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Board of supervisors call to order live
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in Mendocino
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And I am very pleased to be here I
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think we all are.
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This is a beautiful day and we are glad
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to be here so we will start with roll
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call.
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[ CALLING ROLL ]
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>> Will you lead us the Pledge of
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Allegiance.
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>> I pledge allegiance to the Flag of
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the United States of America,
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And to the Republic for which it
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stands, one Nation under God,
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indivisible, with liberty and justice
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for all.
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>> [ AUDIO CUTTING IN AND OUT ]
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(INAUDIBLE) really important and thank
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you very much for coming.Agenda item
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number two is public expression.We
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invite member.Public to provide comment
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items of interest that not only agenda.
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Members of the public shall line up
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(INAUDIBLE) that will let you be seen
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(INAUDIBLE) public expression this
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morning.
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>> Good morning,Charles thanks for
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coming to the coast.
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I am here to talk about housing.I have
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sent
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resource extraction Corporation.Two
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years ago,I bought a house converted to
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B&B, so I believePersonally that there
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should be totally bannedShort term
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rental in the county.
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For any non-owner occupied
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dwelling.
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Thank you very much.
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>>Thank you Aime, planning and biology
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thank you so much for coming here today.
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My comment is really short.When it to
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see you here in coast more often.
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[ APPLAUSE ]
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>> Is there anyone else?
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All right we will go to zoom then.
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>>
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All eyes on me, Good morning
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everybody.How are you all?
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Well, all this supervisor are here on
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point.There is no deviation today.I
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have recently note on article and be
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local media such as it exist on this
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budget issue.
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Is that person in attendance today? She
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is the county auditor responsible for
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producing financial documents for the
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county has that report been of you as a
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board of supervisor on the county at
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all, received any financial reporting
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or documentation for the last fiscal
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year 2122?
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And ended a year ago?Isn't there? You
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have that information?
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>> Outside auditors are still
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performing the audit it should be
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completed this month
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For discussion with miss Culberson.
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>> Okay that sounds like an oh we don't
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have a close or event preliminary
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financial data from a box should close
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the year ago.And others no current
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financial data available to address the
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issues that chairHe talk about care
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crew.
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All this number that you're going to
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discuss is not
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>> Way can't really enter into debate
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here but I would say that's not
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Completely true.We have quite a lot of
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financial information closing the books
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and involves looking at all accounts
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that come to that cover all of the
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Mendocino.
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So with is a lot of details that go
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into settling with a special districts
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and things like that.
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>> And are trying to put you on the
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spot Mr McGourty, I just trying to get
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clarification on this issue.
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None of your us got the letters have
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any current information on the financial
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state of the county you don't know
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what's on a cheque and account.This is
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the concern.So I would like to see,
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apparently there is no mechanism.That I
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am aware of to bring to bear on
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pressure to do the job.
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>> Yes there is.That's how you control
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what goes on.
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>> Okay, perhaps FYI, the job that she
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is doingThose documents, those reports
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it's always been done by prior people
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in her position.It has nothing to do
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with the consolidation ofOffices, our
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predecessors this is a red hearing I
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don't know why that number is not
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coming up and so one thing I suspected
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thisIf we have got a profits coming out
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just that didn't come out.All this old
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excuses.
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>> Your three minutes kind of, believe
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me at very much in our mind every day.
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>> Well we got the motion that there is
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no clarity on financial in the county.
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And with that this new articleCome out
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we are not to worry because everything
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is well and handed it's not well and
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handed.There's not going to be enough
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money to fund the necessary function of
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government so I have a concern others
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so I hope we can see some accurate
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financial data and reporting.
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>> Thank you.
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>> I am not just the public speaking.I
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am Sandy and I am here for a different
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reasonAs well as what is public comment
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which is not related to agenda
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item.Just came up on my opinion
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I think we need more representation on
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the coast and the woman who came up and
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said we need to see a more here often,
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It's not fair we send our all our taxes
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to your kayak and we beg for a
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(INAUDIBLE) and we told that the going
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to Bywater.Maybe our water carriers
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(INAUDIBLE) we have no garbage
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assistance.We pay our due,We get
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nothing back.It's not fair.We need
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another supervisor or two so that you
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have an uneven number for voting but we
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need more representation, I have grown
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up on this coastline since 70s most of
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the people that I can commune with and
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it is community feel the same way that
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item.You guys need toListen to the
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coast a little bit more close give us a
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quality representation.
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>> Good morning, I am Karen I am the
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chair of the because Democratic club
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and I want to see anyAnd Teddy I agree
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with what you have said and I also want
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to say that dissipation matters and
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election matter.And let's do it
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thanks.
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>>
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Anyone else?
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>>You have to come to the
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podium please.
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[ CHATTER ]
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[ LAUGHING ]
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>> I am Roger, I moved to Mendocino
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Village five years ago retired
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executive New York City.All of the
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coast and I started asking question why
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this open transit in town the
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(INAUDIBLE).
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It's a corner and nine year old woman,
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almost got a car accident and because
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it's open for three months.What I don't
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understand is from observation the
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county has neglected.I think spending a
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lot of time in Ukiah (INAUDIBLE) there
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is a liabilityA necessity to take a
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coast because it's my understanding
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(INAUDIBLE).
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Thank you.
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>>
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I am Bell, and I'd like to 2nd to Teddy
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has to say if you come back one on block
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come out one North West running block
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worst caf in front of the blue door
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You'll got to have block of expose
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crumbles oppose (INAUDIBLE) attended
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to.
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>>
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Just for clarification is this
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Mendocino County responsible for a or
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as the community services District?
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>> It's us.
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[ LAUGHING ]
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[ APPLAUSE ]
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>> We will look into it and find out
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what's going on and get back to you.
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Okay any more public comment from the
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room?
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Please approach the podium.
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>> Hello, my name is Benjamin Martin
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and I am high school student and I
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believe
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That we should have it all out role to
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lack our next candidate represent the
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coast
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Because you hold yourself where the
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higher is 10 and make sure some
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decisions when you have more 1
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self
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confidence.
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>> What they do is not just a physical
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ones.
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>>
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I think it should beBoth talking and
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physical fit.
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>> Okay.Thank you.Anymore comments from
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the room?
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How about online?
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We have online.
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>>
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Hello Good morning, Can you hear me?
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Mark again self healing practitioner
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and educator boarding Minister AKA
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Goldilocks.
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I have a lot of things to say I am
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always grateful of cost everything that
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everyone is doing I think everyone in a
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good place I don't want to speak for
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someone.
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To my knowledge, the numbers were out
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long time ago from her office the best
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that come out as being audited now, the
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graft and everything.
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It is what it is.
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I'd like people to understand.
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I thought it was excellent.I also watch
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James rebuttal to which is not much
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rebuttal it's pretty much agreement
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thank the have, should wash
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that.Marijuana enforcement, shouldn't
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be happening.
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We came to the conclusion that it was a
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horse (INAUDIBLE) they didn't want to
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see is there the wanted to see
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action.And why Mendocino a general
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revenue generator, but when it clear
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about our county as a whole and when we
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are talking about saving money,
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Cost cutting boards there is mandated
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by law.I don't think we should be
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travelling around.Just my opinion.Thank
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you.
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>> Okay,
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Next?
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Taylor on zoom.
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>> Thank you very much for giving me
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time to speak
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My wife and I live in for drug where
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are both in our mid-60s and my initials
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the chance I'm sorry
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>> Were going to talk about that later
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so this is for items that are not only
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agenda.
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>> This morning, I am hoping between 10
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and 11.
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>> I might not be able to be present at
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the time because we both work.
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We have health concern, we would not
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want to it indoors while we are still
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dealing with active pandemic so my
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voice is simply say please save the
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tents.
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>> Thank you very much.
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[ APPLAUSE ]
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Okay, with that is anyone on phone or
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so we are done with public comment
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public expression sorry, were going to
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move onto consent calendar.Clerk of the
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establish proper notice?
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>> Proper notice has been established.
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>> Any items to be pulled for separate
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consideration?
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>> Yes, I like to pull item 3 a.
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>> Anything else?
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Okay,
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On item 3dI just want to make a comment
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before you move on.So adoption of
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proclamation recognizing September 22
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as California native American nature
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there is a typo it's not the 29.
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Just a shout out to our Native American
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community who has contributed so much
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already years when you look at group of
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people who have sustainably mothers
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landscape for 10,000 years, that
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adequate abundance for human
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population.There is much we can share
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the people who can very much part of
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the environment and
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I hope you will join me in celebrating
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their participation in our
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community.Thank you.
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>> Well on that note I would also like
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to have people recognize item 3C which
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is the adaption of proclamation
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recognizing September 232023 as Nicole
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MandeMendocino County.And nickelMan is
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(INAUDIBLE) shares registered memberAnd
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she is also astronauts with the NASA
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systemAnd husbandAdd the space station
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and she will be in round Valley in
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Septemberin September 23 and is what
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recognize the firstNative AmericanTo be
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in the space program.
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>> That is quite an accomplishment.So
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without is there any public comment on
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consent and sorry, 3a as well.
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>> Well, 3a as the response of ground
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Jury's investigation into our human
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resources program and so I think
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Supervisor TED WILLIAMS and (INAUDIBLE)
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the people they ad hoc responded to it.
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On the recommendation number 11, the
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response is toLookEntered onwards
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program for stability byNovember 1 and
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thenRecommending, recommendations 1212
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15, rely upon on our boards programIn
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the deal with place and to create a
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positive working environment and reduce
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(INAUDIBLE) ethical significant issue
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in Orange CountySo my question on that
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isWhat happens if we look at today
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onwards program andWe find that it's
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not really for is about to implement
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Where do we go from there?
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>> What we did rely on interviews that
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we conducted counter staff, HR, acting
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director and sheriff Jansen might have
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something to add to that.
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>>
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Good morning, Sherry Jensen Deputy CEO
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and acting human services
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director.Thank you for the question.We
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did look into the program and we knew
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that would be an additionalExpense.So
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we felt like we could work you know,
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whether the department and with the CEO
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and the Board of supervisors and work
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and training programmesAnd work with
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the Department headSo we are hoping
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that that will help us moving forward.
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>> So if I'm understanding that
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correctly if the on boards program
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isn't what we implement
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To try to deal with the ensure that
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been highlighted.
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>> That's correct.We have many things
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that we have rolling out,Actually
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anybody and Co could join so we are
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working hard to implement as well as
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the other program.
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>> Okay, thank you and response to F 25
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suffered due to workplace culture,
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potential applicants and the response
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was partially disagree and I just once
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clarification on this answer the
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county's work this culture may look
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less attractive to potential applicants
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if the culture is known by the
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applicants and asBad or worst
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(INAUDIBLE) and soIf there is an
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explanation to that that might be a
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better way addressing that issue.
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>>Do you have anything to comment on
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this?
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>>I am not sure that CEO Johnson wrote
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that answer and I'd like here to hear
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from my colleague.
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>> We have a large number of people in
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society right now who are moving from
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job to job.Every employer is
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experiencing that.And so if someone is
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going to look for jobs at the different
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employer,
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Are they happy to the current employer?
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Kind of,If someone would like to reward
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that.I am open to that.
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>>
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I just think that the finding is the
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county suffered, make less attractive
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to potential applicant, it's not wrong
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to agree with the grand jury is saying.
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>> I think it really depends to where
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you are.So the two departments I am
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most familiar with them in the
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synagogue the Department of agriculture
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AndI think I would make abroad to
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across the entire organization and see
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it's all bad I don't think that's
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true.I think we are winning to be very
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careful.One of the things that are
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striving forward in the Mendocino
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County, I think is staff has been taken
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to do that but HR is really equitable
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role,Any comment?
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>>So we are implemented anniversary
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interviews so I do seeGood feedback
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from employers about the anniversary
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and others and people don't know
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Anniversary interviews is,It's on the
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date of your hire we send out AIDS
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survey so we want to hear how things
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are going for a staff that we currently
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working although we do want to get
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except interviews.
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>> What if we could reworded that,
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consistently throughout each department
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of department is differentAnd county
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department(INAUDIBLE)
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>> I think that's fair.
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If you two have anything to say.
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>> Perhaps could be approved later this
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afternoon.
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>> Certainly.
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>> Okay.Thank you.
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>> Any other comment? From
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supervisor's? Or people online?
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>> Sorry I'm not sure,To that item I
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have a very little company and when we
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have our reviews with our new employees
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and sequential every year and a
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recorder I also listen to their color
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workers and ask their co workers have
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(INAUDIBLE)What are the thoughts.
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What this person need to improve upon?
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So think annual reviews and
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anniversaries are really super come I
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think also(INAUDIBLE)
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>> Any other comments on the consent
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calendar?
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>>Hi there, my name is David I am here
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to talk about the decline of people are
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our high school.It's a very small we
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like hundred kidsJust hours in your
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class and has like 27 people and I
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think due to that, like housing and how
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expensive
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>> Just interrupt we are and consent
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calendar.This is not the right time to
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address you should have done that to
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public expression.
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>> I understand that but
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There's been a huge decline people
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living high school to do how expensive
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here,And I have sent places there like
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to million dollars what my grandmas
[35:30]
basically looking for housing, it's
[35:31]
ready to expensive.And that's pretty
[35:38]
much like to see really.
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>> Thank you.
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>> Hi, my name is JaneI would like to
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address items the H and I and J.I have
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a concern no cut ability to services no
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budget associated with them there
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should at least be mentioned of warm
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handouts, and I wanted to draw your
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attention to recent incident in the
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countyThere was an individual check
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themselves into the hospital which is a
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red sign right there because lots of
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people with mental health issues they
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need help to it's kind of beyond help
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your but he was assessed with infection,
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he was transported to psychiatric
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hospital, he was released less than 24
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hours in transported back to Mendocino
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County without contacting anyone and at
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the destination where he was dropped
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off he didn't know he was coming.And he
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would missing.It was reported missing
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to the polls department there is no
[37:17]
follow-up, there is no search, there is
[37:18]
no contact with anyone who live in the
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county.And he was found assist 16 days
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later.He has a medical issues why is he
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not treated.No he was taken to the
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crisis residential treatment center.So
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I don't really care where the money
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comes from this things because there is
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our all public money.There should be
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accountable to for cost and services
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with the budget and expectation for
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this request for overall health this
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incident is not neighbors and shot
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full are not addressed within crisis.
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Thank you.
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>>
[38:18]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[38:24]
Supervisor WILLIAMS?
[38:28]
>> Yes, I tend to agree with the Speaker
[38:32]
and at a recent meeting I pulled
[38:33]
related items asking that we reverse of
[38:38]
the contract language to put in some
[38:39]
requirements for regular performance
[38:40]
analysis and it's not the only numbers
[38:44]
I have sent and $4 million we spent.I
[38:51]
haven't and any data that indicates
[38:52]
dollar for dollar, how we are
[38:56]
performing relative to other cities
[38:57]
counters, the state, maybe the nation
[38:58]
as a whole.
[39:04]
And I was pleased that the board did
[39:05]
support that I recall of being
[39:07]
unanimous.
[39:08]
>>
[39:13]
The board previously pulled, the board
[39:14]
has given us ask within 90 days with
[39:17]
whichCome out we are expecting them to
[39:24]
be back ever the end of this month or
[39:25]
early next month.
[39:26]
>> Okay.
[39:28]
Yes?
[39:41]
>> Regarding those contract I hope that
[39:42]
you are considering having an outside
[39:43]
professional review them was just a
[39:45]
revealing this kind of contracts
[39:46]
because I don't think that we have a
[39:49]
capacity within the county to do the
[39:50]
job.Thank you.
[39:51]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[39:57]
>> Okay, anymore comment on the consent
[39:58]
agenda? If not will go toCarrie who is
[40:02]
online.
[40:05]
>>
[40:08]
Good morning,
[40:14]
Carrie, candidate for persistent
[40:20]
supervisor I like to address the birds
[40:21]
response to finding number 25 thank you
[40:23]
Supervisor JOHN HASCHAK for pulling
[40:25]
this item only have to do is watch one
[40:33]
of this board meetings to see the
[40:34]
culture.
[40:40]
I give you several examples that
[40:41]
happened recently at the board meeting,
[40:51]
The increase of healthcare cost on them
[40:52]
just to (INAUDIBLE).
[41:11]
Including positions of appropriate
[41:13]
physical psychological, moral character
[41:18]
and computer literacy.You can't read
[41:21]
this grand jury respond and nothing
[41:25]
that the current culture is intentional
[41:26]
on some level.This culture of the
[41:28]
county will ever change without the
[41:30]
check toward employee and each other
[41:41]
like this.The poor response written.As
[41:53]
a citizen having previously had
[41:54]
employees and as a taxpayer that you
[42:00]
would respond indirectly counting like
[42:01]
this.
[42:02]
>> Any more unlikely with that will
[42:05]
move on to agenda's, sorry we need to
[42:14]
approve.
[42:15]
>> Most approved.
[42:16]
>> Second.
[42:17]
>> All right, so we pulled grand jury
[42:26]
response for now all of the items will
[42:27]
on this time.Roll call vote.
[42:32]
[ CALLING ROLL ]
[42:41]
Motion carries unanimously.Now move on
[42:44]
to agenda item number for a.noticed
[42:53]
Public Hearing - Discussion and
[42:54]
Possible Action Including Adoption of
[42:55]
an Ordinance Rezoning Assessor's Parcel
[42:58]
Number APN 169-130-77 fromAgricultural
[43:04]
AG to Limited Commercial.Has the clerk
[43:11]
establish proper notice?
[43:12]
>> Proper notice has been established.
[43:13]
>> Okay we will open to public hearing
[43:23]
at this time.The boardAnd clerk will
[43:26]
notice anyCorrespondence and telephone
[43:38]
calls received.None?
[43:39]
>> No comment received to our email
[43:45]
address and any online comment would
[43:46]
have submitted online via a comment.
[43:59]
>> Okay there are none, now we will
[44:00]
move on to presentation.
[44:01]
>> Good morning everyone, planning and
[44:02]
building services, this is an
[44:04]
application to rezone a 4 acre parcel
[44:06]
From agricultural to a limited
[44:12]
commercial.The subject personal is
[44:13]
located 2.9 miles north of the city of
[44:15]
Ukiah.
[44:26]
The site has been in operation since
[44:27]
1971.As the site was established prior
[44:42]
to adoption of comprehensive code 1981,
[44:43]
the mobile home park is considered a
[44:49]
legal nine confirming yrs.The
[44:58]
classification of this siteIs
[45:00]
(INAUDIBLE)MUNS is intended
[45:15]
toencourage mixed-use
[45:16]
development with commercial
[45:17]
uses encouraged at street
[45:18]
level.So it is reasonable to conclude a
[45:25]
meal and as.So this leaves us with a
[45:29]
parcel in the zoning districtThat is
[45:35]
not compatible with either its
[45:36]
long-standing existing yearsOrient its
[45:38]
classification under the general plan.
[45:45]
The goal of the applicant is to
[45:46]
change to a commercial zoning
[45:47]
that would be more suitable to
[45:48]
the current use. The original
[45:49]
application requested General
[45:50]
Commercial (C2), but after
[45:51]
subsequent consultation with
[45:52]
staff the request was revised to
[45:53]
Limited Commercial (C1) to
[45:54]
reflect the more limited
[45:55]
commercial potential of the site
[45:56]
and its smaller scale.A Mobile Home
[46:00]
Park is an
[46:01]
allowed use in C1 with a Major
[46:02]
Use Permit. Additionally, the C1
[46:10]
zoning
[46:11]
would allow renewed use of the
[46:12]
existing commercial structure
[46:13]
on the site, which was most
[46:14]
recently used as a bar.Finally, C1 is
[46:23]
compatible with
[46:24]
the MU land use classification
[46:25]
and by analogous extension,
[46:26]
MUNS.(INAUDIBLE)The site is well-suited
[46:44]
to a commercial/mixed-use orientation,
[46:45]
being within a transitional zone
[46:51]
between the commercial corridor along
[46:52]
North State Street and the more
[46:53]
residential and
[46:54]
recreational areas along Lake Mendocino
[46:55]
Drive. On July 20, 2023 the project was
[46:57]
heard by the Mendocino County Planning
[46:58]
CommissionThe
[46:59]
Commission voted 3-0 to recommend
[47:02]
approval of the project to the Board of
[47:03]
Supervisors.Staff recommends that the
[47:09]
Board of Supervisors find the project
[47:10]
exempt from CEQA under
[47:11]
Section 15183 for projects consistent
[47:12]
with a Community Plan, General Plan or
[47:13]
Zoning, and
[47:14]
approve the requested rezone based on
[47:15]
the facts and findings contained in the
[47:16]
Resolution.
[47:22]
That concludes staff presentation and
[47:23]
we are available for questions.
[47:28]
>> Any questions? Is the club coming
[47:34]
back?
[47:35]
>> Potentially.I believe the applicant
[47:44]
is online available to enter any
[47:45]
questions about the possible future
[47:46]
users.
[47:47]
>>(INAUDIBLE) that was a local
[47:56]
landmark.At this time any public
[47:57]
comment?Public input?Okay, nothing
[48:12]
online so with that
[48:13]
>> Move
[48:14]
>> Second
[48:15]
>>
[48:17]
Any final remark from staff?
[48:21]
>> No final remark.
[48:22]
>> With that will close the public
[48:23]
hearing.
[48:26]
And now we can call for a vote.
[48:31]
[ CALLING ROLL ]
[48:46]
Motion carries unanimously.
[48:47]
>> Agenda item number 4B.Discussion and
[48:56]
Possible Action Including Acceptance of
[48:57]
Presentation of
[48:58]
the Communication and Engagement Plan
[48:59]
for the City of Fort Bragg Local
[49:03]
Coastal Program Grant Project.Sponsors
[49:06]
Planning and building.
[49:13]
>>Okay, we are just going to pull up
[49:38]
our website.Good morning supervisors.
[49:45]
My name is Sarah I work in the city of
[49:48]
Ford bragg.We are here to share with you
[50:01]
I have a hard copy of it,
[50:14]
>> So the communication and engagement
[50:15]
plan is coming out of a recent grant
[50:18]
that the city was awarded 30 California
[50:19]
coastal commission to do an update on
[50:22]
the LCPAs a part of this plan we are
[50:26]
also looking at several aspect of noise
[50:29]
harbour to really do a site assessment
[50:37]
analysis on the harbour to see how we
[50:38]
can integrate the blue of vision.
[50:39]
>> First two years will be developing a
[50:42]
(INAUDIBLE) implementation plan the
[50:45]
third year will be taking the findings
[50:54]
of that plan and developing a policy
[50:55]
update.
[51:02]
We will also be utilising information
[51:03]
received from the sealevel rise
[51:04]
resilience strategy to inform the
[51:07]
city's local coastal program amendment.
[51:10]
Search really important because we are
[51:11]
doing such a big (INAUDIBLE) to bring
[51:14]
everybody on board.We spent three
[51:16]
months making this communication
[51:17]
engagement plan.
[51:24]
If there's a website you can just go to
[51:25]
So the communication and engagement
[51:35]
plan is to reach every development in
[51:38]
the county, we are still looking to
[51:40]
take on the staff and outreach and
[51:44]
workshop related to sealevel rise thank
[51:47]
you very much for showing that.So they
[51:54]
know your ocean collective we are a
[51:55]
lost growth of (INAUDIBLE)Coming
[51:59]
together how we look at create more
[52:02]
creativeOpportunities for ocean-based
[52:15]
business here on Mendocino Coast.
[52:40]
>> What we want to do is get a new ways
[52:41]
to incorporate blue economy to
[52:42]
community.New businesses, we are
[52:43]
starting to see (INAUDIBLE) we want to
[52:51]
ensure that the members afford Bragg
[52:52]
and Mendocino county will not left
[52:53]
behind.These fishermen and fishermen
[53:03]
and the cost have a
[53:07]
amazing skill set.
[53:18]
It's going to base really hard our
[53:21]
fishing goes away entirely and the like
[53:23]
to take this (INAUDIBLE) and given
[53:26]
office jobs.Some of them can some of
[53:35]
them cannot.
[53:36]
>> If it click on the section, this
[53:40]
websiteClick on something like low
[53:54]
economy and innovators.
[54:06]
Several businesses that are working and
[54:07]
the blue economy things like a concrete.
[54:10]
This is one of the amazing companies,
[54:16]
There are actually using (INAUDIBLE).
[54:39]
They will allow us to buy remedy eight,
[54:42]
without expensive and invasive grading
[54:46]
techniques.And this is a really exciting
[55:05]
opportunity for us to learn together
[55:06]
and kind of see what it might look like.
[55:10]
The page we want to show you as the
[55:13]
calendar.This will also be growing as
[55:19]
we develop different workshop in public
[55:20]
opportunities you will be able to go to
[55:24]
this website look and see one month,
[55:30]
two months in the future where there is
[55:31]
an opportunity to have a workshop,
[55:32]
presentation,Public meetings, surveys,
[55:34]
interviews.
[55:48]
>> We just want to reach out to
[55:49]
stakeholders in Mendocino County.
[56:00]
When it ensure that everyone believe
[56:01]
that this is something we can do.'s
[56:02]
>> So we invite you all.Provide comments
[56:08]
if you want, if you have a board
[56:13]
organisations or a school or anything
[56:14]
like that is already happening we would
[56:17]
like to participate in joint and table
[56:18]
that event
[56:27]
One other great thing I want to share
[56:28]
is the California is in grant they have
[56:29]
partner with us and this project so the
[56:34]
next two years we are able to have
[56:35]
Mendocino Coast Sea Grant follow
[56:39]
working with us Side-by-side.
[56:46]
So anybody have any questions?
[56:54]
Please go and visit this website when
[56:55]
you get home.
[57:01]
Let's all get involved.
[57:02]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[57:07]
>> Supervisor DAN GJERDE?
[57:08]
>>
[57:13]
I'd is wanted say thank you to the
[57:14]
(INAUDIBLE) and people may be wondering
[57:21]
why all this planning, well, what you
[57:22]
see is when the develop you're much
[57:23]
more likely to get see the Federal
[57:25]
grant implement those community.This is
[57:31]
exactly the type ofPlant use the text
[57:35]
place so thank you very much.
[57:40]
>> Supervisor JOHN HASCHAK we
[57:41]
>>Yes, I went to presentation on the
[57:45]
winter proposal about a humble bay and
[57:59]
part of their pitch was that benefit I
[58:00]
just wondering is there any kind of
[58:11]
communication and respect and make out
[58:12]
(INAUDIBLE).
[58:13]
>> Is specifically not but we are
[58:16]
communicating a lot.To jumpstart the
[58:21]
blue economy innovation and they are
[58:22]
working on the West Coast collaboration
[58:23]
of different ports and harbours that can
[58:35]
work collaboration and support one
[58:36]
another so we are getting involved in
[58:37]
those conversation but not yet we
[58:38]
haven't been a project. approach at.
[58:39]
>> I have been approached by the
[58:44]
California,About wind energy, but for
[58:52]
my understanding we are 10 to 15 years,
[59:02]
right now they are doing a less out of
[59:03]
humble and humbled is a much been
[59:04]
position, which (INAUDIBLE) there are a
[59:07]
lot easier taxes is apparently and very
[59:08]
limited on landSide so places to build
[59:12]
this huge pieces of infrastructure we
[59:16]
are also very hard to get I think 4/5
[59:19]
the unedited Commissioners got cars set
[59:21]
on the driver.
[59:22]
[ LAUGHING ]
[59:29]
The kind of figure out might be hard.
[59:30]
>> I wasn't thinking went on the
[59:33]
Mendocino because, I was thinking more
[59:38]
in the lines of we are to supply things
[59:45]
for them up in humble keep those winter
[59:46]
up in there.
[59:47]
>>(INAUDIBLE) were in which we would
[1:00:09]
(INAUDIBLE)
[1:00:10]
>> Very good.Thank you.
[1:00:11]
>>
[1:00:12]
So I just want to, I haven't been
[1:00:40]
member of ad hoc, for economic
[1:00:41]
obviously moving forward and also the
[1:00:42]
hydrogen highway where we are trying to
[1:00:49]
create hydrogen as an alternative
[1:00:50]
electrical energy for moving trucks.
[1:00:55]
But we do have (INAUDIBLE) also
[1:00:57]
converted toMedicine got is very much
[1:01:09]
partner and that's really important
[1:01:10]
because if you're going up to federal
[1:01:11]
grant, we really committed to improve
[1:01:12]
our financial capacity in this county
[1:01:13]
and
[1:01:18]
I congratulate your team.
[1:01:21]
>> Thank you.
[1:01:22]
>>
[1:01:23]
Okay, any public comment?
[1:01:27]
>>
[1:01:40]
Stevan,
[1:01:52]
I see in this room and I love this
[1:01:53]
program but I don't think we can forget
[1:01:54]
that this community stop offshore oil.
[1:02:03]
People in this from the did it and if
[1:02:04]
we had started whose admission is
[1:02:10]
completely different and think we want
[1:02:11]
to remember that in the remember that
[1:02:12]
this community did something which was
[1:02:13]
amazing that we stop the oil companies
[1:02:15]
from coming here and building whatever
[1:02:21]
they would do in a Coast so I applaud
[1:02:27]
this project but I think there is a
[1:02:28]
history here behind it which is that we
[1:02:29]
stop from a community effort we stop
[1:02:37]
the big oil from coming here and now
[1:02:38]
this project has a chance of going
[1:02:39]
forward so we should ever forget
[1:02:40]
that.Thank you.
[1:02:41]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[1:02:46]
>> Other public comment on this item?
[1:02:47]
>> Just briefly again, while we have
[1:02:52]
all the infrastructure money,
[1:02:58]
What about taking some of the federal
[1:02:59]
money for water storage underground
[1:03:03]
and, how many communities
[1:03:05]
running out of
[1:03:06]
water.I'm not an engineer but I dig a
[1:03:19]
whole on the ground to store water.
[1:03:29]
It hundred thousand, 200,000 gallons
[1:03:30]
God knowsHow often an hour spell into
[1:03:39]
the ocean.That's a global problem.We
[1:03:46]
could fix water storage Mendocino
[1:03:47]
County.
[1:03:54]
I think water storage is important.
[1:03:55]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[1:04:11]
>> Thank you for that and that is being
[1:04:12]
addressed through the ad hoc.
[1:04:20]
Why did you go ahead and address?
[1:04:21]
>> One of the project that has come to
[1:04:35]
our community is the technology that
[1:04:36]
it's a wave the passive wave generated
[1:04:44]
Portion of water through these rivers
[1:04:45]
osmosis brains and release the brain
[1:04:49]
naturally back out into water and its
[1:04:50]
sincere way to deal with the brine
[1:04:51]
because it's done at this low rate and
[1:04:54]
it only is more the salinity isn't
[1:04:59]
detected more than 6 feet away from the
[1:05:00]
boozeAnd then the freshwater is pomp
[1:05:04]
onshore.This company that showed up
[1:05:10]
because the came to the low economy and
[1:05:16]
learning festival that we had in
[1:05:17]
2020.So this when it'll about.
[1:05:27]
>> And again it's because of the
[1:05:28]
consultant very (INAUDIBLE) they came.
[1:05:36]
>>I want to applaud this two ladies to
[1:05:44]
the amazing work they are doing and
[1:05:45]
continued to do.They had a pleasure to
[1:05:49]
work alongside them in the ocean
[1:05:52]
collective especially Sara she was
[1:05:53]
trying(INAUDIBLE) we had the harbour,
[1:05:58]
fishing, and what they're doing now is
[1:06:09]
indeed collective.But I wanted to
[1:06:10]
highlight just general public comment,
[1:06:14]
this is more than a website.What we are
[1:06:15]
saying is to wise of the innovative
[1:06:20]
industry in Mendocino County and that's
[1:06:21]
what's beginning right now and to James
[1:06:22]
point it is aboutConscientiousness and
[1:06:30]
environment.The bring this people's a
[1:06:35]
are talking about to come here in
[1:06:40]
Mendocino County and create innovations
[1:06:41]
that will make our world safer and
[1:06:42]
healthier and more environmentally
[1:06:46]
Protected.Thank you.
[1:06:47]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[1:06:50]
>> Anymore public comment?
[1:06:59]
>> Hi, I am the publisher of real State
[1:07:09]
magazine and I just wanted to address
[1:07:10]
Rogers comment last month I run a story
[1:07:12]
in real State magazineFollow the H2O
[1:07:25]
it's a about for BraGG water system you
[1:07:33]
can find this article on the website
[1:07:34]
real State Mendocino.com.And find out
[1:07:45]
the incredible staff that the water
[1:07:46]
system forT BRAGG is doing including
[1:07:49]
(INAUDIBLE) not to just a big
[1:07:50]
commercial from a magazine.Thank you.
[1:07:51]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[1:07:55]
>> Any other comments?
[1:07:59]
Any comments online?
[1:08:06]
So I would entertain motion to accept
[1:08:07]
the report.
[1:08:08]
>> Move
[1:08:09]
>> Second.
[1:08:12]
>>
[1:08:17]
Move and seconded, call a vote.
[1:08:19]
[ CALLING ROLL ]
[1:08:32]
Motion carries unanimously.
[1:08:33]
>>
[1:08:43]
Were going to take five-minute break
[1:08:44]
right now for a staff and will be back
[1:08:47]
for longer item.Next item is the tent.
[1:08:52]
We know that tenants are going to be
[1:08:53]
long so that's why we are taking a
[1:08:54]
break now.
[1:08:58]
[ MEETING IS ON BREAK ]
[1:11:49]
My name is Kelly Jensen.Good morning
[1:11:56]
board and thank you for letting to
[1:11:57]
speak.Last Tuesday I was the recipient
[1:12:00]
Of free VIP tour of broccoli and human
[1:12:01]
condition of the Mendocino County
[1:12:04]
Jail.I got to see first hand.
[1:12:06]
A litany of aggregates constitutional
[1:12:09]
violation despite committing the crime
[1:12:12]
officer Jensen arrested me. Tuesday
[1:12:13]
afternoon when all is working to the
[1:12:15]
beach with nothing
[1:12:16]
But the clothes on my back,And a glass
[1:12:18]
of water before I could even takeACIP
[1:12:21]
officer Jensen madness markets notched
[1:12:26]
the glass from a hand and smashed it
[1:12:27]
into the side of the street.(INAUDIBLE)
[1:13:15]
The officers change my fate and out of
[1:13:28]
the car is loving me to walk the
[1:13:29]
officer (INAUDIBLE)The even drag me
[1:13:40]
down to the current carrying my entire
[1:13:41]
upper body when the chain my hike after
[1:13:53]
They had taken my shoes in the Car I
[1:13:55]
had left the took measures I would was
[1:14:05]
begging them for my shoes.
[1:14:18]
Then the clocks which and it had seven.
[1:14:30]
The night-time officer came onto
[1:14:31]
descent and to go broke and shuddered
[1:14:32]
this is that remain of me they gave
[1:14:40]
missiles, as little committed a crisis
[1:14:41]
clinic and brought me back to myself.I
[1:14:43]
drove here from Sacramento just to tell
[1:14:44]
you in person the fees that this has to
[1:14:47]
end now.This was the most dramatic
[1:15:06]
experience of my life and I begin to
[1:15:08]
fix it.Specifically, I would like
[1:15:24]
officer Jensen and Lopez fired
[1:15:26]
immediately.Thank you.
[1:16:01]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[1:16:10]
>> Okay, I was not expecting that.Will
[1:16:20]
move onto and agenda item 4c.Discussion
[1:16:24]
and Possible Action to Direct Staff to
[1:16:25]
Deprioritize Enforcement
[1:16:26]
of Restaurant Tents within Coastal
[1:16:27]
Zoning for 1 Year and Facilitate
[1:16:28]
Collaboration with Mendocino City
[1:16:29]
Community Services District, Mendocino
[1:16:33]
Historic Review Board, California
[1:16:34]
Coastal Commission andState Water
[1:16:37]
Resources Control Board for Tent Policy
[1:16:38]
within the MendocinoHistoric District;
[1:16:42]
and Direction to Planning and Building
[1:16:43]
Services to Informthe Mendocino
[1:16:48]
Historic Review Board that the Board of
[1:16:49]
Supervisors Supports Tents within the
[1:16:53]
Historic District and Advises They Are
[1:16:54]
Compatible with Historic District.So
[1:16:59]
let's see, Supervisor TED WILLIAMS
[1:17:02]
would like to start this.
[1:17:03]
>>During the pandemic, right around
[1:17:12]
government essentially right down
[1:17:13]
businesses.In order to help border six
[1:17:23]
bar restaurant that (INAUDIBLE) other
[1:17:24]
ask remove or submit applications to
[1:17:26]
come into compliance.AndIt sounds
[1:17:34]
reasonable but as we began to look at
[1:17:35]
the details in county policy, only
[1:17:36]
constant general what we have make
[1:17:37]
sense and this itemDoes respect to come
[1:17:44]
out of the way from (INAUDIBLE) other
[1:17:45]
tenants the town of MendocinoThere is
[1:17:53]
additional complicating factors there
[1:17:54]
is a historic district and need to
[1:17:57]
ensure that we are violating or
[1:17:58]
overstepping theMendocino historic
[1:18:04]
review Board and also limited waterSo
[1:18:09]
that the county is an permitting
[1:18:11]
activity that can be actually supported
[1:18:17]
by the CST in the process we found a lot
[1:18:28]
of businesses that (INAUDIBLE) during
[1:18:29]
the water holding resulting from the
[1:18:30]
regional drought, the state water,
[1:18:31]
division of drinking water found I
[1:18:35]
believe 60 properties out of compliance
[1:18:36]
are not having a domestic water supply
[1:18:37]
permit the domestic water supply permit
[1:18:47]
requires both quantity and quality.The
[1:18:50]
water has to be a drinking water.There
[1:18:55]
is adequate water for normal operation
[1:18:56]
for their business.When there is not a
[1:19:05]
declared emergency, they can't be
[1:19:11]
dependent on regular water holding.So
[1:19:12]
my worry is if we can continue the
[1:19:13]
current path
[1:19:14]
Essentially asking businesses that did
[1:19:15]
everything everything to getPeople
[1:19:17]
employed during the pandemic and have a
[1:19:18]
risking them to take down with
[1:19:21]
the health.
[1:19:39]
If you don't have water done to spend
[1:19:42]
tens of thousands and engineer.So I'm
[1:19:58]
asking for one year for sort of
[1:19:59]
enforcement this is an coordination
[1:20:00]
with planning and building.It is to
[1:20:01]
spend that
[1:20:06]
One year getting all the partners to
[1:20:07]
collaborate.
[1:20:13]
The board's job in preserving historic
[1:20:16]
district is to look at, look after the
[1:20:22]
architectural preservation but also
[1:20:23]
ensure that is economic viable and is
[1:20:25]
out there dining has added to the
[1:20:26]
economy I think there is a way to do it
[1:20:33]
compatible with preserve historic
[1:20:34]
architecture is a over a year.The
[1:20:48]
claimant here today is a great eat
[1:20:49]
outdoor.
[1:21:12]
And the Mendocino City community
[1:21:16]
services District working together and
[1:21:17]
policy that form of cohesive document
[1:21:18]
were applicants know from they want
[1:21:22]
everything they have to comply with
[1:21:23]
with sent with the cannabis policy we
[1:21:27]
had applicants jumping the hopes, from
[1:21:30]
the certainly couldn't see all the
[1:21:31]
requirement,We don't want to repeat
[1:21:34]
that pattern.When the applicant is no
[1:21:39]
from the start they had (INAUDIBLE).I
[1:21:48]
like to remind folks although the
[1:21:49]
chairman give you for minutes a lot of
[1:21:50]
effect of office are much less than
[1:21:52]
three minutes trying to trick at the
[1:21:53]
near that came before you and I would
[1:21:56]
like to buy for again the discussion
[1:22:00]
Historic preservation from water they
[1:22:02]
are really two separate issues.When it
[1:22:10]
address the water concernAlone.And it
[1:22:14]
needs to be CST because they are
[1:22:19]
responsible for groundwater management
[1:22:20]
can
[1:22:23]
be a state because statewide
[1:22:28]
(INAUDIBLE) needs to follow certain
[1:22:29]
regulations it's just better policy for
[1:22:30]
tackle a real issue.More coordination
[1:22:35]
with Senator MaguireI do think most
[1:22:45]
people are against outdoor dining, I
[1:22:46]
think they have a legitimate
[1:22:47]
(INAUDIBLE).
[1:22:51]
>> Thank you,This have anything to
[1:22:58]
add?
[1:22:59]
>> I just want to note that we are
[1:23:08]
office for the supportive in this
[1:23:09]
action today and we have already had
[1:23:10]
some preliminary with Mendocino
[1:23:11]
services district
[1:23:16]
And it's a great approach for
[1:23:17]
businesses particularly here in the
[1:23:18]
town of medicine so that they have a
[1:23:19]
clear pathway to get into compliance and
[1:23:20]
I will note that many businesses here
[1:23:21]
in the town of MendocinoAre already in
[1:23:24]
pathway to get into compliance many
[1:23:25]
have filed the necessary application at
[1:23:28]
this point in our office.I am happily
[1:23:31]
answer any questions.
[1:23:32]
>> Any questions?
[1:23:45]
Okay seeing on thank you, SUPERVISOR
[1:23:49]
MULHEREN?
[1:23:50]
>> Thank it, the agenda doesn't going to
[1:23:59]
a lot of little I do understand
[1:24:00]
Supervisor TED WILLIAMS comment on that
[1:24:01]
the department is supportive so I do
[1:24:02]
support the recommended action and I
[1:24:03]
would like to have a stroke whole
[1:24:09]
before we have public comment so that
[1:24:10]
the audience can get a feel whether or
[1:24:11]
not board supports this action.I think
[1:24:16]
directly comment and whichever way they
[1:24:25]
might need to be directed at that
[1:24:26]
point./Pull support.
[1:24:27]
>> Raise your hand a basically support
[1:24:35]
the action.Okay,
[1:24:36]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[1:24:40]
Okay, we are on your side and somebody
[1:24:44]
who loves California and travel around
[1:24:45]
the world come out we are in a great
[1:24:46]
decision most of the time,The other
[1:24:53]
issues that one talk about a lot just
[1:24:56]
want to make a brief comment on that,So
[1:25:02]
we have a system kind of work in the
[1:25:09]
1870s probably time for us to upgrade
[1:25:10]
your given the nature and uncertainty
[1:25:13]
during the drought, it really is time
[1:25:15]
to upgrade because we basically my
[1:25:27]
recommendation is every community at
[1:25:28]
least a year supply of water.And that
[1:25:29]
is something at the moment, coastal
[1:25:30]
community of water, and secure
[1:25:31]
And we are looking at new technologies
[1:25:34]
but it's going to take size of
[1:25:37]
investment and anoint past sometimes
[1:25:43]
it's a way to control growth and think
[1:25:44]
differently it's a way to sustain
[1:25:45]
community and is going to be a long
[1:25:46]
path.But I agree with Supervisor TED
[1:25:48]
WILLIAMS that we really can't move
[1:25:53]
forward unless we address this time
[1:25:54]
could and I know that the community
[1:25:56]
(INAUDIBLE) fourth decade and as many
[1:26:01]
studies done in identified water
[1:26:02]
sources and it's time to take
[1:26:05]
actions.It's not is about it'sActually
[1:26:18]
high recognition.Any other board
[1:26:19]
comment?before we open up to public
[1:26:20]
comment .
[1:26:21]
>> Chair I'd ratherCut three minutes
[1:26:34]
there actually the partners and a
[1:26:35]
presentation.
[1:26:36]
>> Okay.
[1:26:39]
>> Good morning,My name is Danny Murphy
[1:26:49]
I am elected member of (INAUDIBLE)
[1:26:51]
chair of the board.I am also member of
[1:26:56]
the grass Institute in my comment speak
[1:27:06]
as an individual member of this
[1:27:07]
community and also referred to adapt
[1:27:08]
policies and ordinances and sissy as
[1:27:09]
the personally I support the tentsThe
[1:27:27]
one-year.District works hard to protect
[1:27:31]
assured groundwater and work with the
[1:27:39]
all to ensure truck water was available
[1:27:40]
during the recent drought.The district
[1:27:41]
also manage and maintain an ageing 50
[1:27:42]
year old sanitary sewer systemToilets,
[1:27:50]
and goes out to drain is taking care
[1:27:51]
of.This is important and identical
[1:27:52]
supervisorWilliam said the MCC as the
[1:28:00]
has policy and requirement regarding
[1:28:03]
the change of use.And complying with
[1:28:08]
some of the challenges will be
[1:28:09]
challenging so we will company one year
[1:28:12]
moratorium to work with you county
[1:28:13]
planningAnd with the State Department
[1:28:18]
drinking water division of drinking
[1:28:19]
water, to find solutions going forward
[1:28:21]
I personally believe that the tenants
[1:28:31]
need community, as you will know we are
[1:28:34]
working to save program to do a
[1:28:35]
facility studyTo determine both the
[1:28:41]
community interest and support for that
[1:28:49]
as well as sources of potential
[1:28:50]
water.So we will be working with you
[1:28:51]
all with the state folks and with our
[1:28:52]
Senator Maguire to find some of the
[1:28:53]
solution.And I just wanted to finish by
[1:29:06]
saying beyond the tent issue are
[1:29:13]
complex and we need some time will it
[1:29:14]
forward working with the to find
[1:29:15]
solution with that.Thank you.
[1:29:16]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[1:29:18]
>>Good morning board, I am for the
[1:29:26]
support of the tents I think the add to
[1:29:34]
do community economic benefit world
[1:29:35]
during this year of working out what
[1:29:44]
next to be done please consider a
[1:29:45]
temporary building permit the building
[1:29:46]
code has a section 108 chapter 21 for
[1:29:56]
membrane structure in mechanism for the
[1:29:57]
building official can simplify the
[1:29:58]
process and make tents the code allows
[1:29:59]
180 days.
[1:30:03]
The code also allows the building there
[1:30:04]
is two way to protect and 10 and so
[1:30:06]
while you are developing this process
[1:30:08]
and the related agency including the
[1:30:14]
streamlined simplified building permit
[1:30:15]
process so this workers can succeed and
[1:30:18]
might have to deal in every burden of
[1:30:19]
democracy.Thank you.
[1:30:20]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[1:30:24]
>> Supervisor TED WILLIAMS?
[1:30:25]
>> Could we ask our planning director
[1:30:30]
to collaborate over the course of the
[1:30:32]
year.
[1:30:37]
>> Yes we can.
[1:30:38]
>> Thank you.
[1:30:39]
>> Anyone else?
[1:30:47]
>>I have one of the tents and town from
[1:30:56]
the start I try to get a permit for my
[1:30:57]
tent when covered is started in the
[1:31:01]
pandemic required us to do, were well
[1:31:03]
we are close for two months actually
[1:31:09]
and unfortunately had to lay off 29
[1:31:10]
employees and when very open and with
[1:31:19]
attempt we also put back into businesses
[1:31:23]
and as well many locals started to be
[1:31:30]
able to come back to work and get of
[1:31:31]
employment because after relief, as for
[1:31:34]
ours the argument for a tense we all
[1:31:35]
have read the letters,I just wanted to
[1:31:40]
really address a couple things which is
[1:31:41]
the (INAUDIBLE) we have to jump through
[1:31:55]
a small business owners in this
[1:31:56]
community getting in line, waiting
[1:31:57]
months for permission to do.Any little
[1:31:58]
things we need to basically pay
[1:32:02]
hundreds of dollars to ask permission
[1:32:03]
for I think I'm up towards $3000 in
[1:32:06]
permit request permit application fees
[1:32:10]
and am looking possibly more and also
[1:32:13]
getting representation application from
[1:32:17]
professionals I don't own the building
[1:32:21]
I have my business and so I can't
[1:32:22]
really afford thousands of thousands
[1:32:23]
engineering plansWhat they really would
[1:32:27]
like to do is put over my (INAUDIBLE)
[1:32:33]
which is over existing and I would hope
[1:32:34]
that as the representative of our
[1:32:35]
consultancy in this community that once
[1:32:36]
this that you will make us is used as
[1:32:45]
possible instead of putting up of all
[1:32:46]
kind of hopes and hurdles for us to get
[1:32:50]
around.The water issue I have done
[1:32:51]
everything I have eliminated, probably
[1:32:56]
half of my water usage by getting a
[1:32:57]
dishwasher twice getting rid of many of
[1:33:00]
many dishes and (INAUDIBLE) with with
[1:33:10]
papers that you can sanitise whether
[1:33:11]
cloth,
[1:33:13]
We live here.have been here since
[1:33:18]
the 70s.I care about this community.
[1:33:34]
It's probably going to take longer than
[1:33:35]
that for all of the words to convey and
[1:33:42]
agree on what we are allowed to do and
[1:33:43]
this historical district I also think
[1:33:44]
history has changed covered has changed
[1:33:45]
history in this town is watching
[1:33:46]
history be madeAnything that this is
[1:33:54]
President setting event which could
[1:33:58]
help years in our community,And support
[1:34:03]
the community and return.And just
[1:34:08]
asking for your support in making a
[1:34:09]
little bit easier for us to keep our
[1:34:11]
situation alive.
[1:34:12]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[1:34:21]
>>Aime, I just think I just need a
[1:34:36]
special track to cover.Every time.Thank
[1:34:37]
you very much a really appreciate it is
[1:34:38]
item on the agenda you might want to
[1:34:39]
ask for a see through Paul here to see
[1:34:40]
how many folksIn the room supports this
[1:34:50]
one year, I recommend to things, maybe
[1:34:51]
is just one thing that the action be
[1:35:00]
amended to include perhaps consultant
[1:35:01]
team, of planning companyAnd maybe
[1:35:09]
Attorney company to work with technical
[1:35:10]
advisory group Mendocino community
[1:35:18]
Services district in the State
[1:35:19]
Department drinking water as well as
[1:35:20]
Scott world.So water in a building to
[1:35:25]
figure out what really efficient way to
[1:35:26]
quickly get a yes through to support
[1:35:31]
local business.Again recommend that you
[1:35:32]
and the action to include consultant
[1:35:35]
team.I am absolutely thank that
[1:35:40]
planning and building services as the
[1:35:41]
right.We may be seeing some any other
[1:35:54]
items to put on their shoulders because
[1:35:55]
they are only burden so if you could
[1:35:56]
support them with some assistance and
[1:35:57]
technical advisory.Thank you.
[1:35:58]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[1:36:04]
>> Good morning,I have own the pub now
[1:36:18]
for three decades and following upI was
[1:36:30]
allocated a daily until 1200 gallons a
[1:36:31]
day, it was back in 1990s.Sense of an
[1:36:33]
I've been using 800 gallons per day
[1:36:36]
roughly 1/2 of my allotment.That number
[1:36:40]
did not really changed dramatically
[1:36:41]
once the tent went on.
[1:36:49]
I have a water metre and we read the
[1:36:50]
metre every(INAUDIBLE) and those
[1:36:56]
numbers are available to the M6
[1:36:57]
yesterday in the county planning
[1:36:58]
building.
[1:37:02]
In October 2020 in the middle of the
[1:37:04]
pandemic, I was unanimously given a
[1:37:07]
permit by the historic of review Board
[1:37:14]
with findings of fact that might and
[1:37:15]
complied with the coastal ordinance
[1:37:18]
that did not attract from, it was not
[1:37:23]
destroying anything it complied with
[1:37:29]
the historic ordinance which by the way
[1:37:30]
the historic ordinance preamble not
[1:37:32]
only historic buildings but alsoThe
[1:37:35]
fact that tourist economy is what we
[1:37:42]
are trying to promote and that is ready
[1:37:43]
tents are offering.24 of us we have
[1:37:50]
some additional almost 200 sitting
[1:37:51]
capacity out because socially distant
[1:37:52]
and covered compliant.Fortunately this
[1:37:55]
board in October 2020 did pass ordinance
[1:38:10]
number 4472 which allows (INAUDIBLE)
[1:38:15]
it was lifted in a applied for an
[1:38:16]
extension to existing historic review
[1:38:23]
Board ordinance of interest last night
[1:38:24]
at the meeting you're there, the
[1:38:28]
historical review Board refused to
[1:38:29]
grant me an extension to my existing
[1:38:30]
permit
[1:38:31]
Knowing that there supervisor board is
[1:38:37]
meeting just the next morning.With a
[1:38:40]
solution in hand and years through vote
[1:38:43]
proceed that you're endorsing the tent
[1:38:53]
staying up for another year for minimal
[1:38:54]
code enforcement so I tried to get the
[1:38:55]
board last nightThe sailor, just wait
[1:39:06]
until supervisor decide what what they
[1:39:07]
are going to do.
[1:39:10]
But for some reason they went off and
[1:39:11]
decided now I can have the expansion
[1:39:15]
To my permit.Fortunately jollier
[1:39:18]
Clarified things may seeBut because
[1:39:33]
apply for another permit the tent could
[1:39:34]
stay a little bit longer.A fully
[1:39:35]
endorse proceedings forward with
[1:39:36]
allowing the tents
[1:39:41]
Success.Why would family from Fresno or
[1:39:42]
because fair want to drive,
[1:39:44]
I'm out of time.Why would family of
[1:39:50]
Fresno drive to Mendocino and have no
[1:39:51]
place to have dinner.
[1:39:56]
Any questions on me?
[1:39:57]
>>
[1:40:04]
No.
[1:40:05]
>> My comment as maybe we should do it
[1:40:06]
is to pull in the public to see
[1:40:09]
Where they are.
[1:40:10]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[1:40:18]
>> Those in favor of retaining please
[1:40:19]
raise a hand.Okay, very good we know
[1:40:20]
where you stand.
[1:40:24]
Is there any more public comment?
[1:40:33]
>> I have a handout should represent
[1:40:34]
that.
[1:40:37]
Okay, thank you.
[1:40:52]
I am Donna I am a resident here and
[1:40:53]
Mendocino.We are also farmers and we
[1:40:56]
have informed that has been here in
[1:40:58]
Northern California over 160
[1:41:05]
years.Through the course of time we had
[1:41:06]
our for also an educational place and
[1:41:10]
retail place we had the opportunity and
[1:41:13]
challenges of working with the
[1:41:14]
environment as most farmers do as well
[1:41:19]
as having a place for public to attend
[1:41:22]
on implement whether.And it's because
[1:41:24]
that I did county are today with some
[1:41:27]
options that we have learned over the
[1:41:28]
lastI personally over learn past 50
[1:41:35]
years.Tents are wonderful what we did
[1:41:36]
find
[1:41:38]
It was for our environment as well as
[1:41:44]
these environment it was a wonderful
[1:41:55]
opportunity to consider privileges to
[1:41:56]
we have constructed,You can even put
[1:42:00]
hitters under them and what we
[1:42:05]
constructed with our architects and
[1:42:06]
designer for using corrugated panels
[1:42:18]
That Enrile is between dream work but
[1:42:19]
then managed to keep your structure as
[1:42:20]
weatherproof as a 10.And actually
[1:42:21]
turned out
[1:42:22]
To be far less maintenance and
[1:42:24]
and just proposing that you consider
[1:42:25]
this an option.Thank you.
[1:42:34]
>>I got some material here.
[1:42:50]
My name is Bill,We are in a very
[1:42:55]
difficult waysIt's nobody wants to see
[1:43:03]
people get unemployed.Nobody wants to
[1:43:05]
see this town burned down.
[1:43:16]
It's clear to me that the tents can
[1:43:17]
ever be voted conformity of with MHR
[1:43:18]
be.I read them carefullyAnd realises
[1:43:23]
that there are six or seven under that
[1:43:24]
cannot be met.
[1:43:33]
Sets clear that more water consumer,
[1:43:34]
this is washed 12 x, which diminishes
[1:43:38]
the water table across the entire town
[1:43:39]
living owners property (INAUDIBLE) we
[1:43:43]
are holding the bag at the same time
[1:43:49]
Restaurant (INAUDIBLE).
[1:43:55]
I will tell you during the pandemic, I
[1:43:58]
live in the middle of restaurant, My
[1:44:03]
wife and I had to buy $12,000 water.
[1:44:08]
And there was nobody offered to help,
[1:44:09]
the point is
[1:44:14]
More mail means more money drawn down.
[1:44:32]
He said we did a survey, reported 35
[1:44:33]
(INAUDIBLE) remember people are
[1:44:34]
required to report when they struck
[1:44:48]
Not that they have a dry world or the
[1:44:49]
buy extra water.We are staring straight
[1:45:07]
ahead with a time of the year,As a
[1:45:13]
consequence of the excessive growth
[1:45:14]
water by restaurants in numerous
[1:45:16]
homeowners,Will have the best
[1:45:23]
diminished capacity to protect their
[1:45:25]
individual property in the eventWhich
[1:45:33]
circumstances (INAUDIBLE) before the
[1:45:43]
disaster there.We live work and sleep,
[1:45:44]
where the massive amount(INAUDIBLE)
[1:45:50]
>> You're running out of time.
[1:45:51]
>> I am almost done.The bulk of the
[1:45:55]
gross
[1:46:00]
North West when continually blows,
[1:46:09]
which given the opportunity rapidly
[1:46:10]
drive five thereof across the town lime
[1:46:11]
lying down with.
[1:46:12]
Thank you.
[1:46:13]
>>
[1:46:15]
Okay, other people?
[1:46:27]
>> My name is Simon,Our volunteer fire
[1:46:36]
department has few and limited
[1:46:37]
resources the whole (INAUDIBLE) there
[1:46:38]
were water supply is limited to 116
[1:46:40]
gallons of school water running tyrants
[1:46:52]
in little legs straight class 300
[1:46:53]
gallons that have to be trapped in
[1:46:54]
farmers in a further million gallons of
[1:47:02]
modelling.Before department (INAUDIBLE)
[1:47:06]
which my husband work, required 60,000
[1:47:10]
gallons to extinguish approximately 30
[1:47:11]
truckloads.And an overly optimistic of
[1:47:16]
30 minutes driveThat's 900 minute 15
[1:47:25]
our needed to distinguish wildfire.
[1:47:39]
Restaurants went to continue to ride
[1:47:40]
the tent train, allowing them from
[1:47:41]
numerical,Which we others are obliged
[1:47:47]
to.
[1:47:55]
We did county itself during that risk
[1:47:56]
of potential for the loss of life
[1:48:02]
income property taxes that is inherent
[1:48:03]
in roasting the particular golden goose.
[1:48:09]
Thank you.
[1:48:10]
>> Please come forward.
[1:48:20]
>> Well this is in response to the
[1:48:21]
letter, published online.This is
[1:48:33]
patently insane, we are already
[1:48:34]
monitoring in paid for a month, and six
[1:48:35]
EST multiplying our own water from
[1:48:38]
privately on wheels.
[1:48:42]
And ever exceeded my allotment.In my
[1:48:49]
other restaurants flow.
[1:48:51]
.The rest of the biggest ever in a
[1:48:59]
special burning incomes, I can is in a
[1:49:02]
document everything that happened with
[1:49:05]
my tax return.I can show you exactly
[1:49:07]
how much money we lose during the
[1:49:08]
pandemic.
[1:49:12]
One was thePBB money which could
[1:49:17]
People employed.
[1:49:42]
So when I want to tell you is when take
[1:49:43]
$800 all the people who are (INAUDIBLE)
[1:49:46]
in this county living here we 50
[1:49:49]
employees at least 20 to 30 support
[1:49:52]
families that working in our restaurant
[1:50:03]
My tax return demonstrate (INAUDIBLE)I
[1:50:09]
lost 500,000 while giving employment
[1:50:11]
and is open,While I'm grateful to the
[1:50:17]
whether the covid crisis and against
[1:50:20]
the characterisation,Personally I spent
[1:50:26]
endless sleepless night,I'm only edible
[1:50:33]
to have (INAUDIBLE)And a program that
[1:50:40]
graded (INAUDIBLE) it's the only reason
[1:50:43]
open up.If anything happens again,
[1:50:46]
because we have no take tentative
[1:50:47]
area.Thank you.
[1:50:53]
>> Through the chair for me, could you
[1:50:54]
please state your name for the record.I
[1:50:55]
need your name for the record.
[1:50:56]
>>
[1:50:58]
My name is (INAUDIBLE) Smith.
[1:51:04]
I operate floor restaurant.
[1:51:10]
>> My name is Jenny and the work of
[1:51:16]
Patterson's and I wanted to address the
[1:51:17]
measures from
[1:51:21]
Some emails letters that direct
[1:51:22]
comments and against the 10.
[1:51:39]
Upon Reading the public comment,
[1:51:51]
Patterson's has additional (INAUDIBLE)
[1:51:52]
badly have ever had 64 bodies in the
[1:51:57]
Guardian that one time our kitchen is
[1:51:58]
the same size, we cannot accommodate
[1:52:04]
that kind of crowd, we monitor this
[1:52:05]
very closely and is not free for all.
[1:52:12]
Parking has always been an issue for
[1:52:13]
Mendocino from many many years this is
[1:52:15]
nothing new in fact we can most folks,
[1:52:20]
that come to the public good life,
[1:52:22]
working from there, AirbnbWill do the
[1:52:27]
best we can regarding parking
[1:52:37]
additional seats are not the cost for
[1:52:38]
Mendocino County rules.We are very
[1:52:40]
hard-working people providing our very
[1:52:42]
real and necessary for visitors and
[1:52:48]
local.Our water usage increase by
[1:52:49]
(INAUDIBLE) has been keeping what the
[1:52:54]
report since 2001 and have
[1:52:55]
documentation is the process.Pettersen
[1:52:58]
has (INAUDIBLE) self serve waterIn for
[1:53:02]
owns water.We also have documentation
[1:53:16]
on this.Water has always an issue in
[1:53:17]
Mendocino the extra setting has nothing
[1:53:21]
to do with that eliminating orders
[1:53:25]
setting is not get affects the problem.
[1:53:46]
(INAUDIBLE) thank you.
[1:53:47]
>>
[1:53:48]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[1:53:50]
>>
[1:54:01]
Hi my name is Amanda, I wasn't planning
[1:54:05]
on speaking but I feel moved to.
[1:54:10]
I am really glad that we have free
[1:54:14]
speech and everybody is entitled to
[1:54:15]
their own opinion and to express freely
[1:54:17]
I am personally very saddened me some
[1:54:21]
of the comment but it don't to be to
[1:54:26]
take and account leading restaurant
[1:54:27]
that we have here who have just
[1:54:28]
finished testifying
[1:54:30]
In speaking and commenting and all the
[1:54:31]
ways that they are preserving water
[1:54:33]
that they are showingThe care for the
[1:54:38]
environment that they are working on
[1:54:39]
reducing yearsThat the order setting
[1:54:48]
has not impact on that and yet we have
[1:54:49]
comment that same take no of those
[1:54:50]
facts and all of those testimonies
[1:54:51]
And existing positions that something
[1:54:52]
may like not everybody is listening to
[1:54:56]
each other.So my request I want to
[1:54:58]
honor everybody in this town who is
[1:54:59]
working
[1:55:04]
Overboard again tremendous odds and a
[1:55:05]
lot of your credit hopes and a lot of
[1:55:10]
high expenses to get things going in a
[1:55:11]
good way people employed in Mendocino
[1:55:12]
is a destination town we have far
[1:55:14]
issues, water issues like everywhere
[1:55:17]
else in color for your I'm hoping
[1:55:20]
everybody can work and actually listen
[1:55:25]
to each other those because I want
[1:55:26]
ghost towns happen.I have been there.I
[1:55:30]
have sent them many people,Are not
[1:55:34]
going to come all the way for Mendocino,
[1:55:39]
maybe it's the new kernel, it's a long
[1:55:42]
way to come most people get caught six
[1:55:47]
under Road, they are not going to come
[1:55:48]
if there is not going to good food,
[1:55:58]
destination places in agony as the
[1:55:59]
hotels then it can engage in the
[1:56:00]
economy.
[1:56:02]
Thank you.
[1:56:17]
>> Hello, I am all in I am not
[1:56:18]
contagious and is vulnerable.I will
[1:56:21]
never able toDying inside again but
[1:56:24]
this must is enablingHere today and the
[1:56:34]
thank you for speaking first because it
[1:56:35]
actually really let itself to what I
[1:56:36]
want to see first I want to thank and
[1:56:40]
comment this board of supervisorFor
[1:56:44]
public health and for setting a plan
[1:56:49]
forward we are going to try to avoid
[1:56:50]
drowning ourselves in a glass of water
[1:56:51]
by thinking largerI think giving us a
[1:56:54]
lot of thought,
[1:57:00]
Some of the incivility, surrounding all
[1:57:01]
of this recession in the community I
[1:57:06]
want to thank command our heroine
[1:57:07]
restaurant owners I know what it took
[1:57:10]
to get through covid.
[1:57:12]
Were still exhausted.How to figure out
[1:57:27]
how to continue serving community it
[1:57:28]
wasn't about staying alive financially
[1:57:29]
We also got a chatFinancially for which
[1:57:31]
many of us have recovered to stay open
[1:57:36]
during coated with detectable community
[1:57:39]
resiliency to get our community's sense
[1:57:40]
of hope and I just want to remind all
[1:57:44]
of us as we go forwardThat the little
[1:57:47]
decisions we make now organ have a huge
[1:57:48]
effectAs we go forward this is not the
[1:57:51]
and of this pandemicAt this is by no
[1:57:54]
means with the last pandemic is just
[1:57:56]
one indicationMany things are to come
[1:57:59]
and small townsSuch as this one, such a
[1:58:03]
ability to I contact and empathy and
[1:58:05]
personally relationshipIn we need to
[1:58:08]
remember a place I beg all of thousand
[1:58:12]
is from especially the Board of
[1:58:13]
supervisors to head that bigger picture
[1:58:16]
is multi's house to paveThe way14 age
[1:58:21]
corporationAnd here she centres where
[1:58:25]
people cannot, They can't listen to
[1:58:27]
each otherThey are stuck attached to
[1:58:30]
theirEntitlementWhile the planet burns.
[1:58:34]
We need to be a shining star of hope in
[1:58:37]
resilient and be a model to the place
[1:58:39]
that need to see itAnd I know that it
[1:58:43]
sounds a dramatic but I know a lot of
[1:58:44]
people in this room understandExactly
[1:58:48]
what I'm sayingPlease how we do things
[1:58:50]
is how we do things and what it is a
[1:58:51]
great nowIs going to determine not just
[1:58:53]
what happened down the left but who
[1:58:55]
will beWere doing it so let's continue
[1:58:59]
speaking to other with respect and
[1:59:00]
kindnessAnd Our eye on that in theMacro
[1:59:05]
moment.Thanks.
[1:59:11]
>>I just want to make additional
[1:59:21]
comment if I may, we had a board meeting
[1:59:32]
on 25 September at 5 o'clock in the
[1:59:33]
afternoon and there will be attendance
[1:59:34]
in not the issue of tents because from
[1:59:35]
the entity that is not the issue.Will
[1:59:36]
be agenda is seen a discussion of the
[1:59:45]
requirements for expanded use and that
[1:59:46]
means expanded restaurant use and there
[1:59:49]
are not only were issues so issues
[1:59:50]
involvedAnd so we will encourage all
[2:00:03]
the restaurant owner is the contact our
[2:00:04]
office to come down to me to invest in
[2:00:05]
certainly attended meeting on the 25th
[2:00:06]
so we can engage in meaningful
[2:00:07]
conversation on how to move forward
[2:00:08]
during next year.Thank you.
[2:00:09]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[2:00:12]
>>Hi,I worked up and down the cost.I
[2:00:22]
would just like to add a couple things
[2:00:23]
oneCovid is still here.About the
[2:00:34]
restaurant usage we had new West
[2:00:35]
restaurant close.The Mendocino hotel
[2:00:45]
was brought out and it has been closed
[2:00:46]
so there is not a restaurant there.The
[2:00:47]
Hillhouse but out and it was close.And
[2:00:52]
so the expanded restaurant usage what
[2:00:53]
we have here is basically just given us
[2:00:56]
back what we have before.So the water
[2:00:57]
usage and listening to all of people
[2:00:58]
doing what they are doing tonight years
[2:01:10]
as much water is really important but
[2:01:11]
they added sitting from the tent has
[2:01:12]
basically help to rebuild the restaurant
[2:01:14]
availability that we lost.During covid
[2:01:21]
in the people went out of business and
[2:01:22]
other things were about in a put back
[2:01:23]
into business.Thank you.
[2:01:28]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[2:01:29]
>> Just in the interest of time how
[2:01:32]
many other people want to address the
[2:01:33]
board today? Okay.That's good.
[2:01:45]
>> Hi name is Edward Bryant, I serveI
[2:01:54]
think they are gone by volunteers by
[2:01:55]
rules, working out for many years and
[2:02:04]
do the best they can with the resources
[2:02:05]
that they have one of the only things
[2:02:06]
that we on this time,Is this or
[2:02:12]
system.And make sure that (INAUDIBLE)
[2:02:13]
it is difficult to see what that fair
[2:02:17]
share is the work very hard but all of
[2:02:21]
this expansion are going to have to pay
[2:02:22]
more.That is just the factOtherwise we
[2:02:28]
fail and refill everybody loses.The
[2:02:35]
fact that there is a water shortage now
[2:02:48]
In the future, is a fact it's not even
[2:02:49]
it's all over town but it's here,
[2:02:50]
there, again a community service
[2:02:51]
district look for water we had a water
[2:02:52]
worst for years trying to expanded.
[2:02:53]
We didn't find enough water to support
[2:02:54]
this town in a way that we wanted to.We
[2:03:02]
realise what we have to do that time
[2:03:03]
was to monitor your upgrade water that
[2:03:04]
we do have.And always
[2:03:10]
Because somebody else has more, but
[2:03:12]
this is something we need to do as a
[2:03:13]
community.I think when we talk about
[2:03:22]
this roles, I think we have a member
[2:03:23]
that been done by the people are that
[2:03:24]
we now and doing the best they can.
[2:03:27]
I respect the fact that many of this
[2:03:28]
board have been working on very few
[2:03:29]
people instead of five, the only have
[2:03:33]
three sometimes so thank you have to
[2:03:39]
respect of this people who have done
[2:03:40]
this work and when you see them thank
[2:03:41]
them because it's not as a.Thank you
[2:03:42]
very much.
[2:03:43]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[2:03:46]
>>Hello, my name is Susan, I don't have
[2:04:00]
any prepared comments I just wanted to
[2:04:01]
make a few points one as I think
[2:04:05]
winning to look at this water shortage
[2:04:06]
and those were problem like we would
[2:04:07]
look at the food chain is kind of
[2:04:12]
ecological everything is interconnected
[2:04:13]
it is not justThe restaurant.That have
[2:04:24]
anything to do with solving the
[2:04:25]
problem.My father bought our first
[2:04:26]
family house in Mendocino village in
[2:04:27]
1964 and as always as a call over the
[2:04:30]
years there were water problems.Way
[2:04:40]
back then.Probably before then.They
[2:04:41]
have also been huge increase in
[2:04:43]
building houses large house is
[2:04:48]
developing property, there's been a
[2:04:49]
huge increase in the amount of
[2:04:51]
bed-and-breakfast and AirbnbAnd these
[2:04:56]
are all part of using water and so much
[2:05:04]
so I do think it should be the burden
[2:05:05]
only under restaurants the restaurants
[2:05:06]
have anything help
[2:05:10]
The home economic situation and the
[2:05:11]
happiness factor.And right now I live
[2:05:18]
in forward Brad but I only come to get
[2:05:19]
outside and the tents and a caf , in
[2:05:20]
MendocinoEuropean sentence how far more
[2:05:36]
historical and on the building's they
[2:05:37]
have other setting most of the places
[2:05:38]
and with awnings, blankets, and it's
[2:05:39]
very pleasant covid isn't over.And
[2:05:43]
The need for outdoor setting remains
[2:05:44]
and it can collapse the restaurant the
[2:05:47]
size and economic factor for the
[2:05:48]
employees in the owners the joy factor
[2:05:52]
will definitely decrease and all the
[2:05:55]
board of supervisor in the local city
[2:05:56]
council pavements in Ford brand because
[2:06:02]
in Mendocino all that is going to have
[2:06:03]
an effect associated as a food chain.
[2:06:08]
It's not just the restaurant.Thank you.
[2:06:23]
>> Hello, thank you for being here my
[2:06:24]
name is Bob Ione property hereWhen I go
[2:06:30]
to Patterson's I don't drink water
[2:06:31]
[ LAUGHING ]Ted want us don't want to
[2:06:38]
be redundantWe know we have problem
[2:06:47]
here and there will address it and
[2:06:48]
appreciate everything that the
[2:06:53]
historical review Board does.
[2:07:08]
I'd also like to see that we try to
[2:07:09]
conserve more water in public restroom,
[2:07:11]
there is one come in the fourth house,
[2:07:18]
They have this (INAUDIBLE) they work
[2:07:21]
really well.Soy think it is it's more
[2:07:25]
thing but when it incorporate things
[2:07:26]
like that which is remodelled our
[2:07:29]
restaurant here.
[2:07:35]
Lastly would say we should be looking
[2:07:39]
at some of the data so if the data shows
[2:07:42]
that we extracted more water since the
[2:07:44]
tents we should be looking at the loads
[2:07:48]
that putting in the solar system to if
[2:07:52]
they are holy water from the outside we
[2:07:53]
are recording that because that puts
[2:07:59]
extra burden on the source system which
[2:08:00]
is very important and it is want to see.
[2:08:09]
Thank you very much.
[2:08:24]
>> ChairAnd supervisors my name is
[2:08:30]
Christina and I will be commenting
[2:08:36]
today on behalf of of Mendocino matters
[2:08:37]
data all.I just hope and in a
[2:08:43]
apologising advance if I'm being
[2:08:44]
redundant chair just stop me.I have
[2:08:47]
prepared lengthy comment so I will be
[2:08:48]
providing staff at the end of my oral
[2:08:58]
and try to truncate them as I go.I want
[2:08:59]
to thank you for your
[2:09:03]
Dedication to Mendocino County and
[2:09:04]
thank you for the opportunity to
[2:09:05]
comment today
[2:09:08]
Appreciate the opportunity to comment
[2:09:09]
on this item however we do have
[2:09:10]
concerns with procedural issue.It is
[2:09:13]
unfortunate that supportive
[2:09:14]
documentation does notCompany item on
[2:09:21]
the consideration without evidence to
[2:09:22]
support the recommended action.
[2:09:23]
A specific groupMendocino (INAUDIBLE)
[2:09:31]
The public is not able to judge ability
[2:09:32]
for themselves and plausible to
[2:09:33]
participateAnd provideA comment.
[2:09:36]
Historical resources are considered
[2:09:37]
part of the environmentAre subject to
[2:09:42]
review and the California environmental
[2:09:43]
quality actThis applied to
[2:09:44]
discretionary productIn taking the
[2:09:46]
private propertiesAs well as the
[2:09:52]
property is undertaken by the public
[2:09:53]
agency.The Mendocino
[2:09:57]
Can recently reported the answer is yes
[2:09:58]
to considering modifyingExisting
[2:10:02]
commercial tent years.This is
[2:10:03]
concerning because any actionWhich
[2:10:05]
modifies existence, existing policy
[2:10:10]
prompts a red flag and a SEQA process
[2:10:14]
and generate special attention because
[2:10:18]
The complication that can because
[2:10:21]
Earlier last month we enquired Director
[2:10:22]
Croke(INAUDIBLE)As part of the action
[2:10:27]
meeting the definition of the project
[2:10:30]
Tengku discretionary permitsThere is
[2:10:32]
little doubtThat any new policyTents or
[2:10:37]
otherwise developing the statements
[2:10:38]
made in historic districtQualifies
[2:10:44]
under state law as a project andUnder
[2:10:46]
six WalkerAnd I have not receive benefit
[2:10:51]
Reply today.We are seeking a
[2:10:59]
termination of lead agency and
[2:11:00]
confirmation that the office of
[2:11:02]
historic reservation has been aware
[2:11:03]
potential for changes to existing
[2:11:07]
policy which have potential offered in
[2:11:08]
the senior protected historic district
[2:11:11]
The I have so much more to say.Formal
[2:11:18]
environmental review will address any
[2:11:19]
impacts directorHydrology water
[2:11:22]
resources, cultural resourcesWhich
[2:11:24]
includesLand use planning energy
[2:11:27]
resources,Greenhouse gas emission noise
[2:11:33]
and study population housingAs well as
[2:11:36]
any growth (INAUDIBLE) this will not be
[2:11:38]
addressed under SEQA And whatever
[2:11:40]
possible mitigated.My time is nearly up
[2:11:43]
would like me to continue orYou get the
[2:11:47]
point.Thank you very much.
[2:12:08]
>> Good afternoon, besides being a
[2:12:11]
former and renter I help manage the
[2:12:13]
(INAUDIBLE) restaurant that also really
[2:12:21]
suffered through pandemic so I really
[2:12:22]
appreciate the help that you are
[2:12:23]
offering them today it seems like
[2:12:24]
things are finally rebounding and if
[2:12:29]
there's anything we can help to that
[2:12:30]
can help people get over, we really
[2:12:36]
appreciate it.Mostly on to say thank
[2:12:37]
you for pushing water up to the
[2:12:38]
forefront it is besides what I do for
[2:12:39]
work I service (INAUDIBLE) county water
[2:12:45]
District and as agricultural
[2:12:46]
representative of water sustainability
[2:12:49]
I know that for a stand important water
[2:12:52]
is.It is our number one issue in
[2:12:53]
continueFor the rest.So I want to put
[2:13:13]
when ask anybody here that involve in
[2:13:14]
the water every would educate me about
[2:13:21]
Specific issues here.In a short time on
[2:13:27]
the board I've been able to (INAUDIBLE)
[2:13:33]
And continue to do so and continue to
[2:13:34]
the work and I would like to learn more
[2:13:37]
about the other areas of our country
[2:13:38]
because
[2:13:42]
Most of measure that we had at my water
[2:13:43]
district has been a conflict with
[2:13:47]
Neighbors, that's just encountered
[2:13:48]
productive and really do way forward to
[2:13:49]
work
[2:13:57]
Together and share what resources and
[2:13:58]
knowledge what we have to go in the
[2:13:59]
future it's not going to get and what
[2:14:00]
we are seeing today is (INAUDIBLE).
[2:14:01]
So thank you.
[2:14:02]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[2:14:06]
>> Any more public comment online?
[2:14:12]
Okay,Carrie?
[2:14:17]
>>Hi, sorry, I didn't hadMy hand
[2:14:39]
at.Thank you.
[2:14:40]
>> Okay , Megan.
[2:14:48]
>> Hello, my name is MaganI am a senior
[2:14:52]
planner with when becauseRunning
[2:14:54]
loyalty, Can you hear me?OkayBy the way
[2:15:01]
there's been some audio cut out on the
[2:15:02]
zoom, I would just like to speak first
[2:15:08]
of all very grateful for this and
[2:15:09]
because I amStarcom with covid I am
[2:15:15]
grateful for this ability to
[2:15:16]
participate in this way I am also very
[2:15:17]
gratefulFor the board support of
[2:15:18]
continuing the tents,I would like to
[2:15:26]
courage expansionOf theConsideration of
[2:15:32]
how theTent building permit audiences
[2:15:35]
are developedAnd a streamlined
[2:15:40]
basically supporting Scotland comment
[2:15:41]
earlierOn this item there are other
[2:15:44]
areasBusinesses outside of the polish
[2:15:48]
and I know what the village has own set
[2:15:51]
of challenges and difficulties to work
[2:15:52]
throughBut it would be great to have
[2:15:55]
more streamlined indirect processFor
[2:15:57]
those areas outside of the CollegeSo
[2:16:00]
that you can alsoContinue with dining
[2:16:03]
10's.I can support this overall concept
[2:16:07]
so I just wanted to speak to that and
[2:16:10]
it's and efficient but this would be
[2:16:11]
consideredWhile also looking at it
[2:16:13]
forward a village.Thank you very much
[2:16:17]
for time and for being in the course
[2:16:18]
today.
[2:16:19]
>>Jay?
[2:16:35]
>> Thank you, as previous speaker I
[2:16:43]
dunno if you can here may because as a
[2:16:44]
previousI had tried to raise my hands
[2:16:59]
several times I couldn't here I know
[2:17:00]
mostly talking about tents and
[2:17:01]
Mendocino but I also understand and that
[2:17:02]
(INAUDIBLE) is and Co as well.And there
[2:17:07]
is an issue there because if they don't
[2:17:15]
have the tents in the winter time they
[2:17:16]
have no inside dining at Princess
[2:17:17]
Seaford.And so I do not airfare
[2:17:24]
decision today is just about Mendocino
[2:17:25]
I wasn't clear on that but I do
[2:17:26]
appreciate the tents I don't like the
[2:17:27]
inside diningAnd I think it adds to the
[2:17:38]
ambience of this restaurants that have
[2:17:39]
the outdoor tents and I hope you will
[2:17:40]
go by Supervisor TED WILLIAMS
[2:17:44]
recommendation that may be tabled
[2:17:45]
there's having them all the parts of
[2:17:46]
the puzzle can be put together.Thank
[2:17:50]
you for meeting under custody it's nice
[2:17:54]
that you are all over Mendocino Coast
[2:18:03]
go look at the tents South today and
[2:18:04]
see what (INAUDIBLE) appreciate the
[2:18:06]
tents and restaurant owners are talking
[2:18:09]
about thank you for your time.
[2:18:10]
>>Next we have (INAUDIBLE).
[2:18:18]
>>Can you hear me?
[2:18:26]
>> Yes we can.
[2:18:27]
>> Thank you.I wanted to try to draw up
[2:18:33]
in Mendocino 20 high school in the
[2:18:34]
village, work in the service industry
[2:18:35]
there,So this is an issue that is
[2:18:41]
important to a lot of us were not
[2:18:45]
eligible to be an historical review
[2:18:46]
committee because it's a very small and
[2:18:53]
very privileged to people who can on
[2:18:54]
residential property in the footprint
[2:18:55]
of the actual village there's many more
[2:18:56]
of usFormer concern to this and what I
[2:19:00]
would put others (INAUDIBLE) I think
[2:19:03]
it's important to mention that just
[2:19:11]
because others are a physical area
[2:19:12]
covered by the tents is not necessarily
[2:19:13]
means that there is more meals served.
[2:19:15]
There is a lot indoor removed, one of
[2:19:19]
the things I wanted to bring up is the
[2:19:20]
multiple positive impact of that hardly
[2:19:33]
entertaining spaces has been largely
[2:19:34]
replaced with a Holdcroft sales area
[2:19:35]
that for local Artist.Because of the
[2:19:49]
community and artist and makers and the
[2:19:50]
additional square footage has increase
[2:19:51]
opportunities to People have there work
[2:19:52]
scene,All of this other beneficial
[2:20:00]
outcome in addition to more space of
[2:20:01]
the respect and something that only a
[2:20:02]
shade is I know two people who didn't
[2:20:05]
come to this meeting today because they
[2:20:06]
have covered we were supposed to
[2:20:07]
government on MondayCommand covered is
[2:20:09]
still happening.Going back to status quo
[2:20:20]
, in a lot of ways it is a whole
[2:20:21]
population disabled,Or pretty much
[2:20:25]
excluded fromPublic life like that has
[2:20:29]
been, I think going back to that is not
[2:20:33]
positive in terms of what this trick
[2:20:36]
will feeling of the town is and we are
[2:20:42]
all seen pictures shared on social
[2:20:43]
media about thisIssue.Mendocino is an
[2:20:50]
old log and fishing village, it's been
[2:20:52]
around forever.I would have that happen
[2:21:01]
to but I just wanted to bring up the
[2:21:03]
issue water in density is yes there's
[2:21:12]
more square footage.It takes
[2:21:19]
more staff.They are
[2:21:33]
not making radically money because they
[2:21:34]
have more seats now if anything there
[2:21:42]
(INAUDIBLE) thank you.
[2:21:43]
>> I believe that end public comment at
[2:21:44]
this point.
[2:21:45]
>> Move the recommended action.
[2:21:46]
>> Second.
[2:21:47]
>>
[2:21:48]
Okay ,
[2:21:49]
We have one more person?
[2:21:54]
>> All right,
[2:22:09]
Carrie I am glad to be here I'm so glad
[2:22:10]
you're here on the coast thank you for
[2:22:11]
all the work you're done
[2:22:14]
You get into this point, it's not
[2:22:15]
likely just made those peopleExpress
[2:22:21]
how long everybody is working on this
[2:22:22]
project andI also like to comment the
[2:22:29]
owners of the restaurants and managers
[2:22:37]
who have done such a good job in
[2:22:38]
creating resilience community making it
[2:22:39]
possible forThe community to have a
[2:22:43]
place to gather,I can't believe the
[2:22:47]
amount of work that is gone into making
[2:23:01]
, They had to put up the 10, they had
[2:23:02]
to put, change everything around,
[2:23:03]
sounds to being different.I want to
[2:23:04]
acknowledgeThe real issue being
[2:23:07]
water.And how you are proceeding in the
[2:23:14]
future to work with this and really
[2:23:15]
think it's positive water presented is
[2:23:18]
a way to especially to go forward with
[2:23:27]
all people combined accounted for so
[2:23:28]
hopefully it's make that happen and
[2:23:31]
most of the comments today people
[2:23:35]
appreciate what we have and when it to
[2:23:40]
go forward in a positive manner.So
[2:23:41]
thank you very much.
[2:23:42]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[2:23:49]
>> Okay one more person?
[2:23:50]
>> I'm sorry, CowleyMy fabulous
[2:23:56]
consultant just told me that this
[2:23:59]
propose action is for only for tens for
[2:24:07]
Mendocino proper?
[2:24:08]
>> Now it's actually (INAUDIBLE)
[2:24:09]
>> And noise thank you.
[2:24:10]
[ LAUGHING ]
[2:24:11]
>> Additional comment?
[2:24:13]
>> Is wanted to see one thing in
[2:24:21]
regards to the situation where water if
[2:24:22]
you shut the business down we can't
[2:24:28]
raise you money from the solution.So as
[2:24:29]
business in this town,None of us want
[2:24:34]
to burn down.We also are willing to
[2:24:38]
charge the visitors for helping out
[2:24:42]
infrastructure in this village.They
[2:24:52]
should as visitors for drinking and
[2:24:53]
flushing our water help pay for it.So
[2:24:54]
supportive supervisor please consider
[2:24:55]
implementing some kind of precedent for
[2:24:57]
us to be able to raise the water the
[2:25:03]
money for you guys to help our water
[2:25:04]
infrastructure survive.Or be improved
[2:25:06]
we are happy to do that we are happy to
[2:25:10]
pay " after taxes we are happy to
[2:25:11]
charge the customer their share to the
[2:25:16]
taxes for raising these money for this
[2:25:17]
water.
[2:25:18]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[2:25:19]
>> Thank you.Okay I think we are gone
[2:25:23]
with public comment at this point now
[2:25:26]
return to the board and I believe
[2:25:27]
someone had motion,Further board
[2:25:36]
discussion? Supervisor GJERDE?
[2:25:39]
>>I just want to let people know that
[2:25:47]
they should be in contact with West
[2:25:48]
company because the county of Mendocino
[2:25:51]
get economic development grants it can
[2:25:52]
loan out to businesses and just to be
[2:25:54]
clear there's business loans are for
[2:26:09]
businesses that are eight retaining or
[2:26:10]
creating jobs that are low to moderate
[2:26:11]
income.
[2:26:26]
Let's say three years short term loans
[2:26:27]
at the lower no interest but the
[2:26:28]
incentive for the present the business
[2:26:30]
to pay back in third fourth, fifth year.
[2:26:33]
And when those monies comes back and Co
[2:26:36]
the county is eligible to spend those
[2:26:37]
dollars in public, work infrastructure
[2:26:38]
projects.So the county doesn't
[2:26:41]
unfortunately have money for grant that
[2:26:46]
it does have the source.Thank you.
[2:26:47]
>>Okay so we have a motion on the floor
[2:27:04]
that ready to vote on.
[2:27:05]
[ CALLING ROLL ]
[2:27:20]
The Motion carries unanimously.
[2:27:21]
>>
[2:27:22]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[2:27:26]
>> Thank you.We can take a short break
[2:27:27]
if some of you would like to leave
[2:27:30]
Because you're done with your business
[2:27:31]
here so will take three minute break to
[2:27:36]
clear the room.
[2:28:03]
[ SHORT BREAK ]
[2:33:27]
>> Item number 4d Discussion and
[2:33:32]
Possible Action Including Acceptance of
[2:33:33]
Presentation
[2:33:34]
Regarding Care Response Unit by Chief
[2:33:36]
Cervenka of the Fort Bragg Police
[2:33:37]
Department.
[2:33:38]
>>
[2:33:44]
Thank you for inviting me here to the
[2:33:45]
coast today.We are almost there, so I
[2:33:53]
will be discussing the care response
[2:33:54]
unit but we are doing for homelessness
[2:33:56]
drug addiction and mental illness in
[2:33:59]
our community I will be discussing how
[2:34:05]
we got here where we are and where we
[2:34:06]
goinG.
[2:34:22]
I will start where the MARBUT report in
[2:34:23]
2018,In 2021, a grant was found started
[2:34:42]
where the correspondence unit to
[2:34:43]
address homeless in a new way that is
[2:34:44]
spearheaded by Mayor and captain of the
[2:34:45]
police Department.
[2:34:53]
For the 28 recommendation 14 applies to
[2:34:54]
us in some way.That would imply that
[2:35:00]
every single violation will be enforced
[2:35:06]
criminally will look at as every
[2:35:08]
comment will be addressed.We focus on
[2:35:22]
solutions that symptoms.We have
[2:35:23]
framework of needles.That means that we
[2:35:26]
are not rigid or a structure and anyway
[2:35:31]
nobody has an ego to make sure that
[2:35:32]
their plan, we have agreed coordination
[2:35:33]
with City Council, police staff and
[2:35:47]
something doesn't work we are able to
[2:35:48]
work.So what is CRU?
[2:35:54]
"Is for homeless, for the California
[2:35:59]
Department healthcare services 5150s,
[2:36:12]
if they attempted suicide, they went to
[2:36:13]
the hospital when they get out our team
[2:36:14]
will follow make sure they are getting
[2:36:15]
the care that they need.
[2:36:25]
So if you ever tried to build with
[2:36:28]
California over the phone, GMB, from
[2:36:32]
California is incredible that they were
[2:36:37]
able to conference the California DMV to
[2:36:40]
send a replacement ID to this
[2:36:42]
gentleman to the police Department so
[2:36:48]
he can start getting services and
[2:36:49]
getting back home.
[2:36:54]
I have a good development that are
[2:36:55]
highlighted, ego development highlighted
[2:37:07]
it started with one of my instructor
[2:37:08]
in the post command college it is a
[2:37:09]
futurist neighbor retraining poverty.It
[2:37:10]
is sociologies andPsychology comparing
[2:37:15]
ego development.And why throwing money
[2:37:18]
at the problem doesn't work.You can get
[2:37:22]
everyone $1 million in five years you
[2:37:25]
will going to have to pour again, we
[2:37:26]
have a good part development helps
[2:37:32]
people thanks about the future in at
[2:37:33]
about survival.If you spent the last
[2:37:35]
five years living in tentIt doesn't
[2:37:40]
matter what services somebody had you
[2:37:44]
if you're not talk to think about the
[2:37:45]
future and save your money and look
[2:37:47]
forward to next year, two years, three
[2:37:49]
years or going to stand same cycle
[2:37:53]
forever and ever.We also operate
[2:37:54]
weather shelter and our team response
[2:37:59]
with police officers but they do a lot
[2:38:04]
of productive work and that what make
[2:38:05]
the team's work.Because it is in the
[2:38:06]
field.They go out commodity have the
[2:38:09]
client, it has a lot of services in
[2:38:14]
California but they need to require an
[2:38:15]
appointment.So our team Struggled those
[2:38:23]
appointment they drive them to court,
[2:38:26]
they drive them to their appointment.
[2:38:41]
Also the have simple things like
[2:38:42]
(INAUDIBLE) they can set down in a
[2:38:43]
campsite with somebody and talk to them
[2:38:44]
I to I, person-to-person which grades
[2:38:45]
that report.Who is cRU?
[2:39:02]
We are staffed by two full-time social
[2:39:03]
services licence.We call themSocial
[2:39:08]
services licence because the know how
[2:39:09]
to connect people they work with them
[2:39:11]
through the process, they walk them
[2:39:16]
through the application the get them
[2:39:17]
the help they need.Their backgrounds
[2:39:22]
and education,Psychology and behavioral
[2:39:23]
services they are trained in crisis
[2:39:24]
care which also help them
[2:39:25]
, And our crisis management team.So the
[2:39:31]
numbersThey really got going in July of
[2:39:47]
last year it started in about March
[2:39:48]
last year.So they help 321 individuals
[2:39:55]
with 47 of them requiring more than 10
[2:39:58]
hours of service.And we are not social
[2:40:01]
services we are just connecting people
[2:40:04]
to sort social services so if you
[2:40:09]
imagine those folks that required
[2:40:10]
modern 10 hour there is no way that
[2:40:13]
enable to make this appointment and
[2:40:14]
their own.22 homeless individuals were
[2:40:27]
reconnected with family and friends
[2:40:28]
through the program.And with that
[2:40:29]
people are stuck in the coAST.
[2:40:32]
So the program serves a bus ticket
[2:40:36]
program get people to what you wanted
[2:40:38]
to go.They have to have somebody
[2:40:45]
waiting for them to the other end.
[2:40:52]
We want them to be going somewhere to
[2:40:54]
be better themselves.Record shown the
[2:40:57]
highest record involves family and
[2:41:03]
friends.So the consent them back to
[2:41:04]
family and friends that willing to help
[2:41:06]
them they have a highest (INAUDIBLE).
[2:41:16]
We got 16, 18Rehab before committing so
[2:41:21]
18 people inpatient recovery.The plot to
[2:41:27]
Moving is a wonderful program and
[2:41:32]
experiment in a forward Brad involvement
[2:41:36]
the housing senior housing, workforce
[2:41:37]
housing.And several of the CRU client,
[2:42:07]
And discovered there was no furniture
[2:42:08]
no bed, and no kitchen no food.
[2:42:11]
They get move andHannah brought to my
[2:42:19]
attention and immediately jump to the
[2:42:20]
actionSure we work with Mendocino Coast
[2:42:28]
healthcare foundation and Mary Kate was
[2:42:32]
gracious enough to find 10 soft
[2:42:33]
thousand's of dollars in the grand
[2:42:36]
internation where the purchase tables
[2:42:37]
chairs, beds, kitchen items,The needs
[2:42:45]
to get them going on to make them
[2:42:46]
successful and the crew organised to
[2:42:50]
the police Department we did a big move
[2:42:51]
and and furnished 25 homes to make them
[2:42:58]
be successful.We didn't want any, this
[2:43:01]
was a huge hit to them and homeless
[2:43:02]
community is just one more thing.It's
[2:43:06]
(INAUDIBLE) finally get to where
[2:43:07]
they're going toSo we wanted to make
[2:43:13]
sure that there were successful and
[2:43:14]
they were happy.And give them the
[2:43:15]
highest chanceOf success.And Hannah
[2:43:24]
stay with them to make sure that other
[2:43:30]
social services with them taking care
[2:43:31]
and we can move on.
[2:43:41]
So year to your comparisons.Calls for
[2:43:42]
service involving homeless.So we had
[2:43:45]
27% drop in because involving homeless.
[2:43:55]
So if you consider EACH call average 20
[2:44:00]
minutes time.
[2:44:06]
Hundred 30 extra hours for proactive
[2:44:08]
police works in community service work.
[2:44:10]
It's, many program that considered
[2:44:15]
successful if they show any improvement
[2:44:18]
in a persistent bull in the public it's
[2:44:19]
a crew program is completely changeFord
[2:44:25]
BRAGG.
[2:44:29]
Those stitching not enabling.
[2:44:40]
There are seven less time span for a
[2:44:41]
police officer.So the calls involving
[2:44:50]
homeless Pravin down month over month
[2:44:53]
between the two years the top line is
[2:44:54]
fiscal year 2122The bottomline the red
[2:45:00]
line is 22 " 23.Now you will see the
[2:45:04]
biggest jump as December.Where it
[2:45:10]
plummeted 200 calls of service.And that
[2:45:13]
really expects volume weather shelter
[2:45:17]
program.So it's no secret that when
[2:45:23]
people called and hungry and exhausted
[2:45:31]
sometimes that commit crime to go to
[2:45:32]
jail so that can be warm and housed and
[2:45:33]
saved and fed.The jail according to
[2:45:41]
sheriff caused by hundred seven dollars
[2:45:42]
a day per person.And that's if they
[2:45:45]
don't need any medical anything else can
[2:45:48]
this $107 completely over person
[2:45:53]
walking through the door.It goes up
[2:45:54]
dramatically in a medical secretary
[2:45:55]
If the can imagine in December that 200
[2:46:05]
less calls how many less going to jail
[2:46:06]
because we are giving them through an
[2:46:08]
option over to going you can see the
[2:46:15]
line is pretty stable now where we had
[2:46:16]
very violent and upswings in downswings
[2:46:26]
and the first year without crew.So I
[2:46:27]
don't think sheriff will complain about
[2:46:28]
having less people in in jail as it is
[2:46:30]
very expensive as you can see.Again we
[2:46:34]
had20% fewer arrest of homeless so what
[2:46:43]
this shows is that the homeless in our
[2:46:44]
community are being arrestedLess well
[2:46:50]
as contacts, committing less crimes
[2:46:51]
because our crew team is effectively
[2:46:53]
engaging them in there getting out of
[2:46:55]
homelessness, healthcare services,
[2:46:57]
connected with rehabSo that with out
[2:47:03]
committing that we have
[2:47:12]
cost the
[2:47:13]
taxpayers $107 Per day per person.
[2:47:37]
Said a percentage of total arrest went
[2:47:51]
down about 12% the first fiscal year 21
[2:47:52]
22 have of the arrest, that when town
[2:47:53]
to 23.Presentation of total arrest is a
[2:48:00]
very successful for police program in
[2:48:01]
any regard.So our extreme weather
[2:48:08]
shelter that operated last year, so we
[2:48:11]
receive funding from the county two
[2:48:14]
years ago for the police Department to
[2:48:15]
take over the winter weather shelter
[2:48:17]
for non-profit eight just became very
[2:48:25]
challenging because they have volunteer
[2:48:26]
move place to place, and you couldn't
[2:48:30]
have the same church do it from month
[2:48:31]
to month, so when the police Department
[2:48:35]
to Gatley coordinated with motel to use
[2:48:36]
hotelIn mortal.Last year 60 total nights
[2:48:51]
that 62% chance of rain or under 40
[2:48:52]
degreeS.
[2:48:55]
SoThe most important is that on that is
[2:49:01]
the bottom one which is the smallest
[2:49:04]
seven individuals were moved to stable
[2:49:08]
house.9%.SoIf church doing it is
[2:49:18]
probably zero.They are not being
[2:49:19]
(INAUDIBLE) offer services.That's how
[2:49:32]
you get seven individual out of the
[2:49:33]
circle, into the stable housing.And
[2:49:40]
were recently applied for this year
[2:49:41]
when the weather shelter with funds.So
[2:49:52]
we had some unexpected consequences
[2:49:53]
with the crew program and the Uy arrest
[2:49:54]
want up to 277%.Traffic collisions down
[2:50:00]
by 25%.Very getting back to that
[2:50:22]
traffic collisions staff,The other
[2:50:33]
thing I noticed is the police officer
[2:50:34]
dealt differently with homeless
[2:50:35]
population.After 23 years and civilian
[2:50:36]
law-enforcement coming up on 24 years
[2:50:43]
can tell you that most frustrating
[2:50:44]
thing is cast in a job and not given
[2:50:47]
tolls to do it.We are community's
[2:50:53]
problems over to clock in the morning,
[2:50:54]
water line break the police go out.So
[2:50:58]
when we have a social dilemma like
[2:50:59]
homelessness the police get
[2:51:09]
involved.And creates that frustration
[2:51:10]
that (INAUDIBLE) they don't make their
[2:51:11]
appointment.It is never-ending cycle of
[2:51:17]
reputation they don't need to be in
[2:51:18]
criminal justice system.So now that
[2:51:20]
police officer has crew and have this
[2:51:24]
immense to the talk with compassion and
[2:51:27]
concern they are trying to get this
[2:51:30]
people out of their situation.And the
[2:51:44]
coolest thing to me is having defence
[2:51:45]
attorneys calling the police Department
[2:51:48]
asking to help for their client.Which
[2:51:55]
brings us to project right nowWhich is
[2:52:03]
our newest grant funding and the way
[2:52:04]
this work is through the California
[2:52:13]
Department of Health services again
[2:52:14]
they didn't often the grant but the
[2:52:15]
offer this op-ed resistant grant and we
[2:52:16]
were able to
[2:52:23]
Because crew team most doing the work,
[2:52:24]
it paid for one critic member and
[2:52:26]
success coaches.AndThe other recruiting
[2:52:34]
member was able to take the savings, to
[2:52:36]
push everything out and pay for them
[2:52:44]
for a few more moth.So the project
[2:52:45]
right now grant began in April the
[2:52:51]
other for the $45000 grant and we
[2:52:54]
identify those asWe work on DDA office
[2:53:02]
public defenders provision role, we
[2:53:04]
would like schools.
[2:53:13]
(INAUDIBLE)We did research at our high
[2:53:42]
school we did some survey over 60% of
[2:53:43]
senior know somebody or are themselves
[2:53:47]
Our opioid -dependent or use opioid.So
[2:53:53]
this is impacting our community
[2:53:54]
immensely.But a lot of this kids don't
[2:53:57]
trust the police.But by having
[2:53:59]
a unitWe
[2:54:10]
do all the hiring and a police
[2:54:11]
employees have access to our systems
[2:54:12]
and have access to the history and but
[2:54:17]
they just have regular people.So our
[2:54:21]
community can interact with them much
[2:54:22]
better toSo I want to give you a few
[2:54:27]
stories of crew.John all those names
[2:54:35]
are not real John is locating to for
[2:54:40]
drug from Sonoma County things didn't
[2:54:41]
work out and from themselves (INAUDIBLE)
[2:55:09]
He conducted crew who put in him
[2:55:39]
[ LIVE FEED ERROR ]
[2:57:13]
She lost her housing and became as a
[2:57:16]
referral.The DA approved day-to-day
[2:57:19]
credit for him if he went to a
[2:57:20]
residentialTreatment facility as most of
[2:57:23]
his treatment is drug use.His nose
[2:57:31]
over finishing his high school diploma
[2:57:32]
and testing with coal-fired.So what we
[2:57:37]
needCome out we need funding.The grant
[2:57:46]
in allocation funding for a crew will
[2:57:48]
be just and June 30 2024.
[2:57:59]
Measure be is to be used for the
[2:58:08]
specific purpose of finding services
[2:58:09]
treatment and facilities for persons
[2:58:10]
with mental illness or drug addiction.
[2:58:12]
In fact when I ask them 321 of the
[2:58:16]
consent of one that do not have mental
[2:58:19]
lessors substance abuse.It was somebody
[2:58:21]
that lost job, filling hard time,So one
[2:58:30]
out of three and 21 did not make this
[2:58:31]
criteria under measure be.CrewAs the
[2:58:56]
bridge from district to services to
[2:58:57]
wellness.So our annual operating
[2:58:58]
expenses.About the 300,000 for salary
[2:59:00]
and benefit.So about 430Thousand
[2:59:07]
dollars per year.Because I can tell you
[2:59:08]
I amBegging politicians for money.I have
[2:59:14]
spoken to Senator Mugler office
[2:59:23]
Congressman Huffman offers and
[2:59:24]
ironically, I get an email from Senator
[2:59:27]
Maguire after months of looking we can
[2:59:28]
help you.We can spend the money to save
[2:59:33]
live, and improve our intercommunity
[2:59:39]
are spending money on symptoms and
[2:59:40]
repairs.That I give you 25 that is
[2:59:48]
about 40 collisions.So according to
[2:59:59]
National safety Council and the average
[3:00:00]
of what the collision course, that save
[3:00:06]
about $430,000 inclusion is the
[3:00:07]
taxpayers to insurance companies
[3:00:12]
And insurance companies do not take a
[3:00:13]
lot.If I can bring down overall crush
[3:00:16]
rates in overall insurance go down and
[3:00:20]
utter everybody in the go down save.
[3:00:24]
Moving 1% out of jail into 180 day rehab
[3:00:27]
serves $20,000 for starters.Once this
[3:00:48]
is achieved a mental issue achieved.A
[3:00:51]
minute about the 21 participants and
[3:00:55]
the project right now program in only a
[3:00:56]
few months.Again Sheriff Kandel will
[3:01:04]
not complain less people in jail.The
[3:01:05]
years of grants is great for proof of
[3:01:06]
concept.
[3:01:15]
In fact researchers and UCLA called us
[3:01:27]
we had is omitting a whole bunch of
[3:01:28]
research because they get a whole bunch
[3:01:29]
of money to figure out how they do this
[3:01:30]
in your pushing plants to the rest of
[3:01:34]
the county.When it is stable funding we
[3:01:37]
have prevent what will do with it, we
[3:01:38]
have prevent it will change and save
[3:01:41]
live fed we have event will brave
[3:01:45]
generation, we have proven we will
[3:01:48]
benefit the entire community with that.
[3:01:52]
Thank you for your time and I'm happy
[3:01:53]
to answer any questions.
[3:01:54]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[3:01:59]
>> Supervisor TED WILLIAMS?
[3:02:00]
>>
[3:02:05]
This is on the agenda because I went
[3:02:06]
around table on hosted by the hospital,
[3:02:13]
I see that the nation has been
[3:02:14]
screaming for this type of solution and
[3:02:17]
the answer is coming from the Ford
[3:02:19]
brand in Mendocino County and
[3:02:22]
shortly after
[3:02:27]
One of the comment young officer was I
[3:02:29]
have the dozens of in the worldAnd
[3:02:31]
after the incidentWhat do you mean by
[3:02:36]
that and he described as program in the
[3:02:37]
leadership that he was providing an
[3:02:41]
Sells me how important it is to gather
[3:02:43]
We find funding this is that from
[3:02:46]
program that needs to continue frankly
[3:02:48]
it needs to spread your release said
[3:02:50]
the sample and the state.So I
[3:02:53]
appreciate you being yourI would like to
[3:02:59]
brainstorm with my colleague how can
[3:03:00]
we encourage an estate to through some
[3:03:01]
funding.
[3:03:02]
>>SUPERVISOR MULHEREN
[3:03:03]
>> Thank you,I appreciate All the work
[3:03:24]
you're doing will the reduction in
[3:03:29]
homelessness anything that all the work
[3:03:37]
that is being done here in the coAst
[3:03:38]
and land, and the connection with
[3:03:42]
social services in the TMS incredible
[3:03:43]
anything that we need to move this
[3:03:46]
initiative to be countywide and likely
[3:03:52]
to the sheriff department in a way that
[3:03:53]
we did with a crisis outreach and having
[3:03:58]
Just crew worker for better terms
[3:04:00]
everywhere throughout the county so
[3:04:09]
that we can make sure we are connecting
[3:04:10]
people to the right basis I think we
[3:04:11]
have sent that came through and the way
[3:04:12]
that we do housing first and using
[3:04:14]
rooms in using management and getting
[3:04:18]
people into drug rehab has shown that
[3:04:29]
we are able to offer people more
[3:04:30]
success soy agree with Ted that we need
[3:04:31]
to look more to continue made residence
[3:04:32]
where they are in improve outcomes for
[3:04:37]
everybody including the community and
[3:04:38]
economy.So thank you very much for your
[3:04:42]
presentation.
[3:04:43]
>> Supervisor DAN GJERDE?
[3:04:44]
>>
[3:04:46]
I think this is an example of where
[3:04:53]
people are motivated and make something
[3:04:54]
work and the city afford drug and thank
[3:04:55]
you Mayor forKeeping (INAUDIBLE) I think
[3:05:04]
I'd would like to see this expanded
[3:05:05]
countrywide and think it needs to be
[3:05:06]
expanded by agency by the city's that
[3:05:08]
are motivated to make it work and the
[3:05:10]
city for Bragg has the motivation I
[3:05:13]
definitely would like to see the county
[3:05:14]
if you're awareAnd clearly the waters
[3:05:24]
measure be one of the things that the
[3:05:28]
things they're voting for us to see
[3:05:29]
less despair and carriers on the
[3:05:30]
Straits and their communitiesAnd is one
[3:05:37]
of the best ways that I have sent to
[3:05:38]
help that.
[3:05:39]
>>Supervisor JOHN HASCHAK ?
[3:05:40]
>> Thank you for the presentation, I
[3:05:52]
guess my question is what kind of
[3:05:57]
contact have you had with the city to
[3:05:58]
make sure that we are doing this and
[3:06:00]
another places and if they are
[3:06:04]
understanding what you're doing here
[3:06:05]
and thenWhat, besides the grantsHas the
[3:06:13]
city of for Bragg to in order what the
[3:06:19]
expense of the city itself so far?
[3:06:20]
>> I addressed the other cities as far
[3:06:34]
as the police chief our program is out
[3:06:35]
there.
[3:06:38]
Sometimes it is difficult to take
[3:06:40]
somebody's idea and also there is
[3:06:49]
staffing issue and quite and is the
[3:06:50]
actually, can get Hannah to stand
[3:06:53]
up.Real quick check the saga three that
[3:06:54]
make that thing happened.
[3:06:55]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[3:07:00]
It's kind of a magical dream team that
[3:07:01]
made this work in figure out all of the
[3:07:04]
problems so ifFinding those people and
[3:07:15]
those cities would be crucial in the
[3:07:16]
program because you have to you don't
[3:07:17]
need a social worker, you need somebody
[3:07:19]
Trained in early education and
[3:07:22]
behavioral science, so I have shared
[3:07:27]
this with the other chief and Jeff is
[3:07:29]
now departed well it has to own
[3:07:33]
struggles right now and able to do this
[3:07:36]
for quite sometimes.But I have been in
[3:07:40]
contact with chief about it.As far as
[3:07:43]
the city afford Bragg has done that's
[3:07:45]
how we are able to push this two
[3:07:47]
gentlemen 24 is because we have six
[3:07:50]
months pay salary from the police
[3:07:54]
Department last year for (INAUDIBLE)
[3:07:57]
weren't all for a regional fund because
[3:08:00]
it was so successful it has seven
[3:08:04]
rivers come through in a very short
[3:08:05]
period of time so the City Council gave
[3:08:07]
up their own discretionary spending
[3:08:11]
account to transfer the to the shelter
[3:08:16]
to make sure that we can continue with
[3:08:17]
a bunch of shelter 30 rest of the
[3:08:18]
system.
[3:08:21]
>> Thank you.
[3:08:30]
>> So comments from me, I think about
[3:08:31]
program like this and also uKIAH
[3:08:32]
(INAUDIBLE)Realising that you're not as
[3:08:40]
fine some of the home, you describeAs a
[3:08:45]
good example there is a really famous
[3:08:52]
Doctor, from Harbord who spend a lot of
[3:08:53]
timeAnd this are working patiently,This
[3:09:09]
drive into town and make and
[3:09:10]
(INAUDIBLE) you help people small
[3:09:13]
things can make a big difference
[3:09:17]
without medical outcomes to another
[3:09:18]
city were people,The health outcomes
[3:09:29]
much better so the concept of what
[3:09:30]
you're doing and what life apartment
[3:09:32]
you're doing clearly is how we work out
[3:09:37]
of this problem so I am very support as
[3:09:41]
much money as we are spending
[3:09:42]
addressing the homeless industry which
[3:09:43]
is size amount of grant I would hope
[3:09:48]
that our board can find some may be
[3:09:53]
redirection of money spending, and
[3:09:55]
instead put the programIn serve the
[3:10:06]
right thing to do I like what you're
[3:10:07]
doing.Certain to be having positive
[3:10:08]
outcome.Like data and we actually see
[3:10:12]
something is working or event if it's
[3:10:15]
trending properly and in my opinion
[3:10:20]
which is more resources and more to
[3:10:21]
improve andYour own small way you're
[3:10:25]
making difference.Which individual
[3:10:26]
peopleHuge.So okay come out with that I
[3:10:37]
think the board member we can open it
[3:10:38]
to the public.
[3:10:40]
>>I probably would be a speakingThis is
[3:10:57]
Jane McGourty I recently returned from
[3:10:58]
the seated conference, CIT is crisis
[3:11:02]
invention teamand the work together to
[3:11:05]
improve crisis response incidents in
[3:11:09]
emergencies so we would like to honor
[3:11:13]
community members were champion or
[3:11:19]
doing this kind of work anything the
[3:11:20]
chair of an exemplary model for thisAnd
[3:11:23]
so we have championed coins that were
[3:11:26]
present to our champion
[3:11:28]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[3:11:34]
And I'm hoping that you guys will
[3:11:36]
support him to present at the CIT
[3:11:40]
conference because it is an
[3:11:45]
international conference on people come
[3:11:46]
over the United States,
[3:11:49]
And share this method I think it's
[3:11:51]
really important thank you.
[3:11:59]
>> Hi,, Sara residence of Mendocino, I
[3:12:08]
was watching the meeting at home, I
[3:12:09]
stop what I was doing and a draw down
[3:12:13]
here.So I had to say thank you present
[3:12:14]
and what you said aboutSenator Maguire
[3:12:18]
supporting about (INAUDIBLE)
[3:12:20]
This is the model.
[3:12:24]
Where do you see in the news good news
[3:12:30]
about police Department or homelessness
[3:12:31]
in California or this country.Where all
[3:12:32]
the good headlines.
[3:12:34]
Nowhere.But it is happening right here.
[3:12:39]
This is something that we are
[3:12:40]
incredibly proud of in our community.
[3:12:52]
This is the model and if we can find
[3:12:53]
thisWhat are we doing? So yes I support
[3:12:56]
this board to doing in everything to
[3:12:59]
allocate, Naked countywide project
[3:13:03]
program roach but even better Senator
[3:13:07]
Mugler a challenger to expandTo fund
[3:13:12]
thisGo out there and try to raise money
[3:13:16]
that actually solve real problems in
[3:13:18]
California.Thank you.
[3:13:19]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[3:13:24]
>>
[3:13:27]
Good afternoon chair,In supervisor,
[3:13:33]
To answer a few of your questions the
[3:13:34]
City Council doingWe haveGiven all of
[3:13:39]
the non-discretionary funds that we
[3:13:40]
have availableAs everybody knows the
[3:13:43]
city does not receive any federal
[3:13:45]
dollars to sold this problemThat's why
[3:13:48]
we are having to reach outTo answerChair
[3:13:52]
Caution about what are we doingTo get
[3:13:54]
everybody else on board think it was
[3:13:57]
about eight months ago I sentLater to
[3:14:01]
every elected officialAll the
[3:14:04]
incorporated cities asking them toJoint
[3:14:08]
to us asking them to enquire what we
[3:14:09]
are doing,
[3:14:11]
We share all of our successBecause we
[3:14:14]
have had, Fortunately
[3:14:18]
We had the policeWe always fail
[3:14:27]
forward.We are not afraid to try a lot
[3:14:28]
of what we are doingWe get a lot of
[3:14:31]
people in the beginning it took a lot
[3:14:32]
of pressure from the communityIn a lot
[3:14:33]
of what we are planning in our report
[3:14:36]
and recommendations that we adopted and
[3:14:37]
humanWe got, leaving people in the
[3:14:42]
these streets,So we decided to take through
[3:14:57]
approach and we are relying on that
[3:15:06]
demographic to follow through and is as
[3:15:07]
chief explain most cases they don't so
[3:15:08]
we are very proud of it
[3:15:18]
Senator Maguire defence about a year
[3:15:19]
and have headed tell me that he will
[3:15:20]
get me in this budget.
[3:15:29]
And in the city of Ford bragged it
[3:15:30]
started in 2016 when I was elected I
[3:15:32]
was for the first few years reserving
[3:15:33]
the five or six phone calls from
[3:15:36]
community members asking what are going
[3:15:41]
to do to protect them those that are
[3:15:44]
taxpayers and we realise that what the
[3:15:46]
state is doing to approach this wasn't
[3:15:49]
working so we decided to do our own
[3:15:51]
thing.The community members are no
[3:16:13]
longer to be sent to afraid to downtown
[3:16:14]
in evening because (INAUDIBLE).
[3:16:20]
Fortunately for me I don't have the
[3:16:21]
expertise in this unfortunate after
[3:16:24]
higher, who has seconds program and run
[3:16:30]
, improve it in any way he can we are
[3:16:36]
looking for more money so we can expand
[3:16:37]
think we can do better this is 100%
[3:16:41]
policy part program along with.Thank
[3:16:42]
you.
[3:16:43]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[3:16:45]
>>
[3:16:57]
Scott, I move here in 1988.
[3:17:01]
And what the chief done is amazing.
[3:17:18]
(INAUDIBLE) that are apparent and
[3:17:29]
documented, of result was they do get
[3:17:30]
500,000 a year to get out the services
[3:17:31]
budget.
[3:17:32]
>>Aime, thank you.I recall I believe it
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was the summer of 2020, of the first in
[3:17:53]
person City Council Meeting in forward
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Brad where the chief at the time
[3:17:56]
presented some details about this kind
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of community serviceAnd think this is a
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ton ShingWe can get this to open again.
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It's just a thought of the day that it
[3:18:21]
is a very nimble small organization in
[3:18:22]
the city for BRAGG, I know it's hard on
[3:18:23]
the county but this is a great model.
[3:18:31]
Here is the code from Margaret, no
[3:18:32]
doubt a small group ofCitizens can
[3:18:39]
change the world indeed it is the only
[3:18:40]
thing that ever has.Thank you very much
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[ APPLAUSE ]
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>>Thank you so much.I am chair of the
[3:18:55]
behavioral advisory Board andI wanted
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to say that
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>> State your name for the record.
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>>I'm sorry,Linda, I just completely
[3:19:13]
lost word.I am old unfortunately but I
[3:19:27]
wanted to say that I live outside
[3:19:28]
Mendocino and a drive to 4 rag for 3
[3:19:29]
times a week, ISeEN one homeless woman,
[3:19:44]
tried to, And the person is not there
[3:19:53]
anymore.
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It is very important that you know that.
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thank you.
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>> Any comments online?
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>>No.
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>> All right, back to the board.
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>> Chair, considering of shifting funds
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that program is that may not be as
[3:20:16]
effective that this program proven
[3:20:18]
itself they think it is appropriate to
[3:20:23]
bring back options?
[3:20:24]
>> Yes I do.
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Any other board member?
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>> Definitely I will support that.
[3:20:29]
>> Anything? Should send it to measure
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B committee to get recommendation.
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Because they do have funds for this
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kind of activity.
[3:20:43]
>> I can support that.
[3:20:44]
>>
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Okay so we will give direction to staff
[3:20:48]
to probably social services and measure
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B to look at a way of having this in
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portfolio and investment services for
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homeless people.
[3:21:03]
>> And when it comes about can get an
[3:21:09]
analysis of what the county and saving
[3:21:10]
from its general fund that this
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program? Perhaps starting with jail.
[3:21:12]
>> Sounds good.
[3:21:17]
>> Mr. Chair, for the direction I do
[3:21:24]
understand that social services
[3:21:25]
provides a lot of the funding for less
[3:21:26]
fortunate but also as was discussed by
[3:21:28]
the chair of anything it has been
[3:21:29]
mentioned couple timesSubstance abuse
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in getting people to treatment and also
[3:21:35]
thereMental health needs are also
[3:21:40]
critical component so I think not only,
[3:21:43]
again, as far as the county services
[3:21:45]
that we provide it really does social
[3:21:48]
services into the behavioral at the
[3:21:49]
same time.
[3:21:53]
It's not just the social services
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issue.
[3:21:55]
>>
[3:21:56]
And does a little bit of advice I will
[3:22:02]
not give up on Senator Maguire, is not
[3:22:03]
going to (INAUDIBLE)So anything that is
[3:22:16]
individual supervisor we can also
[3:22:17]
advocate reprogramming statewide
[3:22:18]
program because it is this is like a
[3:22:19]
model funding.
[3:22:20]
>> What a letter of this board from
[3:22:22]
Senator Maguire help facilitate.Not
[3:22:25]
just the city but the county as a
[3:22:26]
whole.
[3:22:27]
>> I think so.
[3:22:38]
Okay we will do it.All right with that
[3:22:39]
I think we are done with this item and
[3:22:40]
probably this time to have lunch.Thank
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all of you to have this morning.
[3:22:42]
And sorry?
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All we will return in approximately
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30 minutes.
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[ LUNCH BREAK ]
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[ SWITCHING CAPTIONERS ]
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Also and maintaining building permit
[3:27:24]
requirements under staff to author a
[3:27:25]
letter requests in a call (INAUDIBLE)
[3:27:29]
commission reform coastal act and women
[3:27:37]
patient exam solar panel. The
[3:27:38]
supervisors will Simpson and Jordan's.
[3:27:39]
>>The first draft might've been a
[3:27:43]
little more inflammatory. And I work
[3:27:55]
with director called and I think your
[3:27:56]
actually working well together. We came
[3:27:57]
up with some language to gives D. Chase
[3:27:58]
after looks like common sense to me. He
[3:27:59]
says that the climate is boiling, you
[3:28:01]
get to county level, it is expensive
[3:28:14]
and a lot of ways you can is it it's
[3:28:15]
consistency neighbors in the South is
[3:28:16]
much easier process. I do know whether
[3:28:17]
they are violating the coastal act
[3:28:19]
however, they get to that and result,
[3:28:20]
installers do business in Mendocino
[3:28:24]
Coast when of the differential. Take a
[3:28:25]
long time and cost a lot of money. As
[3:28:36]
of us think we should be encouraging. A
[3:28:37]
lot of people who are installing solar,
[3:28:38]
media $50,000 system. There happy for
[3:28:39]
that prompt their paying everyone.
[3:28:40]
There people with fixed-income.Recently
[3:28:43]
can't move forward with solar. And so
[3:28:44]
working with the director seems and
[3:28:47]
waiver process might be a pathway,
[3:28:58]
County Counsel could also prepare an
[3:28:59]
urgency ordinance and declared
[3:29:00]
emergency based on climate that may
[3:29:01]
allow us to move forward in this
[3:29:02]
direction legally. The goal is to find
[3:29:04]
a legal past but ultimately, make it a
[3:29:05]
lot easier doing (INAUDIBLE) is also
[3:29:06]
her. I also like a letter to the
[3:29:15]
California coastal commission to reform
[3:29:16]
their policy. This suggests to us, this
[3:29:17]
entire California coast. Solar should
[3:29:18]
be example. Not in this work district
[3:29:24]
there's different rules there.. And
[3:29:25]
9.9% of the California coast should be
[3:29:26]
is easy to install solar and or else in
[3:29:27]
the state.
[3:29:30]
>>Couple years ago, we met with the
[3:29:36]
coastal commission staff Julie Krog and
[3:29:49]
discussed updating a coastal plan and
[3:29:50]
one of the things that I learned during
[3:29:51]
that meeting was that there are other
[3:29:52]
counties Humboldt and Sonoma wearers
[3:29:53]
are things that (INAUDIBLE) to require
[3:29:54]
Coso (INAUDIBLE) permits. Exempt. Over
[3:30:00]
the years, those planning departments
[3:30:01]
have a written into the Coso plan
[3:30:02]
approved the medical commission an
[3:30:17]
exemption for those of things requiring
[3:30:18]
Coso (INAUDIBLE) permit. And it saddens
[3:30:19]
me that all those years, all those
[3:30:20]
County planners, require staff did not
[3:30:21]
come forward and say, hey, this is kind
[3:30:22]
of Sioux thing is a really mucosal
[3:30:23]
(INAUDIBLE) permit we should have
[3:30:24]
exception process. Nevertheless, Skynet
[3:30:28]
coming to light now and hopefully, as
[3:30:29]
we look at preventing Mendocino County,
[3:30:30]
he County government focused on the
[3:30:31]
highest party functions and not easy
[3:30:34]
work that the things like this issue
[3:30:35]
will be resolved without complicated
[3:30:47]
expensive but time-consuming coastal
[3:30:48]
(INAUDIBLE) permit.
[3:31:07]
>>Julie, planning relaxers director,
[3:31:08]
this note that in working with
[3:31:09]
supervisor Williams on this agenda item
[3:31:10]
2, we talked about that we are working
[3:31:11]
on local coastal program it takes. Any
[3:31:12]
action taken is going to really be sort
[3:31:13]
of a stopgap measure to bridge the
[3:31:14]
divide between now and ideally in 2026
[3:31:19]
articles commission will certify our
[3:31:20]
updated Google Coso program. This is
[3:31:32]
really what we see as an interim
[3:31:33]
measure and as part of that LCP update
[3:31:34]
program, something new going on that we
[3:31:35]
will include a waiver provisions with
[3:31:36]
extent not just use solar installation,
[3:31:42]
be groups are minor, improvements it
[3:31:43]
really gives director of authority to
[3:31:44]
be able to waive the requirement
[3:31:45]
support coastal development permits
[3:31:48]
protective developing that have a low
[3:31:49]
potential of adverse effects on the
[3:31:50]
environment. Thank you.
[3:31:56]
>>What are the implications some
[3:31:57]
installing solar is there are no
[3:32:07]
McQueen power customer?
[3:32:08]
>>Solar (INAUDIBLE) PG&E would have a
[3:32:09]
refrigerate for their power. The
[3:32:18]
history of the (INAUDIBLE) something
[3:32:19]
power PG&E into customers members for
[3:32:20]
the power that there's going back to
[3:32:21]
the grid. They really have any
[3:32:22]
permanent program.
[3:32:31]
>>I feel strongly that in light of
[3:32:32]
everything that is going on in our
[3:32:33]
climate, more so we are the better off
[3:32:34]
going to BP were not using fossil fuel.
[3:32:35]
Our board is committed to reduce
[3:32:36]
(INAUDIBLE) preprint to change changes
[3:32:40]
usually occur in small pieces but
[3:32:41]
collectively they start to add up. I
[3:32:42]
think this is an example supported.
[3:32:50]
Public comment?
[3:32:53]
>>In 2010, California initiated a
[3:33:05]
portable take streamlining that. Which
[3:33:16]
The community required local government
[3:33:17]
County and city to expedite rooftop
[3:33:22]
solar. Recently, Senate Bill 379 I
[3:33:23]
think it was solar access acts also did
[3:33:27]
that and I don't believe that
[3:33:29]
(INAUDIBLE) coastal zone is exempt from
[3:33:32]
those acts.And is any reason why this
[3:33:39]
body can't just mandated.
[3:34:00]
>>Hello, I'm Peter, in person instead of
[3:34:13]
a resume for change. Thank you. I work
[3:34:14]
with or as volunteer with the
[3:34:15]
(INAUDIBLE) Institute. See have heard
[3:34:16]
from us in the past, we are big
[3:34:17]
advocates for so wereAs a way to
[3:34:23]
address climate change. But you also,
[3:34:24]
as a way for consumers to liberate
[3:34:30]
themselves from the cost of fossil
[3:34:31]
fuels. Which is a huge savings and so.
[3:34:39]
We encourage the board to so solar on
[3:34:40]
public buildings as a way to reduce
[3:34:41]
your ongoing costs as well as, to
[3:34:43]
(INAUDIBLE) your carbon footprint. We
[3:34:44]
think that this proposal has a lot of
[3:34:49]
merit in terms of potential but
[3:34:58]
importantly, we haven't seen much away
[3:34:59]
anything in writing to determine
[3:35:00]
exactly what content would be is a
[3:35:01]
complex there's no question about it.
[3:35:04]
It is not just generating additional
[3:35:05]
solar that at issue it also bringing
[3:35:18]
the grid with additional power coming
[3:35:19]
from the individual generators and
[3:35:20]
adequacy of our great being able to
[3:35:21]
support all of those generators and
[3:35:29]
produce and proceed locally. Again,
[3:35:30]
this just a big advocate for microgrids
[3:35:31]
and investing in groups to understand
[3:35:32]
that is really outside of the curve of
[3:35:33]
this board. But to think that promoting
[3:35:34]
this kind of reduction ending
[3:35:38]
introduces the barriers to putting
[3:35:39]
solar something that we would support
[3:35:43]
as an organization. And this is not
[3:35:50]
leading-edge technology. This is the
[3:35:51]
technology that you see every day all
[3:35:52]
over the county, your constituents, the
[3:35:55]
businesses, I've already invested in
[3:36:06]
solar and found it to be a proven
[3:36:07]
strategy board in terms of reducing
[3:36:08]
their cost reducing their carbon
[3:36:09]
footprint and is good for them is good
[3:36:10]
for the environment. We are all in
[3:36:11]
support of that.I just wanted you to
[3:36:14]
know that in any initiative to take,
[3:36:21]
District will be happy to cooperate and
[3:36:22]
work in any partnership landed weekend
[3:36:29]
to make sure the outcome is optimized
[3:36:30]
for the county. Again, thank you for
[3:36:31]
your attention to this.
[3:36:32]
>>Thank you.For clarity, this is in
[3:36:44]
changing what (INAUDIBLE) just moving
[3:36:45]
the cost of all and getting permission.
[3:36:47]
I have five applicants come to me in
[3:36:48]
about three weeks., Trivia, I didn't
[3:36:54]
ripstop that I'd be asking where the
[3:36:55]
planning cost today for a home outside
[3:36:56]
of this work district installing solar
[3:37:11]
we
[3:37:12]
>>Even just a coastal development
[3:37:13]
permit expensive screen typically, we
[3:37:14]
charge it reduces minor coastal
[3:37:15]
development but it still to $3000. My
[3:37:19]
that is really what I'm after here we
[3:37:20]
are moving to $3000. Indiana, were not
[3:37:21]
allowing anything more than the allowed
[3:37:22]
today. Just remove the fee. I will note
[3:37:24]
that one applicant owners how coast
[3:37:29]
needed to do tech report. The got an
[3:37:30]
estimate on that and was it was over
[3:37:31]
$10,000. In are you talking 13 or
[3:37:36]
$14,000 permission to install rooftop
[3:37:37]
solar.
[3:37:39]
>>Just want to clarify this change
[3:37:46]
anything about historic preservation
[3:37:47]
district?
[3:37:48]
>>I don't think so. I think planning
[3:37:52]
application will go through MHR B.
[3:37:53]
>>In a town of Mendocino, the historic
[3:38:08]
review board solely has authority for
[3:38:09]
them and confer with property owners
[3:38:10]
related to solar installation and that
[3:38:11]
would remain in place.
[3:38:15]
>>I guess my question more is asking
[3:38:16]
them on newer structures but this
[3:38:17]
change anything about historic
[3:38:18]
structures themselves? I.e.
[3:38:27]
Presbyterian Church?
[3:38:28]
>>Is Secretary of Interior has provided
[3:38:29]
guidelines as many of the solar
[3:38:30]
installation Kahlo for installing solar
[3:38:31]
on historic structures. At this it does
[3:38:34]
not necessarily affect the stark nature
[3:38:35]
of those properties.. One conformance
[3:38:36]
in those guidelines.
[3:38:37]
>>Thank you very much.
[3:38:46]
>>In you and, thanks for bringing this
[3:39:00]
item. I strongly support this item. And
[3:39:01]
really looking forward to the LCP. That
[3:39:02]
includes 24 director to waive coastal
[3:39:03]
development permits weatherwise, there
[3:39:09]
would be required or recommended for
[3:39:10]
when things get to that process,
[3:39:11]
consideration perhaps you place for
[3:39:18]
creating a checklist kind of a form
[3:39:19]
similar to the ED checklist for thank
[3:39:20]
is it easy for future directors to
[3:39:21]
understand what's potential impact and
[3:39:25]
what isn't and when doing technical
[3:39:26]
report biological report archaeological
[3:39:27]
report might not be or may be required.
[3:39:28]
Perhaps the building permits includes
[3:39:36]
semiregular impact avoidance measures,
[3:39:37]
then those reports can be avoided. That
[3:39:44]
is just a suggestion. Such that,
[3:39:45]
planning staff doesn't say the
[3:39:46]
technical report is required. Thank you.
[3:39:52]
No Catherine,First I want to say and
[3:40:00]
spend strong support of this item.I
[3:40:15]
also used to work in the money
[3:40:16]
departments and great timing. I just
[3:40:17]
wanted to share and rebuild a bit of
[3:40:18]
experience what it's like for an
[3:40:19]
applicant to bring in a solar
[3:40:20]
(INAUDIBLE) permit. So, they don't to
[3:40:21]
counter administrative staff checks the
[3:40:25]
man and is there any (INAUDIBLE)
[3:40:26]
automatically route to the planning
[3:40:27]
department and to planners. Often the
[3:40:31]
stack of building permits is very very
[3:40:32]
large. So, you could take a few weeks
[3:40:35]
even months to get to those permits.
[3:40:39]
Personally, in my experience, I used to
[3:40:45]
feel really bad when I came across
[3:40:46]
permits that is applied weeks ago. And
[3:40:53]
it's just never kind of go forward and
[3:40:54]
stop. I was the best way to kind of
[3:40:55]
(INAUDIBLE)Four admitted to staff the
[3:41:05]
front counter, checking everyone in,
[3:41:06]
negative Question If it's not state,
[3:41:07]
the state have to do with 50 feet
[3:41:09]
interim (INAUDIBLE) just beside 50
[3:41:20]
feet, if it's not within 50 feet
[3:41:21]
somewhat in that appeal that is evident
[3:41:22]
(INAUDIBLE) automatically that is okay
[3:41:26]
that he can get moved to a router to
[3:41:27]
building division.So
[3:41:40]
>>Thank you.I just wanted to add one
[3:42:01]
additional comment that because
[3:42:02]
mentioned report before. Seems like a
[3:42:03]
right time to remind you of it. Again,
[3:42:04]
we applied for and we are given a
[3:42:05]
collapse solar) and so this is auto
[3:42:06]
invaded plan check system for eligible
[3:42:07]
roof mount solar system. And are
[3:42:08]
expected to go live that on January 1.
[3:42:09]
So, that will allow for people that are
[3:42:10]
summoning the building permits for
[3:42:13]
ineligible rooftop solar installation
[3:42:14]
to file data 20? In a test electronic
[3:42:19]
plan check on it is present your permit
[3:42:20]
in the Bakken. The review process a lot
[3:42:21]
quicker.
[3:42:24]
>>Any more comments in the room?Anyone
[3:42:28]
online?
[3:42:34]
>>Sean are you there?
[3:42:35]
>>Sorry, my name is Sean.We hired a
[3:43:12]
solar company he went in, we're going
[3:43:13]
to all the permitting and everything is
[3:43:14]
moving ahead. We will contact
[3:43:29]
(INAUDIBLE) every couple of weeks. We
[3:43:30]
got to within less than two weeks of
[3:43:31]
the goal live and in the install. Get
[3:43:32]
back tested with been in a GU study
[3:43:33]
that will probably be around $10,000
[3:43:34]
range. So. Installation is religion so
[3:43:43]
we aren't going to do the bluff, Bill
[3:43:44]
Dickey, no soil or do anything that
[3:43:45]
would interrupt any third or wrong. Was
[3:43:46]
going on the roof attached roof.We are
[3:43:53]
going to the final point, something
[3:43:54]
(INAUDIBLE) just to make sure that the
[3:43:55]
weight of the structure can hold the
[3:44:06]
solar pigment line, is be thousands of
[3:44:07]
pounds. Going back to some company and
[3:44:08]
the total weight of the system was some
[3:44:09]
around 860 pounds that will be adding
[3:44:10]
to the roof on the bluff. It was a
[3:44:11]
substantial amount of weight to have to
[3:44:12]
have a Geo study done. Simply, we could
[3:44:15]
get something done and get this massive
[3:44:16]
we can get into study that would take
[3:44:19]
months and months ago lives was to be
[3:44:27]
in June. We want to take advantage of
[3:44:28]
the summer. This time it would generate
[3:44:29]
press actually introduction within
[3:44:32]
actually bought the car and if anybody
[3:44:54]
has an electrical or they noted on
[3:44:55]
coast this organization especially the
[3:44:56]
express charging station, are far
[3:44:57]
(INAUDIBLE) put in. Is something that
[3:44:58]
we look forward to be able to generate
[3:44:59]
out of power and torture cars without
[3:45:00]
having to depend on funding the
[3:45:01]
charging station on the coast.
[3:45:02]
>>I don't think the people California
[3:45:03]
passed the (INAUDIBLE) acts on rooftop
[3:45:11]
solar homes.
[3:45:12]
>>I hoping that they will reach out to
[3:45:23]
me because it sounds to me like perhaps
[3:45:24]
there was a training error in acquiring
[3:45:25]
the geotechnical report and I want to
[3:45:26]
take a look at the specific
[3:45:27]
circumstances. My information is
[3:45:28]
publicly available website and please
[3:45:29]
send me an email and I can look at it.
[3:45:30]
Thank you.
[3:45:38]
>>Thank you Joya.
[3:45:45]
>>Okay, we have a motion on the floor
[3:45:46]
to approve the recommended action any
[3:45:47]
further discussion? If not, we will
[3:45:53]
call for vote.
[3:45:57]
>>[ CALLING ROLL ]
[3:46:12]
Motion carries unanimously. Thank you
[3:46:13]
very much. Our auto agenda item for
[3:46:14]
Africa's discussion possible action to
[3:46:15]
direct planning and building services to
[3:46:18]
Effectively exempt like for like
[3:46:19]
reroofing applications within coastal
[3:46:20]
zoneCoastal development planning review,
[3:46:34]
Coordinating with California coastal
[3:46:35]
commission unbalance approach, whether
[3:46:36]
waiver, immediate local coastal plan
[3:46:37]
amendment, urgency urgent or alternative
[3:46:39]
>>Someone who has a leaky roofAnd they
[3:46:50]
want to do repair replacing like for
[3:46:51]
like city have compose it in their
[3:46:52]
replacing oppose it. The needPlanning
[3:46:57]
review that in some instances, can take
[3:46:58]
months and can cost a lot of money.And
[3:47:05]
I been working with her planning
[3:47:06]
director and she would agree that some
[3:47:07]
amount of coastal act reform is
[3:47:08]
appropriate is an example whereIs
[3:47:17]
notable California intended. We didn't
[3:47:18]
mean to say our neighbors can fix leaky
[3:47:19]
roofs. I do want to point out that this
[3:47:20]
is an extent to say some (INAUDIBLE)
[3:47:21]
decomposing the roof in a town of
[3:47:22]
Mendocino. It is about replacing like
[3:47:23]
for like typical goes through the
[3:47:27]
reprinting of a composite. That should
[3:47:28]
be a simple building permit. The
[3:47:35]
language should be included some
[3:47:36]
flexibilities in his staff can come
[3:47:37]
back with the best approach. You want
[3:47:38]
to make this up because possible so that
[3:47:39]
Also please don't come down from Eureka
[3:47:43]
And tell us they wanted to be
[3:47:44]
responsible for permitting on the coast.
[3:47:45]
Any questions?
[3:47:58]
>>We support this item as well. I just
[3:48:34]
commented that the main structures of
[3:48:35]
this is really going to be a benefit to
[3:48:36]
our bluff talk properties for the
[3:48:37]
structures within 50 feet of the edge
[3:48:38]
of the coastal bluff. Those are really
[3:48:39]
one of the very few locations which do
[3:48:40]
to trigger coastal development permit
[3:48:41]
for essentially any repair and
[3:48:42]
maintenance work. And again, similar to
[3:48:43]
the last items we discussed, this is
[3:48:44]
also look at the start of a stopgap
[3:48:45]
measure to our full LCP update is for
[3:48:46]
working on. This time of this can happen
[3:48:47]
I guess it's quickly the issue may need
[3:48:48]
to be remedied.I fully support this
[3:48:51]
item. Thank you.
[3:48:52]
>>And I would and, secondarily, do
[3:48:53]
support talks about economic
[3:48:54]
development from time to time. So be
[3:48:55]
hard for Ruth increase to plan when
[3:48:56]
doing buildable many months you will be
[3:48:57]
waiting for me to get approved. Oedipus
[3:48:58]
their client difficult position that
[3:48:59]
may have a careerDuring the rainy
[3:49:04]
season. At that time, specifically to
[3:49:05]
the work was to get outside of the
[3:49:06]
county permitting, why participate on
[3:49:07]
the next permit? We are creating a
[3:49:08]
culture whereIt is unreasonable that
[3:49:11]
people learn to work outside of the
[3:49:12]
system rather than obtaining permits.
[3:49:13]
That is public policy.
[3:49:14]
>>I Citroen here thatSupervisor
[3:49:20]
Williamson started which is when it
[3:49:21]
comes to routine maintenance on
[3:49:22]
building you should (INAUDIBLE) owners
[3:49:26]
permit to take care of them with her
[3:49:27]
it's taking down the trees,The troops
[3:49:32]
orienting also (INAUDIBLE) and change
[3:49:33]
the nature of the development but
[3:49:38]
rather is addressing critical issues
[3:49:39]
like when you have a that treated my
[3:49:40]
phone or house put a hole in your roof,
[3:49:43]
you don't want to be waiting months to
[3:49:44]
take care of that problem.I think the
[3:49:48]
philosophical disincentive our board
[3:49:49]
supports trying to be very logical
[3:49:51]
about it. Any public comment?
[3:50:11]
>>Peter, this time I speak for myself
[3:50:12]
instead of the street. I just want to
[3:50:13]
comment that I believe provides are
[3:50:14]
Williams is correct. The coastal act is
[3:50:18]
not intended to be a barrier to living
[3:50:29]
on the coast. If that is permitted use.
[3:50:30]
It is not intended to be a bureaucratic
[3:50:31]
process and prevents people from
[3:50:32]
otherwise doing what they should be
[3:50:33]
able to do. In fact, the coastal
[3:50:38]
commission is gone over it's a way to
[3:50:39]
allow jurisdictions to tailor the
[3:50:40]
implementation of the coastal act
[3:50:42]
Specifically, to the requirements of
[3:50:43]
their sections of the codes. I think it
[3:50:51]
is important to keep in mind that this
[3:50:52]
is not a problem for the coastal
[3:50:53]
commissions you might ask (INAUDIBLE)
[3:50:54]
for the County of Mendocino. The ball is in
[3:50:55]
your court.
[3:51:16]
>>Perhaps he trained on been able to
[3:51:17]
identify really easy over-the-counter
[3:51:26]
items could be checked off.
[3:51:27]
Specifically, this fall within
[3:51:28]
Mendocino County code section 20.5
[3:51:29]
32.020 exceptions to the coastal act.
[3:51:34]
An exception to (INAUDIBLE) coastal
[3:51:35]
development permits. I used to always
[3:51:40]
recommend that is like for like, the
[3:51:41]
review writing under permits because
[3:51:44]
once it's a like for like then kind of
[3:51:47]
allows the planners understand that
[3:51:58]
that is an exemption. So, perhaps that
[3:51:59]
it visited staff on the front desk
[3:52:00]
could be changed if that is
[3:52:01]
electrolyte, decongestant able to
[3:52:02]
quickly sign it off initiative permit)
[3:52:03]
there. Instead of having going to the
[3:52:04]
back office (INAUDIBLE).
[3:52:07]
>>Thank you.
[3:52:13]
>>This is where I said I need that
[3:52:17]
aforementioned check.Thank you very
[3:52:27]
much because this is an example of new
[3:52:28]
move forward thinking brainstorming
[3:52:29]
that our community needs. I appreciate
[3:52:30]
what supervisor Williams and Director,
[3:52:35]
and are doing to think forward the
[3:52:36]
about this.Mavis comment,There's an
[3:52:47]
opportunity also for perhaps another
[3:52:48]
activity type which is drilling a test
[3:52:49]
to wellOn similar laptopProperties.
[3:52:53]
There are somePrint involving that but
[3:53:03]
this is, what is this agreement that
[3:53:04]
coastal commission has to County of
[3:53:05]
Mendocino's interpretation of
[3:53:06]
definition of adequate waterWhenSomeone
[3:53:11]
is when the county is making his
[3:53:12]
bindings for proving coastal development
[3:53:13]
(INAUDIBLE) family residence.This
[3:53:22]
coastal commission says you need to
[3:53:23]
punch a hole in the ground and tested
[3:53:24]
want to water that is coming out of
[3:53:25]
that vacantParcel the particles of
[3:53:26]
evolving permit. So is the coastal
[3:53:33]
development permit requires sometimes a
[3:53:34]
geotechnical report archaeological
[3:53:35]
survey botanical surveyThey deduce
[3:53:41]
fees, (INAUDIBLE)@tens and stands of
[3:53:42]
thousands of dollars at least two years
[3:53:44]
in process. If there's some way to,The
[3:53:50]
first LCP update, Thank you, Sir
[3:53:51]
grateful for that.Is something we can
[3:54:07]
do for me time because it keeps pushing
[3:54:08]
back economic development homes being
[3:54:09]
built, people being employed, break the
[3:54:10]
ability for being able to (INAUDIBLE) a
[3:54:11]
will and testament within the dry
[3:54:12]
season before not catching people
[3:54:13]
getting them approved with
[3:54:14]
intersections and all that are missing
[3:54:15]
this year. Potential for approve in the
[3:54:16]
spring. Maybe if you could bring
[3:54:17]
another agenda item forPunching well on
[3:54:20]
the vacant parcel in a bluff top
[3:54:21]
property. Thank you.
[3:54:29]
>>Okay, number comment on the room and
[3:54:30]
went online?
[3:54:34]
>>Moved the recommended action.
[3:54:35]
>>Second.
[3:54:36]
>>Roll call vote please.
[3:54:37]
>>[ CALLING ROLL ]
[3:55:08]
Motion carries.
[3:55:09]
>>I am 4G discussion possible action
[3:55:19]
including acceptance of the behavioral
[3:55:20]
health advisory board 2022 and a
[3:55:21]
report.
[3:55:22]
>>Afternoon, I plan on the Chair of the
[3:55:29]
behavioral health advisory board. I put
[3:55:30]
together the 2022 annual report with
[3:55:31]
the previous Chair you had to step down
[3:55:32]
for number reasons. It's kind of a
[3:55:37]
combination of reports from both of us.
[3:55:45]
As you know it as an advisory board, we
[3:55:46]
have absolutely no power ordered and we
[3:55:47]
can make some kind of advice to you.We
[3:55:49]
are suffering right now because we have
[3:55:50]
only(INAUDIBLE) were supposed to have a
[3:55:56]
15. One of the reasons we don't haveAll
[3:56:04]
those numbers is that one of the
[3:56:05]
district has not put forward any names
[3:56:06]
or whatsoever. Our hands are tied when
[3:56:08]
this happens. I've heard that you are
[3:56:12]
looking to make our board smaller.
[3:56:14]
Possible, that is a reasonable thing to
[3:56:20]
do. We are therapy small County, we
[3:56:21]
only have to have10And this morning
[3:56:25]
County I think only has five. There
[3:56:33]
might be more effective. I'm not sure.
[3:56:34]
I'm doing this job I just started.
[3:56:36]
Whatever you deem is best place to go,
[3:56:42]
I certainly would go along with that.
[3:56:46]
But I would love to have more people.
[3:56:47]
We don't haveCome over supposed to have
[3:56:49]
a younger memberThat's coming up
[3:56:54]
somebody under 23 I know I don't know
[3:56:55]
how you get toHave that exactly.We are
[3:57:08]
not well represented in the Latino
[3:57:09]
population. And we need to do that. So,
[3:57:10]
the board is notIn my mind, we where it
[3:57:15]
should be. It's kind of what I'm hoping
[3:57:16]
to be able to do in future.I think that
[3:57:26]
all of the recommendations if you look
[3:57:27]
at them I can go through all of them
[3:57:28]
with you. We have been working on as
[3:57:29]
County and a wholeAfter doing some of
[3:57:30]
these things. Better than I thought
[3:57:31]
they were. In our real focus this year
[3:57:40]
is in substance use. As you know, the
[3:57:41]
Forge Street project has applied for
[3:57:42]
funding. I recently went there and talk
[3:57:46]
to the director. And it looks like an
[3:57:50]
amazing program.And all can say is it
[3:57:57]
is one of many. We are going to find
[3:57:58]
out as part of our boardWhat all of the
[3:58:04]
other things are. So that we can talk
[3:58:05]
to reasonably about what else could be
[3:58:06]
funded.I think that is enough for me.
[3:58:11]
If you have any questions from the.
[3:58:12]
>>Thank you for the recommendation in
[3:58:24]
the report. The first recommendation
[3:58:25]
about getting more training, more
[3:58:28]
programs to get people up to speed and
[3:58:32]
Get the credentials they needed, I
[3:58:33]
think it is really importantSpecially,
[3:58:35]
with pop units your protection for next
[3:58:39]
couple of years that that will become
[3:58:48]
online. You have those kind of people
[3:58:49]
getting trained and so, I was wondering
[3:58:50]
if you knew what was going on withThe
[3:58:51]
Mendocino College there's anything that
[3:58:54]
the board can do to help with that
[3:58:55]
process?
[3:58:59]
>>We have an active (INAUDIBLE) started
[3:59:00]
that but working with Vice Chair, it's
[3:59:04]
been working with Mendocino CollegeAnd
[3:59:11]
it is something that can ask her to put
[3:59:12]
some energy into. So thank you for that.
[3:59:14]
>>If you need any help please, reach
[3:59:15]
out to me.
[3:59:16]
>>Thank you.
[3:59:25]
>>Is there really no one district for
[3:59:26]
that is where the tree vacancies are?
[3:59:29]
Nothing district 5 would be happy to
[3:59:30]
take the seat of there not wanted
[3:59:31]
(INAUDIBLE).I'll find three people.
[3:59:48]
>>When this issue came up before, I
[3:59:49]
said I'd be happy to point someone from
[3:59:50]
and or districts no one is approach me
[3:59:51]
to be on the behavioral health. They
[3:59:52]
don't have someone who either is able
[3:59:57]
to be on or is about to be on the
[3:59:58]
behavioral health board.As we address
[4:00:03]
this as I am happy to appoint from our
[4:00:08]
district. I do think the board does not
[4:00:09]
need to have16 people whatever it is
[4:00:16]
that is and will be board. I hopefully
[4:00:17]
we can get it down to 10 or 11.
[4:00:24]
>>If we did we wouldn't need that
[4:00:25]
additional because we actually have a
[4:00:26]
night now we need one more person. I
[4:00:27]
guess, data Ken is going to be up to.
[4:00:33]
>>And addicted to be overstepping if he
[4:00:38]
had more members or any other district
[4:00:40]
that is interested.Just wanted to thank
[4:00:58]
Linda and all of the volunteers for the
[4:00:59]
behavioral health price report. It is
[4:01:00]
(INAUDIBLE) job you already a lot of
[4:01:01]
contracts. You review a lot of dataAnd
[4:01:03]
it can be incredibly challenging to
[4:01:04]
tell that story to see and I know that
[4:01:05]
comes up, We have a board and then
[4:01:07]
measure the board. Often,People see
[4:01:23]
someone in the street, there is he for
[4:01:24]
rules and all kinds of things that
[4:01:25]
limit our ability to tell the story of
[4:01:26]
individuals that receives special
[4:01:27]
mental health services in our county.X
[4:01:28]
Richard all work with volunteers are
[4:01:29]
doing to try toBringSolutions to
[4:01:34]
challenges that those people might have
[4:01:35]
it to light. Of courseTo talk about the
[4:01:39]
services that are being provided to
[4:01:40]
ensure that information our community
[4:01:44]
in several service providers and
[4:01:45]
symbolism, to those meetings.This is to
[4:01:57]
share their data and their information
[4:01:58]
in your record all the agendas and
[4:01:59]
minutes and all that information is
[4:02:00]
available online and County websites
[4:02:01]
anybody had time contributed commission
[4:02:02]
it isThat is interested in that.
[4:02:03]
>>I just finished by sayingZoom helped
[4:02:10]
us in Ormsby for the last two years. We
[4:02:11]
actually had people, we had a quorum.
[4:02:15]
And now that he can't use zoom is a
[4:02:16]
way, not able to get a quorum.And
[4:02:23]
fighting it and try to figure out a way
[4:02:24]
to do it but it makes our job a lot
[4:02:25]
more difficult.
[4:02:32]
>>Of course, that is outside of our
[4:02:33]
authority. That is state legislature. I
[4:02:34]
think there's beenWays to (INAUDIBLE)
[4:02:36]
Dave Oldfield. Maybe appropriate for us
[4:02:42]
workers yours to try to get legislature
[4:02:43]
to bring that back.Dissemination or
[4:02:49]
even centers.
[4:03:04]
If I answer director transportation, he
[4:03:16]
can tell me how many dollars are spent,
[4:03:17]
how will it held up the PCI index to
[4:03:18]
have really good outcomes in roads. We
[4:03:19]
don't have that for behavioral. And
[4:03:27]
maybe that would be careful, maybe that
[4:03:28]
support providers are leaving the state
[4:03:29]
with the best outcomes. Which is in the
[4:03:30]
dark we don't know. So contracts come
[4:03:31]
forward, we don't have a lot to go on.
[4:03:33]
I don't think any of us want to say no
[4:03:34]
to providing more services but you want
[4:03:35]
to know that dollar for dollar with
[4:03:40]
public is getting the resources they
[4:03:41]
deserve. You have any thoughts and how
[4:03:42]
we can do better on howBHAG can work
[4:03:50]
with us to try to drive the outcome
[4:03:51]
data?
[4:03:52]
>>I hesitate because the habit we got
[4:03:54]
travel information ourselves. So,It
[4:03:59]
becomes a kind of push you we pull you
[4:04:02]
with ministration. I'm going to be
[4:04:18]
honest. Sometimes there are helpful
[4:04:19]
sometimes or not. I don't know exactly
[4:04:20]
how to deal with that problem. But I
[4:04:21]
think it definitely is there is your
[4:04:22]
absolutely right, we do need more
[4:04:23]
information to give to you.
[4:04:24]
>>Thank you
[4:04:26]
>>Any other questions? Any public
[4:04:28]
comment?Any public comment online?No,
[4:04:43]
okay.
[4:04:44]
>>Moved approval.
[4:04:45]
>>Second.
[4:04:54]
>>Roll call vote.
[4:04:55]
>>[ CALLING ROLL ]
[4:05:08]
Motion carries unanimously.
[4:05:09]
>>Thank you.Agenda item for a
[4:05:19]
discussion possible action including
[4:05:20]
introduction and waiver first reading
[4:05:21]
of an ordinance amending section 15
[4:05:23]
Agenda item for a discussion possible
[4:05:24]
action including introduction and
[4:05:25]
waiver first reading of an ordinance
[4:05:26]
amending section 15.12 that 040 of the
[4:05:27]
Mendocino County code Parking,
[4:05:33]
prohibiting parking on the westerly
[4:05:34]
side of Evergreen St., County Road 407P
[4:05:37]
From milepost 0020.14.
[4:05:44]
>>Afternoon.One side of Evergreen
[4:06:08]
Street was requests of the fire
[4:06:09]
department to try to open that straight
[4:06:10]
up of the more. I wrote a letter to all
[4:06:11]
property owners, I got no negative
[4:06:12]
feedbacks. I will let you open the
[4:06:13]
public hearing no one here is
[4:06:14]
complaining. I only answer questions if
[4:06:15]
you have one.
[4:06:19]
>>Moved approval.
[4:06:20]
>>Second.
[4:06:21]
>>Any public comment?Nothing online? We
[4:06:33]
are ready to call for the vote.
[4:06:34]
>>[ CALLING ROLL ]
[4:06:45]
Motion carries unanimously.
[4:06:46]
>>Before you go Howard, there's a
[4:06:47]
comment this morning about an open ditch
[4:06:51]
you told me how to fix a problem. So
[4:06:52]
why don't to address the rest of the
[4:06:53]
group so we have it for the recordThe
[4:06:54]
Mac I'm sorryI couldn't hear exactly
[4:07:00]
where but I had staff try to go back
[4:07:06]
and listen to the tape. Out. And I think
[4:07:11]
it is over across the street and this
[4:07:12]
little development and think actually I
[4:07:18]
talked to that anyone before. And what
[4:07:19]
it is is there's a requirement now when
[4:07:20]
developer does a development that they
[4:07:21]
doGrass Wilson infiltration goal zero
[4:07:26]
water balance. Can I think what this is
[4:07:30]
is across coverts can't review flush
[4:07:36]
well because it's got this grass water
[4:07:37]
(INAUDIBLE) goes into. A second told
[4:07:45]
Last winter, it takes D10. Event
[4:07:46]
seminar development standards that you
[4:07:47]
can you can do (INAUDIBLE) 10 years or
[4:07:51]
10% event. And I said it is time to
[4:07:53]
infiltrate is part of this school
[4:08:00]
Environmental thing that they do. I'm
[4:08:01]
not sure (INAUDIBLE) but I will try to
[4:08:10]
call when if I can tighten it down. The
[4:08:11]
best thing to do that only the future,
[4:08:12]
have Them call our office.One of things
[4:08:27]
about my departments is I will not let
[4:08:28]
my staff get one of those answers today
[4:08:29]
call my office and can get a real
[4:08:33]
person, right down to situation passing
[4:08:34]
on to our (INAUDIBLE) people.
[4:08:35]
>>That sounds good. You have someone to
[4:08:41]
audience?
[4:08:42]
>>I, and Deborah. The lesson I was a
[4:09:02]
circular review Board and Avenue code
[4:09:03]
enforcement person and she was just
[4:09:04]
lovely and came up with all of the
[4:09:05]
complaints. Which was great. She said
[4:09:09]
that you cannot absolutely have it
[4:09:10]
outside and trespassing signs. I'm just
[4:09:11]
curious as to howThe plan to enforce
[4:09:17]
Evergreen the west side of the parking
[4:09:18]
this can be posted signs and how they
[4:09:20]
intend to get notice out to people to
[4:09:26]
follow people who work in the caf boat
[4:09:27]
away. Caf The parking around that..
[4:09:28]
>>Was a County designated this note for
[4:09:43]
any County will build a please sign
[4:09:44]
is.
[4:09:45]
>>I will Director County Counsel
[4:09:48]
Kristin Curtis to try to find the man
[4:09:49]
who brings other roads from the way it
[4:09:52]
was Commissioner versus historic review
[4:09:59]
board. We crashed a few times over the
[4:10:00]
years so you know, basically sign that
[4:10:01]
is put up pursuant to the vehicle code
[4:10:07]
they can touch me on. I think Frank's
[4:10:08]
got a memo we have file on that.
[4:10:13]
>>I'm not sure we can advise State
[4:10:20]
Department transportation property of
[4:10:21]
the signage.
[4:10:22]
>>Okay.
[4:10:35]
>>In the formula written exactly how
[4:10:36]
their this road is. Is there a hazard
[4:10:37]
to have a parking both sides the
[4:10:38]
streets?
[4:10:39]
>>There is a hazard.I can take you down
[4:10:40]
thereAfter this meeting. And yesterday,
[4:10:43]
I made a mistake of turning down right
[4:10:44]
track to close out.I was outside of my
[4:10:49]
car try to check it is there enough
[4:10:50]
space to get around. LikeThe popularity
[4:10:52]
of nearby pizza has encourageMorePeople
[4:10:56]
to park on the street.
[4:11:02]
>>As part of the term of Mendocino is a
[4:11:09]
lack of offstreet parking so you can
[4:11:10]
have gardens, the village experience.
[4:11:12]
And then people just park on the street.
[4:11:16]
The fact that the streets are narrower
[4:11:17]
because people are is popular place and
[4:11:21]
people are parking besides the streets
[4:11:26]
Actually slows traffic down and makes
[4:11:27]
it friendly for pedestrians. And to
[4:11:29]
think this things might have had
[4:11:34]
consequences for change the character
[4:11:35]
of Mendocino by making more legacy.
[4:11:47]
>>I hear you I think it is a problem
[4:11:48]
that our track would be able to make it
[4:11:49]
down the street that's for the day. The
[4:11:50]
chairs permission we can put on the
[4:11:51]
screen. That would be helpful.
[4:11:55]
>>Is a related to the no parking
[4:11:56]
ordinanceWe are motion to reconsider
[4:12:03]
Queen
[4:12:04]
>>There is a motion but we there is no
[4:12:05]
vote.
[4:12:07]
>>What was the outcome?
[4:12:09]
[ LAUGHING ]
[4:12:12]
>>It was passed unanimously.In favor of
[4:12:15]
the recommended action.
[4:12:20]
>>LLC want to reconsider for some
[4:12:21]
reason.Would you like to change her
[4:12:27]
mind to trying to further clarify.
[4:12:28]
>>You have an illustration in the staff
[4:12:29]
report.
[4:12:30]
>>It is on the screen.
[4:12:31]
>>I just have a comment or an
[4:12:38]
observation. I know thatBreaking
[4:12:49]
challenges our sign of economic
[4:12:50]
improvement right here so popular here
[4:12:51]
anymore.And I pretty well known for
[4:12:56]
trying to tell people that something
[4:12:57]
two blocks away.Just to keep walking
[4:13:00]
Because there halfway there. I'm
[4:13:01]
wondering if Mendocino has some
[4:13:05]
opportunities to designate public
[4:13:06]
parkingIt may be some signage, dining,
[4:13:14]
the patient is ways are other
[4:13:15]
opportunities for that the taken help
[4:13:16]
support the community with?
[4:13:17]
>>I would have to think about thatI
[4:13:23]
don't know if there is any great
[4:13:24]
approaching for parking.There may be
[4:13:32]
some shoulders we can improve Jell-O
[4:13:33]
parking today.
[4:13:34]
>>I more like an actualDirt lot like a
[4:13:35]
place to park.
[4:13:39]
>>You have no idea how much feedback we
[4:13:40]
will get on that.Evergreen the second
[4:13:45]
the satellite image it appears that is
[4:13:46]
about 60 1/2 feet wide. Two cars is
[4:13:48]
about 80.Even without parking is
[4:13:54]
difficult for one car to pass our car
[4:13:55]
on that street.
[4:13:58]
>>I think we made a right choice.
[4:14:07]
Without the "item move onto the next
[4:14:08]
one. Thank you. All right, I next
[4:14:09]
agenda item is for4i, discussion
[4:14:30]
possible action including direction to
[4:14:31]
staff regarding an increasing transient
[4:14:32]
occupancy tax for vacation home
[4:14:33]
short-term rentals in Mendocino
[4:14:34]
County.
[4:14:42]
>>We have a structural deficit whether
[4:14:47]
it is 7 million or 10 million or 11
[4:14:48]
million mower Hatcher and that but to
[4:14:56]
get to a balanced budget, there is
[4:14:57]
going to have to be something full
[4:14:58]
decisions made. And so,This is one of
[4:15:02]
those decisions aware and needs to be
[4:15:06]
talked about. If we just increase the
[4:15:11]
transient occupancy tax for vacation
[4:15:14]
rentals but we can generate about 202
[4:15:20]
250,000 per cent.We need to look at
[4:15:34]
everything is going to be on the cable.
[4:15:38]
And that this would have to be voted on
[4:15:39]
by the people and so,Justin, do we want
[4:15:45]
to increase agility for short-term
[4:15:46]
rentals. It should be designated to
[4:15:50]
general fund or for specific purpose?
[4:15:53]
When should be placed on the dollar
[4:15:55]
there is consideration with visit
[4:16:03]
Mendocino under concerns. And should
[4:16:04]
there be some sense because you do have
[4:16:05]
changing economic situation coming down
[4:16:07]
the line made a few years.I just want
[4:16:25]
to throw it out there and see where we
[4:16:26]
are. Last year, we talked about
[4:16:27]
increasing the sales tax that there
[4:16:28]
were three supervisors who wanted to
[4:16:29]
increase the sales tax. And that was or
[4:16:31]
that would affect the people of
[4:16:32]
Mendocino County. Your increase in
[4:16:36]
short-term rental tax would really hit
[4:16:40]
most of people who come from out of
[4:16:41]
county and a lot of these short-term
[4:16:49]
rentals are owned by people out of
[4:16:50]
county. It would just be passed through
[4:16:51]
and is just one way of considering how
[4:16:52]
to deal with some of the financial
[4:16:53]
problems that Mendocino County has
[4:16:54]
right now.
[4:17:00]
>>Okay, board member comments?
[4:17:04]
>>Thank you. I appreciate for bringing
[4:17:19]
this idea forward. I do believe that
[4:17:20]
200,000 here wouldn't make a
[4:17:21]
substantial change in our budget as far
[4:17:22]
as what the average consumers is on the
[4:17:25]
street. As far as road repair, what the
[4:17:30]
general expectation from our taxpayers
[4:17:39]
is. And because visit Mendocino is
[4:17:40]
currently going studies in
[4:17:41]
conversations or visit business
[4:17:42]
communities around possibleIncreases
[4:17:46]
the bid I don't think the design is
[4:17:47]
right to talk about transit occupancy
[4:17:48]
tax. I think that the County of
[4:17:53]
Mendocino and the Board of Supervisors
[4:18:01]
future ones if you continue to make
[4:18:02]
sure that we are showing our taxpayers
[4:18:03]
are clear using their dollars
[4:18:04]
efficiently. Including how we are using
[4:18:13]
measured funds in a way that it was
[4:18:14]
described as well as how these library
[4:18:15]
tax Andi fire Jackson make sure that
[4:18:16]
those funds get to the department and
[4:18:18]
supporters recommended. Understand what
[4:18:19]
you are asking for is an increase only
[4:18:25]
on vacation short-term rentals however,
[4:18:26]
does have an impact on all businesses as
[4:18:37]
marketing standpoint from the very
[4:18:38]
people in Mendocino County a number of
[4:18:39]
people coming and spending their
[4:18:40]
dollars here in our community. Also,As
[4:18:50]
a board member, I do not want to put
[4:18:51]
about in this initiative on a balance
[4:18:52]
that would only bring in a few hundred
[4:18:53]
thousand dollars that is really to
[4:18:54]
employees. Level management salary. I
[4:19:03]
think the pleadings to cause
[4:19:04]
inefficiencies before we look at taxing
[4:19:05]
our community more.
[4:19:14]
>>You look at the history of valve
[4:19:15]
measures in medicine County, about
[4:19:16]
measures that had wanted a specific
[4:19:17]
expanded serviceThe past. Ballot
[4:19:18]
measures that have funded government
[4:19:22]
general operations is a county level
[4:19:23]
have always failed. So I don't think
[4:19:28]
that you should even bother to take up
[4:19:29]
the public's time or our time with the
[4:19:32]
sales tax or in this case transit
[4:19:36]
occupancy tax on Airbnb is that being
[4:19:45]
to failure. It is just for the zero
[4:19:46]
pond. We do know that we look at
[4:19:47]
services the county provides, the
[4:19:52]
county has I was a structural deficit
[4:19:53]
know so much for it is operation which
[4:19:54]
is obvious, we do have that. But we
[4:20:05]
have dedicated funds for county roads.
[4:20:06]
When you look at the east towards the
[4:20:07]
funds there federal, state and portion
[4:20:08]
of property tax proportionate property
[4:20:09]
tax predates any vesicles back before
[4:20:10]
from 13 is been honored by every Board
[4:20:18]
of Supervisors except for one single
[4:20:19]
year. Yet, those funds have are
[4:20:20]
inadequate to repave half of the
[4:20:21]
county's paper roads. So, it's not a
[4:20:25]
mismanagement issue it is a math
[4:20:26]
problem. There aren't enough state
[4:20:27]
federal Road dollars and the parcel tax
[4:20:37]
dollars are dedicated to roads to equal
[4:20:38]
the challenge of resurfacing 650 miles
[4:20:39]
of paved roads. The only have money for
[4:20:46]
direct 50 of those miles. There are
[4:20:47]
number of rooms are also neglected.
[4:20:48]
When do the math, it is true that 2%
[4:20:51]
DOT tax on vacation rentals might be
[4:20:52]
$500,000. But if you couple that with
[4:20:59]
have sent sales tax, doing the city is
[4:21:08]
a voter approval for one cents above
[4:21:09]
the counter, County residents are
[4:21:36]
already driving (INAUDIBLE) to percent
[4:21:39]
of all sales tax collections are
[4:21:40]
occurring this is only 40% in the
[4:21:41]
county. In the city is even higher they
[4:21:43]
have a 1/4% sales tax hired an account.
[4:21:44]
I think it we were to be honest about
[4:21:45]
the roads, there isn't enough state
[4:21:46]
federal tax dedicated to the roads that
[4:21:50]
can solve the road problem. I think if
[4:21:51]
you were to put on the boat we should
[4:21:52]
put something about that is equal to
[4:21:53]
the challenge and actually doesn't
[4:21:54]
solve the problem. If you were to do
[4:21:55]
that, we would I think you would
[4:21:56]
combine a 2% tax on vacation rentals
[4:22:00]
and I would put in either half or one
[4:22:01]
cent sales tax to bring the county
[4:22:02]
sales tax to the city level just
[4:22:03]
dedicated roads not not the county
[4:22:06]
general fund it will take first super
[4:22:07]
majority. Is unlikely to pass. But at
[4:22:13]
least it would be an honest valve
[4:22:14]
measure on the ballot to the voters to
[4:22:15]
get to say yes it to want to fix a
[4:22:16]
problem or they say no, they don't want
[4:22:17]
to fix the problem. I think we would be
[4:22:28]
providing the voters we did about
[4:22:29]
measure that could guarantee a console
[4:22:30]
the intractable road probably have in
[4:22:31]
Mendocino County if you put something
[4:22:32]
about that of that size.
[4:22:33]
>>Met. Pete was supervisor already
[4:22:36]
said. But I agree. I think were
[4:22:52]
circling the drain a bit probably would
[4:22:53]
Mendocino County is in revenue might
[4:22:54]
rise about 2% a year. Imagine if he
[4:22:55]
tells either business person for the
[4:22:56]
next 30 years seconds into percent
[4:22:57]
increase in revenue every. Where we
[4:22:58]
really(INAUDIBLE) over 30 years out
[4:23:02]
that is what were saying. Because of
[4:23:03]
appropriations is increasing in much
[4:23:04]
the personal than the cost and revenue.
[4:23:05]
In of these ideas, you could max out
[4:23:06]
sales tax and you wouldn't make a
[4:23:07]
noticeable difference arose.Good health
[4:23:08]
butSort of 50% may be for 5% it would
[4:23:14]
be paid. What's missing is a healthy
[4:23:22]
economy government has become largest
[4:23:23]
employer in healthcare and healthcare
[4:23:24]
is dependent on private industry and
[4:23:27]
soon healthcare will be actresses well.
[4:23:28]
I think that more leadership calls you
[4:23:30]
towards economic development and growth
[4:23:35]
and corrective benefits of the taxation
[4:23:36]
that comes on that. The trying to ask
[4:23:44]
the public for yet another small tax
[4:23:45]
that ultimately wants all the problem.
[4:23:46]
So, this is creative way for us to
[4:23:52]
balance the budget. I think them items
[4:23:53]
of accountability, the public expects
[4:23:54]
is to balance the budget with what we
[4:23:55]
have not asked for moreI job is to
[4:23:56]
balance what we know is coming and you
[4:24:10]
want to talk about additional projects,
[4:24:11]
attacks over those projects, maybe that
[4:24:12]
had a chance to two thirds of the
[4:24:13]
proposition is we can't balance our
[4:24:14]
budget to give us more money. I don't
[4:24:15]
think the past management of money on
[4:24:16]
the election.
[4:24:17]
>>I just want to weigh in to couple of
[4:24:18]
things. First of all,Mendocino is
[4:24:23]
involved with the BID Internet middle
[4:24:24]
of campaign which hopes it will be
[4:24:26]
successful,That would kind of for one
[4:24:32]
year, get the 250,000 looking for.
[4:24:38]
There are things that I believe you
[4:24:39]
talked before about TOT, there's
[4:24:47]
probably opportunity there also
[4:24:50]
bringing some more funds.
[4:25:07]
>>That is correct. I do believe the
[4:25:08]
auditor can (INAUDIBLE) the process of
[4:25:13]
evaluating it an agency that could
[4:25:14]
perform a DOT audit for us.
[4:25:18]
>>That would be a way perhaps meeting
[4:25:19]
the goal the supervisor has increasing
[4:25:20]
our county revenues but we are having
[4:25:24]
(INAUDIBLE) for to approve more
[4:25:30]
taxation which seems to be pretty
[4:25:31]
unpopular.
[4:25:36]
>>We are going to have to make some
[4:25:43]
cuts. And those are going to, and is
[4:25:44]
going to be painful. Certainly, this is
[4:25:47]
a proposal. It is 200,000%, we could go
[4:25:53]
for different presents but it doesn't
[4:25:55]
sound like there is a will to do that.
[4:25:58]
This proposal wasLook at people who are
[4:26:05]
paying for vacation rentals. Usually
[4:26:06]
not working people of Mendocino County.
[4:26:08]
And so,I can understand that we do need
[4:26:16]
to collect every sense of vacation
[4:26:17]
rental taxes are out there. I've been
[4:26:23]
talking to a lot (INAUDIBLE) the past
[4:26:24]
year trying to get onSome kind of a
[4:26:29]
program to can make sure that are
[4:26:30]
collecting when we hear that there 1500
[4:26:34]
Vacation rental listings and there's
[4:26:35]
only 728Whatever the are beingRegain
[4:26:40]
taxes from. That is problem. I'm just
[4:26:42]
looking at what are the different
[4:26:51]
options that we have out there. The
[4:26:52]
board doesn't want to go, I think the
[4:26:53]
full board needs by into this ideaThink
[4:26:56]
using the short-term rental tax and if
[4:26:57]
it's not there, it's not there.
[4:27:01]
>>Spent about five hours last week we
[4:27:05]
are(INAUDIBLE)Disability transaction.
[4:27:14]
Usually a close what it's like to use
[4:27:15]
the current software solution. I think
[4:27:21]
Our IT people are beginning to work
[4:27:22]
with her to see if he can find some
[4:27:23]
vendor solutions. There's a lot of
[4:27:24]
money availableUnder this currently not
[4:27:26]
collected from properties. I think she
[4:27:27]
said, where about 70% assessment. That
[4:27:34]
seems like a little hanging further.
[4:27:35]
That office is hard-working. There have
[4:27:36]
a system. What I said, I don't have
[4:27:40]
anything to critique. Just note they
[4:27:45]
need more resources. Maybe that is
[4:27:46]
where the hanging fruit correct tax
[4:27:51]
overdue. Imagine your restaurant about
[4:27:52]
10% of your customers get out without
[4:27:55]
paying the bill. That is what you do
[4:27:56]
after.Meeting you should as our sensory
[4:28:03]
what is the north resources you provide.
[4:28:16]
We always to the public to not before
[4:28:17]
we add new taxes.
[4:28:20]
>>Public comments?
[4:28:28]
>>My last government job city of
[4:28:35]
Healdsburg. And we did an increase in
[4:28:36]
TOT. We are paying 14% TOT. Your market
[4:28:45]
something everybody likes that frees up
[4:28:48]
money of the budget.That is where the
[4:28:57]
stores are. We don't have a lot of
[4:29:03]
begin retailing a County. We do a lot
[4:29:04]
of DOT. If you frame the ballot measure
[4:29:07]
and goes to parks you have a steady
[4:29:21]
stream of funding you can track how
[4:29:22]
much two DOT banks collects over the
[4:29:23]
years and do the math, it could free up
[4:29:24]
that money that was going to parks that
[4:29:25]
are needed items are added for
[4:29:26]
structural deficit. We can't just give
[4:29:27]
up on a couple is only two or three or
[4:29:28]
$500,000 you get a similar dollar
[4:29:31]
deficit every little bit helps.I like
[4:29:37]
to rethink your resistance to the idea.
[4:29:43]
Thank you.
[4:29:45]
>>Randy, it's more expensive when you
[4:29:58]
are booking three rooms being able to
[4:29:59]
get the coming. When I look at the book
[4:30:00]
of total cost, it is not out of culture
[4:30:03]
is local businesses that will be. If you
[4:30:05]
increase the tax somebody has to
[4:30:09]
(INAUDIBLE) $300. Some of the revenues
[4:30:14]
the previously would go into the local
[4:30:15]
economy is now going to County coffers.
[4:30:28]
But against the increase. I think we
[4:30:29]
asked (INAUDIBLE) public support the
[4:30:30]
timing right now we have the BID going
[4:30:31]
in front of voters. The voters
[4:30:32]
significant past our budget and expect
[4:30:33]
like we purport to get a pass making
[4:30:34]
hard decisions. There's a good chance
[4:30:37]
it wouldn't pass. That is not a great
[4:30:39]
dynamic.
[4:30:55]
>>Good afternoon, Travis. Increase the
[4:31:03]
transit occupancy tax specifically
[4:31:04]
targeting short-term vacation rentals.
[4:31:13]
It is a no go for my position. These
[4:31:14]
rentals have been integral part of
[4:31:15]
Mendocino County's economy. Intrusive
[4:31:16]
success for decades. They are what the
[4:31:24]
resume was built on in Mendocino
[4:31:25]
County. The single out one segment of
[4:31:26]
the logic industry for tax increase, is
[4:31:27]
only an. Also (INAUDIBLE)
[4:31:28]
entrepreneurial spirit of Mendocino
[4:31:29]
County. If at the OT increase is
[4:31:34]
essential it should be equitably
[4:31:35]
applied across industry and industry
[4:31:37]
must be involved in the conversation.
[4:31:51]
You already brought up the
[4:31:52]
accountability so, I live that you
[4:31:53]
really want to make our point is that,
[4:31:54]
you have effectively increased the OT
[4:31:55]
by just about $500,000 by removing or
[4:31:56]
supports the promotion of tourism
[4:32:16]
Mendocino County. You've already placed
[4:32:17]
there. The last thing that I wanted to
[4:32:18]
say the board often stated the desired
[4:32:19]
commitments and a County of business
[4:32:20]
friendly place. However, my experience
[4:32:21]
over the past 14 months, trying to
[4:32:22]
move, this Mendocino County. The
[4:32:23]
low-fat 94Suggest otherwise. There's
[4:32:24]
been a lock of support and
[4:32:25]
prioritization from the top County
[4:32:26]
opposite to guide departments in
[4:32:37]
fostering local develop an. We are
[4:32:38]
marketing for every business that is
[4:32:39]
reason facing in Mendocino County. The
[4:32:40]
county can't even help us get this
[4:32:41]
process. That is pretty disappointing.
[4:32:43]
It is disheartening to continually see
[4:32:44]
tourism, the only surviving son
[4:32:52]
industry Mendocino County, continue to
[4:32:53]
be targets of issues here at the board
[4:32:54]
level. Thank you.
[4:33:00]
>>Hi,I would just like to address the
[4:33:06]
issue of shorter vacation rentals you
[4:33:17]
when you look at Mendocino County most
[4:33:18]
of them are on the coast. People who
[4:33:19]
have short-term vacation rentals are
[4:33:20]
already paying most of the taxes. I
[4:33:23]
don't have the exact figures but in
[4:33:24]
Mendocino is trying to begin a year
[4:33:29]
Until (INAUDIBLE). The money goes over
[4:33:38]
the hill it doesn't usually go
[4:33:39]
comeback. For the bill to be taxing,
[4:33:47]
Most people on the coast euros for an
[4:33:48]
entire County doesn't seem like a very
[4:33:49]
productive bill because I doubt is
[4:33:51]
going to be well received. I do agree
[4:33:52]
withSupervisor Williams about the taxes
[4:34:01]
become a real tour, it is been really
[4:34:04]
quite a burden for as as real tours,
[4:34:19]
there were also a lot of people here in
[4:34:20]
the beginning of the pandemic in 2020,
[4:34:21]
20 2140 turnaround and are selling
[4:34:22]
their properties. I hope it is old
[4:34:23]
number properties that have turned
[4:34:24]
around. They have not received their
[4:34:25]
special assessment taxes. They haven't
[4:34:26]
got their bill. So then, when it
[4:34:32]
brought up which had a company with
[4:34:33]
date, there's no way they can even
[4:34:37]
estimate that amount of taxes.
[4:34:38]
Basically, when the property is
[4:34:39]
purchasedAnd then sold in supplemental
[4:34:46]
taxes are not collected, that is money
[4:34:47]
that has gone. It is out the door.
[4:34:48]
There gone. They've already 20 property.
[4:34:52]
New the property taxes online, those tax
[4:34:57]
records are like over a year old. Not
[4:34:58]
even movers.This is exactly what
[4:35:03]
supervisor Williams is saying. The
[4:35:04]
softwareIs not been updated enough to
[4:35:13]
The staff to collect, this is thousands
[4:35:14]
and thousands of dollars being lost.
[4:35:17]
Rather than taxing single-use vacation
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rentals, which are kind of (INAUDIBLE)
[4:35:22]
on the coast, to pay for shortages. I
[4:35:27]
think some real effort needs to be done
[4:35:28]
with County taxAnd thank you so much for
[4:35:36]
this opportunity to speak.
[4:35:37]
>>This board totally support of everything
[4:35:38]
you said.
[4:36:01]
>>I don't know how to put the pressure
[4:36:02]
on, obviously, Mr. Williams being here
[4:36:07]
last week spending some time that they
[4:36:08]
are efficient, they just don't have
[4:36:15]
adequate staff. I do know the
[4:36:16]
supervisors are able to approve an
[4:36:25]
increase to staff. So that they can
[4:36:26]
collect the taxes that is due to
[4:36:27]
County. This is weight loss or a lot of
[4:36:28]
revenue here. It is frustrating.
[4:36:29]
>>A topic of (INAUDIBLE) quick recap
[4:36:35]
years ago, we identify the fact that
[4:36:36]
they were shortstaffed over there.We
[4:36:45]
met the disaster and realized that
[4:36:46]
there were only have half of their
[4:36:47]
assessor(INAUDIBLE) there in the
[4:36:55]
process ofRecruiting jobs building all
[4:37:05]
the jobs. One of the budget process, we
[4:37:06]
identify we have 1/2 $1 million,
[4:37:10]
outside of the assessor's budget for
[4:37:19]
additional assistance and assessor's
[4:37:20]
office water is extra staff,
[4:37:21]
contractors to help them catch up. We
[4:37:29]
are doing everything we can because you
[4:37:30]
can only approve their budget we don't
[4:37:31]
wander departments run by elected
[4:37:32]
officials. Just as the auditor track
[4:37:33]
(INAUDIBLE) it is separate elected
[4:37:34]
position we can tell them what to do.
[4:37:38]
>>I for having business here in
[4:37:41]
medicine, our shopkeepers are not happy
[4:37:47]
about the fact that the sales stocks go
[4:37:52]
over the hill.I do know which road are
[4:38:02]
fixed? I've no idea. There pi ata money
[4:38:04]
and it doesn't really rollback to the
[4:38:05]
coast.To have an transient taxable
[4:38:16]
issue that your discussion right now, I
[4:38:17]
don't really feel like this can be a
[4:38:18]
viable valid issue for those of you who
[4:38:24]
live in and work on the coast.
[4:38:25]
>>I do bottom-line disposal is probably
[4:38:31]
wouldn't past the third of the voters
[4:38:32]
in coast (INAUDIBLE). The numbers just
[4:38:35]
are there. This particular proposal is
[4:38:40]
going to be dead on arrival.. The
[4:38:41]
larger question how to address attack
[4:38:45]
situation? What I found assessor's
[4:38:46]
office is willingness. There are eager
[4:38:49]
to get this tax done. We don't have
[4:38:58]
enough space. If we hire more people
[4:38:59]
working up with them? County with the
[4:39:00]
world's office is small and it used to
[4:39:01]
be. The software doesn't have the
[4:39:02]
proper descriptions.Don't have the
[4:39:12]
staff to go enter all that. It is not
[4:39:13]
that anybody failed there was never a
[4:39:19]
plan for the county seven years ago
[4:39:20]
made a decision to adopt software.
[4:39:21]
Populate the software you can only pay
[4:39:22]
some of the consequence.The public
[4:39:30]
sending us to " five years and they
[4:39:37]
don't get the property tax bill, it
[4:39:38]
doesn't matter which of us is
[4:39:39]
responsible for the that needs to be
[4:39:42]
fixed.
[4:39:43]
>>We want to pay it just appearedLet's
[4:39:56]
take care of those people don't want to
[4:39:57]
leave it hanging. I do know how much it
[4:39:58]
is.
[4:39:59]
>>Closing our budget deficit there is a
[4:40:00]
money.We just have to collected.
[4:40:12]
>>At some point, we need to take action
[4:40:19]
. See, I see kind of wanted to maybe
[4:40:20]
say something?
[4:40:21]
>>Yes. I appreciate the comments.There
[4:40:30]
is 500,000 set aside. And this is the
[4:40:31]
initiative that the Golden gate Bridge
[4:40:33]
Association initiative team is taking
[4:40:39]
on. We have a mantle with assessor and
[4:40:50]
they will start their working with them
[4:40:51]
to look at the new tool and how to
[4:40:52]
improve the process. In the tooth
[4:40:53]
early, maybe even began yesterday.That
[4:41:00]
is the next process that we are
[4:41:01]
stepping into to help increase revenue
[4:41:02]
for the county Mendocino.
[4:41:11]
>>I do not believe that if the County
[4:41:12]
assessor's office successful in getting
[4:41:13]
buildings not only people came to the
[4:41:14]
front doorYou talking about your clients
[4:41:17]
looking to the front door the box
[4:41:18]
property,
[4:41:19]
>>[ CROSSTALK ]The Nielsen of the
[4:41:20]
buildings built without the building
[4:41:25]
permits this are properties that are
[4:41:26]
discovered by the assessor's office.
[4:41:37]
The project hasn't started yet. They
[4:41:38]
are working on catching up for people
[4:41:39]
like you and your client you can't look
[4:41:40]
into the front door but then there's
[4:41:41]
people were in the back door buildings
[4:41:42]
without permits.I do not think that you
[4:41:43]
should be(INAUDIBLE) County employees
[4:41:56]
that if every building built without
[4:41:57]
bill permits was suddenly added to the
[4:41:58]
tax that would balance a County
[4:41:59]
structure deficit. I don't get is
[4:42:00]
enough. Six men the recent meeting,
[4:42:01]
into the rough man, you think 3000
[4:42:02]
houses1400 ft. County Mendocino would
[4:42:03]
get about $3 million.So, how many
[4:42:06]
buildings are there out thereMaybe it's
[4:42:12]
more than 3000 I don't know how many
[4:42:13]
days.Is quite a few but there also
[4:42:16]
buildings thatOur bills of building
[4:42:20]
permits and the property is sold. This
[4:42:21]
property have(INAUDIBLE) last several
[4:42:25]
decades. I don't believe it is true
[4:42:26]
that every buildingBuild without
[4:42:28]
building permits.Therefore, the new
[4:42:37]
assessments even with your three years
[4:42:38]
in their current.I personally believe
[4:42:39]
thatIt would be a mistake for County
[4:42:42]
employees or for this board to think
[4:42:48]
that if only we get those properties
[4:42:49]
brought(INAUDIBLE) is going to balance the
[4:42:52]
budget.In addition to that, the road
[4:43:08]
deficit is not even included in that
[4:43:09]
structural deficit of the operations.
[4:43:11]
Fiber $6 million (INAUDIBLE) would ever
[4:43:26]
time fix the road problems.
[4:43:27]
>>Let us overcome the get issue a lot
[4:43:28]
of the houses were built non-permit or
[4:43:29]
possibly class K which case that
[4:43:32]
different categories can apply for
[4:43:33]
class K permits. Bill before seven
[4:43:34]
years.It is true. Obscene houses. They
[4:43:52]
will just say yeah, we bought the
[4:43:53]
garage without a permit..Is the
[4:44:07]
people didn't file for the permit? That
[4:44:15]
is a whole to be separate issue. I was
[4:44:16]
talk about something that was super
[4:44:17]
concrete. The front door people that
[4:44:20]
want to pay their paying a lot of money.
[4:44:25]
Mostly over million dollars speak and
[4:44:26]
they want to pay their taxes. So, it is
[4:44:27]
a lot of money.
[4:44:34]
>>Any other board comments? Thank you.
[4:44:39]
>>Have a couple comments online.
[4:44:50]
>>And we have one more in the room.
[4:44:51]
Make hello, my name is Suzanne from
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Mendocino. DOT taxes are currently same
[4:45:00]
10% rate by also lodging hotels,
[4:45:01]
short-term rentals, compounds are be
[4:45:17]
parks and Inc. rearrested additional 1%
[4:45:18]
bid. The seriousness of singling out
[4:45:19]
one. STRS stacks hired in all followers
[4:45:20]
of the way (INAUDIBLE) TOT funds has to
[4:45:21]
be question. Even a group that
[4:45:22]
(INAUDIBLE) benefit from TOT taxation
[4:45:23]
SER staff (INAUDIBLE) event to sit
[4:45:31]
thousand downtown restaurants and
[4:45:32]
businesses that benefit with words
[4:45:33]
reason fees. Division promotion
[4:45:34]
promoting short-term rentals for
[4:45:35]
(INAUDIBLE) additionally, TOT page 4
[4:45:59]
rental owners of limited representation
[4:46:00]
because minutes in a County tourism
[4:46:01]
commission is primarily also
[4:46:02]
properties. Hotels often some perverted
[4:46:03]
travelers want to have the option of
[4:46:04]
staying in STRS. So asking for a tax
[4:46:05]
election is serious. I deeded that this
[4:46:06]
is a last resort on important
[4:46:07]
unavoidable measures.Reason for
[4:46:08]
(INAUDIBLE) County actions, hearing
[4:46:09]
that they do this another County so we
[4:46:10]
should do it to is really around flag.
[4:46:11]
Because we are Mendocino. Usually when
[4:46:14]
a government answer takes money for
[4:46:15]
taxes, major is identified first based
[4:46:18]
on identified concrete factual
[4:46:25]
precipitation it clears password budget
[4:46:26]
with detailed allocation of funds
[4:46:27]
certain benchmarks oversight and cost
[4:46:38]
versus gains. This is not a case here.
[4:46:39]
Suppose all is funding and awareness.
[4:46:40]
Bring the money you'll spend it. This
[4:46:41]
could tremendously backfire costing more
[4:46:45]
for consultants, elections,
[4:46:46]
monitoring's, staffing collection based
[4:46:47]
on unsupported numbers diverting any
[4:46:48]
benefit for County possibly in the red.
[4:47:00]
And hose compliant presentation, the
[4:47:01]
fine print is stated that we will
[4:47:02]
expand our search by several hundred
[4:47:03]
yards beyond the borders of Madison
[4:47:04]
County to capture all relevant listings.
[4:47:15]
That is being overly ambitious and
[4:47:16]
self-serving. Providing inflated
[4:47:17]
numbers and assess type of contractors
[4:47:18]
often paid for listings seems agreeing
[4:47:19]
to. Request for increased taxation
[4:47:20]
short-term rentals back/penalty.
[4:47:21]
Desperation for the county to produce
[4:47:22]
funds. Operational taxes and fees being
[4:47:29]
waived and minimize. It is in County
[4:47:30]
historical for more and more money gets
[4:47:31]
up the small group of short-term
[4:47:32]
rentals as a scapegoat and sells the
[4:47:37]
notion that the people paying the more
[4:47:38]
tax won't care. But knowing that the
[4:47:39]
bottom line on equitable local
[4:47:58]
short-term rental owners because tax
[4:47:59]
increase proposing STRS is not a good
[4:48:00]
idea which I do not support. I joined
[4:48:01]
and supported the supervisors and to
[4:48:02]
ensure positive outlook for County
[4:48:03]
increment local businesses including
[4:48:04]
all lodging styles while supporting
[4:48:05]
housings as a separate issue. We
[4:48:06]
short-term rentals are not directly
[4:48:07]
connected to other housing concerns.
[4:48:08]
Thank you very much for your time is
[4:48:09]
full pretty quickly and thank you so
[4:48:10]
much.
[4:48:11]
>>Online, we have at
[4:48:20]
Christopher.,
[4:48:40]
>>Where new innkeepers, we came in
[4:48:45]
Mendocino County for three years ago.Is
[4:48:58]
been going great and have almost
[4:48:59]
doubled revenue since you first got
[4:49:00]
here. You are paying TOT on time but
[4:49:01]
we. We are eager and excited and happy
[4:49:03]
to be in a logical minting for this
[4:49:04]
taxes for you. I think, supervisor
[4:49:10]
Williams simply earlier after circling
[4:49:11]
the drain here. I agree with him there.
[4:49:20]
As an innkeeper and someone's
[4:49:21]
hospitality were (INAUDIBLE) I focus on
[4:49:22]
revenue generation prescribes. Cost
[4:49:23]
would be the last resort.I do it that
[4:49:24]
is such a great idea.I know we just now
[4:49:40]
getting taxation from peers ago from
[4:49:41]
our purchase. Thankfully, you all
[4:49:43]
approve the extension program we took
[4:50:02]
advantage of that. Many case, the
[4:50:03]
investment in marketing is your best
[4:50:04]
return in dollars. I always found
[4:50:05]
hospitality and that is why I fully
[4:50:06]
support visit Mendocino. I think just
[4:50:07]
the STRS are no go.I think if you get
[4:50:21]
the bid in line your housing order,
[4:50:22]
help start collecting taxes that should
[4:50:23]
have been collected already, it was a
[4:50:24]
businesses in mind, I (INAUDIBLE)'s
[4:50:25]
financial statement, I think then we be
[4:50:28]
happy to collect more TOT for you.
[4:50:41]
Again, want to get the house in order,
[4:50:42]
then you will be fully ready to go.
[4:50:43]
Anyway, the first time and thank you
[4:50:44]
for all of your dedication.
[4:50:46]
>>Thank you.
[4:50:47]
>>Maybe, we can promote the county and
[4:50:53]
reward the sales tax in the TOT more
[4:50:54]
people (INAUDIBLE) money. I would move
[4:50:55]
no action.
[4:51:12]
>>Second.
[4:51:19]
>>Any further discussion before we call
[4:51:20]
for a vote?
[4:51:27]
>>Does the board want to work on a even
[4:51:37]
if it's a multiyear process, developing
[4:51:38]
strategies to fix account euros because
[4:51:39]
there is no funding to fix the county
[4:51:47]
roads unless the board Alyssa public I
[4:51:48]
should say, approve some new tax that
[4:51:49]
will fix the county roads?
[4:51:50]
>>The answer is yes. I think we should,
[4:51:56]
when I look at it I see most of the tax
[4:51:57]
potential tax revenue is drive in
[4:52:00]
insidious. There's a question it where
[4:52:01]
tax return County if it's just the
[4:52:05]
unincorporated, the amount of the
[4:52:06]
priesthood over the number of miles in
[4:52:10]
the unincorporated. I don't think will
[4:52:11]
be taking a difference.I think if we
[4:52:15]
could may be directors how, I went to
[4:52:29]
potential receive more state funds as
[4:52:30]
being a self-help County every dollar
[4:52:31]
contributed to get more out of the
[4:52:32]
state. Maybe we can get close to a
[4:52:33]
pass but I'm with you on we should
[4:52:35]
have a plan seems like a long shot
[4:52:36]
right now look at the numbers.
[4:52:54]
>>We are trying to do with something
[4:52:55]
with short-term rentals and a know
[4:52:56]
there is a lie, it is never plan or
[4:52:57]
anything. The idea was if the board
[4:52:58]
wanted had a will we could've put a
[4:53:02]
plan of specific purposes for it. We
[4:53:05]
saw this morning that when there was a
[4:53:11]
question more than half the people
[4:53:12]
said, let's limit short-term rentals
[4:53:17]
There's a feeling out there about
[4:53:18]
short-term rentals and housing one of
[4:53:20]
the tears was used to money for
[4:53:26]
short-term rentals for housing by a
[4:53:27]
plan create workforce housing and that
[4:53:29]
kind of stuffMexico should because I
[4:53:34]
know this is going nowhere. I thinkWith
[4:53:41]
roads, we to come up with the long-term
[4:53:42]
plan that I don't think were going to
[4:53:43]
do it today.
[4:53:50]
>>
[4:53:58]
>>Sometimes next six months you may not
[4:54:02]
be for ballot measure but I think there
[4:54:11]
should be planned that the County could
[4:54:12]
air with the public and showed him the
[4:54:13]
map because the map does not work with
[4:54:14]
the funding stream to the county has
[4:54:15]
right now. I do think there's a or are
[4:54:20]
aware of whether to fix it.
[4:54:26]
>>I think it is a good idea. Could that
[4:54:27]
be the motion?
[4:54:55]
>>No I would not. I would happy to
[4:54:56]
withdraw my second. When I first came
[4:54:57]
on this board I was appointed to
[4:54:58]
(INAUDIBLE) talk with supervisor
[4:54:59]
Williams a look at this very issue. We
[4:55:00]
spent a lot in my opinion, trying to
[4:55:05]
pay her out what the answer was and
[4:55:06]
didn't bring anything forward Mr. is an
[4:55:07]
unanswered agreement, with the county.
[4:55:08]
I think the county at the same time as
[4:55:12]
I was the city Council (INAUDIBLE)
[4:55:13]
order lot they could put a ballot
[4:55:14]
measure on the ballot and get it
[4:55:25]
approved it didn't look like it would
[4:55:26]
get approved and didn't like it is
[4:55:27]
going to reasonably then back in 2016.
[4:55:28]
I think it would be a mistake to waste
[4:55:29]
time trying to figure out what are not
[4:55:30]
that is the best solution. One of the
[4:55:31]
things that has come up there recently
[4:55:43]
were talking about employee
[4:55:44]
negotiations, is about to the work of
[4:55:45]
County Road (INAUDIBLE) are able to do.
[4:55:46]
There a lot of funds and I do think
[4:55:47]
that we can look at improving our
[4:55:48]
staffing levels of County Road you can
[4:55:55]
also what kind of work that can do that
[4:55:56]
have a visible improvement to the
[4:55:57]
community and one of the things that
[4:55:58]
was brought up that really occurred to
[4:55:59]
me was a lot of the simple brush
[4:56:03]
maintenance and lane striping actually
[4:56:04]
has impacts for residents and driving
[4:56:13]
on road County roads. There are
[4:56:14]
opportunities to improve the way the
[4:56:15]
preservice roots within our budget. I
[4:56:16]
would happily support that. At this
[4:56:17]
time, very strongly believe that the
[4:56:38]
county needs to get is so housing order
[4:56:39]
and proof to our residential. Going to
[4:56:40]
use our sales tax efficiently. With
[4:56:41]
measurably with fire, the library and
[4:56:42]
give them some time to see us get our
[4:56:43]
financial house in order as well not go
[4:56:44]
after any sales tax measure at this
[4:56:45]
point.
[4:56:46]
>>I will leave the motion as it is. One
[4:56:49]
option the surface is allowing
[4:56:53]
communities to do benefits zone in.
[4:57:06]
Their own way of roads. Come to me, and
[4:57:07]
trust me is almost everyday. We talk
[4:57:08]
about somebody want to talk about the
[4:57:09]
road widening what he called the
[4:57:10]
meeting. I pull up a list not even any
[4:57:11]
20 year plan. There's no point in
[4:57:12]
maintaining it. I approach the subject's
[4:57:18]
that your community could pay his own
[4:57:19]
(INAUDIBLE) benefits zone that can have
[4:57:20]
her gross than anyone else. No
[4:57:31]
interest. Maybe County could officially
[4:57:32]
put out a little bit of information
[4:57:33]
about all would've cost per mile to go
[4:57:34]
that path? There may be success maybe
[4:57:35]
they CEO wants to take control of their
[4:57:38]
(INAUDIBLE) she liaison and I'm sure
[4:57:39]
she and her neighbors could maintain it
[4:57:40]
better than the county. She may have a
[4:57:44]
config of interest socially with
[4:57:45]
puddles forever.But nothing that is
[4:57:49]
viable. Maybe your job is to present
[4:57:54]
options. One option is that they
[4:58:04]
yourself. And today, there's not a
[4:58:05]
great mechanism to even have that
[4:58:06]
conversation because we can't estimate
[4:58:07]
what about that because.
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>>Call The question.
[4:58:12]
>>[ CALLING ROLL ]
[4:58:35]
The motion carries.
[4:58:45]
>>Agenda item is for L discussion
[4:58:46]
possible action fitting the
[4:58:47]
restructuring of the economic
[4:58:48]
development standing I'm sorryWe are
[4:58:49]
agenda item 4K discussion, Oh, 4J
[4:58:58]
discussion and possible action
[4:58:59]
including adoption of a resolution
[4:59:00]
exempting from taxation certain
[4:59:03]
property with an assessed value of
[4:59:04]
$5000 or less.
[4:59:08]
>>Moved the recommended action.
[4:59:13]
>>Second.
[4:59:15]
>>Second. So, I wasMeeting with the
[4:59:20]
assessor's office.Unlevered touring
[4:59:25]
officeAnd we went from office to office
[4:59:30]
In the assessor's officeAnd there was a
[4:59:33]
we talk withNathan Max man was working
[4:59:37]
on this minimum value taxation. And it
[4:59:40]
turns outThere's two people in that
[4:59:45]
office who were working in their
[4:59:46]
spending a lot of timeTrying to tax
[4:59:49]
people boatsAttractors or anything that
[4:59:54]
is valid thousand dollars or more. And
[4:59:59]
each time they do that it has to touch
[5:00:00]
their hands four times during the year
[5:00:01]
And soThere's a piece of property worth
[5:00:06]
$1000 County gets $10 in taxes for it.
[5:00:15]
And of that, we might only get three
[5:00:16]
dollars. Spending all this timeWe have
[5:00:21]
two people spending all this time
[5:00:22]
because it is a board policy to tax
[5:00:28]
this things are worth thousand dollars
[5:00:29]
or more. So the idea basically let's
[5:00:33]
just increase to $5000 if that is what
[5:00:36]
assessor Bartolome and I agreed on.And
[5:00:39]
that was the recommendation and it
[5:00:43]
would alleviate all of that taxation
[5:00:47]
form minimum value items.Hopefully,We
[5:00:51]
were talking about the assessor's office
[5:00:56]
Freeing up time this would (INAUDIBLE)
[5:00:57]
they could do properties aren't being
[5:00:59]
assessed properly.
[5:01:01]
>>Anything to add to the conversation?
[5:01:13]
>>No, not really. It costs us over $60
[5:01:14]
$42 and processOne of these. That is
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just a simple one that only takes about
[5:01:24]
25 minutes to process. Our 15 minutes
[5:01:25]
to process such as a. I think that, We
[5:01:36]
are working with the Golden gate Bridge
[5:01:37]
initiative I think this is could be one
[5:01:38]
thing that they could recommend as well
[5:01:39]
to streamline things and to get us on
[5:01:40]
Bigger and better projects.
[5:01:43]
>>I supportJust a question,Is there a
[5:01:52]
way to index as for example estate law
[5:01:53]
says that you cannot hire a handyman or
[5:02:04]
handyman to help build the take offense
[5:02:05]
if the materials and labor costs more
[5:02:06]
than $500 I think that was a state law
[5:02:07]
passed in 1970s incest still $500
[5:02:08]
probably(INAUDIBLE). In the same
[5:02:13]
regard, setting this to the fixed
[5:02:14]
dollars amountAnd then probably no
[5:02:22]
notice resolution except someone
[5:02:23]
assessor's office presented (INAUDIBLE)
[5:02:24]
is her way address indexing thoseIt
[5:02:25]
goes up with inflation?
[5:02:31]
>>We have to look into that I do know
[5:02:32]
there is some flexibilityI think that
[5:02:34]
Is to(INAUDIBLE)I believe it was a
[5:02:45]
10,000 that please don't quote.So,
[5:02:52]
there may be a way to be able to
[5:02:53]
structure it within that realm. If
[5:02:54]
you'd want, you can give us direction
[5:03:01]
to come back with potentially another
[5:03:02]
resolution and consent to modify that
[5:03:03]
language is desired.
[5:03:06]
>>Why don't we just go to 10 now if
[5:03:07]
it's about it may be a wash.Personally,
[5:03:27]
going from a thousand to 5000 is one
[5:03:28]
jumpMost of the counties there are a
[5:03:37]
couple small ones that within $1000
[5:03:38]
with a little value exemption most of
[5:03:39]
them are 2000To actually 10,000.Will do
[5:03:48]
whatever you want us to do what I say
[5:03:49]
that the 5000 is a good place to start
[5:03:50]
Right now.
[5:04:02]
>>One of the consideration was a lot of
[5:04:03]
the property such as book trails
[5:04:04]
through valued around $5000 that was a
[5:04:05]
considerationFor the assessor's office.
[5:04:21]
>>Yes. We do have a lot of those in
[5:04:22]
buildable lots there value right now.
[5:04:23]
5000 that are all in proper aids to
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review the prop eight in figure 2 and
[5:04:25]
was reviewing those for the nextHere.
[5:04:26]
And he will most likely increase those
[5:04:27]
little bitThey say above and so, all
[5:04:30]
the special districts and theirSpecial
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assessments and scale will be allowed
[5:04:36]
to be paid and go from there.
[5:04:42]
>>Okay. Any further comments?
[5:04:49]
>>The secretive 5000 then hope that you
[5:04:56]
know or someone else in the assessor's
[5:04:57]
office next five years you only bring
[5:04:58]
this forward again perhaps get this to
[5:05:00]
higher than five.
[5:05:02]
>>There is a motion and been seconded.
[5:05:06]
Public comment?Anything online? No,
[5:05:13]
call for the question.
[5:05:14]
>>[ CALLING ROLL ]
[5:05:29]
Motion carries unanimously.
[5:05:30]
>>Thank you. Okay now are going to move
[5:05:35]
on
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>>Let's take a quick break. We are
[5:05:45]
going to have a 10 minute break. That
[5:05:46]
will be 3:10.I'm sorryThat would be2:55.
[5:05:50]
[ RECESS ]
[5:06:12]
We are going to consider item number 4K
[5:06:18]
which is discussion possible action
[5:06:19]
including approval of creation of an
[5:06:20]
amnesty program for building permit and
[5:06:21]
direction to staff to implement the
[5:06:22]
amnesty program for a period not to
[5:06:23]
exceed one year.
[5:06:24]
>>Yes, if it is wasBringing this to the
[5:06:28]
board. And it turns outWe've done an
[5:06:43]
amnesty program in the past. This will
[5:06:44]
be a little different than that. We are
[5:06:48]
looking for people to, voluntarily to
[5:06:51]
The planning and building to get permits
[5:06:58]
Because they probably built something
[5:06:59]
that they hadn't gotten a permit or
[5:07:00]
proper permitting four. This instead of
[5:07:01]
having the penalty fees and all that for
[5:07:02]
They would come in and payJust
[5:07:03]
appropriate permitting fee and that
[5:07:07]
way, we could get these onto, They
[5:07:10]
would be assessed order permit would be
[5:07:14]
Provided effort was appropriate.And it
[5:07:18]
could get this people onto the tax
[5:07:19]
rolls.So it would be for a limited.
[5:07:24]
Just one year after prevents. And they
[5:07:29]
think that planning and building is
[5:07:30]
agreeable to it. I think it is a good
[5:07:37]
way to forward. Thank you to Mr. Ward
[5:07:38]
for reading one of these ideas forward.
[5:07:42]
>>I think it is a good idea.Wide open a
[5:07:49]
door we might generate some revenue or
[5:07:50]
something to lose. You have two
[5:07:51]
questions. I like to get a
[5:07:59]
clarification. One, what will the
[5:08:00]
program costs made to work program on
[5:08:01]
our agenda itemLike $'s? This is a
[5:08:05]
fairly low ticket?
[5:08:06]
>>It seems likeIf they came in they
[5:08:09]
still have to pay the appropriate fee
[5:08:11]
So, it would be cost
[5:08:18]
>>Our is spending less than $50,000
[5:08:19]
open the door to get an amnesty?
[5:08:22]
>>If I may through the Chair,Of course
[5:08:38]
I would not know how many permits will
[5:08:39]
come through the door that the board
[5:08:40]
would potentially be waiving any sort
[5:08:41]
of penalty fees or investigative piece.
[5:08:42]
But staff will still be collecting
[5:08:43]
coverage for staff timeReprocessing
[5:08:44]
those building permits and collecting
[5:08:45]
your standard building permits for is
[5:08:46]
minus the investigative fees.And so,
[5:08:52]
with that said, I DOT comments now it
[5:08:53]
may not be right time but when your
[5:08:54]
done with yours,About how I think the
[5:09:02]
cost recovery aspect can be as pleasant
[5:09:03]
as possible.
[5:09:04]
>>I can accept that. Second question,
[5:09:08]
some of the properties or zoning
[5:09:09]
violations. And I work with some of
[5:09:10]
those people suggestingComment to
[5:09:12]
compliance. Not the your fair share.
[5:09:14]
After realizingYour four houses it up
[5:09:22]
ourselves over to. There is no means to
[5:09:23]
accommodate (INAUDIBLE) compliance be
[5:09:24]
what happens with one of those as for
[5:09:25]
amnesty?The asked for removal of the
[5:09:29]
house?
[5:09:32]
>>We would notify them that they may
[5:09:46]
need to propose to change the use of
[5:09:47]
that particular structure necessarily
[5:09:48]
remove the structure entirely but
[5:09:49]
cannot continue as a home.
[5:09:50]
>>Have a housing shortage, I don't know
[5:09:55]
if it's ever, my district has a lot of
[5:09:56]
good. I don't want a worse in housing
[5:10:01]
problem. These problems of been created
[5:10:02]
. At this point,This people come
[5:10:23]
forward (INAUDIBLE) were opening this
[5:10:24]
will can of regulatory nightmare. What
[5:10:25]
is the solution is education with
[5:10:26]
people know what can come in as amnesty
[5:10:27]
or similar brings your projects and you
[5:10:28]
can't find a way to permitted? Do we
[5:10:29]
discard the paper trail is like they
[5:10:30]
never showed up?
[5:10:31]
>>We would not discard a paper trailBut
[5:10:44]
you will try to work at a property
[5:10:45]
owner to be able to permit the
[5:10:46]
improvement for some sort of allowable
[5:10:47]
use. Now, we cannot control the
[5:10:49]
individuals that may choose to walk
[5:10:50]
away from the permitting process
[5:10:53]
altogether in the and up with an
[5:10:54]
expired building permit application or
[5:10:57]
just may not choose to pursue that all
[5:10:58]
the way through. Next we are calling
[5:11:06]
that amnesty. There are people to show
[5:11:07]
up and find is an ambassador turn
[5:11:08]
themselves in and there's no remedy for
[5:11:14]
removing the housing. Imagine there's
[5:11:15]
three families living in three houses.
[5:11:16]
Now it can be born for Haiti for the
[5:11:19]
reports. This kind of a hardship. What
[5:11:27]
is David's for the board. What is her
[5:11:28]
Rolodex? He ethical violations that
[5:11:29]
cannot fix the zoning violations.I
[5:11:41]
don't really want those problems
[5:11:42]
develop I want people to come and they
[5:11:43]
can actually come into compliance we
[5:11:44]
get the tax revenue. Which of them have
[5:11:45]
to fix you things to meet the code. I
[5:11:47]
don't want to tell them that that they
[5:11:53]
got to move out of their house.
[5:11:54]
>>Doesn't do that they can approve they
[5:11:57]
just didn't get the building permit.
[5:11:58]
Amnesty in the building permit. If
[5:12:05]
there zoning allows for two houses and
[5:12:06]
have 1/3 is not a program for them. I
[5:12:07]
think that is things need to be
[5:12:08]
cleared.
[5:12:09]
>>And education Park I think is a big
[5:12:11]
part.
[5:12:12]
>>Yes I think that was totally right.
[5:12:15]
We can suggest this because this an
[5:12:23]
amnesty program, allowing it into comes
[5:12:24]
forward to be permitted. We have to
[5:12:25]
maintain the program that we have. This
[5:12:32]
is a way to get those people who have
[5:12:33]
in common past who have a project that
[5:12:34]
could be permitted to be put forward.
[5:12:39]
>>When somebody comes in for amnesty,
[5:12:50]
sales and the zoning violation, but it
[5:12:51]
built to code. RV requiring code as of
[5:12:52]
today or wait was or instruct
[5:12:56]
construction begin?
[5:12:57]
>>The code as up-to-date.
[5:12:58]
>>So a lot of the structures probably
[5:12:59]
seen 2000 houses on (INAUDIBLE). I can
[5:13:03]
think of a lot almost all that would
[5:13:04]
meet quote today. So that also need to
[5:13:11]
be part of the education you have the
[5:13:12]
people committing thinking they can get
[5:13:13]
Anderson would tell them here's a 2022
[5:13:14]
codebook. I can drive you around the
[5:13:20]
houses in Mendocino wouldn't qualify
[5:13:21]
for that code. Last question, how far
[5:13:29]
back are we going taxes? If they tell
[5:13:30]
us that they have I don't know if you
[5:13:31]
have the discretion to become aware of
[5:13:34]
the structure will be have an
[5:13:39]
obligation to collect taxes as far back
[5:13:40]
as you can four or five years?
[5:13:46]
>>I would say, is not you that you will
[5:13:47]
be collecting it is that the assessor
[5:13:48]
and the auditor and I don't know what
[5:13:49]
they do have discretion that must be a
[5:13:50]
ministerial duty.
[5:13:57]
>>Second. get a tax bill for the last
[5:13:58]
five years and they need to bring it up
[5:13:59]
to current code. I don't see item for
[5:14:13]
this idea if if one house comes in,
[5:14:14]
when out is worth it. It is a lot of
[5:14:15]
houses coming in is not an attractive
[5:14:16]
proposition you show up the bill for
[5:14:17]
five years of taxes and have to be
[5:14:18]
current. You can't. What are this examples
[5:14:19]
houses it will come into compliance?
[5:14:26]
>>I just have a couple of comments.
[5:14:39]
While I have no objection to this
[5:14:40]
program going forward if that is what
[5:14:41]
the board wants to do. My suggestion
[5:14:42]
would be that we make sure that it is
[5:14:43]
limited to those that are not currently
[5:14:46]
under code enforcement with confirmed
[5:14:47]
valuation because we have expended
[5:14:48]
staff hours who did this to get a piece
[5:14:58]
of the board potentially be waving is
[5:14:59]
the cost for recovery for the staff
[5:15:00]
time spent on those investigation. The
[5:15:01]
secondarily, I was just that the start
[5:15:03]
date of inception program be delayed by
[5:15:04]
a bit of time to allow staff to take
[5:15:05]
other appropriate guidance materials
[5:15:06]
for the public also to oppression so
[5:15:12]
that way, the public has time to
[5:15:13]
prepare those plans to maximize the use
[5:15:21]
for one year building permits amnesty
[5:15:22]
program. And then, just work permit
[5:15:23]
because I know we talk a little bit
[5:15:24]
about zoning this bill will be solely
[5:15:33]
for building permit not somebody you
[5:15:34]
require because of the permits for
[5:15:35]
violations that would be double or
[5:15:36]
triple feed. I'm happy to answer any
[5:15:37]
questions toward me have it.
[5:15:42]
>>Will agree with everything that Ms.
[5:15:43]
Krogstad. The person is already in code
[5:15:53]
enforcement and others been action
[5:15:54]
against the person, then we are not
[5:15:55]
awaiting those fees. I just wanted to
[5:15:56]
be clear on that. And the other I can
[5:15:57]
accept those two.
[5:16:01]
>>The have an estimated timeframe for
[5:16:06]
when it would be in?
[5:16:07]
>>My suggestion would be perhaps will
[5:16:19]
look at it is already midway through
[5:16:20]
September right now, suggest would be
[5:16:21]
maybe look at November 1 allow us
[5:16:22]
adequate time to work with staff and
[5:16:24]
possibly also with assessor's office to
[5:16:25]
provide maybe some information to the
[5:16:26]
public on aquatic can result from going
[5:16:32]
through and permitting additional
[5:16:33]
improvements on your property.
[5:16:34]
>>Just procedurally deserved is our
[5:16:44]
adopted resolution maker condition
[5:16:45]
would be looking back with a resolution
[5:16:46]
whatever terms the support specifies to
[5:16:47]
put that on the consent calendar good
[5:16:49]
with the start date we can put the
[5:16:50]
specifics of the program and their and
[5:16:51]
then it will be very clear what to be
[5:16:52]
authorized.
[5:16:53]
>>Okay, thank you.
[5:16:54]
>>I would like the terms to make can I
[5:16:57]
make a motion? I moved approval amended
[5:17:12]
direct staff to return with an
[5:17:13]
educational package explaining to the
[5:17:14]
public the terms of amnesty that back
[5:17:15]
taxes may be due. Current code
[5:17:16]
standards will be requiredAnd that is
[5:17:21]
the fees and penalties that will be
[5:17:22]
waived.And zoning is nonnegotiable
[5:17:34]
zoning code will notThe negotiable.
[5:17:35]
>>Second.
[5:17:50]
>>All right, public comment?
[5:17:56]
>>Thank you.The penalty fee waivers to
[5:18:11]
get people to (INAUDIBLE). The county
[5:18:12]
has unexpended any members included
[5:18:13]
Foresman investigating writing letters
[5:18:17]
the penalty for investigating fee would
[5:18:18]
be to California not just punitive.
[5:18:19]
Corsican have to pay back taxes part of
[5:18:22]
the punishment and the government gives
[5:18:23]
up her doing things, and upstream,
[5:18:25]
right? Class K is a great tool for this
[5:18:40]
houses the do not make current
[5:18:41]
California building code. Most of his
[5:18:42]
houses (INAUDIBLE) are not visible from
[5:18:43]
the street not on smaller parcels near
[5:18:44]
the back in the hills and by rock or
[5:18:45]
wherever. I've gotten a couple of
[5:18:46]
clients 80 because excess (INAUDIBLE)
[5:18:55]
sound letters saying hey, we would
[5:18:56]
occur or so you got this buildings.She
[5:19:04]
came in because of that letter to get a
[5:19:05]
penalty.It's a way to get people in and
[5:19:18]
get him on the tax rolls bring a little
[5:19:19]
bit of money and the retard building
[5:19:22]
(INAUDIBLE) we need to get respect
[5:19:25]
these buildings for safety under call,
[5:19:30]
Electrical,The billing department has
[5:19:44]
a very important roles for life safety
[5:19:45]
for people to listen have any control
[5:19:46]
in their environment. Kids, others,
[5:19:49]
guests. Due to that is for the building
[5:19:50]
permit process. It is important many
[5:19:51]
people in apartment process get them
[5:19:56]
expected. I think it is a win-win.
[5:20:07]
>>Thank you, anybody else? Anyone
[5:20:09]
online? No.Any last comments from the
[5:20:21]
board before we vote? Looks like we are
[5:20:22]
(INAUDIBLE).
[5:20:23]
>>I just you have one comment. In order
[5:20:35]
for this program to be successful, we
[5:20:36]
are going to have a partner I think
[5:20:37]
with stakeholders, contractors, and
[5:20:38]
other exchange Chamber of Commerce etc.
[5:20:39]
Make sure the community knows what is
[5:20:40]
happening and we were doing it. So
[5:20:41]
what, whether preservation materials we
[5:20:47]
can share those with our partnering
[5:20:48]
agencies.
[5:20:49]
>>That is the educational important
[5:20:50]
component.
[5:20:51]
>>I'm more than happy to reach
[5:20:57]
out
[5:21:12]
>>We are ready for the call.
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>>[ CALLING ROLL ]
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Motion carries unanimously.
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>>Moving on to agenda item for L
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discussion and possible action
[5:21:38]
including the restructuring of the
[5:21:39]
economic development standing committee.
[5:21:52]
>>We set up the economic development
[5:21:53]
standing committee. The purpose was to
[5:21:54]
bring more visibility to economic
[5:21:55]
issues and to have a forum for
[5:21:56]
discussion. Turns out that Senate
[5:21:57]
committee only set up to meet every
[5:21:58]
three months and that there is only
[5:22:04]
supervisor McCourty and myself on that
[5:22:05]
committee. So, what it does is we can't
[5:22:17]
talk to each other outside of the
[5:22:18]
committee meetings and so, it really
[5:22:19]
falls on County staff to be doing all
[5:22:20]
the economic development work because
[5:22:21]
we cannot talk to each other.I think
[5:22:29]
that this proposal is to get away from
[5:22:30]
the Senate committee proposal and to
[5:22:31]
move it to just the regular committee
[5:22:32]
and to expand it. My proposal is to
[5:22:33]
expand it to five peopleHaving two
[5:22:41]
supervisors and then three members of
[5:22:42]
the community whether it is industry,
[5:22:43]
business, labor, environmental or
[5:22:47]
whatever it is about three more people to meet
[5:22:55]
the to give us five. That way, two
[5:22:56]
people could be working on projects am
[5:22:57]
I could have ad hoc's and such. I think
[5:22:58]
it would be or it will bringAnd help
[5:23:16]
out this staff in that process. That is
[5:23:17]
a proposal and is think that the
[5:23:18]
committee could meet monthly instead of
[5:23:19]
every quarter.
[5:23:20]
>>I'm glad to see this proposal. I was
[5:23:29]
not able to discuss it.Economic
[5:23:42]
development work is even more
[5:23:43]
fast-moving that you just an
[5:23:44]
opportunity to come up in terms of
[5:23:45]
grants and things we need to move
[5:23:46]
quicker. I think the other good news is
[5:23:48]
that, CEO is working very hard to put
[5:23:49]
together an economic development team
[5:24:07]
he just wanted to explain quickly what
[5:24:08]
you've done so far. I think it will
[5:24:09]
help us as we have this discussion?
[5:24:10]
>>Cinema Mendocino County economic
[5:24:27]
development and then also with Sir she
[5:24:28]
suspending those meetings. The process
[5:24:29]
of hiring an individual interviews are
[5:24:30]
happening now.With economic background
[5:24:40]
to take a more forward stance audit. We
[5:24:41]
are moving forward direction to bring
[5:24:42]
the work back into house.
[5:24:44]
>>Any person, the skin of work rather
[5:24:45]
well because then we've got seven
[5:24:48]
interface in the past I think, the last
[5:24:51]
year and 1/2 with an amazing work with
[5:24:52]
the West and also RTS to put together
[5:24:59]
some good and successful grant
[5:25:00]
applications.I think this right
[5:25:08]
direction so let's just (INAUDIBLE)
[5:25:16]
>>I think this is the example where
[5:25:17]
there Brown actActually brings
[5:25:25]
government to (INAUDIBLE) halt. When it
[5:25:26]
comes to you, development don't think
[5:25:27]
we (INAUDIBLE). I think the best
[5:25:29]
solution here would be what you just
[5:25:32]
(INAUDIBLE) at the staff level having
[5:25:38]
The C1 County staff person working with
[5:25:39]
let's say one person or two people
[5:25:49]
Address company. And maybe make it not
[5:25:50]
a board appointment but if there is
[5:25:51]
always I think likely a volunteer board
[5:25:52]
member or two who wants to attendThese
[5:25:53]
meetings, thatSunder Brown actMeeting
[5:25:58]
at that point be supported by the word
[5:25:59]
of one or two supervisors.Just
[5:26:09]
membership by the willing. I mean I
[5:26:10]
happen to be on we are all multiple
[5:26:11]
ports not every board reserve on is an
[5:26:12]
appointment of this board. And
[5:26:13]
therefore,Does notParticipation doesn't
[5:26:15]
trigger a Brown act and the staff or
[5:26:16]
otherwise triggered to be Brown act in.
[5:26:19]
I would just suggest this band would ad
[5:26:24]
hoc committee altogether let the staff
[5:26:25]
level committeeCO office and was
[5:26:29]
committeeForm on his own and then,
[5:26:38]
deliberately supervisors probably more
[5:26:39]
than that they would be happy to attend
[5:26:40]
these meetingsAnd then we wouldNot put
[5:26:49]
a burden on the clerk and boards staff
[5:26:50]
to set up agendas and tell meeting etc.
[5:26:51]
and they could just be impromptu as
[5:26:52]
needed as this grant became available.
[5:26:55]
>>Am I agree with this one. We have two
[5:27:02]
supervisors enthusiastic about
[5:27:05]
(INAUDIBLE) Senate committee for a
[5:27:06]
economic development. Mr. committeeWill
[5:27:11]
be gridlock never be able to function.
[5:27:24]
Son effective. A more moving to an ad
[5:27:25]
hoc 20 members of the public is almost
[5:27:26]
as bad. Because you know you have to
[5:27:31]
deal, mentioned despite of you can have
[5:27:32]
the majority talking you have to worry
[5:27:33]
about the (INAUDIBLE) meetings. We have
[5:27:34]
to rely on the public.You want to be
[5:27:46]
supervisor that can show up when it's
[5:27:47]
appropriate. Not be down to such
[5:27:48]
restrictions.
[5:27:53]
>>I agree with my colleagues is going
[5:28:19]
to be challenging on the start. I very
[5:28:20]
much like the idea of not having
[5:28:21]
specifically appointed board members
[5:28:22]
because each of us while serving as
[5:28:30]
County supervisors also serves specific
[5:28:31]
areas and are called action on economic
[5:28:32]
development issues at various times for
[5:28:33]
various things. Whether that be the
[5:28:34]
work that I did with our partners of
[5:28:35]
the Army or engineering, Or working
[5:28:39]
(INAUDIBLE) I think that there is a
[5:28:42]
variety of initiatives that bring
[5:28:49]
economic development to our county.
[5:28:50]
Very excited to hear this year is move
[5:28:55]
forward and interviewing to help
[5:28:56]
facilitate that rule. If there is an
[5:29:11]
opportunity for instance that there
[5:29:12]
needs to be letter of support from the
[5:29:13]
Board of Supervisors for grant, I think
[5:29:14]
our CEO and executive office will
[5:29:15]
certainly be able to facilitate that
[5:29:16]
would disturb the board using our
[5:29:17]
legislative platform and her knowledge
[5:29:18]
of the County and order which is in
[5:29:19]
policy directions that she could simply
[5:29:20]
implement thatAnd will be much more
[5:29:24]
effective as far as economic
[5:29:25]
development and trying to gather the or
[5:29:26]
choose whom to points in which category
[5:29:30]
etc. because I could seeTrying to
[5:29:43]
choose three people from which
[5:29:44]
industries, from which community, which
[5:29:45]
part of the county, very hectic and I
[5:29:46]
think it's just more appropriate to
[5:29:47]
have it in-house and have the executive
[5:29:48]
office work with each of the supervisor
[5:29:49]
as needed.
[5:29:57]
>>The reason why we started the Sunday
[5:29:58]
committee was to give the kind of a
[5:29:59]
forever and focus to economic
[5:30:00]
development. When we only had the ad
[5:30:02]
hoc, itLike meetings out of public
[5:30:07]
(INAUDIBLE). So the reason we departed
[5:30:18]
forward you want to lifted up because
[5:30:19]
we thought that economic development
[5:30:20]
was so important to our county at this
[5:30:21]
point. That is reason why Senate
[5:30:25]
committee started. Well, we're just
[5:30:26]
finding that there is a good stewards,
[5:30:36]
and is taking certainly takes when we
[5:30:37]
have the Senate committee that County
[5:30:38]
Counsel has to be there, the CEO has to
[5:30:39]
be there, if we have this committee it
[5:30:40]
wouldn't be that way. We would just
[5:30:41]
have to have a public notice to be
[5:30:42]
Brown act but we wouldn't have to have
[5:30:46]
a will regular everyone there. So, I
[5:30:53]
think that we can pick three people
[5:30:54]
from the community who would be
[5:30:55]
(INAUDIBLE) and Excel think that the
[5:30:58]
importance of economic development has
[5:30:59]
to be in the forefront of the board.
[5:31:04]
>>While we are deprecating the economic
[5:31:10]
development Senate committee could we
[5:31:11]
add wanted I what is called resources
[5:31:14]
public safety. Onegin that has an
[5:31:19]
assignment for sometime is water. One
[5:31:22]
supervisor who may know something about
[5:31:23]
water I can talk to? So here we have a
[5:31:27]
Senate committee trying to oversee
[5:31:31]
water grants program and we can't use
[5:31:32]
the resource, this is not governmental
[5:31:35]
at it's finest.
[5:31:40]
>>The need to note that some committees
[5:31:41]
currently designated as with the
[5:31:52]
requirements for a Senate committee
[5:31:53]
that the board is not to be Senate
[5:31:54]
committee but the board is required to
[5:31:55]
have a Brown act body that would meet
[5:31:56]
that obligation.
[5:31:57]
>>Held that the board itself? Because
[5:31:59]
of what are doing is your meeting we do
[5:32:00]
know, I don't know enough. The regular
[5:32:03]
(INAUDIBLE) would just take a direct to
[5:32:06]
Glenn?
[5:32:14]
>>You look at that as an option
[5:32:15]
possibly.
[5:32:16]
>>I have this action can include also
[5:32:17]
disbandingThe Senate committee then and
[5:32:20]
I are on?
[5:32:21]
>>It is consequential we don't remember
[5:32:28]
the name. Public health and safety
[5:32:31]
resources committee.
[5:32:36]
>>My own thinking is that, having and
[5:32:44]
staff are actually dedicated it was
[5:32:45]
always my goal was of some buddy some
[5:32:46]
structure to do economic development
[5:32:47]
building financial capacity for our
[5:32:53]
county. Something that we are involving
[5:32:54]
a supervisors. In a way for us to
[5:32:57]
interact with good ideas and apply for
[5:32:58]
grants that might be something
[5:33:02]
specifically that were interested in
[5:33:03]
whether this recreation, or broadband
[5:33:07]
or water. All these things affect us.
[5:33:13]
We want to be as flexible as possible
[5:33:14]
and kind of turn County " "County
[5:33:17]
Counsel was a flexible way. In his of
[5:33:25]
economic development should the
[5:33:26]
advisory group even exists within the
[5:33:27]
Mendocino County would be better ifIt
[5:33:28]
service own501 (INAUDIBLE) some kind
[5:33:32]
Organization?
[5:33:40]
>>Will probably be the most flexible
[5:33:54]
(INAUDIBLE) one you need to be very
[5:33:55]
careful to avoid serial meetings in
[5:33:56]
terms of the overlap between you might
[5:33:57]
be talking to staff or what combination
[5:34:00]
supervisors my (INAUDIBLE) anytime.
[5:34:01]
They are things that you would need to
[5:34:04]
avoid having to worry about this board
[5:34:05]
there which would mean if there is
[5:34:14]
three supervisors that really want to
[5:34:15]
attend a meeting on a particular issue,
[5:34:16]
this could be some mechanism for
[5:34:17]
centrally deciding who disagree with or
[5:34:18]
without sample to the CEO. have
[5:34:28]
your eyes open about those risks going
[5:34:29]
there.Of their 501(c)(3) perspective of
[5:34:44]
the nonprofit entity is something you
[5:34:45]
created and your sort of (INAUDIBLE)
[5:34:54]
yourself. A nonprofit entity that is
[5:34:55]
what has members appointed to support
[5:34:56]
from this Board of Supervisors and
[5:34:59]
receives County money is by definition
[5:35:00]
is a Brown act body. That's one of the
[5:35:01]
ways.
[5:35:18]
>>Mendocino County wouldn't be so
[5:35:19]
specifically a core member but I know
[5:35:23]
certainly, but her breasts of meetings
[5:35:27]
I think supervisor is economic ad hoc
[5:35:29]
is when was company convened a couple
[5:35:39]
of years sessions on economic
[5:35:40]
development when the coast and one on
[5:35:41]
the interior. We got a lot of
[5:35:42]
information we also strong in the
[5:35:46]
interest in the community to do
[5:35:47]
something and organized way.
[5:35:48]
>>I think he is rightAbout wanted to
[5:35:50]
elevated.Is to go down committee path,
[5:36:08]
it is becoming something at most two
[5:36:09]
supervisors were involved. I don't
[5:36:10]
think that is elevated. I think
[5:36:13]
majority for don't have a committee at
[5:36:14]
all, you have County staff at some
[5:36:15]
level working on this problem. They can
[5:36:20]
reach out to five of us more than to
[5:36:21]
show up somebody excuses themselves.
[5:36:22]
I've been there. I jumped onto meeting
[5:36:25]
as he two of you on the first want to
[5:36:26]
pop out. But anybody (INAUDIBLE) some
[5:36:37]
Driskell Park. Gives applicable to
[5:36:38]
depending on a project for something in
[5:36:39]
my district, I hate to hear that order
[5:36:40]
supervisor is working on it because I'm
[5:36:41]
not allowed to be there. The synodic we
[5:36:42]
have today. I think you continues and
[5:36:43]
as we have committee structure.
[5:36:49]
>>What I'm hearing is that we wanted to
[5:36:50]
do with the Sunday committee for sure I
[5:36:55]
next option is to just simply go with
[5:36:56]
economic development division that's
[5:37:04]
been created inside of the CEOs office
[5:37:05]
and then kinda solves a problem with
[5:37:06]
Brown act.
[5:37:10]
>>That works for me. And as long as
[5:37:16]
maybe we have some sort of check in
[5:37:17]
with this new staff person, there's
[5:37:21]
another new person, we could then
[5:37:28]
remind them of the community is that we
[5:37:29]
are all on the know everybody is active
[5:37:30]
office that knows (INAUDIBLE) because
[5:37:31]
then as they see things, They realize
[5:37:32]
that they may have some information
[5:37:33]
that could be helpful.
[5:37:38]
>>Am really glad that we are hiring is
[5:37:44]
economic developer in person. That is
[5:37:45]
one of the things that supervisor
[5:37:46]
Meridian IFrom the community wasWe want
[5:37:48]
to pointPerson in the county to deal
[5:37:51]
with economic development issues. This
[5:37:55]
the whole thing about having a
[5:37:56]
committee or not. I'm not totally
[5:38:06]
attached to it but we were thinking
[5:38:07]
like at the next standing committee
[5:38:08]
meeting, we have an agenda item
[5:38:09]
presentation for the committee
[5:38:10]
development Corporation.And that was a
[5:38:16]
talk about housing and what they are
[5:38:17]
doing and hear their presentation.We
[5:38:18]
are thinking thatThe committee 18 is to
[5:38:30]
deal with some of these issues that we
[5:38:31]
don't want to deal with as a full board
[5:38:32]
but you can bring back the ideas and
[5:38:33]
presentations. And we do that in
[5:38:40]
general government committee all the
[5:38:41]
time. That is the purpose of having a
[5:38:42]
committee where you can really delve
[5:38:43]
into issues more and(INAUDIBLE) you can
[5:38:44]
and in general board meeting.
[5:38:48]
>>That is an example you can also see
[5:38:53]
this example to supervisors who had a
[5:38:54]
conversationThe selling it, a group
[5:38:59]
that perhaps complete a roll that. They
[5:39:00]
could then take that presentation to
[5:39:02]
the staff meeting that could be
[5:39:21]
convened making sure the counties
[5:39:22]
economic staff people are aware of this
[5:39:23]
information if used in the present
[5:39:24]
case, you want to give precision full
[5:39:25]
board to conceal that is to
[5:39:26]
supervisors. I think we just describe
[5:39:27]
and go forward with what were talking
[5:39:28]
about.
[5:39:31]
>>Let's go for public comment. Anyone in
[5:39:32]
the audience wishes to address the
[5:39:33]
issue?
[5:39:46]
>>Marion, I think is a great
[5:39:53]
conversation. I love what your doing. I
[5:39:54]
am in favor of I'm glad to see the
[5:39:55]
county embedding this into the county.
[5:39:58]
I think it is really great. The only
[5:40:02]
items I just wanted to consider as
[5:40:03]
rebuilding. This may be first CEO, is
[5:40:17]
the what is your strategy? The reason I
[5:40:18]
say that is because I remember when I
[5:40:19]
first came into this County and got
[5:40:20]
this position, the person you want you
[5:40:22]
to do is word to a hook or work want to?
[5:40:26]
Is doing it? I'm helping all these
[5:40:27]
businesses What to plant where is it
[5:40:34]
happening? And now I heard the
[5:40:37]
sentiments the quality organizations
[5:40:43]
but they just don't know where to kind
[5:40:44]
of put their mission and their energy.
[5:40:47]
I just want to encourage you to think
[5:40:51]
about items and grants have the
[5:40:55]
strategy let the community no. Two can
[5:40:56]
all help you with that strategy.One of
[5:41:00]
the biggest things that can be able to
[5:41:01]
do thisReady someThat is one item.We
[5:41:15]
have of the move 2030 you have some
[5:41:16]
piecesBut help the rest of us know
[5:41:20]
where we can help and how we can hook
[5:41:21]
ontoThe work that you are doing. It
[5:41:32]
makes our mission worthwhile.
[5:41:33]
>>The work of the ad hocWith the blue
[5:41:40]
economy. Biofuels and hydrogen highways.
[5:41:46]
Interconnectivity and workforce a man
[5:41:47]
those are dear said we want to do. We
[5:41:49]
will also have (INAUDIBLE) develop an
[5:41:50]
district and we also have(INAUDIBLE)
[5:41:55]
which you are also involved with and
[5:42:00]
I'm hoping this can be some level of
[5:42:01]
cooperation that would come out that
[5:42:07]
person supervisors and the private
[5:42:08]
sector and kind of setting an agenda
[5:42:09]
and realizing what things are important
[5:42:10]
to us. They also want their focus of
[5:42:16]
your looking for grants you want to
[5:42:17]
know what's going be the priority. You
[5:42:28]
have to have the shovel working project
[5:42:29]
at the same time. It is a hand-in-hand
[5:42:30]
kind of issue. And here you are right
[5:42:31]
we are in dismissiveness now turning to
[5:42:32]
really (INAUDIBLE) it is something
[5:42:33]
that's already have your own agenda
[5:42:34]
items. We got a lot that of other
[5:42:36]
organizations who has specialized
[5:42:37]
fields can help. I think the economic
[5:42:41]
endeavors anything that was the
[5:42:42]
community ultimately attended a wants
[5:42:54]
to see. Just want to CD County moving
[5:42:55]
forward. Dragon is able to do
[5:42:56]
everything obviously but we can
[5:42:57]
certainly get a lot of things done and
[5:42:58]
if you are all looking out for his
[5:42:59]
opportunities and you can bring it to
[5:43:00]
The CEOs officeAnd say, look at this
[5:43:08]
what we have. We have to have a
[5:43:09]
mechanism to keep informal authority to
[5:43:10]
piggyback that is what John and I began
[5:43:11]
about some kind of a groupI don't know
[5:43:20]
what specifically convenes kind of
[5:43:21]
economic developmentMeetings on a
[5:43:29]
regular basis.
[5:43:30]
>>We have done that in the past
[5:43:31]
especially around particular grants. He
[5:43:32]
built a huge partnershipFigures wanted
[5:43:33]
want to mention thatIs tangential to
[5:43:48]
this. You talk about PMs program, we
[5:43:49]
are actually working with the cinema
[5:43:50]
clean power is approved out there
[5:43:51]
that's doing the contractor workshop.
[5:43:52]
Read and try to bring that to Mendocino
[5:43:53]
County.As well as doing a kind of
[5:43:54]
roadshow about rebates and stuffThis is
[5:43:55]
a good example. Hearing this act to sit
[5:43:57]
here and heard about Llamas program is
[5:44:01]
when we can share about them super from
[5:44:02]
there. There could be a lot of
[5:44:03]
different thingsThat you will be doing
[5:44:04]
a point because as you develop your
[5:44:11]
department, as long as you can get that
[5:44:12]
information about what the department
[5:44:13]
is doing, then we can work it into our
[5:44:14]
plans.Don't utilize all of your
[5:44:18]
organizations.
[5:44:20]
>>Thank you.
[5:44:24]
>>I have a follow-up question,Is not
[5:44:39]
hit me that I don't know what our
[5:44:40]
strategy is. I don't know what the
[5:44:41]
county is intended what is the goal
[5:44:42]
here? What 20 were going to do in terms
[5:44:43]
of the development just as something we
[5:44:44]
talk about whatAre the people are
[5:44:45]
doing? We don't have money to through
[5:44:46]
afterwardsThis apply for grants can we
[5:44:49]
have a grants division to be more
[5:44:50]
effective than another you, development
[5:44:51]
activity.
[5:45:08]
>>Currently the CEO and both divisions
[5:45:09]
are (INAUDIBLE) and they will be
[5:45:10]
working very closely together.But also
[5:45:22]
you have your (INAUDIBLE) asperity for
[5:45:23]
this county along with your strategic
[5:45:26]
plan and if you all here's something
[5:45:27]
you can referred back to speak
[5:45:30]
>>I was it a successful program to date
[5:45:31]
is been our interest in a broadband
[5:45:33]
Accessibility which is something that,
[5:45:37]
It hasn't been entirely focusedIs one
[5:45:42]
area but was identified in move in 2033
[5:45:43]
need (INAUDIBLE) in the economy we have
[5:45:48]
to have a better connectivity. And I
[5:45:49]
think that's been a policy apart forIt
[5:45:51]
hasn't been done.
[5:46:11]
>>But that is also state mandate
[5:46:12]
program. The city is also pushing and
[5:46:13]
registering report response. Haven't
[5:46:14]
seen County move economic development.
[5:46:28]
Other entities that we founded have
[5:46:29]
made a difference if I for grants are
[5:46:30]
doing, development you actually haven't
[5:46:31]
seen our county I can think of any
[5:46:32]
project that would say our economic
[5:46:33]
development. Maybe were talking about
[5:46:34]
finally, making that happen that junk.
[5:46:39]
What is that look like the support
[5:46:40]
having a sense return staff go to
[5:46:41]
economic development but a see as
[5:46:42]
providing a strategy.
[5:46:43]
>>If you just adjust the quantity
[5:46:44]
allocated to us in RGS.
[5:46:45]
>>We did bring about $10 million
[5:47:03]
remember, we brought in was brought into
[5:47:06]
the community. He didn't go straight
[5:47:11]
into the county it went into the
[5:47:12]
community as a whole. Overcommitted for
[5:47:15]
(INAUDIBLE) we have NCO, the work with
[5:47:17]
did for the blue economy got a grant
[5:47:18]
for that.In all of these
[5:47:30]
Differenttypesofstrategies.
[5:49:03]
the propel economic development? I
[5:49:04]
think that needs to be part of the
[5:49:05]
estate and strategy.
[5:49:49]
>>You go back in history, a look at the
[5:49:50]
timeShe created overall economic
[5:49:59]
development plan for Mendocino County.
[5:50:04]
These are the things of you going to
[5:50:05]
do. These are opportunities that we have
[5:50:06]
that we should pursue. Tourism is one
[5:50:08]
of them. That is usually how you
[5:50:20]
ultimately get some (INAUDIBLE) with a
[5:50:21]
plan. B something that an economic
[5:50:24]
developer in personWould be encouraged
[5:50:26]
to.One of the things that needs new
[5:50:41]
department or division should be doing
[5:50:42]
is listening to what is happening in
[5:50:49]
the state and federal level. That also
[5:50:50]
Kaiser. You have line of what is
[5:50:51]
Mendocino County need, was being done
[5:50:52]
out there. Wherever that juncture
[5:50:56]
happen is kind of try to take advantage
[5:50:57]
of that. But if you could haveSome kind
[5:51:01]
of plan that everybody all your
[5:51:02]
community or (INAUDIBLE) I think you
[5:51:03]
will get faster momentum because that
[5:51:09]
is how you develop your partners and
[5:51:10]
your partners (INAUDIBLE) more grants
[5:51:11]
so and so forth.It goes into each other.
[5:51:16]
>>Again, the County of Mendocino is not
[5:51:17]
reinventing (INAUDIBLE) we will be
[5:51:18]
workingAnd jumping off from where
[5:51:25]
Marianne and RT has. We are currently
[5:51:26]
workingWith a conference of economic
[5:51:29]
development strategy.It is happening.
[5:51:34]
It is just not today.It is in process.
[5:51:39]
>>If I could jump in, we saw
[5:51:45]
presentation this morning about the
[5:51:46]
blue economy.The Doyle Harbor, blue
[5:51:54]
economy those are things that economic
[5:51:55]
development ad hoc worked on with Wes
[5:51:56]
company and make sure that those things
[5:52:03]
for her pushed forward. We also look at
[5:52:04]
AG innovation. What is going on. We had
[5:52:05]
a good presentation atThe cooperative
[5:52:06]
extension.And so, we met with looking
[5:52:10]
at hydrogen plants. What you can do
[5:52:16]
without. Those are all things that they
[5:52:17]
been working onBecause you want to have
[5:52:22]
the economy Mendocino County. We want
[5:52:23]
to have a vibrant economyAnd of those
[5:52:26]
things take planning, we takeLove this
[5:52:29]
session and being theOf industry and
[5:52:40]
see what they need. Those are the
[5:52:41]
things that were happening and have
[5:52:42]
been happening for the last. 1/2. We
[5:52:43]
have seen some tangible resultsAnd
[5:52:45]
other opportunities ahead of us. So
[5:52:46]
that is what I look forward to.
[5:52:47]
>>All those thingsMentioned are things
[5:53:00]
that have taken and evolve over time.
[5:53:01]
And Pearson the beginning of it. I
[5:53:02]
think everything about the hydrogen
[5:53:03]
Highway and that renewables is just the
[5:53:04]
beginning. In out time for us toThe
[5:53:05]
thing about what that plan isBe going
[5:53:06]
after different opportunities because
[5:53:07]
thatIs what we are seeing the code. All
[5:53:12]
of a sudden, it's kind of snowboarding
[5:53:13]
because we didn't startProbably about
[5:53:15]
three or two or three years agoYou can
[5:53:22]
make those connections in working with
[5:53:23]
the CEO office in the future sanity
[5:53:29]
very very helpful. I will say if I have
[5:53:30]
respectfully can make one request is
[5:53:31]
WestFirst and foremost is always been a
[5:53:37]
technical assistance provider for small
[5:53:38]
business development. We will continue
[5:53:39]
toI'm here to that. And our funding for
[5:53:42]
the federal and state level helps us
[5:53:43]
with that.But anything we could do to
[5:53:52]
lower barriers for small businesses
[5:53:53]
would be very appreciated. We have so
[5:53:54]
many challenges and issuesThat talk
[5:53:56]
about the day,Permits and licenses and
[5:53:58]
stuff, I really appreciateWhat director
[5:54:01]
Carl has been doing in a County butThe
[5:54:10]
pace of staff moves really fast. People
[5:54:11]
can't wait for permits. All of this
[5:54:12]
project talk about are going to require
[5:54:13]
speed and expeditedMake sure things are
[5:54:17]
show already. That is another thing
[5:54:24]
being aware that Skinner slowly up if
[5:54:25]
you don't have processes in place with
[5:54:26]
technology orPeople resources. Thank
[5:54:27]
you.
[5:54:30]
>>Accurate everything everyone has
[5:54:40]
said. Just want to add one more piece
[5:54:41]
to the fiscal management of the grants
[5:54:42]
to countyAnd her partners are able to
[5:54:43]
obtain. And that isMost reliable
[5:54:51]
funding source for economic development
[5:54:52]
is the tree development Block Grant
[5:54:53]
Compute federal, state and we will
[5:54:58]
stage because of the OB paper.
[5:54:59]
Nevertheless, it's reliable.If this
[5:55:05]
county were ever have a successful
[5:55:06]
(INAUDIBLE) will be doing with this
[5:55:07]
wants to begin to grants making the
[5:55:17]
loans to businesses. We don't even have
[5:55:18]
to charge interest. We should loan
[5:55:19]
every penny out into don't have to
[5:55:20]
charge interest state and federal
[5:55:21]
government doesn'tRequire charge
[5:55:22]
interest. What do should do we should
[5:55:23]
have a short-term loan. Like three
[5:55:32]
years and their of the interest rate so
[5:55:33]
they can pay back. Once it comes back
[5:55:34]
County, we don't reloaded to the
[5:55:35]
business, we spend money now because of
[5:55:36]
illegal useSpent them on process or
[5:55:39]
project. We can then take care of our
[5:55:40]
detected infrastructure and that is the
[5:55:41]
building of some kindWrote or whatever.
[5:55:51]
But then, we should be doing we should
[5:55:52]
not be applying for community
[5:55:53]
development block grant once every two
[5:55:54]
or three years to should be getting a
[5:55:55]
man every single year.If they were to
[5:56:00]
have better fiscal management which
[5:56:01]
requires us to take the program out of
[5:56:02]
the planning and building upon anything
[5:56:03]
in this transmissionI this message I
[5:56:09]
have for all or partners three are
[5:56:10]
working with we want to loan money out
[5:56:11]
of we want to get money and had to
[5:56:12]
businesses with wanting to pay them
[5:56:13]
back quickly.
[5:56:14]
>>Can I second that motion?
[5:56:15]
>>If I may, that process is already the
[5:56:20]
Don. With the exception of the couple
[5:56:37]
of CDBG grants that are you and and
[5:56:38]
determine planning and building 20
[5:56:39]
those out. Of course, the larger
[5:56:40]
multifamily grants and over $6 million
[5:56:41]
seconds they will planning and building.
[5:56:51]
The other ones are coming over to the
[5:56:52]
grants division those meetings have
[5:56:53]
been taken place. NPR in the process of
[5:56:54]
doing that. Show all performance CDBG,
[5:56:55]
2016 and 21,The county Mendocino
[5:56:57]
obtained of your one dollars in CDBG
[5:56:58]
funds.Why didn't we get $6 million? The
[5:57:07]
failure of the program. We counted the
[5:57:10]
Of that program.
[5:57:11]
>>It's one of your strategies.
[5:57:14]
>>I'll take that.
[5:57:22]
>>I was going to, and also on
[5:57:23]
supervisors Williams strategy
[5:57:24]
conversation. Being in business and
[5:57:29]
account in this county for the last 25
[5:57:30]
years, I can tell you have any plans
[5:57:31]
set on the shelf somewhereNeed plan
[5:57:38]
studies, studies, and also many studies
[5:57:39]
and having one personWith Internet
[5:57:43]
County as an agency that how that is
[5:57:44]
helping toCollaborate with agency been
[5:58:02]
working on that but also just keep our
[5:58:03]
right tabulation connection for
[5:58:04]
community*mitigation so that we all
[5:58:05]
know what is out there and will be
[5:58:06]
opportunities are I can say enough for
[5:58:07]
small businesses and industry in
[5:58:08]
particular for local governmentsGetting
[5:58:12]
out of the way. Please do not discount
[5:58:13]
the work the board has done in
[5:58:14]
improving housing subdivision that is
[5:58:15]
small not professional level staff also
[5:58:23]
workforce opportunities particularly A
[5:58:24]
Alabama and into that is no longer
[5:58:25]
viable and could can get a contractors
[5:58:26]
license. The actions of this board has
[5:58:27]
taken to improve economic development
[5:58:29]
through getting out of the way it
[5:58:30]
should not be dismissed.
[5:58:39]
>>I agree, I would like to say this
[5:58:40]
support can is to every meeting having
[5:58:41]
at least one item (INAUDIBLE)
[5:58:42]
regulation.
[5:58:52]
>>Online comment?
[5:58:59]
>>Good afternoon,AA support supervisor
[5:59:16]
Williams last comments. I wanted to
[5:59:17]
comment on the mechanics of the
[5:59:26]
questions the Senate committee versus
[5:59:27]
not a Senate committee just want to
[5:59:28]
becoming a question of a priority and
[5:59:29]
focus I didn't concede that whenThe
[5:59:35]
board decided to move that cannabis
[5:59:36]
into the general government committee
[5:59:37]
and supervisor has them overTake a
[5:59:45]
concerted effort in ready to get into
[5:59:46]
the issues and the negotiations forward
[5:59:47]
and meaningful way with stakeholder
[5:59:48]
inputs and involving County staffAt the
[5:59:49]
appropriate times that is been able to
[5:59:51]
really build the needle in a lot of
[5:59:52]
ways.Having meetings once a month
[5:59:55]
certainly, isWould facilitate more
[6:00:00]
progress and having meetings every
[6:00:01]
three monthsUsually, the mechanism
[6:00:15]
could work one way or the overdramatic
[6:00:16]
things that there's a lot of people on
[6:00:17]
the ground have ideas about what
[6:00:18]
economic development is them and for
[6:00:19]
their communities and theirColleagues.
[6:00:23]
So, that engagement with the community
[6:00:24]
saying, we are this areas where people
[6:00:25]
need helpTo find a facility that is
[6:00:32]
goals and the broad goal of economic
[6:00:33]
development be to improve the general
[6:00:34]
well-being of everyone in the community
[6:00:46]
through economic opportunities and so
[6:00:47]
that can look like a lot of different
[6:00:48]
things certainly, removing unnecessary
[6:00:49]
the overly burden from regulations in
[6:00:50]
every arena to facilitate the business
[6:00:51]
developmentEngage and encourage people
[6:00:52]
to set up and maintain their businesses
[6:00:53]
here while considering the impact on
[6:00:55]
the environment and horses and all that
[6:00:58]
Hallmark of Mendocino.I just wanted to
[6:01:12]
comment that there has been in my eyes,
[6:01:13]
success in taking this the cannabis
[6:01:14]
issues which are broader and there's a
[6:01:15]
lot of them but there's also specific
[6:01:16]
likeHow we actively address them that
[6:01:19]
mechanism has been successful in
[6:01:20]
identifying and moving those things
[6:01:21]
forward.There is substantial that
[6:01:27]
mechanism could also work for economic
[6:01:28]
development in that way, if the same
[6:01:36]
focus what is put on it and inviting
[6:01:37]
and engaging stakeholders community to
[6:01:38]
participate and bring suggestions as
[6:01:39]
well. Thank you for your time.
[6:01:51]
>>I'm back on zoom. I appreciate this
[6:01:55]
discussion today. I want to make a few
[6:01:58]
comments based on what supervisors have
[6:02:02]
been discussing.The grass is supported
[6:02:10]
in creation of the Senate committee
[6:02:13]
because we saw as really for two
[6:02:21]
reasons. One is, the Board of
[6:02:22]
Supervisors, your rule is to act as the
[6:02:25]
sovereign authority representing the
[6:02:31]
people of Mendocino above all other
[6:02:32]
entities. Your job is to be people's
[6:02:34]
guardians. Anyway comes to economic
[6:02:38]
development, it is vital that we have a
[6:02:43]
clear moral ground that he or standing
[6:02:52]
on that is not biased by any other
[6:02:53]
perspective or a set of interests.And I
[6:03:04]
want to speak and this may be
[6:03:05]
uncomfortable for some, but the various
[6:03:06]
economic development entity set have a
[6:03:07]
version Mendocino County while they
[6:03:15]
been importance and while the survey
[6:03:16]
useful purpose in many ways, they are
[6:03:17]
essentially entities that acts on their
[6:03:18]
own benefit. They may represent
[6:03:28]
particular constituents that only you
[6:03:29]
represent the people of Mendocino
[6:03:30]
County? And so it is a vitally
[6:03:31]
important in the community is going to
[6:03:32]
have any favorite and that is
[6:03:33]
incredibly importantThat the community
[6:03:38]
by and to any kind of economic
[6:03:39]
involvement strategy the county wishes
[6:03:40]
to adopt. If it has if it's going to
[6:03:41]
happen(INAUDIBLE) it must be because it
[6:03:42]
sees the entitiesIt is pursuing those
[6:03:54]
objectives developing the plan as of
[6:03:55]
the representatives. No other viable or
[6:03:56]
conflict of interest involved in terms
[6:03:57]
of pursuing what they want.So, the
[6:04:07]
Institute support having presented
[6:04:08]
committee for the purpose of preparing
[6:04:09]
a full plan for economic development
[6:04:10]
and submitting it to the full boardTo be
[6:04:17]
debated at that level and once it is
[6:04:18]
adopted, the (INAUDIBLE) Institute
[6:04:19]
supports having the CEOAnd a County
[6:04:20]
staff within a county responsible for
[6:04:22]
that board established with expertise
[6:04:30]
and the ability to put that plan into
[6:04:31]
effect. No other entity isNow all of
[6:04:34]
these other entities including the
[6:04:35]
(INAUDIBLE) InstituteAre involved in
[6:04:48]
this discussion about economic
[6:04:49]
development can speak for the people
[6:04:50]
Mendocino County in total. You are the
[6:04:51]
ones and so therefore, I strongly urge
[6:04:52]
that approach in pursuing an economic
[6:04:53]
developmentObjective for Mendocino
[6:04:54]
County. And appreciate the time. Thank
[6:04:55]
you.
[6:05:02]
>>I move that we dissolve the economic
[6:05:04]
DevelopmentCommittee and the public
[6:05:11]
health resources committee.
[6:05:23]
>>Second.
[6:05:24]
>>There's a meeting scheduleOn the
[6:05:36]
25th.
[6:05:37]
>>25th on the economic development.
[6:05:38]
>>We have a meeting at the cushion
[6:05:46]
finish appeared
[6:05:47]
>>Well, I feel like the board wants to
[6:05:59]
move into a different direction and so
[6:06:00]
I'm willing to cancel that meeting on
[6:06:01]
the 25th. Could you bring those items
[6:06:02]
are normal board meeting?
[6:06:03]
>>We can but it will take time. This
[6:06:04]
presentation from the CDC and those
[6:06:06]
kind of issues that we have going on. I
[6:06:09]
mean, what the of the committee was to
[6:06:10]
save time for the board.
[6:06:11]
>>20, we can bring it to the full board
[6:06:18]
we will look at that report and see if
[6:06:19]
it can be writtenAnd consents.You want
[6:06:24]
us to 50 minutes board meeting in
[6:06:25]
October or early November.
[6:06:36]
>>A lot of the presentations can be your
[6:06:44]
(INAUDIBLE) have an opportunity for the
[6:06:45]
course of the watch. Initial meeting to
[6:06:46]
discussWhat you watch and what we
[6:06:55]
support. A lot of time having people's
[6:06:56]
lives and enjoy it. What I can do it
[6:06:57]
off-line income prepared to the
[6:06:58]
meeting. Just like every packet.When I
[6:07:02]
was there, one of the rules no
[6:07:03]
slideshows. We were that a few times
[6:07:04]
because there were exceptionsRate was
[6:07:05]
needed to happen. But I think the more
[6:07:08]
presentations we have the more board
[6:07:09]
meetings refill less discussion. The
[6:07:11]
public wants to see is deliberate about
[6:07:14]
What we digested the contagiousDays in
[6:07:16]
advance.Are your economic development
[6:07:24]
items presentation something that could
[6:07:25]
be distributed while in advance meeting?
[6:07:28]
The recommended action I think I'm
[6:07:29]
showing up to supportGo weeks. The
[6:07:34]
presentations is there an district
[6:07:35]
amended action to make sense. Ready to
[6:07:36]
goPearson counties in California have a
[6:07:42]
board meetings that are habitat a
[6:07:43]
larger counties that have more items
[6:07:44]
because you all and just Vote.
[6:08:10]
>>Okay. We have a motion can we get
[6:08:20]
roll call?
[6:08:21]
>>Are you canceling September 25?
[6:08:22]
>>Okay.
[6:08:29]
>>[ CALLING ROLL ]
[6:08:41]
Motion carries unanimously.
[6:09:05]
>>For Deputy CEO Sherry Johnson, the
[6:09:06]
new wording has been uploaded to your
[6:09:07]
packets.
[6:09:45]
>>Okay, thank you very much for the
[6:09:56]
revised language is now set as,
[6:10:08]
partially disagreeing the county's
[6:10:09]
work? Is department challenging
[6:10:10]
workplace culture is not consistent
[6:10:11]
throughout the county. County recognize
[6:10:12]
Susan departments with challenging
[6:10:13]
workplace cultures berries and socials
[6:10:14]
vacant management leadership positions,
[6:10:19]
lack of change supervisors and
[6:10:20]
managers, lack of accountability, and
[6:10:21]
challenges and feeling vacant
[6:10:22]
positions. Anyone not a previous
[6:10:28]
department employee potential
[6:10:29]
applicants to talk to the wings equally
[6:10:30]
as our with reapply for appointment and
[6:10:31]
city departmentsTo concerns of
[6:10:32]
workplace culture.
[6:10:33]
>>Aye. approve it.
[6:10:47]
>>This is partially disagreeing or
[6:10:48]
partially agreeing?
[6:10:54]
>>I believe that is the same. That is
[6:11:00]
the language used in the statute. We
[6:11:01]
will modify the report. To reflect
[6:11:02]
whatever the statute says.
[6:11:11]
>>Moved approval.
[6:11:12]
>>Second.
[6:11:14]
>>We are ready for roll call.
[6:11:15]
>>[ CALLING ROLL ]
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Motion carries unanimously.Agenda item
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4 owes provides reports regarding for
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special assignments, standing in ad hoc
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committee meetings, and otherItems of
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general interest.
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>>Is one of the comments about the
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consent calendar item that we just
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approve. Is thatThe grand jury that a
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lot of work on date did notice that
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there were some issuesIn our human
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resources within the employments of
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1100 employees and so, I appreciate the
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work on it. I think the board's
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commitment is to target to resolve
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those problems and figure how to do it
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better in the future. I'm appreciative
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of Deputy CEO Sherry Johnson for her
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work and stepping up and taking over a
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lot of responsibilities for human
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resources so, it is it may sound like
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there were so many issues that are
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overwhelming I think there's a lot of
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those issues can be dealt with with a
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commitment from the counties to deal
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with those issues.
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>>And agree and I want to shout out to
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Deputy CEO Johnson. I think this is
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supposed to be temporary assignment.
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They going on for couple of years now.I
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think our hearts when she moved away
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from HR at the moment, we're kind of
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depending on her.
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>>Good afternoon. We have been on pause
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with the HR director. Recruitment we
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did have a recruitment from the last
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fall it having successful applicants so
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we are moving forward with a different
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model right now, we have an assistant
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HR director that it supervises the floor,
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the managers that each have a section
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that they oversee. Committed to work
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collaboratively together and 92 them
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often. So do think the structure is
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working well right now.I was just going
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to respond on the concern about the
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comment about the grand jury report.
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Human resources has currently has
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project plan internally that women
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working on incorporating it into the
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sections of the county and the
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strategic plan. It also we talk about
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making sure that we interpret the grand
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jury report so we are trying to have to
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collaborate and all of those three
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areas so no aspic will be forgotten. My
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thank you very much. And I'd like to
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say I appreciate Sheriff Kendall, to
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sale, share element for the following
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police officer or law enforcement
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officer Memorial that was opened on
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Friday. The others were there. It was
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very moving sorry buddy and it is a
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beautiful tomorrow. I hope people can
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go and honor it.
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>>There's a lot of value in Board of
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Supervisors holding regular meetings.
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And I don't mean just here I think we
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should do them (INAUDIBLE) it really
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brings a wick into the process. It
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waited they can get by watching
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YouTube.
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>>Offering my own being, the grand jury
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did offer at the public service
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providing some helpful suggestions for
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the county to have a better (INAUDIBLE)
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for HR. The one area outweighing the
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kind of miss the mark is they seem to
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kinda skip over the facts that there
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are people in the department. And who
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aren't is absolutely clerical staff.
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There are people in that office as they
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are in essentially every county
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departments below the department level
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below the deputy department level, that
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are still well over hundred thousand
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year. The do have identical skills or
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should how they do have Cassidy to take
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on leadership roles. And think what we
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hear from the acting HR director, She's
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got work assigned to each of those four
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managers. And when you are paying
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someone arrange of $125,000 a year of
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the grantor may not be aware that is
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people are getting sellers like that
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putting, people of that salary range
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should be expected in every department
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take on leadership roles. I think to
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some extent, people in the public in a
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grand jury, sometimes only assume that
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the only people in the county have any
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responsibility are the department heads
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, the CEO, and elected officials. We
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have a couple of hundred very highly
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point county employees who have a lot
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of responsibility in the only to step up
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and play and things are picking up
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department level, may not be just warm
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and had to spelling but could be some
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department management and the circle,
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not saying the HR department is
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failing, I think it is on a contract
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right now. I'm saying that I think the
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grand jury seem to be unaware that
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there are some very high the people
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that department in every county
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departments that even if you ignore
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department had.
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>>With that, that concludes our meeting
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for today and the meeting is adjourned.
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Thank you staff for doing an excellent
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job that you have accomplished today
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for making this one's moogley. I think
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the people of the town of Mendocino the
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surrounding area will appreciate the
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rest of the meeting here.Thank you.
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