me in my office three chronic conditions
that stand

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out asthma
diabetes and severe

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allergies I think probably all of us
know someone who lives with one or more

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of those conditions these are illnesses
that can be controlled with proper

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medication allowing individuals to live
full and healthy lives but without their

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meds they can result in serious illness
or even death now just to give you a

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sense of the scope of this in Santa
Clara County alone just here in our

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County there are almost 120,000 adults
who've been diagnosed with diabetes it's

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a lot of folks there are more than
250,000 adults and kids who've been

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diagnosed with asthma and more than
20,000 have been diagnosed with serious

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and potentially life-threatening
allergies now the prices of the

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life-preserving
medications that those folks require

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have increased dramatically in recent
years making it difficult for folks to

444
00:57:26,960 --> 00:57:36,720
acquire the medications they
need my office and I thought there was a

445
00:57:33,079 --> 00:57:39,799
solution or at least a help and so I
brought to our board and I want to give

446
00:57:38,359 --> 00:57:45,240
a little shout out here to a staff
member of mine in particular Brian

447
00:57:42,319 --> 00:57:49,920
Pascal who's on vacation by the way and
should be here to hear me give him a

448
00:57:47,240 --> 00:57:52,680
shout out he said can't we do something
about this and so we put our heads

449
00:57:51,480 --> 00:57:57,160
together and we said yeah we can't
brought it to our board colleagues were

450
00:57:55,280 --> 00:58:04,400
all
enthusiastic said let's create something

451
00:58:00,720 --> 00:58:10,000
that helps folks who are stuck who need
the inhaler who need the FB pen who need

452
00:58:06,720 --> 00:58:14,119
the insulin and who are struggling to
afford it and it's not just folks of

453
00:58:11,640 --> 00:58:19,079
very modest means I think many of you in
this room probably know it's the missing

454
00:58:16,079 --> 00:58:22,200
middle in healthcare folks who make a
little too much maybe to qualify for a

455
00:58:20,640 --> 00:58:28,480
government program but not enough to
have really First Rate health insurance

456
00:58:25,039 --> 00:58:33,440
so to offset these C C in 2022 the Santa
Clara County Board of

457
00:58:31,280 --> 00:58:38,240
Supervisors with the real work done by
our staff created a program that was the

458
00:58:36,119 --> 00:58:43,359
first of its kind anywhere in the nation
and that is the program we call meicy

459
00:58:41,880 --> 00:58:49,480
the program
provides hundreds of dollars in some

460
00:58:45,640 --> 00:58:53,359
cases to Simply bring down the cost for
enrolled residents to help them afford

461
00:58:51,400 --> 00:58:58,799
their diabetes medications their asthma
inhalers their

462
00:58:54,760 --> 00:59:04,640
epipens probably average is $200 a month
which is just the right amount in many

463
00:59:02,160 --> 00:59:09,359
cases to make sure that people don't
have to choose between their rent and

464
00:59:06,920 --> 00:59:18,000
their meds their groceries and their
meds as of February this year 2024 meicy

465
00:59:14,240 --> 00:59:23,400
has now enrolled more than 2,000
residents here in Santa clar County and

466
00:59:20,839 --> 00:59:28,799
has provided $2 and5 million dollar in
prescription drug relief

467
00:59:26,280 --> 00:59:33,839
we hear directly from our enroll Le
about the relief they feel when they can

468
00:59:31,520 --> 00:59:37,160
finally afford the medications that keep
them

469
00:59:34,920 --> 00:59:40,960
alive I mentioned it in passing but I
want to underscore it again this would

470
00:59:39,280 --> 00:59:45,680
not have been possible without the hard
work of the

471
00:59:43,200 --> 00:59:49,520
leadership and frankly a dozen other
current and former staff members at

472
00:59:47,119 --> 00:59:53,079
Valley Medical Center I look forward to
continuing to expand the program to

473
00:59:51,359 --> 00:59:59,000
protect the health and well-being of our
residents and that is my not too subtle

474
00:59:55,640 --> 01:00:05,200
way of saying 2,000 is great but let's
keep pushing the number higher and

475
01:00:01,079 --> 01:00:09,240
higher our health safety and wellbe
demanded could we please ask the folks

476
01:00:07,200 --> 01:00:14,200
for medicis to come on up and let us
give them a moment of thanks as well

477
01:00:31,839 --> 01:00:38,160
you look trepidacious you shouldn't come
right

478
01:00:35,039 --> 01:00:44,079
up tell folks what they
are uh good afternoon everyone uh we're

479
01:00:41,200 --> 01:00:48,799
extremely honored to be here today um
and on behalf of the medicis team um the

480
01:00:47,000 --> 01:00:53,079
amount of work and efforts that
everybody has supported us with has been

481
01:00:51,000 --> 01:00:57,839
tremendous I would actually like to take
this opportunity to thank supervisor

482
01:00:55,039 --> 01:01:02,680
sidian uh members of the board and the
county exec's office for their

483
01:00:59,720 --> 01:01:07,799
continuous um encouragement and belief
in our mission um I would also like to

484
01:01:05,200 --> 01:01:13,000
appreciate our CEO Paul Len and our
director nari Singh um their leadership

485
01:01:10,680 --> 01:01:18,400
really provided the foundation of our
success and um all the support that we

486
01:01:16,319 --> 01:01:22,960
received empowered our team to go above
and beyond in serving and bettering the

487
01:01:20,520 --> 01:01:28,160
health of our community um as supervisor
sman mentioned today our program is

488
01:01:25,280 --> 01:01:32,079
assisting over 2,000 people um in not
only affording their life-saving

489
01:01:29,839 --> 01:01:36,400
medications but also improving their
medication adherence which also results

490
01:01:34,839 --> 01:01:41,000
in Better Health outcomes for our
community um we feel very very fortunate

491
01:01:39,039 --> 01:01:44,319
to be a part of this program and thank
you so much thank

492
01:01:48,160 --> 01:01:54,000
you just want to say thank you everyone
for this wonderful opportunity it's been

493
01:01:52,160 --> 01:01:59,400
such a joy to see this program start
from zero enroles just two years ago and

494
01:01:56,720 --> 01:02:03,440
now over 2,000 in counting so it's such
an honor to be a part of this thank you

495
01:02:01,240 --> 01:02:03,440
very

496
01:02:06,200 --> 01:02:13,160
much we have one ceremonial Proclamation
we'll let the two of you sort out how

497
01:02:10,720 --> 01:02:18,480
you share it all
right you take that hold it go

498
01:02:16,160 --> 01:02:24,240
ahead I'm let I'm gonna let you put that
between the two of you good job job J

499
01:02:51,440 --> 01:03:02,189
my thank you really thank you again
[Applause]

500
01:03:03,240 --> 01:03:05,520
and

501
01:03:09,119 --> 01:03:13,880
finally Madame President board
colleagues members of the public I'm

502
01:03:12,240 --> 01:03:18,799
going to take the opportunity to be a
little more personal in my remarks than

503
01:03:15,599 --> 01:03:24,079
would typically be the case because uh
in this my 12th and final year on the

504
01:03:21,200 --> 01:03:30,039
Board of Supervisors this is the last
opportunity I will have

505
01:03:26,319 --> 01:03:34,960
to take a moment for our board and our
community our entire County to

506
01:03:33,400 --> 01:03:39,279
commemorate the anniversary of the
genocide of the Armenians in the Ottoman

507
01:03:37,440 --> 01:03:45,480
Empire
which this year is the 109th

508
01:03:42,880 --> 01:03:52,000
anniversary and so as I say I want
to take the opportunity to

509
01:03:49,839 --> 01:03:58,760
reference that historic event in
slightly more personal terms looking all

510
01:03:55,000 --> 01:04:03,200
the way back 109 years to the
year

511
01:04:01,160 --> 01:04:07,400
1915 April
24th when the genocide

512
01:04:07,760 --> 01:04:14,680
began in the Ottoman
Empire now you've heard me use the word

513
01:04:12,520 --> 01:04:19,440
genocide a couple of times
and that's not a small thing and the

514
01:04:17,760 --> 01:04:24,400
reason it's not a small thing is that
for more than a hundred years following

515
01:04:21,640 --> 01:04:30,160
the genocide no sitting American
president had ever actually deed

516
01:04:25,720 --> 01:04:35,960
declared the Armenian Genocide by that
name I'm gratified that today we're in a

517
01:04:33,319 --> 01:04:40,400
different place and it's the source of
some satisfaction because back in

518
01:04:38,119 --> 01:04:44,359
2019 the United States House of
Representatives and then this United

519
01:04:42,480 --> 01:04:49,640
States
Senate took action to call the genocide

520
01:04:46,920 --> 01:04:54,119
of the Armenian people just that a
genocide and then on April the 24th day

521
01:04:53,440 --> 01:04:58,839
of
commemoration in 201

522
01:04:56,440 --> 01:05:03,400
21 President Joe Biden called the
genocide Again by that

523
01:05:00,960 --> 01:05:08,480
name and so as
we declare the 24th a day of

524
01:05:06,520 --> 01:05:13,400
commemoration and
Remembrance we're taking the opportunity

525
01:05:11,160 --> 01:05:20,440
to
acknowledge what it took too long to

526
01:05:17,440 --> 01:05:25,279
acknowledge
now I guess I would say that now that an

527
01:05:23,400 --> 01:05:29,640
American president has actually used
that word clearly and unequivocally and

528
01:05:27,559 --> 01:05:33,319
that our House of Representatives and
the United States Senate have made that

529
01:05:31,960 --> 01:05:37,039
formal
declaration and particularly given the

530
01:05:35,279 --> 01:05:41,200
state of world affairs
today does using that word

531
01:05:41,839 --> 01:05:48,480
matter a lot of folks in the Armenian
community of which I'm a part would tell

532
01:05:46,960 --> 01:05:52,599
you that they waited more than a hundred
years to hear

533
01:05:49,599 --> 01:05:59,039
it so I do think it's important to ask
does it matter I mean at one level it's

534
01:05:55,680 --> 01:06:05,039
just a word so why does it
matter and I think for folks

535
01:06:02,640 --> 01:06:11,119
in the armenian-american community it
matters because it tells their

536
01:06:07,920 --> 01:06:16,279
story tells the story of a
diaspora a community that is literally

537
01:06:13,720 --> 01:06:21,440
scattered around the world so whether
they are from Boston or

538
01:06:18,720 --> 01:06:28,760
Beirut anara or
anjar Cairo or copertino in my district

539
01:06:26,880 --> 01:06:34,760
where we
are and where we're from is probably in

540
01:06:32,599 --> 01:06:38,359
some way some significant way determined
by this genocide which created a

541
01:06:36,520 --> 01:06:43,039
worldwide
diaspora so what I wanted to share with

542
01:06:40,520 --> 01:06:47,359
my colleagues and with all of you is
that the

543
01:06:44,640 --> 01:06:55,240
genocide is the answer to so many
questions when people ask what's the

544
01:06:50,880 --> 01:06:55,240
story of the armenian-american community

545
01:06:55,799 --> 01:07:01,599
the answer to the question why are my
grandparents buried in New

546
01:06:59,319 --> 01:07:05,359
York why are my great-grandparents
buried in

547
01:07:02,920 --> 01:07:10,200
Cuba the answer is more than just a
matter of personal

548
01:07:06,760 --> 01:07:15,520
geography because the genocide
informs I think the notion of the

549
01:07:13,039 --> 01:07:20,440
Armenian Community as a scattered
Community a diaspora as I

550
01:07:18,119 --> 01:07:26,640
said as a
kid my father once told me when I asked

551
01:07:23,880 --> 01:07:33,039
him about our ethnic and cultural
history said well we're a Melancholy

552
01:07:30,799 --> 01:07:37,400
people you know as a kid I had no idea
what that

553
01:07:33,880 --> 01:07:43,400
meant but I I think he meant that our
community shared a common sadness and

554
01:07:40,279 --> 01:07:49,400
that that sadness was rooted in the
genocide more than a hundred years ago

555
01:07:45,799 --> 01:07:53,400
now so the word does matter hearing it
out loud

556
01:07:50,720 --> 01:07:59,000
matters and even as we are determined
that it's a word that shouldn't limit or

557
01:07:56,079 --> 01:08:02,880
Define us as members of the
community I think the word has

558
01:08:01,520 --> 01:08:06,440
continuing
importance as I say I wanted to speak a

559
01:08:04,960 --> 01:08:10,200
little bit more personally today because
this is the last chance I'll have to

560
01:08:08,599 --> 01:08:14,440
share this story with folks in the
community and members of the County

561
01:08:12,200 --> 01:08:19,120
family but also because I think it's an
extraordinary time right now in the

562
01:08:16,400 --> 01:08:23,920
world for anyone who has waited so very
very long to hear the word I suspect

563
01:08:22,199 --> 01:08:32,000
that most folks in this
room don't know there's a place called

564
01:08:26,560 --> 01:08:39,040
artac nagoro kabak that 120,000 ethnic
Armenians called it their home just some

565
01:08:35,839 --> 01:08:45,640
months ago and that today they have been
driven from their home and are now

566
01:08:43,359 --> 01:08:50,679
refugees in
Armenia so there is

567
01:08:48,960 --> 01:08:55,600
painfully
continuing relevance to this

568
01:08:53,279 --> 01:09:01,880
conversation and to the importance of
this word and finally I would say it's

569
01:08:58,759 --> 01:09:05,480
an important word Above All Else simply
because it is the

570
01:09:06,080 --> 01:09:14,040
truth so what I'd like to do now is say
thank you for indulging me in this very

571
01:09:11,159 --> 01:09:19,839
personal moment and invite folks from
the local community including Leon

572
01:09:16,319 --> 01:09:26,040
barsumian to come forward and ex and
receive our resolution acknowledging and

573
01:09:23,560 --> 01:09:30,040
commemorating April 24th
as a day of remembrance for The Armenian

574
01:09:28,400 --> 01:09:33,920
Genocide leavon would you and your
colleagues please come forward and

575
01:09:32,120 --> 01:09:46,220
please welcome them
[Applause]

576
01:09:59,760 --> 01:10:02,520
thank you supervisor

577
01:10:03,640 --> 01:10:11,719
sman uh and thank you honorable
supervisors of Santa Clara County um for

578
01:10:08,239 --> 01:10:17,199
the proclamation um commemorating the
109th anniversary of the Armenian

579
01:10:13,560 --> 01:10:22,840
Genocide um as supervisor sman noted um
recognition is still important to

580
01:10:18,880 --> 01:10:27,719
Armenian Americans today because While
most Armenian Americans living in Santa

581
01:10:25,040 --> 01:10:35,199
claric County uh arrived due to Violent
displacement my grandmother for example

582
01:10:32,120 --> 01:10:39,960
um many still have family in Armenia or
from

583
01:10:36,239 --> 01:10:46,600
artak um as many of you know on
September 19th of last year all of the

584
01:10:43,080 --> 01:10:50,440
Armenians of atsa were um forcibly
displaced ethnically cleansed and are

585
01:10:48,199 --> 01:10:55,560
refugees living in Armenia and today
Armenia itself is under

586
01:10:52,440 --> 01:11:01,040
threat um so it's important to today
still to use the word and to recognize

587
01:10:57,880 --> 01:11:06,120
uh the historical facts so um I just
want to again extend our sincere thanks

588
01:11:03,360 --> 01:11:10,640
um I don't think I could say anything
that too profound or better than you

589
01:11:08,440 --> 01:11:15,880
could have said all right please say
welcome and thank you

590
01:11:12,880 --> 01:11:15,880
again

591
01:11:23,040 --> 01:11:28,719
call forgive us again while we turn our
backs I'm going to hand this to you Leon

592
01:11:27,360 --> 01:11:33,520
I'm going to ask the rest of the
community to get in the photo here

593
01:11:30,159 --> 01:11:33,520
please an

594
01:12:21,560 --> 01:12:27,159
thank you all once again thank you there
you go

595
01:12:49,080 --> 01:12:55,719
I will'll invite uh County Executive
James Williams to come and present the

596
01:12:53,679 --> 01:12:59,560
remaining four commendations
before we move to employee excellence

597
01:13:01,239 --> 01:13:08,560
awards it's my honor this afternoon to
get to present several retirement

598
01:13:05,880 --> 01:13:13,040
commendations to some extremely
dedicated long- serving County employees

599
01:13:11,159 --> 01:13:17,190
and we're going to start with Katherine
Bustamante from custody Health Services

600
01:13:15,760 --> 01:13:29,060
com on up
[Applause]

601
01:13:32,199 --> 01:13:34,280
come

602
01:13:46,159 --> 01:13:54,199
on Katherine devoted 37 years of service
to the county of Santa Clara beginning

603
01:13:51,800 --> 01:13:57,639
her County Career as an extra help
employee for Santa clar Valley Medical

604
01:13:55,920 --> 01:14:03,920
Center in
1986 on April 16th 1990 almost exactly

605
01:14:01,199 --> 01:14:09,280
34 years ago Katherine was promoted to a
coded position as a medical unit clerk

606
01:14:06,280 --> 01:14:14,400
within custody Health Services she spent
all of those final 34 years in custody

607
01:14:11,440 --> 01:14:18,199
Health helping support quality care to
patients Katherine was part of the first

608
01:14:16,560 --> 01:14:22,760
line of healthc Care staff working with
patients in our County jails providing

609
01:14:20,440 --> 01:14:27,360
multi multilingual services and other
key responsibilities with the utmost

610
01:14:24,600 --> 01:14:32,239
professional ISM compassion and
dedication she's been an inspiration to

611
01:14:29,840 --> 01:14:37,159
many colleagues whether through words of
encouragement unsolicited offers of

612
01:14:34,679 --> 01:14:41,320
support sharing of institutional
knowledge or for the various treats she

613
01:14:39,520 --> 01:14:46,560
would bring to share and deliver with
her warm smile I'm told Catherine was

614
01:14:44,120 --> 01:14:53,920
always offering snacks to share
especially Hot Cheetos and hardboiled

615
01:14:50,920 --> 01:14:59,800
eggs Katherine is described by her peers
as a very kind

616
01:14:55,960 --> 01:15:04,080
funny sweet and always positive known by
many as Mama Katie Catherine

617
01:15:01,679 --> 01:15:08,600
demonstrated leadership by creating a
collaborative environment often stepping

618
01:15:06,280 --> 01:15:13,360
in to cover for colleagues to help with
Staffing shortages working closely with

619
01:15:10,840 --> 01:15:18,080
Correctional staff and selflessly
working in service of the patients in

620
01:15:15,600 --> 01:15:22,880
the jails by continuously going above
and beyond the Call of Duty Katherine's

621
01:15:20,800 --> 01:15:25,840
granddaughter Natalie who also works in
custody Health helped put together

622
01:15:24,560 --> 01:15:29,480
today's
Commendation in addition to her

623
01:15:27,679 --> 01:15:34,639
granddaughter Katherine leaves behind a
legacy of noble dedication to her

624
01:15:32,040 --> 01:15:40,440
colleagues patients and the residents of
Santa Clara County we are so grateful

625
01:15:37,120 --> 01:15:40,440
for your service

626
01:15:48,000 --> 01:15:55,000
congratulations just want to say thank
you to everyone um that I'm still here I

627
01:15:52,520 --> 01:16:02,239
would still be working it but uh than
got to cut it

628
01:15:56,600 --> 01:16:02,239
short thank you cut it short after 37

629
01:16:11,960 --> 01:16:22,679
minut I don't think cutting it short is
after 37 years thank you so much

630
01:16:19,280 --> 01:16:26,920
oh thank you for your yeah that way you
don't look I know she does that to me

631
01:16:24,040 --> 01:16:26,920
all the time thank you

632
01:16:48,960 --> 01:16:52,600
generous life of

633
01:17:06,440 --> 01:17:11,960
next we get to celebrate Rosie Estrada
coming up

634
01:17:33,880 --> 01:17:40,520
Rosie dedicated 36 years of service to
the county of Santa Clara including

635
01:17:38,280 --> 01:17:45,400
postponing her retirement to continue
serving youth in the County's juvenile

636
01:17:42,280 --> 01:17:50,280
facilities and supporting her colleagues
Rosie began her career with the county

637
01:17:47,040 --> 01:17:54,840
on October 7 1985 as a medical unit
clerk at juvenile hall in the Children's

638
01:17:52,600 --> 01:17:58,639
Shelter she was later promoted to the
Administrative Assistant with juvenile

639
01:17:56,480 --> 01:18:03,080
custody Health Services due to her
unparalleled dedication to Justice

640
01:18:00,639 --> 01:18:08,000
involved Youth and her commitment to
serving vulnerable individuals in our

641
01:18:05,520 --> 01:18:12,920
community throughout her career Rosie
provided multilingual services to youth

642
01:18:10,199 --> 01:18:18,000
while also helping grow multiple medical
mental health dental and vision services

643
01:18:15,920 --> 01:18:23,000
within the County's juvenile
facilities I'm told Rosie has been like

644
01:18:20,440 --> 01:18:28,760
a mother to everyone she always made
sure the break room had healthy snacks

645
01:18:25,800 --> 01:18:32,239
she decorated for employee events she
also routinely made seasonal

646
01:18:30,280 --> 01:18:36,360
appreciation goodie bags for her
colleagues each goodie bag would come

647
01:18:34,199 --> 01:18:40,800
with a note and a pun about the contents
of the bag the clinic would go nuts

648
01:18:38,719 --> 01:18:46,199
without you read one note with a goodie
bag of Trail

649
01:18:42,840 --> 01:18:51,639
Mix Rosie demonstrated leadership showed
a great deal of enthusiasm for her work

650
01:18:49,040 --> 01:18:55,440
took on responsibilities above and
beyond what her position required and

651
01:18:53,880 --> 01:18:59,280
was the consumate team player and
motivational colleague to fellow

652
01:18:57,159 --> 01:19:05,080
employees during long hours and
difficult times Rosie's favorite quote

653
01:19:02,000 --> 01:19:11,000
was better health for all and she lived
those values throughout her career Rosie

654
01:19:08,280 --> 01:19:15,400
leaves a legacy of dedicated and caring
service to Justice involved Youth and

655
01:19:12,840 --> 01:19:19,159
their families to her colleagues and to
the residents of Santa Clara County

656
01:19:17,719 --> 01:19:22,159
thank you so much Rosie and
congratulations

657
01:19:30,360 --> 01:19:36,880
thank you all I I can say I've always
been a great supporter for Santa Clara

658
01:19:35,880 --> 01:19:42,520
County
Services and all I can share with all of

659
01:19:39,600 --> 01:19:45,520
you teamwork makes a difference thank
you

660
01:20:16,600 --> 01:20:22,120
congratul
congratulations congratulations

661
01:20:30,600 --> 01:20:47,079
Dave saula come on
[Applause]

662
01:20:52,600 --> 01:21:02,920
out David J V started at the county in
docc in July of 1987 as a

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01:20:59,800 --> 01:21:07,600
technician he was motivated to join what
is wrong 89 cor well he was motivated to

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01:21:06,360 --> 01:21:12,239
join the academy and graduate in
December of 1989 initially is a

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01:21:10,000 --> 01:21:16,800
correctional officer at the main jail
and within two years began serving as a

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01:21:14,199 --> 01:21:21,040
jail training officer he rose through
the ranks later serving as internal

667
01:21:18,840 --> 01:21:25,440
affairs sergeant and Captain Elmwood
division Main Jail Division Watch

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01:21:23,400 --> 01:21:31,239
Commander later Captain over jail
reforms at one time or another he's been

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01:21:29,080 --> 01:21:36,080
in charge of every single division or
business unit in

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01:21:33,360 --> 01:21:39,760
custody among many many notable
accomplishments he was the executive

671
01:21:37,760 --> 01:21:44,800
sponsor for the demolition of Main Jail
South helped the formulation of the jail

672
01:21:42,440 --> 01:21:49,080
management system led the creation of
the grievance unit the implementation of

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01:21:47,040 --> 01:21:55,000
the inmate tablet Services Program and
helped launch theate tracking system in

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01:21:51,960 --> 01:21:59,440
September of 2021 in recognition of all
of the work that he had done and those

675
01:21:57,280 --> 01:22:04,880
successes he was promoted to assistant
sheriff with full oversight of the

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01:22:01,719 --> 01:22:09,920
custody bureau's 900 staff who are
responsible for the lives and well-being

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01:22:06,840 --> 01:22:13,920
of 3,000 individuals on average in a
247

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01:22:11,560 --> 01:22:18,400
operation he served as an active
recruiter and Mentor he's developed

679
01:22:16,360 --> 01:22:22,360
countless Correctional
professionals he's a third degree black

680
01:22:20,800 --> 01:22:27,639
belt in
Taekwondo he's an avid Raiders fan a

681
01:22:25,120 --> 01:22:32,960
proud husband and father enjoys hosting
family and friends in his home but I

682
01:22:29,320 --> 01:22:38,679
want to add that he has been just an
extraordinary partner to the entire

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01:22:36,199 --> 01:22:45,239
County organization over many
challenging years of incredible change

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01:22:41,520 --> 01:22:51,040
and reforms in our correctional system
he has done so in a place of compassion

685
01:22:48,760 --> 01:22:55,960
with outstanding
professionalism and from a spirit of

686
01:22:53,360 --> 01:22:59,880
true and genuine cooperation and
collaboration with a mindset that

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01:22:58,000 --> 01:23:05,040
working together across the county
organization we can do what we need to

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01:23:02,080 --> 01:23:10,679
do to do right by those individuals who
have been remanded to us for Care by the

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01:23:08,320 --> 01:23:14,760
courts so I want to thank you so much
for your outstanding service to our

690
01:23:12,800 --> 01:23:18,719
community wish you and your family all
the very best thank you

691
01:23:25,760 --> 01:23:33,679
thank you um first I want to say it's
been an absolute pleasure and honor to

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01:23:31,800 --> 01:23:39,199
serve the county of Santa Clara and the
community um that I've grew up in ra

693
01:23:36,000 --> 01:23:44,440
born and raised here um but I I just
want to say the the county of Santa

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01:23:41,440 --> 01:23:50,040
Clara is a fantastic place to have a
career they really take care of their

695
01:23:47,400 --> 01:23:55,080
employees and
um people often say how did you do so

696
01:23:53,000 --> 01:24:01,400
long in in in the correction profession
and that's because it's a very difficult

697
01:23:58,280 --> 01:24:06,280
um career but what makes it easy to come
to work every day is when you come to

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01:24:04,000 --> 01:24:12,000
work because you know that the
correctional staff the deputies the um

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01:24:09,760 --> 01:24:17,400
professional staff our partners in
custody Health our partners at the

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01:24:14,560 --> 01:24:21,719
re-entry Center our partners programs
and everything we do and especially the

701
01:24:19,960 --> 01:24:28,600
support that we've gotten from the Board
of Supervisors the the county EX

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01:24:25,120 --> 01:24:34,520
office um makes it worth it because
everyone comes together to make a very

703
01:24:31,080 --> 01:24:38,320
difficult job easy to to want to do and
that's to serve the people and try to

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01:24:36,000 --> 01:24:42,040
make a difference in the lives of those
who are incarcerated they don't want to

705
01:24:40,119 --> 01:24:47,000
be there they're at the worst point of
their life but we are striving to make

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01:24:45,119 --> 01:24:51,520
it better for them and that's what the
whole purpose of what we do is so it's

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01:24:50,040 --> 01:25:04,750
been an honor and a pleasure and I thank
you for all the support

708
01:24:53,450 --> 01:25:04,750
[Applause]

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01:25:10,520 --> 01:25:14,040
thank you so

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01:25:50,960 --> 01:25:58,520
next Wednesday April 24th is a very
important day in the County it's a

711
01:25:55,679 --> 01:26:02,040
distinct honor to present a proclamation
on behalf of the Board of Supervisors

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01:26:00,040 --> 01:26:07,280
and County Administration celebrating
office Professionals Day office

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01:26:04,920 --> 01:26:12,280
professionals make the Enterprise work
they're the life force they are often

714
01:26:10,040 --> 01:26:17,119
the first people our customers and
residents interact with our office

715
01:26:14,960 --> 01:26:20,560
professionals are in many ways the face
of the county

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01:26:18,440 --> 01:26:24,840
organization from Connecting People in
Need to of health services to issuing

717
01:26:22,800 --> 01:26:29,719
marriage licenses to keeping the
calendars of our busy Executives to

718
01:26:27,159 --> 01:26:36,119
taking meeting minutes even Framing
proclamations and Counting

719
01:26:31,920 --> 01:26:40,920
ballots their Ingenuity flexibility and
the ability to handle the unexpected

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01:26:38,639 --> 01:26:44,960
make our office professionals so
valuable they're essential to keeping

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01:26:42,960 --> 01:26:50,800
our departments running
efficiently Monica and Sonia make my

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01:26:47,760 --> 01:26:55,480
life easier there are many serving in
these key roles throughout our County

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01:26:53,400 --> 01:27:00,920
organization making this a better place
to work and serve our

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01:26:57,560 --> 01:27:03,320
community in 1987 County leadership saw
the importance of our office

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01:27:01,920 --> 01:27:09,480
professionals and created the top
program 37 years later the top program

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01:27:06,159 --> 01:27:13,840
is still going strong over 2,000 County
professionals have graduated from the

727
01:27:11,440 --> 01:27:17,840
program the last three top classes have
supported kid scope Behavioral Health

728
01:27:15,679 --> 01:27:21,960
Assessment Center assisted Outpatient
Treatment and pets of the unhoused

729
01:27:20,080 --> 01:27:25,960
respectively efforts that are very much
aligned with the board and

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01:27:23,600 --> 01:27:31,119
administration priorities these classes
raised over $40,000 for these County

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01:27:29,119 --> 01:27:36,440
priorities every year the top program
holds a training seminar this year the

732
01:27:33,280 --> 01:27:40,960
seminar will be in November at tasmin
seminar is a space for continuous

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01:27:38,159 --> 01:27:44,920
learning skill building support and
growth for moving into larger more

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01:27:43,000 --> 01:27:49,520
responsible roles in the county so I'd
like to present this Proclamation uh to

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01:27:47,280 --> 01:27:49,520
John

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01:27:49,560 --> 01:27:54,679
Tran chairperson of the top program

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01:27:54,960 --> 01:28:04,320
and to top board members and
alumni on behalf of the over

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01:28:00,480 --> 01:28:13,600
4,000 office Professionals in the
county we honor and celebrate you all in

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01:28:08,199 --> 01:28:13,600
2024 for office Professionals Day

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01:28:27,719 --> 01:28:33,280
so thank you James on behalf of all
office Professionals in the county I

741
01:28:31,960 --> 01:28:36,840
along with the training for office
professionals executive board beside me

742
01:28:35,440 --> 01:28:40,760
would like to extend our deepest
gratitude to the Board of Supervisors

743
01:28:38,639 --> 01:28:44,280
our County Executive James Williams
Chief Operating Officer Greta Hansen and

744
01:28:42,760 --> 01:28:48,280
the entire County Administration for
this Proclamation we appreciate your

745
01:28:46,400 --> 01:28:52,679
recognizing and celebrating this special
day but more importantly we appreciate

746
01:28:50,600 --> 01:28:58,960
your intentionality in lifting up the
importance and value of of the

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01:28:56,719 --> 01:29:02,480
4,294 office professionals working in
the county organization your

748
01:29:00,760 --> 01:29:06,520
long-standing support for the staff is
an embodiment of the County's unwavering

749
01:29:04,760 --> 01:29:10,639
commitment to providing excellent and
exemplary service to our clients again

750
01:29:08,880 --> 01:29:15,020
thank you so much for this Proclamation
we will ensure that it gets showcased at

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01:29:12,360 --> 01:29:27,080
our upcoming top events thank
[Applause]

752
01:29:23,040 --> 01:29:27,080
you for

753
01:30:03,800 --> 01:30:08,639
thank you thank you everybody thank

754
01:30:22,080 --> 01:30:32,280
you all right this brings us to the pce
to resistance of these meetings item

755
01:30:29,360 --> 01:30:38,159
nine is the opportunity to present
certificates of appreciation to employee

756
01:30:34,639 --> 01:30:42,400
Excellence award honores for April 2024
take it away

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01:30:39,800 --> 01:30:49,840
James and if the award recipients can
come on up we're going to hear inspiring

758
01:30:45,280 --> 01:30:49,840
stories this afternoon yes

759
01:31:03,960 --> 01:31:10,639
we're going to hear inspiring stories
about our extraordinary colleagues from

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01:31:08,159 --> 01:31:16,119
the office of the assessor the Finance
Agency County Library Department of

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01:31:13,239 --> 01:31:20,840
Correction Social Services Agency County
of Santa Clara Health System Department

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01:31:18,360 --> 01:31:26,239
of Parks and Recreation and technology
and services Solutions department so I

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01:31:24,040 --> 01:31:31,600
will go one at a time read a little bit
about you that was provided by your

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01:31:28,560 --> 01:31:34,920
department and then uh you take a step
back and president Ellenberg will give

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01:31:33,239 --> 01:31:39,360
you your certificate take a photo with
you and at the end we'll do a group

766
01:31:36,800 --> 01:31:39,360
photo with

767
01:31:40,320 --> 01:31:48,960
everyone and feel free to cheer for
everyone all

768
01:31:44,639 --> 01:31:48,960
right Chris Dixon

769
01:31:54,000 --> 01:31:59,400
during his three years as an auditor
appraiser 3 with the county of Santa

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01:31:57,360 --> 01:32:04,119
Clara Chris Dixon has been an exemplary
figure in the assessor's office

771
01:32:01,280 --> 01:32:09,199
embodying its core principles he upholds
the values of Integrity Quality Service

772
01:32:06,560 --> 01:32:12,800
fiscal prudence and Innovation Chris
works on business property audits with

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01:32:10,880 --> 01:32:17,400
business owners certified public
accountants and tax directors his

774
01:32:15,280 --> 01:32:22,960
honesty and integrity are critical in
completing audits accurately efficiently

775
01:32:20,159 --> 01:32:27,360
and in a timely manner role assessments
are vital for the County's revenue and

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01:32:25,000 --> 01:32:33,480
support essential services that include
law enforcement schools and Healthcare

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01:32:30,119 --> 01:32:37,400
in the 2022 2023 audit year Chris's
exceptional skills in identifying Escape

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01:32:35,360 --> 01:32:42,159
roll assessments significantly
contributed to the assessor off

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01:32:39,280 --> 01:32:46,840
Assessor's office's success underscoring
his invaluable role in the team Chris's

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01:32:45,119 --> 01:32:51,840
interpersonal skills are a testament to
his empathy and trustworthiness his

781
01:32:49,239 --> 01:32:56,920
consistent documentation of processes
and sharing of expertise not only

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01:32:54,320 --> 01:33:00,679
enhance operational efficiency but also
Foster a positive work environment

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01:32:58,920 --> 01:33:05,880
reflecting his commitment to the team
and the office Chris's problemsolving

784
01:33:03,239 --> 01:33:09,880
abilities and organizational prowess
have been essential to the assessor's

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01:33:07,719 --> 01:33:14,639
office making him a respected and
indispensable asset to the team thank

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01:33:12,480 --> 01:33:14,639
you

787
01:33:19,360 --> 01:33:23,760
Chris Maria Hernandez

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01:33:27,679 --> 01:33:34,280
Maria showcases integrity and honesty at
the county of Santa clar Department of

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01:33:31,880 --> 01:33:39,119
tax and collections she leads her team
with Grace and ensures every interaction

790
01:33:36,520 --> 01:33:43,280
with the public is First Rate recently
promoted to Supervisor of the payment

791
01:33:41,080 --> 01:33:47,600
processing unit Maria's committed to
upholding the Department's fiscal

792
01:33:45,159 --> 01:33:53,440
responsibility over the past year her
team efficiently processed a staggering

793
01:33:50,719 --> 01:33:56,840
170,000 property tax payments received
through the mail amounting to a

794
01:33:55,280 --> 01:34:01,679
substantial
$1.5 billion received through the

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01:34:01,840 --> 01:34:09,119
mail approachable and communicative
Maria spearheads various initiatives

796
01:34:06,480 --> 01:34:13,520
within the department from revamping tax
bill designs to managing the public

797
01:34:11,440 --> 01:34:19,040
website and overseeing the distribution
and maintenance property tax bills

798
01:34:15,800 --> 01:34:23,440
Maria's dedication shines Maria Foster
is an environment of innovation and

799
01:34:21,280 --> 01:34:28,000
adaptability she guides her team through
Chang changes and enhances procedures

800
01:34:25,719 --> 01:34:32,560
through comprehensive training sessions
her leadership Fosters a workplace

801
01:34:29,960 --> 01:34:35,159
culture characterized by mutual respect
and

802
01:34:33,520 --> 01:34:38,719
collaboration outside of her
professional Endeavors Maria finds joy

803
01:34:36,719 --> 01:34:43,679
in her personal life with her fiance and
pets Maria is known to have the greenest

804
01:34:40,960 --> 01:34:48,040
of thumbs and can revive almost any
plant congratulations

805
01:34:51,719 --> 01:35:06,040
thank Jennifer Chang
[Applause]

806
01:35:04,119 --> 01:35:09,880
Jennifer Chang is a children's services
librarian at the copertino library who

807
01:35:07,960 --> 01:35:14,639
brings creativity and positivity to
everything she does Jennifer has been

808
01:35:12,000 --> 01:35:18,840
with the Santa clar County Library since
2013 and she's created a variety of

809
01:35:16,960 --> 01:35:23,320
programs that support the library's
strategic plan by incorporating

810
01:35:20,800 --> 01:35:27,600
diversity and belonging she leads an art
therapy program for twins and their

811
01:35:24,960 --> 01:35:31,760
adult caregivers every month the program
helps participants engage in Creative

812
01:35:29,679 --> 01:35:36,840
projects and conversation with their
family members in a calm and welcoming

813
01:35:34,480 --> 01:35:41,040
environment Jennifer Co leads the change
makers book club which introduces young

814
01:35:38,920 --> 01:35:46,119
readers to chapter books that feature
culturally diverse characters and voices

815
01:35:43,800 --> 01:35:50,760
a fluent Mandarin speaker she leads
engaging story times in both English and

816
01:35:48,520 --> 01:35:54,920
Mandarin many families have shared how
much they appreciate Jennifer in the

817
01:35:52,239 --> 01:35:58,800
bilingual program Jennifer treats
everyone with kindness and respect and

818
01:35:57,320 --> 01:36:03,280
she's always willing to help another
colleague whether it is covering a desk

819
01:36:00,960 --> 01:36:07,840
shift helping to set up for a program or
covering a story time she's committed to

820
01:36:05,639 --> 01:36:12,890
lifelong learning which helps her create
enriching programs for our diverse

821
01:36:10,320 --> 01:36:21,840
Community congratulations
[Applause]

822
01:36:19,600 --> 01:36:26,400
Jennifer and a big thank you to all the
Librarians out there tomorrow is uh

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01:36:24,000 --> 01:36:26,400
National

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01:36:30,920 --> 01:36:34,320
librarian Jose

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01:36:39,280 --> 01:36:45,360
Caldwell Deputy Jose Caldwell is a
15-year correctional officer with the

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01:36:43,440 --> 01:36:49,719
Sheriff's Office who demonstrates the
traits needed to be both a rule enforcer

827
01:36:47,679 --> 01:36:54,440
and a peacekeeper in the county jail
with a calm demeanor and an uncanny

828
01:36:52,000 --> 01:36:59,159
ability to diffuse potentially volatile
situations it's a skill set that has him

829
01:36:57,000 --> 01:37:03,560
frequently being called upon to serve as
mediator and Communicator with

830
01:37:01,199 --> 01:37:09,960
uncooperative individuals achieving
compliance in a peaceful manner Deputy

831
01:37:06,719 --> 01:37:15,080
calwell is firm fair and consistent in
his enforcement of rules showing respect

832
01:37:12,360 --> 01:37:19,360
that is reflected in return Deputy
calwell sets a consistent Benchmark in

833
01:37:17,159 --> 01:37:23,560
daily routines within the jail his
positivity is

834
01:37:20,920 --> 01:37:27,159
evident in his interactions with peers
and can be seen in the activity

835
01:37:24,840 --> 01:37:31,760
schedules he creates to set a baseline
while fairly Distributing workload among

836
01:37:29,000 --> 01:37:35,960
all shifts he is highly respected among
peers and professional staff who

837
01:37:33,960 --> 01:37:40,440
appreciate his ability to skillfully
communicate and document matters in

838
01:37:37,960 --> 01:37:45,480
thorough reports these are traits that
not only promote safety within the jail

839
01:37:42,800 --> 01:37:50,920
but also reduce liability to the county
it's this level of experience diligence

840
01:37:48,480 --> 01:37:56,119
care and compassion that were an
accommodation of Excellence congratul

841
01:37:53,800 --> 01:37:56,119
Deputy

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01:38:01,000 --> 01:38:04,560
K Chantel

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01:38:09,679 --> 01:38:15,560
Coleman Chantel Coleman is a social
services analyst with the Department of

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01:38:13,840 --> 01:38:20,239
Family and Children Services who
embodies the Department's commitment to

845
01:38:17,760 --> 01:38:24,040
empower the children and families we
serve Chantel who's been with the

846
01:38:22,280 --> 01:38:28,239
department for 21 years
is a dedicated public servant she's

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01:38:26,679 --> 01:38:33,360
passionate about helping families
affirming their strengths and lifting up

848
01:38:30,520 --> 01:38:37,599
their unique voices before meeting a
family Chantel familiarizes herself with

849
01:38:36,000 --> 01:38:42,040
their case and makes sure to find a
positive event or goal they've achieved

850
01:38:40,280 --> 01:38:45,119
she uses this information as the
foundation for her interviews

851
01:38:44,000 --> 01:38:48,760
acknowledging the family's
accomplishments and commending them for

852
01:38:46,599 --> 01:38:53,520
their hard work families that work with
her feel seen and empowered as part of

853
01:38:51,920 --> 01:38:56,840
the federal case review process she she
engages both the immediate family and

854
01:38:55,440 --> 01:39:01,400
those within the Family Circle of
support she's always friendly and

855
01:38:59,119 --> 01:39:05,560
personable she speaks openly and
honestly and invites families to do the

856
01:39:03,360 --> 01:39:09,560
same so that they feel safe and
comfortable sharing their

857
01:39:07,520 --> 01:39:13,639
experiences Chantel improves the
department by strengthening processes

858
01:39:11,400 --> 01:39:19,820
for the future Children and Families we
serve she's a true asset to the county

859
01:39:16,400 --> 01:39:30,159
and to the community we serve thank you
[Applause]

860
01:39:27,800 --> 01:39:30,159
Esther

861
01:39:34,239 --> 01:39:42,520
olivarez Esther has dedicated 26 years
of service to Public Health focusing her

862
01:39:40,320 --> 01:39:46,560
efforts on providing immunizations in
Santa Clara County and advancing Health

863
01:39:44,440 --> 01:39:50,239
Equity initiatives by forging
Partnerships with schools and County

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01:39:48,199 --> 01:39:54,639
clinics she's created an environment of
trust within the community earning her

865
01:39:52,239 --> 01:40:00,000
the affectionate title of the I queen
AKA immunization Queen among her peers

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01:39:58,520 --> 01:40:05,199
her commitment to Community Health
ensures that students receive essential

867
01:40:02,679 --> 01:40:09,560
immunizations Esther prioritizes
highquality public service and

868
01:40:07,239 --> 01:40:13,960
emphasizes effective communication
tailored to diverse audiences she

869
01:40:12,280 --> 01:40:17,599
Champions in-person engagements like
training sessions and Outreach events

870
01:40:15,920 --> 01:40:22,320
recognizing their significance in our
organizational culture Esther's

871
01:40:19,920 --> 01:40:26,400
leadership is not just exemplary it's
transformative her passion and

872
01:40:24,159 --> 01:40:30,719
dedication Inspire the immunization team
to advocate for the community especially

873
01:40:29,280 --> 01:40:35,719
those facing
adversity her warmth humor and

874
01:40:33,800 --> 01:40:40,320
dedication create a supportive
environment that Fosters a strong sense

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01:40:37,719 --> 01:40:44,760
of belonging among team members Esther's
compassion and professionalism are not

876
01:40:42,159 --> 01:40:49,040
just Stellar qualities they're the very
fabric that enriches the immunization

877
01:40:46,520 --> 01:40:55,239
team and serves as an inspiration to
everyone in public health

878
01:40:51,159 --> 01:40:55,239
congratulations thank you

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01:41:01,800 --> 01:41:04,440
Dr Lauren

880
01:41:09,360 --> 01:41:16,880
lakia Dr lakia chief of head and neck
surgery at the Santa Clara Valley

881
01:41:14,880 --> 01:41:20,800
Medical Center is consistently
recognized by colleagues and patients

882
01:41:18,880 --> 01:41:27,040
for her excellence and remarkable
commitment to teaching mentoring and

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01:41:24,239 --> 01:41:30,560
leadership Dr lakas mentored many young
surgeons both at the Valley Medical

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Center and Stanford University while
also achieving outstanding surgical

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01:41:33,000 --> 01:41:40,000
outcomes as an ear nose and throat
surgeon besides her clinical practice

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01:41:37,920 --> 01:41:44,159
she provides emergency care to patients
with a variety of illnesses she is

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01:41:42,199 --> 01:41:47,679
always available and handles even the
most complex and acute problems with

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01:41:46,520 --> 01:41:52,679
poise and
skill Dr lakia is also championed the

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hospital sustainability efforts and is a
founding leader leader of Health Systems

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01:41:54,599 --> 01:42:00,599
climate action collaborative she
inspired the organization to sign the

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01:41:58,480 --> 01:42:04,840
White House Health sector climate pledge
demonstrating its commitment to reducing

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01:42:02,440 --> 01:42:08,719
greenhouse gas emissions she has worked
tirelessly on multiple climate

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01:42:06,599 --> 01:42:13,400
initiatives she's a vital resource to
every Department within the Health Care

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01:42:10,280 --> 01:42:17,000
system on all aspects of climate change
including how to ease the

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01:42:15,000 --> 01:42:22,000
disproportionate burden of environmental
challenges on our underserved

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01:42:19,480 --> 01:42:26,159
communities Dr lakia represents the best
of medicine p patients appreciate her

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01:42:24,360 --> 01:42:30,960
excellent bedside Manner and
unparalleled surgical outcomes referring

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01:42:29,199 --> 01:42:36,840
Physicians say they would trust
themselves and their family members in

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01:42:32,840 --> 01:42:36,840
her capable hands thank

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01:42:41,639 --> 01:42:45,000
you Matthew

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01:42:49,280 --> 01:42:57,360
Santos longtime Parks and Recreation
employee Matthew Santos has covered just

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01:42:54,880 --> 01:43:01,560
about all the bases in Administration in
his 14 years of service he's played a

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01:42:59,920 --> 01:43:06,360
key role in developing and improving
programs in Human Resources payroll

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01:43:04,320 --> 01:43:10,080
onboarding internships Outreach
Recruitment and timekeeping his

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01:43:08,800 --> 01:43:14,960
dedication was evident during the
covid-19 pandemic when he remained on

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01:43:12,719 --> 01:43:19,719
site to manage the administration office
many times being the only person there

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01:43:17,840 --> 01:43:24,199
he handled Staffing shortages and the
evolving pandemic era policies and

908
01:43:21,639 --> 01:43:28,400
procedures with tacked and
professionalism he's also been key to

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01:43:26,159 --> 01:43:32,119
improving Park and Rec's online
accessibility creating training

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01:43:30,119 --> 01:43:35,800
materials reference pages and various
other online resources that have greatly

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01:43:34,320 --> 01:43:40,920
benefited the department and those who
use them Matthew's passion for improving

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01:43:38,639 --> 01:43:45,639
processes and making things accessible
to staff in the community inspires

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01:43:43,000 --> 01:43:49,960
others to do the same he implemented an
onboarding program for new employees

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01:43:47,599 --> 01:43:54,000
creating a raft of videos information
and training to get new employees

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01:43:51,560 --> 01:43:58,040
quickly up to speed and he spearheaded
the initial student intern program which

916
01:43:55,719 --> 01:44:03,159
exceeded all expectations for a first
year program if a process or task

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01:44:01,000 --> 01:44:08,080
appears to need Improvement Matthew will
step in and do it he goes above and

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01:44:05,719 --> 01:44:13,520
beyond his daily duties as an and is an
asset and resource to Parks and

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01:44:10,360 --> 01:44:13,520
Recreation thank

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you and last but certainly not least
Jennifer P

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last
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one I've had to do a lot of them this
afterno right Jennifer is a 17-year

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01:44:38,520 --> 01:44:45,280
County employee who joined technology
services and solutions as an accountant

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01:44:42,480 --> 01:44:50,360
de a decade ago since then Jennifer has
consistently showcased her competence

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01:44:47,679 --> 01:44:54,960
and expertise with substantial knowledge
that has been key in supporting the

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01:44:52,159 --> 01:44:58,520
fiscal team's intricate reports to
Administration recently that has

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01:44:56,960 --> 01:45:02,400
included putting together a government
Accounting Standards Board update with

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01:45:00,800 --> 01:45:07,000
new compliance
requirements it was a complicated and

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01:45:04,920 --> 01:45:11,560
intense task that involved pulling
fiscal information for over a thousand

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01:45:09,199 --> 01:45:15,280
contracts Jennifer not only got the
required information in a timely fashion

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01:45:13,800 --> 01:45:19,080
but also provided it to the county
controller's office in an easily

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01:45:17,599 --> 01:45:24,000
understandable
manner Jennifer approaches routine and

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01:45:21,560 --> 01:45:28,440
ad hoc tasks with int Integrity known
for her reliability she is often tapped

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01:45:26,080 --> 01:45:33,639
to coach and Mentor staff on government
accounting principles her talent and

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01:45:30,679 --> 01:45:39,320
knowledge shine in handling complex
financial reporting and compliance for

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01:45:36,360 --> 01:45:43,440
the county controllers Jennifer Foster's
teamwork among her peers she's proactive

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01:45:41,679 --> 01:45:48,119
and supportive of Staff always
motivating them to pursue continuous

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01:45:45,560 --> 01:45:51,800
learning she consistently recognizes
achievements and successful

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01:45:49,760 --> 01:45:56,920
collaborations and brings her own
insightful ideas to make the department

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01:45:53,800 --> 01:46:02,240
more successful Jennifer is ultimately
an inspiring coworker and a tremendous

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01:45:59,520 --> 01:46:13,199
asset to the county thank you
[Applause]

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01:46:09,119 --> 01:46:13,199
Jennifer give everyone a big round of

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01:46:17,119 --> 01:46:26,280
applause we're going to briefly turn our
backs and take a group photo

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01:46:23,119 --> 01:46:26,280
invite the board to come join

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01:46:34,960 --> 01:46:38,760
us I'm taller than

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01:46:41,520 --> 01:46:45,960
you short people

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01:47:06,000 --> 01:47:09,000
spe

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conat congratulations thank you very

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01:48:04,440 --> 01:48:09,760
much we are adjourned go and celebrate

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than

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e for